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• Never Meant to Race by BlackTrace

  Fandoms: Initial D (Anime & Manga)  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Aug 2026

  Tags

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  • Fujiwara Takumi/Takahashi Keisuke
  • Fujiwara Takumi (Initial D)
  • Fujiwara Bunta
  • Takahashi Keisuke
  • Takahashi Ryosuke
  • Takeuchi Itsuki
  • Kenji (Initial D)
  • Iketani Koichiro
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Takumi isn't a racer
  • Slow Burn
  • Rivals to Friends to Lovers
  • Character Development
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Fluff
  • Idiots in Love
  • Slice of Life
  • Canon Divergence
  • Street Racing
  • Car Accidents
  • Domestic Fluff
  • smut can be skipped
  • Ryosuke is making plans again and not telling anyone anything

  Summary

  Takumi Fujiwara has no interest in racing. He sees driving as a chore and nothing more.
  When he overtakes Keisuke Takahashi downhill during a delivery, Keisuke becomes obsessed with finding the unkown driver. However, during the downhill race between the Akina Speed Stars and the Red Suns Takumi is not needed as Iketani drives downhill.
  But Keisuke will not back down.
  When Keisuke finally corners Takumi on the mountain and demands a race, Takumi agrees, for one reason only.
  One run. One downhill. Then it’s over.

  But on Mount Akina, nothing ever truly ends after a single race.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Side by Side

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  126,101

  Chapters:

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  Comments:

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