
Summary: Sora, an amateur fashion designer, lacks the confidence that his designs are anything special. His best friend/sometimes partner, Kairi, secretly enters him into a contest that he was too afraid to enter: Ultima's Designer Discovery. The winner will have a line of their designs produced, and a professional ad campaign with one of the company's most famous models.
Riku, one of the most successful models that Ultima has ever had, gets to make the final decision on which of the entered designs will win. He chooses his winner without knowing any identifying information. When he finds out that the designer he chose lives on the same island Riku was born on, he hopes it won't create suspicion around how deserving the designer is.
Day 28 of AU-gust: Fashion and Models AU
This is a particular AU type that I can't remember ever actually reading, but I REALLY enjoyed plotting and writing! I did it to myself yet again, where this could definitely continue (and I find I'd love to see what happens when they finally meet up. The answer is OT3 endgame, because that's my answer to everything.) Unfortunately, I know almost exactly nothing about fashion, so whether I could write a full fic and keep it within a reasonable amount of suspension of disbelief, I have no idea, haha.
( The Contest )