hello and welcome back to "i stayed up all night reading this and i cried the whole time (bc of fluff)" (literally, it's 6:59 in the morning as i'm typing this, i have not slept for even a wink)

today's fic is:

Patchwork

by taiyakii

Summary:

“I’m in love with Kazuha,” he says, the words unfolding into the silence.

Astonishingly, this ground-shaking, earth-shattering, heavens-moving proclamation is met with little more than blank stares as Ayaka and Thoma exchange glances over Tomo’s head.

“Yes,” Ayaka finally says, lips twitching like she’s trying to hide a smile at his expense while Thoma casually answers a stray text, the both of them behaving as if Tomo isn’t having the most important discovery of his life--of anyone’s life. “We know. Everyone knows.”

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Or, the slow, painstaking, thirteen-year process in which Tomo falls in love with his best friend.

Pairing:

Kaedehara Kazuha/Kaedehara Kazuha's Friend (Tomo)

Additional Tags:

Implied/Referenced Child Abuse

Alternate Universe - Modern Setting

Childhood Friends

Friends to Lovers

Mutual Pining

Slow Burn

Fluff

implications of horny teenagers being horny

Happy Ending

Implied/Referenced Sex

DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT Vol. 7 Mukami Ruki Animate Tokuten Drama CD: “Sleeping Together ★ With Vampire"

Audio

No, not that kind of sleeping together.

...And yet somehow not really the other kind either because despite it's title there is LITTLE TO NO SLEEPING TOGETHER GOING ON AT ALL except at the very end TᴖT TᴖT TᴖT My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Ok ok I'm obviously being overdramatic. Misleading name aside the CD is enjoyable and cute just...not at all in the way I was expecting (that being something akin to the Sleeping Vampire Scenario from Vandead Carnival but, alas, no). But oh well, I got to hear Ruki be all deredere towards the end so it's fine I guess lol

Ideally I'd create an actual translation to go along with this (I might do so sometime in the future, unless someone more competent does it first) but for now I've put a summary of the story under the cut. I ask that you please have mercy on me though, I am not used to writing this kind of stuff and it probably shows >﹏<;

Regardless, I hope you enjoy ( ﾉ^ω^)ﾉ ⋆⁺₊☽⁺₊⋆

UPDATE: The CD now has an actual translation courtesy of my fellow Ruki stan @otomehonyaku o(^o^)o please go check it out if you haven't already!

[Disclaimer: I always allow my stuff to be used for translation purposes, as long as I am credited. BUT DO NOT REPOST THE AUDIO ON ANY WEBSITE WHATSOEVER. I bought the CD with my own money and as such this audio belongs to me.]

Summary ~*×*☆*+*~

[Please note that there may be mistakes or I might've misinterpreted parts of the CD. I apologize in advance (╥﹏╥)]

The CD starts with Ruki encountering Yui, who is carrying an unusually large package. Curious, Ruki asks her what she's doing, and learns that Kou has tasked her with delivering the package to him (Ruki). Ruki is somewhat perplexed as he doesn't recall requesting anything of the kind. Yui suggests that it might be a surprise gift, but Ruki is skeptical. He wants to ask Kou directly but is reminded that he is currently away on a location shoot. With a resigned sigh, Ruki decides that he has no choice but to open the package in Kou's absence. He asks Yui to hand the package to him, and then invites her to come along to his room to find out what's inside. She eagerly accepts, and they head off together.

In Ruki's room they take a seat (on what I assume to be the sofa) and open the package. Inside, there are various wooden pieces resembling parts of something, along with a letter from Kou. Ruki reads the letter aloud and it's revealed that the package contains a (*drumroll*)... puzzle! And not just any puzzle but a ✨️3D puzzle✨️. In the letter Kou encourages Ruki and Yui to assemble the parts together to discover what they will form. Since he's got spare time on his hands Ruki decides to have a go at it, with Yui joining in.

After a while of working on the puzzle, Ruki asks Yui how her part is coming along. She shows him, and he comments that she's doing better than he anticipated. He helps her out with some difficult pieces before instructing her to continue on her own. Yui asks Ruki if this is his first time putting together a 3D puzzle, and he replies that he's tried some before, but that this particular type is new to him. Yui is eager to learn what it is they are building, and Ruki, not wanting to dampen her anticipation, pretends he still can't quite figure out what the finished thing will be either (awww ♡). Ruki suggests that rather than moving their mouths they should focus on moving their hands as with their current pace the puzzle won't be finished. He reasons that the faster they move the sooner they'll have their curiosity satisfied. Yui agrees to work faster and Ruki promises to do the same.

They pick up the pace and eventually the puzzle is done. The assembled pieces have formed a small foreign castle, and Ruki reveals that he suspected as much from the start. He surmises that Kou must have remembered their expressed desire to visit such a castle after seeing one by chance on one of his TV shows. Ruki acknowledges Kou's attempt to make the two of them happy in his own way. He praises Yui for doing a great job despite not knowing what they were actually assembling, noting that the part she made fits perfectly into the castle.

However, there is no response from Yui, causing a puzzled (ahaha) Ruki to remark on her lack of reaction to something she had been so excited about. Turning his head to the side to look at her, Ruki discovers that she's fallen asleep with her head resting on his shoulder. He comments on the privilege of such a sleeping position but acknowledges that it's understandable she'd fall asleep since it's past their usual bedtime. She had seemed so engrossed in their work that he didn't notice her drifting off.

Ruki carries Yui to his bed and gently places her there, saying that she should have just told him that she was tired. He realizes that she likely made an effort to stay awake until the end, though she ultimately fell asleep. Deciding that it would be a good time for him to go to sleep as well, he tidies up and hides the little castle under the table, so that he'll be able to see Yui's reaction to it in the morning.

Returning to the bed, Ruki asks Yui to scoot over to make room for him, but she's sleeping too soundly to hear. He lies down next to her and (in true Mukami Ruki fashion) begins observing Yui's sleeping face. He notes how relaxed her expression is and wonders if it's because she's tired out from using her brain (lmao rude). Ruki then ponders what kind of face Yui will make when she wakes up—will she feel guilty for falling asleep before the puzzle was finished, or will she be surprised and embarrassed to find him laying next to her? Regardless of what her reaction will be, Ruki knows that it'll be enjoyable to witness. But he's certain she'll be happy once she sees the completed puzzle and admits to himself that he really wants to see that expression on her face. He's aware that it's out of character for him, and thinks that he might even have trouble falling asleep from the excitement (asdfsdjfj this is too fucking cute I can't)

Ruki decides that he should thank Kou for the useful gift by making him his favorite food for dinner tomorrow. The mention of dinner causes Yui to stir (what a relatable Queen), and Ruki teases her for being greedy. He assures the still-sleeping girl that she doesn't need to worry; he'll make her favorite dish as well as a reward for her hard work on the puzzle.

The CD ends with Ruki saying how he looks forward to seeing Yui's reaction the following day.

Fin ~*×*☽*+*~

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the spaniel takeover

I am at the eye doctor

I dragged my ass out of bed and made it to the dang eye doctor on time

The hardest part of my day is done

Woke up last night with two hypos that i barely had the brain activity to fix, and i no longer own Jelly Babies. Desperately hoping we don’t have a repeat performance

Well, guess who has the suckiest pancreas and has wildly uncontrolled blood sugar 😔 AND has to go back to the doctor’s office (hell on earth)

;-;

I want to thank everyone for their patience on just about everything, whether it be art or rp replies. I've started a new treatment about 3 weeks ago and the side effects are insane. I am doing my best, but until I get adjusted, which might take a bit since its a progressive dosage kind of med, I will be on reduced activity notice.

Not that im super active to begin with but consider this a warning <3 Thank you for understanding! I promise I'm not ignoring everyone, I'm just nerfed as heck right now.

there is something interesting to me about how... y'know, if an apocalypse happens and you need a particular medication to survive, you're probably fucked. and looking at that while watching something like fallout, to then see that same difficulty represented in the ghouls needing a steady supply of their own medicine to remain themselves? it's a neat metaphor i guess. disabilities still exist in the wasteland, they're just completely different now.

theoretically

i could get a tramp stamp

"Hey... Nero?" She taps at his desk lightly to get his attention, her voice quiet so as not to be so abrupt in her disturbance. She doesn't like disrupting his concentration, but if she doesn't do this now, she doesn't know when else she'll be able to.

It's slow, almost cautious, the way she takes his hand and brings her lips over to place a gentle kiss over the tips of his fingers. There's a sheepish smile on her face.

"You, um, look cute today. Thought you should know..."

for the ask game : a kiss on the hand <3

He stops typing the moment he feels her soft lips plant a kiss on his hand. It was like the world had stopped for a moment, and all he could focus on was the sensation, how good it felt, and how he wanted more despite his reclusive nature screaming the opposite at him. He interlaces his fingertips with hers, and places a fleeting kiss just as she did to him. And despite the growing blush on his cheeks, his confidence seemed to be taking place as he kept her hand close to his lips.

“Thank you, Roxie. I should be saying that to you more often though..”

So I went to the doctor last week and got told I have diabetes, then spent a week in hospital to try get my blood sugar levels back to normal, only to get out of hospital and have my bloodsugar immediately go crazy again... like what do you mean I'm doing the maths just like they told me, taking the insulin in the doses I talked about with my doctor, only to end up super low or super high after eating??? It was all working fine before they let me out but as soon as I do more than laying in bed all day it isn't fine anymore??? Also having to prick my finger all the time to measure and also being super anxious when not measuring cause what if the levels go wheee again in those 3 hours im not measuring??? I know it will all be fine and that I will learn to live with it but I just can't wait until I get my sensor and being able to check my levels all the time to see when and why they go crazy so I can fix my insulin doses accordingly... thankfully my sensor is already approved and I got the message it will arrive on Friday before Easter because this situation of being fine before eating and then being too low or too high a few hours later without warning is making me so nervous and scared. Going to the doctor because I lost a bunch of kilos and was always thirsty just to get told I have developed an autoimmune disease and was close to fainting into a coma is wild. I wasn't expecting that at all and it feels like my life got turned upside down and while I am glad that it is "just" diabetes (cause I am aware it could have been something much worse) and I am accepting it and working on that, the fact it doesn't go like I'm calculating the second I left the hospital makes me so nervous about it all, feeling like I'm doing everything wrong the second im on my own

today sucked the life out of me ya Allah

nature is healing

Man, why do I feel so shaky and weak and faint? I had breakfast! And that was only... oh. 5 hours ago. Oops

Wolffe: It's kind of strange that your Jedi General has clan members by his side when they talk about they don't allow to have families.

Bacara: You think that's odd thing, right? What about our General? What about the man has so many wives and children, that send him many sweets because their children cooked it and wanted to gift it to their father, and Jedi won't allow possessions so he just gave them all to our shinies, and that dumb boys rambled about how they were good, and somehow there are more of thos sweets, AND IT ALWAYS GETS MY NERVES-

Wolffe: Vod, you just want that sweets too right

Bacara: THAT BASTARDS TOOK MINE AND I WILL FIND WHO STOLE MY FAVORITE COOKIES

Mundi: Dear force, what have I done to these man