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samarecharm · 3 months
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I miss goro. Bring his bitchass back
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writers-reach · 2 months
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I have a request for joker (could you use akira for the name please).
Something like his s/o is also in the phantom thieves and when they are in safe rooms she likes to do small braids in his hair, also while chilling out at leblanc maybe :3
Might be a silly request but I thought it was cute, have a great day!
persona 5: playing with his hair (akira kurusu/ren amamiya)
notes: akira kurusu for protag, fluff, fem!reader, reader is a phantom thief, this might be sliiightly inaccurate since i haven't touched p5 in a while and idc to check myself
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you were grinding through mementos one day with the rest of the phantom thieves, and things were going pretty well! shadows were being slain, treasure was being looted, and you were overall having a fun time riding around in morgana's van form.
you were grateful, though, for makoto's recent membership of the team. she was better at driving the van than akira was (bless his heart), which meant she took the wheel while akira sat in the passenger's seat, telling her where to go.
you sat behind him in the second row of seats, often leaning your head on the seat in front of you, sometimes babbling to get akira's attention. he'd always reach back to ruffle your hair or playfully offset your mask.
but your attention always drifted to his hair - his soft and undoubtedly fluffy head of black feathery hair. you'd been together for a while, so physical interactions weren't uncommon, but you've never really asked him if you could play with his hair.
you really, really wanted to play with his hair. holy shit, you wanted nothing more than to do that. but now wasn't the right time, being in mementos and all. you'd have to strategise for another time.
thankfully, that time came when after leaving mementos, akira invited you back to leblanc to destress and chill out. he'd make some coffee, you two would chat and cuddle, probably watch some tv.
you accepted, obviously, and taking his hand in yours, led you through the subway system to yongen-jaya and to leblanc. after pouring the two of you a damn good cup of coffee, you two went upstairs to his room in the attic.
after watching a few episodes of that cheesy action show you two like to riff on (and getting the neo featherman r theme song stuck in your head), you two migrated to his bed. akira sat down and extended his arms, inviting you in for a spooning sesh, but you waved your hands in denial.
after a puzzled and slightly pouty look from your boyfriend, you clarified what you meant: "i wanna be big spoon. i kinda... wanna play with your hair? is that cool?"
akira's eyes lit up and he adjusted his glasses that slipped down his face. a slightly goofy grin played across his lips and he shuffled on the bed, allowing you to slot yourself behind him.
"yeah, sure! go right ahead."
you quickly got to work, running your hands through his hair (which was still surprisingly soft and felt like heaven's clouds within your fingertips). you twirled some strands around your digits here and there and massaged his scalp.
akira leaned his head back into your touch, smiling all the while. you could've sworn you heard him purring (maybe that was your imagination, or maybe he was spending too much time with morgana).
you pressed a kiss to the side of his temple and kept playing with his hair long into the night...
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a/n: cat-coded joker ftw!!! also i love writing akira being more, like, a dork? i love his canon characterisation in the anime and it's not something i see often. you'll be seeing more silly goofy joker from me if y'all request it lmao
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fala-alfredo-pasta · 9 months
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Thank you. And now for even more hurt/comfort headcanons! Due to his memory troubles, Nagito keeps photos of his parents close by to remember their faces. Without them, all he can recall is what their bodies looked like when the plane started crashing. He also finds that he can't remember their voices after a while. And by the time of Hope's Peak, he subconsciously remembers them with Chisa Yukizome and Jin Kirigiri's voices. To add insult to injury, during his brainwashing (I'm okay with the idea of literal brainwashing, just not the insta-brainwashing via video thing) he was forced to watch his few photos of them go up in flames. Either by Junko having his classmates burn them in front of him. Or compelling Nagito to burn them himself, his hands trembling all the while as he tried to stop himself. But after their deprogramming, Hajime and Mahiru go digging through records provided by Makoto and the others. And are able to make it up to him by finding some lost photos of them. Including one from San Cristobal, during one of his happiest childhood memories on the beach. A little peach-haired Nagito (with hints of white) laughing while his dad gives him a piggyback ride. And his mom smiling more brightly than she had in a long long time. Also since ghosts are apparently a canonical thing in the DR universe according to Komaru's side-game, I say fuck it, he gets one last meeting with his parents some time post-game. Not sure how, but whatever. It brings him a whole lot of catharsis and joy to be hugged by them and hear their voices one last time. And they help give him the resolve to keep on defying his prognosis for as many years as he possibly can.
NO BUT THE WHOLE SUPERIMPOSING CHISA’S AND JIN’S VOICES IN LIEU OF HIS PARENTS BECAUSE YEAH THEY REALLY WERE THE ONLY ADULTS IN HIS LIFE OUTSIDE HIS PARENTS TO GIVE HIM EVEN AN IOTA OF CARE I-😭😭😭😭
Komaru’s ESP was so random but I loved that little tidbit that she can just casually see ghosts. I think, after Nagito apologizes to her about Towa and their relationship is less strained, Komaru was, perhaps part of the crew who found some of Nagito’s old stuff/photos (maybe from the wreckage of his home—after all, given his luck it’s probably still standing). And while there, she comes across his parents ghosts who pass on a message to her or maybe even tell her where to find a certain item(s) that brings Nagito to tears when he receives it. Eh who knows. But also I do love the idea of anyone being able to see ghosts in Danganronpa too lol. Ah, maybe Nagito gets to visit his old home at some point after and gets to meet them that way eh?
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marblesphere · 8 months
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Summer Time (Gojo Satoru x Reader)
!!Warning!! Couple flirting with each other, established relationships, flirty gojo, a little spicy in the end
“It's the sea!!!!” Yoru yelled excitedly as we arrived at our destination, a 2 hours bus ride from Tokyo. “The smell of the sea is amazing!!!” She took a deep and large breath.
So, Yoru invited Yae, Tori and me when her friends in the same department were saying wanted to go to the beach to pick up some hotties. Yae and I are going to be the baits. We were told about this right after we arrived at the beach. They even went as far as preparing our swimsuits and everything we might need during our time on the beach. Truly terrifying.
So, now the seven of us, which is the usual four plus three of Tori’s friends, named Kaitani Makoto, Sato Yuzu, and Niwa Sera, are now in the restroom, changing into swimsuits.
“What do you think when choosing this?” I gave Yoru noogies. The swimsuit they had chosen for me is a one-piece swimsuit that is somewhat normal looking from the front. It does cover up for most of the part, but the back is absolutely bare, it doesn't even completely cover the rear, it’s all strings. There's no way I will wear this outside.
“Eh? But this suit you well.” Yoru pouted.
“Indeed. Enough sexiness and coolness.” Yae snapped some pictures. “Show some boldness.”
“Delete that.” I deadpanned at Yae. “And if you want to show some boldness, you try this.” I glared.
“My swimsuit is just fine as it is. And Suguru-san will get angry if I wear too daring of a swimsuit.” She replied easily. Yae is wearing a two pieces white bandeau bikini with skirted bottom in the same colour.
“I am going home.” I re-entered the restroom.
“No no no. There is a spare swimsuit. I will get it for you.” Yoru quickly said.
“It's better a normal one or I am leaving.”
“Roger!” Yoru saluted and then quickly searched for the said swimsuit. In the end, she came with a normal two pieces bikini in black colour. The top is tied in a thick knot on the front, while the bottom is also tied in a thick knot only on the left side. Again, Yae is taking pictures the moment I came out.
“Yae, stop taking the pic.” I groaned.
“How is this?” Yoru smiled.
“At least better than what I wore just now.” I sighed. After the whole thing had been sorted, we went back to our claimed spot. A nice big parasol and beach carpet have been laid up.
“Sea!!!! Here I come!!!” Yoru literally ran to the sea, giggling when the sea wave came crashing into her.
“Sorry.” Tori apologized.
“Why are you apologizing?”
“Because we sort of forcing you to come with us?” She smiled sheepishly.
“If I really don’t want to, I won’t come no matter how Yoru begged.” My lips curled into a smile. “Besides, it’s not that bad.” I lay on the beach carpet. “Aside from the fact that I can see the double amount of the people here.”
“So, there are ghosts here too.” Tori sweatdropped. “How many?”
“As many as the living people here,” I answered.
“So, ghosts like sea too?”
“They are selling the appeal of how much fun it is drowning in the sea. And there are also some people that came with dead ex-lovers, trying to scare their new dates or sabotaging their plan to pick one up.”
“The ghosts are hard workers too.” She sweatdropped.
“[Name], come here!!!” Yoru ran to us. “Tori, you too! Mako and Yuzu said they found some hot guys over there. Now it's your and Yae's turn.” She exclaimed excitedly.
“Our turn to do what?” I sweatdropped at her excitement.
“Of course luring hotties.”
“...You asked the wrong person. I don't know how to lure hottie.”
“But you lured Gojo-san.” She stated as if that was a fact. Well, it was a fact but…
“I didn't lure him. You ask Yae, she lured Geto-san.” I passed the hard ball to Yae.
“What are you talking about me luring Suguru-san?” Yae blinked as she came back with drinks.
“They found hotties and wanted us to lure them.” I summed it up.
“Oh? Different people work with different methods. As for Suguru-san, I have to literally plop myself comfily to his lap to gain his attention.” Yae nonchalantly said all of this as she passed me a drink.
“What kind of play you two are playing?” I sighed.
“Why are you guys taking so long?” New friends trio came to get us.
“Hisaki-san and Kurogane-san just need to stand and they will definitely notice you. And leave the rest to us.” Yuzu encouraged. So here we are trying to get into the crowd, all for the sake of catching hotties. ~”~
“...” I wore a deadpan look. “So, you were saying those trash caught your attention?” I raised my brow.
“Of course, they are hotties after all. Look at those muscles and faces. Even though they were covered by sunglasses, I bet they are really handsome.” Yuzu whispered.
'Yeah, they are handsome alright. Even though they are trash.'
“Let Yae show you how to lure this hottie then.” I gestured to Yae who has been eyeing the Dumb from the duo of Dumb and the Dumber. Dumb and Dumber are laying on their back on expensive-looking reclining chairs. Two parasols are situated to block sunlight and in the middle of the chairs is a small round table with exquisite drinks and some books, probably for Dumb to read, because Dumber will get bored within one page.
“He's looking at you!!!!” Niwa whisper-yelled frantically to me. “Oh my gosh, he is gorgeous!!!”
I glance at the Dumber. Dumber, who's wearing black swim trunks and a black high-neck jumper which was not zipped at all, is pulling his sunglasses down to the bridge of his nose, revealing his vibrant weirdly sparkling cerulean eyes. A smirk is also hanging on his lips, he is just shamelessly checking me out. I can feel his stare is burning a hole.
Yae smiles brilliantly and walks to Dumb who is reading a book, but secretly watching Yae anyway. So, Yae took her own advice and made herself comfy in his lap. This makes all the audience's jaws drop at her boldness. Yae literally chucks the book away and settles down on his lap, hands wrapping themselves around his neck, bringing her mouth to his ear. “Hottie, are you free now?”
“...” I looked at them speechless at their charade.
“What will a cutie like you offer to me so I can free up my schedule.” He flirted back.
“Ku-Kurogane-san, how bold!” Sera gasped, her, no all of their eyes widened in disbelief.
“Eh? But I heard Kurogane-san has a boyfriend!!! Is she cheating?!” Makoto blinked rapidly.
“Ah, that…” I exhaled a tired sigh. “It’s fine. Yae’s boyfriend will be super happy-“ Yuzu, Makoto and Sera suddenly gasped and blushed as I feel a shadow towering over me.
“Cutie, give me your number.” He grinned.
“...I have a boyfriend.”
“But you came here without your boyfriend. He must be suck.”
“Yeah, he is.” I agreed.
“Why don't you come with me then, I promise I will treat you better.”
“How exactly?”
“Well, for starters, I won't let you feel alone right now. I will worship the ground you walked on.”
“Very tempting, but there's no food. So, hard pass.”
“Food?” He cocked his brow up. “Of course there will be food. Whatever you want, I will have it up in a minute.”
“I need to ask permission from my boyfriend first.”
“Come on, sweet. Your boyfriend won't know about our secret rendezvous. This will be our secret.” I pulled out my phone from my small purse. (Remember not to leave your valuables in public spaces)
As my phone is connected, Dumber's phone rings. “Your girlfriend might be searching for you.” I pointed out.
“How do you know I have a girlfriend, sweetness? You must be a physics and I love mysteries.” He grinned and ran to pick up his phone. “Hello, love.”
“Where are you right now?”
“Me? I am on a beach.”
“What are you doing there?”
“Just relaxing with Suguru.”
“Oh? The thing is, there is an annoying person hitting on me. What should I do?”
“That's easy, love. Just agree to go with him.”
“You are not going to be jealous?”
“Why should I be jealous, hm? I trust you and him.”
“Well, I might not come home tonight.”
“What a coincidence, I am also not planning to go home tonight.”
“Okay, see you later.”
“Yep, see you later, love.” We hung up at the same time.
“…Their conversation oddly matched, didn’t it?” Yuzu commented.
“…un…un…” The other two nodded their heads.
“More importantly, your boyfriend agreed?!” Makoto’s jaw dropped.
“Yes. He trusts me, he said.” I replied.
“Wow… just wow…” They are speechless now. “Are you two having an open relationship?”
“No. I am only one partner type.” I replied. This got them even more confused.
“Then, be a good girl and step aside for this sister. Unlike you, I am all for it for a fling.” A woman wearing a skimpy swimsuit that barely covers important parts walked past me to Dumber. Dumb and his girlfriend are watching intently for the show now.
'Everyone is really…' I sighed softly.
“What do you think, boy? Rather than picking up a virgin inexperienced girl. You'd rather pick this experienced big sister. Big sister will teach you everything.” The skimpy, sexy dynamite body Obaa-san tried to put her hand on his shoulder. Keyword, tried.
“Does that mean it's 100% guaranteed that he will be infected with some disease after he is done with you then? How scary.” I gasped. “Young man, it's not like I am against your option. But your healthiness and safety always come first.” I shook my head pityingly as if an elder speaking with a child.
“Pfft!” Yae and Dumb are clearly enjoying this, but they tried their hardest to conceal their laughter.
“Don't be jealous of me, little girl. It's just that I am that hard to resist.” She sneered.
“Oh? Well yeah, you are not young anymore, that's why you need to resort to your nakedness. But unlike you, I am still young, my skin is still tight, so I don't need to do anything except stand and someone will hit on me.” I shrugged. I can see Dumber is beaming giddily and didn't pay attention to this Obaa-san.
“You!” She raised her hand.
“What? Are you using violence now? So scary, I guess I need to call on my boyfriend as a backup. You see, I am just a weak girl.” I patted my chest.
“I dare you to call him.” She snarled. “Let him know his slutty girl-” A beach sandal landed perfectly on her face.
“Sorry, my hand slipped.” I blinked innocently as if I was not the one who threw it straight to her face. “I don't like being called names. Please refrain from doing that in the future.”
“You little bitch!!!” She shrieked as she lunged at me. I just dodge to the side and she falls down on her own. Now her pretty swimsuit and face are covered in sand.
“My condolence,” I said flatly. “This one is off-limit because he is with me now. Please go seduce other people.” I smiled refreshingly at her.
“What an interesting woman.” Suddenly there this man came out of nowhere. “Be my woman.” He grabbed my hand.
“???Are you sick in the head?” I frowned. “Please let me go.” I sighed.
“My woman must be feisty.” He smirked which soon turned to a pained expression.
“Don't you dare touch her with your filthy hand.” Satoru hissed as he twisted this sick in the head man's hand and pushed him to the floor.
“You are showing too much skin, love. Are you trying to make me jealous?” He murmured, lips grazing my ear. “Especially what you wore before this one.”
“Are we done with the play now? You are also showing too much skin.” I argued, reminding him why I got into this mess in the first place.
“Jealous [Name] is the cutest.” He grinned and gave me his jumper, carefully helping me slip into it. “This is better.” He zipped it all the way up. It has become a mini dress.
“Who are you?” The sick man glared.
“Her boyfriend.” Satoru rolled his eyes. “If you have a problem. I will be glad to help you out.” He flexed his toned muscle, earning dreamy sighs from people there.
“Show off.” I slapped his back.
“Love, I am showing off for you.” He grinned.
“Geto-san.”
“Here.” Geto threw me another black jumper.
“Wear this.” I shoved it to him.
“Yes, wifey.” He obediently put it on and began to torment that Man A.
“So, how come you are here?” I eyed Geto.
“Well, my cute adorable girlfriend here,” He referred to Yae. “, sent me such a stimulating pic of her in a swimsuit. So, I thought what if some pests decided to covet her? So here I am.”
“...Yae…” I ground my teeth. If Geto got a pic of her. Then Satoru undoubtedly got that embarrassing one of mine.
“Just asking for your boyfriend's opinion of your swimsuit.” She smiled innocently.
“Yae-chan also need to cover up.” Geto gave her his jumper and whisper something to her.
“Get a room.” I groaned.
“You are one to talk.” Yae retorted.
“Wife. I have made sure he won't be doing any bad things again.” Satoru wrapped his hands around my waist and his head on my shoulder, asking to be praised. The man was left groaning on the sand. His face was perfectly rearranged.
“Good boy.” I patted his head and he purred.
“Next time, let me go shopping swimsuits with you. There are a lot of things I need to make sure while you are wearing a swimsuit.” He whispered. His voice is undoubtedly one reserved in private.
“Get a room.” Yae snickered.
“Eh…? Wai… Eeeeehhhhhh????!!!!”
“What kind of situation is this?” New friends trio are having trouble processing.
“Gojo-san and Geto-san are [Name] and Yae's boyfriend respectively.” Tori giggled.
“Eh? Then why did they do that?” Makoto blinked, referring to the charade.
“Because it was fun seducing [Name],” Satoru answered for them, earning an elbow jab at his stomach, courtesy of me.
“The bottom line is, there's no way we will act like this aside to them. If it wasn't Gojo-san who hit on her, [Name] would have undoubtedly ignored them or resorted to violence.” Yae grinned.
“No wonder… no wonder Yoru and Tori didn't want to get involved after seeing them. They even said they were taken already.” Sera said.
“Speaking of them…” Yuzu looked at her friends.
“I got it all recorded. How much are you willing to pay, Gojo-san?” Yoru grinned.
“I will give you Nanamin's exclusive confidential folder.” Satoru grinned.
“Deal.” Yoru and he shook hands.
With the whole fiasco over. We are now joined by Dumb and Dumber who couldn't keep their hands on themselves. ~”~
“[Name], let's go swimsuit shopping tomorrow.” Satoru suddenly whined.
“I already have a swimsuit.” I rolled my eyes as I was being placed on his lap.
“That's for a public beach. Tomorrow, I want a new swimsuit for our private beach.” He hummed.
“Then you go buy yourself.”
“I want to see you in a swimsuit, especially like that one you wore yesterday.” He unlocked his phone and navigated it to a secret folder. “Am planning to have this a lock screen, but you will hit me for sure.” He showed me the picture he got from Yae yesterday. The photo of me in that racy swimsuit. “I almost lost my shit back then.” He groaned half feral.
“Just thinking of you in that kind of racy swimsuit is making my blood boil.” He peppered kisses to my neck.
“Pervert.”
“Yeah, I am your pervert.” He grinned with his half-lidded eyes. “So, will you do it?”
“You will definitely do something to me in the changing room. So, no. I am not fan of voyeurism.”
“I will have those swimsuits sent here. So, there you have it.”
“...As long as I am not wearing it outside.” I conceded because I knew he would pester me for weeks.
“Of course not, love. There's no way I would let you show how delicious you are to other people. It's for my eyes only and will be worn on our private beach.” He grinned. ~”~
The next day row and a row of swimsuits were placed in a spare room, there's only a makeshift changing room and sofa. Satoru is sitting there as if waiting for the show to start. I guess I will indulge him on this occasion. So, I picked up some swimsuits and went to the changing room. Those swimsuits are truly not normal. They are all those racy swimsuits that should not be seen in the public. But here I am trying these. And since I am doing this, I am going to make sure to tease the hell out of him.
The moment I step out of the changing room, I hear a hitch from a certain someone and then a pained groan. “This is not to your taste? Then I will change it.” I grinned as I closed the curtain again.
I did this a few more times, and ultimately, I am trapped inside the changing room with Satoru's hot body pressed against mine. His mouth is doing a workout with mine, my hands being pinned by his large one right above my head, his knee perfectly slotted in between my legs, rubbing against the crotch, and his other hand is busy groping, mapping my whole body. As expected, this is not going to be choosing a swimsuit. ~”~
We did get our vacation on his private beach, wearing a swimsuit of his choosing, he even makes sure to put boundaries around his private property to avoid prying eyes. It's literally a world just for the two of us.
Satoru, being the pervert he is, had chosen the perfect racy swimsuit of all. A cross-wrap halter top with string bottom in the colour of his hair, easier to apply sunscreen, he said. The man actually wanted me to wear a v-string bikini which earned a whack on his head so he settled down with this. And yeah, the applying sunscreen session became a session having me basically naked on the beach carpet with him burying his face in between my legs, the swimsuit is left forgotten to the side. Safe to say, we did no swimming that day.
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yuujis-sunshine · 1 year
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𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄: 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄
𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒐𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒂/𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓
𝑺𝒚𝒏𝒐𝒑𝒔𝒊𝒔: Makoto and the Reader goes out to a Ferris Wheel and see the fireworks for their Valentines Day
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"There's so much people here today." She said, as she held onto her cotton candy and also a toy she won from the game Makoto had won for her. "Yeah, there is. Where should we go to next?" Makoto asked, as he grabbed her hand in happiness. "To the Ferris Wheel!" The two walks away to their ride she requested as everyone was doing whatever they enjoyed. Both of them shared a smile before entering the ride. It was so nice to be out with your beloved boyfriend; especially when he was a heart of gold. He was just so pretty in everyway.
Now the two were inside the ferris wheel with their candy and prize stuffed bear or a dog. They spotted everything from where they were at, and noticed the lights on the Carnival lighting up. "It's so beautiful from up here." She told him, as her eyes lit up. "Yeah it is, just like you..." A blush spreaded across your cheeks as she gripped on the teddy bear she won from his compliment.
"T-Thank you..." It was silent and they began to eat their candy as they stared at the lovely view. "The fireworks starts in only 10 minutes, wanna go see them?" He asked her as she continued to eat her candy and nodded her head, before continuing to bond inside of the Ferris Wheel. "Makoto... I'm very glad that you took me here today. Thank you very much." A small smile appears on the olive green haired guy as he chuckled at her, and hugged her into his warm embrace.
"I feel the same way, [Name]-chan."
- 𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐑 -
Just on time, the arrived to the firework show and sat down on the grass at the very front on their own carpet. Since they appeared first, they had the VIP spot in the show. "Glad we claimed this spot before anyone else could..." "Yeah." He agreed before seeing different colors bursting in the air as they made booming sounds when they went through the air.
All of the crowd was in awe from the amount of work they put in it. Everything was accorded to plan, especially on Valentines day since they do special events for certain holidays as well.
"I like that one right there, the one with the angel." She told him.
"Mhm." Makoto nods, staring straight into the sky. The air was filled with oohs and ahhs from the crowd, and the fireworks would always end up in the sky. As Makoto watched the fireworks, he decides to ask her, "Do you mind if I kiss you?" [Name] blushed at his question, but agreed anyways.
Without hesitation, their lips collided together as the fireworks went off in the air. It wasn't that long, but it was only for a minute. They released their lips from one another as the leaned in closer for a hug so the could watch the rest of the show like everyone else was.
"I really love you so much, [Name]. Happy Valentines day!"
"I love you too, Makoto. And Happy Valentines day to you as well..."
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tokuteasings · 1 year
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Oh? Ohohohoho? Some Zi-O HCs come your way.
Ohma Timeline HCs
Sougo first became Kamen Rider Zi-O because of Swartz, because of the same reasons as canon, he wanted to be powerful than his sister and become king of his realm.
His uncle was attacked by an Another Rider, Another Rider Build.
He came upon a blank Ridewatch and "dreamt" of being the hero to save his uncle, which is how he became Kamen Rider Zi-O.
Thinking that obtaining the powers of the previous Kamen Riders to save the world and his uncle, he sought them out.
Thing is, he didn't ask for them.
Sougo came upon all the Kamen Riders and immediately stole their powers, by way of holding up a blank Riderwatch in front of the Kamen Riders.
The first of the Kamen Rider powers that were stolen was Ghost's, which was immediately followed by Specter's.
It had the fortunate side-effect of giving Takeru his body back, uninjured, alive, but it left him in a coma.
Makoto's side effect was different, he fell unconscious and when he woke up, it left him amnesiac.
The memory loss also rewrote everyone's memories, that they don't remember a Kamen Rider Ghost or Specter, or anything that relates to Kamen Riders.
The side-effect that Makoto experienced, are the same for the others.
Next of the Kamen Riders' power Sougo stole was, Faiz, Ex-Aid then, Drive, Wizard, and then OOO.
Despite getting to the Riders first, Another Riders continue to attack.
but Sougo defeats them with ease.
Next of the Rider powers he got were Agito, Hibiki, Kabuto and Kiva.
When Sougo met Kamen Rider Fourze, it was after Gentaro had destroyed his Driver...
This left Sougo shaking his head... unable to comprehend why would someone willingly give away their powers.
The reason he's been stealing the Rider Powers was because he thought no one would want to part with their powers.
Gentarou reassures Sougo that if he had told everyone why he needed everyone's powers, they would given it to him willingly.
However, Sougo doesn't believe that.
At this point, Sougo's uncle was attacked more than anyone else ever was, which makes Sougo even more desperate to claim the other Rider powers, but he laments the fact that he cannot get a hold of Fourze's powers now.
That was when one Kadoya Tsukasa visited, he tried to steal Decade's power for himself, but one other Rider stole the blank ride watch from his hand, DiEnd.
"Let's see how well you use my power"
Kadoya gives Sougo his special Decade Ridewatch.
But enemies became more powerful, especially with Hiryu Kakogawa.
Kadoya's actions gave Sougo the realization, that maybe, just maybe, he can ask for other's Rider powers.
And he'd be right, he asked for W's and Accel's powers.
He apologized for stealing Build's, Drive's and Ex-Aid's powers before asking for the Rider powers of Mach, Brave, Snipe, CrossZ and more.
Then tragedy struck.
Hiryu kills Sougo's uncle.
which prompted Sougo to use Decade's powers to travel through time, and that was also when he discovered his ability to stop time.
Kadoya tried to stop Sougo, Sougo stopped time and then used Decade's powers to go back in time and steal the Rider powers of Gaim, Baron and everyone else.
He went further back in time to steal the powers of the Riders used Cosmic Energy.
He went further back in time to steal the powers of the Riders that battled the Undead.
He went back further in time to steal the Rider powers of the Mirror World Riders - Despite the contestations of his Mirror World self.
In fact Sougo was able to convince his mirror world self that everything was for his uncle.
This Mirror World self of Sougo, isn't "Dark Sougo" because, this is the Sougo that he decided to bury after his uncle died.
So Zi-O II still formed.
Sougo battled Hiryu across time, but... Sougo is reluctant to kill his uncle's killer.
Sougo once trapped Hiryu inside the Mirror World, justifying to himself that he did not do the killing himself.
Still, Sougo went back further in time, and in Kuuga's cave where he stole the power of Kuuga before it was even discovered.
Then, Zeronus arrives.
Sougo battled Zeronus because Sougo has been destroying timeline after timeline with him stealing the powers of Kamen Riders.
Then the Den-O Riders arrived, forcing Zi-O to battle Momotaros and the other Imagins, Ryotaro and Kotaro also donned their Rider suits.
Many Riders to one.
In the end, Sougo used the Decade Ridewatch, in tandem with the Ex-aid Ridewatch to divide himself in two and defeated everyone from the Den-Liner.
Sougo did not steal the Den-O and Zeronus Rider powers yet, he used the Den-Liner to transport everyone back in his own time before using Decade's powers to go back himself.
It was then that Sougo learned that Hiryu was framed.
It was Swartz who killed his uncle... after killing Hiryu in his face.
Swartz also revealed that he's the one leaving blank Ridewatches for Sougo to find over the course of the year.
Sougo hasn't killed anyone before, not even Hiryu.
This stoked Sougo's deep-seated anger and exploded.
Swartz grinned, with Sougo doing his work for him, he' be able to surpass his sister in terms of power.
Then it was the birth of Ohma.
Sougo did not gain Grand Zi-O he immediately went to Ohma Zi-O and obliterated Swartz.
And that's how the 50 years of Ohma Zi-O started.
Sometime before he reached the 50th year, Sougo wished that he didn't end up being Ohma Zi-O.
He remembered how the Riders forgave him for stealing their powers.
He remembered Gentaro's words.
and that was when opportunity struck, Woz appeared.
and a plan formed within the Demon King of Time's head.
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Oooo baby I do love me some angst and Zi-o is just prime angst material! Thank you soo much for these thoughts!!!
Man ya ever think about how lonely Ohma Zio kinda is? I mean...he rules over a fucking wasteland, everyone is trying to kill him...like...does he need a sec to be himself?
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overlooked-gems · 1 year
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A Look At Stuff You Probably Never Heard Of: My Love Story!!
I know, I missed Valentine’s Day. I’ve been busy. But I’m doing this now. Today, we’re taking a look at a series all about romance! Today, we’ll be taking a look at... “My Love Story!!”
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My Love Story!! (Ore Monogatari!!) is romantic-comedy series written by Kazune Kawahara and illustrated by Aruko, with the manga being published by Shueisha and running from October 13th, 2011 to July 13th, 2016 across 13 volumes. It would later get an anime adaptation by Madhouse that aired from April 8th, 2015 to September 23rd, 2015.
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My Love Story!! follows three characters in particular. The main protagonist being Takeo Gōda, a first-year high school student that towers over everyone around him, including most adults. He’s naturally large and strong, with many women finding him off-putting or frightening. However, he’s popular among men for his physique, strength, and vitality. Despite his large appearance, he’s very kind-hearted and selfless, caring more about others than himself. But because of his appearance and somewhat obliviousness, people can get the wrong idea. For example, one incident has him protecting grade-schoolers from a pervert by standing in front of the school, keeping a watchful eye. But people ended up mistaking him for the pervert instead. Growing up, he had several crushes, but the girls turn him down in favorite of his best friend, Makoto “Suna” Sunakawa. Makoto Sunakawa is the exact opposite of Takeo, being serious, rational, and highly attractive who has girls falling head-over-heels for him. But despite that, he remains single, always rejecting their advances. Despite his serious personality, he occasionally bursts into laughter because of Takeo’s behavior or antics. And finally, Rinko Yamato is Takeo’s girlfriend. She’s about as kindhearted as he is and has a fondness for cooking sweets. She’s wholly devoted to Takeo, to the point of sometimes getting flustered when thinking about him, just as he gets flustered when thinking about her.
The plot is that while riding a train with Makoto, he spots Rinko being groped and immediately steps in to save her, causing Rinko to fall in love with him almost instantly. However, due to the groper running his mouth and disrespecting Rinko, Takeo punches the an and gets suspended from school. It isn’t long before Rinko invites Makoto and Takeo together and sharing her sweets with them, causing Takeo to assume she’s interested in Makoto, just like every other girl, so he vows to make sure they end up together, despite him having a crush on Rinko himself, as he doesn’t want to see her heart get broken.
However, Makoto gets her to say that she loves Takeo instead, causing the two to start dating. The rest of the series is the two going on various romantic outings; a day at the beach, a group date, and going on a picnic. Of course, being a comedy-romance series, hi-jinks and comedy is abound.
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As stated above, the series is a romcom, so romance and comedy are at the forefront. While there is action, it’s all very mundane and slice-of-life. If it does get over-the-top, it’s usually used for comedic effect or keeps the action contained to real-life settings, like when Takeo is holding up a massive steel beam.
The series also enjoys taking advantage of various expressions. While Makoto doesn’t react much, Takeo has a lot of over-the-top reactions and expressions, as does Rinko.
And now, time for the Final Recommendation Never Let Go Of It||Get It||Hold Onto It||Try It||Consider It||Stay Away From It
Honestly, this series is really charming! It is a romcom and any and every sense of the word; lots of love and lots of laughs. But the biggest thing about this series is definitely the romance. The love between Takeo and Rinko is genuine. A common occurrence in the series is one of them saying “I love him/her” when the other does practically anything.
However, there are some less-than-loving moments. Nothing serious, mind you, but, well... how do I put it? There are times where the two have a problem, but completely personal. Basically, they massively love each other, but they sometimes feel like they aren’t enough. For example, when the two go to a beach as part of a group date, Takeo has trouble looking at Rinko without being enamored and absolutely smitten and doesn’t want to look at her in a lecherous way until Makoto tells him to think of her swimsuit like any other article of clothing. However, Rinko specifically wanted to make his heart skip, so when he acts normally, she feels he doesn’t find her attractive. Another example is Makoto’s father needing surgery and Takeo wants to support his best friend, but the surgery is on the same day as Rinko’s birthday.
I also want to take a brief moment to talk about Makoto. As stated before, girls fawn over Makoto, but he remains single. As I mentioned previously, every girl Takeo has a crush on ends up asking Makoto out. How things went was that Takeo would ask them but, but they’d turn him down. Makoto rejects those girls because he heard them talk about about Takeo behind his back and he refuses to date someone who would speak so poorly of his best friend. Of course, those girls make fun of him for his appearance. Rinko is the one girl he accepts because she sees Takeo as the genuinely good person he is, regardless of how he looks.
All in all, this anime is nothing but feelgood moments and the love and dedication between Takeo and Rinko are on full display. Like Takeo vowing to protect her from mosquitoes, or Rinko’s love giving Takeo the strength to win a judo match. Of course, there’s good comedy. Mostly from Takeo, but a few from Rinko too.
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And so, I’ll see you guys next month! I have a few things planned for March.
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ecargmura · 10 months
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Ayaka: A Story Of Bonds And Wounds Episode 3 Review: The Goth Ginger With A Gun
I feel like every episode, there’s an increase in the amount of crimes Jingi has done. Will I list them all? Maybe. Also, we are introduced to the Goth Ginger with a Gun and his lackeys today! To be honest, this episode was quite interesting!
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This episode takes place with Yukito and Jingi taking a Marine Liner to the First Island, the most urban area of the Ayaka Islands. It’s a place flourishing with musicians, culture and food. I think it’s quite an interesting place as even Ara-Mitamas can show up in these crowded locations. I think the concept of a Marine Liner is cool in general, but I’d hate to ride one of those due to my fear of large bodies of water.
Mr. Goth Ginger with a Gun is Aka Ibuki. He was also one of Makoto’s disciples, but he’s the “evil” one. Yeah, there’s always that bad one in a group of three. It’s an anime tradition. Anyways, Ibuki has a different mindset when it comes to Ara-Mitamas. He kills them. His reason? They hurt people so he eliminates them to prevent that. He definitely lost someone important in the past, hence why he’s an anti-hero/villain of sorts. While he does use a gun to exterminate Ara-Mitamas, his main weapon is actually Black Magic, which is taboo Ley Magic that involves him having an demonic arm and consuming Ara-Mitamas. It makes me wonder if he’s the villain of this story or just the anti-hero.
One of his subordinates is Ibara, who looks so much like Sophie from Tales of Graces. She has the purple pigtails tied with white hair accessories, purple eyes, martial arts and Kana Hanazawa’s voice. I’m convinced someone in the animation studio is a Sophie fan; there’s too many similarities for it to be a mere coincidence. She’s an enigma so far. She has a scowling expression whenever Yukito shows up at her vicinity, so I wonder what’s up with that?
His other subordinates are interesting. The ones with the fancy character designs are definitely going to be important later on. The other subordinate Yukito meets is voiced by Jun Fukuyama. 
Can someone at least give Yukito some gosh darn training? This kid wants to help but he’s stuck with Jingi who’s absolutely useless as a mentor. My goodness, Jingi even abandons him in the middle of the streets! Here’s another list of his crimes added and it’s only the third episode! WHEN WILL YUKITO GET SOME TRAINING? 
Overall, the difference between Ibuki and the other disciples’ mindset when it comes to Ara-Mitamas is the most interesting aspect of the episode. It makes me wonder what will happen going forth. I think it’s a good conflict for Yukito to face as he’s been doing all of these Ley Mastery stuff because he was forced to. What route will he take? What do the Mitamas mean to him? I can’t wait to find out more.
Also, here’s a list of Jingi’s crimes so far:
-Drinking in front of minors
-Pushing Yukito off a bridge
-Stuffing Yukito in a magic bag.
-Throwing Yukito into an Ara-Mitama on purpose
-Littering
-Commanding his water blob to pick up his mess and not doing it himself.
-Abandoning Yukito in the middle of the streets (NEW!)
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twindevilgang · 2 years
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Skater S/O~
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Mizo middle Edition
Characters: Atsushi ‘Akkun’ Sendo, Takuya Yamamoto, Kazushi Yamaghishi, Makoto Suzuki
Warning: Fluff, mentions of blood and scratches
I’m a skater myself but I do not know most of the tricks people do. I only know two 😭 thinking of doing apart two with either Toman or Tenjiku
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Atsushi ‘Akkun’ Sendo
Boy is amazed 🤩
Goes with you to skate parks with his friend just to show you off a little. Feels a nice sense of pride when his friends tell him how cool you are.
Is there to remind you to wear helmet, knee pads, Etc. Last thing he wants is for you to get a serious concussion.
He’s also there to help you patch up your knees, elbows and palms after a bad fall.
He saved up some of his allowance to buy you a skateboard, BUT IT HAD HIS AND YOUR INITIALS IN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BOARD WITH A HEART SROUND IT. You ride the shit with pride 🥴
Is there to catch you in his arms when trying to do a new trick. Very cliche indeed
Takuya Yamamoto
Supportive BF here!!!
If you do those skateboard competitions he’ll always be there supporting you. Heck even gets front row seats.
Just like Akkun he helps you patch up after a bad fall and scolds you a little about being more careful next time.
Wants to learn how to skate so he can go on little skate days with you. And you obviously teach him with hesitation Bc your a good girlfriend 🙄
Instead of Him catching you after a trick your there catching him, Takuya finds it embarrassing but you don’t.
Couple slayer goals fr even if he doesn’t know have to skateboard yet 🙂
Kazushi Yamaghishi
YOUR NUMBER ONE FAN 😭
Like Takuya Kazushi would always be at your completions and all, talking carton two screaming your name, letting everyone know your his girlfriend. Heck he evens has those foam pointer finger😭
Begs you to teach him how to skate. His reason is bc it’ll make him look cooler then he already is, but you humble your boyfriend quickly😑
Learns all the names of all the tricks you do. Heck he knows the name of some you didn’t even know it existed until he brings it up.
“That one you just did is called laser flip, which babe, is the Hardest flat ground trick to land. So you, Baby, are Amazing!!”
“Huh?what?”
Makoto Suzuki
A FAN BOY, IM TELLING YOU
Loves how you’re not “like other girls”. Yeah he’s that type of boyfriend 🙄
If you two are on a little date to the skate park, which is mostly filled with boys rather then girl sadly, will not hesitate to pick a fight with them if they say something negative about you. At the end you have to drag his ass out of the park before the cops come
Laughs his ass of if you have a bad fall, yeah he’s also the type of boyfriend, but if you in like serious pain he’ll stop and ask if you’re okay
Can watch you for hours on end. Watching you do flips, kicks and shit on the wooden board so gracefully. Heck he cheers you on every now and then, just to give you a boost.
Brags about you to his freinds and his classmates to the point where they get annoyed. “Oh you have an girlfriend, mh thats nice but my girlfriend knows how to do an Ollie on a wooden board and other badass trick. Bet your basic girlfriend can’t even do that!”
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kawia-renka · 3 years
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First Date With The THH boys
❝The girls will appear in the next part/s. Goodbye Despair and V3 as well. ^^ ❞
Shoutout to Mod Rantaro from @the-platonic-charms for helping me out with Mondo <3
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• It was friday after school. You were almost done putting on your coat, when you noticed a familiar boy walking in your direction.
• "H-hey, are you ready for our date?" Makoto asked nervously. Just like he said; you two were going on a date after school. You decided to go to his house first and get your homework done. While you were there, Komaru would often check up on you and Makoto. It was no secret that she knew about your date. And she was very supportive of it!
• After finishing your homework, Makoto suggested you go to an arcade. This turned out to be a great idea! You both had a lot of fun there, and even won some prizes! You got a plushie of your favorite game character,while Makoto got a pink-white rabbit keychain.
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• He may not have been showing it, but man's nervous. You were just vibing in your room, when suddenly your phone rang. It was Byakuya calling to inform you, that he will come pick you up in 15 minutes. He didn't even mention anything about what to wear. Taking a lucky guess, you decided to wear something formal, but also casual. He can't complain 'bout what you're wearing cause he didn't even tell you where you're going.
• You walked outside of your house and there you saw, a black limousine parked there waiting for you. The doors in the back opened and you saw Byakuya sitting there. His clothes seemed just like his typical attire, but you were able to notice several small differences. Like for example, his tie was grey as opposed to his usual green one.
• The ride was short and silent, but it wasn't akward. You arrived at a classy looking restaurant. Which is exactly what you should've expected from Togami. The inside was all red, you could feel how expensive it all was just by looking at the furniture. Anyhow, you and Byakuya sat and down and ordered some food. While waiting for it, you had a nice conversation.
• Hours later after you finished eating, the two of you decided to walk back home. Or at least to your house, that's where Togami's limo would be waiting for him. You walked through the park as it started to rain. He hesitated for a bit when he finally took off his coat and covered you with it.
• Hurrying home with Byakuya, whilst the weather was getting more windy and rainy, was definitely not how you expected your date with Togami to look like. But you couldn't have been happier.
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• Saturday 6:25 pm. Just 5 minutes until you meet up with Leon. And finally, you hear someone knocking on the door. You open it, and there stood the baseball star player himself -Leon Kuwata
"Hey [Name] , you ready?" He put his arm around your shoulder and walked with you to your designated location.
• It turns out you arrived at a concert hall! Leon showed you the tickets he was holding in his hand, they were for the front row! When asked how he got them, Leon explained how those were from a friend of his who happened to be quite famous in the music industry, and knows a person or two.
• The rest of the night was spent singing all the song lyrics to your favorite songs with your date. Despite the concert ending a little bit before midnight, you two were able to grab something to eat before going back to your house, staring at the view of the city in the dark, being visible only thanks to thousand of lights and the moon.
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• You were walking home from the grocery store, heading to your house so you could get ready for your date with Mondo. When suddenly, a motorcycle stopped before you blocking your way. The person riding the motorcycle was none other than your date himself - Mondo Owada
• Telling you to get on his motorcycle, you couldn't just say no. Plus the way home was like 20 minutes, so why would you pick that when you've got a way more convenient option right here. He drove you home and waited for you outside so you could get your groceries inside.
• You drove around town on the motorcycle for a bit, until you finally stopepd at a (seemingly) random hill. When asked where and why you two were here, Mondo only told you to be patient. You sat down on the grass while the sun began to set. And that's when you realized, he took you here to watch the sunset. It really looked beautiful from uo here.
• You stood up, said 'thank you' and hugged him.
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• Call it basic, but you and Taka had a study date! One - you can actually learn something Two - you get to spend time with the person you like!
• He was there right on time, ringing the doorbell to your house. He stood there in the doorframe with a few flowers in hand, greeting you in his usual polite tone.
"Good afternoon [Name],are you ready for our study session?"
• If your guardian is there, he'll greet them as well and strike up a friendly conversation for a little bit.
• The rest of the date was 80% studying and 20% of just hanging out. The time you two spent together was spent nicely. You both enjoyed each other's company and would love to do it again. Although, with all the studying you've been doing, you'll be getting straight A's, so maybe next time it'll 100% spending time together?
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• Okay, going on a date with this clairvoyant could've been absolutely anything. ...In a good way
• Hiro decided to take you two to the place where he got his burger stolen by aliens. That is certainly an odd spot for a date. Nonetheless it seemed to be quite intriguing, because in just a matter of seconds you were seated at a bench with Hiro, listening to his weird story.
• Afterwards you just talked about random things, very random. But it seemed like you two got closer today.
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• Some people would opt for a more 'traditional' date, such as going to the cinema, restaurant or just Netflix and chill. But nah, that's boring. We gotta get things spicy! ...And by that, I mean watching anime, overanalyzing it and then writing fanfics or making drawings for it.
• Ngl, that sounds like an ideal date to me. *akhem* back to Hifumi. Like mentioned before, you both just watched anime.
• But it was no ordinary anime... For you see, Hifumi happened to be one of the people who worked on this show. He drew the promotional art, along with some merch ideas.
• Now that is impressive! Definitely something you'd proudly tell your date on your first date.
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Mission completed: Get a date In progress: Actually go on the date
• So, the boys of class 78 decided to help out Fujisaki with this special occasion. Chihiro didn't mind them helping, he was just confused how they found out about it. Well, Mondo might've overheard yours and Chihiro's conversation and told Taka about it. Who told him to not tell anyone about it. But he did, he told Leon who told Makoto who was accidentally overheard by Hifumi, who told it to Hiro.
• Despite this being a very messy situation, they were very helpful! And finally, the day they all waited for. The boys gave Chihiro a lot of advice, some better than others.
• You were going to be spending time in your house, playing video games, but Chihiro seemed weird. They were nervous and stuttered quite a bit. When confronted about it, Fujisaki gasped.
"R-really? Oh, I knew this wouldn't work..." He put his head down and explained everything.
"My classmates, they wanted to help me 'prepare' for our date. They wanted me to act cool to impress you but..."
"That's not how I actually am, I-" Chihiro was on the verge of tears.
"Chihiro hey, it's alright. " You rubbed his back. "I don't need you to act like someone you're not. I went on a date with you because I like you. Not some sort of a different, cooler version of you. But you."
"R-really? Oh, well I'm glad because Mondo wanted me to ride his motorcycle, and frankly, I don't think that would end well."
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softmakoharus · 2 years
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makoharu fanfiction - every moment with you
Summary: Although Makoto's and Haru's busy schedules have been keeping them from spending much time together, they manage to make the most out of Valentine's Day with each other. Words: 3155 Rating: General Audiences Additional tags: Fluff, Sleepy Cuddles, First Kiss, Valentine's Day Link: AO3 Haru lies down, immediately irritated at himself for not falling asleep the very moment his head hits the pillow. These past few weeks have been exhausting, and he wants to use every last second of what little free time he has to sleep. It may be approaching dinner time right now, but for Haru, it's time for a nap. He hadn't even bothered to turn off the light, or change into his pajamas, or— Suddenly, he hears the front door open. Right, he hadn't bothered to check and see if the front door was locked either. Anyway, he's sure he won't waste more than a few minutes drifting off to sleep, as long as whoever just walked in is quiet. Wait, whoever just walked in?! Haru quickly opens his eyes and sits up, his heart racing, only to see an equally wide-eyed Makoto standing in his doorway. “Haru! You startled me.” “You? What about me?”
“I messaged you that I was heading over! You didn't get it?” Makoto pulls out his phone and confirms the message went through on his end. “Just now, were you asleep?” Haru respositions himself to sit on the edge of his bed and blinks a few times, completely confused. He feels like he's missing an extremely important piece of information. He and Makoto haven’t seen each other in a while, what with their busy schedules, and they hadn't made any plans except for Valentine's Day, but that's not until a few days—no, it's next week. Wait, what day is it? Makoto gives an understanding smile. “Did you forget? I should have reminded you when we were talking earlier.” It's today. February 14th. Valentine's Day. And they were supposed to be going out on a casual date together. “No! I mean, I didn't forget. I just didn't realize that today was... today. I'm sorry.” “Really, it's ok. I'm sorry I woke you up. You've been busy, too.” Haru's chest tightens. Don't apologize for that, like you did something wrong. The last thing he wants to do is disappoint Makoto, and he definitely doesn't want to cancel their date, but he also thinks he's going to lose his mind if he has to stay awake much longer. It pains him to say the words he knows he has to say. “I don't think I can go out tonight after all. I'm really sorry.” Makoto sits next to Haru on his bed and tries not to let his smile falter. “Right, I understand. You should rest.” “You look disappointed.” Of course Haru sees through him. “I'm not! Well, I was looking forward to going out with you tonight, but I'm not upset or anything. I wish you felt better, for your own sake, too.” Even though he's the one who canceled, it's difficult for Haru to accept the decision. As soon as he and Makoto had started dating last month, it was as though both of them were suddenly being pulled apart from each other. There were classes and projects and extracurriculars stopping them from exploring this new aspect of their relationship. It was unfair. Haru felt immature to think of it that way, but it was just entirely unfair! The two of them had agreed, rather reluctantly but also perhaps rather maturely, that they'd try not to distract each other too much from their responsibilities and just ride out this temporary busyness. They were at least able to message each other throughout the day. Haru was thankful that Makoto had decided from the beginning to call him on the phone every evening, even if it was just a quick goodnight call, and from the beginning, Haru had gotten way too attached to hearing Makoto say, "I love you." He felt silly when his heart fluttered every time Makoto would say those words, or when his laugh would get so loud sometimes over the phone, or when he'd fall asleep before properly hanging up. Thoughts of Makoto too would send his heart racing, just simple things like wondering what he was doing, if he was listening to any music, or imagining him sitting there in his room to keep him company. Makoto was always with him in his mind and in his heart. But with so little physical contact over the past few weeks, Haru finds himself craving even the smallest touch from his boyfriend. He wants his heart to flutter not just with words, but with the brushing aside of his bangs, or holding his hand, or, the thing he had been thinking about the most, their first kiss. Haru sighs; their schedules will free up soon, and they just have to last until then, despite his impatience with the matter and his completely fair anger at the universe for making things so unfairly complicated. As easy as it is for Haru to see Makoto’s true feelings, Makoto can see Haru’s, too. “You're also disappointed, hm?” Then, as if he had read Haru's mind, Makoto reaches out and cups Haru's cheek. His hand is warm and loving, and Haru can't help but push against, nuzzling it ever so slightly, letting his eyes close in comfort. He sighs again, relieved this time. Seeing Makoto now, if only for a moment, makes him happier than he knows how to express. Being with him, touching him, makes his heart burst with emotions. He doesn’t know exactly what to do with those emotions, but they flow through him and put him at ease. Even though he knows that Makoto is essentially always with him, it's so much better when he really is here. Makoto removes his hand and places it over Haru's. “We'll go out when things calm down a bit.” “Right,” Haru replies, returning that smile. “Then, I'll let you sleep.” Makoto starts to stand, but he sits back down when he feels Haru holding on to his sleeve. “Since you're here, do you want to lie down with me?” continue reading on AO3 >>
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azucarian · 3 years
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NEFELIBATA - Takuya Birthday Special
Masterlist No content/trigger warning. Extreme fluff <3
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Takuya had grown upset at the possibility of his birthday being forgotten; especially considering his two childhood friends hadn't even raised so much as a 'happy birthday' to him. It's not like he particularly expected a gift - although it definitely would be nice. Tapping his pencil against the desk, he frowned - (Name) was the most attentive person he knew and even she had forgotten? Maybe he failed in making it known beforehand. At this point, he just wanted to go home and curl up into a ball with the birthday cake his mother had baked him.
Now that he thought about it, Makoto had an obsession with the western zodiacs - he always looked on those weird 'zodiac luckiness' websites. Cancer, that's what Takuya's zodiac was - the zodiac of the crab. His 'aligned' personality was about him being loving and full of emotions - but also moody, suspicious and overprotective. He was not moody, he'd like to believe. The thought made him grumpy-
Ah, wait, that'd be right then.
He mentally groaned as the bell signalling the end of the day sounded, and his phone let out the identifiable ping to tell him he'd received a message. Flipping his phone up, (Name)'s contact popped up.
(NAME)-CHAN Mizo Middle headin' out early - we'll see you later Taku-chan! Byebye!
So they had truly forgotten. Takuya felt himself visibly deflate; there goes his final slither of hope. He shrugged, at least he had all of that cake to himself. He began his journey home; the train ride being oddly silent - usually the group of them would rambunctiously play whilst (Name), Akkun and himself would stare judgingly. Until (Name) got annoyed with all the stares from the elderly people and try to beat them up. For someone who didn't fight, Takuya could admit that the girl punched way too hard.
Coming home to an empty house was normal; his parents worked long jobs to provide for them (he actually appreciated their evening absences because of Kiyomasa and his gang, but he no longer feared any of that). But it felt much more empty as he slipped his shoes off- Wait, those definitely were not his shoes.
Sloppily hidden amongst the eco-friendly tote bags, five pairs of shoes were stacked. Four pairs of messy trainers, and one pair of remotely looked after converses. He nearly laughed - so they were here. A surprise birthday party, he guessed. The idiot trio must've gotten side tracked and, in a hurry, (Name) or Akkun shoved the shoes to the side and threw the totes over them.
Takuya guessed he'd humour them after all their effort. Slipping his indoor slides onto his feet and hanging his bag up on the door, he slowly made his way to the living room - and, upon entering the dark room, the lights suddenly flicked on and the distinct sound of party poppers filled his ears (and kind of scaring him, admittedly).
"Happy birthday!" The collective cheer of each person brought a grin to his face; regardless of the under-planned surprise element, he couldn't contain his smile at the sight. Kazushi, Makoto and Takemichi each had several party hats decorating their heads - almost as if they were trying to imitate a crown. Akkun was off to the side with a bright grin and a party popper in his hand. (Name), however, wasn't in sight.
He was about to open his mouth to ask where she was when someone jumped onto his back, arms around his neck "Happy birthday, Taku-chan!" The familiarly cheery voice made him laugh, and he softly thanked them all. The girl of the group eagerly dragged him towards their paper cut out of a birthday cake laid out on the table, surrounded by gifts.
Takuya slowly opened each of them.
From Akkun, a new controller for his gaming console - the boy explaining it as a 'new' method for everyone to play together, instead of taking turns with one controller. He appreciated it, and smiled softly before gently placing it back in the box (promising that he'd play with Atsushi first and foremost).From Makoto, a porn magazine - he slightly sneered at the gift, and the dumb(est) boy began to whine and cry about how 'Takuya didn't like his gift'. Even (Name) sneered and appropriately smacked Makoto on the back of the head with an apologetic smile towards Takuya. The blonde just shook his head and thanked the boy reluctantly (he had definitely thought more of himself instead of Takuya - but it was funny regardless, both Kazushi and Takemichi seemed to think so, too).From Kazushi, a bunch of notebooks, pens and pencils - explaining it to him as a new hobby to pick up. According to him, Takuya looked like the 'artsy poet' type (admittedly, he couldn't help but agree). He tested the glittery gel pens on one of the note books and grinned - they were extremely pretty, perfect for exam note-taking too. He placed them to the side delicately and expressed his gratitude.
He couldn't help but side-eye Takemichi and (Name). Takemichi was someone who would buy an extremely expensively thoughtful gift - it always made him feel guilty for weeks after, because the determined blonde would never allow Takuya to repay him. And (Name)… he visibly sweated. She had no taste in gift giving, and her gift was probably going to be worse than Makoto's - appropriate, but worse. They all exchanged knowing glances as the girl turned around to push Takemichi's gift towards him.
Takemichi had gotten a choker chain; and, as expected, it looked expensive. On the front, 'TAKUYA' was written in cursive with two ruby colored stones either side - if he remembered ride, a ruby was his birthstone. He almost verbally awed, but, instead, opted for hugging Takemichi tightly with an over-the-top thank you. The bleached blonde looked very happy at Takuya's joy."It's time for my gift now, right?" (Name) cheerily reminded, pushing a large box forward "Don't be surprised; I asked for your parents permission too." What? Takuya rose an eyebrow. Parents permission? Whatever it was, the other four didn't seem to know either - they looked just as confused.
She raced out of the room for a few moments before returning with her head poked around the door, hiding her arms behind the door frame "Don't freak out, we have to be quiet." They all nodded "Promise?"
"Promise." They all quietly spoke, and Takuya could feel himself get slightly giddy. Whatever this was, he was excited - and he hoped he wasn't disappointed (he wouldn't be, regardless, because he'd get to jokingly bully her for a bad gift for the rest of her life). She slowly turned and walked in, and the bundle in her arms nearly sent him into cardiac arrest.
The cutest puppy was excitedly wagging its tail in her grip, adoringly staring at its new friends jovially. (Name) crouched down and softly placed it against the floor, and they all watched as it clumsily stumbled towards the closest human - Takuya himself. Pressing its wet nose against his arm, its little butt wiggled with the force of its tail.
"How- wha- I don't know how to react-" For the first time in a while, the group watched as an awe-stricken and very visibly shocked Takuya brought the puppy into his arms. (Name) laughed and slid to the floor beside him, gently patting the puppy.
"I spoke to your parents the other day before school about it; they said it'd probably do you good, especially with summer break comin' up. Keep you company, and you can go on walks with her." She explained whilst watching as the other four crowded round, each taking a turn at stroking the soft puppy.
"How the hell did you get her here?" Akkun questioned. It made all of them wonder; yeah, how? She had been with them all day, so how on Earth had she gotten a puppy to Takuya's house without them realising?
(Name) snorted "I asked Mikey-chan and Ken-kun to bring her; they put her in your room, in one of those play pens. Cute little thing was fast asleep but woke up straight away when hearing the door open. She was so excited." Takuya was so in love with this adorable creature that had found its new home in his arms "She ain't got a name, so that's up to you." He lit up, and the group laughed at his expression.
"Rocky." The name sent embarrassment into (Name)'s system, as she profusely rejected the name - completely being ignored by a cackling Takuya.
"Huh, what's so bad about Rocky? Rocky-chan is so cute!" Kazushi protested.
"It's Rocky because the last time me and (Name) hung out alone together, she fell into the river because of the rocks." The laughter from everyone was enough to make (Name) hide her face in her hands, muttering a 'I hate you' endearingly under her breath.
With his new friend and playmate in his hands, Takuya could wholeheartedly say... THIS WAS THE BEST BIRTHDAY EVER.
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baecvlt · 3 years
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Do you write smut? If so, can I please get soft fem reader thigh-riding Byakuya? Thank you!!
Just Like Heaven
in which the reader thigh rides Byakuya Togami.
Byakuya Togami x Reader
smut smut smut
fem reader
requested by ✨: OMG THIS IDEA ITS BEAUTIFUL
warnings: nothing too major, but there is some choking, but its nothing terrible and its very briefly mentioned. also its byakuya: he’s a dick.
enjoy luvs xx (my apologizes if its short)
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“You’ve been awfully quiet lately”
Y/N stared out the window, turning to face her lover. “I just,” she began, realizing she knew why she had been so quiet, but saying so would have flustered her,“I don’t know, honey”. “Oh, you know how pitiful you sound when you call me ‘honey’,” he cooed, but it was so backhanded. He walked towards you and cupped her face. She gasped when he did, his touch making her tremble. “Was that mean?”.
“You are mean”
“I can’t help it”
As those words slipped out of his mouth, he immediately pressed his lips onto hers. The desperation had gotten to her, her kisses in return were messier and rougher, taking Byakuya by surprise. “Hell,” he whispered, pulling away,“You wasted no time”. She didn’t respond as she was trying to catch her breath, but it was obvious to him what was wrong with her. She was like an animal in heat. Blood rushed to her cheeks leaving her all kind of flustered. He grinned at the girl, messing with her hair. “Say, why don’t you get yourself a nice glass of cold water,” he asked,“Then join me in the library when you can get ahold of yourself”. Blushing, she nodded and walked out of her room with her head down, walking towards the dining hall kitchen. She grabbed a cup of water, noticing Celeste had walked in and crossed her arms. Being nice, she said,“Hi”. Rather than say “hi” back, Celeste said,“You and that posh, blond, what’s his name... well, you know who I’m referring to, have been spending a good amount of time together”. She was silent. 
“Are you both?-”
She finally caught onto Celeste’s suggestive tone. “Oh, nonono,” she blurted,“Absolutely not”. Celeste laughed softly, nodding. “Right. ‘Was foolish of me to assume such a quiet girl as yourself would involve yourself with him in such ways. I only asked because everyone else was wondering. I’ll be heading out now. Goodbye!”. Celeste walked away, leaving her flustered once again. Why was she so flustered? Well, that can only be answered if we dig deep into her mind, her dream state specifically. She dreamt of Byakuya. Her dreams (if captured) could be pieces of cinema for how detailed they were. For some reason, this one was a little too detailed. Imagery of Byakuya tearing off her dress and pinning her down made it difficult for her to be around him.
While they had this type relationship going on, it was never anything sexual. In fact, the most they’d done was that kiss earlier. What started off as a hateful gaze turned to playful verbal teasing; secretly holding hands to small kisses (with the occasional pet names). Now, Byakuya had taken it a step further with that kiss, but since she had the control in that situation, his tone suggested he wanted much more. 
She walked to the second floor, heading for the library. She stood in front of the door, taking a deep breath before opening the door, ever so carefully. She peeked in first before stepping in, noticing Byakuya sitting in a chair and reading. He looked up at her. “You wanted to see me?,” she asked. 
“Oh, Y/N. Glad you could make it. Lock the door.. the key’s hanging to your right”
She locked the door, stepping closer to him. He got up and showed her some files layed out on the table. “I was digging around in the archives and found rather interesting information,” he said. She looked at them, her eyes widening. “So we have possible suspects on the mastermind’s identity now, don’t we,” she asked. Byakuya nodded. He sat back down, looking at her up and down. He hummed, looking her up and down. His piercing blue eyes met hers as she turned to see him doing so. “Is there anything else you need, baby?”. 
“Take off your panties”
Her heart sank as she stuttered,“W-What?”. He repeated himself: “Take them off”. She tried not to blush as she raised her dress on the sides and slid them off. She picked up her lacy panties, holding them. “Hand them to me”. She walked to him handing them over. “Tsk-tsk. These are quite the racy choice,” he smirked,“Come here”. He pat his lap, inviting her to straddle him. She was on, wrapping her arms around his neck and now he was kissing her, roughly. She whined as he grabbed her breasts, moving his hands to her hips. This made her move against his thigh, the friction making her throb. She moaned digging her nails into his back. Immediately, he knew she liked that. He began to bounce he a little. Her breath hitching as her legs squeezed the sides of his thigh, latching herself onto him. “You like that, don’t you?,” he teased, whispering in her ear.
“Yes...”
“Speak up, darling”
“Y-Yes!”
She began riding him on her own, but at her own pace, not trying to overwhelm herself so fast. Suddenly, his hand reached and gripped her throat, careful not to hurt her. “Poor girl,” he teased,“All worked up over what? Grinding on my leg like a pup? How cute”.
“Byakuya-”
“My pretty girl, getting off in front of all this surveillance. People watching, yet you behave as if we were in solitude. How pathetic”
“P-Please don’t say that, please”
“Is my girl gonna cum?”
The question rattled throughout her body. Her insides burned as she muttered a ‘yes’. “Cum for me, my pet,” he said looking deep into her eyes,“Come on”. Small whimpers and curses escaped her lips as she trembled. All Byakuya could think is how cute she was. “I’m gonna cum,” she whispered.
“Yeah?”
Before she could answer, his hands moved to her breasts. He teased him and she cried, begging him,“Please kiss me”. He tongued her down, her shaming worsened until finally, with a throaty moan, she came. “Good girl,” he teased, pushing her off slowly. She now sat on the floor trying to catch her breath. Byakuya checked out his thigh. He grabbed her jaw and made her look up at him. “You made quite the mess,” he said, kissing her forehead. He held his hand out, allowing her stand up. “What do we say?,” he asked.
“T-Thank you”
“Anytime”
Byakuya headed toward the door, but before he could open it, she stopped him. “Hey!”. He turned around. “Yes, my pet?”. She bit her lips, but finally asked,“Are you gonna give me my panties back?”. Byakuya laughed. “Right,” he said,“I must’ve forgotten”. He handed them to her. She put them on, her eyes on him.
“Are you waiting for me?”
“Is that a problem?”
“No, not at all! Just curious why”
“I, uh..”
He cleared his throat as he looked away and said,“I kind of do enjoy your company, so I was wondering if you wanted to come and explore the other floors with me. Catch up, maybe?”. She smiled, biting her lip.
“I’d love that”
“Great. Come along, now. There’s an unnecessary tension building up”
Once again he held out his hand. She smiled, holding it and following him. As exited the library, Makoto and Kyoko were outside. “Togami!,” Kyoko scoled him,“We’ve been searching for you endlessly. Where the hell’ve you been?”. Their eyes went straight to his hand holding hers. Rather than pull back and let go, he held her hand tighter. “Y/N and I were doing research in the library. We found interesting files and were just about to head out”. Makoto was silent, but spoke abruptly.
“Did you spill something on your lap?”
“No? What are you-”
That’s when he realized it was a complete other thing being referred to. “Oh, this?,” Byakuya asked,“Yes, I think I must’ve spilled something earlier today”. “But that looks rece-”.
“Makoto, when was the last time youve done laundry yourself to even begin to worry about what I’ve got on? Anyway, there are far more dire things to worry about. The file is on the desk. We’ll be heading off now”
Y/N admired how confident and prideful he walked past them, but once out of sight, he sighed. “I can hold your hand proudly. Hell, I might even kiss you every now and then,” he began,“but I draw the line at walking around with this on my leg”. “Yeah, we should probably get you dressed”. He nodded. As you walked you can think about what he said.
“You can be seen with me proudly?”
“You’re worth it”
“Oh”
You stopped at his door. He opened it, but before he could walk in, he stopped. Without looking back, he said,“I admire you, Y/N. Don’t let it get to your head, but I do. Anyway, I’ll be going now. See you around”. He closed the door, leaving her there. She smiled and headed to her room, thinking while he might be flawed, he isn’t a completely terrible person.
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freeseafirefly · 3 years
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I miss you (RinHaru, drabble)
Ever since his return from Australia, Rin has been way too sweet and considerate. Haru isn't sure he digs it. Post S3.
“You swam IM for him and yet you won't even consider swimming fly with me.”
Rin’s voice is so quiet Haru almost sifts it out as a part of the dream that starts weaving up in his head as he dozes off to the steady humming of the bus. It is too close, though, too real, too odd for his imagination to make it up.
His head snaps up. He looks at Rin who looks ahead, into the windscreen over the rows of seats, his matured face unreadable. In front of them, between the back rests, Kinjou’s bleached hair can be seen swaying slightly as he slouches down in his sleep. No one is chatting; the smooth highway ride must have lulled the entire national team into a highly appreciated sleep before the training camp hell begins.
Haru looks back at Rin, wondering for a moment if he dreamed the sulky statement up, after all. If not, this would be the first time since high school that Rin voiced his frustration so openly. But unlike those days, the tone of his voice was thoroughly even. Controlled. Even so, his bottom lip sticks out just a bit (someone less obsessed with studying his features wouldn’t even have noticed it), just that bit to appear fuller than usual. Rin is pouting.
Haru sighs. He suspected that Rin's childish jealousy of his middle school team and Ikuya in particular was the reason behind the two's rather acid rivalry. He also suspected himself in harboring a certain amount of the same feeling for this exact reason, ever since Rin became obsessed with “kicking that emo loser’s ass”, all fired up for it as though beating Haru was no longer his priority (even after his hair-width loss to him in the All-Japan.) And Haru… kinda missed it. Yeah. He missed the competitive familiarity of that Rin. This Rin, who spent a year in Australia, has matured indeed, and he has been so soft and caring and oh so considerate with him recently that Haru will sometimes catch himself biting an irritated "stop pulling Makoto on me" off the tip of his tongue.
Yet now, Rin is clearly pouting, blushing for whatever reason and causing Haru's insides to melt.
“You... really want me to?”
Rin shoots him a bewildered glance. “Huh? I thought I told you like 20 times already that I do.”
Due to the close distance, Rin’s warm cinnamon gaze is flickering between Haru's eyes, searching, studying them tentatively. Haru wonders what Rin can see in his blue irises, and whether it is something that is really present there, or Rin just mistakes glints and specks for something, like reflections on the water. To be honest, Haru simply never considered Rin’s light, teasing lines We just ought to have a butterfly race now! seriously, not in the midst of the national team training, not before their first international tournament. He just never thought Rin was even serious about it, so he brushed it off. How could he guess Rin's frustration?
Haru failed more than often to read this new Rin. Gone was that pushy enthusiasm, the impatient nudging and the heated growls when the air (or water) between them would turn into liquid fire. Now, it felt more like nitroglycerin, with Rin tiptoeing around him cautiously and Haru having no idea how to act on this new premise whatsoever.
What Haru has failed to see is that, perhaps, those things haven’t really gone, just hidden behind the warm looks and kind smiles. To think of it, it started after their Sydney trip. Or maybe after the fight in the dark locker room...
“Sorry. I forced my feelings on you and ignored how you felt...”
Okay, but how am I supposed to get if you want something that much when you mask it as a joke now?
After all, with Rin, Haru never had to. His fated redhead rival has always been extreme in manifesting his desires, either claiming things passionately or just as vigorously pushing them away (the latter reserved for the things he desired the most.) Haru gulps down another pointless You mean, you actually really wanted me to do it so much? and asks instead, “Uhm… But why?”
Rin flashes him a smug smile. “To have another occasion to kick your ass, obviously.”
Now, this is a familiar territory. This is what he knows how to deal with. Haru returns him the look. “Yeah, since you’re not getting anywhere with free, obviously.”
The smile falls off Rin’s face instantly. And Haru thinks that maybe, just maybe he has misread this new Rin once again.
“You can be brutal at times, Nanase.”
Haru sucks in a breath. Rin’s face remains unreadably restrained as he returns to look ahead, yet Haru has caught a quiet sadness in his voice. A tinge of defeat. Rin came second in the All-Japan, as he did in a number of their recent races. Not to mention some old ones…
Haru gulps heavily. “Rin… I didn’t mean it like that. I’m not—”
“Haru. Cut it out,” Rin says calmly, still speaking quietly so as not to draw attention of the teammates who might be awake. His shoulder brushes against Haru's as he shifts a bit to glance at him again. This closeness, this almost intimate quietness is reminiscent of the talk they had in the Sydney hotel bed. It plays tricks with Haru's pulse. “I’m not a weak boy anymore, ok? Besides, it was mere milliseconds.”
Still, it's second place.
...Haru hasn't thought about it ever since he finally managed to step over his old guilt. It was Rin who told him that he needs Haru to always swim ahead of him, that without him he has nothing to aim for. But… it couldn’t be that simple. Of course. Rin’s feelings couldn’t be so one-dimensional. Rin’s pride was a big part of him. And for the first time, Haru forces himself to face the question he’s been pushing away ever since. What will Rin do if he is never able to beat him? If those milliseconds remain a wall he'll never break down, because Haru will only continue to grow, too? If all his efforts and strength will only push Haru further, just as it always has been, just as it happened in the All-Japan where he beat the national record because Rin was there, swimming in the next lane?
...If his frustration just piles up and up underneath this new facade of kindness until one day it explodes, like that winter when they were thirteen?
What will become of them...?
“Ok. Let's have a butterfly race, when we have free time,” Haru finally utters, causing Rin to flinch and gape at him.
Until the next second he snarls, his lip curling to bare the sharp teeth, his voice a quiet hiss, “Oh. I see. I can literally see the thoughts spinning in your pretty head right now. ‘It would be nice if I gave him the satisfaction of beating me in fly.’ It doesn’t work like that, Haru. I don’t fucking need you to be nice.”
“Rin…” A prick of fear jabs Haru’s stomach. He hasn’t seen Rin wearing this expression of open hostility since their second year of high school. Things have been too good between them recently, too smooth and calm to be true. Haru should have known better. Too many unresolved knots still hid beneath the surface.
Haru swallows hard on a thick lump and drops his gaze to his hands that fasten uncontrollably on his thighs. Great. Now he actually offended Rin in the worst way. Why are things always so...different with Rin? Why does Haru permanently feel like he’s in the open sea, looking cautiously at the horizon and wondering what is more scary, a sudden storm or the dead calm? Since when is he even afraid of the sea?
...Oh. But it was Haru who didn’t want Rin as another Makoto. Maybe he should be cautious with his wishes next time.
The thought feels wrong, though.
He flinches back to reality as Rin’s leg lightly bumps into his knee.
“Hey.”
His voice is back to being soft, probably guilty, too. He takes Haru's hands and gently unclenches his fists, revealing the deep nail marks on his skin.
“Don’t apologize,” Haru breathes out sharply.
“Huh?”
Haru looks up at him, struck once again by his proximity, by the ridiculous prettyness of his face in flesh. He could count the tiniest freckles on Rin's sun kissed skin if he allowed his gaze to linger. “I don’t need you to play nice with me either. Just...be yourself, ok?”
Scream out your frustration right into my face. Push me into something I'm too lazy to try. If there's something you want, just...go and grab it, like you always did.
I miss you.
And maybe Rin does see all this shimmering in the blue of his eyes, because his face lightens up—and slowly relaxes as if the clear tide washed over his features and aligned them properly, like water smoothens the trodden sand—only now making Haru realize just how tense it actually was.
After that, Rin breaks into a smile. Then he frowns. Bites his lip slightly as his look dives to their still pressed knees. Runs his hand through his hair and lets it spill again over his face, the simple absentminded gesture causing Haru's heart to skip a beat. When Rin looks up again and speaks, the facade is gone, and it is finally the Rin he knows, the lively, exuberant boy who appeared in his life out of nowhere but as if he was always supposed to be its focal point; who brought with him a whole deal of troublesome emotions and fears so intense Haru would curse him in his dark minutes; the man who left him so many times and always took a part of his soul with him, only to return and fill him up again, each time fuller than ever.
“Can’t you understand, Haru?" Rin smiles that mischievous, toothy smile, both childish and matured, as he speaks. "I love competing with you in free. I freaking live for it. It’s cool exactly because it is so close. I did it before and I know that I can do it again. Just you wait. But I'm obviously leagues ahead of you in butterfly, so I won't derive much satisfaction from kicking your ass in it. That's not the point. At all.”
Haru raises his eyebrows, confused. “You literally just said that kicking my ass is the point.”
“It's ok to be less literal sometimes, Nanase Haruka,” Rin says, gently nudging his knee again, looking into his eyes with the intensity that makes Haru all giddy.
“Why, then?”
Just when he thought Rin’s voice couldn't get any softer, it tunes down yet again, to the level of murmur, making Haru lean in automatically to not miss a single word: “Because… I want to know that side of you, too. It’s good to try new stuff once in a while, y'know.”
Haruka’s face flushes with heat, and a fiery, mischievous glint in Rin’s eyes tells him that maybe, just maybe he has not misread that.
"...I thought you'd say Because it's romantic, though."
"...H-hey...! I would not!"
___
...or yet another cheesy scenario of how Haru came to suspect that swimming might have meant fucking all along.
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hatsukeii · 4 years
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hey! could i request boyfriend! sousuke, makoto and rin headcanons? 💕 thank you!
yusyusyusyusyusssss
lmao I’m straight binging free rn deadass alr done w s2 and it’s been like 2 days 
Sorry but Rin>>>>>>>>>>
Anyways onto the headcanons!!
All gender neutral btw:33
*Gifs are not mine:>
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🌊Yamazaki Sosuke🌊
- Yikes I feel really bad for not liking him until the end of season two-
- But anyways,
- Sosuke is um... kinda dense I feel like. 
- Like he doesn’t really catch up on cues.
- The two of you could be out and there would be these girls staring at him.
- He would literally pay no mind and get confused when you start pulling him away.
- “(Y/n)? I thought you wanted to go into that store?”
- “Sosuke those girls are staring, we can come back later.”
- “Huh? So they’re staring, what’s the deal?”
- “Sosuke wha???”
- Yeah, that. 
- But don’t worry, he has eyes for you and YOU ONLY!!
- Lmao I feel like he’s popular with girls but he’ll just turn them down straight up.
- “Sorry, I’m not interested, and I already have a partner.”
- Yike feelsbadman.
- Okay aside from all that, Sosuke is honestly an AMAZING BOYFRIEND LJAHDAWHD-
- He’s very stoic in public, kinda harsh, but he has that one soft spot for you.
- Extra soft spot.
- With you he’s super caring, very sweet, protective, just sjkhncef yes.
- Definitely gets jealous sometimes when you’re getting too touchy feely with another guy.
- God forbid you to hug a guy in front of him.
- He isn’t one to boast or show you off, he’s very lowkey with the relationship.
- Not much PDA, maybe a little bit of hand holding or finger linking but that’s about it.
- When the first years found out you two were dating let me tell you they were shook.
- Momotarou was very, very jealous, to say the least.
- Probably didn’t get intimate until like months into the relationship.
- And no I don’t mean intimate as in sex but like kissing or sth like that.
- It took him some time to warm up to the idea of just a relationship, but kissing? Even longer.
- He had this mindset where it was like oh if I kiss her then I’ll start drifting out of focus and I’ll forget about swimming and then my dream is going to be out of reach and-
- Yeah, he still kissed you so...
- When he found out about his shoulder you were the first one he turned to.
- He couldn’t let other people find out, but he trusted you.
- Awww he was devastated.
- He definitely didn’t cry for hours.
- And he definitely didn’t make your shirt wet from crying.
- And he absolutely did not refuse to let go of you at night when the two of you were about to sleep.
- Great boyfriend material, 9/10 would recommend bc of the obliviousness.
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🐢Makoto Tachibana🐢
- He’s the man.
- Like THE MAN.
- You’ve reached the top of the list.
- God DAMN HE IS SUCH A GOOD BOYFRIEND.
- He’s genuinely caring, understandig, a tiny bit awkward, super sweet, if husbando material was a person, this would be it.
- He likes PDA definitely, but not like extreme PDA.
- Hand holding, maybe an arm around your waist, occasional peck on the cheek in public, about that.
- Not one to show you off but wouldn’t mind doing that if anyone asked about it.
- “Yeah, I do have an amazing partner, thanks for asking.”
- Likes it when you play w his hair!!
- He’s just so supportive of everything you do oh god.
- You like gaming? Hell yeah, he’s cheering you on. You’re an artist? Draw him like one of your French boys. You’re a dancer? Hypes you up when you’re busting it down.
- Awww and he’s such a dork too!!
- If you guys have a movie night, pick a horror movie.
- Baby is so scared of the paranormal that he’ll be clinging to you throughout the entire thing.
- “Mako, it really isn’t that scary-”
- “We’re moving out if this apartment is cursed.”
- “Mako you don’t even live here yet.”
- Jumps so hard at jumpscares and just shoves his head into your neck even further.
- It’s like an extra cuddle session.
- Except you’re laughing your ass off and he’s so scared that his soul probably left his body.
- Very soft spoken, and he hates to argue.
- I mean if you guys fight you’d usually just feel bad and apologise first.
- *cough because he usually never picks the fights.
- Lots of bear hugs and cuddles!!
- Is the big spoon, will forever be the big spoon.
- Okay he tries to cook he really does.
- But he’s so clumsy oh god.
- Usually results in the food being weirdly sweet, or an entire bag of cheese accidentally dumped onto the floor.
- Thank god he hasn’t burned the apartment down yet.
- Just help him cook man he can’t do it himself.
- Good at pretty much everything else though.
- Actually enjoys doing domestic stuff.
- I feel like some of the swim club members were jealous of you-
- Okay maybe not jealous but definitely envious.
- Honestly it seems like they would happily take your place and date Makoto but can you really blame them??
- Overall 10/10 because he seriously tried to sell your apartment on eBay once after a horror movie.
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🦈Rin Matsuoka🦈
- Oh god where do I even start.
- ROMANTIC.
- SUCH A CLASSIC ROMANTIC.
- THAT SHIT IS LITERALLY CANON AND I LIVE FOR IT.
- Definitely PDA.
- Will kiss you in front of people just to piss them off.
- Shows you off ALL THE TIME.
- “Oh you can cook? Well so can my partner.”
- “Oh you need help with maths? My partner’s amazing at it gimme a second lemme call them.”
- Lmao it kinda annoys the swim club.
- “Rin senpai, we know you’re not single, you don’t have to rub it in...” ~Momotarou
- Does he care? No.
- Cheeky little shit, I love him-
- Will get jealous very, very easily.
- “Babe, that dude was looking at you weird, can we leave and come back?”
- “Awww is my baby Rin jealous~?”
- “Shut up:)”
- Will not hesitate to fight anyone that hurts you.
- Takes you on the cheesiest dates.
- Beaches, stargazing, nice restaurant, libraries, anything that he’s seen in those old romance movies.
- And he’s such a gentleman when it comes down to it too.
- Holds the door open, gives you piggyback rides if you’re tired, literally kisses the back of your hand before every date, you name it.
- Oh my god I’m so in love w this cheesy awkward dork-
- He’s got a lotta shit bottled up so do expect him to get moody at times.
- Nothing a good cry and cuddle session can’t fix though.
- Likes to feel you curled up against his chest while he plays with your hair.
- Presses your head closer so you can feel his heartbeat just like those kdramas portray it it’s not like he watches them or anything-
- If he’s crying then you’re gonna have to do the cuddling.
- Do the same to him as he does for you when the two of you cuddle.
- Except also stroke his hair and tell him everything’s gonna be okay.
- He needs someone to show that they care thanks for coming to my ted talk.
- When you’re upset he’ll probably start crying too.
- He can’t stand to see someone he cares about upset.
- Hypes you up whenever he gets the chance.
- Will do stupid shit just to see you smile.
- He’s actually very emotional and sensitive, so please take care of him.
- The dynamics in the relationship though like wow they’re insanely good.
- The two of you are just straight vibing.
- Overall 11/10 because I’m clearly biased😌💅.
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Chizuru Town: The Dark and the Cold
TW: perverts TW: Death TW: Blood TW: Dragon Raja LMAO
Caesar and the MC should have been best friends. I kid you not. Revamped Story Quest in Chizuru below the cut!
In Siberia, winter hung long and low. Just as the tropic summer never seemed to end, the frigid canopy of arctic air never really left the place. For a few months, the sun didn’t rise over the horizon. At the peak of what should have been day, you only saw the glow of what looked more like the start of the dawn, before the sun rolled over and fell back under the horizon. Darkness descended in full and the stars were your only source of light unless you made your own.
The cold was so oppressive that it froze the sea. At night, instead of waves crashing on a golden shore, the ocean groaned like someone dying. Only in the summer, when the ice and permafrost softened, did you see hints of green. But they were always short. Eventually, the winter returned. Those who wanted to pretend it would not return were caught out by the fierce wind, unprepared, and froze to death in seconds.
Darkness and cold were embedded in you, MC, more than the weather. You understand the harshness of the world. Even though Caesar was doing his best to ‘play by the rules’ that icy law of ‘survival of the most deadly' was creeping up to surround all of you, like frost on a window. It had swallowed up Kitty and now Ms. Makoto. Only Caesar, Chu Zihang, and Lu Mingfei were left.
If that icy law dared threaten them, you would not hold back or play by any rules.
Caesar glimpsed this reality and tacitly acknowledged that Kitty’s death and Makoto’s offering to serve as bait for the gangsters was not in his game plan. He was looking outside down the drainage pipe through the hole in the wall of the dilapidated locker room. He could see the street below.
A heavy rain storm had moved over the city of Chizuru. EVA had darkened the city to help you escape the eyes of the Hydra underworld gang, but soon her grip would lose out to Kaguya, the Hydra’s own supercomputer.
Below, Caesar saw cars parked, engines still running, lights still on. Doubtless, these gangsters thought this would be a quick and easy job. Plus, the headlamps of cars served as good illumination. So they didn’t worry about them getting stolen. After all, they ran this town. No one dared touch their cars for fear of getting killed over it. Caesar nodded once. “Let’s see how good these kids are at racing.”
Kids. The word makes you want to spit acid. They were quite young but had nearly killed you countless times!
Caesar turned to look at you, gauging your reaction. “They are just kids. I hold the adults behind them more responsible.”
You stare back at him in silence but your expression is blank, listening. Your mind offers no arguments against the facts. Caesar’s logic seeps through, melting your frozen emotions. They had pursued you relentlessly, as if under strict orders not to leave until you were confirmed dead. Some of their weapons were military grade. It was true that children -- sixteen to twenty year olds -- wouldn't have been able to acquire such immense firepower without some sort of help from a higher authority.
Caesar’s eyes drop from your face. “Is that a local high school uniform?”
“Yes,” you say, your voice unexpectedly hoarse.
“Change out of it into one of the cheongsams here. I’ll be taking the car and I don’t want to be seen in a sports car with someone who looks like a high schooler. They might mistake me for one of those perverts!”
Even now, he was thinking of something like this? He could have escaped immediately but was concerned about his image? You quickly obey, snatching one of the red and gold cheongsams with a Chinese dragon embroidery off the hangers and stepping into the dressing room.
As you remove our clothes, you hear Caesar say. “Fold it up neatly, so we can return it to whomever you got it from.”
Your eyes widen in disbelief. Well, of course, you needed to steal it. But you never thought once of taking it back. As you slip into the cheongsam, the smooth fabric falls over your skin. A mirror lays against the wall and you use it to pull the zipper up in the back. The cheongsam clings to your form like a second skin. 
Caesar wasn’t just following the rules. If he was just following the rules, he wouldn’t have cared about any of this.
You had told Caesar about your experience in watching your young friends get killed. He wanted to get back at those people, not become one of them by killing anyone young himself. No matter how hard things got, Caesar was the same because he believed in what he did and required everyone around him to rise to the same standard of morality.
You step out of the dressing room and Caesar nods. “Alright, let’s go. Zihang, you can pick whatever granny car suits you best. I’ll be in the Black Viper!” He grinned broadly.
“Will Ms. Makoto be alright?” Lu Mingfei asked.
Chu Zihang nodded slightly. “She wasn’t seen with us. And they’re under orders. If they were going to hurt her, they would have done so right then and there. She’ll be fine.”
“Excuse me, my lady.” Caesar bends over to pick you up and keep you out of the dirty water.
You take the pipe two streets down and then hurry back to the running cars. Even now, Caesar opens the door for you first and then slides over the hood to the other side. The car interior is shiny and black with an LED touch panel lighting it up like a spaceship. In the center console, you spot a bag of white powder.
“Heroin?” You ask.
He points to the door on the other side of you. “Put on your seatbelt. How did you know it was heroin?” 
“We used such medicine in Russia, I should know how to identify it.”
“To you, it’s medicine. Here it’s illegal drugs used to hype up the gangsters and also to make money. No wonder they were so crazy and could afford such vehicles.” Caesar opened a fuse box and started pulling out wires. While he worked, he asked, “Have you ever been in a car like this?”
“No.” You say, tucking the high school uniform under the seat. “Where I’m from, the only way to get around is either by ship or by dogsled.”
He grins. “Good. You’re about to get the ride of your life!”
“Ah, in return, then I will take you dog sledding.”
“You mean it?” Caesar immediately whipped his head around. His eyes glowed with excitement and joy, like a child being told they were going to Disney World. He was so enthusiastic that you felt embarrassed. In that sudden smile, you realized that he was actually quite good looking. 
“It’s… It’s not all that special.”
“What would be more special than riding on a dogsled with a beautiful lady?” He sat up and put on his own seatbelt while continuing to work on the car’s controls.
The car isn’t free to move however. There are vehicles parked around, blocking your way out. But you don’t see Chu Zihang or Lu Mingfei in any of them.
“Beautiful?” You look at him with a confused expression. No one had ever called you beautiful before. You shake your head. “You’re just saying that to make me feel better about Kitty.”
His eyes narrow and he suddenly grins in a way that reminds you of a devil. “No, this is how I get back at them for Kitty.” He yanked on the gear shift between the leather seats and slammed down on the accelerator. The car leaped backwards and smashed into the blue Porsche behind them, folding the front end of it.
He shifted again, this time the car leaped forward right into a Mini Cooper. Caesar, eyes shining in furious joy, turns the wheel and rolls over a custom green vintage Buick to their left. The car you were in had turned into a vicious beast in his hands. It smashed doors, windows, mirrors and headlamps until you were surrounded by destruction.
“Hey MC,” He laughed, “Check out the rearview mirror.”
He reaches up and turns it so you can see. Behind you, the boys all run out of the cafe, holding their heads and wailing in despair at the millions of dollars in damage Caesar had caused. He watches with clear delight as your face breaks into a sunny grin.
Suddenly, a burst of gunfire sends the boys scattering. The squeal of tires is heard and you see Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei speed away in a Red Viper. Caesar clicks his tongue. “Why does he have to pick the same car…?” He laments.
The engine roars as Caesar commands the car to push the front end of the Mini Cooper ahead of you and shove it out of the way. But he’s still looking back at the young men who are scrambling to find undamaged cars and climb inside.
“There’s a lovely mountain road near here. With really nice curves. You don’t get sick do you?”
“You mean motion sickness? No, I’ve been on ships before. I don’t get dizzy.” You look behind you into shining headlights. The boys are prepared to give chase. It wouldn’t be much of a fun race if Caesar got too far ahead. He wanted them to see how much better a driver he was.
He let the headlights of the Maserati behind him get just close to kiss his bumper, then downshifted and floored it. MC squeaks and is pressed back against the seat. The headlights of the car, so close one moment, faded quickly behind you, like the other cars were standing still. The main highway up the mountains climbed steeply into a curve ahead but Caesar didn’t tap the brakes. The engine kept up the steady purr and took the turns perfectly smoothly.
It felt like flying, rising into the sky on a great beast. The trees passed you by in a blur and the guard rail looked like a shiny silver ribbon in the headlights. The feeling of delight tickles your chest and you giggle.
It was such an unfamiliar feeling, one you shouldn’t be having right now. Yet, now it was being teased out of you. It was as though the sun had peeked over the horizon in midwinter. Caesar had actually won. In the side mirror that remained from the demolition derby earlier, you see the lights of Chizuru burst back into bloom. The gangsters had returned to town and left you alone.
You’d never met anyone like Caesar. So you didn’t know it was possible to live like he did and still be able to survive. You doubted him at every turn and you were forced to reconsider again and again. This world that created predators like you could also create someone else. Someone who survived bloodlessly, cleanly. Something like this was mythical, like a unicorn.
Or a dragon.
A musical tone sounded in the car. It was coming from Caesar’s pocket. He pulled out his cellphone and held it to his ear. You don’t know what was said, but his expression suddenly changed from one of breezy confidence to blazing fury! He slams the brakes hard and the car spins in a complete one eighty to face the opposite direction.
“Did they say the name Makoto Aso?”
The hairs rise on the back of your neck. 
Caesar takes a deep breath and lets it out but his hand is gripping the steering wheel so tightly that the leather cover squeals under the pressure.
You can’t help but think that she’s dead, that the gangsters had killed her.
“What did he say last?” Caesar asked.
A pause.
“Oh.. he won’t have long to wait to get his car back.” Caesar’s voice was low and his smile was threatening.
Was it nice to stand in the sun for a while? It sure felt nice. You say goodbye to it in your heart. You would never see it again. The world had made its true nature known. It was darkness and winter.
“I’m afraid we’re going to have to cut our joyride a little short. They have Ms. Makoto.”
“Is she dead?”
“No. Hold tight.”
You let your breath out in a whoosh and, for a second, you think that maybe there would be another chance to end this bloodlessly. The thought pops into your head and then disappears like a comet, a last glimmer of hope before you change your mind. No, it's really over. These people were not going to let you go.
Caesar observed the light leave your eyes and picked up the phone again. “Mingfei, tell Zihang to take you a few blocks away from the Cafe. Use the back entrance he used before, if possible. Find her and rescue her, I’ll buy you time. Mingfei, be ready to provide us cover fire. Yes, I know you only have one gun left! That will be enough. You’re a good shooter, even by Cassell standards. You’ll outshoot those boys easily.”
He was still trying.. But the icy cold had gripped your heart again and you could no longer believe him. They’d been outgunned and now outsmarted. As you return to town, you see that the cars that had been pursuing you turned back, not out of respect for Caesar’s driving skills, but to create a barrier between you and the cafe. Sitting on the hoods of those cars were the workers at the Cafe, still in their cheongsams, shivering in the rain, serving as human shields.
Ms. Makoto was on the roof of the building that was set ablaze. It wasn’t a steel structure but made from old wood construction. So not even the driving rain could put it out. The wind ruffled her skirt as she stood on the edge of the building. The heat must have been terrible. If you don’t hurry, she would either burn to death or jump to her death.
You don't look at Caesar. You’re still, as if your whole body were completely frozen. He was not a magical unicorn or a mighty dragon. He’d just underestimated his opponent. 
The man in the striped suit who had been caught stealing Makoto’s panties danced on top of a van in sheer glee at seeing you again, a shotgun in his hands. The gangsters cheered and chanted in victory. Rather than being the weak person you thought he was, he was the one who had ratted Makoto out. He’d hid in the locker you’d shoved him in, perfectly aware that she had helped you escape. He’d just pretended to be intimidated. 
He was actually the leader of the whole group.
“Maybe I should have let you have that Beretta.” Caesar’s voice was cold.
You huff once through your nose as your only acknowledgement. It was too late to regret now. Part of you feels sad that you were right about needing to kill those gangsters. But you don’t request he give you a weapon. There was a principle in hunting that you don’t shoot until you’re very close to your quarry, close enough to see the pattern of light in the beast's eyes. That meant a lot of time, and a lot of patience. The goal was one shot, one kill. Instant. The deer or elk would drop without a struggle.
If you rushed in now and poured your violence onto them, Caesar would have reason to doubt you because you didn’t give him time to implement his plan. You feel bad for Ms. Makoto, but you’re going to sit on your hands.
After all, if Caesar could pull a miracle out of this, maybe he would truly be a magician.
But if things went wrong, and Caesar’s life was at risk, he could put forth no further arguments against your actions and you would be free from objections, not only now, but in the future as well.
So when he says, “Stay in the car.” you nod obediently.
Caesar has parked just out of range of their bullets. Even if they had more high powered weaponry, they were unskilled and would likely miss at this distance.  Caesar takes his own gun and shoots through the windshield of the car. It shattered into a spiderweb of cracks and now you can’t see anything. He uses the butt of the gun to make a hole in the glass to see through. The rain pours in, running over the leather interior.
Caesar’s phone rang again. “Mingfei?” This time he put it on speaker.
“Yes, he’s on the phone with us again.”
“Translate. Don’t leave anything out. Understand?”
“Okay. Is… MC alright?”
“She’s more than fine. With me right now. What is he saying?”
The man was on the phone, seated cross legged on the roof of the van, smiling like an imp. 
Mingfei translated: “He says he was grateful to the young master of the Gattuso family for bringing his car back.”
“Tell him I’ll bury him in a coffin full of ladies’ underwear.”
“Boss, don’t make threats in this situation, okay? They have Ms. Makoto!”
“I’m aware. Just translate.” Caesar was calm, focussed.
Mingfei sighed. “No need for you to worry about me, Gattuso-kun, I’m already prepared.”
The man in the striped suit produced a pair of silk panties from his pocket, pressed them to his nose and inhaled deeply. “Ah! Ms. Makoto really smells pleasant!”
Your eyelids stretch a little wider. His lack of fear was chilling you even deeper, like an icy wind over an already frozen sea. Without moving your head, your eyes shift to Caesar.
This man wants Caesar to come to him. He wanted to fight. There had to be a good reason for his bravado. However, Caesar was falling for it. You could see the veins pop into relief on his neck and forehead. And just like with everything Caesar decides, you know, deep down, there’s no point in talking him out of it. If he turned around now, Ms. Makoto would surely die.
Caesar’s eyes scanned the defensive line, moving over the huddled victims on the hoods of the cars. Now it was Caesar, not you, who gave off the killer’s aura, like a bull elk, stamping the ground and tossing his mighty antlers.
He lifted his shoulders in a deep sigh. You relax your hands that had begun to grip your skirt, a habit that hadn’t appeared in you since you were ten years old.
“Who’s giving you orders?”
“Orders? Does Akabe need orders? Hahaha! No one instructs Akabe except the Lord Takeda Shingen himself!” The man is practically falling over himself in glee.
“Whatever that man is offering, the Gattuso family offers three times as much!” Caesar said with measured calm. “I guarantee that you will get the money alive.”
“Hehehehehe! Luckily, that Lord has already told me what kind of family the Gattuso family is, otherwise, I would have really been tempted by that price!” The suited man, Akabe, suddenly stopped laughing, like a switch had been turned off. “I’ll get the money alive, but I’ll be shot in the head before I can spend a cent of it… right, Gattuso-kun…?”
Caesar had nothing to say, since he was right. The people who blackmailed money from the Gattusos never lived long enough to spend it. He finally gave in. “Then what do you want?”
“You have a gun in your hand, right? Use the gun to shoot yourself in the calf and wrist. We know that you, Gattuso-kun, are a Class A hybrid, and Chu kun is also a Class A hybrid, and we’re too scared to get close when heroes like you are able-bodied.” Akabe said smoothly. “We don’t want to kill you either, our mission is to bring you to that Lord, for disposal.”
His words fell on your ears and they stirred you inside. Right now, Chu Zihang was running around a burning building. Mingfei Lu was going to start a gunfight, one against dozens, and Caesar and Chu Zihang were the targets. They said nothing about you. It’s like you weren’t even here. They can’t see you through the broken glass so you unbuckle your seatbelt.
“Wait.” Caesar says.
The man in the suit scowls. “Wait for what?”
“Mingfei! Why did you translate that!” Caesar hissed.
“What? I wasn’t supposed to?” Mingfei squeaked.
You slip out of your cheongsam, not caring if Caesar saw or not. His morality no longer applied. Following it was obviously  going to get them all killed. “Tell him you’re going to offer me as a payment for your lives. It will buy you more time.”
“How do you know you won’t shoot me in the head once I’m unable to fight back? Translate that Mingfei.”
“Because I’m a man of my word!” Akabe said.
“How can I trust the word of a man who sneaks into the women’s locker room and steals underwear?”
You’re putting the schoolgirl uniform back on, buttoning the white shirt. “Give me your knife…” you whisper. Much to your delight, he hands it over. The word ‘Dictator’ is etched into the side and you use it to slice off the hem of the skirt, leaving just enough fabric for decency.
“It’s just entertainment, who doesn’t have a hobby? I just like the fabrics that smell good after coming off a girl’s body. It’s the same reason you like cigars, Gattuso-kun!” The man shamelessly takes several deep whiffs of his newly pilfered underpants.
“Okay.” You said confidently, “Tell him that you’ll offer me as payment instead. It doesn’t matter if he accepts or not, we're just buying time for Chu Zihang, right?”
He hesitates, his eyes flicking towards you. 
You lean on the center console. “I promise, I won’t do anything. I trust you to handle this.” 
He nods slowly. “Then. How about I offer you a fresh cigar?” He says to Akabe.
You open the passenger side door and step out. Caesar made it clear that he wasn’t lying when he said you were beautiful and you felt that, if you could stake your odds on anything, it would be his sincerity. After all, Caesar had seen many beautiful women before you. He had a beautiful fiancee. You just had to make it work so that you were irresistible to this man.
While browsing the comic book store, you picked up a manga. In the first panels, a girl walked in a school uniform, holding her black bag in front of her. Her hands were clasped, her arms framing her oversized chest, the fabric wrinkling just so, to show the outline. In the next panel, a gentle breeze lifts the hem of her skirt, showing a peek of the hem of her panties. Lu Mingfei saw what you were looking at and snatched it away, screeching that it was inappropriate.
You had no doubt that this man read comics like that though.
So that’s why you cut the hem of the skirt and when you stepped out of the car, you held your hands in front of you, just like the girl in the manga. The rain soaked you in minutes and, though you still were far away, the fabric soaked up the water, and clung to your young body as you walked slowly. 
Your black hair was loose, falling over your shoulders and sticking to your shiny face. All the boys in front of the Internet Cafe were in stunned disbelief. If that weren’t enough, the universe conspired with you and the wind came and lifted your hair and the hem of your skirt. The eyes of every boy followed that hem, entranced to see nothing but skin and then, a tiny, peek of black lace.
Chu Zihang only knew your size. He didn’t care about the style of women’s underwear. He just reached into the vending machine, grabbed what was nearest and tossed it to you, unaware that he was handing you sexy lace.
The man in the striped suit suddenly ran his sleeve over his mouth and chin to clear his drool.. You could no longer hear the translation, but from the look of his wide eyes and his breathless gasping in the phone, you figured you’d done a good enough job.
He screeched at the boys who snapped out of their trances and hurried to get behind you. He was roaring at them, even pointing his gun at them, making sure they knew that you were his personal prize. Once you reached the van, he reached up to you and helped you climb on top of the van to sit with him, all the way, screeching at the boys below you, who averted their eyes obediently.
He wrapped one arm around your waist and sneered at Gattuso some more before turning to lick your cheek and smell your neck. His eyes are wild as he talks on the phone, laughing, gleefully delighted. He was talking rapidly now. Though you couldn’t understand, it was clear he thought he’d won and won beyond his wildest dreams!
Then, he suddenly stops. His smile fades and he turns to you. He asks a single question and you hear the name, “Chu Zihang.”
Then a sudden explosion! Your eyes rise as the flames have exploded on the rooftop! Where was Chu Zihang? Did he die? Why did this weirdo say his name? Were you too late?”
The man grabs you and presses the shotgun to your back. He’s screaming at Caesar now, fiercely gleeful, but not in a way that was from a pleasant heart, but from the heart of a predator who had his prey.
The headlamps on the black Viper flash in the dark and the engine roars to life.. A blast of suppressive gunfire streams out from where Lu Mingfei is hidden, just as the car is accelerating straight towards you.
The gangsters and their hostages scatter and fall to the ground,  but they’re too stunned to react. They don’t know whether to find the unseen gunman or fire on the car that’s nearly on them!
The man in the suit sits still, holding you close, gun to your back. His eyes are now on Caesar.
Caesar is crouched on the hood of the car, his long blond hair bristling on his face, a cold determination in his eyes. But those eyes were no longer blue. 
They were a blazing, solid gold!
The boys are out of time to pick their target. Now Caesar pulls his own gun and fires on them from the hood of the raging car. Now they have to flee both the gunfire and the charging vehicle!
Caesar’s voice rings out like a church bell. “Makoto! Jump! I’ll catch you!”
The sight of his heroic pose, roar of the flames, the gunfire, and the screams -- They should have been traumatic. But now, they’re beautiful to you. If only Caesar had been at Black Swan Bay. How many people could he have saved? If you had fallen from the cliff in that case, he would have caught you, right?
An unnatural burst of wind surrounds the car and launches Caesar from it. His eyes are clear, straight ahead as he straightens his body like a rocket, easily clearing four stories.  His hand is  reaching out to Ms. Makoto. She jumps to meet him, completely trusting. 
Lu Mingfei is keeping the boys below pinned. Nothing can stop him. He was going to do it.
A cold laughter sounds in your ear.
Among the hundreds of shotgun blasts, a shotgun very close to you flashed. Dozens of lead pellets formed a sheet to catch Caesar in their deadly net. Caesar reacted instantly, arcing his body to avoid the shot. The pellets shredded his shirt, barely missing his neck.
But he had made a fatal mistake. He flailed desperately, brushing the fingers of Ms. Makoto as she fell past him.
Makoto Asou slapped the ground heavily. The flooding on the street lifted up in a splash that was stained with the red of her blood. In the next moment, the out of control Black Viper smashed into her body. Caesar landed on the car as it and drove her into the front of the building. Her blood spattered on the windshield as it crashed through wall after wall, disappearing inside.
“NO!” Caesar’s desperate cry, a wail of fear and despair, made you close your eyes.
You knew that feeling so intimately, as if you and Caesar now inhabited the same brain. You lost Vera just like this -- right in front of you. Only, you didn’t have the ideals like Caesar. The world wasn’t really supposed to be a certain way, it’s just the way it was. Still, you can’t help but feel sad for Makoto and for the shiny star of hope that Caesar had been and never would be again.
What would he do now, now that he had lost the fight like you did back then? Would his eyes harbor the darkness of Christmas over Northern Siberia, the Winter Solstice, where there was no sunlight to appear for another month and a half?
You lift your eyes to the overcast sky. You could no longer see the stars of Chizuru either.
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