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heyo, i’m back finally, and looking for a boost on my dash and follow counts! reblogs appreciated if you’re interested in having an akira on your dash or if you’d like to interact at any point now i’m on a fresh start! it’ll be nice to meet you all!

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             “Our siblings journey with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk.“

                     Crimson Heartache By: @akirakx & LinkDataWind

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heyo, i’m back finally, and looking for a boost on my dash and follow counts! reblogs appreciated if you’re interested in having an akira on your dash or if you’d like to interact at any point now i’m on a fresh start! it’ll be nice to meet you all!

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playmaker-yusaku-fujiki replied to your post: accidentally….. takes a three month...

Missed you!

I missed you also !! I hope you’re well!

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accidentally..... takes a three month hiatus....

thAT SAID I’m back ! officially! I’m both rewatching and catching up on Vrains and really want to get back into the swing of things again...

Naturally, I’ve lost some followers and I doubt many of you will have appreciated me dropping off the face of the earth, so let me know if you’d like to continue an existing thread - I’m assuming that you won’t want to. I’m going to post a promo a little later and also a starter call etc. to try and get things going again.

I’m sorry for leaving !!

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linkdatawind:

“Good…” She smiled gently as she felt his warmth again. There was really nothing like a hug from someone you care about. It just felt…better than a normal one, at least that’s what the young Zaizen thought. Finally, the two were seemingly on the same page for once. Why didn’t they just do this sooner? Guess they were both stubborn, and had their minds set on other things.

She then heard a knock at the door, turning her head slowly to see one of the court members enter the room. Oh please…please hope they didn’t hear what they were talking about…

“Sir, it is time for the meeting. You are…running late. That is most unusual for you. Is something…wrong with Lady Aoi that would cause you to neglect your duties again like you did last night?”

Akira enjoyed the moment of solace, the air finally feeling clear around them for once. He was sorry that it had taken so long, and then a rather traumatic morning to finally get them talking and on the same page. But alas... it seemed their peace was always disturbed.

By a court member, no less. It appeared he hadn’t overheard anything they had said, which was a small blessing, but the cogs in Akira’s mind whirred while trying to think of a reasonable excuse - he couldn’t get angry again like he had at Kitamura last night, or the court would surely think he was even more unfit to lead.

“My apologies. My sister felt unwell last night, so I wanted to make sure that she was alright. You understand the blood moon can have an adverse affect on the young...” It was a weak excuse, but was a good explanation for why he still might be holding his sister. “Regardless, I think she’s feeling a little better now. We’ll be down shortly.”

“We?”

“Yes, both of us. I trust that that won’t be a problem?” He supposed there was no time like the present to keep his promise.

Crimson Heartache

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Aoi was rather surprised when her brother asked about her extracurricular activity time at school. She had only joined once club at school - the duel club. Honestly, Aoi had only joined it to start off with to make sure no one knew about her secret identity. Luckily for her, no one suspected a thing. It honestly wasn’t a big shocker, considering the difference in personalities between the two.

After all, people would always prefer Blue Angel over Aoi Zaizen.

“It’s been fine.” Aoi answered, her hollow gaze falling to the pavement, feeling rather guilty for lying, but what could she do? How were you supposed to tell your brother that you had no friends? That the only reason people even approached you was for first-dibs on new duelling technology or for an internship or job at SOL Technologies once they graduated?

She couldn’t tell him about her personal struggles at school. She… probably never would.

“We mostly go over the rules of Duel Monsters and we…” She trailed off, quickly glancing at her surroundings to make sure no one was there to listen to her conversation, “we occasionally talk about Link VRAINS, I guess.”

Aoi sounded a little reluctant to talk about her club, Akira noted. Perhaps he had overstepped his bounds a little. It struck him as a little strange - if Aoi really liked being in Vrains so much, why would she not enjoy a club devoted to Dueling? Even if she hid her identity, surely she went to Vrains for the game itself?

Maybe it was the club members? Or the actual matter of the meetings...

“Hm, so nothing too advanced, then? I imagine it might get a little boring, in that case.” Akira still remembered the game well, even with his deck gathering digital dust. Considering Aoi was stuck with beginners in the club... it was likely she wasn’t going to be very intellectually stimulated. That might be another factor in her being so active in Vrains... but he probably would never learn her true reasons.

“You’ll have to test me on the trivia over dinner. It could be interesting.” he joked slightly, the tone sounding odd in his voice, but he hoped the sentiment had crossed the phone line.

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linkdatawind:

“…No. T-That can’t be…” Brown eyes widened in shock from the sheer horror of her brother’s words, confirming her suspicion. Aoi couldn’t possibly believe those court members would do something so…heartless, killing her and Akira’s loving and kind parents for the sake of their own gain. What rotten souls headed the court of the Zaizen clan. If only her brother and her could do something about them! But…that would mean breaking the bylaws, and that wouldn’t be good for either of them…

When he mentions his failure and seems to be hiding himself from her, Aoi can’t help but feel horrible. She didn’t mean to upset him so much, just like he didn’t mean to upset her. Communication was honestly their biggest issue besides the court. If they just talked more, then maybe things couldn’t be going on as they were. In order to survive, the Zaizen siblings needed to work together, and Aoi was determined to make sure Akira wouldn’t slip away again.

“Akira…” The vampire slowly approaches him, gently touching his cold hands and lowering them so he can see her face as she talks. Aoi needed him to see her sincerity. “It’s okay…I know now why you were doing it all, and…I understand your choices. While I don’t outright agree with them, I know why you were so protective…It’s clear you just wanted to make sure I was okay, and not become a target…”

Aoi then wraps her arms around her brother in a gentle hug, resting her head on his chest as her eyes closed. “Just…just promise me whatever happens, we will face it together, okay big brother?”

Akira was ashamed of himself, to be frank. He’d ran them both into an inescapable situation, and hadn’t even given Aoi the tools to protect herself should he ever be taken away. The court was a mess, yet a necessary evil with the system they had in place - there was no way they could overthrow the court without something going horribly, horribly wrong.

Aoi deserved much better than this life. So much more. He had thought for some time about maybe asking their closest neighbours to take her in, but selfishly he couldn’t bare to see her leave. Likely she would have hated him even more for doing that. He just couldn’t communicate.

Akira wanted to keep his face covered, but didn’t resist when Aoi lowered his hands. Her words meant a lot to him, and he was just glad that at least... she’d forgiven him. Even if it was only in part, she didn’t hate him for it, truly. He didn’t mind if she didn’t like him for what he did, but he wouldn’t be able to stand it if she actually, genuinely hated him for what he had done.

“...Thank you, Aoi.” Surprised at the hug, Akira gingerly held Aoi close. “Of course. From now on, I’ll be with you. I won’t abandon you again, I promise you. We’ll face whatever the future holds together.”

Crimson Heartache

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Shun checks the time and shakes his head “No, I left looking for SOL way before my meeting time so I still have plenty of time,” he replied, smiling at Akira, “You’re good.” A thought occurred to him and he started laughing softly. “I just realized…both of our companies have something to do with the sun…SOL is the name of our sun and LEO is a sun sign in the astrology chart.”

“Thank goodness.” Akira was glad that he hadn’t inconvenienced the other with any idle chatter. While it was nice having a good conversation, he would have hated to have caused the other trouble with his own company.

“Oh? How strange. You didn’t strike me as the type to be interested in astrology and the like. It’s a little... fanciful for me, personally... but an interesting observation nonetheless.”

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linkdatawind:

“T-Ten years ago? What do you mean? That was when our parents…passed. Are you saying they had something to do with…t-that?” Every word he was saying about the court just made her skin crawl. She knew selfish people existed, but knowing the people who had high authority being like that was unsettling. No wonder Akira had to try so hard to make changes. The court wouldn’t allow him too because he was outnumbered.

Her eyes gazed at the floor, hands slightly tapping at the sides of the couch in worry. Aoi had Akira all wrong, or at least in part. Sure, his methods were extreme, but he was just doing what he could to keep her from becoming a puppet. That’s why he left her out of things, and kept her a secret even when guests from other clans were visiting aside from the one headed by that young Yusaku boy. It was to make sure she was okay. Aoi couldn’t hate her brother for doing that.

“Akira…Why didn’t you ever tell me any of this? Why did you feel the need to keep things a secret? You cannot protect me for eternity…despite our lifespan. If something happened to you, I would have to take over. I need to know these thins…”

He slightly regretted his words, having no solid proof of who exactly was responsible, but he supposed it was unfair to keep Aoi in the dark any longer. “I’m... almost certain some members of the court had something to do with it. I can’t tell you who,” he rubbed at his temples, a slight headache growing there. “But I have more than enough suspicion that they were involved somehow. They all benefitted far too much for it to be a coincidence.”

Aoi’s comment about his own mortality made his heart sink a little in his chest. He had... never considered a world where he was no longer around, was not by Aoi’s side (even in the strange way he did so now) - he always thought he would be around to keep her safe. But if the court were not above killing their parents... if he became too troublesome... an accident could surely be in the cards. And then what would happen to Aoi? And it would undoubtedly be his own fault. Akira sighed. He had been a fool.

“I... never considered that possibility. I’m sorry, Aoi. I’ve failed you.” he buried his face in his hands, not feeling able to look her in the eye again. “I’ll try to get you more involved in things from now on. I’ll try to be around more... I’m sorry.”

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linkdatawind:

Aoi didn’t even bother responding to his pitiful excuses. Did he really believe she was that stupid? Sure she was usually more quiet, but that was because that’s all she was allowed to be most of the time. Sitting in her room and waiting for just the few moments she got from her brother was all Aoi really did. Of course the vampire wanted more, but with her status and Akira’s overprotective nature, she wasn’t going to get it.

“Protect me?! You mean by keeping me locked up like some pet, and having my freedom taken?! You consider that protection?!” She retorted back, his first set of words only seeming to fuel her fire. His somewhat harsh remarks weren’t helpful either. Even though Aoi had just gotten these powers, she had seen last night what they were capable of. Akira had to be bluffing. He would not have stayed with her on the most important night of the year of his own choice.

“What?” When he speaks his final words though she stops, the red seeming to fade away from her eyes and her body as a whole. It seems since her emotion shifted from anger to confusion, her powers had dulled down. Raw vamperic abilities when untrained tended to be this way. Aoi would need education in order to get a proper grip on them. “What do you mean by the court’s? The court shouldn’t have the power to dictate things regarding me, especially something like me being married so young. You are in control, brother. The court has to listen to your authority alone…correct?”

Aoi didn’t have any real idea about how the court actually worked, so her naive answer was understandable. Still, she had to figure out the truth, and if that meant looking even more immature in Akira’s own eyes, then so be it. 

Akira flinched at her words. It was now only when she was telling him outright that he realised what a sad life he had resigned his sister to. He’d never considered that she saw herself as a trapped bird in a cage - he always thought he was protecting her from the evils lying in wait within the estate and the outside world.

A mistaken assumption, he was beginning to see. Aoi was more intelligent and independent than he had given her credit for, and he resolved that he had to try and change once all of this had been resolved. He couldn’t keep doing this to her...

His final statement seemed to calm her down, and Akira found himself breathing easier. Had he managed to calm the storm for a short while? He sighed sadly at her words.

“If only that were the case. The court... is best compared to a nest of vipers.” Akira spat, unable to hold in his contempt. “You’re still young, so to them, you’re just property to be used as they please. While I should have authority to stop them... I’m very aware that they’re scheming behind our backs. They won’t listen to me completely; I’m too young.”

“To be honest, Aoi... there are very few people we can trust. I have to oversee nearly everything, or they’ll steal and stab us in the back just like they did ten years ago.”

Crimson Heartache

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linkdatawind:

“M-Mother said that…?” She was taken aback. Why would her mother, the parent she was closest to, not tell her this, but Akira? Did she think Aoi couldn’t handle it, and it was better to not tell her until she was suffering without her around? The vampire didn’t know what to think.

Eyes widened again at his words; remembering how Akira acted the night before. Of course, she went along with it, but something was off, and now she knew why. “That means…Everything that happened last night was not of your own will…I-I just made you do all that stuff…T-Then that means you don’t care about me…You would have gone on the hunt anyway!”

As her emotions rose, so did her latent powers; a horrifying aura surrounded her which caused her eyes to shift to blood red. Aoi needed to be calmed and fast before she did something she would regret.

Oh no. Akira was ruining any hope he had of reconciliation every time he opened his mouth to speak. He shouldn’t have left the things their parents had told him unsaid, but... Aoi had been so young when they’d lost them. He’d been young, too... and these things hadn’t been at the forefront of his mind. He was making excuses, he knew, but what else could he do in this situation?

“That’s not true at all, Aoi!” He protested, trying to argue that his actions the previous night hadn’t just been because of her powers - but his words were weak, and he was certain Aoi knew that too. He hadn’t changed in ten years, and he wasn’t going to change on a whim in just one night - of course he would have gone on the hunt. “You know I care about you, I care about you more than anything. Please, Aoi...”

But his words were falling on deaf ears. He could feel a stifling aura rise in the room, and he saw Aoi’s eyes change this time. She was furious, upset and struggling to control herself... and all that emotion was directed at him. A lesser vampire might yield in submission immediately, but Akira still had noble blood. He wasn’t going to cower from his sister. He had to try something else - he had to be a little cruel to be kind.

“You honestly believe you have enough power to control me? I stayed because I wanted to. Perhaps you may have made me think about it some more, but the decision was still my own.” Akira stood his ground. “If I didn’t care about you, do you think I’d try to protect you like this?”

“If the court had their way, you’d be married off, hunting humans, and a political tool by now! I never wanted that for you! That’s why I’m always away, and why I’m here right now. I care about you.”

Crimson Heartache

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sorry I’m so bAD at keeping online but. goodness me today’s episode’s zaizen siblings moment was so good i’m actually?? quite glad that my portrayal of akira’s attitude in a similar situation before was somewhat similar! it makes me feel like I get him a little more than I have previous characters I’ve RPed as... thank u

also thank you, this episode, for another smiling akira icon i need more

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xyzfalconer:

“I don’t think that’ll be the case. Especially with little sisters, they like to stay close to their older brother,” Shun mused unable to help but think of how Reira was so devoted to her brother the whole time before her sacrifice and even as a toddler she liked to stay close to him.

He nodded, taking a small sip of his drink. “I see what you mean. We can only wait and see, I suppose.”

“That said, we’re quite close to the SOL building. I hope that I’ve not delayed you with your meeting.” Of course, if he had, he would take responsibility for it - he wasn’t going to allow Shun to get into trouble for their chat on their walk here.

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yourblueangel:

Aoi couldn’t help but let out a soft sigh as her brother started his answer to her question. She hated being a burden to her brother. The tragic death of their parents were blurred memories of sadness; Aoi had been so young when it had happened, it took her a long time to realize that they were never coming back - that it was just her and Akira. While she never knew about the dark intentions of their ‘relatives’ stealing their inheritance or her brother’s secret hacking jobs to try and earn money, Aoi always remembered that it was Akira who did his best to take care of her. That meant roughly ten years of Akira putting Aoi’s needs and well-being above his own.

That… wasn’t fair. It wasn’t fair at all.

The sound of Akira clearing his throat through the phone brought Aoi out of her depressed thoughts, her amber eyes lifting up from the ground as she watched several students leave the school gates to meet with their own happy families. Even if the Zaizen siblings weren’t like that, Aoi felt a bit more at ease knowing that her brother didn’t hate his job - that he didn’t hate her for unintentionally forcing him into taking care of her in the first place.

“Well, I’m glad they are treating you well. You’ve worked hard to earn your high status there. You should be allowed to enjoy your efforts.”

Akira continued his walk, turning around a corner and coming within a few blocks of the school. He kept his pace constant, however. It was still a decent ways to go, and he felt a little reluctant to hang up. The distance the phone gave meant the conversation flowed a lot easier than he anticipated, and he didn’t quite want the conversation to end because they met in person.

He loved her, after all, and everything he did, he did for her sake. But being so distant for many years meant that he felt a little awkward talking with her. What did a girl her age like? Was it ok for him to ask about school and her life, or would she prefer privacy? As it was, he could barely remember being 16, before the trouble began - Akira just found it difficult to relate to her life and her struggles.

That wasn’t to say that he didn’t want to understand his sister and spend more time with her. The past decade had not been kind to them both, and he recognised that time was slipping through his fingers. He had to try and make these connections, and now.

“And that I do, don’t worry. I hope we can both enjoy it,” he smiled. “Though, you should be enjoying your freedoms for now. I hope you’re enjoying your club, as well?.”