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menthol | hayakawa aki

— SERIES MASTERLIST.

PAIRING.  aki x bff fem!reader

LENGTH.  46.7k words  |  coauthor @akitachi

PLAYLIST.  nightdrive + sesh

SYNOPSIS.  after a string of casual dating mishaps leaves you unsatisfied, you find that the grass is greener in the front seat of your best friend’s car.

GENRE.  best friends to lovers, mutual pining bordering mutual obsession (they are down horrendous), catching feelings/getting together, not canon compliant: modern/no-devil/post-college!au

SERIES WARNINGS.  heavy adult content. this series is not suitable for minors. refer to all individual chapter warnings.

CHAPTER INDEX

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01 | genesis (5.5k words)

SUMMARY.  stood up by your date at the last minute, you end up on a long, aimless drive with your best friend instead.

02 | elements (11.7k words)

SUMMARY.  smoking at midnight beside the lake, with the heavy rains of a summertime thunderstorm pelting the windows of aki’s car, he ruminates over the past, and you grasp at the future.

03 | blue dream (29.5k words)

SUMMARY.  reciprocated feelings come to a sudden head in a dizzying haze of frustration and desire.

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reading my dark vanessa. i feel. i just. :(

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GUYS!!!

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Have you heard never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro? If yes, was it good :] would you recommend

I HAVE NOT!!! BUT my grandma (who gives me a lot of book recs) said she really enjoyed it. actually i've tried a couple times to read kazuo ishiguro books (the one i'm specifically thinking of rn is remains of the day) and they could not hold my attention for some reason!! so even though ive heard a lot of good things about never let me go, i've not given it a shot!!

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have u ever read “the library at mount char” by scott hawkins? that’s my favorite book ever and it seems rlly up your alley!! im

OMG I HAVE NOT!!! but it sounds so interesting I WILL ADD IT TO MY LIST AND LET YOU KNOW IF/WHEN I READ IT!!

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"let me enter the heaven of her consciousness. it will be an act of piety."

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THE TENANT tooo?! I need to keep track of ur goodreads omg ur picks are great

THE TENANT WAS SOOO MF GOOD ANON I READ IT RECENTLY AND IMMEDIATELY IT SKYROCKETED INTO MY ALL TIME TOP 5!!!!!! i love deranged narrators. i LOVE a good descent into madness and on top of that i love it WHEN IT IS DONE WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR!!! that is like the essential algorithm for it to become an instant love of mine. I LOVE THAT BOOK SM it was hilarious and insane.. im shaking u

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OMg you read God of small things? Review now plsss 🙉🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 its also ur FAVORITE??? spoilers or not I don't mind..I am planning to get that book..it has incest right iirc

YES I READ IT IN HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAVE LOVED IT EVER SINCE!!! its been so long that most of the story has left my brain at this point but it is so beautifully written and struck such a deep emotional chord w/ me that it's remained one of my favorites throughout the years!!! it does have incest among other things so i would look up a full list of triggers if that is smth that you want to watch out for

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Please share your book rec list 😭😭 the disturbing ones kinda

i will make a comprehensive list but for now head over to my goodreads anon!!!

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just read 'father of lies' what an evil evil book

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just read 'the cormorant' by stephen gregory. a couple very disturbing scenes but i loved it

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GUYS!!!

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happy trans day of visibility trans people no matter how much the world condemns you, you are worthy of love and kindness and most importantly of life.

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it was so good!! def recommend. lighthearted surrealist occult fiction. LOVED it and it was so funny too

started reading the hearing trumpet and it is making me laugh so much

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i read house of leaves and LOVEEEEDDDD it but only towards again the last 2/3rds of the book and that was with generously skimming any part that didn’t directly correlate with the navidsons… I can’t quite remember exactly where it happens but I do think delial was the turning point where everything suddenly clicked and i started to understand? so to the person who ordered it, if you aren’t enjoying a part of the book honestly just skip it because not everything is crucial to the plot!!

to me the scariest thing was how the book becomes so immersive and tricks you with having to concentrate to read and make sense of it, and then challenges your perception of both the book and reality!! all together I would give it a 4/10 for content but a 6/10 for the experience itself

YES I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT U MEAN!! the parts with johnny rly aggravated me sometimes BUT ! i am glad that i read them all in depth bc in the end HE is what rly moved me about the book.

BUT I AGREE VERY MUCH the part abt delial was def a turning point. AND ITS TRUE not everything is crucial to the plot - i think there's a lot of misdirection and leading down sort of pointless avenues just in order to mimic what the characters themselves are stuck in . there's a point where the book also hints that u shouldnt get too involved in the side stuff or else you'll get lost & confused.

I AGREE!!! the content was not the best imo, i didn't like the writing, but in the end it was the experience & the thoughts it provoked that made it for me!!

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started reading the hearing trumpet and it is making me laugh so much

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OKLAY... O K A Y ............I JUST FINISHED IT AND I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY!!!!

literally from abt this point (~400pgs) on my perspective on the book completely changed. if i had stopped at that point i would have given it probably two stars but i am so glad i saw it through to the end because i am gonna end it with 4/5 stars.

Is house of leaves not good😭 just ordered that shit a few days ago

OMG i was just coming on here to update.

im 402 pages in. loving it at times and hating it at times. generally i find it to kind of be exhausting and a slog. to me it isn't really scary at all, but it is very sad. that being said ! ! ! it covers a lot of rly fascinating themes that resonate with me so i am sticking it out!!!