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Alt. Canon

In which Yuuki was never chosen to be Lucky Student, and instead Utsuro takes his place - but the Voids still need him for their plan, a vessel that looks like Utsuro for his consciousness to latch onto.

So Nikei volunteers for the riskier job of kidnapping him, figuring that at the very least, the others can find a way to throw their money around to get him out of jail, or Utsuro can help when the plan has come to fruition. After a perfectly staged meet-cute (just to throw Yuuki off of his guard, let him trust in Nikei, giving the journalist more opportunities to nab him when the time is right.) and have realized that hey, they share some things in common, and both have some free time, rather than just exchanging numbers to continue their riveting conversation, they should just sit and talk for awhile! And Nikei tries to get Yuuki to take a shortcut down a shady alley where Hajime lies in wait, almost drugs his food before Emma texts him a reminder that the only thing he brought has to be injected directly into the blood stream, and gets foiled again and again.

Finally though, when Nikei has agreed to walk Yuuki home, since Nikei has friends in the area who he can walk to for safety, and Yuuki gets a bad vibe from the three people who keep coincidentally being in the same location as them; it happens. The golden opportunity, when Nikeis fallen in front of Yuukis driveway, and Yuuki has informed him of their lack of home security, it hits him. He didn’t use the drug, it’s getting late, and no ones around... Nikei wraps his arms around Yuuki in a hug, letting one hand wrap around his waist, over to his hip, with the other running parallel, reaching the gingers neck. After Yuuki stammers, then hugs back, Nikei does his best to distract him by talking about what a lovely day he’s had, how kind Yuuki is, while making sure that he’s certain he’s about to hit a vein with the needle.

But he’s snapped out of the rush of adrenaline mere milliseconds before rushing away from Yuuki, quickly hiding the needle in his pocket; for Aiko, Yuukis mother, has passed by a window and noticed her sons frame illuminated by the porch light. The three look between each other, Aiko getting over her stupor to ask the two to come in. Nikei promises her that he’ll be okay, but she insists that a sleepover never hurt anyone, and that Nikei would be much safer waiting until daylight to head home. So he winds up frantically calling the others, who reassure him that while kidnapping Yuuki right from his home will likely cause more issues than it’ll solve, at least now, they have a way of getting Yuuki easier, and a bond with him, which can only be used to hurt him.

Nikei tries to ignore the sick feeling in the pit of his stomach that comes with the mere suggestion of hurting Yuuki; and inside his room, waiting for Nikei to finish his call, Yuuki celebrates the date he has scheduled with the cute boy he met.

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otp imagine #246

Person A: i have absolutely no idea what i’m doing.

Person A: *looks to Person B, the usually chaotic one, napping on A’s shoulder*

Person A, smiling: but i know i’m doing it really, really well

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Due to the horrible crimes you have committed against the nation, you have been sent to court and, after a quick trial, sentenced to death.

Just as you’re about to be taken away, the doors to the courtroom open wide and in storms a person frantically yelling that they are in possession of evidence that will prove your innocence. The person looks at you and discreetly winks. 

 This sudden twist is very strange for 2 specific reasons:

1) You have definitely committed all those crimes;

2) You don’t know who the fuck this person is. 

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Imagine:

Role, but not talentswap Lucky Pen

~🍀🖊~

In which Maeda Yuuki, already saved from some unknown dark fate he refuses to get into, wants nothing more than to be blessed with luck again, to save him, for the talent of "Lucky Student" he was given before isn't helping him how he needs now.

So he puts together- and looses control of- his group, finds a vessel to hold his saviors conscious after Mikado brings back the savior in Alter Ego form, and is so ready for the moment when the black haired boy goes numb and easy to replace. All he cares about is bringing back Utsuro; for how else is he to survive? His only choice is to find someone to wipe clean of all emotion, so they can be rewritten with the saviors personality (or lack thereof.) But what a shock when instead, Yuuki feels himself exploding with emotions, while watching Yomiuri Nikei do his best to stay alive in the school game.

From the fiery jealousy that seeps up inside of him as Nikei laughs with Sora and Yoruko, to the stabbing pain as Nikei cries over the loss of a particularly close classmate, unaware one of Yuukis friends killed them; Yuuki feels it all, but the worst is yet to come. Worst of all is when Nikei nervously approaches him, his inherent journalistic curiosity prompting him to check in on the self-isolating lucky student- what do you mean it's something more than that? All Yuuki seems to notice is the blush covering his own face, as Nikei gets closer to him, doing his best to befriend Yuuki- and the sick feeling in his stomach as he ignores Nikeis cheery attempts at kindness.

But sickly sweet sentiments won't save the journalist, for Yuuki steels himself, and lies in wait for his shot at salvation, for there's no way the two can be happy together; so Yuuki tells himself that salvation will still be sweet without Nikei by his side.

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the lucky student has fallen in love with the journalist!

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yuuki: i love you

nikei: unrealistic. blocked.

yuuki: this is a verbal conversation

nikei: i'll find a way

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Concept: Nikei taking Yuki on surprise dates. He tells him he needs him for a special interview and then. Boom they're at a fancy planetarium that Nikei somehow, totally coincidentally has tickets to. :]

:0!!! surprise dates + “here we need to talk abt ur relationship status. for a interview. yes. would u like to go some where to talk abt it??” makes my heart uwu ajskdkkd 

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Imagine:

Talent, but not role swap Lucky Pen

~🍀🖊~

In which Yuuki is a famous journalist who's used to being more in the shadows of the celebrities he works with, only having his youth as a claim to fame- who's oh so very surprised when some nobody, who'd never be interviewed by him, Nikei the lucky student, knows who he is and fawns over him completely.

And maybe it starts because Nikei is supposed to get close to Yuuki so it'll hurt more, break him more when Nikeis role as a Void is revealed. And maybe everytime Nikei looks at Yuuki, all he thinks of is Utsuro. So what? He's here to survive, not to make friends, let alone anything... more.

Because... that's what it is. It's not love. The pounding in his chest when Yuuki perks up after seeing him is just nerve for what's to come, not hope for a relationship. Nikei is sure to watch over Yuuki because they can't have the vessel dying early on, not because he wakes up crying after nightmares where his Yuu takes someone else's place on the chopping block. So what if Yuuki is the only one who manages to make him feel special, even when he's always just been surrounded by Ultimates...

Nikei has a job to do, he won't let this become anything more; won't let his need to be blessed by Utsuro be replaced by a hope for life with Yuuki.

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self indulgent sdra2 au where in order to fuck up mikados plan, nikei just does his best to keep yuuki from throwing into despair via doing everything in his power to keep him feeling happy and loved

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mermaid au yuukei mermaid au yuukei- //shot

mermaid au yuukei!!! feat. totally not based off of prior convos with anyone. also i’m so sorry bc this just turned into various aus. i’m so so sorry and i do not know why i am like this 

~*~ mermaid nikei + sailor yuuki!

•OH okay so. nikei is a siren, stereotypical as this may be, but in canon he’s a journalist, journalism is generally meant to be persuasive, u get the drill

•then we have sailor yuuki! who lives by a coastal town, it’s just a quick and common way of making money, like working retail/in a restaurant for teens (except young sailors here actually get fair treatment and are respected like humans also they get payed a sane, humane amount)

•everyone knows general siren safety, it’s like boat safety, u know what to do, u probably think it’s a bit ridiculous, but then u hear a story of someone not being safe, and suddenly u stop caring abt if it’s ridiculous

•of course, this doesn’t stop teens from being dumb,,

•so! mr maeda is peer pressured into not following,, whatever siren safety rule, right?

•and no one is really worried bc it’s been forever since they had an attack, some people are even worried abt the siren population

•which means that they all get a bit distracted going abt their duties and they’re far out to sea before they realize that yuuki isn’t on board anymore

•yep! yuuki swam out to the siren, promising him his greatest desire!

•so the two come into contact for the first time, and nikei, in order to make sure yuuki comes close enough, asks him what it is he wants

•this more or less snaps yuuki out of his trance as he realizes that. he’s genuinely pretty happy where he is

•he and nikei have this back and forth “riches?” “nah my whole town is well off financially” “want anyone dead?” “wtf no why would i want that” “travel the world?” “my town is nice also i worry abt my mom”

•"…love?“ and that? that catches yuukis eye, mostly because… this pretty boy with the good voice who’s serenading him said that yuuki would find what he desired here,,, 👀👀👀

•now. nikei hasn’t really successfully caught a human before, not with their safety precautions, so how cool would it be if he manages to infiltrate the human town, lure them out to sea via a boat or smthn, and feed all the sirens for forever!

•i mean in reality the sirens can eat other things, but still!!! wouldn’t that be cool!

•so nikei promises yuuki true love, and the next thing yuuki knows, he’s back on shore just outside of his town

•meanwhile, nikei explains his plan to emma, sea-witch extraordinare!

•emma doesn’t really think this is a good plan but. whatever she’ll just find a way to keep track of nikei so he won’t die

•this comes in the form of taking nikeis voice - should he need to communicate with her, his voice will immediately echo in his head, but now she’s the only one who can hear it.

•not that nikei cares!!! he has a village to go murder

•so when yuuki is almost to his village, a certain dark-haired siren, now equipped with human legs, just so happens to wash up right in front of him - crazy!

•in yuukis village, they have a bit of a,, odd relationship with sirens, so the general outlook is "don’t be dumb enough to get lured out there, if it happens we’ll be sad, but we won’t be upset with the sirens, it’s your fault for not being safe” since sirens are known for just being hungry + they’re generally more powerful than humans so uh. maybe don’t blame them

•of course, the teens are getting a lot of shit for making yuuki be unsafe, and yuki is just being mourned - until he shows up with a pretty stranger on his arm

•yuuki is just deciding to roll with this???

•looking back on what he know realizes was a siren encounter, he figures it was just a dream… i mean why would a siren just let him go free? he probably just tumbled off the boat, hit his head on smthn, and happened to wash up on shore

•i mean, if this strange boy also washed up, odds are it’s just some friendly mermaids wandering by and helping out, which isn’t too uncommon!

•anyways, yuuki should probably focus on, yknow, revealing that he’s alive, seeing his mom, and getting this stranger taken care of first

•aiko is considering never ever letting her son go out to see again. it doesn’t happen, but still.

•yuuki brings nikei home, and he claims to have amnesia, saying he doesn’t remember where he came from, or how he ended up in the ocean, just that his name is nikei

•yuuki, flashing back to his dream abt a siren promising him true love: hmmmmm… nothing suspicious here!!!

•yuuki takes nikei around to the village to try and see if anything they find will jog his memory - cue nikei being absolutely enthralled by all the things there is, since a majority,, aren’t really water proof, so he’s never seen them before

•and! watching nikei wander around, questioning each and every little thing and how it works, yuuki thinks that… maybe he might’ve really found his true love

•bleh i’m getting burnt out and wanna work on general hcs so - let ur imagination run free with what problems occur, the ending they get, and i’ll write something general hcs!

•one more note tho:

•when nikei does get his voice back, he’s really charismatic - in human form, he can’t necessarily lure people to their deaths, but people still find themselves believing him, and a crowd inevitably forms nearby if he ever sings.

•he’s constantly worried he’s manipulating yuuki into being with him, but yuuki just reminds him that he fell in love before nikei had his voice back

•now for some more general hcs! bc i didn’t really expect to run with that like i did - feat. non siren nikei

•!!! childhood friends au feat. little yuuki goes for a swim and finds another little

boy splashing around - he always seems to beat yuuki to the water, he’s there when yuuki shows up, and stays even when yuuki needs to go because the sun is setting

•little yuuki doesn’t think much of this, and when he does inevitably find out that nikei isn’t human, his mom brushes it all off as a tall tale

•when yuuki is too insistent, she goes to check it out, causing a panicked little nikei to go and hide

•aiko worries that this will negatively affect yuuki, so she does her best to distract him, and he eventually brushed it off as his imagination

•he does return back to the area a few times, but only when accompanied by friends

•until the one time when he realizes he left something by the water and returns by himself, just to almost automatically be pulled in by a delighted nikei

•stopping that there bc i’m realizing that try as i might, i cannot make general hcs. i keep coming up with more aus. lmk if u wanna hear anymore but i’m cutting myself off here

•(also i curse andrew and his years of a mermaid phase. i know he’s near front, little bastard)

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Yuuki, drunk as all hell: hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Nikei: Hi! You coming to bed now?

Yuuki: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, you're really sweet, but i have a boyfriend

Nikei:

Nikei: Yuu, thats me, I'm your- get off the floor, you aren't sleeping there!

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Yuuki: I just don't know what'll fit best for our family and our dynamic!

Yuuki: Adoption is so difficult...

Nikei: We've literally been here for an hour and a half babe, please just pick a houseplant

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Nikei: Give me attention, now.

Yuuki:

Nikei, pulling out his gun: Or else ❤️

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Yuuki: We're playing scrabble, help.

Yoruko: Huh? Scrabbles great, why do you need help?

Yuuki: Not when you're playing against someone with a writing-based talent it's not.

Yuuki: Nikei played "ephemeral" after I played "dog"

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Nikei: I have very high standards

Yuuki:

Nikei:...

Nikei: Emma help, he's meeting all my standards

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still heavily editing this but here’s a brief snippet from a lucky pen drabble im writing because its been almost a year since i had smthn i could upload here and also i am. not vibing rn so distraction go brrrr

current fic is abt 1000 words, exert is 300+, brief hajime + emma + iroha mention

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