"are you sure you're alright? you've been a little wobbly on your legs ever since." and he was also sending out very sweet pheromones but jiyan was of the opinion he didn't do it knowingly. he was probably just scared. maybe he was close to his heat cycle, too, but jiyan knew omegas often did things they didn't really mean to, especially not exciting alphas. "i could stay for a while, at least until you feel better... oh, my name is jiyan by the way. rude of me not to introduce myself."
"I'm f-fine, really!" doesn't exactly sound reassuring or believable, but ruska is doing his best to reassure the alpha. the last thing he wants is to cause trouble. it's embarrassing enough that they met in such circumstances; ruska having to be saved because he'd managed to get himself in trouble during one of he many deliveries of the day. now he had twisted ankle and a big fat crush on this walking wet dream of an alpha.
ruska wanted the ground to swallow him. but he couldn't help but glance over to jiyan multiple times. he was so handsome, and the way he'd so easily rescued him? it had his omega swoon. "i'm ruska! nice to meet you, alp-- ah, ehhm, jiyan!" mentally ruska is stomping his omega down. "company is nice. m-maybe i could offer you me-- drink! i mean something to drink?"
Japanese Singer Hikaru Utada Comes Out as Non-Binary
Hikaru Utada, the singer behind the theme songs to the Rebuild of Evangelion anime films, Kingdom Hearts video games, and the To Your Eternity TV anime, revealed on their Instagram live stream on Saturday night that they were non-binary. Utada had previously revealed publicly that they were questioning how to express themselves in an Instagram post on June 18.
You can watch the live stream archive (which also features Evangelion director Hideaki Anno) on the Hikki Staff Instagram account right here. The relevant section starts at 2:04 in the video.
In the stream – prior to Anno coming on – Utada introduces another special guest, their stuffed bear Kuma, explaining "He's a boy, and he is gay." They continued on, "It's the month of June and I'm non-binary, so happy pride month! I got to say it before the end of the month!" The singer then repeats the above in Japanese.
Previous Instagram post (link)
Utada had brought up questions on their genre previously in the month on another Instagram post, saying that they are "sick of being asked if I’m 'Miss or Missus' or choosing between 'Miss/Mrs/Ms' for everyday things" and that they "long for an alternative option, one that anybody of any gender or social standing could use." The image on the post (seen above) suggests the use of "Mys. Utada."
The Japanese press picked up on the story this morning, with The Chunichi Shimbun explaining and transliterating "Mys. Utada" for a Japanese audience. The article said that Utada has seen many positive and sympathetic comments from the Japanese public, with one commenter saying that they "are happy [Utada] can speak out freely." Renato Rivera Rusca, a lecturer at Okayama Prefectural University on Japanese popular culture, tweeted out a clip of a Japanese morning program using the news to introduce LGBT terms to Japanese viewers.
As expected, Monday morning TV picked up the story on Utada Hikaru coming out as non-binary, and used the opportunity to give a crash course on basic LGBTQ terminology. I did not expect "Long Long Man" himself, US-born Ozawa Yukiyoshi not to have heard the term before, however. pic.twitter.com/SFQpRwS5NS
— Renato Rivera Rusca (レナト・リベラ・ルスカ) (@RENATOLOGY) June 28, 2021
Sources: Hikki Staff on Instagram, Hikaru Utada on Instagram, The Chunichi Shimbun, Renato Rivera Rusca on Twitter
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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs the YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.
jongdae was pondering over calling ruska. his rut was always something he dealt with alone but he also had never spent so much time with one omega only. he loved his kid. he wanted to be something of a daddy, but he also knew he had been hired for all that, although he stopped receiving money months ago already. he just liked ruska and he was also currently having a small part time job to keep himself afloat. he'd just need to hear his voice, he didn't need to come over. his hand buried in his pants, the alpha searched for the omega contact before pressing the dial button. ruska didn't even have to notice, but his voice would help him through the first brutal waves...
ruska had just gotten home from grocery shopping. his pup was still at the daycare so he would have some time for himself, for a few hours at least. putting down the bag he noticed that he'd bought more than necessary; for two adults and a growing pup. he'd completely forgot that jongdae wasn't coming over today... or tomorrow... or for the whole week. he felt a bit silly.
he'd have to figure out what to do with the food then...
as he was putting stuff away, his phone rang. curiously he looked at the caller id and then answered with a soft, happy "hello~".
"is everything okay?" he asks dae, phone stuck between his ear and shoulder while he continues to put produce away.
Species: human
Occupation: College student / game streamer
Hobbies: collecting figurines, going to conventions, binging anime series
Pets: Wants a corgi
Favorite plushie: a big round hedgehog he named Sebastian
Hair: Red; short and messy
Eyes: Red
Piercings: both ears
Ruska is a guy that seems all cool and unapproachable at first but the moment you interact with him you’ll unlock his real nature. He is nothing short of an idiot. He can be flamboyant, loud and over the top. That is mainly for him to just try avoid being embarrassed. Usually, it’s a lost call and he ends up being a blushing mess. Even so, Ruska is a kind, attentive young man. He is easily exciteable and he likes having fun, alone or with friends. He gets crushes easily and just as easily gets heartbroken. He’s kind of used to having relationships not go his way, so he doesn’t really try or pay attention anymore. Oh, he’s having butterflies again? Eh, it’ll be over in a few days. Ahhahhaa~
Academically he’s just a notch above average, but not in a sense that he’d stress out if he got a few bad grades here or there. Pretty chill. Parties are also fun, though he doesn’t participate in all of them.
He is also the type that can munch on pretty much anything and barely gain any weight from it. Both a curse and a blessing, really.
He likes to get into long discussions about series he’s following, the games he’s playing or the figurines he plan on getting.
At he moment he’s a college student, who streams horror games, visual novels and such. ...He also plays dating games, since that’s the only romance in life he apparently can get.
Ruska absolutely cannot handle compliments, being flirted with or being praised. His whole face burns nearly as red as his hair and his voice gets a few notches higher in pitch. Sure, praise and compliments make him giddy as all fuck, and really really happy, he just don’t know how to react. May even end up crying if he gets embarrassed enough.