#I still need a name for senpai because I’m not calling him that for this story’s setting lol

[dracomeir]

Going insane about an AU once again. I'm rolling around doing research about the gold rush, and remembering history lessons from a decade ago. I even put red dead redemption on my wish list since that’s a game I only watched someone play a bit, and I remember nothing about it except there’s cowboys. I’m even imagining so many scenarios where the cousins are arguing.

Oh, and uh… Here’s everyone’s role in this western: Onyx Coyotes Bandit Leader Pico Bandit (Explosives Expert) Darnell Bandit (Scout) Nene Scarlet Thorns Bandit Leader Senpai Mayor/Saloon Owner Daddy Dearest Saloon Singer Mommy Mearest Sheriff Boyfriend Deputy/Saloon Singer Girlfriend Cowboy Otis Shopkeeper Gibbons Orphan Skid Orphan Pump Pinkertons = Tankmen

[revasserium]

Hello, Rain! Congrats on the 2k followers! 🎉💖 Hope your day is going well!! For the event, may I request Marius and butterfly lovers? ☺️

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14. butterfly lovers

marius von hagen; 5,103 words; fluff, no "y/n", slightly canon-divergent, highschool sweethearts to lovers, marius being the simp he is, mentions of dif socioeconomic backgrounds, verbal bullying from other students

summary: marius does not have many friends at starhigh; you see fit to change that fact.

a/n: this is loosely based on both his "precious mornings" ssr and also his "world of glitz" ssr so vague spoilers for both and you'll understand this more if you kinda sorta know those but otherwise it's just a cute lil fic to feed my marius obsession (ㅅ´ ˘ `)

001. want and need

“I don’t want anything from you.”

Those are the first ever words you say to Marius von Hagen.

It is, by all accounts, a strange kind of meet-cute (if you can even call it that, years later, with his arms curled around your middle, his chin hooked over your shoulder — the pair of you reminiscing on your school days, marveling on the passage of time, how quick things flash by. But back then, time had seemed an infinite thing, ticking solidly through from morning till night, Monday to Friday and onwards), but even then, Marius had an alarming amount of charm and self-awareness, a shockingly prurient view on the world.

Rich and spoiled as he may be, no one could say that he wasn’t brilliant.

“Sorry?” he says, blinking over the stack of notes he’d been going over in the library as you slump down in the seat opposite, tossing your bag onto the table and propping your cheek on your hand.

You shrug, “Just wanted you to know that… I don’t want anything from you. So, yeah,” you repeat, pulling out your own set of notebooks. They’re a bit battered but full of multi-colored tabs that bulge out the sides and top, your textbooks, clearly secondhand. Marius blinks for a second but doesn’t comment, leaning back slightly to look you over.

“Then, senpai…” an easy, self-serving smirk twists the corner of his lips, “why’re you here?”

You pause, fingers hovering over a pink gel pen, your shoulders tensing.

“All the other tables were full.”

It’s a bold-faced lie, but Marius makes a show of turning to look at the tables around you both — sure, they’ve all got one or two people but none are full. You could’ve chosen to sit at any of the other tables, with any of the other students. And yet.

“And,” you add, rather sniffily, “how’d you know I’m not in your year?”

Marius considers his answer — because Payton had presented him with a roster of everyone in his class (with headshots) the week before his first day and asked in that smooth gentle way of his for Marius to “make sure he’s done his homework”, because since then, almost every single person in his grade has tried to come up and introduce themselves, toppling over each other to try and make an impression, to stake their claim on his friendship and by proxy, Pax Group.

Because he wouldn’t have forgotten a face like your’s.

“Cause…. I know all the pretty girls in my year already.” He winks.

Easier to play up the foppish, rich fuckboy facade than admit any of those other things which are infinitely more true, but no less harrowing for a growing teenage boy to try and admit.

Predictably, you roll your eyes and continue on your journey of emptying the entire contents of your schoolbag onto the remaining space of the table.

“Right.” Your tone is disbelieving and Marius feels a thread of intrigue twang in his chest against the initial shock of your blunt appearance. You don’t believe him, and yet you’re still here. You claim that you don’t want anything from him, and yet.

“So? Are you gonna introduce yourself? Seems kinda rude to sit down at someone else’s table and not even tell them your name.” Marius taps the heel of a pen to his cheek, the intrigue slowly festering into curiosity. It itches inside his chest and he finds himself leaning in as you slate him a long, piercing look.

“Fine.” You say, and then you tell him your name — first and last, with no title, no frills, no mention of a family dynasty or some kind of foreign conglomerate empire. In fact, Marius realizes as he runs through his quick mental list of all the who’s who of society, he has no clue who you are or who you might be related to. It’s a difficult thing to achieve at Starhigh. And then he remembers —

“I’m on scholarship,” you say, dropping your eyes back to your now open notebook, twirling your pen once before setting in to scribbling along some sort of complicated looking diagram. Your voice is flat, almost curt, cut short by the implication of those three words.

Scholarship.

Marius knows that the prestigious academy accepts a handful of scholarship students a year, mostly as marketing fodder to pander to the masses — look at us, opening our gold-gilded doors, our marble-foyered halls, peeling back our velvet curtains to accept commoners who are driven enough, who are brilliant enough to shine amongst the ready-born stars.

“Well, guess someone’s gotta keep the test scores up,” Marius says, now entirely taken with the task of watching you take notes. You pause again, glancing up. There’s a spark behind your eyes that makes his heart stutter.

“Ah… so you do know about us.”

Us. You say the word so casually but it still makes Marius flinch inwardly. An “us” precludes a “them” — one group, and the other. Somehow, Marius doesn’t like the thought of you and him being othered from each other so obviously by your respective social circles, even though he knows it’s unavoidable.

“Sure I do — I mean, none of us study hard enough to make the numbers we post every year,” he says, with a stab at casual nonchalance, putting an extra emphasis on his use of “us” just to be a tad more self-deprecating. That should be the tactic here — people like to feel superior, so debasing himself a little from time to time is necessary.

So he tells himself.

You, however, don’t seem to be buying it.

“I’ve seen you in here every afternoon for the past two months.”

Marius leans back, stretching his arms over his head and yawning hugely.

“Nowhere else to be, so…” but even he hears the strained edge to his voice, the flatness that drops at the end of his would-be cheery tone. You hike an imperious eyebrow and Marius feels heat cresting up the back of his neck.

“Nowhere else?” you echo the words back at him, but in your voice, they sound softer, more wistful.

He slumps back forward, making an exaggerated face.

“Yeah, my brother’s busy with the company and my dad’s… off somewhere in Europe doing whatever he does in Europe,” he waves a would-be careless hand and sighs dramatically, “what’s a guy to do with all that time but —” he motions around the gorgeous library reading room with it’s floor to ceiling windows and endless stacks of priceless reference books and first editions.

“But to study,” you finish for him, amusement dangling off the end of your words like a comma, hinged there, waiting for the rest of the sentence, the remainder of the story.

Marius chews on the inside of his cheek and doubles down with a light laugh and another good-natured wink. Meanwhile, he can’t help the way his mind is racing. Why would a scholarship student randomly come up to him in the library, loudly declare that she “doesn’t want anything from him” and then proceed to invade his personal space?

It reminds him, outlandishly, of the story of a man who’d struck gold, and then, terrified that someone would come steal it from him, proceeded to bury it all back with the sign “NO GOLD BURIED HERE” tacked up over the mound of freshly dug earth. The denial so egregious that it rebounds back into confirmation instead.

Were you really trying to get closer to him by telling him to his face that you had no such intentions?

His chases down the line of thought, the speculations spiraling wilder and wilder until your voice snaps him sharply back into focus.

“Oi! Are you okay?”

Marius blinks, jerking back as you click your fingers in front of his face.

“Huh? Oh yeah sorry —”

You cock your head, that strange, knowing spark still flickering behind your eyes.

“Where’d you go off to, hm?”

Marius opens his mouth before shutting it again, shaking his head.

“Just… never mind.”

“You do that a lot, don’t you?” you ask, cocking your head to one side, birdlike.

“Do what?”

“Keep things to yourself.”

And this time, Marius feels himself being caught off-guard — there’s a skip to his already arhythmic heartbeat, a skid in his breath, a click-shuffle-snap in his mind’s eye as he tries to refocus his attention on what you’d just said. And when he does, heat and heat and heat claws its way up his skin, bleeding into his cheeks before he can force it back down.

“I - I don’t know what you mean.” There — that quaver in his voice. He curses himself for it. The vulnerability of it all.

“I’ve seen it, y’know —” you say, sighing as you drop your eyes back onto your notes, now highlighting something in a bright, blinding chartreuse, “the way people flock to you. But I mean, everyone titters over everyone else here, don’t they?”

Marius stares, nearly open-mouthed at the casual, almost bland way you’re laying it all out, as if he weren’t the storm-center around which all of this social grandstanding spins.

“What do they ask you about first? Oh, lemme guess — is it the fact that you’re confirmed to be Pax’s next CEO or whether you like girls with short hair? I guess the short-hair thing is a bit less on the nose, right?”

You flip a page in your notebook and methodically tab it with a pink sticky note.

“What do you want?” the words are out of his mouth before he can stop himself, and Marius realizes too late that he’s staring, wide-eyed and desperate, his heart now pounding inside him like some angry, caged thing, thudding so hard against the back of his throat that he actually feels like it might leap right out of his mouth.

Placidly, you raise your eyes back to look at him, meeting his wild, bewildered gaze with the steady, solid one of your own.

“Like I said… I don’t want anything from you.” Your voice is calm, your words sure.

Disbelief roils inside him like sickness and he swallows hard as he realizes his hands had clenched into white-knuckled fists on the table between you.

“Then why —” his voice isn’t light anymore, instead it's jagged around the edges, raw and torn and bleeding.

He feels naked, exposed, stripped in a way that he hadn’t felt since the first time his father had taken him to visit the family shrine.

You purse your lips and sigh, and this time, you look just as tired as he feels as you slowly start to gather up your things.

“Because… you just looked a bit lonely and I thought you might like some company.”

You tuck your last gel-pen back into your bag before hoisting it onto your shoulder, turning and walking away.

002. oh bully you

“Senpai… you know it was super mean of you to just leave me like that yesterday.”

You jump nearly a foot in the air as Marius drops into the empty desk directly in front of you, straddling the chair back with his legs on either side, crossing his arms over top of your opened textbook and peering up at you from beneath his damnably long lashes.

He bats them at you as you blink down at him, trying to reconcile the sight of him with the space of your classroom — which is not his classroom, because — right, of course, you’re not in the same grade. So, why —

“Oh~ reading even during lunch period? You’re so studious — hey d’you think you can help me with the history homework? I suck at names and dates.”

You stare at him for two whole seconds longer before narrowing your eyes.

“What’re you doing here? This isn’t your classroom.”

Marius pouts, feigning hurt, “But senpai… it’s lunchtime! Didn’t you say you wanted to keep me company yesterday?”

“Yester — “ you break off, understanding finally settling over your confused expression as you soften in your chair. casting him a reproachful look.

“Well you didn’t seem like you wanted the company so I thought —”

“Wha — I never said that! You just caught me off guard! I was just asking what you wanted to do for the rest of the afternoon, but you stormed off. Ah… I thought you were angry with me — you’re not angry with me, are you senpai?”

You let out an exasperated sigh at his antics, but a smile still breaks across your lips.

“Did I say I was angry?”

Marius’s grin widens by degrees.

All around you, people are beginning to stare. What is Marius von Hagen, society’s most elite golden child doing with a no-name scholarship student like you? And acting all chummy when no one had ever seen you two together before? Whispers gather like a rising tide but Marius doesn’t seem to notice as he casually reaches over your textbooks to peer into your bento.

“Whoa! That looks so delicious! Did you make it all yourself? Can I have some? I’ve always wanted to try home-cooked food from someone my age!”

You smack his hand lightly and click your tongue.

“Manners! And if you wait patiently, I’ll let you have half.”

Marius smiles cheekily, looking all too pleased with himself as the whispers and murmurs gather in strength and volume. And by the end of the day, there’s not a soul in school who doesn’t know about the strange new friendship between you and Marius von Hagen.

003. rumors

“Did you hear?”

“Yeah — and with Marius —“

“Everyone says he’s nice but hard to get close to, so how the hell —“

“Maybe it’s some kind of… arrangement?”

“But why would a von Hagen need any kind of arrangement?”

“Dunno, but maybe it’s a charity project?”

“What? Adopt-a-pleb? Ha!”

“I’ve seen them around campus — he’s always following her around —“

“Ugh, so weird! Unless they’re dating? But god, he’s so out of her league it’s not even funny.”

“Hey do you know anyone who knows her?”

“Ew, no! Who would any of us know who knows her? She’s scholarship!”

“Maybe that’s why he’s so into her? Like… y’know those kids who grow up in the desert and have never seen snow?”

“What, like he’s never seen a poor person before?”

“Up close? Have you?”

“Ugh, it’s just so… weird. I bet he’ll lose interest in her by the end of the month. There’s no way they’re actually friends.”

“Yeah, that or… they’re…”

“Oh… that.”

“You don’t think…”

“Well… if she’s really that good… I guess a guy could overlook anything, right?”

004. in place

He has always been quiet when he paints, but there’s something in the thick, churning silence today that makes you pause, looking up from the book of sewing patterns in your lap. The sun’s long since set, and there’s only the two you left in the arts classroom.

Marius frowns as he leans back, a streak of dark blue paint smearing his cheek.

You glance at the canvas, pressing your lips.

“Okay. What’s wrong?”

“Hm?” he sounds distracted as he picks another brush and leans in to carve a thick slab of black through the heart of the already dark and chaotic painting.

“You’re stewing. What’s wrong?”

“How do you know I’m stewing? I’m not stewing,” Marius huffs, tossing the paintbrushes into a can, his lips pursed into a pout as he turns towards you.

You snap your book shut and sigh, “Because. I just do. And you just admitted it.”

“No, I didn’t!”

“Did too — now spill it.”

“I —” Marius lets out another loud sigh before knitting his arms across his chest, turning back toward the canvas and picking up his brushes. He squints at the painting as if it’s done him some grievous personal harm, and then jams his brush into the middle, his strokes going wide and harsh.

“Have you heard the rumors?”

You scoff, “What, about us?”

“Yeah…” his voice drops, and you almost laugh at how childish he sounds before you realize that you’re both still children. You wonder if things will change when you grow up — the thought of it seems so far away. Like this, in the fluorescent brightness of the empty art classroom, the night outside stretches like an uncertain future, unfurling into impenetrable darkness.

“Sure I have,” you say, watching him as he pulls back to examine the dark blob on the canvas.

“You’re not mad?” He doesn’t look at you and you don’t make to look away.

“Why would I be mad?” You open your book again to mark your page before tucking it away in your bag. Marius pauses as you start to pack.

“Because it’s horrible! The things they’re saying — I mean, I’m used to it because I’ve grown up around people like this but you’re —” he cuts himself off as you whip around, eyebrows raised.

“I’m what? Different?”

Marius gapes, scrambling for words that do not come.

You pack up the rest of your things in a terse silence, then you push out of your chair with a loud scrape.

“But y’know, the people who talk behind your back? They’re right where they should be.”

Marius frowns.

Your lips pull into a wide smirk as you shoulder your bag, “Behind you.”

You’re barely out the door before Marius lets out an incredulous laugh and topples back into his chair. He lets a second pass and then he’s launching out of the chair, grabbing his own bag and slinging it over his back.

“Senpai! Wait for me! Hey, you wanna go to that really cute restaurant that just opened last week? It’s got a Michelin Star but I’m sure I can get us seats!”

005. be-friend

“Marius! You’re so funny!”

“Wow, Marius — that’s incredible! You’re so smart!”

Marius laughs, carding a hand through his hair, his expression bright and open and unassuming, but the group of people around him all inch in closer, as sunflowers might strain towards the sun.

“Hey.”

You lean against the doorframe with an amused grin.

Marius looks up, his eyes visibly brightening as he sees you.

“Senpai! I was waiting for you!”

“Bullshit. We’re gonna be late for the show.” You tap at your wrist where a watch might be as Marius bounds out of his chair, shaking off his hoard of simpering admirers.

“W-wait! Marius! We’re all gonna head to the Ace Club later — you know, the super exclusive one? Don’t you wanna come with us?” one of the girls asks hopefully.

Marius turns, smiling as if he doesn’t hear the strained desperation in her voice, the flash of annoyance in her eyes as she looks you over.

“Sorry! Maybe next time — I’ve got a theater date I can’t miss. Bye!”

“You know if you keep calling them dates, people are going to get the wrong idea, right?” you ask breezily, sounding less concerned and more amused.

“So? Let them get the wrong idea.”

You cast him a mischievous grin, “Ah… the prince in love with the pauper. Tale as old as time.”

At this, Marius pouts, “Senpai… so mean to me… and you were the one who wanted to be my friend first.”

You wave him off with a flap of your hands, “Sure, but you’re the one who stuck around.”

“Hmph, maybe after tonight’s show, we’ll go our separate ways then,” Marius makes a show of harumphing and stomping off in front of you as you laugh and jog to catch up, swatting him in the side with your bag.

“So you’re just hanging out with me for the theater perks?”

“Yep! Well, I knew you’d find me out eventually,” Marius smiles, teasing as the pair of you make your way off campus and turn towards the community theater.

After a while, Marius bumps you with his elbow, “You really are super good at costume design… are you sure you don’t wanna —”

“I don’t want a handout, Marius.” Your voice has gone cold and clipped, and Marius bites his lip, shoulders shrugging up as you continue to walk.

“I wasn’t offering one. It’s just… there’s a Pax program for young aspiring artists to study abroad in Europe and…”

“And you’re offering to get me in? That’s literally the definition of a handout.”

“No! I’m just telling you about it. I swear I won’t say a word about your application — if you even apply, that is…” he sounds eager in a way that you haven’t heard in a long time. Not since he’d entered the school fine arts contest under a pseudonym.

You give him a sidelong look before sighing, “I’ll… think about it.”

“Okay! That’s —” he reigns himself in as he skips out in front of you, looking not unlike an over-excited puppy, “that’s… good! Wah — I’m so excited for tonight’s play! Hamlet, right?”

You laugh as you hurry to catch up to him, “Yeah. But it’s not like you haven’t seen it before — didn’t you say that you dad took you to see it in London or something?”

“Yeah, but that’s different.”

“How?”

Marius rolls his eyes, smiling cheekily down at you, but when you catch his eyes you see them go soft, the light in them somehow molten as he looks and looks and looks at you.

“Obviously, because Ophelia’s dress wouldn’t have been made by you!”

006. stay and leave

“I got in!”

Marius blinks at the flat beige of his bedroom ceiling as your voice rings out from across the phone line. The bed beneath him is perfectly made, the silken sheets freshly pressed from this morning.

“A-ah! Congrats, senpai!” he tries to sound like his usual cheery self but he’s not sure how successful it is.

A beat.

“Marius?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you.”

“For what?”

Another beat. Marius shifts, curling onto his side, cradling the phone to his ear as he stares at the halo of light cast by his artisan bedside lamp.

“For… telling me about the program. And… for not pulling any strings on the back end.”

Marius grins, flipping onto his back again, “How’dyou know I didn’t?”

Your laugh comes through the line, soft and sweet.

“Because. I know you.”

Something inside Marius squeezes; he fists his fingers into the soft silk of his nightshirt. Warmth spreads from the base of his spine up through the rest of his body till he’s tingling from his toes to his nose. He wrinkles it, feeling abashed as he scratches at his cheek, even though he knows you can’t see the gesture.

“R-right — so! When do you leave?”

“End of the summer — so…”

“So?”

You sound hesitant in a way that he’s not used to.

“I’ll miss you.”

He almost misses the words, they’re so soft, so quiet that he almost thinks he might’ve imagined them. But he knows your voice almost better than he knows his own, knows the color and shape, the weight and temperature. Knows how it gets pitched when you’re excited, and flat when you get mad. Knows the giddiness that fills it like sweet champagne bubbles when you know something and want to share. Knows the dull coolness of it when you’re done or tired or annoyed.

“Senpai…” Marius presses his cheek ever closer to the face of the phone, “if you keep saying that, I might ask them to rescind your acceptance letter just so you can’t go.”

He smiles, bracing for the sharp bite of your reprimand, but it doesn’t come. Instead, he hears you sigh.

“Just promise you’ll come visit, okay?”

“Sure! I’ll come every weekend if you want! My dad’s old jet’s been sitting in the hanger anyway.”

“Mm, maybe not every weekend.”

“Aw… senpai, I thought you’d want to see me!”

“I do! Just… you know what I mean.”

Marius chuckles, throwing his free arm over his eyes, reveling in the temporary darkness. A strange, hot tightness gathers at the back of his throat as he sighs. He feels the tickle of words on his tongue — and what is it about the nighttime that makes it so much easier to say the things he might never have the courage to in daylight?

“Senpai… if I asked you to stay… what would you say?”

“Hm?”

“If I — I mean… if I told you, right now, that… that I didn’t want you to go…”

You hum as if contemplating his question. Marius squeezes his eyes shut.

“I’d tell you you were being a spoiled brat and very selfish,” you say, but there’s a lightness to your tone that makes Marius smile.

“Well… I’ll never escape allegations of either of those things,” Marius replies.

“And then, I’d tell you that you’re being stupid because — why ask me to stay, when you can just come with me?”

Marius sits up, “Ha?”

“I’ve seen your art, Marius. You’re brilliant. You’d be the first to get in, even without being the next CEO of Pax.”

Marius stares at his own hand, now lying limply in his lap. He’d never considered entering the program himself — it’d be a huge conflict of interest. But… if he didn’t apply as himself then…

“Aren’t you being a little selfish too, senpai? Asking a guy to move across the entire world with you.”

“I never said I wasn’t.”

Marius drags his hand down his face, feeling his heart thudding right beneath this throat, a strong, startling hoofbeat that thrums through him. It beats behind his ears, rushes blood to his fingertips. He squeezes at the bridge of his nose, a recklessness filling him like helium to a balloon and suddenly, he’s weightless as he lets himself fall back onto this too-big mattress.

Later, long after he’s hung up the phone, your voice still echoing in the recesses of his half-asleep mind. He smiles to himself, pressing a palm to his chest to feel the rhythmic, certain beating of his own heart.

That, he thinks, is the girl I’m going to marry someday.

007. want and need (redux)

Years later, long after he kisses you for the first time at the airport in Florence, when you’d come to meet him for his first year in the young artists program, Marius flies you back under the guise of an anniversary trip.

You have a feeling you know what he’s going to do, and he knows you well enough to know that you do too.

Still, when he gets down on one knee, your eyes are gleaming with unshed tears.

“Remember when you told me you didn’t want anything from me the first time we met?” he asks, grinning up at you, a velvet box in the palm of his hands.

“Well… I can’t the same because… the truth is, ever since that first meeting in the library I’ve wanted so many things from you — I wanted to hear you laugh, to watch you when you designed your clothes, to listen to your voice every night on the phone till I fell asleep…”

There are flowers everywhere, and the sunlight is magnificent on Marius’s white tux. He looks like a prince stepped right out of the pages of all your favorite fairy tales; he looks like a daydream. You briefly wonder if this is a dream, but Marius charges on, and amongst all the tittering guests that surround you in the gallery, you’re the only one who notices the slight tremor in Marius’s voice, way his breath is just a tad more shallow than it usually is.

You reach down to pull him up, and you shake your head.

“Y’know, I lied to you — that first time, when I told you I didn’t want anything.” Your voice is scratchy from the tears, but Marius grins.

“Oh? Then… you did want something from me?”

You press your hand to his chest, the steady beat of his heart thudding beneath your palm.

“Yeah. I wanted… this.”

It’s a horrible, cheesy line, but all things considered, you think it feels right.

Marius laughs, leaning forward to press his forehead to yours, cupping your cheeks.

His smile is radiance itself.

“Good… because I want this too,” and he reaches down to open the lid of the tiny velvet box. You barely notice the ring for the feel of it as he slips it around your finger.

“But… I want so much more than that too — I want your everything — your body, your mind, your soul, your life — I want you to spend it with me, because even though you never wanted anything from me… all I’ve ever wanted to do was give my everything to you.”

You swallow, wiping at your eyes with an exasperated laugh.

“Dummy, you’ve always had it,” you hiccup as Marius tips your chin up with a finger, his eyes going soft as he looks over the planes and contours of your face — ever an artist, his gaze always both hungry and admiring. As if he could never get enough, but that won’t ever stop him from trying — from wanting.

“I’ve always been yours,” you say, and time itself is caught in the negative space between your lips.

Marius nods, reaching down to thumb at the solidness of the ring now circling your finger.

“Then… that’s the only thing I’ll ever want or need.”

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[Ⅸ] probis pateo

i am open for honest people.

Junpei Iori comes downstairs to the sight of you kneeling on the cushion of the lounge sofa, digging between the notches with the desperation of a man starved. He won’t be too far off from his analogy, because like the average tech-dependant teen, you losing your charger is a nightmare scenario. You snap your head up instantly when you hear the sound of footsteps, and you don’t even bother greeting him before you shoot your question.

“I’m sorry—have you seen a charger anywhere?”

“Huh? Uh…” Junpei feels a little embarrassed about blue-screening, considering this is the first time you’ve talked to him and it’s only to inquire about your missing charger. “No. you can use mine though!”

He flashes you one of his signature grins, and he entertains himself with the idea that if he lets you borrow his you might be so grateful that you’ll let him take you out on a date. Though you weren’t the typical Japanese beauty, you weren’t hard on the eyes. It only gets better that you didn’t have as strong a personality as Kirijo-senpai or Yukari (one of the many incorrect assumptions he’s made about you). He never gave you much thought before, but with you now having joined SEES, this might be the universe hinting at him that this is his chance at scoring a girl.

Amidst his daydreaming, he doesn’t notice how you frown, disappointment evident in the curl of your lips. You hold up your phone and Junpei cannot stop his disbelief, blinking rapidly as if it’s somehow going to make your phone magically morph in front of him.

“Dude,” And all the charm and flirtatious compliments Junpei planned on unleashing on you flew down the drain. “You have the same model as my grandmother!”

You shrink in on yourself thanks to him bull-eyeing on a particular insecurity of yours, but your eyebrows come together in displeasure regardless. You’ve already begun sprouting defence for your phone that should have long since expired, but your lady luck comes in the form of a very agitated Yukari Takeba and amazing timing.

Junpei lurches forward at the open palm swing delivered to the back of his head, a loud call of “ow!” escaping him all the while. He frantically turns around to find Yukari, her face radiating annoyance and her hand still held up as if she were ready to go for seconds.

“Don’t be a jerk to her!” Junpei has a sharp retort sitting on his tongue, but she’s already moved her attention to you, a kind smile gracing her lips. Junpei wants to point out you look a little more terrified than grateful. “You okay? What’s wrong?”

You repeat the situation you were stuck in (albeit with a bit more of a stammer in your voice), and she hums thoughtfully.

“I think there is a store near the station that sells electronics. You could get a new charger from there…” She trails off as her attention is diverted by your phone clutched protectively in your hand. She holds herself back from wincing. “Even for older models, I guess.”

This is how you find yourself strolling through Iwatodai Strip Mall on a Sunday afternoon, discomfort itching at your skin at the prospect of walking around alone and without a camera to keep you entertained. You really should be more familiar with the area now. Still, you’ve spent the better half of last year simply walking around the streets without a destination in mind (and to spare yourself of spending your limited allowance on stuff you do not need). You wish Takeba had been more specific on the name of the shop, and as you desperately scan the signs framed outside storefronts you fail to pay attention to your immediate surroundings. You feel your shoulder briskly bump into another, causing you to stumble from the force. Without thinking twice about who is at fault, an instinctive apology has already left your lips.

“I’m sorry, are yo—” Your words die in your throat when you see the familiar blues that make up Arisato. He’s dressed rather fashionably, signature headphones hung snugly around his neck and hands shoved into the pockets of his peacoat. His eyes widen a crack once he notices it’s you, but he greets you with a nod regardless. You feel embarrassment kick in, wondering if you were perhaps cursed to have your every interaction with him be awkward and painstaking. You wonder if you should ask how he is, or what he’s doing here but before you can devise an adequate icebreaker, his focus has already diverted to the phone in your hand.

“Wow, that’s old,” His blunt comment really shouldn’t have irked you so much, but your precious flip phone has done nothing to deserve such snide from pedantic strangers. You are about to repeat your classic lines of excuses that you’ve been using on Yuko since your first year, but Arisato fishes for something from his pocket and holds it up to reveal his phone. “I’m only a year ahead of you.”

You aren’t sure why the revelation smacks you into bewildering silence, but soon you can’t help the laugh that leaves you.

“It’s such a good model,” You nod solemnly. “Great battery life. Others just don’t get.”

While he doesn’t exactly understand the entire context, given by the slight tilt of his head, he agrees anyway and then gestures vaguely to the stores. You are quick to catch on, explaining your unfortunate situation with your lost charger and Takeba’s suggestion of an electronics shop. He purses his lips, and you notice how his nose scrunches up when he’s thinking. It’s oddly cute.

“She probably means the net cafe. They sell some stuff there,” He answers shortly, and you could almost cry because Takeba, bless her soul, should be old enough to know the difference between a net cafe and an electronics store. You can’t stop your heavy, drawn-out sigh as you readjust the strap of your bag.

“Of course… I was walking around like an idiot for a shop that doesn’t even exist,” You offer Arisato an apologetic smile. “Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for redirecting me.”

You turn to leave briskly, eager to just grab your dumb charger and head home to crawl into your bed, but you’re interrupted by Arisato’s spontaneous offer.

“I’ll go with you,” You aren’t sure if he’s just trying to be nice, or if he actually has business there. You want to think it’s the latter, you don’t peg him as the type of person to bother himself unnecessarily with people. Perhaps you’ve misjudged him? You swallow down any curious questions and fall into step with him. He doesn’t attempt small talk, and you don’t feel comfortable enough to do so either. However, the quiet ambience isn’t awful, especially as it gives your mind the chance to rest after your day. The setting sun of Iwatodai paints the scenery in gold and orange. As your attention shifts to the celestial-like vistas of the sky, yearning for your camera to immortalise the moment, you miss the subtle glance Arisato throws to your twitching hands.

You drop unceremoniously to the soft, welcomed sheets of your bed, your night-time shower soothing the aches and grime of your outing. Sleep encroaches the corner of your eyes and you know it’s about time you’ve greeted your dreamscape. However, your sights drift to your phone on your desk, your new charger plugged in. The battery should be fully charged by now. Who knows, maybe Yuko might’ve emailed you about your disappearance. Guilt washes over you at the idea you’ve probably left your only friend stranded amidst your several days of disappearance, and it doesn’t feel right to at least not respond to her even if you’ll see her again tomorrow. You paddle over to grab your device, flipping it open and waiting for the home screen to show. Your familiar wallpaper greets you, and you see a missed notification popup. Someone had called you. Your curiosity is piqued since Yuko always preferred emailing rather than calling. Perhaps she decided that it’s more meaningful to hear about your health from your own mouth. However, when you open up to the screen, it is not Yuko’s contact that greets you.

Don’t pick up: Missed call.

You feel dread pool in your stomach, and the urge to toss your phone out of rage is tempting. You know it isn’t possible to avoid your grandmother forever, no matter how much you like to ignore her emails and calls. She is simply another string you wish to cut from your past life in Sumaru City, but she still has guardianship over you until you are an adult. While spending the majority of the year within Tatsumi Port Island is a god-given blessing, nothing can change the fact you will eventually come home to the strong incense from your grandmother’s perfume and the sound of wind chimes she hangs out in the engawa.

You wonder if it’s worth ruining your night by calling her back and that’s when it dawns on you that this is her attempt to get hold of you because of your recent admission to the hospital. There was no way she could not have known about it, seeing as her name is in your emergency contacts. You cannot suppress your groan, history reciting that she is more inclined to berating you for your shortcomings, rather than express genuine concern for your wellbeing. Every time, a conversation like this ends with you exchanging equally bitter words before hanging up.

No, you were definitely in no mood for it.

You shove your phone into a random drawer, out of sight and out of mind before falling into the comfort of your messily arranged pillows and stuffed plushies. You squeeze your eyelids close, in hopes that sleep comes easy tonight. It doesn’t and tomorrow morning, Minato will watch with an unimpressed stare as you drop your head onto your classroom desk.

[hyenahunt]

Saga: Rivals - 11

Writer: Akira

Season: Winter

Characters: Chiaki, Eichi, Tori

Proofreading: moricchiichan (JP) & Peace (ENG)

Translation: kotofucius

Eichi: Not at all. I only said we’re friends as pleasantries. You’re a presence of absolutely no account to me, Chiaki.

[Read on my blog for the best viewing experience with Oi~ssu ♪]

Location: Classroom 3-A

Chiaki: So you don’t know the origins of the name Lilith either, Tenshouin…

Actually, this might be a bit late to say, but I heard from Hidaka’s dad that these things aren’t officially announced yet. Is it okay for me to hear this name?

Eichi: Yes, an impatient fool with no clue about the risks of information leaking already made it viral on the net.

Well, it’s probably still part of their promotion strategy, of their production design…

CosPro’s Saegusa-kun is very clever in that scene — diligent, actually.

Conversely, this means as long as he’s involved, there’s no way that there isn’t any deep meaning behind it.

Maybe he didn’t name Lilith himself, but he should’ve argued, considering the nature of the name.

I would, if I were him. The fact that Lilith got approved and spread despite that means…

…it does fulfill some form of purpose.

They’re different from your Rain-bows, or the Knight Killers I once belonged to.

They were formed with the mission to save CosPro from decline.

Their name and work content should have been designed with great care and polish. Failure is not pardoned; they can’t afford to let anything unforeseen happen.

Chiaki: Hmm… I’m sorry to say this when you’re being so nice and putting so much thought into this, but is it something to be so fixated on?

Eichi: Yes, because names are important. I named the Five Eccentrics as such to invoke the imagery of otherworldly, out of touch beings whom none would wish to understand — to put it bluntly, inhuman; it’s exactly because I’d made the same calculation in the past that it bothers me so much.

Ah… I see; the Five Eccentrics. Aha, is that it? If I remember correctly, in Lilith, there’s a boy named Sazanami Jun whose father was —

Hmm, they just caused a great disaster by playing a similar hand in SS, so I’d like to think they wouldn’t rake over the ashes a second time.

But I’ll take some precautions.

Chiaki: …? What are you talking about — Sazanami? I’ve heard of him; he’s from Eden, who was Trickstar’s final opponent in SS, right?

Actually… I thought the same thing back then, too. That I’d heard of his name somewhere.

Right, right! I think the guy who filled the position of Sagami-sensei’s rival back when he was active was called Sazanami too?

Eichi: Yes. Sazanami Jun-kun is his son, apparently. I’ve done some research. Blood relation is an illusion, but it leaves footprints that can’t be covered up.

…I’m sorry, Chiaki. I need to look up something, so I’ll stop our conversation here. If their intention is to overlap the images of Sazanami Jun and Lilith…

Chiaki: …? Alright then, let me know if you find something out. I’m counting on you; but really, I'm sorry to depend on you so much.

Eichi: Think nothing of it. Aren’t we friends?

Tori: Excuse me~!

Ah, there he is — Morisawa-senpai! Why don't you check your phone more?

Today’s not Rain-bows’s usual work day, but we just got summoned on an emergency —

They said we should gather ASAP! But you didn't turn up, Morisawa-senpai, so I came all the way here to pick you up, you know~?

We’re not gathering on the rooftop like usual, so I’ll lead the way, ‘kay?

Chiaki: Ooh, Himemiya! Sorry, sorry! The third years had an interview regarding our career path today, you see? It’s been so busy the whole day that I didn’t have a minute to spare to check my phone!

Tori: Oh? But you seem to be taking your time chatting with somebody, as far as I can see~

…Oh wait — Prez! Huh, why? Ahh, that’s right, you’re in Morisawa-senpai’s class, aren’t you…?

Eichi: Why hello, Tori. Isn’t it such a nice day? You’re adorable as ever.

Tori: Eh!? E-Ehehe…♪

Chiaki: Yes, adorable, very adorable! So adorable that I could eat you up! ☆

Tori: Doesn’t make me happy at all coming from you, Morisawa-senpai.

…Actually, it’s surprising to see you two together. Why are you chatting around like friends? Unless you really are friends?

(Oh, shoot! If I knew, I would’ve acted like a good boy in front of Morisawa-senpai!)

(I’ve been so rude towards him the whole time~ What if the Prez finds out?)

Chiaki: Yup! We’re really good friends! Aren’t we, Tenshouin? ♪

Eichi: Not at all. I only said we’re friends as pleasantries. You’re a presence of absolutely no account to me, Chiaki.

Chiaki: What a fiend you are! Come on, we get along swimmingly, don’t we? You always look for me the first thing whenever we have to pair up for PE!

Eichi: That’s because Keito would get all overprotective and try to pair up with me if I didn't…

You’re the safest option I have. I can’t say “Pair up with me♪” to Itsuki-kun even as a joke.

Chiaki: Couldn’t you ask Hakaze or Sena, then?

Even if Itsuki or Mikejima-san might not be options… But well, I understand why you wouldn’t want to pair up with people you often fought on DreamFest.

On that point, Ryuseitai is and has always been on pretty good relations with fine.

Eichi: Since you started to take charge, that is. Shinkai-kun is with you, though, so I actually take care not to match up against Ryuseitai for DreamFests.

But there’s nothing I can do in S1s that assemble many different units, so in those cases, I just leave it to fate.

Chiaki: …Hmm. Do you feel some kind of guilt towards the Five Eccentrics, after all?

Eichi: No. Not me, but Wataru — He doesn’t show it on his face or attitude, but he has difficulties going against his friends.

Tori: Uhh…?

Eichi: Oops. Forgive me, Tori, I end up dragging out the conversation. I suppose it’s about time we part for our respective destinations.

It'll be the end of our lunch break before we know it if we don’t hurry, too.

Chiaki: Alright. You did say you had something to look up. Let us depart, Himemiya — towards the brilliant future, together…☆

Tori: Whoa — Don’t pull me~! You don’t have to be in such a hurry, it’s not that much of an emergency!

Eichi: Ahaha. Have fun, you two. Let’s talk again later…♪

Tori: Y-Yeah! Bye bye, Prez! Let’s meet again in Stuco or fine…♪

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hello hello!!! :> is it ok to request a fic/drabble about dating miyuki and being koushuu's older sister? i think it'd be really funny and cute 😭 koushuu acting like he hates miyuki's guts but is thankful he makes you happy, and miyuki constantly riling up koushuu but teaches him about everything he needs know abt the team or smth like that :-( thank u sm!!!

Hi anon. Thank you for the request. This was a certainly a unique one. This is my first time writing about Okumura so I'm kinda nervous about the end result. I hope you like this!

“Is something the matter?” Miyuki asked with a smirk across his face, staring down at Okumura who was crouching down to catch for Sawamura. 

Okumura just gave him an icy glare in response which seemed to amuse the elder catcher even more. 

“Yes, it seems like wolf-boy is even grumpier than usual,” Sawamura pointed out from the other side of the indoor training area. 

“I’m not grumpy,” Okumura grumbled, signaling Sawamura with his mitt to throw once again. 

Miyuki snickered. “Don’t tell me that you’re still mad about that,’ he said, stifling his laughter. 

“About what?” Sawamura perked up, totally ignoring Okumura’s signal. 

“I’m not mad,” the younger catcher maintained in an even tone. 

The southpaw shook his head.  “You look mad,” Sawamura said. “Did the tanuki bastard do something to you?” 

“I’m completely innocent,” Miyuki said in faux ignorance. 

Okumura gritted his teeth so he wouldn’t lash out at the elder catcher. ‘No, he is not innocent at all,’ he thought to himself while he remembered the events from the day prior. 

“Oi, Koushou!”Okumura heard his name but didn’t bother in turning around since he knew who was calling him out. Instead, he opted to wait for Seto who was trailing behind him. 

“Yes?” 

“Guess who’s here?” Seto asked with a small grin. 

Okumura raised an eyebrow in response. He didn’t like guessing games. “Is it someone of importance?” 

Seto rolled his eyes. “Always so serious,” he teased with a chuckle. “It’s your sister, y/n-san.” 

The catcher widened his eyes in surprise. “What is she doing here?” he asked, trying not to sound too excited. 

Seto shrugged in response. “I’m guessing to see you? What else could it have been?” 

He was right.  What else could it have been? His elder sister didn’t know anyone in Tokyo with the exception of him. Y/n left their hometown to play tennis in Tokyo for a private high school that scouted her a year prior. If he hasn’t seen y/n ever since he started the school year at Seido due to scheduling conflicts. But still. Why didn’t he get a text about this? 

“Where is y/n?” Okumura asked. 

“I saw her heading towards the dorm,” Seto replied. “I tried calling her but I don’t think she heard me.” 

“That’s weird.” 

“Did she text you?” 

Okumura shook his head. “No.” 

“Maybe it’s meant to be a surprise? Let’s go to the dorms and see if we can find her.” They both made their way to the dorms at a faster pace than before. They didn’t want to miss the chance of finding each other. 

“I think I see her,” Seto pointed out at the top of the stairs on the second floor of the dorms. 

Okumura narrowed his eyes. “It seems like she is talking to someone.” The catcher went up to the stairs faster, leaving Seto behind. He didn’t want his sister to speak to a shady character in particular. 

He gasped in shock when he got to his dorm room. He was not only seeing y/n. But he was seeing y/n kissing him. HIM. HIM. Miyuki. Miyuki Kazuya. The insufferable cheeky catcher who happened to be his senpai. 

“I thought you didn’t like PDA,” Okumura heard you tease Miyuki from behind. 

“No, because then we get unexpected spectators,” he teased back, staring right back Okumura. 

“What are you talking about?” y/n asked, totally unaware that her younger brother was behind her. 

“Y-y/n,” Okumura called out his sister’s name. “What are you doing?” 

Y/n turned around, dropping her jaw in shock. “Koushuu!” 

“What are you kissing him, onee-san?” 

Miyuki snickered behind y/n. 

“And what are you laughing at?” Okumura glared at Miyuki.

“Are you two… Dating ?” Seto asked the million dollar question after finally catching up to Okumura. 

“You wouldn’t,” Okumura said horrified. 

“I… Uh…” y/n stammered. 

Okumura paled at y/n's demeanor. “You are dating him.” 

“Bingo,” Miyuki said with an awkward smile. 

Y/n elbowed the elder catcher. “You’re not helping me,’ y/n said before turning to Okumura. “I wanted to tell you.” 

“So you’re not here to see me but… Him?” Okumura asked, pointing a finger at Miyuki. 

“That’s not completely true… I wanted to see the two of you. I wanted to tell you in person instead of over the phone. Y’know since Kazuya is your senpai and everything,” y/n awkwardly explained. 

“Kazuya?” Okumura seemed not to be able to process anything else other than that. 

Seto laughed. “It seems like it’s serious.” 

“For how long have you two been dating?” the blonde catcher asked. 

“We met during the fall at the physical rehabilitation center when I got injured,” y/n replied. “Then we started formally going out in December so… almost six months?” 

“That long?” Okumura asked, feeling offended. “And you knew that you were dating my sister for that long too? He turned to Miyuki. 

Miyuki shrugged. “Only for about a month,” the elder catcher replied. “Like your sister said, she wanted to tell you in person.” 

Okumura clenched his fists in anger. 

“Oh c’mon, it’s not that serious,” y/n said, trying to appease Okumura. “I know it’s awkward now, but it shouldn’t affect you moving forward. I’m sure Kazuya can keep both baseball and us separate.” 

“Of course not, Otōto!” Miyuki jokingly exclaimed. 

“Kazuya!” y/n elbowed him once again. 

Now can Okumura think that Miyuki is innocent at all? Not only did he lie but he made fun of him. And knowing the cheeky catcher the ‘Otōto’ nickname was most likely going to stick. Couldn’t his sister date someone else? 

“Now why I don’t believe that?” Sawamura asked with skepticism. “What happened?” 

Miyuki shook his head. “Let’s not worry about that. I was just messing with him a little bit. Right?” Miyuki turned to Okumura with a small grin across his lips. 

Okumura was taken by surprise. He thought that Miyuki was going to spill the beans about dating his sister, but it seemed like y/n didn’t lie. He wasn’t going to mix baseball and his dating life. As irritating and unpredictable as Miyuki was at times, Okumura couldn’t deny that he was reliable during crucial situations. He had been helpful in trying to improve his battery with Sawamura. 

Okumura gritted his teeth in annoyance. 

Maybe, just maybe, it wasn’t so bad that Miyuki was dating his sister. Y/n did look happier than usual yesterday and it was most likely due to the elder catcher. Ultimately, that was what he cared the most about and couldn't be happier. Not that he would admit out loud of course. But he won't be voicing his disapproval anymore.

As long as Miyuki didn’t play with his sister’s feelings of course. 

[princesshillaryellaworld25]

How Gabriella met Pauline (Naughty GF x Purity GF love story/My AU)

Landlord: AND STAY OUT!!!I DONT WANT TO SEE YOU HERE AGAIN!!!!

Gabriella: OH COME ON Mr. Blake, I KNOW IM LATE ON RENT BUT PLEASE YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME MORE TIME!

Landlord: I have you so many chances to pay your rent and I gave the deadline and you still haven’t paid for it!

Gabriella: Look, I just need a little more time, I have my job to deal with and I’ll ask my boss to increase my-

Landlord: I don’t care, you haven’t paid me for the this weeks rent and the last other month’s rent

Gabriella: But it’s cold outside, please at least let me go inside and sleep and I’ll just leave first thing tomorrow morning

Landlord: No! That is the last straw, I want you to take your stuff and leave this place now or else I’m gonna call the police!

Gabriella: Alright Alright fine, I hated living here anyway. *gives the landlord the middle finger and leaves*

Gabriella left the place, she went to the park and try to find another place to live. It was dark out and plus it was cold.

Gabriella:(mind) Grrrr stupid landlord, who does he think he is, I told him I was gonna pay the rent soon, he didn’t have to throw me out of the apartment, now I have to find another place to stay.

Gabriella was pissed off that she had to get thrown out of the apartment by her landlord. She went to the apartment to search for a bench to sleep on when all of a sudden she saw a female angel with white horns and tail on the bench crying

Gabriella: (mind) Huh? Is that an Angel? She has white demon horns and her wings are gray and she’s crying?! I best go talk to her.

Gabriella approached to the bench where the crying angel was sitting.

Gabriella: Hey, are you okay?

???: H-Huh?

Gabriella: It looks like you’re crying, here *pulls out a handkerchief and gives it to the angel*

???: Oh *sniff* thank you….

Gabriella: Uh mind if I sit next to you?

???: I don’t mind at all

Gabriella sat on the bench next to the angel with a worried and concerned face.

Gabriella: Hey, are you okay Ms…uh…

???: Pauline.

Gabriella: Huh?

Pauline: My name is Pauline but some people call me Purity Girlfriend

Gabriella: Oh that’s a nice name, I’m Gabriella Hidden it’s nice to meet you!

Pauline gave Gabriella a warm smile. Gabriella blushed a little.

Gabriella: (mind) Woah, she’s really pretty, wait what am I saying, I just met her.

Pauline: Is there something wrong?

Gabriella: Huh? No no no it’s nothing, hey can I ask you a question?

Pauline: Sure go ahead.

Gabriella: What’s an Angel you doing in Parodies town, weren’t angels supposed to be in heaven?

Pauline: *looks on the ground with tears in her eyes* *sigh* Well the reason why I’m here is because My current boyfriend cheated on me with a succubus and have been verbally abusing me, and today he kicked me out of heaven for 1 hour so I had to come here.

Gabriella: Oh my god, I’m sorry that happened to you! That boyfriend of yours is completely jerk to you! But why would he hurt you like that?

Pauline: You see the white horns on my head and the tail? I’m cursed! I have been cursed by my father who did it by accident. I have been ridiculed by some demons and fallen angels because of this, I’m a monster!

Gabriella: I don’t think you’re a monster.

Pauline: Huh?

Gabriella: I don’t think you’re a monster. From what I see is a beautiful Angel was just misunderstood by some people in heaven

Pauline: B-But Purity Senpai said-

Gabriella: Fuck what he said, you’re are not a ugly monster, he is the ugly monster

Pauline: Wow! That’s the nicest thing you have said to me, thank you!

Gabriella: No problem, I always here to help and you know what else I think about you?

Pauline: No what is it?

Gabriella grabs Pauline’s hand and whispers in her ear:

Gabriella: I think I want to have intercourse with a beautiful Angel like you~

Pauline: 0_O

Gabriella chuckled

Pauline: AHHHH, WHY GABBY, YOU KNOW IM AN ANGEL AND WHAT YOU SAID TO ME WAS EXTREMELY INNPROPIRATE!!!!

Gabriella: Hehehehe Sorry Pauly, I was just teasing you!😊

Pauline: Hmph! Well it’s not funny plus having intercourse with a demon is a sin and I can get in a lot of trouble.

Gabriella: Oh come on, nobody has to know about it~

Pauline: What do you mean by that?

Gabriella stroached Pauline’s chin and gave Pauline a flirty grin.

[jewwyfeesh]

The Detective's Banquet 2

Writer: Mitsuki

Character(s): Shino Hajime, Mashiro Tomoya, Hidaka Hokuto, Sakuma Ritsu, Isara Mao, Sakuma Rei, Ayase Mayoi, Kazehaya Tatsumi, HiMERU, Shiina Niki

Translated by: jewwyfeesh

HiMERU: Please be more serious about this. We are now at the scene of a murder — this is no laughing matter.

Season: Autumn Location: Seishou Hall Common Room

Hajime: Everyone’s acting is so good~ You can’t even tell that it was all improvisation!

Tomoya: Mhm. When I received the material before the performance, I was really shocked to find that there was only a brief character description written on it.

Hajime: Ehehe. To be honest, I’m not really suited for this kind of acting. When Ritsu Onii-chan found out that ‘Sakuma-san’ was poisoned, I nearly forgot that it was all an act, and even called him by his real name. Fortunately, I corrected myself in time.

Mao: Yeah. Because I’ve known Ritsu for such a long time, I immediately knew it was all an act when I saw him put on such an anguished expression. In fact, I actually felt like laughing…

Hokuto: Back then, I was in a flurry trying to control all of the different functions of the ‘Bionic Detective’s’ character panel… but it’s fortunate we’re in SSVRS, for it’s way simpler there than in reality.

HiMERU: To act in the SSVRS… It’s a rather novel experience for HiMERU.

Tatsumi: Be it acting or logical reasoning – HiMERU-san excelled in both, and put forth the image of a daring and resolute detective.

Tomoya: Though… while we were in the SSVRS… thinking about how I was constantly watched by the staff stressed me out a lot.

Rei: Haha, that’s why I chose that particular character. This is one of the benefits of playing a minor character – when you’re done with your part of the scene, you can go rest ♪

Tomoya: Mm, after all RhyLink is one of the main organisers of this project. It’s no wonder that the important minor characters of the owner of the island, as well as the butler, are represented by idols from our agency.

Even though Nii~chan and Mitsuru are busy with other work, and were subsequently unable to participate in this project… I do feel relieved to be able to perform alongside Hajime.

Rei: That’s good; in order to prepare for this project, I was so busy that I didn’t manage to sleep for a couple of days~

Then again, Tomoya-kun, you need not excessively worry. It’s impossible for people to be without flaw; even if you make mistakes, it’s completely okay. The final product will definitely be edited.

Ritsu: Anija’s the only person without the right to say that. I seriously can’t think of a reason why someone would start sleep-talking while we’re shooting… If it isn’t cut out entirely, it’ll probably make its way to the bloopers.

Location: Dead End Cafe

Niki: I already told you, I wouldn’t do something like poisoning food! Food able to sustain people’s lives is sacred, and cannot be messed with!

HiMERU: Strictly speaking, we’ve only eliminated the possibility that these items have been poisoned — you’re still a suspect.

Niki: Excuse me?! In times like these, shouldn’t you be on my side, HiMERU-kun~?!

HiMERU: Please be more serious about this. We are now at the scene of a murder — this is no laughing matter.

Rei: Huu… Ritsu…

HiMERU: ……

Ritsu: ……

Hajime: Erm… Even though we’re in the SSVRS right now, should we… move the sleeping person to a bed…?

Tomoya: I don’t even know where to start complaining anymore…!

Tatsumi: Haha, seems like he tired himself out from all that work. Then again, this isn’t the real world, so it’s probably better if we send him back to rest.

Mao: I think there’s a coffin lying around somewhere… If I remember correctly, it was prepared for Sakuma-senpai’s use during breaktime. We could put him in there and get the staff to arrange for him to exit the game. That way, furture performances won’t be affected.

Hajime: Ah, let me help too! It actually takes a lot of strength to move an unconscious person~

Ritsu: I’m really sorry… My stupid Anija caused trouble for everyone again…

Rei: (Why does it feel like I’m feeling an indescribable pressure whilst in my dreamscape… It’s probably an illusion…)

Location: Luxury Hotel Room

[When everyone separated to look for clues, Tomoya is in the Resort’s Hotel Room]

Tomoya: Hokuto-senpai, are you alright? It takes a lot of effort to get used to the various functions of the ‘Bionic Detective’, and yet Hibiki-senpai placed even more tasks on the plate…

Hokuto: That person really posed some difficult questions for us all. You too, are you adapting well to performing within the SSVRS?

Tomoya: I’m doing okay… If you worry about me while working so hard, I’ll definitely feel inferior to you.

As members of ‘Dramatica’, we’ve already gone through training. As such, we’re much more accustomed to ad lib performances.

Hibiki-senpai must’ve also thought about this. That’s why he gave us this particular task — when the other inexperienced people are unable to immerse themselves in the scene, we need to use our acting skills to bring everyone in.

Hokuto: That’s right. It’s just that as an emotionless android, it’s simply too difficult to get everyone to inhabit their character. I still need to think about how I will accomplish this task.

Regardless, I will put in more effort on the reasoning side of things. If I can rationally lead everyone to analyze the case and uncover the truth, I think you can definitely say that I’ve demonstrated my acting prowess as the ‘Bionic Detective’.

Tomoya: Mhm, I’ll be sure to put in even more effort~ Hokuto-senpai, allow me to fill in the gaps of your short-falls!

Location: Dead End Cafe

[A while later, when evidence collection has concluded]

Tomoya: (Eh?! HiMERU-senpai is really embodying his title of ‘Armchair Detective’, sitting over there drinking coffee…)

(Everyone’s a lot more focussed than I had expected… I wonder what kind of clues have they found in this period of time?)

Mao: In short, I found nothing. Everyone’s actions seemed normal. I think the difficulty of this logical reasoning thing is really high…

Hokuto: No. The clues have been in front of us this whole time — that’s to say, “the number of invitations do not match the number of people present”.

Sakuma-san mentioned before that “seven detectives” were invited to attend this banquet, right?

Hajime: ‘Vampire Detective’, ‘Armchair Detective’, ‘Clergyman Detective’, ‘Idol Detective’, ‘Part-Time Detective’, ‘High School Student Detective’ and ‘Bionic Detective’… when you add all of them together, does that not make seven?

HiMERU: No. The ‘Vampire Detective’ is Sakuma-san’s younger brother. He shouldn’t need an invitation.

Ritsu: You are correct~ I don’t have an invitation~

Tomoya: If they didn’t appear when the island owner was harmed… perhaps something unfortunate happened to them—

That might be true… Maybe that’s the culprit we’re looking for.

Mayoi: UWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH I’m sorry I’m sorry I didn’t mean to hide away on purpOSE……!!!

To be honest, I’ve always been in the ceiling observing everyone, but I’ve been unable to find a good time to come out… Uuuu you all probably hate the feeling of being secretly watched by a person like me, right? Aaa I’m really sorry…

Tomoya: (A-Ayase-senpai?!)

(Although it’s not my first time seeing this, I still do get jumpscared when people suddenly appear from near the ceiling… I nearly called him by my usual form of address, just like Hajime.)

Mayoi: I am the ‘Phantom Detective’, Ayase Mayoi. When everyone was socializing earlier on, I, too, introduced myself softly from the ceiling… Though I doubt anyone heard it…

Sakuma-san is a very considerate gentleman; he even specifically told me it won’t be a problem if I’d like to hide away… I’d never thought something like this could befall him.

I wish to find Sakuma-san’s real murderer for him, so please allow me to join…!

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[leaderoffestivals]

Blackjack Chapter 14

Tetora: He~h! I’ve learnt something new today!

Madara: Hmmm~? … … What’s this, Tetora-san? Why are you looking at me with such bright sparkles in your eyes?

Yumenosaki 1.5: 4th Tour-Blackjack Chapter 14 The Gift That Was Never Delivered Chapter 6

Scenario Writer: Akira Season: Autumn Characters: Kanzaki Souma, Mikejima Madara, Nagumo Tetora, Sakasaki Natsume Proofed by: @ryuseipuka​

< An hour later. Just after Anzu and Shinobu have departed to rescue (?) Mayoi. >

Souma: Sigh. I wish you would cease the making of these requests of me, Mikejima-dono.

It is my honest wish not to be excessively involved in "this side" of things.

Madara: Hahaha! However, if I’m unable to rely on you, I’d have no choice but to rely on Kanata-san, thouuugh? 

Souma: Good grief. I am easily swayed by the mention of Shinkai-dono’s name… … You are as cunning as ever, Mikejima-dono.

Madara: Fufu~! I reeeally wish you would call me ‘wise’ instead!

Tetora: He~h! I’ve learnt something new today!

Madara: Hmmm~? … … What’s this, Tetora-san? Why are you looking at me with such bright sparkles in your eyes?

Tetora: That’s because Mikejima-senpai is an outstanding predecessor whom I respect very deeply, of course! Ossu!

Madara: Mmm~m. I don't think it’s a good idea for you to take after me too closely as a role model, you know~? I'm sure there are much more respectable "teachers" around to serve as your example to follow, such as Chiaki-san and Kuro-san, right? 

Tetora: Nope. I’ve been persevering along those paths all this time but they’ve all come to dead ends. I’ve been starting to think I need to find other paths and ways to become stronger!

That’s why I believe the former Ryuusei Purpleーsomeone whom Morisawa-senpai respects very much, and whom Taisho acknowledges as an equal rival!ー

ーI’ve come to the conclusion that you, Mikejima-senpai, would be the perfect candidate for me to look up to as my mentor!

I wanna learn from you, Mikejima-senpai, and become stronger and stronger!

Madara: Ahaha~... … This must’ve been how the green guy who had to train the lil’ kiddo in that manga must have felt, huh! (1)

Souma: Haha. You have an unusually troubled expression on your face, Mikejima-dono. It is such a refreshing sight to see. 

Madara: Si~iigh. Aaall my kouhais just aren’t cute at all, huh~?  Kohaku-san and Anzu-san as well. All I want as a senpai is for my kouhais to make an honest, genuine fuss over me, though!

Tetora: Alright! If you so wish, I, Nagumo Tetora, will make a big fuss over you! Ossu!

Madara: Mmm~, what you’re offering is not quite what I’m asking for. 

Souma: If you would wish to be genuinely loved by your kouhais, Mikejima-dono, you should move yourself to express your love for them in a more honest fashion too. 

Divine retribution and poetic justice (2)—how you treat others will be reflected as if by mirrors back unto you.

Madara: Awww man, that really hurts my ears!

Well! That’s enough of that. It’s gonna be a problem if an outsider like me remains on Yumenosaki’s campus grounds forever, so I guess I’ll have to entrust this place to Souma-san from here on out. 

I’ll be waiting close by, so don’t hesitate to light the beacon fires to call for aid, should ever the need arise.

All riiight then, I wish you both fair winds and godspeed!

(—sound of Madara walking away—)

Tetora: Ah—Mikejima-senpai... ...he’s gone. I still have so much more I wanna learn from you, like the ways of being a hero and so on!

Souma: Fufufu~. To Mikejima-dono, an encounter with a kouhai who genuinely adores him as you do is a rare occurrence, so he probably fled because he has no idea how to deal with it. 

He speaks about wanting honest kouhais, but when one expresses genuine affection towards him, he retreats in fear. That esteemed person is a difficult man, as usual. 

Tetora: Hm? Are you a close friend of Mikejima-senpai, Kanzaki-senpai? Why does it feel like the both of you have known each other for a long time, somehow… …?

The both of you seem to be able to understand each other without the need for words—honestly, it almost feels like the both of you are family!

Souma: I only established proper contact with that esteemed person sometime during the last year. Our families, however, did have various comings and goings between us.  

Just as with Shinkai-dono—we have met with each other at family gatherings when we were children. Despite that, we were both reserved, and thus took care not to approach each other. 

Tetora: EH! Are you actually related to Mikejima-senpai, Kanzaki-senpai?

Souma: No. We are not bound by any bonds of blood, but our families are affiliated in various ways. You might say that we are all foxes from the same den.

This time as well—It is because of those connections that I was summoned here to be relied on in this way.  

Anzu-dono and Sengoku required covert passage into the ‘Underground’, and for that purpose, it was necessary that I bring the influence of my household to bear. 

This has led to Nagumo being stranded on the surface alone. I am truly sorry for that, but… …

Tetora: Oh! This wasn’t your fault at all, though? Right from the start, that Underground? Or whatever you call it—Big Sis Anzu and Shinobu-kun were the only ones supposed to go, anyway!

I’m the one who insisted on tagging along, so this is all on me. You couldn’t have possibly known to prepare one of those ticket-like things for me to enter the Underground, after all!

Souma: Still, I apologize. Had I been informed in advance, I would have been able to do something about it. 

That being said, there are still matters remaining which we aboveground must attend to. It would be greatly appreciated if you could provide your assistance with those, as well. 

Tetora: Ossu! If there’s anything I can do to help, I’ll do it!

Souma: That is a fine response. … … It may be that we may encounter some skirmishes later on, so let’s carry out some sparring to keep our bodies warm. It will also serve as a way to pass the time. 

Tetora: It’ll be an honour! Taisho has spoken highly of Kanzaki-senpai’s skill as a formidable fighter. I’ll be glad for the opportunity to spar with you!

Souma: Well, I am an expert in the ways of the samurai when compared to an amateur. 

Come, Nagumo. Let me assess the strength of Kiryu-dono’s beloved disciple!

Tetora: Ossu! I’ll be in your care!

LET’S GOOOO!

Souma: Hmph! Too naive! Indeed, it would prove beneficial for you to receive tutelage under Mikejima-dono—Your sole chance at victory would have been to initiate your attack while we were still talking!

Your attacks are straightforward to the extreme! Those will not destroy true evil!

Tetora: Ossu! I thank you for your well-meaning advice! Take! THAT! And THAT!

Souma: Fufu~ What is this? You bear the name ‘Black’, and yet are unaccustomed to battles in the dark, are you?—’Ryusei Burakku’!

Natsume: … … Why have you guys started sparring all of a sudDEN? Are both of you characters from a fighting manGA?

Souma: Hm. Sakasaki-dono. What is your business here? (Swiping sound)

Tetora: (Thumping sound) UWAH!? You swept my feet out from under me, just when we were looking at Sakasaki-senpai?!

Souma: Fufu~. Inattention is a great enemy ♪

Natsume: SeriousLY? It’s great that you two seem to be having fUN, but it would be better if you didn’t make such a fuss nOW. The kitten and her company are in the middle of an undercover mission after aLL.  

Souma: That is so. … … It seems that you are one pulling the strings behind this incident, though? What on earth are you up to, Sakasaki-dono? 

Natsume: No~, I’m not up to anything nefarious at aLL. I’m not at all like a certain Glasses—a person who plots darkly behind the sceNES, all the while pretending to wear the face of a compassionate perSON.

Souma: Ngh—I will not tolerate this slander of Hasumi-dono! What Hasumi-dono does is termed ‘strategy’, not ‘conspiracy’! 

Natsume: Well~, unlike His Majesty the EmperOR, that bespectacled right-hand man of his has been behaving honourabLY. I’ll take back what I said about him scheming behind the sceNES. 

More than thAT, I’m really not up to anything underhanded this time eithER. I only offered the kitten and the kid a solution after they came to consult mE—

—because that is the duty of a fortune-tellER, you sEE. 

Souma: Ha~. Surely, you must have some other goal in mind, correct? Some other purpose?

Natsume: Of courSE, I’ll receive my proper paymeNT. I’m not doing this out of charity after aLL. 

There is a secret slumbering in this laND. We’ll unearth iT, and come in contact with the mysteRY. 

We’ll dissect that mystery with science and loGIC, and gain mastery over iT. That’s our mission as modern-day wizARDS. 

Natsume: Now thEN. What enigma will emerge from Yumenosaki’s Underground, I wonDER? Will it be a demon or will it be a snAKE? I’m looking forward to seeing iT ♪

It won’t matter how perilous the secret which emerges from the earth may bE. I, Sakasaki Natsume, on the name I bear as one of the ‘Five Eccentrics’, will master and bend it all to my wILL. 

—————-To be continued——————-

Translator’s Notes:

1) Madara should be likening himself to Piccolo and Tetora as Son Gohan in DragonBall Z. Gohan was 4 years old when he started training under Piccolo… a baby, lol. (points below) Tetora is not that small, Madara!

2) Souma is poking Madara by echoing what Madara said in Myriad of Colours and Flowers.  3) I only jumped to translating this part cos it has Madara in it + Madara-Souma childhood crumbs + I’m so chuffed that Tetora knows Madara is Ryusei Purple. 

[taeko-yamada]

yansim honorific headcanons

i’ve always found it super interesting on how the game setting is very obviously set in japan, but the topic of honorifics besides the obvious “senpai” and occasional “-chan” never really come up. honorifics are a very big part of japanese culture, and can also provide subtle and nuanced insights to a character’s mannerisms and relationships.

and of course, these are my own personal hcs!! these are like super, super rambly, haha, but feel free to share and discuss your own :> small disclaimer, i’m definitely not an expert when it comes to honorifics or japanese culture, and this post could of course, contain some inaccuracies.

without further ado, let’s get started!

this post will be focusing on the 202X main characters (ayano, taro, and info-chan), as well as the ten 202X rivals. “FN” stands for first name, and “LN” stands for last name

Ayano Aishi - Uses polite, non-personal honorifics. As a child, I think she would address everyone by their (first/last) name without honorifics, because that’s how they introduced themselves, but eventually began using LN-san or LN-senpai in attempts to blend in more.

She addresses Taro as Yamada-senpai, but refers to him as just Senpai in her head. I think she would also be easily flustered at the thought of addressing him by just first name, (like, can you imagine the cuteness of this when she confesses in the golden ending??) And if they ever get to that point, I think Taro would ask her to use his first name. I’d imagine she would stutter a lot with it (and then attempt to revert to Yamada-kun/chan) before she can get truly used to it. Idk if she’ll give him the -kun honorific or just refer to him by first name, but that’s mostly bc I haven’t thought that much about Ayano’s post-Taro personality LOL.

Besides Taro, if someone else requests to be addressed by first name or with another honorific, she will hesitate a moment before switching; she’s not used to it, but there’s not much of a reason to not follow up after all.

Taro (and Taeko!) Yamada - As the average person he is, he uses average honorifics, just like Ayano. When he first becomes friends with someone, he’ll switch to their first name and use -chan/kun/san depending on who they are and how acquainted he is with them, but eventually he’ll drop the honorific entirely after becoming very close with them, such as Osana.

When Ayano confesses in the golden route, I think it’d be really cute if he insists on calling her Aya-chan (which would fluster her so badly bc she’s been used to yan-chan her whole life!! AND, the fact that aya can also mean color, like the fact that he’s the one that brung “color” into her life, IT JUST FITS TOO WELL) and then one day he will call her just Ayano in a moment so special to the both of them, it will shock her to the core!!!! (bc at that point, dropping honorifics would feel like the ultimate way to intimacy off of just names and all that)

Other side note, I think he would also do the same with the other rivals minus Osana and Hanako and the teachers ofc, just because he’s polite like that.

Info-chan - Okay, listen, I’m actually not really sure, bc the -chan implies that she could be super genki, but she really isn’t? She’s super aloof and kinda cruel and honestly doesn’t really seem to be the type of person to use -chan with herself.

My own hc was that her first client as super flirty or something and used that bc she didn’t have a name for herself yet, and it kinda just stuck. But of course we have no canon text supporting that, but the thing is, she refers to Osana as “Osana-chan,” so maybe she really is just like that?? I still think she would refer to everyone by last name without honorifics normally, but maybe the select few people she chooses (probably victims LOL), she would address by fn-chan/kun, but I think we need more between her and osana first to figure out what the connection is. Personally, I think she’d only bring out the cutesy honorifics in moments of sadism, bc her current character just seems too aloof otherwise.

Osana Najimi - Debating between FN-san, or LN-chan/kun with her, as she seems pretty friendly and outgoing with that spunky personality of hers, I’m leaning towards the former, personally. When she’s friends with someone, she’ll switch to FN-chan/kun, but when she’s extremely close to someone (Raibaru and Hanako), she drops the honorific entirely. If addressing someone she dislikes, she refers to them by their last name alone.

In the case of Taro!! when she was younger, she also referred to him as “Taro-kun”, but as her crush developed more and more, she attempted to put some distance and began referring to him as “Senpai”. This happened sometime after he went into high school, and he simply accepted the change as just them growing a little distant, but he does miss being “Taro-kun” with her. I think she would drop all honorifics when she confesses though, just so she is “reaching through the barrier” and becoming as close and intimate as possible.

Amai Odayaka - I think she defaults to the typical LN-san formal speech, as she seems very polite. She probably switches to -chan and -kun when she gets closer to someone, but would always asks for permission first. Since she has the reputation of being a “big sister” with the school, I don’t really see her dropping the honorifics ever? Since it’s just too intimate otherwise. Maybe unless the other person is super super close/intimate, like maybe with Taro if they got together, or her suitor, and of course, most likely Shoku.

Kizana Sunobo - I’m not really familiar with the stereotypical himedere honorifics, but she seems like the type that would address someone by their full name. But tbh, I don’t think she’d even bother learning other peoples names when she thinks they’re beneath her (which would probably be like. everyone LOL). She probably defaults to last name though, but if she’s working with someone she respects, she’ll probably just address them by first name, no honorific.

Oka Ruto - Rather straightforward, uses the typical polite LN-san/senpai. The exception is with her clubmates, where she’ll use LN-chan/kun, since she’s closer to them, I would think. She wants to call Shin and Chojo “Senpai”, but i think they would both decline as she is higher in rank to the both of them as their club leader.

Asu Rito - She’s supposedly really friendly and outgoing, I can see her adding -chan/kun to everyone she talks to! Don’t really know whether it’d be first or last name basis though, since honestly we don’t have that much on Asu and I feel like if I speculated anymore, it would go wayyy too into headcanon territory. But I think it’d be really sweet to see her refer to Itachi by his first name, he seems so intimidating that I think everyone would just refer to him as Zametora only.

Muja & Mida - Putting them both together bc as teachers, they’d just use LN-san, both for their students and their coworkers. Maybe they can also substitute with -kun? Particularly Mida, but that feels more grandpapa-ish if you get what I mean. I think they would both definitely refer to taro as Yamada-kun though, to accentuate how special he is to them though LOL.

Osoro Shidesu - Definitely just last name with no honorific. Even with authority, she won’t use -sensei or anything like that, unless its someone she respects, then she’ll use -san (like maybe Genka? It’s too early to tell I think, but I imagine they have a complicated relationship). I think she would use first names ONLY on extremely special moments, (the delinquents all want to hear that someday, but that someday is yet to be reached). Taro doesn’t hear it until Friday, most definitely. Speaking of Taro, I really, really can’t imagine her calling him Senpai, (Yamada would work just fine imo, it would especially help with Taeko dialogue too), but only time will tell I suppose.

Hanako Yamada - Definitely has an excessive use of -chan/-kun with her bubbly personality, but I think she would use primarily last names since she’s a first year who’s transferring in. I think she probably would use -niichan/-neechan with senpai since she’s supposed to be super clingy, but I recall dev saying somewhere on reddit that she might use Senpai when they’re at school? I think it would be cute to hear her stumble over saying Oniichan, realize her mistake, and then say Senpai.

Megami Saikou - She definitely uses the extremely polite LN-san. I think she would addresses all her upperclassmen as Senpai, because Megami is extremely humble and wouldn’t do anything to flaunt arrogance by insisting she’s on the same level as them. She definitely wouldn’t use anything informal like -chan or-kun, after all she must be extremely perfect, and any sign of affection is a sign of weakness.

With her parents, she would definitely address them as Otou-sama and Okaa-sama, because they’re both important figures in high society. However, with people she’s secretly close with, I think she would address them by their first name only. These people being Aoi, and eventually Taro (and Kencho by default). To people she “resents,” I think she would privately drop the honorific and address them by last name. (these people being Kaga and Ayano LOL. maybe even Osoro too depending on how the lore turns out) She would never do this in public though, as it could tarnish the Saikou image.

and thats a wrap! hopefully i provided more insight onto the use of honorifics, and if i ever write a fanfic, this chart is gonna be the one i’m defaulting on. let me know if you want me to write more for other characters! if you have any differing opinions or add-ons, i’d love to hear it too :> discussion makes things more fun!!

[aeoki]

Sandstorm - Epilogue 1

Location: Chuugoku Region Qualifiers Stage Characters: Hinata, Yuuta & Rei

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ< The next day. Somewhere in the Chuugoku region. >

Yuuta: ………..

Hinata: Yuuta-kun~! Love ya, love ya, love ya! Love you lots! I’ll still do even if the world is destroyed and I’m reborn~!

Yuuta: ………..

Hinata: Oh? I don’t feel an attack? You lost the will to fight?

Then, it’ll be a one-sided trample! Fall to your knees in front of your big brother’s love that’s deeper than the oceans and taller than mountains~!

Yuuta: Hinata-kun.

Hinata: ……… *Is curled up like a pillbug*

Yuuta: What are you doing?

Hinata: Well, I thought I might be getting punished… and figured I wanted to avoid a fatal injury…

Yuuta: I’m not going to hit you. There’s no point in doing that to you, Aniki, and I know it’s just going to hurt my hand.

Hinata: What~? Just hit me! How on earth can someone from the Kansai region forget their quip!?

Yuuta: Who’re ya callin’ some’un from the Kansai region?

Hinata: Thanks for the line…☆

*Phew* I’m back alive! This is what I was missing!

I’ve been training my body recently so that all of your attacks would be seen as an expression of love. It hurts me the most if you ignore me, you know!?

Yuuta: Ahh~ Sakuma-senpai has that side to him too, huh. He wants to feel violence and hear mean remarks about him, so he deliberately annoys his brother or something like that. Like he’s happy if his brother pays attention to him.

Hinata: Yeah ♪ I think I’m starting to know how Sakuma-senpai’s been feeling lately in comparison to the past. It's all thanks to you for letting me play the “little brother” role, Yuuta-kun.

Yuuta: I think it’s fine? That way, you can understand the feelings of both sides.

We’re winning against Sakuma-senpai even in that regard. I know it’s not a matter of winning or losing…

But we were close to breaking unless we stacked those little victories up.

Hinata: …Is that why we betrayed the ones who treated us the best, “UNDEAD”, and acted like we tricked them?

If we were able to beat them, then that would give us a confidence boost.

Yuuta: …Why ask when you already know, Aniki.

Hinata: Yeah. It didn’t matter whether we were in the desert or in the hotel place – someone was always watching us. It’s possible we might have been taken out if they noticed we were acting weirdly.

That’s why you decided to act like a villain and tricked “UNDEAD”, right?

And sure enough, “UNDEAD” fell to their ruin. The people watching – in other words, the management – probably breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that and called “SDS” to a close.

Yuuta: What’s “SDS”? Wait, I think I might know.

Hinata: Maybe it’s the name of a new gaming console? Man, it sure was fun!

You don’t get to experience that every day. We got stronger again, thanks to that.

Yuuta: Yeah. We might still be at the feet of the idols that we respect, though.

Hinata: I don’t think we need to belittle ourselves that much. Well, it’s all over once we’re conceited and think we’re the best and the strongest of them all and stop working hard, though.

Hakaze-senpai praised me a lot in the desert. A lot of the battles were variety-based and I’m good at that sorta thing.

And every time, Hakaze-senpai would praise me lightheartedly. Once I looked up around me, I started noticing that there were a lot more people like that around us than I had expected.

Despite that, we didn’t think we were worth it and made a dark face. Maybe that would be rude to the people who acknowledge and praise us.

Yuuta: I know.

We’re amazing. We’re strong. We’re no longer the poor little kids who can be oppressed.

But it just didn’t sink in yet.

I was serious when I tricked “UNDEAD”. I did it earnestly. You have to be serious otherwise you can’t check how capable you really are.

It was mostly because I managed to seal Sakuma-senpai with the “secret order”, but in the end, I won against “UNDEAD”.

I betrayed them, made them feel unpleasant and I’m relieved they hate me.

Fighting means winning and losing, after all. “UNDEAD” isn’t as simple to win going easy on us and we’re not strong enough to win against them.

I fought with all I had. And my attack actually landed a hit.

It hit them, Hinata-kun. I can’t really explain it but that makes me feel like I’m over the moon.

Hinata: I know~ It felt exhilarating when I took the “Desert Coin” from Hakaze-senpai and was running away from him.

Hakaze-senpai always looks so cool, but when I looked behind me, he looked like he was speechless.

We won! Yay~! We won against the top powerhouse unit at Yumenosaki “UNDEAD”! We’re just that strong! That’s what I thought ♪

But that’s all it took for me to be satisfied.

That’s the difference between you and me.

Yuuta: …………

Hinata: You turn the negatives into zeros. But you don’t know when they turn into zeros, so there’s nothing restricting you.

We don’t know how much we’ve lost or how low we’ve gotten.

So we’ve been falling further and further down because of gravity. In order to maintain our current positions, all we can do is to continue paying our debts and keep aiming up.

That’s why we can’t stop.

Yuuta: …Yeah. You’re right, we couldn’t stop.

Hinata: But if we reach even a little bit of the positives, then I consider our goal completed. It’s easy. Like with the “Desert Coin”, all it takes is just one thing to turn it into something positive and I’ll be satisfied with that.

It’s pointless to keep earning a lot constantly.

Yuuta: So you’ll easily give everything you earned to someone else?

Hinata: Yeah. I bet the management must have been surprised too. “UNDEAD” should have been eliminated after getting not even one “Desert Coin” to their name but…

Rei: ~......♪

Hinata: They’re cleverly surviving.

Yuuta: Yeah… Just what kind of magic trick did you pull?

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My Review of My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU

How did I get into this anime? I’ve heard about this anime and would see it in passing. I’m not one to turn down any romcom animes. Let’s hit it!

Hachiman Hikigaya has a sour outlook on his high school life. He’s mostly ignored by his peers, it’s been a couple of years since he last spoke to a female, and a love confession kinda warped him for the worst. Hikigaya’s attitude caught the attention of his teacher and she forces Hikigaya to join a club known as the ‘Volunteer Service Club’. This club kinda reaches a helping hand to students in need and helping them reach certain goals. Usually, clubs like this would have like four or five others, here there’s only one other member.

Yukino Yukinoshita.

God damn, this name can’t be real! Actually, at least half the characters have first and last names that are similar.

Anyways, she is what you would call an ‘Ice Queen’. Those students that look like a queen but have a frosty personality. And as of episode 2, the club has added another new member, Yui Yuigahama. She got help from the Volunteer Service Club and started hanging out with Hikigaya and Yukino. Will Hikigaya’s outlook on his high school days change by being in this club with Yukino and Yui? Let’s find out!

BETWEEN THE SUB AND THE DUB: This one was dubbed and released by Sentai Filmworks. Streaming wise is a little complicated. Normally for all Sentai-dubbed animes, I’d say watch it all on Hi-dive, but for this one that’s complicated. Only the first and third seasons are available for streaming. And as of the date of posting this review, Crunchyroll still has the authority to stream the third season. Yeah, hi, where the hell is season two? Another thing to expect from Sentai is with their dubs. They’re either very good or it just feels like another day in the recording booth. I don’t know, I felt blah listening to this particular dub. I think it’s because there were several male characters that annoyed me dearly while listening. It’s pretty noticeable with who these characters are so I’ll leave it at that. Here’s what you might recognize these folks from.

JAPANESE CAST: *Hikigaya is played by Takuya Eguchi (known for Loid on Spy x Family, Takeo on Ore Monogatari, Kakeru on Fruits Basket 2019, Julius on Re:Zero, Ryouma on Love Stage, and Akihiko on Given)

*Yukino is played by Saori Hayami (known for Shouko on A Silent Voice, Yor on Spy x Family, Ononoki on Monogatari, Shinobu on Demon Slayer, Anju on 86, Yumeko on Kakegurui, and Himawari on Boruto)

*Yui is played by Nao Touyama (known for Ruka on Rent-A-Girlfriend, Koga on Bunny Girl Senpai, Rin on Laid Back Camp, Nii-chan on Blue Exorcist, Victim on Overlord, and Chitoge on Nisekoi)

ENGLISH CAST: *Hikigaya is played by Adam Gibbs (known for Shinichi on Parasyte, Seita on Grave of the Fireflies, Mitsuo on Golden Time, Oreki on Hyouka, Yuki on Tsuritama, Ryouma on Love Stage, and Hiroomi on Beyond the Boundary)

*Yukino is played by Melissa Molano (known for Linda on Golden Time, Shizu on To Love Ru, and Sayaka on Kakegurui [redub])

*Yui is played by Catherine Thomas (known for Itsuki on Kakegurui [redub] and Anne on Food Wars)

DISLIKED CHARACTER: I’m going to be honest and hate on that clique of friends. You know the ones, Hayama, that blonde bitch, the ass with the annoying voice…Yeah sorry, I’m watching it in English and I REALLY hate Tobe’s voice. Oop, I let one of those annoying voice names drop. I just get annoyed with those three in particular and get annoyed every time they’re involved in the story. The only one from the clique that gets a pass with me is Saki. She’s cool.

SHIPPING: Okay, let’s see what I’ve come to expect with a title that tells me it’s a rom-com!

During season one, it was clear that all three main characters kept to themselves in many ways. Yukino keeps a straight face even when she’s out with a boy while wearing girly clothes. No blushing, no stuttering, and nothing to give Hikigaya. Yui, you have to wonder as there might have been something after saving Hikigaya prior to episode 1. And when you add the fact that Yukino’s driver was partially to blame for striking Hikigaya with the car, things are adding up with this trio.

In season two, there were a several love confessions. Problem is that they were majority from that clique group. Early on, Tobe had a crush on Ebina (the girl who is a total fujoshi). And during the class trip, Ebina was getting help from Hikigaya and the others from the club to prevent Tobe from confessing to her. This went really bad as Hikigaya stomped on that landmine. He came in before Tobe could confess and “fake” confess to Ebina. She rejects Hikigaya and in a way Tobe too. This event really caused a lot of damage between Hikigaya, Yui, and Yukino and for more than just Hikigaya doing dumbass shit.

Next, we have Isshiki and Miura going after Hayama’s heart. To be honest, I always thought Miura and Hayama were already dating or doing something together. But Isshiki got her heart broken by Hayama on Christmas, Miura is ready to throw her future away in order to go where Hayama is going after high school, and Hayama is just a dickhead (and he knows it). Okay, can we get more stuff with our main 3 now?

We do see all three characters have some sort of breakdown in front of one another. More opening up to each other and revealing their true selves. More blushing in front of everyone, more clumsiness, all that crap! It’s obvious that Yui loves Hikigaya, but also doesn’t want to infringe on this special friendship between him and Yukino. It’s just that no one ever uses the word “love”. They just dance around it and use colorful wording to mask their feelings. Well, one of the girls did use “love”. But I’ll save that for when I’m talking about the finale.

Now if you ask me if I’m on Team Yukino or Team Yui, I would say…

I’m on Team Saika!

I know it’s not canon, but this is what I support.

END OF SEASON ONE: Club activities are put to a grinding halt as the culture festival is coming up. Hikigaya (against his will) was put on the committee by his teacher. Yui is somewhat involved, but isn’t with Hiki all that much. And as for Yukino, she’s on the committee and sort of seen as the second coming of her sister. People put a lot of expectations on Yukino just because her older sister Haru was deeply involved when she was in high school. These people obviously don’t know Yukino that well. Yukino made sure to get the job done (even when exhausted) and the start of the festival went pretty well. Yukino and Yui help a band and can suddenly out of nowhere play an instrument and sing. After Haruhi Suzumiya, every anime character thinks they can do it. Besides that, we witness a mental breakdown from the event organizer, Minami.

It was some time coming with her as she noticed Yukino was getting more attention with all the work she was doing for the culture festival and Minami started to feel useless in her role. Hikigaya found her and kinda chewed her out in front of her friends. This was Hikigaya’s way of nudging Minami’s friends have her back and build her up, while turning on Hikigaya. Hikigaya seriously doesn’t care if these people turn on him. These people have been wishy-washy with him in every episode up to this point. At least Hikigaya’s teacher knows what he did. Plus, Yui and Yukino are still there. Not for an encouraging word or anything, but they’re there.

The final episode involves a race. Hikigaya and the girls lost, but it seems they had a fun time.

Oh yeah, there was an OVA between season one and two. Yes, it’s fanservice. If you like the girls here and seeing them in wedding dresses, this is right up your alley.

SEASON TWO (ZOKU): We start the season with a reminder that Hikigaya is still hated by his peers. There’s no love for Hikigaya from his classmates after what he did at the culture festival to Minami. But we do see some unity from Yukino and Yui who were quick to dismiss some of their classmates (and occasional run-ins) when they insulted Hikigaya in the clubroom. However, Hikigaya’s bad decisions led to a falling out with Yukino and Yui during a school trip this season and even beyond that.

Ah yes, you might notice a change in animation with this season. Season one’s animated studio was Brain’s Base, the studio behind Durarara, Baccano, and the first season of To Your Eternity. In 2015, we get the transition to .feel, the same company that brought you the first season of Dagashi Kashi, Remake Our Life, and Kiss x Sis. Don’t worry, the company has improved since the Kiss x Sis days. To my knowledge, they didn’t animate any of the females of this anime peeing on themselves.

END OF ZOKU: Most of the second season revolved around Hikigaya being involved with the student council. Oh, he didn’t join. Earlier, a classmate named Isshiki came to the clubroom in need of help. Her classmates voted for her to be student council president, but Isshiki doesn’t want to be that. This led to a big thing between Hikigaya, Yui, and Yukino. Yui and Yukino were both ready to take this bullet and run for president (and as a result would potentially put an end to the volunteer club). Isshiki wound up accepting the role. It’s just that she still ends up leaning on Hikigaya for help (in more ways than one). Hikigaya winds up in the middle of this baby drama brought on by Hayama. God, could this guy just stop existing? Isshiki has a crush on Hayama, but he turns her down. And then we get into some actual pressing matters and that’s futures.

That’s right, these students are inching closer to their third year in high school and that means they have to nail down their final choices on colleges, career paths, and so on. Yukino seems to be getting into heated arguments about that very subject with her sister and mother. In the season finale, Hikigaya and the girls go to the aquarium for the day and by the end of the day, tensions rose. Yui wanted things to stay the same between the three of them. We all know that can’t happen. Yukino is really reaching to change things. You can see it in her face! There are things Yukino wants to do but doesn’t have the courage to speak up, especially when it comes to her family, her feelings, and her future.

This issue will continue in the third season.

ZOKU OVA: Another side-story and we’ve got dates to cover. In the first half, Isshiki goes on a date with Hikigaya. Why? She says it’s practice for when Isshiki asks Hayama out, but then she turns it into some student council thing with the different places they visited prior. The second half had Hikigaya go out with Yui and Yukino in some of the places that he went to with Isshiki. I’m wondering if Isshiki is going to be a major player in the Hikigaya love-shape-of-your-choice after this “date”. But then again, it’s Isshiki. She doesn’t have the star-power that Yukino and Yui ooze. Okay, onto the final season.

CLIMAX: It starts up right where we left off with this uncomfortableness between Hikigaya, Yui, and Yukino. Although now after this wish from Yui, Yukino decides to let some stuff about herself slide out. For starters, she wants to make some changes when it comes to what’s going on in her own family like take over her father’s business instead of her sister. Yukino also tries to do things without trying to rely on Hikigaya so much. It kinda gets hard to avoid that this season after Isshiki decides she wants to throw a prom at the school.

Huh?! Wait, that’s interesting. In all of the animes I’ve ever watched…I don’t recall there ever being proms. Here in the states, yes, they are still very much a thing. At least they were 20 years ago when I was in high school. Japan high schools are stricter than in the U.S. so it would make sense that those dances aren’t really common. Okay! Hikigaya and Isshiki are putting together a prom.

ENDING: Okay, I guess we’re focusing on the prom aspect for the entire season. The majority of this season revolved around going with Isshiki’s plan for a prom. But many problems arose like if there’s enough time to put one on. Will the parent-teacher organization allow this? And then we had more of that melodrama between the trio. Yukino wanting to do things herself and not so co-dependent on Hikigaya and Yui wanting her cake and eat it too. Back to the prom, after much debate, pleading, and an attempt at a fake prom to make the other one look better by comparison, it was decided that the prom would be approved. It was a success. And now for the boom.

Hikigaya’s fake prom plans from before the real prom was approved was found out by the student council and the parent-teacher organization. So obviously Isshiki was not amused and Yukino’s frosty-bitch mother had to stick her nose in this matter. Well, for one reason or another this prom is getting an approval and is a test for Yukino to prove to her mother that she’s capable of pulling something like this off and better than the previous prom. I swear, I never want to see a prom in an anime ever again after this. A whole season of this crap is enough. With help from Hayama, the cliquie girls, the dorks, the tennis team, and Yui, Hikigaya and Yukino were able to pull off a last-minute prom. At the end of the night while Yukino and Hikigaya were cleaning up, Yukino let an “I love you” slip out.

Amazing! Yukino is the first one to step-up here. And to think, Hikigaya went with the one girl who didn’t dance with him. Even his teacher danced with him. I honestly thought we were going down the Domestic Girlfriend route with Hikigaya and Miss Hiratsuka some of the time. Not to mention the fanbase to Yui was astronomical. It’s clear that fans preferred Yui to be best girl for Hikigaya. Now, I’m not sure if Hikigaya x Yukino are an official couple or not. In the meantime, let’s see how things are shaping up for the start of their third year.

Hikigaya’s baby sister Komachi is a first-year student. Miss Hiratsuka has left. The volunteer club is disbanded…actually, thanks to Komachi and Isshiki, the club is revived. And the first person to ask for help this school year is Yui. She would like help as a close friend might be going out with the boy she likes. Yeah, say that out in the open in front of Yukino and Hikigaya.

This series…I know there are lots of people who liked this anime. I just thought it was okay. It’s not a favorite of mine and I will always recommend other romcom animes over this.

I’m not sure if there’s any plan on reviving this series and give it a fourth and final season. I have a feeling that there’s more to this story. The characters are in their third year of high school. At this date and time, an OVA is planning to be released soon as of posting this review. The skepticism here is that this particular OVA has reportedly been delayed for over two years. I’m going to assume this was Covid related and move on. Currently, the light novels are over but the manga is still in publication. Although, I think the manga is heading towards the climax. Whatever the case, I’ll continue to watch. I want to see the end result of this love-polygon. I know my choice is never going to be an option, but who cares!

If you would like to watch this anime, Hidive has season one & three, nobody has season two, and Crunchyroll still has season three. This might of course change. Crunchyroll is slowly getting rid of anything licensed by Sentai and as of recent, Hidive announced more additions for their website. So that could mean the second season will have a home again.

[vulpiximisa]

number24 review

I went into this of course for seiyuu reasons and Ayu’s character was pretty cute so Im pretty satisfied. Rugby definitely wasn’t a sport I would ever watch but if the characters are good then it’ll carry. (Its not like I watched Eyeshield 21 for football)

Anyway the pros of the show is definitely the cast. Natsusa is a very amusing and interesting character, especially with how the show starts up with his accident. Coming out from REmain not too long ago, it’s not like its something new but I like the prospect of an ex-player turning into a manager, or something just to stay close to the sport. Natsusa’s personality is lots of fun too, it makes me wonder what he would have been like if he was still a player. 

Ibuki has the second best characterization of the series, imo. Maybe I don’t mean characterization but he get’s lot of focus and he has relations with many of the other characters so that he isn’t Just “the third guy in the friend trio”. Which unfortunately Seiichiro kind of feels like. Maybe because I personally don’t like when childhood friends are attached to each other to the hip and only do things for the other person, but Sei feels a lot like that, especially when his character arc had to do with Natsusa.

Yasunari had his whole arc early enough and I’m glad to see him mellow out later. And ngl, I was already kinda shipping him with Yuu way before they even interacted, so seeing that the series actually pushed for them together, I’m winning. Yuu is my sweet baby boy and if anything happens to him, I’m going to kill everyone and then myself. Anyway, YasuYuu good. Gochisousama deshita.

I keep comparing number 24 to Free, because I can feel that the creators made the series with the intention of selling “Male Friendships.” So Natsusa, Ibuki and Sei are the Haru, Rin and Mako, respectively. (In that respect, Yasunari and Yuu are the Rei and Nagisa or whatever.) I like, don’t super mind that that’s what they’re trying to sell, because if I like it I’ll take and if I don’t then I’ll ignore it. It’s not like I was here for the sport anyway so I definitely am looking at the guys bonding. 

I personally prefer Ibuki and Natsu’s relationship, theyre so funny. Natsu is a little mean to him sometimes but that’s what they’re like. The fact that Ibuki is actually their senpai but theyre also childhood friends but Natsu does not go easy on him or is not super chill makes it really interesting I’m pretty sure Natsu calls him senpai just to mock him because he “hates” him so much. Sei and Natsu are sweet but I didn’t care for Sei being so Natsu centric. Like yeah, Sei does interact with a few other classmates but he is very Natsu centric.I could already feel it from episode one. I’m glad Sei and Ibuki get a good amount of scenes together as well and aren’t just Natsu’s two boyfriends.

I also thought Ibuki and Ethan were funny but man, there’s too many guys. And then theyre are the two yellow team guys (voiced by Soma and Kaito but are unfortunately brothers, booo) who also have a certain beef with the main 3. Wish we got a little more from them instead of showcasing the rest of the way too colorful team. 

number 24 fails Because they have such a huge cast. We did NOT need to know the names and faces of all…. Number of the Doushisha team. The fact that its a college club means that there are 1 to 4 years of classes, and it just makes remembering the characters even harder. Especially because All the characters have to Have A Distinct Look. If the series had been a two cour, and they slowly brought up some of the side players, it would have definitely helped, instead  of dumping all whatever number from episode one. Or just make the less important characters not that bright and colorful. It’s okay to have the Ita trio if you trickle them in slowly. The Ita trio weren’t even whole characters in the early chapters of HQ anyway, they were mob charas without a set design.

They did mostly focus on the main 5 (Natsu, Ibuki, Sei, Yasu, Yuu) and sometimes the captain/vice captain and that should have been it for the 12 episodes that they had.

Also the fact that the character designer’s works are way too soft for a sport like Rugby. I think they should have used a different character designer. I didn’t like how all the pretty anime boys were playing their sport without a helmet. Also, ngl, rugby isnt super pretty to begin with, so if they were trying to be Free (shirtless and rippling abs or whatever) they failed because I dont think fujos like the rough man on man grappling. Unless they do, not gonna judge, but the ending images are just so jarring when watching the series/op and what they do.

I’m surprised they actually had a budget because a lot of the rugby plays were pretty good. So I guess it wasn’t a complete cash grab. I mean, it does feel like it, but I was surprised. Oh, also Ive said in another post that I don’t care for sports anime where all the rules are never explained because the cast already know and love the sport and there’s no noobie to explain the rules to (and the audience.) So I went the whole show not knowing how rugby worked, and only had a slight inkling by the end because it was a little like AmeFoot (which the only knowledge I had was from watching Eyeshield 21). So its a good thing that rugby players werent the main focus because I would have bounced a lot earlier.

Uh, anyway, that’s numberTwoFour. Not a complete waste of my time but not something I would highly recommend to anyone. If they do have a cour 2/season 2 of course I’ll watch it but I highly doubt it.

[shoujosekaii]

Futari de Koi wo Suru Riyuu

两个人相恋的理由

ふたりで恋をする理由

Chapter 68

Urara narrates: “Aiji.” A pair of friends who used to be as close as brothers, always together - after that fateful day, Misono-kun unexpectedly never mentioned Senpai’s name anymore… The reason Misono-kun has become like this… is… me, right…? 

Urara thinks, ‘I haven’t told Misono-kun about the fact that I talked to Senpai before spring break. Is it really good to hide it like this…?’. She recalls her promise with Misono “not to hide anything and to talk about everything”. Hence, she calls out to Misono.

Urara begins, “Misono-kun, when you were in New York, I met Aiji-senpai.” Misono looks surprised and goes, “Huh?”

In the next scene, we see Misono and Urara outside, on an overhead bridge, talking. Urara explains, “Misono-kun, when I heard you say that you might go over to your mother’s place to live, I wondered if going overseas in such a hurry would truly make you happy.”

“That’s because I didn’t understand anything about Misono-kun’s family at all.”

“After that, I happened to run into Aiji-senpai on the streets and could not help but approach him to ask… I thought, would I be able to find out more about Misono-kun’s family situation…?”

“Digging out information about people from others is something I know Misono-kun hates… so I’m sorry…”

Misono replies, “Eh… no, it’s because I caused you to worry back then.”

Urara pauses a little before continuing, “I heard about it from Senpai - that Misono-kun, you haven’t spoken even a single word to Senpai ever since that Halloween festival…”

“This was all caused by me, right…?”

Misono retorts, “No. It wasn’t Andou’s fault. Definitely not. Absolutely not.”

“I’ve been by Aiji-kun’s side for too long and so I overlooked some things. I was too childish and didn’t understand many things, but now I finally do.”

“Therefore, even if Andou’s situation didn’t happen, there would still have been some day when he and I would clash like this.”

Urara recalls Aiji’s words to her: “I knew it would happen sooner or later.” “It just happened to be that day.”

Urara asks, “...But, Misono-kun, after that day, you never mentioned Aiji-senpai’s name anymore. Wasn’t this because you were trying to be considerate of my feelings?”

Misono looks at her wordlessly, seeming to be holding back his words, and Urara is confused upon seeing his reaction. Flustered, she adds, “You- you don’t need to be so mindful of my feelings anymore, you know?!”

Misono simply looks at Urara while she continues, saying, “I told Aiji-senpai too, about reconciling… it sounds a little exaggerated, but I said what I wanted to say.”

“Aiji-senpai also seemed somewhat clumsy… So, about Aiji-senpai-”

Misono suddenly goes up behind Urara and puts his hand over her mouth, shutting her up. Blushing, he says next to her ear, “Stop it with the ‘Aiji-senpai, Aiji-senpai’ already.”

Urara blushes in response and asks if she mentioned Aiji’s name that many times. Misono replies, “Four or five times… no, maybe it was three or four times…”

“Regardless, I didn’t mention Aiji-kun’s name, because at the start, I didn’t want Andou to be reminded of your unhappy memories and get hurt again.”

Pressing in close to Urara from behind, Misono continues, “Eventually… my reasons became less pure. I didn’t want to let Andou think of Aiji-kun. Not even for a moment.”

Urara turns to look at Misono and answers, “N-nevertheless… not just…Senpai; no matter who it is, they would never be able to come between us. My heart only has Misono-kun, you know…!”

Misono gets very shy and blushes furiously upon hearing Urara’s words. He says, “E-even if it’s like that, I’ll always be jealous that Andou has liked other guys before, because,”

“Andou is my… my first love.”

Urara looks mesmerized by Misono’s honesty and blushing face. Embarrassed, Misono turns away, saying, “I said something really uncool, sorr-” but Urara gives him a peck on the cheek, catching him by surprise.

Urara then proceeds to bury her face in Misono’s chest and hugs him tightly. She says, “Just now, I finally understood that I definitely like Misono-kun more."

Misono becomes shocked, replying, “Huh?! There’s no such thing! It’s I who-”, but Urara insists, “It is! It definitely is.”

Urara narrates: I thought that I couldn’t love you any more than this, but in the next moment, I fell even deeper in love. This is because love really knows no boundaries. This is what you taught me.

Urara tells Misono, “Misono-kun, if you won’t hate it, I feel that it would be better if you and Aiji-senpai reconciled.”

Misono goes, “Eh?”, and Urara explains, “I wish for the people and things that Misono-kun loves and treasures to always be by your side.”

Looking up at Misono, Urara says, “I’m sure that to Misono-kun, Senpai must be a really important existen–” 

Urara doesn’t finish her sentence because Misono suddenly hugs her tightly.

While hugging her, Misono says, “--I think that falling for Andou is such a wonderful thing. I’m thinking this once again.”

“I’ve also been thinking that I can’t keep going on like this, but I just couldn’t take that step forward… so thank you. I will do my best to talk to him.”

Urara acknowledges Misono’s words with a reassuring, “Okay.”

Later, back at home, Misono thinks to himself, ‘Even though I said that… what should I do to reconcile…? Till today, even when the two of us quarrelled, the next morning…’

Misono has a flashback of Aiji in their middle school days, greeting him as usual, “Morning, Jun.”

Misono thinks, ‘It was always something like that. As if nothing happened, we just went back to normal–’

Misono stomps out of his house, thinking, ‘No, I’ll never have any result if I just keep on thinking like this. During such a time, I should look for him directly to talk…!’

Misono reaches the lift lobby, but hesitates. He thinks, ‘Wait a minute. He might be at his part-time job today. It’ll be better to ask him if he’s at home first.’

Whipping out his phone, Misono types a message to Aiji: “I want to talk to you, are you at home?”. We see in Misono's text history with Aiji that Aiji had previously sent but deleted two text messages to Misono.

Misono recalls his last words to Aiji: “I won’t forgive anyone who makes her cry like that.”

Misono thinks, ‘That said… when I went to New York, it seemed like he tried to contact me. What was that about? I said all that to him, but now I’m saying that I want to talk. Will he want to see me…?’

While Misono is lost in his thoughts, the lift door opens and Aiji is there. Both boys are surprised to see each other.

After an awkward pause, Aiji breaks the silence by going, “Yo, Jun. Are you going out?”

A little shy, Misono looks away and says, “No… I… what about you? Where are you going?”

Aiji answers, “I was planning to go to your place.”

Misono jolts in surprise at Aiji’s words and his thumb presses “Send” on his phone. He goes, “Ah!” at his unintentional action, while Aiji receives the text message.

When Aiji sees what Misono sent him (I want to talk to you, are you at home?), he comments, “Well, well- we’re pretty telepathic, aren’t we?"

Both boys look at each other somewhat uneasily. Aiji says, “Let’s talk it all out today, then.”

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Gin Noto

...Of course, this will probably have to be in his ‘The Caligula Efect 2′ verse because I can’t for the life of me imagine Gin killing anybody ( in fact, he’s more so likely to be be the one who is murdered than anything else ), but he’s always been the sort of person who can get along with almost anyone, so I’m sure he’d probably have no problems approaching Kotoko.

Like, gender doesn’t exactly matter to him too, meaning he’ll have no qualms, asking if she wants to hang out without really having any ulterior motives other than wanting to get to know her better/be friends with her. Honestly, I can see Kotoko being a third year at Tatefushi Academy and considering Gin is someone who tends to refer to others by first name, I like the idea of him going from calling her ‘Yuzuriha-senpai’ to ‘Yuzuriha-san’. 

Also, they both seem to not appreciate people oppressing the weak; therefore, I had the pre-established idea of them occasionally teaming up together to stop the bullies from terrorizing other students.

Kobato Kazamatsuri

Not gonna lie... with Kobato being the way he is, I honestly feel like he would find even Kotoko hot? So unfortunately for this girl, he’ll frequently make passes at her and just use the most cheesiest pick up lines on her, that she’ll eventually be like, ‘Ugh... not him again’, whenever they cross paths... at the same time, though, I think their interactions would be so amusing because he’s really dumb and unapologetically thirsty, that I wanna see how she reacts to his clownery firsthand.

Also, Kobato is a nicknamer, so I can just personally imagine him calling her ‘Yuzurin’ and saying the most pretentious, lovey-dovey shit to her, she’d wanna punch him to make him shut the fuck up; only, she’ll find out quick he’s way too kinky to torture...

Rana 

I have yet to write this girl a MILGRAM verse, but considering Rana would be on the physically fragile side, I like to think Kotoko would be naturally protective of her? She’s also a gullible idiot who regularly gets taken advantage of and is very lonely, to the point where it wouldn’t be that much of a stretch to say she would often prioritize other people’s happiness over her own due to how she doesn’t want to lose their friendship.

Plus, I can see her being voted innocent, because whoever she murdered probably attacked her first. To that end, Kotoko would probably pity her and do whatever she could to ensure she doesn’t get hurt. Rana, however, would onesidedly believe they are ‘best friends’ and keep sewing her random stuff like headbands and legwarmers.

Kakeru Hasegawa

Considering Kotoko is officially twenty years old and it’s never specified which high school she actually went to, I think it would be neat if she used to be an alumni of Shin Mikado Academy, leading them to know each other. Of course, I’m not exactly sure if she would even visit the infirmary all that often back when he was still her school doctor, but I can see him calling her ‘Kotoko-chan’ and her just responding snarkily to everything he says, because he’s a very silly old man.

@birdcagcd​

[britishchick09]

monster high the movie livewatch

i can finally watch the mh movie!!! i wasn’t sure about doing one of these since it’ll take forever, but i’ll try to take as little screenshots as possible and not pause the movie so much. it’ll probably make 80 minutes feel like 100 minutes instead of 200! ;D

the title screen is giving me tim burton vibes!

aww yeah clawdeen is a skater! B)

they’re calling her ‘it’ and ‘animal’! shut up bishes she’s an awesome skater girl! >:(

that face tho! ;D

her dad has a b-day surprise!!! :D

ooh she got an acceptance letter from mh! :D

aww she wants a place in the world :’)

they drove into the dark... horror movie alert!

clawdeen: “monster high is a bunch of trees? fun!” lol! ;D

mh is a glowing thing! :o

aww mh found her! :)

OMG clawdeen forgot the rest of her clothes!!! :o

lol jk ;D

clawdeen’s dad: “i’m gonna miss you, like, an unhealthy amount!” rewrite erik with christine tho ;)

dad: “if you need anything, i’ll always be awake. until you graduate.” omg 4 years of no sleep! :o

off she goes into the coraline hole...

YAS OUT OF THE DARK!!! :D

oh shoot she’s late! :o

abbey says hi :)

there are already dancers in the background! :o

dracula’s voice is accurate in the movie but not the series?

yay frankie!!! :D

they’re saying things in different languages! :D

the monsters are like family! :D

yas cleo!! :D

lagoona and cleo are beasties! :D

lagoona has an accent here too!

cleo: “i’m totally over deuce!” *isn’t totally over him*

the mummies look a lot like tp it’s funny ;D

aww bros! :D

heath is doing choreography and deuce is like ‘...wut?’

he sings a verse as he walks by cleo and she looks at him... we know what you’re thinking girl... ;)

this song is so catchy!!! :D

aww abbey sounds so cute!!!!! :D

oh no it’s kronos...

he’ll have a few hundred classes to go through!!! :o

oof dracula thinks witchcraft is disgusting... :/

ooh ghoulia talks! :o

and their room finds them! :o

ghoulia: “the school is alive... *SUDDENLY WICKED CACKLE* BRO OMG :o

woah the wall just opened up! :o

aww clawdeen drac and frankie share a dorm! :D

frankie they/them and clawdeen she/her! :D

frankie was made of historical people parts! you think they have senpai in them? ;)

THEIR FINGER FELL OFF

drac is in the coffin... ;)

oh great drac has ground rules...

frankie: *goes inside the coffin* ‘do you think of this as a house or a bed...?”

drac: “you know those monsters who come here to feel a sense of community?” clawdeen: “yes, that’s why i’m here-“ drac: “I’M NOT.” lol same! ;D

drac: “keep to your side of the room so i won’t have to suck all your blood.” *closes the coffin door* ... *opens it* “or no garlic or anchovies. because they’re gross!” lol! :D

THOSE FACES THO :D

ooh frankie charges themself up! :o

that school tho!!! :D

i wonder what this looked like in the leaked version...

frankie doesn’t know what a movie is! ...or anything :/

the school has coffin lockers! :D

clawdeen: “look a vending machine! there’s like... snacks!” yummy! :D

the eyeballs look like whoppers... ;)

clawdeen: “not my jam, but still fun.” and gross but fun :)

woah drac just smacks the machine! :o

i love how deuce and heath are bros! :D

almost makes me want to get a deuce for my heath doll... ;)

cleo: “your hair is fire, heath.” heath: “thanks. it totally scorched my breakfast and it smelled like burnt cheese.” lol! ;D

faboolous is an awesome pun! ;D

aww deuce and cleo want each other back!

cleo thinks frankie is a walking puzzle! >:(

frankie: “i’m made up of dead people’s body parts!” ...lol?

cleo: “ooh who’s this lost little doggie with her purple claws?” clawdeen: “who are you calling little?” *GROWLS* OHHH!!! she showed you cleo!

frankie is holding a book saying ‘terrifying trigonometry lol! ;D

cleo has mummy issues lol!

frankie’s heart belonged to a dead fisherman named earl...?

the headmistress’ clock screams! :o

aww she wanted to welcome clawdeen personally! :D

and she invited her to the founders day dinner! :D

i wonder if that’s on halloween... ;)

oh boy she wants her family to come...

and she didn’t put her dad on her application! :o

her dad is named pierre! how french! ;)

clawdeen: “he’s a french werewolf.” i was right!

aww his growl has an adorable french twang! ;)

clawdeen: “if you’ll excuse me, i need to go to bed!” but it’s morning?

OMFG :o

drac: “BATHROOM!!!!” clawdeen: “sorry!” lol! ;D

drac: “knock much?” olaf: “do you think she knows how to knock?”

oh great kronos...

OMG THE WALLS SAY ‘EXPEL THE HUMAN’ IN BLOOD OMGGG!!!! :o

frankie has a phone! :D

aww heath and abbey are playing football! :D

...with a foot?

whenever frankie has a thought their brain sparks! :D

frankie: “hello fellow students! i also have a phone!” the students: *aren’t listening* frankie: “i also have a phone!” clawdeen: “i think they communicate with their phones.” lo!!

OMG HEATH JUST FARTED!!!!!! :O

best moment in nickelodeon history hands down :’)

heath didn’t do that intentionally? plot twist! :o

kronos is so awkward...

jk that’s just the class! even in the monster world...

lol frankie has all the answers!

and their hand popped off! :o

WAIT HIS NAME IS KROMOS????

and he has a guitar!! :o

one time in world history class there was a sub teacher who had a guitar! he didn’t break into a musical number but it was still cool!

kromos: “humans are the worst!” yep... :/

oh no now clawdeen probably feels awful! :(

why is kromos so young tho?

they’re all dancing around clawdeen! she needs to take the choreography class... ;)

oh no hyde was on trial for being half human!!! :o

they’re singing that humans are boring and the worst and smell like dirty socks which is actually totally true!

drac sounds so bored... :/

oh no HYDE WAS KILLED BY HUMANS??? :o

the report is due in two weeks not three! ;)

aww frankie high fiving... themself! :D

clawdeen wants to do her report on hyde! :D

ooooh there’s a secret lab on campus... ;)

woah there’s a monster potion! :o

the library is so old and nostalgic :)

OMG CLAWDEEN’S CLAWS WENT AWAY!!!! :o

she’s human.... :o

woah frankie jumpscared her!! :o

clawdeen: “and you know how it turned out for hyde...” frankie: “woah, this is a pickle!” *TAKES OUT A PICKLE JAR* omg lol!!!! :D

frankie thinks gobbledygook sounds delicious! ;D

they cracked the code!! :D

ooh and found a map! :o

it’s been an hour and i’m 35 minutes into the movie! not too bad for a livewatch! ;)

clawdeen’s dad is an international man of mystery! ;)

clawdeen thinks of frankie as her friend!! :D

not drac yet but i think that’ll change soon... ;)

omg frankie is on 8 social media sites already! :o

their first follower is cleo... :/

aww deuce is offering to help with clawdeen’s speech! :D

ooh i can hear clawdeen’s heartbeat... ;)

she likes him... a lot! ;)

frankie has shakespeare’s spleen...?

drac is just reading in her coffin ;)

cleo has some advice for clawdeen about deuce... ;)

omg drac just put a pimple spell on cleo... ;D

frankie’s ‘woah’ was so deep! :o

nocturnal feeders stay out past curfew! :o

and so do clawdeen and frankie... ;)

woah clawdeen can JUMP!!!! :o

frankie’s like ‘WOAH!!!’

their uncle bill died sad and alone and they’re smiling about it :)

aww clawdeen likes them and all their parts! :D

ghoulia sleeps in the cemetery! :o

aww plushie :)

oooh clawdeen smells something...

AND IT BE DRAC DOING A POTION!!! :o

clawdeen: “our lips are sealed!” frankie: “you can actually stitch mine shut if you’d like :) ” lol! ;D

they told drac everything off screen! but she set up everything nicely :)

OOOH THEY DISCOVERED THE DOOR!!!! :o

woah frankie has frida khalo in them?

drac: “i found the perfect spell- mist of releasing.” clawdeen: “sounds like a laxative.” frankie: “it does. :) “ lol! :D

aww clawdeen and frankie will support her! :)

here comes a song!!!! :D

and it’s catchy! ;D

they left... but someone is stepping over to the door... ;)

and now it’s morning once again with that strawberry sky! :)

i posted this already since firefox was starting to act up...

even though we’re not done just yet! ;)

OMG A SEA MONSTER THING JUST ATE SOMETHING DURING THE PANNING OUT OF THE SCHOOL??? :o

woah the headmistress goes to the bathroom at 9:17? and frankie knows that...?

ooh she’s gone to the room of bath! ;)

omg the clock in her office has an eye?

oh no frankie has to stall her!!! :o

frankie: “how was the bathroom? was it fun?” headmistress bloodgood: “that’s a very personal matter!” lol! ;D

frankie has toilet facts ready! ;D

cleo: “don’t cleo-patronize me!” lol! :D

clawdeen hid under the desk but cleo hears a squeak... ;)

cleo: “oh my gauze!”

she was jumpscared by the headmistress... but it’s actually clawdeen! :o

she’s acting sus and cleo is like ‘...wut?’

frankie is still schooling the headmistress on toilet stuff...

clawdeen says her founders day speech is amazing... but i don’t think she’s written it yet ;)

oh great it’s kromos... :/

he’s wearing a double colored vest tho! ;D

kromos: “cite. your. sources!” sounds like my english teachers!

omg has clawdeen not written the report either??? :o

ooh mirror chat! ;D

ok it’s a portrait but still! ;)

dracula doesn’t like 92% even tho that’s an a! :/

drac will confidently tell her dad about witchcraft! :D

YAS FRANKIE FOUND THE MAYO!!!!! :D

it’s for a spell ;)

the loudspeaker is talking about eating limbs?

i must say this is more monster-y than the original mh! ;)

ooh now clawdeen has to talk to deuce about her speech... ;)

there’s no cell signal in the forest so he goes there for peace and quiet! :)

ooh deuce is the first one in his family to go to mh! :o

and clawdeen endorses him as president! ;D

ooh another song! :o

it’s weird how deuce sounds different when singing! a higher voice that’s slightly autotuned maybe?

clawdeen wants to see him without his sunglasses!!! :o

he took them off but he’s closing his eyes and not facing her... ;)

he just put on his glasses! :o

omg clawdeen wants to tell him something... ;)

she wants snake venom!

and he gladly gives it to her! :D

deuce: “be nice she’s a friend!” aww :)

drac and frankie think he’s so into her... even though they could just be friends??? ;)

the mist is so green!

...aaaand it didn’t work :(

OH CRAP THE HEADMISTRESS JUST CAUGHT THEM!!!!! :o

and they’ll have a month of detention!! :o

oh no they know about drac’s witchcraft! :o

and cleo told them!!!! :o

no the headmistress is gonna tell drac’s dad!! :o

OMG WHAT’S GOING ON WITH THE SCHOOL???

THE SCHOOL IS SCREAMING??????

clawdeen saved cleo! :o

oh crap there’s an untrue monster heart among them...

and kromos will find out who the human is... ;)

poor drac and clawdeen! :(

omg there’s a sad reprise of ‘coming out of the dark’!!! :’(

and clawdeen ran away! :o

ooh drac is a bat!

she has an eternity to fix her dad problem... so she’ll focus on clawdeen’s problem! ;)

aww :)

omg clawdeen’s hand is human!!! :o

HER HAND MAKES A HUMAN PRINT LIKE ON THE DOOR!!!!!! :o

and...

IT WORKED YAS!!!! :D

there’s a tomb inside!

and hyde’s code is in the eye!

...the button. the eye? the button?

the button AND the eye! ;D

oh no someone else sees it too...

hey it’s the svengoolie intro! ;D

frankie loves all the cool gadgets! :D

omg... clawdeen found the potion!!!! :D

oh no she’s having a dad flashback!

if she takes the potion she’ll erase him :’(

OH CRAP KOMOS IS THERE!!!!!! :o

and he’s half human too!!! :o

HE JUST TOOK THE POTION????

HE’S HYDE JR????????? :o

i’m glad clawdeen didn’t take the potion it looks painful! :o

OHHH CRAAAAAP HE’S GONNA DESTROY MONSTER HIGH!!!!!!

that potion looks PAINFULLLL

kromos: “this potion doesn’t just turn you into a monster... it turns you into the ultimate monster!” wowza! :o

OMFG HE JUST TOOK DRAC’S MONSTER ESSENCE!!! :o

kromos: “LOOK AT THIS ROCKIN’ BOD!” ...wut?

he’s crazyyyy........

and drac is so weak! :(

FRANKIE HASN’T USED HER PHONE AS A PHONE YET???

omg they’re video chatting cleo! :o

she’s hanging out with lagoona! :D

they’re willing to help! :D

the founders day dinner is going great! ....besides clawdeen not being there...

omg drac still has witchcraft in her! :D

yay they’re free!!! :D

everyone’s meeting in the graveyard!

cleo: “oh my ra!” she said her line! :D

THE SCHOOL IS ALIVE!!!

kromos: “the school is annoying!” lol! ;D

they’re all filming of course!

deuce is defending him with his eyes!! :D

OMFG KROMOS DID A COUNTER ATTACK???

deuce: “at least i finally got to stare into your eyes.” :’(

DEUCE IS STONE NOW!!!!!!! :o

and clawdeen is human....

the school is breaking!!! :o

aww cleo is comforting her! :’)

kromos: “it’s vengeance time. so if you’ll excuse me...” he’s so polite even when destroying everything!

his powers don’t work on her!! :D

ooh the selfie turned him to stone!!! :D

drac is ok!! :D

aww!!! :)

the headmistress knows now! :o

cleo is ready to defend clawdeen! :D

the sky is gray now... just like clawdeen... :/

her dad is there though! :D

ooh he’s fascinated by the school! :o

and clawdeen is allowed to stay!!! :D

aww her mom would be proud! :’)

lol everyone’s filming! ;D

dracula: “again with the phones! does nobody paint anymore?” drac: *gives him a look* dracula: *gives her a ‘idk!’ look* lol! :D

aww! :D

headmistress: “i ask you to join me in welcoming our first- well, second, but first officially known student with human blood.” nice diss on kromos! ;D

yay cheering! :D

ghoulia, abbey, cleo and lagoona wolf cheered for her!!! :D

aww clawdeen is showing her dad around the school! ;D

of course there’s a dance moment at the end!

and that’s the en-

..wait... THAT’S THE END??? :o

someone wants drac... and they might get her in the sequel! ;D

that was the mh movie! it was way better than i expected and i absolutely loved it! it’s funny, the characters are refreshing and amazing! this livewatch ended up taking 200 minutes instead of 100, but that’s ok. i had a lot of fun watching a movie with true monster heart :)

[volleychumps]

Defending S/O From Jealous Girls (Kuroo, Kageyama, and Tsukishima )

enjoy!!!!

warning(s):bullying!!!(tw) , boys who bite at anything that touches you<3

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Kuroo

“Oops! My bad, Y/N- you should really watch where you’re going.” 

You rub your shoulder with a frown as the long-haired girl in front of you feigns innocence, eyes glinting with a venemous edge before you huff, leaning down to pick up your phone. A hand beats you to it, snatching the device in a way that had you flinching before a hand settles warmly atop your head. 

“Kitten, you good?” 

Of course. 

You sigh, seeing that the girl who had an obvious crush on your boyfriend had stepped to the side, lock of hair already twirled around her finger while her lips curled up in a flirtatious smile. Kuroo kept his feral eyes on you with a questioning look in his eyes as you offer a strained grin, taking the phone from him before glancing at the perpetrator. 

“Rika, did you need something?” 

“Kuroo-senpai, can I ask for your help on this upcoming assignment?” 

She blatantly ignores you, but Kuroo kept his gaze focused on your now shattered expression, seeing you hadn’t answered his original question. Distractedly, he merely shrugs at Rika before slipping his hand warmly into yours, tugging you along gently down the hall. 

The pissed-off expression of Rika’s still went unnoticed as you smile gratefully, following him along as Kuroo slips your conjoined hands into his jacket pocket. Feral eyes glance at your tired expression as Kuroo stops in the middle of the now empty hall, causing you to blink out of your thoughts. 

“Tetsurou, we need to get to class-” 

“Whatever you’re thinking about, quit it.” 

You tilt your head as if you don’t know what he’s talking about, plastic smile already tugging at the edge of your lips. 

“Huh-?” 

“Babe.” 

Kuroo’s motions are careful as his large hands rest on either side of your neck, thumbs gently tracing the contour of your cheeks as his sharp eyes seem to pin you in place. His chest sinks when the smile on your face slowly fades, your eyes brimming with unshed heat before he sighs. 

“How long?” 

“What-?” 

“I’m not dumb, sweetheart. So you either give me names and how long they’ve been giving you shit- or I interrogate any female I’ve ever seen you with. Your choice.” 

“...Rika’s really pretty, no?” Your voice cracks, smiling sadly as insecurity brims your tone, Kuroo’s grip on you seeming to weaken at your words. “Maybe they’re right. Maybe I’m just not-” 

“I will take you right here, in the middle of this hall.” 

“Tetsurou-!” You scold, a smirk crossing Kuroo’s lazy features before he tugs you into his chest, tucking your head into the crook of his neck seemingly deep in thought as the raven-haired boy strokes your hair. He mumbles, other hand wrapped around your body protectively as his lips move against the top of your head. 

“If it makes you realize how beautiful you actually are, kitten, I don’t object-” 

“I can’t stand you sometimes.” 

“So...no?” 

Kuroo grins at the feel of your laughter against his neck, lifting your chin upwards to encase your lips with his heatedly as your figners clench at the back of his shirt material-

sharp eyes flitting in the direction of a teary-eyed Rika.

 She runs off from her hiding place when he makes threatening eye contact with her in the midst of kissing you harder, hand on the back of your hair entwining with the strands for effect. One was off the list now, for sure. 

“Names, sweetheart.” He pulls back gently, kissing your slightly swollen eyelid as his thumb strokes your cheek lovingly. 

“I want them by the end of the day.” 

Kageyama

“Oi. Snap out of it.” 

Your dazed expression becomes alert at the feel of Kageyama touching a cold can against your cheek, the blue-eyed boy arching his brow in worry. 

“Sorry, um...” You seem frazzled, looking over your shoulder now and then as Kageyama casts you a second worried glance as he occupies the space next to you on the school bench. He pokes the straw into his milk, casually tossing an arm around you afterward-

certainly not expecting to hear a yelp. 

He flinches, retracting his arm back in a jerking motion. “What?! What’s wrong?” 

“My shoulder...” You clench your teeth. “It’s really sore.” 

“Did you bump it against something?” Kageyama sweat dropped, reaching a hand up to rest on the back of his neck worriedly. The awkward tension in his movements made you laugh, but it came out a little forced. 

“Nope. I’m going to get some relieving patches from the nurse’s office, don’t wait up!” You seemed skittish, the pained look in your eye not going unnoticed by your analytical boyfriend. His calls for you died on the blue-eyed boy’s lips, sighing when you’re so rushed you leave your phone behind. 

He picks it up, about to slip it into his bag to give it to you later, until your phone lights up with a text message-

multiple text messages. 

Kageyama’s blue eyes scan them before he can think. He hadn’t meant to read your messages, but he’s suddenly glad he stumbled upon them. The word bitch was prominently used, attacking you for dating the popular setter. Kageyama could feel heat rush to his head, jaw clenching at what he was reading. 

If yesterday’s lesson didn’t teach you enough, it won’t just be your shoulder next time. 

He lifted himself out of his seat, milk box crushed within his fist. Blue orbs barely scanned the name of the sender, thanking his good memory for remembering such a useless girl. She was in your class, and he briefly remember you awkwardly bringing her up. 

“Tobio, I told you not to wait-” 

“Come on.” 

Your eyes widen when Kageyama tugs on your good arm, the aura around him borderline dangerous. Worriedly, your questions of where he was bringing you failed to drown out the ringing in your boyfriend’s ears. 

“You don’t like holding hands in front of people-” You start, cheeks heating up when you reach the front of your classroom. 

“Y/N. You know you can trust me, right?” He’s still not looking at you, staring stoically at the shut classroom door. 

Subconsciously, you touch your shoulder as guilt brims your orbs. “I didn’t want to make it difficult for you-”

“Well, that’s fine.” You tilt your head as Kageyama slams the door open, glancing back at you with anger swimming in his blue orbs. 

“Because this shouldn’t be difficult.” 

You held back a sigh. Kageyama was the type to deal with these types of things head on, for the raven-haired boy never really cared much about what people thought of him. You embarrassedly trudge behind him as he walks in with ease, stopping in front of a certain someone’s desk that had your breath catching in your throat. Everything begins to make sense when Kageyama slips your phone out of his pocket. 

“You have a crush on me or something?” He bluntly asks, disinterest flitting around his blue eyes as you watch your bully’s jaw slacken, cheeks filling with embarrassment. “Is that why you’ve been harassing my girlfriend?” 

“I-I don’t know what you’re talking about, Kageyama-Kun!” 

You shouldn’t have felt as justified as you did as Kageyama lets your phone fall on her desk, the messages staring back up at her as Aika’s eyes brim with unshed tears. 

“Expect an assault charge reported to the school tomorrow. Good job digging your own grave.” Kageyama’s cold voice sent a collective shiver down everyone’s spine before he promptly tugs you out of the classroom. You barely caught a glance at Aika’s trembling form before Kageyama’s leaning you against the now empty hallway. 

Lunchtime was over now, that was for sure. 

“Tobio, you didn’t-” 

“Let me adjust your patch. You didn’t put it on right.” He ignores you, still sorting out his emotions before he’s gently tugging your shirt off your shoulder slightly, peeling the patch off of your skin to reposition it.

“Are you mad?” Your voice was quiet as he solely focused on the task at hand. 

“Yeah.” You flinch, feeling guilty at his blunt tone- 

until his forehead touches your shoulder, his breath fanning against your skin. 

“You know I’ll protect you no matter what, right?” 

Kageyama’s chest finally settled, feeling tears of relief beginning to soak his shoulder as you smiled into his embrace, wrapping your arms around him.

“Yeah.” You breathily laugh, Kageyama’s grip tightening slightly- 

And he dug his face deeper into your shoulder, hiding a small lilt of his lips he didn’t want you to see. 

Tsukishima

“You’re late.” 

“I told you I wouldn’t miss it.” 

You beam in the face of your unamused boyfriend, the blonde sighing heavily as the squeak of sneakers fade out into the background. What mattered was that you came. 

“Any particular reason?” Tsukishima absent-mindedly twirled a strand of your hair around his finger, tilting his head in a bored fashion as you seem to stiffen in place.

“Um, no?” 

“Who knew my girlfriend was such a terrible liar.” Tsukishima pried further, arching a brow as you chew your bottom lip, looking everywhere but him. “Seriously, what’s going through that pretty little head?” 

“You think I’m pretty?” You seem to perk up at that, and Tsukishima flicks your temple as he begins to walk off to warm up. 

“Shut up.” He glances back at you, gaze softer than his usual hard stare. 

“...”

“What?” 

“I didn’t say anything.” 

“Really? I didn’t notice.” 

Tsukishima’s irritation begins to show on his face before you giggle, feeling more relaxed than before as you motion that you’re going to find your seat.  You mouth a good luck to him, pretending not to notice the redness on the tips of the blonde’s ears as he spins on his heel hastily. So cute. 

Your smile fades when a smile that was just a bit too wide waves you to come sit with them. You wondered if you had a choice as your footsteps slow in their movement. 

“Y/N’s here~” 

“Looks like you can see after all. I underestimated you.” 

“Wha- You’re the one with the glasses!” 

Tsukishima smirks at how easy it was to rile Hinata up, hazel eyes flitting over to the stands. He would never admit it, but knowing you were in the bleachers somewhere-

Scratch that. He knew exactly where you were on the bleachers. 

Ice-cold, dripping with water. A water bottle being held upside down in a girl’s grasp, a girl who was vaguely familiar. 

“Tsukishima, we’re about to play-!” 

“Then put someone else in.” The tall blonde’s voice was hardened as he brushed past his team captain, fire on his heels at what he had witnessed. 

The heat in your eyes contrasted greatly with the ice cold water dripping down your back. Yuki giggled brightly with her friend stifling a laugh into her palm, a feigned pout on her lips as everyone in the stands stared at your trembling form. 

“Y/N-chan! You’re so clumsy!” Yuki squealed, bending down to pretend to wipe up some of the water on your lap with her scarf. Her voice drops to a mutter. “And forgetful. Didn’t I tell you not to come to Tsukishima-Kun’s game today?” 

Your eyes widen a fraction, trembling lips beginning to part before a warmth suddenly cascades your cold body. 

“And pray tell, why should she listen to your advice?” 

Tsukishima’s voice sounded kind, but his eyes were anything but, protectively tugging you out of your soaking seat. You feel the rise of his chest, eyes widening when you realize he ran to get here. 

Yuki’s lips trembled before a sweet smile overtakes her features. You could’ve laughed as she begins to sniffle. 

“Kei-Kun! Y/N-chan had a little bit of a spill, and I was just-” 

“Helping her?” He finishes for her, smile growing a little sadistic. He focuses his attention on you, clenching his teeth at the smile you offer him. A trembling one that said I’m okay. 

“Funny. Because I saw the whole thing.”

“I-It’s a misunderstanding-” 

“Oi.” Tsukishima’s fake smile drops, jaw clenched. You tug on his arm, not wanting to cause a scene, but he merely slips it out of your grasp, pushing you behind him. His glasses seem to shine a little as his lips quirk up yet again. 

“Ugly girls shouldn’t lie, it leaves them with nothing worth doting for, you know? Hm?” He pushes his glasses up the bridge of his nose, smiling a closed eye smile. “And who gave you permission to call me by my first name? It’s Tsukishima. With an honorific.” 

You wince at the harsh insult that slaps Yuki across the face, flabbergasted expression still evident on your face as he takes you by the shoulders, spinning you around with a now pissed-off expression. 

“Yuri.” He looks back, getting her name wrong on purpose. “Don’t let me catch you helping my girlfriend again, got it?” 

She hiccups over her tears as the guy she likes walks off with you, who was still trying to grasp at what had just happened as he leads you to the hallway. 

“Y-You’re match is on right now-” 

“So?” 

“You’re a regular! You need to be-” 

“Shut up. I know exactly where I need to be right now.” Tsukishima snips, drying off the rest of the water as he kneels in front of you, a cup of hot tea from the vending machine warming your hands. “Don’t tell me what to do.”

“Kei...” 

“I’m sorry.” It comes out rushed and distracted, but Tsukishima’s momentary pause of his movements made you think it was anything but. “They bothered you because of me, right?” 

You nod slightly, biting the inside of your cheek before he flicks your temple, suddenly irritated. 

“What a pain.” 

“Why-?” 

You gasp softly, hands tightening around your paper cup as he brushes his lips across your forehead, hand resting on your neck. 

“Tell me when things happen.” 

“Mm.” 

“Don’t bottle it up inside. It’s annoying.” 

“Mm.” 

“And stop smiling like an idiot.” 

“But you kissed me. You kissed me first.” 

“I’ll leave you here.” 

“No you won’t.” 

Tsukishima groaned, tilting his head back to sigh heavily as his heart pounds in his ears. Quickly, he presses a chaste kiss to your lips that has your eyes as wide as saucers, tugging you out of your seated position while refusing to look back at you. 

“You’re right,” You stare at his flushed neck, following closely behind him back to the tournament. 

His hand tightens in yours ever so slightly-

“I’m never leaving you alone like that again. Understand? Or do I have to spell it out for you?” 

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