#but this Karasu meme came to me first

[mel-addams]

KARASU SAYS

[Image ID: an illustration of Karasu from Yu Yu Hakusho, glaring while two of his bat-winged-eye bombs fly near his shoulders. In place of his typical mask, he is wearing an N95-rated one. Along the top and bottom of the image, in allcaps, is the text: "wear a fucking mask; yes this is a threat."]

HI I'M TIRED

You don't know if a place you're going is gonna have someone high-risk there (because some disabilities are invisible), and folks can be contagious without showing symptoms, and long covid can absolutely fuck you up, SO PROTECT YOURSELF AND THOSE AROUND YOU ANY TIME YOU GO OUT WITH A WELL-FITTED MASK, PLEASE

Also please heckle the CDC/local politicians/etc. if you can, to get them to implement better protections because layering multiple methods is more effective than trying to rely on just one. (Yanno like scientifically appropriate isolation length instead of ONE FUCKING DAY, paid time off so folks don't have to weigh safety against finances, better filtration indoors, etc.)

[abc-91]

Snowed in with Otoya Eita

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You’ve been friends with Karasu Tabito for a while now, and after he came back from Blue Lock he introduced you to his new best friend, Otoya Eita. The three of you have been hanging out a lot the past few weeks, always laughing at stupid YouTube videos at one of your houses and showing each other weird memes you found online. You still don’t know Otoya all that well, but you’ve started to enjoy hanging out with him a lot recently.

You and Otoya are hanging out at your house alone because Karasu had some family dinner his parents made him attend. You continue to hang out like normal, and you’re both lounging on your parents’ sofa, eating snacks, and watching a poorly-reviewed comedy movie while it snows outside. Time passes, and it gets dark out while the snowstorm grows more and more intense. The two of you laugh loudly at the movie's stupidity when the power suddenly goes out, and that’s how you got into this situation. It’s late at night, the power is still out, and you’re both lying in your bed under four blankets. Despite the layers of blankets, you’re both freezing cold without working heating during the snowstorm. You lie with your backs facing each other and a large space between your bodies while your teeth chatter. You’re trying your hardest to fall asleep until you hear Otoya’s voice.

“Hey,” he pauses. “We’re both freezing; can I move closer?”

“S-Sure.”

He scoots closer and hovers a few inches behind you.

“Can I put my arm around you?”

“Yeah”

You feel him wrapping an arm around you and sighing softly. After lying like this for a while, you both are still shivering, so you speak up. 

“You can move closer if you want.”

He replies by simply starting to spoon you closer and gently burying his nose into your hair. You both feel warmer now that your bodies are practically pressed up against each other and you can feel his warm breath on the back of your head and neck. Being so close to him makes you flustered, so you’re thankful that you’re facing away from him and he can’t see the growing blush on your face. There’s a warm, bubbling feeling in your stomach and you can feel your heartbeat quickening. Otoya is about to finally fall asleep when you suddenly feel courageous. 

“Eita?” You say softly and he hopes you don’t notice his heart start racing when he hears you call him by his given name.

“Mhm?”

“I-I like you.” You hear a frustrated groan and feel him pull away slightly in response to your confession.

“Damnit, don’t tell me that.” Even though you feel like your heart is breaking, you don’t want to lose your friendship with Otoya, so you take a deep breath and try to be mature. 

“I understand that you don’t feel the same way, but I’d like to remain friends if-”

“That’s not why I said that,” he cuts you off before you can finish and sighs. 

“I like you too, a lot actually; I’m just… I’m a shitty boyfriend, okay? I would’ve asked you out already but every time things get official everything just gets boring. I don’t want to finally start dating and have it get boring. I don’t want to stop liking you, and I especially don’t want to end up hurting you out of habit.” You’re not sure how to reply to his confession, and this is the first time you’ve been made aware of his womanizer past.

“Oh… I didn’t really expect you to say any of that.”

“I know… I’m sorry. I don’t want to hurt you.” You take a deep breath then speak again.

“Look, we both like each other a lot, right? And neither of us wants the other to get hurt, so why don’t we just take things slow? We can just hang out like normal and see where it leads.”

“I want to be with you, but I don’t know how to be a good partner. If I do get bored then I’ll probably just cheat on you…”

“C-Can you just promise me something? If you get bored or you feel interested in someone else can you just tell me as soon as possible? It’ll still hurt but it’ll hurt less.”

“I promise. I promise I’ll tell you right away if it’ll hurt less.” You sigh.

“Thank you. So we’re just taking things slow, right? We’re not officially dating, but we both know we’re interested in each other and we aren’t talking with anybody else.”

“Right, right. We’ll just see where things go, but we won’t be flirting with anyone else, and I’ll tell you if I feel interested in anyone else.” He moves closer to you again and goes back to spooning you.

“Good, I’m looking forward to seeing where things go.”

“Me too. I really hope this actually works out for once. I meant it when I said I really like you; I don’t normally feel this strongly about my girlfriends… Sorry, that sounded reassuring in my head but it probably just made me sound even worse.” *You chuckle.*

“It’s alright; it’ll definitely help if you’re honest, even if it’s you telling me you didn’t really care about any of your exes.” He laughs too.

“Alright then, I’ll be honest. Are you warm enough?” You blush when he asks if you’re comfortable.

“Yeah, it’s a lot warmer when we’re this close.”

“Good…  sleep well tonight.”

“You too.”

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