#damn this took me FOREVER

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“You know a lot of big words.” — Determining Shigeo’s Kanji Literacy

An analysis in four parts:

Jouyou kanji and Japan’s compulsory education system, explained.

An introduction to the analysis—what I did and why I did it.

A presentation of data, evidence, and counterarguments.

The truth revealed: can Shigeo write a reasonable amount of kanji for his age group?

Jouyou kanji and Japan’s compulsory education system, explained

Let us begin this analysis by establishing a basic understanding of how Japan’s education system is structured.

As you may already know, only elementary school and middle school are compulsory in Japan, meaning that high school and college are completely optional. Therefore, compulsory education in Japan consists of grades 1-9, with grades 1-6 being 小学校 (primary school) and grades 7-9 being 中学校 (middle school).

The term 「常用漢字」(jouyou kanji, “Daily-Use Kanji”) refers to a list of 2136 kanji that the Japanese Ministry of Education requires be taught throughout education grades in Japan due to their importance and frequency of use in Japanese daily life. Knowing all 2136 is defined by the Japanese government as the baseline for basic, functional literacy in Japanese. The jouyou kanji list is further divided into two sub-categories: 「教育漢字」(kyouiku kanji, “Education Kanji”) and 「中学・高校漢字」(chuugaku • koukou kanji, “Secondary School Kanji”).

教育漢字 (kyouiku kanji, “Education Kanji”) (A.K.A. 学年別漢字配当表 [gakunenbetsu kanji haitouhyou, “list of kanji by school year”]) is the Japanese term for the 1006 kanji that are taught over the 6 years of primary school in Japan, grouped into different grade levels by difficulty and complexity.

「中学・高校漢字」(chuugaku • koukou kanji, “Secondary School Kanji”) is the term for the 1130 kanji that students are expected to learn throughout middle school and high school. This list of kanji is not strictly divided by grade level, though a general grade level is often provided, because students in secondary school—whether it be middle or high—are expected to learn kanji more independently. Though the responsibility of learning these kanji is shifted from the classroom to the individual, the importance of knowing these kanji by the end of one’s education, if that be middle school or high school, cannot be overstated. Once again, these 2136 kanji are considered the basics of Japanese kanji fluency.

According to the “Kanji Frequency Number Survey/漢字頻度数調査” conducted by the National Cultural Affairs Division in 2000, in 385 books published by a major publishing company, 8474 different kanji were used (not including duplicates). However, speakers are able to understand 99% of them if they know the top 2457 kanji, and 99.9% of them if they know the top 4208 kanji. And as is true for speakers of every other language, people can generally read more words than they can write.

I determined the “grade level” of each kanji in this analysis according to the grade level provided in my Japanese-English dictionaries, but consideration will be made for Secondary School Kanji due to the lack of official grade divisions and the less organized circumstances involved with learning them.

An introduction to the analysis—what I did and why I did it

In this analysis, I focused specifically on Shigeo’s ability to write kanji, not to read them. This is most obviously because it’s much harder to determine whether or not someone can actually read something, especially in anime, without it being explicitly mentioned. However, it is also because the meaning of kanji can be inferred from knowing the meaning of radicals, and as mentioned above, it is common for people to be able to read more words than they can write. The true mark of knowing a kanji is being able to write it.

To determine Shigeo’s kanji-writing ability, I studied screenshots from a few scenes from the anime, specifically a couple of scenes from the Reigen OVA where Shigeo is writing a LOT, and a couple scenes from the regular anime where Shigeo is explicitly seen writing stuff down and the audience is shown the writing.

The data has been organized into two different excel charts—one for kanji he uses correctly, and one for kanji he doesn’t know or messes up. The kanji in each of these charts have been color-coded and organized by grade level, with readings, translations, and explanations provided. There is only one kanji in the entire analysis that is not considered a part of the jouyou kanji, and this kanji has been marked by “N/A” in the grade level section.

I will provide each chart alongside a percentage likelihood that Mob will know any given kanji from each grade level based on the information gathered from the anime. Please note that the sample size is obviously limited, but I’m working with what I have. If there is a kanji with some sort of detail worth consideration, I’ve marked it with a (**) in the chart and will explain below.

Lastly, I included kanji used in names in the chart here after some deliberation. Name kanji are tricky in general, because multiple kanji share the same pronunciation and people usually don’t know what kanji are used in someone’s name unless they are shown by that person (unless it’s some crazy common name like 高田 or 森 or 田中).

A presentation of data, evidence, and counterarguments.

Shigeo’s known kanji:

Shigeo’s unknown kanji:

IMPORTANT NOTE: There are one or two instances of Shigeo NOT using a kanji at all that I’ve decided not to include on the chart. This is because it is common for Japanese speakers to omit kanji for super common verbs and write them in kana instead, either for personal style reasons or for convenience. Since the verbs are so fundamental and commonly-used, it’s unlikely that they will be misunderstood or mistaken for another word if written in kana. So, if Shigeo wrote the verb for “to read” or “to eat” without using kanji, I didn’t include it, as I highly highly highly doubt he doesn’t know those kanji and I felt like it would unfairly skew the results against him.

米** = I don’t blame Shigeo for not knowing this kanji. It’s fair to assume that Mob might not have seen Mezato’s name written out and therefore wouldn’t know which kanji to use. On TOP of that, “me” for 米 is a special nanori (used for names only) reading and is super obscure and uncommon. I couldn’t even find it in my name dictionary by searching “Mezato”, I had to find her name written in kanji in S1E3 and go from there. I wouldn’t expect this kanji to be in anyone’s top ten possible kanji guesses for the “me” in “mezato”. I included it because rules are rules, but wanted to mention this to make it fairer on the boy.

世** = I want to make it known that Shigeo does successfully write this kanji in the image shown here, when he writes 「世紀」(century):

HOWEVER. However. He messed it up SO BAD before that I think it actually overpowers him using it correctly and brings it back around to a “not properly known” kanji, especially because it’s a kanji taught in second grade that he shouldn’t be messing up at all:

The subtitles intersect it but I’ve rewritten what Shigeo wrote there at the bottom. He tried to write 「世の中には」”In the world…”, but tried to write the kanji, messed up, crossed it out, and then rewrote it in kana. Didn’t even try to write it a second time. This is egregious and, in my juror’s power, cancels out his later usage. This would be like misspelling “world” in English. I’m willing to entertain arguments that he just wanted to write it in kana for some reason, but as it is now, I don’t think that excuse is compelling enough against such damning evidence, so in “missed kanji” it goes. (It’s partly cut off but what gets me is that it doesn’t even look wrong in the first place lol but if he crossed it out, it means he didn’t know it well enough, which allowed him to doubt, which is still damning enough.)

造** = Just like above, Shigeo actually does successfully use this kanji once in the show when he’s filling out his paperwork for the Body Improvement Club in S1E2 (forgive my awful kanji, it’s hard to draw on the phone lol): 

However, that was not only on an official school document, it was also in the presence of a student council member and Saruta (#2 in the grade lol) so I have to assume he either asked someone for help or got corrected. Either way, the instance where he doesn’t use the kanji is when he’s in his bedroom alone, writing in his personal notebook—a much more casual environment, and one that takes place AFTER s1e2 (can’t argue he learned it):

This leads me to believe that Shigeo does not naturally know the kanji, as he can’t reproduce it in casual day-to-day or when alone.

焉** = This kanji is not only not included in the jouyou kanji, but it is also used in an obscure word. In fact, it took me a minute to locate it in my Japanese-English dictionary app. It is absolutely not reasonable to expect Shigeo to know this kanji off the top of his head, and he probably wouldn’t know it even if he were a kanji ace. It is included and working against him, however, because the kanji he initially tried to write in its place was 「円」, a.k.a. the kanji for YEN/¥:

Sure, 「えん」is a reading for「円」, that part makes sense. But 「終焉」means “the finals years in one’s life”, so I’m really struggling to understand why Mob would think the yen money kanji would be a part of that word and why he would try to write it with that kanji instead of just writing it in kana first, like the majority of the kanji he didn’t know. It’s truly an enigma to me. I’m bewildered he even tried that, and for that, I’m holding it against him.

BASIC STATS:

GRADE 1 KANJI:

- Total known: 17

- Total unknown: 0

- Grand total: 17

- Shigeo knows: 17 out of 17

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 1 kanji: 100%

GRADE 2 KANJI:

- Total known: 16

- Total unknown: 3

- Grand total: 19

- Shigeo knows: 16 out of 19

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 2 kanji: 84.2%

GRADE 3 KANJI:

- Total known: 13

- Total unknown: 6

- Grand total: 19

- Shigeo knows: 13 out of 19

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 3 kanji: 68.4%

GRADE 4 KANJI:

- Total known: 11

- Total unknown: 0

- Grand total: 11

- Shigeo knows: 11 out of 11

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 4 kanji: 100%

(Baby apparently had a great year in fourth grade.)

GRADE 5 KANJI:

- Total known: 3

- Total unknown: 4

- Grand total: 7

- Shigeo knows: 3 out of 7

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 5 kanji: 43.9%

GRADE 6 KANJI:

- Total known: 0

- Total unknown: 2

- Grand total: 2

- Shigeo knows: 0 out of 2

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 6 kanji: 0%

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GRADE 7 KANJI:

(No known or unknown 7th grade kanji found)

GRADE 8 KANJI

- Total known: 5

- Total unknown: 6

- Grand total: 11

- Shigeo knows: 5 out of 11

- Percentage likelihood of Shigeo knowing a grade 8 kanji: 45.5%

^ To Shigeo’s credit, this isn’t bad at all considering he’s only halfway through his eight grade year at this point in the story.

% OF JOUYOU KANJI SHIGEO KNOWS:

% known from observed data:

65/86

75.6%

# of jouyou kanji: 2136

75.6% of 2136 = 1615 jouyou kanji

Here’s a graph for your visualizing pleasure:

Finally:

(All values are rounded up)

There are 1006 kyouiku kanji. There are 1130 secondary school kanji. Because high school in Japan is not compulsory, we’ll assume that the secondary kanji are to be learned over the three years of middle school. That means about 377 words per middle school grade. If Shigeo is halfway through eighth grade, let’s say he should generally know 1006 + 377 + (377/2) kanji, which comes out to 1,572.

There are 80 kyouiku kanji assigned to first grade, which Shigeo should know 100% of—80 total.

There are 160 kyouiku kanji assigned to second grade, which Shigeo should know 84.2% of—135 total.

There are 200 kanji assigned to third grade, which Shigeo should know 68.4% of—137 total.

There are 200 kanji assigned to fourth grade, which Shigeo should know 100% of—200 total.

There are 185 kanji assigned to fifth grade, which Shigeo should know 43.9% of—81 total.

There are 181 kanji assigned to sixth grade, which Shigeo should know… 0% of…. 0 total.

This all totals out to:

80 + 135 + 137 + 200 + 81 + 0 = 633/1006 elementary school-level kanji. That’s 63% of the kanji required for elementary school.

(Didn’t include a calculation for middle school kanji due to having 0 data on seventh-grade kanji and also him being halfway through eighth.)

The truth revealed: can Shigeo write a reasonable amount of kanji for his age group?

Uh… no. Maybe? Well… probably not, no.

I mean, of course there are flaws with my methods. I had a super small sample group and applied the stats there to all of the jouyou kanji, which is almost guaranteed to be lower than reality. I just didn’t really have another choice. Also, I’m very certain that Shigeo MUST know some 6th grade kanji, even if in the results here I considered the probability to be 0%. That’s assuredly not accurate. There were just, by chance, only two instances of sixth-grade kanji in all of the sample writing and he happened not to know either of them. This is just for fun, anyway. I can say with confidence, though, that he certainly isn’t a writer, and he definitely knows less kanji than the average eighth grader, but I wouldn’t take my numbers for anything more than entertainment.

But yeah. Shigeo is…. a little kanji-impaired. Which explains why he struggled with Emi’s writing and is only ever seen reading Shounen Jump volumes lmao. I believe in him though. He makes it work. My illiterate king. Who needs the other half of your elementary sight-words anyway?

All jokes aside though, he really started to scare me with the 世 and 円 things 😭😭😭😭😭

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The divorce of the White Raven was the chronicle of a foretold death

Now that the White Raven divorce officially begins tomorrow. I wanted to do a little review of why I've been looking forward to this moment for over 40 chapters and the delicious drama to come. 

The chapters of Annabel and Lenore talking in the greenhouse are wonderful for many reasons, but mainly because they lay the groundwork for what the conflicts in their relationship will be from now on, simply put: these two just aren't on the same page. 

Annabel wants to save them both, Lenore wants to save everyone.

Annabel calls Lenore "my favorite," "my darling," and "my petal"; Lenore understands "my companion animal" (and Annabel doesn't bother to clarify). 

Lenore says they are friends; Annabel clearly knows they were a couple.

Annabel tries to kiss her goodbye on the lips; Lenore kisses her hand. 

As the comic progresses -and especially with the last chapter released by the Freepass- the more fundamental root of this problem becomes more apparent: the White Raven don't really know each other, they think they do and, incidentally, insist on not listening to each other.

The Annabel Lenore Knows

The "disappointment rooms" are a Victorian myth (I say "myth" because there is no evidence that they were a widespread practice, although there are cases like Blanche Monnier's, they did not seem to be particularly common. But they exist in this comic, so they will be treated as real in this essay) were isolated rooms where a family member with a mental illness or physical deformity was kept isolated from the world, making him or her an outcast. 

We don't know the real reasons why Annabel wanted to get close to Lenore (this scene make it clear that it was of her own free will, something Lenore knows), but anyway, this was extremely strange at the time, the kind of thing that could severely damage someone's reputation if it became public.

In other words, for Lenore, Annabel not only pulled her out of the spiral of madness she was in, made her feel alive again, and treated her like a person (something that hadn't happened since Theo's death); she also put her reputation on the line to get closer to "the crazy woman in the attic". 

Add to that the fact that Annabel, like Lenore, is someone with an extremely protective personality, albeit in a much more subtle way: containing Lenore's outbursts by trying to distract her, complimenting her when she doubts herself, trying to give her a sense of purpose by asking her to write her a song, and automatically containing her own panic attack when she sees Lenore's horrified expression. 

To Lenore, Annabel is someone who would rather destroy something that makes her happy and be hated than let Lenore suffer for her absence.

This is a gigantic contrast to the Annabel readers know, yes, the basics are there: she is seen to genuinely care about Prospero, and gratuitous violence against someone who cannot defend himself infuriates her. But Lenore does not dimension how Annabel's methods of survival (shaped by her trauma of not being heard, reasons why she machines her way through people) make her a Machiavellian, manipulative and cold-blooded person. 

The last time Lenore saw Annabel in a situation where she could do nothing, she saw her give up. But readers know that this time, Annabel is willing to burn absolutely everything down to get them both out of it.

That is why the Duke affair takes her by surprise. Never mind that Annabel has said she's willing to destroy or trample anyone to get out of Nevermore. The Annabel Lenore knows would not be capable of that.

The Lenore Annabel knows

This part is more difficult to analyze, because unfortunately Annabel's memories are tied to big mysteries within the plot. On the plus side, this comic is excellent at dropping large amounts of information at the point of detail. 

The most obvious: Annabel is carrying around the ring Lenore had when she burned down her house, in other words, "Leo's" charade worked so well that the two of them got engaged. In other words: Annabel has seen this woman burn down a family home (perhaps with servants inside), fake her own death, steal, take a continental trip, change her identity and pose as a man, all to save her from an arranged marriage. 

A very "you and me against the world" situation. A scenario Lenore made possible by lying to basically everyone, even Annabel herself, who must have spent at least a few months believing Lenore was dead until "Leo" knocked on her door. 

Add to that these two scenes: in the first, Annabel seems pretty convinced that Lenore has a good idea of what's going on here...

And in this one, Annabel thinks Lenore is doing this out of guilt.

Again, this is a huge contrast to the Lenore we readers have seen throughout the comic: a person who desperately wants to show others the affection and security that no one (except Theo and Annabel) has given her. A mix of a naturally vivacious and caring personality with traumas from which her need for control stems from anxiety and a terrible fear of abandonment. 

In this light, Annabel putting Duke in danger to keep Montressor away from Lenore was something that was informed, known, and something that Lenore would agree with, because the Lenore she knows would be willing to sacrifice anything to achieve her goal. 

In that sense, that scene is foreshadowing. Not only did Lenore trick her into using a memory that Annabel does not have, but it comes right after Annabel confidently says that "no one knows Lenore better than she does.

The masks

One of the most painful tragedies of the White Raven relationship (besides the fact that it ended with both of them dead) is that one of the two has had to wear a mask on both sides of it: Annabel pretending that this relationship isn't as deeply ingrained in her as it really is, and then Lenore doing the whole "Leo" thing to be "the perfect fiancé" in everyone else's eyes.

Their divorce is imminent because both of them (especially Annabel) are projecting onto the other the expectations they have that are a product of the few memories they have been able to recover, rather than really looking at the person in front of them. 

I'm going to enjoy all the beautiful character development that comes from here on out, because they both have a lot of unpacking to do separately from this divorce arc. And, I hope that, when they can finally reconcile, we also get to see how, for the first time in the history of their relationship, Annabel and Lenore can actually see eye to eye.

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hello!!! i really like ur sub characters they make me giggle ngl cause like awww <3 if it’s okay can I request a Zhongli x reader where during the night he lets his half dragon form out while he rests, so he has his horns and tail out but still looks human (I think that is his morax form) however the reader doesn’t know about him being a dragon so one night as he has his form out, she is having a wet dream and poor Li’ has to grit his teeth and try not to whimper and buck his hips up as she grinds and humps his tail :(( poor baby is getting all the stimulation but not enough at this same time :(( Eventually he’ll come and twitch while slapping a hand over his mouth to stop his whining as his beloved continues to grind all over his tail, rubbing its most sensitive parts and he just has to endure the overstimulation. (Have a good day!)

zhongli//restless night//f!reader//18+

contents: half dragon! zhongli, f!reader, somno, accidental voyerism, shit anon you got me good T T

notes: AAAAAH i'm so late, sorry this took forever, there was a whole lot going on in my life but i’m still so happy you sent this spicy prompt to me, it was so much fun to write💕

it was a time of rest. a time when he allowed himself to relax just enough that he wouldn’t have to keep up the appearance of a human anymore.

the long amber horns were allowed to sprout from his temples, while his long tail resembling that color of oudh wood was permitted to spread itself across the fine sheets that wangshu inn provided.

and yet, now you have spread yourself across him. . .

this certainly wasn’t the plan, but can anything ever go accordingly when it comes to you?

zhongli wasn't expecting to be in such a vulnerable position with you. he was typically vigilant about hiding his dragon-like form, dismissing himself from your company to his own room for the night before unwinding.

but tonight, wangshu inn was fully booked except for one solitary room.

with only one bed.

you fussed about the arrangement, but zhongli merely chuckled, assuring you that as long as you were comfortable, he did not mind the prospect of sharing.

so the two of you shared this bed together. zhongli had thought absolutely nothing of it. he'll just retain his human form all night.

well, that was the plan, until he felt your weight dip the other side of the mattress, settling so comfortably against his form as you quickly dozed off. he could smell the sweet scent of your perfume, feel the soft cotton of your nightgown against him. it was just so. . .cozy. warm and safe

soon enough, zhongli could feel his human form slipping, sprouting those more dragon-like traits without him noticing.

well. . .then he'll just wake up before your pretty eyes even think to flutter open. zhongli will change back and you'll never be the wiser to this altered state he finds himself in now.

yes, a fine plan.

(and one that would let him indulge in the warmth and comfort of you as he dozed off)

but of course, that's when you saw fit to strike upon him.

it is had all started so innocently. just you clinging to him, snuggled up so cutely even as he faced away from you. you had been positioned against him, cradling his back as you spooned his resting form. his great tail was in between those soft thighs, but zhongli had decent enough self-control to ignore it.

that’s when he first felt the thrust of your hips.

he was on the cusp of waking and asleep until the sudden motion enticed him away from the edge.

he thought nothing much of it. just the shifting of your body to a more comfortable position. he was settling in to his pillow once again when he felt the rock of hips against his tail again.

a gasp was caught in his throat, unsure if what happened wasn't just an active imagination on his part. zhongli held his breath, waiting to see if it was just a trick of his mind.

and then there it was again. a long, drawn out stroke of your hips. and this time, the heavenly sigh of your voice to accompany it.

zhongli grit his teeth, listening intently for any sign that you had awoken, but all that graced his ears was your soft snores accompanied by tiny little whimpers escaping you.

unknowingly, in a fit of passion only clear to you in whatever blissful dream your sleeping form had conjured up, you were nonetheless grinding upon zhongli’s ridged tail in what was now becoming a slow, yet steady pace.

“a-ah~ excuse me,” he stuttered, barely able to process the scene enfolding behind him. he stumbled over his words, desperately searching for any way to wake you up without mortifying the two of you. “you seem to be-aah!” zhongli couldn’t contain that little outburst. he gasped at the steady friction you provided.

zhongli couldn’t believe the circumstances. he turned his head, chancing a look back upon your peaceful form.

sure enough you were still soundly asleep, unaware of the lewd situation playing out before you.

it didn’t help that his tail was overly sensitive to stimuli (something left over from more primordial days) and especially that of your wet cunt catching on each prominent bump along his long tail.

“a-ah, wait, that’s. . . nngh!” zhongli tried to protest. he knew the implications this would have if you were to wake up and discover more than just the illicit situation you found yourselves in.

but zhongli had desired you for so long. thought about just what noises you would make in circumstances like this long before he found himself here tonight. and now it was all coming true. right in his ear.

and right against him. . .

fuck. your needy pussy humping his sensitive tail was just too much. the worst part is he could feel just exactly how wet you had gotten using him to get yourself off. he grasps at the waistband of his pants, dragging them down and letting his already weeping cock spring forth from the cotton confines.

it’d shame him to admit just how quickly this little routine had him stiff and aching in his pants. but his self restraint had already eroded to much.

if you were enjoying yourself, perhaps it wouldn’t hurt to indulge himself as well?

zhongli took his cock in hand and began to slowly stroke, focusing on the distinct feeling of you moving against him. he bit his tongue, willing any moans to die on his lips before he dares disturbs your slumber.

it continued like that for archons knows how long. the thrust of your hips, followed by zhongli silencing his moans and fisting his cock quicker, all while enduring all those sweet little whimpers escaping you as you chased your own pleasure on his tail.

it was too much. too much stimulation, too many little sounds. the slick of your cunt against him, the wet noise of him fucking his own fist, the knowledge that you were so close, using him to get yourself off while that pretty little head dreamt about all sorts of perverse things.

too much. too much. he’s gonna-!

he comes with a particularly deep grind of your twitching pussy gliding against his now glistening scales. he clasped a trembling hand over his mouth, willing himself quieter as dragon fangs catch against his palm, feeling himself finally come undone. he basks in the sensation of you humping so diligently against his most vulnerable area as he spills his thick load all over himself.

he panted, tremors still finding their way through his body as he lay spent, thighs and stomach covered in his seed.

he gasped, moaning and twitching in the aftermath.

yet you still continued.

fuck. fuck. archons, you weren’t stopping-!

you kept on grinding onto his newly overstimmed tail, letting out those sweet little whimpers, chasing that high while zhongli has to sit and bear this whole lewd scene as he writhed and panted against you.

this was going to be a long night. . .

[koheekyat]

Girlfriend priviliges

Reference:

[gummmy]

Y r rabbits so hard to draw

[lamina-tsrif]

Jschlatt 4?

*schlatt voice* and I would’ve gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids

[fenkko]

cant believe i reached 30 tags in prev post rambling about homestuck i didnt even know there was a limit

[thebottomfromhell]

Headcanons

Reincarnation after courtship. Human male reader, part two [here]

Reincarnation after courtship. Human male reader, part one [Original Ask]

Reincarnation after courtship. Demon male reader, part one [In progress]

Reincarnation after courtship. Demon male reader, part two [In progress]

Sorry for taking this long, I was watching some other draft to erase the ones that I would not be doing in order to favor requests (most are NSFW so they are taking a while, it always take me a while to write, but rest assured I have NOT rejected anything), then I found this one and decided to actually finish it. I really hope you like it and appreciate the patience you have with me. The University is also keeping me a bit busy, so again, sorry.

Warnings: Slightly mentioned cannibalism, Mentioned child abuse, Mostly implied (slightly mentioned) sexual content, Mentioned child neglect, Implied police brutality, Mentioned use of drugs, Mentioned non-detailed injuries. I'M BUILDING THE REINCARNATED WORLD MYSELF.

Gyutaro:

"OONIIIIIIII-CHAAAAAAAAAN!" Yep, you knew that shriek. You were just minding your own business, but hearing Daki scream made you let go of the bags you were carrying from your groceries to run directly at the origin of the voice. As you expected, by the time you were there, she didn't need help anymore. But you managed to find Gyutaro.

He is just beating a guy who was "just being friendly" (yeah, right. That dude is clearly in his twenties and she looks 14, harrasing a minor. But again, with Japan's law's unless we got evidence there was a violent sexual assault, and even then the mf's would side the bastard before the girl, the guy was not doing anything wrong by law) his little sister. When the guards try to hold Gyutaro for excess of violence you come in and lie to cover him up. You tell that the guy tried to kattack Daki Ume, and since it seems he was trying to drag her (towards a clear group of friends who were intimidated by both Gyutaro and the guards, so they escaped), the camara where on our favor. "Thank you for your help there, ne. I almost went to jail because those pricks don't know how to do their job. Ne, call me Gyutaro."

Daki Ume tells you that he changed his name once he was old enough, so legally that's still his name. Gyutaro skipped higher education to start working, now he is on at least 3 jobs, to pay all the bills, since their mother died some years ago. She trusts you a lot faster here, but you did help her big bro to not get in trouble for protect her, so maybe it's just matter that you made a good image. She even offers you her phone and her brothers (forget that, she just found you handsome and with a nice character, but again, the last one is because you helped.)

You end up helping by babysitting Ume while her brother is working (she thinks you are visiting, doesn't know that Gyutaro asked you to keep an eye for her since you see her so much). You also end up bringing gifts for both, and while this time you can't base your gifts in the ones Gyutaro likes (or at least here you don't feel so confident that he would like to hear he looks like a mantis after getting a dead one), Ume helps you. She is a lot kinder than Daki, but this is just a girl, Daki was both the head and shadow of a prostitution district (still clearly a kid from her behavior, but a powerful one and that is always a dangerous mix). Still, is weird to have her asking if you like her brother only for her to start shipping you both together.

"You've been helping us a lot, ne... even getting stuff and food for us. Ne, thank you for that." He is still a bit insecure, but at the same time proud, of his appereance. It seems his mother used to beat and starve him, since he was an accident and because of health issues she could not abort him. That is why he was born ill-looking, but you don't really care about that. Gyutaro has always been the one to confuse sympathy and empathy with pity, so you don't express none of those when he tells you this. "Wow, your mom had problems, didn't she? Did those health issues include something mental or she was just a yes the asshole?" He laughs at the reddit reference "You are so dumb, that isn't funny! Ne!" He likes broken humour. He also likes you a lot, he always feel good around you.

None of them suspect anything weird about you. Ume thinks Gyutaro is the one who told you how to treat her, the same the other way around. You know she isn't religious, but her brother is. The thing is that they are also not hard to treat good, most people just don't like them because of Gyutaro's appereance and his sister's attitude, but as long as you are nice to him, Ume will at least tolerate you. On the other hand, this guy you courted in your past life will tolerate almost anything besides going for his little sister. Esverything and nothing is different at the same time. The routine is different, the needs, the situation, but their character is the same.

Daki has always been Gyutaro's light, that hasn't changed. You know that you'll be forever second to her, and that they both come in a package. You can't be Gyutaro's special someone without having to win Ume first and the other way around. You soon start living at their apartment and taking a part-time job to help out. Still as friends, but you know he needs to get used to the idea that you want to be with him before you ask.

Your first day as boyfriends, after two years of living with them, started like this. "Hi Y/N! Are you making breakfast? Is onii-chan still sleeping?" You smirk at her so she pauses and runs towards her brother's room not without screaming "You pervert!" You both got drunk and started to make out in his room the night before that, besides some kissing and touching you, you just slept that night. Togethers... in the same bed. You remember asking him to be your boyfriend and he accepted. After that the relationship goes smoothtly, to the point you feel confident about telling him about your past life. Maybe too confident, because you the environment is so chill that you tell him everything on one afternnon you are just pretending to be dead on the floor while Ume is studying with a group of friends and staying over.

"What the fuck? Nee, what did smoke?.... Ne? Do you still have any left?" At first he thought you were high, crazy or something, but he didn't mind it. Still treated you as always. Slowly he began to actually think about it and, again, he is religious (Shinto), it actually started to make sense. "Holy shit, ne, it tottaly makes! What the fuck?" Not that after the first shock of such a story making sense he cared about it. You were fine with that, the past is the past and you both are building a future. (By the way, you both told Ume and she thinks it's a high dream you shared or something.)

"Nee, Y/N. Would you like to marry me in this life? Ne? Ne?" You don't need to think about it, you can finally marry him! You couldn't in your past life since Daki did not approve and you both didn't want to upset her (and again, she was always first). Now you don't have that problem, on the contrary she wants to help with the wedding. Considering you have a limited budget you make something small and private, a micro-wedding, with at most 10 people each (or in Gyutaro's case Daki and her plus nine or less), but you let Ume choose a cake and help you with the dressing.

It's nothing compared in what it could have been in the Red Light District, where Daki had a generous amount of riches she didn't need and a whole setting dedicated to satisfy men that could pay for it. Still, you would not have changed it for nothing. "I love you Gyutaro." You told him home, you have no money for a Honey moon (you could, but that would mean taking from the savings to get Daki into specialized education, since you are both hesitant she will manage to get into college by her own), but you don't mind it. Just cuddling at night with your finally husband is more than enough. "Love you too, Y/N."

After some few years, once Ume is an adult, Gyutaro starts to study again and manages to form himself into a career. You support him and provide for both as he goes through the higher education. Once he finishes he gets a well-paying job rather fast, you almost envy as it took you a lot more for you to get a position with a similar salary, but he is more talented than he wants to admit. "C'mon, dear Husband. We must celebrate you. Finally life is starting to reward you." You tell Gyutaro once he got his first raise after one year of work. He just shakes his head as he makes eye contact with you. "Ne, I think my first reward has been a little more time, even though he is too dumb enough to realize it. Ne."

You both have a very good life, almost as if it was a compensation for something. Who knows? The important thing is that you're good.

Sekido:

You went to a club with some friends who convinced you to try it, a hand passes over your shoulder when you were deciding wherever to drink or not, as a drunk breath presses against your ear. "Hey, hot-stuff~" Says a familiar voice behind you before he is pulled off you with a hit in the head "FOR FUCKS SAKE, STOP CAUSING TROUBLE KARAKU!" And that is your past husband.

"I'm sorry for my brother's behavior." Sekido apologizes to you after beating Karaku, ready to drag him away. You inmediately offer to help him out, already knowing the green-eyed clon- brothers, they are brothers now. "I don't think he is in a state where he can walk." you answer honestly, and as expected, you end up carrying Karaku in your arms (you were having him in your back at first, but after having him gagging for a while you were afraid he was going to throw up over you and this way makes it easier to do damage control).

Sekido stops you once you arrive to your home "Thanks for the help, sorry for taking your time." He says as he takes his brother on the front door, and you know he isn't sorry. On the opposite, he is glad you took some weight, in this case both metaphorically and literally, off him for a while, and that is something Sekido always loced about you. "No problem, I don't mind doing something like this again if you need some help with him or anything else. Let's exchange contacts so you can call me if you need anything." He rejects you at first, but after you promised to not call him first and told him some specific thing that you could do and knew he would find helpful, Sekido agreed.

To be honest, you didn't expect a call the next morning, saying that he needed someone with their eyes on Karaku as he took Urogi to the hospital, since he fell from a tree and got a contusion. When you get there Aizetsu is the one to open the door. "I need to do some things outside, besides buying groceries. I will take out youngest off you, so you don't have to worry about that." Youngest? "If you do anything to Karaku-nii, you sick pervert, I will roast you and use your skull as a drum! Only I can hit him!" The 12 year old that is using words he probably doesn't even understand. Still, you take care of Karaku (which means you didn't let him get out of the house or drink anything with alcohol) until Sekido came back.

"Thank you again. Maybe I should start paying you and having you here daily." He jokes when you are both alone, but you take it a step further as you grab his wrist gently and make eye contact with him "I wouldn't mind." No asking for dates, no romantic speech, no attemp to make this anything but showing your interest at the same time you show how willing you are to help, to be by his side. Everytime he starts calling you more and more into their house, having you helping around, inviting you lunch or dinner, sometimes even breakfast if he called you in too early. You spend your breaks together and can actually feel Sekido opening up to you.

It's Karaku who makes a move for both of you "Will you become Sekido's boyfriend or what? Because you guys have been almost dancing around each other for around 8 months!" Sekido hit him in the head, hid himself in his room (it's also Karaku's, but who cares?) for around 4 hours (you couls hear him hitting things, hopefully he didn't break anything), came out after you and Aizetsu served dinner and pulled you for both of you to talk alone. "Maybe... just this once, urgh! I can't believe what I'm going to say. We should listen to Karaku, ok?" He pinches the bridge of his nose as he says the last part, evading look at you and partially hidding his face. You have to hold up a chuckle, you can tell he is actually being shy "Yeah, I would like that." You actually buy Karaku one of those body oils he loves but miracously uses to thank him.

It's good, not exactly smootly, but it wasn't like that in your past life. Sekido is too angry for that, more often than not you have to tolerate some insults and help him when he loses his temper, but besides that, it's nice. You go out together, have fun, work, and make sure the other is alright. You are still working and going to his house, but more often than not Karaku leaves to "friend's" house to give you some privacy and you get to sleep together. No more than sleeping, though, for Karaku's dissapointment. "I would rather wait for that. I want to take things with calm."

Sekido is religious, a buddist, he even owns a Khakkara and takes care of it, just like when he was a demon (except taking care of it, he didn't have to. He could always have another one from his palm) so you know that you won't be called crazy for believing in reincarnation or demons or even saying that you remember those things. Still, you do want to take things with calm. You rather having Sekido to fully trust you first, specially since you know he will be angry.

And you where right "You knew me before! I knew it was weird how good you were! You knew who I am and took advantage of that knowledge to introduce yourself in my life!" You know he hates the fact that you had all that information (and to think you were not that specific) and he didn't, so you are not surprised when you are thrown out of the house and blocked. And again, is Karaku the one who makes something about it (you owe that man a lot, thankfully is doesn't ask for anything in return), he arranges a "blind date", you both knew he was setting you up together, but it was an excuse. It was a bit weird tl see Sekido again after 2 months, but you are glad.

"Are you still angry?" You ask him, already knowing the answer, but wanting to give Sekido de chance to communicate what he is feeling. "Yes... it's just so infuriating. The fact that you knew everything... and I knew nothing." At least he is being civil, but that might also be because we are in public. Karaku set us in a nice "teahouse" (tea room, actually), one of those traditional places one doesn't want to ruin it's atmosphere. After a while you manage to get enough courage to talk. "I'm sorry." Sekido rubs his face with his palms "It doesn't matter. It's not even your fault that you remember and I don't. Just don't ever hide something like that from me again!"

You end up trying again, this time slower. Just like last time Sekido goes ahead with the marriage, surprising you by telling you he has all the plan ready once he is the one to ask for your hand (at least you get to give your opinion and help out this time), by this time Zohakuten is already out of higher education. You both skipt the Honeymoon to keep an eye on the other brothers, then keep your life as always, all good, making sure to talk things out with Sekido. He seems more relaxed every day that passes, once he moves out to your place. His brothers visit every once in a while and you both also visit to make sure they haven't made anything less than legal yet.

"I love you, Y/N...." he tells you half-sleep one night, "Love you too, Sekido." Yeah... life is good.

Karaku:

You went to a club with some friends who convinced you to try it, a hand passes over your shoulder when you were deciding wherever to drink or not, as a drunk breath presses against your ear. "Hey, hot-stuff~" Says a familiar voice behind you before he is pulled off you with a hit in the head "FOR FUCKS SAKE, STOP CAUSING TROUBLE KARAKU!" And that is your past husband.

"May I get your phone?" You ask Karaku after Sekido apologizes to you, before he can grab your the husband from your past life away. You have no idea if it's because of the alcohol or the beating Sekido gave him, but Karaku actually hands you his cellphone. You share contacts before giving it back to the almost unconcious man. Still, you eschange numbers and send him a text to go out sometime. The next day, early in the morning you recieve a test inviting you to have breakfast in a tea room.

As you expected, he arrives well dressed (not formal, but definetely took time in his looks) and in a hurry, a bit late (big deal since it's Japan, but you don't mind it) but willing to laugh it off. "Heya boy! Thanks for meeting me here! Really hope you let me invite you fully today." He winks as he passes his arm over your shoulder to guide you inside. "Sorry about last night, I promise I am usually way more charming than that. Order whatever you want, as an apology." He smiles, before purring an acted regretful face, pouting "Oh, damn. How inconsiderated of me. The name is Karaku, and yours is?"

The date is nice, Karaku is playful and just a bit more than friendly, making sure you have a good time. Shows interest, makes attempts to make you laugh (managing in some, failing in others), complimenting, he is showing his best face. You do have to wonder how much of this is fake, because you remember your past husband not being this... this good. The guy was very charming, good at flirting and giving pleasure, but he was genuinely just chasing a good time most of the time. This, especially so soon, it's weird from him.

"You don't have a drug problem, do you? Like... any drug." You ask once in the first day you saw him look for the closest smoking room in his phone. Karaku just laughs as you follow him there after he payed for all of what you had in the tea room (meaning there will be another date after this). "Well, I guess with how drunk you found me last night, it makes sense you are worried the guy you are dating is some kind of addict." He looks relaxed as he answers, checking the number of ciggars he has left. "It was a bet of who can drink more, a bit irresponsible, but that is why I always have Sekido looking after me, in case I do shit like this. Usually I don't drink that much, things are meant to be done sober." (And by the time you realized it, you took up Sekido's job. "Just make sure he doesn't die, if he texts you ignore him and if he calls you then you have 15 minutes to find him.")

Once you reach the smoke room he turns around to give you a kiss in the jaw "If you want to know more you will have to pay the fee. Next time you invite, handsome, so choose a nice place~" he says before getting inside. Dates with Karaku are fun, sliping at times into how he was in his more impulsive way of being, the one you remmeber. "You don't have to put an act for me, I like how messy you can get." The dates become more frequent after that, as he invites you less to different type of places and more to do things you both like a lot.

Now, telling him about your past... it's Karaku, it should be the easier one, but... no matter the years you spent together as husbands they did help you to get a general rule about him, but not to know Karaku almost fully. He is constantly changing, doing a different job (he is a freelancer), having different favorites every time you ask (food, movie, book, you name it, it always change) and he is always trying different things, making it hard to reach his pace.

Karaku can't suspect a thing, so he take it as a random comment when you ask if he is, at least, religious. "Urg, religion? Nah, more of a spiritual guy. Souls and spirits, besides things and activities that like you to their purest form, exist. Everything else is bullshit." It relaxes you a bit, since you are not in a hurry to tell him, to be honest you are not in a hurry for anything. You don't ask Karaku to become your boyfriend, you just keep this dates, a state more similar to the courting of your past lives. Part of you thinks that you should hurry, that unlike then you son't have hundreds of years to let Karaku fall in love with you before becoming his husband (even if that is not what happened), at most you would have around 30 years at most before your youth starts to die. "I want to take things calmly, don't make this a chore or an obligation. Just have a nice time until we can't get tired of it." Something similar to what you wanted your last life.

But similar to your past life, Karaku is not a person of patience. This time it take more, it's not a "if you want to wait 'till marriage lets marry now" that make him step so foward in such a short time but a "We link. Spiritually we are almost bound, went to a kannushi and checked it. And I like you so much already, let's just get marry... if you take me." Is the first the he tells you once you open the door of your home, surpirsing you. "Why this so sudden?" He smiles before telling you the story of how he had a dream (after taking some cuestionable substance, how did he even get this "peyote"? Is it not a plant of North America?) of both of you being married and inmortal.

You let him in, serve him some green tea to help him clean his system as you tell him everything, with details. Karaku just listens interested in everything you say. About onis, the demon king, the slayers, the Kizuki system, the demon blood art he was made of, the courting, your marriage ceremony, your life together, everything you remember you told him, really not knowing how he would react, just knowing he would believe you without reacting badly. "Wow.... just wow. Damn... that is a lot. I really need to process it a bit, I will come back tomorrow for dinner. Kay?" The next day he arrives he brings a paper with a design for expensive rings, having some traits with your demon appereance. "I will pay for them, but I want you to be my husband again. Will ya?" (He told you he is an interpreter, studied a good amount of years in the U.S., made contacts.)

You obviously say yes, and Karaku inmediately starts staying in your home, Urogi having been waiting outside with all his stuff "Congratulations! You make a good couple! We will make sure to visit!" Seems they had all ready. This time, at least, the wedding is not a surprise, so he lets you to do the administrative work as he pays for it before going to relax (he never changes) but you make a nice shinto ceremony with a Honeymoon on the mountains to ski centers.

After that, besides the fact that you live together, is not that different from dating, but you like it. Karaku seems to like it too, so is fine, pleasurable. "Tell me again how I was basically the demon of pleasure, will ya?" Everything is good.

Urogi:

"Are you ok?!" You ask worried to the guy who just fell from around 9 feet high tree at the Hama Rikyu Garden Loops, as you were doing a bird watching trail. You remember your husband having talons and wings, so you have been nothing but a bird lover in this life. When you get closer to see this young man, who clearly has a contusion, you recognize those giggles. "Hey, you are quadruplets too! Nice to meet you all!" It's Urogi, who just fell, and not for you, from a damned tree. It's good to see he is still as an animal as always.

You obviously took him to the clinic, after helping him sit down and gave him some water. Since Urogi had problems to explain what happened due to the hit, distracted by the siptoms and looking a bit tired, you were ask to tell what you saw, only to ne interrupted by a loud "WHERE IS THAT BITCH?!" Is that Sekido? Now that you recall, Urogi did mention quadruplets, so it should mean the others are here too.

After calming down the angry clone guy, he thanked you for bringing Urogi here, and after the doctors checked him out, saying he needed mostly to rest and be careful the with the bruises (is he actually still a demon? How is Urogi even alive? Thankfully he didn't hit his back or head) Sekido takes his brother home. Only after that you realize you didn't ask for his number... damn it! Still, you keep doing bird watching trails, hoping to find him again, and that this meeting doesn't include taking anyone to the doctor.

In one of those trails you answer a call from an unknown number "Hey, you are the one who helped Urogi, the dumbass that fell from a tree in the Hama Rikyu Garden, right?" Karaku? You answer that yes as he keeps talking "See Aizetsu? I told you to trust more in your skills, go to U.S. with me next year and you will get into the CIA or FBI. Now, Urogi has been wanting to see you again, but he doesn't have the bedt memory and didn't know your name, so his brothers here want to make a surprise!" Long story short, Karaku sets you both into a Ramen Restaurant, one with food ticket system.

"Hey man! Um, sorry, what was your name?" You chuckle before presenting yourself "Don't worry, I didn't get to tell you my name last time, I'm Y/N. How are you from that fall last time?" He seems fine, if it wasn't because those don't exist anymore, you could have sworn he is still a Kizuki. Urogi has not lost that wild glow in his eyes, and definetely has adquiered any eating manners, that one you see even while eating ramen. How can you show little manners while eating ramen of all dishes? Let Urogi do the demonstration (but it's not as bad as you remember, still, this is probably the reason Karaku chose this place for you.)

Also Urogi is as joyful as ever, laughing even at the worst joke you could tell, talk for hours if he is interested in something, run around full speed uncaring if he crashes against something. He also seems to love birds and heights, the second one more than the first one, so more often than not he takes you to trekking and hiking every once in a while. Also he still eats almost thrice as you (taking in account you don't eat little) besides bringing snacks everywhere. He is just Urogi.

"I'm agnostic, but I feel a stronger link with spirituality and nature. Why do you ask?" He asks before putting 5 pieces of yakiniku in his mouth at once, one different sauce in between each strip of meat joined together that show different colors falling from the side of his mouth. "What would you think if I told you you were a bird demon that ate human flesh and part of the fourth strongest one after the lord? That and that I was your demon husband in your past life." You say before also taking some meat into your mouth. There is a second of silence before Urogi laughs it off "Good one!" He said.

That that you recieve a call from Urogi at 3AM or so, you answer still half-asleep and you could have sworn he somehow manage to get back his sonic scream the second you hear his voice "-OLY SHIT! IT TOTALLY MAKES SENSE NOW! THAT IS WHY I ACT LIKE AN ANIMAL, IS IT NOT?! AND WE ARE MARRIED?! CAN DEMONS GET MA-" You can hear how he is interrupted by some noises of hits (with paper and pillows) and struggles as Urogi complains without being anything said understandable before the call cuts... Sekido must have gotten tired of his shouting. [Truth be told, this was Aizetsu, they share room.]

"Y/N! Y/N! HUBBY!" He screams as he runs towards you as you meet outside your house, some bruises in the side of his face but nothing beyond that "Wha- "Hubby"?" You question just before he crushes into you as he didn't stop nor slow down, making you hit your back with the wall. As you groan in pain, Urogi takes your shoulder and cut the distance between your faces. "We need to get married again!" What? Just like that? You two are not even boyfriends. Does he remember your past together or something that he suddenly wants to marry?

"Nope, don't remember a thing. But I trust you wouldn't lie to me, and it really makes sense! And I think I love you already, so... yeah, I want to experience marrying you again." You also want to marry him again, even if it's worrisome how fast he made that choice. But that's just Urogi, maybe that is why everything you said just fixes into what he believes. You obviously go and inform his family about the choice, since Urogi didn't even tell them he was seeing you today, and everyone but Zohakuten agree to let you both be, but Aizetsu and Sekido take him away.

Karaku is the one to help the most with the expenses of the wedding, and he is also the one Urogi told about the past life. Totally believed, but it didn't surprise you. "Just make sure the other don't know or they will think you drugged Urogi for him to marry you, specially Zohakuten. That boy is a menace, thank that Aizetsu is the one taking care of him." But it was not that expensive, something small outside the city and stay there for the rest of the month as Honeymoon. After that, Aizetsu and Zohakuten moved Urogi's things to your place "I will be watching you, don't forget." ....

It's very messy to live with Urogi, but you have fun. "I love you, Baby Bird." So everything is ok. "Baby Bird? Ohhh, is that what you used to call me? That is so cute! Call me that again!" Everything is just as always.

Aizetsu:

You see a familiar looking kid holding a dragon plushie, clearly lost, in the middle of the store. The child around 12 is glaring at the floor, staying still, so you decide to see if you can help, mostly because, again, he looks familiar. "Hey, kiddo. Are you ok?" "Get lost, you disgusting freak!" Oh, it's Zohakuten! Yeah, you barely met him at all, he was the last resort in the worst case scenario, so you only ever saw him like 5 times at most. He was very protective of the rest of Hantengu, and so he rejected you when you knew you were with "Zouhakuten! There you are!" Aizetsu! He comes running towards you and Zohakuten, clearly relieved of found him safe and sound after losing him at the store.

"Aizetsu-nii! This old man tried to kidnap me!" .... Ok, first things first, you're not old, just over 18, but he still in a age where adult means old, so you will let it slide this time (specially since Aizetsu is watching). Fortunately, your past husband is able to read the situation well and apologizes to you. You try to take advantage and make a chit chat, you manage to have something with the child interrupting every once in a while, but you end up buying your groceries together.

"You are very nice, thank you for joining us. I'm sorry for Zohakuten, it makes me so sad you had to tolerate so many insults from his part." There, a chance! "Maybe you could pay me back by giving me your number, please? I would love to know you better, go out and stuff." You smile kindly at him, just like he liked in the past. Aizetsu blushes a bit, getting a little shy he looks at the floor smiling softly. He crys out when a can he just buyed is thrown to your head. "So because you couldn't kidnap me you want to kidnap Aizetsu-nii?! I won't let you!" And thankfully Zohakuten will not be there from now on.

He is still very quiet and easy-going, you take him into a walk in the park and buy him a dessert, nothing goes wrong. Everything is calm and comfortable, he smiles softly for every small detail you make as offering your hand when it's becoming dark and offering to walk him to his home. And you manage to get even more dates, from what you are told, it seems Urogi and Karaku urge him into doing so since he doesn't go out or socialize a lot. "Sometimes thoy even follow us in our dates, I'm not sure if you noticed that." You only ever did when Sekido came to scold them, berating them loudly in public, but you always pretended they weren't there.

To be honest, besides Zohakuten, you don't even have problems with the other clones brothers, now they are brothers, you remind yourself. Even Sekido seems ok with you, so you can only hope the kid will move on from his hatred towards you once he grows up. So it's preferable to wait until then if you want to get married, because the boy is insistent. You can't step into the Hantengu's house if there is only Zohakuten there without turning your stay into the movies of Home Alone. Still, it doesn't take you more than 7 dates for you and Aizetsu to become boyfriends, surprisingly being him the one who asked. "I really enjoy being with you, and even if it would be sad, I would like you to be my boyfriend." Of course you said yes.

He is slightly suspicious of the fact you already know what type of gifts he likes and how is easy for you to guess what foods he likes (soft foods, nothing too savory) but he decides to not mind it. Truth be told, he aleady checked your phone and house when he came over without you noticing "May I use the toilet?" And "Can I borrow a jacket? I left mine at home and it's starting the get cold outside. Let me see what you have in the closet." And "Can I order for myself? Just hand me your phone some minutes. Sorry if I takes me a while to choose." And "My battery is dead, may I text Sekido with your phone as mine charges to tell him I'm fine? I will log in and out of an app so it comes from me and you don't get in trouble." He knew what he was doing, but he never found hints that you were a stalker or had anything on him. (And don't worry, he is not jealous, he is just making sure you were not with pictures of him he didn't know about and if he appeared in your history search.)

Again, the story you are to tell is not the most believable, and Aizetsu, while is very respectful and admiring toward religious devotion, is not a believer himself. So there is no Shinto or Buddhism backing you up for this one, making you fear he might listen to Zohakuten "warnings" that you are a "-perverted freak who wants to take Aizetsu-nii away!" Seriously, what is wrong with this kid? Even Urogi seems to have upgraded from your last life, and he was the pet of the group. But what is important is that you keep your mouth shut from the reincarnation and demon topics.

He keeps living with his brothers until the marriage proposal, by the time Zohakuten already tolerates you, but wanting more is being too greedy to be realistic (it has already been 5 years since you have met, the kid is freaking seventeen. Why did he grow up? He didn't grow up in the pa- oh right, he was a demon back then. The point is that if he doesn't like you by now he probably never will.). You buy him a ring and made a propousal similar to those in the western movies Aizetsu likes to watch... minus the near-death experiences, but it counts. In a trip to the beach, you kneeled in front of him by the sunset, exposing the ring. "Love, will you marry me?"

Aizetsu actually started crying when he saw the ring, sniffing and rubbing the tears of his face as he began to laugh. You gave him the space and time for him to give an answer, even though you wanted to comfort him (knowing fully well that he was alright, Aizetsu barely cries when feeling sad, and him crying has always been good. It always meant he trusted you.) "Yes. Yes, I will marry you." He says before taking your arms and pulling you up, into a hug. You did it! Now you have to prepare the wedding.

It's a bit more than an average wedding, Sekido and Karaku (you could have sworn he was broke, but he is actually filthy rich but won't tell everyone where he get the money from... He is probably a pornstar) helped the most with the costs, Urogi (he is not broke but damn if he isn't close) and Zohakuten (who was asking every once in a while to Aizetsu "Are you sure this is what you want? You can always change your mind") helped with the preparations, being with your past-future husband through all the process. Then you even have money to have a bit more than two weeks to Europe, you both mostly staying in France and Italy.

Once you came back the Hantengu brothers had alrady moved Aizetsu things into your home. "It was very nice of your brothers to help you. When will they give you back the key?" You ask, since you had already given him a key to your home ".... I had my key during the complete honeymoon...." .... so you changed the locks. Besides that, your lives run smoothly, the brothers visit every once in a while, you both so your best at your job, trust and support each other. And... talking about trust.

"Love?" You call him one night, him being half-asleep as he lieas his head in your shoulder "Mnn?" You take a deep breath before spilling the beans "What would you think if I told you that we married in our past life when we were man-eating demons?" He only takes a breath as he leans closer to you neck to get more comfortable "Go back to sleep, Y/N." You do, then try again the next morning. Aizetsu looks at you unamused before stating once again. "Go back to sleep."

You tried several times but he never believed any of it, but didn't think you were nuts, just that you had a very realistic dream or vision and took it as a signal, since he "knew" you were religious (more like you remember your past life and were a demon, so you know those things exists, but again, Aizetsu doesn't believe it). He tolerates it and tries to dissipate the thoughts about it "Darling, even if I believed it, it wouldn't matter. That was the past, wasn't it? The important thing is the present and future, and having you stuck in that is making me sad." So you stop, but he is right, it doesn't really matter. You have your present and future, and you are not going to waste it.

[goozeghost]

Cute little holiday commission to get this season started right !!! 🙏🙏🙏

[writersmorgue]

I FOUND YOU

WHY TF U DOXXING MY LOCATION LIKE THAT 😭

[reel-fear]

Hey if anyone wants to check out Moving Pictures Redrawn [a fan-made remake of the first chapter of BATIM that Mike n Meatly may have ordered to be taken down? It's unsure at the moment] Guess who downloaded a copy before they did that~

[gornackeaterofworlds]

A soft raph for @avery73 's Stars in Your Eyes

[bakuliwrites]

He's a little uptight, has dad energy, and looks like he could do your taxes. What more could you want in a man?