#i really wanted to use it X3

[tribbles-the-lesbian]

For you ✨❤️pookie❤️✨another work in progressssss~

⬇️original sketch below⬇️

[disposal-blueeee]

from this thing lolz

ty to @cherry-207 for the idea !! XPP

vargas by zarla-s

[l48yr1nth]

guess who's having a pokemon themed party for its...its 19th birthday..!

[juno-infernal]

okay nm i took half an adderall, put on my fluffy black bathrobe, switched the music to goth and new wave bops and now the world is full of beautiful possibility again

[dravidious]

"You know I fantasize a lot about being a cute little pet that gets teased and stuff but is that actually something I want? Would I actually like it if someone got all teasy and cute toward me? I mean, probably not, right? I'd probably just feel weird and consider it rude, because-"

[le-velo-pour-dru]

Hi guys :) Hiiiiiii

I hope you're all having good days <3

[moe-broey]

Got eviscerated in therapy today. By my own hand, no less.

[windfighter]

Just let me help

Kouji was staring at the whiteboard, but he wasn’t listening to the teacher. The notebook he was taking notes in was empty infront of him, except a small knife he had drawn in the corner before the teacher started talking.

Kouichi was staring at Kouji. He was trying to listen to the teacher, but the way Kouji’s eyes seemed fixed on something behind the whiteboard worried him.

Are you okay? he wrote on a small note and put on Kouji’s notebook.

Kouji blinked, looked at the note and looked at the whiteboard again. He grabbed the note and put it in his pocket. Kouichi kept staring at him.

Kouji? he wrote on another note and put on Kouji’s notebook.

Kouji glanced at him, drew a gravestone in the notebook and looked through the whiteboard again. That did not fill Kouichi with confidence. Was Kouji angry at him?

He tried to focus on the teacher again. Wrote some keywords in his notebook, but had no idea what the keywords meant. He’d have to look at Izumi’s notes after class.

Kouji sighed. Kouichi’s focus shifted from the teacher and he stared at Kouji again instead.

He glanced at the clock and looked back to Kouji. Class would end soon, he just had to be patient. He wrote another couple of words in his notebook.

Talk after class? he asked Kouji via another note.

Kouji didn’t even look at it, just grabbed it and put it in his pocket. It was probably for the best, the teacher didn’t allow them to send notes during class. Kouichi glanced at the clock again. 15 minutes left.

-------

”Did I do something?” Kouichi asked when class finally ended and the teacher had left the room.

Kouji blinked. His movements seemed slower than usually and Kouichi clenched his hands. Something was wrong. Kouji turned to looked at Kouichi and tilted his head slightly.

”...what?”

”Did I do something wrong?” Kouichi repeated. ”Are you mad at me?”

Kouji still didn’t seem quite present. He put his elbows on the desk and put his head in his hands. Kouichi moved his chair closer.

”You’re fine”, Kouji muttered through his hands. ”Brain’s an asshole.”

”Oh.”

Kouichi’s shoulders relaxed. He lifted a hand to squeeze Kouji’s shoulder, but reconsidered.

”What’s it doing?”

”Promise you won’t worry.”

Well, that was worrying. Kouichi stared at Kouji. Kouji turned towards Kouichi.

”You’re worrying”, he said.

”Well…” Kouichi gestured at Kouji. ”Hard not to.”

Kouji looked away again.

”...Depression’s getting worse”, he said.

Kouichi could tell it wasn’t what he had been planning to say first, but he didn’t comment on that. He bit his lip and grabbed his pen, just to have something in his hands.

”Anything I can do?”

Kouji took a shaky breath and shook his head. He put his arms on the desk and rested his head against them.

”Doctor says it’s just because I’m a teenager now. Need to get used to it.”

”Your doc is a quack.”

Kouji almost smiled. Kouichi had to take that as a win this time. He sat back in his desk just as the next teacher arrived.

-------

It was the next day. Kouji was smiling and laughing and talking with people. Kouichi watched him. Something about Kouji’s movements felt off, but he couldn’t tell what.

”Is he okay?” Izumi asked and sat down at Kouji’s desk next to Kouichi.

Kouichi jumped in his seat and Izumi laughed. He turned to her, tried not to focus too much on the slight shiver in Kouji’s voice.

”Kouji?”

”He seems… sad?”

Kouichi looked at Kouji again. He was still smiling. According to everything Kouichi knew about how people behaved, Kouji was happy. Kouichi bit his lip and glanced at Izumi.

”...yeah. What made you think so though?”

Izumi tilted her head. Kouichi scratched the back of his.

”I mean, I can tell there’s something off, but I can’t tell what? He acts so happy.”

”Yeah, that’s just it”, Izumi said. ”He’s acting.”

She nudged Kouichi.

”And how are you doing?”

”Worrying a little too much, I think. Had trouble sleeping last night.”

Kouji looked at him, but his smile didn’t reach his eyes. Kouichi tried to smile back and Kouji returned to whatever conversation he was participating in.

”There’s just something final about how he’s acting”, Izumi said.

Kouichi’s stomach hurt at that. Izumi also looked worried. She put her backpack on the desk as Kouji left the group.

”I’m sitting here today”, she said with a smile. ”You can take my desk.”

Kouji’s smile faltered. Kouichi stared at him, opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say.

”That’s fine”, Kouji said, but his voice was tense. ”It’s not like Kouichi and I are glued together at the hip.”

”Sometimes you are”, Izumi laughed.

”In our defense, we’re twins”, Kouji said, also with a laugh.

Kouichi needed to say something, but he had no words. Kouji headed towards Izumi’s desk.

”Sleepover”, Kouichi said and Kouji stopped.

”...what?”

Kouichi blushed and looked at his hands.

”Do you wanna sleep at my place tonight? I think it’d make mom happy. We can ask the rest of the gang as well?”

He just needed to keep Kouji near. Keep an eye on him. Izumi was right about there being something final about his acting. Kouji stared at him.

”It’s Thursday.”

”Yeah, I know. But it would be fun.”

”Maybe…” Kouji hesitated. He looked away. ”Maybe on Saturday.”

Kouichi let out a sigh.

”Sleepover sounds fun, actually”, Izumi agreed. ”Even if we’ll probably spend most time studying for the test tomorrow.”

”We could make a game out of it”, Kouichi suggested.

Kouji stared at them. Izumi laughed.

”If you answer a question wrong we put a popcorn inside your shirt.”

”Oh, eww”, Kouichi cringed. ”Anything but that!”

Kouji’s shoulders fell and he put his hands in his pockets.

”Fine, sleepover sounds fun. Are you inviting Takuya as well?”

”Unless you don’t want me to?” Kouichi asked.

”I don’t care”, Kouji shrugged.

He absolutely cared, Kouichi could tell that much. He just couldn’t tell in which direction Kouji cared. Izumi leaned back dramatically.

”Takuya’s just going to eat all the popcorns and then we’d have to do strip-study instead.”

She shuddered and Kouichi snorted.

”No Takuya, got it.”

Izumi laughed and stood up from the chair. She gave Kouji a sideway hug and he got tenser again.

”You can have your desk, I need to talk with Rin anyway. See you two at lunch!”

She disappeared to her desk and Kouji sat down at his own. He put his backpack under the desk and a notebook on it. Kouichi stared at him.

”Are you okay?” he asked.

The teacher arrived. Kouji shrugged and smiled at Kouichi.

”Why wouldn’t I be?” he asked.

Yeah, Kouichi thought and tilted his head. Why wouldn’t Kouji be okay? He grabbed his pencil and opened his notebook. Maybe he’d get some answers later.

-------

Kouji was late. Kouichi walked around the bench Izumi was sitting on for the tenth time. His stomach ached more and more for every minute.

”You’re making me worried”, Izumi said. ”Can you please sit down?”

”Should we ask Junpei to come?” Kouichi asked when the thought hit him. ”Junpei is usually pretty good at reaching Kouji.”

He realized it was a stupid suggestion the moment it left his mouth. Izumi shook her head to confirm it.

”He’ll get overwhelmed if we pull that on him today I think.”

She was right, of course. Izumi knew the twins way too well by now and Kouichi sank down next to her with a sigh. He just wanted to be able to help. Or at least relieve his own worry.

”Maybe we could set them up for a date tomorrow after school”, Izumi said with a mischievous smile.

”Kouji won’t talk with me for a week if we pull that.”

Kouichi pulled his hands across his face. He really didn’t need to worry so much, he was sure of it. Kouji would tell him if something was wrong. And Satomi and Kousei were also there to keep an eye on him. Kouichi stood up and walked around the bench again.

Kouji was half an hour late when he finally arrived. Kouichi crossed his arms over his chest and stared at him.

”What took you so long?!”

”Sensei needed to have a talk with me”, Kouji groaned and sank down on the bench next to Izumi. ”I was too aggressive during practice. Why are you standing up?”

”Waiting for you”, Kouichi said and gave Kouji a shove. ”Move over so I can sit too.”

Kouji moved closer to Izumi and Kouichi sat down as well. He could breathe a little easier now that Kouji was there.

”Did you hurt someone?” Izumi asked, disbelief strong in her voice.

Kouji shook his head. Kouichi raised an eyebrow.

”Then what was the problem?”

”I was provoking them”, Kouji admitted and stood up. ”Are we gonna move? I don’t want to spend the whole evening at school.”

”Yeah, yeah, sure”, Kouichi answered.

He and Izumi stood up as well and the three of them left school together, stopping by at Izumi’s apartment on the way so she could get all the things she needed for a sleepover.

-------

Kouji disappeared into the bathroom after dinner, while Kouichi and Izumi sat down in the couch and started writing down questions for the game. Kouichi tried to ignore the gnawing feeling in his stomach. Kouji was fine. Kouji was right there. Kouji was…

After fifteen minutes Kouichi got up from the couch and knocked on the bathroom door.

”Kouji? Are you… How long are you gonna stay in there?”

”You don’t need to worry so much.”

”I’m not worrying.”

He was a terrible liar, but it didn’t matter.

”I’m not going to come in, but can you unlock the door? No one’s gonna bother you, I promise.”

”You’re such a worry-wart”, Kouji said with a laugh.

The laugh was a little too high-pitched to be convincing, but the door unlocked. Kouichi let out a relieved sigh.

”Thank you.”

He left. He could heard the door lock again when he was almost out of hearing distance and he bit his lip. He sat back down in the couch and grabbed his book. Izumi glanced at him, but continued working.

”He’ll be fine tonight”, she said. ”We’re here for him.”

Kouichi nodded and wrote down some new questions. The sound of the door locking still echoed in his ears. He swallowed and tried not to think about it.

-------

”Kouji?” Kouichi asked and knocked on the bathroom door.

It had been another 30 minutes and Kouji still hadn’t come out. Kouichi’s worry was almost exploding into panic and he could hear it in his own voice. The door unlocked, but didn’t open.

”...Can you get me my backpack?” Kouji asked.

His voice trembled and Kouichi’s worry skyrocketed.

”Why? What’s wrong? What do you need?”

”...my backpack.”

”Can I do something?”

He could hear Kouji put his head against the door. Ops.

”Just get my backpack.”

It did not go unnoticed that he didn’t tell Kouichi to stop worrying. Kouichi’s stomach cramped and he took a shaky breath.

”One backpack coming”, he said and he hoped Kouji couldn’t hear the tremble in his voice.

He went back to the living room and grabbed Kouji’s backpack. Izumi looked at him and tilted her head.

”Is he okay?”

Kouichi shook his head and his stomach hurt again. Izumi bit her lip. Kouichi wanted to say something, but instead he left. He stopped by the bedroom to pick up a pyjamas for Kouji and then delivered the backpack and pyjamas to the bathroom.

”Do you need anything else?” he asked when Kouji grabbed the backpack and pyjamas.

Kouji quickly closed the door again and Kouichi was left talking to the wall.

”...this is shortsleeved”, Kouji noted.

”Yeah. I’d… prefer if you used that.”

Kouji once again didn’t tell him to stop worrying. Kouichi swallowed.

”So, did you need anything else?”

”...can you have tea ready in ten minutes?”

Kouichi lit up. Kouji was at least feeling well enough to join them soon.

”Will do! I’ll make your favorite.”

Izumi’s face relaxed a bit when Kouichi returned. Kouichi assumed he must be looking a bit less worried.

”I’m gonna make tea for us”, he said and gave Izumi a hug. ”Can you make the popcorn? I always burn those.”

”Yeah, absolutely”, Izumi said and stood up from the couch. ”I need a break anyway.”

-------

Kouji’s hands shook as he emptied the backpack onto the floor. He exchanged the toilet paper he had wrapped around his left arm for a bandage, grabbed the water bottle he always carried in his backpack as well as his phone and sank down on the floor. He leaned against the bathtub and shook the bottle to make sure it was mixed evenly before drinking half of it.

His hands were still shaking when he dialed Junpei’s number.

”What’s wrong?” Junpei asked when he answered.

It was a valid question. Kouji almost never called when everything was fine.

”It’s a bad day”, Kouji said. ”Can you come over? I’m at Kouichi’s place.”

His voice trembled and he felt like he was about to break again. He heard Junpei stand up on the other end of the line.

”Is that okay?” Junpei asked. ”I won’t be a bother?”

”I don’t care”, Kouji said and sniffled.

”Except you do”, Junpei said because of course he knew Kouji that well.

”I… I need you”, Kouji whispered.

”I’m coming, I’m coming. DAD! Can you drive me to Kimura’s place?!”

Kouji pulled his knees to his chest, pressed the phone closer to his ear.

”Schoolwork’s done!” Junpei yelled. ”The train takes too long! Please, dad!”

Junpei shuffled around, packed stuff, and Kouji listened to it in his own mess. His grip around the bottle tightened.

”Did you take…” Junpei started and Kouji didn’t want to hear the whole sentence.

”Before I called”, Kouji answered. ”I’m not sure it’s helping.”

”It takes a bit of time. Am I staying the night?”

”If… if you want to?”

”If you need me to. I’m bringing my magic tricks though!”

Kouji let out an almost laugh, before he sniffled again. His body felt cold.

”I’ll be there in about 20 minutes. Promise me you’ll try to hang on until then”, Junpei said.

”I’ll try.”

Junpei ended the phonecall. Kouji stared at the mess he had made. He needed to put all the things back in the bag, get up, get to the livingroom and at least try to look like he wasn’t half a second from falling apart. He wasn’t sure he could do that.

He yawned and glanced at the bottle. Maybe the medicine was working. He put the phone in his pocket and stood up. The world spun a little and he put his head in his hand. He really couldn’t stay in the bathroom any longer, even though he wanted to, but at least he was starting to feel like he’d be able to handle the world outside again. Or like he’d fall asleep from it. He wasn’t quite sure which it was.

He threw his stuff into the backpack, put it on his back and put his hand on the door handle. He still held the bottle in his other hand. He took a shaky breath and opened the door.

-------

Kouichi got done with the tea just as Kouji returned from the bathroom. He put it on the table and forced a smile. He tried not to glance at the bandage around Kouji’s arm, tried not to let it worry him too much. Kouji noticed his glance.

”...Junpei’s on his way”, Kouji said instead of telling Kouichi to stop worrying. ”if… that’s okay”, he added and looked at Tomoko, who was sitting in the armchair.

Tomoko looked away from the book she had been reading and smiled at Kouji.

”I was somewhat expecting that. Is he staying the night as well?”

Kouji nodded. His looked like he was close to crying and Kouichi just wanted to go up to him and give him a hug. Instead he held one of the cups for Kouji.

”I made tea?” he said and it did not come out as happy as he had wanted it to.

Kouji took the cup and sank down in the left corner of the couch, curled up against the armrest. Kouichi sat down on the floor and gathered up the notes he had written.

”We’ve gotten some questions down if you feel up for it”, he suggested.

Kouji scrunched up his nose before yawning.

”Please don’t put popcorn in my shirt.”

”We can skip that”, Izumi said with a laugh. ”It was just a suggestion to make it more intense anyway.”

”You look like you’re about to fall asleep”, Kouichi said. ”Are you okay?”

Kouji raised an eyebrow and Kouichi scratched the back of his head.

”I meant apart from the obvious no.”

Kouji sipped on the tea instead of answering. Kouichi let out a sigh and started looking through the questions. He could start by giving Kouji some of the easier ones.

The doorbell rang. Tomoko got up to open it and half a minute later Junpei arrived in the living room.

”I’ll be in the bedroom if you need me”, Tomoko said. ”Enjoy your studysession!”

She left. Junpei sat down next to Kouji and Kouji curled up against him instead of the armrest.

”Has it started working?” Junpei asked and Kouji nodded.

”Tired.”

”I can tell”, Junpei laughed before turning to Kouichi and Izumi. ”Hey, sorry to barge in like this.”

”No no, this is great”, Kouichi said and put the papers in Junpei’s lap. ”You can be the quizmaster.”

Kouji sipped on the tea and Junpei wrapped an arm around him. Kouichi smiled seeing it. Kouji seemed calmer now, and Kouichi felt his shoulders relax.

”We have a test tomorrow”, he continued. ”We were gonna just ask each other a bunch of questions…”

”And if anyone answers wrong they get popcorn down their shirt”, Izumi said with a laugh.

Kouji sniffled. Kouichi’s shoulders tensed up again and he got up on his knees, ready to get over to Kouji and do literally anything. Junpei pulled Kouji closer and whispered something to him, Kouichi didn’t hear what. Kouji shook his head and Junpei smiled.

”Just let us know if you need anything, okay?”

Izumi grabbed a handfull of popcorn and leaned back.

”We’ll do the popcorn thing another time”, she suggested. ”I’m ready for questions now though. Quizmaster Junpei, wow us with your knowledge!”

Junpei laughed and started reading the questions. Kouichi sat down on the floor again, leaned against the couch next to Izumi’s legs and she started playing with his hair while they discussed the questions. Kouji participated occassionally, but his answers got more and more unintelligible as time passed. Junpei took the bottle and cup from him after an hour and put them on the table.

”Izumi-chan, can you get him a blanket or something?”

”Is he asleep? Should we be quieter?”

”n… sleep…” Kouji mumbled.

”I just want him comfy”, Junpei smiled.

Kouji didn’t protest. Kouichi hoped it was because he was safe and comfortable and not because he didn’t care what they did to him. Izumi disappeared into the bedroom and returned almost immediately with a blanket and one of Kouichi’s plushies that he had tried to hide in a dark corner in his closet.

”Do you want to lie down?” she asked and Kouji shook his head. ”I can sit in the armchair instead, it’s fine.”

”m not…” Kouji forced his eyes open. ”Not sick. No need to coddle me.”

”You wouldn’t let us coddle you even if you were sick”, Kouichi said with a laugh.

Junpei moved a little to the right. Kouji slipped down, his head in Junpei’s lap. He closed his eyes and rolled up. Izumi put the kitty-plushie in his arms before putting the blanket over him. She sank down in the armchair, Kouichi leaned against the couch again and they went back to the questions.

-------

It was unusually early when Kouichi blinked away. He had his head on Izumi’s shoulder, curled up against her side. She was lying on her back, relaxed and asleep. Kouichi yawned.

Kouji was also awake. He was staring at the wall behind Kouichi, arm and leg draped over Junpei and his head on Junpei’s chest. Junpei was sound asleep.

”Hey”, Kouichi whispered and hoped he wouldn’t wake the other two. ”Sorry about yesterday. I didn’t mean to overwhelm you or anything.”

Kouji blinked and focused his gaze on Kouichi. He still looked tired.

”Brain’s been….” Kouji started, but hesitated a little. ”It’s trying to convince me I need to die.”

Kouichi’s stomach hurt at those words and he couldn’t even imagine how much Kouji must have been hurting. Kouji looked away again.

”It gets harder and harder to resist”, he continued, barely audible. ”It’s been three weeks and I was… I was ready to do it. So you wouldn’t need to worry any longer.”

Kouichi opened his mouth to protest, to tell Kouji that he didn’t mind having to worry and he’d much rather have a twin he worried about than be alone again. Kouji glared at him before he was able to say any of that.

”Logically I know”, Kouji said. ”It doesn’t work like that.”

Kouichi’s shoulders fell and he had to look away from Kouji’s intense gaze.

”Depression’s a bitch?”

Kouji let out a sigh.

”Depression’s a bitch”, he admitted.

Junpei moved a little and Kouji had to rearrange how he was draped.

”Why didn’t you let me know it was getting that bad?” Kouichi asked and feared the answer.

”Didn’t want you to worry.”

”But you must have told Junpei.”

Kouji almost smiled.

”Junpei worries… differently than you do. It’s nothing against you.”

Junpei wrapped an arm around Kouji and Kouji closed his eyes. Kouichi watched them.

”So… are you feeling better?”

Kouji sighed. He didn’t open his eyes.

”Not really. It doesn’t work like that.”

Kouichi held on just slightly tighter to Izumi. Kouji looked at him.

”I feel able to handle it again though.”

”I’m glad. I should get Junpei a gift basket sometime.”

Kouichi sighed and his smile faltered.

”I just wish I could help…”

”You’re not obligated to help”, Kouji said.

Kouichi raised an eyebrow. Did Kouji really think that he only wanted to help out of obligation? He decided to save that discussion for a rainy day.

Izumi moved under him and he could tell she was about to wake up. Perhaps Junpei was as well.

”I know, but I wish there was something I could do to make it easier for you.”

”But you do.”

Junpei started moving. Kouji sat up on the bed and pulled his hands over his face.

”Just having you gives me something to stay around for”, he whispered. ”And you…”

He looked uncertain. Kouichi sat up as well, stretched his back. Izumi rolled over to her side.

”...probably saved my life yesterday? Or at least a trip to the hospital.”

Kouichi’s stomach hurt. He didn’t move. He felt frozen to the core, like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over him. He took a shaky breath, didn’t want to make a big deal out of it because then maybe Kouji would work harder at hiding it next time. He nodded towards Kouji’s arm.

”Speaking of that, how’s the arm?”

Kouji grimaced.

”Another ugly scar to the collection”, he said. ”It doesn’t hurt.”

Someone’s alarm rang. Both Junpei and Izumi reached for their phones, but Tomoko turned it off in the room next door. Kouji stretched.

”About time to get up anyway”, he said and gave Junpei a soft kick.

Junpei grabbed Kouji and pulled him down again.

”Five more minutes”, he said with a yawn.

Kouji laughed. Kouichi felt his shoulders relax.

”Five more minutes”, Kouji confirmed and closed his eyes.

Kouichi leaned against the wall. Izumi sat up next to him and leaned against his shoulder. She grabbed his hand.

”Is today better?” she asked.

”Better”, Kouichi confirmed. ”Still worried.”

”We’ll probably always be”, she said and yawned. ”Ready for the test?”

Kouichi reached for his backpack.

”Last minute study-session?”

Izumi laughed.

”Last minute study-session”, she confirmed.

Kouichi decided to ignore the worry gnawing in him, for now. He would just continue trying to be there for Kouji.

-------

It was two weeks later. Kouji was staring at the whiteboard, not listening to the teacher. Kouichi was staring at Kouji. They really needed to work out a way for Kouji to tell him how bad it was without feeling like he had to compromise himself for it.

Are you okay? Kouichi wrote on a note and put infront of Kouji.

Takuya snickered behind them and Kouichi gave him the finger. Kouji grabbed the note and put it in his pocket. He threw a quick glance at Kouichi before looking through the whiteboard again. Kouichi tried to listen to the teacher, but Kouji let out a sigh and Kouichi got distracted again.

Sleepover? Kouichi wrote on a new note.

Kouji glanced at it, and snorted. The teacher turned around and Kouji put a hand over his mouth. He pretended to write in the notebook. Kouichi got the note back with the question mark scribbled out. Success. He made a happy little wiggle in the chair.

I’ll ask Junpei to come as well, he sent on another note to Kouji.

Takuya snickered again. Kouji reached over and pulled at Takuya’s hair. The teacher turned around to look at them again.

”They’re sending love notes~ to each other”, Takuya ratted them out.

Kouji grabbed his hair and pulled at it again. Hard. Takuya let out a yelp.

”It’s not love notes, you idiot.”

The teachers sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

”Kimura, Minamoto, I want to talk to you two when the class is over.”

”Yes, teacher”, they answered as one.

The teacher turned back to the whiteboard and Kouichi tried to focus on the lesson. Kouji’s eyes looked through the whiteboard and his grip around the pencil was just a little too tight. Kouichi wanted to move closer to let Kouji know he was there for him.

”Double-date in the park after school?” he whispered.

The teacher was already going to reprimand them, might as well make it worth it. Kouji snorted, almost smiled, but instead his eyes filled with tears. He pulled a hand across them and took a shaky breath.

”Double-date sounds nice”, he whispered.

Kouichi let out a relieved breath. At least it was going better this time than the last. He just needed to let Junpei and Izumi know about the date as well. Takuya was still listening to them more than the teacher.

”100% sounds like you were sending love letters”, he whispered.

Kouichi shook his head and looked towards Izumi instead. She noticed it and smiled towards him. Kouji groaned and put his face in his hands.

”We’re twins”, he hissed out low enough that the teacher wouldn’t hear. ”We have other partners than each other.”

If Kouji was talking to Takuya he at least wasn’t in complete disaster mode, Kouichi mused. He wrote some keywords in his notebook.

”First you send notes and then you talk about a date”, Takuya said. ”Just saying, it seems suspicious from here.”

Kouji turned around in his seat.

”I am going to beat you up so hard your mom won’t recognize you”, he hissed.

The teacher coughed. Kouji’s cheeks got red and he turned his back to Takuya. The teacher gestured at an empty desk at the front of the class and Kouji grabbed his bag and noteblock and moved to it instead. Kouichi shook his head with a smile. Just another regular day.

Except this time he had more knowledge about how to help his brother.

[kroosluvr]

present day

if every day will be like this from now on, i'll look forward to every single one.

ok. Sits down. help meeee i tried using csp's comic tools for once (and also gradient maps + coloring w monochrome) to save time bUT I ENDED UP SPENDING THE USUAL AMT ANYWAY SO. . erm. WELL IT WAS FUN ANYWAYS

hiiiiiiiii i wrote this script 4 months ago nd finally did it (had this on the backburner for 20 million yrs bc i wanted to get out other angst bullshit first)

the parallels of goro's back (x3) on the first 2 pgs are kinda not 1:1 as i'd like but REGARDLESS i still like them. goro, who had utmost control over his life, running it like a machine, regardless of how he feels or if he's tired or if he wants to give up.......he was in control. knowing, of course, that his life is on the line at every waking moment, but since he was always on edge, always alert, he was still in control.

but now, surviving the long winter and coming out to the other side, he's lost that control AND that edge. now what is he left with? what is there left?

very speficially in the 2nd page.... i think its so <3 YAY <3 that goro, now, doesn't feel the need to take such spic-and-span clean-cut care of his appearance.., guy who rolls out of bed and throws on a shirt to go hangout w akira and sumire. he decides to tie up his hair and forgoes his gloves... feels more "comfortable" to change his apperance, to let down his guard a little. <- was the rough symbolism JKDSHKFS

sumire getting the choco croissant but letting goro have the first bite YEAHHHH WHATEVER

4th page symbolism is also rough i didnt think abt it too hard LMAO. 3rdsem goro watching his detective prince self leave. he knows acutely well that chapter of his life is over - whether he survives the long winter or dies in it. all that he knew - even though it was miserable and awful and frustrating and dangerous - is gone.

and now there's just this: the present day. whatever that means.

i think something important to me abt royal trio is just the idea of Learning To Just Exist: no need for a "purpose" or a "calling" or some overarching "goal". they just learn to exist.

and of course none of them really have a benchmark for "wow i like this i want to live like this" so they just roll with the punches, as they always have, but yknow. finally getting to live their honest student life as they always deserved

edit: and most importantly for goro, i think, is learning to cut himself some slack. "despite everything" he says, despite all the shit he's endured AND all the shit he's done, he feels like this is "right." whatever that means, he's ready to take it day by day to figure it out. AND THATS THE WHOLE THING Punches wall really hard

edit: I ALSO FORGOT. i think the sentiment of "being waited for" for goro means a lot. since he had to do everything by himself, fight for himself, decide everything for himself frm such a young age, the idea of akira and sumire waiting for him, inviting him out simply for him to be there -> is really meaningful to him, more than they could know.

edit AGAIN: also goro sleeping in means a lot to me. i imagine that guy has pretty terrible insomnia. ALSO HE HAS A BEDFRAME! i like the thought of his apartment being so /r/malelivingspaces throughout the game. he doesn’t deserve a bedframe. BUT HE HAS ONE NOW!

goros expressions in the last page gve me a hard time. sparkly....

also im SO freaking sorry if his voice isnt too well-written... i had a crisis over the wording while draiwng htis so much DSKHASKDASJK AND THE PANELING AND WHATEVERRR IDEK WHAT IM DOINGGG but it was fun!!!! exploratory..... regardless i will keep workign to do him and royaltrio justice. THUMBSUP EMOJI.

[illym]

Double comic upload, since these two are tied together pretty tightly. I did the one on the left a few months ago, so the comments aren't very tied together.

Bridget might be the funniest girl alive. And so is May, for expecting anything else from Johnny's brand. Anyway, cutie patootie art style. Everyone looks adorable.

I'm experimenting with using more fonts to mirror the original fonts, but I'm worried they affect legibility too much. Let me know what you think of the fonts in the last panels.

Please if you understand Japanese go read what May says in the bush and tell me what it is that was such a pain in the ass.

Translation assistance: @masked-and-doomed + anonymous @magicalgirlfia

ID in alt.

Cleaned and original comics below the cut.

Specific assistances:

@.masked-and-doomed: Figuring out what the fuck was in the bush in the left comic, first panel.

anonymous: Figuring out what was in the bush in the left comic, first panel (again (x3)).

@.magicalgirlfia: Translated what was in the bush in the left comic, first panel (for the final time. I hope.).

I considered changing May's line to "I know you're trying to be [ stronger / cooler ], but don't follow Sol's example..." because I really didn't want to deal with irritating people on this post. On the other hand, this comic is about how Bridget was handling her gender in XX era, so changing it could be a bit disingenuous. And again, I don't like making changes beyond better understandability in English since I don't read Japanese.

Couple of transfem friends pushed me to use the more accurate one, since they felt it was pretty accurate to some of their experiences.

I wasn't going to not post this comic. It's genuinely hysterical.

All of these panels are so cute. I love them.

May, girl, I hope you trip and break your nose. Never use such tiny squiggly handwritten text again. I had to consult SO many people. I'm still not confident in it.

SHE DID HER HAIR LIKE JOHNNY. Bridget ur so cute.

"I'm a feminist" bridget saturday

Original comic uploaded, for clarity:

[elvenbeard]

The Charter Hill Matter

It's finally done ;__; I've been working on this on and off for the better part of half a year now I think. It was one of the first bigger ideas I sketched out one afternoon shortly after finishing my first Cyberpunk playthrough in February '23 xD

The little background story tha inspired it, that I've definitely told before, goes as follows:

During "Gimme Danger", when talking with Takemura about their childhood, Corpo!V will talk about their childhood growing up in Charter Hill. And me, a sucker for details like that, in the middle of building a background story for my V at the time, immediately drove to Charter Hill then to figure out where a good place to live might be.

I chose a random apartment building on Grant Avenue, cause it had metro access, lots of shops, and all the bright neon lights and ads everyhwere that V mentions. Good enough, I thought, it's settled. He grew up there.

Flashforward about 20 hours of gameplay, I finally meet Kerry, and he invites V to Dark Matter. And I don't think I even initially realized it (bc, you know, I was slightly... preoccupied otherwise during that convo) but then it dawned on me... You can actually see the building I chose as V's childhood home quite well from up there. And he would obviously realize it, too. Since Vince doesn't have good memories of the place though he never brings it up, until Kerry eventually, during one of their many dates they end up having up there, notices he's been staring off into the distance a little more than usual.

And yeah... this is that scene and I really wanted to do it as a little comic ;__;

All backgrounds are ingame screenshots, the map of Charter Hill is a heavily edited screenshot of the interactive Cyberpunk Map (https://maps.piggyback.com/cyberpunk-2077/maps/night-city) and the street names I referenced from this map someone on Reddit put together by hand from going around and reading all the ingame street signs (https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/msyg79/i_couldnt_find_a_map_of_night_city_with_street/). Both super duper useful resources for writing, can highly recommend, I use them all the time XD

Anyway, I hope you like my sappy, self-indulgent lil' comic, I sure as hell had a lot of fun working on it and I'm so proud to finally have it finsihed x3

[pixels1utz]

Malleus x f!reader

Mating (this man is in heat),Rough cause that's all ik to do, my first ever malleus piece 😋 cause im in love with him

Implied breeding

Not proofread 👍

Anyways hope you enjoy 🩷or something

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Malleus has never been a harsh person or exactly rough in bed

But on those times whenever it's "mating season"

Just say bye to any sort of soft sex with him

Smut below here 🤧

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For you it was a regular day going as it usually did you met up with ace to talk about god knows what and you left back to your dorm

Little did you know malleus was watching from a good distance and now that it's that season he's been really jealous of anything/anyone that gets to spend time with you

But you didn't know that you didn't know he was watching and was slowly losing his shit

Over any guy that you talked to

Since malleus was always prepared for this type of stuff and since it came unexpectedly he didn't tell you about anything cause he thought it might be weird

But oh were you in for a surprise when you had decided to visit him

You normally visit him whenever you get the time or almost everyday

So today didn't feel as weird when you visited him and today you wanted to wear one of those nice outfits that mal has given you,maybe thinking it might be a good surprise

So you headed on over to dorm

When you got there you'd normally see someone just chilling in the lounge but you didn't

So you made your way to malleus's room and knocked

But he didn't answer

So you tried the door and you noticed it was open so you went in and in that room was malleus in his bed

Covered in layers of blankets sweating from head to toe

"Malleus! Are you okay? Sick?" You asked

"You shouldn't be here" he said in a raspy voice a bit weaker

"What why?" You asked concerned coming closer to him and sat on the bed not too far from him

"I need you" was all he said back

Before basically jumping on you and kissing you harshly, as you where frozen cause you didn't even realize how fast he was

He started kissing you and trailing down to your neck and started sucking and biting, normally he wasn't harsh at all but he was using his full strength not to rip all your clothes off right now

He asked if you where okay with what's going to happen and then it caught you

Now you had realized that he was in heat or mating season (or whatever)

But you couldn't just leave him like this to suffer and since this might last a while on him

So you gave him your full permission to do whatever he pleases with you, thankfully malleus has some decency<3

So he started to take off your clothes as he did you rapped your legs around his waist

He started to play with you like sucking your tits and he placed one finger in your entrance Which was added on with two more

Cause you didn't realize this man apparently grows in size whenever it's mating time (malleus x3 idk however big u want you get)

So now you already where a moaning mess grabbing on to anything close like a pillow or the sheets

Not to mention the tears that where already streaming down

He continues to play with you until you came on his fingers so he pulled them out and stared licking

So he got down and started eating you out making sure to leave no drop as you muffled your noises with the pillow to not make anyone else hear

As he started massaging your clit with his thumb and the other hand massaging your boobs

He started basically tongue fucking you since his was long af

And so you came in his tongue, tasting your sweat from here he couldn't get enough

So he pulled his tongue out licking off any remainders and started kissing you, you let in already

And he started to put his tip in your tongue

Fucked cunt

Even the feel of his tip made you get shivers everywhere since you already where so sensitive

He slowly inched in you felt the stretch of his big cock since in heat it gets bigger isn't that wonderful

As he was half way in you grapped his horns as a support and he lifted your bottom half for a better reach in

Once he was fully in you where out of breath, shaking and crying and seeing the bulge he couldn't hold back

He slowly started pulling in and out with his pace getting faster as he kept going

You grabbed his horns shoulders anything to keep you up

He was fucking you so harshly :(

You couldn't even feel anything but pleasure

He was basically fucking you into to mattress

As he violently fucked your cunt all you could do is scream and hide them in the pillow

The more you grabbed his horns the more turned on he gets

But even after you came so many times he's yet to cum you started biting him and even after a while you had gone completely brain fucked too only a bit of human decency stayed with you

As you has changed positions so many times

And when he did come in you he didn't hold back he basically filled you to the brim some leaking out but he wouldn't allow that now would he

So he would fuck it back into you <3

Now he was satisfied and how Long where you two going at it, for about a few hours

You had already passed out and he was too intoxicated with you to leave your side

You definitely can't walk for a while

And once you woke up all you felt was sticky all over especially in-between your thighs, malleus has yet to wake so you tried to walk to the bathroom and failed

Thankfully to your beloved Malleus who scents that you moved he woke and helped you clean off

And you know who was waiting for you two outside Malleus's room?

Lilia!

Good luck explaining the noises to him (he knows he just wants to fuck with them)

So as Malleus and You are sat outside, you with a flushed face and Malleus scrambling to say anything

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The end I'm too lazy to continue you gotta convince me.

Thanks for reading ig 👍

This took me about 34 minutes to make

YES I'M GONNA WRITE MORE SOON CAUSE I HAVE FREE TIME :3

(Shout out to school being closed for Christmas)

[bonefall]

Bonus Moonpaw

So like I got carried away when I got to FlipBay Moonpaw in my little hypokit sketches, because I realized that BB!Bayshine's family trait could resemble a phantom of the opera mask.

And then it hit me harder. BB!Flipclaw's great x3 grandfather is Redtail, who was the brother of Spottedleaf. I can bring her bones and blight theme back.

I don't know if it will be final or not, BUT, I ended up sketching a couple of Moonpaws with Spotty's old death theme. They look RAD in any case, so I HAVE to share them even if I don't use them

My first take make half of her face orange, that one right in the center there. I like it a lot, but decided to try and stick to canon by making sure half of her face is black.

The blight spots actually came from me realizing that she has some Ferncloud in her thanks to the BB Family Tree rework (great grandmother), so I tried to put some rosettes on her. Then realized that it looked like good ol' Spotty so I leaned into it.

If I do take another stab at this one, I might try to not do the blight-thing and instead try to channel more Phantom of the Opera. For some reason that just stuck to my brain REALLY hard.

I know general fandom consensus is hoping she's kind of distant and strange, but honestly I'm really hoping she's a bit of a brat who insists upon her destiny.

Manifesting Villain Moonpaw. I want her to insist the moonpool must be saved, and then when there's an inevitable multi-chapter argument about making the plot move she just completely snaps and drowns their ass in the once sacred sludgewater.

If these demands are not met, a disaster beyond your imagination will occur!

If Moonpaw ends up as Firekin in BB because of my family tree reworks, it would be SICK AS HELL for her to be the first straightup VILLAINOUS member of her bloodline.

AND to bring back sweet Spotty's theme for such a character? Man. It would be so cooool

But, hey, even if she's not a villain, it would be nice to see such a metal theme come back. A cat born so special that she is both reviled and revered, death and decay expressed on both halves of her body.

I'll probably try making the spots easier to draw with a second pass. I just slapped them around randomly because these are sketches.

[mbappebby]

pairings: jude bellingham x fem!footballer (face claim: jana fernandez)

in which: jude bellingham and his girlfriend play for rival teams..

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[athycore]

Hello!!! :3 I wish to make a request! I really love your writing style and the way you carry out your fics, theyre so awesome X3!!!☆

Could I make a req of Mob (/Shigeo Kageyama) with a gn!gyaru!reader :3c? Extra points if they do really good in school!

I see that you havent posted in a while on this blog, so you dont have to respond to my req! Please take care of yourself first out of anything else ^^<3

Thank youuuuuu!!!!! X3

-[Anonymous].

OMG HAIIII!!! Thank you so much, about me not posting in a while, i completely forget im a writer so i never end up checking requests, but now i did!!

Anyways heres ur food :3

Mob w a Gyaru!reader…(gn reader)

To say mob was obsessed is an understatement. He simply fawns over your fashion and loves the idea of going against the beauty standard. Although because of his fashionable s/o, he has a hard time blending in. At times he doesnt want the attention but his albsolute cutie of his lover being the center of attention, mob wouldnt mind just this once.

You both go to clothing shops together! Mob believes and trusts your fashion taste to be able to pick a few for him. He wants to hang out and uses the idea of shopping together to get you talking. He enjoys it. Afterall he somewhat helps with some of the clothes for you to pick out, while you help him look his best. He adores your keen eye on managing to find the good clothes that are usually hidden..(gatekeepers😒😒)

When you go on dates he swears he can pay, but his pay isnt enough..afterall regien isnt too reliable. Instead you pay, hope you dont mind. After you both end up going to the park or going to each others houses to hang out later. Mob gaslights(begs) reigen to let him off early for these dates too. He wants to show his respect by simply making time for you like any wonderful lover.

Mob and his family aprove of you so much! You are just the sweetest and the cutest girls to ever approach mob. Ritsu thinks its rad that his older brother managed to get a parnther in general, but thinks even more highly of you when he knows and sees your genuine care for his brother. Plus when you go to mobs house to hangout, ritsu joins whenever he feels lonely. You and mob welcome him with open arms, especially when watching a horror movie.

Mob uses his psychic powers to try to find out what you like in order for him to get the RIGHT gift. Hes just whipped and his friends and brother tease him for it. Simple middle schoolers am i right? He doesnt mind it though.

He introduces you to reigen and reigen approves. Reigen sees you as fit, and an adorable girl who would help mob by the long mile. Mob also introduced you to teru and sho, as well as the other psychics. They all like you and think you are so cool with your makeup and fashion. Heck, teru asked for some advice too.

Mob gets you both matching keychains..guaranteed. Like those cute sanrio ones or the cute little characters. He finds them absolutely adorable. The idea that his s/o has the other half, he ends up staring at his keychain on end till his club snaps him outta it.

In school you might as well be a prodigy! He finds the fact that you do so well extremely admirable. He wants to be tutored by you and you only. Only you can be patient with him. He thinks of you as top of his class, grade, school even!( next to ritsu ) He just gets so happy seeing you not having to worry about grades and what not.

There are times when you are doing makeup, he just watches. No conversation, nothing. Soly because he thinks its skillful, he feels as tho its art and that she shouldn’t interfere. But there are times he asks questions about the products your using. Hes just curious about all that stuff.

Hes your #1 supporter! He believes that you should and will do what YOU want. That no one should tell you anything about how to look, act, or present yourself!

Hope you liked it!!! Thanks so much for the request!!!

[loupy-mongoose]

Got another long one. X3

PREVIOUS (Jamie and Cody interlude) NEXT (Not yet)

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Randy let out a huge yawn. Lying on a bed unfolded from the guest room couch, he cracked open an eye to see Akoya sleeping soundly beside him. For a bit he just lay still, letting the previous day's events fizzle back into his mind as he woke.

The room had this bed that they were sleeping on, as well as a smaller bed meant for a single person. Lav could've slept there, but for tonight she'd wanted to stick close to her parents. So, the assortment of Lindens lay together all on this fold-out bed.

Aside from the bed and couch, there was a table with a couple of small armchairs set up in a cozy corner of the room.

Randy had to admit, these two (well, probably mostly Cody) really knew how to make guests feel comfortable.

After a bit, he rolled over onto his back, groaning as his body ached.

You 'kay?

The man turned to his wife. Her eyes were blinking to alertness, clearly having just woken up.

Randy smiled at her and stretched his arms. Yeah, I'm fine. Just achy. I wonder if it's from the flight here. We're not exactly used to flying... He stopped himself from saying the next bit out loud. ~~in that way.~~

A second later, he felt a rush of relief that he'd not spoken aloud, as a light rap on the door snapped him fully awake.

Hello? It's Jamie.

Midas' head jolted up at the noise and he looked around frantically. Lavender came to attention, startled awake by the sudden activity, and Momo hopped to her feet, her eyes instantly alight with a burning fury.

Akoya gently shushed and stroked her twin children's pelts. Shhhh, shh shh. It's okay guys.

Akoya sat up, wincing as her own body protested with its own aches.

After a brief psychic check in with his family, Randy shouted to the door. You can come in. We're decent. He looked at his family's sleep-ruffled heads. Well, as decent as we were last night.

For a moment, there was silence. Then the doorknob turned and the door opened.

The red-haired women entered, a small plate with a couple donuts stacked onto it in her hand.

Jamie appeared to be in a much more relaxed state, wearing a loose sleeved shirt and her hair brushed smooth and simmering--a far cry from the windswept mess it had been when she'd left them last night.

Her eyes had a rejuvenated shine to them as she carefully waved the plate. I brought a peace offering. I thought the babies might like to try them, if they've never had donuts before.

Randy looked at his twin children and felt his heart sink. Both had their eyes fixed on their host, Momo growling as Akoya held her down, while Midas' pelt was poofed to twice it's regular size.

Jamie clearly saw the warnings as well, and stretched to place the plate on the foot of the bed without getting any closer.

But she didn't leave. She stood back, her piercing blue eyes seemingly mulling over some thought. Eventually she gave a sharp sigh. I wanted to apologize again for yesterday. It wasn't right for me to demand that of you, and it ended up scaring the little ones. And... Persim? That's your name, yeah?

The orange Mew nodded, his ears folded back uncertainly.

Jamie gave a small smile, looking at the Linden parents. I'm truly sorry for what I caused you all to go through. I... never would've expected you guys had Mews in there of all things... Let alone babies... Suddenly her eyes grew distant. Although, funny enough, Cody used to keep Pari in a bag like that. Willingly, of course.

There you go!

The adults all looked at Lav, who was holding a portion of donut. She was smiling at her little brother, who had a bit in his own hands and was tentatively licking it. His expression was conflicted, apparently torn between the enjoyment of this new sweet and the fear over the strange human smiling warmly at him.

Momo, her attention drawn to Midas as well, sniffed curiously at the bite in his hands.

Here you go, Momo. You try it too! The purple haired girl handed Momo a bite as well. But as Randy expected, her first reaction was to squish her fingers into the sweet glaze.

Akoya rolled her eyes in amusement. Hhh. That's our Momo. New food always means bath time.

The peach-colored puffball looked up at her mother and lifted her little sticky hands up to her. (Baff!)

Jamie gave a light chuckle, her eyes shining. She's a messy one, huh? At least she seems to like being bathed.

(Wan baff!)

Finish your donut first, Momo. We're not gonna bathe you just for you to get messy again! Akoya poked at the sweet lump Momo had left on the bedsheet. The little Mew scooped it up and licked it

(So are they yours, Persim?)

Perzi snapped his attention from the babies up to Jamie, startled. (U-Uh, no, not those two. Rosemary is though!)

Jamie's eyes glimmered humorously. (I take it she's the one who gave me my newest scar?) Persim lowered his head, his ears back and giving off a wave of embarrassment. The red-haired woman waved her hand dismissively. (Don't worry about it, really! Young Pokemon don't always know how to handle new locations or people. I totally understand. If biting me helps her adjust, she can keep doing it. It didn't exactly do much damage. Momo can too, if that's what it takes)

Momo lifted her head questioningly, but Randy placed his hand on her back in case she tried anything. I'd rather they learn to keep their teeth to themselves, Jamie.

Jamie nodded. I'm sure they will someday. Then, she stood up straight, as if punctuating their discussion. Now, I'm sure you all have business you'd like to do. I'll leave you to it.

She gave them a curt nod, and turned to leave the room.

Jamie, hold on a moment, please. The short woman turned to him, eyes shimmering with curiosity. Is Cody up? We... have something else important we need to tell you both, but we'd rather do it all at once.

Jamie narrowed her eyes. No, he's still asleep... I could wake him.

Randy and Akoya looked at each other once more. It's... probably better if you let him wake up on his own... He really shouldn't be half asleep for this....

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Later, the Lindens and Rennards gathered together in the living room.

Cody let out a yawn. I hear you have something to tell us? He seemed tired still, and Randy couldn't help wondering if Jamie had woken him after all.

One more time, the two parents met eyes before turning seriously back to their two hosts.

Pari suggested we tell you this, but... Nobody else can know, alright?

We are...

Not actually humans...

Before the others could respond, Randy transformed. With a hard look, Akoya followed suit.

Have... have you not seen Nico? I'm... a Mewtwo... like him.

Jamie eyed Lavender in absolute curiosity, crossing her arms before speaking.

We've... never actually met Nico... The Lindens all looked at her in surprise. Jovie talks about him, but he keeps to himself, and she's never told us what he is. Is that... like... Mew number two?

The Linden parents looked at each other.

Uh... We weren't expecting to have to explain Mewtwos...

They're...

Uh...

Well, there's only two, that we know of... Nico, and Lavender.

Both of them were experiments, created by humans, uh... messing with Mew DNA...

Cody appeared thoughtful, his expression soon turning soft. It's no wonder you want to reconnect with him, if he's the other of your kind...

Jamie, meanwhile, had paled a bit, and her eyes seemed distant. Cody looked down at her, his brows creasing in worry. Jamie? You okay?

Her gaze snapped up to him briefly before fixing back onto the Lindens. She breathed in sharply. Yeah, yeah... Just... trying to take it all in...

Randy looked at the two humans, bowing his head. We're sorry for this... oddness...

Hey, it's nice to know there are more Mews out there! Cody gave them a warm smile. Let alone a family of them! He looked at Pari, who met his eyes before nuzzling his face. She settled on his shoulder, purring as he rubbed her cheek fondly. ...I always thought Pari was one of the last, if not THE last, until I met Jovie... As far as I'm concerned, you're welcome to stay as long as you need to!

Randy smiled at him in thanks, but flicked his ear as Akoya spoke beside him, a hint of the venom from the previous day seeping into her tone.

What about you, Jamie? Are you still open to us staying?

The red-head snapped to attention, having once again lost focus on their discussion. Er--Y-yeah, yes, of course...

Randy felt a wave of uncertainty at her response, and could tell that Akoya felt the same. But nonetheless, he smiled at her. Thank you both very much! He transformed back to his human form. We'll do our best to not cause trouble... As much as the kits will allow, anyway.

Jamie looked toward Persim and the kittens, Lav having joined them as well. She turned back to Randy and smiled, though she didn't speak, and he noticed she still seemed distracted.

Cody gave them one more wide grin. It'll be a pleasure to get to know your little family!

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Pari complimented Akoya specifically because she wasn't expecting to see a blue Mew, lol.