#sorry for making this sort of about rui. will not happen again

[karamell-sweetz]

you know what guys. after this whole thing goes down, i hope we get the ACTUAL kamiyama school festival and it is a very good comparison to the first one. where we can see clearly how much mizuki has grown since that first event in january 2021, since that first school festival in middle school.

and i hope mizuki gets to have fun with her friends and can hang out with ena. and i hope ena has fun too. i hope she gets to tease akito, forge bonds with her classmates at the fried squid stall, and hopefully get roped into a dumb show with the oddballs 1 2. i hope this is ena’s pandemonium. i hope we all can have a little bit of joy and whimsy while getting to see how much the gang’s lives have changed at this point.

and i hope rui is a little worried for mizuki — i sincerely hope he is somewhere in mizu5, quietly waiting by the rooftop like he always has for her. but by the end of the schoolfes event he can look at mizuki, her whole face bright as all eight students in our little kamikou main cast gang come down from the rooftop (for one last time maybe, but we don’t talk about graduation in front of rui… unless ofc we bring it up this event) and he can say “you’ve come such a long way, haven’t you, mizuki? i’m happy for you.”

[tommiieimagiines]

Umumum, did you see the kissing hcs you did for akito and tsukasa? I would like a rui one if that's okay :3

It feels weird to request something like this

𖦹 hii! don’t feel awkward about it, i’ve been waiting for something cute like this for a while! let’s stop torturing rui for a while, and let him kiss reader!! (o^^o) sorry for hiatus, i have a bunch going on rn but i have a ton of writing qued up now! i’m just using a short one first to tease u guys! lololllll! do u guys like the new bullet points btw? i just think they're the cutest thing! also, i was thinkin of opening up some sort of commission to help with my banners! i can write you a however long fic if you just give me some pointers… or make some for me… i can credit you under every time i use them as well! LOLOLZ

♪ no warnings! (see before one shot for those warnings tho! (＞人＜;))

Rui Kamishiro Kissing Hc’s + more!?

☆ For starters, he was TOTALLY freaking out before your first kiss

☆ He just wants to impress you! Is that so wrong?

☆ DEFINITELY the kind of person who accidentally keeps his eyes open… Scary…

☆ He had never kissed anyone, or even dated! He didn’t want you to think he was weird if he messed up!

☆ Held your cheek so nicely too

☆ He’s always so gentle with you… :(

☆ Was a total wall for a while, he was always really tense…

☆ He did of course lighten up after a while, but not without a fight

☆ After he realized you weren’t out to get him, he turned into a FIEND

☆ “Sweetheart, I've been doing so good, y’know? I think I deserve something…”

☆ “I really missed you today…”

☆ Kisses with him always have a bit of reluctance to them, though

☆ His signature move is the tried-and-true shifty eyes, darting his gaze from yours, down to your lips, and back up again. He just wants to make sure you look into it!

☆ After that, it's brow-furrowing, the passion exploding

☆ Spontaneous kisses are VERY possible with him, throwing himself over to you when something particularly works in his favor

☆ He enjoys kisses that come from hugging the best. Feeling you close AND getting your lips on his? Sign him up!

☆ He’s also one to tease you when you kiss

☆ When you guys are comfortable, you really should watch out!

☆ He likes to pull you back when you least expect it, and WHAM!

☆ Doesn’t just love your lips either! He’s OBSESSED with kissing the top of your head!

☆ Again with the teasing, he likes to play Romeo and kiss your hands too

☆ He likes to be kissed on the cheek a lot, especially if you wear makeup and leave a kiss mark!

☆ Parades it around like a trophy

☆ The most offended you’d ever see him is if you wipe his kiss off. NEVER wipe his kiss off. He’d never kiss you again in fear he’s an awful kisser

☆ His kisses never really get spitty. If you want constant teeth clattering or biting, he’s not the one for you…

☆ Only time anything hasty happens is when he’s really upset

☆ He loves you - a ton - so please be nice with him too..

ayyyyy!! who’s proud of lil ol’ me?? here’s a mini mini oneshot! not long at all, but i thought the idea was cute! now that i think abt it, this was more just my musing… has a kissy kiss tho, so yay! it’s REALLY OOC sry… i’m rly not all that proud of this work, but it’s embarrassing how long it’s been since i’ve posted so i decided whatever take wut i give ya!!

TW: small issues with eating (rui has autism and trouble with textures (mild ARFID), you help him by trying to make nutritious food he won’t want to spew. . lmao… his problem has NOTHING to do with body image/weight, he’s just very particular..)

Rui wants to kiss you, you want to kiss Rui, and its causing you trouble.

It's been 4 years since you've been friends, 2 days since you've been dating, and you've been staring at each other for… how long are these stupid periods? Whatever, the short story is; the teacher made a million-dollar mistake (letting you two partner up for a group project), and everybody in your class is suffering because of it.

It's a classic story, you talk like everything’s normal, brush hands, look away, sputter something out, stare at each other, and freeze when you realize the other is staring right back. People - yourselves included - have seen you two be so natural together, so the simple fact of you two being so awkward is… unsettling. Little did they know, you both are going through some of the worst identity crises known to the angst-riddled teenage mind.

Rui is scared. To expand, Rui is scared of how much he wants to kiss you. To expand further, Rui is scared of how much he wants to kiss you, because you look so nervous around each other all the time since the thing, and he knows that asking you would be awkward enough to want to dig himself a grave out of embarrassment.

He wishes you would just wear the pants and ask, as horrible as that sounds. Why should he be the man and make the first move? He’s hardly manly, he wears striped sweaters…

He finds that way of thinking farcical, he knows it’s dumb to wait for you to ask, but he can’t help it. You asked him out (kinda, it was a genuinely… unique experience), and you should be the one to initiate a first kiss. Rui had never kissed anyone before! Can’t you take one for the team? He’s sure you’ve kissed people, how could you have not?

You were thinking the same thing, of course.

I mean, you already had to make him sit through your painfully long-winded and uncoordinated confession, the least he could do is this! He's definitely kissed someone, you decide, you haven't! It isn't fair to expect you to know what to do!

To everyone else, said simply, you both look schizophrenic.

The way you two decide how to split up the work, the way you two talk to each other as if you're perfect strangers, is confusing for both of you.

“O-Oh, uh- I can- y'know- I can do the writing, I don't mind-”

Your hands graze the others while reaching for the cheap school laptop.

“Sorry!-” You both squeak in unison, pulling away as if you had burned each other. Damnit! This is so annoying! You have to speak up.

“Rui we’re- c'mon, you're still my best friend, so why’re we acting like this?-” You try to laugh, covering your face in frustration. “Be normal, we do this all the time.”

Fortunately, he loves you more than his embarrassment, so your words quickly calm him down.

You both are just so dramatic!

Later, the lunch bell saves you from the hell-sent assignment, and you meet at your usual spot for lunch. You pull two lunch boxes out of your bag, and he grows anxious.

He squints at the sun, his hand cupping his face. “It’s been warm out, even for me. Do you think so?”

Really, Rui? You want to say, small talk? Is this to get out of the real food you want to feed him? Yeah, right.

“You’ll be pretty warm when I strangle you.” You remark, handing him his. “Heard you get sweaty when you fight for air, so you better not piss me off.” You point for emphasis, forcing down your smile. He has to keep from smiling too.

“Well, now i’m feeling nauseous,” he looks away, chuckling. “I think I’ll call someone..”

“Yeah, right. Like you’d find someone else to cut you cutely-shaped vegetables.” You nudge him with your shoulder, pointing again to his lunchbox as if to say eat. Eat now, or die later.

“Maybe a toddler's mom,” He pokes his veg to the side, “or a professional lunchbox maker. Something stupid like that.”

“I bought you soda candy if you’re a good boy and finish all your vegetables.”

“Aye aye, cap’n!” He fake saluts, looking at his lunch with a new-found determination.

“You're too easy, I should be a dog trainer.” You sit, watching him inspect the offending food. He knows you're watching him, and you know he knows you're watching him. You do it because it gives him a reason to actually try, letting him know that if he doesn't eat, you won't.

“You really went with a challenge today...” He squints.

“Why’d you think I bought soda candy?”

“Ah.”

A beat, you glare at him.

“Are you just going to look at it?” You prod, he ponders.

“What's my conversion rate?”

“Two bites to one candy.”

“That seems greedy.”

“Candy-flation. Its a real issue nowadays.”

Another beat, you have to pick up the silence again.

“So whats the plan?”

“You can eat, y'know. I'd rather you not starve to death.”

“Feelings mutual, Rui.”

“Touché.”

He picks one thing up, bringing it to his lips, and you do the same. You smile cockily, knowing he gave in.

“It's good, I promise. I only cooked ‘em for a little bit, so they shouldn't be too mushy.” You speak up, a piece of chicken in your cheek. “I even put meat in it, since you complained last time that it was too “vegetable-y”.”

He nods, chewing slowly with apprehension filling his body. As he continues to chew, however, his reluctance melts away slightly. He always doubts you for nothing! Why doesn’t he trust you? This isn’t bad at all.

“Good, huh? Proud of you,” you encourage. “Rui 2, broccoli 0. Hold out your hand.” You instruct, placing a candy on his palm. “Give me some feedback. Is the sauce a Rui yay or nay?”

“Makes broccoli better, so I like it.” He nods, confirming himself. You fist pump, thrilled he enjoyed it. He sighs at the taste of the sweet gummy, “I like this better though, if you could believe it.”

“Rui liking candy? I don't!” You feign surprise, holding a hand to your chest. He pushes you away playfully.

“Whatever,” he pauses, swallowing. “Do I uh- Do I have to finish?”

“If you wanna live, then yeah.” You joke, holding up an unconvincing first. He laughs.

You two forget about your shared desire, if only for a little bit.

It ends when he walks you home.

You guys were completely normal the whole school day! You both don't know where the sudden apprehension is even coming from, and it’s just…

awkward.

Rui clears his throat, pulling on his coat with an unneeded sense of urgency. You don't know why he felt the need to get your attention, you've been sneaking glances at him for the last 15 minutes.

“So, uh-” he starts, looking away. You know he's about to try for small talk, and it's welcome. “Tsukasa got sick, can you believe it?”

Ah, you were wondering why he didn't have anything to do today.

“I feel bad for his parents, I’d hate to have to nurse ‘kasa back to health,” you snicker, and he joins in reluctantly.

“Me too.”

Another round of silence overtakes the two of you, it’s suffocating.

“So I-“

“Would you-“

You both start, then stop just as quickly. The stifling atmosphere of your shared embarrassment leaves you both speechless.

“Sorry.”

“Sorry.”

You two don’t try to start again, not until you two reach your house.

“So…” you start. Everything feels so surreal. If you would've told yourself three days ago you'd be in a relationship with your best friend, you’d have never believed yourself.

“So.” He agrees, nodding. He's feeling as messed up as you are, he hopes you know that… “I can get started on that project tomorrow-”

“C'mon, Rui!-” you exclaim, grabbing his hands. You're sick of the tension - the apprehension - you just wanted to know where he was with it. Did he not want to be in a relationship with you? “I- Can you just tell me if you wanted to stay friends? This is so awkward!”

“It's not that, truly.” He defends, squeezing your hands. He can't believe you'd think that. Can you not see how endeared you are to him? A wave of relief washes over you, though. At least that suspicion wasn't confirmed. “I just- well…” He starts, getting flustered, “I get nervous…” His voice goes quieter, and he pulls you closer.

You swallow hard, your faces closer than before. The urge comes back- the feeling of desire to not only call him your boyfriend (something that already leaves a fuzzy feeling in your stomach), but to do romantic things with him. To touch him, hold him, breathe him in- even simply kiss him. Those things are why you decided to even tell him in the first place, why you were so discontent with your previous friendship.

Rui felt the same way too. He found his heart utterly devoted to the idea of you, and not much else. He saw in himself a restless animal, listening to every word you said like it was poetry.

All of this is to say that you two were at an impasse.

“Rui,” you beg, staring into his eyes, “let's be weird! I want to do things for the first time with you! I want to-”

A hand on your cheek breaks you from your monologue; your heart tightens.

Rui looks down at you, his expression something you can’t completely describe. He stares at you back, then he goes down to your lips, then back at you.

His voice is a whisper when he breaks the silence.

“Is this okay?”

You freeze. Is what okay? Why is he looking at you like that? Your knees turn into jelly as you realize.

Oh, he wants to kiss you.

You nod feverishly, leaning in.

Your collective thoughts quiet when your lips connect, and for once you’re not worried about trivial things like tension. It’s wonderful - still very reluctant, both being terrified of disappointing the other - but still heartskippingly amazing.

His eyebrows furrow as he deepens the kiss, moving off of pure instinct. He’s glad his first kiss is with you - he wouldn’t have it any other way. There’s no teeth, no fire, just small bursts of heat. You two have never been the kind to be rough with each other, after all, and it’s shown in the way you take care of one another.

His knees lock at the feeling of total gentleness from you, basking in the way you feel. It’s a calm reminder to both of you that; yes, you love each other, and no, you’re not just friends anymore.

like all good things, though, it came to an end eventually, as you two unfortunately had to breathe. (That isn’t to mention the fact that the blistering heat - combined with the strenuous activity, and embarrassment of doing this while standing on your very seeable porch - was leading you both to an embarrassing amount of perspiration.)

He looks down at your connected hands then back up at you, his face giddy and lopsided. “I should go home before it gets too dark, huh?”

You laugh too, heart pounding at the feeling of puppy love. “I’ll see you tomorrow?”

It’s not a question, it’s a promise. A promise that you WILL be at school and WILL speak to him like normal.

“‘Course,” he confirms.

He walks home just a little quicker that night, anxious to tell Nene all about it.

(the ironic thing, is that as soon as you closed your front door, you texted her too.)

[miowritings]

Maybe a fic of pjsk boys learning English with non-Japanese reader who’s good at it? (Feel free to ignore :D) have a nice day!

I-i-i love you!♡

Tsukasa tenma, rui kamishiro, akito shinonome, toya aoyagi x gn reader

✮a/n: sorry for being offline all of the sudden, i was thinking of quitting tumblr since i dont open it much, plus busy with school, im not gonna quit<3 more like a hiatus, ik how much it hurts to see an idol quit and i dont want yall experiencing that🙏 im more online on my ig account (@/yumi.anami) so if you want to talk, im here :DD, TRANSLATED WORDS ARE DOWN THERE!!

✮sypnosis: you, teach the boys how to speak english fluently.

✮contains: corny, sappy, love🥺

✮taglists: @akitosheart @nogenderbee

Tsukasa Tenma

-tsukasa decided that today was the day he decided to start using english! He already knew your first language wasn't Japanese, so he learns english with you, even if you speak japanese fluently

-while teaching him, he would have to ask for things in english only, yes he does know a bit of english but, its hard to communicate with such little words no?

-you introduce him to japanese and english dictionaries, flash cards, anything of the sort, even going as far as to make him listen to english songs!

-when asking for something like a ketchup or remote, he would have to say it in english

"Ah, y/n, could you please.. uh.. pass the... The.." he stutters, making some sort of movement in his hands, you know damn well he wanted that ketchup, so why not tease him? "Huh? The salt?" You ask, faking your obliviousness, tsukasa shook his head in frustration, then sighed in defeat. "The.. ケチャップ!!" He exclaims, you sigh, handing him the ketchup bottle. "Its ketchup kasa, but its okay, you got half the sentence right" you giggle.

-once he learned a bit more about the english language, he was getting the hang of it, except for his pronunciation..

-"ehem!" He clears his throat, then exhaled "i, live in a... A... Ru..ruru.." he stumbled, reading a post cards intently. "Rural, back from the top!" You stated, he groans but he knows that mistakes happen at first.

-"okay! I got this..! I, live in a ru... Rur..." He quits, groaning again, "y/n!! You picked the hard one didn't you..?!" He exclaimed dramatically, hugging you by the waist, you chuckle and carefully pushed him away. "Its a simple sentence.. i live in a rural areas ruu-raall" you exclaimed, making sure to emphasize rural "Dont push yourself okay? Theres still time.." you say, turning around to sit on the chair.

-tsukasa read the post card over and over and over until he was sure he's right! She walks up to you, reading the postcard. "I live in a... Ru...rural area! I live! In rural! Areas!!" He exclaimed in a much more louder than before, you got up and started cheering him.

-"hahaha!! Told you y/n! I dont need extra days to learn yknow?! Im like a champion!" He says playfully, you chuckle at his joke "y/n.! My dear, thank you for helping me.. ehem!" He clears his throat, making you face him "y/n! You are a.. beautiful person!" He exclaimed, making you bug eyed.

-"eh?! Since when did you know how to pronounce beautiful..?" You ask, still skeptical but impressed. "I practiced some words on my free time.. my friend said beautiful was both hard and simple.. it was challenging too.." he sighs "but i did it!!" "Yea, yea.. im proud kasa..but please dont yell in my ear.." you winced "oh.. sorry.." he chuckles.

Rui kamishiro

-rui already knew english, in fact he was good at it, so there was no need for teaching.. though he is a bit teasy with his english

-when you when you talk to him in japanese, sometimes he'll randomly speak english.

-"そしてこの犬はずっとボールに向かって吠えていた！私はただボールを取って犬に渡した" you ranted, you see rui have the mischievous grin on his face. "Oh..? At a ball? Thats very silly" he responds, in english, you sigh, knowing he would do something like this.. "really? Do you want me to speak in english or what?" You ask in english "日本人お願いします。" He stated, nodding intently.

-despite being good at english, sometimes rui has a hard time saying english words, sometimes he gets the pronounciation wrong.

-when he does get it wrong, he gets all peeved.. he knows that you'll tease him about it, but if it makes you happy, he'll laugh along.

Akito shinonome

-akito isnt that good at english, nor bad at it? Hes just there.

-ofcourse, you taught him proper english, he's still kind of pissed that he needs to study..

-"ugh.. cant i just speak to you in japanese..?" He groans, looking at the paper in his hand. "Didnt you ask me to teach you english? You cant back out now.. we went this far.." you plead to him, he sighs and reluctantly nods. "Fine.."

-even though he hates studying, he's very eager to learn, he wants to communicate well and to make you proud of him!

-akito takes alot of time when studying, so learning a new language would take wayy too long, but eventually he'll get there

-"Hmm.. say this?" You hand him a flashcard, which says "今日は天気が良さそうだと思いませんか?". "Oh..! Uh.." he clears his throat, analyzing the sentence "do..dont you.. think the.. weather looks nice today..?" He mutters, sounding unsure, his head tilting, looking at you to see your approval. "Hm.. its actually "dont you think the weather is great today?" But i'll let it pass, same meaning" you sigh.

-akito was very happy to know he translated it well.. sure it was a little.. different than the one on the flash card but it still works!

-once he knows english that much, its obvious he would tell his friends first, to flex and all.

-"Thats great shinonome-kun.!" Kohane chirped in, toya smiles proud in akito for actually studying.. an chuckles while exclaiming loudly "haha! Are you gonna speak english for the rest of your life?" She teases, smirking while waiting for a response. "Hello no.!" Akito groaned.

Toya aoyagi

-toya's already good when it comes to english speaking, hes not fluent, but its understandable.

-he would sometimes mispronounce words or get the meaning of the words mixed up, so he was glad to have you by his side.

-he would sometimes ask for you to tutor him english, the complex part of english learning.. he sometimes finds himself enjoying these study sessions..

-once he was good enough at english, he wanted to thank you so he wrote you something..

-it was a love letter, all in perfect english, he knew that it wasnt that big but he wanted you to know how youre teachings are important.

-"I know it isnt much.. but i just want you to know that our study time together paid off.." he mumbled, looking down, once he looked at you, he saw how happy, shocked and gentle you looked, he smiled at you and pulled you into a tight embrace

-"small..?! This is way too big...!!" You exclaimed, pulling hum close with a sigh.

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!!Translated words!! (Translated by deepl!!)

"そしてこの犬はずっとボールに向かって吠えていた！私はただボールを取って犬に渡した" → "and this dog kept barking at the ball, so i simply took the vall and gave it to him.."

"日本人お願いします" → "japanese please.."

"今日は天気が良さそうだと思いませんか?" → "dont you thing the weather looks great today?"

[stealcorpses83]

assigning behaviors I've noticed in people to pjsk characters:

tsukasa: writes his name EVERYWHERE. his desk at school has "tsukasa" "tsukasa" "tsukasa" "tsukasa" written all over it, his notebooks too and even his classmates' notebooks (from a classmate)

shizuku: says "oh, madonna!" instead of "oh god" (from my italian grandpa)

saki: tsukasa rides a bike and saki sits on the handlebar & every time they have to stop they fall off but they just get up and go on like nothing's happened (from an old friend)

mizuki: accidentally sends "penis shaped messages" and immediately points it out (me)

ena: is so fucking done with mizuki's penis messages (my friends)

kanade: "uhh i think I'm forgetting something? oh well it probably wasn't important" hasn't drank water since yesterday (me again)

rui: extremely verbose, to the point where everyone around him thinks he's some sort of philosophical genius but in reality he's just saying dumb shit and articulating it intelligently (my italian grandpa again so sorry)

an: sends her friends "hot milfs in your area" messages pretending to be a bot because silly and immediately gets banned ( @robinoullea literally)

airi: wants to be supportive but types way too quickly ( @robinoullea trying to say "10/10")

emu: says the most deranged things in roblox chats and manages to not get censored while her friend (nene) can't even go one sentence without "########" ( @harukaisu )

nene, trying to tell tsukasa to reset his roblox avatar because he got stuck: uhhh kill yourself (me) (I'M SO SORRY)

minori: tries to download a pin and accidentally sends it to a random person and dies of embarrassment (everyone. no one is safe from Pinterest's AWFUL interface)

ichika: goes into a store. gets an ingredient. goes back home. goes back. gets an ingredient. goes back home. repeat until she's got everything to make dinner when it's already 11pm (my forgetful mom)

mafuyu: has the most DERANGED dreams I'm not even kidding ( @robinoullea when he had that one dream where he sent me a tiktok meme of Richard Watterson saying the names of popular pornstars with them flashing on screen for a second each. I've cried real tears about this btw)

kohane: has a chicken farm in minecraft but she's so attached to them that she can't kill any of them for food so they just keep reproducing and in turn the server keeps getting laggier. eventually a creeper explodes right next to it and she throws herself off a mountain (me)

haruka: uses the default pfp which is also the pfp that shows when you get blocked by someone. she also turns her phone off often (which causes messages to not get sent until it's on) so minori always panics and sends her messages to make sure she's not blocked (classmate)

akito: makes gagging noises on purpose because it makes ena gag too and get VERY annoyed and he finds it funny (classmate)

toya: unintentionally causes a lot of fights in vbs regarding what the best way to make coffee is (my whole friend group) (except me i do it on purpose)

honami: whenever someone tags her in l/n's group chat she heroically says "who calls for my help?" ( @robinoullea )

shiho: doesn't have the heart to tell honami how funny it is when she does that (not me i always make sure to mention it)

[fruity-fruition]

Future Wondershow!!

Everything is amazing and ideal because I cannot handle a sad ending between them they're my lifeline

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Tsukasa and Nene are young skilled up-rising stars in both theatre and film industry who both are rapidly growing at an incredible rate due to their natural charisma, their history of already having a quite successful troupe in high school, mixed with both stubborn hard work and willingness/ideas to do insane shit due to being under Rui's direction for so long.

Rui is also an up-rising director who took the world by storm at how innovative his directing is in a field that's lacking in passion recently. Mixed with everything I've stated for Nene and Tsukasa too.

Emu took over the theme park business kind of. She's sharing with her brother's still, who's showing her the ropes and the actual mechanism of how everything works. Shosuke and Keisuke had fully embraced Emu's bright ideas and cheery attitude now, both thanks to working with WxS for so long and Emu showing them how capable she actually is, despite her optimistic naivety. The park is running to be as successful as ever, now Emu finally has power to make the changes she knows her grandpa would be proud of.

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Tsukasa, Nene, and Rui often work together on projects which lead their fan community to be merged in a way. It started off divided, with Tsukasa and Nene fans fighting near constantly due to the two coming into the field at the exact same time, but eventually most of the public know that if one is there, the other two won't be that far behind.

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Tsukasa, Rui, and Nene often get invited to those fancy parties, (they absolutely do not like it. It's too boring. But they go anyway because they need to build connections and stuff apparently) and every time they have the opportunity to invite a plus one, they drag Emu with. None of them stay at the main hall for long, and they'd drag each other outside to either the balcony or garden and just hang around.

This ALWAYS results in them going viral on some sort of social media, with the press never failing to capture a photo of all four of them hanging about and laughing with each other.

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Their work often brings them apart a lot of times, and even though they still meet weekly in the SEKAI, it's just not the same.

So once every year, they all clear their schedules completely for a full week or more so they could go on a holiday together. It doesn't really matter where. They could stay at home a lounge for the whole week for all they care. But they still do it just to physically be there with each other.

(bonus point if they invite other friends too. Saki, Toya, Mizuki, etc)

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Again, schedules and overseas work contrast each other a lot of times if they're all working on a project.

But whenever Rui, Tsukasa, and Nene end up home all at once, unplanned, they all collectively decide to just drag Emu to go out with them to their old restaurant that they always go to after a show in high school.

Emu's employees have gotten used to seeing Emu piggyback riding Rui/Tsukasa at full speed leaving the office that they have an entire protocol that Emu and her brothers made for when it happens.

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Wondershow would do random livestreams together. Either gaming, or baking, or painting each other's nails. They have no specific genre. They just do it for fun.

Nene would still do singular gaming livestreams still, because it's one of her passions.

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I have more but the rest is kinda shippy and I wanted to keep this PURELY Wondershow friendship because I love Wondershow friendship so much guys they're everything I hate them

(you can so clearly tell that English isn't my native language in this post. Wow. I'm so sorry I hope it's coherent enough)

[aayakashii]

I'm going through the Sinostra chapter right now and I can't stop making theories omg there might be spoilers below so be careful, although I'm just enumerating my questions tbh lol

According to one of Taiga's home screen dialogs, there might be some sort of time loop happening which he's KINDA aware of? Or maybe just aware when triggered somehow.

He said "long time no see! You decide to ditch this future too? Sorry I'm not dead yet" which is INCREDIBLY ooc as to how he behaves during the story which leads me to

His extreme memory loss, which apparently lasts less than 24 hours. Why is that? Did he go through so many time loops that it started affecting his memory? There was one small moment in which he remembered Ritsu because he saw the MC face though...

The Clash. What the fuck was it

What's Taiga relationship to Haru? Haru sounds eerily nonchalant regarding Taiga even though the man keeps on threatening Peekaboo. And aftewards, Rui briefly mentions that Taiga has a "destroying what others hold dear" schtick, which leads me to believe that Taiga is seeking revenge for losing something important maybe???? Is the fanfic brainrot too big rn

WHY DOES HE HATE LIKE DOVES??????? I dont wanna go full romantic mode, but is he just resentful of seeing a bird that is the physical representation of someone else's feelings or something......

The spy. Honestly no idea. There's some theories floating around that Haku is the spy, but I would rather see him during the Hotarubi episode before jumping to conclusions, but it's understandable how people might think that I guess...? He IS very nice and helpful and randomly finding the MC fleeing by train was way too much of a coincidence... he does seem to always tie the MC to Darkwick somehow, firstly by KIDNAPPING her and then by talking her into staying. If the MC is the trigger to a bigger event, then one could see that as suspicious. But I would like a bit more evidence first lol

Back to Taiga, why is he. Like why

Okay no but seriously. If we take the timeloop thing seriously + Haku being a spy, here's the theory:

Taiga knows the MC is the trigger for an awful event and tried killing them back in the Prologue in order to cut the problem on its roots. Haku, if we consider him as the spy, WANTS the event to happen (considering he could also be aware of the loop), which is why he saved us and took us to Darkwick, therefore letting it all play out once again.

If Haku isn't the spy, then we would have to chalk it up as Taiga knowing and trying to kill us, but destiny (???) being a bitch, therefore putting Haku there as a pawn to make things play out again

Maybe the spy can control other ghouls? Who know tbh

Finally, what is going on during the first scene we see in the game? Darkwick on fire and the first character we choose jumping off of the building? I wonder what would happen if we choose Taiga as our first card....... maybe I should create a sub acc

Anyway if anyone has more questions/theories PLEASE SEND THEM MY WAY IM OBSESSED WITH THIS GAME I NEED TO THINK ABT IT

There is also a good theory on reddit made by u/imonlybr16 that states this:

"Before the prologue, when you open the game for the first time, you're greeted with the opening scene involving MC running through the halls of a ruined Darkwick. The question is asked "When the world is collapsing around you, whose hand will you take?"

There you're taken to your character choice screen. The guy you choose is later shown on the railing of a balcony, about to jump off.

Now I think I have a very far fetched and vague idea as to what is going on.

In chapter 2, we learn that the person that Alan killed was Dante or at least he thought he did. But we meet Dante and he's very much alive.

This comes theory number one.

***You can't actually die on campus.***

Note the use of actually here. You can 100% still die, you just end up coming back to life.

If Rui is your home screen he talks about accidentally killing someone else in his dorm and being annoyed with having to lift them back to Obscuary. This struck me as a particularly odd dialogue because Rui's curse causes people to die.

Unless, you can't die on campus.

This would explain Dante pretty much instantly. Yes Alan killed him but yes he's alive.

The campus itself is an anomaly, stopping people from dying doesn't sound too far fetched. I expect this to be revealed with the other two members of Obscuary, as that dorm seems to have a connection to death. One of the things that always pops up is that ghouls aren't immortal, no matter how quickly they heal.

Also explains how Calamari didn't die in chapter 3. Ren ran from the dorm > the caves > the jetty and Calamari was already pretty dehydrated in the beginning.

But OP you might say, aren't all the guys talking like they believe they're going to die.

Luckily, that brings us to vauge and far fetched theory number two.

***The campus is on fire due to a rebellion***

In the very last chapter of the prologue we get to see Kaito's wickhive. There we see three pretty interesting threads.

. There's gonna be an uprising soon

. One of you is a demon

. There's a guy who could see the future

Kaito is surprised at something he sees in this scene but we don't learn what it is. This chapter's 'preview' is one of the scenes we see in the very beginning. Blood and a Lily.

I believe that the first thread is foreshadowing and will . After you meet your chosen guy standing on the railing you get a line of dialogue (or not if you picked Towa) that changes depending on who you picked. Some imply that what they're doing is going to save you(Jiro, Zenji and Sho), some apologize stating that they could protect what they cared about until the very end (Luca,Kaito,Haru and Yuri) but three characters caught my attention

Leo: Life sucks and then you die,right? I just want to make the assholes responsible regret it.

Ren: This is exactly why I didn't to do this! I knew this was how it was going to end.

Subaru: This is all my fault. I don't expect you to forgive me, but this is the least I can do. Please take this as my final act of good faith.

Especially Subaru's and Ren's, that seemingly imply either the MC's (Ren's) or their (Subaru) involvement in the current situation. Now what does this has to do with a potential uprising?

One of the things we learn from the very beginning is the inter-politics of the houses and by extension the ghouls. Especially after the fallout of the clash. Things are pretty tense and an uprising or rebellion seems to be the most likely thing.

As to what happened and why? I have no clue. Though one thing to note is that according to the prophecy, as long as the ghouls are in Darkwick, they prevent a disaster from coming. If Darkwick is destroyed however, the prophecy can't be fulfilled, or can it?"

This is such a good theory too, I really think u/imonlybr16 has probably gotten a lot of things right.

Although it's weird that death is such a big threat to us specifically, but maybe the Academy can't prevent death by curses, much like the Mesmer Matches dont work on someone who's cursed. Hhmm...

[amiaimpxct]

FORGIVING?

*+.~ mizuki x rui

cw: mizurui, angsty, hurt/comfort, post-breakdown, mizu5 spoilers(??), written right after mizu5

Mizuki ran out of the school building, tears streaming down their face, the beat of their heart drowning out any other sound.

I can’t face her again. I can’t face any of them again.

What do I do—

“Akiyama?”

Shit. Yabai.

Mizuki breathed hard, stopping in place, clutching their chest, as if trying to stop it from flying out of their body.

“Mizuki! Mizuki!”

Footsteps sounded closer, and closer, and closer.

Move! Why can’t I move?

Mizuki clutched their chest, frozen in place. They looked to the ground, tears making the dry soil dark.

“…”

“Mizuki. What happened?”

“…Rui….”

Out of almost nowhere, Mizuki fell to their knees, shaking uncontrollably, broken cries escaping from their throat. Their breath quickened, accidentally breathing in the dirt below them, causing them to choke.

“…Don’t breathe in the dirt, Mizuki. I’m with you.” Rui keeps his voice quiet, crouching alongside the convulsing figure.

Even through the sobbing and screaming mess, he would be by their side, comforting them and supporting them no matter what.

We’ve been through so much together. No matter what, I will support them through to the end.

It was a long while before Mizuki could even put their head up, but Rui’s expression never changed. It never got angrier, or annoyed. Rather, it showed genuine concern.

“Are you able to talk about it?”

Mizuki stayed silent, but showed a slow nod.

“Hmm. Would you like to write it down instead?”

Another nod.

“Are you alright if we moved to some other location to sit?”

A hesitant, but sure nod.

“I’ll help you up, okay?”

Rui stands up, outstretching his hand, waiting for them to accept.

Everyone always waited.

Ena waited for their secret.

Rui waited for them to accept help.

Mizuki took his hand, slowly getting up on their feet. Their knees felt a slight ache from being on the ground, but that wasn’t the main issue.

Rui walks slowly, careful steps along the dirt. He’s not dragging them, but rather leading them. They hold his hand tightly, a lifeline while they’re lost in the forest of ill-minded people and darkness. Rui doesn’t mind.

Finally, the two reach a quiet secluded spot, and the two sit down on a well worn wooden bench that slightly creaked with both of their weights.

“Are you ready?”

Mizuki nods.

“I think I can talk about it now, Rui.” Mizuki quietly admits, gripping the edge of their skirt.

“Then I’m all ears.” Rui responds, copying their energy as to not make them more anxious.

Mizuki didn’t know where to start, yet they started speaking. They felt as if everything came out like a waterfall, unable to be controlled as they dug their nails into their knees, waiting for an expression change, a look of disapproval; anything to tell them to stop.

But he kept listening intently, his eyes never deviating of focus.

“…and then I was running so fast, I couldn’t breathe— and then I came to the back of the school and you found me….” Mizuki trailed off, their voice beginning to quiver with fear, anxiety, sadness, anger; maybe a mix of the sort.

“I’m stupid for running. And I’m… sorry.” Mizuki lowers their head again, feeling the strange yet familiar feeling of tears welling up in their eyes.

“What are you sorry for?”

“Sorry for… bo-bothering you with my talk, and sorry to Ena for— for leaving her behind—“ Mizuki answered, between sobs that left them breathless— “and sorry to— to myself…for being so stupid and thinking people would ever accept me….”

“You aren’t stupid, Mizuki. And,”Rui takes his hand and hovers it over theirs— “We’re in this together. Remember what I said earlier today?”

Mizuki is silent once more.

“And those kids don’t understand, never understand, how much you are as a person apart from what you look like or act like. It’s not your fault they can’t accept who you are.”

Mizuki nods with acquiesce, softly and slightly, tears still falling and making glowing puddles on the back of their hands; soaking their skirt a deep dark blue.

The time was near close to night time, and the sky was threateningly dark.

“It’s getting late, Mizuki.” Rui points out. “Would you like me to walk you home?”

Silence.

“…You’d still walk me home?”

“Of course. Now,” Rui stands up, stretches his hand out for them to take again, “come with me.”

Again, they take his hand. An anchor in the dark waters of cruel life.

A light amidst the darkness, and maybe, the light at the end of the tunnel.

Maybe they wouldn’t have to disappear.

[ellieellieoxenfree]

made this post before and i WILL make it again but there is something so infuriating in browsing old kiseki tags and 99% of the chen yi discourse is reductive 'gee he's such an idiot why doesn't he understand his feelings.' like yes, i am not free from the sin of calling him an idiot (with love), but it's just...the kid was born into a gang, lost his parents early, was raised by an emotionally detached, abusive predator who enjoyed manipulating children and teenagers into doing his dirty work (sorry, CDY stans, but i'm right -- i too love the old man yaoi but the guy is a certified piece of shit), was given the almost insurmountable goal of being the primary caretaker, probably even before he hit puberty, of an incredibly damaged, abandoned little boy with documented issues from his mother's drug use while in utero, and was thrust into a leadership role in the criminal underworld at the age of fucking seventeen.

it's no fucking wonder he doesn't have his shit together -- who's there to teach him any kind of healthy relationship modeling? -- but it's often not noticed that as he got older, he would have been trained to set himself slightly apart from the other men (and teenage boys, argh) in yiyun meng, because he was a leader and he had to command respect and authority. ai di is capable of making friendships, albeit surface-level ones, or at least feigning himself as a good-time party boy to hide the massive roiling trauma underneath, but chen yi would have had responsibility and the massive job of heir hanging over him since childhood and would have constantly been chasing that dragon in the hopes of impressing CDY. which was never going to happen because as an abusive predator, CDY knew he would always have more power over chen yi if he consistently withheld his affection and approval. fear breeds loyalty. chen yi says CDY raised them both, but ai di was always a sort of uncontrollable, extraneous son whose loyalties started and ended with chen yi, whereas chen yi is fucking pliable to CDY's emotional manipulations because he has literally no other frame of reference to say 'hey, that's fucked.' he's the first, the primary, the heir, the one to pin all the hopes on. CDY semi 'parents' him, but ai di doesn't fall for the bullshit in the same way. he's loyal to those who have shown him kindness -- chen yi, zong yi. (ze rui is his own tangent.) chen yi was raised to think of CDY's 'kindness' to him as an immense debt he would spend a lifetime repaying.

and then i could go on for hours about how the fuck a character who has been raised to put himself in last place his entire life, after his boss and his sworn brother and his men, is supposed to know how to learn to take things for himself. how is he supposed to know how to want, when he's never been told that's even an option?

just annoys me so goddamn much we got characters who are so complex and whose traumas are so firmly rooted in the same fixed point that makes untwining them a joy and the fandom looked at them and went 'hee hee funny little idiot man doesn't get emotions.'

[project-sekai-facts]

I wanted to share my thoughts on what the next focus events could be for arc enders, while also asking you what you think is going to happen if you haven’t already

L/n: I’m honestly at a loss as to what the next event has in store for us. I definitely think it’s an Ichika focus (though I’ve seen people speculate it’s Shiho), but I’m not sure what they could do. Maybe enter a recording label to increase their audience? (Haven’t read Get Over It. yet so maybe I’m missing a part of the puzzle)

VBS: most likely a Toya event, I want to see him get mad. Like full blown anger from him. He was absolutely livid in Light Up the Fire as seen from his card, so I just want him to absolutely go apeshit. Worst part is that he doesn’t have the best relationship with adult figures so the parallels with his father are there. Maybe they’ll also try to reunite with Kotaro etc? VBS has a lot on its plate after the truth bomb regarding Nagi, that’s for sure

WxS: I mean. I’m pretty sure we all know it’s indirectly confirmed to be a Rui event. And this one is most definitely addressing the disbanding of the unit. Since he’s the one most worried about it, I think it makes sense he started the arc with Farewell at the Curtain Call and now gets to end it with a conclusion that will affect the group one way or another

N25: also somewhat obvious we’re getting a Mafuyu event from the teaser, this one is surely going to address what’s on all of our minds: is she going to run away? Our Escape for Survival has definitely set me on edge so I can’t wait to see how the story plays out

Oh yeah I’ve been thinking so hard about the arc enders the past few weeks so here goes nothing

L/n: They actually got signed at the end of Get Over It. It was right at the end of chapter 8 though, so I reckon the event will be taking the first steps as pros, especially considering this was their main goal up until this point. Like how at the end of Re-tie Friendship MMJ decided to change course, and then STEP by STEP was about them actually leaving.

VBS: Toya definitely. You can work it out by MV distribution. I think this will be a getting the band back together sort of story, considering that all the side characters left in LUTF and BAD DOGS interact with the side characters more. In his last event, Toya became good friends with Souma, and considering how Taiga crushed Arata’s ambition using Souma, I wouldn’t be surprised if those two were in it a lot. I hope Kotaro gets a good resolution too after his breakdown in LUTF.

WxS: Okay I have actually spoken about this one but I’ll do it again because I’m very invested in the current WxS arc. I originally thought this would be an Emu event mainly because WxS really needs to shuffle their event order but considering we now know it will be an arc ender no way it’s not Rui. At the end of Canary in a Quagmire he says that he thinks he’s worked out a way for them to all pursue their dreams together, which. The fact that Tsukasa and Nene want to go abroad and Emu wants to stay home already kinda messes with that concept sorry Rui. WxS is very special to him because he’s never had close friends before and doesn’t want to lose it (he literally refers to it as his home in Island Panic) and I think this event will be a bittersweet slaps in the face of reality that they can’t just stay together forever. 👍 also I really want him to spill that Asahi invited him to join ArcLand (aw yeah conflict)

N25: The fucking puppet from her first event man. The puppet triggered Mafuyu in Captive Marionette because she saw herself in it - everything in her life was puppeteered by her mother. And the curtain closing? I’m not sure if she’ll actually run away, but I think she’s going to confront her mother herself. I think Mafuyu is finally more ready to confront that her mother is the problem and is controlling her every move and I want to see her at least try to break free of it.

[digitalgate02]

Moar 02TB thoughts based on friend’s reports from their watch sessions and chit-chat with them:

(spoilers ahead)

I’m aware that Ukkomon claims to be the cause of partnerships and how this goes against the Advverse lore as it was told to us through years, but I learned that: 1- the 02 kids also comments on this and the math count (sigh) is still in check with the lore; and 2- the only things i want to believe to be true is that Ukkomon is not lying about Rui being the first, and also that he’s not lying about being connected to something “bigger”.

I think… Maybe, and this is a WILD GUESS territory (unless stated something otherwise through the interviews), that Ukkomon is either connected to Homesostasis (which is not a god-like entity according to Adv’99 anime and novels, but had chosen most of the kids we know) or perhaps a god-like figure we still don’t know (not going to go further into this discussion, too overthinking for me and i’m not ready for this talk again) – so it’s possible that Ukkomon was just exaggerating about that part for some reason (friend believes it was to make Rui think of him as some sort of wish-maker savior)

My current theory about that, before i watch the movie by myself, is that maybe Ukkomon is connected to something bigger indeed, but he’s not a god-like digimon able to realize wishes. If he had that power, he wouldn’t have done certain things in that way. Like, the null/Bandai lore claims it’s a rumor about the Ukkomon species granting wishes! But also point out one of its specialties is hijacking the opponent’s consciousness. So yeah. You get me, right?

This means… I believe Rui was the very first beta tester after the incident in 1995 with a Koromon (OG staff *never* implied the ‘95 Koromon was actually Taichi’s partner, not even in-anime series, so i’m going with this, sorry) – possibly chosen by Homeostasis as some sort of first experiment, or idk, some god-like figure we still don’t know (and i’d prefer to not know ever, enough of OG Advverse movies or movies about past series in general, please 😐)

The fact Rui’s digivice is very very similar to the ones the Older Six/worldwide Chosen have but very “outdated” kinda makes me think this one was the very first digivice created, but by whom i have no idea yet. I’m guessing it’s Homeo, because it was the only pre-2002 entity to have made digivices via the Agents. In 2002, we know the Holy Beasts copied Ken’s Dark D-3 (which was Ken’s OG digivice modified possibly in 2001??) and sent them to the 02 kids, and also modified Takeru and Hikari’s digivices as well.

I’m also informed the digivices disappear once Ukkomon is beaten by the 02 kids, which could imply whoever is connected to Ukkomon also decided to trust those children to make both worlds get closer to each other in a good relationship, like in the epilogue. And if this meant a legit Epilogue retcon, then why keep it at the mark of 60k-or-so partnerships throughout the world!? Of course they’re still happening. Plus, we don’t see digivices in the original series’ epilogue, so i think it makes sense for them not having digivices anymore imo.

tldr; I don’t believe the digimon partnerships started because of Rui’s wish, but i totes believe him being the first and that he was chosen by someone else instead of “Ukkomon himself”.

[detectiveichijouji]

Case 31 - Casually meeting a phantom thief

[AO3 version]

SPECIAL CASE!! It's a special chapter only featuring the Space Trio and Arsenemon... meeting Rui-kun.

THERE'S NO SPOILERS FOR 02 THE BEGINNING MOVIE. Don't worry.

---//---

A peculiar case, not related to Ken and his friends, has occurred. This case is related to Arsenemon and his crew. A destined encounter, a side-story.

“Sooooooooooooo we’re going camping!” Daisuke smiled, full of energy and excitement, at Noel as they were chatting, “We’re doing it! Don’t you want to come too? I’m sure you need to relax a little. Have fun… Look, it’s winter! It’s snowing! It will be fun!”

“I’m sorry, Motomiya-san… But I can’t.”

“Eh… Why?”

“I’m not supposed to be part of your group… We’re friends, but… I don’t think I should get involved in someone’s long term friendships’s activities.”

“Daisuke likes to make everyone get along,” V-mon explained, “But you said something important too.”

“I… I understand” Daisuke answered, “And yeah, you’re right. I think we can find something we can do later, together. Dang it, I wanna have fun with all of my friends!”

“I appreciate it,” Noel smiled, “We can do that then.”

And then… Daisuke and the others left town for camping. Noel knew the enemies wouldn’t attack if Ichijouji Ken and the others weren’t around. So all Noel and his other companions should worry about was keeping everything in peace and unmasking the mysterious faux Digimon Kaiser.

Or they thought that.

“Ohohoho, it’s surely snowing today!!” Lunamon scoffed Coronamon’s reactions to the snow.

“Y-Youta, it’s… It’s cold…”

“Don’t mock him, Lunamon,” Youta asked her, and then sneezed.

“Yeah Lunamon, you shouldn’t mock men who cannot endure winter~” Mizuki chuckled.

“Are you trying to pick a fight…?” he politely said and looked at the girl.

“Oh no, I’m just joking.”

“That’s no fun,” Coronamon spoke.

“...”

Noel looked at them and shook his head, “I think we should focus on looking for the faux Kaiser…”

“Yes, we should” Coronamon said immediately, “Is there any suspects in mind, Noel?”

“Hmmm, Ichijouji-san had this purple haired boy meeting him at school once and it was suspicious…”

“Purple haired…?” Lunamon blinked.

“Some sort of lilac shade. Maybe we should investigate him.”

“Alright, then we need to search for purple boys,” Mizuki nodded sagely, “Do you know his name or something?”

“Uh… I think it was Nokita Yuu or something, but I was watching very far from them and I couldn't hear or see them very well…”

“Then this means we will have to search for anyone with that detail” Youta shrugged, Coronamon shook his head.

“That will be hard…” the lion-like digimon commented.

“Can miss Espimon help?” Lunamon asked Noel.

“Hmm, She’s on the track of the bad guys too” he mused, “But we need to check this person first.”

“Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine” Mizuki sighed, “Then we need to spread out and search for any boy with purple hair.”

“We might not need that, cuz…” Lunamon points at a boy wearing a black jacket, purple hair and his right eye being covered with bangs, “There’s one purple haired suspect right in front of us!!”

“?!!”

“Lunamon, it’s rude to point at someone,” Coronamon said, deadpanned.

“HEY, YOU!!” Mizuki shouted, “STOP RIGHT THERE!!”

The boy did notice them staring at him, but by force of impulse… Ohwada Lui panicked and ran away.

“AH?? HE’S ESCAPING!!” Lunamon shouted.

“That’s because you shouldn’t yell at a stranger to stop like if they are a criminal,” Coronamon sighed again, and Youta facepalmed.

“I should’ve expected that would happen…” Noel also sighed, but when he opened his eyes again, the other four had gone after that person “D-don’t let me behind!!” and he ran after them

Lui kept running until he stopped and looked around. Why am I running away!? -- he thought, trying to figure things out -- Some people and digimon were staring at me. They told me to stop and I decided to run instead.

He was heading home and… somehow those people… came after him. At first he believed it was about something else, but… Maybe their digimon can sense the…--

“AHA, I FOUND HIM!!” Lunamon screamed and Lui turned back, seeing the five coming at full speed in his direction. Aaaand he just started to move without thinking twice -- “OH NO, HE’S ESCAPING!!”

“STOP RIGHT THEEEEEEEEEEERE!!!” Mizuki screamed again

They were chasing poor Lui again.

“WHY ARE YOU RUNNING!?” Youta shouted at Lui, all of them running nonstop.

“WHY ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME!?” Lui yelled back. He wanted a peaceful life at least ONCE!!

“CAN WE ALL STOP RUNNING?!” Noel shouted and then snapped his fingers, he stopped running and then made the other five float in the air, “S-sorry I had to.”

H-HOW DID THIS KID-- Lui was quite impressed by this. Only a digimon could do that, he supposed. Would he believe in magic? Not when you spent your childhood with a digimon. So at this point, Lui was skeptical, if something supernatural happens… It’s the cause of a digimon! (Very much like Daisuke’s explanation for the same subject)

“Can you really do that here!?” Youta blinked, Mizuki and the digimon looked around to check if no one else saw it happening.

“It’s okay, don’t worry about it.”

“...” Lui and the other four were put back on the ground. But before Lui could escape, Youta grabbed him by the wrist, “?!!”

“You shouldn't keep running, we only want to talk” but the other boy’s aura seemed pretty threatening… “If you run away--”

“SOLEIL DON’T DARE TO DO SOMETHING STUPID!” Mizuki pulled his ear, angrily.

“O-OUCH!!”

“...” Lui sighed, and once Youta released his wrist, he didn’t move. Maybe they know something he doesn’t… “Ok.”

Noel and the others felt relieved, so no more running. Though, Noel was quite curious about this boy, “Why were you running away?” the blonde asked him.

“I don’t know.”

“You don’t know??” Coronamon blinked, “But you were--”

“You were chasing me.”

“We were chasing you because you ran away!” Lunamon pouted.

“Uhh, let’s not start a discussion here” Noel interrupted them, “Hmm… I don’t think this is the person we’re looking for…”

“He isn’t??” Mizuki, Youta and their digimon exclaimed. Lui only felt even more confused -- So he wasn’t the one those people were looking for??

“Non.”

“... Can I ask one question…?” Lui looked at them, deadpanned. 

“What is it?” Coronamon got curious.

“... Are you a digimon?” and he looked at Noel, specifically.

“... H-how did you--” Lunamon was about to say something, but Mizuki, Youta and Coronamon covered her mouth.

“Hm?” Noel blinked, “Why do you ask…?”

“... You made us float, this means you’re a digimon, right?”

“Well, I’m just a humble magician--”

“I don’t think a magician would be able to levitate stuff without strings…”

“Oh you meant ‘stage magic’...? Ah, I mean I’m a real magic user.”

“Real Magic…”

“Étoile you’re talking too much…” Mizuki said, frowning.

“Real magic is only used by digimon beings.”

“If I were a digimon, how would you know?” Noel kept trading questions with that mysterious boy.

“I had a digimon before, and I’m aware of how digimon’s magic works.”

“Touché.”  

“So digimon can take the form of humans…” Lui seemed a little… bothered by that.

“Not all digimon can do that, only specific ones” Coronamon explained.

“... If you have a digimon--” Mizuki was about to ask him something, but she was interrupted by Noel’s wristwatch ringing.

“Attendez un moment, s'il vous plaît” Noel asked them, and then turned the communicator on, “What’s wrong, mademoiselle Espimon?”

“I’ve detected a shard near you!”

“Near us?” Youta blinked. “Do you mean…” and then the five looked at Lui.

“What??”

“Are you Nokita Yuu by any chance?” Coronamon asked.

“No? My name is Lui.”

“Lui huh…” Lunamon squinted her eyes at him.

“Yes, Ohwada Lui. I don’t know who this Nokita Yuu is…”

“Suspicious.” Mizuki said.

“??” Lui couldn't believe that these people didn't believe him.

“You could be lying about it,” Youta added.

“Why would I lie about myself, it makes no sense…?”

“Do you have an ID?” Coronamon asked.

“Are you the police…?”

“We’re more than the DigiPolice” Lunamon smirked, “Your documents, sir!”

“Why am I having to prove this, but here…” he took his wallet from his pocket, and from it his ID.

They didn’t get the ID from Lui’s hand, and just read them. The other felt like he was being framed for a crime, selling illegal things or stealing someone’s identity. But the photo had him with his bangs shorter yet, and his hair was also short. No bangs, just an eyepatch covering his eye.

“Eh, they don’t seem to be the same person” Lunamon shrugged, “Humans photo ID can’t have accessories…!”

“… I had to explain my medical condition” Lui felt more and more overwhelmed by them, “I got permission for it.”

“Medical condition?” Coronamon blinked, “What kind of medical condition prevents you to--”

“IT’S CLOSE NOW!!” Miss Espimon’s voice shouted from the communicator.

“Close…?!” they glanced at Lui again.

“Do you still think I’m involved with whatever those shards are or with this Nokita Yuu guy!?” he babbled.

“Only a suspicious person would say that!” Lunamon said with a pouty face.

“That makes no sense, I’m not lying about anything I told you.”

Sigh, why do all digimon have to be like this? -- Lui thought. It was tiring having to explain to those people and digimon that nothing they had said rang a bell. It was when Noel sensed something else…

“He’s not lying.”

“Huh??” the other four looked at him.

“He doesn’t seem to have a shard, it’s not him.”

“If Noel says so, then it’s true…” Coronamon nodded sagely.

“I was telling you that this whole ti--” suddenly something made Rui flinch. A crowd of people came in their direction and passed by them, running away from something. He discreetly put his hand on his right eye, still covered with the bang and eyepatch.

“Whoa where’s those people coming from!?” Lunamon gasped.

“I told ya!! It’s coming!!” Miss Espimon said via Noel’s wristwatch “It’s a MachGaogamon , Noel.”

“Really…?” Both Noel and Coronamon seemed kinda annoyed by that name.

 “... A digimon fighting another digimon…” Rui stopped covering his right eye and bangs to clench his hand. It was his fault… HIS FAULT. So he ran in the direction of the source, as if he had a ‘radar’ or something like.

Noel and the others came next, with the blonde boy finding odd this human acting like that…

Lui stopped in front of MachGaogamon and saw a masked human next to the enemy digimon. Are them partnered with this digimon? -- he thought.

“What do you plan to do??” Youta shouted from a distance.

“... I have to do this… I have to…”

Lui stood in front of the opponent and looked at them.

“Please stop harming the people and causing problems!” Lui screamed, in an attempt to stop MachGaogamon from attacking.

But this wouldn’t work. MachGaogamon was a blonde man who had been transformed into a digimon via the faux shard, and somehow the Neo Digimon Kaiser had total control over this one!?? The Space Trio noticed it very quickly: those shards are not like the others, and they had to act right now. But maybe only Arsenemon was able to retrieve the fragment.

So… how can Noel just switch forms??

“MachGaogamon, I beg you… Stop…!”

“That idiot will get wrecked if he does not get out of there” Mizuki snapped, then she took her digivice, “Lunamon let’s put those two to sleep!”

“Right--”

“Wait a minute!” Noel interrupted them.

MachGaogamon looked into Lui’s left eye for a second. Lui definitely felt that digimon was stopping, and then…

“Pathetic.”

The digimon tried throwing a whole car against him. Lui’s eyes widened, and he expected for the worst.

He closed his left eye, the eye only visible while his right one was covered and remained a mystery to everyone else. And then… Noel sensed the presence of something nearby the boy.

-- I will protect you. --

Something like transparent tentacles came from behind the boy and slashed the car, tearing it multiple times and hitting the enemy as well.

“Wha--” Mizuki blinked; Noel took this opportunity to go into an alley and switch forms.

“No time to waste!!” Youta shouted, and took his digivice from his pocket.

“R-right!” she nodded.

Lunamon evolved into Lekismon meanwhile Coronamon warp evolved into Flaremon and they attacked MachGaogamon. Lui opened his eye and was astonished: His attempts to stop a digimon battle were futile. A fight really started in front of his own eyes.

Youta had to drag him away from the fight, and he did not resist and went with them.

“Why… Why is this happening again…”

“Again?” Mizuki looked at him.

“Those fights… I did not ask for this…”

“This is not your fault” Youta said seriously, “That dude right there is the one to blame.”

“...”

“Lekismon, put MachGaogamon to sleep now!” Mizuki ordered.

“Alright!!” Lekismon nodded, and then created bubble bombs with her gloves, “Moon Night Bomb!!” and threw them at MachGaogamon.

The bombs hit the opponent, making him drowsy. Flaremon came in and immobilized MachGaogamon with his arms.

“NOW, CATCH THE FRAGMENT!” Flaremon shouted.

“I won’t let you do that.” Matadrmon appeared from nowhere and knocked Flaremon. They started wrestling in the background.

“Dang it!” Youta clenched his hands.

The shard was on MachGaogamon’s hands, merged with its yellow chip. Arsenemon came quickly in the daylight and used his tricks:

“Un Deux Trois!” He snapped his fingers and an invisible barrier isolated MachGaogamon and Matadrmon from Lekismon and Flaremon, respectively.

“Ah finally you're here, why did it take you too long!?” Lekismon complained, “Catch that shard already!!”

“... Matadrmon, let’s retrieve. Ichijouji Ken and his friends are not here, which is a disappointment.” The masked human said, and then he and Matadrmon vanished.

“...” Lui was still in denial.

“Malchanceux.” Arsenemon charged his hand with a black blue aura and snatched the piece from the yellow chip in MachGaogamon’s hand.

MachGaogamon turned back into the blonde man. Arsenemon tossed the fragment to Flaremon, who destroyed it with his fist covered in flames.

But Lui was still in denial he couldn’t notice what happened or that a human being was forcibly turned into a digimon. Youta and Mizuki went to meet with their partners and let Lui escape, who did not say anything and left in silence.

“That dude escaped again!” Lunamon pouted.

“It’s okay, he wasn’t the person I saw with Ichijouji-san before,” Noel explained, “But… This Ohwada Lui…”

“What is it…?” Coronamon asked, and they all turned to Noel.

“Nothing, just… I had a strange feeling he might be a special case.”

“Well, we have yet to find that lavender haired person” Youta shrugged, “If this one wasn’t our suspect, then who could they be?”

“Hmm… Lune-san, did you access the database from the high school Ichijouji-san attends?”

“Wait, I did! Why were we looking for a random dude in Tokyo if we could catch the info straight from his school records!?”

“I’m the one to make this question” Youta and Coronamon said with a deep sigh at the end.

The mysterious Lui… What is his connection to the digimon? What happened to his partner digimon, since the trio didn’t see him with one? Why were those transparent tentacles coming from nowhere and protecting that human?

Many many questions are left open. Someday… You will uncover this mystery.

[theladyghost]

Gladiator 300th Chapter Celebration

Thank you @kigozula for organizing this event to mark the 300th chapter of this amazing fic!

Favorite…:

1. OC: Shoji, he’s a sweetheart!

2. Guard: Haoren, just for the way he roasted Fei Li in the Spirit Library arc (sorry Fei Li)

3. Gladiator: Sokka and Toph aside? Rhenzi.

4. Sponsor: Azula aside? Yang. He’s a riot.

5. Pair/Couple: Kori and Sneers

6. Friendship: Azula and Song

7. Villain/Antagonist/Opponent: Rhone. His story was quite interesting.

8. Suitor for Azula: Aonu

9. Place: Northern Air Temple

10. Event: Azula’s birthday (took place in part 1, but I guess it still counts)

Favorite Top Three…:

Kisses (in Part 2):

1. Fire Nation Festival #2 arc 7 (when they thought Zhao knew the truth)

2. Fire Nation Festivals #2 arc 7 (after they they learn that Zhao got the wrong idea)

3. Firelord for a week arc 4 (before facing Rhone)

Lovemaking:

1. Fire Nation Festivals #2 arc 2 (The Palanquin)

2. Return to Shu Jing arc 6 (the hot springs cove)

3. Gladiator and Sponsor Race arc 9 (Oma and Shu’s tomb)

This or That:

1. Part 2 or Part 3: Part 2, mainly because Part 3 is not finished yet.

2. Zuki family or Mai Jian family: Mai Jian family. Yuudai is hilarious. My inner 3 year old related to him a lot at Ty Lee and Haru’s wedding. And Ruon Jian and Mai are cute together.

3.Fire Nation Festivals arc or Anniversary arc: I can’t possibly choose, I’m sorry.

4. Captain Rui Shi or Captain Fei Li: Captain Rui Shi (again, I’m sorry Fei Li)

5. Ozai or Zhao: Zhao

6. Scavenger Hunt, Pairs Tournament, Gladiator Brawn or Sponsor Race: Damn, this one is so hard… I’m going with the Gladiator and Sponsor Race.

7. Appa or Xin Long: Xin Long

8. Sokka’s Squad or Azula’s Squad: Azula’s Squad

9. Mai or Ty Lee: Ty Lee <3

10. Shoji or Kino: Shoji

11. Haru or Ruon Jian: Ruon Jian

Others:

1. Place I’d like to visit: Ember Island

2. If I’d could give the Part 2 a title what it would be: True Home. Because in Part 2 they find their place of belonging near each other. Corny I know.

3. What I most look forward to: Sokka and Ozai’s confrontation/Azula meeting Hakoda and Gran-Gran

5. Fave artwork for Part 2: I love several, but the one that comes to my mind right now is the one where Sokka and Azula take part in the Spicy Ramen Challenge. Imo Seyary Minamoto writing really shines in the most humorous moments of the narrative. And Sokka and Azula being their ridiculously competitive selves over something like an absurd eating contest? What’s not to love?

Guessing Time:

1. Future ship: Soooo, sometime ago someone went to seyary’s inbox to ask her about Sokka and Yue’s future interactions in Gladiator and she answered that while they’ll form a friednship, there’s no room for a romance between them in this story. Then she implied that Yue will find love with someone else, so I sent my guess to Seyary’s inbox and going by her answer to kigozula’s post, I think I might be onto something. However, revealing my suspections might be spoilery, so I refrain from doing so.

2. When will Azula and Zhao get a divorce: I think that Ozai has to be dealt with first. But maybe the spirit oasis thing will be Zhao’s downfall.

3. Hakoda’s first meeting with Azula and Hotaru: Hakoda and Azula will have a very difficult conversation about Azula’s capturing Sokka and taking him alway from home. But after hearing Sokka’s version of the story, Hakoda will be able to forgive Azula. And he will be super emotional upon meeting his granddaughter

4. Ozai and Ursa reunion: Ozai might flip his shit

5. What Ozai’s future looks like: Hard to tell. I’m not sure if he’s going to die or have his bending removed like it happened in canon.

6. When Azula visits the South Pole for the first time: I hope to see her interacting with Gran-Gran, who’ll tell her all sorts of embarrassing stories about Sokka’s childhood. Azula will get lots of ammunition to make fun of him, he’ll state his so called manliness once again, and she’ll think it’s adorable

7. First thing Sokka and Azula will do upon reuniting: The two of them are horny as hell, so… Just kidding! Seyary posted that artwork where they reunite in a battle and make out, but I trust them to have a full conversation before jumping each other’s bones. There’ll be crying involved.

Quiz:

1. First Gladiator Sokka faced: The Spawn of the Volcano, I think…

2. How long they’ve been together: 3 years

3. First person to find out about Sokkla’s relationship: Rui Shi (If we’re taking that day in Shu Jing as the starting point of their relationship)

4. Who was onto them from the start: Song

5. Ozai’s first love: I don’t remember. In my defense, I still have some arcs left to read and I don’t exactly read them in order…

6. First event The Princess and The Blue Wolf participated in: Scavenger Hunt

7. How many times the Blue Wolf fought in the Slate:Twice

8. Which Azula’s suitor got closer to being crown prince: Out of all Azula’s suitors? Kuan, I guess…

9. How old were Aang when he was frozen in the Iceberg: I’ll just say 18, but I really can’t remember *hides in utter shame and humiliation*

Words for the author @seyaryminamoto

Dear Seyary Minamoto: I already told you most things I wanted to by sending some anon messages to your blog askbox. Well, now you know it was me. But I think it doesn’t hurt to repeat myself: I started reading Gladiator recently and I’m almost done with it, cause it’s addictive. It’s crazy to think you’ve been writing this story for so many years. Your dedication it’s really appreciated by your readers. I mean, it’s such a long fic and I’m amazed by your attention to every little detail, at how every aspect of the plot seems to be crafted well in advance. Like Azula telling Sokka about the bloodlust spear for the first time in chapter 46 when their partnership was just beginning, only for it to be brought up again years later at chapter 206! Or Sokka writing his haiku on chapter 37 and the very same words causing a powerful emotional reaction in Azula on chapter 276! I look back to the beginning of the journey and think about everything these characters have been through and how much they’ve grown ever since… it’s overwhelming! Can’t even imagine how it must feel for you. The characters and their universe might’ve been created by Bryke, but just by changing a small detail from canon you brought to life something that feels entirely new. Honestly, I wish I could read it all for the first time again, because I already reread my favorite bits so many times that I know them by heart now. Can’t wait to see what you have planned for the future chapters!

[iam50b3r]

I'm writing a ruikasa fic!

BIIIIGGGG TW FOR SH

I'm writing a new fic again! here's a snippet of what I've got until now. PLEASE IF YOU HAVE A TRIGGER FOR SH PLEASE DONT READ THIS

The sharp blade of a razor cuts through Rui’s skin like paper. A crimson red starts pouring out slowly at first, then fast, until it will not stop. He quickly took a bandaid from his bedside drawer with his other hand and held the freshly cut one so that no blood would spill on his sheets. The room smelled faintly of iron and blood. 

Rui does not remember when this habit became an addiction. All he remembers is that one day it started— the thoughts— the voices. They always said the same. You are a horrible person for wanting to put others’ lives in danger for your enjoyment. For your so-called ‘shows’. You are an awful person. They would torment the boy for days, maybe even years if he did not do as they wanted to. If he did not cut himself. 

Self-harm seemed to be his only way to stop the voices and feel nothing. Even if he got used to tuning out the voices, the feeling and urge were still there. The feeling of loneliness and despair. Hopelessness and hate. It never quite left unless he cut himself. And so, it became a habit, an obsession, an addiction. First, it was just when the voices got bad, but then the voices kept returning more rapidly, so it turned to three times a week, to four, to five, to every day. 

Every day Rui would make around three to maybe even ten cuts. They were never very deep, but deep enough to bleed. A lot. He made sure they only looked like cat scratches though. Just in case anyone ever asked about it. He normally wore long sleeves anyways so there was nothing very new or special about the way he dressed. And most people would not see them that way either. 

Rui has kept this a secret from everyone in WxS. The only other person who knew about it was Nene. And that was all because of an accident. 

One day when Rui was around fourteen years old, there came a very bad wave of these sorts of thoughts. He started cutting himself like always when it got that bad, but he realized he could not stop. He was screaming to himself to stop but nothing worked. Nene was walking back home from somewhere at the time and heard the screams from Rui’s open window and quickly bursted inside to see Rui on the floor, crying, with a bloody razor blade in his hands and his hands cut all the way to his armpits. Blood was everywhere. Nene ran to Rui’s side and took the razor out of Rui’s hands and went to take as many wet towels as possible. Rui barely noticed Nene there from all his panic. The girl helped Rui calm down and clean everything up. Since then they have held a promise to not tell anyone about Rui’s addiction or what happened that day. 

Nene has kept her promise for all Rui knew. But he was scared of what the others would do or say if he ever let them know. So, he made sure that when he changed to his theater, Tsukasa was nowhere to be seen. And he made sure he only cut in the night so no one would ask if there were bloodstains on his shirts. His parents also did not know about this addiction. No one had to know. It would just cause too much trouble, Rui thought. 

“RUIIIIII CMON WHAT’S THE NEXT INVENTION GONNA BE FOR THIS PLAY??” Rui got snapped out of his thoughts by a loud Emu running straight toward him. Oh yeah, he was in the middle of practice right now. He looked at Tsukasa and Nene who seemed to be talking with each other. He wonders about what they are talking about. What if it was him? What if- 

“Rui?” Emu was now an inch away from Rui’s face. Snapping her fingers by his left ear. “Are you alright?” She whispered with a worried tone. Rui gave back a sheepish smile. 

“Oh, sorry, Emu, I was just zoning out a little.” Emu seemed worried about the director’s mood, but let it go, barely. Nene and Tsukasa are now walking towards the other two, probably to make sure they are alright and to make sure they are not talking about something everyone should hear about. 

“Is everything alright?” Nene asked. She seemed to notice how Rui’s stare was slowly turning lifeless even though his Cheshire-like smile stayed on. “Uhm, we should be at page forty-six right? Where Emu says something about the lost mechanic?” 

Right. The play they were making. It was about a mechanic from a faraway kingdom. The mechanic runs away after the king demands too much of him. The king does not realize how much pressure he has put on the mechanic, and he does not seem to want to see that. Until a mermaid from the kingdom’s waters comes around to the castle with her fish apprentice to help the king find the mechanic again. The king finds out a lot more about the mechanic’s past, which seems dark and hopeless. The king realizes his mistake and makes it his goal to apologize to the mechanic. They find the mechanic in a dark cabin far away in the woods making one last invention for the king. The king apologizes and the mechanic almost does not accept it, until the mermaid told him how much the king has done to get to this place, and so they go back to the castle. Happily ever after. 

It was more on the tame side for Rui for once. He did not have to make too many robots, at least any new ones. Maybe a few, but nothing too much. Rui shook his head slightly to be able to see more than blurs. He does not quite understand why his eyesight was so bad. Maybe he should invest in glasses… 

“Rui?” The boy looked at the green-haired girl who just called him. She seemed worried. It almost looked like she could hear everything Rui was thinking about right now. It made him panic a little. And so, the voices came back. They’re all staring at you. You did something wrong. Why are you letting them see this side of you? I thought you wanted this side of you to be hidden.

“I’m sorry, I’m not feeling quite well today. Can we call this off for today?” Rui asked. He could not concentrate on all this chaos in his head today. Why was he thinking of the past so much today? He heard once that if something traumatic happened to you in your past, your body would never forget it. Maybe it was his third anniversary of the accident. 

The others seemed worried. You worried them. You are a horrible person to worry them like that. You do not deserve worry. Rui shook his head again just a little and made sure to wave at the others before going to the changing rooms. 

When Rui got to the changing room, he immediately went to his locker and tried to hold his panic at bay for just a little bit more. If Tsukasa walks in, he can not be panicking while Tsukasa is watching. That would be the worst. Rui does not quite understand why he is so worried about Tsukasa seeing him like that. More worried than if anyone else would see him like that. It was weird. 

“Rui-kun,” Rui twitched and turned around so fast he almost fell. Fuck. There he was. “Is everything okay?” He looked so worried. He hated it. Why was he so worried? He should not be worried about Rui. Rui is completely fine. He is fine. He is fine-

Rui realized his jacket was sitting on his arms, he was happy he had a blue blouse underneath. Rui did not say anything. He just ran out of the changing room. He could get his stuff he left there afterward. He just had to run away from everyone. No one was allowed to see him like this. And especially not Tsukasa. 

Tsukasa was perfect. He was so perfect there was not a single way to explain how perfect he was. Everything about him was just– perfect. Rui could not think of a single other word to describe the other boy. He does not know why or when he has gotten these thoughts in him about Tsukasa. He was just like that in his eyes. He had friends, he was popular, and he did not seem to have any sort of trouble. He had a loving sister, and a friend so close he would call him family. He seemed to have everything Rui wanted. He was just perfect. 

Rui got to his home and quickly went through the back door to his garage/bedroom. He could hear his mother upstairs in a meeting. It was not common for them to be home. It would only take a few hours before they said they would be gone for a week again. His mother is an event coordinator and his father is an international tour guide. This means they both stay out of home for days sometimes. 

He heard his phone go off in his bag but did not check it. Everything was just too much right now. He had to cut. He had to do something or he would die. Rui did not notice himself going to his bedside drawer and picking up the razor blade. He did not notice himself starting to cut into his skin. He did not notice the alarming amount of cuts he was making, or the blood coming out of them. Everything felt like a blur. 

Suddenly, a knock on his garage door snapped Rui back to reality. He saw the amount of cuts he made. Shit. Does he even have enough gauze for these? “Who is it?” His hoarse voice called out. 

“It’s Nene. Are you alright? Can I come inside?” Rui could cry right now. He did not want anyone near him right now. But he knew Nene would not judge him. So he let her in. Nene turned white the second she saw his arms. She did not say anything. She only helped him find the gauze and bandaged him properly. 

Nene stayed after that, not trusting Rui when he said he would be fine alone again. They started a game of Mario Kart and Nene went to get some leftover snacks from her house she knew her parents left her with. They were playing the game for around an hour before one spoke something again. 

“What’s been on your mind, Rui?” Nene asked. “You’ve been so… weird this entire day I’ve seen you.” 

Rui did not know what to say back. He did not know either why he was feeling so bad this day. He tried to remember the entire day. He remembers waking up. He was alright-ish then, he remembers. He took a breakfast cookie with him and the train station bento box he had bought the day prior with him before going to school. He was walking to the train station and did not seem to feel anything. At least nothing in particular that he would have to remember. He got to school and saw Tsukasa. He was talking with someone else at the school gate. Touya, he remembers. He remembers something coming up then. His heart seemed to tighten. Just remembering the scene made him want to scream all his guts out. That was it. 

“Rui?” Nene asked. Rui was blankly staring at the screen. He then looked down. Then at Nene’s legs. It was too hard to keep eye contact. 

“Something is wrong with me.” Rui started. “It seems like Tsukasa-kun has become such a big part of my life. He’s literally perfect to me. He could not do anything that would make me think otherwise. And that’s a bad thing because I know that humans can’t be perfect and that no one is perfect and-” 

“Rui,” Rui did not even realize the tears forming in his eyes. Yeah, something was definitely wrong. “Do you maybe… like Tsukasa-kun?” Rui was so confused he forgot completely what made him not want to make eye contact and saw Nene giving him a comforting smile. 

“What?” 

“You heard me,” Nene’s face became a pout, then a small laugh. “You like Tsukasa-kun. To be honest, I saw this coming a mile away.” 

Rui… liked Tsukasa? He likes Tsukasa? It would make sense. He did not want to see Tsukasa sad, he wanted what was best for Tsukasa, he also got jealous whenever someone else was talking to Tsukasa. But it could also just be friendship, right? 

[dream-wanderer-reki-official]

Oh...

[Reki can't help but be horrified. As if that man wasn't terrible enough...]

I am so sorry... I knew Harumichi had some sort of problem with us, but to think it was this bad... I got lucky he never found out about my powers.

[Reki has a pained expression as he thinks back to the moment of his death.]

All that man does is hurt people... all his actions are made to hurt. It didn't matter how much I tried to put on a brave face for Tsukasa, he was crying... it was the most I've ever seen him cry. That man watched it all happen, and... there was nothing in his eyes. Nothing at all. But in Tsukasa's eyes, there was so much pain.

[Reki glances down.]

... I can't even begin to tell you how many nightmares I saw from Tsukasa after I... died... good dreams became so rare for him, it was awful. I saw Tsukasa change to the point I could barely recognize him. It got so bad that I had no choice but to back away for a while... I was scared my presence was making those nightmares worse somehow. Because a lot of them were about me.

[Reki then meets Rui's gaze, growing teary-eyed.]

That's why meeting you has done so much good for him. He's healing because you welcomed him with kindness. I can't begin to tell you how relieving it is to see Tsukasa smile again. To see him in so much pain like that for so long, being unable to help the way I used to...

[Reki quickly tries to wipe away his tears.]

I'm sorry... shouldn't have lost myself there.

[After that dream Reki was in, he had to go another. He couldn't bear to stay in that one. Normally if he's overwhelmed with a dream, he just lingers in Tsukasa's dreams until he wakes up, but… considering what made him cry in the first place, he doesn't think that would be a good idea.]

[So naturally, he went to Rui's dreams. What a smart idea.]

[… Really, it kind of was. Rui's dreamscape was rather peaceful the first few times he went. It was a garden with no end, flowers to be seen everywhere. If Reki were to describe the garden of Eden itself, all he would have to do is imagine Rui's dreamscape. That's what it would look like.]

[In his endless wanderings, he doesn't realize the owner of the dreamscape is soon to notice him in plain sight.]

-@dream-wanderer-reki-official

(*in a ideal world, rui could simply tend to his flowers forever. even if people thought him weird for it, they were his companions, and they were living beings, they could surely talk too, in their own ways.

when he's not plagued by the past, that's where he escapes to. a garden where he can be at peace.

..but someone's here. someone he's never seen before. he rises from the flowerbed, tilting his head in slight confusion.*)

..who are you..?