#wow. this vd is.. something

[phregnancy]

being DEMON

[cosmicrescendo]

I *do* think it's nice that we can visibly see a slight increase in. i don't want to say budget LMAO so production quality in both the VDs and songs. like creating a RTX ON 3D setpiece that they'll probably never reuse like the stuff in Ever Red and Aozora no Memory just for Hangyon's MV? wow......

like comparing R01 to B03 is really something. It's not like Night and Day but the distinction is apparent enough (more movement, cgs, cutaway gags???, custom assets) that itd be a shame if they ever went back. keep going.

[torahoes]

(IDOLiSH7) Touma Inumaru - VD Winter Date Rabbit Chat: Part 4 - Winter Special Date

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Tsumugi Takanashi: Inumaru-san, great work today. I watched your broadcast!

Tsumugi Takanashi: The touring date was really cool! Seeing you on a motorcycle with your helmet on gave off a mature vibe...!

Touma Inumaru: Thanks for checking it out!

Touma Inumaru: Hearing you say it was cool so straightforwardly is a bit embarrassing, though. LOL

Tsumugi Takanashi: I watched it with IDOLiSH7, and they said seeing you ride one made them want to get motorcycle licenses!

Touma Inumaru: Oh, that makes me happy. I haven’t ridden much recently, though.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Really?

Touma Inumaru: Ever since I started working, I mostly travel by car.

Touma Inumaru: I got my license only because a senior from school said he'd give me his motorcycle.

Touma Inumaru: It was such a casual reason, like "I might as well get it." LOL

Touma Inumaru: Which is why it had been a while since I last rode a motorcycle.

Tsumugi Takanashi: But the motorcycle suited you perfectly, Inumaru-san!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Social media was buzzing, especially because of the scene where you came to pick up your date on your motorcycle…

1) The part where you helped your date put on a helmet was very popular!

Touma Inumaru: If you don’t usually ride a motorcycle, you wouldn’t know how to put it on, right? It’d be a disaster if it flew off while riding, so I thought it’d be safer for me to do it.

2) The part where you lent your date your jacket was very popular!

Touma Inumaru: Riding a motorcycle in this season can be really cold after all. I didn’t want my date to catch a cold during our precious time together.

3) People loved how cool you looked while riding a motorcycle!

Touma Inumaru: Honestly, I was really nervous since it had been a while LOL. Not to mention, I rarely have anyone riding on the back. But I’m happy people thought I looked cool.

Touma Inumaru: I was worried about what to do for the date before we started filming, but I’m glad everyone seems to have enjoyed it.

Touma Inumaru:

Tsumugi Takanashi: People also said they liked seeing a more natural side of you that they don’t usually get to see!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Like how you checked with your date if the ride was smooth enough and told them to hold on tight…

Touma Inumaru: I hadn't really given it much thought, but they noticed all those little details, huh.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Also, the part where you fixed your date's hair after they took off their helmet was lovely!

Tsumugi Takanashi: When you said “Cute.” after fixing your date's hair, all the IDOLiSH7 members were swooning!

Touma Inumaru: Ughhhh, I'm so embarrassed!!!!

Touma Inumaru: But I’m relieved to hear it was well received!

Touma Inumaru: I watched some dramas for reference and tried it out, but I was worried it might have been too much.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Not at all! It all felt natural, and you were very charming!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Even at the studio, Re:vale and your members praised you a lot!

Touma Inumaru: Haru said, “Touma, I can't believe you actually managed to pull off a proper date” LOL

Touma Inumaru: What exactly does that guy think of me?

Tsumugi Takanashi: I think he must've been really impressed!

Touma Inumaru: I hope that's the case LOL

Touma Inumaru: Well, he did say he might want to ride on the back with me sometime, which made me happy.

Tsumugi Takanashi: He asked for something like that...!

Tsumugi Takanashi:

Touma Inumaru: He said the wind would probably feel nice. But he also told me to practice riding a motorcycle more so I don’t stay a novice LOL

Touma Inumaru: Riding a motorcycle after so long felt great, so I’m thinking maybe I'll take Haru to the beach.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Wow, the beach! That sounds wonderful, please do tell me all about it if you go!

Tsumugi Takanashi:

Touma Inumaru:

Touma Inumaru: By the way, have you listened to the after-talk yet?

Tsumugi Takanashi: The one with where the viewers get to hear you talk to them after the date, right? I'll be listening to it soon!

Tsumugi Takanashi: It’s been a hot topic on social media, so I’m preparing myself for it...!

Touma Inumaru: It's not that big of a deal LOL

Touma Inumaru: Ah

Tsumugi Takanashi: What's wrong?

Touma Inumaru: I suddenly got a bunch of texts from Riku. He said "You looked so cool riding a motorcycle! I want to try riding it!"

Tsumugi Takanashi: Riku-san kept saying you looked wild and cool while we were watching the broadcast...!

Touma Inumaru: Oh, Sougo messaged me too

Touma Inumaru: I’ll go reply to them real quick!

Tsumugi Takanashi:

End of Part 4.

[dollgram]

VD - Schadenfreude

🐰: You got all that? Good. The prisoners are sleeping, so let's get on with it already.

🐰: DOLLGRAM'S first trial starts now.

S: Ehh? Where are we going?

🐰: The Panopticon.

S: What's that?

🐰: It's where the prisoner's cells are.

S: Hmm.

[footsteps]

[door opening and closing]

S: What's this room?

🐰: It's your room.

S: And that?

🐰: Mine.

S: Jackie's room has a bunny door… Adorable!

🐰: ...Don't call me that.

S: Jackie?

🐰: A bunny. I've got horns, can't you see them?

S: Oh! So calling you Jackie is okay?

🐰: No. Don't call me that either.

S: Hahahaha~

[more footsteps]

S: What are these?

🐰: Interrogation room and facilities.

S: …

🐰: …

S: You're a terrible tour guide, you know.

🐰: Who said this was a tour?

S: Me, obviously. And I'm in charge, so it's a tour.

🐰: You're in charge of the prisoners. I'm in charge of you.

S: Nuh-uh.

🐰: Shut up. Anyways, this is the kitchen, and this is the storage room.

S: Ooh, fancy! Wait, who's cooking?

🐰: I don't know. Not my problem.

S: You're a terrible host, you know.

🐰: Stop complaining. We're here.

[door opening]

S: Wow, this place is pretty big! Where are we, anyways?

🐰: The Panopticon.

S: You know what I meant. Where are we, geographically?

🐰: You ask a lot of questions, don't you. What a pain.

S: Oh, you love it. What are these doors?

🐰: The cells.

S: Huh? But you said there were four prisoners. What's with the extra ones?

🐰: I don't know. I didn't design this place.

S: Ugh, you're useless.

🐰: …

S: …

🐰: …

S: Well? Aren't you going to introduce me to the prisoners?

🐰: Oh, right. Over there is prisoner number five, Asakimi Jun. She's a celebrity or something.

S: Ooh, a celebrity! How scandalous!

🐰: That's prisoner number six, Naokira Tadashi. I'd suggest you be careful with that one.

S: Ehh? Am I gonna get beat up or something?

🐰: No. The prisoners are unable to attack you. I meant be careful to not get manipulated.

S: Aww, Jackie's worried about me.

🐰: ...Moving on. That's prisoner number seven, Matsumochi Nobui. This one seems like a bit of a wildcard, so keep an eye on her.

🐰: And that's prisoner number eight, Fujikane Yuuhiko. I don't think we have to worry about this one, he's scared of everything.

S: Interesting…

[bell rings]

S: What's that?

🐰: That means it's almost time to start. Don't get cold feet now, got it?

S: Oh, no need to worry about that. I'm really looking forward to seeing how things turn out... Hahaha.

[linagram]

[ 𝙿𝚘𝚜𝚝-𝚃𝟹 𝚅𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝙳𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚊 #𝟶𝟷 ] 𝙲𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍, 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

the no say gex vd.....

these two are so funny. guess kei really was serious when he said that he wants to see hinode later in his vd...

i. feel like kei's character should be a warning itself ashsjsjsk but anyway don't worry there are some mentions of violence but it doesn't end up being anything serious. also happy halloween everyone :)

(sounds of footsteps)

(the door opens)

Hinode: I'm here.

Hinode: Hm?.. 

Hinode: Why are you just.. standing there?

Kei: A-ah, sorry, sorry, I was just..

Kei: Lost in thought, you know!

Hinode: Oh, I see. That's good, I thought you were going to attack me. I wouldn't like that at all, haha.

Kei: Yeah, that would be bad, wouldn't it? 

Kei: Especially considering that you're.. more of a weak type, aren't you?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: *laughs* Guess I am.

(sounds of Hinode sitting down)

Hinode: So, Kei-san, how about we make this quick? You did say that you want me to come to you after all of this is over, and here I am.

Hinode: My apologies if you meant that you wanted me to come to you right after we were done with the last prisoner, everyone's verdicts are very important, after all.

Kei: *sitting down* No, no, I'm not mad at you at all, haha.

Kei: .. Now that I think about it, I haven't seen other guards anywhere lately. 

Kei: Did something happen?

Hinode: A-ah, no, no, everything is fine. They just need some rest. 

Hinode: The third trial is going to end so soon, they must be prepared.

Kei: ...

Kei: You're kind of a bad liar.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. So you know.

Kei: *laughs* Of course I know. I'm the one who helped her with all of this.

Hinode: All of this was Reina-san's idea, correct?

Kei: Yep. She's the one who came up with it. I just helped with executing the plan.

Hinode: You broke the memory machine because she told you to?

Kei: And the cameras aren't working right because of me as well.

Hinode: .. You really should be punished for all of this. *laughs*

Kei: Then go on, show me what you've got.

Kei: I got voted guilty anyway, so I kinda deserved it.

Hinode: .. I'm not going to do anything to you. At least not until the trial officially ends.

Kei: Oh, right, what's up with that? Our verdicts got announced, but the trial is still technically going..

Hinode: Well, it's the last trial, so.. 

Hinode: We just need a little bit more preparation, that's all.

Kei: Who's "we"?

Hinode: ...

Kei: I know that Reina used the machine on Eiji and Miki. And I have a feeling that even though you could give them all their memories back, you didn't. 

Hinode: ...

Kei: *laughs* Wow, even you got addicted to having so much power in your hands, huh? I shouldn't be surprised though, again, you're a weakling, no wonder you got excited at the thought of being the only one who can vote now.

Kei: And you still voted me guilty! Is this how you confess your love for me?

Kei: Oh, oh, did you want to see me suffer that bad? Seriously, we got so many guilty verdicts this time, not even my brother-

Kei: No, actually, hold on, this is so funny. *laughs* My brother claimed that everyone here will "get what they deserve" and that everyone will get voted guilty, but in the end, when he was active, only three prisoners got a verdict like that.

Kei: And you are the one who isn't as passionate about morals as the other guards, but you voted literally everyone guilty except Akio and Asahi. 

Kei: Hm? Care to explain that?

Kei: Considering the punishment you came up with after the second trial, I'm sure that no matter how many times you say that you hate seeing people in pain, on the inside, you actually want them to suffer.

Kei: You want them to feel the same things that you went through. Isn't that right, Hinode?

Kei: Not judging, by the way. Who am I to judge a guard? 

Kei: .. Something is bothering me though.

Hinode: .. Please, get straight to the point.

Hinode: Why did you want to see me?

Kei: Oh, right, right. Sorry, got distracted. You're just so fascinating to me.

Kei: I'm actually kinda surprised that you even.. came here. 

Kei: I thought you'd just interpret this as a joke or something. Like come on, a prisoner like me asks you to come see him in the middle of the night? Nothing good can come out of it, that's for sure!

Hinode: Yeah, but to be honest.. I think even if you asked another guard to come, they would. 

Hinode: If they.. still had their memories, of course.

Kei: Hm? Why?

Hinode: Well, Miki-san would be curious about it or she would think that you want her to help you with something.. Also, she just thinks you're pretty. *laughs*

Hinode: As for Eiji-san.. Well, he's Eiji-san. 

Hinode: I think that no matter what he says, he really does care about you. But of course, I don't know that much about your relationship, that's just.. a feeling that I have. 

Kei: ...

Kei: .. So.. do you remember why I asked you to come here back then?

Hinode: Because I basically solved your murder and you wanted to give me some kind of "prize"?

Kei: Correct~ Hehe, you're so smart, you deserve another prize just for this.

Kei: .. But seriously, you really are smart, Hinode. I've heard some prisoners say they found you.. a bit scary, haha.

Hinode: Scary? I was just guessing most of the time. I didn't do anything special, really.

Kei: See? That only makes you even more special! 

Kei: (sounds of Kei leaning closer to Hinode) I just find people like you very.. interesting, that's all.

Hinode: .. Are you expecting something from me here?

Kei: Maybe I am, maybe I'm not. 

Hinode: *sighs* Sorry to disappoint you, Kei-san, but I don't have much energy left. Just moving is too painful for me right now.

Kei: You're no fun..

Kei: Fine, fine, I'll go easy on you. I'll ask you one simple question, okay? I'm sure a smart guy like you will be able to answer it!

Kei: So.. 

Kei: .. What will happen to me?

Hinode: Huh?

Kei: You heard me. Guilty, innocent, guilty. These are my verdicts. 

Kei: I don't really get it.. I guess if all I got was nothing but a guilty verdict, I'd probably be dead at this point, but do I get a more light punishment just because I got voted innocent once?

Kei: Can you solve this one for me, smart boy?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: Well, I don't think there's any point in hiding it anymore.

Hinode: You.. will be able to leave Milgram. But since you got voted guilty twice, the outside world will know everything about your crimes and it will be up to them to decide what to do with you.

Hinode: Don't ask how they will know about it. Milgram is just that powerful, I guess.

Kei: ...

Kei: Haha.. I-I see.. So I'll be able to go home..

Kei: W-well, it's okay. If I get to see Ruka again, maybe going to prison won't be that bad-

Kei: .. Who am I kidding, I'll probably just get killed for this.

Kei: Though I'm not sure.. I-I mean.. Does my job also count as my crime? W-will they know about that too?

Hinode: I'm not sure. I'm assuming they won't, since you were judged only for your murder.

Kei: I see.. 

Kei: I-I.. did kill, like.. five women, haha..

Kei: That's probably, like, really bad..

Kei: I-It's okay, I'm sure Mom and Dad will help me out.

Hinode: .. You depend on your parents that much?

Kei: It's fine, it's fine, they've been doing some not really legal stuff for such a huge part of their lives, they can handle it!

Kei: I-I'm gonna be fine. I'm gonna be fine.

Hinode: ...

Hinode: If you don't have any other questions for me, I think I should leave-

Kei: *grabs Hinode's arm* W-wait!

Kei: ...

Kei: .. H-hey, Hinode..

Kei: A-aren't you.. a guard of this prison too?

Kei:T-then why can I.. touch you right now?

Hinode: .. It's none of your business.

Kei: .. Haha..

Kei: S-so, you're not really protected by this prison, are you? Just like Eiji?

Kei: Ahaha.. Then this will just make things easier for me.

(sounds of Kei making Hinode fall on the floor)

Hinode: Y-you're really just.. taking advantage of me like this, haha.. 

Kei: Why wouldn't I? All prisoners here are murderers, including me. Why wouldn't I do "bad stuff" like this? 

Kei: You're one of the guards, you should have known that.

(sounds of Kei getting on top of Hinode)

Kei: Unless.. you're not really a guard?

Hinode: I..

Hinode: Ah-

(sounds of Hinode getting choked)

Kei: This is what I meant when I said something was bothering me. 

Kei: Unless my memory is lying to me, I broke Miki's memory machine, right?

Kei: But the thing is.. I know that she still used one on the other prisoner later.

Kei: Yurika turned on the voice recorder Reina got as a present earlier before her interrogation started, because she was afraid the guards will try to do something with her memories.

Kei: And guess what, she turned out to be right! You guys really love to abuse your power.

Kei: So when it was all over, Yurika listened to the recording and she remembered what happened. That was actually a very smart move on her part, I was a bit surprised, considering how.. "impulsive" she is most of the time.

Kei: She told the other prisoners about it and that's how we found out that the other machine was still used before Reina used it herself on Eiji and Miki.

Kei: But something doesn't add up. Can you guess what it is?

Hinode: ..T-to steal the machine..

Hinode: S-she'd have to.. touch..

Kei: Exactly! We can't touch you guys at all. It's almost like there's some kind of invisible wall protecting you or something.

Kei: So unless Reina was really careful and managed to take that thing out of Miki's pocket without even touching her body, she'd never be able to do that.

Kei: And listen, I know about her past. I know that she stole things often, I think she'd be capable of doing that without even touching Miki.

Kei: But she wouldn't even think about stealing Miki's machine.

Kei: Because I was told to break it. 

Kei: For some reason, Reina wanted me to get rid of only Miki's machine. Probably because she thought Miki would use it more often, so she wanted to stop Miki first.

Kei: That means that she'd have to take your machine and use it on Eiji and Miki.

Kei: But again, something just doesn't add up! You two are so complicated!

Hinode: C-can you let me go-

Kei: Nope, not done with you yet.

Kei: If you were the only one with a memory machine that was still working, then why did Miki use one on Yurika?

Hinode: ...

Kei: Did she borrow it from you, Hinode?

Kei: Or maybe you gave it to her yourself?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. T-the latter..

Kei: Ohh, I see, I see! Haha, you're so kind to her. Careful, she might fall in love with you, if she hasn't already.

Kei: But once again, something doesn't add up! Because if you were so generous to offer your machine to her..

Kei:Why did Reina tell us that she used your machine on Eiji and Miki?

Hinode: ...

Kei: You know, we got some time after the trial, so me and some other prisoners gathered and just talked about stuff. Like friends do, I guess.

Kei: And when Reina's plan was mentioned, I clearly remember her saying that she went for your machine.

Kei: And you know what made it very confusing to her, but she didn't think much about it when she did it? 

Kei: She tried her best to be careful, but she still ended up touching you.

Kei: But how could she touch you? Come on, you're literally a guard, aren't you?

(sounds of Hinode struggling to breathe)

Kei: Just tell me who you are already.

Kei: You know way too much about everyone and everything. It's kinda scary.

Hinode: I-I'm just.. 

Hinode: I-I was only meant t-to.. replace E-Eiji-san.. Nothing else.

Kei: Replace?.. Ah, so you were forced to work as a guard only because my brother wasn't.. able to do his job?

Kei: Haha.. Yurika, you really shouldn't have done that to him..

Hinode: W-well, they also needed the third guard.. s-so that the verdicts..

Kei: Oh, oh, wait, what? What about the verdicts?

Hinode: C-can you.. let me..

Kei: Fine, fine. Forgot that you need to breathe for a sec.

(sounds of Kei letting go and Hinode breathing heavily)

Hinode: I-if.. If Eiji-san and Miki-san.. had different opinions.. and wouldn't be able t-to.. agree on a verdict..

Hinode: I-I was supposed to help them with that.

Kei: Oh? So this prison really wants the verdicts to be clear and straightforward, huh? 

Kei: Interesting.. Hey, does that mean that I can touch you because this prison doesn't actually see you as a guard?

Hinode: .. Yes.

Kei: Whoa.. Man, if only I knew that I can touch you before..

Kei: Okay, another question!

Hinode: Can I just leave-

Kei: Nuh-uh, getting to spend time like this with me is your reward, so make sure to appreciate it, okay?

Kei: So, if a prisoner was supposed to get executed..

Kei: .. Who would execute them?

Kei: Is it one of the guards? Maybe somebody else?

Hinode: .. Why are you asking me out of all people?

Kei: I have a feeling that you know about it. Just like you, I'm just guessing. 

Hinode: .. All I know is that it's most likely not going to be one of the guards. Now let me go.

Kei: Can you be just a little bit more specific for me? Pleeeease?

Kei: Like who is it going to be? Is it someone who works in this prison other than the guards? Is it someone we haven't met yet?

Hinode: ...

Hinode: .. F-fine.

Hinode: The trial is going to end soon, so there's no point in keeping it secret, I guess.

Hinode: You should get prepared for it too-

(the door opens)

Jackalope: "Guard 003", Kuroki Hinode. 

Jackalope: The third trial is about to end. Please, come with me.

Hinode: .. Just let me take my medicine first.

Hinode: Or.. Never mind, I'll just take it with me.

[1moreff-creator]

(02) Arturo Giles - First Trial (DRDT - Milgram AU)

Hey there! Back again with the AU, sorry this one took a bit, I’ve been busy. Anyways, today we have Arturo, with his VD Varicose Veins and his MV Wilting. It is pretty hard to write Arturo btw, I just hope he’s not too ooc. Anyways, attempt at a thumbnail!

I struggle a bit with what to do with the CWs, since I feel they can be a bit spoilery. What I'm doing for the moment is just putting warnings for stuff that explicitly happens in the MV and the VD, not things which are implied. If you think I should do something else, do tell me!

CW Hospitals and plastic surgery, angry confrontation, Arturo Giles (so intense prejudice based on appearance)

VD: Varicose Veins

*Footsteps*

Es: Hey the-!

Arturo: Ugh. Do I really have to be judged by someone this ugly?

E: … Excuse me?

A: Are you deaf? If you’re going to baselessly accuse me of being a murderer, and trap me inside a ridiculous prison filled with people so ugly I’d rather not breathe the same air as them, the least I was expecting is that you would be beautiful enough to justify it. 

E: …

A: And stupid. You really don’t have anything going for you, do you?

E: Okay, you know what? Let’s start over. *Shuffling* My name is Es! What’s yours?

A: Arturo Giles. Get your hand away from me, I wouldn’t shake it even if we were wearing three pairs of gloves each. 

E: *Deep breath* Alright. *Shuffling*Alright! Alright… It’s nice to meet you, Arturo! If you don’t mind, could you tell me a bit about why you seem so averse to… uh, what you call “ugly” people? It’s not nice to judge people on appearance, you know. 

A: Tch. *Whispering* As if I care about being “nice” to you. *Full volume* Anyone who interacts with as many ugly people as I have would understand why I cannot stand them.

E: What do you mean? How have you interacted with so many so-called ugly people if you despise them so much?

A: I’m a plastic surgeon. Do you know how many truly hideous people come to me regularly, asking me to fix their unsalvageable appearance? It’s only natural I would eventually start seeing every one of the masses’ imperfections. 

E: Uh, right. But that doesn’t answer the question. Why be so judgmental about something so superficial?

A: If given the option, would you rather spend your time with an ugly person, or a beautiful one?

E: That depends on who the people are. Appearance doesn’t have any weight on people’s worth.

A: Wow. You are either stupid, blind or delusional, maybe all three. Have you ever stepped outside? Ever tune in on the news? Looked at social media at all?

E: Not that I remember. 

A: Beca- Wait, what?

E: All I can remember is being the Warden of this prison.

A: ...

E: There’s books here, though!

A: …Alright, so maybe you’re just ignorant. Let me enlighten you. *Dreamy sigh* There’s a special type of people, the most successful, the most important people in the world, who are a marvel to look at. These are truly beautiful people! The ones who would only need me to enhance their splendor! The ones I actually want to operate on!

E: … *Sounds of someone struggling to form words* Okay, okay, so. Before, addressing… any of that. You do realize plenty of people have been successful without being conventionally attractive, yes?

A: And? Plenty of people have been struck by lightning, but you don’t see me staying inside just because of some rain.

E: *Pause, their voice grows frustrated* Even then, you do realize success doesn’t necessarily make someone a better person, right?

A: Ugh. It’s the same thing as before. Would you rather spend time with successful or unsuccessful people? With someone important or a complete nobody?

E: … Don’t- Don’t take this the wrong way, but do you know what a friend is, Arturo?

A: Tch. This is a waste of time. At this rate, I don’t think you’ll ever come to your senses. 

E: *Sigh* Right, sure. We just think way too differently.

A: Good. Are we done here now? 

E: Huh? No way! We still haven’t talked about the thing this interrogation is supposed to be about! 

A: *Groan* Are you serious? What is this even supposed to be about, then? 

E: The thing all of you are here for. The murder you committed. 

A: Hmph. Right, that nonsense. I'll have you know, I've never murdered anyone. I don’t know why you seem to think otherwise. 

E: Are you certain? Milgram considers you a murderer, and there is no doubt in my mind that is correct. 

A: I know my life far better than this mockery of a prison ever could. I haven’t done anything that could be considered murder, not a single thing. 

E: Are you certain? Do you mean to tell me you aren’t responsible for anyone’s death? I find that hard to believe from the mouth of one of Milgram’s prisoners.

A: No, I- I, well… *Whispering* I mean, there is... no, no, that wasn't my fault. That isn’t murder. 

E: Oh? Is something coming to mind?

A: I- Look. If- Let’s say something I did… led in some way to someone’s death. But I didn’t do anything, I never wanted them to die. That doesn’t count as murder. Right?

E: In the eyes of Milgram, perhaps it could. 

A: Hk- Are you serious?! This is ridiculous! I never laid a hand on her, you have no right to call me a killer!

E: Her? This doesn’t sound like a hypothetical anymore, Arturo. 

A: Agh! Ugh, you little-!

*Chair sliding, a thump, mystical noises*

A: Huh?!

E: Oh… wow. I didn’t know that was a thing! I guess prisoners can’t attack the Warden. 

A: Really? I guess you feel confident behind this stupid… barrier thing! But that still doesn’t make you right! Her death is not my fault! If you were in my place, you would have done the same!

E: Can I ask who you’re talking about? 

A: That’s… irrelevant, you nosy parasite!

E: *Sigh* Look, Arturo. I’m sorry if it upsets you, but we need to talk about this in more detail. It’s for your own good! If whatever happened really isn’t your fault, then I’m sure I’ll… I’ll…

A: You’ll Forgive me, right? That’s-

E: ... You really are presumptuous, Zero Two. Milgram has deigned you a killer, and thus there is no doubt in my mind you hold some responsibility for your murder. 

A: Are you serious?! I’m telling you, I didn’t do anything wrong!

E: You make me laugh. Do you really think I will Forgive any prisoner who asks for it? You’re delusional. 

A: !

E: As the Warden, my verdict is mine to make. Your opinion makes no difference. Withholding information will not help you either; I will learn the full extent of your sin, whether you want it or not. 

A: What’s with this sudden change in attitude?

E: As if you have any right to complain about that, Zero Two. 

*Machinery whirs*

A: Huh?!

E: The time has come. Any other comments, sinner?

A: Yeah. Whoever you are, you’re ugly, too. 

E: I will take your words into consideration. 

A: …

E: I have considered them and determined I don’t give a shit. 

A: Gah!-

E: Prisoner 02, Arturo Giles, sing your sins!

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Trial 1 Cover: Paradise by QueenPB

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Music Video: Wilting

(By the way, I hope I'm not horrendously misusing all these medical terms. I literally got them out of glossaries for plastic surgery lol)

[The song starts slow, with sparse instrumentals, then gets more energetic. The instrumental throughout is a pretty standard synth pop song, it sounds sorta wistful]

A solemn duty to fulfill my dream. A life of beauty hanging just out of reach. (I)  Attempts are filed yet I can’t succeed. (II) And all the while my patience wilts (III) It’s wilting (IV)

(I) The video opens on a shot of a bouquet of flowers on a yellow background with a pattern of orange circles. The bouquet has red roses, purple orchids, and pink tulips. 

The camera slowly pans out, revealing the image is being displayed on a TV screen. It switches to another bouquet, this one on a dark blue and green striped background, with purple zinnias, gloxinias and pink camellias. Behind the TV, thorn bushes fill the background.

For reference, this is sorta what I'm talking about, except imagine it brown instead of green.

(II) The shot turns around to show Arturo, sitting cross-legged on a couch and watching the TV with half-lidded eyes. He’s wearing a dark blue long sleeve shirt, which has black stripes around the chest area. He’s also wearing the canon surgical gloves, grey pants and a black face mask covering his mouth. He’s slightly hunched over, and on his left hand, he’s holding an orange amaryllis flower. The background is again filled by thorn bushes.

(III) The shot changes to look at Arturo from the side, but he’s out of focus at first. Instead, the camera is focused on a flower pot on the couch beside him. It has these flowers:

(Flower names in alt text)

The sunflower is facing Arturo. After a moment, the camera focuses on Arturo as he leans down and puts his right hand on his face, appearing exhausted. 

(IV) We zoom in on the orange amaryllis Arturo is holding, and after the line is said, a single petal falls off. 

[Instrumental. Somewhat slow, synth sound. Very artificial]

The petal flutters down, as the background brightens and turns into the hospital corridor from the thumbnail, except upside down. The camera flips, so now the corridor is upright and it looks like the petal is going up, until it leaves the view of the camera. That’s when we see the thumbnail image. 

Through the day and night, through life’s ugly swamp, (I) the beauty I deserve, (II) no one can satisfy… (III)

(I) We get a side view of Arturo as he walks forward. The corridor is still filled with weeds and vines, which grow thicker as he walks. We see him move past a grey set of double doors, then a sign showing fire escape routes, until he finally arrives at another set of double doors. He turns to it. 

(II) We get a close up of Arturo grabbing the doorknob. 

(III) The door is now open, we get a side shot of Arturo standing in the doorway, staring down at a hospital bed with a big pile of grass and algae resting on it. The room is very dark aside from the light from the corridor, shining on Arturo’s back. There are multiple weeds and vines hanging around the walls, which partly cover a mirror on the wall.

Hideous, face the facts, I won’t change my mind, (I) No matter what I try,  It’s ugly all throughout… (II)

(I) A few close-ups of Arturo cutting up the grass with a scalpel, and removing the algae from the bed. 

(II) Taking a step back, we see the pile of grass has turned into a vaguely human shaped bush, with a dandelion flower crown. 

[Pre-chorus, the music speeds up a bit]

Abid to my discretion (I) And appeal to my “obssession” (II) Will not settle for corrections  When I only seek perfection, no! (III)

(I) We cut to Arturo frowning while still looking down at the bed.

(II) He throws his arm out, basically slapping the air, and the greenery goes flying off the bed. 

(III) A side profile of Arturo’s angry face, and the shot focuses on the mirror to his side, still covered in vines. The reflection is upside down, and shows the same thorn bushes background at the start, as well as Arturo staring at the Arturo in the hospital room, wearing the same clothes he was wearing in the beginning, and still holding the orange amaryllis. The camera flips upside down as “no!” is sung. 

A solemn duty to fulfill my dream. (I) A life of beauty hanging just out of reach. (II) Attempts are filed yet I can’t succeed.  And all the while my patience wilts (III) It’s wilting (IV)

(I) Back at the room with the thorn bushes, Arturo is still staring at "us". The screen “blinks”.

(II) We see this, except it's behind a bunch of thorn bushes.

(Flower names in alt text)

(III) Arturo grabs one of the thorny branches and moves it a bit to see the flowers better. We see his face, and he’s frowning.

(IV) He startles and looks down.

For obsolescence, bring forth novel things. (I) Break down the essence like a chemical peel. (II) Macular stains which ought to be fixed. (III) Replace epidermis ‘til the hideousness wilts (IV) It’s wilting (V)

(I) We zoom in on the flower pot from the beginning, the one with the sunflower. It’s now on the floor, the forget-me-nots wrapped around Arturo's ankle. The sunflower is facing up at Arturo. He’s wearing simple black dress shoes. 

(II) Back at Arturo’s face. He’s looking down with narrowed eyes. 

(III) Arturo kicks the pot, a few of the petals of the flowers scatter around. The sunflower still faces Arturo.

(IV) A forget-me-not petal flutters down, falling into a puddle of water. The reflection shows the hospital corridor. The petal lingers on the surface.

(V) The screen glitches for a moment. Right after the words, the camera flips and brightens, and now we’re staring at the floor of the hospital corridor. The petal is still resting on top of a puddle of water, but now the reflection shows the room with the thorn bushes. 

[A bit of instrumental]

The shot lingers on the petal on the water, before Arturo’s foot steps on it as he walks. 

An ugly truth indeed, the life I’m forced to live. (I) A simple wish to flee,  now is it wrong to dream? (II)

(I) Now in his canon clothes again, Arturo walks through the hospital. We see his feet as he trudges through a large amount of weeds. He stops.

(II) A close up of the fire escape sign from before. There is a bouquet of red roses under the section marked ‘EXIT’.

Boiling varicose,  a neoplasmic growth. (I) Yearning in my soul, will I ever know control? (II)

(I) We see the back of Arturo’s head, and his gloved hand touches the bouquet on the sign. 

(II) We get a side shot of him, still with his hand on the sign. The background is pure white. Arturo pulls his hand away, turns to the white background, and startles. 

[Pre-chorus]

A full manifestation of intradermal intentions (I) Will not settle for corrections When I only seek perfection, no! (II)

(I) We see the end of the hallway, an open double door with ‘EXIT’ written on top of it. On top of a blinding white background, we see a table, on top of which rests a bouquet of pink camellias and red roses. 

(II) Back to Arturo’s feet (I hate myself for writing that sentence), he’s still for a moment, before he starts slowly making steps forward. The steps soon turn into a full sprint. Right on the last word, Arturo steps on a puddle of water, the reflection of which shows thorn bushes, and the camera flips with a flash. 

A solemn duty to fulfill my dream. (I) A life of beauty hanging just out of reach. (II) Attempts are filed yet I can’t succeed. (III) And all the while my patience wilts (IV) It’s wilting (V)

(I) Back at the thorn bushes room, you know which clothes Arturo is wearing. He’s on his knees, leaning down to look at a puddle of water, the reflection of which shows the hospital. The orange amaryllis is off to the side, and he’s crushing it with his palm. His eyes are wide and they almost seem to sparkle, fascinated by what he sees. 

(II) He leans down further, putting his face closer to the water.

(III) He startles, sits with his legs away from the puddle, and looks behind him. The flower pot with the sunflower is there again, though a few of the flowers’ petals are noticeably gone. Once again the forget-me-nots are holding onto Arturo’s ankle. The sunflower still faces Arturo. 

(IV) Back to Arturo’s face, and he frowns. 

(V) With his free leg, he kicks the pot again. Petals go flying again. Even as it flies back, the sunflower still faces Arturo. 

For obsolescence, bring forth novel things. (I) Break down the essence like a chemical peel. (II) Macular stains which ought to be fixed. (III) Replace epidermis ‘til the hideousness wilts (IV) It’s wilting (V)

(I) Arturo stands up and grabs onto the thorn bushes. 

(II) He begins to push past them, moving the branches out of the way and crouching down to pass. 

(III) Back at the floor, the fallen over sunflower is still staring up at Arturo.The other flowers are out of frame, but the forget-me-nots are still tied around Arturo’s ankle. Arturo lifts his foot to walk away, ripping it free from the forget-me-nots with ease. 

(IV) We focus on Arturo’s chest as he gets out of the thorn bushes on the other side.

(V) We see the bird of paradise (flower) from before. Arturo is staring at it, with gleeful eyes.

[Y’all motherfuckers want a key change?! (/reference)]

May my future justify the past (I) Lest the stretch marks spread way too far! (II) Where once was darkness, now hope for the bright (III) Since old spotlights always wilt too fast (IV) They’ve wilted (V)

(I) Screen glitches, and now we’re in the hospital EXIT from before. Arturo grabs for the flower bouquet, but it turns to smoke when his hand reaches it. We see Arturo look surprised at this development.

(II) Screen glitches again, and we’re back at the thorn bushes outfit., although the thorn bushes are still behind Arturo. He still has his hand out as if trying to grab the bouquet which has disappeared. He looks up.

(III) We see Arturo reach out as the bird of paradise and milkweeds begin moving away from him. 

(IV) The camera positioned in between the thorn bushes, we see the back of Arturo’s head. He turns around, and his expression turns from surprised to horrified. 

(V) We see the sunflower set of flowers again, but they’re all completely withered and shriveled up. 

[End]

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MonoTV: Fun fact! Red carnations are an official symbol of Doctor’s Day!

Es: Oh? That’s kinda cool. 

M: So why the hell isn’t this guy represented by red carnations?! I say you should vote him Unforgiven just because of idiotic symbolism!

E: I mean, do you really think a flower representing love and devotion really fits that guy? 

M: … Shut up! You’re not allowed to make sense!

E: ???

M: Anyways, forget all that! It’s… 

VOTING TIME!!!

[lazubear]

what do you think of esmu and why? Do you think they work out in canon or is it more "another universe" type thing?

ARGHESH I LOVE THEM ‼️‼️ (yap warningn💔)

I first saw content of them in 2022 on twt and I've been hooked since 💔 I just find them super interesting because they're both such messes and when theyre together its amplified to a billion 😭 Among all the prisoners, its muu who gets into their head the most, who questions their role as warden and who they are outside which is basically Es' biggest personal qualm. But she's not even doing it out of malice to manipulate them or smthn girlie is just curious and slightly concerned too. Like if in t3 Es was to have some big relevation about their identity and who they are in it'd omce again probably be from either Muu or Kotoko. For the latter its not surprising since she's been acting as their alli and fang. But muu is literally just some girl like how r u doing this what

Also how to me their dynamic doesnt fit to a strict prisoner and guard situation from Muu's perspective but more so thay she treats Es like she would one of her classmates at school (which is still kinda shitty but she cares guys she does 🗣🗣) and thanks to that it allows more flexibility for stuff. She calls out their weaknesses that they try to avoid due to their role as Milgrams warden, and then Es to Muu's flaws in her behaviour that she doesn't see bc of her upbringing in believing she could do no wrong and her lowkey victim complex. #truelove

I havent even wayched the vds in forever but too how in crying B, Es was acc nice to her and not trying to beat her up AND called her beautiful like guys 🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️ AND the fact in undercover shes the last frame thats in their eye when they turn around AND *geys shot and dies*

Anyways for like if they'd work out in canon uh not rlly?? Like I ship them in a way where I wouldn't really imagine they'd ever pursue and actual relationship within the prison, just that there's like smthn going on between them and they occupy the thoughts in each others heads in the best and worst way possible. Maybe they'd hold hands or somethjng if the situation fitted or Muu would give them a french kiss as a thanks (similar she would do for Haruka too or like Mahiru) but that's thats kinda like the most outright romantic thing I could see them doing in my head.

It'd be more through the more subtle things like Muu checking up on Es, or them gettung the stuff she'd usually request without her needing to ask for it because they'd know her preferences, that'd show their bond growing as opposed to like flat out confessing romantic feelings 😭

Es is already reluctant to forming friendships w prisoners they obviously care about so an acc dating relationship is no go in Milgram🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️ in different aus tho like i could see something happening but also still less romantic and more like: "wow, we hang out alot and neither of us have had healthy experiences with friends in the past, or like any experiences at all, and i also think ur kinda cute but ur annoying and i hate u and u piss me off but being around u is nice ig👷‍♀️" cuz despite the fact that the way they act would chase a normal person away theyre both kinda a little fucked up so even after their beef they come back🥳🥳🥳

[pathos-logical]

[VD: A Tiktok duet where a group of young men plays a nonsensical game using random objects and toys to "battle" each other, clapping and cheering when someone wins. Another person duets to commentate like it's a serious sports game. Transcript by @fagdykevash follows:

"Buckle in, boys. We got a gnarly 3v3 here. Starts out with the Minnie Mouse- calling, hangs up immediately, as you do with that opening. Oh, he chokes her out! Oh, Round over. Okay, that was an impressive first round. That's pretty easy.

"What we got now. Oh, Firetruck. He's wearing the hat, too, so he could do the double spin. Sets it up by knocking him over. Yeah, I would tower here. Two blocks. Nice. All right, it's time to double spin. There's the hat. Oh, we went too far. Oh, what is this guy, a rookie? That's tough. We got boxing glove, He can just knock everything down. Why do you leave the tower? Is he setting up for something? Oh, he's got the light. He could spin it, he could spin it! Wow. Wow. All right, this guy's pretty good.

"We got the doctor. He's gonna use the stethoscope. Just gonna scope around: four and one on top. Pretty good move. Good scouting. What we got? Dinosaur. Oh, you can use the "Rawr!" [Dino roars] That was impressive. Oh, but he's got lunchbox. Oh, lunchbox completely counters this. You can just put everything in there. Yeah. Wow. I haven't seen the dinosaur counter that casually in a while.

"Wait, what we got now? Oh it's the xylophone. [Announcer sings along] Yes. Perfect. He played that perfectly.

"Oh, does he know the counter melody? [Announcer sings along to the counter melody] He knows the counter melody. Wow. That was crazy.

"What we got now? Oh, that's unblockable. Unless you're ready for it. Well, good play. Pool noodle's honestly slept on. I used to play it a lot. Here we got Luigi. Now he's got something in his hat. Oh. Negates the xylophone. Really you can just toss that away at this point. Yep. Pulls out a cd. Oh, if he has a pen, if he has a pen- he was holding the pen the whole time. He can just sign it. This is the autograph win. This is a known- this is a known end game. Wow.

"Okay, we got Superman. And one last standoff, I think. Fake shit, solid move, stirs it. Make sure you turn it. Yeah, there we go. Spits in it, with the unicorn. Oh, we got unicorn love. This is a weird opening. I'm not too familiar with this one. This will be nice for a final round, though. Batman duck jumps right in. Wait, he's gonna pour water on it, he's gonna pour water on it! He's gonna pour water on it. He blocked it!! Oh, Luigi and company wins. Dude, what a good game." End VD]

[zumpietoo]

While I agree they don’t plan shit.....season 6? Just as easy to have written it as NOT destroyed.....the comet passed over, etc....so yeah, again, totally easy. Could’ve also (which I kinda thought, initially, they might’ve) done a Last Mimzy style thing, where somebody’s pure cum in the 50s would cleanse the future, post apocalyptic world. Or could’ve had them surviving it, Afterlife with Douchie-style....

Not even remotely “confusing” (but, again, you ship VD, so, IQ already id’d as looowwww.....)

Errmmm.....except no, any multiple other choices that can work easily.....going back in time and then needing to move forward, memory-wiped or no is like the longest running teevee staple trope, ever (somebody clearly has never seen Bewitched).....plenty of easy shit to do....in fact, could’ve made figuring it out the season’s mystery....because that would’ve worked fairly well (actually? It would appear this person never watched OUaT, either)....

And, again, also easily rewritten as AU....orrr.....Jug waking up from his coma dreem. Dude, you can’t possibly BE this fucking dumb.

And you failed to answer the question....I will:

Yes, they were gonna go back, cuz Jug was gonna put on the beanie, chant “there’s no place like Pop’s” and wake up from his coma dreem.....or something. However, RAS likes playing Douchie Barbies too much, got too lost in vignettes, even for HIM (which, spoiler, says a LOT)....and wound up out of runway, even for himself....

Tho, honestly? Still could’ve been resolved in 5 seconds (like The Lion, Witch and Wardrobe, where the now adult king/kween Pevensies go back thru the wardrobe and are kids, again....and like an hour has passed IRL). Maybe they cut his funding....who fucking knows? But you’re a moron...

You’re happy you have fanfic? Doesn’t that mean you’ve always been happy, then?

So you’ve made this up and maybe VD kiss again, NEXT ep? Wow, you really DO have the spoilers, huh?

Ummm....cuz they’ve made up shit and been dumb? Again, fanfic....

Well yeah, no question you always knew you’d be able to write fanfic and headcanon...

Ummm.....again, not sure how “nobody wins” is the same, but okaaaayyyy....and yes, I do verryyyy much doubt it ends as “choose your own adventure”

[torahoes]

(IDOLiSH7) Torao Mido - VD Winter Date Rabbit Chat: Part 4 - Winter Special Date

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5

Tsumugi Takanashi: Good work today. I watched the 'NEXT Re:vale' broadcast!

Torao Mido: Oh, what did you think of it?

Tsumugi Takanashi: So it was an amusement park date...! It certainly did have an element of surprise. It was refreshing to see a different side of Mido-san than usual!

Tsumugi Takanashi: I watched it along with the members of IDOLiSH7, and we all really enjoyed the contrast from your usual self!

Torao Mido: Is that right? Can you specify what part?

Takanashi Tsumugi:

1) The part where you lean down and ask your date to feed you churros!

Torao Mido: I heard that it's common to casually share when you're walking around sampling different foods. It's nice for the guy to show that side of him that enjoys being pampered once in a while, wouldn't you agree?

2) The part where you enjoy the parade together was good!

Torao Mido: Normally, I'd be having a meal while overlooking the park from my hotel, but finding a spot together and watching the parade up close wasn't bad at all.

3) The character-themed outfit coordination was cute!

Torao Mido: They were seeking a more conventional date experience, after all. I figured doing something daring and out of the ordinary would likely please the viewers more. So you liked it too, huh.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Also, when you put the matching Roppu-chan hairband on, I really felt Mido-san's kindness and my heart skipped a beat!

Torao Mido: Are you one of those people that enjoys wearing them?

Tsumugi Takanashi: Yes, I think it would be nice to fully immerse myself in the amusement park's atmosphere, since it's a special occasion.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Which is why if my date wore matching hairbands with me like Mido-san did, I'd be over the moon!

Torao Mido: When I went to an amusement park with my members before, Haruka mentioned that it's common for everyone to wear such hairbands.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Did ŹOOĻ wear the hairbands?

Torao Mido: No. Haruka was reluctant, saying it's embarrassing for four dudes to wear matching Panda Nameko hairbands, so we decided to get something else.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Oh, I see! By the way, what kind of merch did you all end up buying?

Torao Mido: I got a scarf, Touma got a hat, Minami got gloves, and Haruka got ear cuffs.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Wow! That still somehow gives off a sense of unity; it sounds cute!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Panda Nameko merch comes in a wide variety, so it's fun to enjoy them with each season!

Torao Mido: No one would ever expect us of all people to be wearing matching Panda Nameko merch though, right?

Torao Mido: Touma and Haruka seemed especially accustomed to it, and there were actually fewer people not wearing anything, so we managed to avoid standing out.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Lately, there's been a surge of people enjoying wearing cute hair accessories and character-themed outfits regardless of age or gender!

Torao Mido: Thanks to that, we got to enjoy a different kind of amusement park experience.

Tsumugi Takanashi:

Tsumugi Takanashi: So it was because of Isumi-san's suggestion that you incorporated the hairband into this date plan. I see!

Torao Mido: I hadn't really been on a date like this before.

Torao Mido: I was mindful of choosing something I believed my date would enjoy.

Tsumugi Takanashi: Truly, watching Mido-san patiently wait in line during the long waits and help secure a spot for the parade was lovely. You had a really kind demeanor; it was wonderful!

Torao Mido: Occasionally, these kinds of dates aren't so bad either.

Tsumugi Takanashi: I thought it was really kind how you fulfilled the little self-indulgent requests from your date, whether it was wanting to meet the characters or trying the churros...!

Tsumugi Takanashi: Not only did you accompany your date the entire time, but you also straightforwardly complimented them when they wore a hairband, saying it suits them. It was so sweet. Our hearts raced the entire time as we watched it together... > <

Torao Mido: Yeah, although I didn't particularly intend to do so during those moments.

Tsumugi Takanashi:

Torao Mido: Well, the fact that you enjoyed it means I can pull off normal dates too, right?

Tsumugi Takanashi: Even beyond that, there was a tremendous response on social media with everyone labeling it as the ideal date!

Torao Mido: In that case, I've also prepared something fitting for the after-talk as the perfect conclusion to the date, so enjoy it till the end.

Tsumugi Takanashi: It's a phone call project, isn't it!

Torao Mido: When you dial the number at the end of the broadcast, you'll be able to hear our voices on the call talking to you after the date.

Tsumugi Takanashi: I'm curious to know what kind of conversation Mido-san, who treated us to such a wonderful date, will have with us afterward!

Tsumugi Takanashi: I'll be sure to call you...!

Tsumugi Takanashi:

End of Part 4.

[yanyanderes]

guess what!

I made a Yandere rottmnt playlists, it's like a Donnie/ Mikey team up >:) at least that's what i'm going for. I wanted to try and include songs that I don't usually see in other yandere playlists. I like to think that the bouncy sporadic songs are Mikey's emotions and mental state, while the more robotic ones are Donnie's ones, but that doesn't mean they can't be mashed together. Especially when it gets intense, It's still being worked on btw.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4SIsEk3ZUViUDg4AWsRI43

I will admit though that there are some versions of the songs that didn't exist on Spotify or didn't exist at all that are on youtube (and all of them are vocaloid songs, go figure), linked below.

I used to listen to this one on repeat when it came out, it's a BOP!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TPUsuJfxJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKAwm92AyF8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd-iHw-ytNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdSQ2VR6O44&t=44s

Also here are some song recommendations just because i like them c:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY8Ul2sDXZ4

Yandere 2012 Donnie? maybe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIvNh9jLhbI

I personally think this one fits 2012 Raph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLJeoQS1GfM

Imagen singing this with Mikey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abm8eeeHuIk

aight i KNOW I CAN’T MAKE A COMMENT ON EVERY SONG-

well, i mean, i c o u l d , but i might make another post that’s too long, so i’ll comment on songs that caught my eye-

scary world (for rottmnt donnie and mikey): really gives me the vibes that they’re trying to convince (y/n) that the world is way too scary and dangerous for them. i can imagine it for both of them, but this one sounds more like a donnie song to me. mostly because mikey’s concerned with (y/n) actually being harmed by big, scary things while donnie kinda exaggerates things and makes them sound a lot more intimidating so (y/n) is more likely to come running to them for support.

dumb dumb x everybody likes you (for rottmnt donnie and mikey): mostly about jealousy. i think the “everyone is dumb” part fits with donnie most, and the “everybody likes you” part fits with mikey most. donnie sees the people (y/n) surrounds themself with and wonders why they chose them over him. he’s the awesome robot genius! they’re all just a bunch of idiots! and for mikey, at first, he doesn’t mind (y/n) having friends and is actually super happy for them! but then the crazy starts settling in and instead of “wow! i’m so glad they have so many friends” it goes to “why won’t everyone just leave them alone??”

notice me senpai (for rottmnt donnie and mikey): gonna be honest, i’m really biased because ihascupquake was my childhood and i would listen to this song on repeat all the time. even then, i think it’s a really good depiction of their obsession, and then when the girl snaps, i can see that being the point where donnie just straight up kidnaps (y/n), and then the happy part at the end is mikey trying to help (y/n) ease into the new lifestyle of the lair.

unrequited love and he who sleeps beneath (for 2012 donnie): this sounds like a song that would describe donnie after april rejects him or something and then he falls for (y/n) and descends into madness. slowly, he gets more and more obsessive, only to learn that (y/n) is in a relationship with someone else. bonus points if the person she’s dating is casey, or even better, april. sorry this one didn’t go into as much detail as the others, the song really just speaks for itself

daywalker (for 2012 raph): another song that speaks for itself. really good representation for raph being all brutal and basically looking for an excuse to go out and hurt someone.

punk tactics (for 2012 mikey): i’m imagining mikey’s been real grumpy lately because he’s jealous of all the people (y/n)’s been talking to lately, but they don’t need to know that so (y/n) decides to cheer him up by hanging out with him, and they end up singing karaoke. while (y/n) is enjoying themself, they notice how mikey is singing the words like he really means them. damn, he must really like karaoke night, huh?

anyways, that’s all my rambles, sorry i can’t cover all the songs, but they’re all really good! gonna have to add some of them to my own playlist lol

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[ 𝙺𝚞𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒 𝚁𝚒𝚔𝚞'𝚜 𝚃𝟹 𝚅𝙳 ] 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝙱𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝙲𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝙸𝚝 𝚊 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠

RIKU. OH RIKU. enjoyed writing both his mv and his vd a lot! hope y'all like it too :) (his mv and vd destroyed me)

Warnings for Riku's VD: descriptions of toxic relationships, suicide, bullying and self-harm.

Warnings for Riku's MV: same as his VD, not counting the bullying part, Riku also gets to be really violent in this one and there are a lot of mentions of blood.

(sounds of footsteps)

Miki: .. So..

Miki: It's time for us to interrogate your brother.

Hinode: .. Yes.

Miki: .. Hinode-san, how can you be so calm even though your own brother is one of the prisoners here?

Miki: How can you just.. be so calm even though your brother has murdered someone?

Miki: And not just that, you voted him guilty too. Again, I understand Eiji-san's situation, but-

Hinode: Because I always knew it will end up like this.

Miki: Huh?..

Hinode: I knew that their friendship will end with someone's death. I knew that it will either be Riku or it will be Yue. 

Hinode: I.. I always knew it.

Miki: .. Why didn't you help him? 

Miki: Why didn't you stop them? Why didn't you tell your own brother that this friendship will only hurt him? 

Miki: Do you even love-

Hinode: NOT ALL OF US ARE AS OBSESSED WITH SAVING OTHERS AS YOU ARE! 

Miki: ...

Hinode: .. I'm so sorry, Miki-san. 

Hinode: It's just.. Haha..

Hinode: Who knows. Maybe I really don't care about Riku that much.

Hinode: .. I was too focused on my own pain to think about his pain too.

Miki: .. Sorry.

(the door opens)

Miki: .. Hello, Riku-san.

Riku: I heard you two arguing. Did something happen?

Riku: And, um.. Hello.

Miki: I-it's nothing. Please don't worry about it.

Miki: .. How are you feeling, Riku-san?

Riku: .. A little better, haha.

Hinode: ...

Riku: (to Hinode) .. Are you not going to say anything?

Hinode: .. I'm sorry about.. that.

Riku: *laughs* You're this scared to talk about your brother's suicide attempt?

Riku: .. No. No, that's not the right way to say it.

Riku: You're so used to my suicide attempts that you don't feel anything at all anymore. 

Hinode: ...

Miki: .. Hinode-san..

Miki: .. You really are a terrible brother.

Hinode: .. I know.

Riku: Hey, hey, come on, let's talk about my crime instead.

Miki: B-but don't you want to talk more about how your life in Milgram has been? 

Miki: I just want to know how you are-

Riku: I'm fine.

Riku: T-thanks to Akio-kun.. I'm fine.

Miki: But what about-

Riku: Guard 002.

Riku: Don't you think you should stop asking prisoners about things other than their crimes? Especially things that trigger them and make them uncomfortable?

Riku: If you care so much about us, why don't you respect our privacy?

Miki: ...

Miki: "His attitude towards me has.. completely changed."

Miki: "It's like he's not trying to make me trust him anymore."

(the sound of a screen turning on)

Eiji: That's what I like to hear. If you want to talk about your crime so much, let's start with your murder method.

Eiji: Guard 002 asked you about it the last time, but you didn't give a proper answer. 

Eiji: So, how did you do it?

Riku: .. I thought you would have seen something like that in my video.

Miki: "Hinode-san told me everything about it, but I can't just tell Riku that I've heard it from his brother."

Miki: .. Did you.. use your reputation to make everyone hate Shiozaki-san?

Riku: ...

Riku: Yep. That's what the popular guys do.

Eiji: Popular guys don't just drive someone to suicide.

Riku: Hmm, I disagree. Our whole existence makes others wish they were either just like us or simply dead.

Riku: I'm sure at least one person was close to committing suicide just because of how great I am.

Miki: .. And you're proud of it?

Riku: Sure. I had the same thoughts every single day, why wouldn't I be happy that someone feels the exact same way because of me?

Riku: It's like.. a compliment, really. Like wow, I'm so cool that someone would rather die than continue living their boring and pointless life that has me in it!

Eiji: .. We should've voted you guilty twice.

Riku: But anyway, yeah, I just used my popularity to spread gossip about him and told everyone how bad Yue is and that it would be better if the guy just killed himself already..

Riku: And it worked! Yay~

Hinode:  .. You're not actually that happy about his death, are you?

Riku: .. What do you mean?

Hinode: Sure, you still have your band, your friends, your classmates, but..

Hinode: Yue understood you like no one could. He gave you as much attention as you needed. 

Hinode: It could've been overwhelming, but it was the exact amount you needed. That's why you couldn't have just ended your friendship like a normal person would.

Riku: .. Why don't you just continue to sit here and not say anything?

Riku: You never understood me, Hinode-

Hinode: Your whole family doesn't understand you. That's one of the many reasons why Yue's death will only make your life more miserable.

Hinode: Your main source of attention and affection is gone. 

Hinode: Who will you start feeding off this time? Akio-san?

Hinode: You don't see people as people, you just see them as pairs of eyes that are supposed to only look at you.

Riku: .. Says the guy who stole all of our parents' affection.

Eiji: Shut up, you two.

Eiji: First of all, I don't want to know anything about what was going on between Riku and Yue. I'm only interested in the murder.

Eiji: And also..

Eiji: If your parents pay more attention to only one of their children, it's their fault. The other child is not the one to blame. 

Eiji: And.. maybe the child that gets more attention is not the one to blame either.

Riku and Hinode: ...

Riku: .. Yue was planning to jump off the school rooftop.

Riku: And not just that. I was the one who suggested it.

Riku: I left a note for him that said I'm tired of everything and that I want to end it all, but I'm not doing it without him.

Riku: Of course, he agreed and came to the rooftop, but..

Riku: This wasn't supposed to be double suicide. It was basically supposed to be.. murder that would look like suicide.

Riku: Me and my friends came to look at it and.. taunt him a little, I guess.

Riku: Like, we were just going "Jump! Jump! Jump!"

Miki: Were your friends really.. okay with all of this?

Riku: Eh, I don't know and I also don't care.

Riku: Maybe they really are this cruel, maybe they just didn't want to lose their status. Who knows.

Riku: But then.. I walked up closer to Yue. 

Riku: I just wanted to continue making fun of him, nothing more. Maybe, also, um.. Push him a little.

Eiji: Making fun of him and pushing him are two different things. You weren't trying to get him to commit suicide anymore, you were trying to kill him yourself.

Riku: Come on, I was just.. bullying him a bit. Like all friends do.

Miki: ".. Sometimes I forget how insane Riku-san is."

Riku: B-but.. Um..

Riku: Then, Yue hugged me. I thought that maybe he wanted to hug me for the last time before he jumped, but..

Riku: .. H-he wanted to fall with me.

Riku: H-he wanted us to jump together.

Riku: Y-you don't understand, he even pulled out a boxcutter that we used to-

Riku: A-and he said that he was going to stab me if I didn't jump with him.

Riku: He was that insane. I was the victim. Please trust me.

Eiji: So he was so obsessed with you that he was okay with dying, but only if that meant you kept your promise and you two committed double suicide..

Eiji: .. Heh. Things are getting interesting.

Miki: T-there's nothing interesting about it! It's just.. it's just..

Riku: So anyway, I tried to fight back, but he hugged me again and..

Riku: W-we almost fell off the roof. 

Riku: And then my friends tried to save me and..

Riku: T-they did. A-as you can see, I'm still alive.

Riku: My shoe fell off, but it's.. fine.

Miki: .. So Shiozaki-san ended up falling, but you survived?

Riku: .. Y-yeah.

Riku: Stop looking at me like that! Do you think it would be better if I died with him?

Eiji: Yes, actually.

Riku: What-

Eiji: You deserve it, like a murderer that you are.

Riku: How- H-hey, Hinode! Don't you want to protect your little brother?!

Hinode: .. I knew that you were the one responsible for his death, but..

Hinode: .. How can I care about my little brother, when he's.. 

Hinode: When he's even more cruel than me?

Riku: .. Come on. Come on, at least someone in this room has to care about me.

Riku: Miki-chan.. Miki-chan, please..

Miki: .. Please, shut your mouth, Riku-san.

Miki: I'm so tired of you.

(the bell rings, machinery sounds)

Riku: .. You will forgive me, right?

Riku: You understand that I'm the victim, right?

Miki: I thought you changed, Riku-san. 

Miki: You could've died, but you were saved by the person you hated. I thought this would change you.

Miki: Even Miyagawa-san has changed. 

Riku: .. But I'm innocent.

Riku: I was just trying to survive. It was either me or him. It was basically self-defense.

Riku: You will just vote me guilty again? You want me to die this badly?

Riku: MY WHOLE EXISTENCE IS ALREADY THIS PATHETIC SO YOU JUST WANT TO KILL ME OFF?!

Riku: IS THIS YOUR IDEA OF SAVING ME?!

Miki: I-it doesn't mean that you will die-

Riku: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I CAN DO TO YOU!

Eiji: You don't have the same power here that you used to have back in school.

Riku: WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME? DO YOU WANT ME TO FALL ON THE GROUND AND SAY HOW SORRY I AM AND BEG FOR FORGIVENESS? DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST STAB MYSELF OVER AND OVER?!

Miki: "I should use the memory machine-"

Riku: DON'T MOVE!

Miki: ...

Riku: I know what you're trying to do.

Riku: If you use that memory thing on me, I will still find ways to hurt myself. And you don't want that, right? Because you're our savior, right?

Miki: You won't-

Riku: What, do you think my brother will stop me? Do you think.. uh.. I forgot his name, anyway, you think Guard 001 will stop me?

Riku: Nobody in this prison cares about me. I had to learn this the hard way.

Miki: .. But Miyagawa-san does.

Riku: ...

Miki: And I don't think he just sees you as a replacement for someone anymore.

Riku: .. He's just another source of attention to me.

Riku: .. Fine. Do whatever you want.

Riku: It doesn't matter if I live or die, I will still continue to suffer. It's like I was born to do exactly that.

Miki: .. Thank you for trusting us.

Hinode: Wait a minute, Miki-san.

Hinode: Riku.

Riku: *sighs* What do you want?

Hinode: .. I know that our relationship is impossible to fix. We'll never be as close as we should be. 

Hinode: You're mad at me and I'm mad at you. But..

Hinode: Sorry. I wish I could've been a better brother.

Riku: ...

Eiji: ...

Riku: .. I wish you could've been better too.

Miki: .. A-are you ready now?

Riku: Yeah. Guess it's time to sing my final song, haha.

Miki: .. How can you still make jokes in this situation?

Riku: 'Cause I'm too used to suffering. No matter what you choose, it will bring me nothing but pain.

Riku: I want to live, sure, but I want to live a better life.

Riku: .. I don't want to go home.

Miki: .. Prisoner 009, Riku, put all your heart into this song and sing your sins.

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[ Riku's Trial 3 MV: Sun Sets, Games End ]

The video starts with showing us many different scenes, all of them appear for a second or two. We see an orange sky with some clouds and then we see a seesaw, a swing, a bench, a merry go round and a tree.

We see little Riku sitting in his room and trying to do his homework, but it looks like it's hard for him to stay focused. He gets distracted again, sighs and walks to his window. He can see a playground next to his house from it. As he's looking at it, he gets scared when he sees a familiar figure playing there. 

"Press "START GAME" to begin

But I want this to end

Please go away, I don't wanna see you

Please go away, playing as your friend is getting tiring"

It's little Yue who notices him too, turns to him, smiles and waves at him. We see Riku still standing in his room and it looks like he's not sure if he should go outside. He looks at his homework again.

"But I am still lonely, my heart's about to break

This desire for attention is getting too strong for me to handle

I guess I'll play another round today"

Riku and Yue are playing on a seesaw now and Yue is having a lot of fun and Riku is smiling too, but his smile looks forced. 

"We're going up, look at us, we're still friends

We're going down, we're arguing again

No balance, this relationship is too unstable

Friends? Enemies? What role am I supposed to play?"

Yue is laughing and suddenly, he falls off of it. Riku is already standing not so far away from him and we can see that Yue is definitely injured. But for some reason, Riku isn't in a hurry to help him and it actually looks like he's hesitating to do so. 

"We're supposed to be friends, so I'm supposed to help you

But I don't feel anything at all

My head is empty, I don't wanna do anything

Maybe this game will end if I just ignore you"

Now, they're on a swing. Yue's head is bleeding, but he doesn't care and even though Riku looks worried, he doesn't say anything. Yue is still laughing and enjoying this, but then, he falls again. And this time the fall is more serious. 

Riku runs up to him and sees that Yue is lying in a pool of blood coming from his head injury. He's visibly panicking and doesn't know what to do, but if you look closer, you can see that it looks like he's trying really hard not to smile. Suddenly, he sees that Yue is still able to move and Yue gets some of his own blood on his finger and starts drawing a heart on Riku's cheek. When he's finished, Riku is shocked, but Yue is still smiling.

"Let's play until the sun goes down, let's play until we see the sky turn purple

That's what they want us to do anyway

Hey, are you having fun? Aren't you tired? Don't you wanna go home already?

"Nope, I'm just getting started!" Well, let me end everything here"

We see the sky slowly turn pink. We see older versions of Riku and Yue now (17 and 18 years old) sitting on a bench. Riku is helping Yue bandage his arm. Yue also has some bandaids on his face and bandages on his other arm, but he looks like he's even enjoying the process and watches Riku do so with a smile. We can see their school bags on the bench as well and there's a box cutter and scissors sticking out of one of them.

"More years, more pain, more fighting

More attention, more joy, more love

Will this game ever end? Will it be as long as my life?

If that's the case, I know how to quit"

It starts raining and Riku is trying to get back home as quickly as possible, but Yue seems to be taking his time. Riku turns to him and tries to call him, but then we see a lightning flash. Yue gets excited and runs off somewhere and Riku tries to follow him and another lightning almost strikes Yue. 

"Why are you like this? Why are you doing this?

Do you want to end this game already, just like me?

Then let's press "QUIT GAME", please, this can't go on

With tears in your eyes, with blood on your hands, you smile again"

Riku and Yue are in Riku's room now and Riku is drying Yue's hair with a towel. The scene looks surprisingly peaceful. We can even hear rain sounds in the background. Yue still has the same happy expression on his face while Riku is really stressed. The door opens and we see a woman that seems to be Riku's mother and she smiles after seeing Riku and Yue together like this. Yue smiles too and holds Riku's hand. His grip looks really tight and we also can see that Riku's fingers have some bandaids on them too. 

The sky is purple now. We see the playground again. Riku and Yue are playing on a merry go round. Yue is having fun as always, even though he has even more bandages on his body now, while Riku's eyes look completely empty, his hair is more messy and he's not trying to hide his scars anymore. 

"It keeps going and going and going and going

I don't think I will ever be able to escape this hell

We keep playing and playing and playing and playing

Let me turn it all off, let me close my eyes and wait for the end"

The merry go round stops as Yue points at a tree we saw in the beginning of the video. 

Yue tries to climb it as Riku watches him. It looks like Riku doesn't want to join him, but he still follows him. They're climbing together now and Yue gets on the highest branch. He looks even happier than before as he watches the sky become a darker shade of purple, but when he turns to look at Riku, Riku quickly makes him fall off the branch.

"Let's play until the sun goes down, let's play until we see the sky turn purple

That's what you want me to do anyway

Hey, are you having fun? Aren't you tired? Don't you wanna go home already?

"Nope, I'm just getting started-" SHUT UP ALREADY AND LET ME END THIS!"

Riku gets down. There's even more blood than in the beginning of the video. Yue's eyes and face expression make it look like he really is dead. Finally, Riku shows a genuine smile for once, even though this smile makes him look more insane rather than happy. He starts laughing and he sees one of the branches on the ground and starts hitting Yue's body with it. 

"Beating you with my words, my power, my reputation

If I say "Kill him", they will follow me

Please, just die, just die already 

That's the only thing you have to do to make me happy"

But then, it's revealed that Yue is still alive and just like in the beginning, he gets some blood on his finger, but this time he puts his finger in Riku's mouth. Riku is shocked and disgusted, but Yue is still smiling. 

"No, no, what are you doing

We weren't supposed to end up like this

I'm not gonna follow you, you're going there alone

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, WHY WON'T YOU JUST END IT?!"

Riku continues to hit him with the branch, until he eventually gets tired and his body is just lying on top of Yue's now. Both boys are covered in blood and there's so much blood that it's getting harder to recognize them.

"And we're still repeating and repeating and repeating and repeating

This cycle of pain and abuse and torture all over again

INNOCENT? GUILTY? Both options are too painful

Even though you're gone, my heart is still broken"

We see someone watching this scene from what appears to be a classroom. There's not just one person, there's a lot of students watching and we can't see their face expressions. One of the students turns to the camera. It's Riku, who is still covered in blood. He looks happy.

"I can't see the sun anymore, the game's finally over

Congrats, you're the winner, you got your prize

Haha, don't worry, I'm not mad at you

You got there first, but I'm okay with the second place"

The video ends.

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so what are your thoughts and theories about mu??? :)

man I wanted to take my time to really put some thought into this & then I just forgot about it instead, go me 😭

I’ve seen people speculate that Mu was the one bullying people at first & I’m kinda leaning in that direction, except I think she probably just? treated people kinda badly without being fully aware of it? just in little ways (e.g. her giving people things she doesn’t need anymore as gifts, which seems to kinda be a pattern with her; also the condescending “poor thing” reaction @ Es not having friends)

People probably didn’t really pay that any mind (or they weren’t aware that it’s. something that happens frequently), but at some point Rei (so. her future victim, based on the Q&A) brought it to people’s attention, and that’s what eventually lead to Mu getting bullied. Mu knew that Rei was the one who turned the tables on her, and so she ended up killing Rei in hopes that it’d improve her own situation again. (I’m… frankly not sure what to make of the “I love you” line from t1 anymore orz)

I feel like this is pretty similar to Fuuta’s situation as well - one person does something wrong, another person sees it and brings it up to others, rage builds up and things just kinda. end in disaster due to a lack of communication. Like most of this could have probably been resolved pretty peacefully in a civil, private conversation, but alas 🥲

Like I can genuinely imagine that Mu didn’t (/ still doesn’t) know that she did anything wrong,, which is probably largely owed to her parents because she really seems to have had that upbringing of “the perfect, precious angel who can do no wrong”. It’s just that most people around her can’t believe / don’t even consider that she might genuinely be convinced of that, because they view things as common sense that Mu never learned as she was growing up(?) I’m not sure how to word it but I hope you get what I mean ww

So like. yeah. TLDR wow this could have potentially been prevented if people just talked to each other

(I’ve got to admit that I’m. not the biggest Mu fan under the sun btw so if things don’t quite add up in that theory, it’s probably just bc I forgot about parts of her MVs & VDs hdsbjshd)

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TEARDROPS analysis

By @AimeMilgram on Twitter

Reminder to me :

Listen and note when you hear a teardrop

(When she said damate ! For exemple)

Put some images for the sexy yuno !

And that’s all ?

Don’t forget that I didn’t have the VD when I write this so maybe the voice drama could totally break my point. It’s seems to be toward the fact that the illegal abortion was indeed that dangerous that Yuno is not sure of being alive anymore… Maybe it’s true ? Maybe she survived ? But she would be a lot more hurt right ?

The Mv start with Yuno being upside down and opening her eyes who looks like she’s about to cry and we see a tear fall down on a clear blue water. Then we see her walking…

My interpretation is that when someone is upside down it means that a big change happens to change someone's life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting. So in the case of Yuno, it’s could be Milgram,her work or her abortion.

The fact that she is walking could be interesting… she’s not in a hurry neither trying to flee she’s just going toward it.

The wanted wanting the wanter

The overlap, isn’t that some sort of perfection ?

“Poor naive girl” ?

So off the mark, what’s it to you?

The wanted = “Yuno”

The wanter = the client

With this, we understand that Yuno desires this client as much as he desires her.

She said that she’s not the poor naive girl that Es thought and wondered how it is to be wrong.

This scene shows the date of Yuno in her highschool uniform receiving a rabbit as a gift and at the end of the date. She received her payments. That’s all just a date. But then another yuno appears. With a confident smile, hug HSyuno.

Don’t weigh me measure me against your morality

Shut it,will you ? You know it all

Feeling magnanimous? INNOCENT ?

I’m so not that

Shut it, will you ? You know it all

It’s pretty simple to understand what’s happening. Yuno complains about her verdict. She thinks that Es wants her to be as she should be “Innocent” when she thinks her actions don’t deserve to be innocent. Pointing out the fact that Es voted her Innocent only because he pitied her for being in Milgram around all the murderer when her murder wasn’t the same thing.

So she finds them annoying, acting like they know it all and just want them to shut the hell up.

I’m not sure but it could be a way of asking us not to vote for her based on everyone else with the same logic and morals but on her actions only. After complaining, on the reflexion of the glasses, we saw Yuno with a cold expression

Yuno then proceeds to jump on HSyuno, holding both hands and smiling to each other.

Again it shows how close Yuno and HSyuno are.

And how she loved to be that "Yuno".

Caressing me with your “Good girl”

Who needs your self-righteous pardon ?

We see Yuno standing or more like waiting.

Yep for her verdict. Then she approaches the rabbit ? With a “wait what ?” expression. She doesn't need it but can’t do anything about it so she takes the verdict anyways.

Yuno wants to be the favorite, she wants to have attention, to be a “good girl” (wow Haruka are you there ?) so for that she kinda creates the “yuno” who is the most susceptible to receive that attention.

But when she said who needs your self-righteous pardon she wears the glasses. As if she answered the question. The one who needed the answer was Yuno but “Yuno” was the one in Umbilical so she was forgiven not Yuno LMAO TO MUCH YUNO I’M LOST.

I’m the one who choose, let you and you and you all in.

Happy or Sad ?

Why decide ?

Where’d you get your half-baked sense of justice

So nauseating… so creepy… will you please disappear

“Phew. Anyways”

Ok I’m sure you all didn’t understand but Yuno just freaking roast us. I’m happy.

She was in control.

Now that we know that, are we happy or sad ?

That something that futile could influence our verdict just means that our justice is not that solide from the start.

Why decide is more a it’s more a “It’s don’t even concern you so mind your business”

She found us nauseating for how this system works (probably related to the person who has been punished aka Mahiru and those who didn’t like Haruka and Mu), creepy for looking in her memory seeing things that we shouldn’t be able to see like a voyeur and asking us to disappear. But then, get ahead of her feelings and realize that won’t happen so use her HSyuno to get away.

If you want “me”, come Marco I’ll polo

Let’s just do it, please smile ?

Hooked up till the morning to this “Sweet Umbilical”

Let’s just do it, please smile ?

Each yuno represents a client in Umbilical, they all caressed her and she’s treated pretty well but it seems that they all leave leaving Yuno with a bittersweet feeling. Loving the moment of warmth but having it to go away later (that why she has to reload it etc etc).

I think you all know the game Marco Polo where you can’t see and you said Marco the other said Polo.

So it’s mean if they just have to call her so Yuno will always answer.

“Let’s just do it please smile ?”

For me it’s Yuno asking “Yuno” to do it and keep a smile for the payment of course.

“Hooked up till the morning to this “Sweet Umbilical”

Let’s just do it, please smile ?”

This time it seems to be what Yuno asked for her clients but they all leave. Leaving her alone like a stray cat, in the cold except for one client grey.

Desire, bestow, desire again

The episode reloading on an endless loop

The fading warmth makes me anxious again

Tear drops succumb and fall

Yuno is shown at the end of each date with a tired,lonely expression but then flashes to her cat world where she cries from one side.

We can note that Yuno doesn't feel that confident in that part…

So it’s clear that Yuno don’t like this feeling of loneliness/abandon

She’s tired of her self desire and can’t find a way to shut the coldness in her heart, a feeling that she doesn't understand nor know how to stop.

Each time, the warmth that she manages to get will leave her and that thought alone made her feel anxious and cry.

Don’t weigh me measure me against your morality

Shut it,will you ? You know it all

Feeling magnanimous? INNOCENT ?

I’m so not that

Shut it, will you ? You know it all

Yuno is in a fetus position, trying to warm herself.

But that not enough, she then looks at the glasses(verdict) and throws it away

Saying “shut it” in an annoyed/angry tone.

If I understand well, she thinks Milgram is the reason why she’s cold. After all, this prison is not MINIGRAM the fun place but Milgram… a place that could never understand her…

If you want “me”, come Marco I’ll polo

Let’s just do it, please smile ?

Hooked up till the morning to this “Sweet Umbilical”

Let’s just do it, please smile ?

Yuno is finally smiling, she breaks everything around her. And at the end, invite (someone)to give her warmth by putting the jacket back on her. Strange thing but seems like the person did.

But Yuno is happy even after that she destroyed everything that she shows her real self she did get warmth once again or something like that honestly the last part is weird for me but seems to be the “I messed up” part in umbilical (why when she said it she knows she’s doing something bad but is laughing at it) anyways we shouldn’t take things that seriously.

GUYS I’M SO STUPID

THE ROOM IS MADE BY 5 THINGS

Neko Yuno- milgram (glasses,chairs of the interrogation room and the rabbit jackalope)

Highshool yuno - favorite client (the jacket)

Fancy yuno - rich client(curtain)

Karaoke yuno - fun client (cushion)

Country yuno - car client ( the light ? Or nothing ?)

Anyways my point is that The room is made by the object of the clients (and Milgram)

Yuno decides to break the glasses, the curtain and the cushions so she breaks something related to Milgram,a fun client and a rich client.

Probably car clients too but I have no proof for that.

The only one who’s left is Favorite client.

He was the most probable to accept her as she is because as I said WAYYY EARLIER yuno and HSyuno are quite similar in the end. In that way can we say that she killed the other yuno ?

So to conclude this, I think yuno fell in love with her favorite client. She became pregnant,became a couple with favorite client and decided to stop her work. Except that, the more and more this situation doesn't comble her, after all if when they were 4 they couldn’t satisfy her, only one couldn’t do it. So behind the back of her boyfriend she answers the call of her clients but the guilt from the morality and ect tired her as so she decides to be discovered ( ”I messed up”part in umbilical) favorite client breakup with her, yuno is sad but she can’t do anything about it after all she want warmth and decide to abort and continue her work with the 3 lefts (so the link/stairs/umbilical cordon with grey is destroyed). That’s the end !

Re-Conclusion because VD lmao. She was supposed to continue with the three left but the emptiness she felt after losing Favorite warmth was greater than she thought she even wait for him in front of his house sit and decide to give up if leaving all her life with this loneliness she decides to unalived herself in the heat of the moment (or by accident I can’t have a clear answer with Umbilical sorry)(her exploding her ballon could be her reaching her breaking point ?) and fall except that Grey probably tries to save her so she thinks he’s the reason why she’s alive in Milgram (her falling but catch the ballon) anyways reading the translation could find a clear explanation

Update last minute : umbilical break the stairs of favorite(grey) leaving only the three stairs left, teardrop the cushions and curtain of both Fun(yellow) and Rich(green). So the only one left is Purple ? (Technically Es too but sshh) so Purple is the father ? Or the victim ? Or Purple is Es ? I will have to look into umbilical a bit more…

[infiniteiram]

My Cute Nose?

a vds one shot. you can find more on my ao3. 

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feel free to comment/message me any suggestions for one shot ideas!

Lucas and Isa go for a spontaneous outing for a new piercing. But what Lucas doesn't expect is how nervous he now feels.

trigger warning: mentions of needles (mostly just poking at the skin, no mention of blood or anything gory)

this one shot was inspired by some fan art done by @alexaneskam ! 

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And all of a sudden, Lucas felt nervous.

Sure, he should've felt nervous way before now. Like when he walked into the tattoo and piercings shop and saw the abundance of needles. Needles being sterilized, the buzzing of the tattoo needles poking and prodding skin and over all, needles all together. It wasn't that bad, he had thought. He'd already gotten some ear piercings done, two on his left lobe and one on his right. So he wasn't completely inexperienced. Which is why when Isa dragged him to the shop to go get another nose piercing right next to her first one, he agreed to go. It didn't sound like a big deal. In fact, he had been wanting one anyway. And now just felt like the perfect time to do it.

But maybe, a little too perfect.

Because right now, Lucas was sitting down on the bench of the small room and trying to keep his leg from shaking and bouncing. He was trying to keep his hands in his pockets to avoid chewing on his nails, but that instead resorted to him biting and chewing too hard on his lips. He envied how calm and collected Isa looked in the chair, even smiling a little as she waited. He only hoped he would act half the way she did. Even a quarter.

His nerves could only be blamed on one thing. On one person.

And that person was the most beautiful person he'd ever seen in his entire life.

Lucas didn't expect to come in on an average weekday afternoon and meet someone he was now claiming to be the love of his life. Isa didn't even warn him about this guy, and when he grabbed her aside before they followed him into his studio and gave her a startled look, she only furrowed her brows and tilted her head.

"What?" She had whispered, so the guy was out of ear shot.

"You never told me your usual piercer looked like this." He hissed and she snorted.

"What? Jens isn't my normal piercer. I don't even have a normal piercer." She defended, trying to stifle a laugh.

"How do you know his name then?" He whispered a little, hoping Jens a few feet away wasn't paying much attention to them.

"Because while you were looking at him all frozen up from being star struck, he actually introduced himself." Isa teased, flicking his forehead lightly. "I'm surprised you didn't even notice the rather adorable Belgium accent he had."

Before Lucas could open his mouth to reply, Jens had appeared in the door way and gave them a smile. "You guys ready?" He asked, adorable Belgium accent and all.

Which is how Lucas found himself practically shoving Isa to go sit down on the chair first so he could give his heart a second from racing so fast. Isa didn't miss his lack of subtlety, and even winked at him as Jens lead her to the chair. Lucas only playfully scowled as he tried not to let his eyes shift from her over to him.

That quickly proved to be inevitable.

Now he was studying Jens as he pulled on a pair of gloves over his sturdy and strong hands and Lucas had to physically restrain himself from gawking. He couldn't help but eye Jens up and down as he focused on getting everything ready for Isa. Lucas took note of his fluffy dark hair falling gently on the side on his head, his brows and eyes focusing on the small diamond stud Isa had chosen and the fitted black shirt that still managed to hang loosely off his body. But Lucas could still make out the broadness of his chest and shoulders as he moved about, hovering over Isa gently as he began sterilizing her nose gently before marking where he would pierce it. She seemed to giggle at his light and gentle touch and Lucas began to panic as he thought of how bright red his face was going to turn the second he was in her position.

Jens had his back faced towards him now, and Lucas could make out the lean muscles on them as he felt his nerves escalate with each second. Even though Isa had her eyes closed and couldn't see him trying to contain his internal panic, the teasing grin she had on her face was enough to poke fun at Lucas. He was just glad Jens was focusing on Isa right now, because there was no way Lucas was going to impress him with all his nerves.

"And you're done." Jens exclaimed and Lucas perked his head up. His mind had been spiralling so much that he didn't even notice how quickly Jens had finished up with Isa.

He rolled over on his chair to the small counter and brought Isa a small handheld mirror so she could look closely at it. For a split second, Lucas felt Jens catch his eyes and he felt his heart stop. Jens let his dark eyes sparkle at the sight of Lucas' crystal blue ones and gave him a soft smile. Lucas tried not to squirm as he gave him a small smile back. Jens subtly eyed him up and down before nodding slightly and turning back to Isa.

"Look good?" He asked, grinning widely at her.

"Yeah, wow!" She exclaimed, admiring the way the new stud sparkled beside the nose ring she already had in. "This looks so cute!" She looked over at Lucas and he gave her a quick thumbs up.

Huffing out a light laugh, Jens rolled around to the other side of the room and grabbed a small bottle of solution. Rolling back, he gently handed it to Isa.

"Here," He said. "Make sure to rinse it out at least twice a day for the next few weeks to avoid any infections. I don't suggest you change the jewelry until it's completely healed, though I'm sure you already know that. If there's anything you think is unusual, like your body rejecting it or something, or any other questions and concerns, just come back here. I'll take a look at it and see what I can do."

"Thanks Jens." She said, a wide grin and a glisten in her eyes. Isa hopped down from the chair and walked over to wear Lucas was sitting.

He awkwardly got up and switched spots with her. His legs felt like jello underneath him and he was hoping they wouldn't give out. Isa gave him a wiggle of her brows as he side eyed her. Jens was busy sanitizing the chair and getting new supplies so he wasn't paying much attention to their silent interactions. Isa reached out to pinch Lucas's leg and Lucas retaliated by gently hitting her leg with his foot.

"It's your turn." Jens finally said, turning around. Lucas felt himself freeze up but somehow his legs managed to head over to the chair and sat down. Isa was looking at him rather menacingly, and he couldn't figure out why.

Giving her a confused look, Lucas felt his eyes widen as Isa picked up her phone and pretended to take a call.

"Liv? Hi, what's up?" She said as Lucas realized what she was doing. She brought her phone away from her face for a second and pretend to smile apologetically at both of them. "Sorry, I have to take this. I'll be right back Luc."

Lucas was about to protest but before he could, she was already gone. He had to give her some credit for giving him some alone time with Jens. But Lucas felt his heart beat begin to race again as he turned to face Jens.

Jens had an eyebrow raised and a rather soft smirk on his lips. Lucas took in the little details of his face. Dark long lashes were made a bit vibrant with the touch of red eyeliner that was lined right above the rich dark brown colour of his eyes. A small mole laid below his right eye and his lips were a little more chapped but that didn't hinder the dark pink mauve shade that rested on them. Lucas also noticed he had a few piercings, multiple on his earlobes and even an industrial bar through his right ear. On his nose was a simple stud. It seemed to sparkle just as much as his eyes, which Lucas was beginning to get lost in.

If Lucas was starstruck before, he had no idea how to even describe what he felt now. Even though he thought his heart was beating far too fast to be considered normal, he still managed to feel a sense of ease as Jens gazed at him.

"So your name is Luc?" Jens asked, interrupting their silence.

He shook his head but then shrugged. "It's Lucas. But, a lot of people do call me Luc instead." He didn't know how he managed to say that without stuttering, but he mentally thanked himself for sounding a little bit normal.

Nodding with the same smirk on his face, Jens rolled over to some of the cabinets and began pulling out some supplies. "I like Luc, so I think that's what I will call you."

You can call me whatever you want, Lucas thought.

Coughing, Lucas shook away his thoughts. "That's fine. I like Luc anyway."

And he did. Especially when his closest friends called him that. But there was something a bit more endearing about the boy in front of him calling him that. It sent flutters of warmth through Lucas's body and he could feel small shocks and tingles solely based on the way Jens allowed the name to roll off his tongue.

"So Luc," Jens said, rolling back to him. "What are you getting today?"

"A septum." Lucas replied, steadying his voice.

"Oh that's fun." Jens got up from his chair and headed over to the small glass cabinet. He made a few clicking sounds with his mouth as Lucas watched him look for something. He turned his head and jutted his chin towards Lucas. "Do you know what size you want?"

"Just the standard. 16 gauge I think."

"Got it."

He came back over holding a small silver septum jewelry with two small bulbs at the end. It looked fairly tiny in his hand and he held it for Lucas to see.

"This good?" He asked and Lucas nodded.

"Good."

Laying it carefully on the tray, Jens walked over to a small sink, washed his hands and slipped on a new par of gloves. Lucas didn't want to watch every movement the other boy made, but focusing on the bright colour of the auburn walls in the room was still distracting. His eyes then marvelled at the photos that Jens had hung up, mostly of city skyscrapers and graffiti on buildings. They were rather artistic and Lucas was surprised. He didn't really read Jens as the artistic type.

"Did you take those photos?" He asked and Jens whipped his head up.

Wrinkling his nose as he smiled fondly at them, he shook his head. "No, I'm not that artistic." He said, disproving Lucas' assumption. "My friend back home took them. He and his boyfriend walked all around the city and I asked for some of them to be printed out before I moved here."

"So where is home?" Lucas asked as Jens took a seat back down in his chair. His hands were playing with the loose threads on the sleeves of his pink sweater, trying to still settle his nerves. The pink of his sweater matched the small brush of pink eyeshadow he put on the inner and outer corner of his eyes. And soon, they would match the colour of the blush on his cheeks.

"Belgium. More specifically, Antwerp. Though I go back and visit it a lot so it's not like I'm that far away from home."

"So much for moving to a whole new country." He teased.

Smiling widely, Jens let out a loose laugh. "That's what my friends said. They were really upset when they found out I was leaving Belgium, but after learning I was only going to be an hour away on the train, they told me I was being dramatic."

"They do have a slight point."

Huffing out a small laugh again, Jens leaned closer. Lucas felt Jens place his fingers gently under his chin to tilt his head up. He couldn't help but hold his breath as the shocks and tingles began to elevate with the slight touch.

"Nervous?" Jens asked as he gently poked at Lucas's nose as he marked and measured where he would poke the needle.

If only he knew.

"A little." Lucas admitted, his breath hitched. He flinched his body a bit, knowing his nerves weren't for the actual piercing but rather the piercer.

"Don't be." Jens softly said. "It really doesn't hurt that bad and I promise I will be gentle."

"Will you really?"

"Yes? I always am." He laughed. "Your friend didn't even flinch and just giggled her way through. I don't think I've ever had someone so happy about getting stabbed."

"Stabbed does not exactly help with trying to trust in you being gentle."

"Just relax." Jens assured, marking the inside of his nose which felt like a small tickle. He playfully brushed the tip of Lucas's nose gently and Lucas finally felt the blush on his face grow warmer and more vibrant. "I wouldn't ruin your cute nose."

Somehow his face managed to get even warmer and a brighter pink at the compliment and Lucas hated how he couldn't just act calm.

"My cute nose?" He choked out as he brought his head down and gave him a questioning look.

"Yeah," Jens said lightly. He tilted Lucas's chin back up and held a needle and clamp in his other hand. "Goes along with the cute pink blush on your cheeks. Kind of matches your eye shadow."

Now he fully wanted to gawk at him. His cover was definitely blown and he was internally panicking again. He would much rather deal with the nerves from the needle stabbing him than his crush noticing how unsubtle his feelings and reactions were.

"Okay Luc, I'm going to clamp this around your septum. And then when you're ready, you're going to match my breathing okay?"

"Okay."

Lucas felt the squeeze from the clamp on his septum and he winced at the foreign feeling. It didn't hurt, but it felt rather weird and uncomfortable. He remembered the second part of Jens' explanation and tried to slow down the internal workings of his body so he could feel Jens' breathing pattern. It took a few seconds but he was able to regulate his body and calm it down for the first time since seeing Jens.

"Okay, when I tell you to, I need you to take a deep breath for me. You might feel a slight pinch but it really shouldn't feel like anything more than that. It might be a bit more of a pinch than when you got your ears pierced so don't be surprised about that." Jens assured.

When Jens felt that Lucas' body was at a relative ease, he leaned in a bit closer.

"You can keep your eyes closed but on the count of three I need you to take a really deep breath and just hold it okay." Jens instructed.

Nodding slightly, Lucas waited as Jens counted down. On the count of three, he held his breath and winces his eyes slightly at the sudden pinch he felt. But it was there for barely a second and then it was gone.

“You did great." Jens assured. "I'm going to pull out the needle as you slowly breathe out. And then you'll have that septum on your cute nose.

Lucas nodded slightly again and breathed out, feeling the needle be removed as he sighed contently. He didn't open his eyes right away as he felt Jens gently screw the small ball on the end of the jewelry. His body was more relaxed than before, but he still felt the flutters in his chest.

"Alright and you are done." Jens exclaimed.

Opening his eyes, he was faced with Jens smiling widely as he held up the mirror. Lucas slowly reached out for it and couldn't help the small smile on his face when his fingers brushed against Jens' own. When he looked at the new detail on his face, his smile grew wider. Slowly, he poked at it and while the slight pressure was uncomfortable, he was beginning to really like how it looked.

"Cute huh?" Jens asked proudly as he took off his gloves and tossed them aside. He began putting away all his tools before he got up from the chair.

"Yeah, you kept your promise. I could hardly feel a thing." He replied, following his movements across the room.

"Here, same thing for you. Rinse it out with the solution at least twice a day for the next few weeks. And if there's anything else you think is a bit off with the healing process, you can just come in and see me." There was a pause, a hesitation in his sentence as Lucas listened to him.

Tilting his head and raising his brows to gesture Jens to continue, he noticed the sudden change in his behaviour. Jens was slightly averting his eyes away from Lucas' and chewing on the inside of his cheek. There was a slight clench in his jaw and his body was a bit more tense, showing off its broadness even more. Jens awkwardly scratched the side of his face and Lucas finally caught onto why his behaviour had changed.

Now, it was Jens' turn to be nervous.

"Uhm, listen, I know this may not be the most professional of me but, in the most non-professional way, you are really cute. And if you would be interested, I'd love to take you out sometime." He nervously mumbled. "It'd be nice if I saw you again for non-piercing festivities."

A grin came onto his face as he placed the mirror down on his lap. "You're cute when you're nervous."He noted with a teasing look, which just made Jens snort.

"I could say the same about you."

They both smiled at each other and Lucas knew his grin was now from ear to ear. He could see the slight pink flush appear on Jens' cheeks, bright against the darkness of his all black clothing and complimenting the tiny line of red above his eyes. He figured his cheeks were probably even more pink, so he couldn't even poke fun at Jens.

Instead, he dug into his phone pocket and unlocked it. Opening up a new message thread, he passed it over to Jens.

"Place your number in and I'll text you." He said with a wink.

As Jens began to type in his number, Lucas' eyes were drawn back to the doorway of the studio. After a second, Isa popped her head back in with her award winning smile.

"Sorry," She said, now gaining Jens' attention. "Liv called and I couldn't get her off the phone."

Lucas rolled his eyes, knowing that was far from the truth. If anything, Isa had probably just waited outside at the shop's lobby until she figured she had given Lucas enough time to awkwardly and shamelessly flirt with Jens. Though, he hadn't really done much of that.

However, he did get some of that from the boy still putting his number into his phone.

"Luc!" Isa exclaimed, and they both remembered she was there. "Your piercing looks so good! You look so cute."

And before Lucas could reply by thanking her, Jens whipped his head up again with another smirk on his face.

"I agree. He does look very cute." Turning his head away from Isa and back to Lucas, he eyed him up and down before winking at him. "But I'm sure he knows that already."

[peaceoutofthepieces]

About the last ask: Oh wow I'm so stupid hahahaha yes it's for vds, sorry 😂

My brain was like other ships? never heard of them 😂

Nr. 12 for that dialouge prompt thing? (Maybe some friends with benefits turning into friends to lovers 🙈)

12. “Stay the night. Please.”

Jens flops onto his back next to him and keeps a hold of Lucas’s hand. He doesn’t use it to draw him closer, though Lucas does have to twist to not have his arm pulled uncomfortably. Jens holds it to his chest, over his thrumming heart, and traces over it in a mindless, unfamiliar, soft gesture. Lucas feels his nerves spark, even though he was sure they had sizzled out. Even though Jens’s smile is nothing more than sated, and he’s staring at the ceiling while Lucas is staring at him, and the touch really doesn’t mean anything. Jens simply thrives on the contact, leans into any and all affection. It doesn’t mean anything.

None of it means anything.

No matter how many times one follows the other home and warms their bed, no matter how many too-gentle pecks slip in between heated kisses, no matter how many soft, loving touches they share in the lines between friendship and lust.

It doesn’t mean anything. Not for them. Not to Jens. It can’t, for the sake of their friendship. This is what they sighed up, with careful consideration and sturdy lines drawn in the sand. It doesn’t mean anything more than what it is, which is fire in his veins, rapid heartbeats, drug-like daydreams and better nights, breaths between kisses and touches, all of it shared and euphoric.

In other words: it means everything.

To Lucas.

It’s why he can’t immediately force himself to get up. To go, leave, keep things locked away and forgotten like he’s supposed to. Instead he rolls fully onto his side, rolls closer, and presses his palm carefully to Jens’s chest, brushing his fingertips over the skin. Jens’s hand twitches over his, then grabs it; not to stop the touch, but to lace their fingers together. He squeezes, once. Lucas squeezes back.

Then Jens looks at him.

Lucas waits. He’ll be told to leave. If they were in his bed, Jens would already be out and pulling on clothes by now, much better at following the rules they’ve set themselves. They’ve only lingered like this maybe twice before, when everything was particularly good and they got a little caught up in a few more needy kisses, trapped and blown around on their high. But they don’t really linger. They don’t bask. The telling, weighted looks come before, not after.

Lucas steals glances when he can, holds onto it longer than he should, secretly. But now that he’s allowed Jens to catch him looking, the other boy isn’t looking away.

In fact, Jens grips his hand tighter as he swallows. His thumb is still sweeping gently over Lucas’s knuckles. He rolls onto his own side, bringing them face to face, bringing them closer still, laying their clasped hands in the minimal space between them.

Lucas’s breath catches. He can’t breathe for risk of bursting the bubble, of whatever this is, some unbelievable kindness the universe has offered him. Then Jens is letting go of his hand, and his heart is cracking, but the hand only moves to his cheek, thumb finding the same rhythm on a new patch of skin. Jens is still looking at him. His warm brown eyes are soft, the pupils still blown, but clear. There’s a hint of something that looks like nerves, something hesitant and careful. It turns resolute just a second before Jens closes his eyes and hides the feelings away, touching his forehead to Lucas’s.

The kiss sends a wave through Lucas, happiness and hope trickling down his spine as he finally allows himself to press closer, press them back together. The kiss is so unbearably soft, even as Jens deepens it, licking into the corners of Lucas’s mouth and imprinting himself in the crevices of his being.

It doesn’t last at all long enough, and Lucas finds himself following Jens as the boy retreats with a hum of protest dying on his lips. He opens his eyes and finds Jens smiling, seeming to handle the lack of contact for only a moment before ducking their heads together again.

Lucas swallows. It feels thick. He doesn’t know how he’ll speak past the lump in his throat, and he doesn’t want to say it anyway, but it needs to be said, so he tries. “I should go.”

Jens finds his hand again and, to Lucas’s surprise, clings on tightly. His voice is just as hoarse when he breathes, “Stay the night. Please.”

The universe grinds to a halt. This is too much kindness for Lucas to believe.

“We don’t do that,” he says carefully, even while kicking himself for not accepting the offer in an instant and taking any and every thing Jens will give him. But it’s not worth it, if Jens will regret it as soon as they wake from their stupor. Maybe even before they fall asleep.

But Jens licks his lips and burrows closer. “No,” he agrees, softly. “But we could.”

Lucas will not let himself hope. “What do you mean?”

“You could stay. I could kiss you in the morning. I want to. I think you do, too.”

It’s so matter-of-fact, so easy, so sure...No. Lucas knows Jens better than to think that. He knows Jens understands what this could mean just as much as he does, that they both understand the threat. That Jens wouldn’t say such a thing and risk what they already have unless he meant it, unless he’d thought it over and through.

Lucas raises his hand to Jens’s face this time. Brushes a thumb over his bottom lip, still slightly curved in a smile. He takes a slow breath. “Can I?” he murmurs. “I mean—you’re right, but. Are you sure?”

Jens kisses him again by way of answer, and Lucas feels all his bones settle. Jens curves an arm around him and holds on, and Lucas slides a hand into his hair and does the same. To make sure, he reiterates, “Stay.”

There doesn’t need to be any more hesitance. Lucas has always known he would.

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