#⇢✶twin flames manifested 《chrome x mukuro》

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Meta + Mukuro ((OOC: A chance for you to say something about Mukuro that maybe you haven't before in relation to Chrome? ))

For Chrome, Mukuro can really frustrate her at times. She might get what he is trying to tell her with his actions and body language, but maybe later? They were connected, but they aren't quite as connected as they used to be, and Chrome really wants Mukuro to know that now. It is not because they drifted off in separate directions. It is because Chrome kind of sees herself as useful and important to the family. She is starting to know her worth. This will include the Kokuyo Gang.

Chrome is not a mind reader, and she does not play charades anymore, so Mukuro is going to have to toughen it out and explain it to her aloud. Even if it might ruin or break the image he wants everyone else to see of him. Chrome just does not have it in her to be as forgiving, and I think Mukuro wanted her to come to this realization? However, it still hurts him that her anger is pointed at him now.

She loves him, but she does want to poke him with his own trident at times. However, I don't see her confiding with the other girls about this, except for maybe Bianchi. Bianchi deals with a very frustrating man, too, after all. A man who was turned into an infant because of a curse. Chrome knows for a fact that Haru and Kyoko are not sure about Mukuro.

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Send Me 🎔 + A Ship And I'll Tell You: (our 6996)

Who wins a prize at a carnival/fair/festival: I can probably see Mukuro winning a prize. I don't see Chrome trying much unless it's something she considers adorable. Chrome enjoys the creepy cute mascots the most. She did not get stationery a lot as Nagi.

Who does most of the cooking: I want to say Chrome does. I don't think Mukuro can cook much except breakfast. It's a little headcanon I have since Chrome has been hanging out with the girls and Bianchi. I also headcanon that before Bianchi discovered her "talent" for poisoning her food, she was a prodigy with cooking and wanted to be a chef.

Who does most of the shopping: I would say Chrome, considering she is seen with Chikusa, Ken, and Fran in that one short for the mangaka's dedicated convention. I think she's better with budgeting than the boys are, considering she probably had a limited allowance from her wealthy parents.

Who is hopeless at board games: Neither of them. They're very good at board games. Before she became Chrome, Nagi played board games as it helped her pass the time and kept her out of her parents' way. I would probably go on to say she might have been really good at chess and go but never competed.

Who is always trying to make the other laugh: Neither, it comes naturally that Chrome does make Mukuro laugh. It's out of fondness for her attempts to make him happy. He reminds Chrome he appreciates her in his own way, but after Chrome learns to start advocating for herself, he does learn to be more forthcoming (?) with his appreciation for her.

Who has a tendency to give out TMI: Mukuro, though it's a little bit, but he enjoys making Chrome blush. He's also much more comfortable around her a smidge than Chikusa and Ken. I think this comes from the fact that both Chrome and Mukuro saw the afterlife.

Who does more DIY projects: I want to say Chrome, but I want to say that Mukuro probably designed his signature trident. I feel like he would be a metal worker if he wasn't pulled into the mafia. Chrome enjoys spending time with the girls and making DIY just to learn the crafts so she could be of more use to Mukuro.

Who is the big spoon: Mukuro, because he is taller. However, Chrome will attempt to be the big spoon when he's noticeably sad.

Who gives more casual affection: I would have to say Chrome. Mukuro gives his time and attention to Chrome, but he isn't as affectionate because of his own trauma. If that make sense? Mukuro... I'm under the impression is a little like Law, where he knows he could lose what's important to him? He keeps it at arm's length.

Who reads to whom: I think both enjoy spending time reading various books to one another. It's a non-sexual activity for them to grow more intimate. Mukuro is interested in various philosophies other than his own, and Chrome is curious about what Mukuro likes. You can bet they probably spent Mukuro's birthday just reading Chrome's gift to him.

Who brings drinks and food without being asked: Both do. Food is another thing they both enjoy sharing with each other.

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From Here :: @whiskeysmulti

Chrome blinked out of one of her reveries when Mukuro asked her what she was thinking about.  Her one eye widened as it darted to glance into Mukuro’s opposite colored  eyes.  

“Mukuro-sama!  I was just thinking that if we divorced, Mukurou should go to me.  You can keep the ring.”

Yes, she thought that was a fair split if they ever went their separate ways.  Especially, since the ring was meant for Mukuro and not her. She nodded as if content with her decision.

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🩸 ...bleeding out. (For Chrome to find Gokuder or Mukuro bleeding out, your choice, from the whump masterlist.)

It had been days since Tsuna gave Mukuro a mission and things have so far gone as planned.  Chrome obediently stayed behind in the hotel.  Mukuro would check on her in their dreamscape to give her the updates, and she would report them to Tsuna.  Again, things were going well, until a couple of days ago.

Mukuro did not look very good as he visited the dreamscape.  He did not appear pristine.  A bruise was beginning to form on his very spirit within the serene astral plane.  He gave Chrome one cryptic message, and then he was gone.  She repeated it to Tsuna who had gone pale on video call.

Chrome lifted her brows before furrowing them in frustration.  She hated to be kept in the dark, but there was nothing she could do but wait for orders from Tsuna.  “Boss, is there something you’re not telling me?”

“I…” the Tenth stated.

“The mission can’t be disclosed, yet you put me on standby.  Mind filling me in?” Chrome asked.  “Mukuro-sama doesn’t usually send me urgent messages like that unless he’s in trouble.”

Tsuna looked as if he wanted to say something, but Gokudera butted in.

“Chrome, we’re doing all we can to locate Mukuro, can you please be patient?” Gokudera asked but regretted it when he saw Mist flames engulfing her.

“Mukuro-sama’s message states he’s clearly in danger, send me the coordinates.  I’m nearby, or I’ll bribe Viper to,” Chrome calmly stated, narrowing her visible eye.  Her eyes skimmed Tsuna’s silhouette before Tsuna replied.

“Very well, I’ll send you the coordinates.”

Three hours later after the video conference, Mukurou arrived battered but holding its box and the Mist ring.  Chrome’s eye widened.  Without a moment’s notice, she prepared for the mission to rescue Mukuro.  Fastening her secondary box weapons to her waist along with the one she shared with Mukuro, she hurried out the door.  Nodded to the guardsmen on duty, and hurried down the corridor of the luxury hotel.

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It was hours and a tough battle since, and Chrome pushed herself off the floor.  She let out a small grunt as she noticed her stomach caving in.  She could feel the warm liquid trickle down the side of her lips.  Her eyesight was dimming.  She hovered a hand over her imploding stomach and stabilized her organs.  Chrome wiped the blood from her lips and continued going as Mukurou pointed the way.

Her eyes widened when she saw a figure lying in a pool of blood.  His dark blue hair fanned out behind him.  His eyes closed.  Chrome stepped forward but stopped.  He was in a bad state, but there was a possibility the enemy was luring her into a trap.  Chrome’s one eye closed and opened before she pulled out Chandra’s box.  She held the box as a flaming moth spread its wings and fluttered a fan of Mist flame sparks around Mukuro.

The moth’s flames would be the foundation of an illusion and buy her time to stabilize Mukuro.  Chrome entered the illusion and knelt next to Mukuro after proving the body was not a trap, but the real Mukuro.  She had to work quickly.  She could not tell when he was this hurt, but he did not have much time left.

“Don’t you dare die on me, Mukuro-sama,” she says.

Luckily, she knew a little bit of medicine thanks to her condition.  The man had lost a lot of blood.  Chrome checked Mukuro’s vitals before she stabilized him with some of Chandra’s flames and her own.  Chrome shrugged out of her coat and tied it around Mukuro as a tourniquet.  She sent coordinates via radio to headquarters.

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It was true.  Mukuro was not easy to deal with, but Chrome knew him when he was at his deepest, darkest.  There was a bond between them stronger than that of mere lovers.  While Chrome knew this as truth, the others had always questioned him.  Chrome never questioned him, and always accepted him, even at his lowest points.  However, as she got stronger, she would gently cut through the illusion to the man hidden within.

It was indeed custom to celebrate White Day, where the partner who was given chocolates had to reciprocate.  It was always held a month after February 14, and Chrome had given him homemade chocolate.

Chrome indeed loved Mukuro just as he loved her.  They were two sides of the same coin.  Two different perspectives on life, death, and reincarnation.  Chrome held hope and optimistic things could get better.  Mukuro showed her it could despite him wanting to use her at first.  Chrome, in turn, showed Mukuro that there were people whom he could trust.  The world was not black and white, some people would accept him just as she did.  He just had to believe the truth in the lie he told himself, which she also had told herself.

He walked in with gifts in hand and she smiled, and happily accepted them.  She looked up into his eyes with her one and smiled.

"Thank you, Mukuro," she said.  She embraced the gifts he gave her.  The Arctic owl plushie looked like Mukurowl (Mukurou), the box weapon they shared.  She would often cut the "-sama" honorific when it was just the two of them.  They did not need those three words, the actions told all.  She chuckled.  "I'll be good, they look delicious though," she promised, as she nodded to the cabinet nearby.  Her hands were full of presents.  "There's a vase that's sufficient to put these roses in.  Dinner will be ready soon.  How was work?"

Mukuro knew he wasn't always the easiest guy to deal with. Yet Chrome had endured so much and still faithfully followed him. There was no way to describe the bond he'd always had with her, as it was more than love but not obsession. They both needed each other and he'd never let anything happen to her either.

After living in Kokuyo so long he'd gotten used to some of the customs of Japan and had learned it was tradition to return the gift a month after Valentine's day as well as giving three times more and traditionally white gifts. The relationship was no secret, Chrome had given him honmei chocolates for a reason. Which was why he walked in with a bag containing a box of white chocolates, a white owl plushie and a dozen white roses and handed the gifts over to her. "Happy White Day, Nagi." Mukuro greeted her, using that name that only he was allowed to address her by. It wasn't quite an 'I love you.' But those words weren't always easy for him, he just hoped she understood that he was trying to express it in other ways. "Don't get sick from eating all the candy at once."

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Mukuro or Gokudera (for who Chrome would rather kiss?)

”Mukuro,” Chrome says without hesitation.

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"Maybe I was safe to you, and you needed to feel that." (Mukuro for Chrome)

  “Maybe I was safe to you, and you needed to feel that.”

Chrome looked up at him with her one good eye.  There was pain in it.  M.M. warned her that Mukuro was just using her, but that was fine with her.  She needed him as much as he needed her, but maybe she needed him more because of the illusion organs that helped her live.

“True, Mukuro-sama, but I needed you as much as you needed me at one time,” she said.  “We were simply using each other to survive.”

A small, melancholic smile as she looked at Mukuro.  She blinked the tears back.

“M.M. from the future warned me which was kind of her,” Chrome said.  She did not know what else to say.  So why did it feel like Mukuro was having a tough time with this as well?  They were not bonded anymore.  She was not merely his vessel anymore.

So why…?  Were they so intrinsically linked?  Perhaps.  It gave her hope, but she quelled it from going further.  There was no way in any of the Hells she would beg him to stay.  Mukuro may have been her savior and someone she looked up to now.  However, now, he was someone she wanted to surpass and be an equal.

“Goodbye, Mukuro,” she said.  Except it would not be goodbye.  No, by the time he comes back to the town, she would have grown immensely as an illusionist in her own right.

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Chrome's Tags

⇢✶ training with the Sasagawas  《chrome’s questionnaire results》

[Questionnaire Results]

⇢✶about the petite illusionist  《chrome’s headcanons》

[Headcanons]

⇢✶musings from the fog  《chrome’s musings》

[Musings]

⇢✶interview with a mist guardian  《chrome’s answers》

[Ask Replies]

⇢✶ trials by combat 《chrome’s rp replies》

[RP Replies]

⇢✶misty ambiance 《chrome’s soundtrack》

[Soundtrack]

⇢✶tridents and lotuses《chrome’s aesthetics》

[Aesthetics]

⇢✶ the budding lotus《chrome dokuro 》

⇢✶nagi reincarnated as chrome  《chrome’s main verse》

[Main Verse - KHR]

⇢✶twin flames manifested  《chrome x mukuro》

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Send ⚔️ for my character’s fight quotes! (Mukuro to Chrome)

Send ⚔️ for my character’s fight quotes! (not expiring)

Intro: “I hope this doesn’t take too long or is too much.”

Win:  “Phew… that was tough.”  She falls to her knees and holds a hand over her stomach to check her illusioned organs.  She truly is a medical marvel.  She leans on her spear.

Lose: “I’m sorry, Mukuro-sama…”  Her hand is over her stomach, trying her best to keep her organs activated while she loses consciousness.

Draw: “I’ll have to train more.  Next time I’ll defeat you.”  She is kneeling, leaning on her spear.

Time-Out: "..." She is ready to do more damage.

Assist Call: When needing the assist.  “Mukuro-sama!  You’re up!”  When she is assisting.  “I got your back!”

Tag’s in for your character: “Someone’s got his back.  It’s me!”  She catches the Mist Ring and weapon box for Mukurou (Mukurowl).

Tags out to your character: “You’re right, I’m not alone.  Mukuro-sama, you’re up!”  She tosses him the Mist Ring and weapon box for Mukurou (Mukurowl).

Comeback Mechanic activation: “Cortina Nebbia!”  (Mist Curtain) She uses the technique to shield herself from attacks.  With a wave of her spear she expands the shield out to smack her enemies away from her and damage their HP in the process.

Level 1 Super: “The Path to Enlightenment is a hard road to follow.  One that I will endure.  First step is to enter Hell!”  She stabs her polearm in the ground before making the Uttarabodhi Mudra.  She closes her lone eye before opening it.  The enemy is pulled in a technique not unlike Cortina Nebbia.  It is sealed over and red spider lilies bloom from it as her enemy screams.

Level 3 Super: “Once you go through the realm, you must be reborn as per your judgement.” Chrome snaps her fingers as the Mist Curtain shatters.  She conjures a realm around her victim in the mud at the bottom of the lake.  She makes her victim go through the process of “rebirth” as a lotus.  The victim feels like they're in pain and are drowning.  She “pushes” the victim to go higher to the “surface”.  When the lotus blossoms, her victim drops from the blossom and falls to the ground.  Chrome dissipates the realm and watches with apathy at her enemy’s struggle.

Tag Team Super: “With me, Mukuro-sama!  Genjuu Mugaia!” (Intensely Real Illusion Beast - Six Nightmare Crows!)  Her flame combines with Mukuro’s to conjure six nightmarish crows with kanji for one through six on their forehead.  It represents each of the six hells of Buddhism.

Outro:  “Oops, forgot we needed to be on time to pick M.M.-san up from shopping.”  Checking her phone.

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"Why did you do that?" (Mukuro to Chrome)

Chrome gasped in pain as she felt her illusionary organs dissipate. It put her body in shock. She needed to find a medic soon or she would face certain death. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth from coughing up blood. It was hard to breathe while she looked up at Mukuro.

"I did it... to save you... I couldn't... live in a world .... without you..." Chrome struggled and panted as she said this so honestly. She tried reaching her hand to place on his cheek, but darkness took her and her hand fell onto her imploded stomach.

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Belated Birthday gift to Chrome since Tumblr ate the last one! Mukuro looked all around Kokuyou and Namimori until he found something he thought was perfect for her, a butterfly skull hair clip set. Placing them in a small indigo jewelry box Mukuro handed them over with a smile. "Happy Birthday, Nagi."

Mukuro had gotten her butterfly clips with skulls on them. They were really cute, and reminded her a little bit of Wang Die and Chandra, her butterfly and moth boxed weapons. She looked up at Mukuro with a smile before putting the clips in her hair.

"Thank you, Mukuro! These should also work to keep the bangs out of my eyes when I cook," she added. She gave Mukuro a hug.

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"Oi, Nagi!" Mukuro walked back into the Kokuyo hideout looking for his other half. "Assuming I do survive this month without fighting Hibari, can I kill the Cloud bastard on December 1st?"

Chrome turned her head towards the direction of Mukuro's voice. She had been pulling out ingredients for her dinner out of the small mini fridge. Outside, a grill was heating up.

"Yes?" Chrome replied. She closed the door to the refrigerator. "You can fight him, but you cannot kill him. He is imperative to the Vongola. I don't want you to be pulled into Vindice's prison again." She shut the door. "No matter how much you said you were used to it, each time, from what I understand, you lost hope. We got you out by the skin of our teeth. Do you honestly want to undo that hard work?"

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"Oi, Nagi." Mukuro tossed her a chocolate bar. "So what exactly is the punishment if by chance I fought with the Cloud guardian this month or next?"

Truthfully, she never thought about it. It was very likely Mukuro could see this in Chrome's eye. "I was figuring it out," she blushed. "I would need to get back to you. But since the first time it was a success, next year will have the same challenge."

She gave him a mischievous smile. "I'll have prepared some punishments by the time November approaches." She was not kidding. Chrome bought a composition book just for brainstorming.

"Please make sure you are ready to refrain from fighting your rival for a month."

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Mukuro wanted to give Chrome something special for Valentines day this year and though he wasn't ready to propose yet, already understanding they could lose each other before even making it that far, he decided to not go for something as expensive as a ring. Instead he searched around, looking through the various other jewelry pieces that came at a slightly more affordable price. He wasn't about to give her something fake or cheap though either. It took a bit of searching but he finally found the right thing and put it in a small silver jewelry box with lotus flowers on it. "Happy Valentine's Day, Nagi." He kissed her forehead and handed over the jewelry box, inside was a set of snow owl earrings.

He handed her a jewelry box with a set of snow owl earrings. She smiled after opening the box, thinking of their snow owl, Mukurou. She could feel the top of her cheeks burning after registering he had just kissed her forehead.

"See the markings? They're both females. Male snow owls, I believe, do not have the markings on their feathers," she said. She placed both earrings into each of her earlobes and smiled. She placed the now empty box in her bag.

"Thank you, Mukuro-sama!" she said. She handed him a care package of homemade chocolates, a snow owl plushie, and a chain necklace with each of the kanji for the numbers seen in his right eye.

She would have gotten him roses, but she felt that was going too far. Not to mention Ken might eat them. She got him rose tea instead.

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"I want you to see yourself how I see you." (Deal with self loathing meme, 6996)

Chrome looked out the window and stayed silent. She could see Mukuro in the reflective glass. She was in one of her moods, her insecurities surrounding her current health. Her hand touched her abdomen, remembering the pain she felt from waking up after the car crash. She was happy to sacrifice herself for the kitten, but she was sad she was saved from immediate death.

She sometimes replayed the events leading up to her current condition. She even played the aftermath, listening for her mother's refusal to grant her a piece of her liver or a kidney. She listened to her stepfather's impatience as her mother vented to him about her predicament. All he cared for was his job and the money he could earn.

Humans are disgusting creatures. This was something she agreed with Mukuro on. She had seen his past when he took possession of her and created illusions for her while he rested in Vindice's prison. He was the only one that really cared if she lived or died. It did not matter if he intended to use her. Such was the new order that Chrome had to live with. While she told Mukuro humans needed to be pitied rather than condemned. Mukuro likely disagreed and told her humans should be condemned. Chrome would eventually smile and tell him she would agree to disagree. And that would be that.

"As a bodhisattva from the Buddhist faith?" she reminisced, watching the rain water run down the glass panel. "I don't feel Enlightened, Mukuro-sama. I just saw the Afterlife and came back, because people made my decision to die into that of life. I agreed with them, however. On the condition that they allow me to live with those who bothered to keep me alive."

She glanced at him with one eye, sadly before looking out the window. "I still feel like an undead. Nonhuman, but human to an extent. But you made good on your promise to take responsibility for my survival." She reached for her lover's hand to hold. "I promise to keep you alive even when you don't wish to be. To remind you there is promise in living."

They do not need the three words. They just need to renew their vows of surviving in this fucked world.

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"Nagi," Mukuro called out to her from in their illusion world. It was one of the only places they both felt safe. "How has Sawada been treating you?" (from Mukuro from my inbox call)

Chrome decided to put herself on autopilot once Mukuro called to her.  One-half of her consciousness was walking with Chikusa and Ken back to headquarters.  The other is within the grassy meadows.  In the recesses of her mind, she wore a white dress differentiating from the military look she is often clad in.  She always wondered why that was, but perhaps it was because she was always one foot in the spirit world and the living world.

“Mukuro-sama has called,” Chrome said to Chikusa and Ken.  “Please walk a little slower.”  As she hugged her bag to herself.

“M.M. will get mad we’re keeping her waiting,” Ken piped up.

“Mukuro-sama has called,” Chrome merely repeated herself.  Firmly.

Inside the dreamscape, she called out to Mukuro.  Only to spot him in his usual place, sitting on the highest hill overlooking the meadow.  There were puffy clouds in the sky.  She followed his voice and took a seat next to him, while her consciousness kept walking with Chikusa and Ken.

“Sawada-kun has been treating me fair.  Ken-kun and Chikusa-kun have been treating me well too.  It is me who has grown a fondness for sweets rather than steady meals,” she said.  “Do you need Chikusa-kun’s and Ken-kun’s help?  M.M.-san has arrived earlier than she originally intended.”