#a mokke answers

[theevilthatismokke]

hey there! i wondered what are your thoughts on akane and how the destroying no.1 yorishiro would affect him? because i had been thinking of how it might've been the final blow considering how much he dodged death😭

Hey there yourself!

Sorry for the late reply... my original response was going to be longer but it got deleted...

Anyway... you see, I think it could go either way- I can easily see Akane living after the destruction of No. 1's yorishiro, but I could just as easily see him dying. Both possibilities have their merit.

If it was just about the fact that Akane's been severely injuried I... honestly wouldn't bat an eye at it. After all, he survived getting stabbed through the chest:

And between the Severance and the chapter where he, Teru and Nene go out, I think only one day passed, two at most.

He looks fine physically, so I don't think he requires much time to heal when he's in his supernatural form. So, if he died after the destruction of No. 1's yorishiro seal, as a consequence of his wounds, it would have to be done in less than a day.

(On a side note, I don't know if he still has his clock with him. Last we saw it, Hakubo took it away from him. But then, Natsuhiko knocked him out and took him to his boundary. So... does Hakubo still have Akane's clock? Did Natsuhiko take it from him? If Natsuhiko took it from him, did he keep it or did he give it back to Akane's unconscious self? If Akane doesn't have his clock with him anymore, does that mean he's stuck in his supernatural form, or does it automatically turn him into human again? Much to think about.)

That said, I think we should address the elephant in the room:

We don't know why Akane was choosen by Kako and Mirai to be one of them.

Was he destined to die young like Nene is? What role does he have in this whole Seven Mysteries business?

I ask this not only due to chapter's 95 reveal about Nene's death being linked to the Seven Mysteries, but also because... well, as I see it, Akane and Nene share a few similarities and story beats.

Akane, like Nene did in the beginning, has constantly tried to change himself into what he believes would be his crush's ideal lover.

And, although he's can be very rude and prickly, I believe Akane is a rather kind boy at his core. His rigid, and perhaps, unforgiving sense of justice, added to the rage he feels towards supernaturals because he belives them to be uncaring and apathetic to life, make me think he's a person who cares a lot.

Even his patience and persistence towards Aoi (and even Teru!) can mirror Nene's own devotion towards Hanako at times, moreso when we consider how similar Aoi and Hanako are (and also Teru).

Akane and Nene have significant similarities and we should pay attention to that, is all I'm saying.

But back to the question at hand, whether Akane 'dies' or not, I don't think it would be last we would see of him, or even the end permanently. This is a manga that deals a lot with the afterlife and ghosts, after all.

So, I think it would be more interesting to think where Akane's character would be headed, if he did 'die' or was in danger of dying.

There are a few ways I could see it going, but basically, I think Aoi could be involved in further developments.

If... Akane died, or was in danger of dying an early death, I think Aoi would try to bring him back.

Like, it could almost be a repeat of the Orpheus/Eurydice parallel we got with them in previous chapters, but this time, Aoi would take the role of Orpheus, and Akane, the role of Eurydice.

It... wouldn't surprise me if Aidairo did that role reversal, keeping in mind that their full names are Akane Aoi and Aoi Akane. Their names reflecting their situation... would be such an Aidairo thing to do, they're cheeky like that.

Besides, Aoi has often been compared to Hanako, so I wouldn't be surprised if she... went to some extremes to save Akane. Even in AUs she's often compared to the supernaturals, a human with similar dispositions.

I mean... in the Ghost AU she became a fairy and part of the staff, in the Monster Nursery Kamome she was a monster, she's been compared more than once to Hanako and supernarturals in general... The parallels are there, it's only a question if they 'll be explored further and if they'll become more literal or not.

Also, there's this from the latest AU:

The fear is real, but at least they look cute

So, it could lead to Aoi whether becoming, or simply behaving like Hanako and the other Seven Mysteries (you know, going horrifying extremes to save her beloved).

This... would tie, I think, into what believe Akane's future development could be headed. Which is, his strict belief that all supernaturals are evil and don't value life would be challenged in the form of the person he loves most.

Other than that... I don't know, maybe Akane could turn into a full supernatural this time... maybe Teru will be the one to become a supernatural. Teru will probably be involved with Akane's development too.

Another possibility is the use of the Clock Keepers' time powers to... rewind time, in case something happens to Akane.

In short, I... don't think you need to worry too much about Akane? Whether he dies or not, I'm pretty sure we're still gonna see plenty of him and... even if he does die, there's a chance it won't be permanent. At very least, I expect him and Aoi to remain together, regardless of what happens.

Besides, I think that, given Aidairo's definition of JSHK as a "heartwarming toilet comedy", I don't think Akane will have a sad end.

(somehow I also talked a lot about what I think can happen to Aoi but... the characters in this story are so connected I don't think I could talk where someone's character arc is headed without talking about another character)

And... I don't think we'll see the Clock Keepers until chapter 100. So... I think you can stay relaxed about Akane's fate until next year's...March?

We'll probably see Akane and Aoi in this month's chapter, though, judging by the promo drawing and chapter number.

I hope I managed to answer you question...

[dooxliss]

4 and 29? 😄

ask game

4. mythical creature you think/believe is real?

uhhhh well for splatfest i was team aliens but idt that really counts so

mfs working overtime

29. preferred pasta noodle?

ROTINI 🗣️🗣️🗣️

i also really like bowtie and egg noodles! :]

[tsukimara]

-ˏˋ⋆➔ Hanako!Venti x gn!reader ⭒

-ˏˋ⋆➔ Genres: Hcs, fluff ⭒

-ˏˋ⋆➔ Hanako From Jshk/tbhk

-ˏˋ⋆➔ Warnings: None! ⭒

-ˏˋ⋆➔ A/N: I need to read tbhk again, last time I read it was 3 years ago. Maybe I will do part 2, hm?

• Surely your first meeting was in the bathroom of the old school building.

• He will scratch his neck awkwardly when he accidentally scares you (He didn't do it on purpose).

• It was hard for you to tell at first whether he was a girl or a boy but later you could tell from the voice.

• "Hey, am I that scary?"

• "...You are a boy?!"

• He will forgive you if you make him apple donuts.

• True, he grants wishes but it also depends on what kind of wish you make. If it's quite simple it will probably work, if not it will be a little problem but he will try to help you anyway.

• If you are quite close he may tell you little bits of his past but not in detail or things he doesn't want to talk about (Still an achievement).

• PLEASE make him apple donuts, they don't even have to be donuts, it can be something else related to apples, however apple donuts would be the best choice.

• This boy will be happy all day long, even though he would rather eat them all, he will give them to you too because after all you made them for HIM.

• Privacy? What's that? Venti loves affection so expect hugs! The good thing is that he's a ghost so people in your class won't see him sticking up to you.

• Of course he will let you go when he sees that you feel uncomfortable and he will apologize to you. Next time he will remember to ask you.

• Be careful because Venti may disturb you a bit during the lesson, for example by trying to make you laugh. This boy loves your smile!

• Even if you keep your head down, he will find a way to make you look at him. It might cause you to start laughing in the middle of the lesson and everyone will look at you strangely. During the break he will start flying away from you, laughing when you try to catch up with him.

• Don't be surprised if you come back home and find in your notebooks his poems or song lyrics special to you. They are so cute and lovely that sometimes you think they are not for you.

• "Is this really for me?"

• "Who else is it for, silly? Of course it's for you! Awww did you like it??"

• He'll love to hear about your interests and even tell you about his own! You will certainly be talking on the school rooftop or in the bathroom.

• Okay, okay but do you guys remember when Hanako kissed Yashiro on the cheek to cast a protection spell on her? OMGGG Imagine Venti doing that on you!!!

• I'm sure that when you finish all your classes or cleaning the bathroom, he will walk you to the school gate and blow you a kiss once you're out of the school grounds.

• When you enter the bathroom you can see him on the floor defeated by Mokke in a card game. He claims they are invincible because they cheat, but he whispered it to you so that Mokke's army wouldn't suddenly attack him.

• If you have any questions he will be happy to answer them but not all of them about his life, he will try to keep you busy with something else.

• "So... What were you like when you were alive?"

• "Y/N it's time to clean the bathroom! I'd love to sing to you while you work!"

• He saw the dissatisfaction on your face, but what could he do?

• If by some miracle you meet his twin, and let's be honest, you definitely will, whether you want to or not, Venti's behavior will become more serious.

• He didn't want you to meet his twin, especially on such a quiet and amazing day. You could see how Venti was uncomfortable around him and kept you away.

• Even if you were to ask about his brother, that's a topic he won't tell you about (yet) and he doesn't know if he ever wants to tell you. He will most likely hide it with a smile and distract you.

• He may be jealous! But he doesn't really show it, although you can still tell he is. He will pull you away from that person by saying he wants to show you something or that he has a gift for you. He will also start teasing you to get your attention.

• "Come on Y/N. I'm sure your friend won't mind if I steal you away for a while!"

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[romihearts]

* ˚ ✦ CALLSIGN | ft. hanako, kou, mitsuba, sakura

— the pet names they use on you ⋆ gn reader

— i know i put it as gn reader but im not sure if some petnames (e.g. doll, darling) are considered feminine or not huhu, to whoever, please let me know if they are fem 😓😓

— hanako ; doll

you've been staring at hanako for quite a while now, there's something about him that just seems so entrancing. his overall playful yet serious demeanor just strikes an arrow towards your heart but today— you've adored him for the past few minutes or so.

while hanako was playing with the mokke alongside the bathroom window, your staring doesn't go unnoticed. i mean, it was getting obvious considering you were really just staring. eyes locked onto him while you were holding yourself up with a broom.

he raises an eyebrow in suspicion. was there something unnatural with him? nothing seemed out of sorts with him so why?

you were still locked on him. only snapping out of your trance when hanako called out your name for maybe, 3 times? "[namee], your staring quite a lot aren't you?" he said with a cheeky grin spread across his face.

your face started to heat up, he was well aware of what you were doing and you had no excuse. "w-well, i just happened to zone out you know..! nothing crazy really.." you stammered out, trying with the best of your efforts not to place more of his attention towards you this time.

"hmm? was it really just zoning out, doll?" hanako stated, placing emphasis on the petname. you both knew that it really wasn't zoning out. your eyes darted everywhere but his. only focusing on his amber eyes once more when you hear him chuckle.

"stare all you want, doll. i'm all yours, you know?" that teasing bastard..

* ˚ ✦

— kou ; hun

the aromatic smell of pancakes was evident all through out the kitchen. it's sweet and honeying scent complimented the you and kou in the kitchen, alongside each other while cooking.

a domestic moment, only to be shared within the vicinity of you and him. you two brushed hands occasionally, never fully indulging in the warmth of each other.

while working, you two occasionally chat about each other's day, but due to your focus, you happened to let you thoughts slip. "this is smelling good! how about you try a taste, [name]?" he questioned, nudging you to catch your attention. unfortunately, you were fixed onto making said pancakes. "ah- sure. i'll try it after i'm done with this, hun."

you weren't aware of the pet name you used, too engaged in cooking. but kou, on the other hand, fell completely silent. he was still trying to comprehend what you just said. "hun?" kou questioned, while you turned your head to him, "yes?" you answered. he expected you to look at him weirdly, but you simply accepted it.

kou was certainly muddled, that you took notice as to why he just stood there frozen. "is something wrong?" you asked, tilting your head slightly to your side. "you.. you really don't mind me calling you 'hun'?" kou answered.

after realizing that was the reason kou was seen to be stressing, you only stifled a giggle, leaving the bewildered man much more confused than before. "why would i dislike using 'hun'? it's a sweet pet name, for me and for you. as sweet as your pancakes." you said, with a wide grin plastered on your face.

* ˚ ✦

— mitsuba ; babe

"babee, c'mon, who's cuter between me and this cat?" mitsuba asked, holding up a cat to you. deadpanning, you answer, "is this even a question? it's obviously you." flashing him a soft smile. the pink haired boy stood there, blush tinting his face before immediately facing away.

it was evident that he was flustered. his back was turned to you while he covered a part of his face. you immediately took this chance to wrap your arms around his shoulders while placing your head on the latter.

"i'm simply just stating the truth babe, that you're adorable." you continued with your compliments, yet no words had come from mitsuba's mouth. despite that, it was obvious that he was blushing even further.

you give him a small peck on the cheek, causing him to immediately turn his head to your face, giving you all more of a chance for you to kiss him on the lips. and who are you to pass up on the opportunity?

the kiss was brief, yet enough to make both of your hearts beat.

* ˚ ✦

— sakura ; darling

the light of the sun seeps through the library, in which you and sakura can be found. her eyes focused on the current book she was reading, while your's was focused on her. you sat beside her, giving you a small view of the text imprinted on the book.

you prompted up a question out of boredom. "darling, what genre's are you fond of?" you asked, while pointing to the book. sakura looked up to your eyes, "i prefer mystery, on some occasions, i'll indulge in thriller." she answered blankly.

"how about you, darling?" she said, turning the question to you. thinking for a bit, you answered. "well, i don't have a particular one in mind.. i enjoy most things." sakura smiled for a slight, yet the grin was quickly dispersed. "there's something i've been meaning to try, one found in romance novels." she stated.

she then quickly, held you hand gently, before bringing them up to her lips, briefly placing a kiss on it. you were startled for a bit, not expecting her to do that. nonetheless, your heart swelled at the action.

sakura took notice of the sudden silence, "anything wrong darling? would you like me to do it more often?" she said, with the previous smile reappearing once more.

[mari-lair]

It's interesting that Akane in the recent chapter says "I keep saying this..but have you considered being a little more gentle when it comes to supernaturals?" when he's literally never said this before since he dislikes supernaturals. It could be bc he didn't want Tsukasa to be exorcised since they wouldn't have a reason to go back to the og timeline anymore. Idk, what do you think??

(chap 116 did nothing for me, so full disclaimer I am going to answer without rereading/being obsessed with every minute details of the chapter.)

I am pretty sure the reason Akane said "Hey, be more gentle" is because Teru isn't exorcising a ghost from thin air, he is going all out, with no restraint, while attacking Kou's body too.

Kou is knocked out and doesn't wake up after the supernatural stops possessing him.

The contrast of Kou twitching with electricity, lying on the ground in presumably pain, while Teru goes 'I am always gentle, though?' is even used as a joke.

Considering Akane's only experience with possession was Nene (which is a very different case but still his only experience with possession exorcism) where she immediately snapped back to her body with only a light cheek injury, Teru's approach looks very overkill.

Akane says "I keep saying this" as if this is a recurring problem and that Teru's behavior with supernaturals has bothered him for a while. This is probably referring to how teru treats people with supernatural affiliations, cause that's something Akane has been vocal about before, like the way Teru uses him as a stress relief or is careless about Nene's lifespan.

But if it is about supernaturals as a whole like Hanako, Mokkes, and such, it would be bad writing.

We know that it isn't true after all, so it would mean that either Aidairo is stepping on an established dynamic/character belief and plainly contradicting their own story(which is unlikely but not impossible) or they're trying to slowly build differences from old terukane to this new timeline dynamic, which would make it a very clunky and awkward delivery/pacing, considering how the start of the arc was fully focused on establishing how Teru, Akane, and Nene are their old timeline selves with their old timeline memories and no idea wtf is going on in this new timeline or how their lives/roles are supposed to be here

[thelunarfairy]

The relationship between Tsukasa, Yashiro and Amane

The two wolves and little red riding hood.

You must still be thinking about the kiss Tsukasa gave Nene, am I right?

The bond these three have has been there since the beginning of the story, but Tsukasa didn't get the spotlight he should have because everyone was too worried about how he was a bad boy who should be punished.

We're dealing with a temporal paradox, so things are going to be difficult to connect. Initially Tsukasa should have disappeared with the red house and Amane would live and become a teacher in the future.

Then, a girl enters the red house and meets Tsukasa, I imagine she caught his attention first because of the way she reacted when she saw him for the first time (I'll talk about this later) and second because she knows Amane.

So here the future changes. The boy decides to return after finding out about his tragic future, but let's not forget Nene and Kou. He remembers them, he called her to play again.

So think with me, Tsukasa came back, lived and saw things we don't know yet. He was asking Amane to fix the watch, why? Did he want to change something from the past?

We don't know what happened between the twins, but we know that Tsukasa needs Nene. Tsukasa has been in the story since the mokkes had their rumor changed, wasn't it Sakura who changed it? So, did Tsukasa make Yashiro hear the rumors about Hanako-san and go knock on his door?

We didn't see how Nene heard the rumors about Hanako, we already started the story with her summoning him. So there is a possibility that it was Tsukasa's influence.

Ok lunar fairy, what do you mean by all this?

Tsukasa has been making the story move from the beginning, the rumors he spread force Hanako to intervene and remove Yorishiro's seals from the mysteries. He knows that the only one can remove is Yashiro, something Hanako also knows about, so Tsukasa brings the two together.

Tsukasa knows that Nene likes Amane because she tells him so. When he was a baby, this was strangely one of the first questions he asked her. He suddenly asks her if she likes him, she gives a neutral answer, then he asks her if she likes Amane and she confirms.

"We are the same" - he says

Because he also likes Amane. But leaving that aside, Tsukasa knows that Yashiro likes Amane, but she doesn't know if Amane likes her. So, let's imagine that in Tsukasa's mind it would be easier to influence Amane if he fell in love with her.

He knows what Amane does for someone he loves, so it would be easier to manipulate him that way.

But why is Tsukasa doing this?

Your objective is to take out all the Yorishiros, Nene is the person who can take them out, but she wouldn't do that for no reason (because she doesn't know anything about the supernatural world or even about how important her ability is) so to for her to be able to take away the yorishiros, she would have to have a reason, she would have to have "something in return" and what does Yashiro want?

A boyfriend.

And she told Tsukasa that she liked Amane. Did you manage to see it now? It's an exchange, I give you something and so do you.

I don't know if Tsukasa knows that Amane has a crush on Nene, but I don't doubt that he does. So, it brings the two together and they create a bond. Yashiro does things for Hanako without knowing what he is doing, she thinks it is right because she has come to trust Hanako.

He saved her life and that of her friends, then simply assumed that Hanako was a good ghost, just like Kou. So they started removing these seals.

And Tsukasa was there watching everything. The black crane was always with Nene. He stayed close by to see if everything was going to happen the way he wanted.

He was there when they went to remove Yako's seal, he was there when Hanako kisses Yashiro on the cheek, he was there when Sakura influenced Yashiro to find the Tsuchigomori library, so when does Tsukasa decide to reveal herself?

When Nene tells Hanako that she likes him.

And that even if he is complicated, she would be by his side. Then, just as Hanako was about to say something in response, Tsukasa appears to them.

Then we met Tsukasa for the first time.

Tsukasa overreacts when Nene says that Sakura was Amane's girlfriend, and after Sakura denies any involvement with him, Tsukasa asks Nene if she has ever kissed Amane and then if they are dating.

When Yashiro denies it, he abruptly approaches her.

"Really?"

His reaction caught my attention the first time I saw it. Nene is scared by the sudden approach but I have doubts about him.

He gets very close to her face, so I started to get suspicious from that moment on.

What did that mean?

Tsukasa continues to follow everything Yashiro and Hanako do. So when Amane and Nene share their first kiss, Tsukasa appears shortly after. He butts into the conversation because he was listening.

Did you stop to think about it?

Then Tsukasa waited for Amane to kiss her. Afterwards he showed up so she could take the number 6 seal off, and Tsukasa tells Sakura that Amane was sulking, but he's going to do his job.

Then Sakura tells Yashiro that she won't die if the seals aren't removed (she spoke hidden from Tsukasa, but at the same time she said that she will make Yashiro remove the seals even if against her will, contradictory, isn't it?)

Yashiro and Hanako now have no interest in removing the seals, especially the number 1 one, which can help Yashiro's life. What does Tsukasa do when Amane decides not to do what he wants?

Oh, you thought of that, didn't you? Of course, what would force Amane to do what he wants? Tsukasa doesn't mince words, he kissed the girl Amane likes and kidnapped her. Will he obey me now?

If Nene wants to die to be with Amane, but Amane doesn't want her to die, then, because she is so easily influenced, she follows what Hanako says (and because she doesn't actually want to die, but didn't want Aoi to go in her place )

But if that was the only option Hanako had, and he told Nene she would die, she would. Tsukasa controls Amane and Amane uses his influence on Nene, who obeys him.

This is a possibility. Tsukasa knows that Amane is possessive and jealous, his reaction after seeing his younger brother kissing the girl he likes makes it very clear.

So, the first hypothesis is that Tsukasa used Yashiro as an object to do what he wants and when he wants, in addition to using her to manipulate Hanako.

Hanako has things to do before being "saved" he said God would forgive his sins if he did something we don't know yet. He also tells Teru that he has things to do here and if he exorcises himself he would free himself. In other words, he is being forced to do something for his own salvation.

Sealed Tsukasa is his yorishiro, he exists to remind his owners of their duty, as Sakura said. Tsukasa appeared shortly after Nene created a bond with Hanako, he came back (because he said it had been between 10 and 20 years since he had seen him) he came back to remind Hanako of his duty.

Hanako seems to be on Tsukasa's side, despite not agreeing with his brother's methods, he doesn't really stop him. Tsukasa is responsible for all this mess at school but Hanako doesn't do anything too drastic to make Tsukasa stop. And what did Tsukasa say to Amane when he sends Yashiro to the border of number 6?

"he was sulky, but he will do his job"

Which job? And he doesn't show up at the boundary of number 6, he sends one of the joudais to get Nene, so he was actually doing something at Tsukasa's behest.

So, the first possibility is this. Nene is an instrument that Tsukasa is using to take out the yorishiros and perhaps for some other reason besides these (there are several hypotheses).

The second possibility is about Tsukasa being interested in Nene.

It's a nebulous possibility because Tsukasa has shown few signs of interest in her.

You ask me, few? is there any sign?

Yes, Tsukasa has shown signs that he might be interested in Nene romantically. You know, Tsukasa has this thing, it's extremely difficult to read Tsukasa sealed because he doesn't show much, but we have other possibilities.

I don't know if you noticed, but when the characters seem to be enchanted, amazed or enjoying something in particular, these "little stars" appear around them.

(If I were to show you all the times these stars appeared here it would take the whole day XD)

So when Nene meets little Tsukasa for the first time, she does this

And he reacts like this

The stars are here. Tsukasa asks Kou if he kissed Nene, and when he denies it Tsukasa seems to be…relieved?

Then he asks Nene if she likes him, then about Amane.

Sealed Tsukasa abruptly approaches Nene when she denies that he is dating or that he kissed Hanako.

The way he approaches her when he reappears at the school festival.

Then the kiss

And his reaction to him.

These are small signs, but you can't ignore them. I still don't consider it to be the same love that Hanako feels, Tsukasa acts on impulse very often and has a very childish mentality at certain times. So it's difficult to consider anything certain from him.

Knowing Tsukasa's nature, he could have kissed whoever he wanted, like Sakura for example, he even asks her if she wants to kiss him at the tea party, she refuses and he leaves it alone. But, he orders her and she has to obey, as Sakura already said. Tsukasa never ordered her to do this. He wouldn't even need to, he does what he wants, he already lifted her dress, would a kiss be something big compared to that?

He simply chose Nene to kiss (without her consent) something he could have done with anyone else.

So you tell me, "but he's already done bad things to her" and I tell you, he also did it to Mitsuba. He did it with Hanako, the person he loves most. Why wouldn't he do it with Nene?

Tsukasa is a confused boy, we don't know how he shows love, and what it means to him. Amane says Tsukasa hates movies because he gets too restless, so when he asks Tsukasa, he says he loves movies.

You see? Tsukasa is very contradictory, his way of showing that he likes something or someone is different from ordinary people, so how do you think Tsukasa would show love if he was in love?

As for Amane, the most mysterious among the three, he definitely loves them both, but he doesn't have the courage to tell any of them.

Hanako is a good actor, he manages to be what he needs, so although it is easier to read his feelings it seems that there is a nebulous cloud above him that hides some important details.

He loves Yashiro, but he tries to hide it with all his might. There are several motivations for this, I even assume that he is quite altruistic at this point. Hiding that he likes her so that she doesn't get too attached, because he's not an ordinary boy and he can't offer her what she wants, but in the end he can't hold back any longer.

He gives in to this feeling, even though at first it was all just a joke between them. Hanako knew that Yashiro was going to die and was probably going to use her for some purpose. Her time is short, so I will offer her the best I can. Then when the time is right she will fulfill her destiny.

So, I just used her to take out the yorishiros, she has fun, I have fun and in the end she will die and it's okay because I don't care who dies.

But he fell in love, plans changed.

From the moment Hanako decided that he was going to save Yashiro, Tsukasa began to interfere more and more. Because Amane is not doing his duty.

And what does Amane still feel for Tsukasa? It's still love, but guilt and shame wrap it in a tight embrace. Is Hanako's fear of Tsukasa or of what he did to his younger brother?

Hanako also has goals to fulfill, I even have some theories about what they are, but I prefer to leave that for another post, this one is already long enough.

Hanako and Tsukasa seem to have common goals, they work in secret, Yashiro is an important part of the story. So she fell into the house of wolves and doesn't know how to get out.

What if at the end of the story Hanako has to choose which of the two he has to save? Who would he save? The little brother he loves and sacrificed his life for his, or the girl he loves?

The possibility of going back in time gives Hanako another chance to save Tsukasa, although time only goes back inside the school, I imagine that the red house and the school are linked, after all the twins died in the house, but Hanako is trapped in the school . Although he may have been later linked to the school. In any case, the two places have a direct connection to each other.

When all the yorishiros are removed, Tsukasa will disappear after having his seal removed, so Amane will say goodbye to him, at the same time he will lose Yashiro, who will die after all the yorishiros are removed, he will lose both of them.

Maybe Tsukasa wants Amane to hate him (more than he realizes Amane feels for him) so that Amane can destroy him more easily, and who knows, maybe he wants Amane to feel anger towards Yashiro right now so that he will allow her die. So how would he piss him off? Making your brother jealous? It's a possibility.

In the end, maybe Hanako will reveal this wild and irrational side of him to us and end everything.

Perhaps, when all the seals break, including Hanako's, Amane will transform into something very powerful and uncontrollable that will destroy everything. So the only person who can make him return to "normal" would be Yashiro, (who has the ability to purify) who would die in the process, so by removing the seals, Hanako would gain a wish, what would he ask for? And for whom?

We still have the clock's arc, and the Tsuchigomori's ability, there are still alternative ways to change the past or the future before reaching this tragic ending.

There is also the possibility of a love triangle, I don't know if it would happen, we need to know more about how Tsukasa feels before considering that for sure.

There's no telling what will happen between the three, but I'm curious to find out.

This post was longer than I imagined XD sorry about that.

This is all my interpretation, there is a strong possibility that I am wrong, but it was fun talking about it hahaha, I hope you enjoyed it :3

[aidairoarchivetwo]

はこ よういした なんでも きけ われら しつもんこたえて アメもらう

We Have Prepared   A Box  Ask Us   Anything We Will   Answer Questions   And Get Sweets

TELL US ☆ MOKKE-CHAN: Terms of Service 

We Cannot Answer All Questions Mokke-chan are busy making sweets plantations, so they can’t answer many questions. Don’t bully them even if you don’t get an answer!

We Do Not Know What We Do Not Know Mokke-chan might not know what they don’t know! They’re Mokke-chan, after all. 

Not Everything Is True Mokke-chan are supernaturals, so this is only expected! Careful not to be deceived by lies. 

Give Us Sweets That’s what they said.

Date and Time: 10:06 AM · Mar 31, 2018

[saralovesyouu]

“Remember me, remember you.”

Excited, you run over to him. You remembered him, but did he remember you? When you reached over to hug him and he backed away from your touch, you felt hurt. He didn’t. He remembered Kou who forgot him, but he couldn’t remember you.

(A/N) : Proofread, so don’t worry about any grammar mistakes or spelling errors. Enjoy!

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“Mitsuba?” You cried, unsure if he was really there or not.

“You know this kid?” Kou asked you.

You didn’t answer him, only running up to hug him, only for him to back away from you.

“Sorry, do I know you?” He said with a raised eyebrow, genuinely confused.

Your heart sank to your stomach.

“You remember me, and I don’t know you? But I know you and you don’t remember me?” Mitsuba asked.

“Who are you?” Mitsuba asked another question, suddenly going from cocky to confused.

“What do you mean? I don’t know you?” Kou asked making them both even more confused.

“I’m gonna- er. Go. Yashiro could probably use the help.” You excused, walking off.

Your voice was shaky.

“What the hell?!” Kou shouted at the ghost who you called Mitsuba.

He grabbed him by the collar, he was confused when you recognized the ghost boy, but angry that he didn’t seem to recognize you despite asking people if they remembered him. Mitsuba yelped.

“I swear I don’t know her! I really don’t know who she is! I mean she feels familiar but I don’t know her!” Mitsuba yelled thrashing around in panic.

Kou huffed, he has never seen you that upset.

.

.

“You know him?” Yashiro asked.

You nodded, taking the tissue Hanako offered to you.

“It’s okay, knowing he’s not alive maybe his memories were thrown around and it’s just gonna take longer for him to remember you.” Hanako assured you, the mokke unusually backed him up, nodding and agreeing.

“Yeah, Hanako’s right! I’m sure he’ll come around.” Yashiro smiled.

“Thanks Yashiro,” you smiled warmly at her, though it still looked sad “maybe you’re right.”

“Just gotta wait.” Hanako confirmed.

You checked the time on your phone.

5:59 p.m.

“Well I’m gonna head out. Thanks for listening.” You said, standing up.

“No problem! You can always come to us with anything!” Yashiro beamed with a smile.

I smiled too, before leaving the school.

.

.

“That quick?” Your aunt asked as you opened the door.

She was sitting in the living room, watching some show she found in a channel.

“I got tired, so I’m just going to go to bed.” You said, but your voice failed you and cracked.

Your aunt raised an eyebrow at this, and stood up.

“Everything go okay at school?” She asked, and that’s when you broke again.

You told her everything, how when Kou finally found something on the ghost, you were happy. That you went to go leave your stuff down, and you hesitated to walk the rest of the way when you heard it. And when you had confirmed that it was indeed, Mitsuba’s spirit, and ran to embrace him, he backed away and said he didn’t remember you.

“Oh honey..” your aunt said in a hushed voice, hugging you.

“Maybe something went wrong with his memory. I don’t know much about the supernatural, but sometimes they forget things. Just give it time okay?” She assured, hugging you a bit tighter as you cried harder.

“Okay.” You sobbed.

“Go ahead and shower, there’s this new k-drama I found, wanna watch it together?” Your aunt asked.

“Sure..” you hiccuped, finally calming down.

Your aunt smiled.

“Alright, hurry and shower, get ready for bed, and then come down here. I’m gonna go buy snacks, you want anything?” She asked, already going to grab her wallet and keys.

“Maybe just some chips and something to drink..” you mumbled, wiping the last of your tears.

“Okay, I’ll be back.” She said, rushing out the door.

You hurried up to shower.

—

The feeling of the hot water splashing on your back was comforting. You were already done showering, just standing there to think.

“Maybe they are right. I just have to wait.” You assured yourself.

“Yeah, I just have to wait.” You confirmed.

—

You had already finished doing your skincare, getting dressed in your comfiest pajamas, and were now drying your hair. You were about to head downstairs, when you got the notification of a call.

—

Incoming call..

Kou

Answer / Decline

—

“Hello?” You called, your voice sounded raspy from crying so much.

“Hey, you ran out after seeing that ghost.” Kou said after a few moments, pointing out the obvious.

“I did.” You confirmed, sitting down on your bed.

“You okay?” He asked, pausing before adding “oh and Tiara says hi.”

You smile, and he swore he could hear it.

“Tell her I say hi too. And yeah. I should be okay. I talked to Yashiro, Hanako, and now my aunt about it. I should be fine.” You reply.

He gasped, acting offended.

“And you didn’t talk to me about it? How could you?” He asked, dramatically.

You chuckled, and he smiled.

“You were busy with Mitsuba, don’t know. How could I?” You replied.

He hummed.

“Well I’m not busy now, tell me about it.” He says, laying down on his bed.

He put the phone on speaker, laying it next to his head.

“Mitsuba. You seriously don’t remember him?” You asked.

“No, nothing.” He confirmed.

You sighed.

“He was that photographer in junior high. And..” you paused.

“One of my closest friends since elementary.”

“I told him about everything, about the rituals, about the ghosts, everything. He acted like himself around me. Even if he was cocky and arrogant. He was nice to be around.” You explain.

“You liked being around that? And Teru thinks I’m the crazy one.” Kou joked.

“But,” Kou added. “That still doesn’t ring a bell. You sure he didn’t go to another school?”

You sighed in disapproval.

“No, he wouldn’t be haunting the school entrance if he did. I used to tag along with him. He can come off as a jerk and a total asshole.”

“Oh no yeah for sure.” Kou snorted.

You rolled your eyes.

“But he’s got a kind side if you look really closely.” You say with a smile.

“Yeah I’m pretty sure I’d have to squint really hard to see it.” Kou scoffed with a smile.

“He died, I can’t even remember how long ago anymore. And since I’ve been looking for any sign of his spirit. It wasn’t until recently that something turned up. I had dreams, vivid dreams, of his death. I kept hearing his voice but if I turned around he wasn’t there. So I guess it kinda really hurt me when he said he didn’t remember me. Who was actually close to him when he was alive, but remembered you when you only briefly interacted with him once in junior high.” You sighed, lying on your back, shutting your eyes for a moment.

“Guess I have that affect on people.” He said with a chuckle, fiddling with his bedsheets.

You snorted, rolling onto your stomach.

“I guess. But it still hurt.” You groaned.

He went silent for a moment.

“Hey, how about tomorrow I’ll go find him, and I’ll leave you with him. You can try to jog his memory, talk to him. Do you have any old photos or videos?” He asked after a few seconds.

“Yeah, a few Polaroid photos.. some old videos that my aunt took. I could ask for them.” You reply.

“Yeah, do that. I’ll take care of the rest.” He said.

You smiled.

“Thanks Kou, you really are the best.”

“Your welcome.” He hummed.

“Well, I’m gonna head to sleep now, you should too. I don’t want to be left with Hanako the whole day.” He scoffed playfully.

“Yeah I will in a bit. Good night Kou.” You reply.

“Don’t sleep too late.” He reminded.

“Okay mom.” You answered sarcastically.

“Good night.” Kou said before hanging up.

As if on cue, your aunt unlocked the door and shut it behind her.

“(Y/N), I’m back. You ready?” She called.

“Yeah just give me a minute!” You shouted back, grabbing a blanket and rushing downstairs.

She set the bag of snacks down on the coffee table and flopped down onto the couch. Once you got there and sat down with her, she smiled.

“Take your pick,” she gestured to the bag of snacks “I bought a ton of stuff.”

You thanked her before grabbing what you wanted from the bag, settling down on the couch to watch whatever k-drama she chose.

.

.

You had ended up falling asleep on the couch, peacefully after halfway through the movie. She smiled warmly at your sleeping figure, but she knew you couldn’t fall asleep on the couch. She couldn’t leave you there knowing you might see something, someone again. So she woke you up.

“Hey, sweetie wake up real quick. C’mon you can go back to sleep in your room.” She urged, gently shaking you.

You groaned, rolling onto your side facing the other way.

“(Y/N), c’mon wake up. Go brush your teeth real quick and go back to bed.” She insisted, so with a grumble you got up and went upstairs.

You made your way to the bathroom, brushing your teeth. Once you were done, you left to your room.

You passed your aunt in the hallway upstairs “good night” she called.

“G’night.” You mumbled back sleepily.

You plopped down onto your bed, making yourself comfortable in the covers.

Closing your eyes to sleep, you felt that same weight on your chest. And out of exhaustion, you fell asleep.

(A/N) : Planning on posting the next chapter tomorrow. It’s already done, just needs to be proofread.

[amyyythestarry]

TSUMITSU BAKENEKO RYOKAN!

♡︎

It was 12:00 AM at the Hanakotei Inn, the place was harmonious inside and out. 

All of the residents of the Inn minded their own, because today was a slow day. No new visitors were coming, and the Minamoto visitors had left a day ago, as well as others.

It was only a little disappointing because the cat yokais didn’t have human meat to feed on, but it was ok, they had other food.

No mischief to get into, no business to take care of, no running around, meant the day was bound to run moderately.

Mitsuba Sousuke found the tediousness to be quite understimulating though.

All of his friends were doing other things, like napping and relaxing, no room for hanging out and doing things that weren’t boring.

So with the endless time on their hands, they wandered around.

He wandered to the garden in the backyard of the Inn, he looked at all the flowers and plants and vegetables growing there that he knew maybe five of his friends took care of. They thought of wandering into the woods nearby that was strictly forbidden to the cat people in the Inn, but then thought more rationally and decided to leave. There wasn’t anything interesting in the garden anyway.

They wandered into the bathhouse where they hoped to find someone else he hasn’t crossed paths with today. 

There was no one in the bathhouse.

So all of the residents were actually relaxing in their rooms and doing nothing.

He would say they all were being lazy, but they needed some slack after working with visitors and everything.

He wandered into the ryokan kitchen where he found Mokkes working on some food, probably for lunch. Mitsuba didn’t think anyone was going to eat lunch while lazing around.

He stared at the Mokke even when they turned to him and called out, “Mitsuba-chan, Mitsuba-chan! Come over here!”

Mitsuba wondered if the Mokke wanted to hang out with him, or if they wanted him to help with making the food. But, after an incident in the kitchen involving him and another cat named Mei, probably the worst cooks in the Inn, he thought that was unlikely.

They only wanted his help serving the food, and Mitsuba thought that was more inconvenient than helping make it. All of the residents were nowhere outside of their rooms, and most like Hanako, the person in charge, says to not disrupt naps unless there is a guaranteed emergency. Especially his own naps.

But Mitsuba politely agreed, and carried a box of food, kare raisu, catfish garnished with herbs and lemon, sided by vegetables and fruits heading to room 204.

Once he got there the door was closed, he knocked but no one answered on the other side.

He had forgotten who’s room this was.

“Hello?” They called out.

Still no answer.

Mitsuba decided to open the door, it was a bit irrational, rude to walk into someone’s room without permission, the person could have been asleep and they would possibly disrupt them. But, there could just be no one in the room to begin with.

So when Mitsuba pulled the door open, a part of them believed there to be a sleeping bakeneko, or no one at all.

But there was a person.

Just not a bakeneko.

Definitely not, seeing that a kinked cat tail was on the floor, and cat-like ears were being held above a head.

The person sat tailor sitting, caramel brown hands holding the black cat ear headband, and held it in the air as they stared at Mitsuba.

Yugi Tsukasa’s face was blank at first, until it morphed into a one of intense realization, epiphany. Mitsuba looked innocently curious at the tail and ears not being on Tsukasa’s person before he could just jump up and down in elation knowing one of his friends were awake.

‘Sh*t,’ Tsukasa internally cursed.

They stared at each other for a few moments, Mitsuba ( Fortunate to Tsukasa ) not noticing the not-so-obvious sweat drawing on Tsukasa’s forehead. His expression turned into confusion.

“Um….. I came here with.. Food.” They held out the box of food.

Tsukasa stared for five seconds longer, before etching a small, nervous smile on his face.

“Oh.. Thank you.”

He quickly got up from his position on the floor, speedily walking over to Mitsuba, snagged the box, and was about to close the door and dismiss them when they stopped him from sliding the fusuma in a rush.

“Ah- Wait!”

‘Sh*t,’ Tsukasa internally cursed again.

“Tsukasa-kun, are.. You ok?”

“Perfectly fine!” 

Tsukasa could see Mitsuba’s eyes dart back to the ears and tail, looking behind his four inch shorter figure to see them. He quickly blocked his vision.

Mitsuba looked at the top of Tsukasa’s head, seeing there was in fact, no black cat ears as usual.

“Tsukasa, where are your ears?” They pointed at Tsukasa’s head, being even more confused when they only saw two round lobes the same color as his skin, on the side of his head. Tsukasa visibly froze a little.

“Oh, um, I..” He held the top of his head, trying to come up with a lie.

“I-I wanted to shift into a human! I’ve shifted!” 

Now, in the 6 seconds with Mitsuba tilting his head to the side, now very able to see the tails and ears again, Tsukasa realized that that wasn’t the most clever excuse. It would have been, if the tail and ear extensions weren’t lying on the floor right behind him, in plain view.

In those 6 seconds, Tsukasa could somehow understand his nekomata older twin brother’s hostility towards tall people, and started internally praying that Mitsuba would play the clueless card today.

Because, Mitsuba knowing that those ears and tail weren’t real, and weren’t natural, means the risk of the whole ryokan knowing. And that meant the risk of being hunted down and eaten dead or alive was high. And that meant the disappointed face of his brother, Hanako ( Yugi Amane ) staring down at him as a cloud in the afterlife, tsking, expecting him to wear the extensions even when in his own privacy.

Tsukasa’s been careful all this time, all his time being in the Inn. He’s learned to be patient with the internal, quite unimportant pain in the butt wearing the tail and ears brought him, he’s learned to blend in with all the other bakenekos in the Inn, he’s learned to walk around in this little world held in the ryokan where cat yokais roam around, serve humans with hospitality before eating them, if given the chance.

He’s learned so much. He’s learned to blend and camouflage.

But, man, did they really have to keep blending and camouflaging when in their own privacy. Their own room?

Despite the monologue above sounding like they were vex, they only thought about the negative possibilities and outcomes of this interaction with anxiousness.

“Tsukasa-kun, your ears and tail, it’s over there? It’s detached from your body…”  Mitsuba’s voice dripped with confusion, then uncomfortableness and horror, pure brood and concern.

“I don’t think that’s normal, Tsukasa-kun! You should go get that checked out, that can’t be a good thing!

Mitsuba thinks Tsukasa’s very real and natural ears and tail fell off when trying to shift, and that must mean they’re physically unwell.

Tsukasa would have laughed with ridicule of the broad assumption, and they did, but it came out more nervous than anything.

“No, no, that’s not the case! I’m perfectly fine!-“

“But, y-your-“

“I know, I know!”

“You should be inspected or something!”

“No, It’s fine Mitsuba, I swear!”

“Then what’s up with that whole situation!!” Mitsuba vaguely pointed to the extensions on the floor.

“…… It’s.. Um…… 

Complicated?”

Tsukasa could have winced at their emphasis on the question mark.

Mitsuba could have winced at their emphasis on the question mark.

At this point, Mitsuba and Tsukasa were yelling over each other. Tsukasa, in a desperate attempt to make Mitsuba relax, and Mitsuba, in a desperate attempt to encourage Tsukasa to let him get some help.

Mitsuba, the whole time the black haired boy and him were yelling, had to drown out the rushing, agonizing, powerfully overbearing scent of a very familiar humane smell coming from the same boy blabbing about there being nothing to worry about. Same boy with no black pointy ears on top of his head, or kinked furry black and white tail, as he would usually have.

And the pink haired boy couldn’t think, ‘Has he ever smelled like this before?’ While still trying to urge Tsukasa to believe that this was a very real and serious problem.

He doesn’t understand why they're being so stubborn about this. It’s equivalent to not having a whole leg and an arm on your body, and instead them being right behind you, on the floor! If Tsukasa were to have no arm and no leg, would he still be smiling, bleeding out and most likely on the verge of death still telling Mitsuba ‘this is nothing to worry about’?!

Why isn’t he bleeding now, anyways?

Why did the cat ears on the floor, Tsukasa’s cat ears, look like they were on a headband!??

Mitsuba always thought Tsukasa made no sense, but this was just borderline absurdity.

He always thought people here were absurd too, but this was Tsukasa, not people. 

Tsukasa, the person who would definitely qualify as the most absurd, insane, carefree person to ever exist within the Inn for now on.

Because, serious, what the h*ll?!!

Mitsuba was about to drag Tsukasa out of the room and through the ryokan to look for help with the very serious and real problem, but Tsukasa acted first and dragged Mitsuba into the room with him, slamming the fusuma door shut.

He almost tripped, stumbling back, then his right foot stepped on something. He looked down and it was the extensions.

He quickly distanced himself away from the tail and ears, pushing himself to the wall, hands in fist to his mouth, trying to prevent himself from screaming because the residents would definitely hear.

“Ok, Mitsuba, I’m gonna need you to calm down.” 

“Bu-but-!”

“Just, relax.”

And that was what Mitsuba tried to do, calm down. Of course this was still freaky and Tsukasa should be freaking out as well instead of encouraging him to ‘relax’, but maybe, just maybe Tsukasa was trying to cope with the situation? Try and compose himself instead of freaking out about his very real and natural body parts being detached.

And Tsukasa was trying to cope with the situation, but as in trying to get Mitsuba to understand him when he was about to confess that those body parts weren’t exactly real and natural at all.

He was about to rat himself out, uncover the lie he’s been trying to keep between him and his brother ever since living in the Inn. He was about to betray his brother’s trust, the same brother who was a very real and natural cat person, a nekomata. The same brother who gets on his a** whenever he takes off/feels like taking off the extension.

Tsukasa always has understood his brother’s caution, but never at this high and mighty rate.

He wanted to lay this on Mitsuba as easy and simple and blunt as possible. No sugar coats, because that only makes an uncovered lie worse, just nice and dry. But he had to wait for Mitsuba to calm down first.

So when a fast minute had passed, and Mitsuba parted his fist from their mouth, looking at Tsukasa expectedly, he thought this was the right time.

“Mitsuba, those are fake.”

Easy, simple and blunt. Nice and dry.

No immediate response though. Mitsuba stood there, understanding what Tsukasa was saying, knowing what he was implying.

Still, after a few seconds of registering the words ‘those are fake’, bewilderment could be his only reaction.

“…… What is fake..?”

Mistuba knew what they were saying, what they were implying, he understood. And the assumption accompanying the thought was, ‘Oh, so maybe their shifting went smooth, and they just have fake cat ears and a tail laying around’. 

‘Where would they get fake cat tail and ears from? Why would they have those anyways??’

There was probably no justifying this, he realized. He’s 100% sure none of his other cat friends even had artificial cat ears and tails lying around in their rooms.

“Those,” Tsukasa gestures to the extensions. “They’re not real, they’re just fake.”

“Oh…… So.. You just have fake ears and tails in your room?” Mitsuba laughed because that question was humorous, to him at least. This situation was humorous, actually. So were his previous worries.

“No, those are the ones I wear.”

Yeah, Tsukasa had more than one pair of artificial ears and tail because he could never be too careful. Careful was something he was not today, apparently.

Mitsuba took yet another few seconds to think, and that turned into yet another minute.

“Those are the ones I wear”, says Tsukasa. ‘What do you mean..?’ Mitsuba thought about saying that again, but he had to think some more. He had to do the math.

Fake cat ears and tail + Tsukasa = nonsense.

Absolute nonsense.

This was definitely a joke, right?

Why would Tsukasa, a very real and natural cat person living in a cat person Inn, wear fake cat ears and tails? 

“Why?” Mitsuba says.

“Because,” Tsukasa started.

“Wait, If I say this, promise me, you won’t tell a single soul.” Tsukasa cut his own previous saying off, now inching away from the door closer to Mitsuba’s spot in the room. Puts the box of food down on the ground, right by the extensions, and holds out his pinky finger.

Mitsuba looks at his finger, and back at him, and back and forth, until finally he hesitantly holds out his brown skinned pinky.

 “You promise?”

“… I promise.”

“That was hesitant.”

Mitsuba straightens up, “I swear, I promise.”

“Double promise?”

“Double promise.”

“Triple promise??”

“Yes, triple promise! I won’t tell anyone.”  Anticipation slowly eats up his patience, wanting to know what Tsukasa has to say.

“No matter what I say?”

Now that was tricky to commit to, Tsukasa could admit that he did have a very real and serious problem going on, and Mitsuba wouldn’t be able to say a thing. He’d have to let Tsukasa walk around with no tail and ears, or not let anyone know that Tsukasa didn’t have any tail and ears?

Their pinky fingers remained entwined, they stayed there until one of them broke the silence. Mitsuba hoped it was Tsukasa, and Tsukasa knew he had to fess up sooner than later.

Ok, easy, simple and blunt. Nice and dry.

“I’m.. Not really a bakeneko.”

Then they stood in more silence.

‘Sh*t,’ Tsukasa internally cursed a third time.

Tsukasa’s thoughts ran wild in his head, Mitsuba squinted at him.

“You’re not really a bakeneko..?” He laughed.

“No.”

“… A.. Nekomata-?”

“No, I’m not a cat yokai at all.”

“……………..

So, what are you? A human?” 

“… Well, ye-“

Tsukasa got cut off by Mitsuba’s loud gasp. He covered his mouth with his other hand.

Mitsuba’s eyebrows furrowed, showing a look that didn’t believe Tsukasa at all. Tsukasa gripped Mitsuba’s pinky a little more, signifying that he was being serious.

A million questions ran in Mitsuba’s head, 30 miles per second.

How?? How was he human? Why was he human? He lived in the Inn, he wasn’t a visitor, he wasn’t an outsider. He knew how this place worked, how the people worked, how it all operated. He was the third Innkeeper! He’s been here longer than Mitsuba. So how could he be human? 

Was he actually being serious? 

This had to be a joke.

What, now there were humans roaming around the Inn, all free and willy nilly, blending and camouflaging in with all the regular cat people? If Tsukasa was here, what other humans would have been?

The cats there eat humans. They had them for dinner, they made sure the humans were properly taken care of, they made sure the humans trusted them, before tricking them and devouring them. 

Now how In God’s name did Tsukasa, a very natural and real human, get through the Inn all these years without getting eaten? How was he still alive?

“How- what-?!”

“I know it sounds crazy-“

“Oh no, of course not! I understand.”

That was full sarcasm at its highest. But Tsukasa raised one eyebrow, tilted his head, and had the audacity to say, “Really?”

“NO! THAT IS CRAZY!”

“Oh, well yeah, duh.”

Mitsuba deadpanned. For a second, he even thought this little absurd, chaotic, strange, bizarre, insane freak was stupid for telling him that secretive secret. But he did want to know, and he did promise not to tell anyone the secret.

“... How????”

“I don’t.. Actually know.”

“But, your brother, he’s a neko- Is he a human too?”

“No.”

“You're serious..”

“I’m serious.”

Mitsuba gave another disbelieving look.

That didn’t make sense, this was making no sense again. He could have considered the possibility of Tsukasa being a human. Humans were real, anyway. It was just slightly, slightly different from if he would have said he was an alien, y’know? Aliens weren’t that real, for all Mitsuba knows.

He’s thought it over, and now it makes a little sense. Just a little.

But now, with the even newer information ‘Hanako isn’t a human’, the sense is dumbed back down.

And Tsukasa can’t make sense out of it either, so they both just won’t know.

Before Tsukasa and Mitsuba can converse more, like Mitsuba wants to because he needs to know more, they hear footsteps coming from outside the room, inching closer to it.

Mitsuba turns to the boy and sees him already hastily picking up the extensions and putting them back on.

Mitsuba doesn’t know if he’s the stupid one or not anymore.

Once the extensions are back on, it looks like Tsukasa never took them off. They look normal, like a normal, very real and natural cat person.

Mitsuba can’t be the stupid one. Those extensions are just too realistic looking.

The Mokke burst into the room without a thought, without worrying if anyone in the room would be shaken.

Mitsuba realizes the Mokke were probably wondering where he was these 20 minutes or so.

He straightens up, and sees from the corner of his eye Tsukasa doing the same, like the Mokke we’re coming for him as well.

“Mitsuba-chan! You're still in the first room,” one Mokke says, crossing two bunny ears across their body. “We were looking for you! How long does serving food take?!” They complained.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I, uh..” Mitsuba looks over at Tsukasa again, wondering what excuse to make up. “Lost track of time!”

Tsukasa looked back at him, and sweat rolled down both of their faces.

All four of the Mokkes narrow their cute, small black dotted eyes at him, and then at Tsukasa.

One of the Mokke’s eyes became even more narrow. “You're lying! What were you two doing in here?!” They huffed.

Mitsuba’s eyes widened, dark pink dusting his cheeks.

“Nothing! I was delivering the food!!”

“Yeah right,” another Mokke snaps, “Whatever! Get back to work, Mitsuba-chan!”

The Mokke were sometimes really harsh when it came to doing what they wanted.

They turned to Tsukasa, “And you too!”

They both nodded their heads without another word, still stiff and startled.

They stood there until all of the Mokke yelled, “Well what are you waiting for! C’mon, chop chop!!” Mitsuba and Tsukasa ran out of the door, towards the ryokan kitchen. One Mokke picked up 

 the rice curry and fish food box and carried it outside the room.

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Their friends had woken up, now fully ready for the lunch food coming their way, being delivered by Mitsuba and Tsukasa.

Mitsuba walked to Yashiro Nene’s room, carrying a box of rice, salmon and vegetable sushi, sided with fruits. 

He exited the room with a sigh, walking back to the kitchen to deliver something else and not getting caught up in talk before the Mokke scolded him again. But then he remebered a certain curly black haired, very real and natural human disguised as a cat guy, who wasn’t anywhere near him, and wasn’t anywhere in the kitchen.

He thought the boy just went to give food to someone else, but after five minutes of rapidly moving back and forth from the halls of the ryokan to the kitchen, there still was no sign of him. The Mokke were concerned too.

“Hey, Mitsuba-chan,” a Mokke with pink cat ears walked up to them while they gathered two boxes for one person, “Have you seen Tsukasa-chan.”

They skimmed through any memories they may have had of Tsukasa being anywhere in his view, just to make sure, but they haven’t seen him pass through the kitchen or the hallways.

“No…. No, I haven’t seen him since he entered the kitchen five minutes ago.”

The Mokke didn’t believe him right away, thinking he was being secretive again, but Mitsuba put his hands up.

“.. Hmph! He probably skipped out on working again! I knew he was going to be lazy!” They glared to the side.

He didn’t know Tsukasa did that often. He’d always see him walking around, either roaming around or working? Carrying tea or food with purple mittens. He was a certified delivery boy along with Mitsuba.

But despite that, Mitsuba could see him skipping work from time to time.

“He never finishes work… Whatever. The next time we see him, we’ll teach him a lesson.”

Mitsuba would have wondered why anyone would want to punish Tsukasa, of course since he hasn’t known him as well, and still doesn’t. That just made the whole human reveal and secret keeping and promise making even more inconvenient. 

The Mokke walked off with tiny subtle stomps, and Mitsuba continued his tasks.

He finishes them, now going back to uselessly wandering around. Nene quickly finished her food to make room for another cat nap as soon as he went to her room again, Mei is busy drawing and she says she needs no distractions, he doesn’t want to hang out with Hanako.

They think they would settle for a nap of their own, but once he wanders his final wander, around the small blue building to the right of the main entrance, they hear rumbling of multiple tiny footsteps, a little yelp, and the sound of a big splash.

They freeze, then look left and right for where the noise might have come from.

He searches more, and walks out of the back door of the building, and then sees a big pile of light hot pink, hot pink and some black small blob figures all surrounded and inside the little wooden hot tub. About 20 of them, all shouting with high pitched voices.

“We’ve caught you!”

“Yeah, you slacker!”

“We’ll teach you how to work ten times as hard!”

“No off days for you in the next three weeks!!”

They hopped and slashed in water, obviously talking to something or someone under their pile, soaked and suffocated in water and Mokkes.

Mitsuba wonders if he’s walked in on a crime scene, if he should leave before he ends up like the unfortunate person or thing having to meet the wrath of the Mokke. And he’s really about to leave the scene of crime so no one will know he witnessed it.

But then he hears giggles, “Stop, that tickles!!” In a distortion of coughs and gurgles with a familiar voice, than even more choking.

The Mokke are definitely trying to kill someone.

Mitsuba turns back around, knowing that is a voice he knows means that’s one of his friends. And well, he’s not a hero, not at all, he wasn’t going to play the part either. But, it’s one of his friends, he has to help. Right?

So he walks up to the hot tub, making sure to stay out of the Mokkes sight and try to see who’s under the water.

He only sees a messy head of dark curls, in the water being drowned by all 20 Mokkes. The pink bunny supernaturals have all their weight on the person, making them go all the way to the bottom and still be smothered by the small furious creatures and warm water.

He wondered if it was Hanako, but he just saw him in his respective room.

So then he thinks it has to be Tsukasa.

He doesn't want to get in the water, so he just splashes it enough to get the person under water’s attention, beckoning them to swim up to him.

The person manages to push some of the Mokke off of them, and swims up to the right side rim of the hot tub.

Mitsuba holds out their hand to allow the person to grab it. Once a slightly darker brown hand clamps onto theirs, and they pull them out of the tub, is when their suspicions are confirmed.

Tsukasa’s hair is soaked enough to cover his eyes, his clothes are drenched, and he’s hacking up water from his system.

“Tsukasa-kun, are you ok!?”

When he’s done dying of coughs, he turns to Mitsuba and holds up his right thumb in response.

Mitsuba sees his ears are lopsided, and instantly goes to his side and adjusts them. Right before one of the Mokke realize their murder attempt wasn’t a success, they see Mitsuba and Tsukasa on the side.

“Hey, what are you doing?!” They squeak, angrily hopping towards the two and leading the Mokke mob to do the same.

Mitsuba shields Tsukasa, “I should ask y’all the same thing! Why are you all trying to drown him?!”

Another Mokke grumbles, “Because! He wants to sneak away from work!”

“Yeah, he never gets anything done!”

“We were teaching him a lesson!”

Mitsuba now remembers that one of them did say they were mad at Tsukasa for being off tasks.

“Well, that doesn’t mean you kill him!”

“Bad children are punished!”

“Not punished by death!!” He defends.

Tsukasa stared up at Mitsuba as he kept convincing the Mokke to leave him alone.

It worked, surprisingly, and Mokke grudgingly agreed to leave. With a final demand, “Tsukasa-chan, you better come to the garden to work at exactly 2:25 PM!!” “YEAH! On the dot!!”

Tsukasa and Mitsuba watched the Mokke walk away.

“You should start actually working.” Mitsuba said.

Tsukasa only laughed, but it came out shaky. The warm water that stuck to his skin started getting cold because of the breeze all around them. He shivered, cupping his body and squeezing his shoulders with his wet arms and hands.

Mitsuba decided Tsukasa should get cleaned up, grabbing onto his hand and walking away from the hot tub, back inside the Inn and through the halls back to Tsukasa’s room.

Mitsuba stayed inside the room as Tsukasa washed up in his bathroom, wiping his damp hands off and sitting in silence. Leaving him and his thoughts about the crazy day. 

At least it wasn’t boring anymore.

Tsukasa left his extensions on the floor in front of the bathroom, and told Mitsuba to ward off anyone who wanted to come in, unless it was Amane. So Mitsuba stared at the extensions half absentmindedly, thinking more about the secret he now had to keep.

Once Tsukasa got out they wore a black hoodie with the big deep purple words ‘LAV-ENDER’ in the middle. Mitsuba had to chase away all the whispers in his head claiming the boy looked even a little cute.

They put on some other artificial tail and ears they got from a closet, threw the wet ones in his bathroom laundry bin, and then pulled out two futons from the closet.

“I’m sleepy,” they said, plopping them down in the middle of the room.

Mitsuba agreed, rubbing the previously forgotten drowsiness from his eyes

They both sat down on top of the futons, looking out the window, hearing chirping and seeing blue Kingfishers fly around in circles like they were performing for squirrels in the trees. “I want to eat those birds.” Mitsuba mumbled.

Tsukasa heard him and chuckled.

“You can’t let Amane know that you know I’m a human,” Tsukasa spoke up after a minute of looking at the birds,”He’ll hunt you and me down.”

Mitsuba smiled and agreed.

The more they watched the performance the more they became dozy, and soon enough Tsukasa and Mitsuba fell asleep.

Their futons were close enough to allow Mitsuba to subconsciously cling onto Tsukasa’s hoodie, and their hands, pinky and all, being entwined.

Mitsuba dreamed about a universe where they and Tsukasa were humans, going to school and living a life of a creature that’s not a yokai animal, or lives in an Inn, or eats human beings. Real and natural.

Tsukasa dreamed of him owning a house in the countryside of Japan, all alone. Opening the door and seeing a cat with pink fur, he took it in until the cat went out the window in the afternoon, and disappeared. Leaving a note promising to see him again.

♡︎

I forgot to add the fact that Mitsuba has cat paws and not humanoid hands.

But I’m not changing it.

[minimotosworld]

minamoto fairy hi i miss you little cute dumb mokke

actually i didnt finished but i dont wanna finish (i couldnt make the clouds lol) THW ANSWER ISNT 9 FAIRY !!

[weebnotheree]

Ch. 05 - It's good to see you again...Amane(pt. 4) TBHK x MR

okayy ik I said it was past time but it's too good even for me. Oh and spoiler- there's a cliffhanger BC I have to get off now.

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First Pov

¨ωαηт σηє?¨ A small one said to her giving her one with its ear. She just looked at it still listening to what m/n was saying.

¨Yashiro...how do you know each other?¨ Hanako questioned with his hair covering his face.

(like this but without Yashiro's hand in it, frowning, and his head is a little down. Yk wut I'm talking about.)

¨Oh I-¨ Yashiro was about to answer Hanako but got cut off.

 ¨Yashiro...I need you to change the rumors about the Mokke for me.¨ He said as he started walking off with the Mokke following him. They really like him. It wasn't a question he wasn't asking..he was directing it to her.

¨You want..me to do that?¨ She asked. But he just simply kept walking.

¨M/N!¨ Hanako called out for him and startled Yashiro but m/n just kept walking until he turned a corner.

¨Hanako are y-¨ Hanako started running after m/n leaving Yashiro. She try to ask if he was okay but he suddenly ran off.

¨M/N!¨ Hanako stopped and called out to him again and m/n finally came to a halt. 

M/n slowly turned his head(not his body but his head). At first, M/n had a frown but it slowly turned into a smile, almost like he was satisfied? (ill show you: like this🡳🡳 )

¨Its nice to see you again...Amane.¨

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Sorry, it's short but I have to get off my computer now.

♡♡ I Hope you enjoyed! Bye, my mini dumplings! ♡♡

[2n2n]

I'm honestly confused about the location of the other mysteries at this point. So far we've only seen Hanako-kun and Mitsuba, I thought that by this time we would have seen Tsughimori or Yako because of the festival. Are they at school or are they stuck at its borders? When there was the separation they were sent exactly where? That part I didn't understand 😅

A lot of things happened off-screen!!! I wonder if/when we'll truly catch up on what it was like for anyone else. I'd love some funny side-comics about what Yako and Tsuchigomori's Far Shore times were like … lol … they were just, booted, somewhere, and then, they just, came back. It might have been weirdly underwhelming for them, compared to our mains? The mysteries knew Urabon was upon them, and the necessity of a solution, so I guess it wasn't a big surprise... I guess they just, chilled out, and, contemplated that being their new normal, at least until the next Urabon.... I suppose Hanako hasn't been worried about them, himself, in all this....

the Severance only happened when Aoi was moving on to the far shore! Aoi had passed the point of no return, so the Severance initiated. The sacrifice was accepted as she fell into the well (well, Akane drags her in… which means it's Akane who sacrificed her).

Whatever Teru and Akane did, later, they were able undo Aoi's sacrifice (????), and return her to the near shore, which means the Severance is no longer happening, boundaries are no longer shut. Hence the aquarium situation; kaii are again free to roam. Mokke are back as normal, so I'd assume everyone is...

but you're not wrong to be confused. We were not shown Teru and Akane actually taking care of everything... we were not shown Aoi being brought back to the surface, or how that was even possible. We were indirectly told, by Sakura, that the ritual was not completed (i.e. No. 6 did not continue fighting to keep Aoi on the train), hence the Severance was cancelled.

I hope that answers something....

[aitruistik]

愛; Faith​ — [fāTH] ☆

• 22↑ • They/them • Panromantic • Neurodivergent • FUB free

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Faith, cause I want us to believe. Faith, to a subtle reminder that we fight. Faith, for there is love amidst it.

Hello, it's Faith here. You may call me Ai, Fai, Faith, or show me your creativity and make up a new one.

I prefer to be seen as genderless and referred to as they/them, but any pronouns is fine.

XNXP. I vs E & T vs F is constantly racing.

Capricorn stellium (crunchy laugh).

I don't have a kinnie but Kang Taehyun is my spirit animal and Choi Beomgyu is my gender. Wait actually I have, it's Mokke and Ditto.

. . . And Faith, so you can't say my name without chanting for love, akin to praying for yourself. (Have some faith, that all prayers shall be answered; therefore you will be embraced by love.)

[ BYF & DNI ]

Heads up! This section is the only one you MUST read, actually.

My account will mainly be used to retweet pretty arts, photos, and poems. Also ramble about life, animanga, games, and kpop. Sometimes write and draw too. And rent purpose.

I love chatting but don't always have the time and energy to reply. I might ghost chats & mentions a lot.

I don't usually use swear words or retweet nfsw stuff, but who knows if I'm possessed by the devils.

My page is a safe space for queers, so homophobes are not welcome here.

If after reading this you still want to be friends, then good luck (and thank you?). Have a great day ahead.

[gemkun]

anonymous said : "Hanako-kun, as a ghost, do you celebrate Halloween?" — nene ↬ unprompted asks

      ⸻       ❝   of   course   i   do   !   ❞   hands   outstretch   ,   in   a   flourish   of   clear   bravado.   as   if   hanako   found   the   question   to   be   silly   and   yashiro   should   have   known   the   answer   to   begin   with   !   ❝   i'm   in   costume   all   —   year   —   round.   ❞   gesturing   to   his   apparel   and   form   ,   amber   ogles   back   at   the   young   girl   ,   figuring   he's   made   his   case   pretty   apparent.   ❝   but   i   spend   most   of   it   herding   the   mokke   ,   so   ,   i   never   get   to   celebrate   it   properly.   ❞   shrugging   ,   shoulders   roll   back   ,   where   sockets   glide   to   riddle   the   old   with   envy.   ❝   i   scrape   up   some   of   the   goodies   they   steal   though   ,   which   makes   up   for   all   my   hard   work.   ❞   hm   ,   halloween   is   starting   to   sound   more   and   more   like   a   chore.

[rampaginghamster]

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In the world of Everden, nestled between the mighty Crest mountain range and the vast marshes of the Mokk Fields, lies a mystical forest known as Humblewood that hums with the Great Rhythm of nature, where the Birdfolk and Humblefolk have lived in peace for centuries.

...but now the fires have come, and the Woods have been thrown into chaos.

You are one of the denizens of the wood, living life day by day making as much merriment as you can out of it. But when the flames come to your doorstep, when your home and all you hold dear is in danger, when there is no one else who will stand...

Will you answer the call?

Enter the wood as one of the birdfolk or humblefolk. Magical, anthropomorphic animal races emulating creatures such as the fox, the hedgehog, the raven, the owl, and many more. Experience a tale of heroism, adversity, mystery, magic, and cottage core vibes as you explore the wood, meet colorful characters, fight dangerous elementals, come face to face with the bandit coalition, and uncover the mystery of the fiery fate that has befallen the wood in this 1-5 level adventure, featuring an immersive and handpicked soundtrack for the journey to come.

If this has peaked your interest, check out my adventure page on https://startplaying.games/adventure/cllei2qj1000k08l4gx9ofkeb It will give you everything you need to know about platform, payment method, prep materials, character creation, and much more. Half off price for session 0

[milkandbubbletea]

Replying to @noxelie

Oooo! I'll get started on that! ヾ(⁍̴̆◡⁍̴̆。)ノ

Also thank you so much!!!! ᵉʰᵉʰᵉ(*/∇＼⭒)

For fun today I also cleaned up the backgrounds on some mokke promo art as I was making a navigation banner. Also I'm almost done with cleaning the chapter cover for Chapter 15 so that can work too. (It's the donut one)

If anyone wants me to send them over to you, dm me! They have a transparent background so they can work for masterpost banner picture or whatever you want. Here is the art in which I'm talking about BEFORE I removed the background. ᕦʕ •ᴥ•ʔᕤ

P.S I can also select what elements you want too such as the candy in which the mokke are holding

I could probably isolate each character from the other character's donuts here too. idk why Hanako and nene's donuts are so close together. HANANENE FOREVER HAHHA!