#also like! this hero hiding the skeleton not cuz he's scared of ppl finding out

[aria0fgold]

Thinking lil bit more bout the new spooky scary au that I'm going to call "Closet AU" for now (what's in the closet, hero? :D what's in it?)

I was thinking about which route it'll fit in and so I settled with True ending route... Like, I can see during that moment where Sunny tells em the truth, everyone is ofcourse, obviously shock and in pain. Hero though? Well he seems to take it all in SURPRISINGLY well. To the point where Hero is the first one to 'forgive' Sunny and Basil.

If I were to write this AU as a fic, it'll look so unsuspecting, it'll just be a post-canon story where the friends heal and reconcile, if you ignore the fact that there's something REALLY OFF by the way that Hero just seems so... healthy.

You're gonna be thinking that 'man this Hero is so out of character why is he taking everything all in stride when he was closest to Mari?'

And boom! You found out he got a skeleton in his closet but not for long cuz there's flesh on it now!

This Hero is like, delusional in a way he believes Mari never left him while simultaneously knowing the undeniable fact that Mari is dead as well. LikE! *gestures vaguely* I don't know how to explain.

So like! When Sunny told them the truth, Hero doesn't refute it and deny that Mari is dead in a "What are you talking about, Sunny? Mari is still alive" way. But it's more like, "It's alright Sunny, I understand what you were going through... You were both so young after all" way and in his mind it's like, "Mari is dead... But that's okay, that's okay. I can bring her back. It'll be like she never left. I can fix it."

Like, Sunny's confession never clicked in his head cuz he was wrapped up in his own thoughts of finding a way to complete Mari by killing people and taking their flesh and body parts to play dress up with a skeleton.