#anyway theres some bg on mochi

[musubiki]

oop i posted this on twitter so might as well here too!!

Abt the last post, mochi doesnt nessecarily think shes ugly, but she looks at other girls in media, in the school (especially the ones hanging off limes arms) and then looks at herself and has those typical teenage thoughts like "he has so many pretty girls to choose from, why would he like me?" she thinks her face isnt bad, but definitely not supermodel worthy

as a background, growing up (in elementary/middle school) she was into weird stuff like collecting roaches in jars and stuff, and even though she tried to be more “normal” to blend in in high school, she still kind of had a rep as a weird girl (again not like “ooo she reads” weird, but like....she grabs frogs with her bare hands and keeps them in a box and carries it around all day and no one knows what for kind of weird. no ones ever seen this but...thats the vibes). 

that, plus she always came off as what others describe as “plain” and “boring” - only ever studying and working in the cat cafe, never going out adventuring/partying/etc. so all these things considered, she has never been confessed to or even asked out on a date (except maybe only by those cruel high school assholes who ask someone out as a joke and then laugh about it later) - or at least not as often as the popular/pretty/exciting girls did. shes never been called cute/pretty/beautiful by anyone other than like. her mom and limes grandparents (which as anyone knows doesnt really count), which obviously isnt DEFINITIVE of beauty but makes her think that she must not be that pretty, if no one is interested in her

(given this is because while a lot of people think she has a cute face, the “weirdness” or “boringness” is enough to make them disinterested, and those who COULD be interested assume lime has dibs already so they dont even bother. and of course you have those weird dudes saying some sexual suggestive flirts to her, but she never counted those since its fucking weird and also lime probably pummeled the hell out of them right after if mochi didnt do it herself)

on limes side, thinks shes very cute, and very beautiful, and very cool and very everything. but hes never told her or even HINTED at it without backtracking or making some excuse bc he doesnt want things to get weird between them. so he kind of just appreciated her like a porcelain doll behind a glass case. mustn't touch otherwise it might break everything. best to keep her as his best friend, at least for now.

but this is all pre-witch things, ofc as she becomes a witch this all kind of fades because. ya know. bigger things to deal with and all. she shoves these thoughts away because learning magic is more important, she doesnt have time to put herself down or compare herself to other girls (but she does have those thoughts sometimes still, especially on days where she has to pretend to be normal and just fades into the background again)

i think?? coco?? is the first one outside mochis immediately family/circle that told her “wtf? wdym you never had a boyfriend?? you know youre pretty as hell, right? youre hot asf??” in response to when she heard mochi saying something about how she thinks she isnt pretty. its those small things but it gives mochi a little confidence boost in herself!!

and also over time lime flirts with her more and more and is soft with her and looks at her like shes his whole world because she almost is, and maybe even tells her he thinks shes cute subtly, and it makes her feel pretty 😳 over time she gains more confidence and stops caring about that stuff as much cuz shes comfortable with herself now!!! and also shes the cat witch so fuck everyone else!!!!

(i should be noted that as we all know mochi is cute and pretty as FUCK she just doesnt know/realize -w-)