#bowtie polycule au

[theamityelf]

At work, Byakuya refers to Nagito and Izuru as Makoto's "house pets", since most people don't actually know he lives with two Remnants (and also because he's Byakuya). Kyoko just calls them "your friends", with a completely neutral tone.

[fab-wolf-in-the-gloom]

i can't choose which wip is the one i want to hear about most, so choose the top 3 you wanna talk about most <3

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH so hard to choose I don't know how to shut up (putting my DW blog here for reasons @clockwork-cat-in-the-tardis)

Falling Lessons

The companion to Flying Lessons! Where Flying Lessons is start of the noun polycule from River's perspective in All Your Life and Mine, Falling Lessons is the start of the noun polycule from Rose and the Doctor's perspectives.

The host ushered them into a waiting room as their table was prepared.

“This might be the first time in a century he’s turned up early to something,” Rose said with a grin.

“If my memories are anything to go off of, it just might be the last time he’s early,” River replied and Rose giggled.

“Oi, are you two always going to gang up on me?” The Doctor argued, taking his eyes off the spot where the restaurant’s name was written on the wall for the first time since they were seated.

“Probably, yeah,” Rose said with a grin.

“Except for the bowtie, I can never seem to convince her to have any taste.”

“Maybe you’re the one without any taste if you’re the only one here that doesn’t like the bowtie,” the Doctor countered, his eyes drifting back to the writing on the wall.

Light/I'll Keep You Safe

Twelve/Rose kidfic! The folder this is in (Atlas of the Multiverse) is fics inspired by songs off of the albums Atlas: I and Atlas: II by Sleeping at Last. This one will claim its title from either Light or I'll Keep You Safe (shocking I know). At its core it's me crying over Twelve translating babies crying and me going "is NO ONE gonna touch on that ever again????" over the Tenza from the Eleven ep Night Terrors. It, uh, doesn't start happy.

By the time the TARDIS had landed on this asteroid colony, the damage had already been done. The bioweapon, left over from the war that had wiped the asteroid clean the first time nearly a century ago, had been released into the atmosphere before the TARDIS had received the distress signal, perhaps even before it had been sent. By the time they had found their way to the scientist who had raised the concern about the leakage - by the time they had met the woman who would point them in the direction of the scientist - by the time they had taken a step out of their space-time machine, all human life on this chunk of rock was as good as dead.

It was not a fixed point, not something they couldn’t change for fear of tearing a hole in the universe. It was not an important piece of history that, while technically malleable, the Doctor knew too well to risk changing. It was not something that was inevitable in the grand scheme of things. It was merely poor timing - on the part of the pilot, on the part of the ship, on the part of the scientist, on the part of the alarm system that had been programmed to be a bit too lenient - and that just made it so much worse.

Like a Lost Ghost

Did someone say thirteenrose chameleon arch AU? I think I heard thirteenrose chameleon arch AU. Did I hear thirteenrose roller derby chameleon circuit AU? Even better.

I think I'm in love," Jane said as she walked through the door, her duffle bag of gear swung over her shoulder.

"Roller derby as fun as you expected then, Jane?" Yaz asked.

"Oh, derby was good too," Jane said, and Yaz shot a glance at the others.

"It's a bit quick to say you're in love with one of your teammates, isn't it?" Ryan asked.

"Oh, but you had no problem when you thought I was saying I was in love with roller derby after just tryouts and one practice? Besides I've already fallen for her," she said with a dopey grin and gestured to a large red spot on her thigh that Yaz knew would inevitably be a nasty bruise by morning.

[houseboatisland]

Percy or Gordon for ship meme?

Ah I’ll give you both! And don’t be afraid to ask for more.

~Percy~

soft boi soft boi soft boi x1000

💞✨OTP✨ 💞:

Huh… come to think of it, I’ve never had an OTP for him, after all these years.

Other Ships That Are 👌:

He and Oliver could be pretty cute, I think. I guess my reasoning for this stems from seeing them together a lot in Season 5 on my VHS tapes growing up. They’re both smol, green, have their cheeky and uppity moments. I imagine they work together a decent amount, as I’ve alluded to on my Twitter: Percy and Oliver are both great for dockyard work with their short wheelbases, and in winter, when the Little Western Branch has less traffic, Oliver gets transferred to Ffarquhar.

I headcanon Oliver being a HUGE flirt, so I’m sure he wouldn’t mind to sweet talk and maybe smooch Percy every so often, with his husband Douglas’ permission of course. (And yes, Douglas lets him.)

Interesting But Fence 👀:

Him and Rosie, or him and Mavis.

Better As Friends 😊:

Him and Thomas, or him and Duck.

In Duck’s case, they’re a big brother and a little brother. Per my headcanon, Duck is just a year older than Percy, being built in 1905, and also not being a GWR 57xx. More on that another time.

In Thomas’ case, he and Percy are best friends, and if you ask me, they’ve had far too many problematic conversations to make a lasting couple. Thomas called Percy ugly, and he put a DESCRIPTIVE EFFORT into it when he did, mama mia.

Meh 😑 / Overrated :

Not much to put here.

It Happened Once In A Dream 🌑 (or AU ����):

Percy once had a dream that he and Thomas were courting, complete with fancy bowties under their smokeboxes.

He woke up laughing, and when Thomas found out, it threw his whole day off balance. Oh, the idea of dating him was THAT funny to Percy, eh?! Perhaps he should consider being the world’s first Caterpillar Comedian on Rails >:C

If I Had to Put Them in a Polycule 💗:

Him and Oliver and Arthur.

NOTP 😤:

I guess him and Thomas could also go here. Not much else I feel strongly about.

And now, the big lug:

~Gordon~

“Trainspotters can be so tiresome. At least you seem to know quality subject matter when you see it.”

💞✨  OTP ✨ 💞:

Again, no particular ship I feel I can especially pin to him. To be honest, I see Gordon as pretty aro/ace. He’s never felt attracted to any other engine, and indeed finds engines romancing as a concept pretty foreign. Therefore, because that’s how his mind works, it falls under the list of things he finds “vulgar,” i.e. any engine, person, or idea that makes him the slightest bit squeamish.

Does Gordon even know the true definition of ‘vulgar,’ I wonder? It’s honestly fun to imagine he doesn’t, ala Thomas’ “Danger means ‘falling down something :) “

Other Ships That Are 👌:

Drawing a blank, here.

Interesting But Fence 👀:

Him and James, I guess, assuming it’s a universe where Gordon isn’t aro/ace.

Better As Friends 😊:

Him and Henry. Like Thomas and Percy, they’ve had far too many toxic moments that they could become a healthy couple, at least in my book. If you like the idea of them paired up, I won’t stop you, though.

Meh 😑 / Overrated :

Don’t really have an answer for this, but I’ll put Rebecca only because she probably doesn’t exist in my series.

Nothing about being against them as a couple, just found this a better spot than none to put it.

It Happened Once In A Dream 🌑 (or AU 🤔):

“It’s not moral,” snorted Gordon.

“What isn’t moral?” asked Edward.

“Letting engines get married.”

“Oh, don’t worry Gordon, BoCo and I would love to marry you! Then it would be quite moral!”

(Gordon never awoke from a nightmare so suddenly.)

If I Had to Put Them in a Polycule 💗:

Him, Henry and Bear, I guess. I figure Bear will whip Gordon into shape when it comes to respecting Henry if he’s to be a part of their unit.

NOTP 😤:

Him and Emily. Emily wouldn’t stand him for a minute. He starts his usual spiel about the importance of his job, and his status over little engines, and she leaves him at the water tower in the style of a woman packing breadsticks into her purse before abandoning a date.

[theamityelf]

Oh to be a Future Foundation person (or, juicier yet, an assassin disguised as a Future Foundation person) knocking on Makoto Naegi's door, not knowing he cohabitates with two ex-Remnants of Despair, and having Nagito Komaeda open the door with a polite smile.

"Oh! You're here for Makoto?" Nagito says. "That's too bad. He's spending the night elsewhere." And the assassin guy doesn't know how to respond, and something must show on his face, because while Nagito's smile doesn't disappear, it cools. "Or maybe...it's lucky he's not here."

"You don't always have to acknowledge it like that," a voice says from behind the assassin, who startles both because there's suddenly someone behind him and because that person is Izuru Kamukura!

"What?" Nagito says mildly. "It is lucky. At least if that unfastened holster means what I think it means."

Needless to say, they take care of that guy. Nagito texts Kyoko like "Just had to kill an assassin at the house; watch out for that."

Kyoko texts back like, "Well, there goes my plausible deniability. Clean up after yourselves."

[theamityelf]

My Danganronpa AU Masterlist

Because I realized I need some organization on my blog, lol.

First, my actual fanfiction is mostly on AO3; these will be just Tumblr stuff. Feel free to send an ask about any of these!

AU's are listed in alphabetical order, and the bullet points for each AU are in the order I think would be most coherent for anyone unfamiliar with the AU. I had to limit the amount of posts I included as bullet points, because this post really tested the hyperlink limit at first, lol. In the future, I might make separate masterlists for some of the longer, more detailed AU's in this post, so I can just link the masterlists here. That'll give me room for more links, lol.

Also, check out my Danganronpa analysis tag for posts I've made or reblogged that I just think are interesting from a meta perspective.

Crossover AU's (DR Characters placed in Other Fictional Universe)- has its own masterlist

Plot/Premise AU's

Aikido Makoto AU (someone teaches Makoto aikido)- full tag

Both Classes Despair AU- full tag

Premise

Makoto and Class 77

Bowtie Polycule AU (Naegamigiri/Kamukomaegi)- full tag

Living arrangements

Assassination attempts

Food shenanigans

Chiaki Vampire AU- full tag

Class 79 AU (where V3 cast is class 79)- full tag

Celeste and Angie

Junko and Angie

Makoto and Shuichi (+Naehara book club- full tag)

Upperclassman Taka

Gentle Parenting AU (Makoto gentle parenting Remnants)- full tag

Premise

Hinaegi School AU- full tag

Hinaegi schooltime luck shenanigans

Main Course reaction

Reserve Course reaction

Hajime insecurity

Sakakura incident

Izuru insecurity

Kamuegi introspective cuddles

Hope's Peak Debate Club AU- full tag

Premise/Polyamory web

Kyoko and Makoto

Hope's Peak Deradicalization Class AU

Premise (Nagito and Angie)

Immortals AU- full tag

Kaede in THH AU- full tag

Kamuegi Hope Tutor AU- full tag

Premise

Kamukuras AU (other characters undergo Kamukura Project)- has its own masterlist

Komaeda Chaperone AU- full tag

Premise

Nagito and Monokuma

Misc Nagito Moments in Chapters 1-3

Komaegi-ish in Chapter 2

Komaegi in Chapters 3-4

Komaeda Intern AU- full tag

Premise

Sick Day (+bonus)

Komaegi UDG AU- full tag

Premise

Nagito, Makoto, and Yuta adventure

Caretaker Nagito

Offshoot: Successor Makoto arc- full tag

Komahinaegi School AU- full tag

Phone wallpaper

Nagito's Internet presence

Naegami rebound arc (Komahinaenami polycule forms after Naegami breaks up)- full tag

Makoto in Other Killing Games AU's- has its own masterlist

Memory Kidnapping AU (Yandere Kamukura)- full tag

Premise

Realization

Aftermath: keeping memory ; losing memory

Mini Classmate AU's (doll-sized DR characters cared for by normal-sized DR characters)- has its own masterlist

Naejunko Breakup Komaegi AU- full tag

Premise

Patron Celeste AU (Celeste/Angie)- full tag

Premise

Celeste pining part 1, part 2

Separate Izuru AU- full tag

Premise

Shuichi in THH AU- full tag

Soniakanedam Apartment AU- full tag

Soulmate AU- full tag

Variety list

Makoto and Junko (+bonus)

Makoto and the whole class

Survivors Killing Game AU- full tag

Premise

Naehinahara

Hajime prioritizing lives

Ultimate Makoto AU (where Makoto is Ultimate something)- full tag

Brainstorm

Multiship brainstorm

Undead AU (lucksters care for infected class)- has its own masterlist

Vampire AU- full tag

Premise

Blood rationing

Hope blood vs. Despair blood

How it happened and why it's this bad

THH Survivors locked away

Kamukomaegi feeding time

Vampire Makoto arc- full tag

Werewolf Makoto AU- full tag

Werewolf Pandemic AU- full tag

Wings AU- full tag

Crossover AU's (Characters from Other Fictional Universe placed in Danganronpa)

Disney Descendants Danganronpa AU- full tag

Ultimates List

Masterminds

Riordanverse (PJO/HOO/TKC) Danganronpa AU- full tag

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I hope you enjoy, and I hope this masterlist is useful! (At the very least, it's useful to me, lol.)

[theamityelf]

Makoto belongs to two separate polycules which are at war and are somehow each other's more terrifying counterparts.

[theamityelf]

Hina knocks on Makoto's door, and Izuru answers it– opening it barely enough to see his face. His red eyes glow prohibitively, between the door and the frame. "He's busy."

Hina pouts at the unwelcoming reception but nevertheless says, "They're asking for him at the office."

"He's busy."

"Look. If he doesn't want to go in, I'll cover like always, but I need to at least talk to him about it, first."

"Just a sec!" Makoto calls from elsewhere in the house, and then it's Izuru's turn to pout, before subsiding without another word.

Makoto takes his place. Like Izuru, he seems to be deliberately avoiding opening the door too wide, but he does reveal himself to be wearing a t-shirt (backwards) in someone else's size. "Hey. They need me for something?"

Hina's curiosity keeps her from answering. "There's a bite mark on your cheek."

Nagito's head appears above Makoto's head. "So, you understand," he says pleasantly, one arm winding around Makoto. "He's busy."

Hina can practically feel her younger self gasping at the implications, but now removed from her Hope's Peak days by at least five years (and a modest few flings with fellow killing game survivors from both classes), she merely reaches up and squishes Makoto's other cheek between her fingers.

"Hey," he said mildly.

"Ehh, I see the appeal," she decides. "Chewy. Anywho, it's about all those 'airwave irregularities' they were talking about last week. Basically, they're planning on looking into that, and they want to use you for something or other. Probably just some kind of distraction, but they said they wanted to talk to you about it personally. They wouldn't let me take a message."

"They wouldn't let you take a message?" Makoto echoes, with something like indignation lighting his eyes. "I told them you have my complete trust. Do they not trust you?"

"They're trying to inconvenience you, not slight Asahina," Izuru says. It sounds like he's literally just in the corner behind the door.

"Classic power trip," Nagito agrees.

"You do not have to go in. Just because they want you at their beck and call–"

"No, it's fine. It sounds kind of important," Makoto sighs. "I'll go in for a few minutes, to touch base. But I'm not wearing a suit."

"You should probably wear some pants, though," Hina says with a smirk.

"I know! Hey, don't tease me!" He shuts the door.

[theamityelf]

This is subject to change, but the current way I visualize the living arrangements of the Naegamigiri and Kamukomaegi polycule(s) is:

Makoto, Kyoko, and Byakuya all have their own quarters in whatever residential building or buildings were allotted to them by their status within the Future Foundation. Izuru and Nagito live with Makoto (and the Future Foundation doesn't love it, but they kind of just have to let it happen), so when Kamukomaegi spend the night together, it's at Makoto's place (and Izuru and Nagito always spend the night there). When Naegamigiri spend the night together, it's at Byakuya's place (and sometimes it's just Naegami or just Togiri there, but often it's all three).

Kyoko's place is normally used for focus time, so it's not exactly off-limits, but it's very rarely the scene for romantic stuff. When it is, it's usually a spur of the moment thing, like if they're working on a project and end up staying the night, or Makoto stops by to check on Kyoko (if she's been focusing hard on something) and they end up falling asleep in each other's arms.

Byakuya refers to Izuru and Nagito like they're Makoto's house pets, just because he has to assert his status at the top of the polycule hierarchy. Which is fine, because, on the flipside, Nagito and Izuru largely view it as "We're his soulmates; they're his boyfriend and girlfriend." Kyoko came out of it with the most well-adjusted view of their dynamic (out of those four), in that she sees it as just a bunch of flawed, broken people doing their best to give and accept care, and doing their best to love and feel loved.

Sometimes Byakuya comes over to Makoto's place in the morning, to go over work stuff before a big meeting (and because he likes to make mutually unimpressed eye contact with Izuru Kamukura when the latter is dressed in leisurewear, making breakfast, and Byakuya himself is dressed in a suit and tie). Nagito makes a big show of kissing Makoto before he leaves for work.

Makoto knows they're being competitive, but he also knows they're all comfortable with things as they are, so he just lets it happen. They're all being themselves.

[theamityelf]

One way Byakuya likes to subtly needle Izuru is by giving Makoto snacks throughout the work day to spoil his dinner. Makoto gets home from work and he's not hungry enough to eat as much of Izuru's cooking as he normally would. It's not too big a deal, but it is consistent and noticeable.

Izuru shows up on Byakuya's doorstep holding a snack wrapper that he found in Makoto's pocket and says, "You're doing this on purpose."

[theamityelf]

This is more a personal headcanon, but I feel like one way I find myself distinguishing Naegamigiri from Kamukomaegi in my head is that in the latter, Kamukoma have a "rough with each other, gentle with Naegi" thing, and with the former, Togiri have a "gentle with each other, rough with Naegi" thing. Just in the sense of, when I visualize Kyoko kissing Makoto, it's a "pull him over by his necktie" thing, whereas when I imagine Nagito, it's a "caress his face until he turns his head" thing. And so on.

[theamityelf]

(Highly suggestive followup to this post.)

Byakuya lets himself into Makoto's house one morning. (He, Kyoko, and Makoto all have keys to each other's homes.)

Izuru is in the kitchen, cooking breakfast. He glances up in acknowledgement but doesn't say anything, and nor does Byakuya; he's here for Makoto, so they can go over a few things on the way to work. He just makes his way toward the bedroom like he owns the place.

Before he reaches the room, Nagito meets him in the hallway, coming from the opposite direction. "Oh, Togami! Good morning," he greets, smiling brightly but very much blocking his path with his body. "What brings you here?"

"Don't tell me he's still in bed." Byakuya tries to side-step around Nagito, but Nagito casually takes a sideways step, too, to continue blocking him.

"He's in the shower." (Byakuya knew this, because the shower is audibly running. He was just being snarky.) "If you don't mind waiting in the front, I'll go tell him you're here."

Byakuya rolls his eyes but doesn't bother to argue as Nagito turns and heads back into the bedroom and the bathroom beyond. He doesn't go wait in the front as asked. He stands in the hallway, tapping his foot. After a few seconds, he starts to hear moaning from the bathroom. That's about as expected; he didn't think Komaeda would miss the opportunity to show off.

It goes on for a while.

Byakuya scrolls idly on his phone until Nagito comes out again, pointedly licking his lips with a smug smile. "He'll be out in a minute."

"Did you tell him I'm here?" Byakuya goes ahead and sets up the usual punchline.

"Ah, sorry. It must've slipped my mind," Nagito says, poorly approximating the surprised look one might wear if one actually did suddenly realize that they'd forgotten something. "But like I said, he'll be out soon. I'm going to go have breakfast now, if you'll excuse me."

Nagito passes him en route to the kitchen, and Byakuya heads into the bedroom and catches Makoto getting dressed for work.

"Oh! G'morning," Makoto says, a lingering blush filling his cheeks. "I probably should've guessed you were here. I'll be ready in a minute."

"You are staying over at my house tonight," Byakuya informs him.

Makoto smiles, an unbearably soft sense of familiarity in the knowing, amused look in his eyes. "Okay."

(Byakuya's attempts to drag Makoto off to work as soon as he's dressed are thwarted by Izuru with a stern look and a full plate of breakfast.)

[theamityelf]

Izuru is usually above taking part in the banter, but when someone brings up the fact that Byakuya calls them pets, he flatly replies, "He's the one who bites."

At work, Byakuya refers to Nagito and Izuru as Makoto's "house pets", since most people don't actually know he lives with two Remnants (and also because he's Byakuya). Kyoko just calls them "your friends", with a completely neutral tone.

[theamityelf]

Some great stuff from the notes:

bardic-feline said:

Lololol the petty and passive aggressive one up manship! Clearly the best way to retaliate is to always make sure to pack Makoto super filling, highly nutritious lunches that will eliminate any need for him to snack between meals.

I said:

Naturally! Lol.

bardic-feline said:

Also if Makoto ever forgets to bring it for any reason, you just KNOW Nagito is going to turn up around lunchtime with a picnic basket. And a note for him from Izuru suggesting Makoto have lunch WITH Nagito to make sure Nagito remembers to eat. (They learned long ago that they can’t leave him to his own devices on this score)

I said:

Yes!! 😁 I love to imagine Nagito just cheerfully walking into Makoto's workplace with lunch, with Makoto's coworkers looking at Nagito somewhat suspiciously and Byakuya rolling his eyes (because he's the prince of the polycule). Makoto just goes over and hugs Nagito like he doesn't notice the way some people got quiet when he walked in.

bardic-feline said:

[...] Kyoko probably thinks this whole thing is pointless. She probably just casually joins them for lunch, if she’s not so busy that she winds up working through it.

I said:

When Kyoko is too busy to tag along, Makoto asks Byakuya to make sure Kyoko eats while /he's/ making sure Nagito eats.

bardic-feline said:

Byakuya: why are we surrounded by highly intelligent people who don’t know how to feeds themselves or keep to sensible schedules. Makoto: * decides against pointing out that Byakuya would probably starve if he had to cook for himself *

syyseff said:

Everyone else sees this and thinks Byakuya is spoiling Makoto, because the snacks he gives Makoto are all pretty high quality, making it harder for Makoto to refuse them.

One way Byakuya likes to subtly needle Izuru is by giving Makoto snacks throughout the work day to spoil his dinner. Makoto gets home from work and he's not hungry enough to eat as much of Izuru's cooking as he normally would. It's not too big a deal, but it is consistent and noticeable.

Izuru shows up on Byakuya's doorstep holding a snack wrapper that he found in Makoto's pocket and says, "You're doing this on purpose."

[theamityelf]

"It's a pretty poorly trained pet who bites, don't you think? I"m not sure Togami-kun fits the term. He still needs to be domesticated." Nagito said with a light laugh. "…are you sure you have room to make remarks like that, Komaeda-kun?" Kyoko said, casually walking up to join the discussion. "I've noticed bite marks on Makoto that most certain didn't come from either of us…" "Ah, yes…I'm afraid I'm VERY poorly trained and in need of discipline." smiled Nagito, not sounding at all ashamed. "but SOMEONE doesn't ever seem to want to discipline me for my unruly behavior!" "Makoto is too lenient, and there's no point in it coming from me. He's being a brat on purpose, and acknowledging the behavior would only be to encourage it."

-@bardic-feline

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Makoto was pretty content to just let the conversation happen as it was, but Byakuya had been making expectant eye contact from across the room since Nagito's first remark because, while Byakuya felt no need to defend himself from such trivial comments, he did like it when Makoto defended him.

For a while, Makoto returned Byakuya's expectant look with a look of his own that pretty clearly said, 'You started it,' but eventually he relented by saying, "I don't see any of you as pets."

"Then I must be doing something wrong," Nagito replied sweetly.

"It certainly can't be that you don't beg enough," Byakuya said, officially joining the conversation with an aloof eye roll.

"Maybe if you pat Togami's head, he won't be so jealous," Nagito added, just as sweetly.

"Makoto, your pet is yapping. Perhaps I'll buy you a muzzle for it."

"That'll be a change of pace," Izuru deadpanned.

At work, Byakuya refers to Nagito and Izuru as Makoto's "house pets", since most people don't actually know he lives with two Remnants (and also because he's Byakuya). Kyoko just calls them "your friends", with a completely neutral tone.

[theamityelf]

Ooh, angst:

As a measure against assassination attempts, Izuru and Nagito keep the curtains drawn to be sure no one can see inside the house. (Assuming it's a house, but also works if it's an apartment.)

They also urge Makoto not to stand in front of the windows, but in a subtle way, like asking him to grab something from across the room when he seems to be stopping in front of a window, etc. Izuru notices that Nagito has taken to standing in front of the window in any given room just to make sure Makoto can't stand there, and he mentions it when they're alone, pointing out that it suggests a return to self-destructive behaviors that they're working on expunging.

But Nagito just thinks he's keeping Makoto safe, so he keeps doing it.

One day, they're having a conversation and Nagito is standing in front of the window. Makoto walks past, momentarily passing between Nagito and the window. And in the moment he's between Nagito and the window, suddenly a bullet shatters through the glass and Makoto falls to the floor.

He's okay. Izuru is able to take care of the wound; it didn't hit any vital organs.

But Nagito is very shaken up.

Oh to be a Future Foundation person (or, juicier yet, an assassin disguised as a Future Foundation person) knocking on Makoto Naegi's door, not knowing he cohabitates with two ex-Remnants of Despair, and having Nagito Komaeda open the door with a polite smile.

"Oh! You're here for Makoto?" Nagito says. "That's too bad. He's spending the night elsewhere." And the assassin guy doesn't know how to respond, and something must show on his face, because while Nagito's smile doesn't disappear, it cools. "Or maybe...it's lucky he's not here."

"You don't always have to acknowledge it like that," a voice says from behind the assassin, who startles both because there's suddenly someone behind him and because that person is Izuru Kamukura!

"What?" Nagito says mildly. "It is lucky. At least if that unfastened holster means what I think it means."

Needless to say, they take care of that guy. Nagito texts Kyoko like "Just had to kill an assassin at the house; watch out for that."

Kyoko texts back like, "Well, there goes my plausible deniability. Clean up after yourselves."

[theamityelf]

And as far as verbal communication/affection goes, it can be divided more along the lines of Kyoko and Izuru being the blunt ones and Byakuya and Nagito being the intense ones.

So like, when they're trying to show affection with words, Byakuya might give a speech that amounts to "I own you," Nagito might give a speech that amounts to "You own me," and Kyoko and Izuru communicate more in observations of their boyfriends' behavior and how they find themselves reacting to it.

This is more a personal headcanon, but I feel like one way I find myself distinguishing Naegamigiri from Kamukomaegi in my head is that in the latter, Kamukoma have a "rough with each other, gentle with Naegi" thing, and with the former, Togiri have a "gentle with each other, rough with Naegi" thing. Just in the sense of, when I visualize Kyoko kissing Makoto, it's a "pull him over by his necktie" thing, whereas when I imagine Nagito, it's a "caress his face until he turns his head" thing. And so on.