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kulemiwrites · 27 days ago

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November 17: Kazuma Kiryu

The (No)vember Experiment

What’s the longest you and your dreamboat have gone without getting frisky? Are the two of you constantly teeming with insatiable desire? Can’t keep your hands to yourselves for more than a moment? Depending on your answers to any one of those questions, the idea of going an ENTIRE month without chasing “The Big O” may sound like either a breeze, a curse or a blessing in disguise! Wouldn’t you like to find out which?

That’s right! We at the KW♥️LOVE offices are challenging our readers and their lovers to a month-long experiment to test their self-restraint! Yes, you read that right– AN ENTIRE MONTH without “The Big O”! Think you can handle it? Rip off the October page of that wall calendar, whip out your favorite marker and get to X’ing off the days until you complete(or forfeit) the NOvember experiment!

We encourage all participants to print out the survey we’ve created for the occasion to fill out and give feedback on your experiences! Keep them for your records in case you participate again next NOvember, discard them when the experiment is over or send them in and we’ll include your feedback in next month’s intimacy column!

[Any submissions will be carefully reviewed by our team. All personal identifiers such as names and unique nicknames will be redacted to ensure the safety and security of our readers before publishing.]

Rating: 18+ Characters: Kazuma Kiryu & GN! Reader A/N: The idea here is that KW♥️LOVE (Sometimes just KW, and broken into sections) is a fictional version of Cosmopolitan. I was feeling nostalgic over the bygone age of the magazine lol. Surveys are filled out by the character. You determine how the reader would answer their own.)

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Portrait used on calendar is used with permission of the artist @fabylp

The furrows in his brows were made more prominent the longer he stared at your message: a single skull emoji and words written in all capital letters, ‘DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SENT ME?!’ which was followed by a combination of punctuation that he could only describe as exaggerated. No matter how long he turned the situation over in his mind, he couldn’t fathom why you’d react in such a way.

Wasn’t this the exact sort of thing you were talking about when you vocalized your dissatisfaction in the relationship with him? Something about bonding and rekindling the connection?

It felt a little foolish now, but he was so certain that you’d have been over the moon with the idea. Was it really bad enough to warrant such an adverse reaction?

He supposed he could return to the drawing board and do a little more research but he wasn’t sure if he had it in him at this very moment. With a light sigh, he locked his phone and lifted himself off of the grey sectional, ignoring his cell when it dropped onto the floor near the ottoman.

He decided that he could go and check in about dinner. At least, that he knew you’d appreciate.

The moment and not a second later that your eyes fell onto him you burst into a laughing fit which only further confused him. Not only was his idea bad, but it was hilarious to you? That couldn’t have been it could it? He’d begun to wonder if he’d somehow missed something.

“What is it?” he asked, and he wondered if you could pick up on his mild frustration or if he'd done a decent enough job of masking it.

“That thing you sent me!” you continued to giggle as you dipped your wooden ladle into the steaming stock pot. “What made you send that out of the blue?”

He stared at you for a moment.

Wasn’t he just on the receiving end of your tears a few nights ago as you confessed that you felt as if the two of you drifted? That you were feeling neglected? That he didn’t try enough to have quality time with you?

What could have been so random about the idea? As far as he was concerned, it was fairly topical.

The corners of his mouth tugged downward before he finally spoke up, “I thought you would enjoy that sort of thing… You said that we didn’t spend enough time together these days.”

After the words came out, he realized how accusatory he sounded but he didn’t intend for it to come off that way. He just couldn’t swallow his frustration.

Nothing about this felt right.

“I’m sorry, Kazuma. I don’t mean to laugh.” though you had a pretty funny way of showing it. “It’s just a little– Okay, so you think that by having less sex, we could–”

“Less what?”

He had no clue what expression he was making but the moment he registered realization washing over your features, he was quickly able to piece together that the two of you seemed to be having totally different conversations.

“Y-you sent a link to an article…” you said, laying the ladle down to whip out the cell phone in your back pocket. “A couple’s test or challenge or something? No sex for 30 days?”

“I did? I–”

Very quickly he found himself at your side, chest pressed to your shoulder as you flicked your thumb across the screen to pull up the article in question.

Right there in big, bold, black letters were the words The (No)vember Experiment. The tension he didn’t even realize was in his neck and shoulders melted away in an instant.

So, it was a misunderstanding… Of course, it was a misunderstanding!

Truthfully, if he weren’t so preoccupied with his relief that you didn’t dislike his idea so strongly, he might have found himself feeling a little more embarrassed at the contents of the article that he did send which you so graciously chose to read aloud.

“I meant to send something else.” he said, folding an arm over his chest as he used his free hand to stroke at his goatee. “Not sure how a mix up like that could happen…”

“Well,” you smiled, looking over your shoulder at him. “It wouldn’t be the first time, right?”

Right…

Well, he’d never been the best with technology.

Just when he thought he’d figured one thing out, it’s suddenly replaced by something new and slightly more complicated. He could never keep up. Between you and his kids, he was able to learn enough about his phone to get by but that didn’t come without its mishaps.

The most recent example that he could recall was the time he accidentally sent a photo of these special series cleats that Mitsuo wanted to Haruka then inquired about the size he needed. Thinking that it was meant to be a surprise, she was able to help but after he sent a text of gratitude with the other’s name, she teased him about the mix up for days– and she’d even gotten Mitsuo in on it, who promptly texted him asking if he’d accidentally save their numbers under the wrong names.

It was a little embarrassing but a much needed lesson because since then, he’s made certain that he’s sending his messages to the intended party but… what use was that when he wound up sending the wrong things?

Your voice lured him back to the present when you asked what he meant to send and his ears began to heat up at the thought of having to explain it now, in person.

“Something about having a two person book club together.” he managed.

You enjoyed reading and he didn’t mind himself reading a good book every once in a while. It seemed harmless enough. The author of the article described it as ‘the perfect way to engage in meaningful conversation while subtly promoting the importance of one-on-one time’ and while you didn’t quite use that many words, that was roughly what you were hinting at in that tear-filled conversation.

He thought that by sharing the idea, you’d realize that he didn’t ignore your needs like you thought he did. He wanted you to be happy, but he didn’t quite nail the execution.

“Oh, was it this one?” you asked, tapping a recommended article on the side of the small screen.

One look at the sappy stock photo and he knew that it was the one.

“Yeah.” he answered, taking a few steps back from you to rest against the wall as you read over the article and when you finished, you beamed at him.

“Wait, this is actually a really cute idea!”

He felt a triumphant smile tugging at his lips but he fought against it and repeated his same simple affirmation from before.

“Are you sure that this is something you want to try? I mean, you won't find it boring or anything?”

He gave you a nod and finally, a small smile now that he felt confident enough to contain it.

Your eyes raked over him as you absentmindedly tapped your cell against your chin, obviously turning something over in your own head. Then, your eyes glimmered when you reached your conclusion.

“What do you think of combining both ideas?” you asked.

The furrows returned, “‘Both’?”

“The November thing and the book club idea?”

Truthfully, after feeling so pleased with himself for getting to see the reaction he’d hoped for, he’d very quickly forgotten about his little blunder. He’d have to go over it again to understand the details but when you beamed at him the way you were, he figured that it couldn’t hurt. So, he agreed.

However, when your sweet smile twisted into something a little more sinister, he considered if maybe, just maybe, he should have asked a couple of follow up questions before signing at the proverbial dotted line.

“I know exactly which book we can start with.” you said, returning your attention to the stockpot on the stove. “I’ll order them after I finish up here.”

He nodded, then offered you a helping hand as he’d originally intended albeit, now feeling a little more chipper.

(No)vember Experiment. Initial Survey Are both of you participating? Yes Have you ever practiced abstaining from sex for any period of time before? Never thought about it that way, but yes Do you believe you are capable of completing this experiment? Probably Do you believe in your partner(s)’ ability to complete this experiment? Probably Do you predict a “loser"? Hopefully neither Initial thoughts on the month ahead? I wonder what we’ll read together

You’d lost him. He was quiet. Quieter than usual. It was your anniversary and he was quiet for goodness sake. Your talk from the other night crossed your mind and you considered if maybe you’d pressured him so much that now he was feeling too overwhelmed to make an effort.

But, that couldn’t have been it, right?

After all, why would he pull out all the stops planning such a beautiful evening? Gussying himself up in semi-formal attire that was as closely matched to yours as possible? Pushing himself out of his comfort zone to woo you? Wine and dine you? Surely he wouldn’t exhaust all that effort just to shut you out the moment you hailed a cab home…

Right?

Actually, there had been something a little off about him since your entrees were placed in front of you. At first you considered that perhaps, he’d had a little too much to drink but after his second whiskey, he’d practically gorged himself in water.

So, that couldn’t be it.

It was such a shame, you thought as you slid your key into the front door lock. He looked so mouthwateringly delectable tonight that if he’d have suggested skipping dessert so that you could rush home, you wouldn’t have been the least bit upset about it.

Drawn in to him by the scent of that cologne that had a Pavlovian effect on your body, you wanted to smother him.

Shower him your affection.

Drown him in smooches from one head to the other and otherwise, thank him for such a lovely– no, magical evening.

However, this mood of his was anything but encouraging and when he ripped himself out of his coat at the first click of the unlocked door as if he couldn’t get out of it fast enough, you were practically resigned to the fact that the ‘magical evening’ you were internally gushing over had drawn to a premature close.

After stepping out of your shoes, you left him in the entryway to kick out of his own and hang up his coat. Toes wiggling in celebration of their new found freedom, you trudged your way down the single step to the living room and over to the sectional then allowed yourself to sink, not caring which way your limbs fell in the process.

Burying your face into the back cushion, you swallowed hard at the lump forming in your throat. You guessed that Kazuma would head straight to the bedroom to dress down or maybe shower off the long day and when he did, you considered if maybe you’d allow yourself to cry just a little.

Instead of that, you were met with a heavy blanket of warmth in the form of a man resting his cheek on your rising and falling belly after making room for himself between your parted legs. He’d tucked his hands beneath your waist as he nuzzled into you and a soupçon of that cologne caressed your nostrils.

You lifted yourself onto your forearms, first spotting his soft dark hair next the sliver of his handsome face.

“You look so perfect tonight.” he spoke against you, slightly muffling himself. His voice was already so low that you were left questioning if you’d heard what you thought you did.

Though, judging by the rouge tinting his ear, the likelihood of him repeating himself verbatim was guaranteed to be slim.

“I know I’ve asked this before but, are you sure you’re okay?”

He drew your waist in even tighter and though you couldn’t see his lips fully, the lift at his cheek told you that he’d been smiling when he said, “Never been better.”

You combed through his thick hair, giving the short strands closest to his neck a light twist as you huffed out a sigh.

“And yet, here I am thinking that you’re upset with me somehow.”

He almost flinched at your words then lifted himself to get a good look at your face.

His furrows were deep and his eyes were slightly widened and geez– he had no fucking idea.

“What–” he began with a grunt as he lifted himself off you entirely. You quickly maneuvered so that he could take a proper seat on the sectional with you. “What would I have to be upset about?”

You humped your shoulders, “I’m not sure, I– I noticed you seemed to get a little strange after a certain point of our dinner and when we got in the taxi–”

“No, sorry, I–” he said, shaking his head. “I’m not upset about anything.”

You wanted to press him for more information but you didn’t fully trust yourself to not sound frustrated so you settled for a mildly expectant look and he understood immediately.

“All night, I’ve been thinking about how to strike up a conversation about those chapters we were supposed to read. I just wasn’t sure when it would be the right time, considering…” he trailed off.

Suddenly, it all made so much sense. The hard look in his face when you caught him staring at you, the way he’d suddenly shifted his gaze when you questioned him about it, the dusty rose that tinged his cheeks off and on– all of it was because he was trying to work himself up to discuss the novel you’d been reading together, in public.

The erotic novel you had been reading together.

Your lips curled into a smile and at the moment, the memory that you were just seconds away from spending the remaining evening of your anniversary in tears was virtually wiped from the record.

“Damn it, Kazuma.” you hissed, playfully giving his thigh a tap with your foot which he quickly caught and rested in his lap. “You stressed me out for nothing!”

His gaze dropped to your foot as he gave the heel a gentle squeeze and uttered out yet another apology.

You didn’t need another apology, though.

This was just yet another instance of you and Kazuma’s neverending trial of miscommunications and misunderstandings. If anyone ever thought to give out awards for that, the two of you would bring home the grandest trophy of them all and yet– You loved that man.

The excitement of knowing that there was plenty of opportunity to salvage this night, you bounced in your seat and propped yourself onto your elbow that you were now resting against at the back of the sectional.

“So? What did you think? Do you finally see what I mean when I say that the felon character reminds me of you? Uh, no offense.” you said, raising your hand when you realized how that sounded.

He chuckled in that soft, airy way that he does as he nodded. “Yeah, I suppose we do have kind of similar qualities– outside of being a felon.”

“I mean, even the way the narrator describes him reminds me of you. I reaaally like him… But, I think in a way, when I picture him in my head, I sort of picture you.”

Again, he chuckled. “I’m not so sure that you’re meant to like him like that–”

“That’s the beauty of erotica. They make the love interest so bad for you that you can’t help but want them.”

“I’m not sure I get that.” he said, a soft smile still raising his cheeks. “But, I do get what you mean about being reminded of someone… I think I’m sort of drawn to the protagonist because of all the ways I’m reminded of you.”

“Then I guess they’re a perfect match, huh?”

“In that way, I’d like to think that they are.” he said, now fully massaging your foot.

“Did you finish both chapters?” you asked, wiggling your brows. “Did you get to the scene of them on the floor?”

Kazuma drew in a sharp breath and his jaws clenched, then he gently removed your foot from his lap and shifted uncomfortably in his seat before answering with a shaky affirmative.

The imagery of the scene in question flashed in your mind and your bottom lip quickly found itself tucked between your teeth.

For a while, he stared at the floor ahead of him and you couldn’t help but wonder if he was at all thinking what you were. After a long moment of thick silence, he stretched his arms out on the back of the section and slouched a little further into his seat then allowed his head to loll back against it as well.

Studying his profile; his heavy lidded gaze at the ceiling, the way his perfectly shaped lips hang ever so slightly open, that familiar rouge from nose to ear and that repetitive bob of his Adam’s apple as if he’d found his own saliva too thick to swallow, caused you to squirm in your own seat.

He was almost too inviting to resist but the moment he turned those heavy lidded eyes on you, you accepted that you couldn’t.

Kazuma welcomed your sudden impulse to straddle him by caging both sides of your face with his big, warm hands and bringing you in for the greediest of kisses.

Frenzied.

Impassioned.

He kissed you with urgency as if kissing you like this was his final hope at keeping you alive but the irony of that was that his intensity left you with very little chance to breathe. For a moment, it was even as if you’d completely forgotten how to. Each tangle of your wet muscles left you moaning through one breath and gasping for air in the next.

Every part of your body sought to claim him– your nails dragged across his scalp, your lips sucked at his strong neck, your knees locked him in place while your hips and waist rocked and rolled against the part of him that was seemingly just as eager to meet as you were.

And he didn’t seem to want you any other way.

Quiet moans pushed through his thoroughly abused lips as his thick fingers burrowed into your thighs, wordlessly encouraging you to make use of him as you saw fit.

He was so… receptive tonight and judging by the groans that he’d been choking back, painfully sensitive.

It only just dawned on you just how long it had been since you were last together and you had zero desire in prolonging it any further– not when both your bodies responded to each other so politely.

His lips were back in hot pursuit of you when you broke away from him, leaving him to look up at you through adoring but intensely heated eyes. His chest heaving.

He seemed to struggle to let you go when you lifted yourself off his lap and his gaze remained glued to you as you nudged away the weightless ottoman– as you sank down to the floor– as you spread your legs wide for him.

The moment your index finger curled to beckon him to the floor, he dove to you, yanking his tie on the way down.

(No)vember Experiment CONCLUSION SURVEY Experiment duration? 16 days Did this challenge meet your expectations? Never had any Did you notice anything different about your partner during this time? The types of books that __ reads right under my nose… Will you participate in the (NO)vember Experiment again next year? If ___ wants to Any closing remarks on your experience? It was fine, but I did forget about it

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#kazuma kiryu #kiryu kazuma #kazuma kiryu x reader #kiryu kazuma x reader #rgg smut #yakuza smut #kw: nnn event #i reaaaally wasn't intending for this to come out as long as it did.....#it's been so long since i wrote this man out #pls be gentle #and whaddaya know it's after midnight when i post this

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millionmaggots · 2 months ago

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RGG Show was Mid, + a Tangent About Goro Majima

Ok, yeah, I'm glad I didnt get my hopes up, bc WOWIE the amazon prime RGG show is Not Good.

I wanted to like it, but in 100% full sincerity, i would recommend that you watch the unhinged 2005 movie over this.

The games beautifully mix genuinely serious story beats / subject matter with completely absurd moments of levity. This contrast allows you to see the silly and charming sides of the characters, making the story especially engaging precisely because those moments of happiness contrast so sharply with the characters' hard lives. Seeing what they could have makes it hit so much harder when they're put through the wringer.

Kiryu will go through the most gut-wrenching tragedy, then immediately after, you'll do a side quest about helping people find their lost items or something. Ultimately, the series is about humanity, and flawed people in horrible situations doing what little good they can.

The 2005 movie is ridiculous and borderline incomprehensible, but it still captures that mix of tragedy and farce. It's weird, it's campy, it's horny, and it makes little to no sense - It's fun.

I can't say the same about the new Prime series. It lacks the charm and silly antics that separate RGG from any other crime drama, and that self-serious nature just sucks all the appeal out of it.

I'm not upset that it isn't totally loyal to game canon - in fact, one of my main hopes was that it would reconcile Majima's super inconsistent characterization in Kiwami 1.

Him kidnapping Haruka just to get to Kiryu, holding a woman at knifepoint, etc., was all written for the original game in 2005 when he was meant to be a wildcard minor antagonist/villain.

The Majima Everywhere mechanic was added in the remake in 2016 after gradually becoming a much more complex and likeable character in 11 years worth of subsequent games after the original game's release.

However, the added content more in line with his later characterization was tacked on to the original iteration of him with little consideration for consistency, making him feel like one of two different people, depending on the scene.

With the show having the benefit of hindsight, I really hoped they would do something interesting with him, and balance out the genuinely detestable things he does with the silly amicable rivalry he has with Kiryu.

The story of the first game is mostly about Kiryu, Nishiki, and Yumi, but the marketing made a point to say it was (however loosely) adapting Kiwami 1. While I understand not wanting to advertise a brand new show with 2005 PS2 era graphics, I feel like that implied that it would reflect the minor narrative/framing changes and increased prominence of Majima, just as it does with Nishiki from the original game to Kiwami.

Essentially, I wasn't too excited about this series, but I had some hope because they had an opportunity to clean up the story and retell it without the limitations of being a remaster of an old game and following an eleven year old script almost word for word.

Instead, they told a gritty and joyless version of the same story without taking advantage of the freedom to rework a flawed but enjoyable story/script, and in doing so, lost its grip on the central theme of the series.

#this was LONG lmao #i have some opinions ok #essay #<- lowkey #rgg #like a dragon: yakuza #yakuza #yakuza kiwami #kiryu kazuma #kazuma kiryu #goro majima #rgg kiwami #ryu ga gotoku #like a dragon #rgg meta #long yap #when will they realize that the absolute GOOFINESS is not a bug but a feature

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saddest-wettest-beast-tournament · 1 year ago

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Enstars Saddest Wettest Beast Tournament!!!

The bracket has been set up! The left side polls will go up in a few days (possibly tomorrow, 7/14, depending on how busy I am, I'll let y'all know though) and the right side will go up 2 days after that!

Text version under the cut!

Left side!

1: Mika Kagehira vs Mayoi Ayase

2: Hiyori Tomoe vs Sora Harukawa

3: Kaoru Hakaze vs Nazuna Nito

4: Tetora Nagumo vs Subaru Akehoshi

5: Natsume Sakasaki vs Hokuto Hidaka

6: Niki Shiina vs Madara Mikejima

7: Rinne Amagi vs Ibara Saegusa

8: Akiomi Kunugi vs Jin Sagami

9: NEGI vs King (Tori's dog)

10: Hitsugi Kurone vs Bloody Mary (Hiyori/Jun's dog)

11: Adonis Otogari vs Keito Hasumi

12: Tatsumi Kazehaya vs Kohaku Oukawa

13: Koga Oogami vs Hinata Aoi

14: Ritsu Sakuma vs Kanata Shinkai

15: Leo Tsukinaga vs Chiaki Morisawa

16: Tori Himemiya vs Yuta Aoi

Right side!

1: Midori Takemine vs Hajime Shino

2: Aira Shiratori vs Tomoya Mashiro

3: Nagisa Ran vs Wataru Hibiki

4: Izumi Sena vs Eichi Tenshouin

5: Mitsuru Tenma vs Souma Kanzaki

6: Anzu vs Kuro Kiryu

7: Kaname vs Little John (stray cat at Yumenosaki)

8: Peachy and Thunder (Shinobu's frogs) vs Doves (Wataru's doves)

9: Daikichi (Subaru's dog) vs Mademoiselle

10: Leon (Koga's dog) vs Seiya Hidaka

11: Yuzuru Fushimi vs Mao Isara

12: Hiiro Amagi vs Jun Sazanami

13: Arashi Narukami vs HiMERU

14: Makoto Yuuki vs Shinobu Sengoku

15: Rei Sakuma vs Shu Itsuki

16: Tsukasa Suou vs Tsumugi Aoba

#saddest wettest beast tournament #polls #brackets

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imustbenuts · 8 months ago

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just wanted to say that ur irezumi symbolism post Destroyed me .. but also i gave majima's tattoos some thought, cause the whole sakura motif symbolically contradicting the snake motif thing confused me for a bit...

tbh? i think that this juxtaposition was very deliberate, and i wanted to dump my Brainthoughts about why that is since i think you'd appreciate it :)!

snakes shed their skin consistently, just as trees shed their leaves and how flowers shed their petals. i feel like majima's irezumi exists to highlight the transitive nature of this routine and how it's a product of change in the environment of a given thing, like the seasons passing or a snake literally outgrowing itself.

it's one big metaphor for the human version of a ship of theseus: majima can change and slough himself of whatever facade he had, and this process of removing waste he doesn't need anymore can imply venom and violence OR the beautiful, fleeting fragility of existence itself. but either way, there's always one specific factor that serves as a common thread between those personalities and events. u wanna know what said common thread is?

his anger. his rage. the hannya. no matter what era or 'season' majima is in, his disdain toward tojo is literally the factor that defines him as the person he always will be 💔 and i think there's even MORE symbolism in using a hannya specifically, but i don't know enough about noh theatre to confidently speculate about the usage of hannya in majima's irezumi and what that might imply.

tl;dr majima's anger/rage is eternal with him and it's the defining factor that makes him, well, majima. even if he chooses to let that shedding process be violent and explosive or delicate and beautiful he is still the same snake or sakura tree at the end of the day. because no matter what angle you look at a hannya mask from, it's still a hannya, and it's still a mask

yay, thank you anon!! man majima is FASCINATING.

i think the hannya mask, rather the noh masks are known for giving different expressions depending on the tilt and the lighting? he has a theme with being adaptable and as u suggest, transitory throughout his life. the nagas has this slick adaptability theme too.

majima's core doesnt change. he looks unpredictable and never the same but. his core is always the same.

hes so ROCK. yakuza/rgg is so very rock

i feel sad for majima tho, he never seems to be able to catch a break and truly be happy for long ;; weh the writers are mean. sometimes i look at the popularity ranking they conducted in 2013 and 2018 and i understand why majima is number 1 cabaret ojisan

bc and idk how but they made majima win by A) being strong and B) fumbling kiryu's writing at points especially in 2 probably by accident. so majima wins like this:

hes so good

howd they accidentally make the not-mc this good

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unhingedselfships · 2 years ago

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Black Moon for all your beaus <3

Ooh fun. I had to think on this one c: (I also kinda went in on the circumstance behind seperation that I can picture, because idk, I lack self control and/or focus XD)

Black Moon - You and your F/O are separated for awhile. What does your reunion look like?

Daigo - They're very quick to fall back into old routines. Its very easy for them to be comfortable with each other.

Coming up with something more specific, we'll play with the more canon-compliant verse where Daigo still gets shot and ends up in a coma.

Its. Messy. They still fall back pretty well, but Kimi is way more hover-y and mother hen-ish. She dotes constantly. It takes a good while for her to relax again. She doesn't have it in her to survive losing anyone else.

(This is leaving out anything involving the kiddo that may/may not exist at this point, depending on my mood XD)

Akiyama - This one is the least emotionally heavy I think. I'm sure I could come up with something dramatic but honestly I like it being more mundane. With them I imagine she went back to the states to visit fam, and ended up stranded for awhile for one reason or another.

A lot of joy and relief here. Life getting in the way sometimes is inevitable but it still sucks. They're gonna be glued to each other for awhile.

Majima - Ah Majima, you sentimental idiot. I feel like he'd pull his "not good enough" nonsense and bail. Or try to. Kimi would have none of it so he'd have to really push it and then basically disappear. At least away from anywhere she goes. She's persistant to a stupid degree.

The reunion is highly emotionally volatile. There is hurt and yearning, and a lot of shit to work through, but as far as I've seen, once Maji has a bit of sense knocked into him, he's pretty good about making things right. The best he can anyway.

Kiryu - Oh! I have a canon compliant (ish) option for this one too! (also ties into the angst stuff I haven't touched on yet XD) Basically. Kiryu is an idiot. He pulls the shit he did at the end of 6 and it goes very, very, poorly. Kimi does not handle it well at all. And when they do meet up again there is a lot of hurt and damage to work through.

In idealized versions, it's probably something to do with him getting drug off to help with nonsense yet again, and he's a bit awkward on return, but generally apologetic and wants to get back into the swing of things.

(this one also has a kid potential version)

#ask answered #kulemiwrites #yakkimi #I could prolly write scenes for these tbh #but that would take me way longer than I wanted to right now #but an idea I shall save #I didn't want to make you wait too long c:#I can't decide if I'm entirely happy with how these came out #but they'll do

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fredlyfatchet-art · 8 months ago

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Whether or not Kiryu has the eyes that he’s drawn w on his ref sheet or these depends on his mood at the time. There’s also version 3, where you don’t see his eye color at all, just shadows (“shit just got real” version)

Hands are a little jerky this morning, but I had to draw something different.

#i want to draw dog bfs bc of somebody elses dog bfs #well #majimas not really a dog but

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The final piece actually looks a lot different from my first attempt lol. I initially wasn't happy with the background and left it on my computer for a few months.

I ended up scrapping the entire background and redoing it with a different painting style lol. I like it a lot better.

If you're interested in an explanation of my design choices (It's a bit of a read by the by), it's under the cut:

Despite the name, The Fool doesn't actually depict someone who's stupid or unintelligent. Rather, The Fool is naive, innocent. They're young and full of adventure-- willing to take risks and follow their heart.

Their place as the 0th card is significant. The main arcana symbolizes the journey one goes through to become a better/whole person. The Fool, on the other hand, hasn't even begun their journey yet. They have an infinite potential, not having yet made any decisions that would cut off any life paths. This means that they can choose to be whatever they want, but unfortunately, that level of freedom can be dangerous.

The Fool hasn't experienced life enough to consider the consequences of the choices they're making or simply are unable to do so, due to a lack of knowledge. This is most obviously shown by The Fool being a couple steps away from walking off a cliff. They're too caught up in their sense of adventure to simply look down and avoid serious injury.

I thought Y0 Kiryu fit this description really well. Honestly, the entire game is about him 'becoming' yakuza.

He begins the game with a very simple understanding of how the yakuza culture works. He thinks leaving the Dojima family would clear his father's name when in fact, it does literally nothing. Kiryu's trying to play fair while everyone around him is cheating.

Throughout the game, Kiryu's youthful innocence about the way the world works is taken from him, violently. He sees the power of money, but also how it can hurt people. He gets himself into an almost impossible situation and decides that the only way out is to literally die. He learns how one mistake can completely change the course of his life.

But we still see hints that his journey has only just begun. Not does Kiryu retain his kindness, naivety, and willingness to help others, but he also has a symbolic 'rebirth' at the end of the game. He's wearing his iconic suit now. He's back in the Dojima family. He's ready to use the lessons he's learned to enter adulthood.

Now let's talk symbolism!

In the original Rider-Waite-Smith card (which is what I largely based my design off of), The Fool is accompanied by a dog. The dog is standing on its hind legs and almost beckoning to its owner. Whether this is in encouragement or warning would largely depend on your own personal interpretation.

In my version of the card, I chose to replace the dog with Kazama reaching out to Kiryu, although it's a bit difficult to tell in the actual card.

I was originally going for Kazama warning Kiryu not to go down the yakuza path. Kazama tries numerous times to lead Kiryu down the path of an 'honest' life because he knows Kiryu isn't cut out to be yakuza.

But as I continued working on this card, I also thought about the ways in which Kazama encourages Kiryu to go down a destructive path. Not only is Kazama the one that brings Kiryu and Nishiki into the yakuza world, but his meddling after Kiryu quits the yakuza just brings him deeper and deeper into a life he claims he doesn't want his son to pursue.

Kazama is the one that tells Tachibana to work with Kiryu. He's using his son to not only keep Dojima from gaining more power, but also, to secure Kazama's own place in the Dojima family. Kuze, while obviously just trying to manipulate Kiryu, wasn't totally wrong in his summation of Kazama. He's a crafty bitch.

He's almost a blending of the dog encouraging and warning The Fool.

He's a double bind.

Kiryu's also holding Kazama's pocket watch. I honestly just needed him to hold something in his hand like The Fool was carrying his bag. But I wanted it to be something important to Kiryu, not just some random weapon or something. So I settled on the pocket watch.

Kiryu is traveling to Kamurocho from Sunflower orphanage. I'm not sure if Sunflower was in a super rural area (considering Haruka could get to the city by taxi), but I'm taking creative liberties, okay? It's about the juxtaposition. You've got the lush, green, comfortable feeling of home, compared to the cold, industrial city.

It's artistic.

#yakuza #yakuza 0 spoilers #yakuza fanart #my art #ryu ga gotoku #kiryu kazuma #kazama shintaro #tarot card #yakuza tarot card #I just realized I could've had Kiryu holding a sunflower in his other hand.#Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck #I'm working on the Magician and the High Priestess now. I have a lot of the major arcana planned #but there's still some places that need a little tweaking.#I'm specifically caught up on The Lovers right now. I don't pull that card a lot so I need to brush up on the symbolism and meanings #I'm also deciding if I should use fanon ships of stick to canon.#Decisions. Decisions.#Now I'm gonna veg out and watch YouTube. Writing up my thought process was a lot more involved than I thought it would lol

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fandomygoodness · 3 years ago

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The Masterlist

Hello everyone I hope this is finding you well! This masterlist will include what I do and don’t write and, of course, what I write for! The only thing I require from you is your asks and a general prompt or theme as I do not have a list of them

Do’s

Headcanons

SFW

One-Shots

F!Reader

GN!Reader

M!Reader

Fluff

Angst

Drama

AU’S

Some dark themes (I’ll clarify this w/ the asks if it comes up)

Ships (If it’s a pairing I’m not familiar with I will try my best!)

Crossovers

Don’ts

NSFW

Gore of any kind

Omegaverse

Heavy dark themes (S/H, S/A, Su!cide,) (implied is fine but I won't directly write it)

Fandoms/Characters (If there's a character you want that isn't listed you can still request them)

Bleach

Ichigo Kurosaki

Rukia Kuchiki

Orihime Inoue

Uryu Ishida

Byakuya Kuchiki

Renji Abarai

Toshiro Hitsugaya

Rangiku Matsumoto

Shinji Hirako

Hiyori Sarugaki

Momo Hinamori

Sosuke Aizen

Gin Ichimaru

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez

Ulquiorra Cifer

Nelliel Tu (Adult form only!)

Naruto

Naruto Uzumaki

Sakura Haruno

Sasuke Uchiha

Hinata Hyuuga

Neji Hyuuga

Ino Yamanaka

Temari

Gaara

Shikamaru Nara

Rock Lee

Tenten

Sasori

Deidara

Sai

Itachi

MHA(Anime only)

Izuku Midoriya

Katsuki Bakugo

Shoto Todoroki

Ochako Uraraka

Tsuyu Asui

Tenya Iida

Keigo Takami

Dabi

Himiko Toga

Fumikage Tokoyami

Kyoka Jiro

Eijiro Kirishima

Denki Kaminari

Mina Ashido

Momo Yaoyorozu

Mei Hatsume

Hitoshi Shinsou

Mirio Togata

Nejire Hado

Tamaki Amajiki

Damian Wayne/Robin

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

Jason Todd/Red Hood

Tim Drake/Red Robin

Bruce Wayne/Batman

Koriand’r/Starfire

Rachel Roth/Raven

Garfield Logan/Beast Boy

Wally West/Kid Flash

Jaime/Blue Beetle

Sailor Moon

Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon

Rei Hino/Sailor Mars

Mina Aino/Sailor Venus

Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter

Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury

Mamoru Chiba/Tuxedo Mask

Haruka Tenoh/Sailor Uranus

Michiru Kaioh/Sailor Neptune

Allan/Ann (Doom Tree arc)

Seiya Kou/Sailor Star Fighter

Yaten Kou/Sailor Star Healer

Taiki Kou/Sailor Star Maker

Twisted Wonderland

Any of the main houses

Obey Me

Any of the brothers

Miraculous Ladybug

Marinette Dupain-Cheng/Ladybug

Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir

Felix Graham de Vanily/Culpa (Depends which version you want)

Luka Couffaine

ATLA

Zuko

Katara

Sokka

Suki

Mai

Azula

Ty Lee

KNY/Demon Slayer

Tanjiro Kamado

Inosuke Hashibira

Kanao

Shinobu Kocho

Nezuko Kamado

Mitsuri Kanroji

Rengoku Kyojuro

Iguro Obanai

Giyuu Tomioka

D.GrayMan

Allen Walker

Yuu Kanda

Lavi

Lenalee Lee

Tyki Mikk

Red Queen

Mare Barrow

Maven Calore

Tiberias (Cal) Calore

Diana Farley

Shade Barrow

Kilorn Warren

Evangeline Samos

Inuyasha

Kagome Higurashi

Miroku

Sango

Sesshomaru

Koga

Kamisama Kiss

Nanami

Tomoe

Mizuki

Kurama

Cardcaptor Sakura

Sakura Kinomoto

Li Syaoran

Meiling Li

Tomoyo Daidouji

Toya Kinomoto

Yukito

Yue

Eriol Hiiragizawa

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

Edward Elric

Winry Rockbell

Alphonse Elric

Roy Mustang

Riza Hawkeye

Greed

Ling Yao

Envy

Soul Eater

Maka Albarn

Soul Evans

Death the Kid

Patty Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson

Black Star

Tsubaki Nakatsukasa

Crona

Vampire Knight

Zero Kiryu

Kaname Kuran

Yuki Cross

Ruka Souen

Takumi Ichijo

Senri Shiki

Rima Toya

Akatsuki Kain

Hanabusa Aido

OHSHC

Any of the hosts

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abstractreign · 3 years ago

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SLEEP HABITS

NAME: yoshiya "joshua" kiryu.

RESIDENCE: shibuya, tokyo ; currently, he resides in the apartment above wildkat, albeit on a higher plane that only Composers and other higher beings can exist in. (in verses where he is alive, he still resides there— just within the Realground.) TYPE OF BED: wyoming king. sometimes the couch. NUMBER OF BLANKETS: one duvet and a blanket. NUMBER OF PILLOWS: at least eight at any given time. TYPE OF CLOTHING: loose and/or half-buttoned shirts and pajama bottoms.

DO THEY SLEEP WITH COMPANY? nowadays he sleeps alone, except for the reviewing times right after Games that he gets to spend with his partner. DO THEY SLEEP BETTER WITH COMPANY? depends on the company.

DOES IT MATTER WHERE THEY SLEEP? he can bear to rest in uncomfortable places if he has to, but he'd really rather not. WHAT DO THEY DO IF THEY CANNOT FALL ASLEEP? no longer of the RG, josh can't sleep in the sense that living people do anyway, but back when he was alive — or in living verses — he would read books, play video games, watch his favorite series or films, or otherwise pass the time quelling his boredom.

FREQUENT DREAMS, NIGHTMARES: until recently, he was often visited by a much younger version of himself capable of traveling to and altering people's dreams.

DEEP SLUMBER OR NAPS: since he can decide to rouse himself from "sleep" at any time: technically, naps. WHEN DO THEY SLEEP: he decides this more on a whim, really; if he feels his Soul is becoming too strained then he takes the time to rest it. WHAT COULD WAKE THEM UP: the use of Psychs to disrupt his own, basically. (for example, using a Light Psych to, in a way, obnoxiously shine light on him—) EARLY OR LATE RISER: alive, he had/has a rather irregular sleeping schedule for one reason or another.

#fill in the blanks⸴ pencil on paper— disposable ❯ dash memes #ip don't look #{ rubs my hands hoo hoo hoo #mentioned: akashicmuses → yoshiya #mentioned: heavenshot #maybe i'm broken⸴ but i'm not sure ❯ study #{ also so glad i have this icon fnejfe #og hc post tbt.

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blackinquisitors · 3 years ago

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@kido-kun so I have a million thoughts that I've talked about sporadically but I'm going to compile it all here because it would be too long of a reply. here is my full interpretation and rewrite of Harukas character

so I absolutely agree with you, it is insane that she's never actually fought. so I think kiryu didn't teach her for 2 reasons: 1, he's stupid and thinks that it is solely his job to protect her and she shouldn't need to learn how to defend herself. 2, he (according to the writers) does not fight women and wouldnt be able to train her fully because he would be holding himself back from hurting her. so it would be up to Haruka to source her own training

and she could easily go to any of kiryus friends, but I think she's trained by sosuke komaki. passing the torch onto the younger generations, you know? and I actually think Haruka is a brutal fighter, all teeth and dirty moves. mostly because she's so little and doesn't have the brute strength to pull off the moves that Kiryu does.

but also because I think her brutality comes from some deep seated anger issues that she's been hiding probably since the moment she got under kiryus care. I mean you can't see so much death and then see your adoptive father be violent with others on a near daily basis and not develop some violent tendencies yourself. I just think she is extremely good at hiding her true feelings but I think her composure starts to crack when she gets on her own in osaka

I think she became an idol, not because it was her dream, but for two reasons: 1, being an idol will procure a lot of money which morning glory needs. 2, I think Haruka suffers from oldest daughter syndrome and was secretly desperate to find a way to be independent. so when she doesn't have a house full of people depending on her as an idol, her self control cracks and I think she goes batshit. I'm talkin seeking out fights, purposefully putting herself in danger so she can punch her way out. I don't think Haruka even makes it do the dreamline concert, truthfully, because she gets caught fighting, or at the very least being aggressive with people unecessarily. the big moving thing at the end of y5 is not her retiring because she loves kiryu, it's her being fired and publicly shunned because she is her father's daughter. kiryu, instead of being shocked at the knowledge that his daughter loves him, he is shocked that his constant attempts to keep her innocent have turned her into a version of himself. cycles of violence yadda yadda

this also changes how her and yuta meet: she was luring some creep into an alleyway just to beat the shit out of him but yuta intervened and they both attacked him. love at first punch or whatever lol. but I don't think they have a kid at the age they canonically do because I think rn Haruka does not have the erm mental stability to be a mother

but anyway this was my really long-winded interpretation and I know it's ooc but haruka in canon is basically a cardboard cut out of a girl who sings some songs and gets kidnapped so yeah teehee anything I say is immediately better. unhinged teenage girl rights #segahireme

#yakuza #sawamura haruka #yakuza meta

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akiiyamashun · 2 years ago

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headcanon: Akiyama and Daigo’s relationship

Akiyama and Daigo do not interact frequently in the canon material - the first time they cross paths is arguably during the Y4 finale, where they first see each other at the top of the Millennium Tower (although they do not fight each other); nevertheless, Daigo is directly responsible for stealing Akiyama’s fortune from his safe at Sky Finance, and causes a great deal of trouble for him.

Further, while they do not interact face to face during Y5, the dialogue between Akiyama and Shinada reveals interesting bits - and the way our favorite loan shark speaks about Daigo (using his first name even, as opposed to ‘Dojima’ all the time as he does with Kiryu and probably everyone else) suggests a degree of familiarity or at the very least the absence of any hostility given the stint Daigo pulled with his money in Y4.

And finally, in Y6 - the Tojo guy that Kiryu saves upon arriving at Kamurocho and searching for Akiyama mentions the the only reason he went into hiding was because of his connection to Daigo himself (which is an interesting claim, because, again, they have never really interacted much on-screen - Akiyama has stronger in-game connections to Saejima out of all Tojo officers, as well as Kiryu as former Tojo). So the reason a civilian like Akiyama ends up being targeted is due to his relationship to the yakuza surrounding him, most notably their chairman.

While for the purposes of my portrayal of Akiyama I acknowledge all these bits above, I wanted to also say that I take a step further and also incorporate a lot of what I have previously discussed with @dojimakaichou - I love the way Dawn writes her Daigo so much that he’s essentially the canon version to me at this point, and all the plotting we had behind the scenes came to influence my headcanons and perceptions of Akiyama too.

So, in short, my Akiyama has a debt of gratitude to Dawn’s Daigo that was originated during his homeless years, which overlapped with Daigo’s punk/brawler era as King of Kamurocho. Essentially, Daigo saved Akiyama’s life from an ugly beating from Tojo thugs - the severity of the wounds and how much Daigo was involved in the recovery changes depending on the verse, as well as whether or not Akiyama was even aware of Daigo’s real identity at the time, but the event in itself always happens.

Realistically, this should change next to nothing for most of the other interactions I have going on - but there is so much plotting and care behind the scenes that feels wrong to leave Dawn and her son out of my writing where Akiyama is concerned. After all, if I’m here writing this insufferable loan shark to begin with, it’s all thanks to her, really.

#iv. headcanon #just wanted to make a proper headcanon post #in case a random mention or passing comment happens later #hi Dawn ilu and your son :)))

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kulemiwrites · 1 month ago

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NOVEMBER 4: Akira Nishikiyama (V1)

The (No)vember Experiment

Rating: 18+ Characters: Akira Nishikiyama & GN! Reader A/N: The idea here is that KW♥️LOVE (Sometimes just KW, and broken into sections) is a fictional version of Cosmopolitan. I was feeling nostalgic over the bygone age of the magazine lol. Surveys are filled out by the character. You determine how the reader would answer their own.

READ ON A03

Portrait used on calendar is used with permission of the artist @fabylp

He was about two hours into lounging in front of the TV with his fourth beer of the evening and a knee pulled up to his chest to rest his can-welding arm on. You knew that watching the Giants’ last home game of the season on your humble television set couldn’t have ever compared to getting to watch it live but he seemed content enough. At least, his spirits seemed to have lifted since he first let himself into your apartment and told you the news of Kiryu’s last minute cancellation.

While you didn’t care for the game much yourself, you knew that he’d been excited about this for months. You were the first person he called when he managed to get his hands on the tickets, not even the man he had intended to invite. Knowing this and witnessing that disappointment dimming his eyes (despite him trying his best to appear nonchalant), you offered to join him in Kiryu’s stead and while he seemed to appreciate the thought, he’d apparently resold the tickets and settled on the next best thing: catching the game at home instead.

Knowing that he saw your place as “home” made you feel a little giddy but there was something about what was happening at this very moment that really sold it. The ability to occasionally look up and see his expressions cycle, the commentators going on and on beneath his own unheard commentary– unheard by anyone but you and the occasional slurp of his probably now lukewarm beer gave off such an odd domesticity that made you feel so at peace.

He’d encouraged you to busy yourself with other things so that you didn’t get bored just sitting there with him. Part of you also wondered if his ulterior motive was so that you didn’t interrupt him with a series of questions about what happened and why the thing that happened was good or bad.

It was just as well though.

There was a pile of magazines stacking up on your end table that you’d been meaning to go through and this offered a perfect opportunity. Of them was this month’s copy of KW, a magazine you had a free subscription to as a part of your apartment’s mail package.

You didn’t care to keep up with them much. You had friends that read them cover to cover but aside from the KW♥️LOVE and KW♥️Style sections, the magazine was essentially a waste of paper.

Tonight though, with nothing better to do, you found yourself reading it more thoroughly and midway through, you read that the intimacy columnists had included survey cards for some silly month-long challenge that involved sex.

It piqued your curiosity.

What you weren’t anticipating when flipping to the KW♥️LOVE section of the magazine was that the sex challenge in question was absolutely no sex at all!

It wasn’t as if you believed it to be unachievable. Hell, your relationship with Akira was probably the most sexually active you’ve ever been. It was more a question of if he would find it achievable or not.

As if he could sense you thinking about him, he called for you with a cautious, “Babe?” which startled you.

“Yeah?”

“You alright over there?” he asked, eyeing the pair of scissors you had been gripping by the blades without realizing until you followed his gaze.

“Oh! Yeah, yeah. I’m fine! Just about to clip something out of this magazine here.” you said, repositioning the scissors. “How’s the game?”

“It’s looking like we’ll be raking it in tomorrow.” he said, a wide grin lifted the corners of his eyes. “If it keeps going like this, I’ll have no choice but to take you out and celebrate the winnings.”

“Huh? You bet on the game?”

Akira frowned at you as if you’d asked him something ridiculous, “Of course. Me and Kiryu did.”

You responded to that with nothing more than a hum of acknowledgement then returned your attention to the magazine, carefully ripping out the two survey pages. Beneath the crisp sound of scissors gliding through paper, you heard a soft grunt from his direction and when you looked up, he was coming over to join you at the low table.

“What’s that? Coupons?”

“Pfft, no.” you scoffed, then sliced through the pages again to cut them in half. “Actually, Akira… I was wondering if maybe you’d do a bet with me?”

He leaned in close to you, peeking at the text beneath the small scatter of paper scraps but nothing really registered.

“A bet? On what, the game?”

“No, not the game– Well, a game.”

He brought his can up to his lips and slightly smiled against the rim before tossing it back for a gulp, “Not following you, sweetness. You mean, like a different game? The season’s pretty much over after tonight–”

“Geez, Akira, forget about the baseball! It’s a different kind of bet.”

Chuckling, he sat his can on the table then returned to the sitting position he’d been in not long before plopping next to you. His hair swayed slightly with the sudden motion.

“Alright, what then?”

“Sex.” you smiled, “The bet is that you can’t go a month without it.”

There was a lengthy pause as he studied your face with his furrows on full display and when he realized you were serious, he rolled his eyes and returned his attention back to the TV. “Please. Give me a break. Of course I can go a month without sex. What kinda guy do you take me for anyway?”

“Fine,” you said, handing him the set of survey cards that you’d just cut for him. “Then, prove me wrong.”

Akira’s brown eyes scanned the cards then widened when they were on you, “Like, seriously?”

“Yeah, ‘like seriously’! We can start November 1st– clean slate.”

“What’s this about anyway?” he asked, “Am I in trouble? You mad at me or something?”

Your heart leapt in your chest at the question. What the heck would drive him to that conclusion? You’ve never used ‘no sex’ as a punishment before. Hell, you hadn’t even ‘punished’ him before, even when he could have used one.

“What? No!” you frantically picked up the magazine and flipped it to the page introducing the challenge. “It’s just some dumb game I found in this magazine!”

A massive woosh of air pushed past his lips and his shoulders seemed to relax at your answer. His reaction honestly made you want to change your mind on the challenge altogether but before you could find the words to say as much, he simply nodded and agreed.

“So, the mag says no sex for a month?” he asked, flicking a glance at the TV before returning his attention to the folded booklet in your hand. “If I’m agreeing to this, I’ll need more details than that. What’s the point? What do I get when I win?”

“If you win, you mean?” you teased, then proceeded to read the details aloud to him as well as explained the survey you’d handed him a moment ago.

Once he understood, he snickered and gave you a light shrug.

“Really? Sounds like a bunch of bull– but fine, let’s give it a shot.”

“Are you serious?” you asked, surprising yourself with how excited you sounded.

“Why not?” he said, his voice low as he leaned into you, speaking just below your earlobe and it sent a light shiver along your spine. “But, I can promise that you’ll be the one to crack.”

Akira placed a warm hand at one side of your neck, craning it so that he could lick a long strip along the length of it without obstruction and then he kissed the trail of saliva away.

All you could manage was a shaky breath in response.

His own breath was so hot against the damp spot he’d left behind when he whispered, “Before the month is even over, you’ll be begging for me to fuck you.”

Withdrawing from you, he grabbed his beer from the table and got up to return to his original place in front of the TV where he’d remain, fully invested in the baseball game and completely oblivious to the arousal he’d stoked within you.

Or perhaps, he was fully aware but that was simply the precursor for the month you had ahead of you.

(No)vember Experiment. Initial Survey Are both of you participating? Yeah Have you ever practiced abstaining from sex for any period of time before? Not in so many words Do you believe you are capable of completing this experiment? Of course I am Do you believe in your partner(s)’ ability to complete this experiment? Not at all Do you predict a “loser"? ____. Initial thoughts on the month ahead? It’s gonna be a piece of cake

You experienced two Akiras tonight: the one whose willpower was so unshaken that he didn’t even seem remotely affected by your naked, wet body in the shower you shared and the other, who pounced on you the moment you sank into bed, dry and bundled up in your comfy PJs. How he went from only touching you to help you clean the places you couldn’t reach well on your own, to tracing the shell of your ear with his absurdly long tongue was anyone’s guess.

And perhaps you could have figured it out– or at the very least, prevented it from escalating to him flicking away at the buttons of your cotton top (without looking) with extraordinary precision if your traitorous body wasn’t so unbelievably aroused by his touch.

If you were a stronger person, you wouldn’t have buried your fingers in his damp locks when he’d made it his mission to smooch, lap at and suck at your nipples until they were fully erect and tender to the touch. Instead, you rolled your hips up into him as encouragement to keep going while he dragged his lips across your throat and whispered about how needy you were.

Moaning his name as he sucked at your collarbone was another foolish mistake on your part. You could admit that.

By the time he’d begun to pepper kisses from the valley of your chest down below your navel and made promises to ‘take good care’ of you as he dragged his tongue along the waistband of your underwear, you finally managed to get a hold of your senses.

He was a marvel like that though. His long lashes fluttered against high cheekbones, brows pinched tight. His long, pink tongue hung sharply out between plush lips as he sank lower and lower beneath the sheets. The cherry on top was his dark, damp tresses fanned out against your skin as he dipped down to kiss at your covered sex.

It damn near pained you to speak up.

“A-Akira,” you managed.

His hum of acknowledgement was low and sing-songy in tune as it usually was when he was in this lustful state.

And he didn’t wait for you to continue before slipping his deft fingers beneath the waistband, giving them a practiced tug then letting out a pleased moan when they were down below your hips in the swift, fluid motion.

His breath was hot against you and as embarrassing as it was, you were practically gyrating into him… against your will. You knew the words would sound silly when they came out, given the state of your rude hips but you wanted to at least play your part.

“We should stop here,” you managed, voice trembling with unbridled need. “We’ve got a whole month, remember?”

A sharp inhale came from beneath the covers and you immediately lost the warmth of his breath when he flipped the sheets back, resting them over his head like a messy hood and tussling his hair in the process.

Akira’s voice almost came out in a growl, “You… were serious about that?”

“I… thought we both were?”

You weren’t sure which part of you got the lengthiest stare as he flicked his gaze back and forth between your eyes and the part of your body that was so obviously in desperate need of attention. Finally, he hissed out a curse then crawled out from beneath the covers, plopping into his usual place on your side.

He’d thrown his arm over his forehead and though you couldn’t see the frustration that was no doubt burning in his eyes, you did spot the little pout on his lips.

You didn’t think you needed to apologize but you did feel a little bad when you looked down and saw his dick twitching desperately in his shorts. Placing an awkward hand on his bare abdomen, you gave a silent apology for letting him get so worked up with nothing in return. He placed his hand atop yours and gave your knuckles gentle strokes of his thumb before shifting his head to get a good look at you.

“What if I quit?” he asked.

“Then, that would make you the loser.”

You didn’t miss the mischievous flash in his brown eyes as the response crossed his mind, “Not if I make you cum first, right?”

Without leaving you with a breath of a chance to respond to that, he flipped the sheets over you both and immediately began to kiss his way down your body with a fervor that could rival that of before.

You could have stopped him.

But the pleasure was immobilizing. It rendered you useless.

And all it took was one long, introductory swipe of his tongue for you to come to peace with knowing that you didn’t want to.

(No)vember Experiment CONCLUSION SURVEY Experiment duration? 3 days Did this challenge meet your expectations? That it’d end with ___ begging? Yeah. Did you notice anything different about your partner during this time? Not a shred of willpower in that one Will you participate in the (NO)vember Experiment again next year? Of course not Any closing remarks on your experience? Who cares? This is just some lame magazine game.

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amy-issen · 4 years ago

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ok so here it is!! i spent the last week solely making and listening to this playlist like i was POSSESED because this ship is lovely and deserved a nice playlist! if anyone wants to know why i picked each song, i’m going to ramble about it extensively in the read more, so check that out if you want! hope you enjoy it! also thanks again to @birbwell for letting me use her art for the cover!

i divided this playlist in a few sections so let’s start with the first one (section one: first meeting/pining) i. in the rain - joe hisaishi i wanted to start with a short instrumental track to set the mood, and i looooove howl’s moving castle score, so i had to pick this one! the fact that it has rain in the title also helps to reference how their relationship began! ii. with every breath i take - frank sinatra “every breath that I take is a prayer that i’ll make you mine” my sister is a big sinatra/jazz fan (and also a yakuza fan) so she helped me with picking a few of the songs here! this one is very romantic, elegant and beautiful and i thought it fit the mood (and it’s what i think tachibana listens to in his free time lmao).

iii. gold rush - taylor swift “what must it be like to grow up that beautiful? with your hair falling into place like dominoes my mind turns your life into folklore i can't dare to dream about you anymore” this one is my FAVORITE song on this playlist, and one of the first i picked because this song just fits them like a glove. it’s basically pining 101, and i love that what taylor said this song is about “daydreaming about someone then snapping out of it.” i feel like the first part could be from tachibana’s perspective and the second one from kiryu’s (also giving a bit of a glimpse into the future, with the mention of a coastal town they’ll never find together) iv. first love/late spring - mitski “so please, hurry, leave me, i can't breathe please don't say you love me mune ga hachikire-sōde (my heart seems like it’s going to burst)” this one was another song i picked very early on because i love mitski, and i needed to include her here. i just wanted something to symbolize the trust that tachibana and kiryu have to share to work together, and the feelings that emerge from it, if that makes any sense. i don’t think this has a specific perspective, because i feel like this could work from both kiryu’s and tachibana’s (mostly kiryu though) v. real estate - adam melchor “every time I wonder how i'd carry on without you i'm runnin' out of real estate tryna make all the right moves i don't wanna hesitate i would bet the house on you “ do you UNDERSTAND how satisfying it was to find a song named real estate for them?? come ooon. ok that’s not all of my reasoning for it but it’s like. most of it, lmao another song i felt was about trust and feelings. (also a bit of a glimpse into the future, because i’m sad) vi. i get a kick out of you - ella fitzgerald “i get no kick from champagne mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all so tell me why should it be true that i get a kick out of you?” another one my sister recommended. i originally was gonna go with sinatra’s version of this, but i love this one and it just wouldn’t leave my brain. again, one from mostly tachibana’s perspective, get this man to sing this on karaoke night right now. vii. like real people do - hozier “i will not ask you where you came from i would not ask and neither would you honey, just put your sweet lips on my lips we could just kiss like real people do” this is one of my all time favorites from hozier and, again, it just fit perfectly. tachibana and kiryu have both lived some very... troubled lives so far, and while they’re depending on this trust they have in eachother, none of them really care to know about what they’ve done or who they are. this is mostly from kiryu’s perspective, specially with this metaphor of being rescued/dug up from the earth with the whole being found in the rain and saved by tachibana and his poor driving skills. viii. delicate - taylor swift “this ain't for the best my reputation's never been worse, so you must like me for me... we can't make any promises now, can we, babe? but you can make me a drink” y’all are going to have to forgive me for picking TWO taylor swift songs but COME OOOON this is another one that i picked early on because i could draw so many parallels between the lyrics and things that they both said in that car scene on chapter 9 (mostly tachibana though) and i kept harassing my sister with screenshots to prove my point and i’m gonna do it again

ANYWAYS i’ve made my case, and now we enter the second section of the playlist at last ( section 2: actual romantic/fluffy songs because this is a ship playlist) i. good old-fashioned lover boy - queen “dining at the ritz we'll meet at nine (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 o'clock) precisely i will pay the bill, you taste the wine driving back in style in my saloon will do quite nicely just take me back to yours that will be fine” is this a bit of a cliché? yes. did i want to include it because it’s very cute and i’d like to imagine kiryu and tachibana having a nice date night with no people trying to kill them all the time? also yes. i love this song.

ii. stay with me/mayonaka no door - miki matsuraba “you in your gray jacket with that oh-so-familiar coffee stain just as you always are the two of us reflect in the window display stay with me knocking on midnight's door i beg you not to go home tonight” (translated lyrics) is anyone not obsessed with this song lately? this is the only song here i’m blaming tiktok for making me listen to it lol. in any way, this song is deceptive because it sounds really happy but is actually quite melancholic. i thought it fit their relationship well, and it seemed like a good addition to the playlist with it’s 80′s city pop vibes.

iii. on melancholy hill - gorillaz (covered by matt forbes) “just looking out on the day of another dream where you can't get what you want, but you can get me so let's set out to sea, love 'cause you are my medicine when you're close to me" this is a gorillaz song but i went with this cover because it fit the feeling of the playlist a little better. another song that i just love very deeply and i thought fit the sentiment of kiryu being like “hey i know we have Big problems and you’re very sad in the moment but i’m here for you” iv. (i love you) for sentimental reasons - nat king cole "i think of you every morning dream of you every night darling, i'm never lonely whenever you are in sight" surprisingly, not one that my sister recommended, but one i found for myself while looking for quiet romantic songs. i feel like this is tachibana's reply to kiryu being there for him and helping him. plus, idk i just wanted to imagine them slow dancing to this. v. positions - ariana grande (covered by travis atreo) "perfect, perfect you're too good to be true but I get tired of runnin', fuck it now, i’m runnin' with you" i picked this cover because i felt like using ariana's one would be a little goofy for this section lmao, but i really like this song and how it's about commitment and doing everything to make a relationship work. i just wanted to throw some sexy vibes before this playlist delved into depressing stuff. also if you telling me tachibana wouldn't absolute body a tiktok set to this song you're lying to yourself. (section 3: oh no this is getting sad) i. forever - labrinth "i'll live forever" i love everything labrinth makes, the euphoria soundtrack lives in my mind rent free and this is my favorite one. this barely has any lyrics so, again, mostly a track i picked for its intrumentals and feeling overall. mostly preparing you for the sad stuff ahead. ii. hong kong - gorillaz "you swallow me i'm a pill on your tongue here on the nineteenth floor the neon lights make me calm" this is my favorite gorillaz song, by FAR, and i think it's introspective vibe really fits tachibana's character. not really a song about relationship but i really wanted to include it because it's just such a GORGEOUS song. iii. fragments - severon another instrumental track! this one i stole from a playlist my sister made for a fic i wrote last year. again. sad vibes. iv. sign of the times - harry styles (covered by LANY) "remember everything will be alright we can meet again somewhere somewhere far away from here" i loved the synth-y vibe this cover had, while still keeping this song's sad "our lives are dangerous and i'm about to die" vibes. i mostly wanted to evoke the vibe from the scene where tachibana agrees to go with lao gui after kiryu gets shot. just really sad all around. v. so close - jon mclaughlin "we're so close to reaching that famous happy end almost believing this one's not pretend let's go on dreaming though we know we are so close, so close, and still so far" me? picking a song from disney's enchanted??? for a playlist??? it's more likely than you think. idk this song just gives me that vibe of being so close to being happy and together, almost reminiscing and wondering what could have been. but it just... won't happen. vi. as the world caves in - matt maltese "yes, it's you i welcome death with as the world, as the world caves in" oops, yes, i had to go there. just couldn't resist including this song, and i feel like it's really self-explanatory. vii. places we won't walk - bruno major "neon lights shine bold and bright buildings grow to dizzy heights people come alive at night in places we won't walk" again, i feel like this song speaks for itself. a bit of a meditation on kiryu's perspective on things that could have happened, things they would have done, that kiryu will just have to do alone from now on. viii. carry me out - mitski "i drive when it rains at night, when it rains, i drive and the headlight spirits they lead me down the styx so black it shines and carry me out carry me out"

possibly the saddest and the most powerful song in this playlist, because i just had to put a mitski song again. the image of kiryu carrying tachibana's body is just constantly in my mind when i listen to this, but i could also see this song being from the perspective of tachibana's spirit. ix. arms tonite - mother mother "i died in your arms tonight i slipped through into the afterlife it was nice" lmao this felt a bit like a cruel joke to include, but i didn't want this playlist to end TOO depressingly. it's a nod to tachibana dying in kiryu's arms, sure, but also it's romantic and possibly a little hopeful (tachibana lives au!!! orpheus and eurydice au!!! fuck it, idk!!) xi. everybody wants to rule the world - tears for fears "there's a room where the light won't find you holding hands while the walls come tumbling down when they do, i'll be right behind you so glad we've almost made it so sad they had to fade it everybody wants to rule the world" not a recommendation from my sister, but it is her favorite song, and she was happy that i included it. another 80's bop with sad lyrics! i feel like this is a lovely summary of their story together and it feels like a nice little bow to wrap up the playlist. i hope you enjoyed my long ass explanations! i might add songs later (or make an entire second playlist altogether for the fic i'm writing rn, but let's not get ahead of ourselves)

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