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insatiable clora and (barely) resisting seb from my latest chap🌡️💕
#delivering the dom clora and subastian content👏 if he aint pining and pleading and whimpering then i dont WANT HIM#i drew another one where clora is even more dom and was gonna post them together but#will be posting it separately now since my boss gave me work again (BLEHH) and i wont be able to draw new stuff as fast#hogwarts legacy#sebastian sallow#sebastian sallow x mc#sebastian sallow x oc#hogwarts legacy fanart#sebastian sallow fanart#sebastian x mc#clora clemons#in the actual scene in my fic they arent in their school uniforms i know but IGNORE THAT#its cuz both dom pics i drew are separate scenes from my fic and theyre chapters apart but i just paired them together as a set#reality is mine to bend!!!!!#also i will be drawing a spicy continuation of these events later on👀👀🌶️need to torture seb MORE
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For the Laicion nation (aka, me and three other people)
I had this illustration commissioned (a big thank you to @lunehowls) for my werewolf AU Laicion fic (still a WIP).
The general pitch is as follows :
AU in which Laios never got to meet his sister again, putting his life on a whole other path, a more desperate one. A military deserter with barely a coin to his name, Laios hitches a ride on a boat to one of the elven continents, where he learns about magical tattoos that binds one’s soul to a wolf’s, effectively making them artificial werewolves. Illegal magic be damned, this feels like the answer to… everything.
In the process, he learns about the existence of an illegal fighting ring in one of the elven cities, where beastmen gladiators gather. Freshly tattooed and without anywhere else to go to, Laios decides to head there, where he meets Lycion, an elf and artificial werewolf gladiator. If they first bond over a simple shared meal, by spending time together (sharing the same room in the barracks, maybe the same bed? gasp) they find that they have a lot in common, notably a shared distaste for the body they were born in, a dysphoria partially remedied by becoming a werewolf.
They bond :)
NB: I commissioned another piece, go take a look :D
#dungeon meshi#laios touden#lycion#laicion#I'm heads deep in research regarding Ancient Rome gladiators... and loving it. Really fascinating stuff.#I bemoan the fact that most papers are locked behind a paywall (though I found one that gives a free pdf access)#(and no. Sci-hub is not an option. It's blocked in my country)#I'm also re-reading DunMeshi and taking notes to get a better grasp of Laios and Lycion as characters. Character studies if you will#and I still need to fully outline the fic#I know where I'm starting (struggling to choose a POV for that first chapter LOL) and where I'm ending so there's that#and a bunch of disconnected scenes (as we all do ahaha)#anyway. Doing all of this while studying for veterinary school. It's hard. I feel guilty whenever I'm not studying...#let's just say I don't expect the prep work for the fic to be ready before this summer (+ I need to finish the Kuro cosplay for Japan Expo)#hopefully; once it's done; I'll be able to set a schedule and write smoothly#werewolf#werewolf laios#rarepair#Fy posts
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can i offer you a nice omurice in this trying time
(Nov/Dec page of the 2024 natsuyuu poster calendar. I had fully forgotten about this page and it was an absolute delight to rediscover it given the subject matter of the one single fic I’ve been able to produce in all of three years—
#this chapter/episode are set during the summer as evidenced by the melon#but I really need the joy of seeing this on my kitchen wall every morning right now#alternate dialogue for this scene:#‘oh wow thanks’ ‘this one’s for natsume and this one’s for ponta. get your own’#natsume yuujinchou#tanuma kaname#shibata katsumi#natsume takashi#tanunatsu#natsume’s book of friends#owlet’s photos
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i love themes. i love when i'm writing and i'm like ughhh i have to come up with some filler bullshit details to go here because it's necessary to the rest of the plot but not actually very relevant to it, and then i'm like wait. i know how to make it relevant. i just have to make the details echo the overarching themes of the piece. and suddenly it stops being filler bullshit and starts being, like, foreshadowing or allegory or some cool shit like that ^w^
#silverstarschat#literally my number one favorite writing advice#need a side character to have a problem for the protag to help fix? make it parallel the protag's problems#need the characters to chat about something while their body language tells the real story?#have them chat about a book plot that foreshadows their own plot#need to set the scene by describing the curtains? make them fucking blue! bc the characters are sad!!#until the golden light of the rising sun in the next chapter shines through and turns them into the same bright turquoise as her#childhood blankets bc! her friend that just called makes her feel like her life is beginning anew!!#or whatever the fuck!!!!!!!!!!#yay ^^
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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023)
#lad gaiden#like a dragon gaiden#like a dragon#lad gaiden spoilers#yakuza#yakuzaedit#ryu ga gotoku#rggedit#gamingedit#my gifs#my stuff#chapters set#tbh I don't really like my choice for chapter 2. it's too obvious and on-the-nose#but options were limited#also for chapter 3 I wanted to use the shot of everyone pointing guns at hanawa cause I just like that shot#but this one is probably better for this set#I'll just have to gif that hanawa scene on its own later then
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WIP WEDNESDAY
Rewriting what was the old chapter 22 of TBBW (1920s Dance, Woo Woo!) and the last half, the klaroline half, has become a chapter all on its own. It's really building up to be one of my favourite chapters in the entire fic, and it's partly because I read @kirythestitchwitch's Crash Course which made me crave a cheeseburger so badly I wrote it into this fic. So here's a sneak peak --- don't let the fluff fool you, this chapter has its fair share of angst hehehe
“You know, I’m really surprised you didn’t insist on paying,” Caroline commented, unwrapping the paper around her cheeseburger as she settled back on the bonnet of Klaus’ car.
Klaus sat beside her, unwrapping his own burger as he stretched his legs out in front of him, one leg hanging off the side and resting on the upwards curve of the rim that snaked above the front wheels. Caroline leant back against the glass of the windscreen, relaxing into her spot as the sweet, steaming smell of the burger hit her — two seasoned patties topped with melted slices of creamy, cheesy goodness calling out to her from their package in a perfectly toasted, soft sesame seed bun, stuffed with crisp, curly lettuce and slices of fresh tomato. Up above, the light pollution from Mystic Falls was less intense so far away from the town, parked outside a quiet diner just off the Jackson highway. The stars were beginning to peak out from behind the clouds, the moon a quarter-full and shining down on them from the night sky above. Behind them, the warm glow of the diner spilled out onto the parking lot, employees wiping down tables and serving the odd exhausted truck driver behind the glass, like one gigantic, square-shaped fish bowl. The neon lights of the diner’s name, Wayback Burgers, flashed and flickered in the dark, reflecting red and blue light onto the wet pavement.
“And why’s that?” Klaus asked, licking his thumb where the various condiments and sauces had leaked out of his large, triple stacked bacon cheeseburger and onto his hand. She’d felt weird ordering him nothing at the drive thru after she’d asked for the cheeseburger and fries, impulsively buying a milkshake to wash it all down with too. So she’d turned to him and asked if he’d wanted anything, and with some hesitancy, he’d ordered one of the meatiest burgers on the menu.
It was weird. The choice prodded something in her brain, seeming familiar. It was only when they got their burgers, Klaus eyeing his with a hunger that looked out of place on a vampire, that she realised why.
Tyler always ordered the meatiest thing on the menu too. Burgers, ribs, steak, chicken wings — it didn’t matter where they bought lunch, if there was an option to eat like a hungry pack of hyenas, he’d take it. Klaus had slightly more decorum, but the look was exactly the same.
“I don’t know. Aren’t you supposed to be ancient?” she shot at him, setting the wrapping in her lap and taking her first bite of her burger. She sighed in bliss the moment the taste hit her tongue — it was truly a magnificent burger. The patties were seasoned to perfection, falling apart in her mouth, cheese melted onto them. The tomatoes and lettuce were fresh but not soggy, and the pickles buried beneath it all had an acid tang that balanced the whole thing out. “Old people are always moaning chivalry is dead,” she finished, holding a hand up to cover her mouth as she spoke around her food.
“And I seemed like the type?” he asked, glancing at her with a raised brow. His voice dropped to a dry drawl. “Why? Because I’m old or because I’m dead?”
She grinned, cheeks full of food. “Both,” she informed him happily, before chewing the last of it and swallowing. Klaus grunted, finally taking a bite out of his burger. Like her, he seemed to melt into the taste, some of the tension in his shoulders easing. She shrugged, eyeing him consideringly before turning her gaze back to her burger, folding down the wrapping. “Most guys get weird when I offer to pay.”
Tyler normally did. Matt had. Since both boys were on opposite sides of the financial spectrum, she kinda figured it wasn’t because of the money.
He looked at her then, searching her face for something. He swallowed his food before he spoke. “Did you want me to pay?”
She shook her head. “No. It was my idea to drag you out here. And you’re giving me a lift home after my car broke down even though I’ve rejected you like, a bajillion times. Least I could do was buy you a burger,” she teased, smile strained.
They hadn’t spoken about it, on the drive here. This thing between them; his jealousy towards Tyler and cruel actions earlier that night; the dozens of hesitant advances, if unwanted on her part. They weren’t friends.
Problem was, Caroline wasn’t sure if they were enemies either.
Enemies didn’t show each other their personal artwork or unfinished sketches that were hidden away from even their family’s prying eyes. Enemies didn’t sit on a public bench and discuss lost dreams. And they certainly didn’t buy burgers at drive-thrus and eat them together under the starlit sky.
Klaus sighed, but didn’t seem offended. “I don’t think it was quite a bajillion times.”
“Yet,” she corrected cheekily, taking a big bite into her burger.
Instead of the scowl she expected, Klaus smiled fondly, following her lead and taking a bite too.
#klaroline#klaus x caroline#klaroline fanfiction#klaroline wip wed#the big bad wolf#tbbw#1920s#1920s decade dance#klaus mikaelson#caroline forbes#morningstar writes#this chapter is my eureka moment#this one fucking scene is setting up so much character development I swear to god#this is the start of caroline trusting klaus#this is the start of her falling in love with him#are you guys fucking ready?#LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO#sneak peak#tbbw spoilers#and yes there is a nighthawks reference in there#edward hopper's aesthetics have betwitched me body and soul
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Aelin said to Rowan with a secret smile, "You, I don't know. But I'd like to."
Rowan's lips tugged upward "I'm not on the market, unfortunately."
"Pity," Aelin said.
"She must be a rare, staggering beauty to make you so faithful."
Gods save them all. He could have sworn Fenrys coughed behind him.
"She must be clever, and fascinating, and very, very talented. She must be the most wonderful person who ever existed."
Another cough from behind him-from Gavriel this time.
But Aelin only had eyes for Rowan as the warrior said to her, "She is indeed that. And more."
#Empire of Storms#Empire of Storms quotes#EoS#Sarah J. Maas#Maasverse#SJM#TOG#TOG series#Throne of Glass#Throne of Glass series#Rowaelin quotes#Rowaelin interactions#Aelin Galathynius#Rowan Whitethorn#minor EoS quote spoilers#TOG sense of humor#Aelin Galathynius kind of flirting#Chapter 27#currently reading#first read#everyone just cackling and coughing#I ship it#agh there back#Aelin making me laugh smirk and wink Rowan making me cry#she is everything#she only had eyes for him#they are everything ur honor#also the set up of this scene#and Aelin’s back ally genius queen planning one line moments mixed in and Rowan’s puppy dog reactions and knowing#quote consensus
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I think a 'surviving as a maid' oneshot where Ash and the queen run away together would cure my depression actually
Same for a fic just about Mio and archmage Ciel interacting in literally any way tbh bc what the fuck the author really thought they could pull a "and there was only one bed" and just have us (the readers) let that slide???? Bitch I see you and I'm so here for it— honestly both from the casual familialness of it and potential shipping. I adore both possible angles of this dynamic
Mio, Ash and archmage Ciel as a dysfunctional little family / maybe throuple (but also it's incredibly unclear what's even happening there) is so compelling to me I'm sorry I'm fully checked out of like all other ships bc that dynamic is so interesting in literally all directions
Rolling it back to Ash and the Queen too, they have such good chemistry and I adore every scene they share together. The Queen has such this like gentle, elegant, tragic air to her that you can just tangible feel. The way I lose my fucking mind whenever Ash gets any real emotion out of her, just, ag. I love them. Fuck.
I can not find a single fic for this webtoon and this saddens me deeply. I think I need to fix this fact immediatley tbh
#im re reading it rn#i stopped around chapter 80(?) i think(?)#just hit chapter 33 in my re read and we are entering the zone of peak shit I care about tbh#back to back scenes and characters I find compelling and interesting#I remember I got bored / kind of pissed off at the red haired knight in my first read#kept shaking my screen yelling “NOO GIVE ME BACK QUEEN ADVENTURES AND QUEER PLATONIC THROUPLE ASH/MIO/MAGE” when we got a whole arc for him#already dreading hitting that arc tbh Ill probably end up skimming it#anyways its a good webtoon#im not really there for the romancs but it has some romance if thats what people like?#love the set up tho#amazing concept tbh#i fucking love a good “story told from the side characters POV and they *stay* a side character in this story”#where we get to watch shit unfold from the sidelines through the eyes of someone who does care but doesnt have too much at stake#it adds a real air of tragedy to it#one of my favorites tbh#(one of) the books Im trying to write takes a similar approach#love to see it !!!#webtoon#birds fic talk#surviving as a maid#ash tolkein#Mio Zodiac#Ciel Copperfield#surviving as a maid webtoon
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Yikes, okay.
Next chapter of He's Fine!...Right? Might be a liiitttlllee bit long. Probably longer than usual. It'll get posted when it gets posted, but it'll take more time, my apologies.
#gravity falls#fanfic#the outline alone is over 2.5k#the chapters average 4.5k#its over half the chapter length just setting the base scenes out#ghost stan#stanford pines#stangst#fiddlefords gonna be in the next one though!#so yaaaay!!
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"If the structure of your world ever evaporates, I will still be here."
I think The Q might contain one of the greatest declarations of friendship/love ever.
#books#the q#beth brower#this seems clunkier out of context but trust me in context it's very moving#they're discussing how quincy's entire world is wrapped up in work#so even if she likes the people there if the business somehow disappeared she probably wouldn't see them again#because they all have other family/friends to go to and she doesn't really have any#leading to this promise#and let me tell you it's just about enough to make me believe in found family#because this works as a romantic or platonic declaration#it's a promise#a commitment to provide safety and stability when there's nowhere else to go#and i love it#this book is so odd because i liked it quite a bit last year#then rereading i was at first like 'why did i like this at all?'#there's no scene-setting or character description it's just kind of stuff there#but then the relationship starts to develop and i am SO invested#under normal rules it shouldn't take 100 pages for the story to get good but in this case it's worth it#it's such an odd structure#each chapter is almost like its own little short story#or a character sketch#almost like the character have stopped to discuss their own character worksheet#but in context it somehow works#and it drives home how much traditional publishing and writing rules stifle creativity#because your average editor would look at this and try to smooth it over#make it all into one flowing narrative#and it would lose so much of what makes it unique and compelling#following the rules of 'good writing' robs you of all the stories that don't follow those rules#there is so much scope outside of the one 'best practice' that is currently in fashion#and those stories need to get told too!
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They're sparring and Grim is getting a little cocky (she loses immediately after this)
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#obi wan kenobi#grim kennet#star wars#my oc#star wars oc#jedi oc#my art#fanart#star wars art#sw art#star wars the clone wars#tcwganv art#tcwganv screenshots#one of the few times in early tcwganv where i purposely had grim act like anakin#honestly if it weren’t for the flashbacks in ep5 of kenobi the story wouldn't have been finished#so that where i got the inspiration for this drawing too#it's kind of a mirrored version of one still of obi-wan & anakin in how its set up#although grim's expression mimics anakin's later in the spar#right before obi-wan beats him too lmao#the background is also taken from the same scene that inspired this whole chapter in TCWGANV
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#i cant delete a whole fic because of one short scene one person didnt like and left a rude comment about#because i know it is setting up important context for later. and it has done that#so even if the scene itself is a little lackluster its not bad and its necessary in context#and also they didnt really seem to get why i was writing the story in the first place.#''why are you focusing on other characters thoughts and opinions and harmful selfperception#instead of writing a poor baby whump fic where the protagonist is a saint and everyone else is evil?“#there are ten thousand fics that do that! go read one of them!#i want to do something else!#god. im gonna go delete the comment completely#also chapter 3 is almost done yaaay
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The pictures I made for the Sunchal and Bocho night sentries story.
Edit: AO3 link here, since I was reaching character limit for a Tumblr post.
Part one

Part Two

Part Three

#squirrel and hedgehog#sah#SaH#sunchal and bocho#geumsaegi#the chestnut scene was supposed to be more grandiose#with everyone in it#but so many emergencies popped up#instead the chestnuts are real photos I took of chestnuts in the store#would love to draw more of the village someday#get those mountains right#the natural charcoal blend does seem to be less blurry than the watercolor from earlier#I do not know how they came out to have humanistic proportions#I wanted to fix it a bit but my computer re set itself to November and well...#kind of a cute little winter holiday story#North Korea doesn’t celebrate Christmas but they do have some late December holidays#I’ll get the story up on AO3 later#Don’t mind them switching from fall to winter clothes#This is in place of a new lightning rod chapter I guess#Had to re do jogjebi rise for that second one#return of the neon haha#last one originally looked way different#Second one is supposed to be dark since it’s outside at night
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Luffy vs. Zoro at Whiskey Peak
Unpopular opinion maybe, but the Luffy vs. Zoro clash in Whiskey Peak made sense for their characters. You could even argue that it was bound to happen, given their personalities.
Luffy likes the people who feed him. In the the face of their suffering, no matter who's responsible, he's too angry to concern himself with the reasons behind it. Zoro, on the other hand, prefers to handle things independently without saying much about it, especially if it means his crew gets to enjoy themselves a little longer
So it's not really surprising that Luffy would be blindsided by finding their hosts cut up by his swordsman, and that this would send him flying into a fit of rage. If he's never paused to listen to context or backstories before now, why would he start here? And of course, Zoro is not the type to back down from a challenge. He will match Luffy's energy and respond in kind
"But if Luffy were a good captain, he would have stopped to listen to Zoro's side of the story." Vivi tells him he's a bad captain two arcs later, precisely because of this kind of behavior. It clearly leaves an impression on Luffy, and we see he's grown into a better leader by the time he reaches Amazon Lily. (Almost as if Oda set all this development up on purpose with Whiskey Peak. HMM...)
"But Luffy refused to believe that Nami had killed Usopp in Arlong Park." This argument is like comparing apples to oranges. Nami did not actually do the murder that Johnny and Yosaku claim they saw, nor is she capable of killing people in cold blood. Of course Luffy isn't going to believe Nami killed Usopp based on hearsay. But in Whiskey Peak, Zoro did cut those bounty hunters. Luffy sees the evidence for himself, and he knows the carnage Zoro is capable of inflicting once he puts his mind to it. There is no denying what happened. Nothing other than Zoro saying "someone else did this" (or Nami knocking the soul out of him) was going to stop Luffy from going ballistic
"Why would Luffy fight so hard to recruit Zoro into his crew, firmly believing that he wasn't a bad person, only to later attack him because he believed Zoro was capable of harming 'innocent' people?" Because the fight was never about whether their hosts were "innocent" or not, not really. Their fight was about what Zoro did (assaulting the ones who fed them), and how those actions made Luffy feel (mad as hell, because these people FED THEM) For Luffy, context did not actually matter at that moment in time because, for him, "they fed me" unequivocally means "they're my friend", full stop This is even shown again in Mocktown! Both when Luffy unquestioningly eats an apple from Doc Q, and when Bellamy buys Luffy a drink in Mocktown. In the first case, Luffy only lived because he was lucky. And in the second case, he assumes Bellamy is a good person despite all evidence to the contrary, only to have his face brutally smashed into the bartop by Bellamy. Luffy is shockingly bad at reading people who try to feed him.
Luffy has interpersonal conflicts with all the core members from East Blue at different times. The fight with Zoro is the only one instigated by Luffy. But surprisingly, their fight highlights their similarities instead of their differences. They still fight equally and work together against BW agents who try to interfere with their fight.
I think that's what Oda wanted to showcase with this scene.
In short, Luffy's initial anger stemmed from his protectiveness towards those who have fed him, while Zoro's actions were driven by his dedication to the crew and subsequent refusal to back down from Luffy's challenge. It was a clash resulting from miscommunication and misunderstanding, something that is not typically a problem for them — until it suddenly becomes one When all is said and done, they're both quick to forgive and forget. This, too, is fitting for both their characters. From that point onward, Zoro continues to demonstrate that Luffy's trust is not misplaced. And Luffy never, ever doubts Zoro again after this
#I see a lot of ppl claim Luffy vs. Zoro was due to pressure from editors#but nobody can cite sources for this#I think it's much more likely that Oda genuinely wanted to show them fighting#to set up a gradual path of growth for Luffy in Act I#and also to highlight how Luffy and Zoro are on the same wavelength; even when they're trying to kill each other#plus that fight was funny as hell idc what anyone else says#also it's totally fine to dislike this scene b/c of the tonal whiplash#or b/c you don't like tropes based off of miscommunication#but anyone who says Luffy was ooc in this scene#or that this chapter only happened because luffy doesn't trust zoro#and that luffy would've been 100% fine if NAMI had killed the bounty hunters b/c he would've just ~trusted~ her#is wrong! lmao#one piece#monkey d. luffy#roronoa zoro#whiskey peak#meta#my meta#text posts#long post#zolu#kinda sorta
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nowe thus in chronological order (so far)...IF anyone cares <3
December 1518
October 1521 + October 1521
December 1521
February 1522
July 1525
December 1525
1526 (short excerpt), 2
January 1526 (short excerpt)
February 1526 (short excerpt) + short excerpt
March 1526 + March 1526 (2) + March 1526 (3 and 4) (need to edit order, this is order posted not chronological, note to self...)
August 1526
December 1526
1527 (short excerpt)
May 1527
March 1528 + March 1528
June + July 1528 + June 1528
October 1528
December 1528
Late 1530 (short excerpt)
Late 1530 (short excerpt, 2)
October 1530
February 1531
February 1533
April 1533
October 1533 (short excerpt)
February 1534 (short excerpt, before 'read more')
Summer 1534 + short excerpt (reblog, 2nd one)
September 1534 + September 1534 + September 1534 + September 1534
December 1534
January 1535
July 1535 (short excerpt)
And then the 1535 scenes (thus far) are the only ones which are traditionally linear, so I'll leave those be for now...
#maybe i'll add excerpts. just to be craaaazy.....#this is making me realize how little i added A/N research notes in the beginning like whoops#like idek why i chose to set those first scenes in march 1528 particularly... except that i think i'd read anne had her own lodgings#in windsor at that time and wanted to write around that. lol#im also likely to private this fic once i get to the E-rated scenes/chapters so like. watch this space...#(private as in accessible to ao3 account holders only)#downloading the pdf. also not a bad idea! <3#if you're a re-reader particularly#the only one in between 1518 and 1525 here i have missing is#december 1521; where mary has lost margaret pole as her governess#or i might place 1520? i need to recheck the dates where she was removed from her service#it was either in relation to the investigation of arrest of the duke of buckingham#but anyway. it's the first time she and george interact. at a yuletide banquet. so i have it set up to parallel a future 1535 scene
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How I Met My Soulmate
Available digitally
Available in print
#but not this scene yet#because this is from the recent jp chapter#it is#chefs kiss#how i met my soulmate#you are the one i am destined to fall in love#unmei no hito ni deau hanashi#yuki and iori#manga#manga recommendation#screencaps#manga panel#romance#shoujo#shojo#kodansha#fyres hyperfixations#uni setting
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