#chiharu: OH YEAH? PROVE IT

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Touya, O!

Touya + The Stars/Space

"Yukito...cmon, wake up, Yuki, I need to talk to you..."

"Touyaaaaa!"

Really, he half-expected this, but it was worth a shot. In any case, so much for a quiet lunch. At least he doesn't have to bear the force of Akizuki's attention alone- she's towing a friend along behind her. The two of them sport matching braids.

"Touya," Akizuki says, "Yoko wants to know your sign, so tell her!"

"Wet paint."

"You are sooooo silly. No, your star sign! Yoko's got compatibility charts or something I guess."

"It's not compatibility charts," Yoko reassures him quickly. Thank goodness, it was awkward enough to turn her down the one time. Akizuki raises an eyebrow, but blessedly lets it go. "Just horoscope predictions."

Yukito cracks an eye open on his desk, mumbles, "I'm a Capricorn," and gives serious thought to shutting it again. "You know that just offhand?" Touya asks. Anything to keep him awake.

"Mmmhm." And closed goes the eye again.

"Those kids in your sister's class knew theirs, too."

Akizuki nods her agreement.

"Why were you two hanging out by the elementary school?" Touya asks. Yoko's fine, but he wouldn't wish Akizuki on anyone, let alone Sakura.

"Hair braiding contest," Akizuki says, like that explains everything. She swings her head so her braid flies into Touya's face. "Do you like it?"

"Ow."

"You love it. Anyway, what's your star sign, Touyaaa?"

"You believe in them, right?" Yoko asks, a bit nervous that she chose a poor target. "I was just thinking, because you said you've seen a ghost before, right? So like, why draw the line at horoscopes."

"Hmm. I never really gave it much thought-"

"Are we talking magazine horoscopes, or the real stuff?" Akizuki cuts in. She glances at Yoko. "No offense."

Obviously, Yoko takes offense.

"Because I like magazine horoscopes, but they're vaguely written trash I read just for fun, again, no offense. They go off sun signs, Yoko, you need, like, time and place of birth at minimum. Here, gimme the magazine, I'll show you-"

"I was born on February 29th, so look me up."

Privately, he thinks Akizuki might have a point, but he'd side with Yoko over her any day. Yoko shoots him a grateful smile and pulls a thick booklet out of her bag, only for Akizuki to snatch it away. It has a small stamp on the cover that Touya thinks he's seen before.

"Pisces, hmm..."

"Oh, ohh! Hey, this isn't the garbage you showed me this morning! I take it back, you got the real deal!"

He stares at the cover until he gets it- oh, that's what it is. Sakura's magic used to make that design show up. It's harder to recognize small.

"Oh no!" Yoko grabs back the booklet. "That's not mine!"

"It's about the same size as a normal magazine," Akizuki shrugs. "You must've swapped it with one of the kids. That glasses girl and the boy who did my hair were looking at something like that, remember?"

"I should give it back..."

"Nahhh. They'll have a blast with your magazine, elementary school kids don't know any better," and then Akizuki tosses her head back and laughs and laughs at a joke only she seems to be in on. She grabs a pencil from Touya's desk and leans over Yoko's shoulder, scribbling furiously.

"Right. Touya, your horoscope for this month is, sharing is caring- your lunch, but also your feelings. SO true. Give me your lunch."

"Absolutely not."

But it was true that he was looking to get something off his chest, if Akizuki didn't actively make it so hard for him. Maybe there was something to, as she put it, "the real stuff".

"Didn't you say you needed his time and place of birth?" Yoko asked. Akizuki wiggled her eyebrows in a way Touya did not care for at all before she went off scribbling again. She poked Yukito hard in the back.

"Mmph?"

"Listen up, I have your future here. It's an eat or be eaten world."

Yukito leans over to see the book.

"You got some things wrong, Nakuru. I wasn't born in Tomoeda."

"Also," Yoko laughs, "You wrote his birth year wrong. He's not three."

"My mistake." Akizuki smiles sweetly at Yukito and all Touya feels is danger, danger, danger. "Where were you born, again?"

Yukito's brow furrows in concentration before he makes a sad noise and buries his head fully in his arms.

"Back off and let Yukito sleep," says Touya. "You're bothering him."

"It would be my pleasure to let him sleep," she says, and stares him right in the eye. "Forever, if possible."

"C'mon, Nakuru," Yoko says nervously. "Let's go give the kids their book before lunch ends."

Akizuki blows Touya a kiss. He doesn't want it.

"Fine," she says, and spins around to leave.

[dendylabyrinth]

Why Magical Girls keeping their Families in the dark is the best choice

We all had that thought, right? Watching Madoka get swerved left and right in the original series while her mom gives her advice that she mistakingly thought was for some middle school drama rather than a life or death dilemma, 'If only she told her mom about magical girls...' and yeah, the whole 'my daughter has gone MAD!' bit is the first reason not to, but that can be dealt with by just using magic to prove its existence. So then why should girls keep potential support figures in the dark about their secret life as witch slayers that risk death every time? lemme tell you!

I will be describing the whole thing from my own personal perspective (Which shouldn't be alien) if I, as a teen, made a contract with Kyubey (I won't dwell on what wish I could have made, it could be for anything honestly, I was a VERY troubled kid) and my family was in the know, how would it work?

Well, let's get something out of the way first: it got to be the worst thing to place on a parent's mind: the fact that you have to fight horrific monsters regularly, not knowing if you might get back home every time. Like you can be as idealistic as you want about 'Saving People' and 'Being a Hero' because the only thing a parent would hear would be: 'You can die', this is touched upon in Green Jasper Diviners with Chiharu and Shizuka's mothers. A parent is an adult, they're realistic, they most likely would see through how the system is unjust after dwelling on it.

If my mom knew about a secret magical life I had and its duties, she would be a 24h worried wreck and I would lie like hell just to ease her mind (which honestly? wouldn't work).

Like here's a scenario: Me and my mom are on a walk and suddenly 'FLASH' there's a witch in our neighborhood! I would probably try to act casual about it like “UGH! talk about timing, hey Mom? go wait for me by the park, I will deal with this one quick!” And my poor mom would ask “...Isn't there someone you can call to help you?” and, of course, territorial problems would make it hard to (like the other person demanding the grief seed since I called them), so I will try to lie to assure her by saying “Oh! no need! It’s a weak one, so it will be easy, don't worry!” And she will try to calm down and head to the park, but will actually stand around a corner and wait until I go so she can follow from behind, knowing that, while she can't do anything if the need rose, it's the most she can do.

So here, imagine the feeling of waiting for your kid near a labyrinth, knowing that they were probably fighting an unimaginable horror inside (probably worse than the glimpse you would get while they slayed the occasional familiar), not knowing if it will end up dragging you in or if they won't be coming back.

That kind of stress would be way worse if you learn about where witches come from. Since now, your poor parent(s),will have to weigh their normal kids over their magical one that might turn into a horrific monster randomly because of exams or a sad novel or some dumb teenage stuff, right under your roof.

Personally? I would rather suffer alone and turn into a monster that, if lucky, would get slayed immediately, rather than let my family go through that enormous amount of emotional pain and turmoil.

It stops being about what kind of parent they are at some point and become more about 'What can they actually do??' Staying up late every night waiting for me to come back so that she can sleep knowing that I'm still alive is something my mother would do. And imagine how much pain seeing your family go through that would cause you on a daily basis? (Aka ++corruption rate) your relationships won't be the same anymore, since everybody knows you might die any day, you won't get to fight over stupid stuff with your siblings like pizza slices or picking the channel anymore since they won't be able to bring themselves to be selfish with someone risking death everyday (Hell, they might as well start resenting you for making their problems seem minuscule in comparison since they don't involve death). You won't get saddled with chores since your parents would worry that you will need all your energy to get through your hunt. School will be secondary at best, since you might not have a future to devote all that time to anymore. And many other parts of daily life that won't be as they used to be. It would be a daily struggle with no end. Some family members might start giving up on you, since it's easier to see you as a dead person walking. So, while we have examples of good parents like Madoka's and Ren's, it's more about protecting them in the long run than about teens being angsty and dumb.