#kaede-yamada

[ponderosus]

Closed: @kaede-yamada 🎄 Where: Kaede's apartment

"I have more gingerbread cookies in my bag, don't tell your father." Layla stage whispers down to the giggling girl below her as they worked on the Christmas tree, knowing very well Kaede could hear this conversation from behind.

[ponderosus]

The pair came from very different backgrounds, with their own pains and choices in life that led them to where they stood. Her mind wanders back to the day she arrived in town, assuming Aurora Bay would be like many other towns that came before it; insignificant, a place to get some temporary work before heading off to the next place up the coast. Who knew where she'd be by now if Layla had chosen to leave, Oregon or Washington? Hell, maybe even over the border. Layla always followed the money, nowadays she followed her heart, as corny as that may sound. But it's true, her priorities in life shifted once she found that roots had decided to shoot and grow in this little town.

Layla hums in agreement, nodding her head "Hmm, "me too." She finds herself mindlessly playing with the hairs above the nape of his neck. "It doesn't matter how long it takes when it's just us."

"Don't get me wrong, I love closing up with Celeste and Theo, but there are certain perks during cleaning I get with you."

Consolidating how Layla felt about being Gabrielle's bar was always something she was going to have to balance. She didn't necessarily believe in life after death, but she hoped that if the woman was looking down on the pair, she would approve. "Regardless of what happened between I would still be there. I didn't need to be attracted to you to think you were worth supporting." Kaede probably already knew this by now, but Layla felt it was worth repeating. The proof was that they spent years not thinking of each other in such a way, but still managed to support one another. "I mean, you've been there for me since the moment I got here." "Well." She shoots over a knowing look. "Now I know it's there, I'm going to insist I see it more often." It was only recently that Layla felt more confident in.... nudging to see a little more of Kaede than what he naturally showed.

The moment the words left her lips, she paused, scanning over Kaede's features to see how he'd react. Despite explaining she didn't need him to say I love you back to her, they were still heavy words. Layla doesn't think she's ever said the words in a romantic context before. As right as they felt in the moment, the combination of words feels new ��� a little foreign. But they were out there in the atmosphere.

As Kaede leaned in to kiss her, Layla isn't quite sure what that meant. He didn't seem to react poorly, in fact, he seemed rather happy to hear it. Either he felt it to, and this seemed like the appropriate course of action to reciprocate. Or, as much as he appreciated her sharing he wasn't ready or didn't know how he felt. Either way, it is probably best to just go with it, kissing him back with matching intensity.

— @kaede-yamada

Kaede did worry a bit about being boring. He was a widower who was raising a daughter and trying to keep a business afloat. It wasn’t like he’d had all this time to be exciting. Even when he was younger he had been in his moody writer phase. He doubted that was fun either aside from people who thought they wanted to fix him. But hearing Layla say she wouldn’t be bored of him made Kaede smile back at her. It proved she saw him and was invested. “ it is. Should we have to split us apart a bit more? Close with other people? Cause I like the serenity of these moments with you “

He wasn’t actually blaming Layla for anything but she did light a spark back into him again that he had lost when his wife had died. It was different. There was no thought of anyone being replaced it was just him and Layla were different as a couple than him and Gabrielle had been and that made both so special and important in their own ways. No one was put in front of the other. “Thank you for being a huge part of why I’m happy again “

“ didn’t think the side still existed” lede did trying to be honest but it was something else Layla brought out of him . Something positive and wonderful he’d been missing. They had for so perfectly on one another’s lives that it seemed too good to be true and yet here they were.

Hearing her say she loved him was huge. He knew he’d felt the same way about her for a while but he hadn’t expected her to be the one to say it first. He didn’t think he needed to hear it because they had an unconventional romance in many ways. But Kaede smiled softly again before closing the space between them and kissing her. He loved her too. @ponderosus

[fadedintotheflowers]

[kangshxrtie]

REVENGE ROMANCE ༒ ZHOU XINYU

synopsis ༒ xinyu and y/n put their past behind them to make their exes jealous pairings ༒ zhou xinyu x femreader . past kim nakyoung x femreader . past zhou xinyu x park sohyun status ༒ completed xinyn ༒ the opposition

1 . hard launch

2. we're not friends

3 . campus couple

4 . for the plot

5 . drama-ma-ma-ma

6 . stand up

7 . weird

8 . woof?

9 . CONFUSED

10 . explain

11 . reset

12 . scandal

13 . 👍

14 . cheater

15 . family dinner

16 . crazy

17 . questions or concerns

18 . malatang

19 . the girls are fighting

20 . all night

21 . suit & tie

22 . this tweet has been deleted

23 . photos

24 . lemme cook

25 . locked in

26 . moved on

27 . cat cafe

28 . assert your dominance

29 . possessive

30 . double date

31 . regret

32 . mad

33 . nakyn

34 . over it

35 . complicated

36 . fake?

37 . my seat

38 . embarrassing

39 . third wheel

40 . fold

41 . breakfast in bed

42 . choosing

43 . wtf do i do chat

44 . missed timing

45 . us again

46 . homewrecker

47 . break up with your girlfriend

48 . the girl is mine

49 . crash out

50 . finally

51 . yn protection squad

52 . accepting

53 . dinner on me

54 . nuhuh

55 . i got hoes

56 . secret service

57 . the big reveal

58 . kissed

59 . you & me

60 . digital footprint

fin .

[problamticsideanna]

I have nothing better to do in the ER so… Danganronpa textposts

[ericaxmanning]

Erica was a little taken aback by his insistence that he could help with the rest, a shrug falling from her shoulders. It wasn't like she was going to argue about it with him. She gestured with her head. "It's the one with the giant flower on the side. You can't miss it." It was only a few yards away. So she hadn't gotten far until she'd dropped one. "This is the craziest." Erica managed to avoid calling it 'the worst'. @kaede-yamada

“ where’s the truck? I can help with the rest? “ Kaede offered feeling like if he didn’t say something he’d be a total asshole which was something he tried never to be. “ is this the craziest week or is there others?” @ericaxmanning

[genoskissors]

Happy Pride Month Friends!

look at it far away for better quality

[stormypip7]

Finally! I've finished drawing that emotion practice! I drew EVERY single character (minus the Monokubs, Monokuma, etc. and the UDG cast)... It's done... I actually feel kinda pleased with this.

Hell, I even did 3 extras!

[azumetapraline]

The Danganronpa Zine Club - Holiday Collab 2024 is out!!!! 🎉

Thank you to everyone who contributed to it!! Without all of your help, this would've never happened. Made with the help of @drzineclub!

I'm very excited to show all the hard work we've put in this little holiday zine. You can access it through HERE and download it for free!!

I hope you enjoy the art AND fanfic collaborations made by 23 passionate artists, visual, literary... and more. 😉🍪

Happy Holidays! 🎄

[triplesnet]

Ending Fairy ♡ Girls Never Die Music Core 240525

[bloomsblueheart]

kaede for studio choom

[ponderosus]

who: @kaede-yamada where: outside of the ball

in all honesty layla would not have attended this event if kaede hadn't asked her. usually it was just a great temptation to drink, and that was something she was trying to keep to a healthy minimum nowerdays. so when he asked, layla immediately accepted, however the question of a dress didn't hit her till much later, it was a garment she wasn't always seen in, apart from the odd little black dress. but layla wanted to spend more time with him outside of the bar so layla had to put preference of comfort side, so she needed to find something fancier tonight. luckily, the bartender actually found something she didn't seem to mind wearing, it also felt really nice to feel sexy for once in a while. her closet usually contained casual and work ware.

layla waits for him outside, adjusting the very gold outfit as the cool metal brushed against the back of her legs. luckily she doesn't have to wait very long, "hey." she grins towards the man, "i like you in a suit."

[ponderosus]

"We were running in circles around each other for a while there." It took a while for Layla to understand the scope of when feelings developed on his end. She considered Kaede to be more... insular about feelings than she was. Sometimes she couldn't quite read him. But Layla had known that even if the couldn't see it at the time, the feelings were there — he was just equally as terrified. "We were already pretty close friends." Layla reasons with a shrug, "I don't think too much changed between us until we talked finally talked about it."

"Plus I didn't want to make assumptions." At the end of the day, assumption is the mother of all mistakes. Luckily that wasn't what ended up happening,. "You were already going through a lot, and I didn't want you to feel overwhelmed." she fidgets with the rings staked on her pinky finger. "Or make you feel like had to do things you weren't ready to do yet."

"God, yeah. I don't want to think about how long it would of taken without her intervening." Probably another very drunk Layla turning up at his door desperate for some attention to fill the pit of loneliness in her life at the time. "That's good. I'm always going to be grateful how much benefit of the doubt she gave me coming in after losing her mum."

"Oh yeah?" She wouldn't lie, it was very gratifying to hear him speak of her in that way. "I must be doing something right here, then."

— @kaede-yamada

“ did I?” Kaede asked as the news reached him that he seem to have had a pretty indecipherable face. He considered himself someone who is always thinking, but maybe that came off a little bit harder than he anticipated, because in his head, he felt like he was obvious when it came to his feelings, so the woman in front of him. “ I’m sorry if I ever made it seem confusing, cause I was pretty smitten the moment I realized I had feelings for you.”

It probably hadn’t helped that he was still appearing like he was in mourning. Because the truth was he had been, he always was going to have this aura around him as someone who had lost someone important. But he never wanted to close his heart to other people, especially since that was something Gabrielle didn’t want him to do. And hearing Layla’s words made Kaede realize that perhaps they were having the same thoughts back then. “ I understand that. If it had been any other kid, I think I would’ve had the same concern, but with her she seemed to know what was happening and I mean, let’s be honest. She’s the one who got us to admit our feelings. You’ve always felt like family even before we were more than friends, she always been a fan” he added, knowing if his daughter wasn’t so distracted by plants, she’d probably say that she loved Layla. “ I appreciate the care you put in when it came to her and to me. I don’t even know how to thank you with how much help you’ve been with her. Because I think she just needs someone that’s not a dad or a guy to talk to. “

Kaede smile softly at her gesture and quickly returns the kiss, feeling a little more bold after she initiated the motion. “ why would I ever want to get rid of the best person that’s happened in my life In a long time” @ponderosus

[hellohiyoko]

The Hidden Danganronpa Trope: The Red Eyed, Pig-tailed, Girl In Red and Black

I had posted this on Amino once before, I figured to repost it here.

Aside from similar color schemes, similar hair styles, and similar eye colors, these three characters have a lot more in common than one would initially realize.

Spoilers below for Trigger Happy Havoc, Super Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and V3: Killing Harmony, you've been warned.

Celestia Ludenburg from THH

The first red eyed, pig-tailed girl to set the precedence for her successors, is Celestia Ludenburg, the Ultimate Gambler. Makoto Naegi introduces himself and he's immediately suspicious of who she really is, seeing as "Celestia Ludenburg" is a rather odd name for a girl who claims to be from Japan. Regardless, she continues to lie and insist that Celestia Ludenburg is her real name.

At first glance, Celeste is seen as a rather cold, composed, and cunning individual who's willing to adapt to the killing game to live in Hope's Peak Academy for the rest of her foreseeable future. But in Chapter 2, we catch the ever so slightest glimpse of her true nature, as she yells and berates Hifumi due to the dissatisfaction of his milk tea. Her foreign accent disappears, and the calm, collected, individual is suddenly losing her shit, loudly might I add, over milk tea. Such an uncharacteristic crash out shocks the remaining survivors, this was a completely different person from who they've come to know.

It isn't until the end of the class trial in Chapter 3 that we learn who Celeste really is. If you didn't know then, you learned now that her vague European accent is fake. Even her name, "Celestia Ludenburg", as expected, was fake. Her real name is Taeko Yasuhiro, which she believes to be a "loser's name". She hates the common lifestyle she's lived up to this point, and hid her true identity from the rest of the peers. Who could've seen this coming? 😲

Peko Pekoyama from SDR2

Next up is Peko Pekoyama, the Ultimate Swordswoman. Immediately, you can tell that Peko and Celeste are two very different characters/people (depends on who you ask, ba dum tss 😉). While Peko is reserved and composed much like the counterpart aforementioned, she's much more trustworthy. She's open to social events such as parties and willing to put herself out there for introductions with her classmates, despite being emotionless. When meeting Hajime Hinata in SDR2 on Jabberwock Island, she's blunt with her intentions, stating that while she wants to get along, she won't hesitate to kill anyone should someone step out of line, all before anyone in SDR2 realized the predicament they were in.

Other than suspiciously meeting with Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu in the mornings when he left the group, nothing else seems out of the ordinary...

Until Chapter 2...

More specifically, the trial of Mahiru Koizumi's death. Toward the end of the trial, Peko tells those who have survived up to that point that she murdered Mahiru because she was Sparkling Justice, a vigilante who targeted criminals, in hopes that she wouldn't be considered the actual blackened. But thanks to Hajime and Sonia Nevermind, her lie about her motive and identity was revealed. We learn that the Kuzuryuu Clan adopted Peko for the sole purpose of serving as Fuyuhiko's sword and shield. She's not just a bodyguard, she sees herself as a tool, to be used by Fuyuhiko, void of any human emotion, intuition, or agency; a rather negative self image, wouldn't you say?

...is it clicking yet? Have you perhaps found a few similarities in Celeste and Peko? Keep whatever thoughts you have on hold as I talk about the last character.

Maki Harukawa from V3

Ah, yes, our final girl! Kaede Akamatsu and Shuichi Saihara meets Maki Harukawa as the Ultimate Child Caregiver, in the library of the Ultimate Academy of Gifted Juveniles in Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony. Despite another change in location, Maki appears to be reserved, composed, and cold initially. Despite Kaede's observation that Maki doesn't look like a child caregiver (and Kaito's opinion that she looks like someone who could fight), nothing else about Maki stands out too much in the prologue and first chapter.

Maki's suddenly thrusted into the spotlight in...you guessed it, the second chapter!

As soon as more Ultimate Research Labs become available, Maki goes off on her own and finds her own behind a gold and crimson door, which doesn't give a "child caregiver" vibe at all. She's even more distant than usual and doesn't let anyone see her lab. And once Ryoma's body is found, Maki refuses to participate in the investigation.

The second trial begins. Her refusal to cooperate and her lack of an alibi makes Maki quite suspicious. But she didn't murder anyone, she just lied about who she is. Toward the end of the chapter, Kokichi reveals to the surviving students that Maki's not a child caregiver, she's the Ultimate Assassin.

Unlike her predecessors though, Maki actually manages to make it to the end of Chapter 3, and survives the killing game alongside Shuichi and Himiko Yumeno, with some interesting character development. Throughout V3 and through FTES, we learn that Maki was tortured into becoming the assassin as we know (and love) today. She had went through so much pain and anger for being forced to kill people that eventually, she became numb to it all. Maki was used, and because of this, she begun to hate herself, believing that she was nothing more than a tool for killing who didn't deserve any friends or compassion (luckily until Kaito Momota convinced her otherwise).

So, to recap:

They're all female

They all have red eyes and pig-tailed hair with pale skin

Their ensemble consists of red, white, and black

They're initially composed, somewhat cold, and reserved

In Chapter 2, a part of their identity is revealed

(I say a part because in Chapter 2 of THH, it's revealed that Celeste's accent and personality are both fabricated, which isn't exactly her whole identity like Peko's or Maki's, but it's something)

Each one of these three characters have lied about who they really are~~

(Celeste lied about being...well Celeste, Peko lied about being Sparkling Justice and went on pretending that she and Fuyuhiko had no connection outside of Hope's Peak, and Maki lied about being the Ultimate Child Caregiver)

Each one of these characters have killed at least one person

(If you believe that Tsumugi is lying and Maki Harukawa is actually an assassin)

Each one of these characters holds a negative self image about themselves due to their past/upbringing

(Celeste hates who she is due to her "commoner" life, Peko believes she isn't human and that her only purpose is to serve Fuyuhiko, while Maki hated herself after being forced into becoming an assassin)

Quite interesting, isn't it? So what it does all mean? Eh, not much, just thought this was pretty cool.

I mean, if anything, should a fourth Danganronpa Killing Game ever come to fruition, and there's yet another girl with red eyes, pig-tails, dressed in red, white, and black, at the very least we all know to be careful.

[danganronpa-textposts]

If discord screenshots are in fact fine uh heres a few that I made that I hope you find amusing

thank you for the submission!! the akane and mikan one made me laugh

[kangshxrtie]

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