#reigen and seri in the same flower

[rebka18]

ahhhhh i wanna draw them together AHHHHHH

[acermp100]

WAWA WEEK PART 3: REVENGE OF THE WAWA

27/3 - Official art/outfit: DEMON SERI (woo) Soooo I wasn't gonna do this day but I had some extra shorts for my Demon Au fic: Hollow. And this one was cute. So have a demon Seri!

If you have not read my fic, let me sum up: Serizawa is an incubus and sucks at it. I mean he can be sexy and all that but he's not into the corrupting of humans and draining them of their souls. Annnnd then he falls in love with Reigen. Here's the link:

DISCLAIMER: While this short is general audience, my AO3 Hollow fic IS NOT. I mean Seri is an incubus so yeah, you've been warned.

OK SO THIS SHORT: There were a few spoilers for the AU as a whole so I edited them out. This is waaaay near the end of the AU. Demon Wawa babysits the esper kids. It's cute.

General Audiences. Video games, junk food, adorable.

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“What? What the heck was that?!”

A wireless controller floated in the air along with the last bits of nachos. Serizawa fell back onto the couch, glaring at the screen with his fangs bared.

“A creeper.” Mob sipped at his soda. The death message displayed on the screen. “They sneak up next to you and blow up.”

Shou was trying to stifle his laughter.

A forked tail lashed back and forth. “My house…” The demon’s voice trailed off, bowing his head as he gave into the defeat.

“Yeah, hate those things.” Teru was sitting in front of Mob on the floor, letting the others have the couch. “You picked up the game pretty quick though. Took me like 5 days to build anything my first time.”

Mob held up a hand and recovered the idly hovering controller with his own powers. “I just went around picking flowers and making farms.”

“Don’t worry, Seri.” Shou nudged the demon in front of him with his foot. “We can find an easier game for you.”

“Oh?” Serizawa shifted his glowing eyes toward the kid. “Like how you play Animal Crossing?”

Shou was about to throw some searing quips back in defense before Ritsu walked in with a filled bowl in one hand and a stacked plate in another.

“Alright, here’s the next round of snacks.” He started distributing the food. “Found some popcorn in the top of the pantry and even some cookies.”

“Score!” Teru leapt up and took some cookies for himself.

The sound of munching filled the room. Mob and Ritsu’s parents wanted to spend their anniversary at a fancy restaurant and later a nice hotel stay. The date happened to fall on the same time the esper kids all had a sleep over planned. Can’t pass on video games, junk food, and staying up way too late. Normally, Reigen stepped up to be the adult in the room, but he claimed to have prior responsibilities- (removed for Hollow spoilers :P just pretend he’s stocking up on ghost fighting stuff or something). Dimple went along just having to see what that could even be about. That left the only real adult known by the family to be Serizawa. Adult being a very lose term. Being 337 did garner him the title of ‘not an irresponsible child’, but it’s not like someone of his origins was used to babysitting middle schoolers.

Ritsu flopped down onto the couch next to Shou. “You know.” He lightly tapped Serizawa’s back with a foot. The wings jerked in response. “We aren’t really allowed to eat this crap 99% of the time.”

“Yeah.” Mob looked down at the buttery popcorn in the bowl. “Not even Shishou lets me have bad snacks at the office.”

Serizawa gave a snort and chuckled to himself. “Yeah, and? You three were out in the woods for over a day on that last exorcism job. And Shou was training with me. It’s the least you deserve to have a fun night.” He glanced over at the kids with a glint in his red eyes. “Plus, I’m a demon. We don’t exactly follow the rules.”

The kids laughed back, enjoying the junk food.

“Alright, now that I’m back, racing time!” Ritsu held up the game box and started switching out discs. “Serizawa, you watch a few rounds first, since you’ve never played.”

“Wait, is that Mario Cart?” Serizawa leaned forward and grinned from ear to ear. “We got this back at our apartment. Give me a controller, you kids are gonna get destroyed.”

“You’re on!” Teru picked up the last controller and all five started playing.

Light flashed from the screen: the only real source in the dimly lit room. Night had long fallen with the stars and moon lending a bit of a glow from the windows.  Empty glasses, bowls and dishes piled up. They’d regret that entire pack of oreos in the morning, but it didn’t matter with everyone enjoying themselves. Cries of rage and victory shouts could be heard all the way up until midnight from the home.

“Are you kidding me!?” Ritsu fell to his side, leaning against his brother with a face full of frustration. “How are you this good?”

Mob gave him an encouraging pat on the back. “You still beat me and Hanazawa every time.”

Teru’s hair stood on end. “Hey!” He glared behind himself. “It was that only that one time.”

“Yeah, and I’m coming in second every race.” Shou beamed with over exaggerated pride.

“Only second place.” Serizawa was grinning, holding a clawed hand out with the controller slowly spinning above the palm. “Sorry, boys. I was trained by Reigen-san himself.”

“Figures.” Ritsu crossed his arms. “That guy probably knows just when to throw a shell.”

“Heh.” A blush. The demon shook his head. “Well, I can never beat him. So I guess that’s just what we have to work for: getting Reigen in here for a beat down.”

“Pfff.” A scoff, Shou chewing on a hand full of nachos before continuing. “I doubt he’s THAT good.”

“Oh yeah, that reminds me.” Mob leaned over and showed his cell phone to Serizawa. “He texted about an hour ago. Told me we all better be in bed.”

Serizawa checked his own phone. “Ha. I got one too.” A shrug to go with his fang filled smile. “What he doesn’t know won’t hurt him.”

“Any other multiplayer games we got?” Teru was digging through the basket they kept all the accessories in, looking for another disc or box. “Oh hey! Your parents let you buy the new Doom?”

Ritsu nodded, going for another cookie. “Yeah, they don’t really care about the age limits.” He continued through a full mouth. “Guess with what we go through on a daily basis it doesn’t matter.”

Serizawa took a look at the cover. “Huh.” He raised an eyebrow. “What is this one about?”

“It’s great. Lots of action.” Mob started to playfully kick his feet with Teru setting up the console. “There’s this evil cooperation that is trying to siphon energy from hell and they-“

“Mob.” Ritsu whispered.

But his brother didn’t hear. “They summon these portals and you got to kill a bunch of demons and, oh- Wait.”

Teru and Ritsu were staring at Mob, trying to beam their thoughts directly into his head. Shou once again had to stop himself from laughing.

Mob looked at the floor. “Sorry, Serizawa.”

Seri blinked, not understanding the big deal. “Kill demons? With what?” He pointed at the box. “Guns and stuff?”

“Yeah, there’s like rocket launchers and energy weapons.” Teru answered.

The demon held back a chuckle, eyes glowing brighter. “Yeah no. That won’t work.”

Ritsu handed him the controller for player one. “Alright. Let’s see how good you are on your first try.”

The rest of the night was spent cheering Serizawa on as he made his way through the levels, barely scraping by in the fast paced action. Right around when the sun began to rise, the kids started yawning and losing their ability to speak coherently. The demon set them all up in Mob’s room with futons and some water bottles in case the junk food got a bit too much for their heads. It took a solid hour to tidy up the mess, crumbs, and left over snacks. In the end, he sat alone on the couch with the TV off, wings taking up the remaining spots. No need for him to sleep. Instead he took to watching over the house like a good guardian angel. Well- close enough.

“The little demons are asleep. No need to worry.” He texted Reigen, who he knew was still up.

“Ok. Never call them that again.” There were a few moments as Reigen was no doubt frantically typing on his out of date flip phone, (more Hollow spoilers shhh). “Did you enjoy yourself? You seemed nervous to be alone with them for an entire night.”

“It was nice. They don’t mind at all what I am.”

Serizawa sensed the kid’s peaceful, slumbering auras above and let out a sigh. A hint of whispering met his ears. Telling scary stories. He wondered if he would have gotten to do that if he was born a human. Childhood remained a fickle concept to him: born innocent and learning, growing into a completely new state of being all while ever absorbing the world around you. He guessed he had the last part down, at least on a basic level. Grinning, the demon bit into the small pile of cookies he had saved for himself, tail wagging. There were little bits of chocolate and peanut butter in these. Humans shall forever surprise him.

Reigen texted again. “Has Shou come down yet to take more food from the fridge?”

As if on cue, Serizawa heard footsteps from behind. A white light poured over the floor as the fridge was opened. He scoffed, holding up a clawed hand and shutting the door before anything else happened.

“Hey!” Shou stood in hamster print pajamas with arms crossed, glaring at his demonic babysitter. “Not cool.”

“You’ve had enough to last three sleepovers.” Glancing over his shoulder, Serizawa knew he didn’t even have to get up with Shou’s point of view consisting of his red eyes and low voice. “Trust me, you’ll thank me later when you wake up with a bit less of a stomach ache.”

“Fine.”

Louder footsteps as Shou trudged back up, accented with a few whispers. Serizawa stretched his wings and found himself letting out a yawn. Picking up his phone, he idly texted Reigen back.

 “Now I understand what you meant by how you felt like you were a single parent.”

“THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT.” A few random emoticons followed. Serizawa smiled down at his phone. Another text came through a few minutes later. “They do grow on you though.”

Now lying on the couch, Serizawa wrapped his wings around himself and gazed out the window- the beginning glow of the sun rise left the clouds red amid early morning bird song.  One last check on the kid’s auras. Finally asleep.

“They sure do. See you later today, Taka.” He blushed, leaving a little heart at the end.

The demon allowed his breathing to fall relaxed. All the while his mind thought of future favors he could do for the kids. Trips to the zoo, celebrating graduation, even picking out birthday gifts for them. He’d never done that before. Never had a family before. A real family. His phone buzzed again and he checked the screen.

“Love you too, Tsuya.”

The tip of his tail flicked in happiness.

[orthoxrequiem]

The sound of the Gion Shoja bells echoes the impermanence of all ships!

The color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that Puyo Puyo discourse must decline!

HOWEVER! WE AMIESS SHIPPERS ARE THE EXCEPTION!

Alright, now that I got that out of the way, allow me to tell you all why AmiEss is not only my favourite Puyo Puyo ship, but also one of my favourite ships ever. So, let’s do this!

1: How Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 Is Actually An AmiEss Origin Story In Disguise (I am not insane)

The super deep and intricate story of Amitie and Ess’ Yuri begins with the first Puyo Puyo Tetris game, where Amitie is silly and whimsical and Ess wants everyone in the game six feet under lmao. I absolutely love the way that their relationship develops over the course of the Puyo Puyo Tetris series and how we can see glimpses of a blossoming friendship as soon as the first game. So, let’s get into it!

In their first scene together, it’s clear that despite being transported to some random ass spaceship for no reason whatsoever (even though SIGMAtoudara is secretly the main villain of the game and is pulling the strings the entire time, trust me on this), Amitie is still happy to see Ess and become friends with her. However, Ess does NOT fuck with Amitie at all since her whimsical silliness does not go well with her deadpan and no-nonsense personality. We get some really entertaining scenes involving them together with these scenes continuing the dynamic established between them, but this all changes once THE BRITISH EMPIRE GETS INVOLVED!

Listen, I know that we all know Britain as the country where Queen Elizabeth was defeated by Reigen Arataka and Sans Undertale after an intense Sexyman-related battle, but they also have provided some pretty fire shit if I’m being honest. FIRSTLY, they invented beans on toast and that shit is fire, AND SECONDLY, they caused the birth of AmiEss. Let me explain, Amitie and Ess are in the middle of space because of plot-convenience (Probably SIGMAtoudara’s devious ass again, trust me I’m cooking) and they both have to engage each other in an elegant Puyo Puyo/Tetris battle because the plot (SIGMAtoudara) says so, causing each of them to channel their inner British aura. Now, this scene is PEAK MOTHERFUCKING FICTION because this is the first time you see them share a mutual chemistry between one another, even if Ess tries to dismiss it after the battle is done. However, I think we all know deep down that Ess’ fruity ass enjoyed that battle lmao.

After their Great British Bake Off, the rest of the game goes on normally with their dynamic staying relatively the same. The two of them get divorced over an argument about Ex and how he’s basically Toji Fushiguro since he’s a deadbeat dad and shit, (and on that note I think Ex and Toji should like have a kid mpreg style to create the ultimate deadbeat but I digress) but then it gets resolved by plot convenience (SIGMAtoudara changing is devious ways) so in the words of Saul Goodman, it’s all good man! Also in relation to the Toji & Ex Oiled-Up Deadbeat-Off, Ex does have more sympathy points then Toji which I should point out but this isn’t about DILFs, this is about Yuri!

Anyways, In one of the final levels of the game, Amitie remarks that her and Ess have gotten very close since they first met, but Ess immediately disagrees with her and dismisses this claim. This can easily be proven wrong since Ess did seem to really enjoy her Beans-On-Toast ass battle with Amitie in space, and along with that, there’s also a funny interaction in one of the post-game chapters where Amitie is trying to tell Ess to stay away from Yu and Rei and Ess just doesn’t care at all. This interaction is important as Ess’ attitude is surprisingly warm and not aggressive at all compared to how she is for the rest of the game. So basically, Ess is trying to hide the fact that she likes being around Amitie, and maybe she wouldn’t mind kissing her but idk that’s totally not important.

So, to sum it all up. Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 establishes Amitie and Ess’ dynamic with Amitie being her usual cheerful self and Ess being her usual bratty self. While they’re personalities do clash much to Ess’ dismay, we do see glimpses of Ess being fine around Amitie if we read in-between the lines. However, this all changes when THE GREATEST GAME EVER MADE, PUYO PUYO TETRIS 2, DROPS AND CHANGES THE AMIESS GAME!

2: The BLATANT Yuri Undertones of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (I am STILL not insane)

In Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, this is when AmiEss goes from “I guess you could see them romantically” to “HOLY SHIT THEY ARE SO GAY AND IN LOVE NO FUCKING WAY!” While they’re dynamic is more of the same for the most part, Amitie is WAY FRUITIER towards Ess in this game then she was in the first Puyo Puyo Tetris game.

This can be seen in numerous scenes, with them being:

-Amitie already seeing Ess as just a “sad, lonely girl” when she first meets her.

-Amitie being ESPECIALLY excited when Ess joins the group.

-Amitie giving her the nickname “Essie” in one of the levels in the game.

-Amitie wanting to battle against Ess during the Constellation Zone because she wants to become even closer to her.

Meanwhile, Ess is still basically the same, but we do continue to see her drop her guard a few times in the game. When Amitie is curious about the ship when she first arrives, Ess ends up getting distracted talking to her causing her to get annoyed. As well as that, Ess questions the power that friendship gives people after her Skill Battle with Amitie. There’s also her eventually getting roped into her battle with Amitie in the Constellation Zone. However, all of those are small in comparison to the YURI BLAST that is the ending of this game.

In the final scene of the game, Amitie is very sad that she won’t be able to see the Tetris group again, especially Ess. She even planned out future dates between her and Ess which is ESPECIALLY fruity and I respect her lesbian grindset. Anyways, surprisingly enough, Ess is the one who comforts Amitie and makes her feel better about having to leave her. She even admits that she does genuinely view Amitie as a friend, which causes Amitie to confess how much she loves Ess. Now, this is PEAK MOTHERFUCKING FICTION HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS SCENE SO MUCH! This is the type of shit that Kanaguri from Sakamoto Days would call peak cinema like it’s just so GOOD! Anyways, the two of them then proceed to make out off screen and the game ends (this is true, Squares and Marle told me).

In conclusion, Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 builds on the dynamic shown in Puyo Puyo Tetris 1 by further enforcing how much Amitie cares for Ess while also revealing the fact that Ess does genuinely care about Amitie. The development of their relationship is absolutely adorable and I love it so much, but anyways, there is still one more instalment that is worth talking about.

3: Better Call Klug and The Intricacies Of Amitie and Ess’ Relationship

After the events of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2, Amitie ends up reuniting with Ess again due to the Puyo Puyo, Tetris, and Albuquerque Dimensions getting merged together. While Klug and Saul are both setting up Klug’s lawyer career, Amitie and Ess are both developing their relationship and- okay, I’m just fucking around. Better Call Klug isn’t canon to the Puyo Puyo series (or is it?) Anyways, now that I’m finished talking about AmiEss in canon, I think it’s time to talk about AmiEss in my own personal fanon.

4: “KYAAA!! I’m a girl but…I LIKE GIRLS?!” Amitie and Ess, probably.

(The image was made by my good friend, fellow Tumblr user, and also the strongest advocate for Spongebob and Sig being best friends, Sir Sunky, who I ended up converting into an AmiEss shipper and is now the SigAmiEss strongest soldier! What a goat!)

In this section, I’ll be talking about my own personal interpretation of how they both end up together. To get the obvious out of the way, there is still the whole barrier between the Puyo Puyo and Tetris worlds and how they cannot merge, but I have two solutions to that:

A) Squares and Marle took pity on them and was able to give them each a chance to each visit each other individually for a brief period of time which prevents the worlds from falling apart while still allowing them to see each other again.

Or

B) fucking ignore it lmao. reigen arataka from the hit tv show mob psycho 100 saved the day by merging the dimensions together. why? because he’s the goat.

Either way, Amitie and Ess are now together again! Thank you Marle and Squares, or Reigen Arataka! Yippie!

Originally, my interpretation of them getting together was that Ess would be the first one to catch feelings for Amitie, who was completely oblivious to Ess falling in love with her. However, when Ess confesses to her, Amitie is immediately on board with the idea. This is seen in the first AmiEss fic I wrote on AO3, but after replaying the Puyo Puyo Tetris games again, my interpretation of how they fall in love has changed a lot.

My interpretation now is that Amitie is the first person who falls in love with Ess during the events of both Puyo Puyo Tetris games. She just ends up taking a liking to her personality and also finds her VERY pretty. However, it would take Amitie a little while to realise that the feelings she felt were romantic, and upon doing so, she is embarrassed by it but she is also very happy about it since she’s always had a soft spot for the concept of love. She does try to keep her love for Ess a secret, but it does end up bursting out of her a few times as seen in Puyo Puyo Tetris 2. The reason for this is that deep down, dhe doesn’t truly believe that Ess would ever like her that way since Amitie just sees herself as a weirdo, but Amitie’s friends (Ringo, Arle and the Primp Students) would help with giving her the encouragement that she needs so GO ON AMITIE AND GET THAT LESBIAN!

Meanwhile, Ess would also ends up falling in love with Amitie, but this would happen around the end of Puyo Puyo Tetris 2/Post-Canon and the realisation of this would be WAY more sudden then Amitie’s. Upon realising that she had caught feelings for Amitie, Ess would FUCKING LOSE IT and start tweaking like Choso from Jujutsu Kaisen. Ess would basically shut herself off from the SS Tetra crew, but Tee is able to assess what has happened and is able to help Ess talk through her feelings with Amitie (after refusing to talk with him and eventually accidentally blurting it out lmao). Ess doesn’t believe that Amitie loves her at all because she despite her egotism, she really does not like herself at all. Tee is able to give her the encouragement that she needs and is also fine with keeping it a secret from the rest of the SS Tetra so GO ON ESS AND GET THAT LESBIAN!

I definitely feel like Ess would be the one to confess and she would show an emotional side to Amitie that no one had ever really seen before. The entire experience eoukd be nerve-wracking but Amitie would then immediately so happy that Ess feels the same way about her. They would both cry a little and hug each other and reassure each other and maybe kiss and GRAAAAAAAAAA THEY’RE SO CUTE TOGETHER I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!

5: THE AMIESS IS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL!!!!!

Now, time to get into how they would act in a relationship, because it’s time to get romantical!

Amitie would basically act the same as she usually does towards Ess with her being her typical whimsical self whenever Ess shows up. Ess would act way kinder towards Amitie then she does with anyone else, but she would still be the same Ess that Amitie fell in love with any she would take any opportunity to showcase her arrogant personality.

Amitie would be very kind and caring towards Ess but she would also tease her a little bit just because of how cute she finds her reactions to be. Ess would get easily flustered by Amitie’s teasing or her kind actions and would always get defensive like she usually does, much to Amitie’s amusement. She would also always feel the need to pay Amitie’s kindness back though.

She is would be EXTREMELY physically affectionate towards Ess with her always wanting to hug, kiss and snuggle with her, which Ess surprisingly doesn’t mind at all, and even welcomes it. Ess would also show acts of physical affection towards Amitie but she would always be a blushing mess whenever she tries to do it, which Amitie finds very endearing.

Ess would have days where she would just be extremely down and want to stay in and do nothing, but Amitie would always be there to support her by trying to cheer her up in any way that she can. Ess does have a lot of mental baggage, but the baggage is never heavy whenever Amitie is around. Amitie doesn’t struggle with the same mental issues that Ess does, but she would feel sad sometimes and if she was ever bothered by something, Ess would immediately drop everything just to help her and make sure that she gets better. Despite how strange it may seem, Ess is extremely reliable when the time comes.

Amitie’s friends would all be delighted to hear about her and Ess ending up together, with the sole exception of Klug. While he is happy for Amitie deep down, he does NOT get along with Ess at all as they constantly bicker with Amitie having to be the one to break them up. Meanwhile, Ess would avoid Tee at all costs after confessing to Amitie since he was the only one who knew about them. He would eventually find out that they got together and would be very happy for her, and eventually, Ess would end up accidentally slipping up and revealing it to the entire SS Tetra ship. Ess would be extremely embarrassed with herself (with Jay and Elle’s teasing not helping at all) but they would all really happy that there’s someone who’s there to help her come out of her shell.

This is obvious, but Amitie sees a side to Ess that not a single other person has ever seen. Granted, there was that time Tee walked in on them cuddling which caused him to be chased around the SS Tetra by Ess who felt nothing but murderous intent at that moment, but that’s not important.

Finally, and this is even more obvious, but they both love each other very much!

6: How AmiEss Changed Tumblr User OrthoxRequiem’s Life

I got into the Puyo Puyo series around June 2022 when I bought Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 on the Nintendo Switch. I wasn’t doing too well at that time, but that game completely lifted my spirits and I fell in love with the game and it’s characters. I also ended up falling in love with the dynamic between Amitie and Ess as I found them extremely entertaining.

I didn’t really think of them in the context of a relationship at first, but one day I was rewatching Breaking Bad and it then hit me like a fucking truck. Saul Goodman might as well have crawled out of the screen and told me that AmiEss was based because holy shit did it cause the craziest domino effect ever. I began to make a lot of content revolving around them alongside other Puyo Puyo content and while I was initially embarrassed by the ship since it was a rarepair and I didn’t know if people would be accepting of it, my friends as well as the Puyo Puyo fandom were all very respectful of it which makes me very happy. Thank you for giving me the encouragement to continue posting about them to this very day! Stay goated, and stay sigma!

7: Conclusion (I don’t have a funny title for this section lol)

To sum it all up, I am obsessed with AmiEss. I love their dynamic in the games and I believe that they would be perfect in a relationship together. In regards to other ships, I also love TeeRin as well since I also think that they both compliment each other very well, so shoutouts to TeeRin! There are also a few other ships that I like, but AmiEss is by far my favourite and TeeRin is also a strong second place. While there isn’t much AmiEss content out there and there’s also not that many AmiEss shippers, that isn’t gonna stop me from posting about them! Throughout Heaven and Earth, I alone am the AmiEss one!

Thank you Puyo Puyo Confessions for giving me the opportunity to write all of this! Stand proud, Puyo Puyo Fandom! You’re sigma!

Question…

What’s your favorite ship and why? Reblog or comment with an answer!

[serenlyss]

For the Sake of a Smile Chapter 8

Rating: G Relationships: terumob, ritsu&teru Chapter Summary: “There is not a good or a bad cuisine, just the one you like the best.” — Ferran Adria Crossposted to AO3: Chapter 8

Chapter 7 // Chapter 9 (coming soon)

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Teru blinks open bleary eyes, his head still foggy from sleep. He takes a deep breath through his nose and stretches his legs beneath his borrowed blanket, turning onto his side and groping around for his phone on the bedside table.

He’d returned with Ritsu and Shigeo to their house late the previous night after having been convinced to stay over the winter break, and had promptly been shepherded into the house’s spare room to sleep while Ritsu explained the situation to his parents. Thankfully, his parents had been amicable and had agreed to let him stay, which, now that he’s here and has slept and is thinking with a clearer head, is potentially the best possible scenario for him. His other options had been to sleep at the airport while waiting for a flight or attempt to find a nearby hotel, which would have been both egregiously expensive and a pain to work around considering that he’s still too young to pay for a room.

He rubs at his eyes with one hand, clearing the blurriness from his vision and squinting at his phone screen until he can read the time. It’s seven in the morning, around the time he’d usually wake up and eat breakfast, but with no classes to get to, he contemplates just going back to sleep for a few more hours until the rest of the house is awake.

He’s closing his eyes against when he hears a definitive crash from downstairs followed by a string of muffled conversation. He sits up in bed, suddenly feeling much more awake. Seems like the others are up after all. He slides his legs off the edge of the bed and roots around in his suitcase for a change of clothes, shrugging on a colorful sweater and a pair of jeans before he makes his way downstairs to see what the commotion is all about.

As soon as he rounds the corner into the kitchen, he’s hit with the unmistakable, acrid scent of something burning. He coughs instinctively against the burn of it, fixing his eyes on the stovetop from which smoke curls incessantly.

Across the kitchen, two pairs of dark eyes turn to stare back at him as Ritsu and Shigeo are made aware of his presence. Shigeo’s holding a pan with something black and badly burnt in it, and Ritsu’s down on his hands and knees on the tile floor, attempting to mop something dark and sticky up with a stained towel.

“What in the world are you doing?” Teru blurts, still a little half-asleep and baffled by the absolute chaos the kitchen seems to be in.

“Sorry, did we wake you?” Shigeo asks with a small, self-conscious smile. “Since Mom and Dad are gone, I figured we should at least try to make something for breakfast, but…” he bits his lip, looking down at the sad, ashy mess in the bottom of the pan he’s holding. “I think I let it sit too long.”

Ritsu hastily finishes his cleaning job, setting the dirty towel aside on an uncluttered part of the countertop. His face is slightly pink, and he attempts to hide an embarrassed pout by turning his back to Teru. “I’m not much of a cook myself, but I figured Shigeo must at least have learned something from working for Reigen all these years… guess we’re both still pretty helpless when it comes to cooking,” he admits, dropping the ruined dishes in the sink to be washed later.

Teru just stares for a moment, dumbfounded, and then he raises a hand to his mouth to cover his wobbly grin and stifles a series of snorts and giggles into his palm. “You two are truly hopeless when it comes to food,” he teases, already rolling up the sleeves of his sweater. “Let me. You can consider it thanks for letting me stay over the holidays. Shigeo, lend me a hand?” He flashes his classmate a warm smile.

“Ah, sure,” Shigeo agrees, quickly setting aside the newly washed plates and turning to see what Teru has planned. But Teru is already moving, pulling ingredients from the pantry and dishes from the cabinets. So Shigeo falls into step beside him as Ritsu watches from the edge of the kitchen, and lets Teru tell him what to do.

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By the time Teru and Shigeo are finished in the kitchen, they have a plate of chocolate macarons on a plate between them. They do the dishes quickly while Ritsu steeps some tea in a pot on the stove, and then move to the living room to sit and set the plate of macarons on the coffee table across from them. Teru’s quick to snap one of the cookies off of the plate, grinning. “I haven’t made these in forever,” he says, crossing his legs at the knee and holding one hand beneath the little cookie as he takes a bite to keep the crumbs from falling into his lap.

Shigeo offers him a small smile in return and picks up one of his own. “They looks great,” he murmurs, and moves to take a bite of his own as Ritsu comes back into the room with a tray of teacups in his hands.

“I have a request, if you’ll humor me,” Ritsu says as he slides the tea tray onto the table and takes a seat in a chair across the table from Shigeo and Teru.

Teru glances up, raising a brow at Ritsu inquisitively. “What kind of request?” he asks slowly.

Ritsu only grins slyly in response. “Each of these teas has a very similar color and aroma. Can you tell which  is which?” he prompts, and the look in his eye is almost mischievous, his gaze following Teru carefully and curiously as he sits down across the table from him and nudges the tray closer.

Teru reaches for the first cup, shooting Ritsu an uncertain look. He’s making this out to be some sort of game, or maybe even a challenge, and though Teru isn’t particularly inclined to play along, he can’t help but be curious as to what Ritsu might be getting at. He reaches for the first teacup and holds it up to his face, breathing in the scent of it. He hums thoughtfully, eyes falling closed for a moment. “It’s floral, but I can smell a hint of citrus in it. This is darjeeling,” he says with confidence, opening his eyes to meet Ritsu’s gaze across the table. There’s a small, almost smug smile on his face, and it comes across to Teru as being quite self-satisfied. He picks up the second cup. “This has a sweet scent that lingers instead of turning bitter. It’s assam. And this…” He turns his attention to the third cup, letting the steam from it puff up into his face. There’s something immediately familiar about the way this one smells, the kind of scent he can almost taste on the tip of his tongue. “It smells like a field of flowers, but there’s an earthy undertone to it, too. I can smell mint, too… it’s just like the lavender field from my hometown.” The smell of it is nostalgic, and brings back vivid memories of walking the lavender fields with his siblings growing up.

Shigeo blinks, picking up the cups of darjeeling and assam and sniffing them experimentally. “They all smell the same to me,” he sighs, setting the cups back down and scratching his head with one hand. “How can you tell the difference?”

Teru casts Shigeo a perplexed glance, then looks back at the cup of lavender tea in his hands. “I don’t know, I just can,” he admits, raising the cup to his lips to take an experimental sip. “I’ve always been able to do it, I guess. I could never forget the taste of lavender tea, I’ve brewed it since I was just a kid. I think this one steeped a little too long, though, it’s gone bitter.”

Ritsu grins, and it strikes Teru as the kind of grin that a person who’s just cracked a difficult puzzle might show in the moment of their triumph. “This is your talent. You have an absolute sense of taste that lets you know exactly what makes up something you eat, so much so that you can recreate it just from tasting it,” he explains, leaning forward in his seat. “Plus, you can remember the taste of everything you’ve ever eaten, right? This is the gift that got you into the special class.” He reaches for the cup of darjeeling tea, and as he does, he adds, “It’s quite a rare talent. Your parents must be proud.”

Teru chokes on a gasp of surprise, nearly dropping his teacup with the way his blood turns to ice and makes every muscle in his body seize up in irrational terror. “How do you know about my parents?” he demands, his voice coming out shakier than he would have preferred, but he’s too surprised to have someone recognize him to control the tremble in his throat.

Shigeo seems to pick up on Teru’s discomfort right away, flashing him a quizzical look. His eyebrows furrow ever-so-slightly, a worried frown tugging at the corners of his mouth. “Teru?” he asks.

Ritsu halts at the tone of Teru’s voice, retracting the hands that had previously reached for the teacup in front of him to raise his eyebrows at Teru. “Your parents are the Hanazawas, right? They’re famous chefs who own restaurants around the country. Our father was friends with them in college, same as the academy’s President,” he explains, watching Teru with a careful, analytical eye. “Dad called them geniuses who used their sense of taste to create incredible new recipes that would blow the critics away. He used to say that they had a son who they kept out of the eye of the media, and that he had likely inherited that same ability.” 

Teru tightens his grip on the teacup, clutching it so hard that his knuckles start to turn white. His fingers are trembling, and no matter what, he can’t bring himself to stop. His tongue feels dry and heavy in his mouth, and his mind is blank, unable to produce the words to tell Ritsu to stop.

Shigeo’s still staring at Teru’s face, trying to catch up with the conversation to figure out what in the world is happening, and his gaze is caught by the gentle tremors that go up and down Teru’s arms and cause the teacup to shake. He blinks, eyes going wide in realization. “Ritsu,” he warns.

“It’s been a long time since he’s mentioned them, so I’d forgotten about it, but I remembered when I came to pick you up on your first day of classes,” Ritsu continues, oblivious to his brother’s warning. “I wasn’t sure at first, since your name isn’t exactly uncommon, but the more I saw of you, the more I became convinced that you must have been their secret son. They taught you well, it seems.”

Teru swallows down the thick lump in his throat and forces his clenched jaw to open. “You’re wrong,” he murmurs shakily, setting the teacup down on the table before he can drop it and spill lavender tea all over the house’s nice carpeting. “They didn’t teach me anything.”

Now it’s Ritsu’s turn to look surprised. Teru can tell from a glance that this isn’t the way he’d expected this conversation to go. “They didn’t?” he echoes.

Teru takes a deep breath, taking a moment to compose himself. “I taught myself how to cook, my parents didn’t teach me a single thing,” he repeats, clasping his hands together to keep them from shaking and smoothing out the tremble in his voice by force. “I haven’t seen or spoken to my parents in a long time. Any resemblance you might see of them in me is coincidence, that’s all.” He falls quiet once more, but he continues to hold Ritsu’s gaze, a flicker of defiance refusing to let him be the first to look away.

In the end, it’s Ritsu who breaks first. “I see,” he murmurs, averting his gaze to the teacup on the table in front of him. “I didn’t know that. Sorry to bring up unpleasant memories.”

Teru forces his shoulders to relax, then reclaims his cup of lavender tea and stares down into its dark purplish depths. “It’s okay,” he says after a moment. “It’s just a sore subject, I guess. I don’t like talking about them.” He takes another sip of tea, letting its warmth and familiar flavor soothe his nerves a little. He’s somewhat surprised to hear Ritsu apologize so willingly--he’d always taken Ritsu to be a pretty cold person, just based on how quiet and scrutinizing he is whenever they’re around each other--but he supposes it isn’t out of the question that Ritsu might genuinely feel remorseful about this kind of unintentional misstep.

Out of curiosity, Teru casts a glance at Shigeo. His classmate is staring down at his lap with an unreadable expression on his face, one hand half-buried in his fringe of black hair and the other trapped between his knees. He stays like that for several seconds before he notices Teru staring, and when he does, he quickly replaces any stoicism on his face with a small, uncertain smile. “Teru, would you like to help us put up decorations for Christmas?” he asks, breaking the silence with something a bit more light-hearted.

Teru’s grateful for the change in subject, and he offers Shigeo a thankful little smile in return. “You know what? That sounds like fun, I’d like that,” he replies, polishing off the last of the tea in his cup and setting it on the tray to be washed later. “You’ll have to tell me where you usually put things, though, I’ve only ever decorated at home.”

He catches Ritsu’s eye across the room and sees that now-familiar, thoughtful crease begin to form in the middle of his brow, like he wants to ask something but isn’t sure if he can. It disappears when he notices Teru glancing his way, and he simply nods his head. “Of course. Mom and Dad are sure to be surprised when they come home and see that everything’s already been done. Though, we should leaves some for Mom. She might get disappointed if we do everything without her.”

At his side, Shigeo laughs softly, nodding in agreement. “Yes, that’s a good point,” he replies, the corners of his eyes crinkling slightly in the way they do when he’s amused.

For the time being, at least, it’s peaceful.

[reitziluz]

@vvvvvvyeah

oh if it was something that simple

there will be so much seri angst before this ride is over, no worries

[browniefox]

on your AO3 account you have around 25 fics which are currently unfinished. I was just wondering how many of these were discontinued? You don’t have to give an in depth answer if you don’t want to, I was just curious. Also all of your works are really good and I can’t wait to read more!

You pose a good question. And I kinda want to do an indepth answer? If for no other reason, than to kind of go over them myself? And I’m glad you like my writing :)

Role Reversal - Supernatural - Discontinued

This one (and probably most of these ones I’m going to start with) are pretty much discontinued. I have just no drive or interest in continuing it. If I ever did, I’d want to start it completely over, since the writing is just so old. Like, wow, five years old at this point. This fic inparticular, I had better ideas for it after I had published it. At this point I’m keeping it around for like posterity’s sake. 

From Heaven to Earth - Supernatural - Discontinued

This one is discontinued as well. It was an interesting fic, but I had no idea where I was really going with it. 

Wiccans Don’t Use Rifles - Supernatural  - Discontinued

I kinda like this title, but this fic is definitely discontinued. I had no idea what had caused this weird thing to happen in the timeline. It’s like a fic I would’ve liked to read, but didn’t know how to write. 

More Than One - Sonic the Hedgehog - Discontinued

I actually had way more of an idea of the plot for this one than I did the previous four, but I just lost steam on it and grew dissatisfied with my own portrayls of the characters. Also I think there was maybe another chapter that I head meant to post but never did? And that’s always annoying :P Also I hate the name and summary.

Strangers of the Woods - Homestuck - Discontinued

Uhuh, no no, not a huge fan of this one. I don’t really like the plot anymore, or how I was executing it, and I definitely think I could’ve done much better work. I used to really like the plot, but now I’m just kind of embarressed about it.

The Monsters Came - Undertale - Discontinued... probably

This is one of those fics that I could see myself writing another chapter to years later, if I’m ever really bored or have a really good idea how to portray the inegration of monster and human culture and stuff, but honestly it’s probably not going to update again knowing me

Galaxy’s Mightiest Guardians - Avengers/Guardians of the Galaxy - Eternal Hiatus

By ‘Eternal Hiatus’, I mean that maybe maybe maybe in a distant future, I’ll update it, or if I like watch Gotg 3 and get excited I might write another chapter. I really liked the whole language barrier going on, but I just have too many things to work on to try and figure out what to do with the plot

Gemstone Tutor Reborn - Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Discontinued, sadly

I love love love gem aus, especially art and stuff for them. And I guess that my ideas for this just didn’t go far enough away from canon to make me happy with it. But I still love it, even though I know I’m probably never going to update it. 

Flower For Your Thoughts - Katekyo Hitman Reborn - Kinda Finished Actually?

I should really change this one form 3/? to just 3/3. If I ever want to update it, I can and will, but i’m pretty satisfied with the three chapters i’ve written for it. Thsi is one of the fics I’m really proud of, and I love this way lesser used soulmate au

Virtuous - Fullmetal Alchemist - Eternal Hiatus

Another fic that met it’s death due to the fact that I didn’t plan the plot enough. I did know that I wanted there to be seven ‘virtues’ but choosing the characters and figuring out, like, the rest of the fic just never happened. I still love the concept of it though

A Doggone Mess - Youtubers - Complete

Another one I should change to complete, seeing as it was a series of one-shots anyway. It was left incomplete because at the time I kept writing more, but now that I’ve more or less finished, I should really let that reflect on the fic itself. 

Soulless Machines - Detroit: Become Human - Complete

The exact same situation of ‘Doggone Mess’ where I was writing a bunch for it, but now I’m happy with where it is and what I’ve written for it. In fact, I’m just in general happy with this fic and reread it often enough. 

The Dragon Watching Over My Shoulder - The Dragon Prince - Hiatus...?

I always meant to update it when the second season came out, and then I never watched it... UNTIL RECENTLY! So it’s possible that someday, maybe even soon, I’ll update it. But I’ve had a lot of different projects I’m working on right now, so don’t expect anything like immediately

Thanks for the Memories - Paranatural - Hiatus 

One day, I hope to update this. I don’t have it thoroughly planned, but I do have it enough - and it should be short enough - that I think it’d be doable. 

Tradition - Legend of Zelda - Hiatus

I do plan to update this one! I really like this au, and while I’m not entirely sure where it’s going or where it’ll end, I enjoy writing about this Ganondorf, and though I may not complete, I definitely want to continue it

The Legend of Zelda: Folds of Darkness - take a wild guess - Discontinued probs

I never really planned to continue this one. I may, however, one day write a prequel to it? Or maybe rewrite this one (with a better title). I’ve played around with this au and the characters and the backstories and kinda have grown attached to em

Dream Team vs The Ink Machine - BaTIM - Hiatus

I do want to finished this one, especially because it’s so long at this point. I have a vague idea of where I want it to go, it’s just a matter of finding the time to write it when I’m not doing other things or working on other fics

Fires and Espers - KHR/MP100 - Hiatus 

I don’t think I’ll finish this fic, but I do want to update. I like this little au, and I want to go more into Reigen’s ‘past’ and stuff. It’s just kinda fun to write in :D

The Future Waits For No One - How to Train Your Dragon - Hiatus

I actually do know where the plot is going! Again, I just need to actually get to writing it. I’ve enjoyed writing it, and it’s seemed to get pretty good reception too :)

The Path Less Traveled By - Digimon - Hiatus

The biggest thing stopping me from writing this fic is that it required me rewatching the anime and sometimes it just takes the slightest thing to make me too lazy to do something. But I love Joe, and hope to start diverging from canon at some point, but it probably won’t be updating soon

Wrong Place, Wrong Time - Detroit: Become Human - Discontinued probably

If I update, it’ll be a miracle. I always seem to start these Avergers crossovers and never finish them. I’m not really intersted in it anymore :(

Tipping the Scales - Daredevil/Avengers - Hiatus

I want to finish this one! I really like it, and it’ll just be another four or so chapters until it’s finished, and it’s really cute :) but I’m been really into drawing lately - and Hollow Knight - and they’ve distracted me from writing :P 

[fabelyn]

Atelo Ch.2

Pairing: minor serirei and terumob (no romance between any adult and kid, not even onesided)

Rated: PG-13 Warnings: spoilers for manga/anime end + Reigen sequel Chapter: 02/? (previous chapter) Word Count: 4k

Link to AO3

Summary: They wake up one morning to find Reigen gone.It’s hard to find a man whose past and history they never knew. They search for him, only to wonder if they should be bringing him back at all.

Roshuto glanced down at the yellowing tomes of what seemed like accounting books and resisted the urge to groan.

When his former disciple had brought in that girl, he’d happily assumed his sworn rival had finally screwed up and she was changing sides for someone who was clearly superior.

Well, his remarkable intellect had certainly hit the mark, partially . After all, what reason other than screwing up was there for the psychic Reigen Arataka to run off so quickly? Too suspicious.

However, the girl had not come to beg for employment, although at least she’d come seeking enlightenment; she’d arrived bearing books from Reigen Arataka’s office to request an explanation for them. Roshuto agreed he could spare a moment of his time to glance at them—perhaps even pick up a psychic signal of his rival’s whereabouts—and was annoyed when he began to peruse and realized they were all just bookkeeping.

Nonetheless, since he did understand some of that, he ploughed on; maybe he’d uncover his rival had been siphoning money out of his business.

“Aha!” He cried out proudly, and allowed the girl the come closer so he could show her his findings. “Verily I see something is wrong here. Take a look at these numbers! He’s claiming these absurdly cheap values are his consultation prices? Clearly, he’s writing down lowered values to keep a large part of the profits—”

“Nah, those are his rates.”

“...Oh.” That was… worrying. He couldn’t imagine trying to live off those prices. His rival must be swimming in clients. Although the books said otherwise. “Let’s see… ah! I see he claims he had two appointments at the same time.”

“Yeah, and now he’s updated to three.”

Roshuto was beginning to sweat now. “And… and here he has a strikethrough on a price and wrote down… carrots next to it?”

“Yeah, sometimes they can't pay with money. The carrots were pretty tasty though.”

“I… I… here! He constantly removes some pocket change and calls it “Mob”. Perhaps he’s been paying an audience some money to react as he wishes?”

“No, Mob just means Mob-kun’s salary.”

“... That’s salary ?!” Even he paid people better. Although a “Seri” seemed to earn a near living wage. He assumed it was the other man that worked there.

“Tragic, I know. But at least from what you’re telling me it doesn’t seem like he was skimming us.”

“My dear girl, I’m wondering why he was even paying you at all, with these rates. Were they always this low?”

“I think so, yeah. Why?”

“Girl, it would take too long to go through the intricate and delicate process that is starting a new business who is as often defamed as the one of psychics. To cut it short: offices cost money to rent or buy, then to maintain. So does the advertising required to kickstart such a venture. Normally one would procure a loan and pay it using the money earned. However, your Master seems to keep his rates low enough to live of off, so long as you don’t have loans on top of the daily necessities to pay. Meaning either someone gave him money to start off, he had money put aside from something, or he’s receiving money from elsewhere.”

“And can we find that out by looking through the ledgers?”

“Perhaps. It depends on how truthful and detailed his accounting is… which, I must warn you, detailed it is not . From just this sample I’ve picked it’s clear he only knows the basics. Although, I suppose, that could mean he would be unable to use any complex techniques to hide issues…” He glanced at the books the girl had brought over; there were too many. “You said these should encompass five years’ worth of accounting? Any detailed analysis will take more time.”

“... How much would that be? This is way over what highschool math is teaching me.”

No doubt . Roshuto calculated the time it would take him to look over the books, considering his current appointments… far too much.

He glanced over the girl again; she looked tired, but not yet defeated.

…Certainly, she looked better the last time he saw her, which was when he forced Rusty onto her…

Roshuto cleared his throat. “I suppose I could… glance over these in my spare time. Consider it as extending an olive branch to my rival. As payment… I’ll take information on what became of him, when you find him.” If you find him.

After the girl left, beaming, he summoned his current helper.

“Cancel any new appointment that may come up.” He glanced at the books and rubbed his hands. After this, I won’t owe you anything, Reigen Arataka.

*

Tome went back to the office with a spring in her step. Granted, the psychic hadn’t given her any answers, but at least he’d promised to work on it, and for free! Reigen would have been proud, if he’d still been around.

That depressed her all over again. And then she recalled Roshuto’s comment and anger surged instead.

She didn’t know how he got the office! She didn’t know anything! That was the worst. Reigen was claiming he was helping his parents and she couldn’t even tell if that was true or a lie fabricated by whatever entity had to be possessing Reigen right now.

Serizawa and Mob might know more, but they were too busy being heartbroken to be any help for now.

Which reminded her; she needed to see if Mob’s brother had made any progress.

As she scrolled through her contacts, an idea came to her, though she’d need the boys to see it through.

*

“Hey Ritsu-kun, how’s Mob-kun holding up on your end?”

He sighed. “My house is still under a storm cloud, Tome-san.”

“Damn, that can’t be good for the flowers.”

It’s not good for anything . “Yes, my parents aren’t too thrilled.”

“What are they doing about it, then?”

“They, uh, told Shige to knock it off with the constant rain.”

“Oh, did that work?”

“….It might have made it worse for an hour. But I might be mistaken.”

“Huh. Is this the first time he’s been this upset? I mean, okay, so obviously his parental—”

“His what , Tome-san?”

“Uuuh, his mentor figure walking out on him isn’t a normal occurrence but surely other stuff has upset him before?”

“It’s rare but I’ve seen this rain phenomenon happen twice before, yes.”

“Well then, how did you guys get rid of it?”

“…He went running to Reigen-san.”

“Well, damn .”

*

Mob flinched when another thunderbolt flashed by his window. He hadn’t meant to make the rain worse, especially after his parents scolded him for it, yet somehow remembering their orders was wreaking more havoc.

Maybe he should leave and go sit in the park somewhere until the raincloud blew over. But first…

He called Master Reigen, who picked up immediately. A sure sign he had no clients currently, which made Mob feel marginally better. “Hey Mob, what’s up?”

“ Master, I don’t think I’ll be able to come over today, I’m so sorry.”

He glanced outside the window and flinched; his mom had scolded him for ruining the flowers… and he could see the flowerbed had become a small pool already.

“Ah? Well, I suppose once in a while I do have to use my own powers, but why can't you come?”

“I… I’m a little upset…” He turned his back to the rain pouring outside his window. “And it’s, uh, making my powers go out of control. It’s been raining non-stop.”

“You sure that isn’t just the weather, Mob?”

“There’s a rain cloud over my house, and my house only, Master.”

“ Ah… well…”

“Anyway, I don’t want to drench your office. It’s bad enough that my mom’s flowers are ruined. I’ll make it up to you tomorrow, okay?”

“Hm, but it’s raining outside the house, right?”

“Err, yes?”

“So my office isn’t getting drenched. Come on over. Unless you feel more comfortable at home, of course.”

“But won’t it be bad for business, having a rain cloud over the office? And the window was leaking last time it rained, so some water might get in—”

“It’s just water, Mob. We’ll deal with it if it does get in. Besides, you need to think about perspective here. A spirit consultation office with it’s personal eerie rain cloud? Ha! That gives it authenticity . Business will boom. And if it doesn’t, you can entertain me by explaining just why you’re upset.”

“I watched a movie called Hachiko—”

“Say no more. Come on over. I have a new brand of spiritually soothing tea we could try out if you want.”

The downpour turned into a drizzle.

*

“It’s fine, I’ve called the cavalry. What about on your end, Tome-san? How is Serizawa-san?”

“Still down in the dumps. I’ve come up with a plan to boost his self confidence and locate Master Reigen but it hasn’t born fruit yet.”

“Yeah? What is it?”

“I created a profile for him on a gay dating app, and added subtle messages to attract aliens!”

“ How would that even— ” The doorbell mercifully rang. “Sorry, let me get back to you later, help for my brother has arrived.”

Ritsu opened the door to a grim-faced Shou and Teru. He was about to offer a towel but noticed they’d used their powers to stay dry.

“It’s bad, huh?” Teru said as a greeting.

Shou looked down at the shoes by the door. “Are your parents around?”

“No, they left for drier ground.”

“‘Kay, we got this, lead the way.”

As Ritsu led them to his brother’s room, he felt relieved they’d finally arrived. While normally he’d try talking to Shige on his own as usual, it was complicated when the issue was the damned conman. Ritsu had had no love for him, and most people knew that, so considering the current issue, he feared he’d be too biased, or say something he’d regret, instead of helping Shige, so perhaps leaving it to Shou and Teru would be wiser.

He opened the door to Shige’s room but chose to not enter with them, instead staying next to the door so he could listen in.

“Hey, Kageyama-kun, we heard the news,” Teru was speaking. “And we’re here to help you out of this funk.”

Ritsu nodded to himself. Yup, he was wise to call on them. All would work out —

“Sometimes parents need some extended time alone away from us, but that’s normal.”

Wait, what? The wind outside picked up.

“I mean,” Teru kept going, “mine left, but they still write. Sometimes. Usually checks. It happens, it’s hard taking care of esper kids, they get tired sometimes.”

The wind was so strong it felt like someone was physically banging against the windows.

“Right!” Shou added. “My mom didn’t take me with her, but she still talks to me. Well, she’s an esper so it’s different, but — ”

I wanted calvary, I called two Horsemen of the Apocalypse instead.

“Are you two insane?! ” Before Ritsu realized it, he’d rushed inside the room.

Mob was hunched on a corner of his mattress, arms wrapping over his knees and head down. Teru and Shou looked at Ritsu like he was the crazy one.

“What’s with you, little brother? Kageyama-kun needs to learn that as an esper, things like this are bound to happen.”

“Right, most people at Claw turned orphans because of non-esper parents. Why do you think Mukai—”

“ Reigen Arataka wasn’t his parent! ”

He was met with twin withering looks.

“Ritsu, now is not the time for semantics—”

“It’s not semantics! Reigen Arataka wasn’t his parent, which is why this is all too suspicious !”

“…What?”

Ritsu was already beginning to regret it, he should not be the one to have to defend that damn man.

…But the wind outside stilled, as if in baited breath, and Mob’s head slightly lifted from the cradle of his arms.

Ritsu sighed. He was going to be mature about this, for his brother’s sake, and say it. He hoped wherever Reigen was, he was suffering enough to justify putting Ritsu in this position.

“You’re saying non-esper parents sometimes leave because they can’t handle esper kids, right? Well, my brother isn’t Reigen’s kid to begin with. If Shige’s powers bothered him, all he had to do was not involve himself with a kid that wasn’t in any way connected to him. Yet he stuck around, for years.” Granted, it was mainly because he needed his brother to bring in money…

Shige had no reaction other than to let his head fall again.

Ritsu hoped Reigen was being tortured right now.

“Look, I… was never a fan of him—”

“That’s an understatement,” Dimple made its presence known by mumbling next to Ritsu.

“He’s immature, dramatic, selfish , underpaid you and is a fraud. But… there’s proof he did care , more than just for profit.” Ritsu pictured Reigen being dragged over hot coals, it helped . “There was that time he entered Claw’s hideout to get you out. And then w hen… when you were run over before trying to confess , didn’t he go after you ? And that was after he had Serizawa-san working for him . Look, he’s not the best person out there, but even I have to admit he did more for you than someone who only wanted you for profit would .” Sometimes.

There was complete silence, and Ritsu felt his face slowly flushing at the stares.

“...Thank you, Ritsu, but that isn't it.”

Four pair of eyes stared at Mob, now emerging from his between his arms, incredulously.

“It’s… not? What are you drowning the plants for, then?” Dimple asked first.

“...He’s a good person. He’s done a lot for me when he didn’t need to. I know he cares, even if not as much as I thou — ” Mob stopped before taking in a breath and continuing. “I’m upset because he didn’t hesitate. He didn’t wait at all. Ritsu, was he so miserable this whole time that it was that easy to leave? He’s been helping me for years and I… didn’t notice at all.”

The rain started back up again. Ritsu found himself sweating slightly. He’d assumed his brother’s issues were much simpler than they apparently were.

He hadn't needed to make a speech praising the conman, damn it .

“Shige, he might just be having a mid-life crisis and is coming back soon,” he ran his mouth, hoping if he spoke enough, something convincing would come out. Oh god, he's been gone a day and I’m already acting like him . “And with the way he’s such a prideful exhibitionist there’s no way Reigen-san wouldn't want to boast about finally getting rich! It’s not like him! He’s the type that would stick around to show off and invite us over to watch his success, not cut ties! And! I find it hard to believe he was that miserable. He stuck around through that shameful media fiasco, why run off now that everything's back to normal? Not to mention, he has more people helping him at the office now as well.”

Mob finally sat up on the futon with a sigh.

“I wanted to think that but… his decision is pretty final, I think.”

“What makes you think that, Kageyama-kun?”

Wordlessly, Mob took a crumpled letter from inside his shirt. He took a check out of it and handed it to Ritsu.

Ritsu looked down at it and saw white .

“ Shit , look at that... that’s 6 digits !” Dimple screeched. “Since when did that guy have this much?!”

“Maybe the real reason Reigen-san skipped town is because he murdered someone and took their money?” Shou suggested.

“He sold his apartment,” Mob said, and waved a paper in his hands when they looked at him quizzically. “It says so in his letter.”

“He managed to sell that hole in the wall in two days ?!” Dimple asked, which Shige ignored. Ritsu noticed that while they’d been busy gaping at the check, he’d gotten hold of his phone.

It felt like everyone was drawing their breath in unison as they watched him call Reigen’s number.

It went straight to voicemail without ringing once. The usual sign of being blocked. Ritsu was beginning to sweat all over again, but his brother only frowned.

“We need to find him, let’s talk to Tome-san.” Mob said simply, not seeming at all dispirited any longer. He stood up and placed a hand on Ritsu’s shoulder. “Thank you, Ritsu. You mentioned the times he helped me, and that reminded me of something.” Mob paused, clearly thinking things through. “I think it was all so unexpected I just couldn’t think clearly about what I have to do.”

“What are you planning, Ritsu’s bro?”

“Master Reigen once said to me that he didn’t hate daily life at the office. And he also said,” Mob flinched, “...something I should have paid more attention to, if I hadn’t been so self absorbed at the time. But the point is, maybe he was lying that time. And maybe he couldn’t leave before because he had nothing else to do. But now that he can be rich somewhere else, he would rather leave.”

Mob paused yet again. However, in the last ten minutes Ritsu had heard him speak more than he had in days, and didn’t dare complain about how long it took him to get the words out. The other three people (well, two and a spirit) also seemed to know him well enough to not dare hurry him up.

“But this isn’t like the Master Reigen I know. I shouldn’t be in bed doing nothing; I want to make sure he isn’t running from something and keeping it from me. And... if that’s not it… if everything was a lie… I want to at least apologize. And give back the money.”

Apologize? Ritsu frowned. While he was glad Mob was now getting out of bed with a resolute expression, he wasn’t so sure about the apologizing part.

But he couldn't ask now. Dimple was taking all the attention by screeching about not giving back the money and they had Teru and Shou there. He’d wait for later.

*

Tome walked into the office and groaned when she saw Serizawa was still in fetal position.

“Are you going to stay like that forever?!”

“Leave me be, Tome-san. I ruined everything.”

Tome would have kicked him, but he looked more pitiful than a lost puppy. Instead she raised her hands up in surrender.

“Fine! Not even a thank you for the dating profile either. Ugh. You know what? I respect you for this, Serizawa-san. I legit respect you for being able to fall for absolute trash !”

She sauntered over to Reigen’s desk and occupied herself, pretending not to notice Serizawa finally moving.

“He’s not trash,” he said in a reprimanding tone. Tome let out a theatrical yawn.

“Really? You certainly think so.”

“ What? I do not! Where is this coming from?” Serizawa was so indignant he actually stood up, hands clenched tightly.

Tome arched one eyebrow and placed her head between her hands, hopefully perfectly imitating Reigen’s I-know-this-and-am-superior posture.

“You think Reigen-san is such a disgusting asshole that he skipped town without so much as a goodbye to everyone he knew… because you had a crush? I mean, it doesn’t even make sense because he gave you the deed to his precious office, despite the fact that, in your mind, running away from you . Still, if that’s why he left, he’s quite the trash, huh?”

Serizawa deflated, with an expression that Tome could only describe as hopeful confusion. “... When you put it that way… this isn’t like him. It’s just… I’ve been wrong about people before.”

“Yeah well, dunno what happened with your last boyfriend—”

“Ah, no, I was referring to my former bos—”

“Whatever. My point is, I’m here now. And Mob will be too, if he can get his head out of his ass, to pass judgement alongside you.”

“I see.” Serizawa looked relieved for a second, before walking to the desk and frowning. “But if I wasn’t at fault, why did he leave?”

Tome rolled her eyes. Twice. “ That , my dear Watson, is what I’ve been trying to figure out while you and Mob were being useless. Well,” She glanced at the message just arriving on her phone and smiled, rubbing her hands together. “Seems like whatever Ritsu did work, Mob is coming over. Let’s finally get to the bottom of this!”

*

Mob jogged towards Spirits and Such, pace erratic in his desire to arrive quickly and make up for lost time.

Dimple was babbling on about uses of money that did not involve giving it back, but Mob ignored it.

Even though he had pockets, he held Reigen’s letter firmly in his grasp.

  “ Hey Mob,

It sounds disrespectful to address a letter to your nickname, but I think if I started this by addressing you as anything else, you might think it wasn’t me.

Anyway, if you haven’t been told yet: I’m going to be rich! Thanks to my old man, but still. I need to leave the office for it so I've taken care of my business and my apartment. The money you’re seeing is from the sale, by the way, not from anything suspicious (don’t let Dimple dictate how you use it).

You technically aren’t an employee of Spirits and Such anymore, and actually it’s not as if you ever signed a contract to begin with. However, money is the only thing I can give you, so that’s that, and I did owe you for years of underpaid work, with interest. I’m sorry I couldn’t give you anything else.

You’re fine without me, just take better care of yourself,

From your former Master”

Notes:

-“Hey Mob”: fun fact, the kanjis in Shigeo can be read as “Mobu”, so technically all Reigen would need to do was write Shigeo with the hiragana reading. This obviously doesn’t translate at all in english so I had to adapt the letter with that in mind.

-6 figure check: the money is in japanese currency, so while its still a large sum for a teen to receive, Reigen’s apartment did not sell for much.

-I am aware we do know what Reigen was doing before he got the office. The characters, however, do not.

-Trying to juggle between Ritsu's personality given his mindsets of "must protect brother" and "must look down on Reigen" was difficult. Hopefully I haven't made him out-of-character

-Feedback is appreciated, thank you for the kudos and comments so far!

[mustdang-100]

Mustang Mustdang! Could we have headcanons of Reigen (and Seri?) spending time with the esper kids (and Tome), please?

Ooooooooh, I love this!! WELL! I have a couple that are included in ficlets of mine, such as:

Reigen schools Tome in the Art of Manipulation. She’s come a long way from mere crocodile tears. 

Teru takes an interest in plants, and Reigen begins teaching him about horticulture (Teru’s favorite plants are orchids. Brightly colored, strangely shaped flowers that take experience and practice and effort to successfully produce blooms? Right up that boy’s alley.)

And of course, Teru comes in to the office fairly frequently. Sometimes because Serizawa is busy and Reigen needs an esper for a job, but Teru also comes in whenever he’s feeling lonely. (Reigen is always so glad he came in, he was just thinking how he desperately needed an extra hand for… organizing some papers. Or… website design.) (On that note, Teru definitely takes over S&S’s website design. He and Tome are at constant war as to how it should look. ) 

Other headcanons include:

Serizawa introduces Tome to model-building! He gets one of a spaceship to start, and Tome is DELIGHTED. Eventually they progress in their skill and design their own model based on the moeliens’ ship. (They give the completed model to Reigen as a gift. He displays it on his desk.)

Reigen goes to ALL of Mob’s sporting events. He yells “useful” tips at Mob from his place in the audience. He almost gets into a fistfight one day with a soccer mom when her kid trips Mob during a race.

It takes some time for Shou to come around to really trusting Serizawa, after watching him hang off of Touichiro’s every twisted word for so long. But Serizawa is someone familiar, one of the people who was there during some difficult times in Shou’s life, experiencing abuse from the same source. Shou eventually builds bridges, and Serizawa becomes a bit of an uncle-figure to him, giving advice without pushing. Shou shows up to crash at Serizawa’s place increasingly often, and sometimes it’s with a particular anxious energy that Serizawa has grown to recognize. On those occasions, Serizawa pops popcorn and puts on a movie until Shou finally opens up about whatever is bothering him. 

Reigen continues taking Mob, Ritsu, Teru, sometimes Shou, and now also Tome out on occasional trips, out to the beach, or to the woods for a hike, loudly proclaiming it’s good for them to get some excercise/fresh air. Serizawa starts coming along as well, taking on the job of official snack-bringer. That way they don’t have to go bankrupt buying food while they’re out, trying to keep Teru fed. 

Ritsu pretends he only goes along on these trips because he wants to spend time with Mob. This is a lie. He also doesn’t want to miss an opportunity to make fun of Reigen. 

(Okay okay, he’s actually chilled out a lot with Reigen, now that Reigen is no longer lying to or taking advantage of Mob. But that doesn’t mean he doesn’t still enjoy messing with him. Shou thinks it’s hilarious.) 

[courage-a-word-of-justice]

Morose Mononokean II 1 | Mob Psycho 100 II 1 | Meiji Tokyo Renka 1 | My Roommate is a Cat 1 | Promised Neverland 1

I think I’ve got too many cute fluffy creatures this season...

Mononokean II 1

For some reason, before I started watching this I kept reminding myself of Tomodachi Metre and fearing the new OP (because there’s almost always a new OP when dealing with a second season) would be faster-paced…the song is faster-paced, but not in the way I thought it would be (I thought it was going to be hard rock kind of pace, but it’s at least a tad slower than that).

Utakuni is such a fluffy kitty!

Ah, Moja Moja is best moja, indeed. Gossamers from As Miss Beelzebub Likes just don’t compare, y’know?

The Legislator is practically the king of “You mad, bro?”. (LOL)

Okay-dokay, lemme explain. There are 3 arms of government (known as the separation of powers, in order to have a series of checks and balances) – the Legislative, Executive and the Judiciary, meaning we’re missing that final one at the moment…

I never knew Morose Mononokean was so obsessed with comedy…or maybe I’m just noticing it now that I have experience with comedy I get bored at…

Abeno’s face of disgust really sold that moment with Moja, LOL.

Well, by virtue of being a sequel to something I watched previously, it’s more likely to get coverage, but you can never say for certain until the first episodes are over and done. On to the next thing – Mob Psycho!

Mob Psycho 100 II 1

Alright, all these “II 1”s are going to make me confused someday, aren’t they…?

I think the dude’s Suisho simply means “water crystal”. But I’m only guessing as to what kanji are being used here, so I could be wrong.

The pixel art bit was good. More like that, please!

“Your life is your own” – is that Mob Psycho’s slogan, in the same way Symphogear has that thing about “holding courage to fist” and whatnot?

Unlike Mononokean, which you only need to know the very basics (which are in turn explained in the episode itself), it seems Mob Psycho is playing hardball in that department – if you don’t remember that time Kamuro started kicking his lackeys around, you’re going to have to watch it again. (Either that, or you watch the Reigen recap.)

Hmm…”[something to help Mob] grow” sounds a bit odd, but that’s a correct translation. That’s what seichou suru means.

Oh great…you know how I said I was cleaning out the house lately? Someone found an old copy of this book called Inventing Elliot, which I despised studying about (because it got me some of the lowest grades in my school life, aside from outright failures and close scrapes with failure). The problem is, I’m getting Inventing Elliot vibes from this particular plotline…and since that’s Mean Girls in a boys’ private school + Mob Psycho is all about the abuse of power, that’s completely a storyline the show would go with. *gulp*

Hey, they have actual eyecatches now! Hooray!

A certain kanji for “Emi” (with a mi in hiragana, IIRC) is “smile” in English, so I find it interesting they paired Mob up with a girl like her. (Then again, if it were a hiragana/kanji mix, that’s not a name.)

Oh yeah, the hitode (starfish) shirt.

Rinshi! Ekoda-chan 1

Why am I covering an R18+ series? It’s a long story…

The jokes are, as of this segment with the old lady, only about 50% hits. That seems to be a pretty bad track record. The thing about Ekoda being identified as 3 years older than what she really is is also relatable, since I don’t think I’ve grown much past a certain age.

Note there’s a Japanese store called JUSCO. There was one in Hong Kong, which was full of cool stationery.

Wait…that’s it? So why’s it 26 minutes??? Documentary…okay, I’m getting the heck out of here.

Meiji Tokyo Renka 1

I heard Ume was here…? More bishies and more Ume for me!

What’s up with the Haikara-san ga Tooru outfit, anyway?

Who dis boy? He kinda looks like Mikoshiba from Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun…Update: That’s Ougai.

At least the jazz music is cool. Also, the episode title should be “Suddenly, under a Strawberry Moon…” or something, since it went totsuzen ni.

*Mei checks her phone* - This is why you don’t text and walk across the road, kids!

Ougai…y’mean, Mori Ougai? The loli dude from Bungou Stray Dogs is this redhead?! EHHHHHHHHHHHH?

Oh great. Amnesia plotline…

Hishida Shunso…a painter.

Okay…that’s a really obvious point where you’d be able to insert your own name if you were a gal (or if you wante to play as a gal).

The age of the Rokumeikan seems to pin the timeline down to “after 1883”. For some reason, it sounded familiar, but I wasn’t familiar with why - so maybe I’ll learn about it someday.

“Little Squirrel”?(!) (lowkey laughs for all the wrong reasons) And here I thought “Little Flower” (from Magic-kyun’s Louis and Dame x Pri’s Vino) was awkward-sounding but still endearing.

Okay, second redhead. When I saw him in the OP, I swore he was Ancient Magus’ Bride’s Chise…

So the germophobe redhead is Izumi Kyoka…but I’m not sure who this Kawakami is…

I don’t know how anyone could make a germophobe endearing, much less make him romanceable…

Otojiro Kawakami. Comedian and actor.

Lafcadio…wuh? Update: (Patrick) Lafcadio Hearn, Greek dude with a Japanese penname. He seems to have written stuff on Japan as well as other places.

“…that collection of ghost stories…”

Everyone seems to have forgotten about the roast beef but the animators…LOL…oh, spoke too soon. Kawakami just walked it back to the table.

Wowwwwwwwwwwww, Mei is so easily distracted by roast beef and pretty boys who, to be honest, aren’t that pretty…I’m just waiting for the long-haired dude and/or Ume and I’ll kick my butt out of here.

I thought Fujita was voiced by a familiar voice and turns out I was right – it’s Fukuyama Jun.

Well, that was mildly unsatisfying. I think I spent more time watching Mei getting blushy at dudes and not feeling an attraction myself. Fujita was the only one I wanted and he didn’t even do much but swing a sword. Seriously, though, what the heck was Charlie doing turning off the lights all of a sudden?

My Roommate is a Cat 1

Well, it’s either that title or Dokyounin wa Hiza, Tokidoki Atame no Ue. …which is a lot to write in one shot.

Why’s the cat on Subaru’s…junk?

The cat appears to be typing out the Dancing Men from Sherlock Holmes…except they’re cats. The Dancing Men are basically what made me think I had a career in computer security in the first place, come to think of it…but I’ve abandoned that kind of thinking now. Modulos are way too hard for me.

Them spoilers! I know that feel.

Koguma = small bear, in a story about a small cat. LOL.

Hiroto…I thought about this during the funeral scene, but…why does he look like Suzaku from Code Geass???

Hmm, yeah. I can see why Hiroto isn’t all that convinced – I’m a similar kind of person, with only a small pool of pursuits that keep me going for a long, long time. *looks at rabbit outside and remembers when I saw it in the darkness about 3 years ago*

Oh, so Subaru was so absorbed in his manuscript he forgot to eat, huh?

Kitty show too cute! Ehehehee… <- (ecstatic about having a new weekly dose of cuteness)

Promised Neverland 1

I’ve read the first volume of this. I’m not 100% in love with it, but if I can have bragging rights over finding the next big hit, why not?

Noitamina…now that’s a name I haven’t seen in a few years…*grumbles at Amazon*

For some reason Norman (white-haired boy) has this “betrayer” vibe written all over him. It’s because I know in BnHA and Ao no Exorcist, there are betrayals by certain people.

The aesthetic of this thing is like a fairytale and not like a typical anime. That’s probably one thing that convinced people to give it a shot.

LOL, there’s a Detective Conan door..well, it kind of looks like one.

The word for “tag” in Japanese is onigokko and “It” is an oni. That gives a whole new meaning to “playing tag with monsters”, doesn’t it?

Update: I can sort of feel my “this is popular, so I won’t like it” radar going off...so I’ll put it on hold until I get over that feeling.

[thinkanamelater]

But first (A Serirei (short) fanfiction)

let me take a selfie

“What. Are you doing”

Fancy restaurant. This is one nice date, he even showered for this. But is Serizawa appreciating his clean clothes and imitation-but-very-close-to-original perfume?

“Huh?”

No he's not.

And what is he doing instead?

Phone in hand, peace sign, and a wink – a wink, he's a grown man for crying out loud! –, he snaps a picture and immediately checks it. He doesn't seem satisfied with the result (how come, Reigen couldn't possibly know – he's fine as hell); so he takes another. And another one. And a few more over their date.

*****

"Weren't you supposed to be studying?" He complains.

"I… am studying...?" He can almost see Seri frowning in confusion over the phone, and lets out a sigh.

"Then why are posting selfies instead?"

He could have not predicted the excited gasp coming from the other side of the line.

"Arataka, do you finally have a twitter?!"

What? No he doesn't, but that Hanazawa kid sure does, noisy enough to shove his glittery phone on his face to show him his "precious boyfriend how do you even manage to keep him??" and he would have been ofended if he weren't wondering the same thing, and weren't too distracted by his indeed precious partner sticking out his- he was. Sticking out his tongue. Out of his own volition. Like, for real. So of course he had to whip his own - old - phone to scold the man, but it wasn't working because!

"Did you buy a new phone? Or, are you on your computer? What's your handle? Are you following me?  Can I tag you on a tweet? Do you wanna get matchi-" clat. Bless flip phones and their ability to shut conversations.

*****

He makes a twitter account. He doesn't tell Serizawa. He gets to see what the other is wearing before he even gets a "good morning" text. In one selfie, he catches a tuft of so-blond-it-has-to-be-bleached hair, and that's how the surprise flower gift gets spoiled. There is even a picture from his own bathroom mirror.

Damn that guy knows how to look good in pictures, but that isn't the point and it is probably getting out of hand.

(But still. So damn hot)

*****

Reigen knew this day would come. It was written on the stars, told by tarot cards, inscribed on bird's guts – actually that one's gross, better leave it out.

Serizawa is in bed, with him, and not precisely for sleeping, and that cursed phone of his...!

"Katsuya I swear to any available god out there if you d-"

"Can I… take you a picture… please??"

Ah.

Well.

That is new.

[eyedelater]

not much in the way of translation notes this time except that i kinda half-assed translating the names in the twitter screencap panel, partially because some of the kanji were just unreadable.

hypothesis: the cup that suddenly breaks in front of reigen is due to serizawa starting to flip out (reigen did specifically put him in charge of the cups) because he can suddenly sense the extremely strong psychic power of ???% somewhere nearby, and maybe serizawa can even tell it's mob (they have had a direct-emotion-exchange-thru-psychic-power moment in the past, so he would be well familiar with mob’s aura... though ???% might have a different psychic flavor than mob) and seri's gonna be like "(dark look) Something's wrong."

things that have cracked spice city’s pavement in the last three months or so

touichirou and his goons toppling building like dominoes for world domination

broccoli roots extending underneath the whole town and draining all available nutrients

a boy around 160cm tall, wearing a middle school uniform, carrying a bouquet-like object, no visible weapons

i have no idea what teru's trying to do but it would be slightly lame if this turns into one of those coaxing "[i know you're in there somewhere, this isn't you,] and then he snaps out of it" kind of cliche situations. then again, we can't just have another "teru seriously tries to stop mob and mob tosses him aside (out of the broccoli) bye teru" moment. so it should be some third scenario. but what? and what was in teru's bag. why did teru throw his bag. i'm pretty sure he did actively throw it, since we've seen him throw it once before (at musashi). teru, you've seen ???% exactly once before, at which time it destroyed every scrap of textile on your raw potato body. you couldn't have seriously thought your canvas schoolbag could stand up to that kind of power this time. teru's gonna be like "Kageyama-kun." (turn the page) "My house keys were in there."

prediction: teru pulls larval dimple out of his pocket and dangles him in front of ???% like "knock knock, is kageyama-kun home~~? someone's been wanting to talk to you~~~" and dimple is like "(helium voice bc he’s small) holy fuck" because he's never seen ???% before and he did not sign up for this

characters who need names the most urgently: inukawa.* takenaka. minegishi.

*inukawa spent 10 days on another planet and even then he signed his extraterrestrial space journal as just "inukawa." bitch, your parents call you that??

they don’t, because that’s their name too, that’s the joke

characters who need names with fair-to-middling urgency: hatori, shimazaki, and shibata. kijibayashi and saruta. all members of the scar cadre from the 7th branch. shou's mom. the kageyama parents. maaaybe ootsuki, higashio, and fukuda.

characters who probably don't need the rest of their names revealed: hanako and tarou from the first chapter. joseph the foreign mercenary (and his associates). gen-san from the 7th branch. the other scar cadres from other branches who showed up that one time. minegishi's flower shop boss. reigen’s mom.

characters i used to think really needed a name but by now it would honestly piss me off a little: the security guard.

can you imagine if ONE-sensei went and named THE OTHER security guard (the one who did not get possessed) but left Mr. Security Guard The Superstar of Various Official Art unnamed forever

can you believe there's been multiple tokugawa x kamuro doujins published even though tokugawa didn't have a canon given name until the 16th of june 2017? also, i've seen fanart in the past where the artist assigned tokugawa a given name of "hikaru," and that begs a question: did ONE-sensei get wind of that fanart in particular and think "that name works," OR is there a cultural association in japan between the family name "tokugawa" and the given name "hikaru" such that the fanartist and ONE-sensei would separately arrive at the same name? or is it just a coincidence? or is the joke that "hikaru" (meaning "light" or "to shine") being his name would contrast with his dark demeanor/reputation, and both ONE-sensei and the fanartist followed that logic to make the same joke?

when mob wakes up from this ???% event, how will he have anything but another 100% sadness event? he can only avoid that by somehow proving that this time, he really HAS changed. [[imagine i’ve inserted a screenshot of early mob saying “i have changed.”]] we’ve seen him change plenty since ???% showed up in like chapter 16 [[NOTE: idr if it’s 16 and i don’t feel like checking rn but it’s around there]]. mob has certainly grown a lot. but in this one aspect... it’s hard to say. is ???% even in any way tied to mob’s emotional/mental growth? CAN he change?

[rebka18]

~Rebka´s SERIREI Fic Masterlist~

Heya,i had this on the works for a long time,after years of recopilation and reading the hole tagg,heres one of my most faves serirei fics,hope yall like it.

Fluff Fics

Try by hmmeid

Astray by 3kanite

Crazy isint it? by onigirikita

Walk in by ruthwrites

Warmth by MMidnight26

Promt-a-palooza by tinkertoysdamm

serirei Fluff collection by skeilig

heartline by ruthwrites

unsaid by shamusiel

Little Things by scorbubby

Pink smoke by anonymus

Communication by tinkertoysdamm

ebb and flow by LucoLoco

Broken,repaired,new by GalacticConfectionist

Ice Ice Baby by BinaryDreams1010

Omamori by oohbrother

Any other day by Toyota_truck_month

300 paper cranes by SoHoldmetight

~Important~ by avividshadeofblue

Reigen arataka:lightweight of the 21st century by seriseppo

My MP100Oneshot Collection by anna_wd

Sometimes thats better by pearlygloom

Collect Call by SinKingSims

I've(Mostly) got it under control by LucoLoco

In the woods by MallowJum

Fathers day ,or free day by Soholdmetight

Reigen's Comprehensive Fool-Proof Guide on How Not To Be Next Door Neighbors With Your Employee (because that'd just be creepy) by Malkytop

Angst (disclaimer they all have happy ending)

Mr Brightside by tinkertoysdamm

Worth having around by azuresquirrel

Round and Round by Phia

two truths and a lie(but its all the same) by BinaryDreams1010

As if Possessed by avividshadeofblue

Past to Present by Approachingthedogpark

nice to go un-unnoticed by Binary Dreams1010

Old friend/New friend by silversinger

pay no attention to the man behind the curtain by Binary Dreams1010

Melodrama is Overrated by tinkertoysdamm

Speak Now by Phia

After the Storm by fallenmoon

Surface Tension by crookedturtle, fend

The final curtain by ketyamine

bloom by cursedwrum

The Pariah Convention by word_dissosiation

retreading paths we'ev walked before by dytabytes

The space Between by Skeilig

A heart like yours by Yessica

Is that better by SoHoldmetight

I wanna ruin our friendship by Skeilig

To Travel by Janekfan

Growth by manfish

in absentia by Malkytop

Tension by Ace_in_the_hole

Sir,thats my emotional support commoner by Thousand_springs

Aus

The Big Woo by tinkertoysdamm

You tickle my cat fancy by tinkertoysdamm

Of Kings and Men by Jadespade

You're still young,thats your fault by tinkertoysdamm

Serizawa-centric

Closing time by tinkertoysdamm

Guarddog by tinkertoysdamm

Out of body by bobmos

Castle by the sea by missydogblog

After today by 3kanite

light breaks where no sun shines by crepusculaire

Reigen-centric

The most beautifull moments in life by drembla

Refrain Boy by Scorbubby

Case fics

Do you count as missing if no one is looking? by BinaryDreams1010

What we make by crookedturtle

Like a Cheap suit,You can Wear me out by Vulcanodon

Goverment Mandated Babbysitting by Aproachingthedoggpark

Series Fics(disclaimer some contain NSFW so readers discretion is adviced only 18+ pls,the fics are all properlly tagged to)

The truth about Arataka Reigen by luvrboywrites

Severed Bonds by Liarian

Wrapped around my soul by Traumatas

A conmans guide to relationship and dating by Silversinger

When the flower Blooms by snapdragonsuplex

Rainbow Medium by BinaryDreams1010

Evicted by janekfan

Soul!Reigen by BinaryDreams1010

[fireflysummers]

Mob Psycho 100 Fanfiction And Whither Then? (I Cannot Say)

The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.

Shigeo doesn't say goodbye.

Part of The World Keeps Turning Series

A Little Tragedy || An Honest Assessment || Broken Promise || Homecoming

tw: major character death

There’s a body in the bed.

Shigeo stares at it, wondering why now of all times, he should feel nothing.

By all rights, now should be the time for the walls of sadness and loss and anger even to come crashing down. But there is nothing—true nothing. Except, perhaps a little guilt for the nothing.

Shigeo continues to stare. He can barely feel his body anymore, the nothingness has spread so far. It tingles in his fingertips, a ghostly reminder of the warmth from just moments (seconds? minutes? hours?) before.

In a sort of detached way, he gradually becomes more aware of the room—a sterile, standard, hospital room. There’s a window on the far side, and a comfortable looking-chair for somebody to keep vigil.

 Had there been anybody? Shigeo doesn’t know, but he wishes it had been him. But no, he had only barely arrived in time.

 There are no flowers, he realizes.  A hospital room should always have flowers. But things really had happened too quickly.

 He can barely remember what happened.  There had been a phone call, sometime in the early morning. Teruki had been awake to get it, the same night owl he’d always been. But for some reason, Shigeo was already out of bed when his husband came to get him. Already hastily dressing, still half-blind with sleep.

 There had been no time for flowers. But still, it feels wrong for there not to be any. It makes the room feel empty…emptier. Far too easy to remember that the one bed in the room, surrounded by wires and machines. One bed, with crisp, clean linen. One bed, and one body.

Shigeo jumps, as he feels a hand slide into his, trying to entwine their fingers. Without realizing he’s doing it, Shigeo pulls away as though burnt. The phantom warmth is still there, for a precious few seconds more. The memory of a hand gripping his own, surprisingly strong despite knobby knuckles and paper-thin skin.

 In honesty, Shigeo hadn’t expected to be recognized. It had been too long since one of Reigen’s good days.  Perhaps that would have been easier, because then it would have almost seemed like his dearest friend had left a long time ago.

But instead, Reigen had looked up when Shigeo had all but crashed into the hospital room, eyes as bright and clear as the first day they’d met, in a shabby smoke-filled office many decades ago.

“Oi, Mob.”  There was a raspy quality to the voice, a side effect of far too many cigarettes in days gone by. “What have I told you about punctuality?”

“I apologize, Master Reigen.” The words tumbled from him out of pure instinct, a muscle memory he hadn’t known he had. It was, however, probably the best thing to say, better than anything he could have come up with as he was—breathing heavily, dressed in a mix of bedclothes and the first things he could pull from his closet.

Reigen snorted, which turned into a wheezing cough. He was propped up on the hospital bed in a way that implied that he had no strength to do it himself. The coughing subsided fairly quickly though, and the man motioned for Shigeo over.

“I’ll let you off with a warning this time, Mob. But next time I’ll have to dock your pay.” For a moment, Shigeo wondered if Reigen was lost in the past yet again, a waking dream of their adventures together. But no, there’s that look in his eye, and Shigeo knew for certain that his master was truly with him.

“I hate hospitals,” Reigen said, as though he was making small talk. “Luckily though, I don’t think that I’ll be staying long this time.”

This had startled Shigeo, just a little. He had expected a much worse prognosis.

“I am grateful then,” he said, clear relief creeping into his voice, “I’m glad that things aren’t so severe.”

And then there had been That Look. The one he’d seen so many times before, when he failed to get a clue yet again. That patient, almost humorous look, so fond and kind, a smile creeping upwards until it reached his master’s eyes. Shigeo could have sworn he hit his heart hit the floor.

“Oh.”

There wasn’t much else to say, silence pouring into the room at every corner as the master and student regarded each other.  Again, Reigen motioned to him, the motion weaker this time, and Shigeo found himself crouched at the bedside. It was an uncomfortable position, but he barely felt it. Everything else was drowned out by the feeling of the hand resting gently to the side of his face.

“I never thanked you, you know.” Reigen murmured. “For saving me.”

“Master, I don’t understand,” Shigeo replied, scrambling for words. Shouldn’t he be the one doing the thanking? But Reigen only smiled at him.

“You don’t need to, Mob. But I want you to know how proud I am of you. I want you to know that you made my life worth living. I want…” Reigen’s voice cracked, just a little, and his eyes looked just a little bit shinier. “I want you to know that I love you.”

 Shigeo remembers allowing Reigen to guide his face forehead, until he could feel his old master’s breath tickling his dark hair. Remembers the gentle kiss placed on his forehead, and the sound of his master’s heart as they embraced. Remembers wishing beyond hope that this moment stretch into eternity.

Shigeo remembers the way that he had held the hands—the hands that had guided him safely through the perilous waters of life—until they finally stilled.

But he can’t remember saying goodbye.

Time is moving again, against his will. The sun rises, flooding the room with warm oranges and yellows.

Shigeo is still staring at the body.

Because that’s what it is, he realizes. A shell that once housed the greatest man Shigeo has ever known. But now it’s empty now.

And that thought…is strangely okay.

He feels Teruki reaching for his hand again, and this time he allows their fingers to entwine. The touch is needed now. It grounds him as the pain finally hits, the walls holding back his emotions crumbling around him.

But even in this, it’s strangely okay.

 “Don’t say goodbye, Mob.  Goodbyes are too sad, too permanent. I know I’m going on ahead, and I’m not going to wait around like that old fart cloud, just for you to catch up. No, no. I’m going on to greater things and grander things. I’m going to set up shop somewhere else. You come along at your own pace, though, and I’ll give you an earful if I see you too soon, but we’ll see each other again. So this is no time for goodbyes.”

“Yes Master,” Mob had said, barely a whisper. “I’ll see you later then.”

“That’s the spirit. Heh heh. I’ll see you later, my boy.”

[tofu-beifong]

Thanks for tagging me, @kagewhut and @kenkanekisama, it was fun reading this and getting to know you :D

Rules: answer the 20 questions and tag 20 amazing followers you would like to get to know better.

Name: Tiffany 

Nickname: Tiff

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Height: 4 ft 10 in. 

Orientation: aro/ace

Ethnicity: Chinese/Vietnamese

Favourite fruit: Perhaps apples lol

Favourite season: Summer~

Favourite book series: Ah I guess it would be the Eragon series by Christopher Paolini cause dragons and adventure and it’s so cool…I’m a huge fantasy nerd

Favourite flower: Hydrangeas; I love the variety of colors they come in! The blue ones are my favorite 

Favourite scent: Coffee shops

Favourite colour: Sky blue/periwinkle

Coffee, tea or cocoa: Aw man I’m a sweets person, despite how good tea is for you I’ll probably go with cocoa, I’ve been hoarding our cocoa stash lately haha

Average sleep hours: probably 6 a night ~_~

Cat or dog person: they’re both good ;__; 

Favourite fictional characters: I hope it’s acceptable for me to do anime characters lmao Izuku, Ochako, Bakugou from BNHA, Toph and Zuko from Avatar: the Last Airbender, Mob and Reigen from Mob Psycho 100, Kagura, Katsura, Gintoki from Gintama

Number of blankets you sleep with: only 1 haha

Dream trip: Man there’s quite a few where I want to travel with friends, I’ve always wanted to explore Hong Kong and I would love to go to Japan and maybe Ireland ^^

Blog created: I had an old blog under the same url and icon for about 2 years before I accidentally deleted it when I was trying to delete a sideblog like the dumbass I am *cries* haha this one’s about a week old

Number of followers: 180, not bad for being a fresh blog and I’ve already made some very good friends and mutuals on here :’)

Tagging @spitpyre, @proud-member-of-hermits-united, @desmi-v00, @komorehina, @malachite-azurite, @mikulek04, @midgetgemlove, @probablymuse, @sweetmaringue, @jyuushimachuu, @naruuse, @y-u-na, @polarized-butterflies, @paradoxicallyspacial, @birbling, @tandembicycles, @usually-confused, @maid-gon, @missmonsterlegs, @hitinmiss

you are not obligated to participate in this and this is not limited to the people I tagged, feel free to do this yourself :) 

and if you are not tagged in this that does not mean I do not love you I love all my followers u are all friend

[meanderfall]

tagged by @cloudsaysthings, @jihajisigma and @gentlyusedsarcasm, thank you for the tags!!! ^_^ (actually the questionnaires are each a little bit different so i just put all the questions together to avoid making three posts with similar questions and answers i hope that’s okay)

rules: answer the questions tag some peeps you wanna know better!

Name: Marie-Andrée 

Nickname: Elfie and Meander and Marie

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Hogwarts House: the quiz told me I could either be in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw

Height: 5′1 (I am tiny and cute, but fierce)

Orientation: idk what my romantic orientation is (probably demi- and pan- romantic), and asexual

Ethnicity: Canadian/White

Favourite Fruit: I am partial to grapes

Favourite Season: probably spring and autumn

Favourite Book Series: John Dies at the End (idk what the series is called but yeah)

Favourite Fictional Characters: Recently, Genos from One Punch Man, Reigen from Mob Psycho, Kurogane from Tsubasa, Reaper from Overwatch, Asuma Mutsumi from Kiss Him, Not Me, Tucker from Red vs Blue, Tony Stark from the MCU, Garrus from Mass Effect, Malik from Assassin’s Creed, Gabriel from Supernatural, Peter Burke from White Collar, and many others that im blanking on.

Favourite Flower: Forget-Me-Nots

Favourite Scent: Rain

Favourite Animal: Golden Eagles

Favorite artist/band: Imagine Dragons, Oh Wonder, Sleeping at Last

Song Stuck in your head: Believer by Imagine Dragons

coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: Hot cocoa

Cat or Dog Person: Cat Person

Favourite Tumblr: Basically, if I follow you, you’re one of my favourite tumblrs

Average Sleep Hours: 8-ish now that im no longer in school

Number of blankets I sleep with: a sheet and two thick blankets

Dream trip: at this point, anywhere outside of Canada

Dream job: Author

Last thing I googled: lmao hot cocoa bc i wasnt sure if it was the same thing as hot chocolate

Blog created: May 26, 2014

How many blogs I follow: 130 (bc im picky af about who I follow)

Number of followers: 337 somehow, i have no idea how this happened either

What do I usually post: fandom posts and posts I think are funny

Do I get asks regularly? people have started asking things occasionally??? i dont know why they’re here or why they want to waste time with me, but I am grateful and ridiculously happy about it!

What did your last relationship teach you: Nothing, I’ve never been in a relationship

Have any other blogs? Nah

Religious or Spiritual: Agnostic, so probably leaning more towards spiritual

Not tagging anyone this time around, but if ya wanna do it, go ahead! ^_^

[breezy-cheezy]

Some Mob Psycho 100 Gen Fics

So call me inspired by this post by @guttersnipequeen because I’m always overjoyed to be seeing gen works getting some appreciation, and I wanted to share a few of my favorites! :’D So here are a few (with an emphasis on Mob and Reigen or Dad!Reigen, since their dynamic is my favorite ;v; ) And sorry most of these are pretty short or oneshots, I tend to have a very short attention span;;;

Also heed the warnings on these fics! They’re not all pure fluff...no romance/sex/shipping or anything like that to be found in these fics though.

I’m just going to start on @sukikobold ‘s works, because she’s a wonderful writer and literally all of her works are beautiful gen. All of them. Some favorites include:

Thorns   (one-shot)

The thorns that surrounded him were red and twisted. Every plant was so intertwined with the others, it was impossible to tell where one ended and the next one began. Or maybe they were all one plant. It didn’t make much difference. 

(Such a beautifully symbolic piece for a beautifully symbolic picture, I’m extremely fond of them, oh my goodness...)

Hospital Flowers  (one-shot)

It was bad enough for Ritsu knowing that his brother had been kidnapped. He didn't think finding him would be so much worse.

(It’s nice seeing how many people worry about Mob, and I also like seeing Ritsu learning to trust Reigen a bit more :’) )

One Afternoon  (multi-chapter)

A possible answer to the question, "What would have happened if Mob had asked someone else for help with his powers?"

Aka: An AU where Mob and Reigen don't meet until the present day.

(Not finished yet, but it’s already plenty heartwarming and I’m very interested to see what this story is building up to!)

Now as for some other gems I’ve found in this awful mess of an AO3 tag:

Three  by Ravenesta (multi-chapter)

The staff of Salt Middle School consider Kageyama Shigeo's third emergency contact.

(First gen fic I found and liked for this series! It’s really interesting seeing character studies from the outsider POV of a well written OC. Plus the ending is precious <3 )

 99  by entrenched (two-shot, part of a series I haven’t made it all the way through yet but it is indeed all gen)

In which Mob & Reigen ask the same question: Will you forget me?

(Oh mannnn...really sweet but melancholic fic, this one breaks my heart in all the best ways ;~; )

Symbiosis  by  ruthwrites (multi-chapter)

In the aftermath of the night fighting Claw's 7th Division, Mob's powers return to him. However, something unknown is left behind with Reigen. Something that doesn't want to remain there. And someone begins to take notice of the strange psychic activity coming from the Spirits and Such Consultation Office.

(Or: in which Reigen is saddled with ???%, and things go poorly for all involved.)

(Woo, okay, REALLY COOL fic here, full of some interesting headcanons and theories (some horror too, be careful) The last few chapters kept me on the edge of my seat! I love the descriptions and characterizations soooo much, and I was also happy to get a sort of Psychonauts-ish vibe from the end scenes which I don’t wanna specify because spoilers lol)

On Glass Shoulders by NotHereForIt (two-shot)

Mob is not answering his phone.

And Reigen really does not want to be the one to tell the Kageyamas that he lost their kid while on an exorcism job.

(Admittedly, I was a liiittle iffy on the premise at first glance, but after reading...dang I think I’m in love with this one really. Wonderfully in character, protective Reigen, good fluff, the return of Reigen lecturing bad guys and being awesome in general...plus a surprise follow up chapter update recently to nicely wrap things up! What more could I ask for really? )

When You Need Me  by SpiritusRex (multi-chapter)

Five times Mob hugged Reigen, and one time Reigen hugged Mob.

( Gosh this one’s so good and sweet, and I can see these happening in canon too! They actually fix/add a few scenes that I think should have happened; all very good, I’m always excited to see a new installment :’D Annnd I know it was already mentioned on the linked post, but @ghoststrawberries​ /SpiritusRex and @starsfadingbutilingeron​ /GlowingArrowsInTheSky also made the adorable  A Cat Named Milk fic series, SO precious and pure, oh man...I had to put it here still, I had to ;v;)

Lysis  by caratcake (one-shot)

The boy stared, his eyes holding the immeasurable depth of black holes, empty but all-encompassing. He lifted his hand, and the man tightened his grip on his charm. The boy did not reach for it. Instead, he splayed his hands palm up, eyes directed upwards -

“There is no rain.”

(Super short but super beautiful Serizawa-centric fic, I loved reading it!)

Influential  by macrauchenia (multi-chapter)

Alternatively, "Five times Reigen inadvertently adopts an esper and the one time he actually realizes what he's gotten himself into."

(There’s only one chapter of this so far but it already looks very promising, so I’ll go ahead and put it here! :’D)

As for @phantomrose96 , I feel like her angst fics get talked about alot, and for good reason too (I’m sure you all have seen me yelling about A Breach of Trust at some point or another asdhureiregh), but I sometimes like to remind myself she can write some really good fluff when she wants to...this is one of those times. A compilation of my faves of her gen fluff ficlets (these are Tumblr links btw): The Butterfly Test ,  A Condensed Guide to Living With Psychics: by Arataka Reigen ,  Scribbled-Out Shopping Lists ,  Gold Stars ,  The Business of Telling Lies ,  Smoke 

Chiasmus  by fireflysummers (two-shot)

In the end, Mob can’t protect other people from himself. In the end it all comes to a head, and when he wakes up people have died. It doesn’t matter who they were or what they were trying to do. It doesn’t matter that his life, and the lives of those most important to him were at stake. All that matters is that he failed.

So, in his despair, he builds a cage and willingly walks into it.  His vessel sleeps, and he knows that the others may mourn him for a while, in the end it’s better this way. The others, however, aren’t going to let that stand.

Even if they have to go in after him.

(Another tumblr link, it’s not on AO3, but I definitely felt like I should put it here; rather short, but very beautiful and extremely heartfelt. Also accompanied with amazing art!)