#take this rambling with a grain of salt ofc; i'm not really the best at explaining nor speculating

[bomber-grl]

Hiiii!! I'm not sure if you've done this but could you make one with Hiro and a male reader where he just goes through the whole gay panic bc of the reader? If it's not too much trouble ofc :]

There’s this river in Egypt-

Pairing(s): Hiro Hamada x Male!Reader

CW(?): There’s a bit of denial on Hiros part but not in a internalized homophobic sense rather just confused so take it with a grain of salt

Hiro and the rest of bh6 were casually eating in the cafeteria, same as any other day

It was lunchtime and it was usually spent hanging out which wasn’t out of the norm

Hiro wanted to get a snack before he left to the rest of his evening classes and chose to get up and select something from a nearby vending machine

He wasn’t really paying attention, hero work alongside quickly approaching due dates were plaguing his mind

And so he accidentally crashed into you

Was it avoidable? Sure but did he end up regretting it? That’s up for debate…

He quickly tried to collect everything back on your tray and was profusely apologizing over and over, refusing to even look at you.

Any normal person would’ve been pissed as hell but all you did was laugh and wave a hand

It was fine, and he had nothing to worry about

You offered him your hand as he was on his knees on the ground, trying to urgently correct his mistake.

Once you pulled him up he managed to get up he was basically just standing there staring

You were going on with your convo and even pulled out your phone talking about whatever it was that you were

But then you noticed Hiros lack of attention

“Hello? “ you waved a hand in front of Hiros face, he was obviously spacing out.

“Huh? Oh uh sorry I wasn’t paying attention to what you were saying, sorry” his face was heating up and he didn’t know why.

Like seriously, why did he feel sweaty all of a sudden, And when did how he stood start bothering him?

“Oh it’s fine I was just wondering if I could get your contact information? I mean i also ran into you and …” you gestured to his stained shirt “I’m sure you wouldn’t mind if I offered to dry clean it.”

He stood there staring at you. Then he realized you looking at him expectantly. oh! It was his turn to talk.

“Uh yea I wouldn’t mind if it were you” how could someone fail so hard at being casual. His face heated up even more than it already was at the connotation , “I-I mean considering you stained my shirt!”

Horrible save. “Oh, yeaaa” you said in response and nodded along, great now you thought he was weird…

You two quickly exchanged info and you went on your way

Hiro unfortunately had to walk back to his table like a dog with its tail in between his legs

As if bumping into anyone wasn’t enough of a commotion, he also made a fool of himself

He wasn’t even in the mood for that snack anymore despite desperately bee lining for it a moment ago.

-

That same night was spent with Hiro wide awake staring up at his ceiling

I mean it was the first time he’d seen you, you’d think he would’ve known about another genius his age

Not to mention your voice, and laugh, and you looked pretty cool too..

Maybe he just wants to really be friends with you, yea that makes sense

-

Eventually you ask to meet up with Hiro and give him back his shirt neatly folded

Which was also the start of his one sided pining your friendship

Before you could leave he called out and asked if you could hang out

Of course he stumbled out excuses of having stuff in common and rambled on in typical hiro fashion

Despite that, you didn’t seem to mind the proposition

Doesn’t make seeing you around school any less of a heart attack though

He’s down bad and his heart immediately starts pumping so hard that he literally had to shut Baymax up when you were first introduced to him

He almost gave away Hiros concerning rapid increase in heart beat

This thing doesn’t exactly go unnoticed by others either

Wasabi offers to help him out best he could and honey lemons all for it

But hiro doesn’t know what he’s talking about

He just rlly likes you as a friend

Until he realizes that he doesn’t

It isn’t until his aunt is calling him to try out a new dish that she made for dinner and he’s luckily not in any rush

When he starts to eat, however, his aunt starts talking about going somewhere for the summer and then she brings up you

You were already introduced to her and she’s seen how Hiro acts around you

So she began to talk about you as if you were hiros boyfriend or something

That’s when Hiro realizes and finally begins to wonder if he likes you

Which obviously he does

*insert the rest of the night spent with hiro taking ‘am I gay quizzes’, contemplating and thinking about his sexuality,but also thinks about if you’re into him then maybe he’d have a chance..?

He quickly turns his light off and goes to bed after that thought

He’s already starting to experience delusions..

-

*insert Hiro standing at a bus stop a month later*

You two planned on hanging out that day and you began walking to a movie

Even I have no idea where Hiro got the courage from but he managed to be brave enough to hold your hand during the movie

It was pre planned too 💀

The night before said movie, he was hanging out with the rest of bh6

They had found out about Hiros date hang out with you because Hiro was really fidgety and maybe, by chance.. Cass had mentioned Hiros squealing that was quickly covered with him “clearing his throat” when she passed by..

So then ofc they had started coming up with ideas for cliche things to do and Hiro had none of it

Except maybe one idea got to him

Which leads to now that he reached for popcorn at the same time you did

Was it cringe? Terribly but now or never ig

He refused to even look at you and you pulled your hand back.

He sort of deflated, at least he knew he didn’t have a chance

But then you held his hand, even intertwining your fingers

And you leaned in and whispered “if you wanted to hold hands you could’ve just said so”

If hiro could explode, he would

I mean he certainty looked like he was a bomb waiting to be detonated

After the movie Hiro walked you home and when you got there he didn’t even need to confess because you did

You told him that you’ve liked him for awhile and fortunately for him, you’re not oblivious

Thus, you two began to date yipeeee

Thankfully Hiro finally relaxes and starts being himself more around you

Although, he learns that you didn’t know how down bad he was for you and how you basically “turned” him gay

Maybe one day he’ll tell you that you were his gay panic but he won’t, knowing it’ll go straight to your head

Not like he’s any better when you tell him you thought he was cute since the moment you saw him

[berylliumliumite]

hi. Ineed all your thoughts about igi right now. Riiiight now right now pls

Okay, so I've been thinking about Beryll and Denima as of recent. Actually writing smth about them from Denima's perspective which means I get to explore her beautiful mind.

Kind of off-topic but one night a year or two ago I had a dream in which Beryll n Denima considered themselves step-siblings due to the nature of sharing the same space for years after the rebellion. I have not been able to stop thinking about it but I don't usually write about it or consider it in my main headcanons, so it's around a 75% "they're best friends with a deep platonic bond" and around 25% "um they're step-siblings your honor this is just how they bond (arguing)".

I do joke and jest about how much they argue and how its mlm/wlw solidarity and/or hatred but I do think they each care deeply about the other. However I also think neither really have ever sat down to talk about their respective feelings on their friendship, so each other's "care" comes out twisted.

More rambles under the cut. Sometimes I feel like I'm just making all of this up in my head, so take it all with a grain of salt

I feel like Beryll is very solitary, tends to be quieter and is more likely to listen than talk. This goes well with Denima (and Kuiper) because I feel in my heart of hearts that Denima will talk your ear off about drama. He doesn't tend to initiate things, nor does he really understand that sometimes he has to. As such he's never told Denima how much her friendship means to him, so when he starts getting distant she views it as "losing him" because she doesn't understand that he will always be there for her and she'll always be his best friend.

On the flip side, I think that Denima is loud with her friendship. She doesn't like talking about her feelings either, I think, so Beryll has no idea she really feels betrayed until the Summer Party Arc (our favorite arc). Denima tends to talk a lot, but not about her feelings. She tends to be more involved in drama and likes to talk about what she's doing (parties, hanging out with friends, grumbling about classes).

I think Beryll and Denima used to study together, and Beryll would be very quiet while Denima would be chattering the entire time.

I recently went through the blog again to find dates for the Denima POV thing I'm writing and the Robot Redemption Arc went on in MID-JANUARY and I thought it was much earlier. So I can only imagine that around that time is when Beryll starts hanging out more with Kuiper, inviting Kuiper to sit with them at lunch when their classes permit, etc.

I imagine that Denima is really shocked- like, listen, your best friend is in agreement (or so it seems) about his roommate being annoying one day, to the point where he is aggressive towards Kuiper, but then the next day Beryll is inviting him to sit with them? And then in the months following, Beryll slowly disappears from her life, going to hang out with his roommate, who you only know as annoying because that's how Beryll used to talk about him.

I think Valentine's Day is such a surprise to Beryll because of their different viewpoints on their friendship. Denima surprises Beryll because in her mind, that's what *she* would want. A surprise. And she assumes Beryll would like one as well, because he hasn't been present recently, so he must be either lonely or having a hard time. Maybe both?

I don't think Beryll ever talks about his feelings with her. She can read his mood pretty well, not just because of the tone tags but because she just Knows what grumpy/lonely/lying Beryll looks like.

By the time Denima realizes that Beryll has completely drifted away, she views it as Kuiper's fault. Beryll doesn't even view himself as having drifted away- he still considers her his best friend, so when he gets confronted during the Summer Party Arc ofc he's surprised and angry, and not just because he's drunk. He's mad not only that Denima is yelling at him and let it take this long to tell him how she feels but also because she can't find it in herself to blame himself for the feelings of betrayal, instead blaming the one other close friend that he has.

This is why, in the chatlogs (RIP btw, they haven't been available on the blog in forever, they probably got deleted), he tells her to apologize to Kuiper. He doesn't view it as a slight against him because Denima also can't find it in herself to blame him. Instead, he's defensive on Kuiper's behalf, and if you've read the blog you know how he gets when he feels like something wrong has happened.

Kuiper, on the other hand, tends to blame himself too much. He is the subject of blame. He is always the annoying, talkative, insensitive person. That's kind of why a lot of the followers rallied around him, and not jut because he was the one with the blog. I think a lot of us felt like it was unfair- which, in a way, it was. But Kuiper also realizes at the Homestead Again (i think that's the one after the summer party, could be wrong) Arc that he needs to stop blaming himself all the time, stop talking down to himself, stop living in shame. It's not fixing anything. When you blame and hate yourself to that amount, there's nothing productive getting done.

On the subject of Denima, I think she has a reason to be concerned about her friendship with Beryll. I think the audience would have a better understanding of her if she appeared before Robot Redemption. That way, we could've seen how Beryll and her interact outside of Kuiper. How they were before. In her eyes, her best friend is def being duped by this annoying stranger. And she's a little jealous.

Ok enough talk. I'm going to add a snippet of what I'm writing for you specifically anon. No one else can look. Also it's a first draft so it might not be great. The ID below is what the text says.

ID: “Disquieted. Did you know they could assign you roommates?”

What?

“What?” she asks, her train of thought torn apart. “Yeah, if you’re alone in a…” she trails off, realizing. “Are you getting a roommate?”

Beryll sighs, glaring at his computer screen. Denima leans over and stares at his email, where the housing office had sent him a little, “congratulations! You’re not alone anymore!” with a party emoji.

“Kuiper Ursa,” she says, staring at the name on the screen. “Who the fuck is that?” End ID.

[cellk]

Hi internet stranger, I have very little context from you two so I can't really give specific advice, also always take strangers on the internet with a massive grain of salt, but I'd say you have 2 options here:

1. You can talk things out with him. Think very throughly about what you want from him relationship-wise ("relationship" in the general sense of the word btw, not as in dating), maybe write a journal or get someone you can ramble your feelings to in order to make sense of them, and then you can talk it out with him. If you have issues communicating it or fear you might stutter/forget things or whatever you can also write him a letter about it, show it to him in private (don't hand it to him and make sure you get rid of it well so there are no issues with other people reading it in case it's discarded, homophobic area and all) and see how he reacts? You can then discuss with him your next steps going forward. Also remember that people are very weird and can take a joke very far or treat friends in a very intimate way. In my opinion, if even you, as his best friend, couldn't tell if some of these moments were just you being friends or he was showing romantic interest in you, I don't think internet strangers will either. A lot of people also start dating without actually properly discussing it, which he may think is the case (again, I have little context of you two tho), no way to know for sure besides asking.

2. You can also not talk to him about it and just keep things that way, if you're satisfied with it. He seems to be determined to keep being in contact with you, so if you also make an effort to do so too you'll be at least in talking terms in the long term. Leaving high school and then going to uni for years does make maintaining old friendships hard though, in my opinion. He may (and I apologize for the harshness. It's kinda hard to think about this as a high schooler, which I assume you are) end up having his own life and drifting away from you though, maybe dating and making a family, I don't know him so there's no way I can tell.

There are always other options in life ofc, just can't think of any.

Anyways, hope this was of any help at all, feel free to ask for clarification or anything if you need further assistance, and my dms are always open for random people's issues too. I'm just a human who likes hearing about other people's lifes and have opinions about it. Ngl I couldn't stop thinking about your post after reading it, made me think of myself when I had a crush for my aroace friend lol (we figured things out and are now in a qpr, also apparently I was aro all along, weird stuff).

Good luck!

Finally caved and going to open up about my feelings to strangers on the internet. Before I start this I am going to preface this with I am aromantic which means little to no romantic attraction, and if for some reason you read this post about my feelings towards someone as an aromantic and use it to justify making comments like "aromantics can still date" about aro characters, make comments like "at least you have qprs" or trying to tell me that aromantic isnt the right label for me, that is not the point of this post and i will block literally anyone i see making comments anywhere along the lines of those

Anyway on to the feelings bit, overy the last few years i have been having a lot of back forth debating in my head over my feelings towards a particular person, and the past month i have come to the conclusion that any romantic attraction or the closest thing to romantic attraction i can feel is unfortunately directed towards this guy, now i am horrible about feelings and have no idea how to tell about literally anything, he is my best friend and i think genuinely i would be happy if we never addressed my feelings but i think i would also be happy if we did as long as he felt similar, i dont know how to know if he feels similar, so i think i am going to list how most of recent interactions have been that i am not sure about

-the current bit is that we are husbands, well actually he has slowly transitioned into my wife, so i call him wife he calls me husband, and we arw also planning a wedding bit of a plot hole due to the being married thing but we have yet to discjss it, it is important to note rhat i am not the first friend who he is jokingly married to, however our joke marriage is brought up morw and we are planning a wedding and the other marriages didnt really get that far

-i joked about him not offering to peel my orange like the tiktok trend from a while ago and now he peels every orange, he actually grabs oranges for me amd will get upset if i don't let him peel it

-he said that if we are both not married in twenty years he will show up at my doorstep with a diamond ring and propose

-we have been having frequent spotify jams of kind of yearning love songs

-he offered me to move in with him next summer because i said i didnt want to move back in with ky parents after collefe (he knows i have a rough relationship with my parents and jysy family in general)

-everytime someone makes jokes about not staying in touch with him after highschool he is like wow ok, but if i make a joke like that he gets weirdly serious and says no we are staying in tocuh, we sre going to be friends after highschool

-we were listening to a hozier song together and i said that i had a dream where someone was singing that song ,cause i fall asleep to hozier, but with hoziers voice not their own, and he jokingly asked if it was him, i lied and said no and then asked would he want it to be him and he said yes he likes when others think of him

-we started sharing the same seat on the bus despite there being empty seats, we just sit squished next to each other

-my parents, a lot of classmates and most my family have thought we were dating

-my teachers call us an old married couple

-we went water quality testing and we walked for like 5 mins just completely leaning on each other and then 10 minutes after we did a uquiz where he answered one of the questions "what is you favorite form of physical touch to show love" or something likw that with leaning on each other

-when we are coding he does tell me to not talk to him sometimes, his logic is if i talk he will listen and he needs to focus, he is sometimes mean when he explains its a need to focus moment but he does apologize normally after

-we normally sit next to each if possible in any class

-sometimes when other friends of his our around he does seem less interested in talking to me, not sure if that is because he sees them way less (we see each other nearly every day) or if he prefers talking to them

-he says he is straight but i am not sure if that is because he is or of our area, i mostly try not to speculate others identities but we do live in a rural area, like very homophobic, to give an idea of how bad it is there is rumors about the klan still being here, snd his dad is also homophobic and he himself isnt homophobic but i am not sure if there isnt any internalized but he did date our friend who is gender queer/fluid about a year ago but they are much more feminine presenting which may have been apart of it, but he makes jokes/comments about finding men attractive and what not

I think that is most of the important stuff, i am not sure what to make of this and hoping that someone has something they wanna say about this, none of my friends that i have told have been too insightful on this and i am scared to tell anymore of my friends, begging someone to please help a brother out

[12am-motivation]

Aight, so basically... Welcome to the actual Main Story: Hard Mode, ft. unhinged post-war demon brothers and a higher risk of getting harmed 👍

So based on my understanding we, the same MC from the original game, somehow travel back in time to the old Devildom right after the Great Celestial War and we have to reforge our pacts with the brothers in the timeline we got transported into for us to return to the future.

I get that the time travelling part is a way for us to insert ourselves in the timeline we weren't born into but this plot poses some more questions (aside from things like what Beel's secret from Belphie could be):

How do we get transported to the past, especially during the time of the old Devildom? Will this have something to do with Barbatos? (That last part in the OMNB! teaser maybe...)

Is this by accident or on purpose?

Considering that we've been warned before not to interfere with these timelines, why would we have to play therapist again just to get back to the future if they'll eventually have it all sorted out without our help?

What of our role as Lilith's descendant? And what would happen if their post-war selves were to find out?

(And some more probably outdated speculations from a previous post)

Iirc, the brothers have occasionally mentioned how they wished for us to have been present in their past, and now we get to experience that alongside them firsthand.

Could this be some trial on how much we're willing to go through in deepening our bonds with the brothers not just by knowing their past, but by getting to experience it?

Imagine if this were some hardcore Devildom History lesson all along

We still have yet to know the actual involvement of the other side characters in this plot aside from their reactions to the Fall (particularly for the angels), especially Solomon and his relation to the attic.

For Diavolo and Barbatos, we're most likely going to see how the brothers came to be the renowned Avatars of Sin we know them by today. Thirteen and Mephisto seem to have more minor roles, but they're still there.

But Solomon... What else is there to him and how will he take the spotlight this time?

Anyways, I'm excited about this game and I'm hoping that we will be getting news about the game mechanics soon! If OMNB! were really the final product from Ruri Tunes with the character song remixes, *cracks knuckles* I'm more than ready.