whew!! i know we already talked some about this chapter but!!! i always love rereading your reactions because you notice things and speculate so astutely and it's such a great feeling to see how you pick up what i'm putting down, etc etc
T B H i don't (didn't???) like the twins but they seemed like the perfect assholes to put into this fic as demons and now??? i have a small soft spot for them???? in this au at least ahaha the powers of fanfiction at work. fr tho malikra is straight up evil and has abused other characters in this series very badly and so his abuse of the twins is sadly something they're used to and despite saying they don't have human emotions, they were born from the same egg sac and have a deep bond that anyone else would point at and say "you boys love each other" but they will deny it because demons can't love . . . (it's a recurring theme in this series)
ANYWAY yes atsumu is a liar and shirabu won't lose his capacity for love HOWEVER things may get dicey in the coming chapters as his demonic energy grows more powerful.
the overall conceit of this series is the whole "breaking down preconceived notions of what makes a 'monster' and the transformative power of love" so like ;;;; there are some barriers that still need to be overcome and there are certainly real monsters in the demon realms but as yumeto and shirabu prove nobody is born evil . . . and semi and ushijima will learn that lesson over time
speaking of which, i've decided to keep yumeto around for this very reason! it's a good way to show shirabu that just because he has demon DNA it doesn't make him automatically evil, and it allows the opportunity for growth with the rest of the shiratorizawa team too concerning the age-old question "are people born wicked or do they have wickedness thrust upon them" (to quote a famous musical ahaha)
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