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  1. Public Bookmark 47

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    Kou seizes him by the elbow and draws him aside. “We gotta get out of the city,” he says in a rapid undertone. “Teru-nii’s out on patrol tonight, and this whole city is Minamoto territory. He’s gonna hear about it if supernatural stuff starts happening. And we can’t risk running into him. We can’t. So I’ll drag you onto the train myself if I have to, and that’s the end of it.”

    A familiar hostile spark flickers to life in Mitsuba’s expression. “I am not taking a train,” he says witheringly. “Minamoto-kun, I’m not doing it. Are you insane? I mean, for real? Are you actually literally out of your extremely small mind? What if something happens?”

    “To you?” says Kou. “Or because of you?”

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    09 Apr 2025

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    Something throbs under Till’s thumb. A beat passes. It does it again. Till looks down, confused, and realizes that his hand is gripping Ivan’s wrist, nails digging into the pale skin, his thumb jabbed right into the pulse point.

    Ivan’s heart beats slowly. Ivan breathes slowly. Ivan blinks slowly, his giant eyes tilted up. When they make eye contact, Ivan’s pulse skips a beat. The only thought running through Till’s head is: huh?

    “Hello,” Ivan says. “You went somewhere.”

    “Uh,” Till manages. Ivan’s pulse thrums under his fingers. Why is it so soothing? Every beat of Ivan’s heart lifts a bit of the weight off Till’s chest. Is that normal?

    (or: somewhere along the way, Ivan and Till "fall in love," or something like that. This changes nothing that matters, but they end up okay.)

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  3. Public Bookmark 33

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    “Hey, no biggie.” Kaito shrugs. “If we’re both sorry and neither of us are mad, then we can just move on… and I think you’re allowed to be a little quote on quote careless today, right?”

    The reminder makes Kirumi frown. She tries to disguise the look, but Kaito’s eyes sharpen with understanding. He’s so observant. Barely anyone else in the class knows it, but Kirumi does. She tries to notice everything, where her classmates are concerned, for the purpose of serving them more effectively, and so she can gauge their potential as future clients. Kirumi doesn’t especially want to go to space—though she would if she was asked to—so Kaito wouldn’t be the easiest man to serve, but that doesn’t stop Kirumi from noticing his capabilities, either.

    “Maybe more like restless?” Kaito guesses.

    “Ah… perhaps.”

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    Everybody knows the ways in which Kaito supports his sidekicks, but they're far from the only members of their class Kaito takes care of.

    (Or, the times Kaito took care of each and every one of his classmates, plus a time where Kaito got taken care of in turn.)

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    13 Mar 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 25

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    Kokichi finds himself staring for a long while, just watching Kaito’s bandaged chest rise and fall, the way his bangs flutter slightly with every exhalation. Kokichi’s never seen him properly asleep before—the naps he used to take back in history class don’t count—and even in the dark where Kokichi can’t make out his face very well… he really does just look exhausted.

    So Kaito is Supernova. There was no doubting it before, but it’s as sure a fact as the sky being blue, now. Kokichi pouts for a moment, trying to convince himself that he could still walk away from this without caring, but… no, it’s thoroughly his problem now, he thinks.

    Ugh, what a bore.

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    Kokichi knows that Kaito is running around the city fighting crimes as the new superhero "Supernova", that was never a question -- and never his problem, either. But when Kaito starts to open up to him and some of his most dangerous enemies take notice of him... well. Then it becomes very much his problem.

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    Bad Things Happen Bingo prompt fill: I've Got Your Loved One

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    10 Mar 2025

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    “Well, if you tell something to a liar,” Ouma says. “That doesn't mean it’s true, does it? You can say anything you want, and it won’t be real.”

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    A familiar motive spurs a much needed and dreaded conversation.

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