15 Bookmarks by ImABugForReal

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  1. Public Bookmark 5

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    To swear an oath - to make a promise to change. Asougi Kazuma makes one such vow to Naruhodou Ryuunosuke.

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    23 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 20

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    How do you say I love you, in a thousand little ways?

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    23 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 32

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    Still Ryunosuke finds himself writing more than he should. Each line is a little betrayal. You would like it here. They’re performing Botan Dōrō next week. And so on, and so forth.

    There is a moment where he almost crumples up the whole thing and starts over. The keyword, of course, being almost.

    You write like you’ll never see me again, Kazuma’s reply starts. Come, now. You know better than that.

    Or: distance, and how the heart bridges the gap.

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    15 Jan 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 24

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    “There's nothing I wouldn't have done to get here,” he says. Each word is careful. Measured. “Be that agreeing to assume the role of an assassin… or betraying people's trust.”

    His posture is just as practiced. Arms crossed, not too tight; a vacant, yet piercing, gaze; and complete it with that slight jut of his chin for that hint of arrogance. He’s a study in defiance.

    And a poor liar, at that.

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    15 Jan 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 14

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    Kazuma Asogi’s world shatters in the quiet hours of some otherwise-forgettable Saturday morning. It shatters not because of anything particularly terrible, or out of the ordinary, or anything like that—no, it’s just a notification on his phone.

    From Grindr, specifically. Kazuma’s not exactly proud of having it, but. Something’s got to give.

    Anyway. It’s a notification from Grindr. Someone tapping his profile, which is all well and good. Or it is, until he opens the offending profile, and—it’s the kind of absurdity that gives you whiplash, that makes you doubt if you’re quite sane. Kazuma blinks—rubs at his eyes.

    The profile is still there. It’s still Ryunosuke.

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    15 Jan 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 28

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    Kazuma stands—graceful; you’d never suspect a thing was wrong with him—and collects his things. He hesitates at the door, though, gaze lingering on Ryunosuke.

    “Do you… need something?”

    Something crosses Kazuma’s face—surprised and frustrated in equal measure. His mouth twists—presses into a line. “I don’t… need anything,” Kazuma says. Slowly; carefully. Then, like whiplash: "Goodnight."

    Or: Kazuma, and the terrible act of wanting.

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    15 Jan 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 24

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    Not that it matters much. Ryunosuke is free to do whatever he wants with whoever he wants. It’s none of Kazuma’s business. Doesn’t need to weigh so heavily in his mind that he can't string together a single thought that isn't about Ryunosuke’s mysterious date.

    He imagines it—their conversation flowing, Ryunosuke laughing, rubbing the back of his neck the way he does when he gets embarrassed about being too loud. Maybe his date would reassure him, or laugh with him, or—something, and Ryunosuke would smile, shy, tiny, and—

    Have fun, Kazuma didn't say. Thank God he didn't. Ryunosuke would've seen right through him.

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    15 Jan 2026

  8. Public Bookmark 3

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    But Naruhodo isn’t looking at him. No, Naruhodo’s gaze is cast out across the river, like it’s trying to hold—grasp onto—the light. It fails. The light reflects. The light reflects off Naruhodo’s eyes, just skimming the shine of them, then skirts away—as though tempting Naruhodo to reach for it again, again, again. Naruhodo doesn’t.

    It must be frustrating, he thinks. Not that Naruhodo dares show it, of course. Still it’s moments like these—here, now—when he comes just shy of breaking. The words climb up his throat and press against his teeth: you remember. You know why. I’m here. I’m here. I’m here. And if his knee just so happened to twitch—if it just so happened to press against the soft fabric at Naruhodo’s leg; Naruhodo always wears black, always in mourning, always in mourning, for someone who could be here

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    15 Jan 2026

  9. Public Bookmark 3

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    15 Jan 2026

  10. Public Bookmark 36

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    Ryunosuke gets a job working at a cafe under the guidance of Susato. While working there who slowly becomes acquainted and even friends with her brother Kazuma.

    Kazuma’s somewhat crush is now working at his sisters shop. Sure he’s never actually talked to him before now but maybe this is his chance. Or he’ll settle for being just friends…

    ~~
    Basically just a Coffeeshop AU for Asoryuu because I thought it would be cute and I’ve not written a coffeeshop AU or this ship though I love it so much.

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    15 Jan 2026

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  11. Public Bookmark *

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    When Adora’s lifelong battle with anxiety tips from “manageable” to completely out of control, she winds up in the last place she ever expected; a mental health treatment center, smack dab in the middle of nowhere. And she’s far from the only client here in desperate need of assistance.

    (Catradora Longfic. Playlist link below!)
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    15 Jan 2026

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  12. Public Bookmark 54

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    HUGE SPOILERS FOR DGS2

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    Ryuunosuke inclined his head in thought, “I think - if I couldn’t have faith in my best friend in his time of need, then I shouldn’t waste everyone’s time by becoming a defense lawyer.”

    Kazuma took a second - perhaps a minute - to absorb that, cautious that he must have misheard. But Ryuunosuke was unwavering still, painfully gentle with each prodding word, and what is Kazuma anyway, if not once again helplessly pulled into Ryuunosuke’s orbit.

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    15 Jan 2026

  13. Public Bookmark 56

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    ⚠️ spoilers for both dgs games! ⚠️

    “I think it’s not out of the question for you to make a full recovery.” Yuujin folds his arms in front of his chest. “But you should also be prepared for the slim possibility of this being a lifelong condition.”

    Kazuma can feel the true length of forever stretching out in front of them in the ensuing hollow silence. In two or twenty or forty years, still sleeping upwards of fourteen hours a day, still dealing with pain splitting his head open, still struggling to organize his thoughts. Still forgetting, and forgetting, and forgetting, retreading the same steps ad nauseam. Like God is at his shoulder, mocking: This is what you get for cheating death.

    kazuma hasn’t fully recovered from his head injury on the ss burya. he and ryuunosuke deal with the aftermath

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    15 Jan 2026

  14. Public Bookmark *

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    Across from him, Kazuma inhaled audibly, as if steeling himself for something important, “Ryunosuke, I think - no, I would prefer - if you would stop referring to me as your best friend.”

    Ryunosuke blinked, his own breath caught in his throat for a moment. “Pardon?”

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    15 Jan 2026

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    [asoryuu week 2021 day 7: free day, or: a little bit of everything]

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    18 August, 1915 hrs

    Even though Naruhodo's speech did not seem spectacular, or perhaps, precisely because of that, he delivered it perfectly with clear enunciation and even clarity. I'm somewhat bitter that I've lost to something so plain, but Professor Mikotoba reminded me that there was an elegance to simplicity. There's a validity to his words, but he doesn't know that when I spoke to Naruhodo after the competition, the man actually had the gall to tell me something as ridiculous as "speaking fast is a hobby of mine."

    What an odd and infuriating character.

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    In which Kazuma writes about Ryuunosuke in his journal, and Ryuunosuke writes about Kazuma.

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    15 Jan 2026

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