Not Happy Ending
Bittersweet, ambiguous, bad endings
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"I hadn't planned to bring this up today, but why not... You have to know that being a shinobi... it's not a safe profession. Shinobi die, in the service of our village: from war, and missions that go wrong, and just... bad luck. And, Konoha has a system for making sure that the village's strongest shinobi have enough children to replace the ones who are lost. And, our system asks loyal kunoichi to bear those children. For various reasons, most kunoichi go when they're in their late teenage years; but Sakura got selected earlier, and that's how I met her," explains Kakashi.
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Maruki believes that Amamiya and Akechi can't make an informed decision unless they experience happiness for themselves. He gives them one hour and a nice, comfy bed to achieve this.
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one of these days, i'll take a bite by abandonedstrawberry
Fandoms: 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games)
23 Nov 2025
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Tonight, Majima’s working on the last basket of takoyaki when he glances up to see his cigarette dangling from Kiryu’s mouth. Kiryu doesn’t acknowledge that he took it, just tilts his head and flicks on a thick gold lighter. The flame is high, light kissing the hollows of his chest in the vee of his open collar; when it flicks out, he drops the lighter back on the table and inhales. Majima stabs a toothpick through crust.
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Majima and Kiryu run into each other one night in Kamurocho.
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The Sublime and the Beautiful by anodymalion
Fandoms: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)
25 Jun 2025
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'The passion caused by the great and sublime in nature, when those causes operate most powerfully, is astonishment; and astonishment is that state of the soul, in which all its motions are suspended, with some degree of horror… A mode of terror or pain is always the cause of the sublime.'
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"If I come out," Hikaru says, "all the way, you promise you won't be scared of me?"
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Definitely Not Electric Fauna by tea_time_t
Fandoms: The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
09 Sep 2025
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One time that Murderbot goes into a recharge cycle, ART realizes that it can experience the SecUnit's dreams. The first nightmare isn't any fun, but the next dream is something else entirely.