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Hold his hand by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
25 Mar 2019
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"Despite the amount of time that it took Shuichi to reach this news, it still surprised Rantaro to hear the words. But even if he was surprised by it, perhaps letting it show too strongly on his features would be unhelpful. He did allow a frown to touch his expression, however, and he sat up a little bit straighter, wondering if it would be crossing a boundary for him to reach out and take Shuichi’s hand. (He decided against it.)"
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Shuichi's mom dies. Rantaro provides (much needed) validation.
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- Part 1 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Not a big deal by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
14 Apr 2019
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“Hm.” Shuichi doesn’t press, but he purses his lips, like he’s unhappy, and sits down at the table. Rantaro doesn’t like seeing the pouty expression on his classmate’s face, and while logically he knows that the other boy is probably only doing this to get him to spill, the moody silence still makes him uncomfortable.
And he doesn’t want to talk about it, because there’s not a lot to talk about and Rantaro is fine and anything he could talk about would probably just be more of a burden for Shuichi to take on. Shuichi spends a lot of time trying to figure out how to cater to his classmates’ needs and make them feel safer in their classroom. He barely spends any time talking about himself. Rantaro doesn’t want to add to that. Especially not by talking about his own problems.
Even so... Rantaro sighs and sits down next to him, staring at his empty mug. “Just a small nightmare, that’s all.”
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Rantaro has a nightmare. Shuichi helps.
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- Part 2 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Shuichi is tired. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
07 May 2019
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Shuichi smiles slightly, leaning against the wall and looking up at the ceiling. "Don't let me stop you. I'm just here because..." what's an acceptable reason? The truth? That's probably the only acceptable reason. "I haven't really gotten to see you for a couple weeks. I don't need to talk, or anything. Just sitting is okay."
Eyes widening a fraction, Rantaro seems as though he's almost going to say something in response to the admission. But then he seems to decide against it, biting his lip with a smile and shaking his head.
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Shuichi is tired. Rantaro accomodates.
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- Part 3 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Souvenir. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
07 May 2019
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"I got something for you."
"Oh, you didn't-" Shuichi starts, but Rantaro immediately waves him off, shaking his head.
"I don't think you understand how much money my father has." Rantaro grins. "But even if he wasn't stupidly rich, I'd get you something anyway, because..." He trails off, like there's something he wanted to say but he just decided not to say it. "Uh. Nevermind." He chuckles and shakes his head. "Sorry, that was a little... anyway."
Rantaro drops a plastic bag onto the table in front of Shuichi.
"Here."
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Rantaro brings Shuichi a gift from one of his travels.
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- Part 4 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Want a hug? by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
07 May 2019
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"I don't know. I don't think I want to talk about it."
Rantaro nods. "Okay." He hums. It's not like he can just leave it at that. How should he...? He thinks of the last time that Shuichi comforted him, how he pulled him into a hug. It had been so comfortable, Rantaro just fell asleep. Would Shuichi appreciate that right now? Or does he want space? No harm in asking. "Can... do you want a hug?"
Shuichi's lower lip wobbles. "Y-Yeah. Yeah, alright."
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Shuichi remembers something bad. Rantaro listens, and also provides Hugs.
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- Part 5 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Sixth Sense. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
13 Jun 2019
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So she stands, brushes off her knees, and offers Shuichi a hand up. When he reaches up to grip her palm, she works on stilling her hand so that he can find some stability in her hold. His expression is unreadable as she tugs him to his feet, but she thinks maybe she’s successful.
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Kaede wakes up unable to shake the feeling that something is wrong. (She's right.)
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- Part 6 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Ticking like a tall clock (and not a bomb) by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
15 Jan 2020
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“It’s just stupid, I’m, being stupid, right now.”
“You’ve said that before,” Rantaro remarks faintly, thinking about another time that he saw Shuichi crying, a quieter, more intimate time than this is, and the detective deflates a bit, his shoulders dropping and his forehead too, knocking against his knee with a dull thud. “If you say it’s stupid, then maybe it is, but you’re still crying over it.”
After a sticky, prolonged silence, Shuichi’s voice mumbles, “I am,” and his shoulders slump even further. “If you’re wondering,”
“I’m not,” clarifies Rantaro; a lie.
“I was looking over a case file.” Shuichi continues, and Rantaro’s smile takes on a wry edge, because they both know him better than to believe what he just said.
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Shuichi confesses that he fears death, and the death of others, and the promise of a gaping nothingness that comes alongside it. (Rantaro talks him through it.)
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- Part 7 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Shuichi thinks too much. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
10 May 2019
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Fantastic, Shuichi thinks, suppressing the urge to roll his eyes. He honestly doesn’t mean to be cynical, but long elevator rides aren’t his favourite thing. They’re usually awkward, and his class has sixteen people, plus Chisa, their homeroom teacher, the tour guide, and Kiyotaka Ishimaru, who came along as a chaperone of sorts. In favour of avoiding Ishimaru’s scorn, he pops his other earbud from his ear and tucks them into his pocket, shaking his head to try to clear some of the fogginess from his mind in preparation for the long ride.
Before they can move, though, Rantaro speaks up, and of course Shuichi listens. “Hey, would it be alright if I took the stairs?”
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Shuichi is having a hard time figuring out where he and Rantaro stand with each other. Things only get more complicated when he inadvertently figures out a secret of Rantaro's: He's claustrophobic.
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- Part 8 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Progress. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
12 May 2019
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Still... "It's a huge request." Rantaro murmurs. "I couldn't ask that of him... it would be so much time away from everyone else and just with me, and he'd have to deal with my problems all the time... nobody wants to do that."
"Not if you don't even give them the choice to." Kaede shrugs. "And you could always offer to take him sometimes. He doesn't have to always be with you, it can be a part time deal. Like, sometimes he stays and sometimes he goes. He just goes enough so that it's not such a long-distance relationship."
Is that really the kind of thing Rantaro wants?
...yeah.
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Rantaro comes home from a trip, only to be consumed by worries about his relationship with Shuichi. Kaede listens.
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- Part 9 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Never felt this way before by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
14 May 2019
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Shuichi tightens his grip on Rantaro’s hand. “I… I can’t say I’ve never had a crush on somebody before,” he begins uncertainly, thinking of Kaede and Kaito but ultimately extinguishing the thoughts before they can take root. “But I can say that what I feel is…” everything he’s saying sounds so artificial compared to what Rantaro has said thus far. He’s never been good at this. It’s like he’s walking on a broken floor, unsure of where to put his feet. It’s not that Shuichi’s unused to being vulnerable, he’s just so bad at telling people how he feels. There’s a reason he never talked to Kaito or Kaede about his feelings. It wasn’t even a fear of rejection. He just couldn’t find the right words. And as much as he’d like for them to come to him, they’re not. The words aren’t coming like some deus ex machina to save Shuichi from his anxiety.
So instead he reaches up and pulls Rantaro into a kiss, hoping he can convey with his lips what he can’t with his voice.
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Rantaro and Shuichi finally talk about their relationship.
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- Part 10 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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In a meaningful way by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
04 Jun 2019
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It’s… it’s not that his father is bad, or anything… actually… he seems like a nice person. A friendly, amicable person. Somebody who Shuichi would be proud to call his father, if not for… if not for the obvious. And he’s like this even after his wife died. He seems to be accepting, and kind enough, and Shuichi hasn’t known him much beyond his movies (which is sad to say of one’s own father but nonetheless) but he picked up on the glint of genuine affection in his father’s eye when he pulled out of the hug.
Which is… it’s causing a hole to open up in the pit of Shuichi’s stomach. His father being kind really isn’t going to work for him.
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Shuichi heads to California for his mother's funeral. Rantaro goes with him for emotional support, but it's not as simple as going to a funeral and going back home. His father is a different person than Shuichi's been assuming all this time, and now he has a lot more to think about than he originally thought.
Maybe Rantaro can help.
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- Part 11 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Self Deprecating by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
21 Jun 2019
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“I already have a sweater, I was worried that I’d get hot. Besides, I’m not the one who gets sick all the time.”
“It’s not all the time, I only get sick-” Rantaro pauses to think about it. “...maybe a little more than the average person.”
Snorting and shaking his head, Shuichi opens his eyes again, looking as though he’s about to say something. But thunder rumbles again, cutting him off, so he steps away from Rantaro’s side to creep to the edge of the overhang and look out onto the sidewalk.
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While in Paris, Rantaro and Shuichi end up caught in the rain. (It's not so bad.)
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- Part 12 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Piercing by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types
26 Jul 2019
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“Ah, did you do your own piercings?” Shuichi tilts his head to the side. Rantaro smiles slightly.
“Only the ones most recently, and not on my tongue. I don’t trust myself to be able to do that safely, so I went to a tattoo parlour. My first piercing was done at a jewellery store, which I think was probably just a beginner’s mistake. It got infected pretty quickly, and not on my behalf. They just don’t take good care of their equipment at places like that.” He shrugs. “But I did do the ones in my lobes, and this one,” he points to his top cartilage piercing, fingers brushing against Shuichi’s as he pulls his hand away. “Why do you ask? Are you interest in getting a piercing?”
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Rantaro pierces Shuichi's ear.
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- Part 13 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Nightmare by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types
26 Jul 2019
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“Uhm, it’s, a serious question, though.” He mumbles, and despite the fact that they’re standing so close to each other now, Rantaro can still barely hear him. It’s reasonable cause for concern but he doesn’t remark upon it, figuring Shuichi will continue when he feels comfortable. “I, uhm, was wondering, since you never talk about it- and you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to, but- what are your nightmares about?”
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Shuichi asks Rantaro about his nightmares.
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- Part 14 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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The best kind of mess. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types, Dangan Ronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
07 Sep 2019
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When the two of them get into the kitchen, Rantaro sees that Kirumi really did lay everything out for them. Beyond eggs and flour and baking soda (all the necessities for making a cake from scratch, essentially) there are also bags of chocolate chips and cocoa powder and bottles of vanilla extract- a lot of ingredients Rantaro likes to have but doesn’t always use. There’s even stuff there to make gourmet frosting, as well as coffee, which he likes to use whenever he makes chocolate stuff because the acidity makes the chocolate more rich.
“Kirumi doesn’t clown.” Rantaro comments lightly.
“Yeah. Prime wife material.” Mukuro sighs. “If I wasn’t dating Makoto…”
“I didn’t realise my best friend was a thot.”
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Rantaro and Mukuro bake a cake.
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- Part 15 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Vinegar and buttermilk. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types
07 Sep 2019
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Rantaro knows that red velvet is a little more complicated than just making chocolate cake with red food dye. As he scans over the ingredients, he finds that everything seems pretty normal, except for the addition of vinegar to the batter. It’s extremely strange but if that’s what the recipe calls for then he’d better stay on the safe side and not take it out. He’s never tasted anything sour before in the times that he’s had red velvet, so he imagines he’ll just have to be careful. It’s probably there for a good reason.
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Rantaro thinks about making Shuichi a cake for his birthday, crashes his bike, has a conversation, and then makes the cake.
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- Part 16 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Eternity by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types
15 Sep 2019
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The adventurer is standing on the sidewalk, his back to Shuichi and his head tilted up towards the sky. His hands are in his pockets, and standing there, like that, he seems like he could be a part of the whole scene; tall, extravagant houses with polished gardens and ivory statues in their yards, streetlights bright and slightly yellowed, the sky wide and blue but empty of stars, like the quiet after a storm. He could be absorbed into the night right now, and the night would be the same, except that Shuichi would be alone with the taste of bitter melancholy on top of his tongue.
Shuichi really hopes that Rantaro never disappears.
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Shuichi meets Rantaro's parents.
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- Part 17 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Just a beginning. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing, Dangan Ronpa - All Media Types
22 Sep 2019
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“I’m glad you’re here for this.” She says quietly, and Shuichi hums, glancing at her. Her plum eyes are smiling, and this close he can smell the pleasant scent of her honeysuckle shampoo. Still, though, she seems a bit sad. Everyone is a bit sad, today.
“Of course we’re here,” Shuichi replies, and glances over his shoulder to where Rantaro is chatting with Korekiyo. “We wouldn’t miss our graduation for the world.”
He means that, too. This is an important day.
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The 79th class of Hope's Peak Academy graduates. Shuichi and Kaede have a conversation about it.
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- Part 18 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
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Packing by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
18 Mar 2020
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“Want to see? I figure it’s only fair since Mei blessed me with all of those bath pictures.” Shuichi groans, but walks over anyway-- he was already planning on doing so, after all-- hopping over something of a blockade of boxes before he reaches Rantaro’s side. Rantaro scoots in against the dresser to allow him space against the wall, but when Shuichi sits, he ends up leaning against Rantaro’s shoulder anyway.
The picture he’s looking at, currently, features a very young version of Rantaro (maybe three or four years old) with a butterfly perched on his nose. His hair is a bit longer than it is now-- no undercut or anything, clearly; that’d look kind of stupid on a three year old-- and curlier, his eyes wide and sparkling with amazement. Shuichi lets out a surprised laugh, leaning in to look closer at the picture. “You’re so cute,” he beams, and Rantaro scoffs, pushing him back from the album with a gentle hand.
“I don’t need to hear this after you called me first world filth,” Rantaro grumbles.
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Rantaro finds an old photo album while he and Shuichi pack his things.
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Amasai week day three: Photograph/Ice Cream
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- Part 19 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles
- Part 3 of Amasai Week 2020
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In the forever sense of the term. by ToxicPineapple
Fandoms: New Dangan Ronpa V3: Everyone's New Semester of Killing
27 Oct 2019
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This apartment doesn’t belong to Kokichi and Tsumugi and Kaito and all of their friends. It belongs to them. Just them. The two of them and no one else. Shuichi was expecting to feel a giddy kind of excitement today. Uncontainable happiness. Instead he just sort of wants to melt into a puddle on the ground.
“You also don’t have to talk about it, though.” Rantaro adds. “We can put on a movie if you’d like. I have some David Suchet Poirot movies on my laptop that we could-”
“You know that you can leave if you want to, right?” Shuichi blurts.
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While moving in with Rantaro, Shuichi finally addresses his doubts about the permanence of their relationship.
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- Part 20 of Saimami/Amasai ficlets and drabbles