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  1. Public Bookmark 60

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    Tomorrow morning Eiji would finish up the laundry and scrub out all the bloodstains. He would pad around the apartment and throw away the towels that weren’t worth saving and add rubbing alcohol to their grocery list, making sure they were well prepared for the next makeshift surgery.

    Tomorrow afternoon Ash would swallow down three Advil dry and take a shower and check up on his boys, making sure they were well prepared for the upcoming gang war. He would buy more bullets and forget how Eiji looked at him.

    But right now, in that gentle aftermath, Ash let himself feel it all. The shame and the pain and the care that congealed across a ruddy wound.

    "Are you okay?"

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    07 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 99

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    Set during episode 18, just after Blanca shot Eiji on the shoulder.

    Ash and Eiji decide to go against all odds.

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    20 Feb 2026

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    In their apartment on Fifth Avenue, Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Owens accept Eiji as a fellow housewife. Why did he have to go and agree to their assumption that he was getting married to Ash?

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    27 Jan 2026

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    "The rush stops when his muscles relax under the steaming water. An odd image of tea leaves brewing sadness floats around in his daydreams. Tearing himself from the relaxing steam, he dries off, brushes his teeth, lotions, and shoves on some comfy gray sweats and one of Ash’s cashmere sweaters. He won’t tell Ash, but the softness of the sweater and the familiar smell really make him feel more secure.

    If anyone looked at him from the outside, Eiji seems perfectly put together."

    Eiji's doing his best, but some days even he breaks down. Sometimes he needs to be shown a little bit of that unconditional love that he gives to others, too. Ash and the gang are there and ready to support.

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    04 Jan 2026

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    "If he really never did see Ash again, at least Eiji had the comfort of knowing he was free. Finally, finally, Ash was somewhere no one could touch him, even as that was what Eiji longed to do. He felt like he could die from how badly he wanted to hold Ash again, just one more time. But, it wasn’t fair to want something so selfish. Ash was his own person, and he deserved to live for himself, wherever and however that may be."

    After the showdown in New York, Ash goes missing. Eiji returns to Japan alone, heartbroken and unsure what to do now. After one year of radio silence from Ash, the two meet again, getting closer over the course of a year, and fulfill the promise of forever.

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    25 Dec 2025