4 Works by mxstydreams
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For years, Nakajima Atsushi and Akutagawa Ryūnosuke have existed somewhere between allies and enemies.
Close enough to fight beside each other.
Too far apart to truly understand one another.
But when a mysterious anomaly begins distorting abilities across Yokohama, a single mistake leaves Beast Beneath the Moonlight and Rashōmon impossibly intertwined. The farther apart Atsushi and Akutagawa are, the more unstable their abilities become. The closer they remain, the harder it becomes to tell where one ends and the other begins.
Forced into an investigation that threatens the balance of the city itself, they uncover a truth more frightening than any enemy they’ve faced:
Abilities don’t lie.
And neither do the hearts that created them.
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Atsushi makes it fifteen steps toward safety before he hears Akutagawa cough behind him.
He turns back. He always turns back.
One collapsing warehouse, a stab wound, and a locked infirmary later, the line between hatred and desire finally snaps—forcing Atsushi and Akutagawa to confront the truth neither wants to admit: they’ve never known how to fight without falling for each other.
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After the fall of the Decay of Angels, Atsushi Nakajima should be getting better.
Instead, he finds himself trapped in memories he thought he'd left behind.
A new ability user is stalking Yokohama, forcing victims to relive the moments that shaped them. For Atsushi, that means the orphanage. The cage. The Headmaster. The child who learned to survive by making himself small.
Everyone thinks he'll recover.
Everyone except Akutagawa.
Unfortunately, Akutagawa Ryūnosuke has noticed something is wrong.
Even more unfortunately, he seems determined to do something about it.
Or: A villain weaponizes trauma, Atsushi falls apart, Akutagawa stays, and neither of them is prepared for what comes after.
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Akutagawa thought he knew exactly what kind of person Atsushi was.
He was wrong.
When the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia are forced to watch the memories of Atsushi Nakajima's life, they expect to learn about the tiger.
Instead, they find a child locked in cages.
A boy who starved.
A teenager who believed he was a monster.
A survivor who never learned how to stop apologizing.For the first time, the people around him are forced to see every scar, every secret, and every reason Atsushi smiles like someone waiting to be abandoned.
Somewhere between the orphanage, the blood, and the tiger, one horrifying realization becomes impossible to ignore:
Nakajima Atsushi survived things that should have killed him.
And no one ever noticed.