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    A series featuring the trials and tribulations of Shu and Luca's high school something to office romance.

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    A series of extras for the Lux Memoriae game universe. This can contain extra scenes and lore not mentioned in the game.

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    A collection of works I wrote for Shuca Week 2023

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  1. Rec 15

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    “Is he sick? Is it some sort of—” Kaelix frowns, unsure how to even put it. All he can do is make a large, all-encompassing sort of gesture to convey the kind of vibe he’s thinking about. Some kind of stress-fuelled spinout? A bad reaction to the cold?

    “Not exactly, but I think we should trade rooms.” Seible smiles for a beat, but it's gone just as fast. He’s pretty sure he can make out the sound of light footsteps behind the door if he really strains himself. “Freo wanted some space. He’s, uh… he’s nesting in there.”

    Oh. Kaelix waits for him to point and laugh and say it was all just a prank that he totally fell for, but that doesn't happen. If anything, Seible just gets more and more serious as they keep standing here.

    “Sure,” he eventually says, not really thinking. “If that's what he needs.”

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    aka: Kaelix can survive a few more days without blurting out his long-held feelings for Freo, right? Right? Everything's gonna be just fine.

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    03 Jan 2026

  2. Rec 25

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    They had never been so physically close to each other before, usually an appropriate, modest amount of space padding them at all times, but now. Now, Kaelix could scarcely think.

    He made no attempt to make space between them.

    Freodore, too, made no attempt to make space between them.

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    Or: Kaelix is only a lowly palace guard, and Freodore is the beautiful royal designer and master of the wardrobe with whom Kaelix is enamored, and who just might think fondly of Kaelix, too.

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    12 Nov 2025

  3. Rec 45

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    Nothing about Kaelix quite fits all the layers hidden beneath this wedding. The simplicity of his answers in contrast to the unspoken politics and the quiet pressure of legacy wrapped all in silk and tradition. Either he doesn't understand what he's just gotten himself into, or he's hiding that he does far too well.

    Not that it's any of Freodore's business. His job is just to make the wedding happen without any major hiccups, not speculate on the emotional subtext of a spring engagement between social classes.

    "Well," Freodore says, tapping his pen to the page, trying to turn his mindset in another direction, "shall we build your dream wedding?"

    Kaelix grins. "Let's do it."

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    16 Sep 2025

  4. Rec 11

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    “Girl, you look incredible and I will not allow you to pretend otherwise. Show off a little. At least on the walk back.”

    Freya crosses her arms, mutters, “Feels like my chest doesn’t even fit in this thing properly.”

    Reimu scoffs. “Nooo, what the hell, Freya? They’re perfect. Kaelix, tell her her tits are perfect.”

    Kaelix, standing nearby, helping everyone else pack up, had stopped only for a drink of water that’s already half-raised to his mouth. He chokes on it, sputters. “I—uh. Yeah. They’re. Yeah, they’re perfect.”

    Reimu flashes a smug grin. “See?”

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    04 Aug 2025

  5. Rec 16

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    Maybe some people would feel embarrassed about eating dainty pink desserts in equally pink and frilly booths of pink-filled buildings with their inarguably unrequited love, but he’s already given up on hiding his feelings a long time ago, and with that brilliant decision went most of the embarrassment. If you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to feel ashamed about.

    At some point he realised they’ve spent more years together where he was in love with him than when he wasn’t, and nothing's really changed despite that, so there’s no real point in worrying about it. If Shu can’t tell by now, then he’s likely never going to find out on his own, so who cares if he likes him and doesn't try to hide it?

    Best day of his life, honestly. It’s way easier now.

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    or: Luca knows that Shu has hanahaki, but he can't just say that! Clearly, there's only one way to deal with it. He's got to comfort him. Physically.

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    14 Feb 2025