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What are the odds Akira's best friend who's also his drug dealer who's also his hopeless crush might actually reciprocate his perhaps ill-advised feelings? Not great, he's convinced himself. Stunningly bad, in fact.
So—since this theory is obviously infallible—what's the harm in testing it? Any good mathematician would, and any actuary worth their salt would have no excuse not to, if only to calculate the risks at play. Nothing's going to happen, surely.
Surely.
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Goro swallows, remembering how to speak. “Who are you?”
He swears he can feel the darkness smile. Your saviour. Or your doom. I wonder, pretty human, if you’re willing to make a bargain with me?
A bargain with a demon. For that is what this presence must be, there’s no doubt about it. Goro’s spent his whole life being warned against conversing too much with the beings that grant protection and favour, their whims so changing.
But he has little choice now.
“Name your terms,” he says.
Be my bride. Or die here.
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10 Aug 2025
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The drinks were a terrible idea. This can’t be normal. Sure, Akira’s hormones often cause somewhat rash decisions but they’ve never crowded in his veins and mind so loudly he can’t focus. He can almost taste how much he simply wants, gravitating towards Goro in the room as the team reconvenes.
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The consequences of drinking strange items found in Mementos catch up to Akira and Goro.
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28 Jun 2025
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“We are all aware of the declining birth rates in Japan. One factor in this is a lack of physical affection. This leads to touch starvation.
Touch starvation is a medical condition that occurs in those who lack physical contact with others. Some symptoms of this include aggression, lack of empathy, loneliness, depression, sexual dysfunction, body image issues, high levels of stress, finding relationships unsatisfying, and a growing fear of attachment.
This can all be remedied by slowly increasing the amount of physical affection in your life. You can do this safely by cuddling a pet or taking warm showers, but the best cure is finding affection in another person.”“An intriguing concept for sure, though it seems to be more pseudoscience than actual fact.” Akechi says, seemingly casual about it, but Ren can tell he’s hoping for a debate.
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- Part 1 of Praise Me
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10 Apr 2025
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'cause you were never empty
and we've been here before
yes, we've been here beforebut now there's always plenty
yet still we ask for more
singing fever to the formBookmarked by pathomatose
31 Jan 2025
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Goro considers himself a master of self-control… normally. Akira has always had a funny way of making Goro dare to dream about impossible things. His best bet is to stay as far from Akira as possible, to protect his heart (and his chastity).
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06 Jul 2024
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Yes, it was Akira moving closer that woke him up. That was all. Simply the movement of another human being in his sphere, huddling close and holding him. Hand limp and lips soft, legs relaxed and back curled, eyes closed and hips moving just the slightest—
Goro swallows, seeing nothing in the darkness and hearing only the hitched little skips of Akira’s breathing.
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- Part 4 of this can go one of two ways
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25 Jun 2024
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“I would be completely helpless like that.” Goro blinks slowly. “Vulnerable. You could do whatever you wanted to me and all I would be able to do is take it.” The corner of his mouth quirks up in a wicked smile. “Is that something you’d like?”
Akira breathes in shallowly, mouth dry. “Is that something you’d like?”
Goro’s smile sharpens.
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- Part 3 of After Hours at Leblanc
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04 Jun 2024
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that dirty pleasure runs my veins, maybe I was built for pain by Alykas
Fandoms: Persona 5
02 Apr 2022
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Akira finally visits Goro—he's nearly everything he's wished for. Nearly everything Maruki thought he wished for.
It's unfortunate that the both of them are caught in this web. Still, they can't pass up on the chance to enjoy themselves.
No matter how close the end was.
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- Part 3 of this can go one of two ways
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20 May 2024
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you fit into me like a hook into an eye.
“According to his biometric readings—” Futaba sucks in a breath through her teeth, “—Joker is in rut.”
The thieves rustle in surprise and Goro feels his jaw go slack.
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- Part 1 of you fit into me like
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27 Mar 2024
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The day before the Thieves infiltrate the casino Palace, Akira texts Akechi with a very specific request: come over to Leblanc wearing the silk panties Akira had given him the last time they met.
Despite knowing exactly what he would have to do in less than 24 hours, Akechi accepts. What could be the harm in one more night of indulgence?
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- Part 2 of What Lies Beneath
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30 Nov 2023
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A silent second pulses between them, creeping down Akira’s spine. He clears his throat. “Come inside.”
Akechi’s brows pinch down. “I shouldn’t.”
“I want you to.”
“That’s why I shouldn’t.”
“Akechi—” Akira raises his hand again, the urge to grab Akechi and drag him inside twitching through his fingers, but he fights it back, clenching his fist as he scans Akechi’s rigid body language. “I...I’d really like to talk to you.”
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- Part 12 of After Hours at Leblanc
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15 Nov 2023
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Coughing, to cover up that he had, in fact, burned his tongue, Goro replied the first thing that came into his distracted mind, “I don't think I've ever met someone like you.”
It was weird how sad this boy's smile turned all of a sudden.
“Maybe in another life.”
Goro Akechi isn't sure why this weird boy keeps on getting blackmailed. But apparently he's the only one he can turn to and apparently Akira Kurusu knows him quite well and apparently he'd been already in love with him before he ever met him.
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05 Nov 2023
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Goro pads forward, telegraphing his movements as much as he can, and, when Akira doesn’t stop him, wraps his arms around Akira’s waist from behind.
“Don’t worry about that,” Goro says into Akira’s shoulder.
Akira’s pace stutters, knife pausing right over the taught red flesh of the tomato. “Let me take care of you,” he responds softly.
Goro tightens his grip, pressing his chest to Akira’s back. “You always do.”
“I—”
“Let’s eat later, Akira.” Goro noses at the nape of Akira’s neck. “I need something else right now.”
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- Part 8 of After Hours at Leblanc
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29 Oct 2023
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"We're alone in a room with dimmed lights, playing a game of chess," Goro leans, letting his hair fall into his eyes. He can see the way Ren's fingers flex for a moment in a poor attempt to stop himself from touching it. "I would be very much disappointed if such a thought didn't cross your mind, Amamiya."
During a stormy night in Leblanc, two fools play a game—both of them thinking they're the ones in control.Bookmarked by pathomatose
12 Oct 2023
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Now that Akira knew Akechi was alive, he was terrified that he would leave again. He wanted to reach out to him, to give him that second chance, to help him gain control of his life again.
But that’s not all, is it?
No, it wasn’t. Akechi’s “death” had sent Akira into a 6-year-long depression spiral that no amount of therapy could ever make okay. A deep, dark part of him wanted revenge. He wanted to see Akechi’s tough boy act crumble under fingertips. And even if this treatment was dubious at best, he was going to try.
Akira was going to try to tame the crow.
6 years after the events of Persona 5 Royal, Akira works as a well-respected therapist living in Tokyo. But when a familiar face enters his office one day, Akira finds that he may need to try some more “unconventional” treatments to get him to stay…
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04 Oct 2023
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“I don’t have much sexual experience,” he says, painting a matter-of-fact tone onto the words. “There have been offers, of course, but—well." Goro laughs. "I have what you might call an eccentric taste.”
Akira swallows. “Eccentric?”
“Yes." Goro tilts his head. Akira stares at him, thinking a half formed thought about apples and snakes in the garden. “Would you like to know more?”
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30 Sep 2023
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Laying on the floor, by the third stool, was a book. It’d fallen off the counter landing open, spine facing up.
“What the…” Akira murmured, approaching it cautiously. He knew for a fact no books had been left out…
It was stupid to be nervous. He’d locked the door immediately at ten p.m., so it wasn’t like there was a lingering surprise customer knocking shit off the shelves. It must have been resting on the edge and lost the fight to gravity. A reasonable explanation. He knelt down to pick it up and paused with his hand hovering over the cover. His fingers trembled slightly as he read the title.
The Hero with a Bow: The Tales of Robin Hood
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16 Sep 2023
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"Usually my customers come to me because they want something specific.” Silver eyes glitter from beneath Kurusu’s wild fringe. “So tell me what you want.”
How is he supposed to know what he wants when he’s never done this before? Goro bites the inside of his cheek in frustration. “I called you—” he starts, as calmly as he can even as he feels blood coloring his face, “—because I was hoping to…change my status.”
Kurusu furrows his brows in momentary confusion before understanding breaks across his expression in a slow, predatory smile. “I see,” he says lazily, leaning forward to brace his elbows on his knees. “I think I can definitely help you out with that.”
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- Part 23 of After Hours at Leblanc
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22 Jul 2023
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“So I’m to be bait,” Akechi says flatly. “You’re serving me up.”
Ren can feel the grin on his face, and he can’t stop it. “I gotta open the store tomorrow, I only serve coffee.”
“Absolutely idiotic. Why would I agree to that?"
Ren shrugs one shoulder and leans back against the movie theater wall, smiling. He’s feeling light on his feet right now. It’s been a bad day, but the end is nice. “Call it penance.”
“Penance for what,” Akechi says.
His smile stays where it is as he glances away for a moment, then meets Akechi’s eyes again. “Being yourself.”
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Summer vacation back in Tokyo was supposed to be two things: an exciting break from the mundanity of home, and a chance to see people he's missed so much it hurts. If he survives, Ren has good news for himself on both.
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26 Mar 2023