18 Bookmarks by secondbrightest
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The insistent, uncontrollable drive that had consumed him for days was subsiding, its intensity dulling with each passing moment. Clarity began to creep in, slow and unwelcome.
And with clarity came the crushing weight of realization of what he had done.
He had mated Taki.
"No. No, no, no, no, no. What have I done?"
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- Part 2 of Beta-centric verse
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12 Dec 2025
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When legacy heir Maki Saejima impulsively fake-boyfriends a quiet, scholarship student named Taki to dodge yet another arranged date, he thinks it’ll be over in a month. One carefully curated photo, one lie to his grandfather, and a few public appearances — easy.
But living in someone else’s world comes at its own price — and the longer they pretend, the harder it becomes to tell what’s part of the lie… and what isn’t.
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31 May 2025
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Does Jo like Yuma? Yes. Does Yuma know Jo exists? No. Is Jo planning to do anything about it? Also no. They’re from two different worlds, which, as Jo believes, if collide, will cause an explosion that could create a new universe.
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15 May 2025
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It doesn't help how soft Euijoo looks right now, his red hoodie bringing out the tender brown of his eyes, and the crimson tinging his cheeks. His own order, a slice of chocolate marble cake and an americano, lies forgotten in front of him, as he's more occupied with what Jo is doing.
Why is he looking at me like that? Jo can't help but think.
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25 Apr 2025
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Yuma hadn't meant to start noticing things about Jo. It just happened, the way autumn sneaks up on summer — gradually, then all at once. The noticing wasn't the problem. The problem was that once Yuma started, he couldn't seem to stop.
Oh, he was in trouble.
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13 Dec 2024
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The apartment—if it could be called that—was a cramped, second-story walk-up above a convenience store. Half of that space was dedicated to their fledgling animation studio: a rickety desk with mismatched chairs, two monitors perched precariously on stacks of books, and a makeshift lightbox cobbled together from plexiglass and a desk lamp. The other half served as their living quarters, though the lines between the two blurred daily.
“You’re too pragmatic,” Harua continued, flipping onto his stomach and propping his chin on his hands. “Where’s the pizzazz? The heart? The—”
“The deadline,” Jo interrupted, finally glancing up. His round eyes held the faintest glimmer of exasperation, though his voice remained calm. “If we spend three weeks on hand-drawn sequences, we’ll miss it.”
Harua groaned and rolled onto his back, staring at the water-stained ceiling as though it might offer inspiration. “Deadlines are the death of creativity.”
“And rent is the death of hapless animators,” Jo countered.
[Fresh out of college, Harua and Jo launch an animation studio—but their biggest challenge might just be a flirtatious barista and a mysterious bookstore owner who inspire more than just their work]
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25 Nov 2024
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euijoo’s grip on the cup of water he held loosened as he stared into the sadness, fear, and regret in nicholas's bloodshot eyes.
don’t.
"euijoo," nicholas breathed, his voice carrying the weight of the world—broken, scared, and utterly defeated. “they got me.”
[a nichojoo zombie apocalypse au; inspired by euijoo’s fancall answer to the question: “what will you do if nicholas gets infected with the zombie virus?”
a. abandon and run away
b. offer himself to nicholasej: "i'll save nicholas"]
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09 Oct 2024
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The gift of flight, Nicholas’ mother once told him, is the greatest gift the heavens could ever bestow on you.
But yet, when Euijoo touches down a split second before Nicholas does, he refuses to believe it.
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20 Sep 2024
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if there was a map of paths that athletes should take before they could compete in the olympics—euijoo and nicholas’ shouldn’t meet.
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or: they’re olympians and they’re in love.
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09 Sep 2024
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“K-hyung, they’re teasing me!” Euijoo whined.
“Is that so?” K replied teasingly, dragging out the syllables, much like how a mother would when talking to her child.
Euijoo pouted up at him from his lap, “Don’t be mean to me, hyung.”
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Euijoo's had a long day, and maybe he's always fancied his K-hyung. What happens when he lets his tired mouth run itself?
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07 Sep 2024
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Jo is pining after Taki, but he's never going to do anything about it. Or is he?
[I used to be Anonymous, but I made my fics public on November 2024!]
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07 Sep 2024
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Harua thinks that a lot of things in the world are pretty.
He lives to see, to observe the beauty around him rather than immerse himself in the middle of it. An outsider viewing in, watching blooming cherry blossoms through an old, pink-tinged film strip.
Harua is trying to take pictures at the park, and spots someone on the other side of his lens.
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07 Jun 2024
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When Euijoo finds the best French toast in town, K meets the loveliest person in the world.
Or: Byun Euijoo's guide to French toast, first dates, and falling in love with a goddamn chef—all with a side of oranges.
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11 Mar 2024
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“Uh, second of all,” Jo continues, “how would we pretend… to be… boyfriends? I told you, I’m bad at lying.”
“Well, I’m good at lying, so I’d do most of it,” Yuma says. “Maybe I’d tell people that one day, I saw your contact and hit you up out of the blue, because I always thought that you were attractive back in university. And then we went on a couple of dates, and I ended up really falling for you, and you returned my feelings. All you would have to do is look at me like you like me.”
Jo frowns.
“Yeah, that might be too hard for you,” Yuma concedes.
[Yuma needs a fake boyfriend. Jo is a terrible actor.]
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- Part 1 of &shots
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06 Mar 2024
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“The frontman and lead guitarist of the famous band Lunétics injured while enjoying his night out with his rumoured girlfriend”
The frontman of famous rock band Lunétics, Japan's no.1 heartthrob Kei was injured while enjoying his night out with his alleged girlfriend, the band's vocalist Mika [...] they were quickly noticed by their fans, causing a mass hysteria, which led to the couple being injured. The band members were rushed to the nearest hospital and the extent of their injuries is now unknown.“No, I don't need a bodyguard,” Kei argued, glaring at his manager from the hospital bed he was lying on, propped with way too many pillows that somehow managed to be as uncomfortable as everything else in the white sterile room.
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18 Feb 2024
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Yuma would smile too if he didn’t still feel like he was missing the point. What are they trying to say? "So? He was excited. I was too. That doesn’t mean he favors me.”
“Maybe,” Euijoo begins. “But Taki does let you get away with a lot.”
“What are you talking about?”
Fuma chuckles shortly. “Let’s just say he doesn’t let just anybody push him around on live.”
“Or pinch his cheeks,” adds Euijoo.
“Or tease him to hell and back.”
“Or—”
(or: after taki chooses him as his favorite member on "weekly idol," yuma conducts a few experiments to make sense of it.)
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16 Feb 2024
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Taki was never much of an English class type of guy. Never the type of guy to start spitting out big words in casual conversation, nor the type to use them constantly no matter the situation. Rather, he’s quite content with the level of vocabulary he uses on a daily basis.
But! If there is one thing Taki is, one fact about him that solidifies his use of the English language to a certain point, it’s that he’s down bad for one particular Nakakita Yuma.
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OR: Taki has a crush on Yuma, and exists chaotically through the little moments with himBookmarked by secondbrightest
12 Feb 2024
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The one where Yoshinori can hear his soulmate's thoughts.
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01 Jan 2024