remembered this line from Beast and now I have to kill myself
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*Mrrrr*
tell me about the as we dance in the pale moonlight fic :000 from the ask game
That's the most boring WIP I have lmao 😭 but sure :D
It's a fluffy, kinda indulgent, oneshot I'm writing where Atsushi and Akutagawa simply just spend a night together. And, can you believe it, they end up dancing in the ✨moonlight✨
Idk I just love the idea of sskk dancing together but with no music and like, it's just *them*, together. It's peaceful and I love peaceful sskk
Here's a snippet (and no I don't know how to get italics on Tumblr 🙏 bear with me and my asterisks);
Akutagawa watched his red blood swirl down the drain of the sink, the pain from his injuries stinging lightly. He quietly sighed and looked in the mirror.
His black and white hair was messy, his skin was paler than usual and the bags under his eyes weren't helping with his tired appearance.
Akutagawa had gotten back from a mission, bloody and bruised, and gone to the bathroom almost immediately to wash his wounds and bandage himself up.
He heard a knock on the door, before a voice spoke up.
"Ryuu?"
Akutagawa felt the corner of his mouth twitch up. Hearing Atsushi's voice made his muscles relax. He loved being able to come back to his apartment and Atsushi was there to greet him.
"Yes, weretiger?" He answered back, turning off the tap and drying his hands on a towel.
"Are you alright?" Atsushi, on the other side of the door, creased his eyebrows as his tiger-honed ears caught the sound of the water shutting off. He knew it was inevitable for Akutagawa to have been injured someway or another, that was just the nature of ex-vampire's job, but it didn't mean he wouldn't *worry.*
"I am fine," Akutagawa reassured in his weary voice. He unspooled the bandages and wrapped them gently around his raw, but now clean, wounds.
Atsushi let out a small sigh of relief, he couldn't help it. After a few quiet moments, Akutagawa swung open the door with a loose tendril of Rashomon and was greeted with the sight of a very concerned weretiger.
The white-haired detective immediately assessed Akutagawa's bandages and how bad they appeared.
"Weretiger, I said *I am fine,*" Akutagawa repeated, knowing what was crossing Atsushi's mind.
He cupped Atsushi's face in his hands and looked his boyfriend in the eye, Akutagawa's silver glare turning soft as he met the weretiger's upset gaze.
"You don't *look* fine." Atsushi grumbled, leaning into Akutagawa's calloused yet lithe touch.
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Yeah I have no idea what the heck that even is, it's definitely not my best work 😭
Also anyone seeing this post can ask me about my other WIPs I'm very lonely and want to talk about writing 😔
Pat the catboy 🐅
So like
Akutagawa is in love with Atsushi
If you took this out of context this would genuinely look like an enemies to lovers romance manga scene 🙏
Also Harukawa wrote an illustrator's note (I think it's at the end of volume 5?) about how she draws eyes, and how she portrays the character's current growth, personality and aspect on the world through their eyes
Akutagawa's eyes have almost always been dark, the representation for how dark his life and character is
But Atsushi brings light to them
In chapter 121.5 where Akutagawa's eyes grow wide as he sees Atsushi die, it's not just a show of how shocked Akutagawa is, it shows how Atsushi lightens Akutagawa's eyes, how much he's affected him for the greater good. Atsushi brings out a new side to Akutagawa
His eyes are incredibly light as he recalls his memories and gets hit by Atsushi's death that wasn't even just a death, but a death to save him. To protect him
Because Atsushi thinks Akutagawa is worth protecting
So just, like, I really love how chapter 122 not only shows Atsushi finally seeing Akutagawa's past and fully understanding Akutagawa's trauma and even relating to him, but it also shows how Akutagawa truly feels about Atsushi (although the "and then..." definitely left us on a cliffhanger)
I love them
And when you can't sleep at night, you hear my stolen lullabies...
Something i really like about these panels, is the fact that both Atsushi and Akutagawa show emotions, we've not seen before. (i think)
It's the first time we see Akutagawa be gentle and the first time we see Atsushi be for a lack of a better word smug af.
While being both of their last moments.
Character profile;
Name: Dazai Jisatsu
Name origin: "Jisatsu" may or may not directly translate into "suicide" from Japanese 😭 I mean it's fitting though?
Gender: male, he/him
Family: Osamu, Chuuya, Shiwasu (older twin sister)
Ability name: A Human's Sorrow
Ability description: my friend (@mi1ikan) came up with this mishmash of Soukoku's abilities; basically, Jisatsu can "kidnap" and take an ability user's ability just by touching them, and he doesn't need to keep constant contact to keep nullifying. The longer he keeps the ability "captive" the more it damages his health though (similar to Chuuya's damage during Corruption). The more abilities he kidnaps all at once, the faster his health deteriorates. When he "kidnaps" an ability his appearance changes, his hair goes from brown to orange and his eyes go from blue to a reddish-brown (so he can't really hide when he's taken an ability)
Age: 19
Height: 5'11
Occupation(s): student, Port Mafia executive
Likes: alcohol, dogs, teasing others, fashion, going for drives to clear his mind
Dislikes: pain, dogs, rats, hard work, death
Birthday: August 13th
Hair color(s): brown (changes to orange)
Eye color(s): blue (changes to a reddish-brown)
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I really can't draw oh my God he looks like a serial killer and a fuckboy at the same time 😭🙏 I'm sorry my art skills can't do his justice 😔
This series of artworks/characters has been really fun tbh, I really liked making Jisatsu. (And while illustrating all these semi-OCs I'll still be experimenting with digital art lmao)
He's the second youngest person to become a Port Mafia executive (at 19; Dazai holds the record at 18). His sister Shiwasu is also an executive at 19, but since she's older she's third youngest (they were both promoted at the same time).
Jisatsu is a happy kid, and while he's a bit of a tease he's not an idiot. He gets work done (although not quickly) and he's capable of taking care of himself, he's liked by most people
Next is Ranpoe :D
Why is Atsushi bending over in front of Akutagawa
she/her, minor, BSD fan, sskk shipper, enthusiast, and stan, traditional/digital artist, fanfic writer, swiftie
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