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It's difficult to not be sympathetic to her circumstance. He wasn't human, and never claimed to be but..... he worked hand in hand with humans day in and out. He spent so much of his time around them that it was impossible for him not to feel something of a sadness for them when they found themself in a position they can't help themselves out of.

Once a human entered the UG, they never really leave it. Physically they might; they may even have their memories replaced through another method to allow integration into the RG be easier should reincarnation be elected but..... there is a part of their souls tethered to the RG. there is something in them that wont allow them to leave even if they are desperate to. hanekoma saw it too many times. he'd known so many players, reapers, and had several composers before his current. it never got any easier. the grief because of the snuffing out of life never really went away, even when his favorites thrived.

❝  you and phones have a lot in common, y'know..... ❞ and of course he'd a bleeding heart to it all. wanting to save people who he should stay out of things for, but they know him. he takes his glasses off to rub the bridge of his nose between his fingers to relieve tension.

❝  we'll figure a way through this. i won't let anythin' bad happen t' you so long as s'it 's within my ability. th' Composer has rules for me t' follow and I have certain things I ain'a loud t' do, but i've bended rules an' made exceptions b'fore. ❞ he says, almost like its a confession of sorts. she didn't know much about his job, or about his history (for the best) but he would tell her what he could that wouldn't weigh on her.

❝  but let me be clear, Shiki..... yer place is here, in the RealGround. ❞

Shiki felt her heart skip a beat. He was being forward.

Yet, almost to the point—she can feel him holding back. Never would he lie to her, but if he can get by not telling the most painful version of truth, she knows he will take the most gentle route. That’s the only reason she feels she can talk to him about this in the first place, and no one else. 

And of course, she can realize that—that it was Mr. Mew who inspired this power in her at all. That the love for her muse gave her the strength to perform such a miraculous feat, in the faces of both death and resurrection… but on the other end, she knew not of Tsugumi-chan or her strife; it was merely her heart leading her upon a foretold path, one preordained high above her understanding. 

With the sad sort of expression, she tilts her head back and looks to the ceiling before closing her eyes  

“You know?” Shiki said, “I have these weird dreams sometimes—that I’m in a very different place. It’s like Shibuya… but not,” nor is it the UG she knows. “I’m standing at the top of a tall, tall building, and I’m seeing everything, observing everyone for better or worse… and I’m not scared of falling off this time,” because she’d be able to catch herself just a second before she hit the bottom. “When I wake up, it’s all gone. It’s all a distant dream.” 

Tears welled in her eyes. 

“I don’t understand,” she confessed, “I’m alive, but,” she can’t quite vocalize her concerns, “It’s like… there’s a part of me that’s still dead. Mr. H, you… you've always protected me,” she knows this man is the reason she's alive, “but I’m… I’m scared,” Shiki whimpered. “Can you... save me from this, too?” 

This, which she did not at all understand.

#groovepawn #⋆ ⋮ ❛ 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒. ★★★✰✰ ┊ normal. #// hes gonna keep her in tact but change is sometimes made for the better #// shes still gonna be her #// but shes gonna have a better way to cope and process

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that barista is up to no good. he's plotting something.

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #// my hanekoma was my warm up today so excuse the messy feeling

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❛ make your good love known to me, or just tell me about your day. ❜

❝  an' how might my good love best be appreciated by you today? should i speak it plainly to you, or would you rather acts of service. how about i cook your favorite meal and bring you your favorite clothes for comfort, an' start you a bath an' once yer good an' relaxed i tend to your aching feet an' shoulders since you carry th' world with them. what way might i best show you my love for you. what way d' you need me t' love you loudest today? ❞

#the-composer

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the tone was set the moment that shiki said is name that way. if he was looking at her, hed have been able to see it in her body language alone that something was very wrong. shiki wore her heart on her sleeve and even if she was trying to be strong for her friends, a trained eye knew when she was struggling. he'd taken a break from his personal work to sit at the table with her, and for the time before there was a tense silence.

❝ Ahhh..... yeah i was wondering if that was going to come up at some point.  ❞ the topic of what Angels could do was rarely broached. she had something in her, while not an angel herself, but an ability woven into her already plentiful capabilities. no doubt, this was burdensome for her to grasp without insight.

❝  I guided you. ❞ he says plainly, not seeing the need to keep the truth from her. ❝  You do have that ability within you, but it only manifested due to Nyan-tan. If it had been anything else not created by you, it would likely not have been as successful. Thankfully, the location it happened was here in this cafe an' I was able t' help guide yer hand by imprinting what you needed to do. ❞ he couldn't physically be here, and he really hated the idea of imprinting on her; but he hoped to her it felt like he was helping rather than invading her will. imprinting was dicey like that.

❝  Tsugumi's case from what i'm t' understand was also very complicated. I wish I had been here sooner because I'd have done it myself so it wouldn't have fallen t' you. i know it's a lot. ❞

She knew there was no hiding things from him of all people, so she may as well come out with it already. 

“Mr. Hanekoma,” Shiki spoke weakly, gazing across the table they sat at in the otherwise empty Wildkat Cafe, “Tsugumi-chan said something to me the other day… something I haven’t been able to stop thinking about.” In her seat, she fidgeted, hugging her beloved Mr. Mew a touch closer to her chest as a drop of sweat conglomerated on the back of her neck. “She told me… that only Angels are able to free the souls, yet somehow, I…” she paused at a loss, “I was able to free hers from being trapped inside Mr. Mew.”

With her eyes welling innocently in apprehension, she asked, “How... How could I have possibly done that?" Without even realizing what she was doing? | @catncore

#groovepawn #⋆ ⋮ ❛ 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒. ★★★✰✰ ┊ normal. #// we are SO back

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He's not a fan of being on camera

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #❛★.𝑈𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟◞✧ angel. #TWEWY spoilers #NEO TWEWY spoilers #the world ends with you spoilers #neo the world ends with you spoilers #sanae hanekoma #hanekoma sanae #// if you record him he will break the lense on your camera #// same goes for taking pictures #// and he wont fix your phone if you did it and he warned you ahead of time

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He's not a fan of being on camera

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #❛★.𝑈𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟◞✧ angel. #TWEWY spoilers #NEO TWEWY spoilers #the world ends with you spoilers #neo the world ends with you spoilers #sanae hanekoma #hanekoma sanae #// if you record him he will break the lense on your camera #// same goes for taking pictures #// and he wont fix your phone if you did it and he warned you ahead of time

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&. 𝐡𝐨𝐳𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

(  lyric  dialogue  prompts  taken  from  various  hozier  songs.  free  to  change  how  you  seem  fit.  )

❛ i’ve walked the earth and there are so few here that know how dark the night and just how cold the wind can blow. ❜

❛ i’ve no more kept my warmth than blood upon the snow. ❜

❛ it’s not my arms that will fail me, but this world takes more strength than it gave me. ❜

❛ the only heaven i’ll be sent to is when i’m alone with you. ❜

❛ i’ll worship like a dog at the shrine of your lies. ❜

❛ i’ll tell you my sins so you can sharpen your knife. ❜

❛ good god, let me give you my life. ❜

❛ so tired trying to see from behind the red in my eyes. ❜

❛ every version of me dead and buried in the yard outside. ❜

❛ you knew who i was with every step that i ran to you. ❜

❛ would things be easier if there was a right way? ❜

❛ honey, there is no right way. ❜

❛ i fall in love just a little, a little bit every day with someone new. ❜

❛ when you kill the lights and kiss my eyes, i feel like a person for a moment of my life. ❜

❛ you don’t know what hell you put me through. ❜

❛ there’s something tragic about you. ❜

❛ i have never known peace like the damp grass that yields to me. ❜

❛ i have never known hunger like these insects that feast on me. ❜

❛ i’d be home with you. ❜

❛ there’s nothing sweeter than my baby. ❜

❛ no grave can hold my body down, i’ll crawl home to her. ❜

❛ what did you bury before those hands pulled me from the earth? ❜

❛ i will not ask where you came from. i will not ask and neither should you. ❜

❛ just put your sweet lips on my lips. we should just kiss like real people do. ❜

❛ i know who i am when i’m alone. i’m something else when i see you. ❜

❛ you don’t understand, you should never know, how easy you are to need. ❜

❛ don’t let me in with no intention to keep me. ❜

❛ don’t feed me — i will come back. ❜

❛ i’ve known the warmth of your doorways. through the cold, i’ll find my way back to you. ❜

❛ still my heart is heavy with the hate of some other man’s beliefs. ❜

❛ i need you to run to me, run until you feel your lungs bleeding. ❜

❛ when i was a child, i heard voices… some would sing and some would scream. ❜

❛ i learned the voices died with me. ❜

❛ don’t you ever tame your demons, but always keep ‘em on a leash. ❜

❛ you’ve done me wrong for a long time. but after all you’ve done, i never changed my mind. ❜

❛ honey please, try to love me. my love will never die. ❜

❛ nothing fucks with my baby. ❜

❛ if i was born as a black thorn tree, i’d wanna be felled by you, held by you, fuel the pyre of your enemies. ❜

❛ ain’t it warming you, the world going up in flames? ❜

❛ i couldn’t utter my love when it counted, but i’m singing like a bird about it now.❜

❛ i’m almost me again, she’s almost you. ❜

❛ i’ve had no love like your love. from nobody. ❜

❛ make your good love known to me, or just tell me about your day. ❜

❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜

❛ that’s the kinda love i’ve been dreaming of. ❜

❛ i fell in love with the fire long ago. ❜

❛ with each love i cut loose, i was never the same. ❜

❛ i had been lost to you, sunlight, and flew like a moth to you. ❜

❛ know that i would gladly be the icarus to your certainty, oh my sunlight. ❜

❛ i have never loved a darker blue than the darkness i have known in you. ❜

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡◞✧ meme.

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*places flowers on top head*

he's surprised by the sudden flowers. sakuras were about right for this time of year. looking down, the realization of who was in front of him caused him to stop what he was working on. this was not one of his kids. this young lady was very, very far from home.

❝  thank you for th' gift, lil' lady. it's really sweet'a you. do you know where yer parents are? notta lotta young ladies like you come this way, an' id hate for you t' be lost. ❞

#tsuuhime #⋆ ⋮ ❛ 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒. ★✰✰✰✰ ┊ basic. #// hes gonna be making a phonecall to yuko like 'did you lose a kid'

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[ Text from Hope ] Hey, movie night with you and Joshua after work? Feels like a “just relax and wind down” sorta day so-

██ │text j and see if thats gonna work for him. ██ │i'm fine with it but jus' see what he wants t' do.

a wind down movie night wouldn't be terrible given things that were going on, but he was still going to defer to his composer instead of make plans without telling him. he was still going to be doing CAT stuff in the background but he could be present with them to get some good time in and help them both out.

#hopeful-hugz

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‘ Is it classified as spying if I'm omniscient? I'd have to consciously tune you out which is unnecessarily tedious for the Heart of Shibuya. Besides, you like being watched... and I'm curious what kind of `training' you're giving Neku. Is he going into culinary arts or something? ’ / @the-composer ( bounced.)

❝  whatever helps you do yer job, boss. ❞ he laughs, resting back in his chair as he rests his phone on his shoulder to watch outside the shop. neku was on his break so it was just him keeping the store open and working on side projects. it was easier to speak freely right now compared to when neku was near by. he wasn't quite at that level yet.

❝  not necessarily but sorta. he's full time help here with me so hes gotta learn how t' work on recipes if i'm workin' on projects and don't wanna be fully tuned in, y'know? ❞ of course it went much deeper than that. hanekoma would keep it vague on purpose. as much as he trusted joshua, he had to keep a few aces up his sleeve unless his partner decided to act without telling him (again).

❝  hes not gettin' tethered to th' higher plane if thats what yer worried about. i won't let them touch him. i'm feelin' out where his skills are focused for th' time bein' like any good boss would do in the probationary period. you should come by later when you get bored. ❞

#the-composer #mentioned: legendaryplayer

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A new Game, huh? Don't worry—I'm here to help.

an independent, canon divergent post game sakuraba neku, written and drawn by willow. oc and crossover friendly. non rp-accounts dni

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑐𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑒'𝑠 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔◞✧ self promo. #// playing on phones today

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❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜

❝  i donno if you'd be able t' take it, if i told you what i'm plannin'. ❞ he teases, tone playful as he mulls over the potential of what joshua said aloud. his composer needed to have his attention kept, and while hanekoma was good at that (arguably great), sometimes joshua couldn't be kept from his phone. he'd let him keep it, of course. hes not a monster, even if he could play one for him.

❝  i might give you a ten minute state t' find a good hidin' spot. but no more than ten. i dont think hidin' behind th' counter of the pad is gonna work for you this time either. that'll be th' first place i check. ❞

#the-composer

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during his interrogation, the higher plane used means of using taboo noise to weaken his will. the more intense he got the more the taboo would spread, and they knew it so it was a means of control. he's able to burn the taboo infection out of his system but it takes time and it does make him the angel equivalent of 'sick'.

they would lock him up in a purgatory cell with manacles that would suppress his powers and let the taboo spread in him until they came back. they wouldn't erase him. they learned last time, it wouldn't work, so they always take him to the brink then heal him just a bit before doing it again.

its a terrible feeling to undergo the isolation that whose in the purgatory rooms go through. he lost a lot of tract of time while locked up and time isn't much when it comes to an angel. what was days on earth came out to several centuries in the purgatory room and he mourned his composer and city believing they were long gone.

he nearly broke a few times.

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #whump tw #injury tw #bruise tw

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You are still so defiant. Clearly, you need more time to reconsider.

We will come back when we believe you’ve had enough time to reflect on your actions and are ready to recant. Then, perhaps, we will try this again.

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #whump tw #abuse tw #// the higher plane has always been very cruel to him

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❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜ It’s a little muffled, given Hope buried her face in API’s shoulder after hugging him, but it’s still said. ❛ …And for helping me figure out how to go about this kaleidoscope of hell that my life evidently is, heh… Wouldn’t be here without ya. ❜

❝  think nothin' of it, kiddo. ❞ he could tell that hope was having a moment where she was reflective. he wasn't sure what it was that was happening in her life right now- he himself had been busy with personal projects so it had his appearance to the outer world as reclusive as ever; but he was paying attention sort of.

❝  it's okay if you dont get it sorted out. there ain' no roadmap to these things. jus' survivin' is enough, honestly. for what its worth, im glad yer still here, too. ❞

#hopeful-hugz #⋆ ⋮ ❛ 𝑛𝑜𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑑. ★★★★★ ┊ answered.

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float

#❛✰.𝑅𝐸𝐴𝐿𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑏𝑢𝑛◞✧ my art. #❛★.𝐻𝐼𝐺𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑃𝐿𝐴𝑁𝐸)◟⋮ 𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑦𝑠𝑖𝑠◞✧ headcanon. #❛★.𝑈𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅𝐺𝑅𝑂𝑈𝑁𝐷)◟⋮ 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝘩𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟◞✧ habits.

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&. 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬.

( this is basically just a very self indulgent list of various fluff, angst, and suggestive themed dialogue sentence starters. )

❛ i could keep you safe. they’re all afraid of me. ❜

❛ i’m trying to fix your hair, so hold still. ❜

❛ your heart is beating so fast right now. ❜

❛ promise me you’ll still be here when i wake up. ❜

❛ you’re not as bad as everyone says you are. ❜

❛ i thought you’d like some company. ❜ 

❛ clean yourself up. you're getting blood all over the place. ❜

❛ here, give this a try and tell me what you think. ❜

❛ you can kiss me, you know. ❜

❛ come back to bed. ❜

❛ you look good like this. ❜

❛ working together again, it’s just like old times. ❜

❛ how is it you always know what i need, huh? ❜

❛ you’re lucky you got away with only a scratch. ❜ 

❛ i can’t imagine losing someone like that. i’m sorry. ❜

❛ you know you can always talk to me. ❜

❛ the only one who gets to kill you, is me. ❜

❛ so, what do i owe this pleasure? ❜

❛ ah, so you aren’t heartless after all. ❜

❛ may i have this dance? ❜ 

❛ it’s okay, you can touch me. i won't break. ❜

❛ enemies make the best lovers, you know. ❜

❛ hold still. this might sting a little. ❜

❛ we can't keep doing this. ❜ 

❛ you look like you've got something to say. ❜

❛ just relax and let me take care of you. ❜

❛ thought you’d be lighter without all that blood. ❜

❛ i had it under control. you didn’t need to do that. ❜

❛ everything looks so beautiful from up here. ❜

❛ you treat all your ladies like this? ❜

❛ well? how do i look? ❜

❛ can’t sleep? ❜

❛ do you mind if i smoke? ❜

❛ i’m scared of ending up alone. ❜

❛ i don’t think i’ve ever seen you smile. ❜

❛ how long has it been since you've slept? ❜

❛ you are losing my interest, and that’s very dangerous. ❜

❛ i’d suffer hell if you’d tell me what you’d do to me tonight. ❜

❛ you look really pretty right now. ❜

❛ i’ve never cared for anyone the way i care for you. ❜

❛ i’m not wearing any underwear. thought you’d like to know. ❜

❛ just a few more stitches and you’ll be as good as new. ❜

❛ i’d say we make a pretty good team. ❜

❛ i want you to forget this ever happened. ❜

❛ i'm here for business — not pleasure. ❜

❛ if i didn't know any better, i'd say you were jealous. ❜

❛ you'd look better down on your knees. ❜

❛ fine, keep acting like you hate me. ❜

❛ kiss me again. ❜

❛ are you asking me out on a date? ❜

❛ just sit there and look pretty and let me handle this. ❜

❛ you okay? caught you staring off into space again. ❜

❛ well, i do feel better now that you're here. ❜

❛ i'm not drunk enough for this. ❜ 

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜

❛ i was wrong about you. ❜ 

❛ the first time i met you, i had no idea you'd mean this much. ❜

❛ you gonna be a good girl / boy for me? ❜

❛ i’m not afraid of you. ❜

❛ books mean more to me than people anyway. ❜

❛ i just wanted to say thank you for protecting me. ❜

❛ how about a kiss goodnight? ❜

❛ i don’t have time for distractions right now. ❜

❛ you shouldn’t be out here by yourself. ❜ 

❛ if i have to think about one more thing today, my head will explode. ❜

#tbt.