Bouncing off my bi ryuji awakening post, im gonna add these tags from it: (separated to make it easier to read)
[#anyway. akira is the guy ever. and ryuji is exploding#‘i have died. badly’#i like thinking of akira like this; hes ryujis first exposure to nb ppl and gnc adjacent stuff#even if akira is p masc by most standards hes still got a bit of. aloofness. about his gender stuffs#ryuji is just really into the way akira carries himself#and it takes him a while to go oh. oh i think its cause i like this dude#um.#😳.
#also i wanted to clarify#but ryujis mom just doesnt know Who akira is in that picture#and in my head hes like. looking down at mona and petting him (while sitting)#(AND hes with ann and theyre both kind of a distance away from the camera)#so at a quick glance; hes just Some Girl#and even though shes wrong; it kicks off the mental chaos olympics in ryujis head#‘what hes not a girl’ to ‘where would she even get that from’ to ‘well akira said himself he didnt rlly care what ppl thought about it’#to ‘well. where DID she get that from?’ to lookin at what his homie does a little closer to ‘aw fuck. man.’#but i love that for him
#ALSO. RYU/GORO IN TAGS…..#but ryuji going oh my GOD oh my godddd 😨😓😓😓 when something clicks in his head about goro#his voice is so practiced and naturally softspoken and his public facing persona is very demure#and once he gets past the initial anger over goro being a pompous prick who shittalks about the thieves. hes like. god fucking dammit.#There Is A Pattern and A Type He Has and Its Killing Him To Realize it.#hes literally sitting in his room w his head in his hands]
Ryuji definitely finds Conventionally Attractive Girls pretty, but he realizes around postgame that he genuinely formed crushes on THREE people; Akira, Makoto, and Goro. And all three of them are people who carry themselves as a bit Soft and Delicate (akira and makoto w their personality and mannerisms, goro w his appearance) while also being deceptively strong. Yusuke WOULD fit into this but hes only strong in the metaverse. Also if u tried to argue that he still finds yusuke pretty, Ryuji would just say ‘yeah duh? Of course???’ and would not elaborate further.
I just think. Its cute 👉🏾👈🏾 Ryuji loves someone whos pretty and capable of knocking him flat on his ass lmao He LOVES a challenge and he likes that they can all challenge him in different ways.
Akira is way stronger than he looks; hes very toned and he used to be quite active before being shipped off to tokyo. And after fighting in the metaverse, hes gotten way better at using an enemies mass and momentum against them. Yeah he can properly knock someone down, but its way easier to let Ryuji charge him and use that momentum to sweep and pin. Which Ryuji remembers vividly for Weeks. Akira is not allowed to spar w him and Makoto for awhile after that.
Makoto is just strong as hell. But shes very defensive, and extremely patient. ‘Ill wait and see before I decide What to do’. Shes got good reaction timing and its hard to catch her offguard. Its very difficult to disorient her so oftentimes, his spars w her are more about endurance. And if he ASKS her to do so, she’ll actually fight him back. He never wins 😭 but she is very patient w him and she doesnt treat him like an idiot. She likes to give him tips and redirect his strengths to make up for his weaknesses and it makes him a bit warm in this chest
Spars w Goro are just fun. Theyre fun! Goro is way more aggressive and reckless than Makoto and Akira. He is looking for openings near constantly and Ryuji has to either keep up or tank hits. Its very. Engaging. For him. Sometimes he loses and Goro is giving him a look so smug, Ryuji wishes he could kick him in his fucking teeth (something he clearly couldnt do bc hes already been knocked flat on his ass). And sometimes he wins, and hes so shocked and HAPPY about it; he doesnt miss the way Goro looks away from him pouting like a brat (‘no fucking way are u POUTING man, what a sore loser 😭’). Goro and his uptight personality is thrown out the window completely and its so fun and refreshing to see. Hes tall and imposing w broad shoulders and toned arms and if Ryuji is staring, he finds himself immediately distracted when Goros cheerful, softspoken voice asks if hes willing to go another round.
I love it 👉🏾👈🏾 Ryujis got a complicated relationship w violence but it helps to have people he trusts engage with it in a way that doesnt make him feel like some brute. Theyre all kind of itching to beat the shit out of things for multiple reasons, but instead of taking that out on each other, they spend time training one another so that they can beat the shit out of OTHER things better. Its an efficient system 😊
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@kleinstar || 🔨🔨🔨
"why, sir eiden, fancy meeting you here," quite the elegant greeting coming from yuri, as if the rascal isn't weighing his friend down with an arm slung across his shoulders. spick and span as his duds are today, he's behaving as laid-back as ever.
yet that only covers up his actual concern. eiden's been... distant; some light prying's on yuri's to-do list -- once the other man's ready -- but first...!
"care to accompany me for a round of, uh... what was it? croquet?" then a much-needed, regularly-phrased disclaimer, "i only remember the damn name 'cause it looks like croquette... never exactly been in the know when it comes to bougie sports."
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childhood friends au…. ough..
childe who fell into the abyss with only your memory and a small token from you as company.. childe who’s defensive, afraid of foul legacy at first even as he knows he’s his only way out, who thinks he’s no better than the rest of the abyss and protects your memory with teeth and claw.
foul legacy who just wants to leave, who offers his help to a mortal man so they both can escape, even if he’s semi-permanently delegated to the back of his mind… legacy who can feel the fondness with which he looks at the token, memories just on the other side of the barrier separating their minds.
and he whines, pushing at it, wanting to know what this soft emotion is, why childe’s chest feels so warm and why he wants it too, only for childe to close his hand around it and tuck it away, determined to keep the two halves of his life separate.
he can’t. as he’s walking through morepesok he feels abyss run through his veins, he knows that no matter how hard he tries that he can’t keep legacy from you… and as he stops outside your door, a hand raised, he wonders if it’s worth bringing the abyss to a place full of light.
the door opens before he can decide and you startle, blinking up at the man you hadn’t heard from in months—he didn’t dare allow legacy to see the one he held closest to his heart—and he slowly lowers his hand, nervous for both the one in his heart and the one in his mind.
you pull him into a hug at the same time his legacy trills, a soft sound so unlike anything he’s heard before that it takes him off guard. still, he holds you close, barely having the sense to kick the door shut.
everything suddenly makes sense to legacy, as he experiences your love second hand. there’s a veil of ice between him and you, one he knows he can’t break so he settles for leaning into it, focusing not on the coos slipping from his mask but of the bright warmth. he wishes childe never had kept you to himself, even as he understands why, as he knows that something as stained as him has no place near something as beautiful as you.
abyssal stars meet the brightest sun, with ajax caught in the middle.
oh this is a FULL MEAL RIGHT HERE!!!! thank you anon this is absolutely lovely!!
Childe can feel Foul Legacy in his mind, purring and curling around any bit of affection he can grasp like a cat- normally his Abyssal half silently surveys the world above through his eyes, occasionally dozing off or growling when sensing danger- but whenever you happen to be nearby, Foul Legacy's wide awake, watching your every move. but somehow, Childe can tell it's not malicious- in fact, it's just the opposite, with the way Foul Legacy's claws twitch and rumbles, wanting nothing more than to wrap you in a warm hug and snuggle you close, basking in the light you bring
and Childe would prefer that you and Foul Legacy never meet, and keeps you as far away from his Abyssal side as possible until the day he runs into a particularly bad camp of hilichurls- of course he's able to take care of them, but is left in his Foul Legacy form, bleeding and exhausted. Foul Legacy's consciousness is in control, Childe's head vague and hazy, and he clicks and yelps in pain despite his attempts to bite his tongue
he needs help- they need help- and your house is so much closer...
when you open your door to a enormous horned monster, you nearly scream and slam it shut, but force yourself to remain still when it whimpers, claws pressing to multiple wounds on its body and sound tugging at your heartstrings. it collapses on the floor once you let it inside, single crystalline eye never looking away as you rush to get medical supplies, and when you're about to start the creature simply takes your hands and wraps its talons around them, staring at you and letting out a low, rumbling purr
it looks happy, delighted, even as it bleeds out on your floor, and once every injury is wrapped the beast simply leans forward and presses its head against your chest, letting out soft coos and clicks when you hesitantly run your fingers through its thick ginger hair. Foul Legacy rejoices, trilling and crooning at your warm embrace and gentle touch, directed towards him- just him, not Childe. although it hurts to move, he curls around you and clings to your arm, holding you like you're a precious treasure, the ice between you and him finally melting away
when Childe wakes up the next morning, he remembers nothing, only aware of the content, hopeful way Foul Legacy purrs in the back of his mind
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