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turning-the-kaleidoscope · 1 year

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For the hug drabbles, #8 with Mob and Ritsu.

thank you sm for the prompt!! <3 <3 I recently wrote a fic dealing with the Kageyama boys and nightmares (it's called "Won't Repeat" and can be read on AO3 here!) and since I didn't want to re-tread themes I decided to take the "nightmare" scenario in a different direction--less literal, but I do really like how this turned out and I hope you guys enjoy! i,, love the kageyama brothers so much.

warning for themes of bullying (nothing on-screen but heavily implied). post-series but no spoilers.

(It can be read on AO3 here!)

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Ritsu transfers to a new high school just before the start of his second year.

It’s not the high school Shigeo is going to, but it’s a better decision for Ritsu’s future overall. Cayenne Academy has vibrant opportunities for the field of chemical science and scholarships into a sister college under the same association. He’s going to miss his brother, but he can’t follow Shigeo everywhere. This decision makes the most sense.

He starts at Cayenne as a second year and Shigeo enters his third.

~*~*~*~*~

The hierarchy is tilted against him, but it’s nothing unexpected. He knew that it would be and was fine going through with his decision even so. He’s the only transferred second year in this period, he knew it would take time. He was accepted into the chemistry club and the rest of his peers generally leave him alone. Mutual respect isn’t a bad place to start.

“I’m glad it’s going well so far,” Shigeo says when Ritsu gives him the rundown. He’s washing dishes while Ritsu clears the table. “Have you made any friends?”

“Not really,” Ritsu answers, lowering a stack of dinner dishes into the sink. “I joined the chemistry club and everyone there seems chill. I have my first meeting tomorrow with them.”

Shigeo’s smile makes Ritsu feel like he can do anything. “You’ll have to tell me all about it.”

Ritsu rolls his eyes and leans into the counter. “How’s your first month as a third year?”

“Ah.” Shigeo scrubs a plate with excessive force. “The workload is… a lot. But it’s been good.”

“Are you still thinking about going into the medical field?”

Shigeo nods. “I’m meeting with the guidance counselor tomorrow to go over options, but I’d like to be an EMT.”

“I’ll tell you how my club meeting goes and you tell me how your meeting with the counselor goes?”

“I’ll bring Ramune if you supply the pocky.”

“Deal.”

~*~*~*~*~

Verdict: he likes his clubmates and his clubmates seem to like him.

Shigeo is happy for him, says he’s relieved that Ritsu found a good club and a good high school with encouraging peers. Privately, Ritsu is relieved, too. His clubmates are dedicated but not pretentious and none of them seem to value their branch of interest over another’s. The group is well-balanced and Ritsu fits right in.

Ritsu is making connections with his teachers, too. A scouting college professor is visiting campus next Monday. Their family has never had a lot of money and Mom and Dad have assured him that they would make whatever career he wanted happen for him, but he can’t do that to them in good conscience. He needs this scholarship.

Shigeo announces over dinner that he has officially decided to pursue a career in the medical field as an EMT. Mom decides a celebration is in order and plans a hotpot dinner for the weekend.

~*~*~*~*~

A new student transfers into Ritsu’s class.

~*~*~*~*~

It isn’t a big deal.

“Ritsu?” Mom’s head pokes into his bedroom. “Dinner’s ready. Are you hungry?”

“Oh.” Ritsu rubs his face. He’s been staring at his homework for so long, the words have stopped looking like words. “Um. I was actually going to turn in early tonight, if that’s okay. I’m not super hungry.”

“Are you not feeling well?”

“A little. I have a headache.”

Mom steps over the threshold and meets him at his desk, her hand spread over his forehead. “You don’t have a fever,” she says, smoothing his hair out of his face. “Well, get some rest. Take a break from all this.” She tugs the textbook out from under his hands and flips it closed. “You work yourself too hard. We all think so.”

Ritsu forces a tired laugh, rubbing his face again. “Thanks, Mom. I’ll rest.”

“You’d better.” It’s playful, and he strains to keep his smile up and not worry her more.

He can handle this.

~*~*~*~*~

Shigeo has Teruki over for a study night. It’s been on the family calendar—everything goes on the family calendar these days, what with everyone’s schedules conflicting and Ritsu and Shigeo having so many places to be—but Ritsu forgot all about it until he ducks out of his room toward the kitchen for PopTarts and finds the two of them sprawled on the floor by the coffee table.

“Oh, hey, lil bro!” Teruki vaults himself up with force that gives Ritsu sympathy whiplash. “Wow, your hair’s all over the place. How’s it going?”

“It.” Ritsu was not prepared to socialize. Shigeo looks concerned, though, so he’s gotta say something. “Sorry, Teruki, I completely forgot you were coming over.”

Teruki laughs, good-natured. For some reason it makes Ritsu’s chest ache. “Don’t worry about it. Shige’s been telling me all about your school, sounds like they’ve really got you burning the candle from both ends over there.”

“Is everything okay, Ritsu?” Shigeo asks.

“Yeah, sorry,” Ritsu lies. He hates lying to Shigeo, but there's no reason why Shigeo needs to get involved. “I’ve got a lot on my mind.” Shigeo stares at him, unsatisfied, and Ritsu pretends not to notice. “How’s studying?”

“We were actually gonna call it a night and put on a movie,” Teruki answers. “You can join us if you want. It’s one of those flicks that’s only fun if you’re watching with a group. The more the merrier.”

Great, so neither of them believed the lie. “Thanks, but I think I’ll pass tonight. I’ve got a book review due tomorrow and I want to proof-read one more time.”

“Ah, gotcha. Bummer. Well, join us next time, then. We’ll even let you pick the movie.”

Ritsu grabs his PopTarts from the kitchen, bids them both goodnight and leaves before Shigeo can pry again.

~*~*~*~*~

Mom and Dad are setting the table when Ritsu comes home. His shoes are soaked and the bruises underneath his ribs throb. He shuts the door silently behind him, peels off his shoes and then his socks. He powerwalks from the genkan to his bedroom, then from his bedroom to his bathroom.

He wrestles himself out of his school uniform into a fresh change of clothes, shakes the dirt out of his hair and rinses the scrape in his side just in time to meet Shigeo in the kitchen for dinner.

Shigeo is surprised that Ritsu is home, since he hadn’t heard him come in. Mom was about to text him. Ritsu brushes it off with a nonsense reason and sprints for the kitchen to ask Mom how he can help with dinner.

He can handle this.

~*~*~*~*~

Shigeo has spooled himself between the couch and the coffee table, flopped over his arms and surrounded by textbooks and gel pens.

“Studying hard?” Ritsu asks.

Shigeo lifts his head. He has eyebags like someone who accidentally placed a bulk order for 50,000 sticky hands and had to zoink through half a dozen third-party sites to cancel it. That happened to Shou once.

Ritsu missed Shou. He chose a high school so he could be closer to his mother, which means that outside of summer vacation and occasional weekend visits, he doesn’t see his best friend often. It doesn’t help the steadily growing pit of isolation in his stomach.

No—he isn’t isolated. He’s handling this fine.

“I normally like anatomy,” Shigeo sighs. “The way this textbook phrases things is… confusing.”

“Do you want cup ramen? I was going to make one for myself, I can boil some extra water.”

“If you don’t mind. Thank you, Ritsu.”

Ritsu reaches for the top shelf in the pantry. The bruising on his shoulder aches, but he snags two ramens before the pain is unbearable. He sets the kettle to boil.

“How was school?” Shigeo calls from the living room.

“It was good. Nothing special. What about you?”

“The same. We had a substitute today, so our quiz got pushed back a week.”

“Nice.”

“Sort of. I was looking forward to getting it over with.”

“I guess now you have more time to prepare for it?”

“Yeah.”

The kettle whistles. Ritsu pours water into both cups, grabs an extra pair of chopsticks for Shigeo and heads back into the living room.

“Oh, thank you,” Shigeo says, taking the cup from him.

Ritsu nods. “Mom is gonna be upset if she finds out we’re eating this late.”

“She understands.” Shigeo pins the flimsy lid over the cup with his chopsticks. He pauses, long enough that Ritsu realizes he wants to say something. He wants to talk.

“… Well, I’m going back to my room,” Ritsu says, moving toward the hall. “Don’t stay up too late.”

“Ritsu.”

Ritsu waits.

“... You would tell me if something was wrong,” Shigeo says quietly. “Wouldn’t you?”

“Yeah.”

He shuts the door of his room behind him.

~*~*~*~*~

Cayenne Academy has a large fountain in the plaza behind the school.

The water is very cold.

~*~*~*~*~

Mom and Dad are out of town to help Dad’s parents with a moving sale. It’s early November and it’s cold and Ritsu steps through the barrier Shigeo keeps subconsciously over their home, over the porch and through the front door. His feet hurt. His hands are cold. Shigeo’s aura rumbles like a fireplace, warmhearted and familiar. Ritsu’s eyes sting.

Ritsu’s aura curdles in his chest like over-microwaved milk. His blood vibrates under his skin until he’s sick to his stomach—except he hasn’t eaten anything today, so there’d be nothing to throw up if he tried.

“Ritsu?”

Of course Shigeo can tell something is wrong. Ritsu should have thought about that before he came home like—like this. He hears Shigeo’s footsteps, slow at first then fast when Ritsu doesn’t answer. When Shigeo turns the corner from the kitchen to the entryway, all of Ritsu’s fabricated dispositions break apart and a traitorous sob catches in his throat.

Shigeo leaps toward him, panicked. “What happened?” Shigeo says, stopping just in front of him and thumbing at his hairline. He nicks a bruise and Ritsu doesn’t have the energy not to wince. “Are you hurt? You’re hurt. What happened?”

Ritsu didn’t plan this. He hardly remembers making the decision to walk home without changing out of his uniform or cleaning out the scratches or washing the grime out from under his fingernails. His aura grits down on itself like a meat grinder on glass, strung-up and shivery. He can feel it affect his brother’s aura but can’t reel it in. The lights flicker.

Shigeo’s palms flatten on either one of his cheeks and Ritsu meets his brother’s crimson eyes. Shigeo looks furious and devastated and sad.

“Did someone do this? Ritsu?”

Ritsu can’t take it.

“There was a new student,” Ritsu says. His voice is the only part of him that isn’t shaking violently. “H-He transferred a c… a couple months after I did. He wasn’t good at sports, or academics, or… But he was nice. He was really nice. He just wanted to fit in, and…”

Shigeo is listening, patiently still while his aura seizes. Ritsu tries to gather his thoughts but his thoughts wrangle into emotion and his ribs claw at his heart.

“Everyone turned against him,” Ritsu whispers. “For—no reason, and… I—”

Ritsu’s club gradually stopped talking to him. His good grades went from points of respect to points of jealousy. He’d never been called a teacher’s pet before. One day he was pulling the new kid’s books out of the school fountain and the next day it was his books.

“Why?” Ritsu gasps. “He didn’t do anything wrong, Nii-san. I said so, but they weren’t going to listen to me. Even he told me to stop, but what else was I supposed to do? I couldn’t just watch, not…”

He reminded Ritsu of middle-school Shigeo, living under his own thumb. Loneliness and the feeling of being ‘other’ cut his brother deeply through the years.

“I thought they’d all snap out of it once I called them out, but they didn’t. Then I thought if I could just explain the situation to a teacher something would change. But it didn’t.”

Speaking up made it worse. Speaking up shifted the target off of that student’s back and onto Ritsu’s.

“H-His parents transferred him to another school,” Ritsu chokes. His breaths come short and fast but he doesn’t have the willpower to keep himself from hyperventilating. “Today was his last day, and tomorrow, I—”

Their punches were as sharp as their words. The fountain was so, so cold.

“I’ll be alone.”

Shigeo grabs his arm. “Rits—”

“But.” Ritsu’s voice shatters. He tears out of Shigeo’s grip, clutches at his chest and loathes the trilling note of his aura high in the air. “I won’t regret this,” Ritsu snaps, angry and ashamed at the well of it already stewing in his gut. He’s angry that he could regret this. Angry that he’s afraid.

A teacher’s pet and a coward and a goody-two-shoes. He thought he was fitting in when in reality he just wasn’t standing out.

Once he started standing up, then his peers shut him out and the bullies tried to shut him up.

“I won’t regret this,” Ritsu heaves, tears clotting in his throat, “because—because what I did wasn’t wrong.”

“That’s right,” Shigeo says. “You didn’t do anything wrong.”

“I didn’t…”

Shigeo’s arms bind around Ritsu’s shoulders and pull him against his chest. “I’m really, really proud of you.”

Ritsu clutches his brother and lets the storm take him. Shigeo’s aura secures a barrier over Ritsu’s and creates a pocket of space where there exists only the two of them. The steadfast warmth of Shigeo’s aura is an overpowering solace and Ritsu chokes on his sobs.

“Why?” Ritsu smothers himself in his brother’s shoulder. He doesn’t know whether or not he wants to be heard. “H-He never did anything wrong—I never did anything wrong. Why would they turn on—” Him. Me. “I thought they liked me,” Ritsu chokes. “B-But they all turned on me so fast—”

Shigeo squeezes him. Ritsu cries.

Gradually, Shigeo guides him toward the couch without loosening his hold. A blanket wraps around Ritsu’s shoulders. Shigeo lowers them both to the couch and hugs Ritsu tight. Ritsu curls his knees against his brother’s chest and the pressure on his lungs makes it nearly impossible to breathe.

Growing up, Ritsu thought for sure that if he only had psychic powers he would never be scared again. Why did he ever think that?

“Mom and Dad can’t know,” Ritsu blurts. The fountain, bruising, their hits and their words— “Th-They can’t know, they… they’re g-gonna be so upset.”

“I won’t tell them,” Shigeo says, sounding torn. “But they have to know, Ritsu. They’ll be more upset if you don’t tell them and they can’t figure out what’s wrong.”

Ritsu can handle the concept of his family being angry. He can’t handle the concept of his family being disappointed.

“What am I going to do tomorrow?” Ritsu whimpers.

“Nothing.” Shigeo rests his chin on the top of Ritsu’s head and his aura cinches around Ritsu’s, stubborn. “You aren’t going anywhere tomorrow.”

“But—”

“If you don’t wanna tell Mom and Dad right away, I’ll tell them you can’t go. I won’t tell them anything, and You never take time off school. They might make you talk to them instead, but they won’t make you go.”

“I don’t want to disappoint them.”

“You didn’t do anything wrong.”

Tears bring heat to Ritsu’s eyes. He grips his brother’s sleeve and lets himself feel small. “Are you disappointed?”

“No. I’m mad, but. Not at you.”

He knew that, but he had to hear it. Pathetic.

Shigeo’s aura bears down on his again abruptly. The suddenness of it chokes the air out of Ritsu’s throat. “Stop doing that.”

“I’m not doing it on purpose,” Shigeo says, “you just—you keep getting more upset.”

“You aren’t going to be able to take it away,” Ritsu snaps. “This is plenty. Alright?” Shigeo’s aura is nice, but even if they weren’t psychics and all Shigeo did was hug him, that would be enough. “It’s—It’s too much when you do that.”

“Sorry.”

Ritsu presses his temple to Shigeo’s chest. His brother’s heartbeat is fast. “It’s okay.”

Shigeo’s aura remains, but stops fussing. It reminds him of a time back in elementary school when he had a fever and Mom wouldn’t stop hovering. The comfort of her concern conflicted with the overstimulation of words and presence. He doesn’t want Shigeo to leave but he needs him to not freak out.

Ritsu loosens the chokehold on his own aura. Its presence sits mutely in the base of his chest, but now it can move if it wants to and his lungs expand easier. Shigeo’s heartbeat draws to a steadier pace.

“I’m sorry I didn’t say something sooner,” Ritsu manages. “I—I thought I could handle it.”

“It’s okay. I’m glad you said something now.”

Ritsu closes his eyes.

He missed his brother.

~*~*~*~*~

Hushed voices dance over his head when Ritsu starts to wake up. He’s too exhausted to consider moving, the haze of sleep thick behind his eyes and his chest comfortably weighted. A familiar hand smooths his hair out of his face.

“Is everything okay?”

“Not really. Ritsu can’t go to school tomorrow.”

Mom’s hand lingers at the bruise. The sleep is too thick for Ritsu to consider opening his eyes. “What happened?”

“Ritsu doesn’t want me to tell you, but he agreed to tell you himself when he’s ready.”

“No school tomorrow?”

“I can go, but he can’t.”

The hand lifts from Ritsu’s head. “You’ve been just as bad about pushing yourself too hard, Shige. If he’s going to call in sick, I’ll call in for both of you.”

“You don’t—”

“It sounds like Ritsu needs you. It’s basically the weekend anyway. Your father would say the same thing.”

“I’d say the same thing about what?”

Mom and Dad… he must have been asleep for hours if they’re home. Has Shigeo been here this whole time?

“Ritsu’s having a hard time.”

“What’s going on?”

“He’ll tell us himself when he’s ready, but I’m keeping him and Shige home from school tomorrow.

“Sounds like a plan to me. You boys never take time off these days, what kind of teenagers are you?”

“... I guess we have been busy recently, but…”

“It’ll be good for both of you,” Mom decides. She kisses Ritsu’s forehead first, and then he assumes Shigeo’s. “I’ll bring out some extra blankets.”

“You’re good kids,” Dad says. “Thanks for looking after him, Shige.”

Ritsu feels Shigeo’s arm tighten against his back. “Of course.”

Shigeo is the best brother.

The kitchen light flicks back off. Blankets drape over both of them and Mom tucks the corners in. Ritsu’s eyes are sticky from crying and from sleep, and his throat hurts, but the unrest in his chest has settled. He feels okay.

He’ll talk to Mom and Dad in the morning. For now he relaxes into his brother and slips back under the warmth of sleep.

#mob psycho 100 #mp100 #cloud writes #fanfic #kageyama ritsu #kageyama shigeo #KAGEYAMA BROS #i love them so much #i love ritsu ;;;;;; his and shigeo's relationship is very precious to me #i love ritsu being able to rely on his brother and i love shigeo finally getting to be a reliable big brother #it's healing for both of them

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kanene-yaaay · 1 year

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That moment when you’re writing tooth roothing fluff and then you blink and suddenly you’re in the middle of an angst scene and now you just gotta roll with it and try to not let it become too heavy SDFGHJKJH

#Cheer up tickles it is #SHIGEO WHERE DID YOU CAME FROM THIS ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT RITSU WHERE DID YOU SDFGHJKJHGF #Still debating if I should just write the Ritsu's piece later or start a whole new fanfic for him #gotta give da boi all the attention because he <333 <3 is amazing and precious and SERIOUS/GRUMPY so he deserves all the tickles and giggles #And Mob would agree with me #You can pry Ritsu being silly and having fun from my dead cold hands #kanene being kanene #random #the way I am weak for the kageyamas just being a.... family and .... caring about each other...#they're.... bros....#*sob*

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mumuqings · 1 year

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just watched the episode and having many Thoughts to articulate, but i can’t stop giggling at this

#ritsu still lowkey traumatized by their first meeting lmao even after all they been thru #their dynamic is so fun and precious to me tbh #mp100 spoilers #mp100 final episode #mp100 s3 spoilers #mob psycho spoilers #mob psycho s3

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constellaris-a · 1 year

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nahida is a baby and needs to be protected at all costs thank you

#⋞ australian ramblings ⊳ ritsu speaks ⋟#smol bab.... precious bab..... angel.....

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t4tbedehopmar · 2 years

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HONA . hello >:] <3

did u happen to find the mv last night :00 [i am curious of ur thoughts on it ehehhe]

ELIE hello hello >:) AND I LISTENED TO IT YESS!! at first it kinda scared me ngl agsgahsghag but like then my whole face went from :o to O_o to finally (つ✧ω✧)つ i was listening to it for an hour i think bc it's soooooooo good

#💌#𐐪♡︎₊˚ elie.#i still can't understand how i ended up w such cool people like rei n ritsu :o #AND WHEN MAYOI WAS PLAYING THE PIANO AT THE BEGINNING #i started screaming so bad bc of how precious it was😭😭

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koizumicchi · 2 years

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ricchan, looking at the clock: oh it's this late-

ricchan: zzzZZZZZZZ

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he really just went and fell asleep like that 😭😭😭

#nani kore 😭😭😭#ricchan is a baby 😭😭😭#golden record #kazeno ritsu #pythagoras production #shining stage #finally had time to rip my cds 🙏#gorekko so precious i love them so much 😭

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dragonyear · 3 months

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Somewhere out there, legends say Ritsu is still on edge, screaming.

#oh ritsu....you precious fool.....#what a mood #ritsu relatable on a level

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seangelfish · 1 month

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Ritsu Sakuma x Reader ♡ Tags: Fluff, established relationship, casual romance, really wholesome, INTRO IS REALLY LONG, SORRY!, she/her pronouns ♡ Word count: 2,215 ♡ Synopsis: Inspired by the Meowsketeers scout story in which this card is featured in. I've been trying to read the scout stories since I never read them, and I thought that this one would be cute to add the reader in! Please note that this fic does not stay true to the story, but it has taken bits from it. A/N: There needs to be more Ritsu x reader fics.

Drenched in sweat, Ritsu slowly woke up from his nap in the ES gardens. His mind was still filled with thoughts of what happened the other day when Tsukasa confronted and withdrew some of the new members of Knights.

Ritsu pitied them, but what was said was the mere truth. That's the way Knights operated, it was never a unit to have fun with as an idol. But seeing those tearful faces did take a toll on him.

At that moment, Ritsu felt something heavy weighing on him. It wasn't what happened that day, but something physical that he could feel near his stomach.

'Who is it? Am I being attacked? It's not those pranks Tsukipi set up, right?' he thought tiredly. Unless it's (Y/N)...? No... she said she'd be busy today–

Ritsu was getting annoyed. "Hold on. You don't disturb people when they're sleeping!" he groaned. "Now I'm in a bad mood... Don't mess with me– Huh?"

Eyes wide open, Ritsu found that on his stomach was a black cat.

"Ugh, so it was this guy!" he fumed. "Get off! You're heavy and it's too hot...!"

Yet the cat wouldn't budge. It stayed lying on Ritsu's stomach as if he were a pillow. Ritsu wasn't having any of it though, no one dares disturb his sleep even if they were a cat! Getting angrier by the second, he decided to fight it off him.

"Hey! Ow! Don't dig your claws in me!"

"That Suo, he's late!" exclaimed Leo. "What a troublesome guy! I came early today since he gets angry at me when I come late."

"Unbelievable! He's wasting my precious time!" Izumi chided. "This is so annoying. Did your wanderlust infect Kasa-kun?"

Leo laughed. "Eh? What, what? Wahaha, that's funny, Sena! I suppose it's fate that Knights' leader is to be cursed by wanderlust!"

Frantic footsteps could be heard as Tsukasa barged into the studio panting. He apologised, mentioning to his seniors that he got involved in a little incident with Ritsu. That was when Ritsu entered the room, still arguing with the black cat he encountered outside.

"I told you to let go of me, didn't I?! Why can't you understand me, you stupid cat?!" Ritsu growled. "Do my clothes smell like catnip or something...?"

"A stray cat got attached to Ritsu-senpai and it won't let go of him," stated Tsukasa.

"Unbelievable. This was why you were late?" said Izumi. "There's got to be some way to pull it off. Just grab it by the neck like how a parent cat carries a kitchen– Owah! This guy tried to scratch me! If you were human, I'd have you pay compensation!"

Arashi suggested that they all calm down and get started on the retrospective – the reason why they were holding a meeting in the first place. If they ignore the cat, perhaps it would let Ritsu go!

But as Arashi started playing the video of their live, Leo noticed something. In the video, Leo pointed out the front row seats where beside a fan's feet, a black cat was seen.

"This guy, it saw Ritsu at Knights' live and came to meet him!" said Leo excitedly.

"Hah...? No way! That sounds so unrealistic," Ritsu replied before turning to the cat which started showing him affection. "Owah, what? Don't start licking my cheek!"

"Given its reaction, it probably did come to meet Knights," said Tsukasa. "Isn't it just the cutest? It probably fell in love with Ritsu-senpai's brave figure at the live!"

"What?! Don't say things so nonchalantly!"

But the other members of Knights had agreed to let the cat do what it wanted despite Ritsu's comments on how much of a disaster this was.

The cat didn't let go of him even during the retrospective. It lay sound asleep on Ritsu's lap. Knights had come up with a name for the cat too, 'd'Artagnyan', their 'newest knight that was drawn in by Knights.'

Ritsu didn't like this idea at all. He didn't see any resemblance between him and the cat that his fellow members were constantly pointing out too. Though, he didn't want to just kick it out. He wanted it to leave on its own volition.

"It clings to you like how you cling onto (Y/N)," stated Arashi causing Ritsu to erupt into a steam of embarrassment. "Maybe it finds your scent comforting~? If so, it might be satisfied with something that has Ritsu-chan's scent on it..."

"Something with my scent?" Ritsu repeated. "Ah, I just came to an unpleasant conclusion..."

He was talking about his favourite blanket – the only thing in this studio that had his scent on it. But there was no way that Ritsu wanted to give this unlucky cat his favourite blanket!

"Ah, wait! Don't suddenly pounce for my blanket, you idiot cat!" huffed Ritsu as he tried to yank the blanket away. He was now on the floor fighting with the cat. "Give it back! I don't want such an unlucky cat to use my blanket! Guys, please help me out here!"

"Oi, oi. There's no need to get so worked up over something like this, right, Ritsu?" said Leo. "I know it's annoying, but it'll be dangerous if you get violent in here, no?"

"But I really like this blanket! I won't allow it to use it! Ah, don't scratch it–"

"Please calm down, Ritsu-senpai...!" sputtered Tsukasa.

But before Izumi could assert himself to scold Ritsu, you had rushed into the studio. Arashi had texted you about the situation before they started their retrospective, hoping that you'd come to solve the issue at hand. After all, you solved a lot of their problems before, it became customary to ask you for help.

"Ritsu, are you okay?" you asked worriedly, bending down. "Hey, what's wrong? You're not usually like this."

"(Y-Y/N)?!" Ritsu blurted, perplexed at your sudden appearance. "W-What are you doing here?"

You answered that even though you were busy with your own assignments today, you couldn't just ignore what was happening with Knights, with him.

"Is this what's bothering you?" You tried picking up the cat, but it immediately started hissing at you. "Ah! Okay, I'm not going to pick you up then...! Anyway, Arashi texted me all the details already. Why don't you just give up the blanket, Ritsu?"

"N-No!" he cried. "I can't!"

"I don't understand why you like that blanket so much," said Izumi. "I'll buy you a new one if that makes you happy–"

"That's not it! (Y/N) bought me this one!"

Everyone had gone silent over that fact.

"Then I'll buy you a new one," you offered.

"No!" Ritsu protested. "You got this for me when we were first years! I can't just let that go!"

Ritsu usually wasn't this worked up, so you knew he was upset about something other than his blanket. But you also knew that he was a very sentimental person too, so you couldn't just force him to give up something that he truly loved. It was sweet that he had kept this blanket up until now though. It showed how much he loved you.

"I have an idea," you suddenly said. You rummaged through your bag and pulled out a white sweater. "This also has Ritsu's scent on it."

"Wait," Ritsu began. "That's my sweater."

"Mhm, my favourite one too!" you giggled. "If we give the cat this, then it'll give up on the blanket!"

"B-But (Y/N), you love that sweater...!" he said.

"I do, but you love that blanket too, right? I'll give this up so you can have your blanket back!"

With how selfless and thoughtful you were being, Ritsu had finally cooled down.

"N-No, it's fine," he said sadly. "I'll let it keep the blanket, you keep the sweater, okay? I'm sorry, everyone, I went overboard. I didn't mean to hurt anyone."

"Ritsu..."

He picked up his blanket with the cat still attached to it and left the building quietly. The meeting with Knights had come to an end. You sighed, apologised and thanked Knights for putting up with your boyfriend before following after him.

Ritsu was situated on one of the tables at the ES gardens, his head laid on his arms as he watched the black cat sleep in his blanket.

"It's my fault that Knights ended up fighting again... If only this cat hadn't been there. No, I should've been calmer..." he murmured. "It would've been better if I had analysed the situation calmly like I usually do, and brought it to a positive conclusion..."

"Ritsu~" you called out.

With the sound of your voice, his eyes immediately gravitated towards you. He didn't lift his head though, he was too tired for that.

"(Y/N)..."

"Here," you said, pressing a cold can of soda to his cheek. He cried at the coldness but quickly covered his mouth from being too loud. He didn't want to wake up the cat despite how annoying it was today.

"Ah, thank you..." he said, taking the can from you. He laid it in front of him, not opening it. "(Y/N), I'm really sorry about earlier. You were busy, and Nacchan had to call you over to deal with something so small."

"Eh, it's okay~," you said. From behind, you wrapped your arms around his neck, holding him close to you. "I'm nearly finished with my assignments anyway. But Ritsu, are you really okay?"

Ritsu strained a smile, but he held your arm in a way to comfort himself. "I'm fine now. I'm going to sit here and reflect on my actions until this stupid cat wakes up. If I ignored the cat in the studio and it gets restless, it might be even more troublesome."

You laughed. "It's so cute when it's sleeping. It reminds me of you."

"Eeehhh? Why does everyone keep saying that?" he asked.

"Well, it's cute and you're cute! Also, it takes naps just like you, hehe~"

Ritsu sighed but laughed along. "Ah, you're wearing the sweater," he said, finally noticing the baggy look on you.

"Yep! I'm glad I didn't need to give it up in the end, but I do feel sad that you had to give your favourite blanket away," you said.

"It's fine. Maybe it'll let it go later..." he started. "Well, I hope it does anyway. I really do like that blanket..."

He chuckled, reminiscing the time you first got him the blanket. The two of you met just before entering Yumenosaki. You were Mao's friend initially, but he had introduced you to Ritsu during the time he had to repeat his first year. Ritsu had treated you coldly at first, but when you spotted him sleeping in the gardens, coming to know of his illness, you had decided to gift him a blanket for him to use.

It was a blanket you had bought at a shop in town, nothing special, but Ritsu thought the world of it. Even when he treated you so poorly, you were still so nice to him – to accommodate him in this way. He grew fond of the blanket, but he mostly grew fond of you.

After that day, he stuck to you just like the cat he was watching now.

"You know, I'm surprised it's still kept in good condition after all these years," you pointed out. "We're in our third year now... and it still looks brand new."

"I take good care of my things, (Y/N)~," he said. "And I'll be keeping that blanket for as long as I can."

You smiled and gave him a peck on the back of his head. "Anyway, aren't you going to tell me what got you so riled up? It can't just be because of the cat, right?"

"Ah, right..." he said. He opened the can that you gave him and began to drink the contents of it. "So, this is what happened..."

He explained everything to you, recalling what happened that day when they had to withdraw some of the new Knights members. He was honest with his feelings, how bad he felt when he saw those tearful faces, how bad he felt when he knew that those dreams were being crushed.

But after some reassurance from you, Ritsu felt a lot better. That's when Tsukasa showed up to check up on him too. A suggestion of finding foster parents for the cat was brought up which Ritsu agreed to.

By time, he grew fond of the cat albeit he still wanted it gone. But things had resolved themselves, and Ritsu was back to his calm, analytical self again.

You had come to say goodbye to the cat, d'Artagnyan, too. This time, it had let you hold it.

"Hehe, it really does remind me of you," you told Ritsu who immediately turned red. "Don't miss Ritsu too much, you hear me~? I hope you live a comfortable life."

Watching you be so gentle with the cat like that had Ritsu feeling some sort of way. He smiled gently to himself, appreciating that you were there with him, that you were there to console him and to listen to every word he had to say. There was nothing better in this world – even his favourite blanket – that would compare to you.

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" how do you find the school so far? my beloved... " eichi can't help but rack his brain for ways to start a conversation with you.

after last night's devastating discussions with both your parents and his. you're both forced into marriage. what a good idea to make you two fall in love now and spend more time together while you're young, right? the only horrible part to this was probably having to change school and to be in an all boy's academy, just so you can see eichi everyday? consider it sold.

" it's okay, only that crazy blonde and izumi from the class drives me insane. maybe that long blue haired wannabe rapunzel too. what's with the annoying himemiya dude too. why's he glaring at me when you brought me to the council room earlier, felt like I was stepping into the enemy's territory... " he laughs at your play of words.

" there's more crazy people, you'll eventually meet. " was all he said as he bids you goodbye, it was after school and he told you to wait an hour for him. seeing as he still had student council president work to do, he allowed you to visit and roam around alone.

walking past the many classrooms, you stumbled upon the light music room. a coffin was displayed, walking up to it. you gave it a few knocks as if knocking on a door. the coffin opens, revealing a medium length black haired male with pale completion, heck he might be one of eichis' competitors when it comes to looks.

" my, what a cute little sheep I see~ " he bares his sharp fangs. you would run away if he didn't grab onto your hand, giving a kiss at the back of it in the process of holding it.

trying to pull away but his grip only tightens not too hard to hurt you but strong to keep you in place.

" whoever you are, let go! " raising your other hand in a karate motion to hit on his shoulder blade, he was quick to use his other hand to grab your other hand. he's got both your hands in his now.

" now little one, quite fiesty, aren't ya. so cute~ I should ask my children to tie you up and cook you or maybe I should do the tying, knowing doggie has been tied many times and seeing as he can't escape all those times... " tears threatened to fall as you glared at the man.

" y-y-youre a cannibal?! " you shout as the male only bursts out laughing.

" my dear, no. I'm a vampire and I'll suck your blood. should I suck you dry? seeing as you belong to tenshouin eichi. " he has a playful smirk on his lips but that only made you shudder at the idea.

" let me go, this instance! whoever you are. I'll!- " you attempt to pull your hands out of his holds but to no avail, he doesn't barge.

" so annoying! you do know there's other people around right? " izumi walks into the room.

he motions his hand in a karate chop way to pry both your hands and reis away from one another.

" now you're no fun, sena. shouldn't we take advantage of eichi's property, after what he did to us? fufu~ "

" I'm not his property! izumi say something. you're a knight, you should protect the weak, " it was a battle for izumi side. he only sighs as he feels his head gets all mushy from the arguments he hear from you and rei, he should've just walked to knights room instead.

" eichi's probably looking for you, and you old timer take a nap or something. your precious ritsu is probably sleeping too, " rei can't help but feel slightly offended. old timer but this knight in shining armour has gray hair? what does that make him? a grandma for a knight!?

" you're no different... " rei mumbles out to which izumi let's out a " HAH? " with this opportunity, you decide to rush out. leaving the males to fight their battles.

eichi was indeed looking for you, seeing as you met at the hallways.

" wanna go on a date? there's a nearby cafe... " of course you agreed. you wanted to get out of the school as quickly as possible, what did this expensive blonde even do to make you everyone's enemy or something...

the walk to the cafe was quiet, after ordering and receiving your orders. you're both quietly eating the pastry and sipping the drinks.

" if you ever feel like rebelling against this marriage, be my guest. I won't be mad at you for doing so, it's sudden that you got transferred to be as close to me. we don't know each other very fondly either but I'm willing to get to know you. not for the sake of marriage because our parents want us to, but because you're special. you're like a flower that blooms at the edge of a cliff, so far and special. so hard to find and truly one of a kind. " hearing the words spill out of his lips, only made you blushed at your spot like that of a girl talking about her crush to her close friends.

" there's definitely so much to know about you, seeing as I was a target to two or maybe more eyes. what did you do to this school? " he only chuckles at your words.

" stay by my side and find out yourself, little detective. that's a mission for you and definitely a way for you to get to know most of the idols there, " you can't tell if you should be excited to meet new faces and hear their opinion of him or be scared that they'll put you in harms way for being his wedded partner.

" oh and a little decision helper to you if you still want to marry me, " his family has many connections, it's fine if you called this one off. he can just get another. you can't help but feel the nerves eating at you, how can one be so casual and sorta ignorant at this type of things.

" your opinions matter too, you know. if you want this marriage or not? it shouldn't just be me who gets the final say even though it's fully settled by our parents that we'll marry one another. " a smile tugs at his lips, hearing your words.

" I'll be fine with this. you're an interesting one afterall, " there's so many things you're afraid of, from ' solving the case ' of eichis past to the future of your love life. he sounded so confident like a saviour, would everything play out well for your future? ao many things could change but seeing is believing and you can only be patient as you await for your stories to unfold.

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Memories Selection: Checkmate Episode 6 - 冠の輝き (The Shine of the Crown) English Translation - Ensemble Stars

Provided by Happy Elements, あんスタチャンネル on Youtube

Ensemble Stars Memories Selection: Checkmate 『チェックメイト』 Adapted from Ensemble Stars! Story: Checkmate Written by: 日日日 (Akira) English Translation: Freiya

*All copyrights of the stories, scene pictures and writings, all belong to Happy Elements. I only translated the scenes into English to help overseas fans understand the dialogues. I do not own any copyrights other than the English Translation*

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Leo: I’ll make your dream come true. As Knights, with me, together.

Izumi: …Why? You don’t have that much obligation, do you!?

We just happened to enter the same school, sliding together in this connection, that’s all. I can do it by myself, with no need of relying to other people– I don’t need to depend on you–!

Leo: –I know. But, sometimes having someone to entrust your back with is good, right?

Izumi: … *still a bit confused*

Leo: *smiles* If you don’t mind that, I’ll be exactly that. I will become the throne on which you, ‘The King’, can sit on.

Izumi: ….

The King… is you, right?

Leo: Well, true, I’m called that, but… it doesn’t really suit me, honestly!

…I love everyone. It will end up in no good if I just give out everything that I have in mind. I understand that clearly in this previous case. Sena is the one more suited. You are a hated person because you always talk about hateful things, but if anyone gets along with you properly, they will end up loving you.

Leo: These guys too, they gather in here because of you.

Arashi: …Hm..? Are you referring to me and Ritsu-chan?

Ritsu: *Rubs his eyes* …Don’t lump me in together…

Leo: You two, if possible, please always get along with Sena forever. *Leo holds out his hand*

For me… I’m already pretty exhausted, see? I don’t know how long I can continue my activities of being an idol, you know?

Izumi: ….! *a bit surprised*

Leo: It seems… like I’m being forced to move along in the path according to someone’s predicted, planned scenario; I continue to destroy the things that I love one after another.

*Eichi and Tsumugi has gathered in the audience seats*

Leo: However… I really want to continue protecting the precious things that I truly love. Sena… Just watching you from the sides, my songs and compositions can’t stop overflowing! Just from that, I feel happy. Composing songs is my life, see!

Izumi: Leo-kun…

Leo: From meeting you, my dream has already been fulfilled. That’s why, now it’s my turn! What do you want to do? Just tell me about it! I will fulfil it together with you!

Izumi: …I…

Leo: What’s the matter? Even if it’s a dingy desire– Anything, just show me! I’ll turn it out all to be the best masterpieces, and expose it to the all-entire world; “It’s all beautiful,” I’ll praise it like that! If it can fulfill you with that, I’ll give it my all for that!

…I don’t care even if I’m being hated… or disliked by whoever it is. Even if I was made an enemy to the entire world; if I’m with you… I’m jubilant.

Izumi: …!? …Why to that extent…? I don’t get it at all… Leo-kun…!

(I… I’m not that much of a marvellous person, to be dedicated for and fully give your best for. I have too-high pride; I’m always unsatisfied… I’m not a genius like you. Yet… I just want to be approved by everyone; being praised that I’m the number one in the world. I’m just a boring guy, like that. But… with this person… Can I fulfil such greedy desires? Leo-kun is an extraordinary genius, after all).

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–Knights walked to the stage–

Leo: …Hmm? What’s the matter, Sena? You’re being quiet all this time… Are you feeling unwell?

Izumi: *sighs softly*…No… You said such incomprehensible things, that I just got a little bewildered. *Izumi smiles*

For the next things, we can set it aside for later, right? For now, let’s make a feast of the things in front of us.

Leo: *a bit surprised, then smiles* …Yeah, let’s do it!

Izumi: Naru-kun and Kuma-kun too, just think about being deceived, and follow me.

Arashi: Hmm… well, I guess that’s okay. I will go along with you.

Ritsu: I will fulfil this one duty… but don’t expect beyond that, alright? …Well… I’m a little happy when you reach out to me because I’m ‘me’... not because I’m Sakuma Rei’s little brother.

*Everyone smiles*

Izumi: …Let’s go, everyone!

***

–We’ll be “Knights” Performance–

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–Back to the current situation, where Izumi was playing Chess and chatted with Eichi–

Eichi: With that day’s expense as the culmination, you Knights, followed the thread of decline. It’s moving as per my strategy; you confronted your former relatives, defeated then left them alone, and cut them off. The more you win, the more the elephants was fed[1]. The people nearby you become your enemies all around; and it’s connecting on how the Drefes’ scoring system takes shape in reality–

Izumi: —…Hey, Tenshouin.

Eichi: …?

Izumi: …It’s not all because of your fault. Leo became broken… Basically, it is because of me. I may seem pompous, but the one who initiated inspiration to him, is me after all.

Izumi: …He’s such a green, stupid kid… I was always unsatisfied, and my evil intention of directly destroying all those unlikeable guys… is what injured his innocent, pure soul.

Izumi: Even though I named myself Knights[2a]… even though I became a Knight[2b]... I couldn't manage to protect him.

Eichi: …*drinks his tea quietly with a complicated expression*

Izumi: Even though he discarded everything… being hated by everyone else… Even though he protected me… he protected my dream! But… time couldn’t be reversed. We embraced our desires, we saw dreams in the future, continued to push forward… we fought until we were bathed in blood; and we managed to reach this point. We can’t go back to the past… and we don’t have the time to regret things all over.

***

Tsukasa: *From afar* Sena-senpai~!! I searched you all over, you know~? Yet you were spending your time leisurely in this place?

I have managed to perfect the assignment song you instructed to me!

Izumi: Kasa-kun…

Tsukasa: *excitedly* Now, officially I will be admitted as one of Knights’ members, right?

You promised me this, right!?

Eichi: *chuckles* You’re very lively, aren’t you, Tsukasa-kun? If you raise your voice too loudly… it’s vulgar, you know? *Eichi says with a smile*

Tsukasa: *Tsukasa looks surprised* …!? …Ehh, um…!? Um… Sena-senpai, you’re acquainted with this individual…? What is your relationship with him…?

Izumi: *shakes his head* He’s just an ordinary classmate.

Anyway, I get it, so just go back to the lesson room and wait. I’m having an important discussion right now, alright?

Eichi: *chuckles, while waving his hand at Tsukasa*

Tsukasa: *smiles back awkwardly at Eichi* …Uh… I understand. Then I’ll be waiting. Make sure to definitely come, please, Sena-senpai? *Tsukasa walks away*

Eichi: Hey, Sena-kun… Tsukinaga-kun… do you think he will come back some day?

Izumi: …I can’t predict the future. But… I do hope that it will be good, if he does come back.

***

–Meanwhile back in to the current Knights’ stage, the audiences are cheering for their appearance on the stage–

Tsukasa: Aah… This gleeful cheer of waiting excitedly for us… No matter how many times I hear this, it always makes my heart beat high!

Arashi: That’s right. They waited for us gladfully, and desired to see us.

Izumi: We’re standing on this stage as Knights with high pride, so do it right, okay?

Tsukasa: *looks back to Izumi and smiles* Yes, of course!

Leo: Ahahahaha! No need to get nervous now, okay? It’s not like you’re standing on stage alone!

Ritsu: It’s because our King supports us together… That's why we should go forward with our faces[3] high, and show them all.

Tsukasa: *smiles at Ritsu* Now, let’s go… Everyone!

Knights: *while putting their hands together* Yeah!

***

–Luminous Crown's performance–

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Translator’s notes:

[1]: Eichi uses phrase-idioms as always. In here, it's referring to how no one's there anymore; all gone and the what's left is just resentments.

[2a]: Izumi said ‘Knights’, while on [2b]: Izumi said ‘Kishi’ (騎士) which means knight.

[3]: Ritsu actually says ‘with our chest high’ which means they should stand on the stage with full confidence. I thought that might sound weird in the passage so I added the note here.

Note: The songs are sooooo great and beautiful, oh how I love Knights and Checkmate story so much!💖💖💖

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