#saejima rei

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

#phantom tales of the night #owner #saejima rei #ptotn #phantom tales #Bakemono Yawa-zukushi #that chapter was insane help

[shewritesallnight]

Here we go again... time for another Phantom Tales of the Night rant dump

⚠️ Warning for major spoilers up to Volume 11

From my previous notes on Vol 10 plus what we learned in Vol 11 there seems to be 5 incarnations of Sasaki that have been highlighted in the story.

Starting from the oldest incarnation...

Singing Bone: ~ we know this is the oldest version since Owner tells us that this is the first time they met.

Lover Sasaki: from volume 11 ~ was somewhat living with Owner and Owner stated that they loved him.

***Super Old Sasaki: from volumes 7 & 9 ~ this version is the Sasaki with Super Old Rei who reveals himself as a skeletal monster. This is the version that is the Author --- this is also the version that Yoshitaka Kudou sees and that Kaibara is researching.

Adult Sasaki: from volume 8 ~ this is the incarnation who was arrested for political writings and whose will-o-the-whisp moved on.

Current Sasaki ~ our present day kiddo.

For Saejima Rei, he does not show up until the Super Old Sasaki timeline. I believe this is where their souls or fates became intertwined. This is probably the only reason that Owner became involved with trying to 'change' the Saejima curse.

We see 2 Saejima Rei incarnations:

Super Old Saejima Rei/Mandarin Orange Rei ~ where their paths seem to first cross (I'm thinking more of Current Rei's grandfather or great grandfather) because Kaibara found the *old* writings of SO Sasaki.

Current Rei ~ teacher and newest incarnation of Rei, brother to Rin and cousin is Tousei, grew up with Yoshitaka Kudou.

With the info from Vol 11 it's not too far fetched to say that Owner feels that SO Saejima "stole" Sasaki from them. I was getting the impression that Sasaki cared for and maybe even loved Rei in that timeline. Perhaps Rei loved him back as he kept his skull with him.

So the one thing Owner wants (family/love?) is taken from them. When Owner kicked out Kaibara, they stated that they "did try to make a home once but couldn't do it."

SO/MO Rei tells Owner that "Only by speaking to others can we end this cycle."

By setting it up for Rei to cross paths with Current Sasaki, Kaibara, and Kudou again... (ppl who understand his family's curse) He is setting up the opportunity to "speak to others" and end the grudge/curse cycle.

The same goes for Sasaki, SO Sasaki wanted a true friend someone he could speak to freely without hiding the knowledge of his body. (Or so he thought...)

This branch goes back to Kudou's conversation with Owner at the waterfall. Owner states that Kudou loves Rei and then asks "what will you do with this knowledge.... if I say he is not happy... are you going to try and make him happy?"

To which Kudou responds, "That's not what it means to wish for a person's happiness. It's to hope for that person to be happy even when you're not there."

The showdown in Vol 11 is centered around Rei. Kudou wants to save him. Tousei wants to consume him. Sasaki relates to him.

Owner thought there was a connection building between them when Sasaki asked what he wanted to fill himself with so long ago. They reach out to him only to be left behind when Sasaki says it isn't about him right now.

Then again at the end of the volume Sasaki asks Owner to tell him what he's been searching for 'up until this life'. It looks like Owner is about to tell him when they are interrupted by Kudou and Rei 😩

Reviewing older volumes, I think Owner is sticking with the reincarnations of Sasaki to figure out what/where his "core" or soul is. It seems that he is hoping for the version that loved him back to return, based off my interpretation of Owner's convo with the Bone Monk in Vol 8.

That ultimately Owner is trying to rebuild their family/home with Sasaki as it once was.

#PTOTN #phantom tales of the night #owner #ptotn owner #saejima rei #sasaki #ptotn rei #ptotn sasaki #cass.thoughts #cass.txt #casswan ptotn

[flipcitrus]

[Powerpuff Girls Narrator:] THE INGREDIENTS FOR THE PERFECT LITTLE Y*KUZA

#my art #taiga saejima #saejima taiga #yakuza 4 #Yakuza 5 #Yakuza 7 #yakuza like a dragon #rei ryugazaki

[pretend-im-not-there]

Kouga: "This is my training ground. Only those I've accepted into my heart can enter."

And Rei is standing right there.

#garo #saejima kouga #suzumura rei

[randomanimeandmangablog]

Rei, sweetie, it took your cousin all of 10 seconds to decide to slice and dice his parents. There is no "giving him a chance to be a kid" anymore.

#phantom tales of the night #Rei saejima

[kstnt]

garo and smiles

#garo #raiga saejima #rei suzumura #jinga mikage

[shingansoul]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: GARO: Makai Senki Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Fudou Leo & Suzumura Rei, Fudou Leo & Saejima Kouga, Fudou Leo & Mitsuki Kaoru, Mitsuki Kaoru/Saejima Kouga/Suzumura Rei Characters: Fudou Leo, Suzumura Rei, Saejima Kouga, Mitsuki Kaoru Additional Tags: I dont ship leo with the others but if you read it that way power to you, he's their little pup kouga adopted, Cuddling & Snuggling, Literal Sleeping Together, Comfort No Hurt, Developing Friendships Summary:

Leo, on an instinct from before he lived alone for so long, seeks comfort in one he looks up to one night. Whether good or bad fortune, he finds much more than he bargained for instead.

#GARO #fanfic #leo fudou #kouga saejima #rei suzumura #kaoru mitsuki #tokusatsu

[yyxandere]

Ok but what if like darling made the yanderes ((from any ace attorney or yakuza character)) the second choice like y'know if darling doesn't get with the first person / first choice they'd go to the yanderes (?) I feel so bad to think of it but like H!$(2)?2{¢ - 🍎 anon

-ˋˏSINCERELY YOURS. . . ->

🍎Anon, you just love your angst huh😭😭 {{{(>_<)}}}

They would be so devasted, they are willing to bare their entire heart for you, but only when you don't have another choice, always the second, it hurts yet, they are desperate for you and are willing to accept the fact that they are your second choice anything to be with you.

YAKUZA

Kiryu Kazuma, Goro Majima, Saejima Taiga, Shimabukuro Rikiya, Makoto Makimura, Reina, Tatsuo Shinada, Kiyomi Kasahara, Ichiban Kasuga, Eri Kamataki, Issie Hoshino,

ACE ATTORNEY

Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Maggey Byrde, Dick Gumshoe, Adrian Andrews, Iris Fey, Apollo Justice, Wocky Kitaki, Vera Misham, Athena Cykes, Juniper Woods, Robbin Newman, Raymond Shields, Sebastian Debeste, Katherine Hall, Espella Cantabella, Ryunosuke Naruhodo, Susato Mikotoba, Rei Membami, Albert Harebrayne,

No. They will not accept this. They ruined people's lives, careers,s and many more just for you, and all they get are you taking them for granted?! Disappointed and rage aren't even enough to tell how much they felt when they found out those facts. No one takes them for granted and that logic also applies to you. They will make you crave for them they will ruin your life, and when you reach rock bottom you will see them as your only choice.

YAKUZA

Akira Nishikiyama (Kiwami), Tachibana Tetsu, Goda Ryuji, Yoshitaka Mine, Takumi Someya, Ryo Aoki, Joon-Gi Han (6), Mitsuru Kuroiwa,

ACE ATTORNEY

Miles Edgeworth, Matt Engarde, Dahlia Hawthorne, Kristoph Gavin, Alita Tiala, Ga'ran Sigatar Khura'in, Simon Keyes, Mael Stronghart, Barok Van Zieks.

#✧- ‘ACE ATTORNEY’ ☆ #✧- ‘YAKUZA’ ☆ #🍎 Anon #WRITERS BLOCK IS KICKING ME IN THE ASS😭😭 #yandere x reader #yandere ace attorney x reader #yandere ace attorney #ace attorney x reader #ace attorney #yandere the great ace attorney #the great ace attorney #the great ace attorney x reader #yandere yakuza #yandere #x reader #yakuza #yakuza game #yakuza: like a dragon

[mjm5655]

ok, since yakuza 5 took me a bit of time today, i have a bit of a to do list to get sorted for tomorrow.

kijin au starters for @yakudans ( sagawa ), @bellsliturgy ( rei & saejima ), @crystalcracked ( will actually be poking you to plot sometime ).

ask continued for @cogiita ( the one where majima wants to make sure volo is dead lol ).

draft count ; 7. ask count ; 57.

i'm going to be scheduling the drafts out, asks are lower priority/just something i do if i cba with drafts.

#﴾ DEMONIC ⸨ MUN POSTS ⸩

[beevean]

For the shipping thing:

KiryuXMajima

KajiXWatermelons

AsukaXArael

ShinjiXHis Mother

ShinjiXHis Mother 2

ShinjiX His Mother 3

Kazumaji:

Wow, I haven't talked about Kazumaji in a while!

What can I say? Peak rival ship, best example of "fighting as flirting/foreplay". They genuinely respect each other while beating the shit out of each other! Ngl the main reason I never looked up content of Y4/5/6 is because Majima gets mainly paired up with Saejima, and I was like... but-- but my homoerotic tension with Kiryu :(

Anyway, I know that Majima Everywhere is slightly controversial for how it doesn't fully fit in the context of Y1, but after Majima poledances for Kiryu and goes on a date with him as Goromi, can you really not consider it canon? C'mon <3

Kajimelons:

they're his babies, your honor

Asukarael:

Shinji/Mother 1 (Rei):

They're cute :) but I probably need a three page essay myself to get fully on board.

Shinji/Mother 2 (Misato):

I may be interested in the scenario where Misato has a crush on Shinji and is fully aware of how fucked up that is...

I, uh, don't understand who Mother 3 is supposed to be lol. I hope you don't mean Yui. That would be very awkward :P

[hitsuyou-fukaketsu]

❌ childhood friends

✅ training buddies

#phantom tales of the night #ptotn #saejima rei #cant remember the cool emo's name please forgive me i love him rly

[shewritesallnight]

Fairytale Ending [PTotN]

Happy Halloween my little ghouls! 🎃

Rei's girlfriend has been seeing snakes and hearing whispers in the dark of the night. She knows it's a part of the curse; she just doesn't know what it means. 

After a visit with Owner for the truth, she decides it's time to end things once and for all. But the Saejima Curse isn't so willing to let her go.

Yandere!Rei (so just regular Rei?? 😂)

Tw: dubcon, breeding, baby trapping

Rating: 18+, NSFW

2.1K words

"You mean the curse will over take Rei and if-if we have a child, the curse will basically start again." Its not entirely a question when she speaks up, processing the information.

She hastily stands from the low table; body aching to move, to start pacing, or even better, to leave.

It's too much information. This thing, this curse, goes much deeper than she ever could have imagined.

"A son," Owner tacks on, like its some sort of bonus.

"And if we refuse to have children?" She asks.

"If not you, then another. The curse will ensure that." He pauses, tilting his head as if studying her. "Would it be so difficult to accept? You could always have another child. Have you not dreamed of having your own family, your own... what did you call it? Ah- yes, happily ever after?"

Her expression sours as she scoffs. "You make human life seem so disposable. As for my so called dreams of happily ever after; You were the one who put those thoughts in my head! Whispering little fairy tales to me as a child about love and marriage."

"I merely put into words the most basic of human desires. You would have those things, for a time."

She wants to lunge across the table and choke whatever life there is from him. It's the knowledge that it would change nothing about their predicament that keeps her in place.

"Rei was right, you drag us around like puppets on strings. I'm not going to play into your little game anymore. I want nothing to do with you or any of this." She gestures to the traditional room around them.

They both know she means beyond the walls, to the curse and the role she plays in a centuries old feud.

With an exhausted sigh, she turns on her heel towards a lone steel door; a blaring oddity among the three surrounding shoji walls in the room.

Hand gripping the handle, she pauses when Owner speaks up again.

"While you may fear the curse, you still desire the Slayer and his child."

The door slams against the outer brick wall as she shoves it open. Her boots hitting pavement as she steps out into an alleyway.

Another of the countless backdoors to the Murakumo Inn. 

She halts, turning to look back at the demon sitting on the tatami floor. Two finished tea cups lay on the table before him.

There's a moment of deja vu, memories of enjoying tea together. Of Owner entertaining a lonely child with stories of demons, heroes, families, and love.

Despite her frustration, she finds herself thanking Owner for the tea.

He gives her an infuriating grin, "Your secret now belongs to me. Until next time." 

A tendril of darkness oozes from beneath the table, sliding across the floor and reaches up to pull the door shut.

She has a feeling that if she were to reopen the door, it would no longer be connected to the Inn. 

Until next time.

Fat chance. She's wants nothing to do with this supernatural crap anymore. This was goodbye.

A chill creeps down her spine like a spider's dance; she spins around to glance along the seemingly empty alley. 

There is a rustle before a small snake slithers out from behind a bag of trash. She uses her boot to kick it away with a look of detest.

Lightning flashes above and she curses under her breath. Pulling her coat around her, she makes her way to the main road. 

She has just stepped through the threshold of her apartment when she's roughly pushed against the wall.

The door slams shut beside her.

"You were at the Inn?" Rei grips her by the arms. 

She mentally groans, the snake must have been one of his spies.

No point in hiding it then, "I did."

"What did he want, what did he say?" He studies her with narrowed eyes, cold and wary. 

"Rei, I'm tired of this."

"What?"

"I'm tired. I'm done. No more demons or slaying. No more curse." 

It hurts to say it out loud she realizes, makes it feel real.

"What are you saying?"

"It's over, Rei. We are over," she motions her hand between them, "this is goodbye."

"No, baby, please. Please..." his face stricken with panic. "Whatever lies that monster told you-"

"Stop it!" He stiffens and her heart aches in her chest. "If...if I stay, it will never be over. I will always be second to your endless need for revenge; to this curse. We both know this."

His head falls forward, hair covering his eyes. "Okay," he utters softly after a few moments.

"O-okay? Just like that..." 

"Ju-just give me tonight." His eyes find hers again, pleading. "Let me touch you, let me love you."

Love.

That hurts the worst. 

Rei's not sentimental, he's only ever uttered those words to her once before. 

One more night, to feel his touch. To pretend they're just another normal couple in the world. 

It's so very tempting.

"I don't think th- oh." She's cut off when his mouth finds her pulse point, pressing unspoken promises to her skin.

Rei's gloved hands glide up her arms, grazing her shoulders as he brushes back her jacket. It slips down her arms to the floor.

His body crowds her against the wall. She moans, feeling the heat of his length pressed against her stomach. 

It’s almost muscle memory the way her legs spread as a knee presses between them. Her dress bunching up around her hips.

"I want to feel you dripping for me."

And she is.

She can feel the dampening of her underwear growing as she rocks back and forth on his thigh.

Owner isn't wrong, she does love Rei. Dreams of marrying him and starting a family are no stranger. 

But whispers and scales have started to plague and blacken them.

Right- the reason she had to get the truth from Owner. The reason she needs to leave.

The curse.

Her hips still, Rei notices the change and pulls his leg back. She ignores the shiny dark patch on his pants.

"Rei, we sh-shouldn't..." she loses her voice when his hand crawls up her inner thigh. 

His bare hand.

When was the last time he even touched her with bare hands, she wonders. Her train of thought is lost when his mouth finds and claims hers.

She's shaking by the time deft fingers press to her center. Rei groans at the feel of the soaked fabric.

He wastes no time, ripping at the cloth to rid her of the barrier.

"Need this, need you. Only you." He says against her mouth, slipping his ring and middle fingers in.

Lightning brightens the room and she sees the desire in his eyes. 

She finds herself nodding, unable to find the words. His fingers work in and out of her, rubbing against that perfect spot inside. His thumb teasing at her clit.

He is as methodical as a lover as he is a slayer. Calculating and all consuming and she needs to cum like she needs to breathe.

"Please Rei," she's breathless.

He quickens the pace, switching to grinding his palm against her with each thrust.

It only takes a few more flicks of his wrist before her essence is dripping down his hand and Rei is swallowing her moans.

Her hands are on autopilot, reaching for the buckle of his belt. It falls to the floor and she greedily pulls his cock free, stroking his length.

"I need to be inside you. I need this tight pussy squeezing around my cock. You're the only one I want, the one I need."

His words feel like molten lava in her stomach. She feels a drop of her release slide down her thigh.

"Con-condom," she pants. 

Rei stalls for a moment but hums in acknowledgment, she watches him leisurely pull one from his back pocket.

Her head falls back against the wall, eyes closed, basking in her afterglow. 

One hand grips her thigh, lifting and opening her to him. She feels his tip press to her opening. 

Her gaze drops to watch, but Rei's other hand grips her neck, thumb tilting her jaw up and exposing her throat to him. 

His teeth sink in the same time his cock does.

Her moan echoes against the walls of the room. Arms wrapping around his shoulders to steady herself.

Rain pounds against the window muting any other noise. But there's a sound, an almost whisper. It makes the hair at the back of her neck stand at attention.

His hand releases her jaw to rip the thin strap of her dress. He pushes it down to cup her breast and takes her nipple into his mouth.

She's trying to listen but Rei makes it difficult, muttering filthy things as he suckles at her chest; hips pumping into her.

Gods, it feels divine.

His cock so warm inside of her, so full. Like she was made for him, only him-

Wait.

Warm.

The storm illuminates the room and thunder rattles the glass.

Icy dread spreads across her skin.

There on the floor, the unopened condom lay discarded next to his belt.

The whispers were louder now, like a dull chant.

Lightning flashed again and again and she sees them in the shadowed corners of the room.

Eyes. 

Hundreds of eyes watching them.

"St-stop! Rei, stop!!" Her fists pound against the Slayer's shoulders. 

Two things happen at once. 

First, Rei drops her breast to grip her wrists and pin them to the wall above.

Second, his tongue forces its way into her mouth to shut her up.

His grip is iron on her thigh, thrusts deepening, bottoming out again and again. 

She feels him in her guts, tears pooling at her lash line.

She feels sick.

"Did ya really think I would let-let you walk away?" His breath is labored but she doesn't miss the murmur of hurt in his voice.

Her heart crumbles as Rei licks at the stray tear that escapes.

"It has to be you. I need you. O-only you, no one else. Gonna fu-UCK a baby into you. L-like you've always wanted."

The worst part is, she can almost see it. Fueled by her own dreams, by Owner's words; the thoughts of a beautiful dark haired child cloud her mind.

She hates it and she hates herself for wanting it, for wanting this, for wanting him. For loving him.

But she does... love him.

She's tired, defeated, delirious with want and fear. 

Her free leg comes to wrap around his waist. 

"That's it, that's my good girl."

She tugs on her wrists and he releases her. Hands moving to her hips to slam her down on his cock.

Her arms wrap around his neck once more, pulling him close to press a kiss to his jaw.

"'M gonna stuff you full. Gonna -nngh- breed this little cunt." He’s babbling now.

Rei's fucking into her like a man possessed, and he is. The need to breed her slithering beneath his skin. Desperation fuels him to go deeper, harder, until his seed is dripping out of her. 

Until she cannot leave him.

His hips snap into hers and she cries out.

Beady glowing eyes gather closer, watching the Slayer drive into her.

She can hear the chanting clearer now, "a ssss-son, a ssss-son."

A son.

She doesn't know whether to laugh or cry.

In a last ditch effort, she toes at her boot, kicking it off.

It thumps in the middle of the room, the shadows having scattered to avoid it. But it's only moments before they engulf and drown the leather beneath a sea of scales.

Fucking snakes. 

She hates them the most.

"A ssss-son, a ssss-son, a ssss-son," the chanting is louder now. The unearthly shadows only a few feet away.

Lightning strikes the building across the street and the walls shutter. The room lights up like mid-day but darkness has consumed the apartment. 

Thousands upon thousands of vermin surround them. Creatures dripping from the ceiling, the floor and walls writhing with curses.

They're close enough that if she reached her hand out, she knows she would feel their forked tongues brush against her fingertips.

It's overwhelming, the mixture of adrenaline and fear coursing through her veins.

It brings her closer to the edge than she expects. All it takes is a pinch to her clit and a graze of teeth at her throat to have her falling apart.

The voices roar to a crescendo around them.

Rei's hips become sporadic, fast half thrusts sprinkled between his deep pounding against her cervix.

He jerks and her walls pulse around his cock when she feels his warmth finally spill into her.

The chanting vanishes with the stilling of his hips. Just the sounds of their breathing and rain.

Chest heaving, she's only half aware of the tears streaming down her face.

Rei pants in the juncture of her neck quietly muttering against her damp skin.

She holds him to her, hand almost petting his hair as she listens.

"Only you... a son..."

#tbh rei could bbytrap me #phantom tales of the night #ptotn #phantom tales of the night rei saejima #saejima rei #owner #ptotn rei #ptotn saejima #ptotn owner #rei x yn #saejima rei x yn #yn but like its not mentioned

[tokusongs]

"Under the Aurora", from Garo: Beast of the White Night (2006). Performed by Garo Project (composed of Garo/Saejima Kouga (Konishi Ryusei), Zero/Suzumura Rei (Fujita Ray), Mitsuki Kaoru (Hijii Mika), Kiba/Barago (Kyomoto Masaki), and Garo/Saejima Taiga (Watanabe Hiroyuki)).

#Garo #Original Garo #Beast of the White Night #Garo Project #Movie songs #Character songs #Youtube

[best-match]

This is a blessing that must be shared.

Rei, Tsubasa, and Kouga. The people’s Makai Knights.

#garo #tokusatsu #kouga saejima #rei suzumura #makai knights #tsubasa yamagatana

[randomanimeandmangablog]

Saejima: Welcome to the latest meeting of the Fuck Owner club, where we talk about how Owner has ruined all of our lives and how we can get our revenge. I would like to open the floor to our newest member to share a bit about himself.

Kaibara: (sweating) So I may have misunderstood...

#Owner #Rei saejima #Kaibara #phantom tales of the night

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

Not enough Garo love out there so Kouga/Kaoru/Rei to "Satisfied" by Squeeze, please and thank you.

Never, never, never enough Garo.

Song: "Satisfied," Squeeze (Spotify)

he couldn't be certain if this was his home

The sun rises warm and sweet through open curtains, and it is definitely too early to be awake. Rei makes a faint protesting noise to nobody, reaching for the pillow to pull over his face, and then, with dawning certainty, realizes that the bed he’s in is too soft to be his. Too soft and too large; he should be able to feel the edge on either side of him even lying still, but while his arm is hanging over one side, the other one isn’t in evidence at all.

Experimentally, eyes still shut, he rolls over, and instead of open air his face meets…what feels like a leg. No—one eye open to confirm, it’s definitely a leg. A woman’s leg. Which is unusual, he can count the number of hook-ups he’s had in his life on one hand and have fingers left over.

Soft laughter above his head. “I never figured you’d be an early riser type.”

“’s bright,” he mumbles against the leg, trying to parse the woman’s voice, and then sits bolt upright when he realizes who it is.

Kaoru is sitting back against the headboard of the bed, one knee drawn up to balance her sketchbook, a pencil in hand. She pouts at him. “Hey, don’t get up now, I was nearly done.”

“I’ve got to—done with what?”

She turns her sketchbook and shows him a drawing of himself, asleep, a beam of light falling across his eyes and the blankets tangled at his waist. “I don’t do as much life drawing as I should, and you looked so nice.”

His thoughts are still too jumbled from sleep and shock to process much of anything, but the one thing coming through clearly is, Kouga’s going to kill me.

Apparently his groggy confusion is cute or something, because Kaoru laughs again and reaches for him, pulling him into a kiss before he can protest, and then whispers, “We should keep it down, though, Kouga’s still sleeping and I was going to draw him next.”

“I’m not actually asleep.” Kouga’s voice, a bit fuzzy still with drowsiness, is coming from—the bed, on the other side of Kaoru. “But you were so pleased to wake up first and I hate disappointing you.”

The shock of hearing Kouga speak wakes Rei up further, the last of his disorientation finally fading into the memory of the previous night. Memories of the previous night, a lot of them, some of them pretty overwhelming, and meanwhile Kaoru’s pouting at Kouga now and sliding her pencil into the coils of her sketchbook, and Kouga’s got his arms around Kaoru’s waist and his face pressed to her side and the most spectacular bedhead Rei’s ever seen.

Kouga looks up at Kaoru, and she looks down at him, and they adore each other, and Rei doesn’t belong here. He’s just a visitor, a momentary diversion in their fairy tale.

He’s about to get out of the bed and start getting dressed when there’s a soft knock at the door and from out in the hallway Gonza says, “Would you like me to start on breakfast now, or do you need another thirty minutes?”

Kaoru’s face lights up. “Oh, can we have French toast?”

“Of course, I already have the bread you like.” Gonza sounds amused. “Master Rei, do you prefer tea in the morning, or should I just leave the entire bottle of honey at your place for your coffee?”

Rei freezes. “I, uh. I should probably be go—honey in coffee?”

“Definitely leave the bottle. And cream,” Kaoru says firmly, “he likes lots of cream in his coffee, you might want to fill up an extra…thingy.”

“I’d suspected as much,” Gonza says through the door, even more amused, and then his soft footsteps are retreating down the hallway.

Rei feels watched, and turns to see Kouga squinting at him over Kaoru's hip. "You were telling him that you were leaving. Why?"

"Kouga, don't put him on the spot, I know this is just as weird for you, I'm kind of freaking out a little bit too. You can't just puff up at him, if you do then he'll start doing it back at you and it won't get us anywhere. Here, we should--oh my god, Kouga, look at your hair, Rei, would you pass me the hairbrush on the nightstand?"

After a brief moment of stunned staring, Rei grabs the indicated hairbrush and hands it to her. "You're freaking out."

"Well, yeah, kind of." She's putting her sketchbook aside on the pillows and brushing out Kouga's wild bedhead, and it's very weird to see him sitting there with his head so meekly bowed even if it is for completely reasonable personal grooming purposes. "I wasn't, I wasn't even sure if last night would work, and then we didn't really...talk at all beforehand, and what if you regret it? What if you both regret it?" She frowns at Kouga's hair, forehead wrinkling, as she works out a last little tangle. "I don't want either of you to regret it, I want you both to be happy because I'm greedy and I want to keep this. Here, you’re a mess too, let me just,” and her fingertips skate down the side of Rei’s face as she twitches a strand of hair out of his eyes.

She looks up at him, and he looks down at her, and her eyes are gleaming, and he adores her, fuck, if she says to stay then he’ll stay as long as she wants him to even if she doesn’t really feel the same way.

“Here, turn around.”

He turns his back to her and sits with his head bowed while she brushes his hair, feeling the bristles pull gently through each tangle as behind them he hears Kouga get out of bed and start hunting for something, probably his pants.

“There you go,” after not very long, “your hair doesn’t knot nearly as badly as Kouga’s does, it’s wonderful.”

“Yeah, it’s, uh, my father used to say my hair was the only thing about me that ever did what it was told without arguing.” He looks up—

—at Kouga, who’s standing there, blanket around the waist, looking down at him with an even more impenetrable expression than usual, and then leaning down and tipping his chin up and kissing him, and his first, insane thought is, Kaoru’s going to have to brush my hair again, because with the way his scalp prickles it feels like it’s all standing up.

Kouga says, “Stay.”

And because it’s Kouga he has to be a little obnoxious, so despite the fact that his hair’s still standing on end he says, “I thought we already established that I’m staying for breakfast, apparently I get all the whole bottle of honey to myself.”

Kouga’s fingertips are still under his chin, tilting his face up, and Rei adores him, Rei loves him in ways that are probably impossible to put into words. “Stay for as long as you like.”

Kaoru’s arms wrap around him from behind, her face pressed to his back, he can feel her eyelashes moving as she blinks, and she’s saying, “Stay forever.”

“Ok,” he says, bewildered. “Ok, if you both want me to.”

“Gonza already has a room made up for you,” Kaoru’s saying, barely audible over the sheer sensation of Kouga kissing him again, “when I asked him if he’d do it he said he’d already started airing it out.”

All Kouga says, again, is, “Stay.”

Rei shuts his eyes against seeing Kouga’s face, because he’s not sure if he’s ready to have that look directed at him, not when just ten minutes ago it was pointed at—“Sure, ok, I’ll stay.”

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