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Despite everything inside, his voice is soft. “Look at me, Makoto.” And finally, he does.
“What did I do to you? Do you think I wanted to leave? Do you think it was easy for me? I wanted to stay too; I was willing to give up so much for you. You would have known if you read anything I sent. But you didn't and you shut me out. I lost my best friend and you didn't even say anything. You couldn't pull your head out of your ass for more than a few seconds to care about anyone else around you because you hate me. Fine. Hate me for things that aren't my fault. But at least give enough of a damn to say that to my face. What's your problem with me?”
Makoto’s eyes are so tired and empty, a dull grey behind unkempt bangs. He looks down but this time Akihiko lets him. He's always had trouble with eye contact. He's doing it again, he's indulging that weakness instead of bearing his spine and demanding anything. He hadn’t even been this weak with Miki.
“I still love you.”
He leaves. Closure is a lie. Everything is open and burning and raw and that's the truth.
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04 Jun 2026
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It was hard to be forgotten. Kotone could return her friends' smiles all the same, but not the innocence reflected in their eyes. All she could do was push on and on despite the way her body yearned for rest, and hope that perhaps, fate had been kinder to Aigis, wherever she had vanished too after that night.
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04 Jun 2026
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Around two years had passed since the collapse of the Metaverse and Masayoshi Shido’s earning of a far kinder sentence than he deserved, in Goro Akechi’s opinion anyway. Goro had long since abandoned his life of dealing death, trying to awkwardly settle into a new, normal one with the wild card dealt to him by the gods named Akira Kurusu.
All seemed well. Neat, bland, and practically average except for Akira himself, whom Goro had no clue what to do with.
Then one night Akira was abducted, and Goro quickly realized he’d give up a normal life and play one more twisted game just to get his Joker back.
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- Part 1 of Chase the Joker
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30 May 2026
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A hidden advantage or resource kept in reserve until needed.
Masayoshi Shido has barred the Shadow Operatives from action for two years, since the death of Wakaba Isshiki. But when the Phantom Thieves appear, Mitsuru decides that they can't keep just watching from the sidelines. Luckily, there is a certain former member Shido doesn't seem to be aware of: Ken Amada. But when Ken meets the Phantom Thieves in person, he can't help but agree with their goals. He can't help but befriend them. Maybe it only had been a matter of time before he actually joined them.
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- Part 1 of PT!Ken AU
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30 May 2026
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After ten years of being tossed between foster homes and orphanages, Makoto and Kotone Yuki move back to their hometown of Iwatodai. What they expect to be another tedious year of faking smiles and avoiding attachments swiftly turns into something far more interesting.
Currently being edited. Chapters 38/73 complete.Series
- Part 1 of Songs For No One
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30 May 2026