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For one of the first times in his life, Akechi’s speechless. He knows what his old self would say—You couldn’t possibly understand how I feel, attic trash—but Akechi is tired. Tired of his old self swirling in his heart, full of rage. Tired of his “new” self poised in his mind, which is so stuffed with rationality and psychoanalysis that he’s nothing more than a cast off shell. He’s just fucking tired.
“Listen,” Akira continues. “Why don’t we just…start over? I know that might be difficult given what we’ve been through, but you came back here for a reason, right?”
Akechi almost barks out a laugh. Typical Kurusu, with the keen ability to read him so well. With the quiet charisma he begrudgingly admired. It tugs and pulls at his chest like a puppet on strings.
“You haven’t changed,” Akechi says.
Akira grins sheepishly, placing a hand on his neck. “Play me at chess, and you’ll figure out what has.”
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Seven years later, Akira and Akechi begin again.
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02 Feb 2026
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“Come on, Ren-kun,” Yukari nudges Ren as he slumps. “I dove into being Pink Argus with little experience myself, and I haven’t regretted it since. Maybe you’ll feel the same.”
Ren thinks about it. His life really couldn’t and shouldn’t revolve completely around the shadow world, he supposes. And he’s not obligated to do any more than this if acting doesn’t agree with him after all.
Ann’s going to freak. Futaba is going to lose her shit.
“You remember the Phantom Thieves of Hearts business a few years back?” The director asks. “It won’t be a complete one to one, but I do have to admit that this series’ plot is loosely based on it.”
Okay, now that’s just unfair. Now Ren has to take the role.
So that’s how Ren becomes a Featherman Ranger.
Or, Amamiya Ren becomes a Featherman actor, bases his character off Akechi, and the real Akechi Goro disastrously simps from afar.
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26 Jan 2026
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"Il me manque" is a French expression that means "I miss him." However, if translated a little more directly with no attention paid to language conventions, it means "he is missing me."
23 years old and months deep into therapy, Akechi Goro has moved into a new apartment to get a bit of a fresh start. The last thing he expects (or needs) is to run into Kurusu Akira at a hole-in-the-wall café.
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02 Dec 2025
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With a week to go until Maruki’s deadline, Akechi spends some time, one-on-one, with each of the Phantom Thieves.
Featuring Gorbs, pancakes, dance battles, showtimes, nail painting, nightmares, anger management, philosophical musing and more than a few difficult conversations.
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05 Nov 2025
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I Would Die For Xiao From The Wanmin Test Kitchen by fifthwind
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
25 Apr 2021
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When Zhongli offered him a job for the millionth time and he finally accepted, Venti never thought that he would have to film his disastrous gourmet experiments so people on the internet could laugh at him. It's nice, though. Until Xiao shows up, and being in the kitchen goes from pleasant and relaxing to a constant struggle not to let his (very obvious) crush show.
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26 Oct 2025