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    Mydei sets the basket down by the bed, noticing his mother jolt at the sound.

    “Mother, why is your hair white all of a sudden?”

    The figure in bed gasps, eyes peeking from under the blanket. The voice that answers is low, rough, so unmistakably deeper than Gorgo’s. And he knows exactly who this voice belongs to.

    “Worry not, my child. It seems like an effect of the illness.”

    “Hm. Okay. So why is your voice deeper than usual?”

    “I’m just hoarse, darling.” Gorgo never calls him darling. “Since I’ve been coughing all night.”

    The blanket shifts again, and Mydei’s gaze drops lower, to the weird lump tenting the blanket right in the middle.

    “I see. But there is one thing I cannot understand, Mother.” He emphasizes the word, eyes locked at the obvious excitement of the wolf currently impersonating his mother.

    “Why is the blanket tenting like that?”

    Wait, this is not how the fairy tale goes...

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    “Look, this might sound a little strange… but could you hear me out for a moment?” Phainon asks, his tone hopeful.

    Mydei supposes he signed himself to it. He gives a short nod. Phainon fidgets with the bandage between his fingers.

    “I wanted today to be special.” He pauses, his shoulders dropping slightly. “There’s someone I’ve wanted to ask out for a long time.”

    Oh, by Nikador balls. Mydei was really going to have to sit here and listen to Phainon gush about his undying crush on Cyrene, wasn’t he? He clenches his fists inside the costume, a wave of discomfort washing over him.

    Mydei is working part-time as a mascot at the recently opened Chimera Park. While wearing his Fig Stew costume, he unexpectedly befriends a cheerful teenager, who happens to be both his classmate and his long-time secret crush for over two years, Phainon.

    What could possibly go wrong?

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    17 Feb 2026

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    Mydei crosses his arms. “How are you of all people supposed to help me get through Christmas with my family?” he asks dryly.

    Phainon’s brows lift. “Huh.” When he doesn’t elaborate, Mydei gives him a look. “Well,” he says. “It’s just that I think I have a similar problem. With family. And Christmas.” He grimaces. “If I don’t come home with a boyfriend, I think my mother will kill me.”

    Mydei’s eyes narrow. “Did you tell Cipher that? She probably thinks we can help each other.”

    Phainon’s scoffs. “How? By pretending to date each other?”

    Tired of their families pressuring them about significant others at Christmas, Mydei and Phainon agree to pretend to date each other and then break up after the holidays. Things don't go as planned.

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    08 Jan 2026

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    The problem with Phainon is that—well. There's actually no problem with Phainon, if you discount the fact that he works six days a week and spends his single day off being on-call; his intertwining savior-hero-martyr complex (according to Cyrene); his ugly rusted beat-up truck (according to Hyacine); his general demeanor and boring lifestyle (according to Cipher).

    In which Phainon has an ethical crisis.

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    08 Jan 2026

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    In which Mydei is less and less able to ignore how desperately attractive he finds Phainon's strength

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    08 Jan 2026