˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ

⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ one ⠀way ⠀or⠀ another,⠀⺌ ⠀i'm
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ gonna ⠀find ⠀ya ⠀.ᐟ⠀ i'm⠀ gonna
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ get'cha,⠀ @WILDCARDFOOLED⠀ .ᐟ

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

ᅠ ᅠ
ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ▌ᅠ ᵃʳᵉᅠʏᴏᴜᅠ𝐌𝐀𝐍ᅠᵉⁿᵒ͟ᵘ͟ᵍ͟ʰ
ᅠᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᵗᵒᅠᵗᵃᵏᵉᅠ₊ ˚ᅠᵗʰᵉᅠ𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐌𝐄
ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᅠ ᶠᵒʳᅠᴛʜɪsᅠ. . .ᐣ
ᅠ ᅠ

[‍ ‍ ‍ ‍ ‍heaven—sent ; @athymania]

maybe you think you saved me? you never saved me. even if you had…it seems i've damned myself, haven't i?

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᵗˢᵘᶦʳᵒᵏᵘᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒂𝒏𝒂.ᅠ‍ 𓉸ྀི @selfexecvtion]

ᅠ ᅠ
ᅠ ᅠ ▌ᅠᵉᵛᵉⁿᅠᶦᶠᅠʷᵉ⠀ᵇʳᵉᵃᵏᅠᶦᵗ'ˢᅠᵃˡʳᶦᵍʰᵗ
ᅠ ᅠᴛʜᴇsᴇᅠʀᴀɢɢᴇᴅᅠ₊ ᅠ˚ᅠ𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐒
ᅠᅠᵖʳᵒᵒᶠᅠᵒᶠᅠˡᵒᵛᵉᅠ��ʰᵃᵗᅠᵐᵃᵏᵉˢᅠᵘˢᅠᵗᶦⁿᵍˡᵉ

ᅠᅠᅠ ᴍᴇʟᴛɪɴɢᅠᴀᴡᴀʏᅠᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇʟʏ
ᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ ᴊᴜsᴛᅠʟɪᴋᴇᅠ𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒ᅠ.ᐟ
ᅠ

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
.ᐣ
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[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
/ a lot.
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
/ hi chat.
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
fine. 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦. if you won't 𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙚 me— then 𝘳𝘶𝘯 . . . before i 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 you .ᐟ

( he pulls out the long awaited gun, raising it and aiming straight for nozori. )
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
( his breath comes too fast now, uneven— like he's been running. his fingers twitch toward his temples before he catches himself, pressing them instead into his thighs hard enough to bruise. )

"be myself—.ᐣ" ( his voice cracks mid—laugh, raw at the edges. ) who 𝘪𝘴
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
okay. you don't— 𝘨𝘰𝘥— you don't even know half of what i've—

( shouki cuts himself off with a choked noise, hands flying up to scrub at his face. when he lowers them, his smile is back— but it's all wrong. twisted. the act is back on as quickly as it left. )
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
real line you've been waiting to deliver .ᐣ
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
( his breath stutters— just once— and for the briefest second, the mask slips enough to reveal the frantic calculation beneath, the desperate scramble to recalibrate his performance. he forces another laugh, but it comes out too breathless, too close to choking. )

ah—aha,
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
theatrical flourish and something far more fractured. )

though— 𝘩𝘢— you're right. "i know" 𝙞𝙨 boring .ᐟ ( a step closer, a hand clearly reaching for something in his pocket, but his other hand trembles where it hangs at his side. ) go on then, nozori. what's the
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
NC.
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[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
/ i almost sent that on the wrong account LMFAO
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

@WILDCARDFOOLED ⠀
but here we are.

( he steps back slightly but doesn't break eye contact. a bitter chuckle slips out before he can stop it— the sound like broken glass wrapped in silk— )

i'd still like to hear it from 𝘺𝘰𝘶, though. speak, 𝘪𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘰.
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
꤮　ꪶ⠀⠀ ࣪ ꯭ @WILDCARDFOOLED ͟*͟ ͟!͟ ₎
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

@WILDCARDFOOLED ⠀
shadows under his eyes, making them look hollow. )

...you don't have to say it. the way you looked at me during the briefing. like you'd seen behind the mask.

( a beat of silence cracks between them like static. his smile comes too fast, too sharp— too practiced .ᐣ )
⠀

[˚͟.ೃᅠ‍ ᶦᵏᵉⁿᵃᵐᶦᅠ‍ 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒌𝒊ᅠ‍ .ᐟ @doublecrxssed]

⠀
. . . ( *💧 )
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