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  1. Public Bookmark 13

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    “No, we’re dating.”

    The words barely registered in Zanka’s fogged up brain at first.

    He sat there slumped forward in the chair while the man beside him spoke so casually it almost sounded believable.

    “I’m taking him home so he can sleep this off.”

    ...

    What?

    Zanka blinked slowly.

    No.

    That wasn’t right.

    Something cold twisted hard in his stomach as his sluggish thoughts finally began catching up to what was happening. Every instinct he had immediately started screaming at him again.

    Wrong.

    Wrong wrong wrong.

    He didn’t know this guy...

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    12 Jun 2026

  2. Rec 29

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    “Oh yeah? You don’t wanna go talk to dad?” Zanka hissed in mock, like one would to a younger sibling, but Enjin was caught completely off guard.

    He scrunched his nose, a small confused sniffle, and repeated the word to make sure. “Dad?” 

    Him?!

    - OR ! :
    Enjin was not, had never been, and would likely never be a dad - regardless of the fact that he legally had kids. Except .. it just so happened that when one of those kids lost himself to a headspace smaller than usual, Enjin sort of did become a dad. That was okay, he could be a dad sometimes. Probably.

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    11 Jun 2026

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    Enjin has never seen a Skyperson before. That being said, do they normally fall from the Sphere looking like this? Malnourished, scruffy, and concerningly young?

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    Everything is about the same, except Rudo is about ten years old and gets smothered by the Cleaners a lot more.

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    10 Jun 2026

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    The embarrassment and surprise of the whole ordeal shocks Rudo into some clarity. That weird, fuzzy, small feeling fades. And as he straightens up and the movie resumes, he stews on how he was feeling before. Rudo was definitely acting…odd, right? Cuddling with your…coworkers(?) is probably not a normal thing, even in a place as weird as the ground. And why was he feeling so weird? If Enjin and Gris knew all what he was experiencing, they’d probably be creeped out. He can most likely pass it off as being tired or something though, so it was just embarrassing. 

    These people didn’t want that kind of thing from Rudo. He needed to be a strong fighter–a protector! They didn’t want him soft or small or whatever. The only person who ever would is Regto and he’s…

    Rudo can’t quite shake off his tension for the rest of the night, and the movie doesn’t seem as magical as before. He tenses consciously, feeling like a coiled spring, and resolves to be careful and not to let the weird, ‘small’ feeling happen again. 

    It fucking happens again. 

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    10 Jun 2026

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    The man loudly groaned.

    Shut up for a bit.”

    Rudo froze.

    He hadn’t understood a single word in that sentence.

    Or: It’s literally Gachiakuta, except language plays a major role in it.

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    10 Jun 2026