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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Blue Period (Manga), Blue Period (Anime) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Murai Yakumo/Yaguchi Yatora, Takahashi Yotasuke & Yaguchi Yatora, Hashida Haruka & Yaguchi Yatora, Ayukawa Yuka & Yaguchi Yatora Characters: Yaguchi Yatora, Murai Yakumo, Takahashi Yotasuke, Hashida Haruka, Hachiro Kenji, Kakinokizaka Momoyo, Ayukawa Yuka Additional Tags: Character Study, Introspection, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Suicide, Self-Hatred, Self-Esteem Issues, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Mild Smut, Praise Kink, Scars, Yatora: I don't think I'm a good person, Everyone in his life: The fuck did you say?, Jealousy, Spoilers From Volume 13, Sharing a Bed, Falling In Love, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Devotion, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Drunken Flirting, She/They Pronouns for Ayukawa Yuka Summary:
“You’re the muse, not the canvas.” The fingers uncurled themselves from the fabric and Yotasuke stepped ahead of him. They didn’t say anything for the rest of the walk to the station but the words kept ringing in Yatora’s head.
You're the muse, not the canvas
Yatora knew that, he knew that in every art piece he created in a way he was throwing everything that was swirling inside of him onto the canvas, but wasn’t everything around them in a way a canvas as well?
Anything could be used to make art, including oneself.
Or
An assignment on self-hatred, leads Yatora to creating a list of things that he hates about himself, when his friends discover said list, they do everything in their power to prove to Yatora that the points he makes on that list are so far from the truth, that it's ridiculous.