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[theperfectpsychic]

There's no present or anything special accompanying his ( and Shigeo's, although the elder brings a gift, of course ) arrival. Ritsu gives him a nod of acknowledgement and a polite smile. "Happy Birthday, Reigen-san. Nii-san worked hard to find you something." Seems Reigen is safe from slander 1 day of the year- as long as he appreciates the gift of a crappy novelty tie.

Birthday Asks!!! <3

Like a bodyguard!! Reigen's face GAUNTS itself, but he clears his throat and it was as if the imagery were only imagined.

He sets aside the scratch tickets he'd gifted himself—sweeping away the peeled film by hand to make his desk clean and welcoming. Then offers a smile back, to both of his visitors. It does bring him joy to see the two, and Reigen has to wonder for himself what brought on his gut reaction.

"And here I was, just about to ask what brings you two to my office." (He's just going to purposefully gloss over the fact that one of them works here).

"Oh?" comes the question at seeing Ritsu is empty-handed. Reigen doesn't wait for an answer, however, just as quickly engrossed with the goodie the elder Kageyama brother DID bring, his expression readily shifting into happy anticipation, "thanks!"

It's a Crappy Novelty Tie. Reigen laughs in good humour, "I do wonder what kind of event I'll be wearing this to!"

WAIT!! — THE BODYGUARD — THE SUBTLE WORDING. THIS WASN'T A JOKE GIFT. Reigen sputters on his words. He DIDN'T make Mob cry but maybe he might as well have in Ritsu's eyes?!

"WELP! Today's a good day to wear it, it's just that kind of Special event, you know!! Come on, give me a hug!" Reigen tossed his old tie like it was the snake in this situation, already adjusting his new one before reaching his arms out for a hug. Mob. Now Ritsu. He opens his arms as well. Certainly there was no bad blood at all between the two now and the hug would be accepted! He was sure of it!! A birthday win for Reigen!

[musesthroughtheages]

@obtainedloss​ said:  ❛ Did you ever get one of these? ❜ Out of the blue, Ritsu approaches Wei Wuxian with a sleeve partially rolled up not to showcase marred skin, but the ribbon coiled around his arm. Surely disrespectful to those of the Lan family, but keeping it on himself at all was a miracle in itself. When he'd received it as a gift a short few months ago, he'd been inclined to dispose of it.. yet now he only took it off to bathe. ❛ How important is it truly? ❜

For a moment, Wei Wuxian just stared, first at the headband and then at Ritsu himself.

“Did I get one? No, of course not! It would send Master Lan into an early grave if I ever did,” he replied at last. “Besides, I wouldn’t want one for myself anyway. But it is very, very important.”

Lan Zhan, Lan Zhan, you can’t just take them all in. His surprise was gradually softening into a smile, both for his partner’s eternal softheartedness and for Ritsu. “The only people who have them are Lans. Not just disciples of the sect--members of the clan itself. Trust me, there are places in Cloud Recesses that won’t allow you in unless you’re part of the family.”

[storiestotell]

forget you, i want my final words with you to be indignant and irritated. // @ chuuya in a kid way not a serious one

ways to say i love you: critical role edition

“Y’know, it would’ve sounded a lot better if you learned how to swear. ‘Forget you’ just doesn’t have the same ring as ‘go to hell’ or ‘fuck you’,” Chuuya said with a laugh, his tone less annoyed than usual and more amused. Almost fond. Not that Chuuya would ever admit to being fond of the little brat.

He gave Ritsu a pat on the back - lessen the gravitational pull just enough that the boy’s feet left the ground for a moment.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure they will be.”

[lcnguor]

      * who hurt the child,  she wants to talk

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[impassiveesper]

⭐️⭐️ kagebro time

For each “⭐️” I get, I’ll write a headcanon about our muses.

⭐️ - Growth 

[ Obviously as teens neither Shigeo nor Ristu is done growing but despite being a year older, Mob never does manage to catch up to the lead Ritsu has going for him. Turns out Talented Amazing Good At Everything Little Brother will not ever have to strike “growing” off his list of things he has unwittingly outclassed Shigeo at. It’s okay, though. As much as Shigeo wants to be yolked, he doesn’t hold any ill will about being the smaller and stringier of the two.  If anything, seeing Ritsu grow up strong and healthy makes Shigeo feel immeasurably proud.  There just isn’t room left for jealousy or inferiority take root. The brotherly pride is just too big. ]

⭐️ - Care 

[ Idk if this counts as a headcanon bc it’s pretty well substantiated by the canon imo, but I think Ritsu is very protective of Shigeo and can be weirdly territorial around certain people he sees Shigeo spending time with. This is particularly true if this is a new person or somebody he thinks might be misrepresenting themselves to Shigeo.  It’s not that Ritsu thinks his brother is an idiot or that he can’t take care of himself, but rather, he’s spent his whole life witnessing the way Shigeo interacts with the world.  He wouldn’t be the first to get the impression that Shigeo can’t read social situations and doesn’t know what he’s doing, but ever since their non-fight and the incident with Claw, Ritsu has come to appreciate just how strikingly deliberate a lot of Shigeo’s behavior is. He sees Shigeo’s unprompted restraint and boundless compassion as a very-much-intended principle of his rather than a character flaw or a mark of naïveté. It’s the reason Ritsu is one of the only people who doesn’t tell Shigeo he should be taking care of things himself when he’s being bullied. Ritsu be like “I have no qualms strangling this guy to death on school grounds specifically so you don’t have to, it’s fine, what’s a little homicide between brothers? We both remember that one time 🙃”

On the flip side, Mob shows care in much more subtle everyday ways most of the time. Save for unplanned 100% exceptions, Mob does a lot of his protecting Ritsu by doing things like making sure the laundry is done on time when it’s his turn, letting Ritsu have the last piece of fish or the rest of his dessert, offering praise and congratulations when Rtisu does well at something, offering a warm towel from the dryer in the winter time, or watching TV / playing video games with Ritsu even if Mob isn’t that interested in whatever they’ve chosen to engage with. Mob tries to encourage Ritsu at every turn and set a good example for his younger brother by being a what he thinks a good older brother is.  Setting an example is something Mob finds challenging given Ritsu’s mastery of all the things Mob can’t quite figure out for himself, but even so, it’s important to Mob that he consistently tries his best to show Ritsu what a good person should be.  Mob may not realize this consciously a lot of the time, but he pretty much always seeks to model things like gentleness and compassion and fairness whenever Ritsu is looking. The idea of Ritsu internalizing the idea of him in any other light just isn’t something he’s okay with. Here I made you a gif, I hope it punctuates my point. ]

[kleinemeine-m]

      ❝ excuse me. ❞

      the jeweler made their way to the teen, service dog matching in pace with them before coming to a stop. they gave a bow, moving their hat to be out of the way before speaking again.  ❝ sorry for getting in the way of what you might be in the middle of right now but i was wondering if you could help me for a moment. i'm struggling to understand the handwriting in a note i was given today for a place i wanted to visit so i was wondering if you could understand it better than me. ❞  trailing off as they pulled out the mention paper with the address, plum stopped in the moment of looking to the other once more.

      ❝ actually.... do i know you? ❞

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[nikkousan]

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           “This can’t look good...” The redhead had been perched outside the school gate for a little while, but she was starting to wonder about the (clearly middle school age) girl who’d contacted her wanting information. Maybe she’d decided against it? Maybe she couldn’t get out of class? Just why did she want to meet at this time anyway? It was over half an hour past the planned meeting time and school wasn’t even out yet-- And just what did a middle schooler need of an informant? The whole situation was enough to spark genuine concern.

             Just how did she herself look? An adult woman loitering outside with no clear purpose? “Mnh... maybe five more minutes... I’ll wait until then...”

[talkngflowers-m]

          Amongst  the  eerie  silence  that  persisted  throughout  the  basement  floor,  the  broadcasting  clubs  door  sounded  akin  to  a  cry  of  pain  upon  being  pried  open  by  mortal  hands.

❝  BOO——!!  ❞ 

❝  oh?  hold  on  a  sec——!!  you’re  not  who  i  was  expecting!!  you  the  new  janitor  i’ve  been  hearin’  about??  ❞

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