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Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Ahkmou causes a blackout in class. Takua panics in the sudden darkness and runs off to the washroom, where he uses some of his light to calm himself down. The lights go out in there, too, and he pushes the darkness away with his power. Someone sets off the fire alarm, and before he comes out of the washroom Takua sees someone run off. Outside, Krahka realizes Tahu's class smells like Makuta. They all quickly realize that whatever's going on is coming from inside the classroom. Takua ditches class to come help purify the classroom.

Relevant chapter:

Chapter 77

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🗓 Monday, February 17th, 2025

More and more people in Tahu's class are starting to get sick. Hewkii has it worst, and Kongu and Tamaru go home early. Takua gets a horrible feeling when he walks into the classroom and doesn't know why. Tahu is keeping the lights off to help with his migraine. After school, Ahkmou goes through a list of his classmates, trying to figure out who his shadow sickness has been affecting most. He eventually comes to the conclusion that it's affecting Takua the least, and thinks that might mean he's the Toa of Light. He hates that idea because he's starting to kind of like Takua, and decides to do some testing to see if it's true.

Relevant chapter:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/39922968/chapters/142147591

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🗓 Friday, February 14th, 2025

It's Valentine's day! Matau decorates the office for Vakama and Nokama. Onua’s class exchanges Valentines first thing, and Lewa drops by to give him a quick kiss. Tahu is normal about his date with Gali tonight. He overhears a conversation between Kopaka and Pohatu and assumes they're going out, which baffles him. At lunch, Takua pesters Jaller about asking Hahli out, which he continues to not do. Takua hands out Valentines to most of his class, noticing that they're getting sick. Ahkmou sneers at his, but seems genuinely happy when Takua calls him his friend. In the staff room, Kopaka is normal about his outing with Pohatu tonight while the others discuss their Valentine's plans. He still doesn't know what to make of Pohatu’s invitation, and trying to puzzle it out confuses and embarrasses him.

After school, Tahu and Gali pick up groceries. Gali makes Tahu talk about his anxieties over this being their first Valentine's, and reassures him that they don't need the whole pomp and circumstance. Kopaka and Pohatu get drinks from a crowded cafe, and Pohatu briefly holds Kopaka's hand. Lewa and Onua make out a bit before Onua invites Lewa to move in with him. The answer is an enthusiastic yes. Kopaka and Pohatu go for their walk together and have a conversational little chat. Pohatu holds Kopaka's hand again, and Kopaka stops to ask what's going on. Pohatu loses his balance and Kopaka catches him, and Pohatu asks Kopaka if he can kiss him. They go to Kopaka's house to feed Moon and talk. Whenua and Nuju continue their tradition of getting dressed up in their nicest clothes to go out for fast food. At Kopaka's house, Pohatu confesses that he's been in love with Kopaka for a long time and knows that Kopaka feels the same. Kopaka needs time to process this, but readily accepts Pohatu and holds him tight, finally managing to say he loves Pohatu too.

Relevant chapters:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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🗓 Thursday, February 13th, 2025

Kopaka is reading crime fiction in an attempt to get a better understanding of romantic relationships from the romance subplot when he gets a text from Pohatu asking if he wants to hang out tomorrow. He agrees to before remembering that it's Valentine's day tomorrow. He convinces himself that Pohatu is just asking him to spend time together as friends, but gets increasingly flustered at the idea of spending Valentine's with Pohatu. Meanwhile, Pohatu is giddy at finally properly asking Kopaka out and hoping that by the end of the day tomorrow he will have been able to finally confess his feelings.

Relevant chapter:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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🗓 Tuesday, February 11th, 2025

Takua invites Ahkmou to play soccer at recess, figuring that if he feels more included he'll be less of a jerk. Ahkmou shoots him down. Later, in class, Hewkii seems to be coming down with something.

Relevant chapter:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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🗓 Friday, February 7th, 2025

It's the last PA day before the latest round of report cards are due, and Nokama has brought donuts for the staff room. Pohatu drags Tahu to get some and grabs a date square for Kopaka. Onewa asks Tahu how his apartment hunt is going and Tahu says he's not sure how long he'll have this job so he's hesitant to move to Kini Nui. Vakama explains that KNPS has an exception to the board's seniority list so there can always be Toa there and that he's not losing his job any time soon, so Tahu makes the decision to move. Onua tells Whenua he wants to explore the tunnel system for his mental health and Whenua encourages him to do so. He also gives him some Valentine's advice with Lewa. Onewa worries that Ahkmou is cheating in French class since his test scores are way higher out of the blue. Pohatu has finally put two and two together that Onewa and Krahka are married.

Kopaka has a meeting with Nuju about his students' IEPs, then hesitantly asks him about his early relationship with Whenua. He's confused why Nuju would move into a cave with him when they were the werebeasts. Nuju says he was lonely, and Whenua understood him, made the effort to be with him, whatever he was. Kopaka reflects on the differences and similarities between their situation and his love for Pohatu. Vakama and Nokama are about to go meet Matau for lunch when Axonn calls from the board office. He announces that he's going to be visiting the school in a couple of weeks.

Relevant chapters:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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🗓 Friday, January 31st, 2025

Tahu's class is supposed to be having a lesson in the library today, but Ahkmou starts messing with his powers and causing problems. He covers Whenua's computer screen with darkness so they can't use it and flicks at Kapura to get him arguing with Nuhrii. He's about to start bothering Matoro and Kopeke, but suddenly realizes he understands their sign language perfectly when he definitely didn't before. When Tahu declares that they're going to go work on their history projects instead, Ahkmou releases his hold on the computer screen to get out of it. Later that night, Makuta visits him, annoyed at his lack of progress and that all he's using his powers for is to harass people. He demands that Ahkmou stay on track and either bring him the Toa of Light or kill them himself.

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🗓 Wednesday, January 29th, 2025

Matoro corners Takua at recess and demands to know what was going on at New Year's. He's kept quiet about it, but he wants answers. Takua does his best to dodge his questions, but winds up explaining that yes, it was real, he has powers, and he can't say anything because it's a big secret. He begs Matoro not to say anything and runs off when Matoro promises not to. Matoro goes to hang out with Kopeke instead, who teases him about having a crush on Takua, which he denies. Meanwhile, Lewa runs into Kopaka in the staff room. He's given himself a paper cut, and Lewa offers to bandage it up for him. Kopaka says Lewa is more patient than he'd thought, which flusters Lewa a little.

Relevant chapter:

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works