#tskhn

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art request of koganegawa alerting hinata of tsukki wearing the pink rio shirt 🤣

[w1nter-ch3rry]

"come home with me!"

fem!tskhn hadestown au pt.1

shoyou was a poor girl, but she had a gift to give..she could make you see how the world could be, in spite of the way that it is

kei was a hungry young girl, and she had seen how the world was..when she fell, she fell in spite of herself, in love with shoyou

[losvoleiboles]

Let's start with a little TsukiHina story illustrated with some simple doodles (originally done in 2021 for TsukiHina Magic Week Day 1: Curses/Blessings).

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Moon's Child: A TsukiHina Tale

The Tsukishimas were a big family. However, none of their seven children had managed to conceive a healthy child of their own. They had tried every remedy they could think of, even traveled to far away lands looking for the counsel of renowned healers and witches, but to no avail. The bloodline seemed doomed to end there.

One night, out of sheer desperation, the matriarch, who was already well into old age, used her last breaths to pray to whomever was listening. And through the veil of life and death, the Moon heard her prayers and promised her that every Tsukishima to come would be blessed with a child. And, that that child would grow healthily and live a long and prosperous life.

The only thing the Moon wanted in exchange was that, if they ever manage to conceive a second, they would belong to her. The next day, the younger daughter was pregnant.

Fast-forward a couple generations, it was a full moon the night Maiko Tsukishima gave birth to her second child and the child’s pale skin seemed to glow beneath the moonlight that filtered through the window. They called him Kei.

The Tsukishimas briefly worried about the old pact, but years passed, and the child grew healthy; so they gathered the Moon’s boon might have run his course.

The Moon, though, didn’t have a sense of time like humans did.

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Kei was seven, when he met Hinata for the first time. Hinata who was loud, annoying and always pestering him. They fought more often than not, but you could rarely see one without the other. “We are not friends though”, they would swear if anyone asked.

One day, when they were barely 15, Kei disappeared. Hinata looked in every one of the usual places, under their favorite tree, next to the creek were the frogs gather, even in a cave on the forest when they once took shelter from the rain; but Kei was nowhere to be found. So, he went to the Tsukishima’s, and there he learned about the old pledge.

“I will find him whatever it takes, and I will bring him back”, he promised, not a trace of doubt in his face.

Thus, Hinata traveled the world, looking for people who still believed in the old magic, people who could give him answers.

He crossed seas, climbed mountains, fought agains terrible creatures. Until one day, on a remote town at the edges of the world, he found an old lady, her mother had been a Moon priestess.

“The only way to reach the Moon’s realm is with a blessing from the Sun”, he told him. So, Hinata’s quest continued.

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Everything was dark and humidity seeped through his clothes. He didn’t know how long he has been in this place, time didn’t seem to pass here, on the Moon’s realm. He felt no hunger or thirst. However, he was sure his body was growing.

Loneliness consumed Kei’s every thought. “I wish he had taken me as a baby. If you don’t know something, you can’t miss it, right?”, he often thought. But he did know, and he did miss.

He missed his family, he missed his brother and his books, and all the little creatures he used to observe (there was nothing here). And, most of all, he missed Shouyou, with his bright smile and his loud voice… and his constant presence… he missed him so badly sometimes he thought it was gonna kill him.

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“Let me pass, I have to get in there”

“You’ll have to go through me”, roared the mighty dragon.

It was an arduous battle, both bled and tiredness seeped through their bones, but at last Hinata managed to defeat the fiery creature.

“Now you’ll let me meet the god Sun.”

“You already have, child. I am the Sun and you passed the test. This sword is imbued with my light, there’s no darkness it cannot reach.”

“How do I find it, the dark side of the moon?”, asked Hinata hesitantly.

“Just close your eyes and think of what you most desire, the sword will guide you”

When Hinata opened his eyes, everything surrounded him was in complete darkness. For a moment, he panicked, then he remembered the sword. “Deep breath, focus, find Tsukki”. Suddenly he felt it, he barely didn’t notice drawing his sword and slicing through the darkness.

“A light?”

Kei looked up, tear tracks on his face, the brightness hurt his eyes, but he couldn’t make himself look away. Then he saw something, a figure coming from the light.

“Is that... Shouyou?”. It can’t be, he must be hallucinating.

The figure (Shoyou?) descended besides him.

“Hey, Tsukki! At last, I found you. Don’t tell me you forgot about me”, with a bright but slightly teary smile Shoyou offered his hand and Kei took it and propped himself up.

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Don’t know how long they stood there, taking each other in. Then, Hinata lunged forward, his surprisingly strong arms wrapping around Kei’s waist and enveloping him in a crushing hug.

“I missed you”

“What? Didn’t have anyone to annoy", Kei quipped, "missed you too.”

"So...let's get out of here"

[strwberrykei]

✍️ ; GLIMPSE OF THE PAST

tw // mentions of past verbal abuse

He wasn’t supposed to yell. Kei was always a composed person, but maybe it was the fatigue creeping in and all his frustrations that built up for him to no longer contain what he’s been keeping inside for the past few weeks — he exploded, and that led to the guilt crippling up his skin.

The victim of his outburst, his boyfriend, Shoyo, is now locked up in their shared room and it breaks Kei to be the reason he’s crying. Really, it’s not Shoyo’s fault that the coffee he made for Kei spilled on the plates Kei was making. Shoyo’s intention was to only give Kei the coffee he asked for.

Kei knew. He knew damn well how much Shoyo hates getting yelled at. He knew how the action triggers memories Shoyo tries so hard to repress and forget. He knew yet he did it anyway. He blamed himself for the current situation they’re in. He should have kept his feelings under control.

If Shoyo could hear Kei’s thoughts, he’d for sure chastise the blonde for being too hard on himself as he was already tired and in dire need of rest, but that still doesn’t change the fact that Kei triggered something unpleasant for his lover.

“Love?” Kei pleaded at the door, desperately hoping that Shoyo would open the door and let him in, “please, I, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have yelled at you. I knew how much you hated it.

Sniffles and a bit of shuffling was heard from the other side of the door, “You know, Kei… one of the reasons I chose to be a psychology major was because of this. I used to blame myself every time my dad would yell and verbally abuse me. I.. I wanted people who go through that, that they’re not alone, that it’s not their fault. They’re a victim,” by now, a fresh set of tears were running down Shoyo’s cheeks and another burn in his throat rose, “When you yelled at me earlier, I blamed myself once again. I saw the face of my father telling me that I’m a ‘no good child’ and that I ‘should’ve been aborted.”

“I’m sorry…” Kei said with so much remorse as he leaned his forehead against his side of the door.

“I know you didn’t mean for it to happen,” Shoyo also leaned his forehead on his side of the door. None of them knew that they were mirroring each other’s actions, “I know you regret it. I know you’re sorry, but I just need time, ok?”

“Of course, love, whenever you’re ready,” Kei took a deep breath, regrets of what he did never leaving his system, it would be there for a while, “I love you.”

“I know. I love you.” Shoyo heard footsteps until the sound faded. He felt like his trauma was a curse, bound to haunt him until his last breath, but he knew it can get better. It will get better, hopefully for his case.

Afterall, it was never his fault, right?

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let's go to comic con! 💥

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tsukki at work 🦕

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you fought well.

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cozy mornings