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    chiaroscuro: the interplay of darkness and light.

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    “We’re called guardians,” Kuro says. “Over time, people have had different names for us, but it really all comes back to that. We’re shifters, shaper-changers… the name doesn’t really matter. What does is that we’re supposed to keep the two kinds of magical forces in the world balanced.” He rattles this off with a roll of his eyes, as though it’s something he’s heard many times over.

    Kenma thinks back to the curling snake made of shadows, to Sugawara’s words: People who shine brightly attract a lot of darkness.

    “Shadows and light,” he says, not quite a question.

    Kuro nods approvingly. “Basically, yeah. There’s a bit more to it than that—shadow magic is born of independence, of isolation and loneliness. Light magic is connections, the relationships between people. Most people have a low dose of both, go through their entire lives not realizing there’s magic in the world.”

    “But not you,” Kenma prompts.

    “Unfortunately.”

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    After stopping just long enough to shower at Osamu's and acquire the right bribe at Onigiri Miya, he went to the one place in Tokyo he knew would not make him witness whatever Akaashi and Bokuto had going on. Or, at the very least, certainly wouldn’t give him hives walking across the floor.

    Which was how he found himself on Sakusa Kiyoomi's far-too-fancy-for-a-university-student doorstep.

    Sakusa, naturally, had immediately tried to close the apartment door in his face.

     

    Or: Nobody knew Kageyama and Hinata were together. Everyone knew Sakusa and Atsumu were together, except for Sakusa and Atsumu.

     

    Edit: Now with a Vietnamese translation by SilverWind126! https://archiveofourown.org/works/58399771

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    19 Aug 2024

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    “I bet this cost an arm and a leg.”

    “Yeah, it did.” Kenma sighs wistfully, and a cocky smile plays at the edges of his lips like he’s proud of the fact that he's shelling out so that Kuroo looks paid for. It makes Kuroo want to give him whatever he wants whenever he wants it. The moon? Deal. The crown jewels? Absolutely. Kuroo’s still beating and bloody heart in the palm of his hand? Done.

    “And you don’t mind? Spending this kind of money on me?”

    “I just like getting you nice things,” Kenma replies, his voice is quiet, almost like he’s talking to himself, “Is that so bad?”

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    29 Jul 2024

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    Fresh off the victory of Alabasta, Sanji finds himself face-to-face with a much older Zoro. Naturally, things escalate quickly.

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    15 Apr 2024

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    “Oh! Did you grow up eating this, Sanji? You’re from the North Blue, right?”

    There is a brief moment where Sanji considers strangling the little doctor, as he can feel the focus of everyone on the ship land squarely on him.

    Law’s eyes narrow at that, and Sanji can see them briefly flick in the direction of where Franky and Brook are now bemoaning their lack of knowledge about his background, and then slowly move back until they were focused on him instead.

    Oh. This was a mistake.


    Trafalgar Law has the weirdest accent he's ever heard, and is clearly hiding something. Sanji is determined to get to the bottom of it.

    The Straw Hats' chef speaks the Northern language like no one else Law has ever heard, and Law is intent on picking that mystery apart.

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    He’s a little thing, maybe four or five years old if she had to guess, and that would be concerning enough considering he’s alone in the woods, a quarter of the way up a mountain and at least a mile away from civilization all by his lonesome. But Nami’s always been the observant type of person; had to be, to get by for most of her life, and to be a good navigator, and this kid? This kid is setting off all the warning bells in her mind. Not the kid himself, mind you; but at all the little details that are telling her that he really should not be here.

    When Law goes missing during a stop on a quiet, out-of-the-way island, the Hearts and the visiting Straw Hats immediately drop everything to find him. But instead of the captain, they find a small boy with a familiar face who just wants to go home.

    As investigations into the strange nature of the island and what has happened bear fruit, both crews are left with the uncomfortable realization that they don't know how to predict how or if Law will be able to return.

    Or worse: if he'll even want to come back at all.

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    08 Apr 2024