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  1. Public Bookmark 25

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    "You always deny my touch forest boy!" Ao'nung protested, the smile on his face turning into his usual smirk. His arms reached for his companion again, he loved teasing his best friend, probably more than anything. 

    "I need to tell you something." 

    Both his arms dropped to his sides limply as Neteyam pulled away from him once again. Ao'nung could feel a dread coming down on him.

     

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    Neteyam finally had the courage build up to spill his secret to the only person who needed to know.

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    16 Apr 2026

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    "Son," Jake tried again, his voice a whisper as he ignored the jeering of Quaritch beside him and the frenzy of the Mangkwan. The only thing that mattered to him was his son. "Please, you have to remember. It's me, Jake, your dad. And those are your brother's, Lo'ak and Spider, and your sisters, Kiri and Tuk."

    Neteyam's hand momentarily stilled, putting a stop to the sacrificial markings he had been painting across Jake's skin. The conflict on his face was impossible to hide, physically paining Jake when he couldn't reach out to embrace his son and tell him that everything would be okay.

    "I don't--"

    "Bro," Lo'ak cut him off, pleading as he fought against his restraints. "We have to get out of here, it's not safe. We can explain everything to you once we get back."

    "No," he quickly hissed, shooting down anyone else who dared to speak against him. Before handing off the wooden bowl of paint and storming away, Neteyam seethed, "I am the son of Varang, and my place is with the Mangkwan. I don't know who any of you are."

    or... Neteyam couldn't remember anything except his name and the voices of his past. Luckily, he had Varang and the Mangkwan to guide him through it.

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    08 Apr 2026

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    “Hey, Indou!” someone from midfield shouted, laughing between breaths. “Careful—Tsujinaka’s takin’ pictures of ya like he’s in love or somethin’!”

    “Shut up,” Hikaru snapped, voice sharp. “Yoshiki ain’t gay.”

    “Damn bro, calm down,” someone muttered. “Didn’t know you were his bodyguard.”

    “Maybe he’s got you whipped,” another chimed. They erupted in laughter again.

    Hikaru kicked the ball hard. Too hard. It smacked into the fence with a metallic clang that made a few heads jerk up.

    “Knock that shit off,” Hikaru barked, shoving past a teammate. “I said he ain’t gay. Don’t fucking talk about him like that.”

    One wrong reaction shatters everything between them, leaving Hikaru wrestling with a fear he can’t name and Yoshiki trying to pretend he doesn't exist. What follows is a slow, aching unravel: avoidance, regret, the steady realization that losing Yoshiki hurts more than anything Hikaru was trying to protect himself from.

    A short, four-chapter "what if" story about bad timing, teenage feelings, and the clumsy way boys learn what it means to be truly honest with each other and themselves.

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    18 Feb 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 39

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    Yoshiki has loved Hikaru for as long as he can remember. He just didn’t realize it until the summer.

    Hikaru keeps doing things: small things, dangerous things that threaten to unravel everything Yoshiki has worked hard to keep together.

    A prequel to the inevitable. To miss someone before they’re gone… that’s how it all began.

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    10 Feb 2026

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    Kiri and Tsireya never found Lo'ak on that shore, so he has to come to terms with his attempt on his own.

    However, after a horrible nightmare, Jake offers to soothe Lo'ak with tsaheylu, something he hasn't done in years. Lo'ak accepts, not thinking about what else his dad might find amongst his swirling, poisoned thoughts.

     

    Or, Lo'ak's struggles with the weight of his grief vs Jake's C- parenting that he might be able to upgrade to a B+ when he realizes how much pain his son is in.

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    26 Jan 2026