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Mondo thinks he cannot truly show himself to anyone. He straight-up tells Makoto in his freetimes, ‘I can’t show weakness.’ He’s 100% convinced that if his gang knew the truth about Daiya’s death, they would despise him.

And so Mondo lies. He covers up the truth about Daiya’s death. He postures. He tries so hard to convince everyone that he’s strong, that he has no weaknesses, that he’s fearless. Because Mondo is so sure that if people see the ugliest parts of him – the flaws and the weaknesses and the mess and the sharp edges – they will hate him.

Then he kills Chihiro. And he lies. He tries to defend himself, he lashes out when the others start suspecting him. Of course he lies. It’s all he knows. He lied about Daiya, and now he lies about Chihiro. It’s his impulse: don’t let anyone see the truth, don’t let anyone know the terrible things you’ve done, don’t let them see the monster that you really are –

(He’s not a monster, he’s a traumatised kid who was never taught that he was allowed to be vulnerable. But he doesn’t understand that, and now he’ll never get the chance.)

And. Then.

Kisses for the birthday boy 🎁 🎂 makoto neagi!!

Thats basically all the pairings that I’ve seen of makoto that I remembered of I even ship some of them but I’m not telling 👀

“If I shed all the skin on my body

And wore your skin instead

Would I be able to get a little closer to you?”

EVERYONE PLEASE LISTEN TO THE FROG’S AND MY LOVE ROMANCE (sped up ver) BY MOTHY ITS SO SHINSAI I SWEAAAAAR

what a beautiful couple ☺️

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