rivals zine 🃏

🥞 “I thought I heard something about delicious pancakes…” 🥞

WE’RE BACK!! In honor of Goro’s birthday, we’re re-releasing Rivals: an Akeshuake Fanzine for one month only! Donate $10 to a charity of your choice and receive an 160+ page zine featuring over 60 contributors!

We’re so thrilled about all the support you’ve shown for this project, and wish you all a rivals-filled pride month!

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He must have dozed off for a while because when something in the air shifts he bolts awake. He pushes himself up and looks over to the other two in the room. Morgana’s back is arched and his hair stands on end. Futaba is frozen next to him and Akira follows her gaze to the attic window. Through the frosted panes, he can make out a figure right outside. The window jostles in its frame. Akira goes for his knife. It slides open and he can’t help freezing in place. Because it’s Goro Akechi stepping through the open window and slamming it closed. It’s Goro Akechi standing at the foot of the mattress, red eyes ablaze.

Even paradise has its regrets

Goro’s just begun to peel the gun from Akira’s grasp when he finally tears himself away. His whole body trembles violently, and he stumbles a little on his feet without his rival to hold him up. 

He raises the gun. And aims it right in the middle of Goro’s forehead.

“Akira…?” His voices comes out so small, so uncertain. He sounds abandoned, lost. But then that disappears, replaced by a certainty that breaks Akira’s heart. “You won't shoot me.”

“I will.”

“No. You won't. Because if there's one thing I know for certain, it's that you love me far too much to ever let me die.”

The tears fighting to escape Akira’s eyes finally win. His grip on the gun trembles. His vision blurs, but he blinks the tears away. He can't afford to miss.

“You’re right,” says Akira, and fires the gun.

so so excited to post my piece for the amazing @rivalszine on ao3 and share it with everyone!!

fandom: persona 5, persona Series rating: general audiences main pairing: akechi goro/persona 5 protagonist side pairings: none chapters: oneshot word count: 2,9K summary:

Under different circumstances, we could have been great rivals... or perhaps even friends."

Timid by nurture but friendly by nature, Ren had struggled to make friends when he first started school; he was neither hated nor beloved by his classmates, but that made him quite lonely, so a new student around was promising. He’d been in desperate need of a playmate and confidant.

A quick, keen-eyed glance around the patio led him to the one figure he couldn’t recognize: a scrawny boy with light brown hair and red eyes, sitting alone on a bench.

“Hi…” Ren gingerly approached the bench, fingers fidgeting.

“Hi,” he replied coldly.

“Do you… wanna go play?” Ren wouldn’t give up so easily.

Designed some digital merch for @rivalszine !

My piece for @rivalszine is now up on ao3!!

No Sorrow (spoiler alert, it's actually a lot of sorrow)

In the Depths (of Your Embrace)

You're the one person I refuse to lose to! You're the one person I refuse to lose.

My piece for the @rivalszine, now live on ao3!

Fic here!

Rating: T Fandom: Persona 5 Royal Characters: Akira Kurusu, Goro Akechi Relationships: Akeshu Notes: Anniversaries, Drunken Shennanigans, Reunions

Summary:

Akira Kurusu has days.

Dates of importance, each with their own special meaning. Remembrance must be observed. It has been observed just so for the past three years.