#bffnate

i feel like the first time he hears about mr bunny is like in an out of context moment when shes talking to kit like how she needed to probably fix him or something and nate just later goes to her like ‘whos mr bunny’ and hana just. kinda awkwardly explains about it after trying to dance around the topic but nate is too stubborn to let it go cause he needs. to know what the heck is called mr bunny but also cause hes already kinda suspicious cause he also has a plushie called mr sharky so yeah. he just needs to know the deets lol

and when hana tells him eventually, nate just kinda lights up and at first hana is just super afraid hes gonna laugh at her and belittle her but he just. grabs her by the hand like “you have to see this!” and hana is so confused and probably high key scared like oh my god now this supposed school bad boy knows one of her secrets and hes dragging her to hIS DORM OH GOD but nate just flings the door open and pulls hana in and just leaves her standing there as he goes to gather all his plushie friends and just walks back to hana with arms full of sharks and hes like looking at her with shining eyes full of excitement and is just like

“heres all my friends!”

nate being buried in friends and shark plushies is the visual i most definitely needed today omg

i gotchu pal no worries <3

➭ after the first couple of more difficult skyte calls from home, they have a pact with mads that whenever theres a call from home to either of them, they are going to be there for each others background support. not on camera, but just in the room to listen in on the conversation and to make sure everythings going fine, or if its not, they are there for each other as immediate support if needed

➭ pixiefeathers; things like this often end up with either of two things; 1. they build up a blanket fort that covers literally the entire dorm room (kit has enough blankets for that, fight me), fill it with pillows and plushies and fairylights everywhere, and just cuddle up in a pile in the middle of the room under some blankets and on the bean bag chair, and either play some comfort games or binge bisney movies, or 2. they lock themselves into the arts center, find the biggest canvas/roll of paper they can, spread it on the floor and just. smash paint on it. if its good enough weather, they might do this outside, but in the arts center they are surely able to have some peace for all this and no outsiders looking at them taking their frustrations out on literally slamming paint on the canvas/paper covered floor tho

➭ pinkfeathers; hana understands home troubles really well, so she makes sure that kit is as comfortable as they possibly can; she sits them down to watch or listen something relaxing, lights up some of their favorite scented candles, braids their hair or gives them a relaxing scalp massage while just chatting the time away. talking about school work. about her friends, her roommate, the normal boots club. telling them about the stray kittens and what hana has seen them doing recently. stuff about the hidden block club. just anything to take kits mind off of things

➭ yungfeathers; luke is like. really good at comfort things tho? he’ll offer hugs and cuddles as much as needed, and if physical contact feels gross at the time, he’ll talk with you about anything you want and sings to you and makes you watch fun cat videos he found online. maybe luke doesnt always know how to say the right things, but honestly? kit doesnt really mind it, cause they know luke is trying the best he can and its a really nice distraction either way. plus he often tries to egg kit to sing along with him, which always ends up in a competition which one can get louder than the other, which is a really good way to spend the pent up negative energy and luke always. lets them win tbh lol

➭ spacefeathers; jeff goes full on dad mode, tbh. if kit wants to talk about it, he’ll def offer a shoulder to cry on, but if not, hes absolutely prepared for some comfort time tbh; video games, bunch of treats, relaxing atmosphere, he’ll drown them in his hidden block jacket for maximum comfort. he’ll hold them close through all of this, give them positive and encouraging words throughout all them vidjy gams, and just makes sure that kit has the best time they can to relax and be comfortable ~

➭ caddifeathers; so caddy is. immediately on the fucking warpath lets be clear on that. hes constantly asking whos ass he needs to slaughter, like. not up to the point where hes literally demanding details out of kit or anything, he doesnt do that - honestly he doesnt even need to know the reason, just who made them that upset, and hes ready to throw down. which overtime becomes a really comforting thing to kit tbh, even if caddy is serious about it all, but its like. so nice to know that they have a friend like him who is so ready to kick some ass just to see them smile again tho

➭ didyouknowfeathers; shane is immediately defensive over kit tho. like he usually doesnt show it that he cares, but someone as close as family or friends makes them upset? shane is ready to kick some ass tbh. hes going to insist on sitting in on the next skyte call or needs to know when kit is visiting home so he can be there for emotional and physical support, and the give up a few selected words to whoever tries to make this literal ray of sunshine of his this upset. and he also drags kit into the dorm kitchen, stating that they are going to get those feelings out by baking. plus it brings out friends considering the big batches kit always makes, and friends make everything better, ya know? he might seem a bit disgruntled about all of this throughout the things, but at the same time its really easy to see that no matter how passive he tries to be about all of it, that shane also actually really, really cares

➭ completionkit; jirards first instinct is to insist that kit talks to someone about any troubles they are having. he offers to listen and help, but if not, he can suggest other friends or school counselor to talk to, or anything really. and if kit doesnt want to talk with him, hes fine with it - jirard will find other ways to make sure kit feels better tho. little sneak peak on b3 stuff? you got it! he’ll introduce them to his newest ibk’s? you got it! watch him complete a video game? gotcha! some nice chill times just chatting away while playing chill games with him and alex? absolutely! just something super nice and chill, hanging out with friends and just taking your mind off of things, thats what jirard does the best tbh ~

➭ bffnate; nate is immediate cuddles and hugs tbh. grabs your hand and leads you to somewhere nice and calm to ask if you wanna talk about it. if not, then hes fully prepared to break out in a song, asking them to join in. just sing your lungs out. also he would. most definitely encourage throwing things and stuff tbh. which is bad but imagine like. a bowl full of wet balls of paper towels. and using as much force as you wanna to throw them against a wall or something. thats the type of stuff he would absolutely encourage if you need to take your energy out on something. and if calm things are needed, nate will drag kit to his dorm, bury them under a pile of shark plushies, and either cuddle with them while softly singing to them, or playing guitar and singing, depending on which one they are feeling for at the moment

okay first of all? cupid boyfriends?? is so cute for these nerds tho aaaaa???bUT!

➭ k so i wanna imagine that prior to the first steps, nate has befriended mai cause through that he eventually hears that hana might be actually interested in kit more than she admits. (and nate has been seeing hints here and there, cause hes not oblivious to that kind of stuff weirdly enough, he can put two and two together to see how kit and hana act around each other and yeah)

➭ so they curate a plan, nate, ayu and mai - they are gonna hold a special d&d session. mai is put in charge of dm’ing it tbh, cause the boys are just. kinda worried that shes going to otherwise play it very straight forward and expose the plan before its been executed, so they give her the task of making up the one shot campaign where kit and hana are most definitely gonna need to join forces and form stronger bonds and hopefully at least start seeing that hey there might be something here?

➭ in the end they kinda succeed with that, at least the campaign seems to go well enough and kit and hana have fun especially together with their characters, communicate well a lot together throughout the whole thing, and it seems like. they grew a bit closer together through slaying some orcs or whatever? hell yeah

➭ and yeah it. kinda works? like kit and hana are starting to spend a little bit more time together - they talk more during lunch and breaks, when hana is over in their dorm to work on something for school with mads its not so awkward anymore, but everyone can still see that. while hana is just kinda timid with things, kit is just oblivious as fuck at its honestly irritating nate to hell and back and he cant stop talking about it to ayu cause he just wanTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN HE CANT TAKE THIS GDI (”swear, nathan”)

➭ but they both also know how timid and awkward hana is, so they dont. really know how to approach it. or at least nate doesnt and they probably arent in the best of terms with hana considering nates reputation and everything that happened during october and such, so the ball is passed to ayu to try to oh so very subtly to bring up the topic with her. while nate probably is trying to deal with kit (honestly nate would just. stay in the recording booth the whole day trying to craft the perfect song to send to kit to tell them to confess their obvious feelings to hana and in the end he just send them a clip of him basically screaming “DO IT IM LOSING MY SHIT OVER THIS THING”. kit.. actually kinda gets the hint, or at least now they are aware that ‘shit have i been giving hana the Eyes again ohhh noooo’)

➭ so ayu to the rescue on the other end of things! i wanna imagine ayu gives hana some tutoring at times, if shes fallen behind due to being sick or something similar, so they are in good terms and hana wont suspect anything when she gets to another session with ayu since, as he put it, “this homework was kinda difficult, do you want me to help you with it” and hana probably saw mai struggling with it and while shes not dumb, hana would. just like to make sure, you know? so they take ayu up for the offer and bam, theres the perfect situation for ayu to try to pry into her life a little bit to find out what she really thinks about kit cause jfc everyone else can see this mutual interest and ayu has to deal with nate losing his mind over this and he just. needs to direct this train wreck on the right track finally

➭ and ayu just. very casually brings stuff up in between studying, like asks her about friends and this and that - and then finally brings up kit and how hana seems to be hanging out with them more and she just. kinda cracks? like ‘uuuh yeah i like them i mEAN I LIKE THEM NO NOT LIKE THAT I MEAN’ and ayu just. kinda deals with it as calmly as possible, puts a hand over her panicking hand and gives hana a smile and just goes ‘dont worry, i know’ and she just deals with it. maybe with a bit of a defeat cause oh no the secret is out but shes also. kinda relieved to be able to say it out loud to someone else than just mai? and yeah she was kinda worried that she has been very obvious about it but since kit doesnt seem to return anything back to her hana just wasnt sure and.. yeah. she just kinda takes it as its nice to know that shes not imagining it and someone else seems to be seeing it too, you know?

➭ so on both ends they just each encourage the one to just talk to the other? like hana needs to get closer to kit cause theres nothing to lose especially since theyve all seen (except hana apparently) the kind of dreamy eyes kit has been throwing into her direction, and kit needs to get closer to her cause its so obvious with the way hana stutters and blushes when they are around and talking to her and it just. they both need that convincing from their sources, but little by little these two are just kinda starting to realize that oh there might actually be something here? they are both hesitant but with the encouragement of the cupid boys eventually they get there tho

when its mentioned on the podcast, they probably afterwards get a concerned message from the listener to ask if their kitering is okay and feeling better by the next episode tbh, cause when jirard mentions it he honestly sounds really worried about kit even if it would be nothing but a common cold or something similar

UM YES OFC CAUSE THIS IS SO PRECIOUS THO??

➭ official the healing process starts already after his first october in asagao, cause its the first time nate is realistically facing the consequences of his/natemares actions, so its a learning process for him, and honestly, nate takes it to the heart cause he knows all this is fucked up and he just wants to better himself with it after seeing how much all he did hurt others around him, and especially the people he held the closest to him

➭ HE LEARNS. TO TALK TO PEOPLE. ABOUT HIS PROBLEMS. which is a thing hes always been afraid of cause with natemare, nobody ever knew what really was wrong with him or they took it like he was making shit up, so nate just very effectively shut down about the thing.. but now hes learning to talk! cause now he has a boyfriend so ayu ofc needs to know about these things cause nate is. so fucking afraid of hurting him even more than he already did. and everything he did to kit has caused caddy to be on uproar so they need to know to settle those friendships again and.. yeah. it gets much easier over time for nate to open up, not only about natemare but really everything thats bothering him. it starts with the fear of the dark that he can admit to having to some degree, and eventually its up to natemare. or at least what he knows about the thing

➭ and like. the second october in asagao is honestly already much better for him? cause nate is kept in a comfortable environment instead of being thrown into a new school yet again as another transfer that doesnt fit in and eventually gets picked on, and at least some people are aware about this shitty thing thats happening to him, so he has someone having his back with it - whether its the kids like ayu and/or kit who have picked up some hints on what makes natemare happen (late night, lots of people, nate getting super excited about something, etc.) so they can direct him much easier out of those situations, or caddy who has the right to just straight up deck him the fuck out if things escalate enough to make natemare happen, or make it seem like its getting there. ..among other people and other things i’d imagine that help steer him clear from trouble, but those are definitely the main ones

➭ it was mentioned before, but after nate graduates and hes free from authority figures and school grounds, natemare just. gets much, MUCH easier for him to control? maybe he pops up occasionally if nate is just having real bad days, but for the most part he comes up much less and nate learns over time to control him better, to avoid situations where he might take a hold of him, and so forth

Can I throw my hat into the proverbial ring and suggest that Ayu’s able to get *something* out of him about natemare? Not much, but that he gets amnesia during the times he’s more visually… Not himself during October?? And that he’s not really himself Bc Ayu would have been there during the d&d session where natemare kicked in, as well as Mads’s party probably? So he kinda owes Ayu an explanation at this point, and Kit’s too drained to demand one.

im gonna take this ball and run with it watCH ME @coughedfeathers @shinrijeu have some upbeatdreams yo <3

It was getting closer to Christmas, slowly but steadily. November was over, they had turned to December, and life at the academy was finally steadying itself back on tracks with everything that had gone down the past three months.

And honestly, it was making Ayu very nervous.

k so. ive been thinking about this for a while and lets see if i have an answer for this now

➭ k so nate oblivious the first time around doesnt know any of the deets about why kit is attending asagao, so theres nothing too deep there for natemare to use. so it would just start as generally ruining things that are fun for kit (as he does for everyone tbh) and just generally making a mess and making fun of everyone

➭ as natemare is a thing that gets progressively out of hand the further october gets, over time he would. get more personal with kit tho? like even if natemare messes shit up around kit a lot, they are. willing to give nate some level of the benefit of the doubt and be like ‘okay maybe we can still be friends even tho you did pull this shit on me tho’. which gives natemare the window he needs to just continuously poke more and more fun about kit tbh

➭ i guess it starts with the d&d thing that he ends up ruining and ultimately makes fun of them for playing the game (cause its also a thing that nate himself enjoys, and its been established that natemare loves to ruin things nate also likes to yeah, he would do that). it evolves into kit’s art stuff, as nate is also involved there so it also gets called out like ‘ey you like this stuff? its weird and lbr your art is weird’ and so forth to try to hit that nerve of insecurity tbh

➭ it culminates on the third time tho when. natemare just straight up calls kit out on basically ‘running away from home’ to attend the school across the world cause they couldnt take the heat at home, with whatever details nate has been clued on by the time this takes place. like natemare goes all out on what nate knows about kit and their hard relationship with their family, which is like. the final nail to the coffin

➭ and yeah this ends up with their fallout, eventually its caddy who threatens to kick nates ass if he does shit like this again and lets him know what he has done (as we all know, nate doesnt remember and nobody gives him any deets on why kit is so mad at him), which causes him to finally confront kit straight up about this whole thing on the bonfire night - which was all talked about in here; http://nightmareantagonist.tumblr.com/post/183242162275/some-angst-in-your-bffnate-october-is-supposed-to