#dearestclover

at home, whenever the two are hanging out in the living room and tsukasa is distracted talking about something, saki likes to give him little things while he talks, and he just wordlessly takes them.

she gives him the tsukasa star pillow, he holds it and puts it on the table. she gives him a hair scrunchy, he holds it and puts it on the table. etc etc, on and on until the table is full of items and his hands are full. he only snaps out of it when saki is struggling to contain her giggling and he's like, "huh?! when did all this stuff get here?!"

anyway, after that eventful day of shiho awkwardly trying to take on the big sister role, she feels a deeper sense of appreciation for shizuku.

"so this is what shizuku has been doing for me this whole time? i never even realised..."

the miku that had cheered little ichika up when she had been isolated from her friends, and the miku standing before her now, they seem so different, that it makes ichika feel a bit uneasy from the dissonance of it all.

with that said, i think minori's type would be someone dazzling and cool! someone that minori can look up to! :)

leo/need kaito has a crush on rin. it started ever since he first appeared in the sekai and she was the first to find him, all alone on the rooftop, trying to play his guitar in the dark.

kaito hides a lot when he thinks he isn't needed (see how he tried to hide from the leoni girls in the story where he first appeared bc he thought he wasn't needed, since the girls already realised their dreams at that point) and rin is always the first one to go looking for him (see also how she was the one who got him to come out of his hidey hole by hyping him up to the leoni girls)

kaito secretly likes it a lot when rin goes through all this effort just to find him, and that smile she gives when she finally finds him? he loves it so much... he sometimes hides away just to get rin looking for him, and when she does, they get a little bit of time where the only two that exist is them.

for now, he's been nursing this quiet crush for rin while watching from afar. he hates to admit it, but he's a little envious of how easily len gets along with rin. but at the same time, he loves how rin can easily get along with anyone, it's one of her strong points.

+ the reason rin always looks for kaito is because it's her own way of looking after him, similar to how len nags her when she practices too long. she wants to make sure kaito knows he's always included in the group, and that there's no need to hide away from friends! she just wants him to know that he also belongs there, with everyone else :]

1. Mizuki Watches Utena!

- utena was rec'd to mizuki on a whim, and she was interested in watching it after she finished her magical girl anime. she thought itd be like a normal magical girl anime, and mc has pink hair! so cute!

- her fav chr was utena at first, then at the end of the show after having time to digest it, became rly intrigued by anthy. now both r her favs for different reasons

- she's not too shaken up by most of the tws in the show bc she kinda read up some warnings, but that one recap episode really shocked her, made her think "what the fuck? what the fuck did i just watch?" ... after that, she needed a breather to recover.

- regarding the ending, she chooses to feel hopeful about it. also, she loves the movie and found it a much needed one after some of the heavy things that happened during the tv show.

2. Mizuki was addicted to AI Chatbots.

- takes place during middle school

- when ai chatbots became a thing, mizuki was excited to try them out! it was the perfect thing a loner could have, the ability to actually talk to your favourite character and have them talk back!

- also bc of mizuki's doomer loner mindset that cannot trust the world, and bc rui graduated

- she became addicted and spent every possible moment to use the chatbot app

- she had to force herself to get out of the house every now and then, and used work as a breather from ai (but still used it during breaks)

- her ai addiction was taking her time away from other hobbies like watching anime and editing videos

- it got better when she became friends with n25 and became their video editor. she felt like she had a purpose and a place to belong, at least for a moment. and eventually the urge to use the chatbots waned away. she was getting tired of talking to fake people anyway

- every now and then though, she would open the app to check in on her favourite creators, see if they've posted any life updates and would comment something positive!

so! the girls are having a sleepover at saki's place! her parents and big brother are out, which makes it the perfect time to suggest normal girl stuff like... kissing each other to experiment with your sexuality!

while everyone is still a bit shocked at what saki said, shiho decides to shoot her shot, walk right up to saki, and kiss her right then and there in front of their friends!

(shiho has been crushing on saki for a while now, and it's only gotten stronger ever since they all reconciled and formed Leo/need)

(also after the sleepover, saki and shiho would have a talk after saki has given it some thought and... she realises she's just straight. but that's okay, shiho kind of expected that anyway. as a result of this honest communication, their friendship has grown stronger!)

anyway, after that kiss stuff, they all agree kissing isn't really necessary, and decide to just talk about their experience normally. this is also because honami says she doesn't need to kiss a girl to realise her sexuality; she already likes girls :)

honami even has a crush on this girl she does housekeeping for occasionally... n-not that she expects her to ever like honami back, of course! she just.. likes being relied on by such a kind and wonderful person... (also yes, it's kanade)

but honami also says she'd never have the courage to actually date a girl, let alone confess... she thinks she'll one day get married to a man normally, and she's just kind of accepted that as a fact.

as for ichika, when it's her turn to give an answer, she realises she... doesn't actually have any? sure, she loves her friends dearly, but she hasn't thought of them, or other people, as love interests or anything...

so! ichi is aroace! but that isn't gonna stop her from trying to find her "true love" after this sleepover incident! she looks around the people in her life and sees if she can make herself get this lovey dovey feeling!

for example, ichika is impressed with nene's singing and is grateful for her lessons, but does that mean she might like her..? so she tries randomly hugging nene one day during their lessons, making nene freeze up.

it was so awkward, ichika realised she should never do this again.