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After the debut of their joint unit song, Mitsuru grabbed Kohaku by the wrist and dragged him backstage. He held up a finger to his lips telling Kohaku to be quiet as they ran opposite of their dressing rooms. Kohaku just prayed whatever Mitsuru wanted it would be quick.

When Mitsuru was satisfied that they were far enough from their units, he stopped, breathing a little heavier than usual, but otherwise just grinning wildly.

"You looked so cute out there, Koha-chan!" Mitsuru exclaimed as quietly as he could.

"Uh, thank ya, Tenma-han. You were pretty good yourself." Kohaku scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.

Mitsuru sighed, smiling and leaning his head on Kohaku's shoulder. God he looked so cute in the dim lighting away from everyone else. Kohaku double checked that they were alone before gently moving MItsuru's head back up and facing his own.

mr sneaky snake himself coming to my grandma's house asking where i am /j

the first thing i think of when i think about ibara is how he seems to be a planner but has like. no plans for when they go awry which seems to be happening a lot especially in !! era (i have not read a lot of stories with him in ! era so i will not comment on that here). like rinne doing his whole thing in the main story with drawing all the ire towards himself and trying to let the rest of crazy:b go on their own, himeru rejecting the song in ariadne despite being offered it and a way to perform it without suspicion, nagisa's whole thing in the !! era (bogie time, conquest, and secret service all involve nagisa taking his own action away from ibara and thus throwing his plans off every single time). i think ibara should also take some improv acting classes so that he can get a little more comfortable with spontaneity because up til this point he's like. he's had this regimented life with the military school and then with regular idol boy school and keeping order and schedules. he makes a very good vice president because he can (generally) see through others' plans and plan around them but he's not very good at thinking on the spot.

i have almost no screenshots of ibara but its okay i'm insane enough about this game to just remember these things you can trust me /half joking. anyway the fact that frontline watchdogs exists and he just. cannot handle taking care of bloody mary or even call her by her name at the start of it. my man needs a fucking break and fr needs to embrace the spontaneity that eve does. there is a time and place for order but he just needs to learn to let go sometimes and i do think he is working on that and being able to stay calm when plans go awry and think on the spot will only help him develop. but it is funnier when he's forced to do some variety show because nagisa wanted to. shout out to bogie time my friend bogie time. bogie time really was good for him in being able to let loose in a safe environment and get more comfortable with thinking in the moment rather than pre-planning everything. a little change can be good ibanyan.