#junzumi

In my head Junpei is the dessert to Izumi’s meals. That cake you want to resist to after having eaten a lot of pasta, but with no success. You convince yourself you could do without it, but your lunch will feel incomplete due to its absence and you will mope without knowing why you are feeling like that. We all need a cake a person like Junpei in our life.

*Danza delle Ore’s triangle jingling*

I finished my thingggggg

Happy Valentine's Day 💘🌹💗💌💕

Junpei couldn’t breathe. His heart was racing, his body felt hot, his head spun. He put an arm on the back of the couch to steady himself. Was he dying? It wouldn’t surprise him. All his dreams had been fulfilled, there wasn’t anything left. Getting a heart attack at the most beautiful moment of his life was just his luck.

Poetic, in a way. He’d die for her and now she killed him.

His chest felt tight, he didn’t know what to do with his body. Fear and excitement bundled together in an explosion that was racing through him to see what would kill him.

”Junpei? Are you okay?”

Izumi looked at him, worried. Junpei fought his body, managed to get air into his lungs. Smiled towards her.

”Do it again”, he whispered, his breath still not recovered.

Any (romantic) ships?

I mean yeah! Given that Taichi x Yamato was basically my first ship waaaaay back when, it's hard not to be a fan of Takuya x Kouji as well. That good old gogglehead/lone wolf dynamic :3 I still like Takouji conceptually for how direct the two of them are; these boys don't bottle anything up, and yet they (mostly) respect each other and (eventually) work well together. Also they’re idiots.

*Glances around nervously* also a bit embarrassing to admit, but looking back through my old notebooks, there was a period of time when drew a LOT of these two either a) fighting or b) about to make out (and you know the fighting was always going to LEAD to making out... yeah, I know how your brain works, me-from-the-past, you can't hide anything from me-from-today).

I also really like Junpei x Izumi! Other advocates of this ship have pointed out both the positives and negatives (which I totally agree with!), so liking this ship feels complicated, but ultimately I think it has the potential to be really sweet (kind of the same reason I like Daikari, tbh!). Once Junpei matures a bit, and assuming Izumi returns his feelings, I think he would treat her like a queen, which is without a doubt what she deserves. I'm happy to see a lot of other people out there rooting for these two!