#they think.

Whenever I was younger, like as a little dumb idiot child: I always wanted to do something that someboody would see. Some of the early childhood memories I have are drawing and writing, and making stories with my friends. I always created, I've been a creative all my life. My parents used to call me extra, and I guess I am if I'm writing a post to nothing. During those formative years I found a game called Undertale and it opened my eyes, it showed me a story that I loved and characters that felt like they saw me even if nobody else did. It made me find a lifelong friend, it made me feel safe and connected for a long while, it made me feel not alone and I know that's a stupid thing for a video-game to do but it helped.

Deltarune did the same thing for me as I got older, it allowed me to connect and make friends and hide from a world that hurt me and I know that's not the messaging, and I know it's hurting myself but it made me feel noticed. And I don't know. it's stupid the way i feel because i want to try and make something that connects to somebody as deeply as media & Undertale/Deltarune has done to me and

There's a hand-painted sign outside Luka's room that says no girls allowed.

It takes a while for Adrien to be comfortable enough to ask about it.

It takes Rose rapping on it with her knuckles one day and Luka sighing deeply before he recites, "You don't count, Rose."

Rose ducks inside, grinning brightly.

Juleka joins them the next night, and she knocks on the sign too.   Her notes are a different pattern, one that Adrien only half-remembers.

Luka's sigh isn't quite as deep.  "Jules, you know you don't count."

Juleka brings journals and music with.

A week later, Adrien's sprawled across Luka's bed, reading one of Juleka's magazines while Rose's nail polish dries on his toenails, when a tapped-out pattern that doesn't match either Juleka or Rose drags him halfway back to awareness.

Half-asleep on the floor of his room, Luka drowsily calls back, "It doesn't mean you, Marinette, you don't count."