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The comment boxes are too small and I couldn't throw this below the wedding planner sequel fic itself, so I'm typing it up here instead. Hiyori speaking spanish is now canon to me, thank you for bringing it into my life. I'm taking that headcanon if you don't mind. Spanish Hiyori and (my) angry british Shin. Love it and love them. They are everything. I love the "we're literally engaged" line, because I IMMEDIATELY recognized the reference to the "i'm literally engaged" from the original. What was once a line to justify keeping distance and explaining why they couldn't be together is now a line used to explain why they aren't getting rid of each other any time soon. The fact that Shin can't remember that time (or really thinks of his past fiance really) makes me feel... something. I can't tell if them sharing a computer is cute or creepy, a sign of trust or an act of possessiveness. Shin can finally see what Hiyori is up to behind his back and doesn't have to snoop to feel safe, but Shin has literally no privacy when it comes to who he communicates to (if he even talks to anyone else) or if he needs to do something without Hiyori knowing. Him trying to convince himself that their "bedroom activities" are ""safer"" now is very concerning. Blink twice if you need immediate backup, my love. I'm armed with an oversized drill and ready for violence.
ALSO HIYORI THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU SAID YOU AIN'T SLICK Because I don't trust that menace to souciety for squat, I went and looked up what "Tú no me mandas" means and it means something along the lines of "You don't command me". I was expecting something more fucked up, but that checks out too. I wonder what else he has said and then lied about knowing Shin can't be bothered to double check.
I can't get over that this takes place after what was essentially the "bad ending". Shin giving into his codependency and trauma bond and going back to the older man that traumatised him repeatedly since he was a teenager and scarred him for life. This sequel is so (weirdly) fluffy it's giving me actual whiplash with how dark the wedding planner fic was in comparison 💀 It's so weird (in a good way) seeing soushin being all domestic and cute (and very weird those "bedroom activities" sound like something bordering on a crime and not safe at all i can't get over that are you ok Shin), knowing that it's all built on bad decisions, betrayal, codependency, relapse and the implied murder of a former, forgotten fiance. The soushinner in me wants to give you a cash price and a convenient store cake and the Shin kinnie in me has protective instincts on max and wants to rip custody of my boi away from you and seaweed head indefinitely. I love and hate this so much. Fucking fantastic job. I hope this was semi-coherent and not too riddled with typos. I need a minute now.
thank you for this beautiful whiplash induced comment it’s everything to me. eheh i did reference the first fic quite a bit because i love when authors mirror the past….. and this request gave me the perfect opportunity….. it’s fun to see how you grasped the bittersweetness of it even amongst the debilitating fluff (which was supposed to be More unsettling, but i didn’t want to overdo it for a supposedly silly short fic. yk. shin’s mental state is the absolute worst and the best he’s ever had and hiyori’s having the time of his life) but yeah i feel like when i post the prequel of the flashback aka Bedroom Activities it’ll be more visibly concerning… do forgive me in the future
i will gladly accept the cake but i might fight for their custody.. they haven’t (read: shin hasn’t) suffered enough just yet. don’t you just love it when everything is okay but in a fucked up incorrigible manner.. sighs dreamily
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