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  1. Public Bookmark 17

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    "That day," he said, looking at the window. "Outside the—"

    "Don't say it."

    "—outside the—"

    "Suguru."

    "—outside the KFC, Satoru—"

    "It is humiliating. It is humiliating that the most important conversation of our adult lives took place outside a KFC. In the street. In front of a KFC. I cannot... Suguru, I cannot get over this. Do you know how many times I have replayed that in my head? And every time, every single time, in the background—I'm trying to be solemn, I'm trying to be a vessel for our generation's tragedy, and in the background—there is a colonel. There is a bucket."

    Eight months after defecting, Suguru earns his keep in an okiya, dressing up in pretty kimonos to entertain rich, wealthy men.

    It’s manageable. Until, one evening, Satoru walks in.

    They claw their way back to something resembling love.

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    12 May 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 89

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    “We’re friends.”

    The bullet went through Satoru’s forehead. It seems he wouldn’t be getting a real answer after all. All he had now was an incomplete puzzle with pieces he would have to imagine to fill the gaps.

    “Right. Yeah, yeah, of course. Friends. Friends who help each other out with projects or jerk each other off. Same category.” He rubs at the back of his neck. “So when you say friends, do you mean like-”

    “With benefits,” Suguru finishes.

    Satoru froze, similar to the icicles hanging on the veranda above them. He slowly lifts his head back up.

    “...benefits?”

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    Childhood friends that drifted apart and reconnect under the stipulation that they become fuck buddies who do everything but actually fuck. Satoru, who plans to make Suguru fall in love, and Suguru, who wants nothing more than to control him to overcome his submission to sexual deviance.

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    08 May 2026

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    Being seventeen sucked. It sucked even more when you'd spent the last nine years falling in love with your best friend.
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    “I can’t believe you like me,” Enid said, almost falling asleep.

     

    Wednesday’s breathing was soft and even. For a moment, Enid wasn’t sure she was still awake.

     

    Then, “Who else is there?”

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    07 Aug 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 85

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    "I guess you're probably wondering who and what I am, right?" Enid walked beside her, a little bounce in her step.

    "Not especially."

    "I'm a Cupid. Subdivision of Aphrodite up in the clouds, y'know? And," she gave little jazz hands, blocking Wednesday's driveway path. "I'm here to help you find love!"

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    5 times Wednesday rejected Cupid's candidates, and one time she didn't.

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    13 Apr 2023

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    “No, bee boy, we’re just saving the best for last.” Lucas took a big bite of his burger, ketchup dribbling down his face.

    Enid choked back her disgust. She had seen deer torn apart, whole animals swallowed, while running with the pack. She could handle the horrifying image of a teenage boy eating lunch.

    “And I suppose that’s you?” Tyler asked, mouth open and full of food.

    Enid gagged. Nope, nope, this was definitely worse.

    “Trust me, by the time we leave this place, I’ll have her number and a date.”

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    In which Enid is at the Weathervane with Tyler, Xavier, Eugene, Ajax, and Lucas, and they’re all trying to get their waitress’s number — who just so happens to be the most depressing, dark, and captivating girl Enid has ever seen.

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    29 Dec 2022