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  1. Public Bookmark 80

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    They'd only just ambled into the Kalhn textile shop when Qifrey caught sight of the short young woman working. She had a round face, rosy cheeks, flaxen hair. Her eyes had locked on Olruggio as soon as they’d entered.

    Olruggio, for his part, thumbed through dyed wool samples as though he hadn't noticed. He likely wouldn't.

    But Qifrey always noticed. Sometimes this left him as a voyeur: staring at someone staring at someone else. But other times, like today, his fixed presence at Olruggio’s side made him an involved party. There was always a delay, then a moment in which Qifrey became visible and the women realized he might be of help. Some of them were too scared to approach Olruggio outright—they’d built up a more intimidating version of him in their heads, had never heard him laugh wildly or watched dimples form when he smiled. Instead, they’d set their sights on Qifrey. Talk to him, or at least look at him imploringly, as though getting in his good graces might earn them the Torch’s attention.

    He never felt like helping them.

    or: Qifrey gets jealous.

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    20 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 46

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    There are times when Qifrey wishes that Olruggio would use him.

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    Qifrey fantasizes about giving instead of taking. Olruggio trusts him.

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    19 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 29

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    Qifrey tips his head. "Do you dislike it?"

    A pause. "I haven't tried it." Olruggio's tone is odd, slightly clipped. Qifrey can see him biting at the inside of his cheek. "It laces in the back, you know."

    "Oh," Qifrey says. "Should I— That is, would you like help?"

    Qifrey provides a remedy for Olruggio's back pain, with some strings attached.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    The dizziness comes next, causing him to sway to the side, the knife slipping and slicing into his palm. Pain blooms, blood splatters against the wood of the cutting board, and drips after him as he drops the knife and flees. Tearing through the atelier like a hurricane, his apprentice's worried calls of his name are distant and muted in his ears.

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    19 Jun 2026

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    “I’m kind of stupid, aren’t I?”

    Suguru’s inclined to agree, but he stops himself. “What do you mean?”

    “I thought — I don’t know. Like, you have these cool bangs, and these earrings, and I thought that I should…I mean, everyone thinks I should be, like —”

    “You think my bangs are cool?”

     
    Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto get on each other’s nerves just as much as they like each other. As friends, of course.

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    29 Jan 2026