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Before I die, I’d like to do something nice. Take my hand, and I’ll take you for a ride. You hit me yesterday Because I made you cry, So before we die, I’d like to do something nice. Warnings: Chapter 1: Legends Never Die spoilers Word Count: 1,911 A/N: Happy Xander Day, everyone! Don’t forget your daily clicks!

i know you didn’t plan it, but thanks for being here.

Teruko Tawaki was going to die soon because of Xander Matthews. Because of that, Xander’s death would follow soon after hers. That was how it worked in a killing game, going based off of what MonoTV said. Xander didn’t have much time left before he killed Teruko, which meant he didn’t have much time left before he died.

They were such pessimistic thoughts. There was always the chance that he would be spared death because he managed to get away with the crime. He wasn’t sure if he could, though. He prepared for it by having all the necessary components to frame Charles Cuevas for Teruko’s murder, but he didn’t know if everyone would fall for it.

Although, he wasn’t sure if he wanted them to fall for it. Doing so would mean everyone else would be executed as he stood and watched. The heroic thing would be to say he would be willing to be executed on behalf of everyone excluding Teruko, but death was such a scary factor of life.

Xander stood in the infirmary, standing next to the cabinets as he stared at them. How unusual he must look to anyone who happened to come inside the infirmary. He was only there to think. That was not how he wanted to spend his final moments, but he wasn’t sure if he could spend it the way he wanted.

Fortunately, because no one had any medical emergencies for the last bit, the infirmary was pleasantly empty. Xander hoped it would stay that way until he had to leave, but he was interrupted by someone opening the door and asking, “What are you doing here?”

He turned around to see Arei Nageishi at the entrance. Her usually-gloved hand was bare, the glove being held by her other hand, with her index finger held out. He noticed why she came here.

“Did you cut yourself? I’ll help you!” he decided for her, already rummaging through the infirmary for bandages. Despite doom looming over him, he felt happy someone needed help, even if it was a bit small. Xander always knew that in his final moments of life, he would like to do something nice. It didn’t have to be anything big. As long as it was nice, he was fine with anything. Plus, it could also distract her from him being here for, to her, no reason. He didn’t want to have to explain to her what he was going to do.

Arei sat on the nearest hospital bed right as he found the bandages. Xander approached her and helped wrap them around her finger. He was a little fascinated by how soft and slender her fingers were—was that something all bowlers had?—but he decided not to comment on it. He didn’t want to start anything he couldn’t finish now.

Once her finger was wrapped up, he put the bandages back. While doing so, Arei pointed out, “You didn’t say why you were here, you know.”

He could now see she couldn’t be easily distracted. There was no reason to remember that now, though.

Xander didn’t look up as he lied. “I was changing my eye patch.”

“Why do you wear that anyway? It looks stupid.” She put her glove back on her usual hand.

“I have to. I don’t have an eye.”

“Really? I thought it was just something you wore because you thought it makes you look cool.”

“I think it does.” He smiled slightly at the face she made. “Do you want to see it?”

Her face twisted, and he was going to take it as a no. She surprised him by relaxing her face, shrugging her shoulders, and saying, “Why not?”

Xander smiled as he lifted his white eye patch. With his only eye, he watched her for any signs of discomfort. He showed it to Teruko and Eden Tobisa the other day, and Charles accidentally saw it just before them. They were all disgusted or uncomfortable. Arei narrowed her two eyes at his missing one as if she was studying it. She then scoffed and said, “I thought it was going to be worse.”

He readjusted his eye patch as he asked, “What do you mean?”

“It’s not that bad,” she explained. “Ugh, you made it a bigger deal than it was, and now I’m disappointed!”

“But I barely said anything?”

“You said enough.”

Xander knew they hadn’t been stuck together for long, but he still didn’t understand Arei Nageishi’s thought process. He never would.

He still had time before he had to kill Teruko, so he decided to continue this conversation. “You’re not phased by it. The other three people who saw were disgusted.”

She scowled. “Those three had soft lives then. Sheltered as they grew up. Wait until they find out how the real world works.”

He felt annoyance rise as she insulted people when she didn’t know whom he was talking about. Something like this happened when he and Teruko were introducing themselves to everyone, and he would’ve gotten himself into a fight with Arei, if Teruko hadn’t pulled him away. He had to remind himself that he or Arei were going to die soon, so he couldn’t afford any fights. “I’m guessing you didn’t grow up like that.”

“Obviously not. I was surrounded by people who showed me exactly how the real world works. So, I’m a strong, independent woman who knows all about how to make it by in this world!” She posed and winked.

It wasn’t that funny, but Xander still laughed. Did the possibility of dying do that to people, make them wish their final moments were happy memories? Or did they wish the other person or people they were with had happy memories of them before death? After all, it seemed that the last moments one had with a deceased were the memories they could vividly remember the most.

“Never laugh again,” Arei ordered, a frown on her face. “You sound weird.”

Xander stopped laughing. The moment was officially ruined.

He didn’t want his final conversation with someone other than Teruko to end in awkward silence, though. He had to continue as if nothing was wrong. “How did you hurt yourself?”

Arei’s glove had several of her fingers bare, her index finger one of them. She held it up to her face. “I cut myself on one of the knives in the kitchen.”

“Were you trying to make something?”

“Just fooling around.”

“Knives are dangerous. You shouldn’t play with them.”

“Relax, I’m not going to die from them. I’m not stupid enough to stab myself with it.”

“I wasn’t trying to say you were.”

“It sounded like it.”

“Then I’m sorry.”

Arei stared at him, confusion clouding her pretty blue eyes, before scowling. “What’s up with you? There’s something weird about you, but I don’t know what, and that’s bothering me.”

Xander chuckled nervously and rubbed the back of his neck. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about.”

“You know what I’m talking about. So, what, did you fight someone? Someone insulted you? Are you homesick? Tired of everything? Like, what’s the problem?”

“You’re the last person I expect to ask me those questions.”

“How stupid do you think I am if you think I’m falling for that?” Arei leaned forward ever-so slightly, her fingers, even her injured index finger, gripping themselves onto the white bedsheet. Her eyes bright with anger, her gaze pinning him down, daring him to argue against her.

Xander would love to do that, to give in to what she wanted and relax into the thin strings of what was their relationship, but not now nor ever again. He couldn’t tell her he was going to murder Teruko, but he could tell her some of what he was fretting over. “I was just...thinking about how I—how anyone here—could die in less than 24 hours from now.”

For a second, Arei’s expression falter, leaving a softer face. However, it was replaced with the look she had just before so fast that he wondered if he had simply imagined it. “Yeah, well, suck it up. You’re in a killing game, so obviously people are going to die, idiot! People die in the real world anyway. What’s so different about dying here and dying out there?”

“A lot, actually.”

She was ready to argue but said, “Fair point...” Her expression went back to the face she had before, proving he hadn’t imagined it and she could look so thoughtful.

“It’s hard to ignore it,” he continued. “I know I should try not to think about it—”

“You should think about it.”

“But it won’t be that good—”

“Aren’t you supposed to be the Ultimate Rebel? You want wrong stuff to be right or whatever. This is wrong. Ignoring it won’t do anything to change it.”

“I guess...”

“You’re so quiet, and it’s so weird.” Arei shuddered. “Where’s all the yelling? Do I have to make fun of your Ultimate title to get you to act normal?”

“Why do you care if I act normal or not?”

“Because it’s weird like I just said?”

“I just didn’t think you would care.”

“Why would I not care about people being stupid? I love people being stupid! But only if it’s the funny-stupid and not the annoying- or weird-stupid.”

“I’m the annoying-stupid and weird-stupid, right?”

“Obviously!”

Xander sighed, but he felt a small smile on his face.

Arei stood up and stretched her fingers. “Well, I’m going to head off if you’re going to be weird—”

“Wait, no, don’t go.” Xander didn’t know why she was looking at him weirdly until he realized he had invaded her personal space and took her wrist. It was the same hand that she injured. He let go and took several steps back. “Sorry, I, umm...didn’t mean to do that... Sorry...”

She gave him a look as she held her wrist closer to her chest. She stayed silent for a moment before talking again. “Like I was saying, I was going to leave now if you’re being weird. But if you’re going to freak out again, I don’t actually think you’re weird.”

“You don’t?”

“I do. But not enough to leave a room, I guess. There’s weirder people we’re stuck with in here.”

“I think that’s the nicest things you’ve ever told me.”

“I can be nice if I want to be.”

He smiled. “I never said you can’t.”

She stared at his face, then scoffed and rolled her eyes. “Whatever. I’m still leaving now. I wanna bug people. Maybe J. She’s fun.”

“Don’t annoy her too much.”

“What are you, my dad?”

“Just looking out for other people.”

“You do you. Bye, Xander!”

“Bye, Arei.” Xander tried to focus on everything about Arei as she left. The last thing he saw of her was her hand touching her gloved wrist. That was, from what he could tell, the last he would see of Arei—the last he would see of anyone before getting Teruko to murder her.

Alone in the infirmary again, Xander smiled. Arei didn’t realize it, even if she was a little suspicious of him, but she did help him feel more relaxed. He most likely would panic again once he was face-to-face with Teruko in the computer lab, but that would be later. For now, this was okay. A silent thank-you to Arei.

ˢᵗᵘᵈⁱᵉˢ ;; ᵉⁿᵈᵉⁿᵐⁱⁿ ⁽ᵈʳᵈᵗ⁾

Summary: Eden Tobisa needs help studying for a test coming up, so she goes to her girlfriend, Min Jeung, for help. Word Count: 746 A/N: I'm so excited for DRDT to be back, so here's a little Edenmin fic from July! I don't have it in me to do the DRDT 10 day thing, especially since school started, but we're all waiting for the next episode, so yay for that! Let's see whose culprit theory was right! Don't forget your daily clicks!

we tried.

Studying was one of Eden Tobisa’s worst nightmares . There was so much she had to review, and so much stuff she had to do, and so much to relearn! Why did she have to be tested on it? She was the Ultimate Clockmaker, and she loved making clocks! Why did she have to learn things not related to making clocks?

Sometimes, she tried to make a study habit similar to the one her girlfriend, Min Jeung, had, but she always broke it in less than a day. If only she had one now that a big test was coming up...

There was only one person she could go to help to, so after classes ended for the day, Eden found Min and asked, “Min, please help me study for my upcoming test.”

As the Ultimate Student, Min was someone who knew everything about everything. Eden was always impressed by how much she knew—and that knowledge was probably one of the first things that attracted her to her prior to dating. Because of her Ultimate talent, she could help their classmates with studying when they needed to—but that was only if she was willing to help. If she was feeling helpful today, she could help her, right?

Min seemed to think about it for a second before smiling slightly. “Sure. How about we meet up in the library tomorrow after classes?”

“That works great! Thank you, Min! I love you so much!” She wrapped her arms around her girlfriend’s waist and kissed her cheek.

Despite Min’s bangs covering half her face, a red tint was still easily seen even as she turned her head away. “You don’t have to say that last part...”

Eden smiled. She really did love her girlfriend!

. . .

How many hours have passed since Eden and Min were stuck in this continuous loop? One? Two? Three? 10? 1,000,000? No, it couldn’t be that long, but it was lasting too long...

Eden and Min were in the library as planned. They were sitting at a table by themselves in a quiet spot relatively farther away from everyone else. Eden had brought the materials that had everything she needed to study, and Min brought things to help her study. It included stuff like fancy paper and shiny pens!

“You wouldn’t like a lot of my studying tricks,” Min had told Eden after tried out one of the pens. “They’re not colourful enough for you.”

“I can work without colour too,” Eden had responded.

“But it’s more fun to study with the colours.”

There was no point denying it. “Yeah, it is!”

“Keep your voice down. We’re in a library.”

“Oh. Right. Sorry.”

Min had a pretty little smile on her face.

But good moments couldn’t last long, and soon, everything went horribly . Like always with studying, there were so many words. Too many words. Too many things to memorize. Too many things to know. Was she really expected to memorize all of it? There was no way that was possible, right? But if it wasn’t, why was she studying them right now? She really was expected to remember all of it. Oh, no...

After what felt like an eternity of attempts to study, Min leaned back in her chair and sighed. After a few seconds, she looked at Min and said, “You’re failing this test. I love you, Eden, but there’s nothing we can do about it now.”

“Huh? B-But...”

She took her hand and squeezed it, her typical lack of body warmth surrounding her gloved hand. “We did our best.”

“But Min...!” Eden groaned, putting her head on the table. She let Min keep holding her hand as her other placed itself over her head.

All that time spent at the library... It was all worthless. Eden had no choice but to accept her fate. Min was the one telling her this, after all. When it came to tests, she knew best.

“We can watch a movie in my dorm when you finish your test,” Min suggested. “Do you want snacks? I can get you snacks.”

She adjusted her head to get a better look at her. “Can we bake cookies...?”

“Whatever you want.”

“Let’s bake cookies. Please.”

“We will.”

Eden sighed and closed her eyes. At least when everything else went horribly, she had that to look forward to. It wasn’t much, but spending time with Min should be able to take her mind off her test. Hopefully.

A/N: Fun Fact: This was inspired by a Twitter/X post saying they were in the library and overheard a boy telling his girlfriend what Min told Eden. It fit Edemin, so I wrote it! It’s shorter than I thought it would be, but it’s pretty cute!

My sister got two of her friends into SDRA2 and it's so entertaining hearing stuff like one of them loving Setsukei so much that she convinced the other to ship it even though the other's only on Chapter 2. Speaking of which, the other friend went through the entirety of Chapter 1 genuinely thinking Nikei was non-binary and was hurt at the discovery that he wasn't, and she thought she was halfway through Chapter 2 but she wasn't even done the investigation of the island. Bless her heart

Um um um tierlists for ships in the Another duology because I'm bored (spoilers!)

I just found out Tumblr is one of the few social media apps not banned by Alberta's school wifi. Gonna be scrolling through here more often I guess

STOP THEY'RE LITERALLY DECORATING AND CARING FOR THE EGG THEY'RE LITERALLY MARRIED (DON'T THINK I FORGOT HOW EARLIER IN SEASON 4 VIOLET HELPED CREATE SUNNY'S OUTFIT SINCE SHE KNOWS SUNNY BETTER THAN ANYONE, EVEN HER OWN SISTER)

Finishing Rainbow High rn because I want to get that off my to-watch list and Sunny just found some crystal-egg thing and decided that was her and Violet's child now. She literally says, "Oh, Eggy Boo! We love you. And are going to take such good care of you." She's probably talking about all her friends, but since Violet's in this scene AND with her after that, I'm saying they are LESBIANS AND IN LOVE, YOUR HONOUR