10 things to 10 people meme

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10 Things to 10 People Meme

1. Have your character write ten anonymous notes to ten different people.
- They can be to anyone, in-game or long gone or never here at all.
- They can be as short as "I love you" or as long as a letter.
- They can be secrets your character would never tell, or things they'd never say. Assume some sort of truth device is in play if you need to.

2. Post them in one comment, numbered one to ten. Don't mention any names!

3. Other characters reply as though they've come across the list, guessing who each note is meant for! Shenanigans ensue. OR just comment OOCly. Whatever you feel like!

4. HAVE FUN

( taken from here and edited )

EDIT: eyyy use hovertext over the numbers for solutions if you want!! What a good idea.

Comments

[axeboyfriend]

[ He gives another brief grin. ]

So, you mind if I try to guess which one's mine?

[precedented]

Not at all. Try your best.

[axeboyfriend]

[ He considers the list. ]

My first guess was six, but it doesn't feel quite right. One?

[precedented]

No. Though those do apply.

[axeboyfriend]

[ It's somehow nice to hear that they do apply. ]

Huh. I don't actually have any idea, then.

[ He looks at the list again. ]

[precedented]

[ He hesitates. Should he tell him?

. . . It's not Leto's way to hide the truth. ]

It is the second one.

[axeboyfriend]

[ No, Leto's never been one to shy from the truth, and Shinjiro wouldn't expect it of him. Still, the surprise is probably evident on his face before he finds himself looking at the ground. ]

Loving you's never been the problem. [ Though he's not fully aware it's the first time he's said the words aloud. ] That part feels natural.

[ Feeling like he deserves to be loved, however... ]

[precedented]

And yet it is a problem.

[ Even if that part is not one of them. ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ Having his memories back at last, all of them, has put a few things in perspective. And though he gained some peace in them, there's certain things that just don't go away with that. Years worth of self-hatred is one of those things. ]

It's hard to do anything about that feeling. I can't help but think... "He can do better. He deserves better than me." So I don't do anything with those feelings.

[precedented]

Deserve? How do you know what I deserve!

All of the things I did deserve that I gave up for people. For all of them!

[axeboyfriend]

[ He didn't want this conversation to end up like this. He never wanted to have this conversation, so sure that it could only end up about as badly as it's going. ]

I never said I know. Those are my impressions based on the parts of you I'm aware of. And it's my thoughts, my feelings given shape in my mind.

[precedented]

[ He sighs, quietening down. He knows Sable well enough by now. ]

So nothing will change.

[axeboyfriend]

[ He can't help but feel like he's disappointing Dune, and he hates that feeling more than anything. But he doesn't want to lie, either. ]

Probably not. [ And then, because it's true: ] I'm sorry.

[precedented]

[ He knew the truth. Deep down, he knew. He just never wanted to accept it. ]

I'm sorry too.

[axeboyfriend]

[ He can't look at Dune or he might break down. He wants so much to change his mind, to take his hand and say that it doesn't matter that he doesn't deserve Dune, that he wants him anyway. That he loves him, that he wants to treasure every second that he has by Dune's side and that he wants to kiss him right this very second and—

And it's not that all of that isn't true, but his self-loathing is a punishment he imposes on himself. He doesn't have the courage to make a move, to find out what the taste of Dune's mouth would be. To say "I love you" like it's a prayer, like Dune is a prayer.

In the end, he doesn't say anything at all, staring at the ground and wishing in this moment that the man known as Aragaki Shinjiro, sometimes called Sable, did not exist at all. ]

[precedented]

[ He walks up to him, to rest his hand on Sable's cheek. Was this not enough? Was he not enough?

Was he ever enough? ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ Shinjiro reaches up to cup Dune's hand with his own. ]

Dune...

[ And he wants so badly to be selfish in this moment, to love Dune more than he hates himself. ]

[precedented]

[ He pulls his hand away gently. This is for the best. If Sable cannot be selfish, how could Dune choose to be?

He steps away quietly before turning away. It's best not to give false words of hope.

The God Emperor has no need. ]

[axeboyfriend]

[ This is for the best. This is for the best. This is for— ]

Dune!

[precedented]

[ He stops. He doesn't attempt to turn around. ]

Don't do this to me. Don't give me hope only to take it away.

[axeboyfriend]

I'm not— I can't—

[ "I can't just watch you walk away." ]

I don't... know what you deserve. But I know what I don't. And I don't— deserve any of this... but I can't... watch you walk away....

[ His voice grows softer, so soft that anyone with normal human hearing might strain to hear. ]

Can I be selfish? For a little while? For however long....

[precedented]

[ He turns around finally. ]

What does your heart tell you?

[axeboyfriend]

That watching you walk away was too painful to bear.

[ His voice grows a little louder, and he looks up at Dune. ]

That maybe... even if I don't deserve a chance, I'll just have another reason to hate myself if I don't even let you know... That I do love you. I do. And maybe I should have said it sooner, maybe it's already too late. But I love you, and maybe that's worth more than the rest of it.

[precedented]

[ He steps closer, back into Sable's personal space. With a shuddering breath, he presses their foreheads together. ]

Foolish. But you've always been my foolish idiot.

[axeboyfriend]

[ This time, it's him who cups Dune's cheek, closing his eyes as he leans into the touch of Dune's forehead on his. ]

I know.