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  1. Public Bookmark 51

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    This is not a love story.

    This is a story about food.

    This is a story about the time Diluc Ragnvindr told a reporter that none of the dishes in his own restaurant were as good as the ramen Kaeya Alberich made for him in culinary school. He had no reason to bring it up. It wasn't like they were friends. They were barely even classmates, seeing as Kaeya decided to drop out and leave the valedictorian spot to Diluc.

    (This is also maybe, possibly, kind of a love story.)

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    07 Mar 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 52

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    He slipped it out one-handed, thumb swiping the screen. A notification from Instagram sat at the top – new DM. He opened it without really thinking, expecting another fan question about a posted look or a polite request for tips. The account name was a string of random letters and numbers. No profile picture. No posts. No bio. Just one message. You like your Americanos in the mornings.

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    20 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 93

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    “Swordsman,” Robin greets, beckoning Zoro to the counter with a graceful wave of her hand. “What is it you seek today?”

    “Do you have any spell books about swords that are stuck?” he asks as plainly as possible.

    Robin regards him in return. “Is it the blade itself? Or the swordsman?” she muses quietly.

    “Just the blade,” Zoro answers quickly. He doesn't need her prying, doesn't want that eerie foresight of hers to be a prophecy he fulfills. Whatever Perona says, he’s not stuck in a training arc—hell, he’s having an adventure right now, isn’t he?

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    08 Dec 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 41

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    Kaveh—
    You promised you would be back three months ago. Your room is collecting dust and your plants are dying.
    Al-Haitham

    Kaveh moves to the desert. He is not quite ready for what awaits him there, nor is he prepared to leave behind what tethers him to the forest.

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    24 Oct 2025

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    Sydney thinks that if she found out she was pregnant a little earlier she probably wouldn’t have gone through with it. Like, if she found out before her landlord changed the locks on her apartment, or before the bank sent her all those red letters, or before the pasta dried up, she’d probably have just taken herself to Planned Parenthood, popped the pills and charged it to the game. But as it is, the two blue lines appear on the stick during the worst months of her life, the first months of the pandemic when she’s unemployed and shit scared that her dad is going to get coronavirus and die. And when she sees them, she just thinks: well, this might as well happen. She was a disappointment before. What’s one more thing?

    Before she meets Carmy, Sydney has a baby.

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    13 Oct 2025