bean and i have been locked in the kitchen, so like AU where beta niki is niki's older brother and otome niki is his younger brother right--
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Hiki (22 y.o.) - "nii-san" to his younger brothers; calls Niki "Nikkun"
dropped out of hs and left to travel and be a food journalist after the IncidentTM
pretty chill but would kill a man for his little brothers
rinne is scared of him (something something scary older brother, the 3 cm difference is the only thing keeping red guy from crumpling) (also hiki's basically another version of him and bro's good at dealing with anyone but himself)
he knows rinne is scared of him and thinks it's the funniest thing and will mess with him on purpose
super sensitive to taste, bro can taste if someone put in even 1 grain of salt
despite that he has horribly bad eating habits, bro has tastebuds gifted by the divine themselves but he's on his 12th pack of ramen this week
favorite is the instant noodles he'd make and share with his little brother when he had to watch him while parents were out working
sucks at cooking. rinne was scared of him until he saw him burn water
so chill with pda hes annoying and embarrassing they cannot kiss without him whistling or saying anything
feels guilty about leaving niki from running off to try to redeem the shiina name with his journalism
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exes with oldest sakura nee-han (it's funny and they're on good terms)
drinking buddies with rinne, said nee-han and himeru post-reveal (older bees sibling crew)
Miki (16 y.o.) - "Mikkun" to his older brothers; calls Niki "Aniki"
stayed with other family in japan after the IncidentTM (niki didn't go with him 'cause he wanted to stay)
guilt from not visiting his aniki or trying harder to convince him to come with him to live with family
miki is an edgy brat, sweet but a brat
niki: aw he's just a little angel what are you so worried about
miki flipping rinne off behind niki's back:
Rinne once again thinking how he lucked out with Hiiro every time he interacts with Miki
niki spoils miki and miki clinging to his aniki cuddling up next to him being the first taste tester getting to choose what niki makes rinnekun on the side fist clenched about to blow a fuse thats his spot thats his job thats his choice and miki Knows
will play video games with rinne tho (sideeyeing the number of runs red guy has on niki's route in the otome)
cut his hair to be different from his brothers
has the opposite problem of niki, he doesnt wanna do food or chef work but all he's good at is food (specifically desserts and he would rather go to business school but he does enjoy making sweets with his aniki)
aroace
if rinne and niki kiss one more time around him he's gonna explode
gets flustered around hiiro in an "i wanna be friends but i'm bad at making friends" way 'cause he's so nice and genuine and excitable and nothing like his brother and rinne's like "yeah no he has a girlfriend"
tiktok kid, always has his phone on him; kinda famous?? people in his comments mostly just go "you look like that guy from crazy:b"
mario party nights with the younger bee sibling squad (hiiro, kaname, kohaku)
also gets into debates with them on who has the best oldest siblings
okay. OKAY. this is very reminiscent of the ghost ship xfiles episode. the music in one scene in the hallways was used in the crow too so i did a little post about it here but it's one of the best (maybe the best???) sequences in the entire series and so i had to include it in its entirety here and now (eternal crush on gillian anderson started in the early 90s and she's such a doll in the 40s getup)
supernatural s8e20 (night hop by benny carter) / the x-files s6e3 triangle (hot liquorice by dick walter)
mitch pileggi aka skinner aka not-so-good-grandpa also briefly appears in the xfiles clip :)
same vibes. (hannibal s1e9 trou nomand)
DEAN
In the neighborhood? How the hell does she know where we are?
SAM
Uh, well, she doesn't. Not exactly, at least. It says she tracked our cells to a twenty mile radius, then the signal went out. Huh. This place must be in some kinda, like, Bermuda Triangle.
lol
sweetness ♥️
CHARLIE
Well, after you guys left, I dug into all things monsters. I'm a wee bit obsessive. If "wee bit" means completely. I also found this series of books, by a Carver Edlund? [SAM and DEAN exchange awkward looks] Did those books really happen?
CHARLIE (cont'd)
Wow. That is some meta madness. [to DEAN] Thanks for saving the world and stuff. [to SAM] Sorry you have zero luck with the ladies.
the awkwardness of this situation if you think about it for more than a second is off the charts
CHARLIE
What about, uh, Castiel? He seems helpful, and dreamy.
not the word choice i'd expect but okay
DEAN
He's MIA, with a tablet of his own, doing God knows what. I mean, to be honest this whole thing is... I mean, Sam's a tough son of a bitch, but... Cas is saying that these trials are messing with him in ways that even he can't heal.
CHARLIE
If it's any consolation, having read your history, there is pretty much nothing the Winchesters can't do if they work together.
pretty sure i said "that's nice" out loud
CHARLIE
Must be nice, having a brother, someone to always watch your back.
not that their thing is on any scale of normal. also *squints* whatcha gettin at here, show. are we adopting charlie?
DEAN
Nuh-uh. Back on the horse, kiddo, come on.
operation adopt-a-sister engaged
same, charlie, same.
hey, it's jason mendoza from the good place! didn't recognize his face with the hair being up but his voice immediately rang the bell
the good place s1e8 most improved player - manny jacinto as jason mendoza
DEAN
I know you wanna help, I do, but—
SAM
Dean, you cannot take care of the both of us. I need to be out here. Play through the pain, right?
DEAN
Come on man, don't quote me to me.
but dean taking care of you is kind of a non-negotiable you know that
CHARLIE
So the boys said they noticed something on the body's arm before it covered them in years of future therapy. Said it looked like a blue handprint.
DEAN
Sounds like something you should read about. In a book. At home.
SAM
I'm not leaving until we find out whatever is doing this.
DEAN
Whatever. [stalks off]
CHARLIE
You guys fight like an old married couple.
JUST LET ME TAKE CARE OF YOU 😡🔪
CHARLIE
Alright, well, breakthrough means snack time to me, and I wanna just stretch my legs. I will pick us up some grub, and unlike you, Sam, I will not forget the pie.
sweetness x100
isn't it nice to have someone else they can be affectionate with and there's no need to worry about ~romantic tension~
none of the emotional trauma of the previous episode, some very solid heartwarming moments, not too many cringe inducing moments of embarrassment. i'll take it, robbie
"You're no good person.. You're a horrible daughter, a cruel sister and a terrible friend.."
"There's nothing good about you..."
"You always think that everything's perfectly fine.."
"Not even a second thought.. so careless"
"Very unresponsible of you.."
"You should have noticed there's something wrong with him"
"and maybe he might be still alive.."
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Yes, another one of these but with mari and Hiki(tbh I want to rename Hiki with something else but to also go along with the hikikomori ig).
Random info, you could tell that Hiki has their own personality, when Mari was in control, her expression looks very depressed and neutral. There were times Hiki would be in control like going out of character, The hs friend group always know that Hiki doesn't show much emotions and just expresses it through her actions. They sorta got weirded out at the same time glad she shows them.
Anyways, thanks for reading this hehe ^ ^ tooddlleeesss~