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  1. Public Bookmark 30

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    Zanka, Riyo, and Rudo each have a moment of understanding what it means to be known, really known, by the people who chose them. To be known is to be loved, even when none of them know exactly how to say it out loud.

    or: three snapshots of Zanka, Riyo, and Rudo figuring out this whole found family thing.

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    25 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 36

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    Living on the run sucks. No one had ever told Enjin otherwise- except maybe those movies about couples eloping together he'd watched when he was younger, but he knew even back then that those couldn't actually be close to how it actually would be. After all, none of the characters in those movies were ever running from the shit Enjin had to run from- granted, Enjin also never thought he would have to run from shit like this, but here he was.

    What those movies also didn't tell him, was that it was scarily easy to get attached to random children you find on the side of the road.

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    OR: How Enjin acquired his ragtag group of kids.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    One might ponder why having two solar flares orbiting him would be a positive when half the time it resulted in him sweating his ass off. The person who thought that way was a fool, though, because as with all things related to raising two traumatized teenagers, the pros always outweighed the cons.

    The wicked chills that accompanied the year's end were settling into every corner of the Cleaner's HQ. While the place had heating, it wasn't the newest or the most sufficient system ever installed. Often, it broke down and needed repairs, which meant several days spent in an unheated room if one was unlucky. Enjin had been unlucky more times than he could count.

    In came his saving grace, the most glorious benefit of mentoring he’d acquired: two teenagers with nightmares afraid to sleep in their own beds.

    Enjin keeps collecting strays, and the pile of kids that invade his space for snuggle time keeps coincidentally increasing.

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    24 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 92

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    Their eyes widened at the realisation - it was too late. The shock paralysed them for a second too long to release the Umbreaker's power and shield them from the impending attack.

    Enjin reached out to grab Zanka, to get him away. He had to at least save the boy who had given everything to surpass all his expectations. The potential hidden within him was worth any price.

    But Zanka wanted to save the other as well. He preferred to put himself in danger if it meant that the older cleaner would come out of this uninjured. He owed him at least that much after everything Enjin did for him.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    The following morning, as Enjin looks for his squad to take up a new assignment, he finds Riyo and Zanka sleeping in the latter’s bed, curled up in each other’s arms.
    He wakes them up only after taking a photo.

    or: nobody in Team Akuta has a regular sleeping schedule

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    24 Jun 2026