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But when I first talked about my feelings for you with Lady Dominique it was how I could get you to hate me.

Yeah. It's fine to have our own opinions.

[It's what makes them individuals, after all.]

Though hearing that you feel that way for me... it makes me happy. [If almost panicky sometimes...]

Heh... I'm not surprised. I treated you poorly to start with. I

I'm sorry.

[ fine to have their own opinions even if they disagree. huh.

is that really true? IF THEY WANT TO GET ALONG. she'll go with it. trust him for now. he wouldn't lead her astray. and after their conversation earlier, one day, she'll tell him the other thing. to his face. that she loves him. even if she's ready, he might not be. slowly, jeanne, slowly. ]

You've treated me wonderfully, too. You treat me like I'm a person.

[He thinks so. It's all a part of them being individuals with their own thoughts and feelings.

Probably a wise idea to go easy with the L-word around him, just in case. He might think he's ready, but the reality of it is that he's a damaged young man, with many, many issues... It'll take time for him to get to the point where he can accept another's affections without cringing or feeling like he needs to flee.]

Because you are. You're not a tool, or a toy. You're you. Not the Hellfire Witch, not a Bourreau. Just Jeanne.

[Maybe even his Jeanne, one day...]

[ HE SAID HE WOULDN'T RUN AWAY!!! she will be very sad if he does, but also

jeanne wouldn't be able to decide if she should pursue the shit outta him or simply leave him be.

in her heart, she's already his. his because he says she's jeanne. ]

You know, I never enjoyed being called that. The Hellfire Witch.

No matter how fitting it was.

[HE'S A FILTHY LIAR. No, that's not true. He wouldn't run. He might hide, but he'd stay. Because he's stubborn and determined to be brave...!

Honestly, he wouldn't know which he'd prefer, either, so. Same boat.

Hearing her say that she doesn't like her title, he can't help smiling sadly.]

Then from now on, you'll just be Jeanne. How's that?

[ locks himself away for another ten days....... ]

Yes. I like that. 😊

Did you ever have a name you didn't like?

[Retires to his bed...]

Good. That's what I'll call you from now on.

[There's a pause, long enough for her to notice probably.]

....Vanitas might count.

[ that's what he's always called her... well, since their meeting. since he kissed her. he says her name more than anybody else and always in this certain tone that used to make her tingle.

in revulsion, at first. but later? much differently. the opposite. ]

Vanitas? But

[ oh.

for the record, yes, she noticed. ]

That's not your real name.

[Ever since he at least asked her to call him by name, too, rather than refer to him as "human." He likes hearing her call him that, but...

It's not his. Not his name. He stole it that day those years ago. When Luna died.]

No. It's not. It wasn't mine to have. But I took it anyway.

[He wonders who he even is anymore, honestly. What he is.]

[ honestly, she was expecting his answer to be "human" and not "vanitas" itself. she's thrown, staring at her phone while gripping it tight in her fingers. trying not to crack the screen.

if she's not in love with "vanitas", who...? ]

Why? Why did you take it?

[It's a good question, really. One he doesn't have the answer to anymore. Maybe one day he'll even forget his real name. Would that be a blessing or a curse, he wonders...?]

To utterly destroy Vanitas' legacy. For my revenge.

[And perhaps secretly to honor Luna. He's not sure anymore, not with his conflicting feelings.]

[ his revenge. his declaration at the bal masque. jeanne remembers standing there, staring up at him in awe. that someone could exist who might be the complete opposite of her.

yet how similar they are, too. ]

I think I undersand now. You took a name that came from a person you hated just for your goals. To erase everything Vanitas did. As Vanitas, you're saving the Crimson Moon vampires in objection.

[ how... frantic... how desperate. what happened to vanitas that he would go so far? those scars? that possession mark? ]

Do you remember your real name?

[]Honestly, he needs to live dangerously to feel like he's in control of his life. Whereas it seems Jeanne values safety above all else. They're different in that regard, yet so similar in others.

Exactly. If Vanitas created this grimoire to destroy the Crimson Moon vampires, I'll do whatever it takes to save them from oblivion.

[Even at the cost of his own life. He doesn't have much time, so he has to make the most of it, after all.]

Who knows? It doesn't matter anyways. I'm Vanitas now. Not...

[Not that name. Not who he was. Human.]

[ he can get into all the danger he wants, and she will be right there to protect and save his ass. ]

But isn't it a name your mother and father gave to you? Just like I was named Jeanne by my parents...

[ or is that why? he's protecting that name in his own way. the precious name given to him by his mother. ]

Okay.

I'll still call you Vanitas. But, even if you consider yourself Vanitas, I hope you will share it with me one day. The name your parents gave you.

[Thank goodness for that, huh? Because so many times he would've died without her help.]

It is. But

[But he doesn't want to sully it and their memory by associating his current behavior with it. He'd rather that name be relegated to the sweet child who loved his parents, not the young man who disregards their sacrifices for selfish reasons.]

Alright. One day I'll tell you. Before I'm gone. [Even if he has to leave it in a letter to her.]

[ if only she thought of such a thing before she became a bourreau, too. jeanne could've remained the happy-go-lucky (and wild) child that she was. ]

It's okay. I understand, I think.

[ without him telling her. somehow, she does. ]

Perhaps I should think of a nickname for you, in the meantime? I've never done it before.

[ here we fucking go. ]

My little macaron.

[Alas... But he's glad to know her as Jeanne, even if it's also the name she held as a bourreau. He doesn't hold her actions against her when she was forced to do those things.]

Thanks...

[A thank you AND an apology in one day?! The sky must be falling.]

Huh... Yeah, that should work, I think.

[OF COURSE IT'S FOOD. WHY IS IT SO CUTE THOUGH...]

Is that because you want to eat me?

[ BECAUSE HE IS ADORABLE?????? ]

Oh. Well, maybe a little. One of the reasons.

I said you were better than macarons, too.

[Okay y'know what? Fair.]

I'm glad for that. I think even I would be a bit hurt if I ranked below food...

[Now he's just teasing her.]

[ teasing her just like old times.

hurt him? oh no. nononono. ]

YOU ARE FAR ABOVE FOOD.

YOUR BLOOD.

YOUR MOUTH.

YOUR SKIN.

YOUR PENIS.

[ god help them ]

[ASDKLFJS JEANNE PLZ]

YOU DON'T HAVE TO REFER TO IT LIKE THAT OKAY

[HE'S GONNA PERISH]

[ HOW IS SHE SUPPOSED TO REFER TO IT HE'S A DOCTOR ]

I don't?

Then

Um

My

big

macaron?

[ god help vanitas ]

[He's also eighteen and horny. Maybe dick would be better?? Certainly not cOCK. He would DIE.]

I

I guess that's acceptable....?

[CALL IT HIS ECLAIR AND CHOUX PUFFS]

[ right here, 200+ and horny. she is a INEXPERIENCED MAIDEN. if she wants to be able to dirty talk, there needs to be more bawdy literature in the libraries for her to stumble upon.

or he can read some to her. ]

My little macaron with his big macaron.

[ HIS ECLAIRLSKJLKdj ]

no subject

SELECTIVE KNOWLEDGE LMAO

OH. BUT OKAY. YEAH SAME

PEAS IN A POD

SCOOTCHES INTO UR POD

why no notiffff fuuuuuuu

dwrp why are you against vanijean?!!

ARRRRGH DAMMIT

I WILL CRY!!!!!!!!

IT WORKED THIS TIME

GOBLESS

THANK GOB

ONE DAY WE MIGHT JUST MOVE TO INSANEJOURNAL

IT'S GOING DOWN FROM WHAT I HEAR TOO....

BRUHHHHHHHHHH WHAT IS LEFT EVEN

SURE AS SHIT AIN'T LJ...

i can't go back there don't make me go back therjkslkgjs

not even if you paid me hahaha

..................how much tho

maybe for a million... I ain't cheap LMAO

500K?

DEAL 🤝

WAIT WHAT I DONT HAVE THAT MONEy

LMAOOO me neither sob

imagine if we did...