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    Zanka Nijiku, born into a wealthy and controlling family, runs away in search of freedom. Lost and alone, he is found by Enjin, a member of a mafia organization known as The Cleaners. Wanting to disappear from his old life, Zanka stays with Enjin and begins training under him, eventually joining the mafia to hide from his past and create a new identity.

    Now living as an ordinary college student by day, Zanka leads a deadly double life, secretly taking lives at night while staying hidden from his family. His routine remains unchanged, until one night, his attention locks onto a mysterious man that looks extremely hot.

    What could go wrong?

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    09 Dec 2025

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    Rudo meets a new girl in school and suddenly understands why a lot of life revolves around romance. Only problem is, when he asks Enjin if he can start dating, he is met with "Not unless your brother does." Which is BULLSHIT because who would want to date uptight, overachiever, major bitch Zanka? He's gotta come up with a plan, and fast.

    Luckily... there might be someone nuts enough to want to try out a date with Zanka. Rudo just has to find a way to convince insane chemistry genius Jabber Wonger to take his brother on one shitty date. Then Rudo is in the clear. Surely, nothing could come of one shitty date.

    Right?

    aka, the 10 things I hate about you au

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    06 Dec 2025

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    Jabber Wonger never fit into the Ground University’s polished world of legacy students and people who put on a strict front. Though he never had to try too hard on school either. His genius was effortless and natural in contrast to his outlandish demeanor, which stuck out like a sore thumb.

    Zanka Nijiku’s had been born in the suffocating life that is defined entirely by the expectations he can never quite reach. The discipline that protected and lead his older siblings into reaching the Nijiku family's standards had betrayed him, because they had the genius that Zanka lacked. He'd grown to obsess over looking effortless to others as he'd work twice as hard in the background. Hard work grants bountiful rewards, that's how it should be.

    Jabber's vivid magenta eyes could notice too much, reach too deep, and linger long enough for unease to settle. And when that natural genius becomes fixated on Zanka, singularly on him and only him, the line between reason and possession becomes thin. The obsession spirals and tangles into both their contrasting lives, tying the two together.

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    06 Dec 2025

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    They've been dating for six years and counting.

    Really, more like six years, seven months, and twenty-three days, but realistically, who's interested in all those nitty-gritty details?

    Not Jabber, that’s for sure.

    The important thing is, despite being twenty-three and having been lovey-dovey for all six years, never once has Jabber ever interacted with Zanka's family.

    Actually, that's a lie.

    He's met his family a grand total of maybe thirteen times, albeit each time ended up with them breaking down into a bloody brawl- not the type of interaction Jabber would exactly consider “getting to know your beloved’s family”, but hey- everybody starts somewhere, right?

    Actually, the more he thinks about it, the more he’s mildly miffed.

    Six years, and no proper introduction?
     
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    jabber wants to marry zanka and his journey to get the semi-approval of zanka's family (team akuta/the cleaners)

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    05 Dec 2025

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    The last thing Mu Qing needed was any part of him lusting after his best friend’s soon-to-be married best friend.

    Which, of course, was exactly what was destined to happen when Mu Qing and Feng Xin meet each other for the first time at Feng Xin's wedding to Jian Lan.

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    10 Jul 2025