Rei Sakuma - Blog Posts
reikao short drabble. i have a lot of reikao wips in my drafts and this is one of my babies. originally posted this as a twitter threadfic in my private account with 0 followers but i realized i need to dump this publicly. run free and live life to the fullest unnamed reikao short drabble #3. story under the cut
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Kaoruʼs heart hammered continuously against his chest, its pounding beat—accompanied with his distressed thoughts—filled his ears instead of listening to the man in front of him.
He had prepared a lot for this song; of course, he would—it was for his sister, after all. He needed to put more than enough effort for her—he shoved all his responsibilities to his sister and brother. He has this itching urge to repay them back; it was the least he could do for them—for himself.
And as such, of course, Kaoru is nervous as fuck.
Him and the rest of UNDEAD are preparing to perform for the reception. They sat at a secluded corner of the room to prepare everything, but Kaoru has yet to calm himself down. He knew it was no use worrying, but he canʼt help it—he needed to do his best to not disappoint again, he needed to give it his all to show them that he took the right path, he needed to... He needed t—
“—Kaoru-kun, are you feeling alright?”
The deep, gentle voice of Rei interrupted his train of thoughts. Somehow recently, Rei could easily notice his sudden shift in moods.
“Y-Yeah, sorry. Iʼm just a bit nervous, thatʼs all,” he replied as he nervously twirls the ends of his hair.
Kaoru paused, suddenly remembering that he had to tie his hair. He met Reiʼs eyes then flashed a grin at him, “hey, you think you can tie my hair for me, pretty please?”
“Hm? Whatʼs with the ‛pleaseʼ all of a sudden~?” Rei teased, but still took the hair tie that Kaoru handed to him.
Rei gathered the stray strands of Kaoruʼs soft, blonde hair, and started combing it with his fingers. He then continued to gently brush his hair as Kaoru hummed.
After a few seconds of silence, Kaoru hesitantly mumbled, “Well, I... Itʼs kinda.. Iʼm—”
“...Itʼs a bit nerve-wracking, isnʼt it?” Rei finished the sentence for him as he took the hair tie that was on his wrist, tying Kaoruʼs hair together.
“I understand your anxiousness, Kaoru-kun,” he whispered, and Kaoru shivered from Reiʼs breath that suddenly brushed against his ear.
Rei continued, “fear may be present, but you shouldnʼt let it destroy your confidence.”
“Youʼre talented, adorable, a good boyfriend,” Rei paused, looking around the venue before he quickly planted a soft kiss on Kaoruʼs head.
He added, “most importantly, youʼre a good brother. You may think youʼre not necessarily good, but Iʼm sure your siblings would disagree.”
“So, donʼt worry about performing later. Iʼm sure your sister would enjoy, regardless.”
A tint of red slowly covered his whole face. Rei surely knew how to flatter him, huh.
Before Kaoru could reply, Rei quickly planted another kiss on the nape of his neck causing him to flinch
“R-Rei-kun...!”
“Kaoru-kun~!”
Kaoru turned around to face Rei, who was equally as red as him. He pouted as he scolded him, “could you lessen it with the PDA~? I know my sister likes you a lot as my boyfriend and as an idol, but you donʼt have to show off too much!”
“And! Weʼre idols! Our asses will get kicked, if our relationship went public, you know~?” Kaoru whined.
“Ah, but at the end of the day, weʼre still partners regardless of our relationship status, are we not?” Rei smirked. And Kaoru wants to wipe it off his face.
Partners, huh...
Who knew heʼd be able to call someone that—who knew that someone would call him that?
Him... Koga, Adonis... Rei... It was all just a coincidence for them to meet together. He never intended to stick this long, but here they are—performing for his sister.
And... Rei has been a good partner to him; whether it be as idols, friends, or lovers; he had been subtly helping him since the start of 3rd year, and up until now. Rei was always there for him, always showed up for him.
Heʼs really glad to be his partner—
“I love you, Rei-kun.”
The words poured out of his mouth as if it were a waterfall. It came out like a whisper, shocking both himself and Rei.
Blushing from his sudden declaration, Kaoru looked up to check Reiʼs reaction—and to no surprise, Rei was as red as him again.
Kaoru giggled, “youʼre like a tomato, Rei-kun~”
Rei frantically blinked, his eyes straying away from his until he looked back to glare. “Whoʼs fault do you think that is?”
“Donʼt just say that out of nowhere, Kaoru-kuuun~!” Rei groaned, dropping his head on Kaoruʼs shoulders.
“...I love you, too,” he whispered, tilting his head, so his bright red eyes could stare at Kaoruʼs light brown ones that were shining like a jewel.
Kaoru hummed. He patted Reiʼs head, then said, “letʼs go now, shall we?”
Rei nodded, but his supposed reply was suddenly interrupted—
“Oi, can you two stop it with the flirting?”
They both turned their heads to Koga, who glared daggers at their direction. Kaoru smiled apologetically, then walked towards him and Adonis with Reiʼs hand in his.
Having reimugi thoughts mostly altered and element related does anyone care about Rei's projection onto Tsumugi due to seeing himaelf in him while wanting to take care of him and how they are both so people pleasing and self-sacrificing, unable to say no when they are asked to do things by other people (Rei himself stating he couldn't find it in him to do so at one point which can be interpreted as not serious but you know. He's still someone who does quite a lot for others.) As well as their shared suicidal lack of care and value for their own lives... it's actually obscene.... He tries to teach him how a true, normal friendship is supposed to be despite not knowing it himself... Rei being the "most popular" in school according to Eichi, Tsumugi having so many connections despite being taken advantage of and treated unkindly often due to seeming like an easy target, both of them still being so alone. Then they were on opposing sides all of a sudden, the leader of fine and leader of the five eccentrics...
Rei understands Tsumugi, more than anyone possibly could at that time at least, he knows him so well he's able to help him understand what was happening to him during altered by spelling it out to him, essentially. On Tsumugi's "first day truly being alive", Rei was there congratulating him— after a war that made both of them shed their old selves, killing them to turn into something new even though technically Tsumugi didn't have one (he did, of course, but the framing is that he is alive for the first time in the story due to how he's been living till that point)... Rei does say it's because the war weakened him, to Tsumugi of all people, and he seems to seek to detach himself further from humanity... and Tsumugi is the one who killed Rei, to some extent, still having seen the friendship they currently have as a torturous punishment for what he did to him during in his third year... Tsumugi becoming human thanks to Natsume despite Natsume himself having a somewhat complicated relationship with his own humanity, which viewing in parallel to Wataru and Eichi is sooo sickening. But anyways. The vampire and the zombie both found things that made them want to keep existing in this world, as well as love and care from others... (even though tsumugi continued to very much suffer from suicidal ideation way after that but that's just how he is so guys it's ok)... that part where Tsumugi subconsciously, or simply unintentionally, sounds as if he's blaming Rei for things because he could've done so much to prevent the eccentrics executions including his own I'm crazy... just stuff I was thinking about this morning I'm spouting out the same stuff I post every day about them because I'm crazy
But what if I started editing Enstars cards?
My friends make first impressions and assumptions about enstar characters
Trickstar and fine
Ryuseitai and alkaloid
Eden Valkyrie crazy:b
Akatsuki and knights
Switch and MaM
2wink
Undead
Ra*bits
IT WAS A MISTAKE RAMBLING ABOUT ENSTARS TO MY FRIENDS. ONE OF THEM KEEPS SAYING “Rei Sakuma? Sakuma balls”
i hate enstars 🙄
pls rb/like if you save.
Sketch of Rei Sakuma because why not
Keito coming to check up on the state of the EiRaRei dorm and he walks in on Aira sitting on his bed with his earphones in trying to cancel out the noise of Eichi and Rei discussing the matter of why exactly Rei isn't allowed to sleep in a coffin but Eichi can have his life-like, 1.80m Wataru doll in their dorm room which is, "objectively speaking", way more of a disturbance than Rei simply sleeping in a coffin to rest his "poor old man" bones.
Keito turns around and leaves immediately.
twilight pentagram. u agree. reblog
God they're so hot
screenshots for my own personal use
the five eccentrics. you agree. reblog.
Hello UNDEAD. Thoughts on your climax event? Did you enjoy your AI clones?
Rei: ...Sometimes I can still hear their voice.
to the undead members, how would you rate yourselves from most sane to the least sane?
Kaoru: So clearly I'm the most sane.
wait are eichi and rei together now? does this mean kaoru is the only single guy in undead? kaoru get your act together you have so many "complex relationship" arrows
Kaoru: ...
as we give each other someone to blame / and to be grateful for, all the same
A small but very interesting observation. Rei's character trait, which makes him please people, is partly a consequence of his upbringing in his family. Judging by the words of Rei himself, the Sakuma clan was oppressed and persecuted in the distant past (probably during the witch hunt) because of its vampire characteristics of the body. And the condition by which the Sakuma could live among people was "to be harmless and useful". So this model of upbringing, which arose from the desire of the Sakuma family to survive, has become just a tradition and a feature of the character of all representatives of this family. Therefore, both Rei, and partly Ritsu, and most likely everyone else from the Sakuma clan have a tendency to want to be useful to others. That's such an interesting thing.
"Because we are harmless and useful, my family was allowed to exist in this world."
"Even in our modern era, when strange things have disappeared, it is difficult to change the way of life that was imprinted in my soul and genes and was fixed thanks to my education."
So these problems of Rei are not only related to his angelic personality (although that too).
for most characters, their character color is the same as their hair color. for some characters, such as hajime and niki, it is their eye color. there are only five exceptions to this rule — yuuta and hinata, whose colors reference the colors they've chosen to differentiate themselves; midori and chiaki, whose colors reference their roles as ryuusei green and red; and rei, for no obvious reason. why purple? if anything, wouldn't it make more sense for his color to be black or dark red? on the surface, rei appears to have no connection to the color dark purple. however, looking deeper, the answer becomes obvious. otogari adonis—
Sighing rn. Thinking about this one shot from the MV of the Undead Climax Song
The song is called Resurrection of Soul. When we think of resurrection, we think of Phoenixes rising from the ashes. I can’t help but think this shot is a reference to that. Rei is being resurrected from a member of Deadmanz to a member of UNDEAD. In Resurrection Sunday, we learn that Koga named the unit UNDEAD because he wanted to inspire Rei to keep on living after he looked like a corpse during the war. He wanted to “resurrect” Rei. I think this shot has bat wings not just to match UNDEAD’s theme, but because it was UNDEAD that resurrected Rei
Rei has spoken before about how UNDEAD has helped him. UNDEAD resurrected Rei from the dead man he was in Crossroad, and I hope the upcoming climax event and anime can show that to non-UNDEAD fans
And I definitely think it will. I don’t think it is a coincidence that Rei’s cg is him hugging Koga. LOOK HOW HAPPY HE IS HUGGING HIM TOO. Koga is really important to UNDEAD and its formation, but he doesn’t get much moments to shine in Crossroad compared to Rei and Keito, so I hope the Climax Event gives us some good moments for first year Koga too
making a separate post for this hehehehe <3
transparent ver doesnt he kinda look like barbie here. barbiecore or whatever
alien alien meep moooorp
Monologue corner? i feel like you skipped an important detail right there
Eichi; Wait, what did you say...?
i finished reading the event. i now understand
[IMAGE ID: two digital drawings featuring Rei Sakuma and Keito Hasumi from the game Ensemble Stars. The first drawing features Rei wearing his Succession Match outfit. His arms are crossed and his eyes are closed. His expression is smug. He is thinking: i'm so epic keito will now play will me. By his side, there is an official screenshot of him smiling with his eyes closed. The second drawing features the meme Frequently Bought Together. Keito and Rei are drawn in a very simplistic style, and the total price is 46 cents. END ID]
please show us the reichi dorm
Rei: Ku ku, noise-cancelling headphones are necessary when sharing a room with Tenshouin-kun~
Aira: ...
// SO SORRY FOR BEING SO LATE, I've been having trouble doing things lately