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    “I’m sorry,” Zoey cut in meekly. “I’m just trying to understand—”

    Rumi whirled to face her, and she flinched back. “I’ve explained this to you before. We have insects that are pests and we have insects that are beneficial. If we let the pests live, they do damage, so we kill them. It doesn’t matter if it’s alive—all of them are alive, but some of them need to die.”

    A study of Rumi and bugs.

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    24 Jun 2026

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    what a haunting metaphor

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    Rumi is in exposure therapy for her severe social anxiety. She's completed a number of exposures aimed at getting her more comfortable in social situations. Next up? Ask someone out.

    Easier said than done.

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    19 May 2026

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    Rumi is the world's most anxious uni student and Zoemira can't resist her GAD swag

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    Secrets mean that she's still safe. That she hasn't ruined her only chance at fixing herself yet.

    So when Rumi begins having less-than-appropriate thoughts about her bandmates, it's just another thing she adds to the shelf.

    They were nothing more than intrusive thoughts at first.

    Everyone gets those. Who hasn't accidentally imagined their friends in a sexual context at least once? It happens, and she knows it doesn't mean anything. Mira and Zoey are objectively incredibly attractive, it can easily be explained as a completely normal compulsion.

    So life goes on. Things are normal, and every now and again Rumi thinks about fucking her friends.

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    15 Mar 2026

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    Flawlessly executed smutty getting-together

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    “i do want to,” she declares. “it’s just that…”

    a beat of silence passes.

    “just that what?” mira asks.

    it’s just that you’re my two exes and this should be weird because what kind of person enjoys hooking up with their ex lovers oh and also i just realised i never really got over either of you properly so this is even weirder and am i a freak for secretly enjoying this i mean who does that like seriously i must be diseased and also did i mention that i’m totally still in love wi—

    or,

    the one where rumi sulks about being dragged to a party, sulks even more when she realises who's there, and then sulks a little less by the end of the night.

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    14 Mar 2026

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    Kiss your way back together

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    “The fans are eating up you being a romantic,” Rumi informs her with a smile. “They think it’s cute.”
    Mira frowns, pausing her scratching under Derpy's chin (he does not seem to mind. Or notice. Honestly, Mira's not exactly sure if the tiger is even aware that he's alive, sometimes…). “I’m not supposed to be cute. Zoey is cute-”
    “Aw, thank you!”
    “-you are cute, puppies are cute, Derpy is cute.”
    “Mira you’re very, very cute,” Zoey disagrees loudly from where she’s poking at a pot on the stove.
    “No, I- ugh. Whatever, not the point. Why did you two say that, anyway, about me being some closet romantic?”
    Rumi blinks at her. “Because… you are?”
    “I am not- when have you ever seen me fawn over someone opening a door?” Mira scoffs, resuming her ministrations on their fluffy visitor.
    “Never, but-”
    "So why did you do that? Now people think I'm some swooning idiot."
    “Right, no- Mira, I meant that you like to do those things.”
    “Duh,” Zoey calls helpfully from the kitchen.

    In which Mira decides to sweep Rumi and Zoey off their feet, and Rumi and Zoey are too stupid (affectionate) to realize it.

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    26 Feb 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    What if Rumi AND Zoey didn't know they were dating. Mira would suffer, is what.