PEAK WRITING BTW ‼️‼️ NEED MORE OF THAT 🙏
Kojo has quite some voices, too, but these are his voice claims per step.
Step 1: Ash Ketchum, specifically in Pokemon Sun and Moon.
Step 2: Shikamaru, Naruto. (Dub.)
Step 3 and 4: Alucard, Castlevania: Nocturne. His voice doesn’t really change after 18.
Anyways, here’s dialogue for my son 🫶🏽 :
[ A routine of waking up, doing his tasks for the day, going back home, and then getting to bed. A standard for the boy who was looking into the mirror.
The boy stretched the skin of his cheeks, inspecting the way his face wrinkled when he frowned. He opened his mouth, looking at the teeth inside; they were all just the same as always. Perfect.
Kojo didn’t like change. Hell, he loathed it. He preferred a simple black coffee with an unhealthy amount of sugar and espresso over those fancy ‘aesthetic’ drinks any day. A good book over going out, a multitude of playlist with 60-ish songs over a full, unorganised playlist with a 1,000+ songs; the list went on.
Life, however, did not agree with Kojo’s mundane and uneventful approach on it. At first it bothered the boy, a lot. But now, all grown up and older, he found himself not so irritated by change anymore.]
[ “Y’know, I never thought I’d stay here forever.” Kojo said as he and Tamarack lay down in the latter’s backyard, spread out like starfish.
Tamarack hummed softly. The girl could find herself relating to the 4 month older boy; she was just as agreeing with the statement as he was. The amount of anxiety filled moments when her parents swinged around? Gods above.
“And never did I think I’d get the coolest, most beautiful and amazing best friend out of it.” Were the soft, adoring words that came out of the green-eyed teen’s mouth. There was shuffling, and suddenly there was a bundle of warmth on Tamarack’s side.
“I love you, Tammy. You’re literally one of the best, if not just the best people I could ask for. You’re an angel; a blessing from the Heavens above, even if you can’t see it yourself.”
Tamarack giggled and rolled her eyes with affection, no real heat behind the action. She shifted onto her side as well, facing Kojo and letting the taller, more muscular boy cuddle her. Kojo had told her these words a thousand times before, but every time they managed to make her feel even warmer inside than the last. For a teenager who was claimed to be ‘rude’ or ‘apathetic’ by his peers, Tamarack found her best friend to be the most sappy, poetic person she could think of.
“I know, you big sap. That’s why I’m your soulmate, right? Even if it’s not in the romantic sense or whatever; in every universe, we’ll meet each other.” ]
[ Kojo blinked, eyes widening as rain poured down on him and the person opposing him. Did he hear that correctly?
“… What? Don’t— You’re not fucking with me, right?”
The person who’d been opposing him sighed, a sorrowful look on the canvas that was their face. That person was Qiu Lin; Kojo’s seven year long crush, who’d just told Kojo they loved him.
“What— No! Why would I lie to you, especially now?! I love you, Kojo. So fucking much. I have loved you since your stupidly curious-but-cute self broke into my backyard.” Qiu panted, sounding out of breath. They hadn’t meant to confess, truly! It just… slipped out in the heat of the argument.
Kojo blinked once again, like a confused raven, or a puppy waiting patiently for a snack. A second later Kojo was right in front of Qiu, his hands cradling their face as the process of realisation was evident in the former’s eyes. They both just stared at one another, panting from the previous argument, slowly steadying their breathing rhythms.
“You love me— have loved me. For seven whole years, to be exact. And you pushed me away because you couldn’t understand yourself, but more so your feelings for me?”
A loud noise of laughter left Kojo’s lips, eyes crinkling with joy and those sharp canines showing. It was a genuine laugh; something he hadn’t done in years.
“You’re a fool — an idiot and an imbecile. Do you know how long I’ve waited for you to utter these words; that you love me? Do you know how many daydreams I’ve had about you and me, loving one another? Gods above, you’re—“
Kojo’s ranting was silenced by the soft pressure of someone else’s lips on his — Qiu’s lips on his. He returned the gesture with ease, letting his crush’s hands snake around his waist.
“Gods, this is even better than in my dreams.”
A pleasant sigh from Kojo, and a soft laugh from Qiu.
“You’ve dreamt about this?”
“Don’t tell me you haven’t! …You have, no?”]
(oh yeah, gave tamarack a bday since she doesn’t have one canonically im p sure. It’s April 21st, cause Tamarack reminds me of spring for whatever reason. My bday hc for Qiu is July 6th, actually, despite their name being Autumn lmao)