by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) Taran cautiously got out of his Uber, taking a moment to give the driver five stars and leave a generous tip before making his way through the doors of the ER. He approached the triage nurse at the front desk, took a deep breath, and said, “There’s no other way to […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) “Seriously?” is all I could say when I saw the notification on my phone. Four months. Four months of radio silence, and then he hits me with a ‘hey’ text? I put my phone down with disgust, and lasted about twenty seconds before picking it up again.  The last messages in […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ)   He never thought he’d get old enough for his bones to ache so much. Masao remembered being in his twenties and firmly believing he’d never be the kind of man to groan so much when he moved around. Those noises had become his constant companion more than twenty years ago. Most […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) It’d been three years and Alexander’s stomach still turned when he got in one of the elevators of the Carlyle-Matsunaga Building. It wasn’t that he was afraid that it would malfunction (much), or of heights (much), or even how you barely felt them move while they were zipping so fast between […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ)   “Lunch!” Syl proudly declared as he came into Lyta’s view, holding up the net full of mussels he’d just harvested.  “Mm, good timing,” she said, putting hands on her lower back to stretch a bit as she leaned back from her work. “That new arrival of Nori’s finally showed up.” […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) another round of Everything’s Easy “Are you even listening?” Zev said, shortly before snapping his fingers close enough to Angel’s face to make him swat them away. “Nope, absolutely wasn’t,” Angel said, and Zev just rolled his eyes. Not like they were talking about anything important, anyway; it was a night […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) “Oh, boss, is that you?” Yima sat up at the sound of a familiar voice, and looked up to see a familiar face in an unfamiliar place. Angel had a little spot just on the water with the best dumplings and noodles that Yima had ever tasted, so good that it […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself no longer a catboy.  No, what? No, that wasn’t his name, Jun thought as he pulled himself up out of those dreams, his name was Jun and there was a soft, warm mouth moving over his neck, kissing down […]

See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) Tyoma woke like he always did, in the way where it seemed like he could hear the sunlight now streaming through the windows. Never capable of sleeping in, not once even since he was a boy. He kept his eyes closed for […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) See this piece’s entry on the Shousetsu Bang*Bang wiki. Finn’s phone lit up with a call, which was unusual enough, but even stranger still was that it wasn’t immediately identified as his best friend Scam Likely, who called him several times a week. It was an unknown number, still, though. He […]

by Domashita Romero (地下ロメロ) “Before you do this I need you to record a message to your mom absolving me of any guilt if you die,” Ben said as he got the framing right on the video on his phone. “It’s going to be fine,” Jey said, and then grinned at the camera. “Mom, I […]