Yato was Kazuma's benefactor, and Kazuma wasn't one to leave a debt unpaid. For years, he watched Yato, looking for an opportunity to repay him - he never found one, but he watched as Yato's first mask, his first defense, broke, and then watched some more as Yato created a new one. And in between, he saw Yato, real and so, so tired.
Gareki had a family once, before they sold him. He's never quite understood love, or families, but he does know that a group of people can form close bonds and become an untraditional family. And having a family, especially one formed because of the members' feelings for one another, appeals to him.
Eden's thought that Daniel was dead for six years. Now, after the war is won and they are safe, it's time to catch up on lost time. Little stories about Day and Eden, set after the war and their move to Antarctica.
When all is said and done, Izayoi was still a somewhat inhuman child raised in a human world. Humans can be cruel, and they fear what they do not know. And what humans fear, they hurt. Izayoi's been hurt once or twice, or multiple times, but no longer. Now he's just bored, and he hates the world. Can Canaria change his mind?
He's like a naked blade, and Yukine is like a… a soft toy, maybe, or a kitten, that's just walked up to the blade and is nuzzling against it, and Yato just knows that he's gonna hurt this child. (In which a friend has become an akayashi, Yukine's crying, and Yato just does his best to be strong for them both.)
Fighting the No Names is like jumping into a fire, into the pits of hell to fight the demons there, or battling a raging storm. It is like trying to grasp wind or stab shadows, like fighting a forest fire with a cup of water. They are fast and slippery, brash and bold, determined and powerful, and they will not tolerate anyone who stands in their way.
When the world shatters around you, Ryner knows that there's nothing you can do but watch.
Should he be sorry? Should he apologise for being born the way he is? Some say he should, but Izayoi will not. He refuses to. They call him a monster, say that he is hopeless, out of control, out of line. He's heard it all before, and he will not apologise.
They have a special game, Yaboku and Hiiro, and they're really good at it. Practice makes perfect, after all, and they practice loads. It's really fun, not really because of the blood that sprays in pretty crimson arcs, but because it makes Hiiro smile and father praise them, and those two things make up Yaboku's whole world. Then Yaboku meets Sakura, and everything changes.