This fic is super duper not what I usually write, so it was a fun challenge to try to make my writing style dark enough to work with the storyline. XD I'm glad you picked up on the routine -- because Nino changed so much over time (for reasons known and unknown to him nfufu) that I feel like at some point, he would have lost his optimism and enthusiasm, so I tried to make that clear in writing. Though of course perhaps there was a different reason he changed~ ohoho.

Thank you for reading! ♥