Akko and Yuri have been friends since high school and Yuri has always been a bit of a basic bitch. Akko has bailed her out over and over, but since Yuri got married to a very rich man who beats her, Akko hasn’t been able to do much. Until circumstances bring her and Yuri together […]
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