awww the kindly conclusion 😂 this does have me wondering if I should adjust my ao3 tags since I always worried about this happening and it finally did lol

Thanks to Gazi's support, Antonio managed to cobble his broken heart together.

And he even found a path to a genuine friendship with Stacee (still living with him), forming a connection not tinged by the heat of his crush.

But was that really the end?

...to be continued as the narrator plays more

Antonio was devastated, refusing to leave his room. But his dear friend Gazi was there for him 🥺

[The Narrator regrettably dressed them as sheep without realizing she would need to record this heartfelt moment]

Meanwhile, Dantes barely knew what to do with the prize he had so thoughtlessly earned...

[Yeah, he is fighting hard for the villain role in this TomoLife drama]

Bonus pics of the prison outfit I gave him and my attempt to drop him into the ocean as punishment for his crimes against Stantonio

Antonio's heart, freshly bared and raw, was all the more vulnerable to utterly shattering!

Perhaps Stacee too was afraid of whatever real feelings were building up between him and Antonio... perhaps he found it easier to just revert to his old patterns with the coldly sensual Dantes

[the narrator screaming] DAAAANTEEEEEEEEES

yes, Stacee actually ended up choosing DANTES?! Who had not expressed any romantic interest in Stacee prior to this point (and honestly was probably just asserting his dominance as a relative newcomer to the island)

Cough back to in-universe narration...

All his desperate feelings came rushing out as Antonio laid his heart bare...

only for a... PLOT TWIST

Antonio was ready to take another leap!

Little moments like this truly made Antonio feel at home... and that desperate hope in his heart burned stronger and stronger...!

Then again, the pros seemed to outweigh the cons

Maybe it wasn't the best idea to invite his secret crush to live with him... this kind of distraction had him walking into walls (or getting bonked on the head)

While they were em, physically aligned, it wasn't quite paradise...

Stacee was happy to move in with Antonio once they were aligned on what they would spend their days (or mostly nights) doing.......

wait ahhh did bsky eat my post about this random collab ayg is having with gen Z and the ocean (?)

not sure where this came from but good message

ah yes you reminded me to 😂

the intersection of stuff is too nonsensical to pass up 😂

Lmaoooo yes Antonio is such a mess in this game 😂 leaking feelings all over the place!!!

No matter how many times Antonio told himself to stop coming on so strong, sometimes his feelings just overcome him...

The moments of sweetness made even the bitterness of sorrow a joy!

Even Romeo could find Antonio's melancholic yearning tiresome... but at least Gazi was there to wingman (or third wheel) a vacation Antonio took with Stacee!

Meanwhile Stacee was just glad to have 2 lovely bunnies accompany him

He writhed with insecurity at how easily Stacee lavished attention upon others (like Lae'zel of BG3)

Unfortunately, he tried moving way too fast and was rebuffed.

(In my mental fanfiction based off this scenario, Antonio offered to give Stacee free room and board to support him in his struggling artist era, to which Stacee was like "I'm not ready to become a kept man just yet!"

Alas, poor Antonio is not a natural charmer, as exemplified by this awkward moment....

His head was also turned by Gale (of BG3) 5 minutes later, but we the Narrator shall not mention this misadventure any further after setting him to rights /ahem

How his tiny body trembled at the force of feelings so passionate he could barely contain them!

He never stood a chance against Stacee's charms!!!
(this was within maybe 5 minutes of moving to the island)

Ep2 of TomoLife YCF-verse: The Melancholy of Antonio

If you thought Gazi's love story was rough, just wait till you see the jagged boulders that line Antonio's rocky road to love

Antonio always had a nervous disposition... maybe that's what drew him like an anxious moth to the wild flame of Stacee

😭😭😭 it always does in the end!!!

...unfortunately, not all surprises go well, as Dalong found when he was trying to cutely surprise Gaga only to discover just how strong a startled bunny's self-preservation instinct can be