solitaire-knight asked: So I bought a body pillow of Haru from Free the other day. If my parents found it, how should I defend myself? My best argument is "It's either this pillow or a real boyfriend, your choice." Is that good enough? I'm a bit paranoid because my parents are strict on dating and I've had some close calls hiding Haru from them barging into my room : s

You know I have the same case except I don’t want my parents to know that I’m ok with same-sex relationship, that I draw too much guys kissing or same pics flashing on my dashboard all the time. They’re pretty old school and religious so they don’t really approve of that. Surprisingly, I left my PC on once with my Kisumi x Makoto drawing standing by (my LCD is friggin wide the homos are on your face omg), I checked my mom’s face when she saw it and she resumed on what she’s gonna tell me and left my room. Ever since that happened, I always freely leave my PC on with my dashboard flashing gay ships and nobody actually cares TTW TT I even collected a buncha anime men merch and left them hanging around my room esp the Makoto figure and his crotch is so obvious it’s just displayed on my desk lol

So I think if your parents ever catch you but they don’t ask you anything about your pillow then you’re ok but if ever they did, tell them he’s your favorite character from a show you watch and having a merch of him is something you wanna keep. If that Haru is half naked tell them it’s a swimming anime. So long as your intentions are clear then your parents will understand unless they’re more paranoid and they think you wanna date someone so you bought a pillow. Sure, maybe you can tell them “it’s either a pillow or a real boy” if you think they’re not gonna take that too seriously. If you’re gonna keep hiding it from them, they might think you have intentions and that’s gonna be a pain. So just tell them it’s a pillow you wanna keep ‘ v  ‘ After all, Haru is a fictional character so you’re fine d(’ w ‘)b