more prompts for your feels

“  what am i supposed to do when i can’t even trust my own mind?  ”  “  i have to believe death is the end. because all that waits for me in the afterlife is a debt of sin i don’t think could ever be paid off.  ” “  what do you see when you look into my eyes?  ”   “  it doesn’t always have to be you, you know?  your shoulders aren’t the only ones that can bear the weight of the world.  ”   “  i don’t think hearts break. shattered things can only be broken once. but torn things can be mended again and again until it’s all scars and stitching.  ” “  i can’t remember what it’s like to be truly wanted.  ” “  every time you look at me i feel invisible.  ” “  loneliness is a slow and cruel poison.  ” “  i’m afraid that if i let you see every side of me, you should shrink back in fear or disgust.  ” “  for once in your life, what is it that you want.  ” “  i’ve been wrapped in my sorrow for so long, i’m afraid i’ll feel too cold without it.  ” “  i just want to see you smile again.  ” “  can’t you stop running for one second?  ” “  i’ll be here. when you’re ready to talk.  ” “  being strong doesn’t mean never asking for help or admitting you’re in pain.  ” “  don’t shut me out. please.  ” “  don’t look at me like that.  ” “  the world isn’t made up of heroes and monsters. just broken people balancing between the two.  ” “  i just wanted to do something good for once.  ” “  why can’t you tell me what’s wrong?  ” “  just trust me. please.  ” “  why can’t you let me in? what are you so afraid of?  ” “   you’re so worried about losing me/them you’re missing everything in front of you.  ”   “  i’m not leaving you.  ” “  you’re not alone. i’m here.  ” “  you see everyone so clearly except yourself.  ” “  don’t you understand? i love you. and nothing you’ve done, no matter how much of a monster you think you are, is gonna change that.  ” “  i find broken things interesting. maybe that’s why i like you so much.  ” “  i want to be whatever it is you think i am.  ” “  you see the good in everything. that’s why i like it when you look at me.  ” “  i’ll still be here when you wake.  ” “  i promise i’ll never hurt you again.  ” “  as long as i have you, the rest doesn’t matter.  ” “  what did they do to you?  ” “  i’m not sure i should leave you alone.  ” “  i won’t hate you. i know you think that’s what you deserve but it’s not.  ” “  i want to love the parts of you that you hate.  ” “  i’m scared of what you’re becoming.  ” “  i’m sorry, i’m not what you think i am.  ” “  you’ll always have a home with me.  ” “  what happened to you?  ” “  i thought i’d never see you again.  ” “  you’re such a fucking coward.  ” “  i envy anyone who has the privilege of being loved by you.  ” “  you scared me.  ” “  please, don’t ever give up on me.  ” “  i’m not giving up on you. not ever.  ” “  i know you love me. but it’s not the way i want to be loved.  ”

❥    𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐊 ,   𝐓𝐇𝐄  𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌    ( 2020 )     [   𝚂𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝚂𝚃𝙰𝚁𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚂    ]   .

sentence starters inspired by various lyrics from songs of blackpink’s   the album !!   some lyrics have been slightly modified to be more usable .  change gendered language   &   add context to your needs .  happy roleplaying !!♡

“   i  crumbled  right  before  your  eyes .   ” “   i  hit  rock  bottom   &   sunk  even  deeper .   ” “   i  tried  to  grab  onto  that  last  bit  of  hope  with  both  of  my  hands .   ” “   while  looking  right  into  your  eyes ,   i’ll  kiss  you  goodbye .   ” “   laugh  all  you  want  to  while  you  still  can .   ” “   it’s  about  to  be  your  turn .   ” “   how  you  like  that ?   ” “   look  at  you ,   now  look  at  me .   ” “   i  want  what’s  mine .   ” “   i  feel  bad  for  you ,   but  there’s  nothing  i  can  do .   ” “   with  a  smile  on  my  face ,   i’ll  kiss  you  goodbye .   ” “   that  day ,   i  fell  without  my  wings .   ” “   you  should’ve  ended  me  while  you  still  had  the  chance .   ” “   you  deserve  a  treat .   ” “   i  know  that  my  heart  can  be  so  cold .   ” “   i’m  sweet  for  you .   ” “   you’re  the  only  touch  that  gets  me  melting .   ” “   you’re  my  favourite  flavour .   ” “   we  seem  similar ,   but  we’re  different  down  to  our  bones .   ” “   i  was  born  a  skinny  bitch .   ” “   i’m  quick  to  read  the  room .   ” “   i’m  a  bitch  you  can’t  manage .   ” “   i’m  pretty   &   savage .   ” “   you  better  run .   ” “   if  you’re  mad ,   stay  mad .   ” “   we’re  not  alike .   ” “   your  jealousy  is  a  problem .   ” “   maybe  i’m  the  problem .   ” “   even  though  i  always  smile ,   i’m  not  weak .   ” “   i  wish  you  would .   ” “   the  harder  it  storms ,   the  higher  i  fly .   ” “   i  got  nothing  left  to  say  to  you .   ” “   if  you  really  want ,   i’ll  show  you  some  attitude .   ” “   everyone  knows .   ” “   look   at  me ,   i’m   so  pretty .   ” “   tell  me  where  you  wanna  go .   ” “   i’ll  meet  you  with  my  bags  at  the  door .   ” “   take  me  to  your  paradise .   ” “   i  don’t  want  to  wait  anymore .   ” “   you  want  to  touch ?   of  course  you  do .   ” “   i  know  you  want  to .   ” “   you  said  you  want  to .   ” “   i  bet  you  want  to .   ” “   something  about  me  is  taking  you  higher ,   and  you’re  never  gonna  come  down .   ” “   i’m  lighting  your  fire ,   and  it’s  never  gonna  go  out .   ” “   love  has  trapped  us  in  a  windowless  room .   ” “   i  long  for  love  even  though  it  hurts  me  every  time .   ” “   i  just  need  you  in  my  life .   ” “   you  can’t  end  this  love  on  your  own .   ” “   i’m  nothing  without  the  pain .   ” “   i  was  born  to  be  alone .   ” “   why  am  i  still  looking  for  love ?   ” “   love  is  a  drug  that  i  quit .   ” “   no  doctor  can  help  when  i’m  lovesick .   ” “   love  is  killing  your  darling .   ” “   i’m  happy  with  this  pain .    ” “   you  pity  me ,   but  i  pity  you  for  pitying  me .   ” “   everyone  eventually  leaves .   ” “   i’ve  been  known  to  kiss   &   tell .   ” “   i  send  girls  to  wishing  wells .   ” “   if  you’re  mine ,   i  want  you  to  myself .   ” “   i  know  i’ll  have  enemies .   ” “   i  don’t  care ,   i  got  what  i  need .   ” “   you  need  to  get  with  the  program .   ” “   don’t  go  there .   ” “   i’ll  make  sure  you  get  left  before  you  can  leave .   ” “   i  saw  you   &   knew  what  i  was  trying  to  do .   ” “   i  had  to  play  it  real ,   real  smooth .   ” “   i  went  crazy  over  you .   ” “   feels  wrong ,   but  it’s  right ,   right ?   ” “   would  clean  my  mess up ,   but  i’d  rather  mess  it  up .   ” “   simple  is  so - so .   ” “   don’t  you  know  i’m  loco ?   ” “   you  can’t  blame  me .   ” “   give  me  all  you  got .   ” “   love  me  like  crazy .   ” “   i  love  you  crazy .   ” “   kinda  sad  that  you’ve  always  been  like  that .   ” “   you  see  me  making  waves ,   and  you  don’t  like  that .   ” “   you’re  stressing  over  nothing .   ” “   while  you’re  getting  angry ,   i’ll  just  kick  back .   ” “   only  thing  i  think  about  is  big  stacks .   ” “   you’re  wasting  all  your  time .   ” “   i  can’t  relate .   ” “   no  drama  in  my  life .   ” “   you  aren’t  worth  my  love  if  you  only  love  to  hate  me .   ” “   i’m  taking  back  what  you’ve  taken  from  me .   ” “   you’re  mistaken ,   honey .   ” “   if  i  needed  you ,   i’d  have  you .   ” “   cupid  was  stupid .   ” “   you  wouldn’t  do  it  if  it  wasn’t  foolish .   ” “   stupid .   ” “   on  the  days  i  force  myself  to  smile  brightly ,   why  is  the  night  so  much  darker ?   ” “   i’ve  heard  enough .   ” “   i’ve  heard  enough  of  the  things  that  i’m  not .   ” “   even  as  the  whole  world  changes ,   it  feels  like  i’m  still  the  same .   ” “   you’ll  never  know  unless  you  walk  in  my  shoes .   ” “   everybody  sees  what  they  want  to  see .   ” “   it’s  easier  to  judge  me  than  to  believe .   ” “   i  don’t  really  know  myself .   ” “   i  can’t  let  myself  go  under .   ” “   i  can’t  fly  if  i  keep  looking  at  the  ground .   ” “   on  the  other  side  of  the  dark  clouds ,   the  sun  is  still shining .   ”

the queen’s gambit … sentence starters

“Let’s play.”

“I’m gonna be a radical.“

“Girls do not play chess.“

“I could have done this at eight.“

“Intuition can’t be found in books.”

“My tranquility needs to be refurbished.”

“I didn’t play the way he thought I should.”

“I want to know what that is you’re playing.“

“I’m here because you need me to be here.”

“So, if I get hurt, I only have myself to blame.“

“I am no longer a wife, except by legal fiction.“

“It felt good. I’d never won at anything before.”

“It’s foolish to run the risk of going mad for vanity’s sake.”

“You destroy everyone you play. I can only lose so much.”

“And I’m sure that you and I are going to be good friends.“

“Stop thinking about what might have happened in the past.“

“The strongest person is the person who isn’t scared to be alone.“

“I feel safe in it. I can control it; I can dominate it. And it’s predictable.“

“My experience has taught me that what you know isn’t always important.“

“The key is not to be tentative. You have to play with absolute confidence.“

“Most times when people tell us something’s for the best, it’s for the worst.”

“The moves they applaud the loudest are the ones you make rather quickly.“

“Anger is a potent spice. A pinch wakes you up; too much dulls your senses.“

“I’m not your Guardian Angel. I’m not here to save you. Hell, I can barely save me.“

“I think you’re going to find a much different life here. A better one than you might have had.”

“Someday, you’re gonna be all alone. So you need to figure out how to take care of yourself.“

“Creativity and psychosis often go hand in hand. Or, for that matter, genius and madness.“

“Dark’s nothing to be afraid of. In fact, I’d go as far as saying there’s nothing to be afraid of. Anywhere.“

“Looks like you are at the bottom of a fucking hole. And it’s looking a lot like you dug it yourself. My advice? Stop digging.”

“I don’t know why my body is so intent on sabotaging my brain, when my brain is perfectly capable of sabotaging itself.”

“It takes a strong woman to stay by herself in a world where people will settle for anything, just to say they have something.“

“Men are gonna come along and wanna teach you things. You just let them blow-by, and you go on ahead and do just what the hell you feel like.“

[ cocktail ] sender makes/gives receiver a cocktail (alcohol is optional)

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   He needs a drink. A stiff one. That’s what brings Eiji out for the evening to unwind from a day at work of watching what feels essentially like the world is whizzing by him. The fox spirit puts on a good brave front around those he cares about but if he’s honest, it’s somewhat draining getting back into the swing of things. The girl he liked has found someone nice from what he’s heard, the two-bit jerk is still himself, his brother had or has or is flirting possibly but it’s not fully confirmed and business has not slowed itself at all. Between balancing hearing about everyone, making sure that things are okay and taking care of the shop Eiji has started to feel like..well, he’s done jackshit to make himself happy. It’s just go, go, go.    Sliding onto a barstool he’s calmed when the bartender doesn’t really ask him what he wants, but slides him a cocktail with a look that says ‘you need this’. Bartending was a skill that Eiji had admired all his life but raised in the house he was in the only time he was slinging alcohol was from a bottle served warm into tiny ceramic cups. He gives a nod to the guy and offers a genuine, “Thanks man.”   He knocks some of it back and relaxes, “Bartenders always seem to know what’s up. Drinkwise anyway.”

   His hands rub over his face some, the floral tattoos there glowing in some spots under the lights. His artist had experimented recently with glow ink and as he brings his hands down he smiles at the soft glow they give before his face returns to it’s tired expression. His eyes look to the tender and give him a once over. It’s not to size him up for a fight, just to familiarize himself with that face for the evening. “How serving tonight?”

  It gives the bartender a chance to talk about his night instead of listening to someone else’s and gives Eiji a chance to just chill out.

(just pretend his hair is still soft green and he has all his tats in this photo)

nonverbal  meme  prompts ↪  they  seem  few  &  far  between,  so  i  tried  to  come  up  with  as  many  scenarios  as  i  could  think  of  where  dialogue  wasn’t  a  necessary  starting  point.  some  are  more  uh  specific  than  others  /  drabble-y,  but  they’re  all  dialogue-free  (  tho  ofc  this  does  not  necessarily  extend  to  the  response  itself  ).  to  reverse  who  sends  what,  send  ‘  [  prompt  ]+  ’  !  alter  any  as  you  see  fit,  &  lemme  know  if  anything’s  unclear  ♡

[  pull  ]  sender  pulls  receiver  closer  to  them

[  touch  ]  sender  places  their  hand  affectionately  on  receiver

[  guide  ]  sender  helps  receiver  through  a  difficult  video  game

[  lean  ]  sender  leans  on  receiver

[  pierce  ]  sender  helps  receiver  with  a  new  piercing  (  doing,  aftercare,  etc  )

[  sit  ]  sender  sits  in  receiver’s  lap

[  spar  ]  sender  pins  receiver  down  in  a  practice  fight

[  cook  ]  sender  makes  food  for  receiver

[  slide  ]  sender  pushes  an  item  across  the  table  to  receiver

[  kiss  ]  sender  kisses  (  lips,  cheek,  forehead,  hand,  etc  )

[  lead  ]  sender  leads  receiver  someplace

[  wound  ]  sender  injures  muse  in  a  fight  (  practice  or  real  )

[  snap  ]  sender  takes  a  photo  of  receiver  (  candid  or  posed  )

[  drape  ]  sender  drapes  their  arm  around  receiver’s  shoulders

[  bullet  ]  sender  takes  a  bullet  for  receiver  (  literal  or  figurative  )

[  nap  ]  sender  falls  asleep  against  receiver

[  teeth  ]  sender  bears  teeth  at  receiver

[  trace  ]  sender  traces  one  of  receiver’s  scars

[  cocktail  ]  sender  makes  /  gives  receiver  a  cocktail

[  comfort  ]  sender  comforts  receiver  when  they  are  upset  /  crying

[  bouquet  ]  sender  surprises  receiver  with  a  bouquet

[  massage  ]  sender  gives  receiver  a  massage  (  planned,  spontaneous,  full  body,  shoulder,  etc  )

[  mentor  ]  sender  takes  muse  under  their  wing

[  tattoo  ]  sender  helps  receiver  with  a  new  tattoo  (  doing,  aftercare,  etc  )

[  dare  ]  receiver  acts  out  a  dare  from  sender

[  hug  ]  sender  pulls  receiver  into  a  hug

[  phone  ]  receiver  sees  sender  smiling  at  something  on  their  phone

[  popcorn  ]  sender  makes  popcorn  for  a  movie  night

[  wake  ]  sender  tries  to  wake  receiver

[  groom  ]  sender  tries  to  make  receiver  look  more  presentable

[  flower  ]  sender  places  a  flower  behind  receiver’s  ear

[  sad  ]  sender  looks  at  receiver  sorrowfully

[  playlist  ]  sender  curates  a  playlist

[  fashion  show  ]  sender  tries  to  help  receiver  choose  an  outfit

[  shield  ]  sender  steps  between  receiver  and  danger

[  bandage  ]  sender  helps  bandage  up  receiver’s  wounds

[  duel  ]  muses  get  into  a  fight

[  fear  ]  sender  finds  receiver  having  a  nightmare

[  hold  ]  sender  holds  receiver’s  hand

[  bruise  ]  sender  finds  receiver  with  a  bruise  /  tries  to  help  receiver  cover  up  a  bruise

[  brush  ]  sender  brushes  /  styles  /  dyes  receiver’s  hair

[  portrait  ]  receiver  paints  a  portrait  of  receiver

[  assist  ]  sender  helps  the  receiver  with  a  task  they’re  struggling  in

[  wow  ]  sender  does  something  to  really  amaze  receiver

[  glare  ]  sender  is  still  hurt  after  an  argument

[  roast  ]  muses  roast  marshmallows  together  /  make  s’mores

[  shoot  ]  muses  attend  a  game  of  paintball

[  diary  ]  receiver  writes  a  journal  entry  about  sender  (  maybe  they  find  it  ?  )

[  dance  ]  sender  whisks  receiver  onto  to  ‘  dance  floor  ’  (  can  be  actual  or  pretend  )

[  rest  ]  sender  rests  their  chin  on  receiver’s  head  /  shoulder

[  manicure  ]  sender  paints  receiver’s  nails

[  tuck  ]  sender  tucks  in  receiver’s  shirt,  hair  behind  ear,  etc

[  chin  ]  sender  lifts  receiver’s  chin  up

[  lap  ]  sender  puts  their  feet  in  receiver’s  lap

[  write  ]  receiver  writes  sender  a  note

[  play  ]  muses  play  a  board  game  /  card  game  together

[  glance  ]  receiver  catches  sender  looking  at  them

[  ill  ]  sender  takes  care  of  receiver  when  they  are  unwell

[  hearth  ]  sender  lights  a  fire

[  tap  ]  sender  taps  receiver  on  the  shoulder

[  bake  ]  muses  bake  together

[  read  ]  sender  reads  to  receiver

[  study  ]  sender  tries  to  help  receiver  study

[  push  ]  sender  pushes  receiver  in  anger

[  skill  ]  receiver  tries  to  assist  sender  in  learning  a  new  skill

[  coated  ]  receiver  finds  sender  covered  in  blood

[  gesture  ]  sender  motions  for  receiver  to  follow  them

[  downpour  ]  receiver  finds  sender  out  in  the  rain

Sunburns&Smiles || with Inari

Starter for @inarixmp because they’ve lost a lot of time and you can’t get the past back- you can only go forward. 

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     That’s going to leave a mark. Or several dozen pink stained burns across the serenity of his skin as Eiji lays unguarded in the park dozing in the summer sunshine. He had been so tired lately, so tense that the first opportunity to really unwind had scooped him right into its welcoming arms and cradled him off to sleep. The only issue was that the sweet lull of this nap had come when he had been reading in the grass of the local park, under the previous shade of a tree. Early on in his slumber Eiji had slumped over, then slipped down, down, down to the warm grass where he stays for the last two hours.

   The sun in it’s journey over his features had stopped to kiss along the high tops of his dormant cheeks and gingerly boop the tip of his nose. Bewitched by his lack of response, it decided to dress his collarbone and shoulders in his loose tank top with the flowers of it’s presence; sunburns.

   He lays slightly tanned and mostly made blush pink now there for hours until the shadow of another form happens upon him. His mother, Inari, finds him there with chubby cheeks slack in sleep and his hands not unlike when he was younger, curled close to his chest now. His nose twitches because it hasn’t forgotten her scent in all these years and has grown to know it better since she had come to the city too.

  “Mmm?” he wakes and asks before he opens his eyes. Doing so does nothing to clarify his confusion, the figure of his mother a silhouette of herself with the sun blazing behind her. He closes his eyes again and rolls away only to groan sharply in pain as his shoulder touches earth. Oh he’s burnt bad there! His pale complexion is vexed to a softer hue and he was caught snoozing! “Just give me a second whoever you are.”

   He knows who it is but he is embarrassed regardless.

Daechwita || with Jimin

Starter for the other chucklehead @mpxjimin because siblings gotta fight over dumb things. This is fanservice cause they’re adorable.

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    “You talk a lot of shit for someone didn’t buy the fries in the first place, you know,” Eiji challenges his brother He’s got his grubby little hands in the process of stealing fries off Eiji’s tray as they sit in one of the fast food joints around town and for his crime will get him. He leans forward and bites the fry right out of Jimin’s grip and nips at a finger or two vengefully. Serves him right! 

    He’s just playing. Mostly. They bickered like this on the regular- just cause it’s very much in their nature to do so. Eiji flips his twin off and then dunks some more fries into the ketchup cup between them. Jimin looks like he is about to launch a small scale war for the bite so Eiji quickly grabs a laminated menu and holds it up in front of his face, blocking the other.

   “Don’t look at me sideways- you don’t want the sauce that comes with fighting me, bro.”

Beyond Borders || with Kaz

Continued from here with @kazumaxmp

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   That reply to his action makes Eiji relax then laugh. He’s thankful every time someone rolls with him on something. I need to lighten up, he reminds himself inwardly before he ruffles the other’s hair again. His own hair, now messed with, flops in it’s soft waves around his brows before he shakes it out again. One of his fox ears flicks but it’s in jitters as they leave him. He had spent so long keeping to himself and just his twin that he forgets that his family is a warm and vast one now and he doesn’t have a reason to worry with the majority of them. 

   “My grams used to do it to my hair when I was sick. It didn’t cure anything but I used to think it did. Part of the magic I guess,” he says.

   It’s a curious thing to say, about magic, because his grandparents were both very human in all respects. Wise to the ways of spirits that run the world, but still humans. Still, if asked, Eiji firmly believes to this day that touch carries more magic than anyone god or human or otherwise really gets and so grandma’s headpets were essentially a cure all.

    He dips into a new topic, “So, that aside, thanks for coming out to see me. I’m trying to make more time to get to know people again- I’m kind of shitty at it.” He really is, but he’s trying more and more. “We’re from the same crowd, but I hardly know anyone. Tell me what you get up to. What’s your hobbies?”

   Eiji asks this and then plops himself down on a chair before looking at the other man. Today, he’s dressed a little more simply in ripped up jeans, a deep purple t shirt and the jewelry he never really takes off now. But his eyes are darkly lined for a change of pace- a look he’s venturing with heavy guidance from a new friend he’s met named Tao.

Change || with Diana

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   She startles and Eiji retracts his hand instantly, not in fear himself but to show it was just a touch to get her attention and nothing more. Diana and him hadn’t talked too much since his return outside of work, but he had heard and seen more enough to know that things had shifted for her. Very bad at first and then seemingly good at this point in time. He had heard this, he had heard that but Eiji doesn’t hold much in hearsay- so he waited for a time when the day was gentle and good. Today was perfect.

  “No,” he answers simply. “I’m good. It’s just dead in here right now and for once I have a chance to actually talk to you and catch up.”

    He plants himself on one of the little stools they have behind the counter to rest on and smiles at her. He’s changed, both in appearance and in thinking, and the way he smiles at her with all the same care he’s had for her as a person. But there’s a little more understanding in his expression as he adds, “What’s new with you?”

  It’s such a simple question but it opens the floor for her to talk about anything she’d like. He liked her so much once but for work reasons and more importantly, to be more supportive to her, he hadn’t made any advances that he would have normally. Now he sits just as her boss, and more so a friend, who can and would happily listen. “I feel like I left and the whole world sort of whirled away. Tell me what’s going on with you- I missed hearing about you.”

mpxjimin​:

Heck, he’s not even sure what he himself is up to anymore. Does he have a thing with someone? Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t, right now it almost feels like too much to think about.

“Things change, I guess. Why?” He means why all of it, but it does strike the older twin that Eiji might have had a thing with Diana before he took his little trip and it might be affecting him more than he lets on that she might be with someone. If she’s with someone. Jimin’s face remains a calm mask of amusement as he pretends to continue reading his book while he listens carefully for his brother’s reply. 

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   Okay, that’s totally fair. Jimin was around people all the time and most likely talked to them more than Eiji ever would but even with all the talking and listening he was doing himself, he was utterly lost. “Valid.”

   He means that to cover it all, even though it only really glazes over as an answer. It’s fair and all but he still wonders. “Mostly because I don’t want to slip up and say the wrong thing to someone while talking and make them feel weird. I won’t feel weird, but they might and for some reason I’ve learned how to give more of a shit about that lately.”

   Eiji had and it didn’t trouble him so much as it kind of annoyed and baffled him. Before he had just said what he felt when he felt it and was done. But he had watched so many people do the very same and either cleaned up the aftermath himself or watched them slip off. Thinking for a moment he goes quiet then he grins again, the small cherry blossom petals near his eyes crinkling a bit.

   “Also it’s like pouncing season or whatever so--” he doesn’t elaborate, doesn’t need to. Jimin knows well and good what spring and summer mean in terms of dating and hook ups and their city was no exception. “Tell me though-- since trying to figure out people is way too much right now for my brain, what’s new shop wise that you like? I wanna go outside- wanna come show me some stuff?”

   He’s skirting so many things and hoping the other doesn’t call him on but is also inwardly sort of aware that he might. His brother it too perceptive to not notice he’s tackling something mentally so he braces for whatever the other says next even as he reaches over and pinches at his arm a little. Just to be a pill.

“Want me to teach you how to make this?”

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    “I want you teach me how to anything you want,” Eiji answers. And he means it because not only does he know exactly who she is, but because he knows just how much this goddess knows about a little of everything. Maybe it’s bias to their shared pantheon, or maybe it’s just because in his early education she had appeared in the stories he was read by his grandparents- whatever the case, the little fox sprite had a fondness for the sun goddess.

   He clears his throat sheepishly but doesn’t apologize for his moment of being starstruck. She’s so cool to him he doesn’t want to hide it really. She was offering to help with a wagashi he had been staring at adoringly in one of the coffee table books they had gotten to sell in his shop. It’s glossy pages had photos of artfully made mochi, beautiful wagashi, and a cornucopia of other delicate sweets he wants to make inside them. “Have you made many of this type before?” He never has, but he’s never wanted to more in his life than right now to learn. 

“You’re actually tearing up… it can’t taste THAT good.”

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    That’s just the thing though- it /does/ taste that good! He wasn’t even hungry when Tao had come by with the mini pizzas he made but the smell, the look of them, and that taste has Eiji wide eyed and hooked. He made this?!

   Stunned his mouth mirrors his mind’s question, “You made this?!”

  Eiji has had plenty of pizzas in his life and he can say solidly, it’s not really his thing. That said, he can’t even come close to denying that this particular pizza tastes even better than it smells and it smells like a pro whipped this up. “I didn’t even know you cooked.”

   He had come to know more about the other demigod each time they hung out, which was rapidly becoming more frequent with Eiji’s growing interest in various piercings and jewelry. Tao, a definite pro is that area as well as fashion for piercings, had been steadily getting to know Eiji as well, who bloomed when he had something that caught his attention. Braving up one day, he asked the other if he would be down to swing by the house and just hang out. A threshold previously he didn’t offer to anyone he didn’t know well. “What did you use? The dough is so soft and tastes like...I don’t even know but it’s good!”

“Do you need a hand with supper?”

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    “No, but I’ll take one just for the company,” Eiji says as he looks over the ingredients that are in his shopping cart. Jinsoul was someone who he found that he ran into a lot but never minded that because each time the talking was easy. She vibed well with him and didn’t seem to mind the long bits of time he was quiet and thinking, nor did she mind the times when he was a chatterbox. It was rare but it was something that happened a little more nowadays with him.

  “I saw this recipe in a video the other day and was thinking about doing that, or maybe making something... different.” His eyes are looking over a jar of curry paste as he trails for a second there before coming back and going on, “Do you like Indian curry? I’m used to Japanese curry but I kind of like the sounds of this one- it’s got turmeric in it. That’s sexy.”

   Sexy. He doesn’t actually mean in the literal sense but he had been away healing and hanging with some older friends who described things using that word when they sounded more exciting than the usual.

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   “Don’t fucking tou--Oh it’s you,” Eiji had started out mad then fizzed right out of that state when he saw who it was. Changwook is nice enough and they do know each other a little more as of late so he relaxes once he gathers just who decided to touch his head. “What’s up?”

   He looks like he was deep in the book he was reading,eyes blinking to adjust to the light of the world around him. It had fallen away as he slipped into the book world, thoughts solely on what he was devouring page by page. “Sorry, I thought you were some rando.”

  The fox is not all claws and teeth, he just reacts with fight instead of flight when startled. “What are you up to aside from surprising me?”

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     They have host and maid clubs back home and when Eiji had caught wind of the fact that there was one established here, he had made an effort to go and visit. Each type he had encountered had something to offer that made it different from the last and he was sure this one would be no exception. When he had entered the club he was greeted, seated, and had quickly been introduced to the owner, Jennie.

   Beaming he went straight away to asking any and everything about her club, having fallen in love with its interior and commenting on the service. It was superb and he hadn’t even really delved into much more than sitting down so far!

   “Do you like the clientele so far?” he asks as he looks over the room some more. It’s a genuine question since each business brings its own sort of demographic and thus different types of personalities to the table. “We’ve- my brother and I, I mean- had our shop open for a bit now and people seem pretty chill so far.”

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     “Oh,” Eiji lets out a pleased and soft moan. Her hands press deeply into his shoulders and ease at the tension that has built up there for what feels like weeks. To be real, it feels like he’s had the weight of the world on his shoulders and much like Atlas seems weak in the knees at times under the pressure. “Oh that feels amazing.”

   She didn’t need to do all this but without so much as a word after she heard him say that his shoulders were ‘killing’ him, Yuqi had slipped behind him where he sat and rubbed into them. His hands stop working through the books of the shop then, fully allowing himself to take a second to appreciate it. “Thank you, you’re so-- Ow okay, right there hurts a lot, okay ow ow. Don’t stop but ...”

  He exhales a big huff of air as her fingers work a knot in his left shoulder. Under his breath, he mutters ‘holy shit’ with equal parts pain and thankfulness. It sucks in the moment but will feel better when it’s not tensed there. “Sorry, I didn’t know it was that bad.”

☺ my muse helping your muse fall asleep

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    He doesn’t think he needs a nap but obviously, he does. He was snappy and just on the edge of too rude to function anymore and his mind swims with the list of things he needs to get done today. It’s not as bad as some days but he hadn’t expected that this year’s sakura flavored treats would go over this well in the new location. Back home they did as well as everything sakura flavored does but here- they were a bigger hit than he had planned for. So he needs to make so many more sweets and so many more packagings of those sweets with their little pink flowers bespeckling the boxes.

   In the wellspring of this mochi making madness, Eiji had gone from lightly overwhelmed, to slightly annoyed, to greatly inconvenienced and now rests heavily in the realm of cranky. A rarity he loses his cool on a customer who was primarily turning into a friend, Xinyuan. Thankfully, she wasn’t the sort to snapback- even though he deserves it. Instead, she stopped and asked if /he/ was alright.

  “I’m...” he starts and then sighs. “Yeah, I’m alright. I apologize, that..that wasn’t how anyone should be talked to. I’m tired and have too much going on upstairs.” He taps the side of his head twice then adds, “And that’s no excuse for it. None of that has anything to do with you. I probably just...need a nap.”

  And if he’s honest with himself, he really does. A nap, a whole second to think, and maybe a cup of matcha to himself. The shop is fine. There are other goods to eat, tea to drink and it’s not a mess so he can logistically calm the hell down. He gestures to the table he likes best, “Can I buy you a cup of the new tea we have? As an apology and I will sit down and chill out.”