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b-ritney · 2 years
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Piece of Your Action, Part 2
@mystargirl-interlude
Oh, I want you, I need you I want you to be mine tonight You need me, you bleed me Use you up, throw you away
You're fire, taking me higher Don't burn me, don't let me down You need me now, I'll teach you how Come on, let's go all the way!
lmao KEEP YOUR ARMS AND LEGS INSIDE THE RIDE AND BUCKLE YOUR MOTHER FLIPPING SEAT BELTS.
SMUT +18
Warnings: Choking, touch denial, light spanking, blow job, spit, oral , hair pulling, light degradation (nothing major), and sarcastic praise, (Bc Billy can't say SHIT genuinely.), size kink, vibrator, I'll work in aftercare... somehow.
Summary: After your altercation with Carol you take Billy up on his offer to show you, "a good time." Who knew he was just as insane as you are.
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“What was it you said about showing me a good time?”
Billy had nothing.. he was trying to distract you from the fact he was hard as a rock, by mirroring your devilish smile. Watching you beat the hell out of that bitch made him wanna take you in the middle of the hallway. Although he was honestly a little frightened .. you would feel the same way about him, that you do Carol, if you really knew who he was. Right?
“Hargrove?”
“Uh, yeah,” he adjusted himself making you laugh sarcastically, “I think I could treat you to an evening you won’t forget.”
“You have no shame do you?
“None”
“You think your slick huh? You aren’t any different than the other wanna be tough guy in this town. You just drive a better car.”
“You wanna test that theory?”
“Are you sure you can handle me?”
“Babe, you have no idea how many ways I could handle you.”
“Do you wanna test that theory?” You countered putting your hands on your hips.
“I like ‘um a little spunky, it’s more rewarding by the end when your so exhausted you can’t speak.” He leaned in closer to your ear.
“Brave of you to assume I'll make a sound in the first place, you don’t know what you're getting yourself into.”
“Care to show me what I’m missing?“
You scanned his body on more time, sizing him up. Walking around him to see every angle. “I’ll take you for a test drive, but don’t act like you're doing me a favor.”
Billy let out a menacing laugh dropping his head. “Where to then?”
“I don’t care, I won’t be sticking around either way I’ve got other plans.” You said dusting off your pants.
“You cut deep." He feigned offense. "My house then, my sister will be gone long enough, besides, when you finally break, the neighbors are gonna wish they were gone too."
You raised your eyebrows in slight shock, was this guy for real? "Lead the way then."
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"So tell me, why do you act the way you do?" Billy asked catching your eyes, aviators slid down his nose as you flew through the backroads to his house.
"Like you care."
"Normally I wouldn't but pretty girls like you don't go around creating chaos unless they've been hurt."
"No shame," you repeated again shaking your head and smiling. "I- I figure if you lay it all out on the table, you leave little room for speculation. It saves you time and heartache, if people know the real you, you don't have to work as hard to weed out the ones who don't deserve your time... because they won't even approach you to begin with."
"But you haven't always been this way."
"How would you know? Didn't you just move here this year?"
"I just know and yes I did."
"I know why you followed me out of class."
"Do you?"
"Of course I do, you don't think I know what people say about me?
"Did you really fuck a cop?
"No"
"oh"
"I blew him."
Billy whipped his head around, and you busted out laughing, "Enough with the romance Hargrove, we're both in this for the same thing."
"which is?"
"To see if you can back up your big talk."
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Billy opened the front door and let you in, locking it behind you; you didn't even have a chance to get your boots off before he had you pinned against the wall by your throat.
"No romance right?" he said cocking his head to the side.
"---right."
"Take off your jacket." he brought you forward hand still firmly wrapped around your neck, as you slid the jacket down your shoulders. "If you're so confident, I don't wanna hear a sound, understand?"
"No problem." You spat back in his face.
He released his grip and knelt in front of you yanking your pants down to your knees in one move. Your heart began to race, the look on his face was.. hungry. He dove in with no warning, sucking harshly on your clit as you fought against the universe to stay strong. He spread your legs wider holding onto the back of your thighs, he lapped at your pussy like a dehydrated hound. You kept your mouth shut despite the scream just waiting to explode from your throat. He nuzzled his head farther into your mound forcing his tongue past your fluttering entrance. You. grabbed a fist full of his hair as your legs began to shake. Just when you were about to cum he stopped. The pulsing of your cunt and your flushed complexion were the only signs you gave him, "tired already?" you teased, trying to remain equal.
"Cumming already?" he challenged, leaving you speechless for the first time that night. He grabbed your arm and whipped you into the kitchen table lifting you to sit on the edge, and pushing you to lay back on the hard surface. He swiftly took your boots and pants the rest of the way off leaving you in nothing but your white socks, grey tank top, and accessories. "No bra? You little minx." You opened your mouth to say something but he cut in again, "Save your breath doll, you're gonna need it." He slapped your pussy making you fall back against the table. He rubbed it up and down a few times before pushing in his middle and pointer finger, you arched your back of the table as he watched you writhe around beneath him. He's slept with some pretty hard women but not even the toughest ones managed to hold out this long, you're successfully challenging his abilities, and it's aggravating him beyond belief. He pumps them faster and faster adding another finger and rubbing your clit with his thumb, Billy was breathing heavier than you, he was pissed now, leaning down to suck on your clit again, desperate to hear you take even a sharp breath. He continued his brutal pace with his fingers, violently shaking his tongue against you, laughing maniacally as you twisted beneath him running from the overwhelming sensation, but still not making a sound.
"Impressive," he said, his lips and chin glistening with your juices as he admired your fucked out face and dripping pussy.
Your mind was reeling, you had to regain control, you sat upright grabbing him by the collar of his t-shirt, bringing him just shy of meeting your lips, this was your leverage, "I'll work half as hard and you'll be calling my name." he leaned in closer like he was going to kiss you, "No romance right? he looked shocked, you used his moment of vulnerability to shove him down into the chair behind him. He caught his breath and watched as you pried his tight jeans from his legs, hastily removing his boxers. He was like nothing you'd ever seen, absolutely fucking massive. You had to move quickly before he could tease you for staring. Spitting on your hand you viciously pumped it up and down his thick shaft, he covered his face with his hand as his head fell back. Men are so easy, you kitten licked from the base to the tip taking him in your mouth as far as you could go. Just to come all the way up and force yourself back down to take all of him until you gagged. Billy's hips bucked into you, he couldn't even think well enough to hold your hair, he was conceding and you'd barely done anything yet. You dragged your nails down his thighs as you bobbed your head in a steady rhythm Billy tried with everything he had to keep the pleasure inside but he couldn't he erupted with noises so obscene it made your legs tighten together. He was so close but you pulled back getting to your feet, laughing above him victoriously. "I win." you giggled.
"Games not over yet babe."
"Just accept you've met your match."
He pulled you into his lap pushing you down onto his throbbing cock, giving you no time to adjust to his size, you let out a sinful moan as you wrapped tightly around him, wanting so bad in that moment to lace your fingers in his hair and kiss him... but no romance... and you weren't about to lose the rest of your advantage. He laughed beneath you, "see we're even."
You couldn't answer it just hurt so good, you sunk your teeth into his shoulder as tears rolled down your face. He began to fuck up into you but you wouldn't allow him to set the pace, both of you fighting for dominance like fucking lions, moving your hips in sync with his, making you cry out, throwing your head back, you started to bounce on your own, he took the opportunity to lift your tank top above your chest and take your nipples between his teeth and fingers, licking and nibbling each one raw. "Fuck!" you whined your head lulling forward into his shoulder.
He picked you up in his arms his cock still buried deep inside you and carried you to his bed laying you on your back fucking you as fast and deep as he could, taking one of your hands into his and pressing it into your lower stomach and the other for stability next to your head. The sensation in your belly was deliciously wicked, you could feel the presence of his cock moving ferociously inside of you in and out until you sobbed. He pulled a vibrator from under his mattress and clicked the buttons until it was at its highest setting, spitting on it, and pressing it firmly into your clit. This must have been what he meant when he said your neighbors would wish they were gone. you quite literally screamed in rapture. He kept his pace as he wrapped your shaky hands around the handle, "Your gonna hold that there until you come." You couldn't speak, yet your mouth was wide open, you could barely hold your head up let alone hold a toy. "I-I can't" you said whispered.
"You can and you will."
"I-I ahh BILLY!" He somehow drove deeper into you lifting your legs to his hips, your muscles contracting so tightly you crunched forward, "Come on, come on my cock." He said through gritted teeth. You dropped the toy as your metaphysical being flew from your fucking body, you shook uncontrollably, he quickly snatched up the toy and held it against your clit whispering praises into your ear as the aftershocks ripped through you like lightning. He pulled out cumming on your stomach in warm spurts that made you feel so exquisitely dirty. He dropped to his knees and kissed and sucked on your pussy until you begged him to stop, cleaning up the mess you both made.
"Can I kiss you?" He asked
"Please." you whimpered, he kissed you deeply making up for all the things he said before, brushing your hair from your sweaty face. Then in true arrogant, fashion, he ran his fingers through his release making you suck it from his fingers. He walked away for only a few minutes to get you a towel and something to drink but when he came back you were gone, he walked into the kitchen and there you were with your clothes back on fixing your hair like you didn't just get freshly RAILED. He dropped the towel, "You can't be serious?" he said dumbfounded. " I told you babe, I have other plans, better luck next time though, you were decent in the sack, maybe next time you can make me come without mechanical help." You smiled and waved sarcastically before unlocking the door and turning the handle, walking out towards the headlights and blasting speakers waiting for you in the driveway.
"Damn, she's fucking crazy...I love her."
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I prob won't write for a few days bc I'm going on a short vaca for fall break, and I have a journalistic essay to write, but i'll be back enjoy!
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Episode 3: "if not I’m 15% screwed" ~ MJ
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LINKS:
Twist: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/survivorraccooncity2/686440210283839488?source=share
Challenge: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/survivorraccooncity2/686440280307679232?source=share
Results: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/survivorraccooncity2/686530464076496896?source=share
Tribal Council: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/view/survivorraccooncity2/686621743673147392?source=share
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CONFESSIONALS:
Adeline
Els and i are pooled coins, and bought a heart key which lets us (me since i have it) know about every active alliance that the player of our choice is in. Useful for merge, not really now. Dom and Ariel recruited me for an alliance. I don’t trust Ariel but I’ll work with him lol 
Julia
How do you dread and hope to be voted at the same time? Voted out: you get time freed up, you go back to your life. Not voted out: 'Wow, guess they all dont hate me after all.' Oh no - whats next. Frankly, i was very surprised at the 1 vote for Tony! 2 people didnt show - was it one of them? Or was it one of the tiny little faces sitting in front of me? The tribe has been tip toeing around, nobody saying much - so I thot it was me going home for real and to take the stress off, i focused on my upcoming move and ttied to look at the positives. But now another twister challenge... well even tho i didnt win any challenge, i got some booze
Evangelina
https://youtu.be/ZNmAomxLGYI
DJ
From what I've gathered from talking to a couple of people, the majority of people seem to be leaning towards choosing ally. It is a safe choice and the likely outcome will be a joint tribal Council. I hope there are people who have made more enemies than I have. Haha I am not aware of any enemies if I have actually made any. 
Zukiswa
Nooooo guys this was a hard challenge! You're doomed if you do and you're doomed if your not. I'm very careful not to burn any bridges here and I'm praying I won't have to. Mt trio is not very convincing that they'll vote Ally. I don't want to go to tribal, but I may find myself there this time.
Navi
So the last tribal council ending up being pretty straight forward, but now this round is a lot more complicated and I’m not gonna lie, haven’t completely grasped it yet 👀. So I get put into a trio with Ava and Jinx. MJ immediately tells me that her and Ava are close, and I’m like “hmmm interesting”. She is very clearly wanting to save them this round. She also mentioned that she’s gonna send me to the summit and that I’m safe regardless, so that’s cool. She lays out a plan where Ava and I vote Ally, and I just say sure because that’s what you’re suppose to say. I also just submitted ally as a place keeper in case I was too busy to submit later or if the others were busy to talk game today. Chatting with my fellow tribe mates, Cliftone is voting ally since he thinks the other two in his trio are gonna vote betray, Tony was saying that the Tricell tribe should all vote betray, and Els and I are voting betray. And I haven’t heard back from Julia today but I’m sure she’s living her best life right now we stan 🙌🏽 That decision came easy to me since Jinx said that they were considering letting Ava and I vote betray and then send them to tribal council. Ava seemed to be in agreement when we were chatting one-on-one but didn’t confirm the plan with me. I’m assuming Ava told MJ this since they’re close, and now MJ is trying to convince me to switch back to ally and I feel very micromanaged right now lol. And of course Ava is not responding when I asked for confirmation so I guess we’re just gonna be in limbo lmao So I dunno what I’m gonna do. I’m honestly not the most invested in this round tbh, but whatever I’ll figure something out. 
MJ
Omg! A lot has been going on. I’ll have to break it down. 1. Ava asked that can they work with me, she trusts me and she will like to work with me. We’re thinking of forming an alliance with Clefford. It’s all good for me if we have Ava in our numbers. I carried Zuki along because she’s my strongest ally. 2. I got to sit out at the next challenge and it’s been a roller coster ride. It’s an opportunity to work with my non-tribal Allies (Navi and Ariel) and that’s what I did exactly. 3. Ariel is in a trio with Clefford and Els and I love Clefford a lot to not save him lol. So I’m picking Ariel for summit and I told him he has to play in favor of Clefford. Ariel plays ally, Clefford plays betray. Whatever Els plays , Clefford isn’t going to tribal. Els looks genuine and I can sense she trust me . She also trust Clefford so we are hoping to work with her after the merge. She came to me that she was confused on what to do and I told that only one thing “you can totally trust Clefford, do what he says (for this challenge)” that way either she plays ally or betray , Clefford either sends Ariel to tribal who is already immune or Ariel technically goes to tribal (immune still) that way, Els trusts us better and we got the number going 4. Navi is in a trio with Ava and jinx. Perfect timing to get Ava to trust me more and more and more LOL. I told Navi I’m picking her for summit and she’s happy but she has to play what I instruct in order to save Ava. This time I want them to send jinx to tribal becuse more people need to go to tribal else everyone may end up in tribal LOL We agreed Navi ally, Ava betrays and jinx does whatever she wants (that way they don’t make an enemy) Navi is obviously safe. Does it make sense for me to immune a safe person without looking ridiculous? I’m still trying to make Ava and Navi see this. We have few minutes left to decide. I would prefer Ava only betray and she sends them both to tribal then it looks like I’m saving someone who is obviously down just like Ariel. I hope they see it this way and decide fast. Lastly, oh my Zuki 😭 I feel so bad I can’t help her. I never spoke to Dominique or Tony so I can’t pick them for summit (atleast not yet) which leaves my Zukiswa vulnerable. At this point I only hope she doesn’t end in tribal. I feel whoever goes to tribal tonight, the target would be on any umbrella member because only we have our numbers complete . I wish no umbrella member goes to tribal Hahaha . 
Navi
Okay so I switched back to Ally since I don’t have the energy to have a back and forth on this whole thing with MJ, like she is taking this shit seriously lmao. Plus voting ally had been my original plan prior to talking to everyone so I guess it worked out? As I mentioned earlier, MJ did come across as micromanage-y, but I’m cool with letting her think she controls me. I’m not telling her squat about my allies in this game like she has with Ava. I’m keep that close to the vest for now. I’m still totally cool working with her, but this has given me perspective as to how to navigate the mid to late stage of the merge should be both be there. I let Els know since they’re my closest ally that I switched to ally, so there’s that. Whatever I’m going on that summit trip, skippin tribal, and gettin dat coin so who careeeesss 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 I’m also running on very low sleep since I had to work till midnight last night and was up by 5 this morning so that’s probably affecting my judgement but oh well!
Navi
So that happened lol Whatever, I’m safe, Ava has heat on them, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re pissed at MJ right now. Now to figure out how to divide these coins up…
Adeline
Joint tribal joint tribal joint tribal. Haus of K-yas has been formed (Hunter, Els, and i) Hunter seems so disconnected from the others so he’s perfect for Els and i <3 Joint tribal is a slay as long as i don’t go home 
Julia
Oh man this is gettin real messy. One of the members felt betrayed in this last challenge and Im all in my feelings about that. Poor kid... Im so glad im in the game. But, I am also glad i could tell myself it doesnt really matter, so I could ward off my 'hurt' cuz certain kids didnt wanna play nice with me and my secret alliance was not there for me when i was gettin paranoid before first tribal. But its all good. I didnt reach 67 years of age for nothin... my spidey sense gave me guidance and i snaked thru. Now its tribal #3 and we're all in it! OMG! Dont know what to expect. What will the challenge be? Well, if its too hard, too many of us will fall and that wouldnt be good for the game, now would it? Maybe, we'll be secretly pitted against each other and if thats the case, I know who I wont turn on... now what were their names 😳
Clefford
I AM SO DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF. If I get voted out, I deserve it. Forgive me. 
Ariel
This round is chaotic AF. Chaotic twist brings chaos. And I kind of love it??? HAHAHAHAHA well it's because I am safe. Or am i? I swear if there is another twist this round that will make one of us summit people sent home, I swear this season is just a huge chaos in hell. For now though, I am looking good as the only one who ally on our trio and Els and Clefford betrayed. To be fair I only played ally cause I already know MJ is picking me to go to summit with her and Navi. Lol. I kind of look like a wet baby chick who is save by its mother hen. Thank you, MJ. See what making connections to other tribes brings. I really love our M. A. N alliance with Navi and Mj. I am just scared that people might start to notice the 3 of us has an alliance. I know Clefford already knows. The whole umbrella tribe probably already knows. So, I am not sure if I should fully trust MJ. I think MJ's loyalty still falls on her tribe and not on our alliance. I have to watch out for that. I have a one on one alliance with Clefford, I hope people don't notice that. I just have to remind Clefford to keep our alliance low key. He kinda was hectic this round. I hope he can recover from that. Now that I am safe though, I want to protect my tribe in anyway I could. It seems like the vote is going to Tony. Which I am fine, but I would have love it more if the votes goes to someone from the Umbrella tribe cause they are staying strong as hell. Which clearly does not look good for the other two tribes unless the other 2 tribes decides to work together. Right now though, I might just have to stay low. It is not time to come out of my comfort zone yet, I think I am safe as long as I keep stay low. Ok. This confessional sounds like a mess cause I am typing it on my phone. And I don't know, forgive my typos. Anyway. Bye amping.
Cliftone
Had high hopes to not be heading to Tribal but man THREE IN A ROW for us here at Tricell. We are wayyy overdue for a break 😂 With the way things are looking, the entire tribe SHOULD be able to escape this Tribal unharmed. Pray for us!
Tony
This round was a whirlwind shitshow. I was very much inclined to be ally. I was going to set it and forget it. But then there was some bs about chat in Umbrella maybe going to vote Betray, so I didn't think I should trust Zukiswa. Then Els is talking about getting everyone in Tricell to go Betray, to keep our asses out of tribal for a third time in a row. Had everyone on board - except Julia - who I wanted to protect from retribution, and honestly, I loved their whole trio. Anyway, Navi and Cleftone go Ally at the end for reasons of their own, and I'm looking at a lot of pissed off people. Womp womp.
Ava
https://youtu.be/5t-m334iYBc Update: Tony is not going to try and connive. Just going to vote with his tribe and ally's. I hopefully will be safe. I will miss Tony if he goes. Sort of wish it was me. 
Tony
Fully expect to be out this week. I am frankly surprised that I made it this far, all things considered. Frankly, I would have been happier to have gone out on the merits of my performance - such as they were, than under my terrible decision to betray. It didn't help that I was called out by name in One World chat, but that's the way it goes. It will be good to have my life back.
DJ
I heard Evangelina is gunning for me. I am going to try my best to not get voted out. I have to make more effort to talk to more people because the reason I am getting targeted seems to be because I haven't had a chat with Evangelina. I tried to chat with Tony two days ago and I got no reply. I am making effort, but I am trying to connect with a manageable number of people at a time. I thought talking to too many people might create trouble for me. This joint tribal council is really putting me in danger. I hope I survive.
Dom
This week's twist was ridiculous-ly AMAZING. That is definitely what this game is about. It reveals so much about others. Currently I have a 3 person alliance and after this vote will 100 know I can trust them without wavering. I've made friends in other tribes and think this could be used to my advantage later on. If I'm not voted out tonight, then I think I have set myself up well. 
Navi
So both Jinx and I were surprised by Ava’s vote. We both assumed they would also go ally, albeit for different reasons. Turns out MJ had Ava vote betray to send Jinx to tribal, which ended up blowing back on them in the One World chat. Jinx has told me that they also found out that Ava and MJ’s tribe made the plan but the misunderstanding about their initial message to us was still correct (at least on my end). Jinx doesn’t seem made at me though so that’s a plus. I hope this means we can use this bond to potentially work together later on down the line. I’m totally cool with MJ taking the lead at this point since this will eventually get back to everyone else, and when it comes to crunch time at some point in the merge, I can use the info I got this round to potentially get MJ out if she’s a big threat to win at the end. If she’s not, maybe I would consider taking to her to the end. She seems very committed to wanting to work with myself and Ariel, so I want to keep her for now. Plus it’s still very early and a lot of game still needs to be played, so I’m cool either way. Now the vote is gonna be between Ava and Tony. MJ is going hard to save Ava, so it’s possible we may lose Tony this round. I tried letting both Ava and MJ know that Tony doesn’t want Ava to go, but MJ kinda shut that down so so much for that lol. I don’t have a vote but I’m also safe. However I don’t want to over extend myself too much to where I’m targeted the next tribal. I’m honestly more concerned about the post tribal thing that the summit leaders have to attend. I don’t like this one bit. As for the summit coin distribution, I have a given a coin each to Julia, Cliftone, and Els since I vibe with all three. I’ve been admittedly busy with work so it’s been tough trying to stay in the mix, but I’m doing the best I can!
Els
Hey confession!! Sorry I don’t have much to say this round, there’s so much going on it’s just hard to collect all my thoughts. I definitely see myself working with clefford and MJ and I think that there is a future alliance brewing there, it looks like Tony is gonna go home and I’m also calling a swap of some kind!
MJ
What’s happening Is like an official welcome to survivor! Everyone is going to tribal except the summit! I don’t even know how I feel. I just have headaches and I can’t wait to end this round. Plus I hope Tony Goes, if not I’m 15% screwed lol. I5% isn’t a bad thing though hahahah
Jinx
i was emo last night but this morning im back and ready to run this bitch
Cliftone
Twas the night before tribal and I’m feeling pretty good. I’m not too worried about the vote. Everything should work out the right way the way. Best of luck to my Tribemates. I really hope everything goes smoothly and we all get through untouched especially Tony.
Hunter
So basically being more active here. Im kinda realizing I dont belong. i feel like im pissing off people and i dont mean to ever. I think tony is going home basically so hopefully he does and its not me 
Jinx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU2epwwkDn4
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ROUND NOTES:
Dominique starts an alliance with Adeline and Ariel
Julia posts a confessional in the One World Chat
Clefford tells his tribe (Umbrella) that they should all “Betray.” Furthermore, he thinks they should all trick their trios to “Ally” so that everyone in Umbrella is immune (despite not trusting half of them).
Evangelina is staying true to her moral compass and wants to “Ally,” in spite of Clefford’s plan
Hunter, Els, and Adeline started an alliance (House of K-yas)
Zukiswa works very hard to convince her trio to “Ally.” The betrayal will be intense.
No one listens to Clefford. They will all go to tribal council as a result.
Els convinces Tony to switch his vote to “Betray.” They try to convince Navi next
Jinx calls out Ava for betraying
Els, Adeline, and Hunter discussed targeting Ava with Jinx
Ariel, Adeline, and Dominique discuss wanting to target Tony
Clefford  and Zukiswa want to target from BSAA, but MJ wants to target Hunter for throwing Ava under the bus.
Clefford’s name is going around, so MJ, Zuki, and Clefford are trying to do damage control. They throw out Tony’s name as a way to get the heat off Clefford. They are unsure if they have the connections to make that vote work
The names going around right now are Clefford, Tony, Ava, and Jinx
Clefford tells MJ and Zukiswa about his Extortion Advantage
Evagelina expresses concern about voting Tony, bringing up that they are IRL friends. MJ says that the Umbrella tribe needs to vote Tony because, otherwise, Ava wil leave
Evagelina tells her tribe that  she is voting for DJ. MJ wants the tribe to vote together. The Umbrella tribe is a mess.
Adeline spread the Tony lie about him deceiving people. Adeline is trying to get people to vote out Tony
Jinx tells their tribe that people from the other tribe were PLANNING to betray from the get-go, pointing out that Ava was lying when they said they had “misunderstood” Jinx
Julia and Jinx bond closely. Jinx is now ride-or-die with Julia
MJ has given Evangelina, Ava, Clefford, and Zukiswa one coin each. Navi has given Els, Cliftone, and Julia one coin each. Ariel gave Adeline, Jinx, and Dominique one coin each
Evangelina bought a Summit Revealer
Cliftone tells Els and Navi in their alliance chat that he is voting for Ava because he wants to be tribe strong and thinks they’re shady
MJ thinks that the decision she will make will be a schoolyard pick. Clifford tells her to separate Ava and Els, and Jinx and Evangelina
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EDGIC:
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Clefford: OTTM5 Ariel: UTRP3 Dominique: UTRP3 MJ: UTRE2 Zukiswa: MORP3 Ava: CPN4 Julia: MORP3 Adeline: UTRM2 Els: UTRE2 DJ: UTRM2 Cliftone: UTRE2 Evangelina: MORN3 Navi: UTRP3 Jinx: CPM5 Hunter: UTRP3 Tony: MORN3
Raffy’s Winner Picks:
Adeline Jinx Els Ava
Amy’s Winner Picks:
Adeline Jinx Ariel Els
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POWER RANKINGS:
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Umbrella:
1. MJ 2. Clefford 3. Zukiswa 4. Ava 5. Hunter 6. Evangelina
Tricell:
1. Julia 2. Els 3. Navi 4. Cliftone 5. Tony
BSAA:
1. Adeline 2. Jinx 3. Ariel 4. Dom 5. DJ
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The house is yours
Pairing : Zeke yeager x reader
Rating : explicit
Word count : 2,5k words
Summary : as a broke student, finding an apartment is not easy. But the cute owner decides to help you with it, in a way that you both get to benefit.
Warnings : soft dom! Zeke x sub!fem! reader, oral sex (fem receiving), fingering, nipple play, slight spit play, vaginal sex, slight breeding kink, daddy kink
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(Credits to the owner. I don't own the fanart)
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After months of looking through ads, websites and even newspapers. finding a decent, comfortable and cosy appartment near the university was a dream coming true. After calling the owner and fixing a date to meet toghether and check the place, your roommate wasn't able to make it to the appointment so you had to go there on my own.
Being already anxious for the meeting, you put a pair of black jeans, a grey t-shirt, a hoodie and your white sneakers before taking your backbag and going there.
After ten minutes or so, you were at the spot you agreed to meet at. You couldn't see anyone particular so you got your phone out of your pocket, ready to call the owner again in order to spot him.
It was then when you saw a tall, broad and handsome man- probably in his late twenties- picking his ringing phone from the pocket of his elegant beige trench coat.
A black turtleneck hugging his visibly muscular chest and arms left your mouth nearly open. That's definitely him - you thought to yourself - feeling your face already heating up, you swallowed hardly, prayed that you weren't really blushing,  took your courage and crossed the road walking towards the little coffee shop he was standing next to.
Standing directly in front of him didn't help at all. You were so overwehlmed by him. and to be frank, you didn't really know where to look. His whole presence was doing things to you, is it His charming glance? his icy grey eyes, ornamented with a set of thick blonde lashes shinig softly in the feeble sunlight? Or is it those silky soft blonde locks, joined in a nice haircut making his enchanting appearence even more perfect and complete?
"Hello, I assume you're the new renter. Very nice to meet you. I'm zeke yeager ."
"Likewise, pleased to meet you mr yeager. I'm y/n ".
You tried your best to keep calm and professional by greeting him. But the trembling handshake you gave him was showing the complete opposite.
"Shall we go see the appartment ? This way please."
Were you too infatuated by such grace? Or is he really such a sweet, soft and courteous gentleman? You couldn't really tell.
You took a quick glance at his gorgeous profile side. And you completely wished you could take a screenshot with your eyes. His prominent cheekbones added to his manly features. And his fine silver glasses gave him that elegant intellectual aura.
The silence was broken by a deep, gentle :" so.. you're both students.. right?"
" yes. good thing the house is around 10 minutes from the university. That should save us plenty of time ."
" glad to hear that, I actually studied there for more than 6 years, that was before I finally graduated and decided to move to (city name) ."
" I see. May I ask.. why did you move? " you demanded.
" haha don't worry. It hasn't to do with the apartment. It's just that.. You can say I'm an adventurous man." He answered with a bright smile.
" right. I guess it's always tempting to move and see something new..."
You never thought a conversation with a total stranger could be this smooth, warm and relaxing. It unexpectedly didn't feel like a forced out, awkward smalltalk at all. But more like a nice and slow getting to know each other.
"We're finally here." He opened the building's door, Letting you inside and pressed the elevator button.
" I see you like the place already.." He affirmed, a soft smile graced his features, leaving you bewitched.
"Y-yes .. it's pretty welcoming." You added.
Getting out of the elevator, the cute owner took the apartement keys out, opening the door and letting you in.
After checking all the house's functionalities and facilities and discussing the period of your rent. You were ready to pay the first month of the stay until you got surprised by the deposit price. You were so shocked that you had to pay around two thousand five hundrend dollars along with the actual rent.
" I'm not sure we can actually afford that.. " I said, feeling somehow disappointed and lost.
" I know, a lot of people complain about the deposit price. I wish I could make an exeption but the price is fixed by the building's owner. He has the majority of control over that."
" and.. I guess it can't be payed in installments. can it ?"
" i'm afraid not." He retorted, quite concerned by your defeated aura.
" that's really infortunate. I was looking forward to settle here. But anyway, it was good getting to know you mr Yeager."
Hiding your frustration, you were ready to leave when his calm, reassuring voice stopped you . " maybe , we can help each other out after all..."
You turned back, looking for a further explanation when he carried on :" I can get to pay the deposit for you. And you'll have to give me a service in return.."
"okay.. and the service is ...? " you asked, being both curious and excited.
The blonde walked to the door and locked it, his silver eyes never leaving yours.
"Mr yeager..."
" Oh can we stop with the formalities now little one. If we finally agree to make a deal we should get more familiar to each other. Shouldn't we ?" He let out in a deep virile voice, causing your heart to throb numerous times.
Walking closer towards you, he stood and leaned over, whispering in your ear : " If I said I'm feeling sad and lonely today, Would you agree to entertain me ?"
He was so close you could barely register his request. Close enough to notice his irises fixed on yours, staring at your soul and then travelling a little downwards, presumably staring at your lips. You were ready to explode when his big hand landed on your chin, long slender fingers carressing it and driving you so crazy you started babbling some nearly inaudible nonsense.
" i mean.. I.I could ... I don't know.. I-"
" shh, no need to get confused, I'm here with you". a calloused thumb landed on your lips, caressing them with a gentle yet insisting motion.
Your mind shut down, leaving you comptelely blank. God, you got lost in his eyes again. You kept staring like an idiot, letting his thumb make its way through your lips and next thing you knew you were feeling his finger on your sensitive tongue. You never did this before. But why did it feel so natural with him ? Why didn't you resist at all ? How did you agree to this ?  Questions kept bringing on other questions inside your crushed mind. The betraying heat kept rising to your cheeks by the minute, and you couldn't control your intense breathing anymore.
You felt like a fragile leaf caught in a storm. Your consciousness stopped reacting when his face started closing up to yours.
" I believe we got ourselves a deal then? "
" i.. I mean-"
The blonde's delicious lips crushed on yours in a swift motion, his huge hands left to pull you closer pushing you against his large warm chest and making you feel so small and helpless.
It didn't take long for you to feel his soft warm tongue playing with yours. His refreshing minty breath was mixed with a faint hint of cigarette. You couldn't help but enlace your arms around his neck, trying to regain some balance. The sloppy wet kiss  you shared ended with your mouths parting in a wet noise, a glistening string of saliva connecting his dark red tongue to yours, Leaving you breathless.
"You're rather shy and blushy princess... I like it." Zeke leaned close to your sensitive neck, started peppering kisses from your cheeks down your neck and all around your clavicle . His warm breath on your exposed chest made you shiver, feeling your wetness already pooling between your legs. You started rubbing your thighs toghether in a search for some relief. The sudden thought of the rent crossed your mind again.
" Zeke .."
" yes sweetheart, say my name "
" what about the rent ... what should I do now ?"
"little pumpkin is still afraid." You trembled when he leaned over to lick your earlobe before carrying " consider this house yours, princess " .
You couldn't hide your relief after hearing his words. You looked back at him, the perfect pale skin of his cheeks turned into a lovely shade of pink. His cute ears were so red you thought they were about to blow off. His glasses were threatening to fall off the cute tip of his sharp nose. And you felt so proud seeing the mess you left at his golden strands. Some of them falling sexily on his eyes.
" I need this off" he tugged at your shirt , raising your arms gently and sliding it up your shivering body. It was so embarrassing you instantly hid your face. Letting out some insatisfied whines.
"gorgeous" he lets out, eyes contemplating your breasts, still hidden behind your bra. Still closing your eyes, you felt yourself being lifted in a bridal style. Zeke's strong arms placed you on the comfy couch of the living room. He stood up and took of his coat, throwing it away. His black pullover was next, revealing his toned chest, shredded abs and prominent V line . You wished you could keep this addictive view in yout mind forever. His godly body hovered around you like a shield. You leaned back , staring at the enchanting male before you, unbuckling his belt.
You were probabely too distracted by his beauty to notice the huge tent that was forming in his pants. His hand reached beneath his boxers, freeing his massive cock from it's confinements.
" like what you see ?" He winked at you, leaving you speaking gibberish again.
" zeke...it- it's not gonna .."
He cut you out, taking off your jeans in a quick move, leaving you in your black laced panties. " already soaked aren't we? What kind of a slut gets her pussy that wet just from a damn kiss?"
He rubbed his fingers against your clothed cunt before swiping your panties to the side. your clit was swollen and flushed, desperate for attention. The handsome male leaned until he faced your pussy. He spread your legs even wider, adding to your growing embarassment.
" goshh, look at how much slick is between your pussy lips,..filthy.." he slid his fingers between them.
Never leaving your innocent eyes, he puckered his lips, opened his mouth and spat on your naked pussy. You nearly passed out when he started french kissing it. Looking at it with such hunger and lust, he slid his longue tongue in your fluttering hole, driving his index and middle fingers in the process. His thick and now wet beard felt so good stinging your plush thighs.
" zeke ahhh, wait... omg zeke it feels.. Ahhhh " your moans started getting louder and louder. 
"Whine for me baby.."
His experienced fingers massaged your spongey insides, hitting spots you never knew your pussy had. You were drooling like a dumb baby, eyes rolling to the back of your head and breath hitching in your breast.
"Zeeeeke.. uh- i'm ahh i'm gonna cum, it feels so good... so good i'm cumming .."
"Yes baby, cream on my fucking tongue."
It wasn't long until you released all over his hand, his tongue was painted with cum. He shamelessly swallowed it, licking his fingers passionately as if he was tasting an elixir. He leaned to kiss you again, cum and drool still running down his messy beard. Its cute hairs tickling your cheeks and chin made you chuckle.
He took your dripping panties away, threw them somewhere across the room and slid his hands below your back, unclasping your bra.
" I need to take it off, but I really do like the cute ribbons though..." he complimented your cute bra.
" t-thank youu.." the shyness creeped inside you again. But it was replaced with surprise when he buried his head deep between your breasts like a starving baby. growling and grunting, the vibrations sent shivers down your spine. He kept lapping at them, looking at you with burning lust, taking a nipple between his teeth and flicking the other under his fingerpads.
"Are you ready, sweet pie? Wanna take my cock for me ?"
"Y-yes"
"Yes who ?"
"Yes daddy ."
"It's daddy from now on, little one"
Feeling yourself , yu bent over for him, giving him a perfect view of your bare cunt.
" hurry daddy, I can't wait anymore..."
"As you wish, princess"
Within seconds, you felt his hands settling on your hips, his firm cock sliding slowly past your hungry hole.
" it hurtss, daddy .. it hurts..."
" shh, it's ok princess, you're too tense.. relax for daddy.."
The pain suddenly turned into a pure bliss as he bottomed down, making you moan his name like a lullaby.
"I'm going to move baby.." he said, cupping your cheek in his soft palms. 
His cock was ramming inside you so deliciously you felt your drool dribbling again, his strong silhouette leaning on you, hugging you with one arm and caressing your stomach with the other. Seeing his bulge through your tummy, you felt so full and loved by him.
" look baby, look how deep i'm inside you"
" please cum inside me daddy, I want it pumping in my stomach ."
your words sent him to the edge; hitched breath, loud growls and harsh slaps landing on your ass. It felt so good your tears started gushing along your face.
" hnnghhh wanna take ... fuck ahhh .. take daddy's seed inside you ? Tell me slut " he squeezed your face between his large fingers, earning a whine from you.
" mmhmmm ... ahhhh"
" use your words when you talk to me"
" I want your cum deep inside me, daddy"
His thrusts became hysteric, making you shake. both of you moaning loudly, not caring about anybody hearing.
"Ahhhnghhh shiiiit , fuck yeaaah" the golden daddy came in thick white strings inside you. Shoving it all up your womb. You give up, letting your orgasm wash over you in a shameless moan. All your juices mixed with his sticky huge load, starting to spill from your greedy cunt.
Unable to move anymore, you collapsed on the couch. Trembling and breathing heavily. Zeke doing the same, he went to catch his neglected coat and wrapped it around your naked body, along with his strong arms around you, nuzzling his head in your neck.
" I guess having an expensive rent has its perks after all". He teased, laying a soft gentle kiss on your forehead.
" yup, you get to have a daddy for free". You whispered.
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beomglocks · 3 years
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friendly neighborhood spiderman ; hk
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warnings & other: fluff, spiderman!hyuka, normal person!reader, best friend!kai, reader doesnt know kai is spiderman, he looks so good in that gif i cant move on
"what do you mean you can't hang out today? we always binge-watch power rangers on fridays."
you should've known it would come to this point but hueningkai bailing on you on your sacred days? completely unfathomable. he chuckles nervously and you watch him stumble over his words. "well there's always tomorrow?" he says, unsure of himself.
you were used to kai skimping out on you. if anything, it became somewhat of a normal occurrence. he would often randomly announce that something had come up and before you could even question him about it, he was gone. practically vanishing into thin air, you've grown used to his sudden disappearances. he would always come back as if nothing happened but with random scratches or bruises all over him.
for this, you took up the job of providing his aftercare. during these sessions in your dingy bathroom, you both would sit in silence for a couple of minutes. after the silence became too much to bear, you would speak up and ask him what happened or why he suddenly looked beat to a pulp. he would never tell you the real reason so you came to the conclusion that he was hiding something from you.
what that something was, was still a mystery to you.
he had to be hiding something from you. kai rarely ever got into fights. even at your college, where the majority of the student body were complete dickheads, he would keep to himself. on the off chance that someone ever wanted to start something, they would simply get intimidated by kai's height.
he sighs exasperatedly, "look y/n, just- it's just that th-."
"this is super duper important and you just don't have to means to skip out on it, i know i know," you reiterate his mantra like a drone. it's the same excuse every time.
he pats your head lovingly and you shake your head to brush his hand off. "whatever dude, just don't be mad when im 50 episodes deep and won't wanna go back for you." he laughs, rolling his eyes playfully, "you always go back for me."
you stick your tongue out at him as you watch him run out of your apartment.
you sigh, walking back to your living room and throwing yourself down on the couch. the silence in your apartment is deafening and unfortunately, kai is no longer here to fill the empty space. you frown, curling into yourself on your couch while switching back to the normal tv and flipping through channels.
you've always liked hueningkai. he was someone you've cherished since freshman year of high school. back then he was just some skinny kid who could barely hold his own. you had been the one to come up to him and befriend him but as it turns out he grew up.
you never thought you'd catch feelings for him but all of a sudden he had grown taller than you and his voice was an octave deeper than the cute, screeching boy you had first encountered.
you kept your feelings hidden well so far since you didn't know how kai would react. he wasn't really the type to have girls fawn over him but once arriving to college, almost everyone wanted him. it made you feel a bit self conscious considering he was this tall, ridiculously handsome guy and you were well...you.
you sigh once again. you hoped he wasn't ditching you to hang out with some college girl or go to some college party. maybe that's why he would come back home bruised up, going to some college party and doing some crazy shit there.
you pause your flipping through channels when you catch a glimpse of a guy in a red and black suit on your tv screen.
spiderman. you smile when you see him on your screen. you're lucky to have been born in the same era as a superhero. you've only ever really read about them in comics or seen cartoons of them but to live during the same time as one was something else.
it seemed as if there were new supervillains every other day but spiderman would always swoop in and save the day.
"there goes that spider menace again. he probably set up the whole situation just to make himself look good in the eyes of the public," james jonah jameson, the tv announcer, states.
"im telling you all! how can you trust a guy who's going around the city swinging on webs, fighting bad guys, and calling himself the spiderman?! he's the real villain!" some shaky cam footage of spiderman freely swinging through the city is played on screen and you smile at how carefree he looks. he keeps swinging until he reaches the main source of the situation and the footage switches to the news camera crew's line of sight.
they seem to be pretty close to the action and your breath hitches at who the villain who decided to show himself today is. sandman, and he looks pissed. he's throwing around stray cars and shooting sand at everything in his path. "where's spiderman!" he roars.
spiderman gracefully lands on his two feet right behind sandman. "you rang?" he jokes casually. sandman spins around wildly and wastes no time hurling some sand at the hero. spiderman narrowly avoids this but steadies himself for a serious fight.
you watch in awe at how cool spiderman looks while fighting. he looks so elegant as if he's dancing. the fight goes on for about 5 minutes and in those 5 minutes, both parties get beat pretty bad. spiderman who can barely stand straight is panting heavily since he just got up from being thrown into a wall.
sandman goes in for a couple more punches, some he misses however he gets some good ones in. "getting tired spidey?" sandman taunts. "you wish," spiderman croaks out. you watch him look around and luckily there's a fire truck near them.
spiderman uses his webs to bring the fire hose to him and you watch him use his last bit of strength to pull the latch that lets all the water out. sandman doesn't get the chance to dodge this and is effectively hit with the powerful blast of water from the hose.
the camera pans to sandman who is now on the floor, slipping away through the cracks towards the sewer. they then pan back to the wall where spiderman was leaning against but he's no longer there.
"ah another day, another win for our friendly neighborhood spiderman!" the tv hostess on the scene says. you sigh as the broadcast cuts back to james jameson spewing more slander on spiderman's name. "i hope he's ok, he looked pretty beat up," you say to no one in particular.
just then you hear a thump on your window. you live on the 12th floor of your building so realistically nothing should be hitting your window unless there are birds but it's a little late for them to be out and about. you cautiously walk over to your window and you see someones back? someone's back?
you unlatch your window and let it flip open. the person jumps up on your window sill in alarm, but once he sees you he calms down and throws himself onto your floor in exhaustion. you stand there in shock at who is on your living room floor right now. "spiderman?" you gasp. he groans out a reply but you don't care. spiderman is in your house right now! "i literally just saw you on tv! you were like so cool out ther-" you cut yourself off when you hear him breathing heavily.
"oh- oh my god ok uh-" you lift him up as best as you can and wrap his arm around your shoulder. spiderman hasn't passed out just yet so he uses a bit of his strength so that it's not a chore to drag him to your bathroom.
once you manage to drag him to your bathroom he throws himself onto the sink edge and leans back on your mirror with a sigh. "i can't believe you're in my house right now," you randomly blurt. he nods but says nothing as he points to his abdomen. "help," he grunts. you immediately go to the first aid kit that's always kept on deck since you're always patching up hueningkai.
he grabs the hem of his suit and lifts it up, displaying his torso. "woah," you instinctively cover your eyes thinking he was about to undress or something. you hear him chuckle softly. "relax."
when you lower your hands you see the nastiest scar on his lower stomach and you try not to stare too hard thinking it may offend him. "help me clean it please," he mumbles in pain. "i know i have healing powers or whatever but it's not gonna kick in rapidly unless i do some of the work myself."
you stare at spiderman in disbelief. "uh- i mean of course. i'd love to help, spiderman." he chuckles again at your eagerness, finding it cute.
"how'd you get to my window sill?" you say before you can think. you immedeintly slap your hand over your mouth, not wanting to offend him somehow. he coughs somewhat awkwardly while looking around your bathroom.
"i- i mean the lights were on, the building was close...just a coincidence i guess?" he stammers through his sentence and rubs the back of his head. you bring your eyebrows together in confusion, "but i don't live that cl-" he cuts you off by grabbing his abdomen in pain.
"oh- OW! just please help," he wails.
you both sit in silence after that while you help patch him up and you get major deja vu except, instead of patching kai up you're patching up spiderman. you laugh at yourself and spiderman perks up. "what's so funny?"
"nothing it's just... i always go through this same routine with my best friend hueningkai," you say. spiderman nods off, "your best friend hueningkai?" you hum a confirmation, "yeah he's always running off and getting himself into trouble. i'm like his personal nurse."
spiderman leans back on your mirror again and you assume he's going to doze off or rest while you clean his wound but he speaks up again, "what's this hueningkai like?"
"he's really sweet. the sweetest boy i've ever met. he's a really good friend to me but i guess he's growing up, it feels like he doesn't need me anymore. he's always bailing on me to probably hang out with his cooler friends or something." you sigh and when the silence rings in your ears you realize you just rambled about your friend to a superhero.
"oh god im sorry i d-" spiderman shifts in his spot and let's out a breath. "maybe he's just busy? he's probably got a lot on his shoulders." you pout, dabbing the cotton ball onto the wound gently.
"i just- look i really like kai, like more than a friend. how am i supposed to get closer to him if he's always running off doing whatever!”
spiderman sits up straight in his spot, “you like me more than a friend?!” you look at him confused since you didn’t exactly catch what he said. “huh?”
“uh- i mean... well maybe he also sees you as more than a friend too, you never know,” he shrugs nonchalantly.
“maybe..” you trail off uncertainty.
after you finish patching spiderman up he jumps off the counter and stretches his limbs. “wow i feel better already. you’re amazing,” he compliments. you hide your face in your hands shyly but smile up at him.
“it must be difficult saving the world from bad guys huh,” you joke. he nods, groaning tiredly, “you have no idea.”
you see him look over at your tv but since he’s wearing his mask you can’t really tell what his expression is or what he might be thinking. “right, you said you saw me on tv,” he chuckles.
“well thank you y/n for helping me get better, im sure i’ll be fine by tomorrow morning but for now ive gotta head back to shield to report what happened. you know superhero stuff,” he gloats.
you nod at him, amazed by how hard working he is but you look at him bewildered for the 3rd time today. “how did you know my name?”
he looks around frantically and scratches his head, “that cup over there says it!” sure enough when you look over, there’s a cup with your name printed on it. it happened to be a cup gifted to you from hueningkai last christmas.
you hear spiderman sigh, “well, gotta run! im positive i’ll be seeing you around.” he walks up to you and pats your head, something only kai is allowed to do but you let it slide for spiderman since he’s a superhero.
you follow him to your window where he prepares to jump out and swing back to shield. once he’s outside you yell out to him, “thank you spiderman!”
around three hours after spiderman left your apartment you hear your doorbell ring. they stopped playing the news about spiderman’s fight an hour ago so you decided to watch something else.
you groan dramatically, dragging yourself to your door. when you swing it open you see kai standing there with a smile on his face.
the drowsiness you previously had disappears when you see him. “oh my god kai you’ll never believe what happened to me!” you say excitedly. “hello to you too,” he laughs.
you drag him to your couch, “spiderman was here!” you shout. he raises his eyebrows at you, smiling wider. “wow really? was he cool?” you sigh dreamily, “he’s so cool kai.”
“wait you actually believe me?” you ask. he chuckles, looking away from you. “of course i believe you, why would you lie?”
you shrug, “i mean im not lying but if i was, i could’ve been lying to have you hang out with me more just in case i ever meet him again. you could meet him too.”
kai shakes his head, “y/n are you using spiderman as an excuse to get me to hang out with you more?” he laughs, “don’t worry i’ll hang out with you as much as i can.”
he pats your head again similarly to how he did earlier and you smile sadly, remembering spiderman’s words. hueningkai must be really busy and here he is promising to spend more time with you. this just makes you like and cherish him more.
you hug him tightly as a form of appreciation and he hugs you back with the same strength. when you pull away you look over his face and you’re about to say something when something catches your eye.
you lean in closer to his face and he inches back instinctively. “wha-“
“is that sand in your hair?”
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tuiyla · 4 years
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She-Ra’s like, really good, people
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It’s been over a week since She-Ra season 5 came out and I binged it and this is not going to be coherent but I just want to rant about it a bit before writing some more structured metas. I deffo wanna write about Catradora and how I think SPoP is the true spiritual successor to the Avatar.
But first, let me just scream about how good this show is. I already started rewatching it, pretty much straight after finishing it, and I don’t rewatch tv shows often. The exception is Avatar (seen it like 15 times) and sitcoms. But She-Ra is so layered that I felt like I needed to watch it again just to appreciate the dynamics even more.
I already enjoyed the first season but it kept getting better and better. I’m not in love with the art style and it’s definitely for a younger demographic overall than my other favourite animated shows, but like any good kids’ show it balances tone well. It doesn’t talk down to its target demographic but also includes more traditionally mature themes in a digestible and entertaining way. Not all the jokes landed for me but as the series went on I learned to appreciate the tone and the type of humour She-Ra goes for.
It’s funny to me because this is definitely the type of show I would have rejected as a kid, with all the princesses I would have deemed it “too girly” and therefore not for me because screw gender roles. There’s a degree of internalized sexism to that, for sure, a rejection of the feminine because it’s always been seen as less somehow. But there’s also a truth that, at least in my childhood of the late 90s and early 00s, children’s media targeted at girls often had a poor quality to it, at least when compared to “boys’ stuff”.
She-Ra is not only a clever, heartfelt, complex story, it also transcends that binary of having to be either for girls or boys. I know most of modern animation rejects that as well, but She-Ra embraces so many traditionally feminine qualities while also going beyond gender roles and even the gender binary. This show is so queer, man, and I love it. It’s especially impressive when you consider the source material that was literally just the girly version of He-Man. I have no beef with 80s She-Ra, haven’t seen much of it, but this is such an upgrade.
That being said, I would have loved to watch She-Ra as a kid. I’m so incredibly envious of kids, aged around 10, who get to watch this show as they’re growing up. But I am so, so, so happy for them and for the future of animation that shows like She-Ra can be made now, that they’re being made. I’m going to go into spoilers soon, but just before that: She-Ra’s a perfectly enjoyable show in many aspects. I think the worldbuilding’s pretty cool, the story feels coherent and planned out, it’s lighthearted and so genuine. That’s the word that I ultimately choose to describe the series: genuine.
I feel like so much of TV aims to be dark and gritty nowadays, animation included, and though that’s slowly turning to dark comedy or a balance between fun and serious, it’s still the norm. At some point in the last decade, creators became terrified of being judged as cheesy. Even something like the MCU bathes in bathos to avoid being cheesy. But She-Ra proves that creators shouldn’t be afraid of being genuine, of basing characters and storylines on the simple power of love. Like, it’s such a cliché trope but I think that’s mostly because it has become stale.
Noelle Stevenson has talked about the importance of love in her story and I’m so grateful for that. Through, She-Ra, she’s truly proven how powerful love can be in a story and how it doesn’t have to be cheesy. It’s just so unabashedly genuine. The power of love and friendship literally saves the day several times but it’s always so genuine and more importantly it always makes sense that it doesn’t get boring. If the foundation wasn’t there, then I’d say “well this is just super cheesy”. But the show makes a point of building relationships and making them the focal point of the story.
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Alright, so, spoilers because I need to talk about character arcs and THAT KISS and just everything. I really need to write more in depth about Adora and Catra and their relationship but for now I feel like it’s so important to appreciate how they’re developed. Everything from their shared childhood to their trauma with Shadow Weaver and the finding their way back to each other, it’s just *chef’s kiss*. It’s so well-written and believable. Ngl, I do have some minor issues with Catra’s redemption arc. Let’s just say that on a scale from Kylo Ren to Zuko, she’s definitely closer to Zuko. I also appreciate Shadow Weaver’s death scene and how it allows them to move on. I didn’t see that one as Death as Redemption and it shouldn’t be. Again and again the show made it clear that she was abuse towards both girls and nothing will negate that.
From what I can tell, the fandom really latched onto Catra, even when it wasn’t clear whether she’d get a redemption arc. I think that’s important, because unlike some characters in animation, Catra’s actions were almost always framed appropriately. There was always an understanding as to where she’s coming from, how she’s acting from a place of hurt, and yet her actions weren’t justified. They weren’t suddenly all okay just because she’s hurt, too. I especially loved in the season 3 finale when Adora was allowed to finally say no, to say that Catra’s actions were not her fault. That season as a whole was beautiful, like, episode three when Adora’s struggling so much and Catra has the opportunity for a better life but she still fails to choose her own happiness because she’s too bitter over SW and Adora? It’s poetic cinema. I love that angst, so well done.
It would be so easy to misfire in Catra’s storyline and either a) write off all the awful things she does because she’s just “misunderstood” or b) irredeemably stuck in her abusive environment with no hope of escape. They balanced quite well there and managed to handle such a complex character with delicacy. I’m quite happy with how Catra was portrayed because on the one hand, she’s painfully relatable to me and I assume to many others. The audience can see their own mistakes reflected in her character because we’ve all been too stubborn, done things out of spite, refused to acknowledge that we were wrong because we were hurting so much. At the same time, I always felt like the show gave me enough space to judge Catra’s actions and acknowledge that she was in the wrong. I honestly think I would have been a better adjusted teenager is if saw this show just before my angsty years, lol.
I’m going to write more about Adora at some other point but I love how vulnerable she’s allowed to be. Protagonists never used to be my favourite characters because they all seemed the same, with two major categories: the stereotypical male hero who can do no wrong or the angsty boi who can be shitty and the text still frames him as awesome. It’s only recently with series like The Legend of Korra and She-Ra that I go “damn, protagonists can be like that, huh.” Adora is a dumb jock who tries so hard and she deserves all the hugs in the world.
Also, Catradora? Breathtaking, amazing, groundbreaking. No doubt She-Ra needed shows like Adventure Time, LoK, Steven Universe and the likes to pave the way but still, it went there. I saw people be anxious about whether they were gonna be queerbaited, but I always, idk, knew? Trusted? That She-Ra would follow through. I didn’t wait six years for Bubbline to happen for Catradora to not get their big damn kiss. The series has been so effortlessly queer from the get-go that it just made sense that they were always heading there. I did see a gif of the kiss before watching s5 and ngl, that spoiler kind of bummed me out in a way that I wanted to be surprised. But even before I saw that I wasn’t worried. And the context of their journey in season 5? That cannot be spoiled by a simple gif. You have to experience that to fully appreciate it and that is the marker of good storytelling.
I understand that, though this should be the norm by now, Noelle Stevenson still had to be smart about how she approached the execs and she wasn’t sure this could happen. I cannot tell you how happy I am about what she said regarding how Catradora was so integral to the story that the execs couldn’t not allow it. That’s so brilliant, and it feels so natural in the story. Queer love saves the day and it’s not ambiguous, it cannot be censored because you lose a part of the story without it. You did it, Noelle, you funky little lesbian, what an icon. I can’t wait to see more stuff from her.
In other news, I appreciated other characters as well, like how all the princesses got to be different and awesome in their own unique way. Season 5 was great for so many characters, Mermista got so much to work with and Spinnerella and Netossa got so much more characterization than in previous seasons. Glimmer continued to be the third most important character in the story and I’m happy about all the relationships that also got to be canon. Good characters and dynamics all around, no wonder since the show is built on that.
Such a satisfying conclusion and one that makes you feel like this is just part one of a much bigger story. Such genuine, heartfelt moments, well-developed characters, complex themes explored in a respectful and digestible way, and such an unapologetically fun show. Melissa Fumero as a side character? Yes please. Catra’s new haircut? Heck yeah! She-Ra’s new design? Oh my.
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I’m not even like, super into She-Ra, and I usually don’t write so much about things I only watch casually. But this show is so good and important that I had to rant. And I will write more about it eventually, but for now I needed to get all of this out. I’d give it a better structure but if I really get into I might never end up posting it so for now here, have this ramble of love. She-Ra, of all shows, deserves that.
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[Finale] 10 | Illegirl
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→ summary: Excelling in every school subject, acing every math test and conquering the academic world is something you do as easily as breathing. As your residential social outcast nerd, you live rather as a recluse, talking to almost no one except for your dear ol’ cousin and that sweet boy in a few of your classes—Jungkook? was that his name? Befriending your ʰᵒᵗ AP stats teacher was the last thing on your high school senior agenda…
→ genre: 90% fluff, 8% crack, 2% angst | teacher!au & f2l!au
→ warnings: profanity, implied, CONSENTED & PROTECTED sex (these adults are role models), mentions of sexual activities 
→ wordcount: 5.5k
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"But what if they ask how we met?" you say, wiping your sweaty palms on the side of your modest skinny jeans. "What if they ask my age? Oh my god. What if they ask to meet my parents?"
"Relax, Y/N," your boyfriend soothes, taking you into a warm side hug as he guides you up the steps of his parents' rather large home. "You're 18 now, and you'll be in college next month. You're not so young anymore."
You huff, tucking in a strand of loose hair and fussing with the hem of your nicest blouse. "They're gonna hate me."
"It takes a lot for them to hate someone," Jimin laughs, rubbing your shoulder in an attempt to calm you down. "They're just... slightly judgmental. But it's not like they're going to interrogate you! It's just dinner."
"This was a bad idea."
"It won't be, trust me."
You sigh, rolling your eyes. "Is this my late graduation present? Or perhaps an early entering college gift?"
"Kinda?" It sounds more like a question than a sure statement. "I just want them to meet the person I love as early as possible!" Jimin gives you the puppy dog eyes he knows you can't resist.
"Okay, okay! But what if they ask questions we don't fucking know the answer to?" you say, worry lines appearing on your forehead. "Like when we met and shit??"
Jimin hums, lips pulling out in a pout as he thinks hard. After a moment of silence, he grins as if an adequate idea popped up in his head. "We'll improv!"
"Oh, you son of a b—HELLO, Mr. and Mrs. Park!" you quickly say, heart beating violently in your chest. Damn. Off to a not-so-great start. You almost called Jimin a 'son of a bitch,' in front of his goddamn mother.
Thankfully it seems like Jimin's parents didn't hear you. They smile at both of you as they open their front door wider, and your boyfriend noticeably grips your shoulder tighter, in an attempt to remind you to release your inner tension.
"Y/N, is it?" Mrs. Park smiles, though she looks you over with scrutiny. "Don't you look young?"
You flinch as Jimin wraps his arm around you, then saves you from answering. "Yeah, she's 18, mom." He places a hand on the small of your back, ushering you into the house.
"18? 18?!" Mrs. Park gasps, putting a polite hand over her mouth in shock. "Goodness me. You never date anyone more than three years younger! Your exes all had a stable job with high income... she's barely in college!"
Already, you feel quite uncomfortable, especially with Jimin's mother spewing random facts about his past girlfriends and lowkey dissing you. Then you have Mr. Park who had seemed friendly at first but continues to sneak glances at his phone as if he was expecting an important call. You were getting rich businessman vibes from him. No wonder their home had one too many chandeliers and shining glass windows.
"Mom..." Jimin warns, his voice dipping low. "You're gonna make Y/N feel uncomfortable."
"Oh no, it's fine," you quickly say, faking a genuine smile. "Yes, I'm young, but I am pretty mature for my age."
Damn. You're getting good at this lying business if you do say so yourself.
Mrs. Park raises her eyebrow, turning to consult her husband but finding him engaged in a serious phone call. She sighs, shaking her head as she looks you over once more, a warm smile blossoming on her face. "It's fine, dear. Age is merely a number. Come, dinner's waiting."
Jimin's mother waves you and her son over, her inside-wear Louis Watton fur slippers clacking against the white marble floor as she marches over to an extravagant dining room. Even the gilded vase in the center of the mahogany dinner table looks like it could pay for your whole college tuition.
And speaking of college tuition, the moment a steaming hot meal is placed on the expensive table by a couple of servants, Mrs. Park turns to you, a false smile playing on her lips. "So, Y/N, what is your college major?"
You had been looking forward to dipping your spoon into that aromatic soup but you pause, looking up to make eye contact with the older woman. "Uh, I'm gonna major in statistics but minor in mathematics."
Jimin grins proudly next to you, already wolfing down a piece of savory white truffle garlic bread. You gulp next to him, wanting to take a piece of that dish yourself. But Mrs. Park interrupts your inner drooling.
"Really? That's quite interesting. My son is a high school mathematics teacher, you two must get along well, especially if you love arithmetic like him," Mrs. Park hums while taking a delicate sip from her intricate glass of red wine. "Would you like some?" she offers to you. "It's the finest we've got, slightly acidulated with a citrus finish."
There's an awkward silence as Jimin noticeably pauses his chewing and you completely freeze on the spot.
"Oh! That's right, you're underage," Mrs. Park chuckles. "My deepest apologies, Y/N. Jimin? Would you like a glass?"
You duck your head down to stare at your hands, wondering what the hell this woman was up to. Was she purposefully bringing up your age to make the dinner more awkward? Or was it just polite habit that got in the way?
To your surprise, Jimin refuses the drink. "It's fine, mom. I have to drive us home, so I'll pass."
Mrs. Park nods in approvement, sipping on her wine glass with a dainty hand. "Now I wonder what your father is taking so long with. He was surely excited to meet Y/N." She huffs. "Doesn't seem like it to me."
Again, you really don't know what to say or how to react. Conversations, er, socializing has never been your thing. Especially with adults (eXcEpT JiMiN).
"So, tell me about yourself, Y/N," Mrs. Park says, scooting her chair closer as her eyes seem to pierce into your soul. "I want to get to know the lovely lady my son loves so much."
You gulp, taking a nervous look at Jimin who's been sipping his glass of water for quite a long time. Now you're thinking of doing the same, just to avoid talking.
Your tongue is a limp mess in your mouth, and your brain refuses to make coherent sentences. But amidst your panic, you feel a warm hand wrap around yours underneath the table, out of sight. It's Jimin, wordlessly showing his support.
Somehow it helps.
"Well, I really do love mathematics," you start as Jimin squeezes your hand.
"She might love it more than me," your boyfriend adds, giving you a loving glance. You smile. "Oh, and did I mention? Y/N's never had a 'B' in her life! She's the most intelligent person I know!"
You blush, sticking a piece of marinated flank steak in your mouth.
"Oh? Goodness, you must be hardworking, Y/N!" Mrs. Park compliments.
"Hardworking? Did I hear hardworking?" Mr. Park calls as he settles down next to his wife, across from you and Jimin. "I've always wanted a hardworking daughter in law!"
Your eyes widen as you chew on your sauteed asparagus. Daughter in law? What the fuck???
Jimin lightly squeezes your hand. A gesture to try to calm you for sure, and lucky for him, it works.
"Dad, I've already told you we haven't dated for too long," Jimin says, chuckling. "If you keep saying that, Y/N will run away!"
Mr. Park throws his head back and laughs. "Sorry, it's just that I've heard so many amazing stories about you, Y/N," he tells you, a particular glint in his eye. "You're a special young lady, and my son is blessed to be with you."
You're stuttering again, trying to find the right words to thank Jimin's dad for all the flattery. "I-I... O-Oh, gosh. Thank you, but I'm sure I'm the one who's been blessed to have met someone like Jimin." They're true words, not a hint of a fib between the lines.
"Awww!" your boyfriend sings, nudging your shoulder with affection. It's honestly then when it becomes so clear to you. Just a small action, only a small nudge of the shoulder shows you that with Jimin's support, you won't ever have to be uncomfortable. He's the magical key to your safe haven, your very own utopia. Somehow his little actions can make you feel like the two of you are the only ones in the room.
"Y/N. Y/N??"
Jimin's voice breaks you from your thoughts as you perk up looking around to see what you missed.
"You kinda fazed out there, you okay?" he asks, rubbing small circles to the back of your hand.
"Yeah, yeah," you mutter, leaning against him. God. I am so fucking in love.
Mr. and Mrs. Park watch intently with interest as they witness intense love with their own eyes. Even they seem to realize you and Jimin are a match made in the heavens.
"Ahem," Mr. Park coughs, gaining you and Jimin's attention. He smiles warmly at you, then grins proudly at Jimin. "So, enlighten us. How did you two ever meet?"
You jerk your head towards Jimin as both of you erupt in nervous laughter. "Err... long story."
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It's a goddamn sin to be stripped of sight. First off, you can't fucking see which is a whole problem of its own. Second off, Jimin's sweaty hands are pressing against your closed eyelids, and you can't help but wonder if they're clean.
You'll take one for the (figurative) team and assume that they are. Besides, you don't want to ruin the romantic night by grumbling your ass off.
"Hey, that wasn't so bad, right?" Jimin whispers, his hot breath tickling your ear. He guides your body, pressing his broad chest against your back to god knows where.
"Interrogation from your parents? No, it was fucking glorious," you say, voice dripping with nothing but sarcasm. Jimin chuckles, leaving a light kiss on the back of your neck, but you pout. "Where are you taking me, Jiminie?"
"It's a surprise." He nuzzles you from behind as if that display of affection would placate you. Normally it would, but you're just not having it today. Something about being temporarily blind sucked all the patience out of you.
"Yeah, well, I hate you and your surprises," you mutter underneath your breath.
"If you hate me so much, why are you holding onto me so tightly?" Jimin chuckles as you flush. He was right. You were gripping onto his tan, exposed arms, hoping they would somehow protect you from the never-ending darkness that seemingly enveloped you as a whole.
"They say one should keep one's enemies close," you say snarkily. You're not backing down.
Jimin chuckles, placing another chaste kiss on the back of your neck. "I'm your enemy now?"
"Yeah, there's a fucking reason why there's a 'my' in enemy. You're my enemy, gotcha?" you giggle, shaking your head at how cheesy you were sounding. How love made you say the cringiest things.
You can't see it, but you know Jimin's beaming... either that or he's considering ditching you. Both are plausible.
"I just think you don't like surprises," Jimin sings in your ear.
"That too," you murmur. "Are we there yet?"
"God, Y/N," your boyfriend laughs. "You're 18, act like it! Besides, you'll love this surprise, I know you will."
"Yeah right, how can you be so su—"
Jimin's hands fall from your face, interrupting you mid-sentence as your eyes flutter rapidly to adjust to sight. Your jaw drops. "Oh my god," you whisper. "Jimin..."
It's that beach house. The same exact one that you two had visited way back when. The embarrassing night (if you recall correctly) when Jimin had quite sweetly apologized for 'sexually harassing' you. Your face reddens at the thought, and you quickly force yourself to admire the rest of your surroundings.
From outside, you can see the hundreds of little candles placed inside the house, lighting up the premises and warming your heart. There are even scented candles leading the way up to the front door. It smells like mint, and a flowery aroma you can't recall the name of.
"I remembered you like this place," Jimin says in a husky voice dripping with rich honey. He takes your hand, guiding you over and unlocking the door to the charming vacation home.
"It was beautiful," you whisper, eyes trained on the hundreds of flickering candles in front of the dimly lit ocean waters. "Even more so now."
Jimin smiles, his pillowy lips stretching perfectly across his glowing face as he tugs you into the house. "Good," he says, "we're here to make even more beautiful memories."
"Memories of what?" You cock your head, staring into your boyfriend's eyes that reflected the dancing embers of the candlelight.
"You'll see." And with that, he pulls you away to one of the larger bedrooms, following the pathway that the candles had offered.
You gasp once you enter the room. With the lack of sophisticated description, you could say that a fucking rose threw up in there. There are scarlet petals sprinkled meticulously across the dimly lit bedroom. Some incense burns in the corner, welcoming you with a sweet, floral fragrance. An aureate bed rests in the middle of the commodious chamber—your favorite kind of bed too, you might add—fluffy-looking with clean, white sheets.
The space takes your breath away. It's nothing like anything you've ever imagined. Romance writers take this!
"Do you like it?" Jimin whispers, nuzzling you from behind.
"Like would definitely be an understatement," you breathe, eyes still glued to the overwhelming scenery. "You planned all of this?"
"More or less," he mutters, tenderly nudging you towards the grand bed. Taking the hint, you flop down on the soft mattress, immediately assuming your natural position of looking like a human starfish. The sheets feel too silky against your hands, almost as if you were undeserving of touching such a delicate object. But it's absolutely perfect.
"God, Jiminie, this is so romantic."
You giggle, reaching out for your boyfriend's hand to pull him onto the bed. He complies, lying right by your side with your hands intertwined. It's silent for a while as you drink in your surroundings, attempting to engrave everything into your memories.
Then: "I'm thinking..." Jimin murmurs, interrupting your own thoughts.
"Really?" you giggle. "Usually one thinks quietly," you tease, rubbing small circles on the back of Jimin's hand.
Your boyfriend pouts as he turns on his side to face you. "At least ask me what I was thinking about." How can you resist when he's looking at you like that?
"Alright, alright, what were you thinking about?"
"You."
"Well, I am the only one here, and—"
"How I want you," Jimin quickly interrupts, his voice low, husky and sultry.
You giggle, moving over to wrap your arms around your boyfriend and burying your face into his warm chest. "But I'm right here!" you protest.
"But Y/N, I need you..." Jimin whispers, slowly pushing you back while maintaining eye contact. His look reflects back to your perception, and you can see the burning desire in them. Your stomach drops low.
Oh.
That look, with all that burning desire. It's what most people would call bedroom eyes. You would've never thought you'd see them up close, in real life. But here you are.
"Do you want me too?" His voice brings chills down your spine, and you gulp.
"No... I need you," you answer softly.
Jimin grins, wrapping a secure arm around you as he moves in. You don't have a second to breathe as his lips engulf yours. He kisses you slowly and sensually, both of your lips pulling and pushing in sync.
It's just the right amount of love and lust.
And when his tongue finds its way into your mouth, the wet figure slightly grazing your lips, you let out a weak breath. Noticing, Jimin smiles against the kiss, pulling away slightly just to flip you over.
"Jimin!" you shriek as your back hits the soft mattress.
Your boyfriend just gives you a breathtaking smile before crawling on top of you. He waits until you impatiently tug on his collar, bringing him in for another intense kiss. In acknowledgment, Jimin lightly bites your bottom lip, then traces his tongue over the bitten mark to soothe it, leaving you writhing beneath him.
He seems to like your response, hand reaching up to tilt your chin slightly upwards, everso deepening the kiss. Your tongues battle for the long-desired dominance, but in your case, winning the competition (that even proceeds to continue in the bedroom).
But even so, everything's taken to leisure and behind every sensual action is love.
You don't want to pull away, you don't want it to stop. Yet you're human and you need some damn thing called oxygen. "Ah, fuck." You softly detach your mouth from Jimin's lips wet as you gasp for breath.
Jimin chuckles. "Already?"
Your face burns at the memory that had happened early senior year, back when you hadn't known you would fall in love with the man above you. But then it hits you. "Wait, really?!"
"No, Y/N," Jimin undertones, giving you a quick peck. "We're not fucking."
"Oh, good. 'Cause I—"
"We're making love."
"Oh." You pause. "Oh."
Jimin notices your hesitation, cupping your cheeks with his hands and he gazes lovingly into your eyes. "You can always tell me to stop."
"N-No. Don't stop. It's just... I'm... Well... Oh fuck it,"  you mumble the last part under your breath. "I'm a goddamn virgin, Jimin."
Your boyfriend nods. "I know, Y/N. We'll go slow. You know, with an extra side of immense love..." He pauses to see if you're comfortable, tucking in a strand of sweaty hair that clings onto your face behind your ear. "Make me stop when you want it to stop."
You can't help but nod, head reeling with all sorts of thoughts. Then, your legs turn to jelly as your boyfriend leans away to start unbuttoning his shirt. That little shit. He's doing it tantalizingly slow, making sure you get ever glimpse of his smooth, toned muscles.  His eyes never leave yours, even when he's lingeringly inching his shirt down, revealing more and more skin.
You think you might go crazy.
"You've seen me shirtless before." Jimin has a proud grin etched on his face, seemingly proud that you're admiring his body in awe.
You sigh quickly, averting your eyes for your own innocence. "Yeah, but not in bed," you mutter.
Your boyfriend chuckles lowly, rushing in to meet your lips. "There's a first time for everything," he breathes heavily against your mouth. You'd normally nod your head in agreement but your thoughts are a bit occupied at the moment. Especially when Jimin's hands are tugging at the hem of your blouse. "Can I?" he murmurs.
Oh god.
You nod weakly, watching as Jimin carefully starts unbuttoning your blouse. He gingerly slides the silky material off of your shoulders, flinging it behind his back afterward. Instinctively, you cross your arms over your bare stomach, averting your eyes off to the dark ocean waters as Jimin's warm hands tenderly dance across your shoulders. It feels so embarrassing to be half-naked in front of someone—even if you're madly in love with the man.
Your boyfriend notices, smiling warmly at you as he pecks your cheek. "Hey, hey, don't be embarrassed. You're beautiful to me no matter what. Don't hide yourself."
"Sorry, I just..." you trail off as you make eye contact with Jimin, cheeks tinging pink. "I have no fucking idea what I'm doing."
Jimin laughs. "No one ever does when they're thinking too much of it. Just go with the flow, don't think. Your mind might not know, but your body does; let that guide you..." His sultry voice does wonders. You don't understand how it's possible to have become weaker than you were before.
Goddamn.
You shock yourself when you tug Jimin back in, his lips crashing down on yours. He groans against the contact, hands fluttering south to graze against his belt. Your stomach drops low. Damn. It's really happening.
"You good?" Jimin mutters against your lips. "Too fast?"
You shake your head. "No it's good," you breathe, gripping his arm as his fingers work to unbuckle the belt. Time seems to slow down as he slips the black band from his jeans, tossing it off the bed.
You can hear your own heavy pants, and gasp when you feel something hot graze against your jeans.
"Sorry, I—" Jimin stutters, shifting above you. But that only makes his (god forbid) boner dig into your inner thigh. Quite unholily.
"O-Oh my god," you stutter as Jimin buries his face into the crevice of your neck. "Park Jimin, your thing inflated." You giggle slightly, cheeks heating up as you feel it chafe against your jeans. "Just thought you ought to know."
Your boyfriend grunts, pouting against your neck. "I'm aware," he says softly, shifting weight from his right to his left, making you groan.
"Let's just... continue," you choke out as Jimin has a shit-eating grin on his face above you.
And just like that, Jimin helps you peel the remaining clothing off of each other. (Somehow he miraculously unhooks your bra faster than you ever could.)
You'd say it would be awkward, but it's anything but. Yet your face still burns red and your eyes keep trailing off to look at the ocean. It's not awkward but you feel so bare. You're not cold at all, especially not when Jimin's holding you so close. But you feel... shy. That's the word. You feel shy.
And it's almost as if Jimin can read your mind. "Hey, Y/N, you don't have to be so shy." He leans in, leaving a chaste kiss to the shell of your ear.
You let out a little whine, hands reaching up to cover up your face. "I'm not being shy," you argue. "I dunno. I'm just... I don't know. If you told me we were going to do the deed, I would've taken a longer shower." You pout behind your hands.
"Y/N!" Jimin laughs. "I love you, no matter how much you smell," he says, kissing your exposed forehead as he sniffles his nose to take in your scent. "And you only smell like a delicious meal to me."
You make a face, rolling your eyes from under your palms.
"Aw, c'mon, show me your beautiful face," Jimin coaxes, his sultry voice replaced with bubbly teasing as his warm hands attempt to separate yours from your face.
You huff. "I don't see where you see the beauty," you mutter, finally giving in and uncovering your face. Jimin immediately peppers your face with light kisses.
"What do you mean? I see beauty everywhere," Jimin chuckles, fingers grazing over your collarbone. "And by everywhere, I mean, everywhere," he whispers hotly in your ear, emphasizing the last word. You flush, suddenly feeling the urge to cover up your chest, but you remember you're in safe, loving hands. "Hey," Jimin calls, his fingers running through your hair, "you ready?"
"I... uh..." Your brain turns into mush at that absolute moment. It's a simple yes or no question, but your mind goes blank, and you utter something completely else. "Wait, is it going to hurt?"
Jimin chuckles, raising a cocky brow. "Well, that depends on how much you can take me."
Your eyes enlarge and you almost choke on your own breath. "Damn. I think I just got unaroused."
Your boyfriend rolls his eyes, though a smile peeks out from his lips. You feel the heat of his body lift from you as he slightly pulls away to reach for something on the elegant nightstand. Looking at him with questioning eyes, you wordlessly ask what he was doing.
"Condom," he answers, hands fumbling with the wrapper. You quickly avert your eyes, almost feeling the need to give Jimin some privacy as he deals with the protection. When he's finished, he slowly crawls back onto you, legs on both sides of your body. "Hey," he breathes, running a soft finger over your cheek, "trust me, alright? Don't be nervous, Y/N. I'll be right here the whole time."
You nod, reaching for his hands. He gladly gives them to you, and the two of you interlock both of your hands by each side of your head. His face is so close to yours that you can feel his warm breath escaping from his lips and caressing your pink cheeks.
"I love you, Y/N," Jimin whispers.
If you thought you knew what love looked like before, you were wrong. This. This look is the embodiment of love. How his eyes are slightly hooded from sexual desire, but how they also glisten brightly with all the adoration in the world. It's the look that speaks a million words. A look to say, 'I can't tell you my love enough, so I must show you.'
It's not that he was going to make love. No, with that look, he wants to give love with you. And you're not one to oppose.
Your eyes can't leave Jimin's, savoring the intimate feeling with him and the last moments of what some people might say your purity. "You and me both," you finally manage to breathe.
Jimin gives you a tender smile, hands still tightly intertwined with yours. And with that, your bodies are one.
You gasp from the foreign feeling, toes curling and head throwing back. Your hands subconsciously grip onto Jimin's and he grunts. "Good?"
"O-Oh god, y-yeah," you breathe shakily, closing your eyes as your lips part involuntarily.
You've never been this physically close with another human being. No one's ever gotten permission from you to invade your space so literally, either. But it's this moment in time where you're in pure bliss. Every movement, every breath, every warm pant that falls from both of your lips is euphoric, making up the utopian world you live in every time you're with your love.
And once it all ends and you're cleaned up, Jimin takes you by his side, cuddling you like there's no tomorrow.
"You know," he whispers sleepily in your ear, breath tickling your baby hairs. He kisses the back of your neck as you snuggle up against him, naked back touching his warm chest. "It was my first time tonight too."
You turn your head in shock, then finding your lips inches away from his. "What?" you whisper back.
"Mhm," Jimin hums, pecking your lips and intertwining his bare legs with yours. "First time making love, that is."
It only takes one statement for your mind to flash back to the pleasurable moments you'd shared with your boyfriend. How the once quiet room had become a chamber blossoming with pants, moans and little whispers of endearment. You remember the eyes that Jimin had look at you throughout the night. They had reflected all of your love for him straight back to you. That was the moment when you had known. That was when you'd truly realized this form of unadulterated love was new to your boyfriend as well. Both of you would find your way through the twists and turns of the maze that follows any true relationship, together.
The thought keeps you at peace.
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24 is an age you never thought you'd reach.
It's an age old enough to make important decisions. But also an age young enough to get away with doing dumb shit.
You've lived for 24 years. Okay well, 24 years and 220 days to be exact (that's counting 6 leap days). Which is approximately 295.26 months. About 1283 weeks and 5 days. Then 8986 days. Fuck, you're old.
24's the age Jimin was when he met you, therefore it was deemed a magical age and number. Some days you agree with that, some days you don't.
Today though, you full-heartedly agree.
Jimin intertwines his hand with yours, rubbing small circles on the back of it — just the way you like. His strides equal yours, making sure he's walking right next to you, never faster, never slower. He's also wearing an all-black outfit, something that you've mentioned your love for countless times.
And you had left the house together, deciding to walk to the theater to watch Jin's newest play. Your cousin had saved both of you a special seat "on the house," and you were honestly excited to be able to support your cousin (to repay back all the support he had given you in your angsty teen years).
"So, what do you think, Y/N?" Jimin asks, breaking you out of your thoughts.
"Hm?"
"The proof I was talking about for the last ten minutes. Think it's alright to give to my students during winter break?"
"Oh god," you sigh. "I don't know... Nothing screams satanic hell than a five-page double-sided proof. Especially during winter vacation." You look at Jimin for support, squeezing his hand. "You and your students can use a break, you know. Besides, if you assign a five-page proof, you'll have to grade it, and I'm not helping you with that anymore."
"Yeah but —"
"Jiminie, they're college kids. They need to have time to go to parties as much as you need time to hang out with me!" you pout, leaning into your boyfriend convincingly. "Besides, college is stressful as hell."
"Damn." Jimin shakes his head, chuckling. "Ever since you got a job, you act like you have the answer to everything!"
"Oh yeah? Well ever since you became a college professor, you've been giving me less attention!" You swing your linked hands back and forth, grinning wildly. "And for the record, I've always acted like I had the answer to everything."
Jimin scoffs, a teasing smile spreading across his face. "Fine. Whatever, but ever since you turned 24, you think you need all the attention in the world!"
"Mhm, yes, sure. But you're just working way harder because you know I make more money than you." You stick out your tongue at your boyfriend. A childish play, but something you know for a fact that Jimin finds absolutely adorable. "Wanna know the exact math? Twenty-one thousand, three hundred and ten more bucks!"
Your boyfriend rolls his eyes. "Y/N, we've gone over this. We share a bank account, therefore we don't need to compete over our salaries."
You huff, slipping your hand away from Jimin's grip to cross your arms disapprovingly. "That's what the lesser money-maker always says but whatever, I gotchu."
"Y/N..." Jimin warns.
God. You know that voice. You know that voice very well. It's the "shut up right now or I'll punish you in the bedroom" voice. And you don't plan on being dominated today, thank you very much.
"Okay, okay," you sigh, playing with the ends of your hair. "I guess I went too far."
"You guess?"
You scoff. "Okay, fine. I know. Feel happy now, Professor?"
Dom-Jimin is replaced with the smiley boyfriend that you know well. "Just call me Jimin, Y/N... Unless you're okay with some role-playing when we get back home."
He whispers the last part in your ear, making the hair on the back of your neck stand tall. "Jimin!" you shriek, slapping your boyfriend's shoulder in shock. "You're not supposed to talk about that... that kind of stuff in public!"
But Jimin's all smiles as he links arms with you, marching you towards the theater.
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"What the fuck??" you announce as you march out of the theater still dazed from what you had just witnessed.
"I know," Jimin agrees, shaking his head in disbelief. "Jin did us so fucking dirty."
"I just can't believe he made a whole ass play about us!" you exclaim, throwing up your hands. Passerbys are giving you strange looks but at age 24, you don't give a fuck. "Illegal Love my ass."
"But you've got to admit, people really digged the teacher-student romance," Jimin whispers in your ear, his hands gripping your shoulders. "Who wouldn't? It's the sexiest kink out there."
You flush red, swatting Jimin's arm away. "That's subjective, Professor," you mutter under your breath. "Besides, you and I both know you're only saying that to get in my pants tonight."
"I'd be lying if I said no, Miss Y/N."
Now you know it's gonna be a fun night. 24's the magical age alright.
At least you think it is.
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Top 10 Worst LGBTQ+ Tropes
It’s pride month so I’m talking about my least favorite LGBTQ+ tropes in media.
Disclaimer 1: Once again: my post my opinion. If you feel differently, do you. But I will assume you’re probably an asshole.
Disclaimer 2: In this post, I use the word Queer Interchangeably with LGBTQ+. If you’re uncomfortable with that, feel free to move along. If you tag my post with ‘q slur’, I will block you.
1. Bi/ Pan Character That ‘Doesn’t Use Labels.’
Why is it that gay/lesbian/straight people often just get to say what they are, but when it comes to bi/pan characters it becomes some type of extreme wordplay. “Ex lesbian”, “lower on the Kinsey scale”, “oh, I just like people, not gender.” (Yes, those are all real examples.)
Of course, there are people who don’t use specific labels, and of course, you can include that in your writing, but there seems to be a big disparity between multi-gender attracted characters who don’t use labels and everyone else, who weirdly enough, usually gets a specific label. 
Just... say the word, pal. Bisexual. Pansexual. It’s not that hard. It’s not offensive. And I’ve never met any bi/pan person who thought that erasure was all the jazz.
2. Coming Out Stories
I’m not saying that’s there’s no value in coming stories, especially ones that are in tune with the changing times, and especially coming out stories of anyone who isn’t a cis WASPy gay man (or occasionally a cis WASPy lesbian), but also, can we please get... something else. 
Like, literally anything else. Queer romcoms, lesbian mafia, bisexual vampires, gay pirates, asexual/aromantic monster-fighters, trans superheroes, nonbinary thrillers. Anything where we are allowed to just exist past our coming out and the focus isn’t how hard it is to be LGBTQ+.
It just seems like for the longest time Coming Out stories (about cis white gay people) were pretty much the only media we can exist in, and while that’s slowly starting to change in recent years, we are nowhere close to where we could be.
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3. Bury Your Gays
If you have twenty characters and ten of them are queer; and if straight characters also die, then sure. I’ll let you kill a couple gays. 
But if you only have one or two queers (that also happen to be a couple) and you kill them (or you kill one half of the couple), we’re gonna have a problem.
Especially if the queer character ends up sacrificing their life to save the Straights. Just represent us in media, where we don’t die or suffer, how hard is that?
4. “Blink and You’ll Miss it” Representation
Oh, so you’re a major franchise, or maybe you’re writing a popular long-running book series and you have FINALLY added a queer character to your gigantic cast?
That’s cool. I mean it sucks it took you this long, but we all have to make progress eventually. So are they a main character? How much does their sexual orientation or gender identity affect their experiences? Who’s their love interest?
Or did you just mean they only show up for one scene and have a single line that confirms their identity, and then they disappear into the nether? 
Yeah, fuck you. That’s not representation. That’s you jerking yourself off for brownie points. Well, I’m not giving them to you.
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5. Lesbians With Men
Sure, outlier cases exist, but... why do we gotta keep making stories about them?
If this is your lived experience and you want to explore it in a fictional medium, absolutely, by all means. But most of the time this story is made not by queer women, but... pretty much anyone else and it’s just. Exhausting. 
There’s a reason it’s called a “lesbian.” And if she falls in love with a man, at the very least have the decency to make it clear that she’s exploring her sexuality, and it’s cut and dry case of “turning a lesbian.” Or better yet, don’t write it at all.
6. The Trans “Twist”
Can we stop fetishizing and discriminating against (binary) trans people in this way? Trans people are just people. There’s nothing scandalous about someone being trans, and nobody is trying to trick anyone into anything. 
Stop treating being trans as this huge, insurmountable thing. Especially if your story is set in the last ten years or in an SFF context, and just portray trans folks like normal people. Please.
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7. The Token Queer
There’s this group of cis allo straight friends and the one gay guy, who is also usually white, cis, middle class, etc. You know - for diversity. 
Sure, maybe if they were childhood friends, or a superhero team or something (although there’s literally nothing stopping you from making at least one more person in the group queer), but I have never in my life wanted to do anything less than constantly hang out with a group of straight people. 
The vast majority of straight people don’t make me feel safe, and I rarely have more in common with them than I do with other queer people. Also, if one person in a friend group comes out, at least two more will - this has happened to pretty much all my queer friends.
It’s far more likely to see a group of queer friends with one adopted Straight, who is a good ally, then the other way around.
8. The Awkward AroAce
There’s nothing wrong with being aromantic asexual. There’s also nothing wrong with being autistic and struggling in social situations. There’s even nothing wrong with being both of those things at the same time. And some people are indeed like that.
But why does this seem to be the only way to write aroace characters? It’s such a stereotype. 
Being aroace just don’t experience romantic and sexual attraction, it doesn’t mean you can’t make friends, or that you don’t know how to behave socially. Aside from their (lack of) sexual and romantic attractions, aroace people are just people and they come in a variety of personalities.
9. Queer Villains
I actually love queer villains. 
In a lot of stories the villain is the most fun and interesting character them being queer is a way of reclaiming things that have been used to hurt us in the past (and still are, in some cases).
But it’s still pretty problematic when this is the only queer character in the work - whether explicitly or just in coding. 
You can have a queer villain, but make at least one of your heroes queer too.
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10. The Non-Human Non-Binary
I think it makes sense that some aliens, robots and otherwise non-human entities are nonbinary. Why would a robot have a human gender? Why would an alien race have the same exact gender and sex divisions as humans do?
But can we also get nonbinary representation in humans? Please? Because I don’t think that an alien is doing much to help us be more accepted, and might, in fact, be even more alienating. (ha-ha, alienating. Get it?)
To end this, because of the time we live in:
A list of organizations dedicated to helping Black people you can support.
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Masterlist
Episode: We Are Grounders - Part 1
Rating: Mature
Summary: During her time in the Skybox, Indigo formed a precious friendship with fellow outcast Octavia Blake, the girl under the floor. At first they thought their departure from the oppression of the Ark was a blessing, but quickly came to rely on Indigo's keen survival instincts. The 100 struggle to meet the challenges of Earth whilst Bellamy strives to lead the wavering teenagers and his irresponsible attitude fuels constant conflict with Indigo. Their only shared interest is in protecting Octavia and Indigo beings to suspect that there is a deeper cause to Bellamy's seemingly irrational choices. As the consequences of his actions mount up around him, he finally begins to confide in her and she discovers more than she ever bargained for. 
Fandom: CW’s The 100
Pairing: OC x Bellamy Blake
LONG TERM ONGOING PROJECT :)
My writing is entirely fuelled by coffee! If you enjoy my work, feel free to donate toward my caffeine dependency: will work for coffee
Warnings: Mature content. Non-consent, language, sex, self harm, suicide, anxiety, helplessness, torture, captivity/confinement, alcohol/drug use.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
The night seemed to drag on forever as I pushed myself to keep working. I’d lost the feeling in my hands hours ago and my eyes stung from exhaustion. I was constantly aware of the impending danger of attack from the grounders and the risk of being outside the camp walls gave me a healthy dose of fear that kept me awake. Many of the others had either given up or swapped out with someone else, leaving as one of the last few determined workers remaining in place. I was relieved when daylight broke but I knew that Bellamy would find me when he was ready to talk about next steps. I assumed that, like me, he wanted to squeeze every last moment of preparation out of camp that he could so I continued planting landmines with bleary eyes.
“Indigo!” I could barely tell where the voice was coming from through my exhaustion. I glanced around, unable to see the source of the voice but it seemed to be far away. “Indigo!” The call came again and I knew that I had definitely heard it this time. I stood up and turned towards camp. McIntyre emerged from the gate and sprinted towards me in a frenzy. “Indigo! It’s Murphy, he killed Myles and he’s taken Jasper hostage in the dropship! You have to talk to him, he listens to you.” She blurted and my stomach flipped as her words washed over me.
All feelings of tiredness dissolved and I was immediately on high alert. I bolted through the minefield without even considering the danger and sprinted into camp. I could hear shouting in the distance and my mind raced through a million scenarios of what could have happened. I was terrified that I may have misjudged Murphy and that my defence of him may have cost Jasper his life. I hoped that I could still reach him but as I turned McIntyre’s naive words over in my mind, I expected that any chance of reasoning had long passed as I considered the seriousness of what Murphy had already done. 
As the dropship came into view, I was shocked to find that the door was open and I watched in horror as Bellamy strode inside. I willed my body to move faster in a desperate effort to apprehend him but I was already at my limit thanks to the sleep deprivation of the last few days. I witnessed someone tumbling down the ramp and Octavia surged forward to catch them. As soon as she lifted them to their feet, I recognised that it was Jasper in her arms. I realised with a crushing panic that Bellamy had traded himself for Jasper’s safety and suddenly Murphy’s change in behaviour made a sickening sense. I knew in my gut that he had been biding his time to get to Bellamy this entire time and I felt a rage boiling inside of me as I threw myself at the rapidly closing ramp, bouncing off it with a thud. 
“Bellamy!” I screamed and lashed out in attacking the door, before Octavia attempted to pull me away. “Please, please tell me he didn’t just hand himself over?” I interrogated in terror as I glanced over my shoulder at Octavia and she nodded back tearfully. “God fucking damn you Murphy! If you even think about harming him I’ll tear you apart! You’ll be begging for the grounders when I’m done!” I snarled as I pounded at the door and my words came out with a fury that I couldn’t control. Octavia and Jasper dragged me backwards and I fought against them, lost to the madness of my anger. I landed on my ass and the impact snapped me out of the desperate behaviour. I panted in an attempt to regain control and instead felt myself descending into panic. I pulled my legs into my chest and my hands wound into my hair, tugging at the roots in stress. 
“This is my fault.” I wheezed, barely able to get the words out through the manic thoughts that ricochet around in my mind. “I defended Murphy, I protected him, I pushed others to trust him and now I’m going to lose Bellamy to that vile little rat.” I felt myself shaking in terror and my eyes filled with tears. Jasper crouched down and put his hands on my shoulders to steady me. 
“This isn’t your fault Indie, we’re gonna get him out of there.” He smiled reassuringly at me, despite the obvious nervousness in his eyes.
“Oh, Jasper!” I gasped, gripping him back in a wave of relief. “I’m so sorry, did he hurt you?” I ran my hands over him to check for any visible harm, hardly able to keep up with my back and forth of my emotions.
“Nothing major, considering he wanted to kill me.” He smiled and I released him from my worried grip. “Raven has found a loose panel, I think we can get in that way. Bellamy knew about it before he went in, so he’s just gotta keep Murphy busy until we can back him up. We’ll get him back for you Indie, so don’t panic yet.” He explained in a calm voice and I startled at this news. I used his steady position to pull myself to my feet. 
“I’m coming with you.” I stated firmly, wiping my face and searching for any sign of Raven in the immediate area.
“Are you sure that’s a good idea?” He queries as he scanned me sceptically. I could understand his concern but I was driven by an overpowering need to do something.
“Oh I’m sure, I need to get my hands on Murphy.” I insisted and I felt my voice drop to a low, dark tone as I spoke. “Let’s go.” I prompted and Jasper reluctantly led me to the back of the ship where Raven managed to pop off the panel as we approached. 
“There you are, no time to waste.” Raven called back to us, opening the hatch and crawling in on her front. Jasper crawled alongside her and as the passageway was narrow, I had to wait for them to get all the way inside before there was space for me. The very first moment that I saw an opportunity I threw myself inside and crawled through as rapidly as I could. Once I reached Raven and Jasper, there was enough space to crouch and I scanned the space for a way into the main ship. I could hear Bellamy and Murphy speaking above and my stomach lurched at the arrogant tone in Murphy’s voice.
“I’ll have to shoot through the floor. I just need to figure out where Murphy is.” Jasper whispered, frantically searching for somewhere to aim through. I fell into step with him in my eagerness to stop Murphy. Raven gripped onto Jasper’s shoulder to halt him and she nudged me to gain my attention. She indicated up at hydrazine containers above our heads and I sighed in frustration at the sight of them.
 “Bad idea.” She hissed, tapping on the containers and it was clear from the sloshing sound that they made that they were nearly full. “Holy crap, there’s tons of it!” She breathed in an excited manner.
“The engines fired late on the way down.” Jasper explained as he scrutinised the containers. He suddenly turned to face Raven, catching on to her excitement. “We can make more bombs!” He gasped and I saw hope glinting in his eyes even in the darkness.
“Can we focus on how you’re gonna get me up there to kill that bastard first?” I hissed, drawing both of their attention with my exasperation. Although I was glad that we’d found something useful, I couldn’t even consider it when I knew that Bellamy was in grave danger right above me.
“Sure but from now on, no shooting. You got me?” Raven instructed, glimpsing between us both for a sign of acknowledgement. As she waited for confirmation that we wouldn’t take any drastic actions a gunshot sounded above and I flinched to face the ceiling in horror. 
“Get me up there!” I snarled as I broke into pacing around the space, examining every inch of the wall and ceiling for any possible entrance points. I felt my hands shaking as I ran them across the panels that made up the ship's interior and I knew that I was barely holding back the bubbling storm of emotions inside.
“Indie, you need to stay calm if we’re going to figure this out.” Jasper whispered as he appeared at my side and tried to slow me down, whilst Raven busied herself with some kind of fuse box behind us. I could hear Octavia’s frantic voice through the radio above as I searched and I knew that we were sharing a similar feeling of despair, although she relied on me to save Bellamy from certain death. 
“You want her to know you’re okay? Start tying.” Murphy’s condescending voice was clear even through the floor and I struggled to contain the panic as it blossomed in my chest.
“God, he’s going to kill him.” I hissed as I rubbed my head in an attempt to calm down, but I felt as if my brain might explode from the stress at any moment. I couldn’t think straight despite my desperation to come up with a plan. 
“I’m fine, just a misfire.” I heard Bellamy’s firm voice respond from above. He spoke in a way that would’ve sounded calm to most people, but I could feel the nervousness in his words and I felt myself becoming breathless. “Now, stop worrying about me and get back to work, all of you.” He ordered, pausing to clear his throat. “And tell Raven to hurry her ass up.” He added with a poignant tone. I thinned my eyes at Raven and she sighed as she continued to fiddle with the wires. 
“All right, that’s long enough.” Murphy spoke again, the cool tone of his voice sending chills down my spine. “Tie those two ends together.” He instructed and the realisation of what he was forcing Bellamy to do struck me in a wave of dread. I had to cover my mouth to keep myself from gagging as the unwelcome image of the situation above filled my mind. Jasper came to my side and put a careful hand on my arm. 
“He’s making him tie his own noose.” I whispered in clarification, feeling a hot tear roll down my cheek. “Jasper, I have to get up there, I can’t just sit and listen to this.” I hissed between panting as I felt panic overwhelming me again and my chest compressed. I hadn’t felt this powerless in many years and it was a painful reminder of the way I’d felt watching my mother suffer before I had the courage to end it.
“Raven’s working as fast as she can, she’s gonna get that door open, we’ve just got to be ready.” Jasper replied softly whilst observing me closely to see if I had calmed down. When I continued to panic, he decided to try another method. “Or you can put that devious mind of yours to good use and find us another way in.” He prompted with an encouraging smile. 
My eyes widened at his words and I slowly came to my senses as they sunk in. I have to find a way to get to them. I separated from Jasper and wandered the space anew, forcing myself to tune out of the conversation above. I caught sight of a small beam of light and all of my focus honed in on it. I ran my hands along the edge of the panel where the light was coming from and could feel air pouring through. “Air vents!” I breathed, remembering that Octavia would use these to sneak around in the skybox. “Jasper, help me get this open.” I called under my breath and he rushed to my side to help me. 
Together we strained against the panel in a desperate bid to move it and I could feel that it was starting to budge. I felt confident in the knowledge that it would have been designed to open for maintenance, but the ship was so old that I doubted this had ever been done. With one last desperate push, the panel popped out to reveal a tiny passageway. It wasn’t clear where it led, but there was a bend that light shone in from. I scanned the entrance to see that there was nothing to grip and the space was directly vertical from my position. I glanced back at Jasper for suggestions and he shrugged defeatedly.
“I want you to feel what I felt, and then…” Murphy’s voice carried clearly from the newly opened space. “Then I want you to die.” My eyes widened at the words and I realised that if the sound was carrying that clearly, this passage must lead to them. I made the impulsive decision that I was getting through it, no matter what it took. 
“Jasper, boost me up.” I instructed firmly and he studied me doubtfully.
“I can’t get you up as far as the bend, how are you going to move up there?” He questioned as he scanned the space and furrowed his brows in concern.
“I’ll figure it out, we don’t have time to plan. Just get me as high as you can, then stay here and be my backup for Raven’s plan.” I demanded and my words bolted him into place. 
He lifted me onto his shoulders with a struggle and launched me up into the cramped vent. I leaned over and managed to wedge myself across the space with my back to one side and feet and hands on the other. It took constant strength to maintain my position and my body shook at the strain. I moved in tiny, controlled movements as I tried to wiggle myself upwards. It was impossible to ignore the events above now, as the sounds echoed through the chamber. I heard something being dragged across the space before Murphy’s stern voice spoke again. 
“Stand on it.” He demanded and I already had a clear image in my head of what was happening in there. I heard two steps and could see Bellamy stepping up to the noose in my mind. “Put it over your head.” My breath hitched at the next order and I urged myself to move faster, pleading with any god I could name to protect him. I was almost at the bend now, I just needed a little more time. I concentrated on keeping my grip; one wrong move now would send me flying back to the bottom and would alert Murphy to our presence inside the ship. 
“This is insane. The grounders could -” 
I heard Bellamy attempting to reason with him before shots were fired again, causing me to involuntarily flinch. I clung to the wall with every muscle in my body and could feel several beads of sweat running down my back. My legs shook in exhaustion and I took a few deep breaths in a dire attempt to calm myself.
“Put it over your head.” Murphy repeated and I breathed a sigh of relief. I took this as confirmation that Bellamy was still managing to stall him and tried to reassure myself. I had to believe that Bellamy could do this, he was holding his side of the bargain, I just had to get to him. I heard the telltale sounds of movement, before Bellamy spoke again in a frustrated tone. 
“Happy now?” He spat and I felt my panic blossoming in my chest. This could only mean that the noose was around his neck and I could easily imagine the smug expression that Murphy would be wearing. We were definitely running out of time. I finally reached the bend in the passageway and met my biggest challenge so far to manoeuvre myself onto the horizontal platform that faced me. I put one foot in the section, and one on the wall behind me and tried to steady myself. 
“You’re so brave, aren’t you?” Murphy sneered as I leaned my arms forward, stretching my body to it’s breaking point. With a multitude of muscle tearing movements, I launched myself forward and splayed onto the next section. I peeked up to find a grate just above me and took in a sharp intake of breath. I was almost there. “I mean, you came here thinking you’re just gonna turn this whole thing around, that you were stronger than me and maybe one of your friends would come and help you.” Murphy continued rambling in a taunting manner and I shifted onto my knees to reach the grate. I tried to simply lift it in vain hope, but I was quickly disappointed to find that it was screwed down. I grabbed the knife from my belt and began slowly turning the bolts with the point of the blade. 
“Well, what are you thinking now Bellamy?” Murphy sneered as I realised that I could see into the space now and was horrified by the scene before me. Bellamy stood on a crate with a noose made from several seatbelts around his neck and Murphy gripped the other end with childish delight. He yanked gleefully at it causing Bellamy to shift onto his tip toes, desperately clinging onto the crate for balance and I could hear his strangled gasps for air. My hands were trembling again and I cursed my fear for slowing me down. Bellamy struggled to keep his hands inside the noose to protect himself and Murphy paced the room, enjoying the act of watching him. 
“You know, I’ve got to hand it to you Bellamy. You’ve got ‘em all fooled.” Murphy moved tauntingly close as he spoke and I descended into screaming in my mind. I was still only on the first screw. “They actually look up to you almost as much as they look up to Clarke. Yeah, well, we know the truth, don’t we? You’re a coward.” He spat just as the first screw finally came out in my hand. I quickly moved onto the screw in the opposite corner, hoping that if I could just get enough movement I may be able to prize it open. 
“I learned that the day you kicked out the crate from beneath me.” He remarked with bitterness filling his voice. I moved much more frantically this time. My nerves were dissipating now that I knew it was possible to get the screws out with my knife. My fingers bled from my grip on the blade but I carried on without any consideration. “Isn’t that what you said? That you were just giving the people what they wanted, right?” Murphy continued with his verbal attacks and I found myself growing annoyed with his words as well as furious with his actions. The version of Bellamy that he wanted to punish no longer existed; he’d grown so much since Murphy began his exile that it felt as if he were punishing the wrong man.
“I should have stopped them.” Bellamy breathed and I could hear the regret in his tone. I couldn’t help worrying how this level of guilt could affect his mental state and I hoped that he would be able to remain focused.
“Yeah, it’s a little late for that now.” Murphy retorted and I kept working on the second screw. I prayed that Bellamy could keep him busy for just a little longer.
“You think they’re just gonna let you walk out of here?” Bellamy questioned and I was thankful that Raven informed him of the plan in advance so that he knew to keep Murphy talking. I doubted there would’ve been much conversation here otherwise.
“Well, I think the Princess is dead...but I know the King’s about to die, so who’s really gonna lead these people, huh? Me, that’s who.” He spat confidently and I struggled not to scoff out loud. I berated myself for falling for his act. He was undoubtedly delusional if he truly believed that the camp would treat him as a leader after this. “And yeah, maybe I'll have to kill your grounder-pounder little sister-” He began in a jeering tone and I knew in the seconds before it happened that Bellamy was about to lash out. 
When he kicked at Murphy, it signalled that I was out of time. I knew that as soon as he stopped focusing on keeping him distracted, it wouldn’t be long before he was killed. Murphy jumped back out of his reach and leapt at the end of the rope, pulling it tight. Bellamy’s boots barely grazed the stall now and he snatched at the noose in a panic. I inhaled sharply as I witnessed the moment unfolding in horror, when the second screw finally dropped out. 
“Of course, I might have to kill your crazy girlfriend too...but then again, she seems pretty fond of me since I got back, so maybe I’ll just keep her as a pet.” He provoked.  I felt sick to my stomach at his insinuation and I was repulsed by the idea that I’d given Murphy the impression of interest as well as causing Bellamy to react in jealousy. I was about to thread my fingers through the grate to prize it open when a spark from below caused Raven to cry out. Murphy quickly realised that they were not alone in here and he glanced down at the floor with a sadistic smile. 
“I’m guessing that’s her right now, looks like I’ll have to kill her after all.” He drawled, storming over in the direction of the sound and firing randomly at several sections of the floor. I put my hands over my head and curled into a ball, anxiously waiting for the gunfire to stop. I heard the sound that Bellamy had trained me to recognise as a gun jamming and I decided that stealth was no longer an option. 
I slid onto my back, unable to see the two men any longer and risked kicking the grate. It lifted slightly and so I kicked it at full force with both legs over and over. I was shocked that the loud clanging sound of my attack didn’t draw Murphy to investigate and I became aware of Bellamy choking with a wave of dread. Between kicks I recognised the sound of a punch and hoped that it was Bellamy turning the tide. There was a slight creaking that echoed from above as I finally kicked the grate free, sending it flying out of sight and I frantically scrambled through the opening. As the room came into view, I spotted Murphy manically climbing the ladder out of the corner of my eye, but I couldn’t focus on him as my attention landed on Bellamy. He was hanging from the noose in a limp fashion with his face pointing at the ground in a lifeless expression. 
“No!” I screamed in horror as I pulled the pistol from my belt. I hadn’t fired it since he trained me and felt nervous as I pointed it in his direction. I remembered him telling me that the time would come when I would need it and how he praised my excellent aim when I had the right motivation. I couldn’t think of any motivation that could ever be stronger and so pointed the gun at the clasp on the belts, took a deep breath and fired. As the bullet bounced off causing the belt to snap open and release Bellamy, I ran forward to catch him before he could hit the floor. I was unable to take his weight and so I used my body to soften the impact, lowering him to the ground. I laid him flat on his back and he stared up at the room, remaining perfectly still. 
“Breathe! Please Bellamy!” I shrieked as I pleaded with him but nothing about his lifeless demeanour changed. I straddled him in preparation to do CPR as I wracked my terrified mind to remember how. Two breaths, thirty compressions. I leaned down to pinch his nose, as I blew two strong breaths into his mouth and promptly sat back up. I heard panicked voices from behind, but I couldn’t tell if they were real and I didn’t have the awareness to tear my attention away from Bellamy. I knitted my hands tightly together and just as they touched the centre of his chest, he coughed violently as he tried to sit up. 
“Oh thank you, thank you!” I yelped as I frantically climbed off his lap so that he could turn onto his side and I rubbed his back as he gasped out for air. In my blind panic, I hadn’t even noticed that the door was now open. Jasper and Octavia ran to his side in a panic, dropping to their knees to check on him. I was shaking wildly as adrenaline coursed through me and I couldn’t make out a single feeling in the whirlwind of emotions that tore through my mind. Bellamy didn’t even seem to notice our presence at his side. As soon as he could move, he turned onto his hands and knees and hollered up at the hatch above. 
“Murphy!” His voice was guttural and wild, adequately conveying the fury that radiated off him in waves. 
He dragged himself up the ladder and was able to force it slightly open with the strength of his rage. Now that I could see that Bellamy was safe and had no ill effects from his brief time in the noose, I was able to push the fear aside momentarily. Instead, his determination reminded me that Murphy was still inside the camp and my anger returned, refuelling me for a fight. I ran from the dropship in a red tinged haze and I couldn’t feel anything other than the need to get hold of Murphy. I knew that there were outdoor grips on the ship that were designed for use during space walks and I climbed them in a frenzy. I could hear Bellamy’s furious threats even through the walls and I continued climbing until I had almost reached the top floor where I knew Murphy was hiding. 
As I neared the top level the grips ran out and I searched the ship’s exterior for a way inside. I bashed various panels to check for any movement, but nothing seemed to budge. Without warning I was thrown from the ship by a blast that rang out across camp and fell to the ground, landing on my back in the dirt. I was dazed, unable to properly focus my eyes and there was a sharp ringing in my ears. I could make out a hole in the top of the ship that hadn’t been there before and saw a figure jump out of the hole to break into a run out of camp. I knew this would only be Murphy and so despite feeling winded and disorientated, I forced myself to my feet. Once I stood up straight, I felt my vision clearing and I stalked toward the gates. Although I moved slowly at first, by the time I neared them I had completely returned to my senses and marched towards them in fury.
“I’m gonna kill you Murphy!” I bellowed as I approached, only to be apprehended by two guards who blocked me from exiting the camp. “What are you doing? I have to get out there!” I growled frustratedly as I attempted to force my way past them. A firm set of hands pulled me backwards out of the struggle and I was turned by my shoulders to face Bellamy. 
“Indie, you can’t go out there, the grounders will kill you.” He reasoned, gripping onto me tightly to hold me in place. He scanned my face with a hint of amusement dancing in his eyes and I felt my resolve weakening slightly at the sight of him.
“I can’t just let him get away, not after what he did to you.” I argued, feeling tears fill my eyes again as the image of him hanging in the ship flitted through my mind. I shook my head to force it away and Bellamy’s brows furrowed in concern.
“I’m okay, you don’t have to worry about me.” He stated gently before forcing his face into a reassuring smile as he met my emotional eyes. “As for Murphy, the grounders will deal with him.” He declared and I sighed in defeat.
“Someone’s coming!” A frantic cry from one of the guards drew our attention and he turned toward the gate. Several members of camp moved into formation, approaching with guns raised and I waited with baited breath. I’d already been through so many emotions today, I didn’t know if I had it in me to fight the grounders too. “Hold your fire! Clarke and Finn! Open the gate, get it.” I turned to peek at Bellamy with wide, hopeful eyes and we both remained rooted to the spot, hardly able to believe what we’d heard. Jasper jogged over to stand at my other side and as the gate slid open, I almost collapsed at the sight of our two missing members.
“Hey, we heard an explosion, what happened?” Clarke questioned as she ignored the surrounding campers who celebrated their return. Instead, she ran straight to Bellamy for an update and it was strangely comforting to witness.
“Murphy happened.” He announced in a manner that revealed his disbelief at the state of events. Clarke widened her eyes at him and he shrugged. Jasper suddenly rushed forward to hug Clarke and without thinking I hugged Finn tightly. He seemed taken aback but returned the embrace with a chuckle under his breath. As soon as she was free, I hugged Clarke in quick succession as my relief overflowed. 
“It’s so good to have you both back.” I breathed as I glanced between them thankfully and I noticed Bellamy’s entertained expression from the corner of my eye.
“Where have you been? Where’s Monty?” Jasper asked, hovering around them nervously and I quickly peered behind them to find that he wasn’t there. I had hoped that only their names had been announced, but it seemed that Monty truly wasn’t with them.
“Monty’s gone?” Clarke replied in a confused voice and I put my hands over my face as I felt my stomach drop.
“Clarke, we need to leave, now. All of us do.” 
I heard Finn’s voice but I couldn’t bring myself to care about what they were discussing. All I could concentrate on was Monty. If they hadn’t seen him, I knew that meant that the grounders likely left him to die in the woods, like they had Myles. I lost all hope of him returning and the enormity of that realisation was too much to bear. I turned to face Jasper who seemed to be having the same internal crisis that I was and without a word he pulled me into a hug. I stayed wrapped up in him as the others discussed whether to leave camp or not and we shared a moment of mourning for Monty. We only broke apart to force ourselves to pay attention when Bellamy addressed the crowd.
“This is our home now. We built this from nothing with our bare hands! Our dead are buried behind that wall in this ground, our ground! The grounders think they can take that away? They think that because we came from the sky, we don’t belong here. But they’ve yet to realise one very important fact: we are on the ground now, and that means we are grounders! I say let them come!” Bellamy exclaimed, earning cheers from the riled crowd. I managed to smile at him, despite the whirlwind of emotions that was ravaging me on the inside. After listening to Murphy berate him earlier, I couldn’t help but notice how much he’d grown in the time since we arrived on Earth. I could honestly say that I was proud of both the leader and the person that he was now. 
“Bellamy’s right.” Clarke declared as she stepped forward and I was surprised to find her standing with him for once. “If we leave, we may never find a place as safe as this. And God knows in this world, we could be faced with something even worse tomorrow. But that doesn’t change the simple fact that if we stay here, we will die tonight. So pack your things, just take what you can carry. Now.” Clarke urged. I was disappointed with how her message flipped from start to finish and the feeling only worsened when the crowd dispersed without question to follow her orders. Only Bellamy, Finn, Octavia, Clarke and I remained in the centre of camp, staring at each other in a tense silence.
“Help me!” 
A small cry caught our attention and we turned to see Raven limping into camp gripping her hip. We moved to surround her and I realised with a feeling of horror that she had been shot when Murphy fired into the floor of the dropship. The guilt of my actions threatened to crush me under its weight, as I analysed that I may have been able to protect her if I’d remained by her side. My solo mission barely took me to Bellamy’s side sooner than her plan and even if she’d still been shot, I could’ve at least found help for her sooner. I almost burst into tears as I considered how long she had been trapped there, desperate for rescue whilst we reunited in campgrounds. Finn immediately lifted her into his arms and carried her into the dropship, but I couldn’t bring myself to move. The overwhelming guilt that fell on my shoulders was the last emotion to push me over the edge into despair. Clarke moved to follow but Bellamy blocked her path with a scrutinising look.
“Clarke, leaving here is a big mistake.” He appealed to her calmly but it was clear from her expression that she wasn’t interested in his opinion on the matter.
“The decision has been made.” She answered coldly before she attempted to push past him and I was frustrated by her unreasonable behaviour. He stepped back in front of her stubbornly and I remained frozen to the spot. 
“Crowds make bad decisions, just ask Murphy.” He pleaded and I watched with sympathy as his brows furrowed together. It was painfully obvious that facing the consequences of that mistake today haunted him as I feared. I agreed that this was an overly rash decision and desperately wanted to back him up, but I couldn’t find the strength to step in. “Leaders do what they think is right.” He added firmly with a glimpse in my direction and my heart skipped a beat. I almost burst into tears at hearing him repeat the advice that I’d given the night before and I was thankful that I’d been able to help.
“I am.” She replied with an icy determination. She took one last annoyed glance at him before she stormed toward the dropship and left us alone.
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omgitskpop · 5 years
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X1 Yohan College AU (Part 1)
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It is your freshman year of college and after two months you are finally feeling like you are getting the hang of things
You are a psychology major, and while you are not too sure what you want to do with the degree, you are super interested in the classes
Even though you are kind of shy, you have made few friends and honestly things are going pretty well
While walking to get dinner, your friends are deciding whether or not to go to an upcoming Taekwondo match
“I didn’t know you followed Taekwondo,” you said, a little surprised since you had never heard them mention it before
Your friend laughed, saying that it wasn’t taekwondo she was interested in, but one of the guys on the team
She took out her phone and pulled up an instagram page, showing you a picture of a guy who looked more like a model than an athlete
“His name is Yohan, he’s a freshman this year and got a full ride on a taekwondo scholarship,” she explained
To you that was impressive, you were only able to get half of your college paid for with the academic scholarship you received, maybe you should take up taekwondo…
The three of you agreed to watch his match next week; you had never seen a taekwondo match before so you thought it might be fun, also, it didn’t hurt that there was a cute guy competing in it
A week later, the three of you arrived at the match, and were shocked to see how many people there were, well, mostly how many girls there were
It seemed that you and your friends weren’t the only ones interested in the new athlete
When the team walked out, it didn’t take long to spot Yohan
He was tall, pale, lean, and ten times more attractive in real life
You noticed the loud cheering coming from the crowd, and you looked around to see some of the girls holding up signs with his name on it
Yohan got a lot of nudges from his teammate and he looked down sheepishly, embarrassed by the attention
However, once his match began the embarrassment was gone; it was like a totally new person had taken control of his body and his expression became serious, his eyes focused on his opponent
On the other hand, you struggled to figure out what was going on over the kicks, cheers, and constant start and stop of the fights
It wasn’t until some horn sound blew and the referee held out his hand that you realized the match was over
You looked around frantically trying to figure out who won, but with the tumultuous amount of yelling and shouting, you assumed it must have been Yohan
You applauded as well and smiled at your friends who were cheering along with the crowd
After the competition ended, the three of you walked back toward your dorms, chatting about the match
Your friends asked if you wanted to go with them to the next one, but you decided that one match was enough, you enjoyed it, but you weren’t a big enough taekwondo fan to keep going
A few weeks passes, and the attractive taekwondo player had escaped your thoughts
While you heard his name in passing, you were more concerned with the exams coming up in two weeks
Today you would be meeting some people for a group study, so you could get ready for a calculus midterm coming up
You weren't too worried, though calculus was one of your required courses, you did enjoy math and thought you were pretty decent at it
You entered the study area, waving to a few of your friends you had met in your calculus class
As you scanned the room, you noticed that there were about ten people, and one of them was strangely familiar 
Sitting across from you was a very handsome guy with bunny like features
You didn’t have time to figure out where you had seen him because you were soon asked to introduce yourself
“Hey, I’m Yohan," The attractive boy introduced once his turn arose.“Sorry if I seem a little lost and confused, math isn’t my strong suit.” 
A light bulb went off in your head and you remembered the taekwondo athlete you had watched a few weeks ago 
You looked around to see the other girls in the group smiling at him and batting their eyes at him, but he was completely oblivious to it
You chuckled to yourself
“What?” Yohan asked, taken aback. He must of thought you were laughing at him....
“Oh, nothing! I was just remembering something funny” You insisted as everyone turned to look at you. Your cheeks turned red at the sudden attention and you looked down.
Yohan continued to stare at you with a confused expression as the group began, and the leader passed out problems
Immediately you dove into the worksheet, trying to distract yourself from Yohan’s unyielding gaze
As the group continued, you periodically glanced up to see that Yohan was getting more and more stressed as time went by, running his hand through his hair
It had been two hours now, and he was still stuck on the second page of the packet, you were now on the last
Finally, the compassion in you took over, and you couldn’t watch him suffer any longer
“Everything okay” You whispered, leaning across the table towards Yohan
Yohan looked up at you, his hair sticking out in all directions, his expression somber
“Oh, uh” He began, surprised that you had talked to him all of a sudden
“I’m fine, just a little confused.” He admitted, rubbing the back of his neck
“What problem? Maybe I can help.” You offered, pulling his paper towards you
He looked down embarrassed, avoiding eye contact with you
“I think I need help on all of them" he mumbled. You tried your best to hold it back, but you couldn’t help but snicker
The rest of the group looked towards the two of you, and you smiled apologetically 
“Here,” you whispered, scribbling down steps to answer the problem on his paper. If you follow this formula, you should be able to solve most of the problems on the first three pages. 
He looked up at you as if you had just saved his life, and for second you thought you saw tears had formed in his eyes
“Thank you so much” He whispered, and the two of you went back to work
Once three hours had passed, your study group agreed to call it a day
As you were walking out, someone caught your shoulder causing you to jump
“Oh, sorry I didn’t mean to startle you.”
You turned to see Yohan standing behind you, only a foot away. You blushed and took a step back
He really was tall
“Don’t worry about it” You reassured, giving him a soft smile
“Well uhm…” He began, running his had through his hair, his cheeks turning a light shade of pink
“If you don’t mind, would you be willing to help me out some time. With the calculus I mean, and don’t worry if you don’t want to. Actually, you really shouldn’t worry about it, I’m being sel-”
“Sure” You interjected, giggling a little. You never knew the star taekwondo athlete could be so clumsy with words.
You pulled out you phone and handed it to him
“Put your number in and let me know when you are free.” You smiled, trying your best to sound clam. You could feel your heart beat in your throat and your thoughts became giddy. Who knew that being good at math would help you get to know a really cute guy.
Yohan texted you the next day, and the two of you decided to meet at a coffee shop
As your meeting dre closer, you couldn’t stop thinking about Yohan. You’d giggle each time you thought of his hair sticking up every which way as he struggled with the calculus problems. It was hard to imagine he was the same guy who was so focused and strong during the taekwondo match.
After spending an hour picking out an outfit, you walked to the cafe, arriving there fifteen minutes early. You prepared to order something and wait at a table, but suddenly stopped in your tracks. 
Yohan sat by the window, resting his chin on his hand. He wore a striped button down shirt tucked into black slacks that showed-off his long legs. His hair was parted in the middle showing revealing his forehead, which somehow made him look so much more attractive than he already was
Now he really looked like a model
You started to panic as you looked at the surrounding customers who were watching him with heart eyes
What would they think when they saw you sitting with him? Wouldn’t they ridicule you, wondering how someone so boring could hang out with a guy like him.
Before you could turn tail and run, you heard Yohan call your name.
You looked to see him waving at you, a bright smile flashing across his face.
Whatever worries that were filling your mind before were gone now, you couldn’t help but smile back as you walked towards him, taking the seat across from his.
“You’re here early,” You mused and began to unpack your things
“All good students arrive to class early.” Yohan stated with confidence
You laughed at his determined face and he cocked your head at you
“Why do you keep laughing at me?” He asked, his lips forming into a pout.
“Is it because I suck at math? You probably think I’m stupid and am wondering how I even got into college in the first place.” He looked down, and you began to panic.
“No! It’s not that at all, I just thinks it’s cute how serious you are about this-” You clapped your hands over your mouth, realizing what you had just said.
Yohan snapped his head up, his cheeks flushing.
“Oh, thanks, I mean…” He trailed off. The two of you had no idea what to say.
“I’m gonna go order drinks” He offered and you nodded
Yohan rose and walked towards the counter. Once he turned away, you dropped your head onto the table, cursing yourself for being so careless. What would he think of you now? He probably thought you were some weird fan girl or something.
As you panicked by yourself, Yohan looked back at you smiling. He watched as you laid your head on the table, your hair sprawling around you. 
“She’s cute,” He whispered to himself.
Once Yohan returned with drinks the two of you got started on the math problems
You worked for two hours, and you couldn’t help but giggle when Yohan finally solved a problem. Each time he would do a little victory dance in his seat as if he had just won the lottery.
Sometimes he would get a little excited when doing the problem and wouldn’t take his time to think through everything.
“Slow down Yohan, you’re skipping some of the steps,” you would nag, pulling the pencil from his hand as he scribbled fiercely. 
“Hey!” He would protest, trying to hold back the smile playing on his lips.
“I almost had it.”
“No you didn’t,” you would argue, working out the problem on his paper. He would grin sheepishly before taking back his pencil and starting over again.
Once you finished, Yohan had made it through the whole packet. You couldn’t help but feel a little sad when he solved the last problem, wishing that you could spend more time with each other. 
“Well I guess that’s it for today.” You announced, giving Yohan a half hearted smile.
“Yeah, thank you so much.” He responded, looking down at the table.
After an awkward pause, you rose from you seat, waving goodbye
“I’ll see you at the next study group,” you said and began to walk towards the door
“Wait!” Yohan called after you. His hand wrapped around your wrist, pulling you towards him. You turned to face Yohan, your cheeks on fire. He was practically holding your hand!!!
“It’s pretty late now, I’ll walk you back.” He offered, and you nodded in agreement unable speak. You glanced down at his hand that was still holding your wrist,
“Oh, sorry!” He apologized, letting go of your wrist and taking a step back. 
“Let’s go” he smiled and the two of you began to walk towards the dorm.
“So…” Yohan began, after a few seconds of silence.
“I never heard what your major was.” 
“Psychology,” You answered.
“Wow, that’s really interesting, do you know what you want to do with it?”
“I’m not sure yet, but I am really interested in developmental psychology. My younger brother grew up with anxiety and panic disorder. My parents didn’t really know much about mental health so they never knew what to do. I tried my best to help him, but he still had a really hard time. That's why I'm studying psychology, I want to figure out how I can help kids like him and spread awareness about mental health disorders in children- Oh sorry, did I lose you? I get excited when talking about that kind of stuff.”
Yohan looked at you, his eyes locked with yours. You had no idea what he was thinking, and you couldn’t help but notice how fast your heart was beating.
“Yohan?”
He snapped out of his thoughts and looked away, his cheeks flushing red
“Oh sorry, I was just thinking about how cool you are, I mean, how cool your aspirations are. You seem to be really passionate about it.” 
You looked up at him surprised. This was one of the first times someone had said something like that to you. Most people just told you that you talked too much, or that the job market for psychologists was way to small.
“Thanks,” you smiled at him, your heart warm. 
“Don’t mention it,”
“What about you?” You asked after a brief pause.
“Oh, me? I’m not really sure yet, I’m undecided right now. Lame right?” Yohan admitted, his voice small.
“What, no it’s not!” You defended, hating the defeated look on his face.
Yohan looked at you shocked.
“You are only 20, how are you supposed to know what to do with your life!? If anything, I think being undecided is even cooler. There are so many things you can do, so many opportunities. If anything it means you have no limits!”
...... “Oh, sorry, I guess I got a little fired up,” you apologized, embarrassed
Yohan began to laugh, and soon you were laughing with him, and before you knew it, the two of you were infront of your dorm.
“Thanks, that really meant a lot.” He smiled, two two of you just starred at each other. Then, without warning, Yohan wrapped his arms around you, pulling you into his chest.
You stood there in shock, praying that he couldn't feel how fast your heart was beating
After a second or two, Yohan jumped back, his face the color of a tomato
“I am so sorry about that! I don’t know why I just did that, it’s just that I was really grateful for today and everything you have done for me and-”
“It’s okay.” You interrupted, smiling.
“I’m glad I could help.” You waved at him and walked to your dorm, your legs like jello. You didn’t look back at him, worried he would see how red you were.
What the heck just happened?
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newcaptainofsquad9 · 4 years
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Notice Me!~Kim Junmyeon/Suho x Black! R&B Star! Fem! Reader {2}
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Previous Parts: 1  2 3
Pairing: Suho x reader
Summary: With your support sent out to EXO as a fan and a potential collaborator, you awaken to a massive wave of support from your fans, along with fellow EXOls. However, a vocal majority of them aren’t too keen about you working with their bias band. All of this anxiety comes to a head as your supports push you towards the idea of a collaboration, including Suho himself.  
Warnings: Toxic fans, racist comments and negative thoughts. 
Writer’s Note: Here’s chapter 2, I hope you guys enjoy and let me know if you want any more EXO fics/series, requests are open! I also want to add that this is purely fictional, I don’t know Halsey (Ashley) personally, so if she acts a little odd I’m sorry. And another thing about this fic and others I write, the Kpop idols speak English, since I don’t want to butcher any translations or Korean words, since I do not speak the language. Maybe in the future, but not now! Thanks!  
Word Count: 1, 583
I could hardly sleep at the sound of my phone buzzing like a madman. Of course the sun peaking through my blinds didn’t help, along with Ashley’s bed hogging ass. Next time I’m taking the couch instead of sharing my bed, jeez. 
I shift over on my back to reach for my phone, it comes to life at my slight touch and overwhelms me with so many notifications I almost tumble from the bed. 
“Mmh,” Ashley groans, “quit moving.” 
She kicks my foot softly, but I don’t react at all, most of my attention is on my phone. 
My Twitter bell icon stays red with a swarm of notifications, messages, likes and retweets. I’m trending, right underneath with EXO and of course BTS. 
“Uh, Ash, look! Look!”
I nudge her a few times before she rolls over with hair stuck to her cheek and a scowl. 
“Y/N, I-I need at least one more hou—”
“Look!” I scold.
We both stay captivated by the tiny screen as Ashley’s finger scrolls down some of the comments. 
They read:
Um, SM we need a Empress Dee Dee/ EXO collab, stat!
Aw, Junmyeon was soo cute, I lowkey ship it!
Finally a Kpop band reaching out for a black artist, I wish someone would follow through too *cough, cough BTS
“Holy shit,” Ashley says, “they really love this idea, did your publicist call you about it yet? Y/N?”
Her voice is drowned out as more of the comments turn sour. 
A lot of them read:
Western Artist X Kpop Artist= trash
Black people should stay with their own music, it wouldn’t mix with EXO’s sound
Gross, please don’t tell me Junmyeon has a thing for that black girl, why not a Korean woman?
They continue to flood my feed, most of them turning more daunting than the rest. 
“Ok, enough Twitter for one morning,” Ashley says as she takes the phone. 
“You’re right,” I say, “I need some more sleep.”
Ashley frowns as I lay back against my pillow and yank the covers up and over my face. 
“Y/N, come on,” Ashley groans, “you seriously gonna let these assholes get under your skin?”
I nod against the sheets. 
“Half of them are right Ash,” I say, “why would any of EXO collab with me? There are many other Kpop artists who are better anyway.”
“Um, but none of them are Empress Dee Dee, are they?” Ashley asks.
I shrug. 
“They aren’t black though, Ash,” I note. 
Ashley gives me an incredulous look. 
“That’s got nothing to do with it,” Ashley growls. 
Her words strike an unexpected nerve within me as I push the covers away and sit back up.
“Nothing?! “ I snap, “Ash, it’s everything to do with it! Racism still exists, even more prevalent now, especially with colorism still at an all time high!”  
Ashley frowns. 
“But I-”
I put a hand on Ashley’s own, the stark contrast of my brown skin and her pale one. 
“I know, I know who are Ashley, but it’s different for women like me, and darker skinned black women,” I say, “I just need you to understand that, please.”
Ashley nods. 
“I do,” she says, “but I need you to understand that it shouldn’t stop you! Don’t listen to what those assholes are saying!”
“Ash—”
“You love music, don’t you?” she asks. 
Her question throws me off, yet I nod anyway. 
“Of course I do,” I say. 
“Then focus on making music, talk to your publicist and agent about that EXO collab!” she declares.
I watch Ashley in half awe, half amusement as she tosses the sheets onto the floor like the drama queen she’s being. Maybe she should shoot for the Academy Awards rather than Grammys next year. 
“You know you gotta pick that up right,” I deadpan while gesturing to the splayed mess of covers below us on the floor. 
Ashley turns her nose up, but softens as she comes around to my side of the bed, sitting next to me and taking my hand.
“Don’t worry about the fucking bed spread and listen to me,” she says. 
I stare at her eyes, there’s this hint of desperation in them, as if I was the one who insulted her. Maybe I was a bit too much in my feelings. She cares about my wellbeing so much that I forget this affects her as well. 
“Promise me that you’ll stay all right through all of this,” she says, gripping my hand skin tight. 
I think of another comeback but save it for later.
“I promise Ash,” I vow, “now can you pick up the damn covers?”
Ashley frowns but rises to gather up the covers anyway.
“There. I’m doing it, now could you please call your publicist?”
A heavy sigh escapes my lips as I reach for my phone on the nightstand. More notifications flood, a few missed calls from Daphne, my publicist and Todd, my agent. Great, now I have to deal with them. 
“I’m calling them back now, Ash,” I announce.
“Awesome,” she calls from the bathroom. 
I decide to go with Todd first, since he left the most missed calls. My heart beats heart against the insistent ring of the phone, it drawing out a bit longer than it usually should. 
“Hello, Y/N!” Todd calls. 
I gulp before speaking.
“Hi Todd, look I-I know I should have contacted Daph first about posting that tweet.”
Todd chuckles through the phone. 
“Y/N, that was a genius move! It seemed really genuine!” he exclaims.
I frown.
“Uh, I was completely genuine Todd, my heart was one hundred percent into it,” I say. 
“Oh, well that makes it even better, because I’ve already got in contact with the producers on the Ellen Show, and since EXO will be there promoting Obsession, we can finally have you both in talks for a collaboration!”
My stomach nearly drops. It’s exciting news, right? Getting to meet my bias band in front of me instead of a tiny computer screen, yet the circumstances got me worried. In front of all those people. Some of them could be any of those people spouting out hateful comments. 
“Er, Y/N,” Todd says, “you heard me, right?”
“I-I u-uh yeah!” I say, “j-just uh, fan girl nerves is all.”
Todd chuckles, but gets back to business as usual.
“No need to worry, it’s all scripted and Ellen has a way of making people calm, especially new guests,” he explains, “but this will really put you on the map! Considering you haven’t made a public appearance since your grammy snub and you’re gonna do it with one of the biggest kpop groups, ever! Don’t let those fangirl nerves get to you too much!”
I manage to cough up a tiny giggle. 
“Of course Todd, thank you.”
“Already have a flight set up for you in the morning, I told you that you’d skyrocket soon, didn’t I?” he asks. 
I roll my eyes but agree anyway.
“I know Todd, bye.”
“Get plenty of sleep, call me when you get there!” he urges before hanging up.
WIth him off the phone I can finally freak out in peace. Well until Ashley returns with her toothbrush a nosy look on her face. 
“Shit, by that face I’m assuming it didn’t go well, did it?” she asks. 
I shake my head and collapse backwards against the sheets. 
“I-It went unexpectedly well,” I admit, “EXO’s gonna be on Ellen for the first time, and I got a spot on there with them.” 
Ashley nearly jumps into the ceiling. 
“Are you fucking serious?!” she exclaims, “it hasn’t even been 24 hours yet!”
I nod against my pillow. 
“Right! God, I-I’m not ready for this,” I groan. 
Ashley shifts closer to wrap an arm around my shoulder.
“You got this sweetie,” she whispers, “I’m gonna take the shower first, that cool with you?”
I nod as she rises. 
“Oh and stay off Twitter,” she says as she goes back to the bathroom. 
Of course I don’t listen as I unlock my phone yet again. My eyes scan through all of the comments: good, bad, ugly and downright unnecessary. My finger stops at a previous V Live EXO recently did, or a clip at least. 
The caption of the video read:
Ya’ll Junmyeon is really out here caring about DeeDee, like a lot! When he gonna pull up 😂😂
I click it and there’s Suho, Baekhyun and Chen with soft looks, unlike the way they looked during their X-EXO concept stage. Beakhyun leans closer to the camera, scanning the comments I assume as Suho frowns. 
“Of course not!” Suho growls, “why would anyone say that?”
“What is it hyung?” Chen asks. 
Suho points at the screen. 
“Someone said that we thought DeeDee was ugly, why would you insult a beautiful woman like that?” he asks in disgust.
My breath gets hitched in my throat at his words. 
Baekhyun frowns this time.
“Aw, why are people making fun of DeeDee?” he groans, “don’t listen to them DeeDee! Stay strong! Keep smiling!!”
Chen nods sharply as Baekhyun continues to yell it obnoxiously.
Suho pushes him until he ceases and looks into the camera intensely. 
“The people who are saying this aren’t our fans, DeeDee,” he explains, “you’re amazing, stay all right, ok? Ok!”
Suho grins as he puts up his finger hearts as his smile widens.
The video ends, yet it doesn’t within my head. EXO actually stood up for me. This has got to be a dream. 
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kaffeinic · 5 years
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60 Question Tag Challenge!
I was challenged by @woo-for-woojin to answer all of these. To be fair, I challenged her first, but let’s not get into the details. Original post of questions by @roseyygf.
1: Selfie.
GAAAAAAAH I HATE THIS ALREADY SMH IM SO UGLY.
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Lmao look at my fingers. What the hell is going on there?
2: What would you name your future kids?
I feel like that’s a joint decision, so I can’t say. Honestly, I don’t think I’ll want to have my own kids through childbirth. My family has a genetic disposition to difficulties during pregnancy. I might adopt.
3: Do you miss anyone?
A few people. Some of them I haven’t even met in person. I miss my BFF from school. I miss a few people online that I’ve fallen out of touch with. I’m always missing people. 😂
4: What are you looking forward to?
College, and moving out of my house. I’ve been itching to do both of these for years now.
5: Is there anyone who can always make you smile?
@hoshithehamster, @woo-for-woojin, @a-toxic-galaxy, my BFF from school, and my older sister. Also, I swear, @hoshithehamster and I are literally are always TALKING IN CAPS LOCK BECAUSE WE ARE IDIOTS AND WE HAVE THE WEIRDEST, MOST FUN CONVERSATIONS EVER.
6: Is it hard for you to get over someone?
Once I’ve gone all-in, yeah. When it’s a crush, not usually. I’m really slow to develop a crush on someone. Painfully slow lol. I’m cautious because I’ve been hurt by people in that regard a few times. One incident had me suicidal for a long time.
7: What was your life like last year?
Kind of the same? I didn’t have this blog open. If you had asked this regarding two years ago, I would have said that I wasn’t homeschooling, didn’t know how to play piano much, didn’t have this blog, and was very depressed because of my old schoolmates.
8: Have you ever cried because you were so annoyed?
YES! Whenever I feel stuck and know I have no control of a situation, I get frustrated and find a quiet place to cry.
9: Who did you last see in person?
I’m assuming this means out of my own household. The last person I saw was my older sister and her roommates, who I am really good friends with. One of them loves coffee as much as me and it’s great! I spent the night. That was over a month and a half ago lmao. Before that, I had gone on a date at a coffee shop.
10: Are you good at hiding your feelings?
Yeah. My family gets angry at me if I’m sad or angry about anything, so I hold it all in. It definitely has made life a bit harder. I make people angry when I won’t disclose my feelings to them. I just find it to be better to hold it. I have to be really comfortable with you and really love you if I’ll tell you that I’m sad/angry and why.
11: Are you listening to music right now?
Yeah. It’s Le Pire by Maître Gims. He’s a really great French singer.
12: What is something you want right now?
If this is concerning food, I’m in the mood for chicken right now lol. I need some protein. Aside from food, I’m wanting to get a pedal for my electric piano. I have no sustain and it ruins a lot of songs. 😂 It’s why I have my ko-fi open.
13: How do you feel right now?
Meh. I’m not feeling great. I have some issues with fainting. My blood pressure drops like a rock at times and I feel it coming on, if you know what I’m saying. It’s this kind of lethargic, sick feeling. I’m trying to drink a lot of water, just in case it’s about dehydration.
14: When was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you?
When I last visited my favourite coffee shop. For those of you who read Caffeinic, Chan’s character design is a mix of his true personality and a barista at my café of choice. He always gives me a hug when I see him, and when I say good bye. 😊
15: Personality description?
For a quick description, I’d say that INFJ, which is my MBTI type, is really accurate for me. I’ll let one of my friends try to describe me. I’m bad at describing myself lol.
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Okay, but my heart is combusting. This amazing hooman, I lob her so much!!!! One of my best friends for sure.
16: Have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t?
All the time. I’m sure you all have heard Fight Song by Rachel Platten, but that line where she says, “And all those things I didn't say // Wrecking balls inside my brain // I will scream them loud tonight // Can you hear my voice this time?” really resonates with me. It was that lyric that hooked me on this song.
17: Opinion on insecurities?
I think 90% of us have them. They are humbling, which can be good, but I urge you to know your worth. I’m such a hypocrite.
18: Do you miss how things were a year ago?
Not really. Not much has changed.
19: Have you ever been to New York?
No, but I’d love to visit! I’m from the west coast lol.
20: What is your favourite song at the moment?
Ramai by Delia & The Motans. I listen to a lot of different languages in music lol. I have no idea what any of it means, so if it’s inappropriate, I apologize.
21: Age and birthday.
Internationally, 18. May 3, 2001.
22: Description of crush.
I don’t think I have a crush???? Haha. There’s this really kind, pretty hot barista at the café who seems to like me but I’m avoiding relationships, so idk. He has green eyes and black, curly hair. He’s maybe 170-180cm, but I’m not entirely sure. He looks damn good in a button up, I... wow. 🥵
23: Fear(s)?
So many lmao. I’m afraid of some trivial things, like bugs and rollercoasters, but I’m also afraid of some different items, like never having a family of my own, or of not being able to achieve my dreams.
24: Height?
154(?)cm. About 5’1.”
25: Role model?
I don’t think I have one lmao. I just try to be the best person I can be. It’s a goal in life for me to be a truly good person.
26: Idol(s).
Aren’t Idols and Role Models pretty much the same thing..? 😂 To be general, I look up to those who have studied in medical school because I know it’s a rollercoaster of difficulties and debt. I applaud them.
27: Things I hate:
This could be a very long list. Let’s go:
Unnecessary rudeness/bullying
Being forced into things I don’t like and/or am afraid of doing
Being lied to
Being stolen from
Being thrown in awkward situations
Being denied my alone time
When people make a mess that I have to clean
When I cook for people and they don’t thank me. My face just scrunched in anger while I typed this one lmao.
Arrogant/egotistic people
So many more, but I’ll cut it off there. 😊
28: “I’ll love you if...”
OOF. There’s no specific thing someone could do. If you love me, I’ll love you. I don’t mean the “awe ily” kind of love. I mean the “I will keep you out of trouble and protect you and be around you only to enjoy your company because I love you” kind of love. True love. Not that artificial crap.
29: Favourite film(s)?
Room 1408 is really good haha. I also really liked A Simple Favour. I like a lot of movies lmao. Superhero movies are always good.
30: Favourite tv show(s)?
I watched a lot of Black Mirror before we got rid of Netflix. I watch Superstore and Brooklyn 99 like they’re the gospel. I’m always down for Gilmore Girls because it’s a classic. I often watch my old childhood shows like Danny Phantom.
31: 3 random facts.
I’m assuming you mean, “3 random facts about me” lol.
I play piano.
I read “too much.” Let’s be honest, is it even possible to read too much?
I write my own stories and songs all of the time.
32: Are your friends mainly girls or guys?
Oof. My absolute closest friends are girls, but the majority of people I would consider my friends are male.
33: Something you want to learn.
Everything I can about medicine. I’m so interested in it, and I love the idea of fixing someone’s body. I’m fascinated by the weird and/or nasty things about our bodies. I hope that doesn’t sound too weird. I also wanna learn how to use a French press lmao.
34: Most embarrassing moment?
I had been selected to perform in a talent show a few years back for my old school and I got up there, face planting on the floor. Halfway through the song, I froze up and forgot the lyrics. I have never forgotten that.
35: Favourite subject?
Any form of science or Language Arts.
36: 3 dreams you want to fulfill?
Become a doctor.
Write a song that someone can perform onstage.
Clock in my 10,000 hours in piano.
Extra: I want to learn violin so badly!
37: Favourite actor/actress?
Jennifer Aniston or Nicolas Cage probably. I don’t pay much attention to actors. I also love Jeremy Renner’s work!
38: Favourite comedian(s)?
Oh lord, this question was made for me. Randy Feltface, Samuel J. Conroe, TwoSet, Ross Lynch, and many, many more!
39: Favourite sport(s)?
Volleyball, baseball, and badminton. Low/no-contact sports lol.
40: Favourite memory?
I can’t think of a specific one, but my best memories are always those random, funny moments I have with friends. I don’t think I’m ever gonna forget when my friend and I named one of her plants for the first time. I made a plant family tree. Dear lord save my soul.
41: Relationship status?
Single~
42: Favourite book(s)?
THAT IS THE HARDEST QUESTION EVER! How can I be expected to answer this???? 😂 I don’t have a favourite.
43: Favourite song ever?
Is this q&a list crafted specifically for me to not be able to answer any of the questions? 😂 I don’t have one. It changes with time.
44: Age you get mistaken for?
People always think I’m younger than I am, but if they don’t, then they over shoot it. Most people think I’m 16, or as old as 20-22. It’s crazy lol.
45: How you found out about your idol.
I’m going to interpret this as how I found out about my ult bias, who is Chan from Stray Kids. I was surfing SoundCloud and found the 3racha page. There wasn’t much there, but I liked what they had recorded. From then, I saw some of their survival show and may have kind of fallen for Channie and his personality lmao. Whoops.
46: What my last text message says.
This is the one I got while I was answering this specific question. 😊
“I feel that. I do hate unrealistic stories or stories that go on to fast like. I want to read stories where I feel like the reader could be me and not some sort of perfect girl getting the attention of all the people and fell in love withing 3 seconds and marry. I know that there must be some drama and special things to keep the story going and that's OK but I really appreciate stories who are still based more on a normal life. And you really do a good job in writing normal life stories // And tbh no story made me as happy as your barista!Chan story. It really is something different and I love it.”
Idk if the sender would be okay with me sharing that it was them, so I just copied it lol. I truly do love the feedback I get from you guys! Thank you all so much~~!
47: Turn-ons?
I’m assuming - again - that you mean romantically? I’ve always liked someone who has a decent sense of humour. Whenever I see someone working hard at their job/studies, part of me finds it... sexy? Idk. I’m weird. Save me. 😂
48: Turn-offs?
Overconfidence is a big no-no. It’s annoying as well. I can’t stand someone who truly is an idiot. Nothing turns me off more than getting a text that’s barely legible with a million abbreviations. Speak to me like someone with a brain, please. Another big turn-off is someone who is just automatically very sexual. I’m not a super sexual person, and I don’t want to hang out with someone who has a one-track mind in that sense.
49: Where I want to be right now.
The café.
50: Favourite picture of your idol?
But... he’s so pretty? How??
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Sorry. I do not own these gifs/photos of Chan~
51: Star sign?
Taurus..? Idk if that’s for horoscopes lol.
52: Something I’m talented at.
Mmmmmm idk. I’m pretty mundane. I read a lot. I really would love to say I’m talented at piano, but I just don’t think I’m there yet.
53: 5 things that make me happy.
“Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...” Sorry.
Classical music
The smell of an old book
Petrichor and/or rainstorms
Playing piano
The smell of coffee
54: Something that’s worrying me at the moment.
Everything?? 😂 I’m worried about affording college tuition at the moment. I’m a senior and it’s steadily approaching.
55: Tumblr friends?
I almost yeeted my phone across the room. This is my question. 😂
@hoshithehamster, my fellow plant mother. I think we are each other’s spirit animal lol. I love you more than you know~! As a side note: She’s model material, I swear! Soooooo pretty, inside and out!
@woo-for-woojin, the most adorable and thoughtful person ever?? Always a pleasure to speak to. She gives the coolest and cutest requests ever, I’m-
@a-toxic-galaxy, one of the first people who supported this blog. I love you so much! We both have gotten a little busy lately, but I hope we never fall out of touch.
@doubleknot42, I guess more of an acquaintance? I still really want to get to know her more. The content on her blog is amazing, I highly recommend.
@ethereal-chanracha, someone who I’ve just recently started talking to. We’ve learned so much about each other in such a short time and I already think she’s so awesome! If you’re down for a good conversation, hit her up.
@palemoonpersephone, a friend I made after writing a post about my experiences at school. She is one of the sweetest, most thoughtful and hardworking people I’ve ever met. She offered to be my friend if ever I need one, and I don’t regret it. 💕
56: Favourite food(s).
Homemade granola (I make it a lot.)
Salad (Don’t @ me. I really do enjoy salad. I’m much more of an herbivore. 😂)
Most types of Chinese chicken
This spicy noodle thing I think I invented?
Italian sandwiches
Any type of spicy chip (Takis, Hot Cheetos, etc...)
Plain white rice
Gochu jang flavoured chicken
Despite this list, know that I’m a very picky eater lol
57: Favourite animal(s).
Foxes
Doggos
CATS
White tigers
HEDGEHOGS OML
58: Description of my best friend.
Y’all probably know who this is, but...
Kind
Attentive
Smart
Pretty
Passionate
gOOFY (like me)
The best plant mother in existence??? Fight me.
Patient
Empathetic
And SO much more~~!
59: Why I joined tumblr?
Initially, just to find cool posts and like/reblog whatever I enjoyed. My main blog, @assainfj, is the same blog I started with lol. It’s now become a place for me to share my thoughts and my writing and to meet amazing hoomans.
60: Ask me anything you want.
YASSSSS PLEASE I love answering your questions~~~~~! Send in as many as you’d like!
~
I tag: @hoshithehamster • @a-toxic-galaxy • @palemoonpersephone • @doubleknot42 • @ethereal-chanracha & anyone else who wants to do this!
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argylemnwrites · 5 years
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It Couldn’t Wait Another Moment - Chapter 2
Pairing: Drake Walker x MC (Riley Liu)
Book: The Royal Romance (Canon Divergent from Book 2, Chapter 15)
Word Count: ~5200
Rating: PG-13 (minor strong language, innuendo) 
Summary: After declaring their love and making major decisions about what comes next for the two of them, Drake and Riley have to share their news with their closest friends. But how will Liam respond? And what will Maxwell and Hana have to say?
Author’s Note:  This series diverges from TRR canon, where instead of waiting to discuss his relationship with Riley until their last night in NYC, leaving her a note while Liam is proposing to her, Drake tackles this topic as soon as possible after Tariq makes his statement and Riley’s name is cleared. To catch up on this series, you can read the prologue and the first chapter (links in my masterlist, located in my bio).
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Riley checked her phone for any texts or missed calls, but she had no new notifications. Trying to distract herself, she opened Pictagram and started scrolling through her feed, but she wasn’t really paying attention to anything. She was just too damn nervous. She went to her texts and opened the one Drake sent that morning.
Talked to Bastien. Meeting with Liam at 1. I’ll come get you.
That was the only contact they’d had since last night. Riley was trying not to be clingy. Drake had never been much of a texter, and this one didn’t give her any reason to believe he'd changed his mind. Still, her previous dating experiences taught her to be cautious. She didn’t think Drake would lie to her, but things he agreed to immediately after the first time they had sex might not seem like a great idea in the light of day. She kept thinking back to the way he rolled away from her as soon as he finished, the fact that he didn’t come back to her room with Maxwell later in the evening to actually invite her to Coney Island. Maxwell had been enthusiastic, but it struck her as odd that Drake didn’t join him. Was there some reason he hadn’t wanted to see her again?
Of course, the visit from Maxwell was at least pleasant. Liam had also swung by her room last night, which was a much more uncomfortable experience. About 20 minutes after Drake left, Riley was watching some TV. She was skimming through the channels when she heard a knock on the door. Hoping it was Drake coming by to sneak a little more time together, she was shocked when Liam was standing on the other side of the door. He greeted her warmly, the adoration clear in his eyes. He had come by under the pretense of congratulating her on her success with Tariq, but Riley had been so panicked that she barely processed his words. She kept looking back, wondering if Liam had noticed wild state of her bedding, with blankets and the duvet cover spilling onto the floor. When he asked if he might come in, all she could think of was the fact that she had no idea where the condom wrapper was. Claiming exhaustion from the two flights, she shooed him away, but not before he alluded to having much more he wanted to discuss with her over the coming few days.
Riley was anxious that Liam might have ended things with Madeleine this morning. Although Drake said that he wasn’t sure if Liam would still marry her, Riley thought it was far more likely that they would stay together. After all, he had told her on several occasions that he would be happy to keep her as a professional mistress if she never cleared her name. He saw that as a viable, although less than ideal alternative, but didn’t the fact that he was comfortable with such an arrangement mean that he was going to stay with Madeleine unless he could be with Riley openly? If he already called off the engagement, Riley knew the guilt would be even worse. Madeleine wasn’t her favorite person, but Liam shouldn’t make his decision based on incorrect assumptions. She hoped that he wouldn’t move too quickly on that front.
Three sharp knocks broke her train of thought. Taking a deep breath, she walked to the door. Opening it, there stood Drake, hands shoved in his pockets, eyes downcast, but snapping up to lock with hers in an instant. “Hey, Liu,” he greeted, but he made no move to touch her.
“Hey.” The silence between them was tense, uncomfortable. She hated it.
“You ready?”
“Yes. Are you?”
“I don’t know that I’ll ever feel ready.”
“Drake, if you don’t want to-”
“No, no, we need to do this now.”
“Okay,” Riley grabbed her bag and pulled the door to her suite closed. As she walked down the hallway with Drake, she watched him out of the corner of her eye. The tension was rolling off him in unbearable waves. At the elevators, she pushed the call button, unsure if he would be able to do it. As they waited for the elevator, she watched him. He was fidgeting, bouncing on the balls of his feet, rubbing the back of his neck with his left hand, completely avoiding eye contact with her.
Once they entered the elevator and the door closed, giving them some relative privacy, she reached out and grabbed his hand. She had to offer to stop things now, forget the whole thing. She couldn’t stand seeing him this miserable and knowing he was doing it for her sake. But before she could speak, Drake threaded their fingers together, gripping her hand so tightly it was nearly painful and turned to her, smiling with a small nod. “We’re gonna get through this. We’re gonna do this together,” she thought.
To Riley’s surprise, he continued to cling to her hand, even as the elevator doors opened, revealing the lobby. He led her briskly past the concierge and the front desk to the business center, which Liam was renting as his office for the trip, not letting go of her hand until they were right in front of the door. He paused for just a moment, then letting out a big sigh, he knocked three times.
“Come in.”
They entered side-by-side, leaving a larger space between them than usual by some unspoken agreement. Liam looked up from his laptop, eyes widening when he saw Riley there with Drake. “Lady Riley, I was unaware you would be joining us. What a lovely surprise!”
Riley saw Drake grimace at that. Trying to keep things light for as long as possible, she responded, “Yes, we thought it would be best to have this discussion with all three of us.”
“I have to confess I am at a loss as to what you two would wish to discuss with me. Is everything alright, Riley?”
“There’s nothing wrong. We wanted to talk about what comes next.”
Liam frowned at that, eyes darting between her and Drake, clearly trying to determine why Drake was involved in this conversation. Liam’s confusion oddly appeared to calm Drake somewhat, as he took a big breath before he said, “Liu and I talked last night. She’s going to stay here in New York.”
“What? Why wouldn’t you come back to Cordonia?”
“This is my home. This is where I belong,” she replied, unsure how to best continue. She had assumed they would tell Liam about the relationship first, but Drake had led with the move. They probably should have discussed a strategy before stumbling into the most uncomfortable meeting in history, but it was too late for that now.
“But I thought Cordonia had become your home! Riley, you belong there, with all your friends.”
“Not all her friends will be there. I’m leaving court, and I’m staying here with her, Liam.” Drake’s head turned towards her as he finished, nodding slightly and brushing his fingers against the back of her hand. With that touch, they both moved to thread their fingers together. Riley knew somewhere in the back of her mind that holding hands was a coward’s way of telling Liam they were together, but she couldn’t deny how nice it felt to face the rest of this conversation united.
“Drake, what the hell is going…” Liam trailed off, taking in the sight of them and putting the pieces together. He swallowed and took a breath before he continued on, “Oh, I understand.”
“Liam, I’m so sorry,” Riley said, “We didn’t mean for this to happen, for you to get hurt.”
Liam shook his head, a thin smile on his face that didn’t come close to reaching his eyes. “No need to apologize. I care deeply about both of you, and I am pleased my friends found happiness with each other.”
Drake frowned at that, “Liam, are you sure-”
“I insist that we treat this as the happy news that it clearly is for you both. Forgive me, but may I ask how long this has been going on?”
Riley looked at Drake, sure his wide eyes were a mirror of hers. How long had this been going on, really? It was only official since last night, but it would be mad dishonest to frame it that way. Since their first kiss at the Beaumont estate? Since he saved her from Tariq? Since they got tipsy in Olivia’s wine cellar? Was it better to let him know that the attraction was burning under the surface at the beginning, gradually growing into something more as they got to know each other? Or would hearing that hurt him more than needed?
“Uh, I guess you could say things really started when Liu returned to court,” Drake eventually replied.
“I suppose that’s a reasonable answer,” thought Riley. Liam paused at that response, his face showing no emotion. Riley had no idea if the fact that Drake just admitted to months of a relationship made things better or worse for Liam. The silence seemed to stretch for an eternity before he responded, “Thank you for telling me.”
No one seemed to know how to process that statement. It certainly didn’t make Liam’s emotional state any clearer to Riley. The three of them stood still, no one knowing what to say next. Riley felt like she should say more, either apologize profusely, or explain how much they struggled with their attraction initially, or reassure Liam that the moments she shared with him in the beginning were real and that she never meant to lead him on, but she didn’t know where to start. Drake wasn’t saying anything either. Eventually, Liam spoke again.
“Riley, would you mind terribly if I spoke with Drake alone for a few moments?”
“Er, no of course not.”
“Excellent, it shouldn’t take long.” He turned away from them at that, pulling out his phone. Riley looked at Drake, wondering why she was being dismissed. He gave her a small smile and nodded, running his thumb over the back of her hand.
“I’ll be right in the lobby when you guys are done, yeah?” she whispered.
“Okay, Liu.”
She squeezed his hand before letting go, walking to the door with one last look back at Drake before leaving him to handle whatever was between him and his best friend.
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Liam turned around under the guise of checking his phone, giving Drake and Riley a moment of privacy. At least that’s how he hoped it appeared. Honestly, he needed a moment to collect himself. He never could have predicted that this is what Drake had wanted to talk to him about when Bastien had asked for a meeting on his behalf with no more details. Well, that was not completely true, as Drake leaving court was one possibility he considered. But leaving to be with Riley? Who he had apparently being seeing for months? The thought had never occurred to him.
When he heard the door open, he turned back to Drake, catching a glimpse of Riley giving Drake a cheeky wave goodbye. The way she looked at his friend caught Liam off guard all over again. He averted his eyes, feeling as if he had interrupted them kissing. “She never looked at me that way,” hissed a small voice in the back of his head, but he quickly shoved it aside. His personal feelings could be dealt with at a later time. For now, there were much more practical matters to be discussed.
As the door closed, Drake turned back to face Liam, a small smile quickly disappearing. “Liam, I’m so sorry. You have to know I fought this every step of the way, and I never thought she would choose to-”
Liam held up his hand, silencing Drake. “There is no need to apologize for falling for someone. You are my best friend, and I wish you all matters of happiness. If you have found that with Lady Riley, or rather just Riley, I am thrilled for the both of you.”
“But you cared for her. I should have never let-”
“Stop,” Liam ordered, much more formally than he normally would with just the two of them. Then again, Drake normally wouldn’t hold back like he just did, using the past tense, saying “cared for” instead of the far more accurate “love.” There was some unspoken agreement here to avoid the harshest of the realities. Forcing a smile, Liam continued, “I know you well enough to know that no harm was intended. I appreciate both of you taking the time to tell me about the nature of your relationship. But that is not the purpose of my wanting to speak to you alone. I thought you and I might go over some more practical details.”
Drake stared at him for a few moments, clearly trying to read his expression. But for the first time in years, Liam made sure his diplomatic mask up with him. Drake’s feelings were undoubtedly muddied by guilt. After all they had been through together over the years, the last thing Liam wanted to do was worsen that burden. So for now, he would keep his personal feelings to himself. Eventually, Drake stopped trying to read him. “What’s up?”
“First, I have to ask if there is a reason you and Riley are choosing not to return to Cordonia, other than my perceived discomfort. You two are certainly welcome to stay.”
“Riley is worried about how her life would look there, given her recent, er, media attention.”
“Ahh, she’s concerned about the optics of dating someone in my closest circle and how the press will react. I could easily find a job for her at court which should ease things. If you two stay in close contact with me, that should clearly demonstrate to the overly curious that there are no hard feelings and that we all remain friends.”
Drake shook his head. “You realize she hates most of the people at court, right?”
Liam hadn’t known that, but it was just one more item to add to the list of things he didn’t know about Riley Liu, the woman he thought he was going to marry up until the last 20 minutes, and it was far less shocking than the fact that she preferred Drake to him. “You also hate most of my court, but you’ve been happy, haven’t you?”
Drake’s silence to that question startled Liam. He never thought that Drake’s grumpiness reflected any true unhappiness. After a few seconds, Drake answered carefully, “My life at court brought me plenty to be happy about, but there were definitely some undesirable parts that I kinda just learned to ignore. My relative happiness isn’t the problem here. Riley needs a break from this world. She’s not used to it, and it’s weighing on her. I won’t ask her to take on that burden when we came up with a perfectly good alternative.”
Liam frowned, trying to determine if there was judgement built into that last statement. Drake might have been alluding to him asking Riley to take on the burden of the crown. He wasn’t used to looking for double meanings with Drake. With everyone else, sure, but not with him. Not until today. “Not until he snuck around with the woman I love for months,” that voice pestered again.
“Come on, man. Don’t give me that look. Besides, you get enough flak for keeping around one under-qualified snarky commoner. We can’t expect you to find roles for two of us, neither of us with a college degree or any appropriate job skills for the court.”
He was teasing him, but Drake was clearly closing all further discussion on this topic. There would be no more talk of the two of them returning to Cordonia. Giving a light smile, Liam replied, “Touche. Let me at least get you two set up in an apartment.”
“She has an apartment already.”
“I know, but I want to make sure you are comfortable and have enough space for the both of you.”
“We’ll be fine, Liam.”
“I just hate the thought of the two of you here alone, and not to be insensitive, but your skill set might not translate to another job easily.”
“We don’t need your money. We aren’t charity cases,” Drake growled, his tone harsher than Liam had ever heard, at least directed at him.
“I didn’t mean to imply you were, I just want to help.”
“I am perfectly capable of providing for us, Liam.” There was an air of finality to his words. Liam had wanted to discuss things a little more and ask how closely Drake intended to stay in touch, but he knew that Drake was done with him, at least for now.
“Very well. If you need anything, you know where to find me.”
“We done here?”
“Of course.” He barely had the words out of his mouth when Drake had shoved back his chair and was stalking to the door. Liam wasn’t sure why his offer of financial assistance had upset him so much, and he couldn’t leave things like this. “Drake,” he called as he was about to open the door.
“Yeah?” he responded, not even turning around to face him.
“I am very happy, for the both of you, but especially for you.”
With that, he did turn his head to look Liam in the eye. “Thanks,” he nodded, but then he was out the door. Sighing, Liam picked up his phone. That certainly could have gone better. There was a lot for him to process, but that would have to wait. For now, he had to make some calls, starting with canceling the boat to the Statue of Liberty for tomorrow night.
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Riley was almost giddy this afternoon, Drake noticed as she led him onto the “Q” train. Clearly, she was enjoying being on the other side of telling Liam about their relationship. Drake wished he could fully embrace her joy, but nothing about the conversation with Liam sat right with him. He should have apologized and explained himself more. He should have asked if Liam was going to be okay. He should have let him know that he wanted to remain friends. Instead, everything had been awkward and formal. In fact, things really couldn’t have gone much worse seeing as Liam was never going to be the type to get angry or upset.
Of course, Drake was the one to get upset, even though he had no ground to stand on from that perspective. Why didn’t he just shut up in there? Liam had been trying to be a generous friend, he knew this intellectually. But when Liam offered to pay for an apartment, all Drake felt was Liam throwing out how much more he could offer Riley, as if to rub it in his face. So he snapped, even though he was the one who was causing Liam pain. And Liam just took it, because that was his role. Drake was supposed to be the one he didn’t have to fill that role around, though. “Man, I really fucked this up,” he thought.
“Okay, what’s wrong?” Riley cut through his thoughts, again proving her uncanny ability to read his moods.
“Nothing. It’s nothing.”
“Well that’s a lie. You can either tell me and get it over with, or I’ll just have to keep pestering you until you cave and tell me anyway. It’ll save a lot of time if you just tell me now.”
He sighed, “Things were just weird with Liam, that’s all. Not that I expected it to go amazingly or anything, but I just felt awkward with him.”
“So now you’re going to brood over it all afternoon?”
“I don’t brood, Liu.”
“Fine, you’re going to be in a funk over it all afternoon?” she teased.
“Not all afternoon, maybe just for the train ride.”
She laughed at that, placing her hand on his knee and rubbing soothing circles with her thumb. “Are you committed to this bad mood for the entire trip?”
“What else did you have in mind?”
She smiled, glancing down at his lips before she leaned into him gently. He closed his eyes as their lips met. Things felt much slower and more tender than they ever had before. He no longer felt compelled to snatch every moment with her as if it were their last. After a while, he pulled away and smiled back at her.
“Fine, you’ve convinced me.”
“Good, no more moping?”
“Ugh, I think I preferred brooding. Anyway, I figured out how we can fill this time.”
“Oh yeah?” she smirked, raising an eyebrow and leaning in close again.
“God woman, keep it in your pants,” he joked, “You need to teach me this metro system.”
She smacked his chest playfully, pulling out her phone. “Fine, lesson one: it’s the train, not the metro. Lemme pull up the map. To start, uptown trains head north in Manhattan, downtown trains head south...”
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“You ready for this, Walker?” Riley asked, holding out her hand as they walked off the train. After a crash course on the MTA, Riley had brought up telling Maxwell and Hana that they were together today. She had a point; after talking to Liam, there was no reason to not let them know.
“Yeah, yeah.” He grabbed her offered hand as they walked towards the spot they were meeting Hana and Maxwell. Truth be told, he was a little nervous about telling the two of them. Well, not Hana so much. She probably had training in reading body language or something and figured it out months ago. Plus, she was just too kind to be anything other than fully supportive. Maxwell, on the other hand, might not be thrilled. Not only had Drake explicitly lied to him at numerous points when they were sneaking around, but Riley’s rejection of Liam would be a pretty big financial blow for the Beaumonts.
His worries proved to be for nothing as he heard a shriek of “OH MY GOD!” He and Riley turned to see the commotion and were nearly tackled as Maxwell threw his arms around both of them.
“I’m so happy for you guys! And I’m so happy for me that I can finally tell you guys how happy I am!”
Riley laughed as Maxwell pulled just her into a tight hug, but something about what Maxwell said stuck out to Drake.
“What do you mean, ‘can finally’ tell us?”
“I knew you guys were together. I swore that I wouldn’t say anything until you guys told me about it, but it’s been sooooo hard not telling you how happy I am for you two!”
“You knew?” Riley asked, still laughing, “Guess we weren’t as careful as we thought. Hana, did you know too?”
“I had my suspicions, but I wasn’t convinced until Shanghai,” said Hana as she walked up to the group, a large smile on her face, “Let me join Maxwell in saying how happy I am for the both of you.”
“Shanghai? You’ve known since Shanghai and didn’t tell me? I’m hurt, Hana.”
“I’m sorry, Maxwell. I figured if they wanted people to know, they would have told them.”
“Hold up, Maxwell. We were in Shanghai less than a week ago. How long have you known about Drake and me?”
“Fine, I’ve only known for two days. But I still wanted to tell you guys I was happy for you!”
Everyone laughed, strolling along the paths crowded with tourists. Drake reclaimed Riley’s hand as they walked among the stalls and vendors. The weight of his conversations with Liam finally started to peel back as he took in the sights and smells of Coney Island. Even Maxwell’s insane insistence at getting their palms read was tolerable. He hadn’t realized how long it had been since he had spent time doing something just for fun with a group of people he actually liked and could be completely honest around. It felt right. It felt real.
After several hours of rides and games, they decided to grab some dinner. While Riley and Hana went to go buy drinks and funnel cakes, Maxwell tagged along with Drake to the hot dog stand.
“Okay, I’ve been dying to know when you guys got together.”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know? Drake, if you don’t want to talk about it, just tell me.”
“I’m serious, Maxwell. I didn’t really know what to tell Liam when he asked either.”
“How did that go, having to tell Liam?”
“That I don’t want to talk about.”
“Okay,” Maxwell paused, but then continued, “I do have to say one thing there, though. I think no matter how weird things are with him now, it’ll get better. You’re his best friend, and with a little time, things will get back to normal.”
Drake passed cash over to the cashier as Maxwell grabbed the hot dogs. He must have taken Drake’s silence as encouragement, because he kept going, “He’s gonna see how happy you guys are together, I know it.”
“Okay, Maxwell.”
“Fine, I’ll stop. I’m just so happy for both of you.”
“Why? No offense, but isn’t this not great news for you and Bertrand?”
“I should have never put that pressure on Riley. Look, back during the social season, she told me she was developing feelings for someone else, and I wasn’t a good enough friend. I dismissed her and encouraged her to focus on Liam. I should have listened to her instead of worrying about how Bertrand would react. So, when I found out about you guys, I knew I had to do better this time. That’s why I told her not to worry about House Beaumont and our money issues and instead focus on her happiness at the UN party.”
Drake turned to Maxwell, but he wasn’t finished, “I needed to do better by you, too. Look, I know there was no easy answer for how I should have handled the Savannah situation, but with you two, there is. I’m on your side, okay?”
Drake swallowed roughly, then clapped Maxwell on the shoulder, “Thanks.”
Maxwell smiled as they joined the women at a table, “Of course, so if anyone back at court messes with you two, just let me know. No one gets to talk smack about my friends.”
“About that…” Drake started as he sat down next to Riley.
Riley looked at him, and nodded before she said, “Us being together is only half of our news.”
“You’re pregnant?” Maxwell shrieked.
“God no!” “Hell no!” both he and Riley answered simultaneously.
“Sorry, just was thinking about Savannah. Carry on.”
“I’m not coming back to Cordonia with the court. I’m staying here.”
“And I’m moving here with her.”
“What? Are you serious? Riley, Drake, you’re really leaving us?” asked Hana.
“It’s for the best, Hana. I had a life here before this all started. I can’t just hang around Cordonia indefinitely without a job.”
“But couldn’t you get a job in Cordonia? I don’t want to lose my best friend.”
“Hana, unlike you, I don’t have 72 things I’m an expert at, and an unqualified foreigner who jilted the king probably doesn’t make the best job applicant.”
Hana reached her hand across the table and grabbed Riley’s. “I’m going to miss you so much.”
“I’m gonna miss you, too. But we can Facetime and text and visit each other, okay? This is just something Drake and I have to do.”
“I don’t think you’ve ever been this quiet, Maxwell,” said Drake.
“Sorry, I was just processing everything. This is huge news! What do you guys need?”
“I might need to list you as a job reference since you made me quit my last one with one hour’s notice,” said Riley.
“Done. What else?”
“You really aren’t going to try to talk us out of this?” asked Drake.
“I’m on your side, remember?”
Maxwell stared at Drake, nodding with more seriousness than Drake had ever seen in him before. “Who would have thought that Maxwell Beaumont would become one of my most trusted friends?” he thought, nodding back.
After they all finished eating, the sun was beginning to set.
“Let’s ride the Ferris wheel before we head back,” suggested Hana.
“I call riding with Riley!” yelled Maxwell, who burst out laughing when Drake shot him an annoyed look. “Just kidding. Teasing you is too easy.”
Riley laughed, throwing her arm around Maxwell’s shoulders. “Maybe you two should ride together then. Take advantage of being best friend roomies while you can.”
“Do not encourage him, Liu.”
“Your girlfriend makes a good point, Drake. What do you say, roomie? Ferris wheel buddies?”
“I hate all of you,” Drake said, but he couldn’t hide his smile as Riley winked at him. He was going to miss these moments. But if Riley needed to leave Cordonia, giving them up would be a small sacrifice.
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It wasn’t too late when they arrived back at the hotel, laughing and passing around a bag of caramel corn that Maxwell bought as they were leaving Coney Island.
“Do you guys have any plans for tomorrow?” asked Hana as they stood near the elevators.
“I think I might go check out more of New York City. We only have one day left here and there is so much left to see. In fact, I might go see some more tonight and not come back to the hotel for two hours,” said Maxwell, sending looks at Drake that were far from subtle.
“Maxwell…” Drake warned.
“Fine, three hours. I think that should be more than enough time.”
“Maxwell!”
“Four hours, then, which is really excessive if you ask me, but-” Riley darted up to Maxwell and whispered something in his ear before stepping back next to Drake. “On second thought, I’m pretty tired, so maybe I’ll just go straight to bed, and because I’m so tired, I’ll probably never know what time you get back to the room, Drake. You know, because I’ll be in such a deep sleep. Come on, Hana. I’ll escort you to your room like the good friend that I am.” They said goodnight to their friends as they stepped into the elevator.
“Wanna grab a drink at the bar?” asked Drake, gesturing the the hotel lounge behind him.
“We could do that, or…”
“Or what?”
Riley stepped right up to him, grabbing his shoulder as she leaned up to whisper in his ear, “Or we could take advantage of the luxury hotel suite that I so thoughtfully reminded Maxwell I have all to myself.”
Drake swallowed roughly. He wanted nothing more, but there was issue. “Unless you want to go catch Maxwell and ask him for a condom, that isn’t really an option.”
Riley burst out laughing, “Come on, if you’re gonna be a New Yorker, it’s time for your first Duane Reade run.” And with that, she pulled him back outside, hands interlocked as she navigated them down the sidewalk. Drake had no idea what Duane Reade was, but he was ready to follow her anywhere.
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In 2014, NJPW released a few short documentaries on World, before Wrestle Kingdom 9.  They were all released in versions with and without english subtitles; this is my transcription of the english subtitles on part one of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s.  I’ve done this before with plain screencaps interspersed but I wanted to redo it with .gifs, ‘cos I really love these little videos, and ‘cos I can now, and also, just ‘cos.  :)
This is from Part 1.  Part 2 is here!
Teaser:
(the opening shot is Tana standing in an  elevator)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (referred to from this point on as HT): “I’m not tired.  I never  get tired.”
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(he pretends to fall asleep on his feet, with  his head resting against the wall) image
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(there’s a little introductory sequence,  subtitled with the idea behind the  documentary - a look at Tana’s then-15-years  in wrestling, his love of it, and his love of  the fans.  My favourite clip is when a little girl he’s holding for a photo kisses his cheek and he throws his head back like “Oh!  You got me!”)
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(a close-up, Tana is standing in the sun,  talking)
HT:  “Well, it’s been…15 years since I began  my career and I’m happy that I’ve never grown to hate pro wrestling.”
(the theme of the documentary is “Why I love pro wrestling” because if anybody deserves a  title worthy of a painfully earnest  gradeschool paper, it’s Tana)
(Tana is walking in the rain at night.  His gait is strange, swaying, like he’s always going downhill or is afraid his shoes will fall off...it strikes me as strange every time I see it.  Always assume it’s because his knees are so fucked.  His footsteps are really loud, and seem to drag a little bit, like the soles are scuffing against the ground)
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Caption: New Japan Pro Wrestling holds over  130 events a year.  He posts about NJPW  whenever he gets a spare moment.  
(somewhere overlooking a road, Tana is  standing outside.  It’s still raining.   During Tana’s monologue, footage of him  attending various promotional events plays;  Tana on camera, Tana doing a promo video with Yoshitatsu)
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Caption: His hectic schedule
HT: “I asked for this situation.  Nobody asked  me.  I just wanted to liven pro wrestling up.   You may think it’s livened up now, but I  still don’t see the top of the mountain.   Even if it’s going well right now, I won’t  cease my efforts.  I must keep going.  As I  continue promoting, I’ve been blessed with  various offers.  I just feel grateful and  happy seeing people exited about and craving  pro wrestling.  Nothing makes me happier.”
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(the footage switches to a DVD release event  at Tower Records; Tana makes his way through the crowd to a small stage and immediately poses for pictures, which makes me laugh every time, then joins Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Togi Makabe, and two gentlemen I don’t  recognize for the event talk.  The Blonde One is chatting with  Tana, I’m gonna represent his dialogue with  “TBO” until I know otherwise.  I think here that they’re talking about a recent event in which Tana himself was supposed to perform but decided against it and so Tana’s remarks are self-deprecating, the whole context is a little unclear but that’s my best guess, because he looks a bit sheepish lol)
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Caption: Part three of “Gekijo Pro-Wrestling”  DVD release party at Tower Records
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TBO: “How was part Three?”
HT: “The venue was Namba Grand Kagetsu, a holy  place for comedians in Osaka.  In addition to  young comedians, many big-name comedians  appear there.”
TBO: “That’s right.”
HT: “I was overwhelmed.”  
TBO: “Though the young comedians performed  freely…a legendary comedian was unable to  perform.
HT: “So the roles were reversed.”
TBO: “He was too nervous.”
(we switch back to outside, where Tana is  fiddling with his phone)
Caption: Tanahashi keeps the world posted.   Even while filming, he writes on his blog as always.
HT: “I’m posting on my blog.  I like writing.”  
Staff/Interviewer:  “Have you gotten used to your  smartphone?”
HT:  “Not yet.”
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Staff/Interviewer: “How long have you been using it?”
HT: “About a week.”
Staff/Interviewer: “How do you like it?”
HT:  “It’s super handy.”
Caption: He used to stick to a flip phone
HT: “The other day, I went to the office and  boasted ‘I can type so fast.’  And an  assistant said, ‘You’re three years behind.’  (laughs)”
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Staff/Interviewer:  “What made you finally get one?”
HT:  “One reason was that my old flip phone was  worn out.  Also, my jobs were hindered  because I couldn’t open attachments.”
Staff/Interviewer: “Your jobs as a writer?”
HT:  “Yeah, but this is really fast.”
Caption: In 2014, his words were published in  book form.  
(interior shot, Tana walking in a cluttered  white room carrying his book.  He grins at  the camera and points to it)
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Caption: November 18th, the NJPW offices
(Tana sits down with Koji Uno, an editor with  R25 magazine.  They greet and introduce one  another, then sit down.  
HT:  “This is our second time, right?”
KU:  “Yes.”
(Closeup on Tana’s book, the caption reads  "How Hiroshi Tanahashi Suceeded in  Reconstructing New Japan Pro Wrestling")
KU: “I wanted to feature you in our magazine  after I read your book.  I felt the title was  like a business book, and it was actually  very interesting.”
HT:  “Thank you.”
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HT (in voiceover, again from outside):  “It’s a  great non-fiction book.  A positive side- effect of the book is that it reached a new  audience for pro wrestling.  Also thanks to  the book, major mass media outlets,  newspapers, and business websites began to  interview me.  So I’m glad it got published.”
(back inside, where Uno is taking notes as  Tana speaks)
HT:  “Well, I like novels.  When I was in high  school, I was into Yasuo Uchida’s Mitsuhiko Asami series.  Asami pilots the Soarer.  He  isn’t married and he’s laid-back…”
(outside in the rain again)
Caption:  Tanahashi is delighted to have a  hectic work schedule.  Is it because he  endured the hard period dubbed the ‘Dark  days’?
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HT: “Looking back, it wasn’t tough at all  because everything was rewarding.  I promoted  pro wrestling and more people came to enjoy  it.  I really love it when they say, ‘It was fun!’  People tend to compare the dark days  with the current situation, but my activities  never changed and will never change.”
(an exterior shot of a glass skyscraper)
Caption: November 15th, Shosen Book Tower  Akihabara.  His 15th anniversary DVD release  party will be held on this day.  30 minutes  before the event, what is drawing his focus?
(A close-up of Tana’s face; he looks urgently focused on something.  His face keeps contorting; whatever it is, it’s Serious Business.  The shot pans back…Tana is  playing on his DS lol)
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Staff/Interviewer: “Is that for relaxation during  long tours?”
HT: “I enjoy this during tours.  Since I don’t  have time to go out, I automatically save  money.  (he looks a bit sheepish)  Sometimes  I play too much, and it affects my health. (laughs)”
Caption: 10 minutes before the event, the  meeting finally begins.
(Another white room, with three people  inside.  One has a lanyard on, one is at a  table with a pen, and Tana is seated before a  mirror with a flatiron, fiddling with his  bangs.  They’re going over itinerary for the  event)
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Staff: “Then the selected match…”
Caption: The DVD includes Famous Tanahashi  Quotes.
Staff: “’Tanahashi that doesn’t fly is just a  good-looking guy.’”
(Tana starts laughing)
HT:  “Is that on there?”
Staff:  “Yes.”
HT: “When did I say that? (still laughing)”
Staff: “Before your match with Kojima-san”
HT (recalling):  “Right, I couldn’t do my High Fly because of my knee injury.”
Staff: “You were wearing the black shorts.”  
HT (repeating it to himself): “’A Tanahashi  that doesn’t fly is just a good-looking guy.’   I’m still good-looking.  (laughs)”
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Staff:  “And still boasting.”
(A quick-cut.  Tana is still backstage, every  time we make a cut he’s got less buttons done up on his shirt.  His whole undershirt has vanished.  He’s taking a huge bite out  of some kind of pastry; it has a fish design  on the top)
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HT (noticing the camera): “Ah!”
Caption: A rare sight of Tanahashi enjoying a  treat during his busy day
HT:  “Yum.  I was trying to sneak this, but you  caught me.  (laughs)”
Staff:  “You shouldn’t eat that.  Maybe just a bite.”
HT (laughing a little, to someone else in the room rather than responding to her):  “The event starts in two minutes.”
(Tana laughs and takes another huge bite.   With his mouth full, he says “Yummy!”  Staff  are scurrying around)
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Staff: “Did you eat lunch?”
HT:  “Yes I did.  A fan gave me these when I came in. (he indicates a white box with two  other …fish pastry things..inside)  So good!”
Staff:  “Are you ready?”
HT (dramatically): “It’s time.”
Staff: “This way.”
HT: “Okay.”
Caption: To the venue where his fans await
(Tana walks through dimly-lit hallways, there  are boxes piled up everywhere.  We see the  emcee of the event welcoming fans.  There are  over a hundred in attendance.  As we cut back  to the other room, Tana’s music starts  playing out in the venue.  Tana’s buttons are now entirely undone.)
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Caption: Backstage, for some reason he bares  his chest.
(Tana is laughing at his own ridiculousness)
Caption: Then, something unexpected happens…
HT:  “Hey!  For real??”
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(the fans have started singing “Happy  Birthday”; Tana’s birthday was two days after  this was filmed.  Tana looks like a kid at christmas, and claps along with the song a little bit.  Everyone yells happy birthday.   There’s an explosion of giggles as soon as everyone can see him with his inexplicably undone buttons.  The emcee, Haruo Murata,  greets Tana)
HM: “As you can see, we started with a  birthday surprise.”
HT (grinning but also blushing like an anime  character):  “Look at me.  How embarrassing…I  was supposed to make you laugh!  Thank you.”
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HM:  “And here’s a cake for you.”
(The little vanilla-frosting cake has 1/100  on top)
HT:  “Ah, my nickname.”
(another explosion of giggles.  Tana picks  the cake up and holds it for a second.  “One  blow” he pledges, and blows his candles out.   Everybody yells happy birthday again, and  Tana thanks them.)
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HM:  “This is a great photo opportunity.”
HT (sheepishly):  “Let me do up my buttons.”
(the event begins in earnest; Tana turns up  the charm and starts chatting with Murata,  and telling stories)
HT:  “It’s been 43 years since NJPW was  founded…and 60 years since pro wrestling  began, which means a better wrestler than me  won’t appear for another 40 years.”
HT:  “I think it was 2007 when I became the G1  winner, and I was wearing black shorts…a  reporter from TV Asahi asked me why I was  wearing them, I answered, ‘Because it’s sexy.   Shorts are sexier.’  (to the audience) But  that’s not what fans want, right?”
HM:  “How did the reporter react?”
HT (laughing):  “I don’t remember.  Maybe like  ‘Ok..?’  I used to bother them a lot.”
(quick cut to the photo op portion of the  event.  People keep bringing him birthday  presents, and giggling.  He chats a little with everybody and takes pictures with them.   A little tiny girl gives him a present and  declares “He’s a prince!” before he picks her  up for a photo; her mother carefully places  electric pink birthday sunglasses on Tana’s  head for the picture)
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Caption: He keeps a hectic pace to please his  fans.  He says he owes all that to his  family’s support.
(we’re outside again, with Tana in the rain)
Caption: Gratitude to his family
HT:  “I’m always out for training, promotion,  and matches.  The only thing I can do is try  to make the most of the time when I can be  with my family.  I feel bad for making my  wife and kids miss me.  My wife always  prepares me well-balanced meals…and my kids  always give me a big welcome yelling ‘Dad!’  when I return from tours.  I’m so lucky to  have them.”
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(nightfall, after the event.  Tana exits a  back gate but as soon as he’s visible,  there’s shrieking from the street.  Tana says  “Whoa.”)
Caption: Tanahashi willingly grants fans requests right until he leaves.
(there’s a little crowd of mostly-girls  looking for autographs.  One of them yells  “Take me home with you!”  “Takeout?” Tana  jokes in response.  He chats with everybody even as he’s actually in the back of his taxi)
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Caption: Because NJPW is currently riding a  wave of prosperity
(Tana stands against a wall mural, with the  heavyweight title over his shoulder.  He’s  pontificating a little bit but also grinning because he knows it, and it’s practically self-parody at this point)
HT: “I think some wrestlers get carried away  with that.  But not me.  Still, someone needs  to watch our step…and keep an eye out for  the fans’ needs.  I have to anticipate their  slight emotional changes and cater the  performances to what they want.  Once it  becomes too routine, it won’t excite them.   The best part of pro wrestling is always  changing performances.  But don’t worry,  leave it to Tanahashi.”
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Caption: Dreams
(as he’s talking, footage is playing featuring him with two of the kids who were at the event that day; probably siblings.  He picks them up, one in each arm, to pose for the picture)
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HT:  “For the future of pro wrestling, I want  more kids to aspire to be pro wrestlers.  We  don’t have farm teams like baseball and  soccer do.  And baseball has the Major League  while soccer has role models like Honda and  Kagawa.  Kids can aspire and work towards  being like them.  I want to show kids that  being a pro wrestler is something they can  also aspire to be.  To make that happen, I  must rise up and show them what it can be  like and hopefully more kids will dream of  becoming pro wrestlers.  Perhaps, they’ll  play pro wrestling at schools.  I vaguely  imagine such a vision of the future. image”
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Caption: What is pro wrestling to you?
(The sun has come out.  Tana is in full Inspiration Mode, talking right to the camera.  I’m not gonna lie to you, Tana in Inspiration Mode is powerful stuff, and if he told me to go fight a bear in that confident you-got-this voice, I’d believe him)
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HT:  “Pro wrestling is my way of life.  I don’t  feel right saying ‘It is my life’ as my life  will go on even after quitting pro wrestling.   In pro wrestling there are good times and  bad times.  If I endure hardships, then  golden opportunities come.  Then I  counterattack and seize them.  So what I do  in pro wrestling and in my life are closely  linked.  It has taught me so many valuable  lessons.  When people ask me this question, I  always answer, ‘It’s my way of life.’”
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