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In Which Dr. Lawrence Sheldon Must Face His Sneezing Fetish (m/m, sneeze kink)

Howdy, all, I come bearing another fic featuring the glorious OCs of @virarushi ! This is my official drop of one of my main OCs, Dr. Lawrence (Lor) Sheldon who is a stammery, jaded, awkward nerd with allergic rhinitis that leaves his nose perma stuffy. He also has a huge sneeze fetish that he's always tried to repress to the best of his ability.

Do YOU like boys making each other sneeze? Do YOU like repressed nerds? Do YOU like tusks + sneezing? Then THIS is possibly a fic for YOU!

Anyway please don't reblog to non-kink blogs, thank you!! This is messy, bisexual and horny, be warned.

He had started nodding off on the trampoline again, hadn’t he? Shit. Everyone else had gone in already. Who else came tonight…? Ugh, he forgot. All Lawrence’s swampy, drunk mind knew was that it was only he and Alexander left out stargazing on the trampoline.

And, of course, he knew that Alexander had been sneezing...a lot.

Lor looked up. Quivering, damp nostrils were the only things he could focus on at the moment. Well, that and a pair of tusks, exposed in a ticklish snarl and only becoming more and more evident as Alexander geared up for what looked like had to be a hell of a sneeze. Lor’s reaction may have been a bit more appropriate were he not stupid drunk. Instead of getting the pack of tissues that he knew were in his back pocket, Lor simply reached out a hand to place on Alexander’s shoulder. It jumped with one hitch, and then another--

“Hidd’tch!” Alexander buckled into his handkerchief, bouncing the trampoline slightly with the force. Oh. Not the ‘hell of a sneeze’ Lor had expected, but still decently strong. Something in him still knew the strong one would be coming eventually, though.

In this case, ‘knew’ may have been synonymous with ‘hoped’.

Alexander sniffled blearily after that sneeze. He let his head loll back on the rubber of the trampoline, looking like he was ready to continue the conversation they had been having a moment ago-- “Hh-!”

That second sneeze still needed to make an appearance, though.

“Hihhd’scht!”

There it was.

“You’ve been sneezing a lot,” Lor murmured before he could properly process the statement.

Alexander snuffled, rounded nose being visibly rubbed back and forth in the handkerchief. It was only when he looked up that Lor realized that had been said...out loud. Alexander’s lashes fluttered once, seeming to be more from sleepiness and drink than a need to sneeze. He finally lowered his handkerchief, but had evidently been unable to get his nose as clean as he might prefer. “Yeah. Yeah, I have, haven’ I?” Alexander murmured, nose scrunching with a dragging sniffle. He turned his head to squint over at the picnic bench that held their drinks. “...Maaaay’ve grabbed your acorn wine by m’stake...stuff’s magic as magic gets, I s’pose? An’...tastes like the regular stuff...a-ahhhhn’ all…”

Lor nodded slowly, eyes still fixed on his friend’s nose as it scrunched back and forth. Alexander winced and buried his nose right back into his handkerchief, clearly not done chasing this tickle off. “Sdf, ugh… Augh, gods… hihh!... ugh…”

He could only watch, transfixed, as Alexander rubbed slowly at the tip of his nose. Deliberate. Urging. He saw the pudgy domes of his nostrils, red and twitching and flaring as he seemed to…rub the tickle out of them?

“Hh’ktch! Hh’eschuh! ” Alexander sneezed into his handkerchief, one right after the other. Well...not quite all in his handkerchief. The guy couldn’t help a bit of release escaping where the cloth hadn’t yet covered his nose completely. He quickly snuffled and went to start mopping up his nose. That’s how Lor knew that Alexander was drunk, too. Normally, he couldn’t imagine the gnorc just giving Lor a clear view of this...process.

“Bless you,” Lor said on an exhale. “Uhm. Did you...uh, did…” He could barely even say the words. “Did you...rub that one out?”

Oh. Oh. Oh, and now Lor was thinking about Alexander rubbing one out, in the traditional sense. Both that and his nose. At the same time. Oh. “Um. Sorry. I-I mean, make yourself…” Alexander didn’t seem to be making any connections here. Lor just awkwardly continued on. “....Snneeeeze…?”

Ah! There was recognition on the gnorc’s face. “Sdf…yeah, y’ve gotta sometimes,” he said dazedly with a nostril scrunching sniffle, “when the ol’ gnome nose just won’t let’cha be done yet. So, ya just give ‘er a good rub like…”

No handkerchief this time. Alexander was just rubbing the tip of his nose with the flat of his hand. He went in a slow, sleepy swirl. Then, his nostrils started flaring.

“A-...Alexander?” Lor murmured.

His nose scrunched, and breath quaked, but he hardly seemed to notice. “Like… Hh..hheh--! L-Like thi--...hihh...”

“I-I-If you do that, you’re gonna…”

Lor acted impulsively, as he did frequently when drinking. He shot his hand out to snatch Alexander by the sleeve, fingers curling easily around his friend’s much smaller arm. His thumb connected with his middle and ring finger easily. Lor pushed Alexander’s forearm up to his dripping, teased nostrils, just as another two sneezes--- “hadt’zzzschoo! Haht’izzschhoo!” -- barrelled out of him.

Lor had successfully gotten Alexander’s cardigan to cover his nose, though...with his closed hand right in the way. Alexander snuffled with his eyebrows twitching sleepily together, eyes completely shut in the aftermath. He used the same forearm--and therefore the back of Lor’s hand--to rub his nose into. Alexander’s nostrils instantly flared when the sensitive tip was rubbed against the stationary hand of his best friend, and not the plush material of his cardigan. His brow furrowed with the instant need to sneeze, though he was evidently not aware of what was against his nose.

“Hhhnn…?” Alexander murmured once before the weight of that tickle set in. He could barely hitch once before Lor yoinked his hand back. With all the brains of a half-trained monkey, Lor took Alexander’s nose instead. Thumb on the dome of one nostrils, index and middle finger on the other. Was this dumb? Yes! Did his drunken, idiot mind know any other way of keeping Alexander from sneezing disastrously? It wasn’t like Lor …minded. But, ah, it would be best to preserve Alexander’s dignity the best he could, right? And, just like that, he pinched Alexander’s nostrils shut mid-flare.

Alexander took in three quivering breaths that ticked his shoulders up a little higher each time. There was a long pause...and then his breathing slowed all together. The sneeze had mostly been scared off by the surprise of Lor’s sudden move. Alexander blinked dazedly for a moment before pulling back slowly out of his friend’s hold. Lor expected for Alexander to be embarrassed, or at least offended, but...

“Heh...thanks, Lor,” Alexander chuckled blearily with the cutest tusked grin that Lor had ever seen. He buried his nose into his handkerchief yet again to wipe up the evidence of this brief sneezing spell. He tried, anyway. Again, didn’t have a handle on the entire thing right now.

Was it extremely...cute? Attractive? Augh, something, that Alexander was just unable to realize what a mess he was right now? “B-...Bless you,” Lor gulped, hand held against his stomach. Saturn’s rings, he felt like he had just waltzed off a crazy rollercoaster at the county fair.

“Thagks,” Alexander said again with a congested little snort. When he spoke again, his voice was much less stuffy. He relaxed into the rubber of the trampoline as it continued bouncing just slightly after that brief fit of his. “Hoooh. Kerlin’s coins, Mi’rah would love how much this d--snf--dimension makes me sneeze…”

Lor furrowed his brow. Alexander had mentioned Mi’rah before, sure, but...what was that about her, and, uh, sneezing…?

Alexander needed no prompting to continue. “She has the loveliest sparkle in ‘er eye when I feel--ah...felt a sneeze comin’ on, y’know. Sweet Mi’rah...I hope she’s got a nice someone around who’ll let her play with their nose.” He sighed and looked up into Lor's eyes. Lor couldn’t get himself to look away. “I could sneeze real easy for her and all. I mean...I was practically made for the job. Gnomes, we sneeze at the drop of a hat. Hardly a challenge, and she would always be happy with the results…”

After several seconds of processing, Lor spoke again. “She...she liked it? When you were sneezing?”

“Mhmm. Such a cute little kink, I think.” Alexander paused to stop and giggle at his rhyme. “Easiest thing in the world to entertain her.”

Was Lor only just now realizing what this thing of his was? A kink? Yes! And Alexander had...experience in this area. Christ alive. “Uh,” Lor murmured, “What sort of things did she…like seeing? I-I-I-If I can ask.”

“Ohhhh...” Alexander hummed before giggling again, bringing a curled knuckle up to rub back and forth beneath his nose. His smile was just as fond as it always was when he brought up happy memories to Lor. “‘Course you can ask. Mmm...where do I begin? Big fan ‘a just watchin’ when I felt a sneeze comin’ on. Wasn’t too rare when I spent time in her room. Biscuits made sure of tha’.”

Oh, yeah. Biscuits. Mi’rah’s cat. Just...hanging around, surely. Lounging on the bed. Rubbing up against pant legs. Shedding. “Uh, wh-...ahem, wh-what sorta thing was her...y-ya know. Favorite to watch?”

Lor figured a sober Alexander would have had a keen enough eye to tell that he was sweating bullets and keeping his hands held tight to his chest. This tipsy and magic-filled Alexander was far less observant. The gnorc’s bright green eyes were hardly focused, but they were still aimed in Lor’s direction. “Mmm...lemme see...she really jus’ liked noses for noses’ sake, too. Really liked it when...Well, I’m sure you can see how much I can get my nostrils to flare…”

He tilted his chin up to demonstrate fully. Lor felt an instant jolt of lightning to his gut. Alexander gave them two, and then three impressive nostril flexes. He had to sniffle back a running nose then, but didn’t have nearly the comprehension that might have been there normally. “She--snf--would tease me about how they’d scrunch and twitch, but...‘tween you an’ me…”

Lor gulped as Alexander leaned close to him. Alexander sniffled and got the most secretive smile on her face. He winked at Lor. “I added a liiiiiittle drama to it when I could. Extra flarin’ and quiverin’. Got her tickled pink, heheh. And tended to just t--hih--tickle me more, too…”

Every molecule in Lor’s body was desperate to say…something. Anything. All he could do, however, was blink at Alexander in a slow, mystified daze. What an enchanted life Mi’rah had to lead. Having someone (nobody in particular!) around all the time who...who let her toy with his nose--

“Ahh, that maaaay have been too...what’s the term? TMI? May’ve been too that...” Alexander said with a sheepish little wince. One nostril scrunched up with another budding irritation. He sniffled and knuckled the side of his nose, one eye squinting against the stimulant. “Should…snf, get m’self to be--”

“I think I have that, too.”

Alexander stared at Lor. It took Lor several seconds to realize that had come from his own mouth. Alexander blinked slowly, his rubbing motions frozen at the side of his nose. Slowly, he lowered his hand and...chuckled. Just barely. “Heheh. So sorry, Lor. I’ve clearly had far too much to drink, ‘cause it sounded like you were tryin’ to say you…”

Alexander seemed to be expecting Lor to shake his head and say ’of course not!’ in response to this insinuation. Alexander waited for that moment to come. When it didn’t, he continued with another unsure chuckle. “Say you, heh, had the same lil’ kink as dear Mi’rah.”

Lor could have pretended to fall asleep. Or need to run to the bathroom. Or have an asthma attack. Yet, here he was, face to face with a guy whose nose was…clearly quite used to some tampering.

Again, he gulped. “...I-I dunno,” Lor said quietly, pushing his glasses back up on the bridge of his nose. Every word felt like its own deep, dark confession. Despite his best efforts, Lor could only let his gaze flicker between Alexander’s eyes…and his nose. Alexander’s eyes… and his nose. “I, uh...k-kinda find myself thinking about that sorta thing a lot. And feeling that...sorta thing...when other people do that...sorta thing? I never realized it was a…thing. I-I just thought I was weird for noticing something like that.”

Alexander was still squinting, slowly putting together a toddler-sized 8-piece puzzle of a puppy in his mind. His eyes were on Lor’s before sloooowly crossing to look at the tip of his own nose. It twitched with the attention. Apparently, Alexander’s tipsy brain convinced him he was being subtle, because he immediately cleared his throat and spoke casually. “Oh? What...sorta thing? A-And what...sorta people? If you don’t mind me asking…”

“No!” Lor quickly said with a shake of his head. “No, no, I don’t mind. And, uh...what sorta thing…?” Hmm. What sort of thing did he find himself particularly drawn to?

“Hh--heh!...”

Oh. Alexander already seemed like he was about to have another sneezing spell. He snuffled and rubbed his nose in that same back-and-forth motion. Still, Lor spoke, though his voice cracked a bit more than he was happy with. He watched Alexander’s curled knuckles all the while.

“Well.” Good a start as any! “I, uh...always seem to be staring when somebody...really rubs their nose a lot...”

Alexander’s nostrils flared against his knuckles.

“I-I don’t notice right away. Notice myself noticing, anyway. Kinda just get transfixed, ya know? Especially when they, uh...look like they’ll be sneezing any moment now. And when they do--”

These sneezes were too wrenching for Alexander to contain. He barely sucked in one quavering little hitch before pressing the back of his hand beneath his nose. This...did not create the cover that he clearly had hoped it would. “Hadht’szzchoo! Ht’esschhoo!”

Lor’s stomach flipped. “L-Like that,” he said, voice little more than a wobble. Lor regretted the words an instant later. He squeezed his eyes shut immediately so that he wouldn’t have to see Alexander’s complete look of disgust that had to be coming. “Hhnn. Sorry. Sorry. That was weird. That was really weird, right? F-Forget I said it, I’m just...drunk, and dumb, and…”

There was no recoil. No tone peppered with discomfort. Simply Alexander taking in one long, dragging sniffle before speaking.

“...Lor, it’s alright.”

Alright? How could it be when he’d just confessed to thinking his best friend sneezing was...aughhh, Lor couldn’t even think it in his own head. He slowly cracked his eyes open to look at Alexander’s reassuring little smile. His nose ran slightly still, gravity doing its work by urging the drip to go a direct 90 degrees from Alexander’s offending nostril. He remained facing Lor, lying on his side.

“You might be just as drunk as I am, but you’re hardly stupid,” Alexander said with an ineffective sniffle. “Kinks are perfectly harmless. ‘Specially this one. Geshtianna’s garter belt, you heard how fondly I just spoke about Mi’rah’s preferences, right?”

Lor kept his gaze down. He studied every button of Alexander’s waistcoat. “...Well, yeah. But she was your girlfriend, she was supposed to be attracted to you.”

“...Oh.”

Lor could tell from that ‘oh’ that he must have said something either very right, or very wrong.

“I, ah...heh. Didn’ realize you were of a gentlemanly persuasion, yourself, Lor.”

He wasn’t! He couldn’t be! Liking women was distracting enough on its own, but adding guys to the mix…? Lor would have loved to debunk this thought immediately, but…hoo, Alexander’s nose and his eyes and tusks and aughh his nose--

“Uh.” Lor’s expression tugged into a reluctant smile. If anyone wouldn’t shame him about this, it was probably Alexander, right? “...Yeah. I-I must, I guess? Because when I, uh...When you’re… I feel…? A-And Mi’rah must have had quite the college experience, heh, just based on the little bit you just told me…”

Alexander was quiet for a long enough time to make Lor worry. Just before he could ask if this had been a mistake, Alexander spoke. Lor couldn’t bear to look at his face.

“...Lor. Stop me at any time, a’course, if I’m g-getting any of this---sdf--wrong… But, if you’re sayin you’d like--?”

“Yeah.” Lor swallowed hard and looked back up at Alexander, chewing at his bottom lip with nerves. “Yeah. Uh. If you--? But, I mean, I guess, why would you...But, if you did, then...y-yeah. You can...ya know. Show me everything you did for Mi’rah…? To, uh...keep you practiced, and all. For when you get back to her.”

Once again, the cutest smile curled the corners of Alexander’s lips. “...Heh. Keep me practiced indeed,” he hummed with a tilt of his head. “Everything, you said?”

Lor felt like the air in his lungs was suspended in time. “Everything,” he repeated with a nod.

It was common knowledge that Alexander could romance the hell out of whoever he wanted. Maybe not common knowledge, but…evident. It seemed to be the easiest thing in the world for Alexander to wrap his fingers around Lor’s wrist and draw his hand upward. “Here we are…” Alexander said with an inebriated little smile. He brought Lor’s hand to linger just before his rounded gnome nose. “She always loved just...givin’ it a lil’ push, whenever I had to--...”

He trailed off, tusks exposing themselves in a quivering little sneer. Lor could tell that Alexander was making a valiant effort to keep from sneezing. With a deep breath, Lor followed Alexander’s urging. He set his index and middle finger just at the tip of Alexander’s nose. The little push alone made his breath snag, but Lor took it a step further by sloooowly rubbing Alexander’s nose in a circular motion, just in the way Alexander had earlier. Lor watched as his jaw dropped lazily. Just as they had a few minutes ago, Alexander’s nostrils flared with the attention. His chest quaked with the impending sneeze.

“...I-I think I always wanted to do this,” Lor murmured.

A smile had just barely started to twitch at Alexander’s trembling lips when the sneeze took him over completely. He fanned uselessly at his nose for a few breathy seconds before pulling back from Lor’s hand. Alexander buried his nose into his wrist, sneezing powerfully-- “idht’IZSCHoo!” -- in a rapid-- hgh’izschhuh!”-- trio-- ”hh’yissschoo!--...Ugh.” Alexander wobbled in that aftermath. Lor took him by the shoulder.

“Bless you,” Lor breathed, cheeks burning just as much as they were before. “You… Uhmm. Y-You’re really good at this.”

“Th--hih! Thank you…” Alexander sighed into his handkerchief, sniffling with a dragging heaviness. He looked at Lor through teary eyes. The moment his handkerchief was gone, there was an evident little grin on his face. “Snf...That’s the sorta thing she’d do first…”

Lor gulped for what had to be the hundredth time. “What, uh...wh-what about what…you’d do?”

Lor himself didn’t really know what he meant, exactly, with that question. Alexander seemed to, though. He raised his eyebrows thoughtfully and regarded Lor before him. “...Well, snf...better ask wha’ you’re up for, first.”

“Anything.” The answer came out of him before Lor could even fully process Alexander’s question. “Wh-Whatever you...did for her, you can…do with me. Y-You can even go a...a little further. Maybe a lot further? If...you want...I, uh...” Deep breaths, Sheldon. “You can...do whatever to me. W-With me. Whichever.”

Again, Alexander had his finger on the pulse despite his wobbly reaction to the booze and magic both. He was pushing himself into a side-sitting position immediately. Alexander seemed quite dizzy initially, taking several seconds to reorient himself. Once he had, Lor found himself with a hand just to the right of his shoulder, pressing into the trampoline. “I certainly want,” Alexander said quietly. In an instant, he was...not quite straddling Lor, but keeping himself held up with one knee on either side of Lor’s waist. Alexander didn’t sit just yet. He looked down at Lor through encouraging, teary eyes. He sniffled, and the results were more than visible to Lor at this angle.

“I’d...keep her held just a lil’, like this. She was a good foot taller than you, Lor, so...experience was a lil’ different, I’d say, but just as nice. If this seems…good to you--?”

“Yeah,” Lor said quietly, eyes wide as he looked up. “Yeah, it’s. It’s good. Th-This is really good.”

Alexander needed no further prompting than Lor’s breathy encouragement. He eased down, straddling Lor completely. Lor swallowed and shut his eyes against the rosy blush consuming his cheeks again at feeling Alexander just…on him. He was small, of course, and lightweight, but that was hardly what Lor was focusing on right now. Alexander sniffled with a bubbling little sound to it that sent a delighted chill racing up Lor’s spine. Just then, he reached to tuck one lone lock of hair behind Lor's ear. With his hand still lingering there, Alexander’s breath snagged.

“I-I’d…straddle her, an’...” That sneeze was really torturing him. Alexander absently let his head loll back, slender chest rising and falling with each tickling breath. He reached up, firmly palming the underside of his nose. He sniffled in rapid succession, expression shifting into that sneezy blankness that Lor had come to anticipate. And, just like always, it led into a…. “Ihdt’szchhoo!”, smothered into his sleeve. Once again, the trampoline bounced slightly beneath them. Alexander’s thighs only hugged Lor’s waist tighter. One soupy sniffle later, another… “hhah!adt’izzdchoo!-- Oogh…”

Hooo. All of that was mind-blowing, but the breathy little moan after that second sneeze… Lor knew it was that showmanship that Alexander had mentioned, but maybe that’s what made this so...fuck, he could say it. So hot.

“Bless you,” Lor murmured in a shivering exhale. “Y-...Y-You’re really...really hot right now. I-Is that...okay to say?”

Alexander’s dark eyebrows shot upward in surprise. He lowered his sleeve, nose a drippy red. He gave Lor the sleepiest, most sultry smile that the taller one between them had ever seen. “More than okay. I live to please, you know. An’ th--hih! Thank you…” Alexander said with a congested sniffle. Immediately after, Alexander reached down to feather his fingers in the curls at Lor’s temple. The touch sent another shiver through Lor’s body. “Pardon tha’…sdff, interruption. To continue….I would touch her gently, after tha’...She loved her hair being toyed with. May I take a guess that you do, too, Lor?”

Of course, Alexander received an eager nod in response. He smiled and leaned down closer, one hand coming to lightly hold Lor’s bicep. “Sometimes she liked a bit more, though, if she was really in the mood...Buttons coming undone, you know, and little kisses to her neck...Sometimes I’d just nuzzle her right….” He traced the simplest little circle on Lor’s neck. “...here, with my nose. Get her all fluttery. Lor, if you--?”

Again, he nodded. Lor felt he was outside of his own body as he reached for Alexander’s bicep right back, tugging him closer. That sealed it for the both of them. Alexander’s nose was soon nestling at the most sensitive spot on Lor’s neck. Lor gave one shivering little gasp as Alexander huffed a chuckle. The soft warmth of Alexander’s nose trailed down Lor’s neck and to his clavicle. It was only when his nose was just barely starting to nuzzle at the collar of Lor’s shirt did a hitch shake Alexander’s body. Lor should have kept his mouth shut, but fuck. This was hot. This was so, so, so, so fucking hot.

“I...think you’re gonna sneeze,” he said with the most sheepish little exhale.

Alexander nodded slowly and hitched against Lor’s neck again. “H-hih! How could you t-hehhh-tell?” he asked in the cheekiest little whisper. He snorted with a scrunch to his nose that Lor could feel occurring just beneath his chin. “I certainly hope I don’t--don’t--snff-- don’t sneeze while I’m still...t-tangled up with you...hih! Hehh--!”

The kitchen light flipped on. The glow filtered out into the backyard, just barely missing Lor and Alexander’s spot on the trampoline. They both froze. Even the sneeze was scared out of Alexander’s nose in what Lor knew had to be a fizzy, unsatisfied feeling. Quick as a whip, though, Alexander rolled off of Lor to flop right beside him on the trampoline. The moment they were in the clear, the irritation in Alexander’s nose decided to come back with a vengeance. He was hardly able to say one word to Lor before his bottom lip quivered audibly through a snagging breath-- “Hehtzzchuhh!” he buckled with a sneeze aimed toward his chest, but absolutely caught Lor’s arm in its misty release. Alexander tried to sit up, but could only sneeze himself back down after just one gulping hitch. “haHH’dzzzschoo!”

Another sneeze was nearly there when Lor sat up himself, setting one hand on Alexander’s back while the other was held out in case he needed to stabilize himself somehow. Lor wasn’t the strongest guy alive, but he wanted to at least try to keep Alexander steady. As if by reflex, Alexander desperately took Lor’s proffered hand before squeezing it just a bit tighter as that third sneeze finally tumbled out of him without mercy. “Hhh!hadtszchhoo!”

His nose was a wreck. Dripping mercilessly into his lap and twitching still. Alexander was barely able to keep himself sitting, much less notice said wreck. Lor was about to try to find that handkerchief for Alexander before his friend took in a heady, high-pitched gasp that sent him wrenching with another uncovered sneeze---”ahdt’ZZssshuh!”-- that...well. Did, to his credit, completely rid himself of that steady drip from his nose. Seemed like Alexander had sneezed the remnants away for the moment. “S--hih! Sorry,” Alexander breathed, expression still a tickled snarl. “Sorry. Fuck, sddFF, ugh…”

“Bless you,” Lor said, giving his hand one slow rub where it sat on Alexander’s back. Alexander shivered immediately and leaned back into the touch. He opened his eyes blearily in Lor’s direction.

“Thank you,” Alexander breathed...

...Just as Emmaline came out onto the deck. “Oh, you two come in!” she called, robe wrapped tight around her. “I didn’t even know you were out here! I was just about to go to bed, but I saw your rooms were empty. You’ll freeze out here, silly boys! Alexander, you’re already sneezing yourself straight into bed.”

Whose bed? was Lor’s only thought.

Alexander sniffled desperately, finding his handkerchief and drawing it to his nose. “Right, Emmaline! We were just about to head in!” he called with a voice perfectly practiced in the art of assuring others that he was completely fine. His voice was congested, sure, but just as convincing as ever. “You head to sleep, by all means! We’ll see you in the morning!”

Lor could see her pout from this distance, but Emmaline eventually nodded and stepped back inside. “Alright, my loves. Rest well!”

“Y-You, too!” Lor was finally able to call out. He didn’t manage to breathe until Emmaline had closed the sliding glass door and disappeared back down the hallway. Only then did Lor let out a shaky exhale. Fuck, what had he been doing? He was dumb, he was so dumb for being so ridiculous, and…

“Thank you....”

Thank you?

“For, sddfff!...h-helping me sneeze…” Alexander said in the flirtiest little hum as he nestled his nose against Lor’s shoulder. The tip rubbed slowly back and forth against the fabric of Lor’s fluffy turtleneck. Alexander’s nostrils twitched in response. “You know how I’ll, sdff, be sneezing a while yet...I won’t keep you up, will I?”

Lor had his hand on Alexander’s waist before the gnorc could even finish that question.

“Can you?”

They were scurrying for the deck without another word.

#sneeze kink #sneeze fic #friends ocs #oc lawrence

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noxcorvorum · 6 months

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I uh. I just finished ghost wax ep 44. I'm devastated. I need several moments. At least a day actually. Jesus christ.

(spoilers for part 44)

First of all I love the incantations. Iconic. I have all of them written down in Google keep. The empty table. The world's last fable. Dead mortar, bone pestle. Come death to your vessel. Come now, entropy. The spiral of time. Spin, spin fast. And seer and cable. Pen, fog, and fable. Stay within, flat and pinned. Love all of it and I am actively wanting more of them to memorize for enrichment. And now time to go feral over the Happenings.

So I'm kindof unclear on what happened to pip, did she essentially get jonah magnused, as in whatever entity Charles served controls her eyes now? Does she still have control of the rest of her body? Does the entity have control and she's just watching from within or is she essentially dead/incapacitated with the entity puppeting her? Ack augh I really liked the episode where she had the dream thing where the other characters were her friends and family, Luca as her brother, Owen and Azem (AUGH ILL GET TO HIM) as her uncles ("Uncle cid will be delightfully catty," ACK.), and she lied her way out of it even with the incredibly tempting offer of a world she could control where she can have an actual support system, and she gave it all away to protect the same people in the real world. That episode made me much more familiar with her character than I had been, idk what happened while I was listening but I was pretty neutral about her before this episode bc I didn't know her and AUGH she was just trying to help Charlie and he manipulated her away and into getting caught by whatever he serves and AUGH SHE DOESNT EVEN KNOW WHATS HAPPENING WITH OWEN AND LUCA

We also get a lot more Luca lore in the most recent episodes with his childhood and the beginning of whatever's going on with his soul that at one point Owen said his spirit is incomplete? And Owen gives him a replica of the thing he pulled out of his dream 😭 sobbing. Luca my beloved augh is he dead?? I saw a theory that the body Owens hamsa instincts latched onto was his so what's going to happen to them if that's true? Is one of them going to disappear or is it going to be a John and Arthur Malevolent situation or even will they combine like Paul from Nona the ninth? If that is the case I'm leaning towards something between disappearance and a malevolent situation bc Owen seems to have kept what remains of Azem with him all this time, and he cares enough about Luca that I think he'd do his best to not erase him as much as he possibly could. Luca my boy please don't be dead ;_;

Owen my beloved AUGH. ACK. ALDKSJ. Owen you are devastating me. Apologizing to Charlie bc he failed him when from what I understand pretty much nothing Owen could have done for him would have helped him not do this and then pleading for just five to seven more minutes so he can release what's left of Azem and also cause as little damage as he does as possible??? SIR. I AM WEEPING. He's old, so so old, and he's been here for so long and held on to Azem for so long that all he wants is to be able to let him go, to give him this one last thing. He accepts that he's about to die and that he will lose this last connection to his partner so quickly, and he just wants to give that which remains of Azem the best chance he can give him. I think the fact that he was pleading for this long-dead figure that only remains in mere fragments in Owens head at best to be released and not for his own life and continued connection to Azem broke me. I do think that the body he was in for all that time had some significance regarding Azem, maybe it was azems body?? I think it might be more likely it's the body he held when he met and was with Azem though, but also that whatever parts of Azem are left are tethered to that body, and he can't take him with him if he takes a new one, and he's afraid of letting go even when it's to his own detriment, because he starts using the wax recorders when he starts losing memories of reclaiming from the sheer vast amount of them he has in that brain. When he doesn't want to use an observed as bait and someone suggests he use himself instead and he says he can't, and I think the intro to ep 41 has some interesting implications:

A: ["will you- will you"? Could be a name?] please, oh god, ["please don't make me"?] just let it be over, I don't want it I don't want it anymore-

B: shh, come now, come now it's almost over. hush, hush, my love, we believe in you.

A: I can't, please

B: you knew this would not be easy. You know that. you cannot stop now, it is too late.

A: [weakly, as if weeping] please don't make me

B: this is what you chose. It is the right choice. None of this, none of it is real. It's all just a vivid dream. You choose to wake up. Just a few steps further, my love. [Interspersed with noises from A that sound like sobbing] Free yourself. Almost. [sigh? Or a laugh? Possibly "there"?]

I think "A" is Owen and "B" is either some corruption of Azem or something using his countenance and voice. It's too late at night and I kinda forgot what exactly happened in 41 so I can't elaborate exactly why I think this. However perhaps it is related to the thing Charles is serving (the cypher? Unclear to me) possibly attempting to get Owen to give up prematurely, maybe with a dream such as the one pip had but Actively Bad And Worse? It's something, that's for sure. I couldn't understand some of it too so that's probably contributing to my confusion

#ghost wax #ghost wax spoilers #luca ghost wax #owen voncid #charles baybridge #ghost wax pip #long post #i really like owen if it isnt clear yes i love pip especially with recent episodes yes i adore luca however i love owen lots i just think #hes neat <3

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bug-decal-kissing · 6 months

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Hey friends!

El caballero y el Mago, by DULname, was updated today, with 2/? Chapters released! It has a rating of General Audiences and No Archive Warnings Apply, with no additional tags :]!

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Ohohoho Prismo has no idea who the red knight really is >:]<. He was looking forward to having fun with his cool new buddy Scarab :[. It's so funny to watch him be like 'man I hope Scarab is okay right now this guy looks dangerous' one day he will be able to put two and two together. And it will be ANGSTY >:}.

Lavender Dreams, by PrettyQueerDear, was updated today, with 2/? Chapters released! It has a rating of Mature and Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, with additional tags "Alternate Universe - Small Town, Dreams and Nightmares, References to Depression, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort"

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It's all coming together now AUGH I'm so excited for the next chapter!! I am trying not to spoil too much, but THE PIECES ARE CLICKING INTO PLACE ! And the way the chapter ended on a CLIFFHANGER AAAAAAGH/pos. Prismo you GOOF; I am really hoping he doesn't get in trouble for breaking the rules like this >:]. Future Chapters will be coming out slower (about two or three weeks from now)!

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Awwww they're gonna be dads now :]/j. I love Prismo looking at the egg and almost immediately going '🫵yours?' like hELLO this fic is rated GENERAL AUDIENCES, keep it that way you bubblegum pink sticker/j. Let them keep the egg that's their baby now <3/j.

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MY BOOOOOOYS NOOOOOO </3. Prismo you DINGBAT (affectionate). It's so silly how he's going 'this party is so much fun right scarab :-)' and scarab is two more sentences away from leaving the wall and fistfighting someone. But they COMMUNICATED <3 YES KINGS <33333

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AAAAAAAAAAAA/pos. MY BOYS MY BOYS !!!!! IT FINALLY HAPPENED AAAAAAAA !! I knew how this chapter was going to end but I was still NERVOUS for the both of them. But it was SO GOOD :,]. My day has become infinitely better my crops have been watered my skin is clear everything is right in the world once more/j.

NSFW works are below the cut :].

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Smut is coming next chapter, who's ready/pos !!! Priscilla getting so flustered so quickly made me heehee a little; babbygrill you literally asked for this, calm down/j. And they got to have a nice and soft moment with each other :,] my one weakness: women being in love/hj. I love them so much, you guys have no idea <3

#prohibitedwish #prohibitedwish fics #el caballero y el mago #lavender dreams #magic… baby!#not that bad #social butterfly anxious beetle #silly bug

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Revenge at The Sports Festival PART 2

Warnings: none (unless you say Mina getting her a$$ kicked is one lol)

A burning sense of anger surrounds you, your body started to tremble like an earthquake. If anybody could sense that feeling oozing out of you, it would be Bakugo. Being the one who always puts his rage first on anybody and anything, a big hot head in your terms. He never hung out with you as much but he's held you back a few times back in the day when the urge to kill Mineta was overly appropriate when he violates you verbally with his perverted remarks about you and the rest of the 1-A girls. You were only a mere acquaintance to the blonde tsundere. He felt it only for a second to know what's going on with you. he takes a glance at you, stiff while your fists were balled up on your knees. Your eyes were staring daggers at Mina wanting them to actually poke at her. Bakugo averts his vermillion eyes back to wherever they were looking at annoyingly.

With the crowd still being lively and jovial, Present Mic shouted with great volume, "Now!, the next person who will be clashing against Ashido in the next match-"

"IS ME!"

All eyes of Class 1-A glued to you when that outburst of revitalized spirit in your voice rang out. Shyness was pushed away by your thirst of revenge and the overwhelming excitement to fight Mina for the first time that was not training. You stood on your spot in the stands with utmost potential with a angered look within your orbs. Your classmates all exclaimed, "HUH?!" and then exchanged murmured comments. Jirou looked at you in concern and cried, "You can't just challenge someone out of the blue like that y/n!". "Yeah," Hagakure added, "are you nuts?!"

"I don't think she is." Bakugo growled. The class all snapped their heads to him now, some with confused and mixed looks.

"If she wants to challenge her, she has the right to if she wants to avenge Twinkle Toes' victory..ISN'T THAT RIGHT DJ EXTRA?!!!" Bakugo roars at Present Mic quite rudely.

"Hey!! Watch your tone Boom Boom Boy! And yes! She can challenge her if she wants to, there's nothing in the rules that says you can't challenge anybody but if the challenger loses, it won't affect them from being disqualified from the fest!" Present Mic retorted.

Midoriya, then joins in to verify the rules by his notebook, "Mic is right. So if she wants to...that's her decision."

Mina, now watching you walk across to the stairwell that leads down to the fighting arena is now filled with sudden confusion. Aizawa observes you and presses his furrow on his head. He kinda knew about your secret feelings for anyone who comes near Aoyama were completely different but he kept all secrets hidden since he has no energy sometimes to know there are still in his head. One wrong move on him and you'd always assume he would expose you in a second. Why? Why now y/n?

Now standing in the arena, you were in front of Mina. Face to face. The crowd grew silent until the Dj Pro Hero announced, "What a twist sports fans! A challeneger has come to steal Ashido's win for the sake of Aoyama's loss, sounds a little anti-climatic and it almost sounds like-augh!!!". Before Present Mic could say another word, he was strangled by Aizawa's scarf. He sneered at him in the worst way possible and growled, " Four words. Get. On. With. It.". Mic, with a strained choke he continued, "Let--the sixth match commence!". And with that, Aizawa releases his deadly hold off of Mic, causing him to catch some of his breath back. "Hey! That wasn't cool Eraser! Why did you that?!"

"You were babbling, so i had to stop you before it got out of hand." Aizawa grumbled.

"So, y/n what's up with this? Why are you challenging me?" Mina asked mildly confused. Nothing. You coldly stared at her like it was a standoff right now. Mina was a little suprised of how you wanted to battle her right AFTER Aoyama lost and then...it hit her.

She's jealous! I knew it. So that's why she doesn't really spend time with the girls when I'm there she thinks sh's gonna try and be better than me?? I'll show her!

Finally, you replied sharply, "It's not what you think Ashido. I'm not jealous of you...," now your eyes flared with fury as you charged right at her as you opened a mirror with your hands. A glow blocked Mina's vision of you until she felt a fist pound her in the left side of her face. "I'm furious!!", you roared. Your punch sent the extraterrestrial a few inches off the tile floor but thankfully she caught her fall with her knees and hands with no intention of activating her quirk. Mina rubbed her nose and saw a patch of blood on her hand and gawked at it from how hard your hand impacted her face.

"Woah! What the hell did she just do i didn't even see the hit land on Mina until she went flying!" Kaminari shouted.

"That's why it's called a punch, you dummy." Mineta sassed.

"It must have something to do with y/n's quirk, since she can transform after she walks into her mirrors, light phases and when her body comes out, the light will slowly degrade, revealing her identical form of the person she thought of. Hence the name Phase Mirror." Momo explained.

Mina lifts up her head and her pupils dilated in a mix of shock and a little hint of nervousness. Although the sight she witnessed right in front of her gave her an instant feeing of deja vu. The glow of the mirror left your body, revealing your stature in black high-rise leggings all held by a familiar thick, fancy metal belt with a ringed gem in the middle. A white tucked-in long sleeved shirt that had ruffles adorned in the middle, making it look renaissance-like. And finally, your face was the visage of perfection just as you pictured in your head. Iridescent indigo eyes, clean complexion and bold, golden blonde hair with one side having the spiky side fringe and the latter of the hair being flattened.

Your classmates followed by Mina gasped in newfound awe. Midoriya looked from his hero notebook and almost dropped it when he saw your completed transformation.

"Holy crap!," Kirishima interjected as he jumps up from his spot on the bench, "Y/N's now..."

"Aoyama!" Class 1-A spontaneously exclaimed.

Mina, still in partial shock, her mouth hung out in a slight angle. While you on the other hand, were lightly chuckling at her reaction as you tuned your voice to mimick Aoyama's.

"Heh, heh, heh. Oh~what happened to you mademoiselle? Cat got your langue?" you tease as you walked over to her, your feminine his swaying in your male form. Present Mic lowered down his shadesas he spoke once more but in bewilderment, "This is really a sudden case of deja vu sports fans! Y/n, the fearless challenger, is about to give Ashido a taste of her own medicine , BY THE PERSON SHE JUST KNOCKED OUT EARLIER!! Keep those cameras rolling fans and newscasters cause this fight is about to get serious!"

Everybody in your class was so frazzled by what just happened that they couldn't help but watch your every move as the sparkly blonde. Mainly Mineta and Kaminari.

"Hey Denki? I know that y/n could transform but why did she have to make Aoyama look so thick?" Mineta asked in his disgusting way of curiosity while eyeing y/n's hips with a smirk. Denki scowled at him and slapped him upside his neck, causing Mineta to fall out of his seat.

"Because you idiot, she can have Aoyama's physical features plus strrength and other stuff but anything anatomical like his height and reproductive stuff are thingss she can't have due to her quirk. And further, have some standards." Denki huffed as he crossed his arms. "Well, whatever that quirk she has, i bet she knows how to work it in just the right ways." Mineta deviously chuckled. Jirou from the front, plugged one of her aux cords into the duo's ears and electrocuted Mineta and Kaminari both.

"Could you two stop squabbling?, we are trying to watch the fight." Jirou frowned.

Mina rose back up on her feet and the first thing she sees is you snatching her up by her gym uniform's collar. A gruntled sound left her mouth by gritted teeth as she was lifted by a combination of yours and Aoyama's strength in your singled form as you stare at her in faux dissapointment. The audience gasped and you could sense the cameramen eating this up just like the previous match. The bunch of 1-A was now wondering what you were going to do to the pink alien. Iida was the first one to whip out of his seat and chop the air and yelling, "Y/N, you better put Ashido down right now or--" he suddenly gasps the rest of his sentence because from all the way from the arena, you gave him your signature death stare, even though it wasn't what Aoyama would do, it was more scary as it forced Iida to sit back down, frozen in fear. Uraraka and Midoriya swivel their heads to witness the the work of the popular y/n death stare. "It's like she's now two people in one. Does mentality count for her quirk, Deku?" Uraraka asks. Midoriya shakes his head in disagreement after turning a few pages in his notebook.

"Her mentality is only potrayed and no one else's when she uses it."

Uraraka holds her chin in deep thought, trying to assess the situation.

Mina's yellow irises only glass over in anticipation as you are still holding her off the ground. Strength never seeming to fade for even a second because of all the pent up frustration and annoyance you had for her from the start you joined Class 1-A.

"Ngh!--what are you gonna do to me Aoy--I mean y/n??" Mina struggles. She couldn't really use her quirk on you right? No. She can't.

"Aw, what's wrong Mina?, " turning your voice back to your original octave but with a slither of venom as you raised it,"Are you afraid to hurt me? Your friend who you just humiliated and scarred in front of a whole stadium and public tv?!!"

A soon as you said those words, Mina's eyebrows raised in realization.

So that's what it was about! It was about Aoyama all this time, gah! I'm such an idiot! Question is...

Mina spoke back to you, "So the reason why you're fighting me is because you wanted to avenge for Aoyama cause he got hurt?"

She felt a harder grip on her collar almost making the material close to choking her. Yep, that was an answer. Mina still hasn't come up with a strategy until the weight on her collar disappeared.

She let me go?? That means i can--

"Oof!"

Before she could even land on the ground, you struck her abdomen with your knee with a vicious drop kick that shoved her almost halfway across the arena. Now, back on all fours, she grips her stomach, coughing quite harshly.

"Ashido gets hit with a powerful kick in the gut and it looks like she's gonna have a hard time getting back up!" Present mic announced.

You were so mad at her. So blinded in the intense emotion all you wanted to do is punch her in numerous places repeatedly and humiliate her just like she did with Aoyama. But now that you have his form you could do it anytime you wanted. Slowly' you loom over her and cross her arms, not even cracking the least bit of Aoyama's signature smile. Mina slid back up a bit, fear starting to take over her body. Never in her life she saw Aoyama not smile and it was scary how she was looking at it right now.

I've got to do something! Mina thought, No matter what the cost is..wait y/n use the user's quirk right? I think she can! If i could hit him or her in the belt again I might win this, again!

Mina, still holding her middle half a smidge, suddenly cracks a smile as slowly gets back up, panting, "Hey Aoy--y/n/ You better hope..you thought of that belt as acid-proof.."

Class 1-A gasps. "Oh no!," Tsuyu exclaims, "She has no idea about how she can't use anyone's quirk with her quirk. Mina's gonna do the same as she did with the real Aoyama.."

Mina forms a glob of acid in her right hand behind her back as she whips it out and releases it with her arm. "Cause get ready for your deja vu!"

"And it's not going to work this time!" Jirou continues, worried.

"MINA STOP!!" the whole class chanted.

"Eh?"

But it was already too late. The acid splashed onto your belt as you didn't look down, knowing what the consequence would be. Your smoldering frown, quickly turns into a smirk. Mina looked happy with herself for only an instant as she parted a 'ah-ha!' but to a 'huh?' within mere seconds. To her surprise, the belt did not corrode at all, it still stayed clean as a purified gem, turns out you did think of the belt being acid-proof. Aoyama's voice summoned in you again as you start to chuckle but then it quickly rises into a hearted evil laugh, "You fool! You absolute fool! Did you think you use the same use on moi? How..lame of you.". Mina blinked in shock. Did you just call her..lame?? The audience 'ooh-ed' as like that one remark was going to make Mina mad. And boy, if they were right.

She balled up her fists completely in acid as hard as she could. Her teeth formed in a menacing growl as she loudly snapped,"No one..and I mean NO ONE calls me lame and gets away with it! Prepare to face me as I am right now! Because you, y/n, have thoroughly pissed me off!!!", rahhh!!" She pounced at you raising her acid fist to attack you.

"Ooh, so now the alien now kicks it into high gear." You smirk as you stand in your place waiting for her to approach.

"Oh, nice! Cat fight!" Mineta called out ectstatic while fist pumping. "Well wait, is it really a cat fight if y/n is a boy now?" Sero asks Mineta.

Mineta scoffs, "Well duh, of course it is. If she doesn't have his parts then she's obviously still a girl. So yeah, cat fight! Who's everyone cheering for?"

All of the class looked at him as they were to say 'Seriously? You're such a piece of scum.' Mineta chuckled nervously as he slowly sits back down in his spot in defeat. "You guys are no fun at all." He grumbles.

Turning back to the fight, Mina takes an attempt to punch you. Easily and quite swiftly, you dodge it by ducking it. Your golden blonde hair almost being burnt by the little drops of acid that flew off of her fists. She activates the acid on her feet sliding right behind you to try and hit you again and yelled, "Take thiiiiss!" But you sensed it right away as you dodged the other hit. With your indigo eyes trained on her, you start to plan your next move you want to be as painful and fast as possible. You need to stop her from moving, but how?. Mina was trying to land a hit on you, but you were like you were predicting her every move and it did nothing but make her more pissed off. She grunted in frustration and formed her hands to make a line of acid spurt out of them. "Oh? Now this is new ." You tell yourself as you run around the arena jumping and sliding up and over the lines of acid. The speed of you and Aoyama combined was just the right amount. All you have to do now is find an opening. Your head skillfully made a plan:

She can't use that measly move forever.I know she has an extent to her quirk and i saw it before. Time to end this run-around! And avenge my amor! i mean-my friend!

Meanwhile at the Recovery Room...

Aoyama was sitting on a cushioned cube stool flipping through the channels on the tv nonchalantly with his signature small smile like he wasn't completely humiliated before. He was all patched up on his chin from the uppercut and already got on a new pair of gym pants with navy blue drawstrings. Seconds later, when he found the Sports Festival on whatever channel he found, he felt his phone vibrating in his back pocket. He takes it out and answers the call,

"Bonjour~Aoyama speaking✨"

Midoriya's voice comes into the speaker, "Hi, Aoyama, it's Midoriya. How are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm doing fine, though the previous match i was a little scarred but I'm doing alright" he replied calmly while he flipped a section of his hair back. Then other voices pick up on his phone. They weren't far he knew they were his classmates'.

"Woah! Did you see what Mina did?! She landed a punch on y/n!"

"She never got this ugly with anybody!"

"Oh my god! Ashido clawed at her face! and Aoy-y/n just missed it. No, she got cut but it's not deep!" Midoriya screamed.

"This is the best cat fight ever!"

Aoyama gives a confused look at his phone and implies,"Um, did you say my name Midoriya? And sounds like the present match is tres interessant."

"Sorry Aoyama," Midoriya apologizes, "It's just y/n's mirror quirk that's making me mistake her for you. She transformed as you to challenge Ashido. I think something from the previous match struck some sort of feeling in her to battle."

Aoyama chuckles lightly, ''You have to not ve the least bit serious that she transformed into moi, unless.."

"Unless what?"

"oh non, she wouldn't do that. She couldn't possibly want to avenge me because I got knocked out..wouldn't she Midoriya?"

"Uh, I don't know. But you might want to see it to believe it, look at the Sports Fest channel. I feel like this battle is going to end soon but it's gonna be ended either one getting badly injured or.."

Midoriya continued on but Aoyama was already watching the screen aghast when the tv panned to your pretty but now disheveled ruffled shirt and your face that is his, only showed with a fresh, small cut on your left cheek. He was looking at you in awe with a twinge of horror as you were wearing his grin, still standing from the damage yo have dealt from Mina's rage. It wasn't much but it really made Aoyama's mind swell with questions. A door opened from behind him as he turned to see the short and sweet Recovery Girl. She slowly walks in with her cane and smiles at Aoyama as she happily chirps,"Oh, looks like you're all better now. You want to go back to your classmates in the bleachers?" Aoyama was already out the door and quickly says," Oui, merci, adieu!" by the split second the door shut. "This generation of first years are so grateful." Recovery Girl comments in her sweet soft-spoken voice.

Author's Note: ahhh this part was almomst 4k words i feel so accomplished. anywayz im goign to take a little break before i post the last part of this fic cause apparently the last part is longer than I expected anyway i hope you enjoyed part 2!

#drawer fics #mha #aoyama #boku no hero academia #aoyama yuga #mina ashido #x reader

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My Bandmates A Vampire

Chapter 3.

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Benny walks up to the door, plate of cling wrapped chocolate chip cookies in hand, and looks over his shoulder. His eyes meet with his grandma who's standing a few feet behind him, giving the boy a wicked stare.

She was gonna make sure he introduced himself.

He gulps and hesitantly rings the doorbell.

After a bit of waiting, and hearing many shuffling footsteps, there's a crack in the door. A single brown eye meets him.

"Hi?"

"Ahem, Hello. My Name is Benny Weir.” He says in a monotone, scripted voice. ”Is this the Morgan residence?"

"Uh. Are you a solicitor or something?" the voice answers “my parents aren’t home.”

“Am I a what?!?”

“You know, like a solicitor,” The eye glances around ”are you trying to sell me something?”

“Oh… No.”

Benny thought. Never mind.

"I just moved in next door and I wanted to introduce myself” he shuffles in place “and I brought cookies.”

“That’s funny I just moved in too,” the door fully opens. “Come on in.”

Benny finally gets to see the entire person standing behind the door.

It’s the same brown headed keyboarder he saw earlier. He held himself in an overly anxious posture, not knowing what to do with himself.

“So, what's your name and where can I put this?”

"Uhhhh,” he says with a shaky voice, gesturing to the coffee table. “you can put the plate over there.”

“And..?” Benny walks into the living room, awaiting a response.

"Uh… Ethan. Morgan." he says as if he wasn't sure of himself.

As Benny sets down the plate he notices the lit xbox controller and tangled headphones on the table, and looks at the tv.

"Yooo omg,” He stares at the gray pause screen “you have Left for Dead TWO?!?"

"Yeah." he laughs "My teammates are probably pissed at me for leaving."

"Oh my goddd multiplayer" Benny puts his head back "I'm so jealous"

"Have you not played it yet?"

"Augh yeah, I haven't had much time for videogames ever since I started my band." He boasts, shooting a smirk towards his new neighbor.

"You have a band?"

"Well er,” his confidence quickly deflates “used to."

"Oh, what happened?"

"I. Had to move." Benny’s smile is completely gone.

"Aw that sucks." Ethan twiddles his thumbs, Benny obviously didn’t wanna talk about this, "Do u wanna play left for dead?"

"WOULD I?" he excitedly jumps to Ethans couch, making himself comfortable.

"Shit, wait, I only have one controller." Ethan wasn’t used to having so many IRL people interested in playing video games with him.

Benny pogs "Omg, I totally got one at home! I'll be right back"

Before Ethan could even object, Benny rushes out the door and breezes past his grandma.

"Was it that bad?" She shouts

"NO!!” he yells, tripping over himself “I GOTTA GET MY XBOX CONTROLLER!!"

Grandma stands puzzled but assumes that means he’ll be coming back.

Benny rushes up stairs, winded and out of breath, he quickly digs through his backpack and remembers how everything was soaked.

He finds the hopefully not broken, white xbox controller and sprints back to Ethans.

"Hi. Hello.” he says in between pants. “I’m back."

"Idk. if this works. but." he hands Ethan the controller and puts his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath.

Ethan untangles the long windy cable wrapped around the controller and plugs it in.

"Hmmm,” Ethan says, holding and releasing the large X button over and over “It's not turning on"

"Bummer." Benny sighs.

"Do ya know what happened to it?"

"Yeah..." He sets himself on Ethan’s couch, rubbing the nape of his neck "All of my stuff kinda got wet since It was pouring from the airport til’ I got home."

"Rough," Ethan unplugs the controller, tilting it around to examine the damage, "I could try fixing it."

"Really?" Benny jumps out of his seat and puts both of his arms on Ethan’s shoulders “You can do that?!”

"I can try,” Ethan says failing to mask his blush, “I've never really done water damage before though."

"Well,” Benny lets go of him. “I mean it's not like you can break it even more."

"You'd be surprised." Ethan looks off to the side, remembering the box of broken electronics rotting on his To Do list. “Here, I have some tools in my room.”

“Woahh tools,” Benny teases, following Ethan up stairs “very manly."

They enter his box filled room.

Benny scoffs. "Haven't finished unpacking but still had your videogames out" he shakes his head.

"Augh hey! Blame Jane, not me."

"Who's jane?"

"Ah my.. half- wait step sister."

Benny impulsively says "Is she hot?"

Ethan’s heart sinks at the comment "She's eight."

"Ah," Benny uncomfortably tugs at his polo collar “Sorry.”

Ethan shakes his head as he scrolls though his phone, pulling up a how to wikia page.

“Hmmm,” he glances over the steps. “Yeah I can totally do this.”

“That's awesome, thank you dude!” Benny cheers looking over his shoulder.

“No problem.” Ethan starts digging through a large brown box labeled TOOLS and pulls out a screwdriver. “Wanna give me a hand?”

“Sure thing, Just tell me what to do!” Benny says positioning himself over the box.

Ethan tries to unscrew the controller's casing, “Ah, it's way too big.”

“That’s what she said.” Benny laughs

Ethan shoots him a very, very judgmental look. “Can you, um, hand me another screwdriver?”

“Of course” He says, replacing the one he was holding with a smaller one.

He tests it and replies “too small”

“That’s what she said…”

“Actually.”

Ethan starts to regret his life choices. “You can just go. Play downstairs or something. I got this.”

Benny pogs “OH MY GOD REALLY?”

“Yeah sure, you seem excited to play it. I don't wanna keep you waiting.”

Benny shakes him “you're the best man!” he practically sprints down stairs, skipping every other step.

Ethan quietly remarks to himself “Of course I get a crush on the first guy I see.”

He shakes his head and finally unscrews the first bolt on the controller's shell.

Benny plops down on Ethan's couch downstairs and scammers for the controller to start up the xbox

Benny's hands shake excitedly watching the xbox logo form on screen.

He puts on the flimsy gray headset.

Right when the xbox menu loads up, he sees a message from one of Ethan’s friends pop up on the screen.

"Xx_420Ror-ster_xX: dude did ur power go out or somethng???”

He then gets a party invite from said user Xx_420Ror-ster_xX

Benny accepts it and joins the call.

"Hey E wuz up?" a squeaky voice asks

Benny stays silent.

"Bro?"

Suddenly he gets a mischievous idea and a stupid smile spreads across his face.

"Muahahahaha! I hacked this account!"

Rory screams in terror. “No!”

“Yes!” Benny coughs, "I really just hacked him so I could play Left for Dead 2. Can you teach me how to play?"

"Why would I play with a hacker like you? I could get banned!!"

"Do it or I'll leak your ip."

They play a few rounds together.

Ethan's dad comes home and is startled to see a lengthy teenage boy sitting in his living room.

“Hello?”

"Hi." Benny says, eyes glued on the screen.

"Um,” He looks around, “why are you in my house?"

"Oh Ethan let me in!"

"Uh, Where's Ethan?"

“Oh, uh he’s in his room.” He says, putting all his attention on the screen in front of him. "Can't. Really. Talk Rn!"

He tilts his head and heads up stairs to Ethan's room.

There Ethan offers his dad a way better explanation.

"Oh he's our next door neighbor and wanted to meet us!"

"Why is he just playing video games downstairs by himself though?"

"Because only one controller works..."

"Alright...” Ethan’s Dad shakes his head “Why didn't he just say that??"

He walks off disgruntled.

After an hour or so, Ethan comes out of his room. Exhausted and tired waving Benny’s now perfectly refurbished, white xbox controller.

"Aw that's great dude!”

Benny has been playing for hours and wants to take a break before he plays with Ethan, they go to the kitchen to snack on grandma’s homemade cookies.

Ethan takes a bite out of one while pouring them a glass of milk and chews on it, trying to mask his disgust.

Benny takes one bite out of it and spits it out.

“Ew you like this stuff?”

“No… I don't,” Ethan puts down the half eaten cookie back on the plate. “I was just trying to be polite.”

“Omg dude don't worry I didn’t even make these,” Benny Laughs “my grandma did.”

“Oh thank god,” He shakes his head, putting the milk back in the fridge "Sooo what do you play?"

"Oh uh I guess mostly Xbox and PC games lik-"

"No no," Ethan cuts him off "I mean like what instrument did you play for your band?"

"Ohh. I played the drums and guitar and i was the lead singer!" he adds on.

"That's sick! Could I hear your stuff?"

"yeah! I can burn a CD for you!"

Suddenly there's a knock at the door, Ethan answers it and its grandma weir!

"Come on lets go Benny its time for dinner."

"Awe come on i didn't even get to play any video games with him yet!"

"But you've been here for hours!"

"Yeah but-"

"Lets go, you can come back later."

"Augh okay" he looks over at Ethan solemnly, heading towards the door.

"Wait,” Ethan stops him, “do you want your controller back?"

"Nah keep it, you fixed it anyways.” He smiles “Thanks for letting me play."

"Hey it's no problem," he holds Benny back a second longer. Trying to find the courage to say "could we play together some time?"

"Oh for sure! How does tomorrow sound?"

"Tomorrow sounds great." Ethan peeps.

#mbav #bethan #ethan morgan #benny weir #my babysitters a vampire #my babysitter's a vampire #fanfiction #fanfics #my bandmates a vampire

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House Isekai: A Realm Reborn - Part 1, Old Places and New Faces (2 of 2)

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The mock battle has gone awry and a sense of dread has washed over everyone as the trainers are suddenly debilitated by the skies roaring out with a loud crack, and the cloudless day turning into a jet-black... Word Count: 4.1K

Rean and Towa slowly rose up from their headache and realized that there wasn’t any sunlight. Looking up with Kairos and Helena, they saw crackles of light begin to shine through the void that had overtaken the skies. Before anyone could say anything, the crackles of light erupted into a tear that split reality open, shooting out several people onto the ground. Although the fall looked like it should have killed its occupants upon landing, it sounded as if they were fine, other than the screams and grunts of pain.

(Towa) “Wasn’t that towards Kazuma?”

Rean nodded and turned to Kairos and Helena.

(Rean) “Get back with the rest of your class, we’ll take it from here.”

The two ran into the forest, leaving a slightly annoyed Kairos and confused Helena behind.

(Kairos) “Tch, they think they can order us around?”

(Helena) “If you’re planning to follow them, then let’s get going.”

Helena quickly rushed in behind them.

(Kairos) “What the-H-HEY! I DIDN’T SAY WE WERE GOING TO DO THAT! Ugh, for the love of-”

Kairos mumbled to himself as he ran after Helena.

…

Stefan had shoved several Black Eagles before the group of people landed on them, but instead he had the group on top of him. Kazuma had a student helping him walk, and couldn’t resist a scoff.

(Kazuma) “Whew, glad that wasn’t me.”

(Stefan) “U-Ugh…Am I alive…?”

He was roughly rolled to the side by a pink ponytail haired girl in a dark blue uniform, reaching for her head.

(Girl with Pink Hair) “Augh, think I landed on my back!”

Four others in similar outfits slowly helped each other up. Two were male, one with silver hair and a taller one with brown. The other two were a long white haired girl and a short green haired one.

(Girl with White Hair) “...We have landed on someone.”

(Boy with Brown Hair) “Ah shit, you’re not dead are ya?”

Stefan was helped up by the tall brown haired boy.

(Stefan) “Ow…no, just bruised. Are you guys alright?”

(Girl with Green Hair) “Us? Well, thank you for the concern but you’re the one who took the brunt of our fall.”

(Boy with Silver Hair) “Apologies about the…entrance. You are-”

Before Stefan could respond, he heard Kazuma’s voice.

(Kazuma) “Ack. Y-Yeah, I’m fine, no need to hold onto me like I’m crippled! You, kids!”

(Girl with Pink Hair) “You don’t look that much older than us-”

(Kazuma) “Whatever! You fell out of the damn sky, AND you have that same symbol Schwarzer did on your uniforms!”

(Girl with Green Hair) “Schwa-...Do you know Instructor Rean?”

The group of kids suddenly stiffened their backs while Stefan and the Black Eagles looked confused. Kazuma on the other hand just looked mildly irritated and used to it.

(Kazuma) “Psh, figures that more people that Rean knows shows u-...Wait a goddamn second-”

Kazuma suddenly did a double take at the portal they came from and realized it wasn’t closing. In fact, it looked like there were multiple portals in the sky that had yet to release its inhabitants.

(Kazuma) “...Oh shit.”

(Towa’s Voice) “Kazuma!”

(Rean’s Voice) “You alright? We heard screaming!”

Rean and Towa sidestepped the trees before stopping dead in their tracks, looking at the group of kids.

(Kazuma) “Uh, I take it these are your kids?”

(Rean) “What in the-?! W-What…Why are you…?!”

This was the most flustered Kazuma had seen Rean in a very long time. He’d be busy laughing, but the implications of why they were here alarmed him to no end. And it seemed like Towa agreed, seeing how her face grew as pale as Rean’s.

(Pink Haired Girl) “Well, at least there’s SOME familiar faces here, where are we, Instructor?!”

(Stefan) “Um, you’re in Fodlan and I take it you’re not from this world…”

(Boy with Brown Hair) “Gee, I wonder what made you come to that conclusion, dude-”

Rean glared at the boy with a very unamused look.

(Rean) “Ash.”

(Kairos’s Voice) “Stefan!”

Kairos and Helena quickly ran up to him, dusting off some of the leaves that fell on top of them.

(Helena) “Looks like you got everything under control and…more people.”

(Kazuma) “Schwarzer, you take care of…whatever this is, I’m going to check on Aigis!”

Kazuma quickly disappeared into the trees again as Rean tried to calm himself.

(Rean) “I’ll explain everything later, for now just get back to your class-”

Another deafening crack echoed throughout the black sky. Again. And again. It kept repeating as more and more of the lights split open and dropped a myriad of indistinguishable people. And monsters.

(Towa) “Oh no…”

(Kairos) “The hell is going on?!”

(Stefan) “The Blue Lions are still over on the right side! We got to get to them! Black Eagles, get back to the guards!”

Stefan rushed off unsheathing his weapons, making Helena and Kairos give chase.

(Rean) “Damn it, why don’t they listen?!”

Rean gripped his tachi as he looked to his class.

(Rean) “Class VII, stick close and do NOT wander! Let’s go!”

Everyone nodded and followed his lead as they rushed over to the Blue Lions while the Black Eagles retreated as Stefan ordered.

…

Aigis’s Persona slammed several unknown creatures to the side as she opened fire with her guns. They were large green brutes with junk weapons and armor, yet they just kept coming while they took wounds that should’ve killed them.

(Green creature) “GAHAHAHA! KRUMP ‘EM LADS!”

(Elizabeth) “Aigis, behind you!”

Aigis kept firing as she covered the retreat of the students. Before one could hit her flank, it was suddenly engulfed in bright light, and crumbled into dust.

(Aigis) “Many thanks!”

Aigis and Athena leapt back to create some distance as the creatures kept coming. Astrid skewered a smaller slime-like creature that kept hopping towards her that showed up from the other side.

(Astrid) “What the hell are these things?!”

One of the slimes was about to pounce on her before it was taken out by a knife.

(Kazuma) “Hey, kid! Check your surroundings!”

Kazuma was quickly joined by Kairos, Helena, Stefan, Rean, Towa, and Class VII. Rean and Towa didn’t hesitate to join the defense against the green brutes while the Class VII members helped any students who were faltering in falling back. The Garreg Mach students who remained attempted to give covering fire and getting rid of the slimes who were closing in on them.

(Kairos) “And none of these things are from your worlds?!”

(Aigis) “Negative. They do not match any known records!”

(Towa) “Nothing we’ve seen before, Kazuma?”

Kazuma kicked a slime like it was an empty can across the field before shouting back.

(Kazuma) “The slimes look kinda familiar, but they sure as hell aren’t from mine!”

(Helena) “Then where are they coming from?!”

…

Sitri activated the chain whip on her sword as it slashed apart several dark lanky creatures with masks in an instant. Several of the staff, Sothis, and the guards were engaged with slimes, green creatures, and these lanky ones while escorting students and noncombatants to safety. She turned behind her to realize Recette and Tear were virtually undefended. One of the green creatures realized this and charged at them. Before Sitri could help rescue them, she suddenly had to deflect a blow from yet another of the green creatures who was cackling in delight.

(Sitri) “RECETTE, TEAR!”

In what seemed like only a millisecond, a figure clad in steel leapt from the bottom of the cliff, deflected the brute’s blow and bisected it, all while shielding the two in an effortless flow. Once Recette and Tear were out of harm’s way, the figure turned back to Sitri and helped dispatch the creature she was fighting. Taking a moment to examine the situation, she finally sighed and turned to speak. It was a woman with short brown hair and a circlet with wings, fully armored in steel and purple robes. Sothis floated over to Sitri, and was surprised when it seemed like the armored woman could see her.

(Armored Woman) “Are you unharmed?”

(Sitri) “I-I am. Thank you for saving them.”

The woman nodded stoically and looked down to the ground.

(Sitri) “I don’t know who you are, but I will make sure to pay you if you can assist saving my stude-”

(Armored Woman) “No need for payment. It’s a knight’s duty to protect the weak. You’ll join me?”

Sitri turned back to her guards and the other staff.

(Yuri) “We got this, go!”

(Sothis) “Right behind you.”

The armored woman smirked.

(Armored Woman) “Try and keep up with a Knight of the Stahlritter.”

The woman leapt down the hill, landed, and dashed off into a full tilt sprint without missing a beat. Sitri and Sothis leapt down, albeit less elegantly and rushed to catch up.

…

(Pink Haired Girl) “T-THEY JUST KEEP COMING!"

The girl’s dual tonfa fired bullets into the oncoming horde of green brutes, supported by everyone who wielded a ranged weapon or spells, but they appeared no closer to thinning them out. Aigis was about to fire her hand at one of the brutes before its head exploded from a gunshot. Her brows furrowed when she realized it didn’t come from either her or the others, quickly scanning the left. Aigis's scanners saw a humanoid figure rush out from the trees, toppling some of the smaller ones as it charged towards the brutes.

A massive yellow hulk of armor came barrelling out and crushed some of the creatures who were caught unaware. Everyone stopped firing to watch the creature's quick and brutal demise at the hands of this juggernaut of a man. Though their expression suddenly turned to one of glee.

(Creature) “HAHA! IT’S DA SPACE MARINE GITZ-”

Its chest exploded into chunks as the soldier turned his rifle onto him, then onto two more in front of him in a rapid succession of disciplined shots. Turning around, everyone could get a full profile view of the man. The armor was colored yellow, though the stains of war had not been kind to its cleanliness. The shoulder pads alone were nearly the size of some of the kids, not to mention the monstrously tall height of the man himself. On his left leg sat a massive chainsaw sword and on his right was a holster for a pistol. The man gave a simple nod and spoke with startling calmness.

(Soldier in Yellow) “Civilians? Hmph, fear not, for the Emperor’s Angels will protect you from these Xenos scum.”

No one said a word and looked at each other, until Rean spoke up.

(Rean) “Any enemies of these things are friends of ours. We’re teachers and students, can you help cover our escape?”

(Soldier in Yellow) “Affirmative. The orks are drawn by battle, so I shall hold them off-”

He was suddenly hit on the left side of his shoulder pauldron by a fireball, everyone turning to the origin of the attack. The attacker was some strange and small floating creature with a mask. The tone of its voice was mocking as it danced around with a flame shield surrounding it. Before anyone could retaliate, the shield was quickly shattered by a man in a black coat with short red hair wielding a greatsword, slashing it and the creature in twain. He was joined by a smaller man in green bard’s clothing, a slightly taller woman wearing purple in what looked like a witch, and finally a blonde in a formal uniform.

(Blonde Woman) “Are you all unharmed?!”

(Elizabeth) “F-Fine, thank you, ma’am?”

(Kazuma) “Okay, is there anyone else we should know about that’s going to spring out of nowhere?!”

The yellow soldier suddenly raised his gun at Kazuma’s direction, which made everyone take up arms.

(Soldier in Yellow) “Are these your allies?”

It was Sitri running behind a woman bearing steel, which made everyone relax. Everyone except Rean, Towa, and Class VII.

(Towa) “D-Duvalie?!”

The woman in steel suddenly halted, and her stoic expression turned into confusion and annoyance.

(Duvalie) “Oh, of COURSE you lot are here!”

(Helena) “Talk later, more enemies!”

All remaining allies gathered around as they dispatched what appeared to be the last of the enemies together, the lights in the skies finally starting to dim. Every student was safely evacuated out of the area it seemed, making everyone relax only slightly.

(Astrid) “Y…Yeah! YEAH! HOW’D YOU LIKE THAT YOU BASTARDS! NEXT TIME SEND A REAL FIGHT!”

The sky split open into the biggest portal yet, and sent down a hulking monstrosity of a steel ball, crushing several of the green creatures and slimes. It quickly floated up and revealed four arms that hovered by its side, with a single glowing orange eye staring straight at them.

(Astrid) “...Crap.”

(Green Bard) “A Ruin Hunter?!”

(Boy with Silver Hair) “At least someone here knows what we’re fighting! Can we take it down?”

(Woman in Purple) “We can dear, but not easily!”

(Sitri) “Then we take it on together!”

Everyone readied themselves for combat as the low growling beeping noises the machine emitted indicated that it was prepared to kill. As if on cue, one of the arms transformed into a blade and swung down at speeds that seemed impossible for how big it was. Aigis’s eyes glowed blue as her Persona materialized to block the hit, only barely being able to withstand the hit and remain in place.

(Blonde Woman) “Diluc, Lisa, Venti!”

The man in red and woman in purple responded by running to the Hunter’s side prepared to flank. The green bard aimed for the eye with his bow before the Hunter quickly disengaged from the Persona and all four of its limbs transformed into blades.

(Diluc) “GET DOWN!”

Before either of them could attack, the three dove for the ground as the Hunter rapidly began spinning towards the group. Duvalie raised her shield while everyone else rolled or jumped out the way. It suddenly stopped in its tracks and struck once at her shield, pushing her back. The second slash missed as she leapt back, still on the defensive. It spun after Duvalie, tearing several trees from their roots and into each other as those with ranged physical weapons got into position.

(Soldier in Yellow) “FOCUS FIRE ON THE HANDS! SUPPRESSIVE FIRE!”

The soldier, the girls in pink and green hair, Aigis, and Towa all opened fire with their guns at one of its hands, but realized that they were doing nothing to it. The Hunter quickly spun around and its hands transformed into thrusters aiming upwards, until it spat out missiles towards them. Aigis’s Persona materialized in front of her and Towa, shielding them from the blasts while the soldier grabbed the other girls and tossed them out the way and took the brunt of the explosions with his armor. Both him and Athena managed to stay put despite the severity of the blast.

While the Hunter was bombarding them, several of the Class VII members alongside the Garreg Mach students and Duvalie rushed in with their blades and struck quickly enough to stagger it, making it transform into its original state as it floated back. Sitri’s sword turned into a whip as she wrapped the chain around one of the limbs, trying to yank it downwards. The single eye turned towards her as the hand suddenly jerked upwards, sending her flying.

Before she could tumble onto the floor, the blonde woman’s eyes flashed green and a massive gust of wind managed to gently catch her and have her land on her two feet. Not needing to say thanks, Sitri just nodded and saw Lisa, Sothis, Kairos, and Elizabeth all charging spells.

(Lisa) “Aim for the core!”

Lisa fired an electric bolt at the center of the Hunter while Kairos and Elizabeth casted fireballs that quickly followed it. As their spells connected, the combination of electricity and fire caused it to overload and fall to the floor. Sothis immediately followed up with a holy spell that engulfed it in a bright white light, scorching only parts of it.

(Towa) “I-Is it-?”

(Venti) “Not yet, everyone get back!”

As everyone took up new positions, Rean stood off to the side, seemingly concentrating on something else while Kazuma peeked behind a nearby tree with his knife.

(Kazuma) “Schwarzer, the hell are you doing? Shouldn’t you be out-”

(Rean) “Quiet, I’m concentrating! If Class VII and Duvalie got here then that means…”

Rean clenched his fist as he took a deep breath, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

(Rean) “Heed my call…VALIMAR, THE ASHEN KNIGHT!”

From the skies, the two of them heard an:

“Acknowledged!”

One of the last few rays of lights had a silver figure emerge from it, flying rapidly downwards towards Rean. It pulled out a massive tachi as Rean quickly teleported into the machine.

(Rean’s voice) “Altina, we’re rushing it! Kazuma, do your thing!”

Valimar flew forward as the silver haired girl had a small machine materialize behind her and joined Rean. Both machines slammed into its center of mass as it tried getting back up.

(Kazuma) “Psh, do my thing! I DON’T just hide behind shit-”

(Helena) “And what exactly do you do then?”

(Kazuma) “FUCKING- Gah! How did you even sneak by- Know what? Doesn’t matter! We need them to distract it, and we jump in for the kill!”

Helena simply nodded. The two of them crept around the trees as Valimar and Altina were pushed back, joining with the rest of the group. The Hunter’s limbs transformed into guns once again as it began glowing orange. Everyone with guns and spells attempted to shoot the cores, but it kept dodging out the attacks, all while aiming at the group.

(Duvalie) “Damn it, even if a few of us can dodge this next attack, some of us are gonna get killed!”

(Rean) “Get behind Valimar, everyone! I’ll take the blows and-”

(Sitri) “No!”

Sitri nodded to Sothis who outstretched both arms out. Sitri’s capelet flew in the wind as she put one arm into the air.

(Sitri) “No one’s getting killed on my watch! Goddess take you, you mechanical abomination!”

She motioned her arms sideways as Sothis closed both arms together, forming a massive circle around every single one of them just as the Hunter fired at them. Each shot deflected off into the air and dissipated, lighting up the black skies in glorious streaks of orange and red. Immediately, the soldier in yellow fired his rifle at the core, quickly followed by every single ranged user in the group, whittling it down as it was riddled with bullets, arrows, and magic.

The blonde woman and Venti’s eyes glowed green as a strong wind blew Diluc and Duvalie towards the machine, Valimar and Altina quickly following behind and striking as one, destroying its lower half.

The core was still intact as it flew backwards near the ground, sparking. As its hands tried to transform, Helena and Kazuma leapt from the trees and grabbed onto a hand each, repeatedly stabbing it. Kazuma was screaming expletives while Helena remained calm, each destroying it by stabbing critical joints.

Helena rolled off her hand and towards the group while Kazuma tumbled and landed face first into the dirt. Quickly springing back up, a small glowing energy formed in his hand.

(Kazuma) “ANYONE WHO’S GOOD AT SHIELD SHIT, COVER YOURSELVES GOOD! I’M ABOUT TO DO A MEGUMIN SPECIAL!”

Aigis, Towa, and Rean’s eyes shot wide as they instantly went to grab anyone without explaining and covered them to the best of their ability. As the Hunter tried to get up, it saw Kazuma’s hand glow even brighter than the portal it had come from.

(Kazuma) “EXPLOOOOOOOOOOSION!”

And from his hand erupted a spell of catastrophic destruction, igniting the Hunter, many of the trees, and the ground in front of him into a fiery inferno that shot up into the sky, lighting the entire void as it too exploded into shards of light, finally bringing back the blue skies that had been there previously.

Kazuma once again fell to the floor as everyone took a deep breath and slowly emerged from their circle. The skirmish was finally over.

(Stefan) “We’re…We’re alive! Hah, WE’RE ALIVE!”

(Astrid) “THANK THE GODDESS!”

Stefan and Astrid immediately hugged each other, cheering while everyone else was still trying to come down from their adrenaline rush. Sitri and Sothis fell to the ground on one knee before being helped by the blonde woman. Towa rushed over to Kazuma and wiped the dirt from his face.

(Blonde Woman) “Are you alright?”

(Sitri) “Yes, thank you for saving me earlier, miss…?”

(Blonde Woman) “Jean.”

She looked at her surroundings now that she was given a chance and realized there were more faces here she didn’t recognize.

(Jean) “I take it we’re not the only strangers here?”

Kairos and Elizabeth realized Lisa was standing awfully close to them before awkwardly stepping backwards and realizing just how many offworlders were now present.

The soldier sheathed his weapons and nodded in satisfaction, Duvalie raised an eyebrow at Class VII but sighed and put her sword and shield on her back. Class VII all high fived each other, though Altina and the silver haired boy seemed less than enthused by such an act. The Garreg Mach students seemed to have mixed reactions but at least were happy to survive the ordeal in one piece. The element wielders smiled but kept their reactions surprisingly subdued. Rean, Towa, and Aigis were by Kazuma as he cursed left and right on how a simple training exercise turned into a fight for their lives.

Sitri looked at Sothis with an excited look.

(Sothis) “No need to say it to me, I can already hear it.”

(Sitri) “First of all, I thank you for your assistance in helping evacuate the students and combating these strange monsters. I fear what would’ve happened if it weren’t for you all.”

Everyone slowly stopped talking and gave their full attention to Sitri.

(Sitri) “Today was supposed to be a test on your combat skills, but it was only through working together we were able to prevail. For my students especially, you have my utmost respect for standing your ground and fighting alongside us, despite the dangers.”

She and Sothis took a glance at those not from Fodlan and crossed her arms.

(Sitri) “For those not from here, even though you owe us nothing, you still risked your lives to save us. I’m afraid we cannot offer you passage home, at least not directly. But I believe there’s a reason.”

Suddenly, the offworlders began to look at one another nervously.

(Sitri) “You are not the first visitors here, nor will you be the last I suspect. For that reason, you will be under the protection of Garreg Mach Monastery and the Officer’s Academy during your stay, and treated as one of our own. And it is for that reason, I am choosing to reinstate our fifth house, House Isekai. You will be led by me and the four next to you.”

(Rean) “...Wait, what…?!”

(Towa) “What?!”

(Kazuma) “HUH!?”

(Aigis) “O-Oh.”

(Sitri) “As for you, my students, I would have you join them.”

The soldier turned to Duvalie, who only shrugged in response. The members of Class VII noted Rean and Towa’s expressions and were left even more confused than before. The element wielders all raised an eyebrow but could make no comment. Stefan, Astrid and Helena looked slightly surprised while Kairos and Elizabeth’s jaws dropped. Sitri watched with a slowly diminishing smile, realizing how mixed the reactions were.

(Sitri) …I thought they’d be happier about this.

(Sothis) “Do they even know what ‘isekai’ even means? Because I’m pretty sure we still don’t.”

(Aigis) “Only two of us present do.”

Sitri opened her mouth to say something, but could find no words as the awkward silence took over. Her confidence began deflating as she started to devolve back to her introverted self.

(Sitri) “Er…”

(Astrid) “Y-YEAAH! New House! WOOooo…Woo…”

Everyone remained silent as they stared at her, Astrid’s cheerful demeanor shrinking by the second. Helena and Stefan put a sympathetic hand on her shoulders while Sothis clapped her hands together.

(Sothis) “All right, it’s been a long day, we all have endless questions of who we all are, but let’s put that aside and get back to a nice soft bed, shall we?”

Everyone seemed to agree with a silent nod and followed Sitri back. Everyone except Rean, Towa, Aigis, and Kazuma.

(Rean) “...I’m starting to think Kazuma was onto something, this is not what we signed up for.”

(Towa) “W-Well, it’s a good thing I was a member of House Isekai staff before…Probably?”

(Aigis) “I have a feeling that we’ll be needing to rely on you for the coming wee-”

(Kazuma)

“WHAT IN THE FU-”

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PART 1: END

[TO BE CONTINUED...]

#House Isekai #House Isekai ARR #fanfic #crossover

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ninjastormhawkkat · 1 year

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The Strange Case of Wordgirl and Miss Crimes: Chapter 12

Wordgirl could barely contain her joy and elation as Dr. Jenkins fired up the ray. This all seemed too good for the young heroine. She had to pinch herself to make sure it wasn't a dream. 'I can't believe it.' Becky thought with more joyous elation. 'I'm going to finally be able to save dad. His nightmare life as Dr. Two Brains will finally be over.' With Dr. Jenkins busy checking over and observing his ray and Wordgirl too caught up in her own thoughts, neither noticed that the window which Wordgirl arrived through moments earlier, was still left open. The inhabitants also did not notice when another guest, a common house fly, buzzing in on it's insect wings, searching for a food source. It soon detected the buzzing sound coming from the ray and flew towards it.

Dr. Jenkins soon heard a buzzing in his ear, different from his machine. He shook his head to get rid of the sound but the buzzing continued again. He then felt something brush agains his ear. Jenkins swatted at it automatically. Then the fly shifted to buzzing in front of Jenkins' face. Very annoyed that this fly won't stop bothering him at the time of using his magnum opus, Jenkins began doing everything in his power trying to get rid of that pesky fly. He didn't want to bother asking Wordgirl for help with something trivial and the young heroine was still too distracted in her thoughts and emotions to become aware of the scientist's troubles. With one final effort Dr. Jenkins grabbed a few blank papers from his desk, rolled them up, and made a huge swat against the fly. Dr. Jenkins missed, tripped on his own feet from the force of his attack, and fell forward. Jenkins sighed with relief when he grabbed something during his stumble which prevented him from falling flat on his face. When he lifted his face up, his relief changed to horror as he realized his hands slammed on the control board of his ray in order to catch his fall, slamming a majority of the buttons and switches at once. A thing that every scientist like Dr. Jenkins knows you should NEVER do! "Oh boy." Jenkins meekly let out as the ray let out a sudden and loud grinding noise before shooting out a beam that missed the vials and began to ricochet around the lab, searching for an organic target. Wordgirl jumped out of her deep thoughts and emotions with a yelp when the ray released a sudden grinding noise and shot off like a bullet from a gun. Wordgirl and Dr. Jenkins watched with shock and stunned astonishment as the beam reverberated off the walls of the lab like pinball. Their eyes trying to keep up with the beam's movements, keeping low enough to avoid being struck. The beam then changed direction and shot behind them. Wordgirl, who saw the beam's path and was able to keep up with the changing directions due to her abilities, immediately saw the beam now bouncing off form behind them and heading towards Dr. Jenkins. Using her super speed, Wordgirl was able to push the scientist out of the way from getting hit. She was, sadly not able to save herself from getting hit by the beam straight into her side.

"AUGH!" Wordgirl screamed out in pain as the beam knocked her back into the metal table. "WORDGIRL!" Dr. Jenkins yelled out franticly. Wordgirl tried to respond, but soon darkness overcame her vision and thoughts and the young girl ultimately passed out. She did not realize that when she woke up again, she would be waking up to a nightmare she could never escape.

@melodythebunny

@drtwobrainsstuff

#wordgirl #wordgirl au #the strange case of wordgirl and miss crimes #chapter 12 #becky boxleitner au #dr james jenkins #it's here😈#miss crimes is now born #melodythebunny #drtwobrainsstuff

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tparker48 · 3 years

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"Your task is simple noobie, sneak into our opponent's team and get intel on who to look out for. And do not get caught, we won't be able to reach you in there" his captain said.

"Understood, I'll be in and out before you know it" the tiny would crawl underneath the gap of locker room doors as he walking into the area. The tiles slightly pale as the air smelled of old sweat. Carefully, he made his way toward one of the lockers as he climbed the hole along the panel to the top. Thankfully he picked one that wasn't too noisy as his shoes hit latched on the ends.

He climbed all the way to the top as he perched himself upon an edge as he heard the doors begin to open. Each of the players would shift themselves into the area the sound of cleats and banging shoulder pads came closer. As they came into view, the little would duck a little as he readied his camera.

"Man was that an interesting skrim match. I swear that shoulder nearly knock me off my feet"

"Heh, you that heavy dude. You're almost light as a feather. But speaking of feet, mine are nearly killing me with that running we've been doing"

"Man, they must be really packin this year" the little guy said holding his camera. listening amongst the crowd of players as each conversed with one another. At the same time, he would begin to take pictures from his phone as he scanned and snapped each number and player they see. But there was a particularly bunch that caught his attention the sound of ruckus echoed through the lockers. A hoard of players would begin to swarm the locker doors as each got ready to change from there gear.

"Good work boys, freshen up and get ready for the game tomorrow. And sure to plenty of rest" the coach said among them. The little guy tried to take a picture of him, but sea of players would keep him out of frame before losing him. But a sudden ruckus would soon to turn up below him as the two players were caught in an argument.

"Next time you decide to catch the ball 27, make sure you can actually catch" he heard from below. He held his camera over the edge as he took pictures at the two.

"Get off my case 60! You're the one who threw it too far"

"Not my fault you can't catch think faster than you. Psh, might as well stick to line"

"Ooo note, players 27 and 60 have no coordination. This'll be usueful for tomorrow" the little guy said.

"I'll show you who should stick to line back" one of the players would tackle into the other as they were sent into the locker. Its startled the little guy at first as he continued taking pictures. At that point, the commotion would be to get attraction as the other players would start to gather around.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" They echoed through the locker room.

"Ooo ho ho, now this this is some useful info. Just let them go at take picture and numbers. Simpl-"

"Hey 26! Brace yourself!" Number 60 would go in for a tackle as the both the players crashed into the locker. The force behind it would shake the frame as it distorted the little guy's balance. Before he could get his footing back, he fell of the lockers as he tumbled to the ground

"Please land somewhere soft! Please land somewhere soft!" The little yelled as he fell to the ground. His vision constantly turning before becoming dark with a white surface in front of him. He blinked his eyes for a moment as he slowly got up and looked at the surface. A cushioned pad would be underneath him as he gave a deep sigh of relief. He soon began to stand back to his feet as the as it went to get off and pat himself down. "Oh Thank goodness,for a second there i thought i was gonna land somewhere wor-..." standing on the bench, the little guy started to look up as pillars of players towered around the table. Each of them peering down at the little guy standing in the center of the table.

"What's a little guy doing in here?"

"I don't know, but he picked the place to snoop around. Probably stealing something".

"Let me at em, i'll show him something he can snoop into"

"Eheh, now now guys. Let's not be too hasty. I um...i can explain" the little guy says backing into the pad. The players getting even more closer to the table.

"Now now boys, that's no way to treat a little. Allow me.." The team captain would push a few players aside as the he stood at the front of the table. Moving himself a little closer as his hair blocked the light overhead. "Apologies for them, they tend to get a little roudy when they see someone smaller than them. What's brings you here little one? Never seen someone the of football around here"

"I-I....**ahem** im simply passing through. Heard some commmotion and...decided to look into it. Didn't want to cause any attention"

"Cause the attention huh? Well you certainly are beyond that point" the team captain soon saw a glare from his vision as he looked to the little camera in the pile. The little guy froze for a bit as two finger rose over head a picked it up. "Hmph! Passing through huh? Looks to me like you were taking pictures" he eyed the camera for a bit before seeing a symbol from another university. "Ah i see, so the they're snooping on us huh? We got ourselves a spy boys!" The team captain held up the camera into the air as many squinted at it, but their gaze soon turned downward as the furrowed their look down at the little guy.

"W-what no! I wasn't spying at all. Just hear me out-"

"Sorry little one, evidence spells clear as day. So the other team wasn't to know more about us huh? Heh, well then lets give them what they ask for. Boys? Form a line" with an echoed chuckle, the would line themselves, behind the captain as he stood in front of the table.

"Gah!" The little guy would try and hop off the table, but a thumb would rest on his legs.

"Ah ah ah, can't have you running off just yet. And to make sure you don't" the captain would pull out a patch of tape as he laid it across the little guy's legs.

"Hey! Wha-what are you doing!"

Giving you the info you wanted" the captain would turn his back towards the little guy on table as he unfastened his pants. Pulling them down, his round glutes would stick out partially as he hover the crack over.

"Th-this is insane, what if your coach comes back and sees you doing this?" The little would pry at the tape, but he wasn't able to get a good hold.

"The coach's gone for today, which means its just you and us. And we hehe, have a very special gift for your data" the captain would soon drop to the table as his ass planted ontop of the little guy. He felt his cheeks spread a little as the sound of little muffles echoed from underneath.

The little guy's world would be dark, but the warm smell still remained as he pushed his hands between the ass crack. With each push, he could feel the hairs along the cracks length and in between it, the hole clenching at him as he bucked against it. "Hey! This isn't funny, get...off of me!".

"Sure thing. But first, your gift" as the captain sat down firmly onto the table, he would soon begin to spread his left cheek away from the other as the wall of ass planted ontop of the little guy. The sound of churning echoed above him before the hole he pushed against began to open up, before the little knew it, a warm scent escaped from inside as his nose scrunched at the smell of it.

"There go, fresh data just for you. I hope you like it"

"Augh! Come on, seriously. Get off me alrea-" before the little could finish, a rush of hot air burst into him as the smell followed behind it. The captain would feel the seat begin to warm as he chuckled to himself. Feeling the little hands underneath pounding against his. Ass as released another one. At that point, the little guy's eyes would begin to water as a second rush of air blew into him.

About a few more seconds passed before the captain began to stand back up. But not before rubbing his ass in place as the sound of grunts sounded underneath. "Aah, now i feel much better. Been holding that in since practice".

"You...are a bastard you know!" The little guy coughed.

"Heh, such harsh little words for a squirt. I do hope a little gas didn't get the better of you"

"Peh, hardly"

"Good, cause the rest of the of the team want to give you some data too" the two of them looked to the other players as they looked at the little guy with eager anticipation. "He's all yours boys. Oh and, do be sure to drop him off at the other team's place".

"With pleasure" one of the players behind him said as he stood forward. Peering down at the little as the captain went out. His shadow casted over the little guy as a little smirk came across his face.

"Ehehe..please rethink about this" the little said sweating.

"Oh i've thought of it alright" the player would seperate his legs apart as he moved them along the length of the table until his ass hovered over the little guy's head. Pulling his pants down, he spread both cheeks apart as he as aligned it with his face. "I'd hold your breath if I were you" as the player said that, his ass would move closer as the area darkened. As it sat to the table, it would plant down on his shoulders. Leaving his face to be in the center as his hole winked against his cheeks. "Unlike the captain, i like to have things much close and personal against my hole"

The little guy would feel the force of his hole mush into him as its wrinkled skin still had a little sweat in between. He tried kicking his legs from behind to get his attention, but he only received a firm press from the hole above as it slowly moved in place. As it did, the hole would begin to open up as the as a fart came out in firm bursts. The hole clamping back onto to his face each time as the farts ringed through his ears.

"Grgh! Stop it already!"

"Sorry squirt, i ain't stoppin til every bubble inside me is out and blown into you" the player sat down a little more as the hole covered over the side of the little guy's face "so sit tight". Mire churns would echo from inside him as the table once again started to feel warm. The warm smell following behind as it resonated strongly underneath him.

Another few seconds passed as the players farts soon stopped. As it started to get up, he poked a finger against the back of the little guy's head as he felt him slide off against it. "Thanks for the release squirt".

"Hah....hah...please, no more farts for lord sakes"

"Quit your whining but mat, you got the rest of us to tend to" a bigger players would step into the light as the towered over head. He also spread his ass apart as he hovered overhead. "Now just keep your head juust like that for.." As the the big player casted overhead, the little guys vision would soon go dark.

An hour later:

The other team would just now be finishing up practice as each went to change there gear. Some of them talking amongst each other while others went and trained a bit more. Suddenly, they heard a flurry of knocks on the enterance of the locker as a shadow showed up before disappearing.

"Hmm, wonder who that could be" one the players went to go open the open, but found no one outside. The only thing standing there was as small twisting jar. "Hmm, there's a note" bringing it inside, he read it to the other players as the sound stared puzzled at it. "Here is your data. Be sure to get it cleaned up. Winky face? The hell does that mean?" As the player said, they soon heard loud bangs coming from the jar as the one them slowly went to open it. Untwisting the lid, they were all met with a foul smell as a jock would stored inside. Along with the little guy as he popped out of it gasping for fresh air.

"Holy crap! What the hell happened?"

"The smells, so..so many smells. Who'd think that many players could smell that bad" the little said climbing out.

"They, what do you mean?"

"I'll tell you later. For now im just gonna...lay here for a while" the little guy would sprawl onto the table as he shut his eyes in defeat. Leaving the other players confused as they looked back at the tired tiny.

"Dang, they must've really did a number on you" his captain said.

"Ugh, you have no idea"

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0oolookitsme · 3 years

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Donuts

A/N- This is for @band--psycho . Congratulations once again on 2k!! And thank you for letting me take part in this challenge! {My word was- Donuts}

Genre- Blurb

Pairing- Dancer!Harry x Dancer!Y/n

Word Count- 854

Warnings- few curse words used (Brat and hell) and yeah Have fun! <3

“Hello people!” I cheered as soon as I entered in the balloon filled class. “Oii Oii” someone said, followed by a few “Hiya” and “Heyyy” they were already laughing at something earlier but this made them laugh harder.

“What’s so funny?” I asked sitting in the circle. Alice shifted and turned to face me saying “We were playing ‘just question and truth’ and Lufes asked Hayer ‘when and how was the last time he farted’-“ before she could continue everyone was wheezing again. “When and how was that?” I asked, laughing by hearing just half of the tale “Ok Ok” she said breathing in and out once “He said he was doing splits when he heard a sound, he thought it was his pants but he came to know that” he wheezed again “Th a-at- he far-farted when it-it started t- smell” she said rolling on the floor, wheezing.

I stood up but ended up falling back down because of laughing so hard and because the strap of my bag was under my leg, which made me and everyone augh harder. By now everyone was laugh-crying.

“Who the hell released laughing gas in this class?” Kyle asked entering the class, which made him and us laugh even harder.

After sometime everyone finally calmed down a bit. Still laughing because one of them laughed. I kept my bag down in a corner and went to wish Kyle. He is our dance choreographer and teacher and it’s his birthday today which means; DONUTS!! Yes, whenever it’s any celebration someone brings donuts but most of the time the owner of the celebration is that ‘someone’.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!” I said out loud while hugging him tight “urrrrrgghmmm” he said, showing his excitement. Still laughing I backed up and turned to walk towards the circle when I heard Kyle’s voice.

“BRING THE DONUTS!!” he yelled, laughing when we looked at him with wide eyes, leading to another round of laughter. “Wooooooooooo” everyone cheered when Dave, one of us, brought donuts in the class.

Donut was something everyone in the class loved. We would cut cakes on birthdays but Kyle wanted donuts so we just lit a candle on a donut and he blew it. That one donut was in everyone’s mouth in amount of either a bite or an inch. Kyle gave the box over to the boy beside him.

Hands were now flying around to reach to the donuts which were held high by Dave, the tallest guy. “Oh, c’mon you brat, quit it!” rhythm said, annoyed. Everyone started agreeing saying “Yes” and “I swear to god when you hand us those, you aren’t getting even a half of a donut’ which made him keep the box down, but after picking out his donut.

Of course no one was going to eat just one donut which resulted in hands crawling on the floor, trying to hide from others eyes, to reach the box.

When I picked my second donut and was bringing it to me, I felt hand cover my hand which had MY DONUT in it. “Shift your eyes and see whose donut you are taking” the person said. I looked back and saw Harry covering my hand. “Leave it Harry” I said, narrowing my eyes. “Only when you give the donut to me” he said, also narrowing his eyes. “HA not even in your dreams!” I replied.

“Are you guys seriously fighting over a donut?” Kyle said raising his eye browns. “It’s the last one!” I said, looking back at harry who still had his eyes narrowed at me. “I. said. leave. It.” I said again, this time through gritted teeth. “No. You. Leave. It” he also said through gritted teeth. “Copycat” I said. As soon as his face scrunched in confusion and his hands loosened a bit, I used my chance to snatch my hand out of his and to quickly lick the donut.

He immediately noticed and before I could lick it, he caught my ankle and pulled me towards him, my back rubbing on the floor in the process. I quickly tightened my grip on the donut knowing he’s gonna try to snatch it out.

“Okay Okay, calm down you animals.” Kyle said, immediately followed by some one’s voice saying “What about we do a dance battle and whose team will win will get the donut?”. Everyone looked towards Kyle for his reply. “Oh hell yeah” he said grinning ear to ear.

“Okay then” me and Harry said at the same time. Everyone cheered and stood up.

Kyle started teaching us all the choreography we were supposed learn today. We practiced it and divided our teams.

When we were all drenched in sweat waiting for Kyle to announce the winner, he started laughing. We all looked at him confused waiting for the joke he suddenly remembered.

“Erm Harry and Y/n, don’t get mad darlings but I ate your donut”. We both, me and Harry, looked at each other planning our revenge through our eyes. Kyle probably noticed as he said “but we do have another box of your donuts”

#2k celebration #writing challenge #band--psychos 2k celebration #harry styles #harry styles concept #harry styles fanfiction #harry styles ff #harr styles fic #fanfiction #harry styles writing #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing #thank you #byeeeee

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rosiehunterwolf · 3 years

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For the Romping and the Roaring- Part 2

My submission for Day 2 of @serpentfever's Inhuman Event!

Link to read on ffn.net (Recommended if you are on mobile or haven't read the first part yet)

Preview:

The hair on the back of her neck raised, sensing the hit a moment before it came, but by then it was too late to dodge, even with her quick reflexes.

Kai’s hand shoved into her chest, and she hit the ground hard. She gasped, more from shock than pain, and then her brother was darting past her, out the door.

She gazed after him, dazed. She had experienced her fair share of fights with her brother, but he had never hit her before. It hadn’t hurt bad- she knew the raw strength he could pack, and that he had been holding back immensely, but it still- it still made her heart race.

“Nya!” Jay yelped, running over to her. “Are you alright?”

“I-I’m fine,” she breathed, her voice shaking hard. She swallowed, trying to force out the tremor.

This hadn’t changed anything. She wasn’t afraid of her brother. Just a bit shocked, that was all. He hadn’t meant to do it, he had just lashed out out of frustration.

He would never hurt her on purpose.

He would never.

(Full chapter under the cut)

Prompts Used: Injury

Word Count: 6,730 (wooo this one hopefully won't crash my browser)

Rating: T

Trigger Warnings: Blood, Dehumanization

“Lloyd, come away from the door. It’s too cold outside.”

Lloyd looked back reluctantly at Nya’s call. Kai peered at him from over the large grocery bag he was carrying.

“She’s right, bud. The last thing we need is for someone to get sick. Medicine is pricey,” he added, frowning at the lightness of his wallet.

Zane carried in another bag beside him and pulled the door shut. Nya walked over to him, ruffling Lloyd’s hair as she passed. “How are we doing on cash?”

“We still got enough for a little while. But not a ton. I guess I underestimated all the stuff we would need.” He frowned, glancing around at their makeshift home, shivering as a chill tickled through the air. “We should’ve gotten more blankets. With winter coming, it’s going to be tough having no heat.”

“We should take turns sleeping with Lloyd. He’s like a little living furnace.”

Kai smirked. “Well, at least that’s one person we shouldn’t have to worry about. I thought he might be more vulnerable because of how small he is, but those dragon and oni genes really seem to be doing something for him.”

“Speaking of which,” Nya sighed, “he nearly set Cole on fire today.”

Kai winced. “Did we lose anything?”

“Just a blanket and part of a shirt.”

Kai shook his head, turning towards the boy. “Lloyd, what did I say about using fire breath indoors?”

Lloyd hardly seemed to hear, gekkering softly as he climbed up a support beam, flapping his wings a few times to propel him up to the rafters. Red eyes glowed eerily down at them, and Kai sighed.

“He’s only getting more restless the longer we’re in here,” Nya growled. “You don’t know what a pain he is when you’re gone.”

Kai crossed his arms over his chest. “It’s been two weeks. We can’t keep him in here forever.”

“We can’t stay here forever,” Cole grunted, looking up from the book he was reading. “We’re already running low on funds. We’re going to have to get jobs, somehow. And we can’t live in an abandoned warehouse for the rest of our lives- already, we’re struggling with the winter coming. Jay’s already got a cold. Sooner or later, one of us is going to freeze to death.”

Kai drummed his fingers along his thigh, turning his gaze to where the lab hybrid was snuggled on the floor in a pile of blankets, near the center of the building, where it was warmest. “How’s he doing?”

“He’s gonna be fine, it’s just a common cold. We’re just letting him sleep it off. But winter’s only just beginning. It’s only going to get worse from here on out.”

“Cole’s right,” Zane said. “We have to try something else.”

“We’re just a bunch of kids,” Nya snapped, her voice tight. “We have no idea what we’re doing.”

“Perhaps it’s time… we start looking for help.”

Three wary gazes shifted to Zane.

Kai narrowed his eyes. “What do you mean by that? Everybody hates our skins. Who would help us?”

“We don’t know that for sure. Borg told us that the world had it out for us… but he also pretended to care about us when he was really just using us.”

“Are you suggesting we go to the police?!” Nya growled. “Do you want to die?”

“Borg lied about a lot of things. What if he was lying about this, too?”

“And what if he wasn’t?” Kai retorted. “That’s a huge risk, Zane. One we can’t afford to take.”

“It was only a suggestion.”

“I get where you’re coming from, Zane,” Cole sighed, “but they’re right. That’s a big risk, and if we’re chased out, we have nowhere to go this time.”

“So what do we-”

They were interrupted by a shrill shriek, and whipped around to see Jay jerking up into a sitting position, Lloyd half-slumped over his chest. “What are you doing here?”

“Lloyd, leave Jay alone, he’s resting,” Kai chastised, rushing over to scoop him off of Jay. Lloyd squirmed in his grip, and Kai sighed. “What is wrong with you today?”

“He’s got too much energy for this cramped little place,” Nya told him. “He’s gonna end up hurting someone if we don’t do something about it.”

“Take him outside,” Jay sniffed, “before he burns the whole place down. And besides, he’s the only one of us you guys haven’t let wander since we got here. How is this different from what Borg did to him his whole life?”

“We’re protecting him from Borg,” Kai growled sharply. “If it was up to Borg, he’d be dead right now. I think we’re doing a much better job.”

“I’m not saying we aren’t,” Jay corrected quickly, waving his hands. “But I thought we wanted to give him the freedom he never had.”

“It’s not that simple, Jay,” Nya sighed. “Lloyd’s wanted- we all are, but he’s got the most at risk. If he’s spotted by anyone from Borg- it’s dangerous, is what I’m trying to say.”

“Of course it is. But so is hiding in an abandoned building for the rest of our lives. So is having nothing but a quickly-dwindling stash of money to our name. So is sleeping in a cold building with no heat through the winter. So is keeping a frustrated, fire-breathing brat inside a flammable area for two weeks.”

Lloyd shot a plume of fire at his face, and Jay shrieked, ducking. “See? I told you!” “Nah, he’s just mad at you for calling him a brat,” Nya snickered.

Kai gritted his teeth, pushing Lloyd’s face to the side until he stopped. “Jay does have a point, though. Maybe it’s worth trying to take him out.”

“But Borg-”

“We’ll be really careful,” Kai told her. “I’ll make sure he’s ready, and on his best behavior. You plan out where we’re going to go.”

Cole frowned. “How many of us are going to be going?”

“Two, plus Lloyd, would be ideal. Any more would draw too much attention.”

“Three of us could still be risky,” Cole warned. “Everyone at Borg looking for us will know what we look like. Disguises can only go so far.”

“I don’t want to just send one person out with Lloyd, though. If things go south, we’re going to need to stall for a little bit until we can get away.”

Cole crossed his arms over his chest. “I’m not sure how much I like the odds of two of you against a whole legion of Borg associates.”

“We don’t know for sure there’ll be that many,” Zane reminded. “And it will take a while to call backup.”

“And besides,” Kai added, “I’m not planning on getting noticed. It’s just a precaution if we do.”

Everyone stared expectantly at Cole, who remained silent. Lloyd struggled in his arms, and Kai let him go. The boy bounded over to the badger hybrid, and gripped his leg, looking up pleadingly. Cole looked down at him, his forehead creasing. Closing his eyes, he let out a long sigh.

“Alright, Kai, but I really hope you know what you’re doing.”

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Kai, in fact, did not know what he was doing.

The plan was so simple in his head- teach Lloyd to blend in by having him get used to disguises and showing him the proper behaviors. They had done a very similar thing every time they had taken Lloyd out on one of their outings, back when they had still been living at Borg Tower. How hard could it be, really?

As it turned out, very hard.

Nya had not been lying about his exuberance. He seemed determined to make every little thing difficult.

“Lloyd, just put on this hat! You’ve done it before, quit being stubborn now!”

Lloyd jerked away from the hat like it was some sort of disease, hissing and batting at it. When Kai tried to pull it over his head, the boy grabbed it in his teeth and started pulling.

“No, no, don’t rip it! Augh, why can’t you just do as you’re told!”

“How’s the training going?” Nya laughed.

Kai turned to glare at her, releasing the hat. “Fine, thank you.”

“Really? Because it looks like your pupil just got away…”

Kai jerked his head back. Lloyd had dragged the hat, by his teeth, across the room, and was now slipping himself under the slab of wood that they had used as a foundation for a bed, which was much too low to the floor for Kai to even dream of fitting under.

He scowled, walking over to where Lloyd had wedged himself into, and stuck his arm underneath it, praying that he didn’t lose any fingers.

Luckily, Lloyd didn’t seem to be in a biting mood, but Kai could feel him cringing back from his touch.

“Come on, Lloyd, just come out of there already-”

He stopped as he realized Nya was giggling. Shooting her a glare, he growled, “What’s so funny?”

“You think you’re gonna have him ready to go by the end of the week?”

“You see if I don’t. You’re gonna be sorry you ever doubted me.”

“Uh-huh. If that’s what you need to tell yourself, I suppose.”

---

“Brr,” Jay huffed, as he and Nya pushed the door shut. “The wind’s really picking up out there.”

“Hopefully it’s just a cold streak,” she agreed. “I don’t want it to be too cold if we’re bringing Lloyd out in a couple days.”

“You guys still on for that?”

“I think so. Kai says he’s making progress with him. I guess we’ll have to see.”

“Hey Nya, Jay,” Cole nodded at them. “You feeling better, bro?”

“Oh, a lot better. Good as new! I think it was just a little cold. I can go back to helping out, now.”

Zane sighed. “We were fortunate, this time. Let’s hope it stays that way.”

“Lloyd,” Nya called, pulling a package of gummy bears out of one of the shopping bags. “We got a surprise for you!”

She cast her gaze to the rafters, expecting him to come leaping down, but was surprised when she saw him wriggle out from where he was dozing beside Kai, instead.

She handed him the bag. “Don’t eat them all at once, okay? We’re a little tight on money right now, so you won’t be getting any more for a while.”

The smile he shot her was small, with no teeth, as he took the bag. “Thanks, Nya.”

She frowned at him. The last time she had brought him candy, he had basically been jumping off the walls with excitement, his tail swishing and ears twitching. Now, he was barely even smiling, and stood abruptly still.

Tugging at the seal, his brow furrowed as it didn’t open. When he didn’t immediately tear it open with his fangs, and instead handed it to her so she could open it for him, she knew something was definitely off.

“What’s wrong, Lloyd? Are you feeling alright? Aren’t you happy with it?”

“No, I want it!” he yelped, grabbing for the bag.

She frowned at him, snatching it away. “Why are you acting so weird?”

Lloyd’s ears drooped, his hands dropping to his side. “Kai told me to act like the humans so I could go outside. Did I do bad?”

Nya felt her heart squeeze. “Oh, no, honey, you didn’t do anything wrong. I… I’m just not used to seeing you like this.”

He looked up at her, red eyes hopeful. “I did it right? I acted good?”

Nya took a slow breath. “Yeah, I mean… Lloyd, what exactly did Kai tell you to do?”

Lloyd shrugged. “He said if I smile too much, people can see my fangs.” Peeling back his lips, he pointed to the sharp teeth, as if Nya needed a demonstration. “Seeh?”

“Yes, Lloyd, I see. But why do you need to hide your fangs in here?”

“Kai said I’m prat-practicing,” Lloyd told her matter-of-factly, looking immensely pleased with himself for pronouncing the long word. “So I can be good when we go outside!”

Nya’s stomach felt hard. “What other kinds of things did he tell you to do, Lloyd?”

“He teached me how to not wiggle my ears so much.” He pointed to his ears, making a point of holding them still. “And we talked a lot. He’s showing me to walk on my feet better too, which is kinda wobbly though, and not as fast as using my hands, too. But Kai said I’m doing better than I was! Hey, Nya,” he added, pointing at her face, “you’re doing that thing Kai told me not to do. I can see your fangs!”

Nya unclenched her teeth, working her jaw. “Thanks, bubs. I’m gonna go talk to Kai now, okay? You have some of your gummies.”

Turning to where her brother was slouched against the wall, paging through a magazine, she stormed over to him. He glanced up at her nonchalantly, and Nya felt a surge of frustration in her chest at how calm he was.

“What’s wrong?”

“Why have you been teaching that stuff to Lloyd, Kai? Why is he acting so… weird?”

“You mean normal? It’s great, isn’t it? I gotta admit, it felt like an impossible task at the beginning of the week, but he’s reformed pretty quickly. I think he’s almost ready to go out!”

“It’s not great,” she growled. “You’ve completely changed who he is! There’s a difference between teaching him to stay low and to completely reforming him into human society!”

Kai eyed her testily. “I don’t see what the big deal is. What else were you expecting me to do?”

“I wanted you to hide him, not change his behavior! This isn’t him, Kai!”

“Relax, Nya, it’s just some minor modifications. He’s still our mischievous little brother!” “Really? Because he seemed much less feral to me.”

“Well, yeah! We can’t have him acting out in the middle of the city! I, for one, think this is an improvement. He hasn’t set anything on fire in days.”

“We’re not humans, Kai! We’re different than them, and that’s okay! He has to know that. He has to know what we are! We can’t just try to change him just because it’s what the world wants.”

“I don’t see anything wrong with being like the humans. They’ve gotten off alright, haven’t they? Meanwhile, we’ve spent our whole lives being cheated and used.”

“Just because something’s hard doesn’t mean we should just give up! I can’t believe you, don’t you care about your identity at all?” “I care about surviving. I’m trying to keep us safe! What’s a few little changes if it benefits us in the long run?”

“It might start as just some small changes, Kai, but eventually it’s going to snowball into something bigger.” She felt her voice catch in her throat. “I don’t want to teach him to hide who he is. I want him to be proud. He hasn’t done anything wrong! We left Borg to get away from that, didn’t we? So that we could start our own paths and be who we wanted to be?”

“You wanted to be homeless and poor?”

“Kai!”

“What? You’re upset with me for telling the truth? We ran away from Borg so we could live. It was out of necessity, not even a choice, really.”

“Borg was our captor. He lied to us our whole lives, made us believe he was the only one who cared when he couldn’t be bothered with us at all. If you’re seriously defending him right now-”

“I’m not defending him, of course I’m not!” Kai jumped to his feet, growling. “What kind of psychopath do you think I am? He tried to kill my baby brother! If you think I would be on his side after that-”

“But don’t you see, it’s more than just that! He was hurting all of us, for years. He was a bad person even before he decided to get rid of Lloyd. Now’s our chance to finally be free of all that. Now’s our chance to be ourselves, to-”

“To get captured again, according to you.”

“How could you say that? I want to protect everyone as much as you do, but I also think you are posing a threat to us by imposing on us the same rules Borg did-”

“How dare you compare me to him!” Kai roared. Nya flinched, and she felt the others turn their gazes on them. “I am nothing like that wretch, nothing, I want nothing more than to protect my family from him! I am doing what I must to keep us safe from him, to keep us as far away as possible. I am trying to avoid suspicion, and I don’t care about your sentimental values. I care about surviving!”

If it was anyone else, they would’ve backed down. Kai didn’t break out his roar at just any time, especially not on those he cared about. When he did, you knew he was seriously pissed. No one in their right minds would mess with him when he was mad.

But Nya was his sister, and her temper was just as hot. Although she might not have the strength of a lion behind her, or the fierceness of his roar, she wasn’t going to let her brother scare her.

“You are not protecting us, you are only restricting us, and the sooner you find out that you are just treating us like he did-”

The hair on the back of her neck raised, sensing the hit a moment before it came, but by then it was too late to dodge, even with her quick reflexes.

Kai’s hand shoved into her chest, and she hit the ground hard. She gasped, more from shock than pain, and then her brother was darting past her, out the door.

“Nya!” Jay yelped, running over to her. “Are you alright?”

“I-I’m fine,” she breathed, her voice shaking hard. She swallowed, trying to force out the tremor.

This hadn’t changed anything. She wasn’t afraid of her brother. Just a bit shocked, that was all. He hadn’t meant to do it, he had just lashed out out of frustration. And, although she still believed she was in the right, she had provoked him a bit, if she was being honest.

He would never hurt her on purpose.

He… he would never do that.

He would never.

He…

“Nya?”

She blinked, realizing Jay was extending a hand to her. She took it, and let Jay pull her to her feet.

“Are you sure you’re okay? He didn’t hurt you, did he?”

“No!” she hissed fiercely, and Jay flinched. Gentler, she added, “I’m fine. Kai would never do that.”

Jay didn’t meet her gaze, only gripped her hand tighter.

“Where did he go?” she asked the others, after her breathing had returned to a somewhat normal state.

“Straight out the door,” Zane replied. “No one saw which way he went.”

Nya glanced around the room, stopping when she realized Kai wasn’t the only one missing. “Where’s Lloyd?”

Zane pointed quietly under one of their makeshift beds. A pair of red eyes glowed from underneath.

Nya crouched down, reaching her hand in. “We didn’t mean to scare you, Lloyd. Come on out, it’s alright now.”

Lloyd burrowed deeper under the bed. Nya sighed, giving up. She knew he would only come out when he was ready.

“Should I go after Kai?” Cole asked, frowning.

Zane shook his head. “I think it’s best to give him some space to blow off some steam.”

“I just hope he’s careful. If he’s too full of anger to pay attention to what he’s doing…”Jay’s tail drooped. “The last thing we need is for anyone to get spotted now.”

“We’re pretty far out here,” Cole assured him. “If we were closer to the city, I’d be worried, but Kai’d have to get pretty far to get anywhere within the distance I think the Borg employees would be searching.”

“I hope you’re right,” Nya sighed. “One day, his temper is going to get him- or one of us- into a situation he can’t get out of.”

---

The next couple days were incredibly tense. Kai came back a few hours later, not speaking to anyone and going straight to bed. He and Nya hardly spoke to each other, and when they did, their interactions were short and argumentative. The others were careful to stay out of it, not picking any sides. Kai had a feeling that they were pretty uncomfortable around him, though.

He hadn’t meant to hit Nya. She was his sister. Even though she was being stupid and sentimental, he still loved her and never would want to hurt her. But it wasn’t like he had seriously wounded her, either. It had just been a little scuffle. He knew that Nya knew that, and that she was only mad about the argument. The others, however… they were overreacting. He didn’t understand, after all their years together, how they could seriously think he would harm one of them.

That’s what the point of all of this was, wasn’t it? To protect them? Why couldn’t anyone else see that?

He was sick of all this. Sick of all the fighting, sick of struggling and hiding all the time. He just wished they could be normal.

Although Nya wanted anything but that, it seemed.

He understood what she was saying, in a sense- they were different. But was it really so bad to want to change who you were if it meant a life of peace and safety?

Kai just didn’t know anymore. He was tired of being the one who had to decide. He missed when they were younger, and Borg had made all the decisions for them.

Not that he wanted Borg to be in charge of them anymore- but the sentiment still stood.

But life had a way of being against them.

Wishes weren’t going to fix anything.

---

When the scheduled day for Lloyd’s venture into the town rolled around, the circumstances hadn’t improved much. They had originally planned for him and Nya to accompany Lloyd- a decision he was regretting now, with the tension still between them. He almost considered asking one of the others to take his place, but decided against it. He wanted to be there with Lloyd- he had been the one who had spent all the time training him, after all. And he didn’t dare ask Nya to change her mind about going- she would probably argue just for the sake of it, and it wasn’t worth the confrontation right now. Things were already bad enough as it was.

As they wrapped Lloyd up in his winter gear, he complied much more easily than usual, and three of them set out quietly.

“Where are we gonna go?” Kai asked Nya as they approached the bus stop.

“I was thinking we could go downtown, more towards where the little shops are. The people there are pretty nice, and it’s usually bustling, so it’ll be easy to blend in with the crowds.”

“How many stops down is that,” he frowned, fingering through the bills in his wallet.

Nya watched him anxiously. “Not too far. We can walk, if that’s better.”

“It’s fine.”

“Are you-” “I told you, it’s fine!” Nya jerked her gaze away sharply. “Excuse me for trying to be considerate, then.”

“Oh, don’t be like that. It’s too cold to walk.”

She narrowed her eyes at him. “I can’t tell if you’re trying to be caring or not.”

Kai growled. “Me neither.”

Lloyd squirmed by their feet, and Nya sighed. “Can we not do this, now?” She pointed down the street, to where the bus was rolling up. “The bus is here, anyway.”

Kai told the bus driver where they wanted to go, slipping him the proper payment, and the three of them piled on, taking a spot near the back, even though the bus was mostly empty. Kai knew, from his previous trips, that it would get more crowded the closer they got to town, and sitting in the back meant not many people would be looking at them.

Lloyd stared out the window for most of the ride, his wide eyes taking in the landscape rolling past. Kai watched too, and as the bus drove them deeper into the city, he saw the shining buildings, with trees and patches of greenery dispersed in between them. With winter arriving, most of the trees were skeletal, but some still had a spattering of leaves, coming in bright golds, soft reds, and blazing oranges. It wasn’t something Kai got to see often in his lifetime, in person, at least. The changing of the fall leaves was a very finicky and brief time of the year in Ninjago City, and he had been lucky if one of his outside visits fell during this time.

Deeper into the city, the buildings thickened, rows of homes filing in orderly lines. Blues, olives, tans, grays, whites- each one had its own unique charm, but they all felt like they belonged.

One house in particular caught his eye, though- one that stood out from all the rest. Its walls were a bright red, and the lawn was wildly overgrown. Too many chairs were crammed onto the small porch, paint chipping on the door. It was an eyesore compared to the rest of the neighborhood.

Being too unique was problematic, he supposed.

By now, they were getting into the thick of the city. Beautiful buildings soared above them, colorful graffiti decorated walls and bridges. Most noticeable of all, however, were the people. A father with his daughter sitting on his shoulders, an elderly couple each holding a hand of their grandson as they swung him between them. A young couple walking down the street, chatting, with their hands casually intertwined, a group of teenage boys, laughing and racing each other down the street on their skateboards.

Everyone had one thing in common- they looked happy, content, at peace.

Kai hoped they appreciated what they had.

For the first time since they had boarded the bus, he glanced over at Nya. She was staring out the window too, but her gaze wasn’t directed at the scenery beyond, like his, but instead at Lloyd’s reflection in the glass.

The bus screeched to a halt, arriving at their stop, and the three of them hopped out, thanking the driver.

Walking down the street, they found themselves in a charming little section of town, the shops modest but plentiful. Nya was right, there was plenty of activity to help hide them. All the footsteps and voices around him swamped Kai’s ears, and he shook his head, trying to press them flatter against his head. This was only a milder section of the city, he was going to have to get used to all the sounds of the urban environment if they were going to adapt to this place.

Kai wondered how Lloyd would be affected by the environment- the young boy had proven himself to have a strong sense of hearing as well, and had never been a fan of being swarmed.

But either Lloyd’s hat was muffling his senses, or he was simply too enamored by the shops to care. With every shop they went in- from t-shirts, to souvenirs, antiques, jewelry, fabrics, and a bakery, Lloyd always seemed to find some little shiny trinket or another. They couldn’t buy him much, but Lloyd seemed perfectly content with just looking, already moving onto the next object of interest within a minute or two, anyway.

They did actually make a purchase at the confectionary, though, letting Lloyd pick out a piece of candy. He had gone with a rainbow lollipop, a purchase Kai was pleased with, because it would actually last him a while, giving him and Nya time to pick up a few more essentials before heading back to the warehouse.

Emphasis on few.

“We don’t really need the new jacket, I know we have a needle and thread I can use to patch it up on my own.”

“Yeah, well what about all those protein bars, do you really need all those?” Kai asked, raising an eyebrow at her.

“They’re a good source of nutrients!” “Yeah, and they’re expensive. There’s gotta be a generic brand one you can get for cheaper.”

“These are the only ones I can get Lloyd to eat.”

“Well, he’s going to have to learn to adapt to our budget-”

“Buy them with this!” Lloyd purred, slipping a stack of bills into his hand.

Kai and Nya froze, slowly turning to look at him.

“Lloyd,” he asked slowly, “where did you get this?”

“I found it.”

No duh, Kai bit back. “Found it where?”

“Someone left it. At the store.”

“Lloyd!” Nya cried, sounding close to hysterics. “You can’t just take people’s money! You can’t take any of people’s things without permission. That’s stealing!” “They left it there,” Lloyd grumbled, kicking his foot. “I thought they were done with it. They should be more careful with their things. I’m careful with my things.”

Kai snorted a laugh, and Nya stared at him incredulously. “You can’t seriously think this is funny? He stole!”

“Oh, come on, Nya, he didn’t do it on purpose.”

“It’s still a crime.”

“He’s four!” “Doesn’t mean you should encourage him.”

“I wasn’t. In case you’re forgetting, he was the one who took it, not me.”

“But you don’t care.”

“I never said that!” “I’m your sister, I can tell.”

“Alright, alright, so maybe I wouldn’t mind a little extra cash. So what? We need it. Probably more than whoever was foolish enough to lose this.” “Kai! I can’t believe you!” “What? It’s not like we even know where to take it! Lloyd,” he turned to the boy, his voice sharp. “Where did you find the money? Which store?”

Lloyd was looking significantly less cheerful now, his eyes wary as he took a step back from them. “I dunno. Can’t remember.”

“See?” Kai snapped at Nya. “We couldn’t return it if we wanted to!” “So you’re just going to pocket it?”

“Where else would you have me take it? Like I told you, we need it more than the rich, privileged people around here.” Blood was roaring in Kai’s ears now, his breath coming in heavy pants. Why was there so much noise buzzing in his ears? There were people, so many people, and all that noise, mixing with his frustration, was making his heart slam against his chest in a dizzying rage.

“Just because they have more than us doesn’t make it right.”

“It makes it understandable.”

“I can’t believe we’re back to this again!”

“Back to what?”

“You’re trying to change Lloyd’s behavior again! I told you it would escalate- in only a few days, you’ve gone from having him hide his goofball side, to make him think stealing is okay, just because we’re in a rough patch!”

“You think I want to do this? I know it’s wrong! But sometimes an opportunity presents itself, and you gotta do what you gotta do.”

“We can’t just throw our values and everything about ourselves out the window just because things are difficult right now, Kai.”

“We haven’t really been given much choice, have we? In another week or two, we’ll have gone completely bankrupt, then what are we gonna do, huh?”

Nya paused for a moment, her breath hitching. “We’ll… we’ll figure something out. But this isn’t the answer.”

“Oh yeah? Let me know when you find one.” Turning away from her, he slipped the cash into his pocket. Closing his eyes, he took a deep breath, trying to calm himself. He was starting to feel lightheaded, now. He needed to end this.

“Kai, please, the last thing we need is another charge on our backs.”

“Going back to the shop to return this- even if we knew which shop to go to- would only put more suspicion on our backs. If we keep it, no one will probably ever even notice it’s missing.”

“But they could have security footage-” Nya stopped dead, the color draining from her cheeks.

“What?”

“Where’s Lloyd?”

---

Lloyd was running.

Ducking and weaving between the people roaming the streets, he tried his best to avoid running into them, but once or twice, his hand brushed against them, and he flinched away, hating the way the unfamiliar touch felt on his skin.

There were too many people here. He hated this feeling, being crowded around on all sides, like he couldn’t breathe. He just wanted to get out of here.

That was pretty impossible, though, when he had no idea where he was.

He shouldn’t have run off. Kai and Nya were going to be furious.

But… he just hadn’t been able to take it anymore.

He had been so happy when he had first brought them the money. He had thought he was helping, and that now they would be able to get more stuff and stop looking so worried all the time. But it had only made them start fighting again. Their raised voices had rung loud in his ears, too loud, and their smoldering gazes had scared him. That hadn’t been Kai and Nya- the big siblings he knew and loved. That had been something different, something Lloyd didn’t like one bit.

He hated it, every time they fought- every time the ugly side of them came out. But this time had been so much worse, because this time it was his fault, it had been him who messed things up by taking something he wasn’t supposed to.

He had just wanted to make them proud.

But maybe they would be better off without him.

He just wanted things to be the way they used to be, back when no one had fought or yelled at each other, when everyone had been happy, hanging out in their fun little room, giving him badger rides and letting him pick whatever movie he wanted.

But that had also been the time when he had spent his nights locked up alone, when strange people in long coats and scary masks would poke and prod him, and he wanted nothing more but to see his family again, but Dr. Borg wouldn’t let him.

But that was the way things had always been, hadn’t they? There was no perfect world.

At least not for monsters, like Lloyd.

Lloyd stumbled, his head reeling. All these thoughts were a little too much to take in.

Glancing around, he spotted an alleyway leading off of the streets. The perfect opportunity to get away from all the noises and people and clear his head.

Nearly crying in relief, he slipped into the comfort of the darkness.

---

“He was just here!” “Oh no, he must’ve run off again! You know how upset he gets when we fight!”

“Shit,” Kai muttered, his bubbling anger quickly giving way to panic. “He must’ve gone to look for somewhere to hide.”

“Dammit, he could be anywhere by now,” Nya whimpered, pressing her fingers to her temples. “This is all our fault!”

His frustration with her dying, Kai put a hand on her shoulder. “Don’t worry, we’ll find him. He can’t have gotten far, I should be able to pick up his scent.”

Nya glanced around, surveying their surroundings. “Just try to be subtle about it. There are a lot of people here.”

It was harder to track Lloyd’s scent without getting down to the ground, and the many other crisscrossing scents in the area added to the complexity, but, luckily for them, Lloyd’s oni and dragon blood made for a distinctive tang that Kai was able to pick up on after only a minute, despite all the distractions.

They followed the trail for a few minutes, Nya hovering behind him anxiously as he went. After a while, Kai was starting to get worried he had somehow made a mistake, when they reached a busy market street.

Shaking his head, he pushed his way into the throng.

Immediately, he was overwhelmed with at least a dozen more scents, and he lost Lloyd’s for a moment. Desperately trying to pick it up again, Kai felt like he was floundering, all the scents and sounds making him stumble.

Nya grabbed his shoulder, steadying him. “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’m… fine, it’s just… there’s a lot of people here.” He put a hand on his head. “It’s a lot.”

“Can you still smell Lloyd?”

“I don’t know.”

Nya turned to a shopping bag she was holding, rummaging through it until she found what she was looking for and pulled it out. Popping the cap, she handed him the bottle of water. “Here. This might help.”

Downing a few sips of the cold, fresh, liquid, Kai felt his heart rate slow slightly, the fog in his brain dissipating a bit. “Thanks, Nya.”

Turning back to his surroundings, he searched for Lloyd’s scent again. This time, he caught it rather quickly, and the two of them hurried down the street a little ways, until it led to a dark alleyway.

Kai slowed his pace, his steps wary. “Lloyd? Are you here?”

There was silence, for a moment, then a soft whimper replied him. Kai froze. “Lloyd?”

Nya pushed in front of him, and Kai caught sight of his sister’s pupils dilating to her night vision.

“See anything?”

Nya didn’t respond, and Kai blinked rapidly, urging his eyes to adjust to the dim lighting. When he could finally see better, he looked over at her. Nya was standing frozen, her face white, as she stared down the alley.

Kai followed her gaze, and promptly felt his stomach lurch.

Although he couldn’t see nearly as well as Nya in the dark setting, it was well enough to identify the figure curled up in the back of the alley as Lloyd, pale and quivering as he grimaced at his leg, stretched out at an ugly looking angle, all twisted and bloody.

“Lloyd!” Nya screamed, running towards him as Kai gagged, trying hard not to puke at the scene. He tried to shake action back into his limbs, beginning to follow Nya where she was crouched over at Lloyd’s side, crying softly-

Kai froze, scenting the air. The overwhelming reek of blood and pain filled his nose, and he was still left muddled from the chaos of the busy market a moment ago, but…

Over all of that, he swore he could smell something else, something that seemed important.

“Nya, do you… do you smell that?”

“What?” Nya choked, wiping at her eyes. “Kai, he’s… it’s bad, come help me!” Kai was about to abandon the mysterious scent, when all of a sudden, it clicked.

Cold dread trickled down his spine. “Nya, look out, it’s-”

His words were cut off as something slammed against him, sending him to the ground, winded. Nets were thrown over him, and he felt strong yanks on his arms and legs as sharp rope dug into his wrists and ankles.

Blinding panic crashed through him as the full implication of what was happening hit him. No, no no, he couldn’t get captured, he couldn’t be brought back there, Lloyd couldn’t be brought back there, they would-

Kai threw back his head and roared as loudly as he could, hoping that someone, anyone would hear and come save him-

Sharp metal clashed against his jaw, sending spikes of agony through him as something was wrestled around his head. He tried to cry out again, but realized that he couldn’t move his mouth anymore, the metal device jamming it shut.

He could hear Nya’s screams from somewhere behind him, which abruptly cut off as she met his same fate. Muzzles, he realized with horror, the image of Lloyd, chained in that little room on that day they had first escaped flashing through his head.

Borg had found them. And now they were going to pay.

#ninjago #NinjagoInhumanAuWeek #For the Romping and the Roaring #R&R #Part 2 #woooo cliffhangers hope ya like those #not that you have to wait long for the next part #but i thought i was being clever #XD #rosie writes #my fic

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