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gridanian-red-mage · 7 months
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Off to Limsa!
Time to join forces with Y'shtola and look into the possible summoning of another primal! (A.k.a. oh no, it's coming. It's on the horizon already.😰)
Bonus:
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Ah ha ha. . . . (Trauma here we come. T-T)
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(I feel you in the empty inbox too 😢 I have a deal for you, I send you this kirishima request since imma kirishima simp and you have something to write about, deal?)
How about this:
Kirishima and his girlfriend managed to sneak out of the UA campus for a night city date. They were all nervous about being caught, but those fears fade away when they started having fun. Like they went to the arcade were the tried their best to kick each others ass. (you can add whatever else you want to the date). They were having so much fun they almost lost track of time, then tried to sneak back to the dorms without being noticed, but obviously, they failed.
(if you don't mind I'll keep sending you requests :p)
I've been WAITING for a Kiri one! So happy to finally have found another Kiri simp! Sorry this one took so long, I had to get it just right, yk? (Plus I've been kinda busy ;-;) Anyways, hope you like it (and hope it brings Kiri justice)! (Also yes please keep sending in asks!!) As always, stay safe and hydrated and don't forget to eat! <3
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Eijiro Kirishima x Reader
TW: cussing
Genre: Fluff, romantic
Word count: 1579
You cracked your door open, peeking out to make sure no one was around. After you assured the coast was clear, you slipped out, closing the door with a small click behind you.
You stood outside your dorm room, waiting patiently. A nearby door creaked open and you shushed him frantically. “Shut up! God, you’re loud.”
He just laughed quietly, pulling you into a hug and pressing his nose into your hair. You sighed in contentment, having missed these times when it was just the two of you.
“C’mon, let’s go.” He grabbed your hand and you both tiptoed down the hall, took the stairs down, and opened and closed the front doors, all with barely any noise.
Once outside, you turned around to see if you could see any lights turning on, just checking no one had heard you.
“It’s fine, babe. No one saw or heard us. We’re good, now let’s go!”Eijiro grabbed your hand and led you off campus and over to a nearby arcade.
He ran ahead of you and held the door open for you. “M’lady?” he says, a smile playing on his lips as he swung his hand in a semi-circle around, over his head, and under his other arm.
You grinned and walked in, giving him a cheek kiss as you passed. “Thhaannnkkk youuuu,” you said, drawing out your words dramatically.
He giggled and followed you in, trying to fight you to be the first to the counter. You elbowed him in the ribs, temporarily pushing him out of the running.
You ran up to the counter and slammed your hands down on the old, faded linoleum. “Two pleas- DAMMIT EIJIRO!” you screamed as Eijiro came up behind you and pulled you away by your waist.
He slid the money across the counter and turned back to you with a huge smile plastered across his face. You growled under your breath and walked up to him, looking straight up at his face, arms crossed.
“What, pebble?” he asked, tugging your hand up to the counter so the cashier could give you your band and cards.
“Oh, nothing. It’s just that I feel bad for you.”
“Oh? Why’s that?”
“Because I’m gonna kick your ass.” You smirked, dashing off to find the first game.
You skidded to a stop in front of the only available skee-ball machine and swiped your card. Eijiro did the same on the one paired with yours. It beeped and the plastic shield above the balls slid back.
You picked up the first one and rolled it, landing it in the outer ten-point ring, Eijiro managing to make it in the twenty-point cylinder. You growled to yourself, knowing you’d have to up your game to beat him.
He glanced over at you and flashed you a grin as he rolled his second ball, making it into the ten-point this time.
You roll it with so much angry force that it actually makes it into the one-hundred slot. You freeze for a second, registering what just happened before Eijiro nudges you with his elbow.
“Great shot, y/n!” He beams a huge smile at you and you can’t help but smile back and hug him.
“Thanks, babe!” You roll another one, scoring a ten, Eijiro rolling a fifty.
“One minute left!” The machine squealed out.
You both made a show of quickly rolling all of the balls down, not really caring what holes they landed in. You ended up with 380, Eijiro with 370.
You met him halfway as your machines printed out your tickets and he wrapped you in a hug, breathing in your ear. “Good job, pebble.” He congratulated you.
“Thanks, you too," you replied, ripping your tickets off and shoving them into your back pocket.
“What’s next?” you ask him, since you picked the first game.
“Umm, air hockey? I’m not horrible at it,” he suggests, pointing to the left.
“Sounds good," you reply and he leads the way over.
You take your positions at either side of the table and swipe your cards. You place your hand on your paddle as Eijiro does the same. The puck falls out on his side and he places it in front of his paddle, swatting it over to you.
You swat it back at him, aiming for his pocket. You missed and he deflected it, shooting it back toward your pocket with a little wrist flourish.
You tried to defend it and send it back at him, but you missed and it landed straight in your pocket. You sighed as you grabbed it and placed it back on the table, cracking your neck.
Eijiro laughed. “Why- why are you-” He doubled over in laughter. “Why are you- why are you cracking your- popping your- your neck?” He asked, stuttering from laughter.
You glared at him playfully. “Because I’m about to beat your ass.”
His face suddenly went serious. “No way.” He deflected your shots and sent the puck spinning into your pocket time after time after time until the buzzer went off.
He won… 26-1. He laughed and hugged you. “I love you!” He said, grinning. You sighed in acceptance but were unable to stay mad at him.
“Why do you have to be so cute?” You mock-complained, pressing your face into his chest as he wrapped his arms around you tightly.
“Alright, let’s go. What’s next?” You stood up on your tiptoes and looked around, eyes scanning and mapping out the whole place.
“Hmm… bumper cars?” You suggested, lowering yourself back to the ground and shrugging.
Eijiro reached out and grabbed your hand. “Great idea! Let’s go.”
You dashed across the building and joined the line. You checked the time on your watch. “Oh, shit. Kiri, it’s already two am!”
“Oh shit.” He flipped his wrist to check his own watch and his eyes widened. “Okay, after this, we go back.” You nodded.
After what felt like forever, you were at the front of the line. You showed the nice girl your bands and she let you in. You sat down in the [____] one, your favorite color, while Eijiro chose the red one.
You zoomed around the track, waving pageant-style at him as he hunched over the wheel in the little bumper car that seemed way too small for him. You laughed, throwing your head back as you finished in third place all in all, first between you two.
You stood up, brushing off your clothes, and walked over to help a struggling Kirishima out of his doll-sized car. “Need some help?” You asked, chickling as you extended your hand to him. He took it with an annoyed face but you could see in his eyes that he was joking.
You pulled him up by his hand, your fingers lacing together by instinct once he rose completely out. He wrapped you in a hug as you waited in line to leave.
“Ugh, bottle-necking us like this isn’t cool.” He muttered against your hair, annoyed at the people who designed it with only one exit gate.
You giggled against his shoulder and pull away, leading you out in a hurry. “SHIT!” You yelled. “That took an hour!” Eijiro froze in terror, staring at his phone.
“Fuck. Kaminari and Mina have been texting me.” He said, tapping the screen.
“Dammit. Jirou and Momo have been texting and calling me.” You replied, opening the messages to tell them you’re fine.
You finished texting before him and grabbed the front of his shirt, guiding him out of the building and back to the dorms.
You pulled the doors open and saw Mina and Momo. They were sitting on the couch, sipping tea. Mina looked over as you two walked through the doors. “Care to explain where you’ve been all night?” She asked, raising an eyebrow over her mug.
“Uh- we were with… Denki and Jirou,” Kirishima tries to explain. You nod, thinking you might be able to get away with it.
Denki and Jirou pop their heads over the back of the other couch. Mina looks over with a pointed expression. “Care to try again?”
“We wanted to get away for a bit, just the two of us and have some fun before finals. We were at the arcade down the street.” You blurted out, ducking your head in shame.
“Why didn’t you invite us? We could’ve all hung out!” They exclaimed, clearly riveted that you didn’t invite them.
“Like we said, we just wanted some alone time. Sorry guys, maybe next time?” Eijiro responded, placing a hand around your waist and pulling you close.
Mina seemed satisfied with that answer and sent you off to bed while the four of them stayed downstairs, doing whatever the hell they were doing.
Before you went into your dorm, Eijiro pulled you close and smothered you in a hug. You pulled away, tired, but he gripped at the back of your hips and pressed a sweet, loving kiss to your lips and another to your forehead.
“Goodnight princess. I love you.” He whispered into your ear, hugging you tight one last time.
“Goodnight my manly man. I love you too.” You kissed his neck, which was the highest part you could reach.
You both turned around and went into your separate dorm rooms to sleep in your own separate beds that night. You fell asleep smiling and all the second thoughts you’d ever had slipped away. This was exactly what you needed.
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jgukmilk · 3 years
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he won’t know 03 (m) final
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➔ summary: after weeks of hiding from the world, your friend, Mina, finally convinces you to crawl out of your cave and join her at a friday-frat party. You definitely didn’t think you’d end up with the person you had spent several weeks trying to avoid. 
➔ pairing: Jungkook X Reader
➔ genre: cheating!au, smut, angst if you squint, much deserved fluff fucking finally
➔ warnings: mention of sexual assault, unprotected sex, soft sex because i’m a whore for that shit, jungoo is the one crying in this part, jungoo being a soft idiot nothing out of the ordinary, fingering, oral (f. and m. receiving), handjob, fingering, mild dirty talk, cervix kisses :), cum eating, throat fucking•_•, runny mascara because it’s chef’s kiss, soft dom jungoo, a really lame biology pick up line at the end that i am pathetically proud of, that’s it..? it’s unedited btw :P
➔ wordcount: 8.3k
➔ a/n: this was a bitch to finish but holy fuck. hope you enjoy ;) feedback is always appreciated !
part 1, part 2, part 3 final.
It had officially been seventeen and-a-half days since Jungkook came to visit you at your dorm, only to end up in you crying your eyes out in front of him and shove him out of your room.
Mina came home later that night and questioned your tear-stained cheeks. Did you tell her? No, of course not. You brushed it off and convinced her that you were having a hard time with the breakup with Jaehyun, that everything was still so fresh, and you simply just needed time. Though that was as far from the truth as it could possibly be, she believed you regardless which you were thankful for.
You didn’t miss Jaehyun, not one bit. You hadn’t seen him after your last encounter, and you thanked your stars daily. To be honest you weren’t given a chance to run into that asshole since you had reduced your time spent outside of the dorm.
Your schedule pretty much consisted of wake up, go to your classes, come back to the dorm, study, eat, sleep, repeat. It sounded like one of those shabby T-shirt every twelve-year-old would wear back in middle school and show it off for being ‘quirky’.
You weren’t complaining, you preferred things this way, for now at least. Though you couldn’t deny that you missed your friends, but you needed some time alone and you knew that, so to distract yourself from missing your friends, what better way to do so than studying till the ass-crack of dawn on a Friday night.
Fridays were the only day of the week you could spend peacefully unbothered. Every other day would consist of countless texts and calls from your friends asking about your whereabouts and why they almost never saw you around campus anymore.
To which you told them you were busy studying and thanked them for checking in on you. It wasn’t a complete lie, you were, in fact, busy studying. They never saw you because, you were always on your desk burying your face between the pages of a textbook. What you didn’t tell them was that you were so far ahead with the curriculum that you could go a whole two weeks without even touching any of your books and you wouldn’t be behind.
You never realized how much you had read ahead until a few days ago when your biology professor had only begun to teach you about DNA replication, transcription and translation. You had already covered half of it. 
Your professor always did say that the unspoken rule of studies was to always read ahead. Though you didn’t think he meant to this certain extent.
You hadn’t felt academic stress in a while due to your habit of studying so much, and you were happy about it of course, but holy fuck, you were so bored, and it was starting to get to you.
“Y/N!” perfect timing for your best friend to break you out of your thoughts. Mina happily pranced through your shared dorm room and over to you, “Mina” you said back, smiling, although not in the same enthusiasm, meh – A for effort. 
“Oh my god, you’re actually awake,” she said, placing herself on her bed while remaining eye contact with you.
“Well yeah, I have some topics I still need to cover before I go to bed,” Lies. You certainly didn’t have any topics you needed to cover. You would’ve gone to bed if you knew Mina was coming back to the dorm so early. It was Friday night after all, which meant that Mina was out partying with the rest of the guys. Not today, apparently.
“Isn’t there a party today?” you asked, flipping through the pages of the book in front of you, pretending to read through the paragraphs that seemed like nothing more than dull words.
“Well… yeah, but, I figured I’d rather spend my night with you – you know, since it’s... it’s been a while,” you immediately stopped fiddling with the paper, “oh,” was all you could say. “I-I mean, if you wanna study, you totally can! I don’t want to interrupt or – or anything.” You shook your head, “no, no… uhm, I could use a break anyway.” Her face relaxed.
“So… how’ve you been?” you looked around the room, “I’m okay, just studying, nothing else really,” you reassured her “I feel like I haven’t seen you in forever,” she said, barely above a whisper, however you could still make out the melancholic tone hidden behind her voice.
“yeah… I’m sorry, I’m just – “
“studying? Yeah that seems to be your entire world lately.” She cut you off, her voice a little louder than it was previously. You opened your mouth to respond but – “Y/N c’mon, I know I haven’t necessarily been with you physically lately, but I’m not oblivious. Our exams are in a couple of months and you’re studying as if they’re tomorrow.” She explained all in one breath, “the curriculum this semester isn’t even that content-heavy, even the professors told us we could take it easy.”
“where are you going with this?” you asked in a weak voice. She seemed to have you all figured out. You truly underestimated how well your best friend understood you. “I just want to know why? Why are you avoiding your friends… why are you avoiding me?”
And then it came back. Everything you had been trying to avoid for the past two weeks came back. Jaehyun, the cheating, the assault, Jungkook. You began to feel your eyes stinging, subconsciously you averted them towards the ceiling. “Y/N, there’s something you’re not telling me. I want to help, please let me help.”
You made your way towards the bed, seating yourself next to her, “is this about Jaehyun? Do you miss hi–“
“No, God no I don’t, I’m so happy he’s out of my life,” she looked at you perplexed. And so, you told her. You told her absolutely everything, all the way from Jaehyun trying to touch you when you were trying to explain yourself to him, to the conversation you had with Jungkook in your dorm room several days ago.
“I’m gonna kill him,” you swiftly reached for her hand as you saw her attempt to rush out of your shared dorm, “no! I… It’s over now, he’s out of my life, there’s no reason to go look for him.”
“Of course there is! Why didn’t you–!” She yelled, however quickly stopped herself to calm down. “Why didn’t you tell anyone? He’s getting away with this when he deserves to rot in hell.” It wasn’t that simple. You never wanted to see him again, and telling any form of authority about what had happened certainly meant you were going to cross paths with him often.
Plus, it wasn’t even likely that they would’ve believed you, after all it was your word against his. There was no physical evidence of what he had done. You had your ripped clothes but you threw those away the day after the incident, you never wanted to look at them again and be reminded of this crap.
Then you had the bruises on your wrist, but Jaehyun could easily say that you guys had been into some sort of bdsm to make them believe him. They were also healed now, so there was no evidence at all to secure your side.
“I don’t want to constantly be reminded of what he did, I just want to move forward. Please, you can’t tell anyone.” Your voice cracked at the end, in which Mina reached out to hold your hand. “I don’t want anyone to know,” you cried.
“I’m so sorry, bug,” Mina rubbed your back empathetically, in a subtle attempt to calm you down. Though Mina tried her best to not scream at the top of her lungs, spitting out every profanity to curse Jaehyun. This wasn’t about her, and she knew that very well.
All she could do was comfort you and listen to everything you had bottled up for weeks. “You know what you need?” she smiled at you gently. You sniffled, rubbing your red, tear-stained cheeks, “what?”
“You need fresh air, to doll up and feel good! We all miss you so much Y/N, I don’t want you to spend another Friday night in here alone by yourself.” You raised an eyebrow, silently urging her to continue, “Wooyoung’s parent are out of town for the weekend so he’s hosting are party.”
“And?”
“And we’re going!” she clapped excitingly, “no Mina I–“ she held both your hands tightly, puppy eyes were presented right in front of you, “pleaseeee, just for an hour, you can leave after that if you don’t like it.” 
You thought about it for a moment. You did deserve a break, you needed to get out of the dorm anyway, have some fun with your friends, maybe even get a bit of well-deserved alcohol in your system.
“Fuck it, let’s do i–“
“YES! Okay, okay I know exactly what you’re wearing.” She rushed over to her closet, rummaging through fabric after fabric while you silently watched behind her, seated on your own bed. “Put this on right now,” You didn’t get a good look at the clothing item she threw at you, all you knew was that the fabric was quite tiny. It was a beautiful dark navy and black fabric that was smooth to the touch.
It was a woolen, striped bodycon dress. True to its name – it looked very tight. You looked at her perplexed, “that’s me being nice. My other option was throwing you my skirt that would barely cover your juicy ass.” You rolled your eyes, but smiled nonetheless, “fine, what shoes with?” she pointed at your black high-top converse that were placed neatly by the door. Alright, black converse it was.
“Y/N?” was the first thing you heard when walking through the door, entering the crowd of drunks. Before you stood your friends, the friends you had missed oh so much. Jimin was the first to run to you, lifting you off the ground to swing you around, “Y/N!” He laughed excitingly. Right behind him stood Seokjin, “Okay, I’ve had too much to drink guys I’m starting see Y/N,” you couldn’t help but laugh, “Hi Jin.”
One by one, they each gave you a heartwarming hug. Wow, you missed them, and you didn’t even realize, “about time you got out of the damn dorm,” Taehyung complained, you playfully slapped his shoulder. “You don’t get to say shit, you rot in your own dorm just as much as I do when you don’t have classes,” smiling, he scoffed, “I have altered my ways, about time you did too,” you shook your head.
You hadn’t noticed that an hour had already passed by, and you didn’t want to leave one bit. Your night was just getting started. Looking around you spotted all your friends, all but two. Neither had you seen the entire party: Yoongi and Jungkook.
“Jin!” you loudly spoke through the banging music, “yeah?!” he replied, “have you seen Yoongi?” you cupped your mouth in attempt to speak as clearly as possible, “What?! No thank you! I don’t wan’t Oolong tea. There’s booze why would I want tea?!” You rubbed your face, dragging Jin’s ear closer to your mouth, “Have you seen Yoongi?”
“OW, Jesus woman.” He rubbed his ear, “He should be in the kitchen,” you thanked him, and apologetically smiled for almost ripping his ear off.
You skipped your way through the heavy crowd of drunk youth. Some of which even looked younger than that. A string of ‘sorry’ and ‘excuse me’ was heard from you as you pushed your way to the kitchen.
“Yoongi?” he turned around, seeing you. He eyed the drink in his hand that resembled the color of piss, “I’ve had too much,” the bottom of the cup now faced the ceiling, the remainder of the liquid spilling down the edge of the cup and down the sink.
“Okay, you guys really have to stop doing that,” you laughed.
“Y/N? What are you doing here?” The mint-haired boy asked in a monotone, your smile faltered.
“I’m happy to see you too?” your voice was skeptical. He seemed annoyed, which frankly, you didn’t understand. You hadn’t seen the man in well over two weeks, no way had he found a reason to be mad at you unless you had happened to eat the last lamb skewer in his dream. He always did love his lamb skewers.
“’M sorry, my head’s spinning,” instantly your suspicion was replaced with worry. You quickly made your way to the sink and filled a glass with cold water and handed it to him, which he gratefully accepted. “How’ve you been?”
You sighed, “you want the rainbow-sprinkled version or the one that was dragged through the mud, shat and pissed on,” he couldn’t help but chuckle.
“I’ll take the piss-stained version, thank you.” He placed the red, water filled plastic cup next to him on the kitchen counter.
“Rough couple of weeks. I’m doing better though, so that’s something.” You shrugged your shoulders. Yoongi listened carefully, gently tilting his head to the side anticipating for you to keep going, however you didn’t, that was all you were going to say. Yoongi wasn’t stupid, clearly something had happened to make you disappear for weeks, but whatever it was it had to remain unknown for him – he wasn’t going to push you to talk to him.
“And where’s Jaehyun been through all of this?” he speculated.
“Uhm, we broke up,” you tried to laugh it off. His brows raised in surprise.
“Oh, well, I’m sorry–“ your hands swung in front of you to shake them. To Yoongi, you had most likely looked like you were sad from the breakup, understandably so. Afterall that is the typical reaction to a breakup, isn’t it?
“Don’t be! My god, no. It could – I’m not –“ you closed your eyes, sighing gently, “It was for the best.”
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“I’m not going, Tae,” Jungkook pinched the bridge of his nose with thumb and index finger, attempting to rub the non-existing headache out of his temples.
“Come on, Jungkook. It’s been a hot minute since you’ve partied with all of us,” a hot minute, was putting it lightly. Jungkook was currently in his own shared dorm with Taehyung, with a black DualShock controller seated in his lap – enjoying a game of overwatch shortly before Taehyung had dialed his number. Several empty packets of ramen placed randomly across the room. 
Different flavors of course. Variety was important.
“Can’t. ‘m busy.” Though Jungkook couldn’t see it, he was sure Taehyung had rolled his eyes through the other line. “Busy my ass,” Taehyung sighed, “you do this every week.”
“I wouldn’t have to do this every week if you would just stop asking,” Jungkook spat back, with a little more attitude than he had intended. “Jungshi,” the older friend started, “you can’t let this bother you forever,” he knew. Fuck, no one knew better than Jungkook that he couldn’t spend the rest of eternity sulking over this. Over you.
But no one knew how Jungkook was feeling either, every living fiber of his felt either conflicted or guilty. He couldn’t help but think that what had happened to you, was partially his fault – no, it was entirely his fault. Whatever Jaehyun had done was because of Jungkook.
Your words circled back and forth in his mind, day and night. Whenever he closed his eyes all he could see was your tear-stained orbs looking at him with so much hurt and hatred. Telling him to leave and that you never wanted to see him again.
All he wanted to do was talk to you, to know how you were feeling. Were you okay? Were you not? Jungkook had to make peace with the fact that he might in fact never get any answer for any of his questions. All he wanted was to see you, just for one small, useless moment.
He hadn’t seen you since that day. Frankly, it seemed like you had completely vanished from the face of the earth, even the guys hadn’t seen you. He managed to get a hold of Mina a few times, briefly asking of your whereabouts. She always tried her best to console and reassure him that you were okay, you were just always busy lately.
Busy.
You were always busy. Jungkook wasn’t stupid, he knew exactly what it meant: you were escaping.
Busy.
Oh, how Jungkook had grown to hate that word. How very hypocritical of him, he was mentally scolding you for using the lame excuse of being ‘busy’, all while doing the exact same behind the screen of his phone to his best friend.
“I just need time, hyung.” Jungkook tried to justify. “Time?” Taehyung scoffed, “You’ve had two weeks. I’m sorry Guk, but I’m not gonna sit around while I watch you completely lose yourself.” The younger slid further down the chair, staring blankly at the bright screen displaying the home-screen of his favorite video game.
“She’s here.”
Silence…
You… you were there? He could see you. Jungkook had a chance to see you. “Good to know,” was all he could say. “And you don’t give a rat’s ass?” Of course, he did, but he couldn’t because, “she doesn’t want to see me, hyung. If I show up, I’ll ruin her night. She isn’t hiding from the world anymore.”
“You can’t be sure– “
“Yes, I can,” Jungkook closed his eyes, a small exhale moved past his lips, “I can’t ruin this. Please don’t make me ruin this for her.” His voice was barely above a whisper. He felt weak. He couldn’t describe the growing urge he felt to rush over to whatever party you were at, just to see you. But he couldn’t be selfish. Not again.
Last time he acted selfishly he hurt you. He lost you. He wasn’t sure how it could get any worse – after all, you were out of his life, but Jungkook wasn’t willing to be daring, not if it meant it would hurt you again.
“Fine,” an extended beep was heard from the small speaker of the phone. Completely defeated, Jungkook gently threw his phone back onto his bed. Leaning back in his chair he faced the ceiling. He couldn’t seem to get himself to play another game, so shutting everything down, he went to get himself ready for bed.
Diving under the cool, fluffy sheets didn’t seem to be enough for Jungkook to knock out, which was odd. Jungkook could easily fall asleep anywhere on anything. One time he even managed to fall into a deep sleep after downing two 500ml Monster energy drinks. He had planned to pull an all-nighter with some of his online friends for a good few games of Valorant, the best way to do so was to shove an insanely unhealthy amount of energy drinks down the hatch.
He didn’t expect it to be so easy to fall asleep right away – he didn’t even remember walking over to his bed before dropping dead. But this, this was just frustrating.
He tossed and turned for what felt like hours, until when he finally felt his eyelids become heavy, a key was heard jiggling in the lock of the door. It must’ve taken Jungkook longer to fall asleep than he had anticipated if Taehyung had already decided to leave the party; that boy wouldn’t leave a party unless bits of the morning sunlight was peeking through the windows of the house of the host.
The door finally opened. Jungkook squinted his eyes, adjusting to the new light shining through the door frame. A black silhouette walked pasted the door. It wasn’t until Jungkook’s blurry vision had cleared up that he noticed a feminine like figure standing at the door. Not just anybody, no.
You. In fact.
Jungkook felt his heart begin to tie knots. He was dreaming for sure; there was no way you could just appear in his dorm of all dorms. But there you were, in the flesh. You gently clasped the bundle of keys in your palm, preventing them from making any further noise, taking soft strides through the room – you probably thought he was asleep.  
You quietly made your way over to Taehyung’s bed, opening the drawer of his nightstand. Jungkook’s eyes monitoring your every move went completely unnoticed by you. The poor boy was in awe, it was like you were an angel that had descended from heaven and blessed him with your presence. Frankly, in Jungkook’s eyes, you were an angel.
You let a small aha slip past your lips, in your hands was a turquoise polaroid camera. You neared the delicate camera to your face, making sure it was the right item through the darkness, and indeed it was.
About to make your way out of the dorm, your head turned slightly; in the direction of the boy that was currently sweating his balls off and his heart pounding like crazy. Fuck, did you see him looking at you? You must’ve, you wouldn’t look at him otherwise. Could you hear his heart beating through his ribcage? That has to be it, after all it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
He hurriedly closed his eyes, praying to the lord above that for once in Jungkook’s cursed life, the spirits would work in his favor. God, if you do this for me, I won’t fart on Taehyung’s head pillow anymore.
You slowly made your way over to Jungkook’s bed, with each step you took he felt a new set of sweat gather in his warm palms. He couldn’t feel anything, all he heard was the shuffle of his blanket. The blanket that was supposed to be on him.
While Jungkook had gone unnoticed to you, the absence of his soft, grey blanket on his body had been completely disregarded. He had tossed so much in his unreachable sleep that he had kicked his blanket right off of him.
Not only did Jungkook feel his body overcome in warmth, but his heart also danced at the thought of you going out of your way to cover him in his blanket. Your kindness really was out of this world.
No matter how many times someone had hurt you, you never failed to leave the ways of resentment and treat people with kindness. You were truly too kind for your own good. That was one of your qualities that Jungkook was most fond of, the world didn’t deserve you. it didn’t deserve an angel.
You on the other hand, were completely oblivious to the fact that the man in front of you was wide awake. You crouched down by the side of his bed, you really should get going, you weren’t supposed to linger for so long.
Your eyes trailed the sleeping beauty on the bed. He looked so peaceful, his long eyelashes resting on the top of his cheek, a few of the hairs grazing the scar on right side of the skin. His dark hair was sprawled over his forehead. His lips were sealed, but slightly pouty, they looked so soft. 
You couldn’t make much of his face, the only source of light being the moon light throw the window.
You hand moved on its own. Fingers trailing to the strands of the dark hair, moving the silky locks out of his face.
You wish things had been different between you. You’d be lying to yourself if you said you didn’t miss Jungkook, which is the exact lie you had been telling yourself for weeks. Even though he was right in front of you, you missed him. No, fuck. You couldn’t miss him, even though you wanted things to be different, they never could be.
You snapped out of your daze, removing your hands from his face, you stood up and turned your heel.
“Don’t leave.” You flinched, a small holy shit, was heard from you. Turning back around, you saw Jungkook in the exact same position you had left him in, the only difference was that his eyes were now open. The warm orbs you were completely dazed by were now looking at you.
You had to leave, but you couldn’t, your feet grew minds of their own, obediently staying in place.
Jungkook sat up from his bed, never breaking eye contact with you. He was now seated at the edge of his bed, hands on either side of his thighs, tightly clenching on the sheets beneath him in order to prevent himself from reaching out after you.
There was no exchange of words, you were both lost in each other’s gazes. You were clutching your jacket tightly, looking like a dear caught in head lights. You took a step backwards, gathering every ounce of power you had in your body to try and get out of there. You just couldn’t stay.
“Please,” his voice sounded broken. There it was again – the expression on his face you had never learned to read. His eyelids were droopy, eyebrows relaxed yet slightly furrowed.
He rose from his bed, testing the waters. He examined your reaction before moving any further. When he saw you standing completely still, he took a step forward; you didn’t move, so he took yet another step. That’s when you started to back away, you didn’t look scared or alarmed, so he continued.
This kept going until the back of your thighs met a desk you had failed to notice was there in the first place. You have got to start paying more attention to your surroundings.
Jungkook was now in front of you, eyes looking at yours, searching for any sign of uncertainty. But all he saw was sadness and hurt. His heart clenched in discomfort, because partially – if not all – of the hurt in your eyes was because of him.
He wanted to pour his heart out to you, tell you he was sorry for being an asshole. Tell you he would cut his heart into pieces and hand it to you one by one if that’s what it took to make you happy.
But he wanted to be cautious, he didn’t want to scare you off. So instead, he carefully, carefully, lifted his hand up to your face. The knuckle of his middle finger grazed the side of your cheek. You didn’t flinch.
He extended his fingers to hold your cheek in his palm, his thumb ever so slightly caressing the flush skin. It wasn’t until you leaned into his touch that he felt how warm you were. He could barely make out the light tint of a rosy color on your cheeks. Must’ve been from the booze you’ve ingested at the party, he thought.
Unbeknownst to him, you had barely had enough alcohol to call yourself tipsy.
Deep in your own thoughts, you felt Jungkook’s other hand slip around your waist, the fingers on your cheek descended down to accompany his other hand.
He was hugging you. His face was buried right in the crook of your neck, arms securely wrapped around your frame, fearing for his dear life that you were going to let go of him. His fragile soul couldn’t take it if you did.
You, however, couldn’t bring yourself to hug him back, not until you felt the skin on your shoulder grow wet. “I’m so sorry,” he breathed, barely above a whisper – audible to your ear, nonetheless.
He pulled away, his hands resting on your sides lamely. His eyes were glossy, the tip of his nose red, and a few tears had trailed down his cheeks, leaving stains of the salty water. “I’m – It’s my fault, all of it, I know I don’t deserve it but please forgive me.” he sniffled, “I know you hate me, and you have every right to – “
“I don’t hate you,” for the first time that night, you spoke to him. Your voice instantly sedated the distress in Jungkook. You wiped the tears streaming down his face with your cold thumb, which only caused more to fall. “You should… It’s all my fault.”
Although that had been your exact theory for the past weeks, you couldn’t bring yourself to believe that the statement was true anymore. You continuously blamed Jungkook for everything that had happened to you, but that wasn’t fair, you realized that now.
Because if Jungkook really was at fault, then so were you. After all, it takes two to tango.
“It’s not,” you tried to soothe the tremendous guilt you could recognize behind his doe eyes, it was the exact same guilt you had felt when you returned from the weekend at the summerhouse. The same guilt that had eaten every bit of your fiber. Blaming yourself for days for having cheated on your now ex-boyfriend who turned out to be the biggest piece of shit to walk the earth.
“You didn’t force me to do anything,” you admitted, “but that fucker – “ Jaehyun, Jungkook hissed.
“Anything that came after the summerhouse wasn’t your fault. Jaehyun showed me who he really was – an asshole in disguise,” at the mention of what you had been through, Jungkook’s grip on your sides tightened slightly. You knew he was blaming himself for what Jaehyun had done.
It wasn’t anyone but Jaehyun’s fault.
You cupped his face in both your hands, smiling softly, “please stop blaming yourself for something you had no control over.” You spoke to him, but also to yourself.
For the longest time you thought it was your fault, that if you hadn’t slept with Jungkook, that you and Jaehyun would still be happy and he would never had touched you like he did.
You and Jaehyun hadn’t been happy for a while, and if he hadn’t snapped you would’ve continued to date A-level garbage.
It took you some time to realize that it was never your fault, and it most certainly wasn’t Jungkook’s fault. Your stomach dropped at the thought of him blaming himself so mercilessly.  
He sniffled harder at your words, “I’m sorry, I’m so sorr–“
The kiss was soft. You could tell he completely froze against your lips. Your hands were still on his cheeks; the feel of the occasional tear grazed the skin of your fingers. It didn’t take long for him to melt completely against the plush of your warm lips.
His arms moved back around your waist, pulling you against him until you were flush against his chest. You pulled away. He followed you, refusing that’d be the end of your kiss. His pleading lips captured yours in a second kiss.
You wrapped your arms around his neck in an attempt to deepen the kiss, not having much room to move them any place else when Jungkook was pressing himself so hard against you.
“I missed you,” he breathed between the kiss “so much.” Fuck, if only he knew how much you had missed him, “I couldn’t bare not having you around me.” You hummed against his mouth, hoping he understood that you reciprocated.
You felt his warm tongue scrape against your top lip, pleading to have a taste of yours. You complied easily. Opening your mouth for him to explore the heavenly wonder that was your mouth.
You had kissed Jungkook before, but this felt different, it was softer, much more gentle. The gliding of his tongue against yours felt new, but so right.
You soon came to the agreement that kissing Jungkook was one of your favorite things to do. The slow dance of your lips increased the beating of your heart, you were sure he could feel it knock against his chest.
He lifted your body, as if you were a feather and seated you on the desk behind you, standing right between your legs. His hands resting on either thigh, gently caressing the bare flesh.
Your lips suddenly felt cold, opening your eyes you found Jungkook’s brown orbs staring right at you. Worry began to creep its way up your spine. “What’s wrong?”
“Do… Do you want me to stop?”
He was being careful. Careful not to cross any boundaries. He couldn’t fuck up again, not this time. You smiled at him. Taking his hand in yours, you placed a peck at the top of his palm, “not at all.”
Jungkook swears his heart melted then and there; the softness in your eyes, the relaxed tone of your voice, there was no hesitation. You felt safe, which was everything Jungkook ever wanted.
He leaned back in, you closed your eyes, puckering up thinking he was going in for another kiss. You felt a pair of soft bud-like lips at the side of your jaw, “beautiful,” he whispered to himself. He kissed the top of your covered shoulder.
You leaned back slightly, both hands steady behind you to support you weight. Jungkook leaned forward, following you, refusing that any sort of distance was between you.
Even though you had given him the ok, you could feel Jungkook was slightly hesitant in his moves, which was nothing like the Jungkook you had in front of you almost an entire month ago. He was so confident and cocky, yet now, he seemed unsure.
He was afraid of touching you and screwing up everything.
“I won’t leave this time,” you whispered, moving your head so that you were now looking at him, “I’m not gonna run away.” You took his hand in yours, guiding them towards your tits. Jungkook watched in awe as his hand completely engulfed your breast.
You let go of his hand when you felt him begin to fondle with the perky tit. He moved back to your neck, but instead of small affectionate kisses, he now began to place open-mouthed kisses at the expanse of your neck. You tilted your head to the side, allowing him more space; you felt the corners of his lips curl slightly.
You gasped at the feeling of his tongue gliding over the skin, slapping your hand over your mouth. While one of his hands were busy with your chest, the other removed the hand from your face, “don’t, you sound so pretty.”
The fingers that were once wrapped around your hand moved down your torso, grazing the apex of your thigh. With his mouth still busy on your neck, he hoisted the length of your stripped dress (that was actually Mina’s), just enough to expose most of your legs, but not enough to reveal the fabric of your underwear.
The pad of his cold fingers slithered over the black textile experimentally. Carefully brushing over your clothed clit, you whimpered. You sounded downright touch deprived.
The lustful boy in front of you began sucking on your neck, all while cupping your clothed cunt without warning. “Fuck,” You jumped at the overwhelming touch.
“So sensitive” he mumbled, “aren’t you, angel,” you hummed at the rightfully missed affectionate name. You gripped his shoulders when you felt him massage a little harsher at your mound. Your underwear was beginning to stick to your folds embarrassingly fast.
Jungkook curled a finger around the section of fabric that was directly against your pussy. Providing access for his hand to touch your warmth without removing your underwear. A muffled, high pitched moan of his name rolled off your tongue at his slender finger sliding into your velvety walls.
You were already so wet, and you were sure he noticed how embarrassed you were about it, with the way you were discreetly trying to close your legs.
He used his other hand to keep your legs apart. “Don’t be shy,” he soothed, “I love this pretty” he scraped his finger against the spongy spot, “pretty pussy.”
“Jungkook, please,” you whined, it only caused Jungkook to chuckle whole-heartedly at your neediness, “what is it, baby?” he pressed his thumb against your clit, gently tapping at it. You shuttered.
“I, fuck, I–“ your thighs began to tense, “tell me,” he urged. You were trying your best, but every sentence you were attempted to formulate was instantly thrown out the window the second Jungkook added another finger into your cunt.
His fingers were scraping at your walls, pumping into you or scissoring. The dangerous combination of all of the above, and his thumb rubbing meaningless patterns on your nub had you seeing stars.
Too focused on his magical fingers, you overlooked the small detail of Jungkook now sitting between your thighs, kneeling. He rubbed your thigh soothingly.
Deciding to help you out, Jungkook wrapped his fingers around the lame excuse of your panties, dragging the pathetic fabric down your legs. You were now completely exposed.
Jungkook eyes you between your legs, shamelessly. “Pretty girl,” he wooed. He pulled his fingers out of you, you whined at the empty feeling.
He brought his soaked fingers up to his tongue, slowly licking them clean, all while maintaining eye contact with you. Telling yourself you could cum from the sight alone was in no way an understatement.
“Mmm, good, so fucking good.” He purred against his fingers. “Bet it would taste even better from here,” teasingly, he slid his finger up your soaked slit, punctuating his sentence, “wouldn’t it, angel?” You quivered at his words. “is that what you want?” yes. “your words, pretty girl.”  
“Yes – Yes, please. Please eat me out,” without further ado, Jungkook wasted no time placing a much-deserved kiss on your swollen bud. You moaned in relief, throwing your head back at the feeling of Jungkook’s lips circling your clit.
You bucked your hips at the feeling of his tongue sloppily gliding against your folds. Your fingers found themselves tangled in Jungkook’s dark and messy locks. He praised you.
Small grunts and low moans were felt against your warm cunt, “such a pretty pussy,” he mumbled to himself against you. You clenched around nothing at the compliment.
“Feels so good,” you cooed, “yeah?” small licks turned into long laps, “yeah – fuck, don’t stop.” Stopping was the furthest thing from Jungkook’s mind.
You felt knots beginning to tie at the pit of your stomach, Jungkook could easily feel you were about to burst. The constant tugging of his hair and the pulsating cunt was all he needed, to know he was doing his job right.
“I love seeing you so needy for me,” at this point, you’re chanting his name shamelessly. It isn’t until Jungkook adds a finger lamely circling your clit that you feel you’re about to snap. The familiar ache between your legs became almost unbearable, you threw your head back and shut your eyes.
“Eyes on me when you cum,” you obliged. Bending your head forward to watch Jungkook eat your cunt as if he hadn’t eaten in days. The view was the most sinful yet the most beautiful thing you’d ever seen. His brows are furrowed, he murmured against your warmth. You occasionally saw the tip of his nose, and when you did it was absolutely soaked in your arousal.
“Oh my fuck– Jungkook.”
It’s only when Jungkook uttered his next sentence that you felt the knot in your stomach unravel. “Fuck, baby, I could eat you out for the rest of my life,” you’re breaking apart.
Your hips surge forward, pathetically grinding on Jungkook’s face — he lets you. Helping you ride out your high, he slowly laps his tongue over your spasming pussy. He’s watching your every move, “delicious,” he smiled innocently as if his mouth wasn’t completely covered in your cum.
He stood up once again, licked his lips clean in the process and you swore you just felt something trail down your thigh. Once he was at eye-level with you, you looked down and saw the tent that has formed in his sweatpants.
Naturally, you go to grab his cock. Not wanting to waste time, you wrapped your fingers around it over the material. He visibly shuttered at the feeling, and it wasn’t until then that you realized you hadn’t touched Jungkook – at all. Not even back at the summer house.
Here you were, complaining over how selfish Jaehyun used to be whenever you two were having sex, saying he never touched you properly or showed any ounce of effort.
You weren’t any different. So far, Jungkook had only been the giver, and you had been a spoiled pillow princess.
Trailing your eyes back up to Jungkook, you watched him carefully as you curled a finger around the waistband of his sweatpants and boxers simultaneously, dragging the unnecessary material down his legs.
His cock sprung up, hitting his stomach. The tip was red and hot, several drops of precum dripped down the angry shaft. He was impossibly hard and you began to feel guilt overcome you for having been so selfish with pleasure. Determined to make it up to him, you placed all five tips of your fingers at the very apex of his cock, sliding down until your palm comes in contact with the tip.
The prettiest whine you’d ever heard rolled off of Jungkook’s lips, he watched you attentively, “y-you don’t have to–“ you shushed him, “I want to.”
You twist your wrist and positioned your fingers around his dick. Using your thumb to spread the precum, you lightly brush his frenulum in which he grunts, “fuck, babyyy,” unintentionally thrusting up into your hand.
You squeezed harder and began to pump his cock. The surprising rotation of your wrist was enough to have him slap both hands on either side of the desk, completely trapping you.
“Faster,” he pleads, “go faster,” and you do. His head drops down to your shoulder. He tried to distract himself by sucking another bruise onto the skin of your neck, but it was completely hopeless with the pace your hand was pumping.
Rhythmically, he was subtly thrusting his hips into your hand, matching the pace. He couldn’t wait to fuck you, so for the time being, he had to fuck your hand. And God, it felt so good it was almost pathetic how much a handjob could rile him up.
You felt his hips stutter, and now it was his turn to chant your name. You placed a soothing kiss on the expanse of his shoulder, “Mmm gonna – haah, shit,” You hurriedly pushed him back gently and dropped to your knees. “What are you – Fuck!”
Most of his length is now shoved down as much as your gag reflex allows, and it isn’t until you have Jungkook’s cock halfway down your throat that you realize how fucking impressive his size is. The thought of having him stretch you out with his girth is enough to make you wet all over again.
Jungkook can’t resist collecting your strands of hair up into a ponytail and piston into your mouth, “s-sorry, I’m sorry,” strings of apologies are heard throughout the room, along with the sound of you choking. Your eyes begin to sting, fresh tears falling down the side of your cheek. He continues to fuck your throat, and contrary to his belief, you fucking love it.
You steady yourself by grabbing the sides of his thighs. Echoes of Jungkook’s moans and heavy sighs fill the room, alongside the sound of his cock continuously thrusting down your throat.
“so pretty, you’re s-so fucking pretty like this,” you hum at his praise, “like the feeling of my cock down your throat, huh? Dirty girl, fuck,” at this point your mascara had completely stained your cheeks.
The sight of your brows furrowed, eyes filled with tears, mascara-stained cheeks, and the absolute cherry on top: Jungkook repeatedly plunging his impossibly hard cock down your sore throat, was all it took for him to blow his load.
You’ve never heard such a moan come from Jungkook, it sounded broken and you’re certain it’s the most beautiful thing you’ll ever hear in your life. You felt the warm, white liquid coat the walls of your cheeks and throat and you made sure to swallow every single drop.
You’re stopped from licking his dick clean when Jungkook pulls you back up to meet him at eye level. He lifts you up to sit at the desk again, hands on either side of you, he looks you dead in the eye, “I want to fuck you,” he says bluntly.
Your eyes widen slightly at his directness. Confused, you look down at his dick and holy fuck – he was still incredibly hard. Seriously, this boy had some serious stamina. You assumed his extraordinary stamina must’ve developed all those years in the gym.
You felt tiny under his gaze, you meet his eyes, nonetheless.
“Come here and fuck me then.” You felt bold when a shaky breath left his mouth. He hoisted both your legs up to his waist, causing you to lean back slightly, both your hands were forced to sit behind you once again to prevent yourself from falling backwards.
Without another word, Jungkook sealed the distance between your lips with a sweet kiss.
“Ohmygod–” was all you were able to say when his cock slowly disappeared inside of you, your walls of warmth hugging his length. Once again, you had underestimated just how big Jungkook actually was. He snaked a hand to meet the small of your back to steady himself before he finally began to pull himself out, leaving his tip, only to push back in.
You whined at the delicious stretch. Setting a fixed pace, Jungkook repeatedly thrusted into you, while his lips were busy on yours. You wrapped both arms around his neck, tangling your fingers in the hairs of his nape. “Mmm fuck,” he moaned deliciously against your lips.
“Feels good?” he asked, parting your lips with a soft chu. You nodded; your eyelids lazily drooped over your orbs; eyebrows scrunched together at the feeling of his tip kissing your cervix. He felt so good.
“Say it,” he rasped, “tell me how good it feels,” his thrusts grew harder, “tell me how good I’m fucking this pretty pussy. My pussy,” his pussy, yes, it was his.
You cried at the claim. “It feels so good Guk – fuck I love when you fuck me like this.”
He pounded harder, as if he was trying to punctuate something. Both your breaths quickened, equally as eager to chase your own high as you were each other’s. Pushing his chests flush against yours, he leaned his forehead against yours, neither of you broke eye contact.
“L-love you,” he cried. “I love you.”
It felt as if all the air in your lungs was punched out of you, you couldn’t pinpoint whether it was Jungkook’s hips thrusting into yours unforgivingly, or if it was the fact that the boy you basically watched grow up happened to be the same person you’ve liked since middle-school, standing in front of you, telling you he loves you.  
You lied to yourself, you genuinely thought whatever strong feeling you felt for Jungkook had died down, that you had truly moved on. You even got a boyfriend and all that.
But it wasn’t until you heard Jungkook utter those three words that you realized they never went away, no – you had hidden those feelings away in a box and chained several chains around it to keep them suppressed.
You loved him too, of course you did. You never stopped loving him for fucks sake. It pains you to think about how much crap both of you were put through for you to realize this.
“I love you.”
12-year-old Y/N was applauding and smiling like crazy; you finally said it. The love you had carried for Jungkook in your poor overwhelmed heart was finally spilled all over the table.
Jungkook’s hips stuttered at your reciprocating words. He hadn’t expected you to say it back, but for the love of all that is holy; he loved hearing you say it, it sounded so pretty coming from you. “Say it again,” he was now smiling, and you couldn’t help but smile back at him.
His eyes were glowing, so of course you had to say it again, “I love you. Fuck – I always have.”
“Again.”
“Jeon Jungkook,” completely out of breath, you caressed the side of his cheek, watching as his eyes teared up once again. He only fastened his pace, if that was even humanly possible. Lovingly, you ran your thumb across the scar that laid right on his cheek, “I am in love with you.”
That being said – Jungkook exploded, with you following right after him. You were holding on to each other for dear life, with slow pumps to help ride out your highs. Your eyes rolled to the back of your head, at your final clench.
Small strings of I love you’s were heard from Jungkook who was breathlessly panting into your neck. He kissed your temple, guiding a small string of hair behind your ear.
“You know,” he started, “I’ve been in love with you since freshman year of high school,” he smiled adoringly at you, “the first day we had a biology class, I saw you slip a note into my locker that read ‘if I could be a nitrogen base, I’d be adenine so I could be paired with U.’ and there was a small purple bellflower taped to the corner of the paper. You’ve had my heart ever since that day.”
Your eyes widened, physically cringing at yourself in your teenage years, “I can’t believe you knew it was me, and really? That’s what it took for you to like me back?” You giggled, “you can’t blame me, you were, and still are, extremely adorable.” He shrugged his shoulders. You gently pushed his shoulders, feeling your face turn red at the reminder of your rather sappy biology pick up line.
“Well, I’ve loved you since middle school. I win this one, Jeon.”
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Saturday 02:57AM
“What’s taking so long, Y/N should be back by now,” Jin winced, eyeing the small watch on his wrist.
Taehyung and Mina looked at each other, “do you think it worked?” Mina questioned, a beaming smile plastered across her face, “yup,” Taehyung crossed his arms proudly. “Operation tell-Y/N-to-get-polaroid-camera-because-Taehyung’s-too-drunk-for-his-own-good-so-that-she-could-be-trapped-in-the-same-room-as-Jungkook-and-make-up… Was a success!”
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The One Where Despite The Sports Festival, Shouto Todoroki Hates Using His Quirk, But [Y/N] [L/N] Enjoys It.
Edited: 12-2-2020
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"It's so fucking cold."
The words came out rushed and loud as you clattered your teeth together. Your arms rubbed up and down over your thin school jacket as you cursed at your teacher in your head. You were supposed to be indoors, doing this school activity inside of the warm enclosed walls of Gym Gamma, instead, Shouta had your class outside, working on the P.E grounds due to miscommunication and overlapping training schedules with class B.
"C'mere, you're warm, I'm cold, hug me."
You buried yourself into the warmer side of your boyfriend, Shouto Todoroki. He had his own personal built-in heating pad, it wasn't fair to let him keep it all to himself. After all, sharing is caring. A light blush spread across his face as he slung his left arm around your back and let his left hand rest on your arm. He pulled you against him, helping you create heat as he debated giving you his own jacket to put on.
"Mm. That's great."
Shouto let out a small smile and he moved his warm, left hand up and down your arm as you both watched Mina spar with Mineta. His hand came up and rolled over your shoulder and made soft contact with your ear and cheek.
"Talking about me or the fight?"
"Well I was talking about you, but I can't say I don't find pleasure in seeing Mineta get beat."
"I know he can be a jerk, but isn't she going a little extreme. I'm surprised he isn't unconscious."
You let out a small chuckle as Mina destroyed his balls with her acid and delivered yet another punch to his face. You had to admit, she was going a bit hardcore on him, and you were sure Mr. Aizawa could see that, but no one stopped her. You were sure she was going so extreme with him due to the stunt he tried pulling the week before, your blood boiled and you clenched your fists just thinking about it. You hadn't told Shouto about said stunt, choosing to keep it a secret between you and Mina.
"He deserves it! He's commenting on our bodies is one thing, but he crossed a line last week."
"What did he do now?"
Shouto knew the boy's schemes were horrendous, and he tried his best to put the pervert back in line when you asked him to or complained about it. It was his job as a boyfriend to make you feel secure, and he took pride in it. He wanted to be the opposite of his father, a significant other you could run to for help, and making you feel safe and protected from the antics of your lesser classmate was how he did that, but you and neglected to tell your boyfriend about how bad the boy was getting.
Shouto placed a chase kiss onto the top of your head as he ran his hand up and down, his fingers leaving warm soothing circles on your shoulder. You pulled your lip between your teeth, realizing you slipped up and mentioned it. You hadn't told your boyfriend about the stunt Mineta pulled because you were both embarrassed it even happened, and ashamed you couldn't defend yourself. Besides that fact, Shouto could get jealous and possessive. Whenever you mention Mineta was bothering you Shouto didn't give you a chance to ask for help, he just seemed to take care of it. Jealousy and possession was a natural human feeling, but you didn't want him trying to murder the boy for his severe actions.
"Uh, well, I mean it's not worth sharing that much. Just the usual nasty things he does."
"What did he do?"
Shouto ran his fingers over your rosy, cold cheeks. Trying to entice you to answer him by distracting you with warmth. It worked.
"He snuck into the girl's dorms to spy on us after hours! To make things worse, he tried watching me change. When I saw him, he used his damned balls to make me sticky. Stuck in my bra and panties, completely helpless and unable to move. You have no idea how humiliated and disgusting I felt!"
"I would've made him apologize. Why didn't you tell me?"
Shoutos grip on your arm loosened but you could still feel the heat just radiating off of his body. He was upset that you didn't tell him, you knew that, but for all the wrong reasons. What you assumed was jealousy, in reality, was fear. The thought that you didn't need or want him to defend you. He took joy in it, he took joy in protecting you. What he so proudly took pride in, was swept away by Mina.
Mina had finally knocked Mineta out and walked past you and Shouto with a shit-eating grin on her face. She shot a thumbs-up signal in your direction as she went to the infirmary to retrieve Recovery Girl for Mineta. Nonverbal communication that she had avenged your dignity, but to Shouto it was just a slap in his face. Why hadn't you immediately told him? He would've knocked Mineta down a peg or two. He would've humbled him down and made him apologize. He should have been the one to redeem your dignity and redeem your image. He should've been the one defending your honor, but you hadn't even told him about it.
Did you not trust him? Was he not good at making you feel secure?
"Todoroki vs. Bakugo."
The anger and frustration was already taking over Shouto as he broke away from you and walked toward the center of the training grounds to meet Katsuki. The feral boy wasted no time in blasting Shouto, trying to anger him resulting in him using his flames unlike he had in the sports festival.
"Die!"
Shouto rebutted Katsuki's blast by hitting him with ice. Aggravated and aggressive, Katsuki sent boom after boom, blast after blast while he growled out phrases to work Shouto up and bring out his flames.
"Won't use your flames? Pathetic. I honestly wonder why [Y/N] is with you, my explosions always got her going."
"Leave her name out of your mouth."
Emotions consumed him once your name left Katsuki lips. He was angry that you didn't trust him enough to tell him about how his classmate tried to defile your image. Sad that you hadn't gone to him for comfort and redemption but Mina instead. All his emotions were thrust into his quirk as he sent Katsuki one hard blast of his flames. Blow after blow, eventually, Katsuki went down. He gripped his arm which now held a severe burn from a Shouto as he screamed out fuck you's.
As he cooled down, ex or not, Shouto couldn't help but regret his actions towards Katsuki. He saw the burns he left Katsuki with. He saw Katsuki gripping his arm as Recover Girl made her way over to him. He could see Katsuki resist help, trying to say it wasn't as bad as it was. He looked over at you, as you stared at him while you bit your lip, guilt flooded his entire being.
What if that had been you? What if he had lost his temper with you? If he was capable of snapping at Katsuki so quickly, what was he capable of with you?
Shouto made his way over to you and with quick hands, you grabbed onto him. You inspected him for injuries, worried he had been hurt too. Shouto hadn't been the only one to get blows in, but his injuries weren't physical. As your worried eyes met his, he felt disgusted with himself. He didn't understand how you were able to cling to such a monster like him. Katsuki's burns flashed in his head as Shouto pulled away from your grasp and ripped his jacket from his back.
He could hurt you. He was capable of hurting you.
"I'm fine. Here, take my jacket so you can be warmer."
"Oh, won't you need it? Quirks are just physical extensions of your body, I don't want you overexerting yourself."
"Don't worry about me. I'm going back to the dorms since my fights over."
His voice came out rushed, his tone cold, harsh and you frowned. Before he even heard your reply, Shouto turned on his heel and walked off to class 1-A's dorm rooms. He hadn't meant to be so cold with you. He didn't want to be harsh with you. Anyone, but you. He didn't want to, but he couldn't stand to be there with you. He couldn't stand there and let you take advantage of his quirk. He couldn't stand there and heat you knowing how he could hurt you. After what he did to Katsuki, you should have been disgusted with him.
He was a monster, he wasn't worthy of you.
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"Who's next on the list?"
The snow fell around you, wetting your hair and getting your clothes damp as you pulled your hands out of your pockets and opened your phone with stiff cold fingers to look at the Christmas list you both together made weeks prior. Shouto wanted to reach across the small gap between you. He wanted to reach over and push your hair behind your ear. He wanted to reach out and pull your frozen hand into his warm one, but he wouldn't. He couldn't, he was already pushing the limit by being here as it was.
He was distancing himself, pulling away, and hoping you would receive the subtle hints he was dropping your way. The hints that he wanted to break up, to no longer see you, to no longer be yours. It wasn't that this is what he wanted, it's what he felt needed to be done. Shouto didn't want to hurt you by breaking up. He didn't want to be away from you. To him, you were his whole world, one of his motivations to become a hero. The more he thought about it, the more he realized how much safer you'd be off without him. How much safer, how much better you'd be without a monster like him.
He hoped the list was almost over with, he wasn't sure he'd be able to handle another minute with you. He knew he couldn't handle breaking your heart himself, so ingeniously he found a solution: Be detached until you break up with him instead. He was supposed to distance himself, but all he wanted to do was pull you in his arms. He knew he should've stayed at the dorms, stayed in the confines of his dorm room, neglecting you under the pretense of studying. However, when you came to him asking if he still wanted to go Christmas shopping together like you both originally planned to, he couldn't say no. The way you looked at him, a broken hopeful expression that he would say yes. Hopeful that he'd want to spend time with you despite him pushing you away. It broke his stoic reserve.
"We still need a guitar for Kyouka, a bag for Ochako, and something for Momo, she's kinda hard to shop for because she already has everything, but I saw her eyeing a necklace last month. I bet we could even find Ochako a bag in the same store."
He was practically ecstatic to hear you only had three more people to shop for, two of which could be hit in the same store. The quicker this was over the better. You placed your phone back in your pocket and reached out for Shouto's hand. The gap was closed between you both as you tugged him along the sidewalk with you towards the store you needed. Shouto smiled. He briefly smiled and relished in the feeling of your hand in his, but it was short-lived as he pulled his hand out of yours and stuffed it in his pocket.
He knew there must have been a hurt expression on your face, but he had to take a moment to remind himself. He had to remind himself why he was distancing himself from you. It was for you. You didn't deserve to be with a monster like him. You didn't deserve it, all you needed was a push in the right direction.
As you walked beside Shouto into the Lois Vuitton outlet store your heart felt heavy but you tried your best to push through the pain. You couldn't pretend that there wasn't anything wrong with your relationship. You couldn't pretend that your boyfriend hadn't been distant, hadn't been cold and closed off. He used to be so sweet, sweet, and present. He would walk you to your dorm after class, take you for walks, hold your hand, and more often than not, take you out on impromptu dates. He didn't do that anymore. He was cold and absent. He rarely talked to you and he put little to no effort into being with you. Even when you tried putting all the effort, you could see him pulling away. As he pulled away more and more, you had to wonder if he even wanted to be around you.
You had a whirlwind of thoughts on why he was being so distant, why he no longer wanted you. You just wanted all the worries and thoughts to go away. You wanted the negative reasons you'd come up with every night as you laid in bed to be gone. You wanted things to go back to normal because, despite all of this, you were holding out hope that things would go back to normal. Hope that perhaps he would begin to come around again.
You walked through Louis Vuitton with Shouto hot on your trail as you went to the jewelry display. Shouto quickly grasped the right necklace in his hands, the expensive a thousand dollar golden lipstick holder necklace. He turned to you with a determined smile.
"This is the one right?"
Suddenly, that dark cloud of thoughts came out again. The one that rained on you when you were at your most hopeful. The one that said he didn't love you, but most likely fell for another. The one that gave you the most probable answer.
"How'd you know that was the one she wanted?"
"I was with you both when you saw it."
It was a logistic explanation, but the simple sentence placed the seed of doubt into your head. Doubt that slowly diminished your hope. Despite the awfully, distrustful feeling it left you with, you chose to give Shouto the benefit of the doubt as you made your way over the bag selection.
"So, everyone's making plans for Christmas, and I was wondering if we were going to spend it together."
"I haven't really thought about my Christmas plans yet."
"We don't have to if you don't want to, figured I'd ask."
You kept your face away from Shouto and buried in the bag rack. You didn't want him to see the expression on your face. You didn't want him to see the remnants of all the hope you had left in this relationship. There was a right answer, the right answer you hoped he'd say, but that seed of doubt knew he wasn't going to say it.
"I was gonna go home for Christmas. Figured we both could use time with our families."
A single stray tear made its way down your cheek as his sentences tumbled out. All the hope you had left in your body crumpled as his words resounded in your ears. You hadn't spent a Christmas apart since the start of your three-year relationship. He knew you didn't have the best family. He knew you hated your father just as much as he hated his father. You both made it your tradition to be together for the holidays. You asking about it wasn't supposed to be a question, but reassurance he wasn't going to leave you alone. It was reassuring you he still cared, but all it did was water the seed.
"You want to go home for Christmas? I thought you hated being home over the holidays."
"Some things change, [Y/N]. You don't have a problem with it, do you?"
Of course you did. He was abandoning you. He was leaving you over Christmas for his bastard father he hated. The seed of doubt was beginning to blossom and you were looking for ways to uproot it. You had one vice left to try. His jealousy. If he so much as still loved or even liked you as a girlfriend, then just bringing up you and another boy alone would bring out the beast. No matter how innocent it would be, whether it be walking in the halls, or studying, Shouto could get possessive of you, and while you hated the idea of playing into his emotions like this, it was necessary.
"Of course not! Denki invited me to go on a trip over holiday break anyway. The guy he interns for owns a mansion up north, perfect for skiing. You don't have a problem with that, do you?"
"No, I hope you have fun."
You scanned Shouto's face for any indication that you going up north with Denki alone bothered him, but stoic as ever he was unbothered. A last resort really, but you pulled out a card you never wanted to.
"You're sure? Katsuki is going to be there, and I don't want to make you uncomfortable by hanging out with my ex for a week and a half."
"[Y/N], I don't care. Go ahead, you know not to do something you'd regret."
If Shouto really cared for you he would have said yes. He would've said he had a problem with his girlfriend going on a trip with her ex-boyfriend. You thrust the bag into Shouto's arms and avoided his eyes, scared you would let the tears flow out in front of him.
"Um, can you go pay? I need to use the bathroom."
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Shouto tried not to look over at you on the couch. He wanted to scoot closer to you, he wanted to pull your body against his. He wanted to see the little face you made when his warmth took over your freezing skin, he wanted you to fall asleep on him. He wanted to be close to you again, he wanted things to go back to how they used to be. They couldn't go back, it wasn't that simple. He could never revert back into your loving boyfriend, he couldn't allow himself to be yours. 
As the weeks from that day in the outlet mall progressed, Shouto could feel his resolve diminish. Despite the distance you still tried to connect and be around him, he was still your boyfriend no matter how cold of a front he put up. It hurt to have you trying to cling to him but he kept pushing you away. It hurt to have you offer date opportunities only for him to turn them down. What hurt Shouto the most was letting you go on that trip with Katsuki. He wanted to tell you not to go on that trip, he wanted to tell you to stay at the dorms with him. With every passing day you talked with Katsuki more and more, it pained Shouto to act like he was fine and chill with it.  
Shouto didn't know this was a ploy to make him jealous to try and incite any lingering feelings for you. He didn't know that you weren't even planning to go on the trip with Katsuki but actually planned to stay at the dorms once he left for his own family home for the holidays. You chatted up katsuki more often and even went as far as to ask Shouto for advice on a bathing suit to both bring forth feelings from him and make your lie more convincing. It wasn't as though Shouto wasn't jealous, it wasn't as though he stopped caring for you and who you hung out with. The idea of you in a bikini with Katsuki grated him. The two of you in a hot tub, escaping the dreaded cold rubbed him the wrong way, but he needed to let it happen, he needed to push you away into the arms of someone more worthy, into the arms of another.  
"When are you leaving for your trip?"
Shouto hadn't even turned to look at you as he spoke out the question. He hadn't looked and maybe had he, he would've seen how broken you looked, he would've seen your disheveled appearance and his resolve would've broken for sure. With your legs pulled up on the couch and your head resting on your knees, a frown on your face as you stole sneaky little glances at your boyfriend when he wasn't looking. He never looked at you anymore, just another indication of where your relationship was headed. 
"Katsuki and I are meeting at the airport in a couple of hours, he said the ticket was paid for by his internship boss, but I think he's really paying for it."
Shouto didn't look at you, and it hurt. What guy didn't get upset, or weird at the very least, at the idea of his girlfriend going on a trip with her ex-boyfriend? Beyond that, the proposed idea that his girlfriend is getting a plane ticket paid for by said ex-boyfriend should upset him. You snagged your lip between your teeth as your grip on your legs tightened. 
"When are you going home?" 
"Tonight."
You nodded your head and made a mental note to leave until he left to make it seem you went on the trip. You didn't want him knowing that you planned to stay in the dorms alone over Christmas, but those were his exact plans. He hadn't spent a Christmas apart from you since the beginning of this relationship, and he just wanted to wallow in self-pity over having pushed you away successfully. 
"Do you want to exchange gifts before we leave?"
"I didn't think we were getting each other gifts since we're not seeing each other on Christmas."
You let out a sigh as you tried to keep the tears down. You were so hopeful, you were holding out for him but you couldn't anymore. You got him a gift, hoping that Christmas would bring out the best in him and make him open up. You thought that the day would roll around and everything would be fixed by the magic of Christmas. He hadn't even gotten you a gift, yet he knew what neckless Momo wanted. You couldn't do it anymore, you couldn't pretend things would get better. You couldn't pretend he still loved you.
"What did I do wrong? I'm sorry, I can fix it. I'm sorry, I'll fix it."
The tears began leaking out and running down your cheeks in warm streaks. You tried to keep your little sniffles quiet by pressing your hand over your mouth and nose. You didn't want him to see you cry, you didn't want him to hear your tears, but he did. Shouto looked over at you with knitted eyebrows before looking back at the fireplace. He wanted to comfort you, he wanted to hold you and reassure you that it was okay, but he needed to push you away. 
"I'm drowning, I'm drowning Shouto. I don't understand what I did to make us like this. Am I too clingy, do I suffocate you? I'll give you space, I can give you more space!"
Shouto clenched his fists as your words tumbled out in frantic sentences but he stayed silent. He did so well, he's done so well at pushing you away. He had to keep his resolve up, he had to push away. You didn't deserve him, you didn't deserve to be with such a monster. 
"When Katsuki broke up with me he said it was cause' I'm weak. Is that it, am I too weak for you? I'll train harder. I'll be a hero you can be proud of."
Shouto kept his face away from yours, silently and still staring at the fire. He knew if he looked at you then he would break. If he looked at you he would crawl into your arms and whisper reassuring words on how Katsuki is an ass, reassuring words on how strong you were. He wanted to tell you that you always made him proud, but he didn't let himself. The more he continued being silent, the more it hurt you. More tears flowed from your eyes as you spoke out the sentence you so solemnly tried to quell. The thought you so desperately had been trying to put out like a wild fire. 
"Deep down I know the truth, you want her, don't you? Momo? God, how stupid I must look, my boyfriend and my best friend right under my nose."
You pressed your hand to your mouth to muffle a strangled sob as you wiped away your tears with the back of your hand, futile as more quickly replaced them. Shouto looked over at you, a few tears dripping down from his own eyes. That's what you thought? That he was cheating? Shouto wasn't sure if he should feel insulted for you thinking so low of him, but then again, had the roles been reversed with you pushing him away, he would think the same.
"I... I just want you to know I don't blame you Shouto. She can suit your needs so well. She's smarter, rich, and god, she's so much prettier. I- I'm sorry I wasn't enough for you, I'm sorry I couldn't satisfy you. I'm sorry I wasted your ti"- 
"Don't say that, don't, just don't. Don't compare yourself to her. I don't want Momo, I haven't wanted anyone except for you."
"Then why don't you want me? You don't touch me anymore, you don't even look at me. I don't understand what I did."
"You didn't do anything! You did nothing, it's me! I'm the problem, I'm the issue."
Shouto stood up abruptly, pacing back and forth he ran his hand through his hair roughly. He should've kept his resolve, he should've stayed solid, but hearing the quiver in your voice, hearing your thoughts, your deeply negative thoughts broke him so.
"You are so perfect, [Y/N]. I love when you cling to me, you're so strong, you're beautiful and perfect, and fuck! The only reason I remembered Momo's necklace was because it was right next to the earrings I bought for you."
You stood up and wrapped your arms around Shouto. You buried your face in his chest as he let his tears fall. He should push you away, he should make distance from you, but he couldn't. He couldn't, instead, he wrapped his arms around you and let out his own sob into your hair as he held you close for the first time in days.
"I'm such a monster [Y/N]. I'm such a monster, I'm just like my dad. You saw how I burned Katsuki. You shouldn't be with me, I might hurt you."
You pulled out of Shouto's arms to cup his face. There was a frown on your face, leaving him with an unsettling feeling in his gut that you agreed. It was quite the opposite.
"Shouto, you would never hurt me. I don't know where you got that idea, but I know you would never. You are sweet, caring, and possibly the best boyfriend to ever exist. You are not your father, you are Shouto Todorki, my boyfriend."
"I've hurt you so much these past few weeks. I've ignored you, and I've been cold, why are you still here."
"You pushed me away because you thought it was good for me. Granted that wasn't your choice to make, I'm still here because I love you, and you love me, the rest is pudding."
You pressed your lips against Shoutos, they felt warm and rough, you hadn't felt them in so long, how you missed them so. You pressed into the kiss, with him pulling you closer, want and need dripping between you both as your wandering hands pulled and tugged each other.
"Tell me what's going on instead of pushing me away next time. I'm not letting you go, no matter how hard you push me away. I'm here to stay."
"I will, I promise. I love you, [Y/N], so much. I need you in my life. I've been an awful ass, and I know I'm in no place to make requests, but please don't go with Katsuki."
"I never planned to, I turned him down when he first asked. I wanted to spend Christmas with you, Sho. We're always together for the holidays, we have our own traditions, and spending it with anyone else isn't right."
"I wasn't gonna go home either, was gonna stay here. What a pair of liars we are, c'mon, I think we can still salvage this Christmas Eve."
Shouto kissed your hand and tugged you towards the kitchen. With your hands enveloped in each other, all was right. It was right, being with you was right. Maybe he was a monster, maybe he was temperamental, but that was something he was willing to work on to be with you.
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his0kasbungeegum · 4 years
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[regrets pt.2] katsuki bakugo x reader
genre: some angst, then fluff
characters: bakugo katsuki, mina ashido, mineta’s also mentioned
a/n: tbh this isn’t the best and i’m sorry it’s so long :( j hope u guys like it tho :)
For the next week, you went out of your way to avoid Bakugo however you could. You conveniently developed a fever the day classes started, so you just sat in your dorm all day, only leaving to get groceries for yourself. Soon enough, Mina, your closest friend, deduced that something was wrong and decided to approach you about it.
It was the afternoon of the fourth day of school you’d missed, and everyone was starting to trickle back into the dorms. As per usual, you were sitting in your room, trying to ignore your lack of appetite and sipping some broth. A knock at your door sounded, surprising you, but you slowly walked over to the door and opened it slightly. “Hey Mina,” you coughed, trying to make your voice sound normal but failing miserably.
“Y/N!” she exclaimed, her voice laced with concern. She entered your room, pulling you by the elbow and closing the door behind her. “You don’t look like you’re feeling too well.”
She wasn’t wrong. Your eyes were puffy, your hair was undone and frizzy, your face was flushed, and your throat was raw. You nodded, coughing into a tissue that you were clutching in your hand.
“This has to be more than just a cold,” she said, feeling your forehead with the back of her hand. “What happened? Is it something to do with Bakugo?” she inquired. Upon seeing your expression after she said the last word, she knew she’d guessed correctly. “You can tell me anything,” he said, hugging you tightly from the side.
Seeing as you had no other choice, you agreed and told her what happened, starting from when Iida confessed to you. By the end, she was seething. “I’m going to kill him,” she growled, her eyes flashing.
“It’s okay. Really, it’s fine,” you insisted. “You know I could kill him myself if I really wanted to.”
“You could,” she agreed, giggling.
A quick knock at the door interrupted both of you. “Come in,” you called.
Asui poked her head in the entrance. “Sorry to interrupt! Aizawa Sensei said he wanted us at the training center as soon as possible,” she called, looking at you sympathetically. “Y/N, I hope you feel better soon.”
“Thanks,” you replied, smiling weakly. Mina gave you a quick kiss on the forehead, then stood up. “I’ll see you later, Y/N!” she exclaimed as she left.
For the rest of the evening, you continued your usual routine of attempting to keep your fever down with alternating medications and foods. Before you knew it, you fell asleep in a bundle of warm blankets, your thin clothes sticking to you in a layer of sweat even though you still felt cold.
A sudden chill breeze running through your room woke you up. The bed creaked as you clambered out of it, padding over to the window and closing it. You reached for a thermometer to check your temperature: 102 degrees. Your fever hadn’t gone down in the slightest. You reached for your usual medicine, but not a single pill fell into the palm of your hand. Going through every medicine in your cabinet, not a single one was full, and you realized you were out of options. You needed to get to the convenience store and get some.
Your teachers and friends had been getting your supplies for you recently, since it was too cold outside for you to go alone. But considering it was around 2 in the morning and you didn’t want to wake anyone, you decided this was something to do by yourself.
The glistening moonlight illuminated the clothes hanging in your closet as you rifled through them, trying to find the warmest ones. You settled on a pair of winter stockings under a skirt and a fleece sweater with a cardigan on top. The rest of your warm clothes were being laundered, so that was all you had. Teeth chattering, you closed the door behind you with shaking hands and reached into your pocket to make sure you had money. Upon feeling the paper, you walked outside, the harsh wind whipping your face and turning it raw.
It took you half and hour longer than it should’ve, but you eventually reached the store and bought the medicine. It was a pill that you needed to dissolve in water, so you had to wait to take it until you got back to your dorm. However, your health was rapidly declining. It was irrefutable that you were one of the strongest in Class 1-A. In fact, some would’ve said you were the strongest. But what use did your quirk have against an incredibly high fever? As you tried to put one shaking foot in front of the other on the cement sidewalk, your head began to hurt and your vision began to blur. Trying to shake off the dizziness and nausea, you kept your head down, focusing on walking.
Through this haze, you barely heard someone call your name. But you merely passed it off as your imagination, considering your state of delirium. However, this time, the voice snapped you out of it. “Y/N?” called Bakugo, his tone unmistakable.
Your heart fluttered without your permission. If you could, you would stop it, but who can control their feelings? Honestly, it was terrifying to you that even though he’d hurt you so bad, your heart still fell for him. But your mind knew better, and you knew you had to listen to it.
The red flush on your cheeks from the wind grew redder as you felt Bakugo’s warmth beside you, gripping your elbow. “Hey, are you stupid? Why are you out in the cold like this? And especially at night?” he exclaimed harshly.
“Let go of me,” you mumbled, using all your strength to rip your arm from his grip.
“I know you hate me right now,” he said, a note of hurt in his voice. You furrowed your eyebrow at his tone, never hearing him speak with such regret before. “But I’m not going to let you die out here because of me.”
“I can take care of myself,” you said. Even speaking it, you realized how stupid you sounded. You were barely able to get your voice out, much less physically walk all the way back to the dorms.
At the moment, you were thankful your face was hidden by the wind whipping your hair, because if Bakugo could see the blush on your face as he wrapped an arm around you for support, he would’ve known your feelings instantly. He helped you back to the dorm in silence, the bleak, cold landscape providing both of you company. “If you ever say anything about this to anyone, I’ll kill you,” you growled, managing to keep your teeth from clicking for that one sentence.
“I’d like to see you try,” he replied haughtily. Not long after, both of you were inside Class 1-A’s dorm and approaching your floor. All you really remembered after that was having some grape-flavored medicine poured down your throat, then sinking under the warm covers.
The orange glow behind your eyelids served as a catalyst to your waking, as you groaned and flipped over. You became aware of the ungodly amount of blankets you had on top of you, and you kicked a couple off your bed.
You were received with a surprised grunt, followed by a couple curses. You quickly opened your eyes and sat up, immediately alert. Looking down, you were greeted with a head of ash-blonde hair attached to a grumpy-looking highschooler with an irritable look on his face.
“Bakugo? What are you doing here?” you said in surprise, relaxing back down now that you knew you weren’t being attacked.
“I just stayed. Not because of you or anything, just because I was tired,” he said quickly, looking away with a pink tinge on his cheeks.
“Not because of me, huh?” you asked playfully, seeing through his lies.
“Shut up,” he replied, rolling his eyes. “But Y/N, I know I owe you an apology. I shouldn’t have said what I said, and I definitely didn’t mean it. I only said it because I was, well,” he continued, trailing off.
“You were what?”
“Jealous,” he said, pouting. Taking a quick look at you, he realized how much you were enjoying this. “Hey! This is hard for me, you know. Stop that!” he exclaimed, upon seeing that you were just laughing more.
“And why were you jealous?” you asked, still laughing a little.
“You know.”
“Well, I want you to say it. Don’t you owe me at least that?”
“Fine,” he relented. “I was jealous because I like you.”
You smiled to yourself upon finally hearing the words you’d waited on for so long. “Bakugo, I think you already know how I feel about you. But what you said isn’t something I can forget easily, so I’m going to need a little bit of time, okay?” you said sincerely.
“Yeah, I can deal with that,” he replied, stretching his arms.
The creak of the door opening alerted both of you, and you turned your heads there in surprise. “Hi Y/N! Everyone’s here to make you feel better!” called Mina, opening the door. Once she saw Bakugo, her eyes went wide and she blushed. “Sorry! Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt! Let’s go you guys, Y/N’s busy!” she called, slamming the door shut.
“What? Bakugo gets to sleep in Y/N’s room? He’s so lucky!” complained Mineta, his voice muffled from behind the door.
“Hey, what was that, you shrimp?” yelled Bakugo, throwing the covers off of him. You simply laughed, glad that things were restored to semi-normalcy for now.
tags: @bonbonthedragon
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sapphirewolf1122 · 4 years
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Eat a Dick
Summary: You buy Bakugo a very special present for his birthday
Word Count: 1,294
A/N: Where’d you all come from yesterday? I had a huge jump in followers and notes and idk if y’all just knew that I was having a bad night but you definitely cheered me up. So thank you!
As the guys around you yelled loudly, you checked your phone to see that it was already 10:35 at night. The time had come. 
You were at Bakugo’s apartment, having a little birthday get-together for the explosive hero. Despite his protests that he didn’t care about celebrating, the Bakusquad couldn’t let him get off that easy and had thrown him a small party at his place. They’d even invited Deku and Todoroki. And though he tried to hide it, you could tell that he was having fun. But there was still one more surprise that you had to give him. 
Getting up from your seat, you went to the kitchen, asking if anybody wanted more drinks as you did. Several chimed for some more beers; Mina wanted one of the fruity whiskey drinks that you’d brought. Acknowledging the requests, you grabbed the drinks, along with a medium-sized package that you had neatly gift-wrapped in Ground Zero wrapping paper. 
Trying to keep your grin from getting too big, you went back to the rowdy group, who were currently playing a large game of jenga; the blocks had compartments for jell-o shots. Not every day a hero turns 20.
Passing out the drinks, you stopped at Bakugo and held out the gift to him. “Looks like we missed a gift earlier,” you said sweetly.
The ash-blonde scowled, his face blushed slightly from the alcohol. “I fucking told you idiots no presents.”
“You also told us no party and look where that got you,” interjected Mina, taking a swig from her drink.
His scowl only getting deeper, the ash-blonde took the present from you. “Was the wrapping paper really necessary?”
“Abso-fucking-lutely. Now stop your griping and just open the damn thing.” You walked back to your seat at the table.
“Damn Bakugo, you just let anybody talk to you like that?” smirked Kaminari, earning himself a pillow to the face.
“Shut the fuck up, Dunce Face.” With that, the ash-blonde finally started tearing the paper open to reveal the package underneath.
“You really couldn’t bother to take it out of its original packaging?” complained Bakugo. A typical mailing bag laid in his lap, though it was clear that a box lay inside of it.
Struggling to contain your giggling, you shook your head vehemently. “Noooope. I like to watch people have to work for their gifts.”
Bakugo shot a glare at you but was encouraged by Kirishima, who playfully punched him in the arm. “Come on Bakubro, just see what it is. Do you need a pair of scissors?”
“No, there’s an easy tear in the side of the package,” murmured the explosive blonde. He reached out and gripped the package, his strong arms ripping it open with ease.
With a burst of color, a stream of what appeared to be glitter or confetti sprayed everywhere, covering Bakugo and everyone around him. You had managed to create a safe distance between yourself and the danger zone but the rest of the group weren’t so lucky. Mina and Kaminari leapt back, knocking over the jenga tower, while Kirishima, Sero, Midoryia, and Todoroki took it like men. 
Once it had settled, you could see the look of shock on Bakugo’s face. Picking up a piece of purple confetti, he inspected it closely. “Is this a fucking dick?”
No longer bothering to hide your grin, you said, “Yup, they all are.”
There was a moment while everyone inspected their own pieces of confetti before Mina let out a loud squeal and the whole room burst into laughter, except from the birthday boy, Todoroki, and Midoryia. 
Todoroki was still inspecting the confetti with some interest, while Midoryia turned bright red, seemingly at a loss for words. Bakugo was just glaring at you.
Locking eyes with the explosive blonde, you said, “Keep going, that’s not even the best part.” Bakugo’s eyes narrowed as Midoryia stuttered, “Th-there’s more?”
Still staring Bakugo down, you simply replied with a cheerful, “Yuuuuup.”
Not one to back down from a challenge, Bakugo reached into the bag and pulled out a black box. Opening it slowly so as to be prepared for anymore explosions, he revealed a large chocolate dick inside. Written on the top of the inside in big, bold letters was, “Eat a Dick.”
Without looking up, the blonde picked up the dick from inside of the box, inspecting it closely much like he had with the confetti. The room was silent as everyone waited for his reaction. 
He didn’t say a word as he stood up, chocolate dick still in hand. Calmly, he began approaching you. As he got closer, you could feel your heart rate start to go up; a calm Bakugo was a scary Bakugo. Had you gone too far? You couldn’t read the expression on his face. Maybe the gummy dicks would have been better…
Once at the table, Bakugo placed the chocolate dick upright in front of you. It was about six inches long, with a thickness of about five inches. Bending down so that he was eye level with you, one hand still holding firmly onto the base of the balls, Bakugo smirked at you. His red-eyes glittered with pure joy and malice.
“It would be rude of me to refuse a gift after you put so much thought into it. Let me show you just how much I appreciate it.”
Moving his face next to the candy appendage, the blonde placed his mouth to the head and licked the tip, keeping his eyes locked on yours. Without breaking stride, he ran his tongue along the length of it, stopping at the base to do some work there that you found rather impressive considering how inflexible the balls were. 
Despite your abject horror, you couldn’t make yourself look away. You didn’t notice that your mouth had dropped open. As you watched him work the appendage with a level of skill you never imagined he possessed, you felt yourself begin to tingle and shivers began to run through your body. You shifted slightly as you tried to maintain control.
He was now running his tongue back up the shaft, to the head. Still maintaining eye contact with you, he brought his lips to the tip, kissing it gently. Your mind wondered at what it would feel like to have those lips caress you like that. Yet another shiver went through your body as you watched him fit the whole length of the dick into his mouth, right down the balls.
As Bakugo slid back up, he dragged his teeth, leaving grooves in the chocolate. A trail of saliva stretched from his mouth to the head as he rose and then went back down. But this time, he stopped halfway. 
Staring straight into your eyes, you only had a moment to register the evil glint in the blonde’s before he bit down. Hard. Behind him, all the men present flinched in unison at the sound of the chocolate crunching. 
Standing up straight with a self-satisfied look as he finished chewing, Bakugo said, “Thanks for remembering I like dark chocolate.” All you could do was gape. 
“Though next time, give me more of a challenge.” Your breath hitched.
The blonde walked away with a triumphant smirk, a smear of melted chocolate on his lips as he sucked on his fingers one-by-one. He left the other half of the broken penis on the table. 
You found yourself still shivering as you watched him walk into the bathroom down the hall, presumably to wash up.
The room was silent for several shocked moments before Kirishima spoke in a gravelly voice. “Is it bad that I was incredibly turned on by that?” You heard Midoryia squeak in surprise.
You couldn’t help but agree with both.
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A/N2: Anybody heard of Dicks by Mail? Well, they’re who inspired this. Hope y’all liked it; sorry if it’s not very good, I don’t have a lot of practice writing this kind of stuff.
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notalwaysthevillian · 3 years
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My Whirlpool of a Life
Ships: Kaminari/OC
Word Count: ~2.2k
I will not be doing a tag list for this fic.
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Chapter 2: Best Room Contest
Dinner had been delicious, with hardly anyone taking because we were busy stuffing our faces. I got sandwiched between Kirishima and Mina, the latter of which was chatting about how awesome dorm life would be.
“The girls can take clean up duty.” Mina declared as soon as everyone was finished.
The boys didn’t argue, heading into the common room to hang out without another word.
“Mina, I’m sure we could’ve convinced some of them to clean up.” Jirou huffed as she leaned back against the kitchen counter.
Mina shrugged as she started filling the sink with soapy water. “Yeah, probably, but now we can have some girl time. Plus I wanted to ask Nami about her quirk, aren’t you curious?!”
Holding back a smile, I activated my quirk. There were a few gasps as the water followed my hand motions, starting to rinse the dishes.
“Ooooh, that’s so cool!” Thankfully Hagakure talked with her hands a lot, so I knew it was her.
“Sooooo, I have a fun idea.” We had to wait a moment for Mina to continue as she scrubbed a particularly crusted dish. “What if we had a room contest? To see who has the coolest room?”
“You just want to see the boys’ rooms.” I teased, poking her in the side.
She flung her hands in the air, sending soapy water everywhere. “Well, duh!”
“Ew!” Uraraka shrieked as the water soaked her.
Flicking my wrist, I pulled the water out of her clothes and put it back in the sink. “My quirk can come in really handy with dishes.”
“Can you shoot water from your hands?” Tsu had a finger on her chin. “Or do you pull it from the air?”
“More of the second one.” I gestured to the open air around us. “There’s almost always water in the air, or the potential to make water. So I pull the molecules around to create it, and then I can manipulate it. As long as something is mostly water I can control it, but it has to be like…95% water. I wouldn’t be able to control soup, but I could control sweat. Maybe? I’m not really sure, I haven’t tried.”
“You’ll have to tell Deku about your quirk.” Uraraka leaned against one of the chairs. “He takes notes on all of our quirks and keeps them in this notebook that he carries around. He’ll want all the details.”
“I wish I knew everything about it. There’s still a lot I’m figuring out.”
She gave me a smile. “We all are! Mr. Aizawa is a great teacher, he’ll help you learn everything!”
“So??” Mina interrupted, having finished the last dish. “Are we gonna have a competition or what?”
“Can I change into something else first?”
“Hagakure, no one can see you.”
“Still!”
“Okay, okay.” Yao-Momo held up her hands, silencing everyone. “Why don’t we all change and then go ask the boys? If they don’t want to participate, we shouldn’t force them.”
The girls departed, each of us slipping into sleepwear. I threw on some shorts and one of my comfy band t-shirts before meeting the girls downstairs.
Mina and Hagakure lead the way, darting into the common area.
“So the girls and I have been taking and-”
“We have a great idea!”
“Let’s see who has the coolest room!”
Midoriya started panicking, but I realized that a few people were missing.
“Hey, Uraraka,” I nudged her, keeping my voice low. “Where’s Tsu?”
“She didn’t feel good, so she’s resting.”
“Oh, I hope she feels better by tomorrow.”
Tsu seemed cool, and she’d been fine when we were doing dishes, but I didn’t want to pry. Maybe it was some frog thing that happened at night that I didn’t know about.
I realized that everyone had headed upstairs and they were looking around Deku’s room. Uraraka disappeared from my side to look around.
“You’re such a fan boy!”
Glancing in I saw a lot of posters of All Might. He had been the number one hero until recently, with the incident in Kamino Ward. He was a cool hero, but he’d never been my all time favorite.
“You know, Deku’s smart. This will all be worth a lot someday.” I caught the look on Deku’s face and laughed. “If you can part with it.”
“Does this mean they’re judging our rooms too?” I heard Kaminari ask from the doorway.
I put one arm on his shoulder, standing on tiptoe to try and get closer to his height. “Well yeah, I gotta judge where I’m gonna be spending most of my time.”
His face flamed immediately, making me, Kirishima, and Sero laugh.
“You’re really cool, Nami. I’ve never seen a girl flirt back so hard.” Sero said through his laughter.
Kaminari shifted so he could get an arm over my shoulders. “Anything for you, princess.”
The nickname sent a shockwave through me, or was that his quirk. I tensed immediately, feeling my control slip as memories flooded my brain.
“Woah, hey.” Kaminari’s voice was softer now, and he pulled me away from the crowd. “Are you okay? I didn’t mean-”
“It’s not your fault.” I managed to get out, cringing as I heard my voice crack. “I just - I - please don’t call me princess.”
“I won’t do it again.” He held up a hand as though swearing an oath. “Future boyfriend’s honor.”
That broke the tension, getting a small smile from me. “Thanks.”
“We’re missing Tokoyami’s room.” He gently guided me to the open doorway. “Woah.”
“Honestly, I could nap in here.”
The room was pretty dark, with glowing purple accents around the place.
We continued on, with Aoyama’s room looking exactly as I’d pictured, and all of us agreeing to skip Mineta’s room.
“So, the third floor then?” Uraraka asked, the other girls agreeing immediately.
“Hey, why are only the boys getting picked on?” Mineta’s voice rang out down the hall. “Nami’s room is on this floor too, I don’t see you ripping her door open.”
Everyone looked at me, and I shrugged. “It’s just a room, go ahead. A few of you have already seen it anyway.”
“What? Before me?” Kaminari darted over and opened my door. “Woah, super chill vibes.”
Mina glanced around. “You really like the color blue, don’t you?”
“Says Miss Pink!”
“You might be able to get Mr. Aizawa to let you have some fish in this fountain.” Koda swished the water around a little. “The water is the perfect temperature.”
“We used to have a Koi pond at home, do you think he’d be cool with that?”
Koda’s eyes lit up. “We should ask!”
“There’s a lot of benefits to having a koi pond.” Iida started going off with facts. Most people headed to the next floor, but I listened to a few more. “It would have a good calming effect. Koda could practice his quirk.”
“I could practice mine too.” I cut in.
Iida looked at me. “Apologies, I hadn’t asked what your quirk is.”
“No big deal! I call it Wave. I can essentially create water particles out of the air? I’m sure there’s a better scientific explanation, but I don’t know all the specifics.”
“That’s interesting. Perhaps we could go over it some other time? The others are eager to move on, and my room is on the next floor.”
Without giving me a chance to respond, he ran up the stairs.
I joined in time to see Ojiro looking disappointed. His room looked pretty plain, so I shuffled into the rest of the group to see the next room.
“Wow, it looks like a library in here!” Ochaco said as we walked in.
Iida was happy to show off his room, including the rows of glasses he had in case they broke in training.
Kaminari’s room was next, with all of the girls insulting it immediately. He sighed as they moved on, looking really down.
“I think it looks cozy.”
He flashed me a quick smile. “You really are perfect.”
“I’m really not -”
“Perfect for me.”
That comment had me blushing, as much as I tried to hold it back. I put a hand on his face, shoving him backwards. “Come on, there’s still plenty of rooms to see.”
“Do any of the rest of them matter now that you’ve seen mine?”
“Koda has a bunny!” I heard one of the other girls squeal.
I darted off to join them, hearing Kaminari whine. “No fair, we don’t get pets!”
We moved on to the next floor, avoiding Bakugo’s room since he was sleeping. Kirishima yawned, making Mina run off to his room next.
“You can sleep after!”
Kirishima’s room looked more like a gym than a bedroom, and Shoji’s barely had anything at all.
“We’ll finish the boys’ rooms, and then move onto the girls’. Next floor!”
Sero’s room had more of an exotic feel to it, which none of us had been expecting. Todoroki had somehow managed to redo some of the doors even, turning it into a Japanese getaway. 
“How did you remodel this entire room in just one day?!” Mineta threw his hands in the air.
“With hard work.”
“Shit, Todoroki.” I leaned in the doorframe. “I’m calling you to remodel.”
“Last up is Sato!”
“Something smells good.” Ojiro sniffed the air.
Sato gasped. “Oh I forgot! I finished unpacking early and started making a cake! Did you guys want some?”
“Yes!” All of us girls chimed in, the promise of sugar flooding our brains.
“No fair, he’s bribing the judges.” Kaminari complained, crossing his arms.
I took some cake from Sato, offering him thanks, before holding up a piece to Kaminari. “I take bribes. What are you offering?”
He grinned, grabbing the piece I held out and popping it into his mouth. “That depends. How much of a bribe do I need?”
“You’ve gotta beat this delicious cake.”
One of his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling us nose to nose. “I can think of a sweeter bribe.”
“Kaminari leave her alone!”
I giggled as Kaminari pecked my forehead. “Mina, it’s fine, I really don’t mind. He’s cute.”
“Aw, come on, just cute?”
“Let’s go, it’s the girls’ turn!” Mineta cried out, heading over to the elevator. “Back to the third floor, we already saw Nami’s.”
Jirou showed off her room a little hesitantly.
I gasped after she opened the door. “It looks like a recording studio!”
Everyone got really excited over her room, but Jirou was hunched over the whole time.
“Who’s next?” I called out.
Hagakure excitedly ran over to her room, which I realized was above mine.
Jirou nudged my shoulder. “Thanks.”
“No problem, it looked like you were getting overwhelmed.”
It looked like someone had thrown up pink all over Hagakure’s room, whereas Mina’s had more of a black and pink vibe.
Ochaco showed us hers, rubbing the back of her neck. “Not very interesting, I know.”
“Aww, I love the picture of you and your parents.” I gestured to the frame on her desk. “That’s adorable.”
“Thanks! We take one every year, but I love that one. I was two.”
“You were so cute!” Reaching out, I pinched her cheek. “You still are.”
“Aw, thank you!”
We skipped over Tsu’s room, with Ochaco explaining that she wasn’t feeling good, and headed to Yao-Momo’s room.
“How did you even fit that in here?”
Her bed was gigantic, barely fitting in the room. Jirou poked my shoulder, whispering, “Momo’s rich, so she brought her stuff from home. I saw some people building it in here because it wouldn’t fit through the door. They had to take it apart.”
“That’s everyone! Let’s go downstairs and vote!”
Mina led us all to the common area, handing out little scraps of paper.
“When did she make these?” Kirishima asked, before covering up a yawn.
I couldn’t help but yawn in response. “I have no clue.”
We all put our votes in, and Mina gathered them up and counted them.
“Alright everybody! Here are the winners of the first Best Room competition…minus Bakugo and Tsu. With five votes, the winner of this contest is: Rikido Sato!” Mina announced. “By the way, most of the girls voted for you. That cake was delicious!”
Mineta and Kaminari immediately went in on Sato, yelling at him for bribing the judges.
“Wait, who didn’t vote for him?” Kaminari pulled away from yelling at Sato for a second.
I raised my hand. “I wasn’t bribed by cake so much as I was a bunny. I voted for Koda.”
“Aww, come on babe!” He threw himself backwards, laying across my lap. “I voted for you!”
“Because my room is obviously better.”
“Could you two just ask each other out? You obviously like each other!” Hagakure shouted, causing everyone to look at us.
Kirishima waved a hand over us. “You’ve been flirting with each other since you met.”
Kaminari started stammering, but I shrugged. “I wouldn’t mind calling you my boyfriend. You’re already way more energetic than my last one, I could use a change.”
“I - what?”
Rolling my eyes, I yanked Kaminari up to look him in the eye. “Do you want to date me?”
“Y-yeah, obviously.” He flushed as a few people “aw”d. “Is asking someone out that easy?”
“Yeah, pretty much.” I got up from the couch, stretching my arms over my head. “I’m exhausted. Good night guys!”
“Good night!”
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burnedbyshoto · 4 years
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Fools
pairing: todoroki shouto x fem!reader
warnings: literally pure fluff
word count: 4,021
a/n: I had the idea for this fic because I was doing a fun all-nighter in preparation for my ochem lab final today, and a song played during my morning hysteria called Fools by Lauren Aquilia, and well this idea was born. enjoy! :D also sorry for the heavy shouto content recently, i’ll be moving on to other characters LMAO
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There was something strange about being in love with someone when you didn’t recognize it.
Lingering gazes, soft laughter, and hesitant touches.
You were in love with Todoroki Shouto and there was nothing you could do about it. The way your heart hammered whenever you looked at him. The way he smiled when he looked at you took your breath away. The way he always seemed to wait specifically for you made your cheeks grow warm.
There was that time he forgot to bring an umbrella, and you couldn’t find yours, so you took on the pouring rain together. Shouto had his jacket lifted over both of your heads, as you both took down the road running.
His jacket over your heads was practically obsolete. The fat water drops kept hammering down on your bodies, soaking through your shirts and making the fabric cling to your bodies. Your laughter echoed through the air as people watched the two of you running by, their smiles widening as they observed your interactions. You were laughing so hard that your stomach hurt and tears were forming in your eyes. You missed the way he looked at you, his grin growing with every second as you finally stumbled into the train station.
Wet uniforms, wet hair, and bubbling laughter.
It was at that moment you realized how deep your feelings for Shouto were. It wasn’t something passable, and the way he grabbed your cold fingers to keep them warm made you freeze. His cheeks were still pinched into a smile as yours fell from your face, your heart hammering away as suddenly your skin felt like it was on fire.
His fragrance overwhelmed your senses suddenly, the deep earthy tones making your head lull as your laughter stopped. His eyes locked on yours suddenly, and you froze as the air felt magnetized. Your nerves were firing away, tingles and shivers flying through your body as his lips pursed. His tongue poked out from his mouth, licking his lips in nervous anticipation, and you watched with excited horror as he leaned in.
His hand still clutched yours, and you found yourself leaning in as well. Your eyes fluttering closed as you rose to your tiptoes.
“Y/L/N-CHAN! TODOROKI-KUN!” A voice that sounded like Mina shouted, and quickly the two of you shot apart.
The static in the air was gone.
“I have your umbrella! I grabbed it by mistake!” Mina laughed as she presented you with a clear umbrella in her hand.
“Thanks, Mina,” you sigh and take it.
“Was I interrupting something?” Mina asks although the tone in her voice states she’s perfectly aware of what she interrupted.
Do you confess?
Do you take that risk?
“Todoroki-kun had something on his face,” you mumble and Shouto immediately agreed with you.
So began the weird romance between the two of you.
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“Todoroki and y/l/n, you’re partners!” Midnight exclaimed as she looked up from her clipboard.
Unbeknownst to the two of you, the class whispered in excitement as you stood up.
The Hero Course was taking dancing lessons to prepare for a large reception that was coming up. Hero work meant being able to participate in length at the various parties you’d be invited to, and that included being able to dance.
There was a concern that there was a larger number of males than females, so for the males, to be paired up with someone who wasn’t each other was a victory.
Soon enough, everyone was paired up, and you smiled up at Shouto.
“Hey there,” you say as his hand slips into yours. His other one rests onto the small of your back and your free hand takes its place onto his shoulder.
“Hi,” Shouto smiles down at you.
The instructions are given and the music plays. Chatter explodes throughout the room as everyone begins to dance. You laugh softly as you hear Bakugou yelling at Midoriya from the distance. Bakugou was complaining about if Midoriya didn't get his ‘shit’ together he would take the male part.
“Are we doing this right?” you whisper as you look down at the floor.
You hadn’t stepped on his feet yet and you were grateful. He was so close to you that if you got any closer you’d be pressed against him. His warm hand held yours reassuringly, and you continued praying to the gods that your hand wouldn’t sweat.
Again, his scent filled your nose and you struggled to keep calm as he guided you across the floor.
“I have no idea what we’re doing,” Shouto confesses with a chuckle. “I’m just copying Aoyama.”
You watch as Shouto nods his head towards the sparkling boy. You turn your head to look at Aoyama who is quite literally performing a dance epic with Mina. Of course, they would be the best dancers! Your amused laughter made Shouto smile wider, but it was gone by the time you looked back up.
“As much as I wish we could be that great, I don’t think we compare,” you admit as Shouto spins you around. You’re pulled back into him, but the yank is a bit too powerful and you stumble into his chest. His apologies are hushed as you forgive him immediately. Midnight’s voice yells at the two of you from the distance, and so you two go back to dancing.
Nearing the end of the lesson, Shouto’s long sleeves are rolled up to his elbows, as are yours. The two of you are completely lost in each other.
Maybe it was because the two of you worked well together in the field, maybe it was because there was something not said between the two of you, but you dance effortlessly with each other.
The conversation between you and Shouto was kept at a whisper as this dancing lesson had become a competition at the end. It was down to the final three, Shouto and you, Aoyama and Mina, and Bakugou and Midoriya.
How that last team had managed to stay in for so long was beyond all of you. Everyone swore they had begun swinging at each other at one point during the lesson, but their intense desire to win seemed to be pushing them forward.
Though, as you stared at Shouto, it dawned to the both of you how far into the competition you were in. The two of you had missed the initial beginning of the competition, so when they announced the final three, you two had been surprised.
Shouto’s hands were burning into your skin, electricity flowing from where he held you.
“You’re out!” Midnight declared, and an unconvinced shout from Bakugou and Midoriya made you laugh.
“They’re quite competitive,” you recognize as you rise onto your toes and Shouto spins you around effortlessly.
“They really are,” Shouto reflects with a nod. “I have to admit, I didn’t think we were going to get this far.”
“I think this means I can finally say to Mina that I’m as great of a dancer as hER!” You shrieked as you feel someone slam into you and you stumble into Shouto’s chest. He had been midstep and completely lost his balance as the two of you fall onto the ground.
His arms wrapped around your waist tightly, your fingers fisting into his shirt as the two of you collide onto the floor. Shouto’s body cushioned your fall, but now you’re sprawled on top of him.
Amused cheers and whistles sound from the peanut gallery at the situation that you and Shouto found yourself in. You push yourself up off him, your hand against his chest, feeling the pounding of his heart as your eyes are wide.
There’s something about this situation that makes you freeze.
Shouto’s hands still grasp onto your waist, his cheeks are a slight pink, and his tongue darts against his lips.
Your blood roars in your ears as you stare down at him, your body trembling as you wonder just what to do. You want to kiss him, you want nothing more than to grab his collar and slam this boys mouth against yours. You want him.
“Oi, y/n/n, stop fucking straddling icy hot and wait to get a fucking room!!” Bakugou roared from the sideline.
The spell is broken just like that.
Your eyes widen, even more, your face feels like it should be the color red as you see that you are in fact straddling Shouto. You jump to your feet and stumble back five meters as you try denying the teasing that has begun within your classmates.
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“So you and Todoroki-kun?” Hagakure teases as you come and slouch onto the couches where all the girls are sitting.
It was Saturday night. Which meant no school tomorrow and of course the weekly gossip session you girls had. It took no time for your hands to cover your face and the other girls pine in that they’re curious too.
“I swear to god,” Mina begins her hands clasped by her chin as she has a lovesick expression on her face. “I almost caught them kissing the other day! When I say I almost screamed, I almost screamed!”
“We were not going to kiss!” You deny as you shake your head.
“I caught y/n on her hands and knees in a hallway with Todoroki sitting down!” Uraraka inputs. “Deku-kun about died on the spot.”
“He wanted to try the soba noodles I had made! I was giving him one!” You defended yourself.
“Yeah, but what kind of fucking weirdo does it on her hands and knees? You shuffle over!” Jirou snorts as you slam your head against the armrest. “Besides in a hallway? That sounds super sketchy.”
“Shouto wanted to eat somewhere in private, and everything available outside was being used.” You mumble as you cover your face. “It’s not anything weird at all!”
“Did… did y/l/n-chan call Todoroki-san, Shouto?” Momo asks.
“She did.”
“SINCE WHEN HAVE YOU BEEN ON A FIRST NAME BASIS!” Voices scream at you as you want nothing more than the couch to swallow you whole.
“S-Since the dance lessons…”
“Well, she was straddling him in public for ten minutes,” Tsuyu sighs. “It makes sense.”
“I WAS NOT!” You cry embarrassed as resounding laughter rips through them all.
“Sweetie, you were on his lap for quite some time,” Hagakure giggles as your protesting moans only get louder. “It was not a fall and get up sort of thing! It was a fall, romantic stare and most likely eye sex, then you got up.”
“Good lord,” you sigh as you shake your head, unable to focus on anything anymore.
“I also caught them outside of her room last night! Had it not been for my cockblocking I’m pretty sure they were going to make out on the spot.” Mina sighs as she looks at her fingers.
“We were not going to make out!” You insist as you shake your head. “We went out last night and he was just walking me to my room! Plus he had a question about something personal.”
“Yeah, a question about if you want his mouth everywhere on your body,” Jirou cackles which makes everyone scream. Everyone’s talking at once now, details of your fooled romance being exposed. No one was listening to your protests and every revealed story sent you feeling more and more embarrassed. Were you this obvious?
“Y/n?” Shouto’s voice calls at you, and you whip around so hard you swear you nearly break your neck.
“Shouto!” You squeak as the girls go quiet, everyone turning to face the two of you. The girls had knowing yet neutral faces on, and you wanted nothing more than to tell them to leave.
“I’m going to be studying tonight if you wanted to join me?”
Your eyes snap to Hagakure who lets out a strained laugh.
“S-Sure, what time?” You ask trying to ignore how six pairs of eyes locked onto your body.
“I’ll come to get you?” Shouto suggests, his hands shoving into his pockets, and a kind smile on his face.
“Sounds perfect to me,” you agree with a grin.
Shouto nods and waves, saying a soft goodbye as he left the common space.
You stayed frozen for a bit, your eyes focused on his retreating form. Your eyes shift to the girls as they begin chattering again. They raved about the intense and undeniable chemistry between the two of you. You roll your eyes as you look back towards Shouto’s retreating figure only to see that he’s looking back at you. Like that, your breath is stolen from your lungs.
“If you don’t confess your feelings to Todoroki-kun, you can’t complain when I finally get enough points to seduce him!” Mina shoves you, and you blink, almost confused as you sink back onto the couch.
“I think…” You whisper as they stare at you. “I think I do like him.”
“Girl, if you noticed that now you’re only two years late.”
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Three Weeks Later
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You lay on Shouto’s floor. The math textbook was in your hands as you stared at the different functions that only seemed to confuse you. Math was such a bittersweet subject for you. More often than not you either completely understood the material or you didn’t at all.
“Why do we need to learn calculus?” You groan as the derivative function swam in your brain. “I’m not going to need to know how to do this? My quirk isn’t Calculus!”
“Because it makes us competent and good students,” Shouto chuckles as he writes on his notes. “You understood last week’s lesson better than I did, and it was much harder than this weeks.”
“That’s because I didn’t drink any dumb bitch juice last time,” you quip with a chuckle.
“Okay, what is it that you don’t understand?” Shouto says as he places his pencil down.
Calloused fingers brush against your own as he takes the textbook from you, and you pout as Shouto pats the empty mat next to him. Groaning, you sit up and shuffle next to him.
“I think I have a good enough understanding to get you to understand this,” Shouto says as he writes out one of the problems on a blank sheet of paper. “Try it out, let’s see what you’re doing.”
“Yes, sir!” You salute playfully, your eyes closed as you grin.
Opening them you focus back in on the paper, your eyes staring at the first problem and your brain shrivels.
“This is going to be a long night for you,” you laugh awkwardly as you lean towards the paper, pencil in hand.
“It’s alright, I don’t mind staying up.”
The words are innocent, they’re words from a friend willing to help another out. Yet your stomach tumbles as if he had promised you something grand. You had to ignore the butterflies in your stomach. Ignore the way your skin warmed where his breathing hit your shoulder. Math was the best distraction so you began working on the problem.
So it turned out that you had no idea what you were doing as you had properly predicted. Your embarrassed chatter as you tried to defend your thinking made Shouto laugh as he shifted closer to you. That was a mistake, his chest pressed softly against your back, and his voice was a whisper in your ear.
Your stomach began to tangle into a knot as he explained what to do.
His arm was on the table; his pencil pointing and writing in what you were doing wrong.
This was a mistake.
You couldn’t focus.
Shouto’s voice was soft and spun in your mind. His body pressed too sweetly against yours, so you found yourself staring at him instead of the paper.
The math was long forgotten in your mind as you stared at his face, your eyes flicker to his lips and you feel drawn in. You wanted nothing more than to grab the collar of his t-shirt and press a scorching kiss to his mouth.
Would Shouto let you?
Would he let you kiss him silly? Let you ruin a friendship that the two of you had worked so hard to sustain?
Could you ruin it all and love like fools?
“The math problem isn’t on my face, y/n.”
Your eyes widen as you jump startled, you whip back around towards the problem in front of you. Your cheeks blazing as you mumble an apology. Why you had suddenly shied away, you had no idea. The need for you to confess your feelings had never felt this important. It had never made you feel out of breath as you were now.
“Why were you staring at me? Was I not explaining it well enough?”
“No, you were, sorry! I spaced out, can you explain again, please? I’m so sorry!”
Shouto chuckles as he nods, his eyebrows raise as he motions back to the paper. You concentrate this time as he explains it to you. His body leaning onto yours as you did another sample problem, and it clicked.
Your arms shot up in excitement as you celebrated this unlocked knowledge. Twisting around you threw your arms around Shouto’s neck. You were very excited as words spilled from your mouth as you tackled him to the ground.
His words were kind to you, congratulating you on successfully getting the answer. You felt his hands dragging up and down your spine in fluid movements, and you push away. Your hands planted by his head as you grinned.
It was then you realized the predicament of your position, and your joy died as you stared down at his soft gaze.
Shouto’s hand raised as he tucked a few pieces of hair out of your face and you trembled slightly.
“I knew you would be able to get it,” he whispers to you. His smile remained proud on his face as you gulped nervously.
Speak up now.
Your lips part and Shouto’s eyes fall down to your lips.
The drumming sound of your heartbeat in your ears and the rushing sound of the blood makes you bite down on your lip.
You let out a shaky breath, your shoulders tense as you lean down closer. You were ready to put yourself out there and you were going dizzy as he stretched up. You’re ready to kiss Shouto, to finally be able to confess your feelings for the boy who held your heart.
The space between the two of you is diminishing, and you watch as his eyes shut tightly. His breathing hits your face. The warm air fans against your skin in a way that makes a shiver go down your spine.
Centimeters are left and you feel your mouth ghost against his.
“Yo, Todoroki, do you have my manga-- oh my god!”
Sero’s voice cuts through the fog that had been placed over the two of you. You tumble off of Shouto’s lap, your knee banging against the table and you curse as Shouto sits up.
“I can totally come back later, bro! Lock your door next time though!” Sero laughs, his cheeks reddening as you push yourself to your feet.
“It’s fine,” Shouto waves him off as he stands. “You weren’t interrupting anything. Which manga did you need?”
Those words stab at your hammering heart and your eyes fall to the abandoned calculus textbook on the table. Sero wasn’t interrupting anything? The room is awkwardly stiff as Shouto finds the manga volume that Sero had come to find.
“Alright, thanks, man!” Sero chirps as he grabs the manga volume from Shouto. “I’ll, uh, leave you two to it! Just so you know, that the walls aren’t that thick? I can hear things when you’re being louder than normal volume.”
Your eyes fall to Sero’s retreating figure as Shouto is walking him out. “No need to worry,” you say as you take your notebook and textbook in your hand. “I’m actually done for the night, so um, goodnight Sero-kun, Todoroki.” You curtly nod as you push through the two friends.
“Y/n?” Shouto calls for you, and you can feel that his hand just missed your wrist. You don’t look back though; your feelings stupidly hurt as you choose to wave and continue down the hall.
Racing down the staircase, you opened the door to the fourth floor. Your brows were furrowed as you opened the door to your room. Turning on the light, you entered the room. Placing your study materials onto your desk, you picked up your phone.
Whenever you studied with Shouto you never brought your phone with you. That was because you never got bored or had the temptation to be on it around him.
Opening the messaging app, you looked at the sent messages. They were betting on how tonight would be the night something happened.
mina: no offense ladies but if he doesnt make a move on y/n soon ill literally date her instead
tsu: I thought you had a thing for todoroki though?
mina: I can’t make moves on him now!!!!!!
you: something almost happened but lol no
jirou: f
uraraka: f
momo: Oh no, what happened?
you: sero came over when we were about to kiss & my feelings got hurt LOL so i left
hagakure: i was gonna say!!!!!!! She’s typically in his room until 2 am!!!!! How do we know they’re not dating, that’s all i have to say about it
you: :/ i really almost got a kissed and then he said he wasn’t doing anything important
uraraka: oh on :( i can float his bed out of the earth?
mina: do you want a hug??????
you: nah, it’s okay i was probably forcing myself onto him anyways & i would like a hug rn :(
It took three seconds and then there was a knock on the door.
Your eyes flickered over to the door and you were confused.
When did Mina ever knock?
Walking over, you opened the door and came face to chest with Shouto.
“S-Shouto?!” You squeak as you stare up at the boy. His eyes are wide, almost frantic as if there was a major realization within him. “Are you okay?” You ask, your hurt feelings ignored.
“You like me.” He asserts.
“Excuse me?!”
“I like you, too,” Shouto says as he shakes his head, his fingers running through his hair. “I fucking like you, y/n. I had always assumed that you didn’t have feelings for me, but you almost kissed me and--”
You silenced him by pressing your lips against his.
Your lips glided against his own, the smooth friction of your dancing lips made your heart pound. You were on your tiptoes as you kissed him, and Shouto’s arms wrapped around your waist. He drew you nearer and you grasped at his collar.
Fireworks exploded in your mind, and electricity danced between your lips.
Shouto’s head tilts to the right, allowing deeper access to his moving lips. You let out a small gasp as your mind spins. It’s overwhelming you, and you want even more. Your arms move to wrap around his neck as he hums softly against your mouth.
“Ya know, I was trying to comfort my best friend, but I feel like someone beat me to it,” Mina sighs and you break apart from Shouto. Your lips feel numb with pleasure, your eyes finding it hard to focus. “Seems like you both have stopped being weird about this?”
“Mina…” you whisper embarrassed. Shouto doesn’t pull away from you, and your arms remain around his neck.
“Remember if you’re going to be freaky, move the bed to the center of the room!” Mina teases as she sends the two of you a wink. “Have fun, lovebirds.” With that, she left.
“Lovebirds,” Shouto repeats. “Does that mean I can ask you to be my girlfriend?”
The grin that twists onto your face sends butterflies to his stomach as you nod.
“It does,” you affirm as you touch your mouth back against his. Shouto returns the kiss as eagerly as the two of you walk blindly into your room. Your lips never once disconnecting.
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Chapter 1 ∫ ≈ Rush Hour and New Friends
Summary: Reina finds herself flustered on her first day of work. And the Pogues make quite the first impression on her when she has to take their order.
Warning: light cursing? That’s about it....
Word count: 3.5k
Pairing: JJ Maybank x female!oc
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a/n: I probably should have mentioned this in the beginning but this series is a...
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Reina's limbs were growing weak at the speed she was going down the lengthy sidewalk along an empty road. To her dismay, every corner of the island seems to be next to a beach, and the only sound that was able to come at par with the wind muffling her ears was the beating waves. She regretted not bringing her cassette with her; the music would have gone nicely with the Kildare county atmosphere. It might have also helped with her rapid heartbeat, wishing the ocean would just disappear. Nature sprouted from every corner, various people making their way down the opposite sidewalk to shop at different vendors. They seemed relaxed for the most part, but then again, many of them worked for their share, and the mask they wore wasn't fooling Reina. She wore the same one all too often.
Too deep in thought, she nearly missed the sign that read 'the Wreck' and came to a skidding stop, her body slightly jolting forward as she gripped her bike's handlebars. The wind from the ocean brought her hair to blow in her face as she dipped her eyes down to her phone, her GPS reading arrived.
After finding a comfortable place to park her bike, she made her way up a wooden ramp to enter the restaurant's threshold. The closer she got, the slower her pace as she heard a mix of rowdiness coming from inside. It was just her luck that the Wreck was extremely busy and evidently short on staff. Reina heaved around a few people who were waiting in line to be seated. Customers were grumbling among themselves, complaining about how the food had better be the best they've ever tasted if they had to wait that long. It was breakfast hour, and that was when people were the crankiest.
She blew air from her mouth once she made it to the front desk, a few customers muttering how she cut. Smoke from the kitchen just in front of her filled her nostrils, and her eyes brightened with delight. Only two men were hard at work, one with his belly hanging out from his stained white shirt while another tall man with tanned amber skin cutting fruit relentlessly. And with skill.
Reina was enthralled in the dynamic that she hadn't noticed how far she was leaning over the counter to watch everything they were doing. The taller man briefly looked over his shoulder before noticing the ripped paper wedged between her knuckles.
"Hey!" the man called over the spiel going around the crowded restaurant and the clinking of pot being moved about, continuing his cutting on a pineapple. Reina snapped her attention to the man, slightly embarrassed that she had been staring so long. "You Chris and Mina's kid?"
Reina shrugged, "Well technically, stepdaughter but uh--same thing yeah, that's me." she skipped the specifics of it all, not wanting to cause the man's forehead to crease more than it already was. "I uh--I came for the interview..." she looked down at the paper, about to ask about the cooking job when he suddenly advanced toward her.
"You a good cook?" he questioned sternly, almost hopeful. His eyes were desperate, sweat already trickling down his forehead.
"Absolutely," her confident answer came out almost immediately, making the man smile. She would cook all day if it meant not facing the water that was just a few hundred feet away from her. Even over the uproar in the open restaurant, she could still hear the waves taunting her like a dark, menacing laugh.
A toothpick twisting between his lips, he tapped his fingers harshly against the counter, contemplating if he should let a new teenager take part in his kitchen. "Fuck it, get in, kid." he pointed to the other side of the counter for her to enter. He didn't miss the ever-growing smile touching her lips as she hustled around the counter, already pulling her hair into the messiest low bun before washing her hands thoroughly. "Start cracking them eggs and beat 'em'. We got an order waiting at table five."
Reina's whole demeanor changed. She was locked in and moving like a ballerina, careful not to bump into anyone as she veered about to collect seasoning for the eggs. The tall man, which she learned went by the name of Mr. Carrera, watched her intently. All he had to do was tell her the recipe once, and she was already whipping everything up by memory. So much so that she served the waited tables in under an hour. It seemed the frequent customers took notice of the new girl as well; her sweet smile was inviting like she had been doing this her whole life. Reina was known to be more easy-going around adults compared to kids her age. She was the life of the party back in Cali, extremely outgoing and adrenaline-driven. But since the incident, she felt more comfortable being in her own reserved shell.
Mr. Carrera wasn't the only one noticing the girl's natural skill in the kitchen. Kiara Carrera led the way into her father's restaurant, her fellow pogues trailing behind like hungry puppies. Harlow Westwick struggled to keep up as they hadn't waited for her to tie her shoelaces, and she nearly tripped forward before finding her balance again.
"Woof," John B furrowed his brows, sidestepping around a woman as he took in the scene around him, "busy in here today, huh?"
The kids maneuvered their way through the packed dining area, all of their eyes searching for an empty table.
"Hell yeah, it is," Kie responded, her eyebrows stitching together as she caught sight of an unfamiliar raven haired girl in the kitchen.
She knew her dad had set up an interview with someone the other day, but he was never the one to hire and put to work the same day. Her father was very strict about who came in and out of his kitchen and how it was run.
"Found one!" JJ called, running across the floor to get to it before someone else could. He plopped down on a chair, running his ring clad fingers through his blonde locks before placing his red cap backward on his head. Harlow pulled the seat out next to him, flicking his red hat from behind, bringing the boy to quickly catch it before it hit the table.
Kie followed them wordlessly, her eyes still locked on the new cook in the kitchen as curiosity tickled her brain. "Do ya'll know who that is?"
The three boys and Harlow turned to look, all of them shaking their heads in response, a chorus of 'no's' or 'uh huh's' here and there.
Kie pursed her lips, her slender fingers tapping at the wooden chair before she signaled to the guys that she'd be back in a minute and moved towards the kitchen. The girl in question had swiveled around one of the older cooks, trading spots with him as she grabbed a pair of plates off the counter.
"'Scuse me," she smiled with a bow of her head, moving past Kie to put the plates down at one of the tables.
She turned around quickly, wiping a bead of sweat off her forehead with a rag before throwing it back over her shoulder.
"What's your name?" Kie questioned, crossing her arms over her orange halter top.
"Uh, Reina," the girl responded, a little confused by the random girl's straightforward inquiry before hurrying back to the kitchen, not giving Kie a chance to say anything else.
Just as the mystery girl - Reina, disappeared back into the kitchen, her father rounded the corner, giving her a nod to assure that he knew her and her friends were there, and they would get their food as quickly as they could get it out. Kie gave him a small smile in return and went back to her table, not before grabbing a stack of paper cups and a jug of water.
"You find out who the new girl is, Kie?" JJ asked, swiping a fry off an empty table.
"Just that her name's Reina," Kiara shrugged, offering the guys a cup and some water.
John B craned his neck to try and spot the dark-haired girl in the kitchen. "I haven't seen her around before," he pointed out.
"You think she's a kook?" Harlow questions, more so to herself as she noticed the seemingly expensive top.
"Maybe she's new," Pope chimes in his suggestion, his eyes fixated on how quickly she moved about the kitchen like muscle memory.
"Who moves to the Outer Banks?" JJ questioned around a mouthful of fries.
"Ew, gross," Kie muttered as her face scrunched up and finally took a seat next to Pope.
The Pogues chattered amongst themselves as customers were in and out of the restaurant. They were so used to sitting there for hours on end that they hadn't realized a difference in the food until it was displayed in front of them.
JJ was the first to mindlessly get a forkful of food into his mouth, suddenly moaning at the taste, pointing aggressively at his plate,
"This is fucking bomb, dog," he mumbled.
Upon seeing the other boy's reaction to the food, Kiara picked up a few eggs off of her plate and stuffed them into her mouth, "Holy shit," her eyes widened, knowing for a fact that this was not her father's cooking. "this is really good."
"Whoever made these needs to cook everything on the menu," Pope chuckled, diving into his fluffy pancakes lovingly.
Harlow was munching happily on her toast, her light brown hair that had recently been dyed two shades lighter at the tips was pulled back into a ponytail. She didn't bother making any comment, too entranced with the powdered sugar that she gladly licked off her fingers before wiping them off on a napkin.
John B peeped up from his plate, his chewing slowing down when he saw how white powder coated Harlow's pink lips. He rolled his eyes, grabbing a napkin and nearly scaring the girl to death when he wipes her lips with his thumb. "Much obliged, JB," Harlow chimed once he finished.
Reina had just finished washing her hands of the sticky juices of fruit when she noticed the group of kids hadn't been served their drinks. It seemed the Wreck was even short on servers. She huffed to herself, already dreading having to interact with them. She wiped her forehead with the back of her hand before grabbing a paper and pencil that sat on the counter to get their drink order.
"Hey, sorry for the delay on the drinks," Reina apologized when she made it to the table. She grew uncomfortable by how all their eyes bore into her own, and she dropped her attention to the notepad in her hand. "what can I start you off with?"
"I'll take a Sprite, please!" Pope exclaimed, instantly taking notice of the group's surprise in his response.
"Okay," Reina responded, quickly writing down his drink order in her notepad, "for you?"
"I'll take a raspberry ice tea," replied JJ, earning groans from the rest of the table, "with four pumps of the syrup, and only fill the glass halfway with ice so I can stir in my sugar-"
"Oh my gooooood!" groaned Harlow, "why are you so weird, JJ?"
JJ makes a face, "How am I weird? She's asking for my order!"
"Yeah, your drink order, not the secret recipe for a heart attack!"
"You know, what?-"
"What?-"
"Well, maybe if you let me finish my sentence-"
It wasn't long before the entire table erupted in a full-blown argument. Reina stood at the end of their table, brows furrowed, mouth parted. What the fuck..
Her eyes glanced around the packed dining room, her fingers twitching around her pencil. The place was still crowded, and the kitchen seemed to be going up in flames.
"I hate to interrupt, but does anybody else want anything to drink?" Reina spoke over the shouts.
The table quieted immediately, seemingly having forgotten about the girl waiting to take their order. The teens passed around embarrassed looks before the girl who'd come up to Reina earlier spoke.
"Pepsi's are fine."
Reina pursed her lips and gave her a nod before shoving her notepad and pen back into her apron and hurrying away from their table.
"Nice going," Kie snapped, throwing a rolled-up napkin at JJ.
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As the day carried by, the restaurant's capacity was waning down to only a few customers an hour. Reina hadn't expected the day to be so eventful. Some adults and teens discerned that she was new to the island and welcomed her before paying her a generous tip. Mr. Carrera was already falling in love with the new girl's cooking and didn't bother telling her she got the job; it was already guaranteed. He told her to have the day to herself tomorrow, and she could come work every other day. Reina would prefer to keep herself busy in the kitchen instead of being forced to explore the island, but she obliged nonetheless.
The seven pm sun was warming Reina's skin as she walked alongside her bike. She decided to take her time heading home, hoping her surprisingly laid back step-parents would say it's too late for her to go to the party at the beach. The sound of the waves crashing onto the shore was enough for her jaw to clench, wishing to drown out the sound. For a moment, the wind picked up around her loose hair, and she instinctively let her fingers ghost over the scars on her neck, flashing her back to that night.
"Reina, just jump, bro!"
The California moon was set on full display as the stars were barely distinguishable from the colorful, luminescent lights blinding the party at a rich kids' beach house. After Reina's friends informed her of a party being held in the Hamptons, she couldn't refuse. Not when the boy throwing the party was loaded with cash. School was nearly over, and one last party would surely end the year with a bang.
After a few heavy drinks and five shots, Reina found her unbalanced body standing on the highest point of the house's roof. The cold California night air brushed against her skin, but the warmth from her drunken state didn't let goosebumps make an appearance. Her hair was tousled behind her; space buns atop her head, keeping strands from invading her vision. Her black eyeliner was smudged from the excessive wave of laughter that overcame her a couple of hours before, and her chapstick was secured in her back pocket of her shorts in case of a possible make-out session.
"You think I'll make it?" Reina's crazed question was muffled out over the shouting and cheers coaxing her to jump into the vast pool below, and she let one of her bare feet dangle off the edge.
Her brown eyes caught sight of her sweet friend Vanessa, who was acting as a chaperone for the night, glaring up at her through the rims of her blue glasses. "If you're actually asking for a probability, you're insane!" Vanessa yelled.
"C'mon Nessa!" a brunette boy, Dimitri, came tumbling toward the red-headed girl draping his wet arm over her shoulder. His bare upper body smelled of herb and chlorine as his brown hair was swiped back from the pool. "Quit being a killjoy. The jump isn't even that high."
"It's not the jump I'm worried about, ass wipe." Vanessa growled, shoving the boy away from her, "Do you not see how drunk she is? If she even tried to jump, she'll land face-first on the cement."
Even beyond the overpour of music blasting through her ears, Reina heard Vanessa and saw it as a challenge. "Prepare for landing, ladies, and gentlemen!" Reina warned with a playful salute, loud enough for the crowd of teens below to roar out an applaud, making a clear opening for her in the pool.
"Rae, no! Stop!" Vanessa tried lunging for the house, but Dimitri pulled her back by her arm. "I swear to--"
It was too late. Reina opened her arms wide and let gravity take its toll once she leaped from the edge of the roof. She tucked her body into a ball just when she made contact with the water. The music invaded her eardrums, and the white noise muted all the applause from her life-threatening jump.
A wide grin set on full display on her lips brought ease to Vanessa, knowing she wasn't hurt, and she decided to retire into the house, too angry to say another word to her reckless friend. Reina's buns came undone, and her raven hair was dripping down her shoulder as she swiveled around people to exit the pool.
The crisp air made itself known as it nipped on her skin, but it vanished as soon as Dimitri came crashing toward her. Her black bikini top nearly shifted out of place from the boy's abrupt intrusion, but as this was his party, she would let him do whatever. As long as she could find his wallet in the depth of his pool trunks, she was good to go.
Dimitri separated from her and gripped her by the shoulders. "Badass Reina. Fucking hot," he breathed out sporting a smirk, his breath laced with weed.
Reina shrugged innocently, "The roofs not even that high off the ground. It's nothing."
Dimitri rolled his eyes before trailing his hands down her soaked waist and pulled her close enough for his lips to graze over the shell of her ear. "Wanna do a line? I got some of my buddies sellin' here tonight. My treat?"
Reina bit down on her lips, her audacious nature taking root once again. "Bet you can't last more than two lines," she mumbled with natural confidence. Dimitri lifted a brow and nodded leisurely, taking hold of her small hand, lacing it with his own.
"You're on, Bayard."
The honking of an obnoxious horn penetrated her thoughts, and Reina whipped her head around to see a VW van slowing down until it made a complete stop.
She was surprised to see the boy from early in the driver's seat with his arm draped out the window. His unruly brown curls sat atop his head, almost looking like a surfer and frat boy at the same time. His sun-kissed skin was radiant under the North Carolina sun, and she realized how handsome the boy really was.
"Hi again," the boy greeted with a casual wave of his hand that was gripping the steering wheel. Reina flashed a tight-lipped smile, nodding in response. She had only realized the girl from earlier on the passenger seat when she poked her head out from over his shoulder.
"Reina yeah?" the girl asked, hopefulness in her tone that she got the name right. Her mocha eyes were squinted from the bright sun behind Reina.
Reia nodded gradually, kicking the metal bar on her bike to let it park. "Yeah..." her tone came out as a question, puzzled that the random girl would make another appearance.
"I just wanted to tell you I'm sorry for how we acted today; you had enough on your plate and didn't need to deal with us acting like children."
Reina could hear commotion from the back seat due to the girl's tone directed to a friend of hers.
Reina's rigid shoulders relaxed at her words, taking a step closer to the beat-up van as she ran her hand down her arm. "Oh, no, it's okay. I've dealt with worse," she replied dismissively.
"Still," the girl shrugged before a small smile appeared on her lips, "By the way, I'm Kiara, we'll be seeing a lot more of each other now that you're working at the Wreck."
"You work there too?" Reina asked.
"My dad owns the place." It suddenly made sense why the teenagers strutted in the restaurant like they owned the place.
Kiara's hand stuck outside of the window, waiting for Reina to shake it. She did so wearily, an awkward chuckle leaving her mouth.
"This is John B," the boy driving the van sent her a nod, "and in the back are, Pope, JJ, and Harlow." a mix of greetings was heard from the back.
Pope? Odd name.
"Hi," Reina replied softly. The interaction seems like a simple one, but a storm was brewing in Reina's head.
"We're throwing a party down at the Boneyard - you know where that is?" John B asked, toying with the bandana around his wrist.  
Reina pondered for a moment, "Is it that party at the beach I heard about?"
"Kegger!" a male voice corrected her from the back seat, earning an eye roll from Kiara.
"Right yeah, that. Shouldn't be hard to find."
"Great!" Kiara beamed, a bright smile on her face, "you should come! It's gonna be fun!"
Reina parted her lips slightly, not expecting the invitation. "You really don't have to invite me--"
"No, no, seriously. If you're the one who cooked that killer food back at the Wreck, a drink is well deserved." John B licked his lips, waiting for her to respond to his attempt.
Reina wanted to decline almost immediately. But Chris' demand came jogging back to memory. "Make friends!"
"Uh, yeah, okay," Reina nodded nonchalantly as if her brain wasn't exploding at the idea of being so close to the water, "sure."  
Her mind wandered the rest of the walk home, thinking up every horrble possibility. When Reina arrived home, she pulled out her cassete from one of her boxes she was yet to unpack and fell on her bed. Her eyes drifted closed, as she tucked the plastic ear buds in her ear and hummed along to work all day
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Carry on My Wayward Son
COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER: Any recognizable elements belong either to Supernatural, Throne of Glass, A Court of Thorns and Roses, or Attack on Titan.
Notes: Hange's spells are Latin from google translation so I'm sorry if they're not correct.The tree on Mikasa's arm is based on the Yggdrasil.
CHAPTER THREE:  DREAM A LITTLE DREAM
Eren came out to see Zeke sitting on the trunk of the Impala.
Eren let go of Mikasa's wrist.
"You want the good news or the bad news first?" Zeke asked. "Trick question. The good news is they found Mina's brother. The bad news is that he was cut in half. The entire lower half of him was missing. It looked like something had been chewing on it. But here's the best part, the teeth marks look human, at least that's what they said on the radio."
"What?" Eren asked.
"Yeah, I know. I called Levi, he'll be out here with back up tomorrow. I got us a room at the hotel. Two beds and a pull out couch. All they had left. That's okay with you two?" Zeke asked as he jumped down.
"It's fine. I can sleep on the couch," Mikasa offered.
"No, you won't. I will," Eren offered.
Zeke was surprised but didn't say anything as he walked around to the front of the car and got in. Mikasa and Eren got into the car just a moment after him.
"Food?" Zeke offered.
"Yeah, let's get food," Eren said as he looked out the window.
"Do you eat, Mikasa?"
Zeke saw her nodded in the rearview mirror.
"She'll eat anything," Eren muttered.
"Can you not be a bitch to her for more than ten minutes? Just because she's a fairy.."
"No! Not like that. We had to live on whatever in the apartment. Some weeks, especially close to the end of a semester, we had to buy cheap groceries," Eren explained. "A lot of burnt Ramen when I cooked. She never complained."
"Your hot dogs and macaroni weren't bad," Mikasa muttered.
"That's because I taught him how to cook that," Zeke teased. "So are you two good enough to work the rest of this job?"
Eren looked at Mikasa in the rearview mirror.
She was looking at him.
"I'll work the job with her. As long as she agrees to one thing," Eren said.
"Oh, this should be good," Zeke sighed.
"No trying to play hero and going off on your own. No risking your life for mine. As long as I’m alive, you’re alive."
It surprised both Zeke and Mikasa that Eren had chosen that as his condition.
"Okay," Mikasa said as she nodded.
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After grabbing food from a McDonald's drive through, they came to the hotel.
Zeke called dibs on the first shower, leaving Mikasa and Eren alone again.
Eren wasn't sure how to act.
He was worried about her though.
He didn't know why.
Hadn't Grisha said that a monster was a monster?
If it wasn't human, Eren was supposed to kill it.
It was simple.
There was a clear, solid line between good and evil.
Eren looked up from his phone to see Mikasa sitting on the bed on the far end of the hotel room.
The hotel room was cheap. It was covered in tacky seventies wallpaper.
Mikasa's legs were folded in front of her as she read through some sort of leather brown book. Eren couldn't help but remember being back in the apartment with her. His head would rest in her lap while she read and absent-mindedly played with his hair.
Maybe Zeke was right.
Maybe Eren was being too harsh on her.
No.
He wasn't.
She had lied to him
She hadn't told him the truth.
But then again, he hadn't told her the truth exactly either.
What he wouldn't give for the solid line of good and evil to make more sense.
"Was it a Yellow Eyed Demon that killed your family?" Eren asked.
Mikasa looked up from the book she was reading.
"No. Just a regular one," she replied as her eyes met his. "Why?"
"Just curious, I guess."
Mikasa nodded before she looked back down at her book.
"I shouldn't have said I wanted you dead."
Mikasa looked over at him again. "It's a reasonable response."
"No, it's really not. I...I don't think we can go back to that but I don't want to kill you or for you to die. That would be...bad."
"It's fine, Eren," she replied as she closed her book.
"No, it's not. I'm trying to apologize here."
"Save it, okay? I don't need your pity. Look, I'm just working the job that Levi asked me to. You can't say horrible things to me just to think I would forgive them. It's fine because in the grand scheme of things, it doesn't matter. Once this job is over, we should go our separate ways. That is what would be best for everyone involved. I'm going to go to bed."
Mikasa turned off the lamp next to her bed as she put the book she had been reading on the nightstand.
Eren then knew the pain that Mikasa had experienced.
His heart felt like it had been shattered into a million pieces.
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One of Mikasa's hands was in Eren's hair while he left a trail of kisses down Mikasa's neck. The other hand had moved towards his belt.
"Eager, aren't we?" He teased her.
"You're lucky I don't rip it off of you," she replied as she purposely lifted her hips up so she grinded on him.
Suddenly, the dream shifted very quickly.
He clawed at Mikasa's flesh. Long claws came out of his hands. She screamed in fear but he didn't stop.
He wouldn't stop until she was dead.
The blaring of a car horn cut through Eren’s dream.
He was the first one up and found himself in need of a cold shower.
As Eren took his shower, he wondered why he kept having dreams about Mikasa. Besides the fact that he was still very much attracted to her, the whole fairy thing was really throwing him for a loop.
“Just work the job,” he told himself as he finished his shower.
He dressed in the bathroom and came out to see a very sleepy Zeke attempting to get the coffee maker to work in the hotel room.
Mikasa scurried by him to change in the bathroom.
“So what dumbass thing did you say to her last night?” Zeke asked as he slammed the lid down on the coffee marker.
“Who said I said anything dumb? You should have a little more faith in me,” Eren replied.
“I’ve known since you were born. You always say dumb things. By the way, Levi is on his way.  He wants us to try and get pictures of the area now that’s its day. He said he’s bringing a specialist with him. Whatever that means.”
“How many hunters is Levi in contact with?” Eren asked as he walked over to the coffee machine.
Zeke shrugged, “I just assume Levi knows everyone. You’ve seen how many different phones he has hooked up in his living room.”
The coffee maker spurred as Mikasa came out of the bathroom.
“Morning, Sunshine,” Zeke beamed at her.
“Hi,” Mikasa muttered as she came out of the bedroom.
Eren couldn’t help but glare at Zeke.
“What? I like her. I mean look at her! She can be the little kid sister I always wanted before I got stuck with you instead,” Zeke grinned.
“Did you hit on Eren the first time you met him too?” Mikasa asked as she sat down on the bed she had occupied the night before.
“See? This is why I liked her. I’m Team Mikasa while you two….are whatever you are,” Zeke pressed the button again on the coffee machine.
It didn’t work.
“Okay, so coffee run before we go to our possible doom?” Zeke asked as he walked away from the coffee maker.
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This time, they decided to go more south of the ranger station. There was a dangerous hiking path there that few people had taken, at least that was what Mina had told Zeke the night before.
They pulled the Impala into the parking lot next to the side of the road. Mikasa climbed up the highest tree.
“Are we any closer?” Zeke asked.
“Pretty much the same distance as the ranger station. I’m going to try something,” Mikasa told him as wings sprung from her back.
The next thing Eren and Zeke saw was Mikasa running along one of the branches of the tree.
The branch snapped in half and fell but that didn’t matter.
Mikasa shot up into the sky and flew off.
“Holy shit!” Zeke exclaimed as Mikasa disappeared into the tree line.
“Should we follow her?” Eren asked.
“Yeah, let’s go,” Zeke told him as they both took off in the direction that Mikasa went.
For it being a dangerous hiking trail, it was cleaner than the one Eren and Mikasa had taken the other day.
"How are you doing over there?" Zeke asked Eren as they made their way towards the dead spot.
"Just peachy," Eren replied as he rolled his eyes.
"So is it cool if I ask Mikasa out?" Zeke grinned.
Two thoughts ran through Eren's mind at the same time. One of them was to punch Zeke.
He took the second option.
Eren laughed. "She wouldn't date you. Never. You're not her type. I thought you saw her as a sister."
"I though that at first but now...I don’t know. And what's wrong with me? She could be into me!"
"Do you want the list in alphabetical order or….?"
"Alright, smart-ass. Shouldn't we let her decide? I mean she seems to like me a whole lot more than she likes you."
Eren snapped. He grabbed Zeke by the collar of his shirt.
Zeke just grinned. "There's the reaction I've been waiting for."
Eren released Zeke's shirt.
He fell right into his brother's trap.
Zeke had played him.
"You never tell her about this. Ever," Eren threatened before he started walking again.
"I can't believe you fell for that. All those years of schooling and you don't know bro code. You don't take the girl your brother loves. So how serious was it before everything?" Zeke asked as he trailed after Eren.
"Why does it matter?"
"Oh come on, Ronnie. Share with your older brother. Listen. The most serious relationship I've ever had is that bendy weekend I spent with that Yoga instructor.  I mean granted….It was pretty mind blowing. The things she could do with her…"
"You know I can hear you?" Mikasa's voice came down from the tree.
Zeke and Eren looked up to see her continuing her run and jump trick.
"She did say she can't fly for long distances," Eren remarked as he followed her.
"HEY! MIKASA! HOW STRONG ARE YOU?!" Zeke yelled causing Mikasa to stop and looked back.
"Why?" She asked as she leaned up against the tree.
"Could you pick me up and fly me up there?" Zeke grinned.
Mikasa simply nodded before jumping down to the ground. Her wings fluttered, making the most beautiful landing. She was the most beautiful, graceful thing Eren had ever seen.
She didn't look monstrous in the slightest.
No, she looked like an angel.
But suddenly, she turned and ran off in the opposite direction.
"What was that?" Zeke asked.
Eren shrugged.
It didn’t take them long to catch up to Mikasa. They could hear her throwing up.
Then Zeke and Eren realized it wasn’t the flying that had made Mikasa sick as they began to smell it too.
Rotting flesh.
There were bodies.
A lot of them.
They were on the outskirts of what could easily be mistaken for a forest fire.
Except the bodies and the damage looked like the life had just been sucked out of them.
Mikasa came out a few steps behind them.
She looked awful.
Eren reached into his pocket and pulled a pack of gum before he handed it to her.
“Thanks,” she muttered as she took a piece out of it and handed it back to him.
“What the fuck?” Zeke asked, as he looked around the area.
“Was this….is this magic?” Eren asked Mikasa.
“It looks like an energy exchange to me. A big one,” Mikasa replied.
“For what?” Zeke asked as he pulled out his phone and took pictures.
“I have no idea,” Mikasa answered.
Eren stepped into an area of the ash to get a closer look. “I can't even tell an age. This one looks like it’s been chewed in half.”  He reached down and touched the ash. "This isn't normal ash either."
“So it sucks the life out of them and then eats them. Fantastic. Sounds like a Tuesday to me,” Zeke laughed.
“More research?” Eren asked as he looked at the other two.
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Mikasa wasn’t okay.
Maybe it wasn’t an energy exchange.
Maybe it was something more.
Maybe it was something worse.
Resurrection wasn’t something one did without thought.
Mikasa didn’t even know how to begin something like that.
Sure, she’d had jobs where someone made a crossroads deal with a demon to bring a love back but they all ended the same.
The person was dragged to hell.
She didn’t even know a spell that would allow resurrection. True resurrection. Not a zombie or a puppet of the person.
Mikasa sat fully clothed in the bathtub, her knees pulled up to her chest. She had debated adding water to the tub but it would just end up making a mess.
She wanted Hange. She could have used Hange right now. They always knew what to say, what to do. Mikasa had called them multiple times since the close call with the Yellow Eyed Demon.
Mikasa didn’t know when she had started crying.
There was a knock on the door.
“You okay in there?” Zeke’s voice came from the other side.
“Yeah, I’m fine,” Mikasa said, her voice did not betray her.
“Okay. Levi should be here soon.”
“Okay.”
She waited until Zeke walked away to wipe the tears from her face.
That had been far too big of a loss that she had seen today. Too many innocent lives.
Mikasa wouldn’t allow that to happen again.
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From the moment, Mikasa had stepped out of the bathroom, all Eren could think about was finding a way to make Mikasa slip away with him. The two of them should be alone together, like it used to be. He could show her how much she could enjoy the backseat of the Impala.
What?
No!
Why was he thinking that?
There was a knock on the hotel door.
Zeke answered it.
Eren didn’t know who he thought Levi was going to bring with him. But this tall, glasses wearing scientist looking was not who Eren had pictured in his mind.
Mikasa practically launched herself at the person.
“It’s alright now,” the person told Mikasa as they smoothed Mikasa’s short hair down. “Oh, I do like your hair short. It looks even better in person.”
“Alright, enough of that. Zeke, Eren, this is Hange, Mikasa’s guardian, a hunter, and a magic wielder.”
“Hello!” Hange said as they broke the hug with Mikasa. “So, I hear there’s a  big dead spot?”
“It’s more than that. It’s got bodies,” Zeke explained as he pulled his phone out of his pocket.
“Wait, what? You didn’t tell me that,” Levi replied as he took the phone from Zeke.
"We should head out there then. Check it out in person. I can try a spell to trace the magic," Hange suggested.
"I'll stay here. I'm not feeling too well," Mikasa said before sitting down on the bed that she had been sleeping on.
"That's fine. Levi?" Hange asked.
"I'll go," Levi replied.
"I'll show the location," Zeke offered.
"I'll stay with Mikasa," Eren offered, which surprised everyone.  
Levi narrowed his eyes before he began moving towards the hotel room door.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do," Zeke said before he gave a wink as he exited the room with Levi and Hange.
"I'm not a child. I don't need you to act as guardian," Mikasa replied.
"Never said you were," Eren said as he walked towards her.
"Then stop treating me like one."
"I'm not."
"I don't get you. You spent weeks avoiding me and now all of a sudden you want to act like a knight in shining armor? Why? What do you possibly have to gain?"
"I don't know."
"Well, figure it out. Because I can't take these mixed signals."
"Mixed signals? Seriously?"
"Yes. You hate me, you want me to die. Then you don't want me to and you're holding my hand. Pick a side!" She yelled at him.
Eren wasn't really sure what he was supposed to do with the anger that has been welling up inside of him.
But her yelling at him? Standing up for herself? That was something unmistakably hot for him.
"I don't know! Okay? I'm supposed to hate monsters? I'm supposed to hate you! But all I can think about right now is reenacting a sex dream I had this morning! Okay? I don't know!"
"Wait, what?"
"I'm a guy, Mikasa. I have sex dreams."
"No, not that. Do I feel some sort of sexual urge more than normal?"
"What? No. Maybe. A little bit. Why?"
"Because I know what it is. We need to get there before Levi, Hange, and Zeke. Fuck," Mikasa cussed. "I'm so stupid. Why didn't I see it before? I guess the gruesome death confused me."
"You know what it is?"
"It's a succubus."
"Wait, what? Don't they just have sex with you to kill you?"
"Depends on the type. They can suck the life out of anything. But sometimes the side effects from going to a den can transfer onto the person. That's why you're feeling it. They can also make people have sex until they die. It consumes them."
"Oh. Well, there's a happy thought. Why aren't you and Zeke affected?"
"Half fae, remember?  I don't know why Zeke isn't.  I should get going."
"I'll go find a car to hotwire."
"You're not leaving," she told him.
He took a step forward.
"Who says I want to leave?" He asked her.
Eren realized in that moment how hot his skin felt. Only she could be the answer.
He lunged forward, his mouth connecting with Mikasa's.
Mikasa was in complete shock. She didn't respond.
How could he make things more clear?
He wanted her.
No.
He needed her.
He grabbed her, causing her to squeak as he threw her on the bed.
He climbed on top of her before kissing her again.
This time, Mikasa responded.
It made Eren happy.
Yes.
This is what he wanted.
He could feel her running her hands over his body as he pulled away.
One of Mikasa's hands was in Eren's hair while he left a trail of kisses down Mikasa's neck. The other hand had moved towards his belt.
"Eager, aren't we?" He teased her.
"You're lucky I don't rip it off of you," she replied as she pulled his belt off.
Mikasa then proceeded to headbutt Eren and knock him out.
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Zeke walked with Hange and Levi through the woods. He didn’t sign up to a boy scout as a kid and he sure didn’t want to be one right now.
There was some sort of weird dynamitic between Levi and Hange that Zeke didn’t understand.
“So magic wielder?” Zeke asked after a moment.
“Hmm...witch comes with negative connotations sometimes when it comes to hunters. How come you’re not like your brother when it comes to things being so black and white?”
“Oh. Because I realized our dad was a piece of shit when I was about ten,” Zeke explained.
“Why did you stay with him then?”
“Oh. Well, it’s simple. If he had me to fight with her wouldn’t go after Eren. Didn’t matter what Grisha did to me. I guess that’s why his death….this is going to sound horrible but it was freeing. I’m a terrible son, aren’t I?” Zeke said as he stopped in his tracks.
Levi rested his hand on Zeke’s shoulder. “You’re a good brother,” he said before he gave Zeke a bit of push forward.
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Mikasa had handcuffed Eren and used his belt to bind him. She threw him over her shoulder and had carried him to the car. She then had to carry him through the woods towards the deadspot.
She could get what she needed for the spell there. Everything would be fine. She could cure him without her powers.
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“Oh. This is interesting,” Hange said as they neared the area of ash.
“What’s that smell?” Levi asked.
“The rotting corpses,” Hange answered. “Look! There’s one over there!”
“Can you not be excited about finding dead bodies?” Levi sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Oh, I’m not. This looks like a den of some sort. It’s very interesting.”
“Any idea what it is?” Zeke asked.
“Well, it looks as if it has some sort of a sucker fish mouth,” Hange replied.
“You can tell that from its den?” Levi asked.
“Oh no. It’s staring at me,” Hange said as they pointed towards a spot in the middle of the dead trees.
Sure enough there was a creature that had a mouth similar to a sucker fish. Its eyes were beady and black. It’s skin was an inky, green color.
“I don’t  know what that is but I don’t like it!” Zeke yelled as he pulled out the knife Mikasa had given him.
“I don’t either,” Levi said as he pulled out his machete.
“Guesses?” Hange asked as they moved into place next to Levi. They pulled out their own machete.
With three of them, it meant they would always have someone watching their back.
“Well, succubus is the first thing that comes to mind for me. I’ve never fought one,” Levi replied.
Just then, the creature lunged and tackled Levi to the ground, causing him to throw his machete. It began to coat Levi in a greenish goo, making it impossible for him to move.
Hange swung at the creature, nicking it in the back.
The creature screamed before getting off of Levi and tackling Hange to the ground. It’s mouth moved towards Hange’s.
Hange tried to fight back. They pushed and thrashed.
“ ventilabis deinceps !” Hange yelled.
The creature stumbled a few steps but did not relent.
This gave Zeke the opportunity to pick up Levi’s machete and swing it at the creature.
The creature’s head was removed from its body and fell to the ground. A purple red goo covered Hange.
Eren and Mikasa came rushing into the scene just as Zeke picked up the head of the succubus.  Mikasa sat Eren down on the ground.
“What happened to him?" Levi asked him.
Mikasa sighed as she unlocked the handcuffs. “He stepped into the den and fell under the creature’s power. Since you killed it, he should be fine,” she said as she unbound his feet.
“So you’re telling me this thing attracts men and then fucks them to death?” Zeke asked as he looked into the creature's eyes. “I mean I’ve hooked up with some really ugly women but this….”
“Succubus can but sometimes they merely suck the life out of people before feasting on them. But you know, I’m fine over here, laying on the ground, covered in some sort of goo,” Levi replied.
“Green really is your color,” Hange agreed.
“Get this goo off of me and get me off of the ground!”
Just then a second, third, and fourth creature emerged from the den.
“Uhh….I think we have company,” Zeke said pointing to the creatures.
“Knife!” Mikasa yelled at Zeke.
Zeke threw the knife, and Mikasa caught it. Her eyes glowed as she extended the knife, turning it almost into a sword of sorts.
Just then, Eren tackled her to the ground.
“Fuck!” she yelled as her body his the ground, the knife sword dropped from her hand.
Eren swung at her, trying to claw at her face. Mikasa pushed against him to no avail.
“Zeke!” She called to Zeke who was fighting with another succubus.
“Kind of busy!” He called back to Mikasa.
“I’m still on the ground,” Levi yelled.
“ ventilabis deinceps !” Hange yelled again, throwing a succubus forward.
Mikasa fought against Eren who continued to pin her down and try to claw her face. She had to do it. She had to use her powers….again. The risk….did it outweigh everything else?
Eren’s eyes seemed to change colors to a red.
He was losing himself.
Eren.
Eren’s life outweighed the risk.
Mikasa’s eyes glowed as she pulled her hand back.
An exchange of energy.
The fog that seemed to have a hold of Eren’s mind lifted.
Mikasa’s world went black.
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Eren’s eyes opened as soon as Mikasa’s closed.
Zeke went to pick up the knife sword but it collapsed back into the knife.
It was good enough.
Zeke ran the knife through the succubus that he had been fighting. He was covered in the same goo that Hange was covered in.
Hange defeated two creatures as Eren tried shaking Mikasa.
“Mikasa. Hey. Not again. Mikasa,” Eren pleaded with her.
Hange rushed to Mikasa’s side, checking her pulse. “She’s alive. She’s just...she used too much energy. Probably another year off of her life, if not more.”
Eren just stared at Hange.
“We should get her out of here,” Levi said as Zeke helped him up.
Eren scooped Mikasa up and carried her off in the direction of the Impala.
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No complaints about the goo.
No one asked to stop after they gathered their things from the hotel. It was the realization that Mikasa was still being hunted and the amount of energy she used probably set off another tracker.
Nine hours later, they arrived at Levi's. Thankfully, Levi's house had multiple showers and Hange, Levi, and Zeke disappeared into them. Eren carried Mikasa downstairs.
He put her down on the cot in the panic room. The wards would keep her safe.
"Why do you keep risking your life for me? Why are you killing yourself for me?" He asked Mikasa before he sat down on the floor. He leaned his back up against the wall.
But Mikasa didn't answer.
Zeke came downstairs.
"Has she woken up yet?" He asked.
Eren shook his head.
"Huh. I wasn't expecting you to still be sitting here to be honest. Are you finally getting over the fact that she's a fairy?"
"No. It's just...I had a nightmare. I was clawing Mikasa's face and then today…"
"Okay? Nightmares happen."
"But it wasn't like a nightmare. It felt real to me. I don't know. What if I'm the real monster?"
Zeke sat down next to his brother on the floor.
"You're not a monster, Eren. You're probably just stressed out. A lot of shit has happened lately. Just relax. If it happens again, then we'll worry about."
Eren nodded.
So the two brothers sat on the ground, trying to figure out what would happen next.
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Hange sat down on one side of Levi's desk.
"I'm worried," they confessed.
"You and me both," Levi sighed.
Zeke came up from the basement.
"Is she awake?" Hange asked.
Zeke shook his head. "Last time, she was out for over a day for just a small heal."
"It's a large energy exchange. Her body has never dealt with it well."
"Those creatures were strange. Something is happening. They normally don't travel like that," Levi said as he pulled out a journal.
"I found it strange too."
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Eren sat by Mikasa's side.
He wanted to know what Hange had meant by years being taken off of Mikasa’s life.
He needed to hear it from Mikasa.  
He was so confused.
Life had been simpler when monsters were just monsters.
Grisha had hammered it into Eren’s head that everything that wasn’t human was evil. It was simple. It was us against them.
A demon had killed Carla.
Demons were bad.
Monsters were bad.
But as Eren watched Mikasa's breathing, he couldn’t help but think that there wasn’t an evil bone in her body.
He had told her not to put herself into danger for him, yet she had done it anyway.
“We had a deal,” he muttered to himself.
Suddenly, Eren’s shoulder felt like it was on fire and into his veins. He gripped his shoulder.
Moments later, Mikasa woke up with a scream.
She pulled at her shirt sleeve to reveal a large tree with its roots exposed, at least that’s what it looked like to Eren.
“Eren, what did you do?” she demanded.
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A Little Love Story, Part Three: Queens, Lovers, and Fools
Hello! This is the penultimate part of the story commissioned by @keyofjetwolf, a subversion of the “love breaks the spell trope” making it all platonic, as she much loves. this is 2,000 words! The rest of the series is here. 
It had never occurred to Haruka that there could be a basement to a cave, but if such a thing were possible, this would have been it. It was dark, and dank, and she halfway imagined to find a passage covered in cobwebs, only to realize that for that to have been true, something would have to be able to live down here. 
The only things that could live down here, had maybe never been alive at all, not in a way Haruka understood. 
She had transformed, and walked through the long corridors of stone and stalactite, her only companions a long, deep drip and the unearthly glow from the walls now and again that signaled the unreality of this place, the way it only mimicked the rules of earth, but lived far off, by laws Haruka could not know. 
Haruka had transformed because she hadn’t been sure what to expect, and Mina had taught her to be ready when walking into a probable trap. It had not come to mind, as she stormed out of the senshi meeting, that she was walking into a probable trap, but as she descended further into the belly of this would-be earth, she could hear Mina’s voice in the back of her head, that annoyance twinged with love that rang out every time Haruka did something foolish. 
So she’d touched her ring, and whispered the words she’d yelled so many times. Haruka had always enjoyed the surge of power that came through her when she transformed, the way she could feel herself grow stronger and broader, the touch of her sword in her hand. But not today, and maybe that was why she’d whispered. Today she didn’t want to fight, because today Sailor Uranus might be less useful than Haruka Tenoh, which was not a thing she could often say, and not a thing she might have ever said at all, but for the love of her people, one of which she was chasing down a dark cave with no layout she was aware of, without any backup, after someone who wanted her dead. 
Rei might have had a point. 
Though, Haruka was pleased to know that if she died here, at least she wouldn’t have to hear Rei say it. What was her plan, precisely? Haruka was no tactician. She relied on Mina and Michiru and even Ami to help point her. She was a blunt object, she knew that. She wasn’t smart, she knew that, too. She was probably going to die here, just like Rei said. 
But she had to try. If no one else was willing to try and save MIna from herself, she had to try. Mina would do the same for her, Haruka was sure, even if Haruka would tell her not to. Mina could talk a tough game about tactics and falling behind and sacrifices, but she was also the girl who had more than once given a lecture while tenderly patting a cloth over some deep cut in Haruka’s side. She was also the girl who’d yanked Haruka back from the brink more than once. 
Haruka knew that Mina loved her, and Haruka couldn’t say that of many people. She could barely say it even when she knew it was true, without wanting to whip around and ask them why. 
Even in the darkness, the shadow of guilt came over Haruka. Mina had felt unappreciated. She did so much for the team, but she never got to be the star of it, even to the other senshi. Everyone had just sort of taken it on faith that Mina would always be there, leading and guiding, and Haruka had been just as ignorant as the rest of them. She could have done better by Mina.
 She should have told her how nice it was to have someone look out for her. People hadn’t done that, most of Haruka’s life. She should have told her that she admired Mina’s skill on the battlefield, her smarts. Haruka didn’t have anything like that. She should have told her how funny and clever she was, how Haruka was always amazed at even the quips that were aimed her own way. 
Haruka should have said a lot of things, she thought, and because she hadn’t said them, Mina was in trouble, and it was Haruka’s job to fix it. Had to be her. Even if she was no match for Mina. 
Maybe, she thought darkly, if she kills me, it’ll at least bring her back. Maybe if I die, she’ll remember. The thought gave her some comfort, that even in her failure she could succeed, somehow. It would be worth it to die, if Mina could be saved. 
The comfort of that thought was somewhat decimated by the fact that Michiru would, without question or hesitation, kill Mina, spell broken or no, if Haruka was killed in the attempt. Even Rei wouldn’t be able to stop her. 
She barely dodged the blade 
Haruka hadn’t been able to hear well out of that left ear since she was about fifteen years old, and she did her best to cover this, the particularly astute noting that she had a tendency to cock her head, and that Michiru often sat to her right, but mostly quite getting away with the illusion. But Mina knew, of course, and had known long before Haruka had awkwardly told her the story, sitting across from her in that dive of a dumpling shop they both loved. 
And Mina, as she was now, would only ever approach from that side. The weak side. 
The immediate danger of fighting someone who knew every facet of your entire being had not occurred to Haruka, as she had stormed out of the Senshi meeting. It had not blipped on her radar, as she had crept down into this crypt and kingdom. When she had transformed, it had only been with the nebulous idea of an enemy. 
However, it came into very sharp focus as Mina’s sword rung out in the night air, the high whistle of it as it blew past Haruka’s jawline singing out everything that had changed between them. Whispering that if she’d been one second slower, she’d already be gone. 
She jumped back. 
“Mina, it’s me!” It seemed a weak sort of defense, and lacked all the feeling she had hoped to put in it, but it was the only thing her mouth would give her. 
Mina did not seem to hear her, swinging again in a fluid movement, Haruka narrowly blocking it with her own blade. It almost felt like those moments they would spar, Mina always on the attack, Haruka so rarely getting one in, and Haruka felt the twist in her heart at the memory. This was missing most of it: There was no laughter in Mina’s voice, no goading for Haruka to do and be better, no grins exchanged between them when Haruka successfully fended her off. 
But the feel of Mina’s sword on hers was enough, and it hurt all the same. 
Haruka wanted to believe that she was a creature of deep nuance, but wanting to believe things about herself did not make them true. Michiru was better at that--in Michiru’s world, there was room for many truths, for life to contradict itself--but Haruka was a creature of sunshine and shadow. Mina was her friend. Mina loved her. It had taken her a long time to know these things, and now that she knew them, no simple spell cast by some dumb bitch from space was going to change that, in Haruka’s mind. 
She yelled through the sense of loss and dread, ripping it from her heart. “You really don’t want to do this, Mina!” Another barely-missed blow, “You’ll hate yourself forever!” 
Mina laughed. “Oh, Uranus.” She stepped back a moment and shook her head. “You really do believe your experience of life is universal, don’t you? Such an idiot. Not everyone has to hem, and haw, and quake, over the things they need to do.” 
Haruka looked at her with a little smirk. “You’re always complaining about how I run into things, Mina.” 
Mina gave an almost playful tip of her blade. “You’re so eager to sacrifice yourself for something. Foolish enough to die without being brave enough to kill. Ready to blame yourself for everything.” She laughed. “I won’t think about it past the moment I see your eyes fix and gloss over.” 
“I know that’s not true. We’re friends. You don’t want to kill me.” Haruka was not sure who she was trying to convince more, as she looked into the hungry eyes of Minako, saw the half-starved tiger that had been lying in wait for years. 
“Oh but I do,” she smiled, “if I kill you, which I will in just a minute here, then I will kill Neptune, and the entire house of cards will fall from there. Easy. Elegant. I will be Queen of Earth in the fall of a curtain.” 
“Uh, you need to be more worried about Michiru, I think.” Haruka scoffed. “Not to doubt you, kiddo, but--” 
Whatever her thought was after that, it was never to be completed, as Mina swung in quickly, slamming a foot into the side of Haruka’s knee as she slashed across her back. Haruka fell to her knees, howling, the dank water of the cave floor splashing up into her face, a red line, like a ribbon, going down her back. 
In the darkness, Michiru tightened her grip on her dagger. She had made Haruka a promise, that she would let her do this. She would let her try. But she had made no promise that she would make even a mild attempt to spare Mina’s life, if Haruka were unsuccessful. The other girls were nestled behind her, watching, waiting for Rei’s signal, Usagi’s head buried into Mako’s back as she gamely tried to suppress her weeping. 
MIna’s voice echoed off the walls. “I should have known you would be so stupid as to come here alone, to the lion’s den.” 
Haruka nursed her shoulder and weakly reached for her sword. “I came alone because I’m your friend. Like I said.” she dragged her sword toward her, the metallic ring of it a sad final song. “C’mon Mina, you know me.” 
Mina rolled her eyes. “Of course I do, you pathetic thing.” 
Haruka winced, and even Mina could not have told you if it was from the pain of her injury or the pain of the statement. 
“I know you so well, that your death was assured before you walked in the door.” She circled Haruka like a hawk about to dive, “That’s unfair, isn’t it? Not giving you chance to defeat me? Well. I’ll give you a chance. Because we’re friends.” 
She said it as though it was a knife, dragged through Haruka’s flesh. Mina stopped when she got around to Haruka’s face again, and let her sword drop her side, her shoulders relaxed. She smiled down at Haruka as she towered over her, a deep, cold wind from the caves fluttering the air around her, sweeping up her hair. 
“Raise your sword. I’m not in position. You’re supposed to be fast. Please, take it. Your best shot at me, Uranus.” 
“Ruka,” she tightened her grip on her sword, “You call me Ruka, sometimes.” 
Mina grinned and her eyes flashed with her pride and rage and delight. “Well then, old friend. Why don’t you show me what you’re made of?” 
Haruka looked up at her, clutching her sword to her chest, eyes swimming in despair and confusion. Rei took Usagi under her arm and turned her face into her shoulder, giving a whispered advisement to the others. 
“Anyone not wanting to see Haruka’s brutal murder should look away now.” 
Michiru watched. Michiru waited. The heat of the waiting dagger wore a hole in her palm as it begged for escape. 
Mina nodded leaning lightly on her sword, leg popped onto her toes, opening her arm to Haruka, her voice bubbling with mirth. 
“Uranus. Come at me.”
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thespooniewrites · 6 years
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This prompt: “Life is a highway, and I’m always drunk. So I’m not driving.” Any characters you like.
This came out INFINITELY DARKER THAN I’D PLANNED so.. whoops?
          It wasthree in the morning, and Mina was going to kill whoever was banging on herdoor. Kill, with a capital K. She considered ignoring it, but when the poundingcontinued for more than twenty seconds she thought she’d rather not get a notefrom her landlord about a noise disturbance.
           Preparingthe biggest rant ever, she ripped open the door and, in a blur of purple scarfand copper hair, Reed stumbled in.
           “Hi!”He kept is back to her, was looking around her apartment like it was the firsttime he’d been there.
           “Whatthe hell, Reed.” Mina shut the door and leaned her back against it.
           He spunaround and Mina’s breath caught. He looked wild. There was something in his eyesthat made her want to run. “Let’sfuck shit up,” Reed said with a grin that was much too wide to be made of happiness.His tongue flicked over his teeth and he huffed a breath of a laugh through hisnose.
           “Areyou okay?” Mina’s heart began to race. This was not the Reed she knew.
           “I’m great.” Reed cackled and brought hishands up to his face. “Let’s fuck shit uuuuup,” he whined into his palms.
          What the hell.
          With outstretched arms –whether for protection or comfort she wasn’t sure – Mina approached the witchhaving a mental breakdown in the middle of her living room. “Should we call – ”
           “NO.” Reed’shead snapped up, his nostril flared, there was no hint of a smile left. “Don’tcall him. He can’t know.”
           “Knowwhat?”
           “He can’t know I’m slipping back to– back t – you can’t.”
           “What’s going on?” She rested herhands on his shoulders and hoped he didn’t notice the way they trembled.
           Hesmiled mirthlessly and shook his head, eyes wide and unblinking. “I’m so fuckedup, Mina. You have no idea.”
           “Yeah,I’m started to get that.” What was she supposed to do? What was the protocolfor Crazy Witch? Isolation was probably her safest bet. She’d seen what he wascapable of with a clear head, thought it best not to unleash him on the world whenthings were a little on the blurry side. “Why don’t you take your coat off,stay a while?”
           “No, I want to – ”
          “Wasn’t a suggestion. Coat,” sheinstructed, hoping she wouldn’t pay for her boldness. Undoing the top button ofhis coat, she noticed the collar had a something that looked suspiciously likeblood soaked into the edge. Didn’t look like he’d been bleeding recently. Thingswere a lot on the blurry side, then.That was a problem for later, she decided.
           “Yes,” Reedbreathed, eyes somehow going even wider, “you take the wheel, good plan. Youmake the decisions.” Without a second thought, he ripped off his coat and threwit towards the front door.
           “What doyou want to do? Watch a movie? Keep your mind off… whatever this is?”
           “Nuhuh.” Reed shook his head and let her guide him over to the couch. “No decisionsfor me. I’m following your lead. If your lead should happen to involve a bit oftorture I won’t complain but – ”
           Nope,Mina did not want to hear this. “Mylead will involve a tea and absolutely no pain.”
           “Yes ma’am.”Reed saluted her and dropped to the couch. His burning gaze shot to her. “Doyou want to get fucked up?”
           Minastepped away, unsure if that was an offer of intoxication or a threat forstopping him from whatever it was he wanted to do, which was torture someone,apparently. What the entire hell, Reed?
           Hepulled a small vial of vibrant pink liquid from his pocket and tipped it intohis mouth, swallowed, and let out a shuddering sigh. His head dropped to theside and eyes rolled back, then slowly closed. “Yeah, definitely, good idea. You shouldmake all the decisions from now on. Mina, take the wheel because life is ahighway, and I’m always drunk, so I’m not driving. Not anymore.” Eyes stillclosed, he shook his head and let out something between a laugh and a sob. Tearsrolled down his freckled cheeks, racing each other to his neck. “I’m so fuckedup, I’m glad you don’t know.”
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burnedbyshoto · 5 years
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Pocky Challenge
Kinktober Day 10 ~ kink: biting/marking
pairing: switch!sero hanta x switch fem!reader
warnings: smut, cursing, ya know the drill
word count: 3,833
a/n: this is my first time writing for sero so LMAO IF I GET HIS CHARACTER WRONG DONT @ ME, anyways I hate yall for making me write smut as the first thing for so many characters........ but this is super cute and we love an story with bakusquad so eAT IT UP. also its a switch because yall were on god 50/50 for dom or sub sero
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Sero Hanta prided himself on being a reasonably laid-back guy. He knew when to light the fire under his ass, but most of the time he was chill.
Many people go as far as to say they’d never seen him freak out. That was also true, as Sero tried to be as level headed as possible, even when facing grave odds. So it was no surprise that when he was freaking out, everyone panicked.
“WHAT DO YOU MEAN Y/L/N IS COMING TO MY ROOM?” Sero screamed as he desperately tried rearranging his neat house. “I CAN’T LET HER SEE MY HOME LIKE THIS?!”
“Do you think y/l/n thinks Sero doesn’t live here?” Kaminari staged whispered to Kirishima who knocked him in the ribcage with his elbow.
“Sero, I think you need to calm down! I’m sure she’s not going to judge! Is there anything we can do to help?” Kirishima asks, his hands going to pick up shoes Sero had left outside of his closet.
“I’m not going to fucking help out,” Bakugou rolled his eyes as he scoffs. Kirishima rammed his elbow into Bakugou’s ribcage.
“WHY WOULD MINA INVITE HER OVER?!” Sero screams as he moves around the home in a whirlwind. Tape shooting everywhere and the desperate words of Kirishima were being entirely muffled.
“Well, Mina said she is very tired of us bozos, or something like that. Plus, y/l/n is her best friend.” Kaminari says throwing an arm around Sero who was panting. Desperate to see what marginal thing he could fix. “I think your house looks great!”
“Yeah, super manly!”
The three of them looked over at Bakugou who had his arms crossed, face twisted into a scowl. “It’s okay.” He muttered and Sero nearly collapsed in relief.
The front door then swung open, Mina marching in with a large grin as you followed in afterward. A pack of pocky in your hands. “Alrighty, my dumb babies,” Mina proclaimed thrusting a box in her hands forward. “Who’s ready to lose at some trivia?!”
“Let’s hope there isn’t any academic stuff in there, huh raccoon eyes.”
“I told you Kacchan, nothing you say hurts me!” Mina cackles as she sat down, and Kirishima had to restrain Bakugou from fighting the pink girl.
“Nice house, Sero!” You exclaimed looking around with a bright smile. “I haven’t seen it in a while.”
Sero nearly faints in Kaminari’s arms as the six of you sink to the ground. Mina screaming the instructions and the teams. Sero froze as you sank next to him, smiling broadly as you shifted the boxes opening towards him, “Did ya want one?” You ask.
“I really LOVE POCKY!” Sero yelps and your grin fades and everyone stared at him. Sero wheezes at the encouraging thumbs up Kirishima and Kaminari flash him. The hard facepalm by Bakugou, and the smirk from Mina. You are oblivious though. You laugh, shaking your head, once again offering the box. “Thank you.”
“Are you sure we can’t ask her to leave, this is embarrassing for me.” Bakugou hisses at Kirishima who shakes his head.
“Leave him alone, it’s not every day you’re eighteen and in love with a beautiful girl.”
Sero laughs a bit too loudly at something you say. He flushes and begins choking on the chocolate covered pretzel.
“I’m going to fucking kill him.”
“No, you won’t!”
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Sero glances over at you. You were in what was a rather intensive battle against Kaminari. Both of you arguing over what was the right answer because, “I know what I’m talking about, and you’re the idiot here!”
“KIRISHIMA!” Both of you shouted at the same time. Kirishima choked. His hands waving to calm down his a bit too passionate about trivia partners. “WHO’S RIGHT?!”
“I told you, I have no idea what the names of the CareBears are!” Kirishima said, scratching his cheek.
“Thirty seconds!” Bakugou snaps, eager for this time to tap out as they have because no one on their team knew anything apparently.
“KAMINARI, I’M TELLING YOU CAREBEAR IS PINK WITH A DAMN FUCKING RAINBOW!”
“NO, CARE BEAR IS YELLOW WITH A SUN!”
“HOW DOES THAT EVEN MAKE SENSE?! WHY WOULD THE SUN BE ASSOCIATED WITH CARING?!”
“OH, I DON’T KNOW? SUN GIVES VITAMIN D! WHICH MAKES YOU HAPPY!”
“YOU’RE SO FUCKING DUMB!!!”
“Care Bear is pink with a rainbow, final answer.” Kirishima groans as you scream in victory.
Sero freezes as both you and Kaminari snap their attention to him, after all, he had the answer. “Y-You’re correct!”
“DAMNIT SHITTY HAIR, WHY DIDN’T YOU LISTEN TO DUNCE FACE?!”
“The vitamin D thing really turned me off.”
“...touche.”
Sero sighed as everyone got up, it was well past three a.m., and your team had finally won. Sero didn’t even have time to stand up before everyone was gone. Shouts of goodnights filling the house. As well as Bakugou complaining about not being able to get the proper hours of rest he needed. All while Kaminari made fun of him.
“They clear out really fast.” You state from besides Sero, and he freezes.
“Oh… ye-yeah they do that a lot!” Sero grins over at you. He savors in the fact that you seem comfortable around him. Your shoulders caving as you groan.
“Well, thanks for hosting! You guys are definitely a lot different to hang out with than Uraraka and co.”
“R-Really? It’s not like this?”
“Well… we don’t have a Bakugou to bully as you guys do, so no!” You giggle and Sero laughs. Both of your hands moving for the Pocky in the box.
You both freeze as it’s the last one, and Sero yanked his hand away, face blushing. His voice stammering out an apology as you laugh it off. “It’s okay, we can share!” You state, and Sero watches as you place the chocolate pretzel between your lips. “Come on.” Your muffled voice states.
“W-Wait, what?”
With a grin, you take the pretzel out of your mouth, a crooked grin on your face. “You have heard of Pocky Challenge, right?” Sero nods his head, of course, he has! At this point who hasn’t? “Play it with me?”
Your words are innocent enough, but the gleam in your eyes, and the feeling in your smile makes Sero moan. His hands slam over his mouth, face flushed red, and embarrassed pants leaving his lips. Your eyes only gleam brighter as you shift closer. The snack swinging in-between your teeth.
“I mean, unless I’m reading into things wrong, you do like me right? If not I’ll totally forget this!” You say, your hands touching the tops of his thighs. A seductive smirk on your face.
Sero nods his head, breathes escaping his nose harshly. Too fast to be normal. Too fast for Sero Hanta! He watches as your fingers raise the pretzel up to his mouth, shaking it slightly as you grin. “Open wide.”
And he does.
Sero quivers under your weight as the two of you take another bite. His heart feels like it’s about to rip out of his chest as another bite happens. He can feel your breath hitting his chin. He almost snaps the Pocky. Sero groans as you crawl closer, your lips so close it’s frustrating. The smell of perfume overwhelming him as you’re one more bite away.
Then it happens, your lips pressed against his. You jaw moving as you chew, and Sero forgets how to breathe as you crawl onto his lap. His hands trembling against your skin. Sero feels like fainting as your arms wrap around his neck, your hips shifting to sit better against his lap. It’s too much to handle, it’s too much for him to take in as you move.
Sero pulls away panting, and you grin as you kiss down his neck. Sero moaning as your teeth bites into his skin. “I win.” You whisper against his skin and Sero gawks at you. Unable to think of anything to say as you continue sucking and biting on the same spot. A lecherous moan escaping his lips as your hip easily rolls in rhythm with your love bites.
“D-Does this, shit, does this mean you like me?” Sero squeaks under your mouth. You pull away from his neck, and Sero groans. The spot you were paying attention to feels rough and sore, and most definitely throbbing.
“I’ve liked you since our first year, Sero.” You state, your lips pressing against his own softly. “You’re the one who’s catching up here.”
“B-But I-I, oh my god!” Sero groans. Your mouth is back over his jugular. Your teeth nipping, nibbling, and biting over the sensitive skin. Sero throws his head back overwhelmed by your increased passion. His breathing is heavy as your lips and teeth continue their assault. His senses are overwhelming as you shift towards his collarbones. Your hips now rocking against his. Sero moans as a particular roll has him now completely hard.
You take notice in it as you pull his shirt off over his head, your grin devious as your lips press against his once again. “You have no idea how long I wanted to do this.” You sigh as your fingers run up and down his toned skin. “You’re the worst at focusing on someone.”
“I-I’m sorry!” Sero squeaks as your canines drag against his chest, your arms pushing him down. His back hitting the cold floor. Sero can feel his cock twitch as your mouth never stops biting its way down. He can see the purple bruises and teeth marks everywhere. The entire display of dominance making him thrust his hips against your own.
A moan escapes your lips. A sound Sero only heard in his wet dreams, a sound he could only imagine. A sound he very much so loved as you continued down. Your teeth biting down on his nipple.
“Y/l/n!” Sero squeaks, his hands attaching to your waist as you giggle.
“I’m leaving your body in hickies, I think the least you can do is call me y/n.” You tease, your eyes staring into Sero’s soul as you leaned down, your tongue swirling around his nipple. Sero squeaks at how erotic it looks, something he never imagined to happen ever.
He grunts as your lips trail further down, your fingers ghosting over his hard cock. He watches with wide eyes as you groan. “Hanta, I don’t think you even know how beautiful you are.”
Sero freezes as your hands unbutton his shorts, and he lets out a low hiss as you remove the fabric. Sero pants as the tented materials of his underwear capture your attention. “Aw, are you excited to see me?” You giggle as Sero laughs.
“I’m going to say yes,” Sero teases, and you grin.
“I was wondering where your personality went.” You giggle, and your fingers hook around his waistband. “May I?”
“Please?”
Sero watches with almost pure fascination as your fingers peel away his boxers. His cock springing out, and your hand grasping it firmly within your fist. “Now,” You say with a sigh. “I know you’re excited and all, but as you lost, you’re not allowed to come into my mouth.”
“Wait, what--y/n!”
Your mouth envelopes around his hard dick. Sero hisses as his fingers lock around your hair. His hips unconsciously bucking into your throat. The sound of you gagging fills his ears, and it’s a sound that has Sero cursing everything in existence. Your mouth slides up and down his length. Whatever you’re not easing down your throat is being stroked with your hand.
Sero head slams against his floor, pulling you against his length. You choke slightly, relaxing your jaw and throat as you take on more. His hips work in rhythm with your mouth, allowing for the two of you to feel comfortable as you go down on him. Sero trembles as your hands squeeze his balls firmly in your fingers. His eyes rolling as you massage them.
“Fuck, y-y/n, I needa… SHIT! I need to--” Sero’s hips are frantic in your mouth.
You gag as he hits the back of your throat at full force. Tears springing into your eyes as you try adjusting to having his length down your throat. You grasp his waist as you open your mouth larger, his hips snapping into your mouth with no mercy.
The simple excitement of the man you’ve had a crush on for the longest time sends pressure through your body. The liquid heat of your arousal soaking through your panties.
You moan around his dick, his hips relentless in their conquest. Your eyes can barely keep themselves open on Sero as he fucks your face. “You’re so amazing, y/n.” Sero groans as dick spasms within your mouth, and you choke around him. Fire erupting in your lungs from the lack of oxygen, but it feels so good.
You felt the head of his cock hit the back of your throat as you pulled away despite his grip on your hair. “Don’t be thinking you’re going to be able to come!” You pant, your chest heaving as you try to gain your air back.
But you shriek as Sero sits up, and in one smooth motion as you on your back. Arching against the floor, you hiss at the cold feeling as Sero’s mouth lavishes your skin.
“What are you gonna do to me?” You gasp as Sero bites down on the skin behind your ear.
“Whatever you want,” Sero growls. You sigh as your hands come and press against his chest, his black hair tickling your skin.
“I want you to hit me,” You start, and Sero freezes against your skin. “I want you to bite me, and I want to be breathless.”
You remain still as he pulls away, his black eyes filled with worry and lust. “Are you sure? T-This is my first time, and… well, I don’t want to disappoint you.”
Your fingers touch the back of his head and pull his bruised lips towards yours. You kiss him sweetly, making his chest still as you pull away. “The only way you could ever disappoint me is if you never use your tape on me.”
Sero laughs, pressing his nose to your neck.
“Alright, y/n. I’ll try, no promises I’ll be any good.”
“Oh, you special baby, we both know you’ll have me screaming your name tonight.”
Sero pants his head shaking as he nips your neck. “If you keep saying such crude things I may come even before getting inside you.”
“That would be amazing for me!”
Sero groans but his hands grasp your breasts and squeeze, making your laughter die on your lips as you moan. “H-Hanta.”
“How I see it, you’re not in a position to be laughing at me, babe.” Sero almost mocks. His teeth biting down hard on your collarbone, and you shriek at the pleasure shooting down your body. “I don’t think I can hit you, not tonight at least. But I will make sure you’re bitten and breathless before I’m done with you.”
Your heart hammers in your chest as Sero’s mouth sucks harshly on your tender skin. Your body pressing into his as you moan loudly. “Yes, that feels so good!” You flush as his teeth mark your skin. Sero wasting no time to shift over to an unmarked area of your skin to make more indentions and bruises. Your button-up shirt gets ripped apart. Buttons flying as Sero continues his conquest lower and lower.
Your breathing staggers as Sero marks your breasts. The paler color of your breasts, in comparison to the rest of your body, made the love bites stand out. Sero simply shoving your bra down. You groan as your arms circle below you to remove your bra. Laughing slightly as his teeth attach onto your nipple. Sero mimics your earlier motions, his eyes locked on your burning face.
You shudder as he pulls away with a wet pop, and you stare as he pulls down your skirt, your black tights in his way.
“Do you mind if I--?” Sero asks. His hands grabbing the wet crotch and tearing the fabric in two, your shocked gasps ringing in his ears.
“HANTA!”
But his fingers sink into your waiting cunt, and you pant as his fingers thrust in and out of you. They curl slightly, and your almost shriek makes Sero grin widely.
Your body thrashes on his pumping fingers, and Sero laughs. His lips pressing against your inner thighs. Your head throws back as his teeth sink into your soft flesh, and your hands slam on the floor as you cry out his name.
“You’re so pretty, fucking yourself around my fingers,” Sero states with a grin. His mouth still pressing into your trembling legs as you place marks against your legs. “Such a pretty girl.”
“Hanta, I sw-swear to god!” You moan as your hips roll against his fingers, and Sero laughs.
His fingers pull out of you now throbbing sex, your eyes heavy as you glare at Sero who stands up. Your eyes widen as his tape wraps around your wrists, pulling you to your feet. “You see, I’ve been imagining this day for a very long day, and I’m not fucking you in my living room, sweetheart.” Sero sighs, biting down on a purple bruise on your neck, and you whine loudly. “You had high expectations of me this first time around, and I won’t disappoint you.”
You whimper against his chest. Your thighs rubbing together to release what little tension you could get rid of. His fingers grasped your waist, and you were then hoisted up onto your feet. Your bondage arms slammed between both of your chests, as you groan.
His lips are back on yours, and you shudder as he begins walking down to what you assume is his room as he tosses you on the bed. You move to shift better on the bed, but Sero flips you onto your stomach. Your face turns red as he bites down on your ass, and you slam your face into the mattress.
“Did that embarrass you?” Sero chuckles against your flesh, and you moan in affirmation. “After all that teasing I was expecting you to be a bit tougher to crack.”
“I’m not a brat!” You exclaim. Your body shuddering at the feeling of the tip of his cock teasing your slick, throbbing entrance. “Just stick it in or else I will mount your dick for you.”
“You’re quite the talker.” Sero teases as he easily slides his cock in all the way. Your tangled moans are music to your ears as he began thrusting in and out.
Your breathing hitches as Sero pushes your chest into the mattress. His knees sinking into the mattress and the new angle furthering your pleasure as he thrusts in and out. His speed is almost too slow, and you grunt, shoving your ass back onto his moving hips, and Sero grunts.
“You’re so fucking tight, you need to wait.” Sero hisses, and you laugh.
“Like hell.” You say, your hips increasing in speed. Your tied arms supporting your arched position as his hands grip your skin. His grip will definitely leave bruises, and it excites you even more so as he slowly begins moving with you.
His speed and power overcoming yours, and soon all you can do is scream into the mattress as he’s ramming into you. Sero’s hips snapping deliciously into you. The sounds of your dripping sex resonating throughout the room.
“Mmm, you look so hot like this, baby.” Sero moans. You moan as Sero grinds his hips against yours, his hand snaking around your legs to press onto your clit.
You cry out when his hand comes down hard on your ass, your body nearly giving out as he did so. “H-Hanta!” You squeak, as his hand comes down hard again. Pleasure pained screams fill the room and Sero grunts as his speed increase behind you. A grin on his face, his eyes fascinated with the way your ass shook with his spanks and thrusting.
Again and again, he spanked you.
More and more, the pressure within you built.
The coil in your belly tightening as you struggle to keep from pouring over the edge. Lecherous mewls escaping your mouth as you back arches further onto the bed.
“You’re so fucking hot, y/n,” Sero grunts his fingers pinching your clit, and you sob into the mattress. You felt as if your ass was on fire, it was stinging in the most delicious way as he rammed into you. Sero seemed to be uncaring about how much your pussy was clenching around his cock. It never once interfered with his actions as his hips thrust into you. A rhythm that you could no longer keep up with. “Do you need to cum?” Sero pants and your head nods desperately against the mattress.
“Yes, I need to fucking cum.” You cry as he shifts his hips, and slams back into you.
You swear you can almost see stars as he does so, your eyes rolling back.
He’s found his g-spot, and he continues slamming into the same spot with a breathy laugh.
You’re breathing is hitching. Lack of oxygen burning at your lungs as he slams into it over and over. Shrill screams leaving your mouth as the pressure shoots throughout your body. Your body thrashing against his beating hips and hand.
You come as Sero leans on top of you, his mouth biting the crook of your neck.
Your scream is silent, and your cunt clenched around his moving cock and Sero grunts. His teeth biting harder as his hips continue pounding into you. His speed is unwavering as he chases after your orgasm. Cries finally are heard from you, as your pussy still flutters around his cock and Sero groans.
He unloads his hot seed in you, and you collapse as soon as he pulls out.
“Oh, my god.” You breathe heavily as Sero falls onto the bed beside you, his hands pulling through your hair.
“W-Was I any good?” Sero asks, trying to capture his breath.
“The best.” You say scooting closer to him, and Sero laughs as he cuddles you close.
“I like you, a lot.” Sero sighs pressing a kiss to your damp forehead. “Can I take you out on a date sometime?”
You look up at him, pressing a kiss to his lips, “I would love that…”
The two of you lay in your blissful silence, his hands slipping the tape off your bruised wrists. You smile as you’re able to wrap your arms around him, and the two of you stay. For however long.
“You really bruised me up, I have your hands printed on my ass.”
“...sorry, but you asked for that.”
“True, hashtag no ragRETS!”
“You’re so dumb.”
“Hey, as your girlfriend, I will warn you that you should have known about that a while ago!”
“Hm… true. Hashtag no ragrets.”
“‘Atta boy.”
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Life as a Grab Bag
A release from the patreon vaults for New Year! 
Rachelle's commission request this month was "Rei and Mina doing the Japanese New Year traditon of fukubukuro after a hard year" After doing research on this, I found myself intensely jealous that this isn't a US thing, because tag urself I'm Rei. I hope you enjoy! Thank you so very much for all your support.
“You know, every year I say I can’t believe this shit, and yet, every year, here we are.” Minako complained, but it may as well have been to the air, for all that Rei was listening to her. “And every year I’m misled to think doing something on New Year’s means something other than standing in line for 5 hours for a bag of crap.”
Rei whirled around in line. “Listen, the savings on these fukubukuro are fantastic.” She opened a large piece of paper, her eyebrows knit in concentration as she looked down, “And then we’ll go stand over at the department store--they’re staggered, so as soon as we get this bag, we’ll head over,” she nodded with determination, “and then, tomorrow morning--”
“What about food, rest….libations?” Mina shook her head, already knowing the answer.
“Mina, this is once a year.”
“God, do I envy Haruka right now. Even if she is with Squidward” Mina looked up at the sky, as if opening up a general request to any deity that might care to listen.
Rei gave her a scowl.
“I’m joking.” She crossed her arms and gave Rei a smile. “There’s nowhere I’d rather be than a sidewalk, waiting.”
Rei had always been rather serious about her New Year’s bags, but this year her focus had taken a chilling seriousness, a lean and hungry look in her eye, the same as when she shot her arrow at an enemy. It was a unique blend of annoying, terrifying, and a little alluring, if Mina was being entirely honest.
The line moved ahead roughly three inches.
Rei whirled around. “See? Moving right now.” She tossed her head confidently. “You’ll see, just wait until we open them, I bet I’ll get a fur coat and then you’ll be forced to eat. Your. words.”
“Much as it does not surprise me to hear your dreams of being swathed in beaver,” Rei shot her a look, which she ignored, “you know no one ever gets those big prizes they advertise.”
“Just wait until I have my own company. I’m going to get those luxury fukubukuro, you know, from the big stores? The more you spend, usually the more savings you get per yen--you know, the higher end bags offer an average 67% real savings, while the lower--”
“Oh my god Rei.” Mina buried her head in her hands.
“--bags only offer something like 20% savings.” She tossed her hair back, near bragging over a victory she had not yet achieved. “I’ll win a vacation, or something like that, in one of those. I’ll be rewarded for all my hard work. It’s fate. You’ll see.”
“I’m not sure I believe in that kind of stuff anymore.” It was offered not as a judgment and not as a jibe, but as a simple fact, and it left them both quiet for a moment before Mina recovered. “You know, I’ve done enough of these and got screwed, I mean. I didn’t even bother getting on this year.”
And it was true enough that the year did not need to assist in Mina’s general sourness--between Rei’s constant and as yet unproven assurance that this year would be her year (it was, Mina loved to remind her, never quite her year), and Mina’s many times getting fukubukuro filled with lip balm and colored cellophane, and not much else, she was not predisposed to love New Year’s anyhow. That the grab bag of this year had turned up a net loss did nothing to soothe her, although perhaps, she thought fairly, even the best year of her life would have only resulted in more lip balm.
“Well,” Rei tossed her head authoritatively, “I know I’m excited. Oh, look, the line is moving again!”
They scooted ahead 6 inches.
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There was a certain kind of pageantry that Rei took to these things, her bags all stacked up, ready for opening, waiting for her willing (or not) audience. The girls nibbled at their food as Rei cackled over the savings she’d won over.
Rei unwrapped her treasures, giving special attention to the cost savings of each one, cross-indexing websites to prove it. It was annoying in the way Rei always could be about money, and yet, with that, there was a comfort in it, that, despite the difficulty of the year, some things hadn’t changed, and never would. Mako still cooked in the kitchen. Rei still pinched a penny til it bled. There was hope in that, in the way there was in each sunrise, that no matter what, life continued, and they all continued along with it.
“The value of this bag ALONE is 4000 yen, and it was only 500” Rei nodded at the entire room as if teaching them an important lesson. “That’s a huge value.”
Mako laughed, wondering how it was that Rei ever got to know what a kitchen item was worth, and the warmth of it filled the room.
“Are you sure you want that stand mixer?” She tried not to show what a win it was, although Rei must know, there was nothing about savings that Rei didn’t know. “It’s just gonna take up space in your place, but I’d take it off of you.”
Rei looked at the large box. “I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about getting into baking…”
“Rei, I’ve had enough harrowing experiences this year.” Mina smirked at her from the couch.
Rei scowled. “I’ll have you know that I could learn to cook, especially with this,” she waved her hand over her winnings, “amazing and very valuable set of supplies that I’ve amassed.”
“Okay, okay, Rei,” Mako cracked her knuckles playfully, “What do you want?”
Rei’s eyes sparkled, alive with the glory of the deal. “I think a month’s worth of dinners is being extremely generous of me. For all this.”
“A week, tops, but I’ll throw in lunches.” Mako tried to look disinterested, but Rei was too shrewd, too quick, and too dogged for Mako’s will.
“Two weeks!” She held her fingers high, “and you throw in dessert with the lunches.”
Whether Rei actually wanted dessert was up in the air, but then, that was hardly the point of the exercise.
Mako shrugged and looked longingly at the stand mixer. “Fine.”
“Okay.” Rei frowned a little, disappointed that Mako had abandoned the game so quickly, and looked over at the pile of cosmetics. “Mina--”
“Forget it, Rei.” Mina moved toward the back of the apartment, looking for something.
Ami had a stack of books in front of her, her hand drifting over the covers, trying to decide which she wanted to delve into first.
“It looks like you did really well, Ami!” Rei beamed proudly. “What would you estimate your percentage saved was?”
“Oh this wasn’t a fukubukuro,” she looked almost apologetic, “I just bought these from the bookstore near my house, as a New Year’s gift to myself.”
Rei looked at her with a sort of shocked and disapproving wordlessness.
Ami blushed. “I used my membership card?”
Rei sighed heavily, but was interrupted by the sound of Mina setting something down with a small but decisive thump.
There was a simple wrapped fukubukuro on the table, indicating it came from the hobby store on the other end of town, and Mina sat down in front of it wordlessly.
“You got a bag, Mina? I didn’t think you were doing this.”
“It’s Haruka’s.” It settled over the room, echoing off the walls, and Mina could not stop herself from looking up at the photo on the wall from she and Michiru’s wedding, all smiles and warmth.
Rei put her hands on her hips, her mouth running. “How the hell did she get a bag for New Year’s, I mean she--um.” She stopped herself, suddenly realizing that everyone knew the end of the sentence, and the pain that lay behind it.
Usagi’s lip quivered, Mako’s arms crossed over her chest,
“Yeah, she had it preordered. Even though every year she thought she got ripped off,” She gave a huff, “Guess I’m not the only one who never learned from New Year’s.”
She opened the top of the bag, the crackle of each movement popping through the air and
She pulled out a handful of banded together nickel train tracks. “Haruka always talked about getting into model trains. She had a box of this stuff in the closet, just in case,” She looked back out to the girls, “but remember that year she got nothing but Roman warships and some army men, and some paint she already had? She was so pissed, I think she spent the rest of the day eating everyone’s osechi and pouting.”
Rei sat down next to her. “Michiru told her she could,” Rei smiled weakly and curled her hand in the air, her voice affected and haughty. “Buy you anything you care to have, Haruka.’”
Mina laughed, and popped her palm onto the table, “THAT’S NOT THE POINT, MICHIRU.’ You were right, buddy, your shitty luck was always the point.”
She took the last thing out of the bag, a large box with curled red writing on the front.
“A 1939 Jaguar. She’d have loved that.”
The girls stood around the table, looking down at the table, a small detail paintbrush rolling away toward the edge, almost falling until Usagi caught it and turned it over in her hand.
“I think we should build it.” Usagi spoke for the first time, and it was only then that Mina realized the strange quietness of the room as she’d opened the bag. The feeling of the room had been so oppressively loud that she had paid no mind to the actual lack of sound. Usagi let a tear fall from her cheek, but she did not sob. Not now. Now she was determined. “You still have her stuff, don’t you?”
Mina nodded. She could see it there, taking up space but somehow impossible for her to get rid of, years of hobby supplies and car kits that would never be made, placed in the back of her closet, hoping to be forgotten.
Rei put a hand on her shoulder. “We don’t have to.” She seemed to remember herself, suddenly. “I mean, we have plenty of other things to do today, we don’t need to sit around and--”
“No.” Mina looked up at her. “I think it’s a good idea. I think she’d like it.”
Usagi opened the box and studied the plans carefully, as if Haruka’s knowledge could be transferred to her by sheer force of will. Mina walked back to the bedroom, and opened the closet door.
It was a strange thing, she reflected, what we take and what we leave when someone dies. Why this box, of all the things? They had never made a car together, she’d never so much as sat and watched as Haruka worked on her models-it was a mostly solitary hobby by its very nature, and for Haruka it had been unusually quiet and contemplative, and not what most people would have defined her by. The leather jacket Mina now wore from time to time, a few coins from the last time they’d gone to the arcade together, those things seemed more natural and no one questioned them.
And yet this box was the thing she clung to the most tightly.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” The voice was so unusually kind that it took her a moment to recognize it as Rei’s.
She began to unload some of the paint and glue out of the box. “Yeah. I think I do.” She looked up at Rei. “help me carry this?”
“I’ll help you carry it all.”
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Meanwhile, in the Ginza district, a pre-ordered fukubukuro as a gift for Rei Hino sat, waiting to be sent out. The card was signed, M. Kaioh.  
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This was a commission for @yamadara , and she and others all suggested I post it here. I hope you like it, and if you’d like to read more extra fic, please check me out on Patreon! I still have a slot open for next month’s baked goods! The prompt was, “Rei and Mina celebrate Japanese New Year with fukubukuro after a tough year”
“You know, every year I say I can’t believe this shit, and yet, every year, here we are.” Minako complained, but it may as well have been to the air, for all that Rei was listening to her. “And every year I’m misled to think doing something on New Year’s means something other than standing in line for 5 hours for a bag of crap.”
Rei whirled around in line. “Listen, the savings on these fukubukuro are fantastic.” She opened a large piece of paper, her eyebrows knit in concentration as she looked down, “And then we’ll go stand over at the department store--they’re staggered, so as soon as we get this bag, we’ll head over,” she nodded with determination, “and then, tomorrow morning--”
“What about food, rest….libations?” Mina shook her head, already knowing the answer.
“Mina, this is once a year.”
“God, do I envy Haruka right now. Even if she is with Squidward” Mina looked up at the sky, as if opening up a general request to any deity that might care to listen.
Rei gave her a scowl.
“I’m joking.” She crossed her arms and gave Rei a smile. “There’s nowhere I’d rather be than a sidewalk, waiting.”
Rei had always been rather serious about her New Year’s bags, but this year her focus had taken a chilling seriousness, a lean and hungry look in her eye, the same as when she shot her arrow at an enemy. It was a unique blend of annoying, terrifying, and a little alluring, if Mina was being entirely honest.
The line moved ahead roughly three inches.
Rei whirled around. “See? Moving right now.” She tossed her head confidently. “You’ll see, just wait until we open them, I bet I’ll get a fur coat and then you’ll be forced to eat. Your. words.”
“Much as it does not surprise me to hear your dreams of being swathed in beaver,” Rei shot her a look, which she ignored, “you know no one ever gets those big prizes they advertise.”
“Just wait until I have my own company. I’m going to get those luxury fukubukuro, you know, from the big stores? The more you spend, usually the more savings you get per yen--you know, the higher end bags offer an average 67% real savings, while the lower--”
“Oh my god Rei.” Mina buried her head in her hands.
“--bags only offer something like 20% savings.” She tossed her hair back, near bragging over a victory she had not yet achieved. “I’ll win a vacation, or something like that, in one of those. I’ll be rewarded for all my hard work. It’s fate. You’ll see.”
“I’m not sure I believe in that kind of stuff anymore.” It was offered not as a judgment and not as a jibe, but as a simple fact, and it left them both quiet for a moment before Mina recovered. “You know, I’ve done enough of these and got screwed, I mean. I didn’t even bother getting on this year.”
And it was true enough that the year did not need to assist in Mina’s general sourness--between Rei’s constant and as yet unproven assurance that this year would be her year (it was, Mina loved to remind her, never quite her year), and Mina’s many times getting fukubukuro filled with lip balm and colored cellophane, and not much else, she was not predisposed to love New Year’s anyhow. That the grab bag of this year had turned up a net loss did nothing to soothe her, although perhaps, she thought fairly, even the best year of her life would have only resulted in more lip balm.
“Well,” Rei tossed her head authoritatively, “I know I’m excited. Oh, look, the line is moving again!”
They scooted ahead 6 inches.
__
There was a certain kind of pageantry that Rei took to these things, her bags all stacked up, ready for opening, waiting for her willing (or not) audience. The girls nibbled at their food as Rei cackled over the savings she’d won over.
Rei unwrapped her treasures, giving special attention to the cost savings of each one, cross-indexing websites to prove it. It was annoying in the way Rei always could be about money, and yet, with that, there was a comfort in it, that, despite the difficulty of the year, some things hadn’t changed, and never would. Mako still cooked in the kitchen. Rei still pinched a penny til it bled. There was hope in that, in the way there was in each sunrise, that no matter what, life continued, and they all continued along with it.
“The value of this bag ALONE is 4000 yen, and it was only 500” Rei nodded at the entire room as if teaching them an important lesson. “That’s a huge value.”
Mako laughed, wondering how it was that Rei ever got to know what a kitchen item was worth, and the warmth of it filled the room.
“Are you sure you want that stand mixer?” She tried not to show what a win it was, although Rei must know, there was nothing about savings that Rei didn’t know. “It’s just gonna take up space in your place, but I’d take it off of you.”
Rei looked at the large box. “I don’t know, I’ve been thinking about getting into baking…”
“Rei, I’ve had enough harrowing experiences this year.” Mina smirked at her from the couch.
Rei scowled. “I’ll have you know that I could learn to cook, especially with this,” she waved her hand over her winnings, “amazing and very valuable set of supplies that I’ve amassed.”
“Okay, okay, Rei,” Mako cracked her knuckles playfully, “What do you want?”
Rei’s eyes sparkled, alive with the glory of the deal. “I think a month’s worth of dinners is being extremely generous of me. For all this.”
“A week, tops, but I’ll throw in lunches.” Mako tried to look disinterested, but Rei was too shrewd, too quick, and too dogged for Mako’s will.
“Two weeks!” She held her fingers high, “and you throw in dessert with the lunches.”
Whether Rei actually wanted dessert was up in the air, but then, that was hardly the point of the exercise.
Mako shrugged and looked longingly at the stand mixer. “Fine.”
“Okay.” Rei frowned a little, disappointed that Mako had abandoned the game so quickly, and looked over at the pile of cosmetics. “Mina--”
“Forget it, Rei.” Mina moved toward the back of the apartment, looking for something.
Ami had a stack of books in front of her, her hand drifting over the covers, trying to decide which she wanted to delve into first.
“It looks like you did really well, Ami!” Rei beamed proudly. “What would you estimate your percentage saved was?”
“Oh this wasn’t a fukubukuro,” she looked almost apologetic, “I just bought these from the bookstore near my house, as a New Year’s gift to myself.”
Rei looked at her with a sort of shocked and disapproving wordlessness.
Ami blushed. “I used my membership card?”
Rei sighed heavily, but was interrupted by the sound of Mina setting something down with a small but decisive thump.
There was a simple wrapped fukubukuro on the table, indicating it came from the hobby store on the other end of town, and Mina sat down in front of it wordlessly.
“You got a bag, Mina? I didn’t think you were doing this.”
“It’s Haruka’s.” It settled over the room, echoing off the walls, and Mina could not stop herself from looking up at the photo on the wall from she and Michiru’s wedding, all smiles and warmth.
Rei put her hands on her hips, her mouth running. “How the hell did she get a bag for New Year’s, I mean she--um.” She stopped herself, suddenly realizing that everyone knew the end of the sentence, and the pain that lay behind it.
Usagi’s lip quivered, Mako’s arms crossed over her chest,
“Yeah, she had it preordered. Even though every year she thought she got ripped off,” She gave a huff, “Guess I’m not the only one who never learned from New Year’s.”
She opened the top of the bag, the crackle of each movement popping through the air and
She pulled out a handful of banded together nickel train tracks. “Haruka always talked about getting into model trains. She had a box of this stuff in the closet, just in case,” She looked back out to the girls, “but remember that year she got nothing but Roman warships and some army men, and some paint she already had? She was so pissed, I think she spent the rest of the day eating everyone’s osechi and pouting.”
Rei sat down next to her. “Michiru told her she could,” Rei smiled weakly and curled her hand in the air, her voice affected and haughty. “Buy you anything you care to have, Haruka.’”
Mina laughed, and popped her palm onto the table, “THAT’S NOT THE POINT, MICHIRU.’ You were right, buddy, your shitty luck was always the point.”
She took the last thing out of the bag, a large box with curled red writing on the front.
“A 1939 Jaguar. She’d have loved that.”
The girls stood around the table, looking down at the table, a small detail paintbrush rolling away toward the edge, almost falling until Usagi caught it and turned it over in her hand.
“I think we should build it.” Usagi spoke for the first time, and it was only then that Mina realized the strange quietness of the room as she’d opened the bag. The feeling of the room had been so oppressively loud that she had paid no mind to the actual lack of sound. Usagi let a tear fall from her cheek, but she did not sob. Not now. Now she was determined. “You still have her stuff, don’t you?”
Mina nodded. She could see it there, taking up space but somehow impossible for her to get rid of, years of hobby supplies and car kits that would never be made, placed in the back of her closet, hoping to be forgotten.
Rei put a hand on her shoulder. “We don’t have to.” She seemed to remember herself, suddenly. “I mean, we have plenty of other things to do today, we don’t need to sit around and--”
“No.” Mina looked up at her. “I think it’s a good idea. I think she’d like it.”
Usagi opened the box and studied the plans carefully, as if Haruka’s knowledge could be transferred to her by sheer force of will. Mina walked back to the bedroom, and opened the closet door.
It was a strange thing, she reflected, what we take and what we leave when someone dies. Why this box, of all the things? They had never made a car together, she’d never so much as sat and watched as Haruka worked on her models-it was a mostly solitary hobby by its very nature, and for Haruka it had been unusually quiet and contemplative, and not what most people would have defined her by. The leather jacket Mina now wore from time to time, a few coins from the last time they’d gone to the arcade together, those things seemed more natural and no one questioned them.
And yet this box was the thing she clung to the most tightly.
“Are you sure you want to do this?” The voice was so unusually kind that it took her a moment to recognize it as Rei’s.
She began to unload some of the paint and glue out of the box. “Yeah. I think I do.” She looked up at Rei. “help me carry this?”
“I’ll help you carry it all.”
__
Meanwhile, in the Ginza district, a pre-ordered fukubukuro as a gift for Rei Hino sat, waiting to be sent out. The card was signed, M. Kaioh.
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