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arhvste · 4 years

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❝atsumu, kuroo, tsukishima and bokuto playing acnh ❞

miya atsumu

→ first he called the game dumb but he eventually gave in because everyone and their aunts were playing it and he didn’t wanna be left out

→ mf tries so hard for raymond at first

→ he insists it’s just because he can sell him for a lot

→ he really just wants raymond because he lowkey reminds him of osamu

→ anyways this fool doesn’t get raymond but ya know who he does get?

→ pedro

→ atsumu was ✨disgusted✨

→ “a clown?! a fukn clown?! yer jokin me!”

→ “aw don’t cry he fits in so well on your island 😹”

→ “sHUT YER TRAP 😠😠😠”

→ he hated pedro at first and for what?

→ eventually he starts vibing with him though

→ he decides that perhaps... pedro isn’t a bad guy after all

→ so atsumu develops a soft spot for him and begins to favour him over the rest of his mediocre villagers whose names he can’t be bothered to remember

→ ya know whose name he can remeber though?

→ BELLA 😡😠😡😠😡😡😠

→ the name that sparks rage in him

→ atsumu hits his villagers with his net shouting “nice cut g!” as a joke

→ with bella he’s not joking 😐

→ he hits her repeatedly and grins maliciously when she gets angry eventually

→ LOVES shoving her into pitfalls for absolutely no reason

→ cusses her out under his breath

→ writes hate mail to her only to get fustrated when she sends a nice reply about the flowers she saw the other day that reminded her of him

→ honestly bella girl it ain’t worth it, pack your bags and get outta there sis 😔

→ he wants her to get tf off his island because he doesn’t like her but he also kinda wants her to stay because he loves annoying her and making her angry

→ literally goes out of his way to buy the ugliest clothes for her to wear

→ he also has all his villagers address him as “big dick man”

→ pedro is special though 😳

→ pedro is the chosen one who gets to call him “tsumu”

→ JUST PEDRO 😤😾😡

→ literally thinks it’s the funniest thing when his villagers say “hey big dick man! the weather sure is great today isn’t it!”

→ you can hear his cackling from down the hall

→ thinks it’s the peak of comedy

→ oh and you’re not allowed to visit his island on a saturday

→ saturdays are “for the boys”

→ and by that he means he’s just going to buy a ton of matching clothes for him and pedro and talk to him all day until he eventually annoys pedro by accident to which he genuinely gets upset about

→ he doesn’t really bother with the fishing tourneys or bug offs

→ does catch a few though just to make sure he beats bella earns nook miles

→ pretty average island, not too much effort put into it yet

→ atsumu prefers channeling his energy and game time into bullying bella interacting with his villagers

kuroo tetsurō

→ bangs. it. tf. out.

→ literally acts like he doesn’t care about the game but has 395+ hours game time

→ uses the excuse it’s to play with kenma but kuroo actually got into it before kenma had the chance to look at it properly

→ fishing tourney KING

→ has multiple gold trophy’s and built a whole extension just to show them off

→ also treats all his villagers equally

→ he was a bit picky and only wanted cats and dogs on his island though

→ if you’re anything but a cat or a dog, i’m sorry but kuroo will timeskip you tf off of his island

→ has a soft spot for lucky but doesn’t admit it

→ he likes to come across as a “fair dictator of the island”

→ just admit luckys your fav and go oh my god

→ his house is really nice too

→ pretty much paid off all his debt and is financially responsible 😼

→ he will send you money over a few times a week because he claims he’s a good boyfie virtually and realistically

→ LOVES opening the letters from ‘mom’

→ it’s a small detail in the game but it brings kuroo comfort when he opens the letters and sometimes receives gifts from his virtual ‘mom’ 🥺

→ keeps all the letters from her because that’s what he would do if his real mom ever wrote to him

→ he’s a shameless timeskipper

→ “tetsu?? where tf did you get all this the games only been out a week??”

→ “👁👁 idk what you’re talking about baby”

→ the thing that annoys him the most are the fossils

→ HATES the stupid little marks in the ground that appear every day

→ also HATES talking to blathers

→ “spit it out already! i have places to be and villagers to see!”

→ completely ignores blathers’ real name and refers to him as ‘bokuto’

→ because he’s an owl duh

→ and bokuto also talks a lot

→ you thought it was a cute friendship thing at first but took it back when you heard him muttering under his breath

→ “oh my god just analyse the fossils already you himbo bird!”

→ “did you just call blathers a himbo? 😳”

→ “...no? 😳👀”

→ all in all, kuroo’s pretty good at the game

→ you like visiting his island because he has a ton of extra stuff he just gives you

→ “i never want to hear you call me a bad boyfriend again 😐”

→ “okay fine...but oNLY if you give me an ironwood dresser 😏”

tsukishima kei

→ another one who bangs it out

→ doesn’t really care when you point it out though

→ “you’re just jealous your islands a dumping ground compared to mine 🥱”

→ “k-kei 😔”

→ also sprints near where you’re fishing to scare the fish off and be spiteful 💀

→ little shit KNOWS you only need oranges to complete all the fruits on your island

→ he also knows you’re out of nook miles tickets

→ “aw that’s a shame, maybe if you were a bit better at the game you’d find them quicker but good luck! 😀”

→ oranges are his native fruit 😐😑😐

→ eventually he gives you them because you’re relentless and his patience runs thin after a while

→ good at the bug offs

→ pretty good at scorpion/tarantula hunting too

→ convinced spike is in love with him after the amount of scorpions and tarantulas he’s donated to him

→ his fossil exhibition in the museum is completed already

→ when blathers tells him the facts about the dinosaurs he just rolls his eyes

→ “i knew that already you stupid bird 🙄”

→ why’s everyone bullying blathers damn 😿

→ now, he likes henry

→ one of the few villagers he doesn’t bully

→ tsukki doesnt particularly care for majority of his villagers

→ henry has a special place in his heart though

→ maybe it’s because henry isn’t overly perky or he isn’t rude like the cranky villagers which tsukishima doesn’t like

→ henry is just??? so??? nice????

→ he can’t hate him

→ all his villagers have catchphrases that are dumb af

→ tsukki thought he was being clever when he made them but he just looks mean when other people talk to his villagers

→ “good morning i am useless! i love your outfit!”

→ henry gets to call him tsukki though

→ only because he figured out that henry reminds him of yamaguchi

→ that’s the only reason henry’s the exception to his bullying

→ i feel like tsukki has a pretty nice house too

→ he makes a lot of bells from selling scorpions and tarantulas and spare fossils he’s dug up

→ doesn’t really care about the size but has very detailed rooms

→ like all the furniture in his rooms follow a scheme

→ mf never opens his mailbox

→ doesn’t care for what the other “peasants have to say for themselves”

→ terraforming isn’t really his thing tbh

→ doesn’t like how slow the process and be and kinda likes the natural flat land

→ he likes laying down paths though

→ cusses villagers out when they get in the way though

→ full on shoves them and will keep shoving them until they get annoyed just because they’ve annoyed him

→ tsukki doesnt put as much time into the game as kuroo but his island is still pretty good and aesthetically pleasing

→ he just won’t help you make yours look like that 💀

bokuto koutarō

→ weeds. everywhere.

→ get so confused when he’s told he has to pick them all

→ “really? why can’t i just let them grow though i kinda like them 🤩”

→ mf ✨struggles✨ at the first stages

→ “y/n, you know i love you, please give me 30 iron nuggets 🥺💖💞💗”

→ ofc you give them to him because you’re well ahead in the game and don’t need them as much as he does

→ praises you like royalty but then he’s back to begging for materials from you 💀

→ doesn’t pay his debts

→ you’re gonna have to help him out here

→ doesn’t like the idea of having to constantly pay them off

→ like?? he doesn’t want a bigger house so why is this damn raccoon always bothering him to upgrade like leave him and his 2 room house alone 😠

→ has a the same camp bed and lamp from when he first moved out the tent 💀

→ insists he doesn’t need another one because the furniture all functions the same

→ he has a point tbf but his house just isn’t aesthetically pleasing

→ he also hoards stuff

→ common butterfly? yeah bokuto has 37 sitting in his storage

→ doesn’t like letting the bugs go because he “caught them fair and square”

→ you show him how to pay his debts back and then he dedicates a whole room to his stupid bugs 💀

→ loves blathers and celeste just because they’re owls

→ doesn’t care about what they’re wittering on about he loves interacting with them just because they’re the only owls in the game 😐

→ his favourite villager is kid cat

→ literally follows him around and sprints circles around him

→ l o v e s the chaos outside the town hall

→ 2 of his villagers are singing, 3 are running around and 1 is just watching like 🧍🏻‍♀️

→ HYPES his singing villagers tf up

→ “yeah get it bianca! turn it up!!! 🥳🥳”

→ has to match his villagers clothes at least once a week

→ also makes them all refer to him as “the best ace”

→ it boosts his ego a little more each time they say it

→ bokuto actually got raymond out of luck but had no idea who tf he was and just how popular he was

→ lets that mf go without advertising that raymond’s in boxes

→ atsumu screeches when he finds this out eventually

→ bokuto doesn’t care what his villagers look like everyone’s welcome

→ bella should move to bokuto’s island and move from atsumu’s because bokuto will accept her with open arms rather than a net to the head everytime he sees her 😿

→ ALWAYS remembers birthdays for his villagers

→ and always shows up to their birthday parties insisting he’s the life of the party and they’d be bored without him 😹

→ which is true to a certain degree cause the party only really starts when the player arrives

→ bokuto is actually okay at terraforming

→ quickly changes his mind after an hour of building and digging and restarts it all over again

→ he can make his island look pretty good

→ theres just weeds and buried fossils everywhere though 👁👁

→ also forgets his turnips go bad

→ literally the least financially responsible out of them all

→ it’s okay though because you help him and he eventually gets the hang of it

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tsumucore · 4 years

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Playing ACNH hcs ♡‧₊˚

here’s some hcs of Atsumu, Kuroo, Suna, and Akaashi playing animal crossing bc it’s been on my mind :3

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Atsumu

Gave into the hype just so he could say yeah I game 🙄😴 (he only has a switch bc the rest of inarizaki play smash)

Named his island “island”

He literally chose the most inconvenient layout when he started. His resident services is right smack in front of his airport so there’s like barely a sliver of walking space AND it’s slightly to the left so it ain’t even centered 💔

When the rest of inarizaki comes over to visit, he ends up getting slaughtered for his lack of “appealing scenery” and influx of weeds 😭 Osamu, Suna, and Aran are leading the revolution

Do NOT invite this mf over to your island he will trample all over your flowers, INCLUDING the hybrids. Isn’t even aware of the damage he’s caused until you’re chasing him with an axe and gifting him trash every day for the next two weeks

Gets on his knees and begs you for spare 30 iron nuggets 🤲🏼🥺

Listen he knows all villagers are created equal✨ and whatnot but he still screams every time he sees an ugly villager arrive at his campsite. He saw Limberg once, said No ❤️ and immediately closed out of the game

Whenever a villager he hates moves in, he spends a half hour straight hitting them with his net bc he thinks thats gonna get them to move out lmfao

Tries out all the tricks for getting a good island when he’s going villager hunting like clapping for Orville, showing up in dodo merch, etc

“Uhhh, you know it’s completely randomized right..? None of them actually work.” “Shut yer trap 🥰″

Man... he really sets his villagers’ nicknames for him as “daddy”

“What if you let me clap your cheeks in front of tom nook” “Upgrade your resident services first then we’ll talk, musty ❤️″

Kuroo

Denies, denies, denies that he plays the game he’s always like “nah, that’s for kids”

But literally everyone gets the notification that he’s playing all the time bc he doesn’t realize his online status is visible to everyone LMFAO

When you expose him, he just claims that Kenma forced him to try it out like ok Mr. 220+ hours 🙄

Horror themed island!!! He gets real creative with it - everything’s strategically placed and he’s got all sorts of rare and hacked items to work with, courtesy of Kenma’s activities on the black market. He has a lot of references to Japanese folklore sprinkled throughout his island

Naturally, Lucky’s his favorite villager; also has a soft spot for Kiki

NAH DON’T INVITE HIM TO YOUR ISLAND .. its so sad he’ll be looking around like “aww, it’s cute” JDSKHKDSHJ the humiliation

But he actually loves spending time on yours bc its such a change from his usual Eeerie one

Loves doing tarantula/scorpion islands - he’s got the patience n willpower to travel to a random island and turn it into a goldmine for scorpions

U guys will help each other out by tag teaming a gigas giant clam together and it turns into one big screaming match lmao

“It’s right by you!” “Ok, on the count of 3, I’ll lead it that way to corner it and you swoop in for the catch”

Yaku once commented on how his museum’s kinda empty and he let it get to him. He’s obsessed with digging up every fossil and catching every minuscule bug to make sure his collection’s complete like bro!!! It’s fine!!! Your island’s still better than mine!!!

Suna

Mf was able to snag the animal crossing edition of the switch before they all sold out

I feel like his island would be one of those cyberpunk tokyoesque ones. You: yeah my boyfriend’s a professional landscaper 🥰

The secret: he gets zooted when he’s terraforming at 3am

Really comes over to collect his diy from Celeste, laughs at your island, and dips

ALWAYS dripped out. U will NOT catch him slipping

Never has his net in his hand when he shakes trees bc he wants to be Daring

Blocked Atsumu for stealing his flowers when he wasn’t looking

The type to mass buy nook mile tickets on ebay and go on villager hunting sprees for his dreamies. You’ve often witnessed him on the brink of madness at 4am as he comes across Hippeux for the 11th time

Joins discord servers and participates in cataloging parties. He’s got the best items and color combos for everything. Also an avid user of nookazon

You: just a smidget of bells plth 🥺🥺🤲🏼🤲🏼

He pays off your debts for you 💅🏼

Makes you continuously press A to collect shooting stars for him when he goes to the bathroom.

You: I’m tired I don’t wanna do this anymore

Him: That’s nice ❤️

He lets you take some star fragments in the morning tho for compensation

Hates talking to his villagers tbh bc its the same dialogue over and over again so he only interacts with them when he wants to give them fits

Gifts raymond the maid dress

He likes to lay on you and nuzzle into you as best he can when you’re both playing. You’ll both just lay there in a comfortable silence, doing your own thing n it’s honestly so therapeutic

Akaashi

He’s got a european town inspired theme going on - the color palette throughout his island is immaculate

It’s infuriating how perfect his island is when he isn’t even a time traveler. It took you months WITH time traveling to achieve an island that you’re somewhat satisfied with and he’s sitting there like yeah I hit 5 stars after three weeks❤️

You: ok jobless❤️

His museum’s fire; every time he collects a species for the first time, he immediately takes it to blathers. His fossil collection is also like 99% complete. The only thing that bothers him is how dry his art gallery is, so you always have to text him when redd’s on your island

Really vibes with Wolfgang

Managed to actually get all his rocks in a circle to make a rock garden??

You: HOW

Him: I don’t kiss and tell

Stargazing dates!!!! He always lets you know when there’s a meteor shower on his island and has the cutest lil stargazing area just for you two to hang out at

Usually plays the game muted so when he’s fishing he actually watches for the bob??? instead of turning that shit up on full blast and listening for the blubblub???

He’s shameless abt how much he wants Raymond and has spent a ridiculous amount of tickets looking for him. “He’s a cat with glasses and different colored eyes!!!!!”

When you got Raymond to move in to your island, he kept trying to convince you to gift him to him. This sweet talking mf kept trying to shower you with kisses and cuddles to get you to say yes.

“I’m not putting him in boxes.” “Go off 🧚‍♂️😍🤩 that cliff over there 🧚‍♂️🧚‍♂️💕”

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masterlist ｡･:*:･ﾟrules

#miya atsumu #atsumu x reader #kuroo tetsurou #kuroo x reader #suna rintarou #suna x reader #akaashi keiji #akaashi x reader #haikyuu hcs #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu drabbles #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu

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flamingsemi · 4 years

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Animal Crossing: New Horizons Declassified Island Survival Guide From a Seasoned AC Veteran

A friend of mine recently bought ACNH and was very confused as this was her first foray into AC, so I made this info dump guide. I thought somebody else in the world might be able to benefit from it as well. Hope you enjoy! Happy Animal Crossing-ing!

Daily Tasks:

Talk to your islanders. talking to them, completing favors, and giving them gifts will increase your friendship level. Don’t forget to check up on villagers that are inside their houses! They might be crafting a DIY and they will give you the recipe if you talk to them!

Shopping. Everyday the items in the shops will change, this include the items on the nook store, accessible through the Nook Kiosk in town hall/the tent in the plaza

Log on to the Nook Kiosk every day for free nook miles!!!

Walk your beaches. You’ll find shells, and a message in a bottle with a DIY will spawn every day.

Watering flowers. Watering your flowers will lead to hybrids growing. this is how you get colors of flowers such as purple and orange, etc. If it rains, you don’t have to water the flowers, but if you do, then you have a higher chance of hybrids growing.

Money Rock. Every day there will be a money rock. hit it with your ax or shovel (I use the shovel) for cash. Don’t forget to dig a barricade behind yourself to keep you from sliding so you can get all 8 hits in.

Money tree. Every day there will be a glowing fissure on the ground. Dig it up and you’ll find bells. HOWEVER DO NOT FILL THE HOLE. Instead, bury bells there. This will result in a nursery money tree growing. Trees take 4 days to grow. IMPORTANT AND I DIDN’T KNOW THIS AT FIRST money trees will only grow money once, so after you’ve collected the bells, it’s just a regular tree. I personally have four money trees with one being used and then replaced every day for an endless loop. However many bells you bury is how much money will grow X3, however keep in mind that sometimes it will only grow bags of 10,000 bells, despite planting more than that. To be safe, never go above 50,000 bells, as the likelihood of not getting back what you buried seems to increase after that, but do whatever you’re comfortable with.

Fossils. Everyday you will see star-shaped markings on the ground throughout your island. Those markings indicate that a fossil is buried in that spot. Dig it up! Then, (once he is unlocked on your island which shouldn’t be too far off) take your fossils to Blathers at the museum to get them assessed. He will tell you what the fossil is. From there they can be donated to the museum if it doesn’t have that fossil yet, or if you already have it you can place it on your island or you can sell it. ALWAYS GET YOUR FOSSILS ASSESSED BEFORE SELLING THEM. An unidentified fossil is only worth a few hundred bells, where an identified fossil is worth a varying couple thousand depending on what it is. There will be 4, sometimes 5, fossils to find on your island everyday.

Catch bugs and fish! bugs and fish spawn throughout your island everyday all day. Different bugs and fish have different conditions for spawning. Some spawn all day in any weather, some only can appear at night, others only during the day. Certain fish only are catchable in the rain. Also most bugs and fish are seasonal, with new bugs and fish being able to be caught every month. Donate your fish and bugs to Blathers to fill up your museum, and sell the rest! It’s one of the main ways to make money.

Dive for scallops! Go swimming and dive for sea critters. If you catch a scallop and you have space in you pockets, Pascal the otter will spawn and ask you for it. In return he will give you either a pearl or a special DIY recipe. He will spawn once a day. Also the critters you catch can be donated to the museum and also sold.

Not daily tasks:

* Potential weekly visitors include Leif, Kicks, Sahara, Flick, C.J., Gulliver, Gulllivar, Label, and Redd. Characters that can be found on the Plaza are Leif, Kicks, and Label. Leif is a sloth who will sell you plants, Kicks is a skunk who will sell you bags and shoes, and Label is a hedgehog who will ask you for fashion help. Characters that can be found wandering around your island are Sahara, Flick, and C.J. Sahara is a camel who will sell floorings, wallpapers, and rugs, Flick is a chameleon who you can sell bugs to, and C.J. is a beaver you can sell fish to. Both Flick and C.J. will buy their respective creatures for a higher price than the Nooklings will so it may be a good idea to save your bugs and fish for when they visit to make bank XD. Another character that you will initially find wandering around your island is Redd. Redd is fox who you will unlock later after you have donated enough stuff to your museum. Once you have, you will see him wandering around your island. Talk to him, and then the next day his boat will appear at your secret beach which is the tiny stretch of beach off by itself. Redd will sell you art work which can be donated to your museum. BE CAREFUL Redd will sell fake artwork!!! You can only donate real artwork, so choose wisely, as one player can only purchase one piece of art per Redd visit. Other players can purchase one piece of art from him too though. Gulliver and Gullivar are seagulls you will find washed up on your beach. Talk to them or hit them with a net until they wake up (just keep at it!) Talk to them and they will explain what you need to do for them. If you complete the task, you can expect a letter and a gift from them in the mail the following day. You will get one of these visiting characters everyday save for when K.K. Slider is in town. They are random, but characters that did not make an appearance one week are more likely to show up the next.

if you’re early enough in the game that the clothing store is still a visiting event, One day you’ll walk into the Nooklings and see a Hedgehog. After that, the hedgehog will be selling clothes in the plaza on random days. After I think 3 visits she will ask you about setting up a permanent shop. After that, this is store you can buy clothes from, clothes change every day so check often!

General tips:

Don’t sprint near water if you are looking for fish. Sprinting will scare the fish away.

Just regular running and walking will scare away bugs that spawn on trees, stumps, and flowers, so proceed with caution when hunting for bugs. When holding a bug net, hold down A while you walk to creep towards bugs without scaring them away. Release A to swing your net. Bugs like butterflies, dragonflies, and bugs that spawn on the ground will not disappear when scared, they will just try to get away.

Fishing tip if you find yourself struggling: it’s easy to get trigger happy when fishing. Something I do to make it easier is closing my eyes and relying on the rumble of the joy con and the sound of the of the bite. You register sound better than you do visual cues. This is how I catch all fish cause I get to nervous and anticipate bites.

If a villager has a thought bubble above their head, TALK TO THEM! They have something important to say! They either are thinking about moving (which you can encourage or tell them to stay) or want to give you something.

The same goes for if a villager runs towards you calling your name to get your attention. They either have a reaction to teach you, or a gift!

Don’t be upset with your island layout. Eventually you will unlock terraforming which will allow you to destroy and create rivers, cliffs, and pathways anywhere you want. The only thing you cannot change is the plaza, and the mouths of your rivers. You can also build inclines and bridges, and move the museum, shops, campsite, and houses, at any time so long as you have the bells. You can only build one bridge or incline a day though, and the same goes for moving buildings.

Eating fruit will give you strength. With that strength, you can destroy rocks by hitting them with your shovel or ax (they will respawn in a different location the next day) and pick up entire trees with your shovel.

a stone axe will allow you to hit a tree indefinitely, but just an iron Axe will cut down the tree in 3 hits, so don’t farm for wood with the iron Axe! also you can remove stumps with your shovel

when filling a hole, press Y to use your foot to cover the hole instead of using your shovel. This will increase the longevity of your shovel.

BE CAREFUL WHEN SHAKING TREES!!! There is a chance of a wasp nest falling! If that happens, wasps will chase you and try to sting you. You can catch the wasps with a bug net, or you can run into a building to get them to stop chasing you. If they sting you, use some medicine to heal yourself. If you get stung a second time before using medicine, you will pass out and wake up in front of your house.

IF YOU ARE GOING TREE SHAKING have the net equipped and shake the tree from the front. If a wasp nest falls, it will fall to either side of you (or right on top of you but it doesn’t matter.) Your character will turn to face the wasps. Immediately after your shocked animation, swing your net to catch the wasps.

2 items will spawn in 2 random, non-fruit-baring trees on your island everyday. Shake trees (with a net equipped in case of wasps!) and there’s a chance an item leaf will drift down.

On mystery islands there will be 1 item in a non-fruit-baring tree. Same tactics suggested as seen above

Don’t be afraid of spiders and scorpions. They will only try to bite/sting you if you are holding a bug net, otherwise they will ignore you. You should try to catch them if you are comfortable doing so though, as you can donate them to the museum and you can sell them (they are expensive! more so if you sell them to Flick!) Just creep up to them slowly and you’ll catch them just fine.

Depending on the season, there will be some special materials floating around your island that you can catch with your bug net. This include snowflakes in the winter and cherry tree petals in the spring. I assume there might be some falling leaves in autumn, but I haven’t experienced autumn in the game yet so I can’t say for sure.

To raise your island’s star level, there are two major things to do. One, put flowers freaking everywhere. Two, put furniture FREAKING EVERYWHERE. your beaches, your plains, your mountains, DECORATE EVERYWHERE!!!!

Every sunday before noon, there will be a little piglet girl walking around your island. She is selling turnips. This is the way to MAKE BANK in Animal Crossing. the turnips are meant to be sold in The Stalk Market (get it?). Everyday (save for sunday) you will be able to sell your turnips to the Nooklings. The price of the turnips changes twice a day every day, the change occurs at noon. the idea is to buy turnips low and sell turnips high. the buying price of turnips will range from around 90 to 110 bells every week. The selling price will range from like 30 bells to like 700 something. Obviously, the higher the better. IMPORTANT! Turnips go bad after one week, upon which they are worthless. Make sure to sell your turnips before the next sunday!! However I would allow one stack of turnips to go bad once as this is how you catch ants. Drop the rotten turnips outside and ants will spawn on it. The same goes for catching flies, just drop some trash outside. BUT DON’T LEAVE THE TRASH FOREVER it will lower the star rating of your island.

Never sell things to the Nooklings via the drop box unless you have to. Selling via drop box comes with a like 15% reduction on the sell price, so you won’t get as many bells as you would if you sell to the Nooks by talking to them.

Day resets at 5 AM, not midnight, so don’t panic if you need to complete something by the end of the day and it’s almost 12.

Your villagers will teach you reactions. Aside from the 4 defaults you start with, The reactions you can learn are divided up amongst the villager types. For example, from a Normal type villager, you can learn Pleased, Fearful, Sadness, and Glee. Additionally, a villager will teach you one extra reaction if you max out your friendship level with them. If you’re best friends with a Normal type villager, they will teach you Daydreaming. So if you wanna unlock all 44 reactions, it’s important to get villagers of all different types and befriend them!

Dropping items of any kind will lower the star rating of your island if there are too many things on the ground. This includes turnips unfortunately -_-

Giving villagers gifts increase your relationship with them. But, if you wrap the gift before giving it to them, your relationship will increase by an additional point. Color of the paper doesn’t matter as far as I can tell.

Villagers have preferred styles and colors of clothing. You can give them whatever you want, but they will particularly enjoy items that match their preferred style and colors. Villagers also really appreciate gifts on their birthday! You will be notified via the notification board in the plaza about a week in advance of a villagers birthday

See a yellow bird (daytime) or an owl (nighttime) sitting on top of your notification board in the plaza? That means there’s a new post on the board! Go read it!

Holidays occur in animal crossing too! Holidays like Halloween, Christmas, Easter, New Years, and many others have Animal Crossing equivalents. Special events and items can be experienced and obtained on these days, so make sure to check in! You should also check in on YOUR birthday ;)

All in all, Animal Crossing is what you want it to be. This is just one way of playing. You can focus on whatever you wanna focus on, and do whatever you want to do. I just went crazy covering all the bases. I’m here if you have more questions. I hope you have loads of fun!

If you’re interested in keeping track of all the stuff you have, there is a free app called ACNH Guide. It can help you keep track of what bugs and fish and fossils you have and also what bugs and fish are currently available and where to find them. You can also log items and DIYs and music and what villagers you have and mark off the rocks you’ve hit, the money tree you have planted, and the bottled message. It can also help you keep track of what days the visiting characters come. It also has a built in turnip predictor which can help you make the most money that you can! And they are adding to the app all the time. I really recommend it if you want to keep track of all the craziness.

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neighborhood-goblin · 3 years

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Lmao remember that COF College AU

Finally decided majors and details for some of the characters I plan to include XD

My first time using a cut lol

Tristan

Business Major

Cassian absolutely wants him to inherit the family business

Tris isn’t so thrilled by that

Sev and him are roommates

Neither of them can cook anything other than ramen or pizza rolls

Sometimes they order pizza

Disaster bi on so many levels

Went to one GSA club meeting but then noped right back into the closet

Not out to Cassian or most of his friends yet

The only person who knows is Sev

Has a brown tabby cat named Rex

duh

lmao going back through there’s like nothing here

they def got longer as they went on

Nyk

Linguistics, Interpretation, and Translation Major

(In HOF she is really interested in the Pyrean language and lore so I thought it fit)

Was homeless for a while

Ran away as soon as she graduated high school

(She couldn’t be around Val any longer)

Applied for a lot of scholarships and was able to gather enough money to attend college

Roommates with Sparrow

Helps Sparrow get to her classes sometimes

Elliot, Riella, and Kade come over to their dorm a lot

Elliot cooks for them

Probs gonna be bi and genderfluid in this au

Has a calico cat named Xephyra

Phyrie for short

Is a part of the GSA club

The GSA club consists of Anders, Elliot, Sparrow, and Kade

Sev

Fine Arts Major

Is really good at drawing but also likes painting and sculpting, too

Roommates with Tristan

Would rather die than ask Tris to get something off of a high shelf for him

He’s 5′3″ (160.02 cm)

Def petite

Tris put a whiteboard on the fridge to write shopping lists on but now they both just use it to write notes to each other

“Saw u staring at Nyk earlier HMMMMMM”

“stfu like you weren’t ogling that dude she was with”

Disaster gay but everyone just assumes he’s straight like ????

After his parents died he bounced around a few foster homes but was adopted by a doctor named Hestia when he was fifteen

He loves his mama and visits her on weekends

The food he brings back to the dorm is the only good stuff he and Tris ever eat

Knows Kade but only a little

All of my modern Sev hcs still apply

Kade

Veterinary Medicine Major

Shares the same major as Sparrow and they’re decent friends

He helps Sparrow get to the classes they share when Nyk can’t

Loves animals and is planning to adopt a doggie soon

Roommates with Elliot and Riella

He lived in a really crappy place before he became friends with Riella

The sibs invited him to move in with them (Kade also obviously helps with rent)

Became good friends with Nyk and he and the sibs spend a lot of time at her/his dorm

Used to shadow Hestia at the clinic (before he decided he wanted to be a vet and not a people doctor) and she gushed all the time about her son

He met Sev and def thinks Sev is adorable

Has also seen Sev around campus but hasn’t worked up the courage to talk to him yet

Demi and gay

Is a part of the GSA club

Thinks Anders is funny

Almost no one agrees

Elliot

Culinary Arts Major

Idk it just came to me and I was like “might as well”

Cooks for Riella, Kade, Nyk, and Sparrow regularly

Has a golden retriever named Jax

Jax is crazy

He gets the zoomies

Jax is usually wary of strangers but he’s warmed up to Riella, Kade, Nyk, and is close with Sparrow

Aroace

Attends GSA

Regularly tells Anders where he can shove his musical numbers and snide comments

Roommates with Riella and Kade

Took online classes until Riella graduated so they could move together

Met Kade through Riella

Can’t handle spicy food and is appalled by the fact that Kade, Riella, and Sparrow are all fueled by eating the spiciest things possible

Refuses to eat anything with pepper on it, but keeps a shaker for his friends and sister

Nyk and him bond over being unable to tolerate anything hotter than a hot tamale candy

Likes driving

Owns a minivan

It’s unclear as to why he needs a minivan he just has one

He named it Elliot jr. as a joke once but now no one lets him forget it

Is super ultimate BFFs with Sparrow

Helps her around campus when Nyk and Kade can’t

Sparrow

Veterinary Medicine Major

Nyk, Kade, and Elliot help her around campus (still blind and thriving)

Owns a parrot named Chirp and guide dog that everyone is 95% sure is just a wolf that Sparrow illegally bought a service animal vest for

No one knows the name of the dog

Sparrow claims that Chirp can talk but only does it in front of her

Sometimes Elliot will also claim that he’s heard Chirp talk but no one can tell if he’s telling the truth or not (He’s not even sure at this point)

Lesbian ace and is highkey dating Riella

Elliot pretends it annoys him but secretly he’s thrilled because he adores the both of them (he’d never reveal this but Sparrow knows anyway)

Attends GSA

Brings her animals

Chirp usually just sits on her shoulder, and the dog at her feet

Has super unruly hair

Only a select few are permitted to touch it: Elliot, Riella, and Nyk

Nyk will braid it sometimes, but Sparrow usually likes to have it free

Roommates with Nyk

Nyk decorated their room super cute, fairylights strung all around it and polaroids on the walls (though I guess she can’t see them rip)

Nyk loves Sparrow’s animals, and the animals get a long great with Phyrie (except for one time that Phyrie attacked Chirp but that doesn’t happen anymore)

Riella

Dance Major

Not much is known about Riella but I just thought this’d be a cool major for her

idk she gives off ballerina vibes for some reason

Sapphic and dating Sparrow

Roommates with Elliot and Kade

All three of them share a bookshelf and love talking about books

They also play video games a lot together

Minecraft is not a competition but do not play with the three of them they will win

They share an ACNH island on the switch they pooled money for

Loves having her hair in french braids

Nyk usually braids it for her before classes

Ig Nyk just braids everyone’s hair smh

Wears rompers everywhere

Met Kade when a creepy dude approached her on her way to a class and Kade pretended to know her to get her away from the creepy dude

He started walking her to that class just in case and they became friends

Anders

Performing Arts Major

Super dramatic and way into theater

Has been out of the closet for years as genderqueer and pan (Prefers he/him pronouns; he’s used them all his life and he’s used to them)

Goes to GSA club and loves telling obnoxious stories

Has hinted at being in a relationship but no one knows who it is, and the club tries to find out sometimes (It’s Latham)

Grew up with Latham and they started dating when they were seventeen

Latham isn’t out of the closet yet, so he asked Anders to keep it a secret

Anders doesn’t mind at all, he’s just happy to be with the boy he loves :)

Was a part of marching band in high school, and still practices his trumpet in his free time

Regularly texts everyone a gross amount of emojis

Latham and him moved in together when they graduated and started going to college

Latham does all the cooking

The last time Anders attempted to cook anything, the pan caught on fire (the cooking pan not Anders) (XDDD) (I think I’m hilarious)

He’s not allowed to cook anymore

They each have their own beds but usually sleep in the same one when they don’t have guests (they are both huge cuddlers) (Anders is the little spoon)

Has a pet snake because he lives to be extra (It’s a ball python)

(I can’t remember what Anders’ phoenix is named so the snake is nameless for now)

Latham

Pre-Law Studies Major

Wants to become a lawyer

Absolutely talks crap about everyone he knows with Anders

Identifies as queer but is closeted

His family are all very religious and anti-LGBTQ+ so he’s scared to come out to them

The only person who knows is Anders

His father in particular scares him

His dad really doesn’t approve of Latham being ‘friends’ with Anders, ever since Anders came out publicly

Is decent at cooking (nowhere near as good as Elliot)

Doesn’t have a lot of friends

Kind of knows Tristan and Elliot but not really

Has a Pomeranian named Xane

He’s obsessed w/ little dogs

#Crown of Feathers #hope u guys like it #homophobia tw #caps tw

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tobiosmilktea · 4 years

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artificial paradise — kozume kenma

4.3k words | genre/s: fluff | warning/s: badly written basketball games | pairing: kenma x f!reader

↪︎ in which animal crossing became you and kenma’s artificial paradise

a/n: request for @lalesnotes, this prompt was so cute thanks for requesting ! i kind of had writers block while writing this as i’m broke and have never played acnh nor played basketball lol

three pm and an aching body is what best described you at this very moment. with the slight burning sensation radiating throughout your thighs, sprinting as fast as you could across the basketball court in which you shouted, “i’m open!” it was accompanied by the squeaking of your sneakers against the shiny gymnasium floors of nekoma.

within a fraction of a second, your eyes swiftly flickered towards the scoreboard and the time. the scores were neck and neck with the time for the last quarter of the practice team neared it’s last evident seconds.

10... 9... 8...

the ball was thrown towards you with its orange hues blending into a blur as you had snatched it midair. planting your foot firmly into the wooden baseboards of the court, you jumped high in the air. it was that very moment that everything felt like it moved in a slow motion, that everything muddied into nothing but that very moment; with the mixing cacophonies of shouting teammates and the thunderous pumping of your blood and adrenaline, nothing mattered but that shot.

and just as quickly the feeling of rising spiraling skies soared, they diminished like a crashing wave with your feet landing square on the ground again. your eyes were soaked in the liquor of the innate animistic adrenaline whenever you got too into a game. no matter whether it was just a simple practice game like this, you still took the sport you were most passionate about just as serious as a real game. an inaudible sigh was pulled out of your lungs as you watched the ball swish into the net the moment the deafening noise of the last buzzer.

cheers erupted from the sidelines, mostly from your teammates, the managers, and your coach lulled through one ear and out the other as your arms finally drop to you sides.

“great job today, (y/n).” your team captain compliments, patting your shoulder as her tall figure loomed over you. she was a basketball player and it shouldn’t be much of a surprise when your entire team’s average height was much higher than most. it would in fact be a lot higher if your height didn’t skew the numbers so greatly.

it wasn’t like you were that short. in fact, you were taller than majority of the girls in nekoma at a good 170 cm, not that it mattered anyway. you were still a substantial part of nekoma’s woman’s basketball team as their point guard, you always held such a title since you started playing in elementary school.

“thanks, yoshida.” you threw her a smile as you made your way towards the benches to grab your water bottle.

you tugged at the lid, getting ready to take a sip when your wandering eyes fell upon a familiar face lingering near the entrance of the gymnasium. kozume kenma in all his nonchalant glory was waiting near the entrances like he always did after school. since your first year together, he had that habit of arriving to the gym early to watch you play. however, never in a million years would he actually reveal that type of information to you as he seemed you would deem it as creepy. he didn’t want to sever the already lacking connection with you by saying something stupid. so yeah, his only excuse was that volleyball practice takes place after the basketball team’s.

it wasn’t at all a complete lie, it was true, which is the only reason why you don’t give him a mere look of disgust whenever you see him arrive to the gymnasium thirty minutes before his actual practice starts. usually you would greet him kindly once you had your bag all packed up and ready to leave. a simple wave and that sweet smile you always had on whenever you said ‘hi’ or ‘goodbye’ to him was always enough to fuel his yearning heart for you.

you were this close, and yet he couldn’t help but seem farther than he thinks he is.

your eyes finally left nekoma’s setter the moment you saw that he was too enamored in his game to even catch your glance like he normally does. you sipped quickly from you water bottle before packing your things up in your bag. grabbing one of the straps in a quick swipe, it lands on your right shoulder as you made your way towards kenma.

upon closer inspection, he was actually playing on his gray nintendo switch lite with little sound emitting from the console that rang familiar in your ears. the game’s nuanced cacophonies was far too iconic for you not to recognize from the villager’s incomprehensible mumbles and the sounds of getting a rare fish while fishing switched a flip in your brain. without a second thought, you approached kenma much faster than you anticipated.

you had definitely caught him off guard when he stared at you with enlarged eyes at your sudden burst. you didn’t even say ‘hi’ to him before bombarding the poor guy.

“is that the new animal crossing?” you beamed at him.

kenma’s heart jumped when you did so, only to beat faster than ever when you peered over his shoulder to watch his game. this was the closest you were to him and he could hear your gentle breathing and your warm aura completely surrounding his body in a warmth he didn’t actually hate for once. the was the thing he liked most about you. an action like this—ultimately invading his personal space like kuroo and lev always did—was something he always hated, but he didn’t mind if it was you. if anything he wanted you closer as you intoxicated him with your smell of sugarcoated cherries and dazzling psyche.

“yeah,” was all he could say. it was breathless and laced with a sudden shock that you didn’t mind knowing that he was usually quiet.

“your character is really cute, it looks just like you.” you complimented and kenma could’ve swore he would have confessed to you then and there when you literally just called him cute. you didn’t even notice his burning red cheeks as you continued, “you should add me so we can visit each other’s islands.”

kenma swiftly nods, trying to act as his usual, mellow self when he handed you his switch. he looked nonchalant, but in reality, he was bouncing off the walls. you typed in your info quickly before you offered the device back to him, your hands touching his slightly. “thanks,” kenma almost strains as he smiled at him one last time before waving him goodbye.

“i’ll get on later!” you exclaimed as you were already out of the gym, watching as the setter pursed a smile and waved back at you gently.

consider the following: how the hell did you and kenma end up talking about your love lives while playing animal crossing?

well the answer was simple, really. you and kenma had been playing together on animal crossing for a good few weeks now everyday after school once your basketball practice and his volleyball practice had finished; you two log on and go to each other’s islands doing nothing but occasionally trading a couple turnips, fishing, and catching spiders together. and in those past few weeks you and the setter have been getting to know each other through the game in a more or less practical way.

so far, your only way of communication is from chatting on the actual game, instead of perhaps calling each other or facetiming. you two literally had each other’s numbers, and yet you both loathe the fear and the racing pulse of asking the latter whether or not they wanted to talk over the phone instead.

you were surprised on how consistently fine you two were talking like this when it tended to get a tad bit annoying at times. like when kenma had so much more to say, but his message would’ve been too long and double texting was apparently something he was a bit embarrassed about. apparently, he thinks he’s being annoying if he responded more than once in a row. you on the other hand, believed that his short answers meant that he was starting to get bored of the small talk. honestly, it was understandable the amount of times you two talked about each other’s days while fishing.

so here you were, trying to spice things up in the conversation by talking about your love lives (or lack thereof) while hanging out on kenma’s island. it was a bit of a leap as you literally jumped from talking about your upcoming sports games to whether you two were in relationships.

lycheey/n: do you like anyone?

kenma practically felt his heart soar and going a bit lightheaded when you asked that question. his palms started to get clammy as he gripped onto his nintendo switch tightly, thumbs hovering over the keyboard as he hesitated to type.

the memory suddenly rang over him to early today when kuroo noticed how close you were standing next to kenma. you watched him play whatever rpg game he was incredibly enamored in, admiring his chamomile eyes and dry cheeks as you completely ignored kuroo who stood right there. kenma didn’t even notice how close you were next to him as the past weeks you had been hanging around him during lunch, he perhaps had gotten used to your presence—almost angelic and comforting. if anything, if you were to suddenly become absent from his side, he would immediately feel the lacking warmth of your aura he loved so dear about you.

“i think you should confess already,” kuroo had discreetly bumped his shoulder with kenma as he watched you walk away.

the setter had almost choked on his juice box as he gave a look towards the raven haired boy. “that’s not gonna happen.”

“uh, yes it will.” kuroo scoffs, pressing further into the topic. “i am not going to graduate from this high school without you confessing to (y/n)!”

“stop being so loud!” exclaimed kenma as hues of pink embarrassment tinted his cheeks. he attempted to block out his best friend’s stupid antics by focusing his attention back onto his game.

“i just think you should confess to her soon,” he muttered nonchalantly. “she does have a game after school on friday... maybe you could confess to her then.”

kenma ignored him.

but kuroo continued anyway, “if nekoma wins the game, it’ll be a good ass day for (y/n).” he tried to reason enticingly.

“and if our team loses?”

“(y/n) would be disappointed, but she would be immediately cheered up the moment the guy she likes finally confesses to her.”

kenma couldn’t help but roll his eyes, “she doesn’t like me back, kuroo.”

“are you kidding me right now, kenma?” his eyes widen in utter surprise, “she’s literally around you almost everyday during lunch and you two play animal crossing for hours after school. you’re telling me, that she doesn’t like you? kenma, any person with half a brain cell can see that you both have feelings for each other.”

from then on, that thought forever spiraled within kenma’s head the rest of the day. he figured it would’ve disappeared into oblivion by the time he hopped onto animal crossing with you, but the moment you asked him that damned question, it only ached in reincarnation. it turned his mind into a road of hurricanes as he finally noticed how long he was stuck in his thoughts that minutes had gone by of not answering.

without even thinking, he immediately typed:

kenmaclan: yes.

fuck. kenma thought, why the hell did i say that?

he swallowed his nerves as he straightened his posture the moment he saw that you were typing.

lycheey/n: i like someone too. i’ve actually liked them for a while now

there was an inkling within kenma as his throat suddenly dried upon reading your text. the inkling that perhaps you were talking about him (just as kuroo implied) left his imagination to completely explode into epiphanies of his dreams and wishes as his heart threatened to combust right then. you didn’t even confess to him and yet the setter found his fingers liking faster than his brain could comprehend what he was even doing

kenmaclan: i like yo-

but before he could type the full response, you had already sent another message.

lycheey/n: it’s getting late, kenma. it was really fun playing with you today, same time tomorrow?

kenma felt his shoulders shudder in relief as he immediately deleted his text. perhaps it was the world telling him it wasn’t a good idea so say at that very moment and he was incredibly thankful that you had sent your message a millisecond quicker. it perhaps spared kenma from another age of absolute embarrassment that he wanted to just crawl in a hole and live there for the rest of his life.

kennaclan: goodnight, (y/n) :)

today was perhaps the day that kenma would meet his demise. it was finally friday and the final school bell rang across nekoma in a uniform blast. almost immediately, students packed their things and made their way towards the gym to watch the basketball game as inevitably, kenma found himself within the migrating crowds as well.

his pumping nerves ached, palms perspired in a clammy mess, his heart thudding against his lungs and rib cage at a hundred miles per hour, and even his peachy lips swelled into a crimson from the amount of times he nibbled at them impatiently. was it obvious how nervous he was?

evidently, the day of kenma’s demise was the day he was going to confess to you and never in his life he just wanted to disappear. he was far too deep within his nervous psyche to even notice he was already in the gymnasium, sitting next to kuroo while he stared off into oblivion.

kuroo noticed your gaze glancing upon kenma, causing the volleyball captain to swiftly pinch his setter into reality to meet your eyes.

within a snap, kenma found you on the sidelines of the basketball court warming up. you smiled at him so sweetly with your usual wave of your hand towards him, the boy couldn’t help but immediately forget his nerves to smile back. it was so obvious how much to affected him, it was crystal clear. yet both you and kenma refused to wipe off the fog to fully see.

the game started as usual, nekoma had touched the ball first the moment the ref tossed it up high in the air. fortunately, nekoma was in the lead by a good five points, and yet that could easily change if anyone let’s their guard down even for a second.

you liked to think that you were always competitive no matter what. you were willing to turn anything into a competition from basketball games to racing on who could log into animal crossing faster. kenma always enjoyed that little fire within your eyes, especially when he watched your figure dash down the court with the ball in your grasp. dribbling it quickly, you tossed it up towards the hoop feeling the entire court’s eyes upon you as you watched the orange ball roll around the hoop before falling successfully through.

a cheer emitted from kenma and kuroo as they jumped up from their seats. it wasn’t the most groundbreaking shot as it only added two points to the score board, but any shot made by you was something kenma would always cheer for.

it continued like this for the rest of the game. it was you who often shot or assisted your team into scoring as you kept your team ahead from the cusp of falling behind. nekoma was only one point ahead from the opposing team in a constant pendulum of tying, to being behind, to catching up again, to getting ahead once more. it was stressful on everyone present in the gymnasium. it had kenma teetering in the balls of his feet as every sudden move the players made, he felt his breath hitch.

the sounds of hearts pounding in quick rhythms and blood surging didn’t cease, in fact it only worsened in the forth quarter of the game when nekoma and the opposing went neck on neck.

the desperation on both teams were evident as sweat and adrenaline left your body drenched in a heated fervor.

the opposing team swiftly attempted a shot from the right side of the three point line. you watched as the basketball spun in revolutions, travelling through the air beneath the bright harsh lights of the gym. you hadn’t even noticed yourself holding your breath as the ball neared the hoop, it was only then it ricocheted off the metal hoop and against the backboard, causing the ball to fall off to the side instead of making it.

relief coursed through your body as the ball landed into nekoma captain’s hands, immediately triggering your body to move. dashing towards the other side of the court, a player from the other team blocked your view from yoshida with frustrated sigh left your lips as you attempted to move away from the player blocking you, rising your hands up as if to call for yoshida’s attention.

the captain’s eyes flickered towards you and another teammate swiftly. you were in the perfect spot to make a spot, and yet you were stick being blocked by the opposing team. meanwhile, your other teammate was open and yet she was way to far to make a shot guaranteed to make it in. seeing that you were still too preoccupied, yoshida passed the ball towards your other teammate who dribbled her way towards to the hoop.

there was only twenty seconds left on the clock.

with everyone on the edge of their seaats, your teammate distracted the person blocking you enough for you to side step in front of them and retrieving the ball from your teammate.

“(y/l/n)!” she shouts, tossing it towards you. and with quick reflexes, you were already making your shot a millisecond after your retrieved it.

it was then you felt a major rush of familiarity.

10... 9... 8...

that same familiar ticking.

that same feeling of planting your foot firmly into the wooden boards of the court and jumping high in the air. it was that very moment that everything felt like it moved in a slow motion, that everything muddied into nothing but that very moment; with the mixing cacophonies of shouting teammates and the thunderous pumping of your blood and adrenaline, nothing mattered but that shot.

you swore you felt like you were back in the middle of a practice. from the past months of hard work was leading up to this very moment and you hoped to the gods that you were the one to make this shot. you were tired and fatigued, your legs burned at every step you took and your lungs ached at the freezing bite of the air conditioned gymnasium air. if you were to miss, the game would continue on to overtime with your ability to stay at top shape was quickly diminishing.

with exhausted eyes, you watched the ball fall into the hoop with a perfect swish.

the sound of the basketball barely touching the net was music to your ears. certainly the sudden outburst of cries and shouts from the nekoma side of the gymnasium was like a lovely orchestra as the ball bounced on the floor in a rhythmic beat. the thunderous buzzer sound echoed throughout the building as all of a sudden, you were engulfed in a tight hug from the sweaty bodies of your teammates. warmth surrounded you like a knit blanket, savoring that feeling of happiness and excitement of victory.

kenma was absolutely beaming at you. with a bright smile that could blind any sorry victim, his voice was on the cusp of completely being gone from how loud he was cheering for you. that all your hard work from practicing until your feet bled to even playing animal crossing with him despite being so incredibly tired, he was so proud of you, he wished you could see his face right now.

however, you were too preoccupied in your post-victory glow that you were with your team and shaking the hands of the opposing. to think that your usual aura of blossoming sunflowers was your very max was clearly wrong. if anything, you were brighter than ever know as kenma knew you could easily outshine the brightest of stars. he wanted to experience that—to make you so incredibly happy that you were irrevocably shining.

even when your team started lining up towards the sidelines, the setter immediately ran down the bleachers to see you. it hadn’t even hit him yet that he was basically at the cusp of confessing to you, but his excitement just to pull you into his embrace clouded his mind.

“kenma?” you say surprised as you saw his figure dash towards you.

your breath left your lungs as he pulled you close, “you did amazing, (y/n).”

in a sudden downpour of emotions, your cheeks heated up in pretty pink shades. you hoped that kenma couldn’t feel your swift beating heart through your chest as you buried your head into his neck. your rush of exciting adrenaline calmed at his signature aroma of sun-melted wax, wishing your could stay like this forever.

then the thought sudden rang through your brain that you were drenched in sweat and probably smelled like a bull’s ass. you immediately pull away as you threw him a nervous smile. “thanks,” you mutter awkwardly. “by the way, kuroo said that you wanted to tell me something?”

shit, kenma thought as it finally hit him. his fight or flight response was immediately triggered like nothing before with his usual nonchalant self was taken over by a bundle of nerves with blond hair.

he gulped, “i have to get home now, but i just wanted to say that we should meet on animal crossing once you get home, okay?”

your eyebrows furrow in sudden confusion. "um, okay.” you could barely say before the setter left the gym faster than he came to you.

a slight burning sensation radiated throughout kenma’s thighs, sprinting as fast as he could back to his house as the yellow enormities of the day blended into the dark blue hues of the night sky. he stumbled through the streets of tokyo, thanking the heavens that nekoma was only a couple blocks away from his house and not a whole train ride like you had.

it allowed him enough time to log into his animal crossing before you could in order to fix anything up on his island. you see, for the past two nights kenma had been purposely meeting at your island instead of yours as he was preparing something special for you. it needed to be perfect.

he was well aware that he did not have to guts to confess to you in real life, so his second option was the virtual safe haven you two had created on animal crossing. he had spent ages eating fruit from trees to get his character enough strength to break rocks in the right places he wanted them to be. turns out, it took hours of effort to do and lowkey it barely looks comprehensible. kenma definitely did have enough time to make it any better as he waited for the clock to tick to 7 o’clock. this was usually the time you arrived home and should be getting into animal crossing any second.

kenma’s nerves swelled for the umpteenth time today as this was the most nervous he had ever been. it wasn’t evident on his mellow visage, but inside he was could very well explode at any second. he was too caught up in his own thoughts that he didn’t see the silhouette of the game’s airplane arriving to his island with you in it.

lycheey/n: i’m here! what did you want to show me?

the setter swallowed his pride, here goes nothing. surely, it wouldn’t be that bad right? he was confessing on animal crossing for fuck’s sake, if anything went bad then all he’d have to do is log off and never leave his room again!

kenma groaned frustratingly. why did it have to be this hard?

kenmaclan: follow me pls

each second that passed of their two avatars running towards the northweset side of his island, kenma fought himself to continue going and not just log out then and there.

the soft padding of your cute character’s feet came to a stop suddenly as your read the message written by the rocks and boulders. you felt your breath hitch with the thumping of your hide going into overdrive.

i <3 u

the message had said with dozens of flowers surrounding the rocks. if anything, you were glad you were alone in your room and away from kenma as you screamed into your own pillow. feeling your cheeks absolutely blaze in heat as even your ears tinted red from the sudden wave of adoration filled your veins.

this was so goddamn cute you were literally about to combust.

the thing is, you spent a good five minutes blushing to yourself that kenma was confused at your silence, your character wasn’t moving either and he was starting to think of the worse. what if you were laughing at him? what if you were thinking about ways to reject him? perhaps ways to loosen the harsh blow of it, maybe? but he was far from right. if anything, you were thinking of cute ways to respond, to correctly tell him your feelings that you both had for each other.

you finally regained your composure as you started typing.

lycheey/n: i <3 too

it was strange how a game like this had become your artificial paradise.

#haikyuu!!#haikyuu #haikyuu scenarios #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu oneshots #haikyuu x reader #kozume kenma #kenma x reader #kenma imagines #kenma scenarios #kenma fluff #kenma oneshot #hq kenma

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ikenugs · 4 years

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IMAGINE!

So, the reaper department is having quite a chaotic day (and I mean a little more than normal of course) , and the manager had had an especially horrid time dealing with those crackheads. I mean just thinking back on it,

Theo spraying Quincy in the eye with disinfectant spray for atleast a minute, I mean he low-key had it coming, how could you even attempt to mess with his yandere side? (The down low is so June had found this caterpillar in the garden, he named is Sir Winkleton btw, who was very colorful and he wanted to "show his brothers this glorious wonder of the world". He went to Theo first and he thought it was quite unsanitary and nasty, but he gave him an encouraging smile because that's his best fren. So then June came around to Quincy and was like, "look at my new pet!" And Quincy screamed at the top of his lungs and slapped it out of June's hand with a DISGUSTANG! Now that brought tears to June's eyes, SIR WINKLETON WAS HIS SON, HIS PRIDE AND JOY, AND NOW HE WAS JUST DED ON THE FLOOR! Quincy still wasn't satisfied and yelled, "nasty insect" Now Theo couldn't just ignore his favorite person in the world's suffering, and waltzed up beside Quincy, his eyes empty eyes which bore deep into the depths of Quincy's soul, nothing could match the agony of watching his best fren's pain ridden tears. "Did someone say disinfectant?" Then Theo sprayed disinfectant in Quincy's eyes for atleast a minute. No one messes with Theo or those he cares about. Theo and June held a funeral which over half of the reapers showed up due to not being able to turn down June's woeful face. It took Quincy AND Verine atleast an hour to wash it out and stop the burning, honestly poor Verine lmao.)

Kati almost burning the whole entire department down. (He was attempting to make something, you couldn't tell by the charred remains, maybe ramen? But he left to go bite Noah who had offered assistance, and came back to a steam filled kitchen and the fire alarm blaring. The first one to reach the kitchen happened to be Ell, who was like "I'll use an enchantment to quench it!" Which, as you know, they tend to fail, so the two who were about to enter, Day and Sian, were drenched, causing Sian to flee in mental breakdown. Day was confused but saw flames rising up, and in his, entirely flawed and completely illogical, logic catapulted himself directly at the fire, cause he was water? Who knows, but he got set on fire and somehow the manager was able to stop the situation before it escalated to horrible measures, like death or arson, maybe??)

Mori successfully being a con artist and conning Louis, with yet another neverending scheme. (Even the manager couldn't figure out what he had done this time, sigh)

Kirr setting up, yet another, trap to specifically catch deer (he dislikes them the most?. And Verine just so happened to stumble into one, he wasn't exactly in to where it would actually stab him, the sharp claws were only barely touching his leg, since he was so skinny, so he couldn't move or he would be stabbed. Which this situation was actually pretty ironic, cause Day passed by and was like, "Hey, Bambi, you alright?" But Bambi is a deer so I mean Kirr kinda got what he wanted right? After being set free, Verine was so shocked he kinda just, fainted, so Youssef reluctantly dragged him back to the Diluculo dorms.

And sadly many many more chaotic events.

So yeah, everyone gathered for dinner to discuss their trip to an engineering facility spoken to have a vengeful spirit lurking. After they spoke of their plans, a weary and down looking manager sighed,

"I would just kinda like some alone time tonight guys, be sure to pack your stuff." And she walked off slowly back to her designated corners. But when she turned the corner her exhausted attitude had faded away and all that was left was excitement, as she sauntered away.

Everyone was quite worried at that, their optimistic manager so low?! So, about an hour later everyone agreed to have Theo check up on her, so he knocked on her door. No answer. He decided to just open the door and say,

"Manager? You see, I just came to see if you were doing alri--" Only to find her goofily laughing, she screeched, not noticing him there,

"EX CA USE ME, GALA BUT ATLEAST I DON'T LOOK LIKE A HIK, OK?! HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY FASHION SENSE!" Her Wii remote was pointed directly at the screen, and she was talking to an animated pig, who, low-key did look kinda like a hik. She was playing Animal Crossing, and no, I don't me acnh, I mean the OG City Folk, yeah, she's that old. But for modern days sake we'll say she's playing it on a Wii-U. Theo caught her with her Wii remote in hand and reaching for some gummy bears, when she sensed a presence she looked around and her face turned to one that someone would wear if they just got caught snorting a bag of cocaine or something lmao.

Theo walked back to tell everyone dejectledly that she was perfectly fine. Maybe he should buy her some gummy bears for her birthday?

I don't know where this even took a turn to, but Animal Crossing City Folk was my childhood, and me as a manager would totally do that.

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eryiscrye · 4 years

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ACNH AU? I need some info on that mhm

My Animal Crossing AU which I was so ready for... and then I lost my AC steam and so forth the AU lost steam. But it’s cute, so I need to get back to it. Here is a snippet!

Brienne sighed and her eyes went all big and glassy. It was like being stabbed straight through the heart and he knew he would do anything to make her happy again. “It’s nothing big.”

“Hey, you can tell me anything,” Jaime said.

“You’ll laugh at me.”

“I won’t.”

Brienne huffed, “You will.”

“Knight’s honour.”

Brienne eyed him. “Fine.”

Jaime gave her an encouraging smile.

Brienne’s face screwed up for a second, she took in a deep breath, then she bit out in a staggered breath, “Renly asked to move out today and I told him to stay. And now I feel bad, because he said he wanted to go on a big adventure and I didn’t let him.”

Jaime pursed his lips. He bit the inside of his cheek. He thought of boxes of abandoned kittens and puppies. Still, the corner of his lips pulled upwards and a grin was near to bursting across his face.

Brienne glared at him, then flung her arms in the air, “You can laugh Jaime!”

Jaime burst out in loud guffaws, tears coming to his eyes. He leaned his elbows on the kitchen counter to brace himself as his body shook.

“It’s not that funny!”

Jaime tried to huff his words out, but he could barely get a breath in with how much laughter was coursing through him, “The reason you’re making those big doe eyes at me is because of one of your dumb neighbours on Animal Crossing?”

Brienne made a loud whining noise.

#wip basket

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sorry in advance for how long this post is but i am going to talk about animal crossing villagers for an hour because i am bored

fuchsia was one of my bffs in acnl and i still love her. i do not like hair on furries usually but fuchsia is GAY and has GARISHLY BRIGHT COLORS so i am in love with her. she has... blue tummy also which is extremely cute. she was one of my first 2 villagers on my island and she is Still There

i REALLY like this personality type but im not a fan of most of the designs that come with it... cherry, agnes, and reneigh are the exceptions IMO. katt i like less because i think she’s cute and more because of the gay vibes.

i dont like.. most of the smug villagers, or really the dialogue options that come with them in this game. marshall lives in my acnl town (this is a pattern that will pop up with my preferences across this whole list lmfao) and i think he’s cute. i was caught off guard by how popular a villager he is though lmfao

raymond is cute and i like “office worker cat” because it is silly

everyone else is mediocre IMO

hrhrhghhgh i LOVE the lazy villagers. mostly, honestly, because of how they acted in acnl. stitches and pudge both live in my acnl town and they are EXTREMELY cute and talk about food and napping all the time and are Very friendly. i could give or take all the talk about bugs in the new one, BUT i think their dialogue options generally give off the vibe of “silly little animal that is being translated into humanspeak” and i really like that

i love the absurd memes that Bob is in and i want him on my island. i currently have stitches (acnl nostalgia and cute design, bones (looks good in every outfit and is Just Baby), papi (same as bones), hornsby (one of my early villagers that i will probs Eventually get rid of but im attached to him so maybe not, he’s also Baby), and Moe (originally had him in the F tier but then he showed up at my campsite and now i love him and his little buck teeth). i used to have zucker but he made me hungry every time i interacted with him so i booted him.

yes half of my villagers are lazy. yes i love living like this. i am constantly bombarded by dumb little animals who want to tell me their houses are full of bugs and then sprint off in a different direction to smell a flower

i do not like the jocks, which perhaps makes sense considering how much i stan the lazies. kid cat is cute and i have his amibo card by chance, so i am not prioritizing finding these guys. i think antonio is also cute and has good colors and patterns, but is kind of boring looking. everyone else i could NOT care less about. i got the emoji sheep in my campsite once and didnt even bother talking to him.

flora is my BEST friend in acnl and YES im saying that without a shred of irony. her house is right next to mine and she constantly jokes about moving in with me. one of my rooms is decorated for her. she’s! my! friend!!!!!!!!! she’s nice to me and i love her.

i have not yet gotten my grubby little paws on her in this game but i will not rest until she is on my island. i love her little house interior that is modeled after wild flamingos vs the pink explosion that was her house in acnh. I Want Her. Give Her To Me.

ruby and rosie are also good but they are leagues below flora. ruby i like because of that one edgy comic that starred her back in the day (u know, the one with like, Experiments Gone Wrong that was all animal crossing characters). rosie i like cuz she was my favorite in my gamecube world.

i just kicked out twiggy, whom i will MISS because she made an adorable stupid face with her beak when she was crafting. she was really cute but i wanted to get stitches. sorry twiggy u were nice to me u_u

i currently have ketchup who is also cute but i would boot her in an instant for basically anyone else on her row and above. i just saw piper on an island when i was finding stitches and she was really cute so she got bumped up from the meh tier even though i passed her up. everyone else is fine

normal personality is Also rife with good designs.... i want kitties on my island.

i have gladys and coco right now, both of whom arrived pretty early on. unfortunately the dialogue for normals in this game is so unbelievably bland that i do not feel any sort of connection with either of them, despite liking their designs a lot. gladys is in my acnl town and shares the “top fav” spot with flora in that game, but here she is Just Boring. so i would probably let her leave if i could find.. a kitty cat. and then coco i just like cuz i want to be edgy. look at her spooky little O_O face next to all the cutesy villagers lmfao. she’s good

snooty personality is not one of my faves, but the designs here ARE pretty good. i like pink wolf. i currently have 0 of these guys on my island just by happenstance. had portia at one point but i dont think she’s that great so she left.

mathilda DID show up in my campsite recently, but i decided against including her bcuz my memories of how she acted in the gamecube version were SO disjointed with her current personality. she was so mean in gamecube and i wanted even a shadow of that -- but instead she was..... polite. it was weird. maybe if she shows up again i’d change my mind, but the character design not matching up with the personality bothers me enough that i probs wouldnt

i like the cranky dialogue in this game. i had lobo on the gamecube and i was obsessed with him because i was a wolf girl at that age, so i would be delighted to slap him onto my island, BUT.. i have fang currently and he’s a good boy. very distinguished, has a lovely classy house, and i like his design. butch is also cute.

now here is this monstrosity. the past games are just gamecube and new leaf. each row (aside from the last 2) are arranged in most to least liked also. the “passed up on” and “let move out” lists are incomplete cuz i forget things immediately in this game

and now. to summarize:

thanks for coming with me on this journey

#text #ramblings #long post #acnh #doing this got me out of a depressive spiral so actually? time well spent #im like very carefully arranging it to get the max amt of personalities but i REALLY dont care about snooty or jock so i might. MIGHT #axe kid cat and pink wolf in order to keep 2 more lazies lmfao #WE SHALL SEE.... this is assuming i have the patience to to villager hunting for more than 1 hr #also can you guys tell i like cats and wolves. can u.#i really REALLY want to play my DS animal crossing game but i packed it up for my move to colorado which is taking 10000 years unfortch #can i get an f in the chat :/#im sposed to be sleeping rn but i had caffeine at 5 pm because someone brought me a soda as a gift to show she was listening to me earlier #it was very sweet and then i drank it and NOW! i will be awake until 2 #i have no regrets tho it was important to show my appreciation for the gift #do you guys like how i put bob above stitches in the lazies box and then put him below stitches in the final 2 rounds #insert that walt whitman quote about contradicting myself here #coco is so fucking funny to me because it's a bunch of sweet-faced cute villagers and then just O_O #hey if you read through this entire post AND the full paragraph of tags: i am impressed with u

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Hey hey! Can I request Hajime Hinata, Rantaro Amami and Kaede Akamatsu playing animal crossing with an anxious SO?

I feel called out by this request ,as someone who has really bad anxiety and loves animal crossing. That being said, this request was pretty easy to write because i relate to it so much. Also i wrote this in New horizions ~ Mod Sayaka who is still looking for Sherb in ACNH HAJIME, RANTARO, AND KAEDE PLAYING ANIMAL CROSSING WITH AN ANXIOUS S/O HAJIME HINATA -- His island wasnt very well made yet, so he wanted to visit your island. --And you knew your island was pretty well decorated, -- That 5 star rating wasnt for nothings- --But you couldnt help but panic. -- "Uh,, dont mind my villagers if you dont like them--" "[name], what are you talking about? Theres nothing to worry about!" -- You didnt believe him- -- Though once you two actually played together, -- " Woah!! Your island is so cool!! You must have put alot of work into it! " -- all you could do was nod. -- Soon you stopped panicing, and gave him a tour of your island. -- He suggested that you and Chiaki should play together sometime! -- Hajime you dummy, you two already have played together how have you not noticed this. KAEDE AKAMATSU -- She really wanted you to see her island. --And you were afraid of messing it up --or accidently getting one of her islanders to move to your island -- But she assured you it was fine. --Her island is so pink oh my g o d. -- Its so pretty and you're so scared to mess it up. -- And she has very cute villagers too omg- -- After a while of playing, you calm down a bit. --" Hey uh,,, my island doesnt have cherries, could i maybe get some of yours and take them to mine?" -- " Yeah of course!!" "*thankful anxious sobbing*" -- Really though, after a few times you get less scared of messing her island up. RANTARO AMAMI (hello ignore the fact that this is based of my island and stuff--) -- Oh god your boyfriend wants to see your island oh no- -- You dont have all the villagers you want and -- your flower feild isnt done yet either oh no -- You were frantically trying to fix up your island that didnt need to be fixed -- When he just flew to your island with no warning -- Orville and Wilber how could you-- -- " Hey, nice island!" Was his reaction to the entrance of your island. -- Your island was themed to look like a traditional japanese town. -- And the town part was pretty much done -- " Really? Are you sure? It's not really that good because-" -- You cant even start your anxious rant because he gives you a quick peck. -- He literally goes around to just looking around at your hard work and complimenting it

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raychleadele · 3 years

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For the past several years, I’ve made a point at the end of the year to make a list of the good things that have happened to me personally in the past year. Maybe those are accomplishments, maybe they’re just things that made me happy, and some are big and some are small and seemingly silly. But I think it’s important to remember that every year is filled with good things, along with the bad. And this year especially is going to be hard to remember the good things, which makes me think this list is more important this year than ever. So, with that in mind...

Good things in 2020:

- I started student teaching in January. I got to work in a kindergarten classroom, and it was short lived of course, but I loved it. I loved writing and teaching my own lessons for the first time, and I loved my students. Really made me realize just how quickly I fall in love with my students, because I only spent about 8 weeks with them, but I still remember them fondly and miss them.

- When we got sent home in March, I took up baking sourdough. I didn’t know it was going to become a basic white bitch hobby this year when I did, it was just something I’d been interested in before and finally felt like I had the time to learn. As I write this now, in January, I can say I don’t believe I’ve mastered the craft by a long shot, but I can produce consistently good loaves of bread almost every time, and usually can point out what went wrong when I don’t. So I feel like I’m a relatively accomplished amateur sourdough baker now.

- I did more yoga this year than I have in any other year.

- Additionally, I can say the same for how much I meditated this year.

- Did a really big abstract painting when I couldn’t sleep back in March/April, and I still don’t know if I’d call it finished but it’s not bad and man it was nice to paint.

- I watched She-Ra for the first time this year, and loved it.

- Hmm, pretty sure I watched The Witcher this year too? My husband made me watch it with him because he’s played the games and was excited about it and uhh turns out I ship Geralt and Jaskier.

- Oh dunk we also bought a couch this year! First time we’ve owned a brand new, unused couch! (yes I’m scrolling my own blog at this point to help me remember wtf happened this year because I’ve lost all concept of time)

- We also bought a grill this summer! That got the hubby cooking more than usual, which was lovely for me. I do love cooking, but having a regular night off was so nice.

- I graduated with my education degree this spring! And by “graduated” I mean “my diploma got mailed to me.” Which is totally fine, I actually hate sitting through graduation ceremonies, so this was actually the ideal outcome for me.

- I chose to stay home for the BLM protests this summer out of a covid-minded caution, except for one. It was organized specifically for educators to show support for BLM and I’m really happy I went.

- In lieu of attending protests, I helped organize local artists to paint BLM artwork on windows of local businesses. I’m so glad I could be involved in a way that both used my creative strengths and allowed me to feel safe and stay healthy.

- Oh yeah, Animal Crossing happened this year! I went from never playing any video games ever to playing ACNH every day for months. I don’t play as much these days because I don’t have as much free time now, but I still love visiting my island now and then.

- I got a new battery put in my phone so now I can actually use my phone for the entire day without having to recharge it multiple times, and prevented this phone from prematurely going to a landfill.

- Oh, we watched The Umbrella Academy for the first time this year! Turns out it’s great.

- Rewatched Avatar the Last Airbender for the bajillionth time, while my younger siblings were watching it for the first time, so we got to bond over that a little.

- This fall I started my first real teaching job! It’s been a wild year so far, and certainly not one I’ll ever forget, but despite all the headaches I do love my job, and my students are a delight. I miss them right now, and am excited to see their faces again very soon.

- I attempted Inktober for the second time this year. I didn’t complete it, but I’m glad I did what I could.

- Similarly, I did NaNoWriMo again this year. I set an exceptionally low personal goal and wrote about 9000 words in the month of November. I wish it could’ve been more, but I did meet the goal I set for myself, and I’m glad I did it.

- Got invited to join some internet friends in their D&D campaign, and it’s been so fun! You know who you are, I love you guys.

- My other D&D group moved online, which is kind of a bummer, but the happy part is we’ve continued playing and have been at this campaign for nearly two years now.

- The husband and I started house hunting in December. We have yet to find our house, but we’ve started the process, and it’s very exciting!

- shit editing to add that I watched virtual live shows for MBMBAM, Chris Fleming (that was...an experience), and my favorite band, can’t believe I forgot to include those

So yeah, 2020 has definitely not been all bad, at least not for me. I hope that if you’re reading this, you can say the same for yourself as well. This is not erasure of the bad things, not at all, but I think it’s important to remember the good, too.

#personal #2020

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phantasticworks · 4 years

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If You Don’t Love Me, Pretend - Chapter Eleven

hi everyone! Sorry for the late update, I was really distracted with playing acnh and watching criminal minds, I’m so sorry!

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Summary: Dan and Phil work through some issues... kind of.

Warnings for this chapter: Swearing

Jaiden is the next to fall asleep, but Dan isn’t far behind. He doesn’t even realize he’s nodding off until he feels his shoulder being shaken. His eyes flutter open and the first thought he has is that he’s missed the ending of the movie. As his eyes adjust, he glances over and realizes Jaiden’s no longer on the sofa beside him. His eyes flit over to the thing that woke him up and he finds Phil staring at him with a soft look.

“You fell asleep,” he says, his voice laced with amusement.

Dan groans and stretches, rolling off Phil’s shoulder and popping his neck. Phil makes a face and Dan smirks at him. “Did you take Jai to bed already?”

Phil nods. “Yeah he was out about twenty minutes before you were.”

Dan vaguely remembers seeing him fall asleep, but he must have fallen asleep right after. He glances over at Phil and vaguely recalls him running his hands through his hair like he knew Dan liked. “I wouldn’t have fallen asleep if you weren’t doing that thing,” he accuses light-heartedly.

“What?” Phil asks, quirking an eyebrow.

“You know,” Dan gestures vaguely at his own head. When Phil only shakes his head a little, Dan sighs and grabs his hand, bringing it up to settle in his hair. “Do the scratching thing.”

Phil still looks confused, but he scratches Dan’s scalp gently at the instruction.

Dan nearly feels like purring at the feeling, leaning into his touch. “Yeah, that. Feels good,” he mumbles, leaning closer to Phil.

“You’re like a cat,” Phil laughs. He has such a fond look on his face, his fingers still lightly scratching at Dan’s scalp.

The tv is still playing in the background, but neither of them are looking at it. Dan suddenly realizes how close they are. He knows he shouldn’t, realistically he knows this, but that doesn’t stop him from shifting closer, dropping his hand to rest on Phil’s shoulder. The older man’s hand stops its movement in Dan’s hair, moving to the back of his neck. There’s a pressure there, dragging Dan closer to Phil, and Dan can only comply, until there’s barely an inch separating their lips. Dan can’t hear anything over the roaring of his heartbeat. He can feel his hands shaking, and he knows, he just knows that they shouldn’t do this, that this isn’t something he can undo, but he can’t pull himself away.

“Dan,” Phil breathes, his breath fanning across Dan’s mouth.

Dan swallows hard, gripping the fabric of Phil’s T-shirt in his hand. He doesn’t want to respond, he can’t. He can’t acknowledge what’s about to happen, but as he presses closer he knows he’s making a mistake.

Just before he presses his lips to Phil’s, the silence is interrupted by a sharp cry from downstairs.

“Daddy!”

They jump apart, and Dan’s heart is racing even more than before. Phil’s eyes are wide and panicked, and Dan is sure he mirrors the expression. “I have to- um- I should-“ Dan stutters, flailing the blanket off his lap. When he stands, he has to kick wildly a few times to fully untangle his legs from the woolen thing. “Stay here. I’ll-”

Dan’s already halfway down the stairs, leaving Phil gaping after him.

He can feel his heart racing as if he’s just run a marathon or something, and he’s pretty sure his whole body is shaking. He tries hard to pretend that he didn’t almost just kiss his best friend, but he can’t keep the thought out of his head.

He pushes the door to the kids’ room open, his eyes flickering over to Amelia’s bed, where she’s sat up, arms wrapped around herself as she sobs. “Shh, shh, baby, I’m here,” he coos at her softly as he moves to sit beside her on the bed.

Amelia hiccups as she crawls into Dan’s lap, latching her arms around his neck in a tight embrace. “I-I-I had-” she hiccups again, her words jumbled together.

“Shh, Mia calm down. Take a deep breath, okay? Like this.” Dan breathes deeply, to demonstrate. She copies him, taking a few shuddering breaths. He gently wipes her tears away, his heart breaking for her. “Now, are you ready to tell me what happened?” He asks quietly, trying not to wake her brother, who has somehow slept through this.

“I had a bad dream,” she whispers.

“Ah,” Dan replies knowingly. “Wanna tell me what it was about?” He encourages gently.

There’s a long moment of silence before she starts whispering. “I had a dream I was at home, and-and...” she trails off, and Dan hears her sniffle.

“Shh, love, it’s okay if you can’t tell me.”

Amelia shakes her head. “I want to tell you,” she says, her voice determined. She leans closer to his ear again, dropping her voice back to a whisper. “In my dream there were people who took us away.” Her voice cracks and he can feel her taking shuddering breaths from where his arms are wrapped around her.

His heart aches for this child, who has had everything she knows taken from her. “I’m so sorry, love. I’m so sorry that happened to you and Jaiden. I know you miss your mum and dad and your home.”

Amelia suddenly sits back, staring at him with furrowed eyebrows and a confused look on her face. “No, it was here.”

Now it’s his turn to be confused. “What?”

“In my dream,” Amelia explains. “They took us from here. And they made us live with someone else.”

It takes Dan a long moment to process this. When he does, he feels his heart swell to bursting. “Oh,” he chokes out. “Well, you’re safe now. Okay? That was a dream, but you’re here with me and you’re safe.”

“And da-Phil?” She asks.

Dan’s heart clenches at the mention of his best friend. “Yes. Phil is here, and you and Jaiden are safe with us, okay?”

Amelia nods slowly, sniffling as she buries her head into his neck. “I didn’t mean to call you ‘daddy’ earlier,” she confesses.

Dan can’t help but smile at her, stroking her hair softly. “You can call me whatever you want, Mia. If you’re more comfortable with that, it’s fine.”

“Can I call Phil that too?” She asks.

“I don’t see why not. Or maybe call him something different so we know who you’re talking to. It’s up to you. We’ll figure it out.”

Amelia nods. “Okay.” Dan gently rocks her back and forth, humming under his breath. “Can you sing me to sleep?” She asks.

“Of course,” he murmurs. He flounders for a moment for something to sing, until his unsteady voice decides on something by Jason Mraz. “I won’t give up,” he sings quietly, still brushing Amelia’s hair back. He can feel her relaxing against him, her breathing evening out. Eventually he realizes she’s asleep and he lays her down gently, tucking the blanket around her. He leans down and presses a kiss to her forehead, studying her sleeping features. Her eyelashes flutter gently in her sleep, and he hopes she’s having the best dreams.

Quietly and slowly so he doesn’t disturb her, he stands and moves over to Jaiden’s bed, making sure his blankets are tucked around him before pressing a kiss to his forehead. His chest feels tight and he rubs at his eyes as he walks out of their room.

He nearly screams when he bumps into something, or rather someone, in the hallway. He manages not to, just barely, when he realizes it’s just Phil. “Shit, you scared me,” he breathes. Taking a closer look, he realizes there’s a wetness in Phil’s eyes, and tracks on his cheeks. “Are you- what’s wrong?” He asks, bringing a hand up to gently wipe the tears away.

“I- I’m sorry, for earlier. I shouldn’t- I don’t even know why-“ Phil stutters, his shoulders shaking.

Dan can feel something crawling up his throat, an emotion he doesn’t even want to dare name. “It’s not your fault, and nothing-“ he takes a deep breath. “Nothing even happened.”

“But it could’ve! And I could’ve- it would’ve ruined everything! I can’t believe I- I don’t want to do that, I-“ Phil is just stumbling over his words. He’s shaking, Dan notices.

Before he can even think better about it, or really consider any consequences of it, Dan darts forward, pressing his lips to Phil’s gently. He doesn’t linger, and it’s nothing more than a peck, but Phil’s eyes are wide when he leans away. Dan desperately tries to ignore the wild beating of his heart. “There. That didn’t ruin anything, did it?” He asks, feigning casualty.

Phil stares at him, opening and closing his mouth like he has something to say but isn’t sure how to say it. When he still doesn’t speak, Dan moves past him, moving to their bedroom. “Dan, I-“

“It’s late, Phil. We’ve had a long day. Things always feel different at night. Let’s just go to bed, yeah?” He asks, glancing back at Phil with a raised eyebrow.

The corridor is silent for a moment, as Phil apparently considers this. Finally, he sighs and follows after Dan, his feet dragging the floor like he’d really rather not. It’s a little awkward crawling into bed after that, but Dan manages to shove his nerves down. He tugs the duvet up to his chest, staring up at the ceiling as he feels the mattress shift with Phil’s weight. There’s the quiet sound of his glasses hitting the nightstand, and then he’s mirroring Dan’s position.

“Phil?” Dan calls gently.

“Hm?” The older man responds.

“Nothing’s different, right? We’re okay?” He’s aware of how small his voice is, and he almost feels like covering his face.

The silent pause is too long for Dan’s comfort, and he can feel his eyes burning.

Finally, quietly, Phil speaks. “I don’t know, Dan.”

Dan swallows hard, trying to push the lump in his throat down. “I’m sorry,” he breathes, clenching his eyes shut.

He waits for a moment, but he isn’t doing a terribly good job of controlling his face, so he rolls over, turning his back to Phil, trying to shield himself from the hurt. He curls in on himself, trying to make himself as small as possible on his side of the bed. His next breath comes out as a gross sniffle.

A weight suddenly falls across his waist, warmth enveloping his back. He can’t help the quiet gasp that falls from his lips, tilting his head enough to glance back at Phil. Blue, blue eyes stare back at him, looking somehow still fond. “I don’t want you to go to sleep crying,” he whispers.

Dan can’t help but let out a wet chuckle. He wipes at his eyes quickly, trying to cover up any evidence of his emotions. “I’m sorry,” he repeats.

Phil shrugs, gently carding a hand through Dan’s curls, scratching his scalp lightly. “I know,” he replies. “You probably shouldn’t have…”

“I know.”

There’s a sigh, Phil’s breath fanning across the back of his neck. “Let’s sleep? Please?”

Dan nods, swallowing hard. He doesn’t want to cross any more boundaries tonight, but he reaches his hand down, searching for Phil’s. Luckily, Phil doesn’t pull away, and instead intertwines their fingers, squeezing Dan’s hand. We’re going to be fine, Dan thinks to himself as he closes his eyes. He feels Phil squeeze his waist, and a pressure on the back of his head.

~~~

The next few days feel a little tense, but there’s just too much going on for them to waste any more energy worrying about it, and things go back to normal. Between work and school and trying to raise twins, the incident seems almost like it had just been some sort of dream, at least to Dan. After they’ve settled back into their routine, Dan realizes they never really finished discussing the Levi situation. This time, however, he makes sure to bring it up in a more subtle way, desperate to not start yet another argument.

He waits until after dinner when the kids are getting ready for bed. He and Phil were stood side by side at the sink doing dishes, Dan washing while Phil dried. They had been joking around about one of Phil’s coworkers and how they’d apparently quit today but eventually they’d settled into a comfortable sort of silence. Dan was trying to convince himself to just mention it, casting glances over at Phil as if he could just transfer what he was thinking straight into the other man’s mind. He wished it was that easy sometimes.

“So, you know we never really got back around to talking about Levi,” Dan says eventually, checking to make sure the kids hadn’t suddenly appeared in the kitchen. He looks down at the plate he’s scrubbing, trying to feign nonchalance.

Phil makes a considering noise before saying, “Yeah?”

Dan nods, still avoiding eye contact. “Yeah.”

“Has Hazel called you again?” Phil asks, holding his hand out for the plate Dan is rinsing off. Dan hands it over, their fingers brushing as he shakes his head.

“No, not yet. She said it might be a while.”

Phil hums. “It’s been a week, hasn’t it?”

Dan shrugs noncommittally, as if he didn’t already know the answer. “I guess.”

They’re quiet for several minutes. “Maybe you ought to call her and ask what the holdup is?”

His heart is beating a little faster at the casualty in Phil’s voice, but he’s trying to convince himself not to get too excited. “Yeah?”

“Mhm,” Phil hums. “Are you done with that glass?”

Dan hands it over numbly, staring over at Phil now. He’s abandoned the dishes for the time being, too caught up in the idea that Phil might be implying that he wants to try and go through with the Levi fostering thing. Still, Dan wants it spelled out for him. “Do you want to foster him?”

Phil sighs, drying the glass carefully, taking his time. Finally, he looks up at Dan. “I want to do whatever is best for our kids, and if you think that reuniting them with their brother is it, I want to do it.” He gets a soft look on his face then, his hand coming up to brush Dan’s curls off his forehead a bit.

Dan can feel his heart constrict at those words. “So, you’ll stay? If they decide to let him come live here?”

There’s an odd look of absolute confusion, immediately followed by horror, that flickers across Phil’s face. “God, Dan. Did you really think I was going to leave?”

Embarrassed, Dan glances back down at the dishes in the sink, shrugging. “Not really? But I don’t know, really.”

Phil laughs softly, and Dan feels him press a kiss to his shoulder, though it’s immediately followed by a gentle headbutt. Dan makes an offended noise and rubs at his shoulder as if he’s hurt, causing Phil to roll his eyes. “No, you weirdo, I wasn’t going to leave. I just wanted it to be a decision we made together, you know?”

Nodding, Dan sends him a sheepish smile. “Well, at least now I know you’re not going to jump ship the first chance you get,” he jokes.

“No offense, but if I was going to jump ship, it probably would have been before you asked me to do this in the first place.” He’s got his tongue between his teeth in Dan’s favorite smile, but his words make Dan falter.

Staring down at the dishes, he tries for a smile. “I really owe you my whole life, you know? You didn’t… You really didn’t have to agree to it, but… I’m so glad you did.” He feels too vulnerable, but he looks up to meet Phil’s gaze, trying to convey how serious he is.

There’s a fond smile on Phil’s face. “I wanted to do this too, Dan. I didn’t just do you a favor, I wanted to do something good for kids that needed a parent. You just gave me a way to do it.”

Dan nods, dipping the plate in his hand under the faucet to rinse it off. “I know, but still… Thanks.”

Phil leans over, pressing a kiss to Dan’s temple like he does so often these days. “So, are you going to call Hazel?”

Dan selfishly wishes that Phil hadn’t stepped a little further away to ask the question, but he keeps that thought to himself. “I might send her an email first, because she might be having a hard time getting in touch with the person in charge of Levi’s case.”

“I still can’t believe you were right about it being their brother,” Phil says, shaking his head. He sounds mildly impressed, and Dan smirks.

“Would you have preferred that it was a ghost, like you thought?” he snarks back.

Phil sticks his tongue out childishly. “Maybe a ghost would have made a cool movie idea!”

Dan laughs at this. “Oh, fuck off,” he says, flicking some of the bubbles at Phil.

“Hey!” Phil protests, wiping the bubbles off indignantly. “I’ll get you for that,” he promises.

Dan simpers. “Oh, I’d love to see you try.”

Suddenly, Phil gets a dangerous glint in his eye, setting the towel down on the counter gently before stepping closer to Dan. Immediately, Dan steps back, shifting so that his back is to the sink, is hands held out in front of him in case he needs to ward off any tickling. Phil only steps closer, grinning as he steps forward, almost as if he’s just going to give Dan a hug. Dan doesn’t trust him, leaning away as far as he can.

Before he even has time to react, Phil lunges forward, making Dan let out a yelp. Instead of tickling him like Dan assumed he was going to do, Phil hands go behind him for some reason, Dan’s face twisting in confusion. “What are you- Phil!” He screams just as Phil brings his soapy hands up to Dan’s curls.

Water and bubbles run over his hair and down the back of his neck, and he squeals as he tries to jerk away from Phil’s hands. “I told you!” Phil responds, eyes wild with delight.

“No! Stop!” Dan yells, laughing as Phil reaches a hand out to keep him trapped in front of the sink, his other hand dipping back in the water for more ammunition.

Dan’s hair gets another round of soap, and he’s yelling profanities the whole time. Alarmed, and probably only thinking of the kids, Phil slaps his bubbly hand over his mouth to silence him. “Daniel!” He whisper-yells through a laugh. “Careful, little ears!” Dan mumbles under his hand but Phil only raises an eyebrow. “Do we need to put some soap in there to help with that filthy mouth of yours?”

There’s a blush threatening his cheeks, but Dan rolls his eyes and instead decides to be cheeky. He chomps gently on Phil’s palm, the older man yelping and ripping his hand away immediately. Dan makes mischievous eye contact with Phil, and slowly, deliberately, says, “Fuck.”

Phil stares at his hand, then looks at Dan. “You bit me,” he says, sounding surprised.

“I did.”

“Better watch your back, Howell. You never know when I might get you back for that one.”

Dan splutters indignantly as he runs a towel over his hair to clear the bubbles away. “You- I- that was revenge! For putting soap in my hair!” He rinses off another plate and shoves it over to Phil.

Phil smiles sweetly at him, drying off the plate Dan hands him. “I was just helping you out, Dan. Your hair was looking a bit greasy, I figured I’d help you wash it.”

“I don’t want my hair washed in the middle of our kitchen, thanks. I’d much rather it be washed in the bath,” Dan says, almost unthinkingly.

There’s a snort of laughter from beside him. “Do you want me to wash your hair for you for real?” He sounds oddly serious, and his tone causes Dan to whip around, staring at him incredulously.

“Are you… Are you joking?”

Phil shrugs, looking a little confused. “I mean, if you really wanted me to…” He trails off, his cheeks getting a rosy quality that hadn’t been there before.

Dan smiles. “That’s really sweet, Philly.”

Phil crinkles his nose. “I hate that, your free hair wash is revoked.”

“No!” Dan whines playfully. “I wanted to cash in my hair wash coupon!”

“Too bad!” Phil giggles, sticking his tongue out at him.

Dan hands him the last dish in the sink to be dried before turning around and sending him a playful glare. “You said nothing about the coupon expiring, mate.”

“I didn’t say anything about it not expiring, either.” Phil smirks as he puts the glass in the cupboard with the others, tossing the towel on the counter to be dealt with later.

Muttering under his breath jokingly, Dan makes his way to their bedroom to get his laptop. He would probably stay in their room until the kids were ready for bed, then go tuck them in. He wasn’t feeling up to watching anything right now, so he figured he’d go on a Wikipedia binge instead.

He’s already settled himself onto his side of the bed with his laptop when Phil comes waltzing in with a bag of mini marshmallows. “Whatcha doing?” He asks, mimicking the little girl from Phineas and Ferb.

Dan rolls his eyes at his goofy smile. “The real question is what are you doing with those sweets? It’s nearly eight o’clock, Philly.”

Phil sighs dramatically before settling himself on the bed. “You know my sweet tooth is always worse at night, Danny, I don’t know why you pretend otherwise.”

“Ew, first of all, don’t call me Danny. We aren’t American.” Dan forces a dramatic shiver. “Secondly, your sweet tooth is going to rot and fall out of your mouth along with all of your other teeth soon enough. Third, you’d better not eat so many that you can’t sleep and keep me up all night.”

“Okay, dad,” Phil snarks, rolling his eyes playfully.

Dan shoots him an unamused look. “I’m still not friends with you anymore,” he declares.

Phil’s eyes widen comically. “Why not?”

“Because you took away my free hair wash!” Dan shouts, punctuating his outburst with a giggle.

Phil sighs deeply, clearly putting on a show. “I mean, I suppose I could reissue the coupon.” His voice lingers on an unspoken “but.”

“Okay, but... what? What do you want from me?” He’s still pretty sure they’re mostly kidding, but if Phil isn’t... well he’s got boundaries, obviously, but he did quite enjoy getting his hair washed by another person.

Phil grins. “I want a milkshake.”

Dan blinks.

“Right now?” He balks.

“Yes.”

“Phil... babe, it’s literally eight pm.”

“Yeah, and I want a milkshake.”

Dan sighs, staring at Phil for a long moment. Phil’s gaze is completely unwavering, and it’s clear he isn’t backing down. Finally, Dan caves. “Alright, you’ll get your bleeding milkshake, and your fucking ten quid from the tooth fairy. But I’m ordering it to arrive after the kids have gone to bed. We can’t have them getting upset that they didn’t get one as well.”

Phil claps excitedly, the bag of marshmallows falling and spilling out on the duvet, ten quid smile splitting his face.

“Phillll,” Dan whines.

“Oops,” the older man says cheekily, grinning as he scoops them up and pops them into his mouth all at once. “Shorry, Dan,” he mumbles around them.

Dan makes a face at him. “Swallow before you speak, you big freak.”

Phil swallows after a moment before getting a smirk on his face. “Hey Dan, do you like sea food?” He asks before popping another handful of marshmallows in his mouth.

Dan cringes, already knowing exactly where this is going. “No, I-“

“See food!” He announces gleefully, showcasing his mouth full of half-chewed sweets.

“Okay, ew, you’re gross. I don’t have to get you that milkshake, you know. I can wash my own damn hair.” Even as he says it, he’s pulling the website for the milkshake place up on his laptop.

“But wouldn’t it be nice to just let me do it?” Phil hums sweetly, leaning in and lightly scratching along Dan’s scalp in that way he likes so much.

Dan sighs, repressing a shiver. “Fine, whatever. I better get the best damn hair wash on this planet. Full salon employee.”

Phil laughs at this before shifting, rising from the bed. “I’m gonna go check on the kids and make sure they’re ready for bed.”

“Kay, I’ll be there in a minute,” Dan replies as he scrolls through the options on the website for milkshake delivery. Phil really was a spoiled brat, but for now he was Dan’s spoiled brat.

After ordering the milkshake and setting the delivery time for half an hour from now, Dan closes his laptop and sets it on his nightstand. He’s pretty sure that Phil isn’t kidding about the whole hair wash thing and he’s not quite sure how to feel about it at the moment. He’s almost hoping that he just forgets or something, but secretly he is looking forward to it. It’s nice to have your hair washed by someone else, even if that person is your best friend who you’re pretending to be engaged to.

“Alright, go tell Danny good night.” He hears Phil’s voice trail down the hallway and cringes at the nickname he’s used.

“He told us he didn’t like that one,” Jaiden’s voice responds, mustering all the disdain a six-year-old can in his tone.

Phil laughs as they walk into the bedroom, smiling down at the twins. “He doesn’t, but he won’t care if you call him that.”

Dan crosses his arms playfully as Amelia climbs onto the bed beside him. “Alright, just go ahead and speak for me, why don’t you.”

Amelia regards him with a smile. “I didn’t call you that,” she brags before crawling into his lap and throwing her arms around his neck.

“That’s why you’re my favorite daughter named Amelia,” Dan jokes, pressing a kiss to her hair.

She grins widely when she pulls away. “I’m your only daughter named Amelia,” she reminds him. A look of panic crosses her face for a moment. “Right?”

Dan laughs, nodding as he brushes a stray hair behind her ear. “Yeah, love, you’re my only daughter, period.”

“Am I your favorite son?” Jaiden says quietly from beside the bed.

Dan tentatively holds his arms out, giving Jaiden the choice in whether or not he wanted to be held. Surprising Dan, and from the sound of his gasp, Phil, Jaiden lifts his arms up for Dan to pick him up. He lifts the boy onto the bed beside him, giving him a hug as he sends a smile to Phil over Jaiden’s head. Phil’s eyes appear a little shiny behind his glasses, and Dan can’t help but find that endearing.

“Of course you’re my favorite son,” Dan says to Jaiden, ruffling his hair gently. “You’re my only one, remember?” Dan tries not to feel like he’s lying then, considering the fact that they know about Levi, even though the twins aren’t aware that they know.

A glimpse of sadness flickers across Jaiden’s face before he smiles. Dan’s heart squeezes in his chest. “Yeah,” he says softly.

Dan presses a kiss to his hair. “Love you, Jai-bird.” Jaiden nuzzles against him in response. Amelia huffs from her spot atop of Dan’s legs. Rolling his eyes, Dan reaches out and boops her nose. “I love you too, Princess.”

A grin lights up her face and she leans into another hug. “Love you, Dan.”

He tries not to feel disappointed that she isn’t calling him something else.

“Alright, I think it’s bedtime, everyone. Tell Dan goodnight so I can tuck you in,” Phil announces, his arms crossed as he watches from near the door.

“Goodnight,” the twins chorus, just barely out of sync.

“Night, kiddos. Love you both. Have sweet dreams.” He presses kisses to both their heads before helping them climb off the bed. He glances up at Phil, quirking an eyebrow. “Good?” He asks.

Phil smiles back at him with a nod. “Yeah, I’ve got this. I’ll be back in a minute.”

Dan nods, watching them walk out of the room. He can hear the twins talking, and Phil’s voice responding lowly. He figures they’re requesting what kind of story they want to hear, and he smiles at the idea of Phil telling them a made-up fairytale.

A few minutes later, Phil is walking back into the bedroom, a mischievous smile on his face. “What?” Dan demands immediately.

“I dunno, Danny. I think it might be... milkshake time.” He punctuates his words with a grin, and Dan groans.

“I ordered it to arrive soon. Give it like five minutes, Jesus you’re impatient.”

“I’m not Jesus but I guess you can call me whatever you want.”

Dan cocks an eyebrow at him. “You’re so weird, Phil Lester.”

Phil rolls his eyes and flops onto the bed beside him. “Weirdness is like the most fundamental aspect of my personality, Daniel.”

“What is with you and all the weird variations of my name today? It’s Dan, come on, you’ve known me for ten years.”

“I like Danny,” Phil says with a shrug. “I think it’s a cute nickname.”

Dan levels him with an unimpressed stare. “I’d rather you called me literally anything else.”

Phil smirks. “Are you sure about that... baby?” He’s dropped his voice lower and Dan pretends his face isn’t heating up.

Dan pretends to vomit with a vile retching noise.

Phil cackles beside him. “Admit it, you don’t care what nickname I use.”

Dan shakes his head, glancing at the time on his phone. “It should be milkshake time, are you going to make me go fetch it?” He’s actively avoiding Phil’s comment, but luckily the older man doesn’t seem to notice.

Phil gives him puppy dog eyes at this. “I’m washing your hair, remember? So, you have to go speak to the delivery man.”

Groaning, Dan throws his legs off the bed to go get the door. “You brat,” he mutters, hiding his smile when Phil beams after him.

He hears the beep signaling that the delivery man is downstairs, so he makes his way to the panel to open the door for him. A few moments later, there’s a knock on the door. The exchange is quick and a little awkward, as when the delivery man says, “Enjoy your shake,” Dan responds with, “You too!” He immediately passes on to greener pastures, but luckily the other man doesn’t seem to catch it.

“I just told the delivery man to enjoy his milkshake too, so you should appreciate the sacrifice I’ve made,” Dan announces dramatically when he enters the bedroom.

Phil laughs, making grabby hands for the milkshake. “Give it, give it!”

“You’re such a child,” Dan huffs. “Here’s your bloody milkshake.”

Phil’s nose crinkles as he takes the cup. “Don’t call it bloody, that’s gross. What if someone actually made them out of blood? Like for vampires?” His eyes are wide now, as if he’s seriously concerned about this.

Dan stares at him. “You should get that checked out.” He moves to sit in front of where Phil is sat with his legs crossed.

“What?” Phil asks, confused.

“That thing you call a brain,” Dan teases.

Phil splutters. “Rude!”

Dan snickers, nudging Phil’s leg with his own. “Give me that, I want to try it.”

“No! You’re bullying me, you haven’t earned it.”

“I paid for it!”

“I’ll pay for your mum- wait no-“

“Phil!” Dan collapses into giggles. “Give it, you owe me.”

Phil sighs but holds the cup out. Rather than take it, Dan leans forward and puts the straw in his mouth to get a sip. It’s not melted enough for it to flow through the straw as smooth as he’d like, so he’s left to just make eye contact with Phil while he frustratedly waits for the dessert to crawl up the plastic.

There’s a soft look on Phil’s face as he watches Dan. Phil leans in, and before Dan has a chance to pull away, he presses a kiss to his cheek. “Thank you for getting me a milkshake, Bear.”

Dan can feel his face flushing at their proximity, and as soon as his mouth fills with a sip of the milkshake, he leans away. “I mean, obviously I’m just in this for the hair wash and the free sips,” he quips, a little louder than he’d intended.

Phil rolls his eyes, and it feels like whatever tension had been building is broken. “Whatever. Do you want to go ahead and have the hair wash since this needs to melt some more?” Feeling a little awkward all of a sudden, Dan manages a silent shrug. Phil gives him an odd look before gesturing to the bathroom. “Come on, then.”

He follows Phil into the bathroom, hovering awkwardly near the sink as Phil moves to get a towel out of the cupboard. “Er- should I just like lean over the sink or something?” Dan asks awkwardly.

“What?” Phil asks, sending him a weird look. “No, I figured you’d just get in the bath.”

Dan’s positive his eyes are about to fall out of his skull. “What?” He squeaks. “I’ll- I have to- naked!” He’s very clearly panicking, but Phil doesn’t even appear to see the issue.

Phil rolls his eyes. “Put some bubbles and a bath bomb in and I won’t see your precious jewels.”

Dan squawks, quite undignified. “Don’t talk about- that!”

A giggle falls from Phil’s lips. “Why are you getting all worked up? You’re always making horrible inappropriate jokes, why can’t I?”

His face heating up, Dan crosses his arms sullenly. “I don’t want my “precious jewels” to be the subject of your jokes, thanks.”

Phil rolls his eyes before moving over to begin running the water. “Pick out a bath bomb and things,” he says, waving his hand vaguely.

Dan sets his jaw, his skin itching with a strange sensation as he tries to decide how he feels about this particular situation. “I’m not gonna, like, strip in front of you or whatever.”

Phil shoots him an unimpressed look over his shoulder. “I didn’t say you had to. I’ll step out and let you get settled, then call me back in when you’re ready.”

Chewing on his lip, Dan considers this. It’s not like Phil’s never seen him naked, they’ve known each other for ten years and lived together for seven, they’d both seen their fair share of skin. And it wasn’t like it meant anything. It was just a harmless, friendly hair wash. While Dan was naked. In a bubble bath.

Nothing weird about that at all.

“You don’t have to,” Phil finally says softly, probably sensing Dan’s discomfort. “If it makes you that uncomfortable. I wanted to do something nice for you and I thought you might appreciate a bubble bath and just letting me take care of you, but...” he shrugs, raising his hand to scratch at the back of his neck in an awkward fashion. “If you really don’t want to, I won’t make you.”

Dan’s heart clenches at his words. Phil’s not trying to make him feel weird. He’s still just Phil, his best friend and lifelong companion. Despite whatever mental battle is raging in Dan’s head on the contrary, those are still the facts. Another fact, he realizes, is that he wants that. He wants to be taken care of, just for today, just for a little while. And if Phil is offering that for free, then...

“Okay. I’ll call you back in here in a minute.” He moves over to where he keeps his bath bombs and things like that beside the bathtub, perusing the selection.

A bright smile works its way onto Phil’s face as he drops the towel onto the vanity. “Okay.” He steps forward but hesitates and seems to rethink whatever he was about to do. “Okay,” he repeats before retreating from the bathroom and pulling the door shut behind him.

Dan gives himself a moment to breathe and remind himself that there’s nothing to feel weird about. As soon as he’s settled that in his mind, he drops a bath bomb into the water, followed by a splash of bubbles. He considers throwing in some salts as well but can’t find the vanilla scented ones he likes so much. He peels his clothes off and tosses them in a heap to the side before settling into the tub. One of the things he loved about this flat was the fact that the master bathroom had such a huge bathtub, something he’d taken advantage of many times.

After settling into the bathtub and letting the water rise enough, Dan clears his throat. “Phil?” He calls quietly.

There’s a beat of silence before Dan hears a light knock on the door. “Are you decent?”

Dan huffs out a laugh. “I’m naked, mate, but sure, you can come in.”

The door opens slowly, and Dan watches in the mirror as Phil pokes his head around. A small smile is on his lips as he steps further into the room, a bundle of clothes in his hand. “You didn’t grab any clothes, so I grabbed some pajamas for you.” He sets them on the vanity before walking closer to the bathtub.

Dan tries not to feel awkward and exposed, even though he knows technically he is. The bath bomb he’d chosen turned the water black, and with the bubbles spreading atop the water, he knows that there’s little to no chance that Phil can see anything. “Thanks,” he says, nodding to the clothes. “You can’t… you can’t see anything, right?” He asks awkwardly, shifting in the water and trying to keep his hands from settling anywhere inappropriate.

Phil settles him with an amused stare. “No, Dan. I can’t see your- thing.”

Dan splutters offendedly. “Don’t- Phil!”

There’s a giggle as Phil settles on the side of the tub, close to Dan’s head. “Relax, Dan, I’m just teasing. Hand me the shampoo.”

Trying to hide his nervousness, Dan grabs the bottle and hands it over, not even looking at Phil as he does. “Here.”

Phil sets it aside and shifts so that he’s sort of facing Dan rather than facing the same direction as him. “Close your eyes so I can wet your hair,” he says quietly.

Dan does as he’s instructed, closing his eyes and dropping his head back. He feels the water lap at his chest as Phil dips his hand in, scooping up a handful of the water to douse Dan’s hair. After a few quiet moments, he seems to deem it wet enough and Dan listens to the sound of the shampoo bottle being squeezed as Phil pours some out on his hand.

“Keep your eyes closed,” he breathes.

Sure to obey the command, Dan barely moves, keeping very still as Phil lathers his hair with fruity scented shampoo. “Smells good,” he mumbles, relaxing completely into Phil’s touches.

“Yeah?” Phil asks, sounding amused. “I know it’s not the kind you normally use, but I thought it smelled nice.”

“It does.” Dan nearly moans when Phil starts scratching his scalp gently. “Feels good, too.”

There’s a laugh from beside him. “Good,” Phil replies. After a moment, he says, “not weird?”

Dan hums, considering it. “No, I don’t think so. It’s good.”

“Good,” Phil repeats once more.

It’s hard for Dan to tell how long Phil spends there, just gently massaging the shampoo into his curls, but eventually, he begins rinsing it off. Dan makes a noise of protest, and Phil snorts. “Relax, I’ll condition it, too.”

“Thanks, babe.” Dan’s lips quirk up into a smirk, really only intending it to be a joke.

Phil doesn’t laugh. “Hand me the conditioner.”

Dan hands him the bottle silently and the process repeats, although this time Phil pulls his hands away sooner. “Conditioner is supposed to sit for a few minutes, right?”

Dan shrugs at this, not particularly concerned with the rules of hair care right now. “Maybe?”

“We’re going to let it sit for a few minutes. I think it’s supposed to be good for your hair.” He dips his hands into the water, undoubtedly rinsing off the conditioner, but still he leaves them in the water.

“Thank you,” Dan whispers a moment later, his eyes flickering from the water to meet Phil’s gaze.

“Hm?” Phil replies, as if he hadn’t been staring right at Dan as he spoke.

“Thank you. For washing my hair and taking care of me.” Dan feels a little awkward repeating himself, but he forces himself to do it.

Phil smiles at him, reaching a hand out and gently tucking some hair behind Dan’s ear. “I’m glad you let me.” He continues petting the hair at the shell of Dan’s ear, a soft look on his face. “You’ve really grown up,” he says suddenly, looking a little lost.

Dan chuckles, subtly shifting his head against Phil’s hand. “Have I?”

“Yeah,” he says simply. “You’re taller now.”

An unexpected cloud of laughter bursts from Dan’s lips at this. “Are you still salty about me being taller than you?”

Phil grins. “A little bit. You’re younger! You shouldn’t be taller, as well.”

“You’re taller than Martyn,” Dan acknowledges with a nod.

“Well, yeah, but that’s because I’m the cool brother. The cool brother gets to be taller.”

Dan places a hand on his heart, feigning surprise. “Phil Lester, are you saying that I’m the cool brother in my family?”

Phil squints at him. “I dunno, I don’t know much about Adrian, but he is a cool marathon runner, so…” He trails off, as if he’s trying to decide. “I dunno, mate, that is a heavy competition there.”

“If I wasn’t sitting naked in a bath, I would fight you right now,” Dan informs him.

There’s a laugh then, as Phil dips his hands back into the water, cupping some of it in his hand. “Lean your head back again, you spoon.”

Dan tries to hide his smile as he tilts his head back, closing his eyes as he feels the water run over his hair. He winces a little when Phil tugs on his hair, forcing his head back further. “Oi,” he mumbles.

“I’ll get it in your eyes if you’re not leaning back more,” Phil warns.

Muttering to himself, Dan allows his head to rest back at an almost uncomfortable angle, letting Phil pour the water over in a soothing motion. He’s humming to himself under his breath, the silence of the bathroom driving him a little bit crazy.

“Is that Muse?” Phil asks, clearly amused.

“Shut up,” Dan replies, lifting a hand to flick some water in Phil’s general direction.

Before Phil has a chance to respond, they’re interrupted by a noise on the other side of the bathroom door.

“Daddy?”

Dan’s eyes fly open, and he glances at the door, panicking internally. He moves to sit up before remembering his current state of undress, his face flooding with color when he sees Phil watching him.

A hand comes to fall on his shoulder, forcing him to relax. “Relax, I’ve got this, Dan,” He assures. Dan relaxes back into the water, forcing himself not to freak out at the fact that their six-year-old daughter is on the other side of the door right now. “What is it, Mia?” Phil calls out.

Dan’s eyes go wide, and he stares at Phil incredulously. “What the hell?” He whisper-yells.

Phil glances at him, surprised. “What?”

“You can’t- she shouldn’t- I’m literally naked right now, Phil, she can’t come in here.”

The older man rolls his eyes. “I’m not going to let her come in, chill. Mia, is something wrong?”

There’s silence followed by a loud sniffle. “I had a bad dream,” She responds weakly.

Dan’s heart clenches and again he moves, almost as if he’s about to climb out of the bathtub, Phil be damned. “Dan, stop. I’ll go.” Phil’s voice is tight, as if he’s annoyed. He stands abruptly, moving over to the vanity and grabbing the towel he’d left there, holding it out for Dan to grab. “Here.” He doesn’t look back at Dan as he moves towards the door.

As soon as Phil has closed the door behind himself, Dan climbs out of the bathtub, his stomach twisting with nerves as he towels off before throwing on the clothes Phil brought him. He barely reacts when he sees one of Phil’s t-shirts rather than his own, his mind set on the feeling that something is wrong. After pulling the tab to drain the bathtub, he runs the towel through his curls before moving to the door. He pauses when he hears voices, leaning in to listen to the conversation.

“Love, shh, it’s okay. You’re safe, I promise.” Phil is saying gently. Dan can just imagine him stood there with Amelia, probably petting her hair as he tries to sooth her. Dan’s heart clenches at the thought.

“Where’s Daddy?” Amelia asks.

As if on cue, Dan pushes the door open, his eyes falling on Phil, who’s sat on the floor, Amelia cradled in his lap. They both look up at him as soon as he walks in, looking surprised. “I’m here, love,” he says gently, crouching down beside them both. “What’s wrong?”

Amelia sniffs, her little fists clutched around Phil’s shirt tightly. “I had a bad dream,” she mumbles.

“Yeah?” Dan coaxes gently. “Do you wanna talk about it?”

She seems to consider this, but after a moment she shakes her head.

Dan raises his gaze to meet Phil’s pained one. His eyes swim with uncertainty, and Dan nods to the bed. “Do you want to sleep in here with us tonight?”

Slowly, she nods. “Can I?”

“Of course, Princess. C’mon. Phil will put you in bed.” Dan meets Phil’s gaze again, and finds a more relaxed look on his face, almost grateful that Dan is taking control of the situation.

Phil carefully stands and totes Amelia over to their bed, placing her close to the middle before moving away, grabbing a plushy off the floor. She must’ve brought it in with her and dropped it, Dan reckons. He moves over to his side of the bed, turning his lamp on before moving over to flick the main light off. “Scoot over,” he jokes to her, pulling the duvet back before crawling under it to lay beside her.

This is a little uncharted territory for both him and Phil, and he’s honestly surprised that Amelia even felt comfortable enough to ask to sleep in here. He figures that whatever dream she had must’ve been a really bad one, and his heart clenches at the thought. He glances over her head at Phil, who’s placing his glasses on his nightstand. Amelia rolls closer to Dan, turning to look at Phil as he lays down on the bed on her other side.

“Are you okay, Mia?” Dan asks her, petting her hair softly.

She nods, hugging her plushy to her chest tightly. “Just scared,” She mumbles.

Dan nods, looking over at Phil to gauge how he’s feeling right now. The other man is already looking back at him, and he sends Dan a small smile. “Okay?” Dan mouths to him. Phil responds with a nod, glancing down at the child between them.

“I’m sorry you had a scary dream, love,” he says quietly to her.

Amelia nods before scooting forward, snuggling into Phil’s chest. His eyes widen and he looks up at Dan, shock covering his features. Dan tries to hide his smile, shrugging. Phil tentatively wraps an arm around her, stroking her back gently.

“Can you sing to me?” She whispers suddenly.

If Phil looked panicked before, it’s nothing compared to the look on his face now. Dan can’t help but giggle. “Oh, um…” Phil trails off awkwardly. “I can’t really- I’m not a very good singer.”

There’s a beat of silence before Amelia tilts her head back, looking up at Phil and giving him a sheepish smile. “I was talking to Dan.”

Dan can’t help himself. He lets out a snort, which quickly turns into giggles when Phil shoots him a betrayed look. “I’m sorry, that was just-“ He gasps, trying to catch his breath. “It was too good, sorry.”

Phil fake pouts, closing his eyes as if he can’t bear to look at either of them. “Fine,” he sighs.

Amelia giggles at their antics, reaching up to pet his cheek. “It’s okay, not everyone can sing. Dan’s not very good, either.”

“Hey!” Dan protests over the hoot of laughter Phil lets out.

“I’m sorry!” Amelia insists. “You’re good at stories,” she offers.

Dan rolls his eyes, rolling over onto his other side to face away from the two of them. “Whatever, I’m going to sleep over here since no one loves me, apparently.”

There’s a set of giggles behind him, followed by silence, interrupted by hushed whispers. Dan’s immediately suspicious, tensing as he wonders what they’re up to. Before he has the chance to roll over and ask, he feels little arms and legs scrambling over him, not so gently kneeing him in the ribs. “Ow!” He whines as Amelia sends him an apologetic glance, now sitting in front of him.

“Sorry,” she apologizes. She holds her plushy out to him, a timid look on her face. “You can snuggle with Mr. Whiskers, if you want.”

Dan would never admit it, but he feels his eyes water at the sweet gesture. Children really were something else sometimes. “No, that’s-“ he pauses, clearing his throat when he realizes how choked up he sounds. “That’s alright, you can snuggle with him.”

“Her,” Amelia corrects.

A smile quirks onto his lips. “Right, her. My bad.”

Amelia smiles before poking Dan’s cheek, where his dimple lives. “I can snuggle you, so you’re not by yourself,” she offers.

Dan grins, scooting back on the bed to give her space to lay down. He feels his back press against something, but before he has a chance to apologize to Phil for getting in his personal space, he feels the other man press against his back, tossing his arm around his torso. His heart floods with warmth as he does the same to Amelia, tucking the blanket around her and her plushy neatly. “Night, love,” he whispers to her, leaning down and pressing a kiss to her hair.

“Goodnight,” she replies, yawning.

Fingers dig into Dan’s side gently, and he rolls his eyes but tilts his head to look back at Phil. Those big blue eyes pout at him, clearly waiting for something. Dan lets out a dramatic sigh before craning his neck and pressing a kiss to Phil’s cheek. “Goodnight, spork.”

He receives a pinch in return, but it’s followed by a kiss pressed to his damp curls, and he smiles despite himself.

Yeah, it was a good night.

#phan #phanfiction #foster parent au #foster parent #bbc producer!phil #school counselor!dan #parent!au #parent!phan #friends to lovers #best friends #bed sharing #fake relationship #fluff #light angst #comfort #bubble baths #mostly fluff this time

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