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#one piece#portgas d ace#bon clay#nico robin#vinsmoke sanji#sir crocodile#trafalgar law#edward newgate#dracule mihawk#bartolomeo the cannibal#vinsmoke ichiji#charlotte pudding#fanart#my art#tysm for the love!#a bit exhausting but i made it!!!#all the posts are in order as in nico is day 21#croc is day 22 and so on#i made the prompt list myself...it's just a randomizer of my fave characters HAHA you can find it on twitter
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OTP Ask Meme (Impatient Edition) NicoMaki
Yeah, I know the point of these things is to wait for followers to Ask questions from the list, but reading though this one got me thinking too much. And, as the title implies, I got impatient and wanted to answer them all. Right away.
Anyway, credit to @lonelypond for this version coming across my dash. Reblog that version if you want to do this thing correctly.
Also, just because I’ve already answered these here, I’ve expanded on some for various reasons and left others short if I believe the reasons are obvious. So if you still want to do the whole interactive thing, you can still ask for clarification or whatever.
And finally, there will be spoilers ahead for How to Handle a Nico, both scenes I’ve written and posted, as well as some that remain in my Notes and WIP Warehouse. I’ll try to remember to link to the chapters mentioned.
1. Who wakes up first?
Nico, so she can make breakfast for her Maki.
2. Who wants to stay in bed just a little longer?
Maki. Usually because she studies or works later and/or longer hours. She is also not above pulling Nico back into bed when she comes to wake her.
3. Who takes longer getting ready?
Usually Nico.
4. When they can’t sleep, what do they do?
Maki’s libido can pretty much always be counted on to at least exhaust Nico, if not both of them.
5. Who falls asleep while watching a movie?
Depends on who had a rough day or week at work/school, though Maki may get bored and either watch Nico or fall asleep during overly sappy romance movies.
6. Who falls asleep last, watching the other with a small affectionate smile?
Either, depending on the stresses of the prior day.
7. Who comes up with the cheesy pick-up lines?
Nico intentionally. Maki unintentionally.
8. Who gets extremely competitive playing Mario Kart?
They both are, though in different ways. This is depicted in Consolation Prize.
9. Who accidentally pushes a door instead of pulling?
Maki, especially if she is in an unfamiliar place.
10. Who sets the other’s ringtone to something loud and obnoxious behind their back?
Both, though Maki only in retaliation for whatever teasing Nico may have done.
11. Who rearranges the bookshelf/DVD shelf in alphabetical order?
Nico likes a proper presentation of her idol merch. Maki is too busy with other stuff to care about special organization.
12. Who does the hands-over-the-eyes “Guess Who” thing?
Nico.
13. Who points out a dog when they see one?
Either.
14. Who’s prone to road rage?
Maki, especially when she is trying to get to the hospital when called in at some odd hour, or trying to get home after a stressful day.
15. Who’s prone to wearing socks indoor (or to sleep)?
Nico gets cold easier. Warm socks help.
16. Who reminds the other to put on sunscreen before going to the beach (or pool)?
Nico, partly out of habit from doing it with her siblings and partly as an excuse to offer to help Maki put it on. Depicted in Sunscreen.
17. Who carries all the important documents while traveling?
Nico.
18. Who gets the window seat?
Nico. Maki traveled enough with her parents and is happy to let her girlfriend see the sights instead.
19. Who puts their cold hands/feet on the other?
Nico intentionally. Maki unintentionally, usually.
20. What do they argue about the most?
I don’t believe anyone has been brave enough to track the data for this.
21. Who’s clumsier?
Maki, especially in the kitchen. Nico has her moments though.
22. Who texts more often?
Nico. With heavy emoji use. (I need to depict this more in HtHaN somehow)
23. Who is better with kids?
Nico. She was the primary caregiver for her siblings for many years after all.
24. Who’s the better cook?
Nico. See above.
25. Who mistakes salt for sugar?
Maki. Even after Nico labeled the containers.
26. Who puts the fork in the microwave?
Maki.
27. Who cooks at 2 in the morning?
Nico. Maki isn’t allowed to cook without Nico’s supervision. However, this would be a rare occasion as Nico typically will prepare something ahead of when Maki is arriving home this late and leave it for her to reheat.
28. Who lets the microwave play the loud beeping sound at 1 a.m.?
Maki, when she’s reheating whatever Nico made for her after arriving home late.
29. Who licks the spoon when they’re baking brownies?
Both.
30. Who likes doing the dishes?
Nico, though it would be more appropriate to say she doesn’t dislike it.
31. Who has bigger cravings? What are they?
Nico loves her sweets. Maki loves her Nico.
32. Who remembers what the other one always orders at a restaurant?
Nico is highly attentive to Maki’s preferences in food. Knowing what Maki likes in restaurants lets her know what she can make at home. And food is definitely one of the best ways to Maki’s heart.
33. How do they eat ice cream? What’s their favorite flavors?
Nico likes sundaes with lots of sugary toppings. She also likes trying new flavors and will often get multiple scoops of different flavors. Maki is fine with a single scoop cone.
34. Do they go on dates? What are they like?
As often as their schedules allow. Maki likes quite dates like walks in a park or museum or sitting up on a hillside for stargazing. Nico likes shopping for outfits and idol merch, going to movies and bustling amusement parks. But both love watching the other enjoy their hobbies so they’re willing to go along with the other’s interests as well.
35. What do they smell when they smell Amortentia?
Nico smells her father’s aftershave, strawberries, and stewing tomatoes. Maki smells Nico’s special tomato curry, Nico’s shampoo, and the cinnamon sugar of the snickerdoodle cookies the Nishikino baker made for her to leave out for Santa.
Yes, two of Maki’s are directly related to Nico. What can I say? She’s addicted.
36. Which one is the secret snuggler?
Maki. The more tired or drunk she is, the clingier she gets.
37. Which one offers their jacket to the other when they complain they feel cold?
Maki. Nico gets cold easier, so Maki is usually the one to offer her jacket.
38. Who reaches for the other one’s hand while driving?
Yes.
39. Who leaves little notes in the other one’s lunch?
Nico, because she is the only one who makes lunch for them both; Maki isn’t the type to do such a thing even if she were allowed to cook more. (Bonus: What does it say?) Usually the messages are simple affirmations of love, but she is not above getting snarky if the two had an argument recently.
40. Who is the most affectionate?
Nico in public. Maki in private.
41. Who is the big spoon/little spoon?
Usually, Maki is the big spoon as she is quite fond of hugging her Nico like a teddy bear, though Nico will sometimes jetpack.
42. What is their favorite feature of their partner?
Maki loves Nico’s smile, particularly her genuine, unforced, non-idol persona smile. Nico loves Maki’s voice, specifically her singing voice.
43. What is the first thing that changes when they realize they have feelings for the other?
Nico starts teasing Maki more, no longer to “put the spoiled rich girl in her place” but rather to see more of the adorable reactions. Maki actively tries to deny her feelings, even to, or perhaps especially to herself, falling back on established habits of insisting that she doesn’t have time to date, all the while quietly continuing to seek more time with Nico.
44. What are their nicknames for each other?
Both exclusively use -chan with the other.
45. Who worries the most? Over what?
Early on, both are worried about losing the other for different reasons. Nico is afraid that should a scandal occur that ruins her idol career, Maki may blame herself and leave. Maki fears that a busy schedule of studying in medical school followed by long hours at the hospital may turn away someone like Nico, whose attention seeking seems infinite. Later, as they settle into their relationship, their concerns turn to more stereotypical adult fears; traffic or transit accidents, sever illnesses, etc.
46. Who initiates kisses?
Nico in public. Maki in private.
47. Who says I love you first? How did it happen?
Nico, by accident, as depicted in Spoken.
48. Who tells their friends/family about their relationship first?
Technically Maki in both cases, though with their friends, Nico was active in the chatroom, and with their mothers, Maki only beat Nico by maybe half an hour or so. These instances are depicted in Reconstructed Reunion and Telling Mama.
49. What do they do when they’re away from each other?
Both have busy schedules, even as early as the years immediately following high school, so spending time away from each other is quite commonplace. This still did not stop Maki from going through a bout of depression during Nico’s first tour as a professional idol, as depicted in Homesick and Homecoming. From then on, Maki starts a tradition of visiting Nico during longer tours so as to break up their time away a bit.
50. Who gets overwhelmed by small acts of kindness?
Nico, as the more romantic of the two. This isn’t to say Maki doesn’t value sentiment, she just has other ways of expressing it than being overwhelmed.
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I posted 814 times in 2021
73 posts created (9%)
741 posts reblogged (91%)
For every post I created, I reblogged 10.2 posts.
I added 1,138 tags in 2021
#percy jackson - 263 posts
#pjo - 226 posts
#pjo/hoo - 197 posts
#hoo - 97 posts
#jason grace - 86 posts
#annabeth chase - 76 posts
#percyjackson - 60 posts
#jercy - 47 posts
#nico di angelo - 44 posts
#non fandom stuff - 42 posts
Longest Tag: 135 characters
#covid-19 patients can’t be evacuated either bc other hospitals don’t have the space which is one of the scariest things i’ve ever heard
My Top Posts in 2021
#5
After Hera memory wiped Jason (and Aphrodite messed with his emotions some) Jason has like zero idea how to manage his feelings and has almost no idea what the emotion of love feels like.
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#4
Percy: *answers the phone*
Annabeth: It’s Annabeth
Percy: what did she do this time?
Annabeth: No, it's me, Annabeth, it's actually me.
Percy: what did you do this time?
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#3
Not to like start drama but the first big three trio was Percy, Thalia and Bianca. And I have not seen any of you acknowledge this.
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#2
I have made a discovery. The little numbers Riko tattooed on his "lineup" or whatever it was, got out in the order of number making a little countdown for Riko.
First is was the 4 with Neil getting it forcibly removed.
Next was number three, Jean got rescued from the ravens and ended up signing with another team (I think the Trojans).
Then their was Kevin and his 2, he finally broke free when he got that symbolic cover up. Leaving Riko to doom himself.
And finally the 1 was taken out with Riko when he died.
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#1
I know no one asked but I took it upon myself to assign every possible couple combination between Percy, Piper, Annabeth and Jason a song.
Percy × Annabeth: Everybody Talks by Neon Trees. This song feels like it's about the first time really feeling love, which I find fits nicely with cannon.
Piper × Jason: Sweater Weather by The Neighborhood. They are definitely the Californian couple, I doubt either are straight, and I feel like they would want a peaceful life together.
Jason × Percy: Tear in my heart by Twenty Øne Piløts. I don't know how to describe it but it fits. The way the other is their weakness just fit with the song.
Annabeth × Piper: Flaws by Bastille. I see them both being a little broken but together they complement and strengthen each other.
Percy × Piper: Animal by Neon Trees. They can be a little wild at times, they love having fun together and they are probably drunk on each other and their love.
Annabeth × Jason: The Lakes by Taylor Swift. I really see them being soft together but when the time comes they will fight to protect one another. Also neither of them would allow the other to wallow for very long.
Annabeth × Jason × Piper: Royals by Lorde. Technically all 3 come from money but in the end none of them use it or care about their statuses in the mortal realm.
Jason × Piper × Percy: Hey Brother by Avicii. I just see them being very mellow together but at the same time super supportive and understanding of one another. They also love watching horror movies which is unrelated but fits somehow.
Piper × Percy × Annabeth: Renegades by Bastille. These 3 would cause so much trouble together if left alone. They are supposed to be each other's impulse control but that just ends up not working.
Percy × Annabeth × Jason: King For A Day by Peirce The Veil. Together these 3 would be very tired of the gods and the mythological world in general. Would fight the gods given a good reason, and would likely to win working together.
Annabeth × Jason × Percy × Piper: Phoenix Hearts by We The Kings. This song just fits the good happy vibes I get from them being together. I don't know how else to explain this one.
If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd love to hear them
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Egotober 2021 Ch. 10: I’ve Got an Eye on You
Summary: Anti didn’t like other demons messing with his stuff, and this weird demon in Gainesville, who was putting his aura over practically the entire city, absolutely counted.
A/N: Birthday post for both Anti and Nico.
Prompt: Glitch
Characters: Nico, Thomas, and Anti
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Anti didn’t like other demons messing with his stuff, and this weird demon in Gainesville, who was putting his aura over practically the entire city, absolutely counted. Problem was, the Host always got in his way whenever he tried to start a well deserved fight.
This thing was in the hero’s base, left invisible and confusing territory trails all over the city, and he hid out in King’s park constantly.
Which, whenever he spent longer than five seconds thinking about it, Anti was fairly certain it was intentional. This guy had gotten under King’s skin and for some reason Dark wasn’t putting him down.
But Anti knew Dark was crazy so that made sense that he was slipping. All it probably took these days to get Dark to ignore someone was if a demon looked close enough like one of his kids and looked sad and lost enough. He was almost certain that he was bound to pick someone else up from the Server if that guy in the black hooded cloak was anything to go by.
Really, Anti should go over and beat some sense into Dark. The Entity was long overdue a reality check, in Anti’s opinion.
But he crossed into King’s park, smelling the person he was looking for long before King stopped him to not cause a scene.
“Come on, kid, he’s an eyesore,” Anti told King.
“Yeah well, I happen to like the guy, and besides, Logic will stick a lightning rod up your ass if you do anything to him,” King warned.
Anti almost went up and stabbed the guy on principle just for that. But he walked right up to a little picnic scene where two guys were sitting and talking about bands and music.
Nico spotted Anti first, all too familiar with the glitch demon that terrorized the conjoined city. When Thomas finally noticed that someone was there, he visibly jumped in alarm. He recognized Anti easily enough from the pictures that Logan had shown him. To warn him about the very dangerous “Rogues Gallery” the heroes and police dealt with on a daily basis.
Anti looked at Thomas, to the glitch demon he was one of the most unimpressive, human-looking demons he’d ever seen. The guy next to him looked like a human but Anti couldn’t be sure with someone with a much stronger aura sitting right next to him.
“Uh, hey,” Thomas greeted nervously, almost immediately glancing around at King as Virgil appeared about ten feet away. The anxious Side was almost immediately pulled away by King so he didn’t instantly attack Anti.
“Anxiety, just wait,” King ordered.
“Wait before you do anything, wait until he attacks,” King demanded and Virgil stayed braced to jump in. Which the anxious Side was not happy about and Anti had more than noticed that he had suddenly appeared.
“Havin’[1] fun?” Anti spat, just itching for a reason to attack him without upsetting King.
“Uhh, yeah it’s a nice park,” Thomas explained, uncertain what the demon was looking for.
“It fookin’[2] is,” Anti growled. “Was e’en[3] better before yah[4] showed up.”
“Uhhh,” Thomas glanced nervously at Virgil. “Am I in your territory? I thought this was King’s.”
“It is,” Anti spat, he pulled out his knife and Virgil came to stand by Thomas’s side and hissed angrily. “An’ I’m fookin’ watchin’ yah, yeh hear?”[5]
“Yeah,” Thomas smiled nervously. “Heard you loud and clear.”
Virgil hissed again and Anti hissed back at him, even louder and angrier, before breaking apart into green pixels and lingering nearby.
“Wow, Mr. Sanders,” Nico joked, equally as nervous. “What are you doing that has you on speaking terms with that guy?”
“Uhhh,” Thomas stalled, not wanting to say: “I’m a superhero, and a demon” on a date with a guy he was desperately trying to impress. “I dunno[6]?”
Nico just stared at him before smiling, “Well, alright, just be careful, okay?”
“Yeah, you know me,” Thomas smiled nervously.
Nico was quick to change the subject and Virgil stayed close by, overprotective.
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Accessibility Translations:
1. Having
2. fucking
3. even
4. you
5. And I’m fucking watching you, you hear?
6. don’t know?
#superhero au#masks and maladies#egotober2021#footnotes#birthday post#antisepticeye#c!thomas#nico flores#nicomas#carrot kings#overprotective Antisepticeye#Thomas is a terrible liar#and Janus is very disappointed about that
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OC List - a short overview
Technically, I am a writer. I know, surprise surprise. And technically, I have original characters and have had them for quite a while. This is a short introduction post to my 10 reoccuring characters! They all come with worlds, backstories, writing pieces and much, much love. If you ever wanna ask me about any of them, do it! I'll happily chatter for hours lol.
(Sorted by order of creation)
Sophy "Soldier #08" [REDACTED] (est 2013) - Sophy is a genetically modified sniper/assasin from a program which raised children from birth to become the most efficent type of soldier. She is one of the last four surviving members. She is cold, sarcastic, heartless, loyal and quite a bitch. Her story is the "SPARD Project".
Nicolas "Victory" Chale (est 2014) - Nico or "Vic" as most people call him comes from a science fiction novel I wrote in my early teens where he leads a rebellion. Currently, he's a hacker in current days. He's a player, rebellious, charming, has an easy time at convincing people and always jumps back to his feet.
Michael "Freak" Gavon (est 2014) - Freak comes from the same science fiction story as Vic does and the two have always been best friends (I go back and forth on shipping them and can't really decide). He is rather silent, has a hard time keeping up eye contact and prefers to be left alone. Just like Vic, he is a hacker, though much better at it.
Vina Danae Morphus (est 2014) - Vina is a fandomless and also kind of storyless character. She also originated in the science fiction novel. In current days, she works as an alternative/goth model. She is chatty, positive, kind of an ankle biter and a hopeless romantic. She is currently engaged to her girlfriend Sarah and they have two cats together. She is also a comic book and TV show nerd.
Robin "Bird" Kenzie (est 2016) - Bird is sort of the little sister character to Vic and Freak, even though she was added long after the book. She is a gamer, 16 years old, small for her age but that doesn't stop her. She has a weird sense of humor, is a total tomboy and still very much a teenager. She lives with Vic and Freak and constantly annoys both of them.
Eric Morton (est 2016/2017) - Eric is the leadsinger of my fictional 90s rock band "The Freaks". He plays guitar, sings, writes most of the lyrics and the music. He is a style icon, a heavy smoker, unable to stay in a relationship and very much a rockstar in the classical sense of the word. Though when you get to know him, he can be quite sweet and he's a great storyteller.
Silas "Nancy" Hayes (est 2019) - Just like Eric, Nancy is a 90s musician. He sings for the Industrial/EBM/aggro tech group "Chained" and models. He is famous for his extravagant style of fashion, for going on stage in drag and for being quite open about his homosexuality. At first glance he seems to be "style over substance" but he's an amazing friend and more than ready to kill someone for the people he loves.
Wren Sunderland (est 2020) - Wren is a black metal musician and sings for the band "Muroi". He is in a relationship with Tony Valentine from @lostbutnot-found (and they are very much the cutest). He is shy, drawn back and only really opens up on stage. He struggles a lot with his mental health and is pretty much taken along by the people around him. Super talented but doesn't like speaking about it. Child of nature.
"Thorn" [REDACTED] (est 2021) - What is there to say about Thorn. He's a serial killer, he belongs to the "Crimson Valley" verse by @lostbutnot-found and is in a weird co-dependend relationship with her OC Ezekiel Thorton. He feels very little emotion, is quite paranoid, clever and has a habit for pushing needles into his body for fun. He grew up in a cult, but not much else is publicly known about him.
Nova Elisabeth Morton (est 2020) - Nova is, if you guessed it, Eric's daughter! His only child (at least the only he knows about) and is just on the verge of turning 21. She is a famous streamer/social media starlet, plays guitar just like her father and has his sense of humor. She didn't see him much growing up but currently lives with him and they start to actually get along.
And that's all! I'm tagging a few people because without them, these little headcreatures wouldn't exist and because I thought you'd like to see them lol. @captain-bonefish @kuroiinku @ronald-to-die @neoncl0ckwork and @lostbutnot-found. Love you guys!
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( lee chaeyoung / isa , cis woman ) have you seen BORA HO ? i heard SHE is an ASTROPHYSICS MAJOR at EVERGREEN UNIVERSITY and a VOLUNTEER at the SAN VERTO LIBRARY. they’re 21 years old and they’ve been living in san verto for 3 YEARS. they tend to be CALM & CHARISMATIC, but rumor has it they can also be OPINIONATED & UNFORGIVING. [ tally, 25, GMT+4, she/her ] @foolsstarters
tw // brief mention of abuse
bora ho –– lee chaeyoung / isa fc
nicknames: idk give her nicknames
birthday: january 1st, 2000 - 21 yrs old ; capricorn
cis woman, she/her, bisexual
born in brooklyn, new york.
past !
bora’s mother wanted her youngest child, and only daughter, to be nothing short of prim and proper. and all her life, as much as she hated it, the young girl went along with it; going by her parents’ very traditional and outdated rules for her own personal safety. unlike her oldest brother, she hated every bit of it. and unlike her second oldest brother, yooseung, she knew how to keep it together and go with the flow for her survival in a house where their parents weren’t afraid of using extreme methods behind closed doors.
bora was calm, collected, and despite being so restricted by rules, she did things her own way. she was a straight A student, especially in subjects that her peers hated. physics and chemistry were things she especially excelled at. although her teachers would accuse her of cheating on her tests because she was skipping classes whenever she felt like it. bora would respond saying that it wasn’t that hard for her to catch up. she had a talent for learning quickly, anyways.
bora had a hard time being close to anyone in her family. she had a tendency of pretending to like her cousins or other family members just for the sake of keeping her ‘good girl’ reputation going. the only person in her family that she truly got along with was yooseung. the two shared secrets, had a similar sense of humor, and they even talked about how they both wanted to leave and live freely somewhere else. the latter happened for yooseung pretty soon, and he was away in california without taking bora with him. of course, she was upset about it at first, but she understood after a while. especially when he kept in contact and visited brooklyn sometimes.
behind her polished facade, bora had a plan, and she needed to get on with it as soon as she turned eighteen. she was sick of living like this. she had a lot of money saved up; courtesy of her parents giving her a few bills whenever she said she didn’t have any lunch money. she could admit that as the youngest child, she was a bit spoiled. her dad could barely say no if she pouted. and she was packing up her things slowly but surely, keeping her bags hidden away until the day came for her escape.
no one could’ve seen it coming. bora was seen as the family’s good girl who was always on her best behavior. she was even expected to start working in her family’s business after majoring in one of the best universities in new york. but when everyone woke up, she was nowhere to be found. her things and her car had disappeared as well. her mother insisted on filing her as missing, but nothing could be done, because she was technically an adult now, and it was evident that she deliberately left on her own.
a few months of driving from city to city, staying with friends and random motels here and there, she finally made her way to san verto, california, where her brother, yooseung, lived. he had no idea she was even coming here, only knowing about her disappearing from home. and since her arrival in town, she never thought she wanted to go live somewhere else. she was used to living in a big city, but she loved the small town.
hcs !
bora is a good actress. she could lie to you for her own gain, and a lot of the time people didn’t even realize it.
she studies astrophysics, after yooseung decided to pay for her college education, which she didn’t like the idea of at first.
bora’s definitely the smarter one out of the two siblings LMAO. compared to yooseung, she loved reading and educating herself about new things she was interested in. she’s currently volunteering at the library in her free time.
speaking of yooseung and lying... this bitch would support any ridiculous lies he was spewing.
you’ll never catch her slipping! she always wants to look good, even without any makeup on.
she KNOWS she looks good
she’s into astrology, and definitely owns a tarot deck. only because she wanted to learn how to use it, but doesn’t think she could ever use it seriously. she’s lowkey into witchy things.
the name bora means purple , and you could only imagine how much she loves the color. her wardrobe consists of a lot of lilacs.
bora started a youtube channel out of boredom, and now posts random videos every week or so. think kennedy walsh type of videos lol
always seems like she doesn’t have time for anyone’s shit, and... yeah she doesn’t lol
she’s a bit cold and opinionated, and can hold grudges, but for the most part, she’s pretty chill and doesn’t give a fuck about a lot of things.
has a soft spot for shyer/quieter ppl :(
she’d most likely get mad if anyone touched her stuff or walked into her room without permission lol
connections !
roomies: nico and eunmi
exes? i love me some good spicy sad plots. maybe someone who broke her heart and she hates their guts now
neighbors ? someone who probably complained about how loud bora’s music is at night lool
idk give me friends ? ppl who see her working at the library perhaps, or maybe ppl from uni? she goes to evergreen
it would be funny if there was a character who works at the coffee shop and they know her long ass coffee order by heart. or they hear it for the first time and are like ????? can u rewind , damn
someone she tutors! she’s p good at stuff like science and math subjects, and she wouldn’t mind teaching someone if they pay her lol
i feel like im missing some things.... but this is what i got for now. i’ll probably add more later.
here’s bora’s pinterest if u wanna take a look.
pls message me for any plots :D
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Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid, a review
(Disclaimer: The following is a non-profit unprofessional blog post written by an unprofessional blog poster. All purported facts and statement are little more than the subjective, biased opinion of said blog poster. In other words, don’t take anything I say too seriously.)
Just the facts 'Cause you're in a Hurry!
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP): 50 USD
Digital Copy (MSRP): 17.99 USD
How much I paid: 50 USD.
Animation Studio: ARMS
Licensed and Localized by: Funimation Entertainment
Audio: Japanese Audio with Subtitles and English Dub available.
English Cast: Kayla Hardwick as Mamori, Morgan Garrett as Mirei, Brittney Karbowski as Meifon, Janelle Lutz as Akira Hiragi, Monica Rial as Charlotte Scharsen, Roseanne Palmer as Kasumi Shigure, Tia Ballard as Rain Hasumi, Jamie Marchi as Lady J and Cynthia Cranz as Torino.
Number of Episodes: 12 Episodes
Length per Episode: 25 Minutes on average. 21 Without Intro and Ending song.
Number of Discs: 4 Discs in Total. 2 DVD Discs and 2 Blu-ray discs.
Episodes per Disc: Episodes 1-7 on the 1st DVD disc. Episodees 8-12 on the 2nd DVD disc. Episodes 1-9 on the first Blu-ray disc with Episodes 10-12 on the second Blu-ray disc along with the special features.
Does this come a digital voucher to redeem?: No. This only has the Physical DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Also on: Amazon Video, Funimation Now, Funimation’s streaming service that requires a subscription.
Bonus Features: Textless Openings, Textless Ending and Trailers for other Funimation Licensed Shows. Episode 3 Commentary.
Notable Localization Changes: Meifon, the smuggler character who wears a pink cowboy hat, is given a southern accent by her voice performer, Brittney Kowbalski.
My Personal Biases: I never really invested in the Valkyrie Drive franchise before and never played any of the games the anime is adapting. Sorry.
My Verdict: Trashy, lurid, gaudy and with enough fanservice to make even the most perverted of us blush, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid is sure to give its intending audience the happy ending they want. It’s too bad that in 12 short episodes, there’s just not enough there, emotionally or lore wise, to get invested in unless you’ve already have backhand knowledge of the games. Wait for a sale.
A/N: Okay, since I don’t want the moderators to flag this post, I’m going to have to put an explicit warning here. So while I won’t post any nudity, I will have to Age restrict this post just so I don’t get any flak.
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid. a review
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Girls from all over the world have been infected with a mysterious virus known as the A Virus (Armed Virus). These girls are divided into two classes; Extars, who can transform into weapons when sexually aroused, and Liberators, who have the power to wield an Extar's weapon form, known as Liberator Arms, through a process known as Drive. These girls are brought to separate islands to spend their days completely isolated from the rest of the world until the islands' Observers, authorized by the government Organisation AAA, ostensibly deem them ready to rejoin society again.
Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid follows an Extar named Mamori Tokonome who forms a partnership with the Liberator Mirei Shikishima on the island called Mermaid.(For our friends not fluent in Japanese, Tokonome shares a very similar writing as the word ‘Virgin’ in Japanese, which Togonome is.).
Mamori and Mirei are caught between a conflict between the Wärter, the island’s government that lives the castle, Veste, and those fleeing it. With Governor Akira (a supposed male Liberator that’s actually female) trying to be fair, Charlotte getting delusions of grandeur and wanting to rule with an iron fist and Kasumi attempting to be fair to the girls, the Wärter is in constant conflict. Those attempting to flee join up with Ms. Torumi, a kind soul who offers shelter for girls looking for freedom. Meanwhile, a sneaky smuggler by the name of Meifon is trying to earn a profit from the war.
Along the way, Mamori and Mirei meet other Liberators and Extars, such as the team Lady J and Lady Rain in which one transforms into a ridable motorcycle. Other liberators, such as Charlotte, have their own harem of Extars and arouse multiple ones to form a multi-part weapon.
Let’s get this out of the way.
Yes, it IS in fact Soul Eater but with Lesbians. And the show isn’t afraid of being explicit about it. We are talking full-on nudity with lots of exposed breasts flopping around, bouncing and lots and lots of shots of nipples erecting… and hardening…
Christ, this makes fanservice driven series like Kannazuki no Miko or Strawberry Panic look like the chaste Maria-Sama ga Miteru.
On the technical side, everything is very well done. The animation for both the action and fanservice scenes is well animated, the music flows scene to scene (even if I couldn’t really remember any pieces that stood out) and the voice acting for both the Original Japanese and English dub is well-done. So, if you’re looking for lots and lots of scenes of girls kissing each other, breasts flopping around with the viscosity of jello and scenes of action with naked girls, have I got a show for you.
Story wise, I found the series rather lacking.
Seasonal shows really need to be careful with their pacing. With a limited 12 episode run, VD:M is already bursting at the seams with an overly long 4 episode prologue establishing the characters, the setting, the divide between the girls going along with Charlotte and Akira’s lawful order, Kasumi’s wavering allegiance and Torumi’s group of rebels and Meifon’s smuggling between the 2 sides.
There’s a sense of urgency that the peace can’t last and conflict is unavoidable.
But, not so urgent that we couldn’t have two light-hearted episodes involving one girl becoming Kaiju sized and another episode with a beauty contest in a cultural festival.
Boy, this season of Attack on Titan got WEIRD.
When the main big bad does rear her head near the final 4 episodes, the show does a good ‘enough’ job establishing the backstory between her and Mirei, but you get the sense that maybe, had the show paced itself better, it would mean more.
Yes, the final battle with all the girls joining together at the end is impressive to look at, but emotionally, I just wasn’t feeling it.
If the show were as committed to giving me emotional turning points as it was fan service, I would’ve been more impressed.
The characters are also rather lacking (writing wise).
While Mirei is certainly admirable and one of the most likable of the cast, Mamori doesn’t really change much (character wise). Granted, the show pays lipservice (no pun intended) to the idea that the more courageous Mamori is, the more powerful the weapon she becomes, but there’s never that moment where Mamori ‘saves’ Mirei or gives her the comfort Mirei needs like the way Himeko comforted Chikane at the end. They instead fuse to one super being.
It feels like at one point Mamori was supposed to have the final turning point and be the one to rescue Mirei, but Mamori just ends up being captured and put into the damsel role again.
I also liked Kasumi and her dubious allegiance with the rebels as well as Meifon, getting into all sorts of trouble for some cash.
I’m told by fans of the franchise that in peripheral media, some of the other couples get more character development. For example, the team of Lady Rain and Lady J were actually on opposite sides of a war but intentionally got themselves captured just to be together or that Governor Akira actually has a female lover back on the mainland and longs to be with her.
Again, I am not here to judge what’s in an appendix. What’s in the show is in the show and it’s clear the TV producers weren’t interested in those stories to begin with, so why should I?
Funimation Entertainment did the localization for the show. And for the most part, the dub script stays as close as it does to the original Japanese version.
Granted, Funimation has always played it loose with dubbing scripts and this is no exception. The English script contains lots of innuendos and sex jokes to make the English viewers chuckle (i.e. “I caught and she pitched.” “Let’s go digging for treasure” “I’m gonna let it all hang out!”)
Karbowski adopts a southern accent for Meifon so thick, I thought I was listening to Nico Robin from the 4Kids dub of One Piece. (I’m aware that localizers tend to translate those with Kansai dialect and give them a Southern accent and Karbowski seems to be doing this accent winking to the audience and having fun with it).
Special credit should go to Janelle Lutz as Akira Hiragi, managing to perform dual roles as both masculine and feminine variations of the character.
The rest of the cast does a good job voicing their perspective roles. Monica Rial does with she can with Charlotte and Cynthia Cranz as Torumi seems to especially fit the role of a motherly caretaker for lost girls.
(Yes, I find the fact that one of the characters is voiced by the same performer as Chi-chi and Botan very disconcerting).
THE ORIGINAL JAPANESE AUDIO WITH SUBTITLES IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO PREFER IT.
The package includes the OVAs (Original Video Animation) which are short videos of each of the girls revealing motivation and backstory as well as a lot of nudity with nipples becoming more and more erect. Lots of them. What’s weird is that the OVAs are also dubbed with the cast members. Funimation didn’t even dub the OVA for Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
CAVEAT: It’s very strange that the series suddenly wants to take a more dramatic turn with emphasis on character development and history, but still plays out in a very fanservice driven anime. In some ways, I was enjoying the show more when it wasn’t really about anything and just amped the fanservice up to 11. With the exception of a few characters, I wasn’t invested in the goings on and 12 episodes is too short for me to have nostalgic feelings for Mermaid Island.
For 50 USD, Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid is a bit on the steep end. While the animation, music, fight scenes and… PLOT are all well done, emotionally, it doesn’t have much to offer. Then again, I don’t expect emotional substance out of show where half the teenagers become sexually aroused and transform into weapons.
Those looking for a happy ending (in both senses of the term) will enjoy this.
Verdict: Wait for a sale or rental.
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[34]Music Meme: Llewannth
[[Technically Myym tagged my sideblog: @mottledscales but...Llew has more music. So we’re compromising.]]
THE RULES:
You have to randomize, so no hand-picked theme songs! [Break the rule if you want though, because why leave this stuff to chance??]
Copy the text and post as your own! DON’T REBLOG! Give it some pizzaz! Grab a screenshot! Have fun with this~
Tag meeeee [@myymsaetayuun] [please?] so I can see the wonderful music that you all connect with your characters! I absolutely love seeing all the inspirations that everyone has out there. I also really love music!
It’s 34 prompts long. Why? I dunno, it seemed like a cool number to stop. Also, they have no rhyme or reason to the order to facilitate the shuffle effect! If you have more to add, ADD THEM! Go wild! Now then, let's get started:
[[Alright. But I’m not cheating. All music is how it showed up in my shuffle.]]
Llewannth Bonheur
1. How the world sees them
FIGHTING - Saints of Valory [Channelling the WoL/WoD ‘verse I see...]
2. A song to play on a good day
No Sugar In My Coffee - Caught a Ghost [That’s a Big Hmmm fam.]
3. What acquaintances and the random person thinks of them
Spirits of War - Thomas Vent
4. A song for those who want them [sexually]
Take Me Back - Kongos [Also a Big Hmm]
5. When they make others happy
What Makes A Good Man - The Heavy
6. When they are happy
Sinister Kid - The Black Keys
7. A theme for a life goal
River - Bishopp Briggs
8. Giving bad advice
Whispering - Alex Clare
9. Giving good advice
Trouble - Ethel and the Chordtones, Ryan Levine
10. What they think their theme song is
The Garden - July Talk [Pffffthah. Alright. Sure.]
11. Their funeral song
That Old Song - Kassidy
12. What everyone else thinks is their theme song
Fire - Barns Courtney
13. When they see someone they love
Railroad Track - Willy Moon
14. When they are having a bad day
In The Cold, Cold Night - The White Stripes
15. A song about their life’s purpose
Horns - Bryce Fox [BIGGEST HMM]
16. When someone reminisces about them
Best Laid Plans - Art By Numbers
17. A song that might be constantly stuck in their head
Marked Man - Mieka Pauley
18. A song someone might serenade them with
Fly For Your Life - Gunship
19. A song they would serenade to someone else
Bad Things - Jace Everett [Hah.]
20. A song they might hum or sing along with
Vigilante - Josh Tarp and the Still
21. A song they would perform, or at least karaoke
Sniffing the Bushes - First Lady
22. A theme when they are in the general public
Consoler of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
23. A theme for them in private
Wicked Games - The Hot Damns
24. A theme for their deepest desires
Two Sisters - Fiction Plane
25. Thinking back on a traumatic, sad, or unpleasant memory
Sleeping On The Blacktop - Colter Wall
26. A song to their best friends
Bury Me Face Down - grandson
27. Waking up in the morning [Or night if they are nocturnal!]
Black Mud - The Black Keys
28. Finally being able to fall asleep
Phoenix Rising - Calum Graham
29. When they fall in love/lust
Wicked Gonna Come - Blues Saraceno, Nine One One
30. Thinking back on a happy, serene, or pleasant memory
Give to Get - Stoplight Observations
31. A song to their family
Burning Piper’s Hut - Beltaine [...Huh. Well then.]
32. Dissociation music
My Name Is Wind - Daniel Spaleniak
33. Manic music
Fury - Nico Vega
34. A final theme that means everything to the character [it’s especially okay if you cheat for this one]
It Will Come Back - Hozier [....]
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Thoughts: I admit to picking a lot of songs that tap into A. Llew’s cowboy loose cowboy/vagrant themes and B. His flirtatious/sexual nature and C. The lack of trust that goes both ways when interacting with him. Regardless, I wasn’t exactly expecting Shuffle to say “Yeah his entire existence is defined by being an unfaithful hoe that hurts people.”
It’s not accurate, but it was amusing.
Your turn!
Tagging: Let’s see. Who has been all over my activity feed lately. Since all the Sirens have been tagged already. Let’s go with... @trahja-tia, @trc-xiv, @shadowburgers, @silvertail-ffxiv, @keeper-of-the-lilacs, @cahli-tia, @ishgardianvices, @charm-in-spades, @illia-ast, and @teebster for good measure. But hey, if you don’t see your name tagged, feel free to snag this anyhow.
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Six Sentence Sunday 09.05.21
What’s up my ppl. Hitting you live with another six sentence Sunday. Where you know my rule is there are always more than six sentences to tell you what i’m up to. Vacation has been nice at least I got a portion of one as opposed to the none I almost got, so I guess in that aspect, I really can’t complain. I go back to work tomorrow but we have a shortened day because of the holiday so orders cut off at 2pm instead of 5pm as normal. So i’m going to go in there with a positive can do attitude and do my best to make it a great day. Well I feel good about that life choice... for now.
I had planned to write so much more on vacation, but then I realized, how tired and rundown I really was, and as much as I love writing and hopefully you all enjoy what I contribute from my little piece of the fandom, mental self care and just doing nothing just felt right. So here’s what I’ve posted in the last week or so for us all to enjoy.
Smut-tember Week 1 Entry: Drake the Snake 🐍 🍋 🍋
Birthday Fic for @queenjilian : Greek Meat: A Family Vacation Part 1
What are some of you guys working on @sirbeepsalot @speedyoperarascalparty @ritachacha @dcbbw @phoenixrising308 @burnsoslow
Snippets for me maybe?
Below I’m posting snippets of things I’ve been randomly working on. Nothing’s still finished as I’ve been sprinkling most my story lines a little love. You still love me right?
Original post: 09/05/21 at 1:23PM EST
Greek Meat: A Family Vacation Part 2
Greek Meat: Special Happy Birthday Jennifer
The Book: TRF (AU with no royals)
Pairings: Multiple: Liam x Riley and multiple OC pairings
Status: Still in the writing process.
Jili and Liam both refused to answer to their names for the duration of the competition; they were instead known as being singular parts to comprise the collective known as ‘The Architects’ and they worked together like a well oiled machine. If team sand castle making was an Olympic sport, these two would be bringing the gold home for ‘Merica.
“I need more water!”
“I got you!”
Liam grabbed her bucket running to the ocean bringing Jilian back more water to help her complete her portion of the sand castle mountain they were skillfully creating. The two were almost anticipating what the other needed bringing more tools to aid and assist each other. They quickly made a sand structure that rivaled all the other teams that day on the beach.
Even after all those years Liam and Jilian really did work well as a team.
When they were satisfied with their sand castle mountain, Liam and Jili once again did their secret hand shake
and ended with them back to back sliding their glasses on at the same time.
“The Architects are Done!”
“I really wish we would have thought of this Ren, you really can’t make this up! Team names?” Jason cajoled, nudging Ren.
“They’re having fun, they just don’t know how crazy they look.”
Team Rico composed of Riley and Nico had the heart of champion sand castle builder extraordinaires but unfortunately lacked the skill and precision to properly build a sand castle.
“Come on Riley! Channel your inner kid. Lilo could have this done in no time. What did we do at the beach every year?” Jaiden screamed.
“Um body surfed, jumped waves, flirted with the cute locals, none of that is helping right now.”
Nico laughed, shaking his head at Riley.
“We’ll get something put together, might not win us anything, but we’ll finish this strong…”
Nico commented as the side wall of their castle collapsed.
“Okay let me rephrase that, it will be a strong-ish finish. Meaning not last.”
“I’m okay with not last.”
“Let’s do this then. Team Not Last.”
“We can have an obnoxious secret handshake too!”
Hot for Teacher (Title may change)
This spawned from my Smut-tember Week 1 entry. No cringe here.
The Book: TRR x Queen B?
Pairing: Drake x Riley / Riley x Liam
Status: Still in the writing process.
Author’s note... I really have no idea where i’m going with this one....but it’s a WIP in my google docs just the same. I haven’t actually read Queen B, but I know that one of the competing plot lines is some questionable behavior with an undergrad with her professor... so here you go.
Riley Brooks was the all American girl, a true sweetheart if you will. Not everyone found their soulmate young, or hell even at all. But Riley did when she was seven years old, when a dark haired boy moved next door to her. They were friends first and somewhere around the age of 12 they started viewing each other differently.
Drake Walker, tall and lanky but adorably cute and sweet in all his prepubescent awkwardness and braces, finally gathered all the courage he could muster, after brooding about it a bit, to ask the sweet girl next door he knew all of his life with glasses to be his girlfriend, and she accepted.
Puberty of the teen years hit, which skyrocketed the two into popular territory with their dramatic physical changes, as the freaks and geeks became popular and chic. Drake lost the braces and grew what felt like overnight to over 6 feet tall with strong broad shoulders and added a good twenty pounds of solid muscle to his what used to be thin frame and he became the captain of the wrestling team.
Riley's body started to mature, as she shed her glasses for contacts, put on some weight, and grew to an athletic, curvy, 5’10” tall young woman. She played soccer her freshman year of high school, but being the one gymnastics location in their area closed, she became a cheerleader, a place where she could still use her tumbling skills. Riley’s body changed from that of the tom boy that climbed trees with Drake and his best friend Rashad, to having the curves of a woman. Which made for one awkward conversation for Riley when her father noticed her coming home from hanging out at the lake with her friends.
Riley was immediately made to change clothes where her father ushered her to the mall department store young women’s section and with a red face he asked the clerk for "brassieres that would fit his teenage daughter."
But alas, Riley and Drake blossomed into that world together, never forgetting the other. Their relationship strengthened as every milestone first, they shared together.
First person they held hands with, first date, first kiss…. and when they felt ready to take their relationship to the next level after high school graduation, their first time. They were with each other through it all, they were the quintessential high school sweethearts. They even went to the same college together.
They were hot on the track to be college sweethearts and married with 2 kids in their small town, that is until Riley met HIM for the first time. The man that would undo it all, that set her world ablaze simply by the way he called out her name.
Riley headed to the second floor of the admin building to the Psych hall. She had a meeting with her new advisor. She gingerly knocked on the door that was partially closed.
The voice that she heard that said, “Come in.” already had Riley’s heart racing.
She walked in the room, finding herself face to face with Professor Rys. Professor Liam Rys. Her new advisor, and he made Riley's heart skip a beat.
“Good afternoon Professor Rys.” Riley stammered, her cheeks flushed a light pink.
“You must be Riley Brooks.”
Riley felt her body tremble when he just said her name. Professor Rys definitely matched his voice. He stood to greet her, running his fingers through dirty blonde curls. He had a tall muscular physique still visible through his cobalt blue dress shirt, navy sweater and khaki pants. Sparkling blue eyes shined bright behind thin rimmed glasses. She noticed when he reached out to shake her hand, he was not wearing a wedding band. Professor Rys was unattached, or at least not married. She didn’t even know why she even noticed that.
“Please have a seat Miss Brooks.”
Riley was so enthralled by him, when she went to sit, not realizing the chair was not behind her, and he grabbed her, pulling her in her arms catching her before she fell.
Riley's breath hitched as his grip tightened on her, her grabbing his arm feeling his bulging biceps.
He glanced down at her hand tightly clutching his bicep, and smiled at her.
"Are you alright Miss Brooks?"
Riley nodded because she could barely speak as he helped her to stand up right.
“Let’s try that again shall we, I’ll be your spotter this time, so chin up, shoulders back, knees out, and squat. There you go, easy does it.”
Below Ground Zero
The Book: TRR x Perfect Match
Just the Way You Are: Chapter 17
Pairings: Liam x Riley with past pairing with M!OC Nico KH / Kai!F x Hayden!M
Status: Still in the writing process
Riley pulled her hair up into a ponytail and headed downstairs. She could hear her family laughing and joking, her father’s loud boisterous voice boomed as he chuckled lightheartedly.
When Riley rounded the corner they stopped abruptly, taking her in.
“Good morning.”
“Riley….” Her mother was the first to approach her, giving her a gentle hug.
Jaiden and Taylor stared at her from the couches.
The air smelled rich and sweet, full of chocolatey goodness.
“I thought you wouldn’t really make it.”
“It’s what you asked for, we’ll eat better for lunch.”
“But it’s not my birthday.”
Ren Brooks believed in balanced meals. The only times they didn’t eat a balanced meal was on their birthdays when they all would enjoy pancake Cake, or the first day of school, Ren always made cupcakes for breakfast. She could tell her mother was choosing her words very carefully.
“It’s what you asked for honey.”
“Yeah, don’t question the mini miracle. I’m totally here for the first ever chocolate cake for breakfast this morning in the Brooks household.”
Jaiden jumped up, taking Riley’s hand gently pulling Riley to the couch with him. “Sit next to me sis.”
Even though Jaiden was her little brother, baby faced freshman in college, he always acted like a bigger brother to Riley. He always tried to protect her.
“How’s NYU?”
“It’s cool. Living in the dorms is great, and my roommate is alright. Trying my best not to let the freshman fifteen get me, but you know I like to eat like you.” Jaiden patted his stomach. “But I gotta keep my boyish figure for the ladies.”
Riley laughed for the first time since she could remember.
Jaiden was always so good at lightening the mood of a room.
“What would you know about the ladies Jai?”
“I know a little somethin’ somethin’, he chuckled with a smile.
“Oh my god… Dad, Jaiden thinks he’s a pimp.”
“I mean look who he takes after. Pimpin’ aint easy.”
“Things I never thought I’d hear my dad ever say. Number one. Pimpin’ aint easy.” Taylor smiled.
A Growing Family
The Days the Earth Stood Still: Part: 5
The Book: TRH
Pairing: Riley x Nico (Riley x M!OC) with past pairing of Riley x Liam
Status: Still in the writing process
It was such a special moment between them. Riley’s heart was so filled with happiness. That was how she should have always felt that day. They helped her clean up a bit, and spend a little time nursing Alex before she started receiving visitors. The first one she asked for was Hana, as she had William with her
“Help him get in the bed with me Hana.”
Hana picked William up, putting him in the bed with Riley.
Will stared at the little baby in Riley’s arms.
“This is your Baby brother Alex.”
William’s little eyes widened looking at the baby.
“Give Alex kisses.”
William leaned over her shoulder softly kissing Alex on the forehead.
“Baby.”
“That’s right. Now sit down so you can hold him.”
“Riley, he's too small to hold him. We should wait. He could hurt him by accident.” Nico looked so apprehensive as he almost leaped forward to stop Riley.
“He’ll be just fine, and besides I’m right here, and so is Hana.”
Riley directed her attention to William sitting next to her.
“Do exactly as Mommy says and does.”
Riley put a small pillow in William’s lap.
She maneuvered Alex into his arms.
“Gentle touches like Mommy.”
William gently touched Alex.
“My baby.” William said proudly.
“That’s right. Your baby. Give your baby kisses.”
William peppered Alex’s face with soft kisses.
“So many kisses for the baby.”
“My baby!!” Will said again, giggling.
She glanced up at Nico. He had a soft smile on his face as he looked at his two little boys together.
Life was perfect or so Riley thought.
Things started shifting so gradually Riley didn’t even notice.
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Here’s My Top 100 For 2018 From Spotify
And me trying to justify them! (Look, some are WIP-related, others are jams, some I really can’t explain I just got back into Glee for like a month at one point this year...)
Here’s the playlist
1. From a Mountain In The Middle Of The Cabins - Panic! At The Disco
Look, I just love the bouncy piano and the tuba. You can never have a bad tuba.
2. The End. - My Chemical Romance
Goes along with Chapter 8 of my WIP, Interlude, because I’m mean
3. Blank Space - I Prevail
This also goes along with Interlude from Chapter 1 - 5
4. If It Means A Lot To You - A Day To Remember
This one goes with my WIP Blood Bound (This one isn’t posted anywhere) (specifically, book 5)
5. Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes - Fall Out Boy
Another Blood Bound one (Book 7)
6. This Could Be Anywhere In The World - Alexisonfire
Interlude
7. The Curse of Curves - Cute is What We Aim For
This was going to be Interlude-related but got replaced. Still a banger
8. Disturbia - The Cab
The theme song of Dreavyn from my WIP Aaron Being Normal and if anyone has any tips on how to control a chaotic bisexual OC please let me know
9. Jumpsuit - Twenty One Pilots
Funky bass
10. MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday
A theme for Trace from Aaron Being Normal (Won’t be extremely relevant until book 3 (also this was supposed to be a standalone...))
11. Miss Murder - AFI
Funky bass part 2
12. Fences - Paramore
Interlude again - A Selena Walton Theme Song.
13. The Sharpest Lives - My Chemical Romance
Interlude - A Morgan/Selena/Mostly Selena Theme. (Also, a banger)
14. Camisado - Panic! At The Disco
Interlude - How many hospital scenes can I fit into 1 WIP about depressed teens? (Turns out three; maybe four, technically)
15. My Heart I Surrender - I Prevail
Cole’s character song (Interlude) (Also romantic AF)
16. I Don’t Care - Fall Out Boy
Interlude. Also a Mood
17. Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Partially Interlude, partially because Holiday fucking slaps and BoBD is a classic
18. Ocean Avenue - Yellowcard
1/2 Interlude, 1/2 a Mood
19. I Don’t Wanna Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem) - Good Charlotte
Dare I say, an aro-ace mood?
20. Check Yes, Juliet - We The Kings
I feel like half this playlist is just gonna be songs from the Interlude playlist...
21. Problematique - Hot Chelle Rae
Some funky bass, call and response, and fast rhyming - an ultimate jam
22. Postcards - Amber Pacific
Interlude playlist
23. Nico and The Niners - Twenty One Pilots
Look, I just really like Trench; it’s a good album
24. Demolition Lovers - My Chemical Romance
This is on the Interlude playlist but there’s such a Bonnie and Clyde feel to it, man...
25. Do You Know What I’m Seeing? - Panic! At The Disco
No. I don’t. Good song to dissociate to, though. I’m not good at instruments but good guitar/ukulele/whatever it is. Pleasant mood.
26. Rough Hands - Alexisonfire
Look, I’m trying to learn how to properly sing unclean parts (screamo parts) which will be absolutely shocking coming from a 5′2″ blonde girl; I need songs to practice to...
27. The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver - All Time Low
Theme song to the Netflix adaptation of Interlude that plays in my head on repeat. Now if only I could actually finish writing the goddamn book...
28. Fat Lip - Sum 41
Interlude playlist, also listen to it and tell me you don’t hate everybody and this town
29. Say Anything (Else) - Cartel
I like singing the intro/chorus as sort of a vocal warm up...
30. Oh Well, Oh Well - Mayday Parade
Just a fucking MOOD my dudes
31. Whatever Happened To Saturday Night? - Glee Cast Version
No offense to Meat Loaf....but John Stamos... (Also Interlude (Travis) inspo) (Also I was really into Glee again earlier this year... Still haven’t actually watched past season 3...)
32. The Anthem - Good Charlotte
What I listen to when I consider dropping out and becoming a bog witch, but, like, a punk bog witch
33. Thunder - Boys Like Girls
Aaron Being Normal Inspo. The band’s name is ironic considering how Gay I make it...
34. Don’t You Know Who I Think I Am? - Fall Out Boy
I like singing this one when I’m drunk
35. I Don’t Love You - My Chemical Romance
Blood Bound (Book 2)
36. This Is Gospel - Panic! At The Disco
Blood Bound (Book 3)
37. Silver Bullet - Hawthorne Heights
Interlude Playlist
38. Weightless - All Time Low
MAYBE IT’S NOT MY WEEKEND BUT IT’S GONNA BE MY YEAR I scream to myself on a Tuesday
39. Who Do You Love - Marianas Trench
Have you ever looked up an a capella version of this one? Cuz yeah
40. Let The Flames Begin - Paramore
Anti-Depression, yet still Depressed Mood
41. Red Sam - Flyleaf
Depression Mood - also Interlude playlist
42. Jamie All Over - Mayday Parade
Interlude Playlist, and I think the Dreavyn playlist too... Look, it’s just a jam
43. Savior - Rise Against
Interlude Theme
44. Kiss Me, Kill Me - Mest
Another Interlude thing also a really good Selena x Morgan song
45. Hot To The Touch, Cold On The Inside - Fall Out Boy
Aaron Being Normal song also it’s about a hot pocket
46. Newport Living - Cute is What We Aim For
Interlude song that causes drama
47. Meant To Live - Switchfoot
Selena song - Interlude
48. Kill All Your Friends - My Chemical Romance
This is on the Interlude playlist purely because I’m Evil
49. You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid - The Offspring
On the Interlude playlist, also highly recommend blaring this through the hallways of your Catholic High School during lunch
50. Lights And Sounds - Yellowcard
Interlude Playlist also a banger
51. Angel With A Shotgun - The Cab
If this ain’t romantic as shit... Also it will make you wanna declare war on God Himself what a Mood
52. Somebody Told Me - The Killers
I’m not justifying why The Killer’s is on here I’m just shocked and appalled that Mr. Brightside has yet to make an appearance Spotify
53. Alright - Hot Chelle Rae
The English major inside of me wants to correct it to “all right” also Interlude epilogue Mood.
54. Changing - Saosin
Interlude Playlist
55. Bring Me To Life (Synthesis) - Evanescence
The Synthesis version is far superior and allows me to Properly showcase my Amy Lee impression
56. Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bed - Fall Out Boy
Along with J. Michael Tatum, Patrick Stump’s voice is My Religion - the first 23 seconds > The Beatles
57. Pas De Cheval - Panic! At The Disco
Sounds gallop-y
58. Be My Escape - Relient K
Interlude Mood/Theme
59. Science Fiction Double Feature - Glee Cast
Look, all Rocky Horror versions are great, even the Glee one...
60. Dear Maria, Count Me In - All Time Low
I like to sing this one when drunk
61. Stand - Flyleaf
Blood Bound (Final Book. End. Roll credits.)
62. I’d Do Anything - Simple Plan
A jam
63. Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World
The call-response, the spastic drums, damn boi, they’ve got it all
64. Say You Like Me - We The Kings
Catchy song, little fuckboi-ish if you really listen to the lyrics, but it’s not Baby It’s Cold Outside-bad???
65. AMBULANCE - My Chemical Romance
*Choir Ah-ing*, also an Interlude mood considering there are like 2 separate confirmed ambulance parts anyway...
66. crushcrushcrush - Paramore
Look me dead in the eye and tell me Hayley Williams didn’t put everything into her lyrics/singing here
67. Stay - Mayday Parade
Songs for when you’re heartbroken but to the point of dissociating while it rains outside, starting to storm, it starts out with just the grey pattering of a sheet of raindrops and soon the thunder starts to rumble with growing intensity and lightning splits the sky
68. There’s A Good Reason These Tables Are Numbered Honey, You Just Haven’t Thought Of It Yet - Panic! At The Disco
I am the victim of Dreavyn Hawthorne from my WIP Aaron Being Normal seriously if anyone can help me control a chaotic theatre bisexual...
69. Lyrical Lies - Cute is What We Aim For
This band’s lyrics are so fucking poetic it is Shakespeare to a guitar, y’all
70. Wilson (Expensive Mistakes) - Fall Out Boy
I always get like a falling slowly down one of those psychedelic tubes greenscreened into the background feeling at the intro but just like totally at peace falling, like kinda like listening to Ride by 21P type mood but then the chorus comes and it’s a jam
71. Backseat Serenade - All Time Low
Just a banger
72. My Own Worst Enemy - Lit
Look I don’t party too hard but when I do we go hard I was at a party on a Thursday night that didn’t end until the next morning no shit one guy I know did a kegstand before going to his English class
73. Come As You Are - Nirvana
Damn Kurt we miss you but you turned out some jams that no one can match
74. Traitor - Flyleaf
Blood Bound (Book 3)
75. Sadie Hawkins Dance - Relient K
The lyrics are so stupid but damn I love it
76. Poetically Pathetic - Amber Pacific
Did you mean literally 90% of my male OCs?
77. Saviour - LIGHTS
The first LIGHTS song I ever heard and I will defend my favourite singer until the day I die she’s Canadian like me, her family is ADORABLE, SHE is ADORABLE and I love her the end
78. Jersey - Mayday Parade
This goes with every WIP I’ve ever conceived and literally none of them are set in Jersey
79. The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
I feel like this song is just a universal mood but no one can explain exactly why
80. C’mon - Panic! At The Disco
Wholesome(TM)
81. Sunshine Riptide - Fall Out Boy
Interlude Playlist - I imagine Morgan singing it and that might end up happening in canon but idk yet...
82. Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
Easily in the top 3 Neil Diamond songs if not the top, fight me.
83. First Date - blink-182
Literally just such an adorable song, blink-182 is the best
84. Last Hope - Paramore
Mostly a Selena song (Interlude) but idk I’ve destroyed many OCs wills to live so
85. Black Sheep - Metric
@spotify please put the Brie Larson version from Scott Pilgrim vs. The World on your streaming service I’m begging you - a very gay
86. When You Were Young - The Killers
Good song, real jam, where’s Mr. Brightside, spotify, where is it????
87. Broken Hearts Parade - Good Charlotte
A certified bop
88. All I Want - A Day To Remember
A song for my greedier OCs who just want to stop being tortured but yknow what children life aint fair
89. The Kids From Yesterday - My Chemical Romance
Put this in any of my WIPs really...
90. Threshold - Sex Bob-Omb
Try to tell me the Scott Pilgrim vs. The World soundtrack isn’t lit
91. Sorrow - Flyleaf
Blood Bound (Book 3)
92. Stay Frosty Royal Milk Tea - Fall Out Boy
You know when you’re writing intense battles or going to get a tattoo and need a playlist of War Songs? This is like the first one on my War Songs playlist
93. Jesus Of Suburbia - Green Day
A staple in the punk rock genre
94. Neon Gravestones - Twenty One Pilots
Ngl I sobbed when I first heard this one so
95. Pressure - Paramore
Very vocal on the Interlude playlist
96. Starlight - Muse
I first got into Muse because it fueled Twilight but yknow what they’re still a damn good group and Supermassive Black Hole carried the baseball scene which was an astounding piece of cinema so
97. Sleepless in Phoenix - blessthefall
It’s literally just my favourite blessthefall song, fight me
98. Kids In The Dark - All Time Low
My mood for when my dad tells me “you’re 20 you should be able to figure it out” like excuse me for not learning how the entire world works the second I turned 18...
99. Don’t Threaten Me With A Good Time - Panic! At The Disco
Refer to My Own Worst Enemy. Add drugs. I’ve never done drugs but..
100. Feeling This - blink-182
*screams I’m Feeling This at regular intervals* (I have no explanation it’s just a BOP)
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[TheGhostKing]
[2387 posts. 89024 followers. 231 following.]
[Nico di Angelo. 20. LA.]
Nico always had his notifications turned off - with as many followers as he had, it was understandable, since the notifications came in like a flood at all hours of the day. That didn’t mean that he completely ignored them, of course, because he liked reading some of the comments that people would leave him and - since he’d started getting paid by sponsors for his posts (which he still didn’t fully understand, but he wasn’t going to complain) - he liked seeing which of his posts got more likes and comments than others.
For the most part, the pictures with Nico’s face in them got the most reaction. A lot of the time, the comments that people would leave on those pictures made Nico a little bit uncomfortable - they were like catcalls, only over the internet - but Nico figured he could ignore it and leave commenting enabled because the good comments he got outweighed the bad.
There was one new follower that Nico had recently gotten, whose name kept popping up on Nico’s notifications as he scrolled through them. He liked a lot of Nico’s pictures, though when Nico went through and checked, the only ones that he’d liked had Nico’s face in them - a lot of people did that, sure, but those people also tended to leave the creepiest comments. This follower - sunshine.solace - had only left Nico one comment on his most recent picture of himself which said only a single word: beautiful.
Out of boredom, Nico decided to check out sunshine.solace’s account. He had about two hundred followers, much less than Nico, and his pictures were all much brighter and had happier vibes than any of Nico’s. His picture was of a pretty blond boy with golden hair and a million freckles, such a wide smile that his eyes were nearly shut - Nico guessed that the picture was taken in the middle of a laugh - and he had three stripes painted on his cheeks in the color of the bi-pride flag. His bio was simple: will. 21. bi.
Every picture that Will had ever posted was stunning. Perfect lens flares, just the right angles, a sort of brightness that was calming rather than blinding. The subject of most of the pictures - the same beautiful blond from the profile picture - was the best part of it all. Nico could stare at those pictures all day if he could.
He liked one of them. Without thinking, he opened up his DMs and sent a message to Will: hey sunshine. His brain didn’t catch up until the message had already been sent, and there was no getting it back.
Nico shut off the screen and shoved the phone under his pillow, as if that would prevent any response from coming through. His phone buzzed, and Nico hoped it was a text or an email or anything but a response and without checking it, he grabbed the phone and ran out of his room and into the living room where Hazel was sitting on the couch.
He practically dove onto the couch, shoving the phone into Hazel’s hand before hugging a pillow close to his chest.
“What’s happening right now?” Hazel asked, muting the TV before turning so that her brother had her full attention.
“You know how you and Jason always say that I should just go for it and talk to somebody? You know, like, date-wise?” Nico said, staring at his phone like he was afraid of it.
“Yes, I believe I recall saying something like that,” Hazel said.
“I messaged somebody on Instagram,” he said. “I don’t know why, I have no idea what I was thinking, but I think he responded and I’m too afraid to look at it.”
“You’re freaking out and you don’t even know if he answered?” Hazel asked. She rolled her eyes and unlocked her brother’s phone. “Sunshine.solace, is that him?”
“Yeah,” Nico croaked, and held the pillow closer.
“He said, hey ghost king, to what do I owe this pleasure?” Hazel started to hand the phone back before he stopped herself and said, “Do you need me to answer this, too? Or are you going to be able to hold a conversation with him?”
“How could he answer so calmly?” Nico said. “How do people not freak out over stuff like this?”
“Maybe he is freaking out, but he knows how to sound super calm over text,” Hazel offered, and started typing something. “Or maybe he also made his sister text for him.”
“Wait, Hazel, what are you sending?” Nico demanded, and crawled forward to grab for his phone, but Hazel held it out of his reach. “Hazel, please.”
“There, sent.” She handed the phone over, and Nico felt like he was going to throw up from the nerves. “You’re welcome. I’m sure you can handle yourself from here.”
“What did you do?” Nico said, and had to read over the message about three times before he finally started comprehending the words. The pleasure is all mine, since I get to talk to someone with such a pretty face. “Hazel, what the hell is this!”
“It’s flirting, you should try it sometime.”
“But I don’t talk like this! And now he’s not responding, look at what you did!”
Just then, his phone buzzed in his hand, three times in quick succession.
sunshine.solace: oh
sunshine.solace: oh wow
sunshine.solace: um
“Hazel, I think you scared him,” Nico said, but his phone buzzed again.
sunshine.solace: sorry, its not often that someone as beautiful as you are calls me pretty
“Oh, shit,” Nico breathed. He whispered, “Hazel, he said I’m beautiful,” as if speaking up might scare the other boy away.
“Oh, good, you’re flirting,” Hazel said, her attention turned back to the TV. “Find out if he lives anywhere near here and maybe ask him out. Good luck.”
“You’re not going to help me?” Nico asked.
“Gotta learn how to do stuff for yourself eventually,” Hazel answered. “Now you better hurry up and reply before he thinks you’re not interested anymore.”
“Shit!”
[2 minutes ago]
[Image: a cup of coffee with a heart drawn from milk. Behind it, the coffeeshop is a distant blur.]
[ sunshine.solace i have a date with the prettiest boy i’ve ever seen and i think this is the barista’s way of wishing me luck]
Will had gotten to the coffeeshop much earlier than he should have - it wasn’t his fault (it absolutely was), he just wanted to make sure he wouldn’t be late. So he sat in his seat near the window for about twenty minutes, not wanting to ruin the heart in his coffee and instead letting it get cold while he waited for his date to arrive.
He was expecting to get stood up, to be quite honest. He hardly believed that he’d actually been asked on a date by Nico di Angelo, so until he saw Nico walking past the window and through the door of the coffeeshop, he still didn’t think it was true. Nico ordered his coffee, waited by the counter until it was ready, and made his way over to Will once he recognized him.
He sat down across from Will. Nico di Angelo was sitting down across from him.
Nico started fidgeting uncomfortably under Will’s stare, so he looked down at his coffee once he realized he was being rude. “Um. Hi.”
“Hi. Will, right?” Nico asked, and Will thought he might melt at his lightly accented voice. The corner of Nico’s mouth quirked up as he continued, “Or do you prefer Sunshine?”
He smiled, resting his chin on his hand as he let his gaze return to the other boy. “Will is fine. Is it Nico, or Your Highness the Ghost King?”
Nico snorted. “Please. It’s just Your Highness.” Nico took a sip of his drink in hopes of bridging a somewhat awkward pause in the conversation. Introductions were over, so what were they supposed to do now?
“I’m sorry if I’m staring,” Will said suddenly, seeming to catch himself in the act again and looking anywhere else. “It’s just...you’re even prettier in person, somehow.”
Nico ducked his head and turned to look out the window, scratching at the back of his neck as he said, “Yeah, well. You’re pretty, too.” When Will didn’t say anything, Nico peeked up to see Will beaming at him, and he felt his heart skip a beat.
“I, um,” Will started, wrapping his hands around his now cold cup of coffee, still smiling as he continued, “I have to be honest with you about something. When I first got that message from you, I got super nervous. That first message that you got from me was actually from my sister, because I was so nervous that my hands were shaking too much to type.”
“Really?” Nico asked. “I made you that nervous? But I’m… just a guy.”
“A really pretty guy,” Will said. “I only get nervous around the pretty ones.”
Nico ducked his head again, this time trying to hide a blush. He mumbled, “I was nervous, too.”
“Yeah?”
Nico nodded. “Actually, uh, one of the messages you got was also from my sister.”
“You’re not just saying that to make me feel better?” Will asked.
“No, I, uh, I’m not very good at talking to people.” Nico huffed. “Which I’m sure you’ve noticed, by now.”
“I think it’s cute,” Will told him. “You’re a lot different than I expected - good different, of course. I mean, your Instagram is all dark and gloomy, but you don’t seem like that at all. You’re cute, is what I’m trying to say.”
“I’m not cute,” Nico said to the window, but Will just kept smiling at him. Turned out, Will’s smile was contagious, and Nico found himself smiling back in seconds.
While they lived on different sides of the same city and they attended different universities, Will and Nico met up on the weekends to study together. With finals so close, it was difficult to find time to make dates when there was so much work to do, so they decided to kill two birds with one stone by studying in a public library nearly halfway between where the two of them lived. (They tried studying in private - either at Nico’s apartment or in Will’s dorm - but there were too many... distractions in private, and Nico got bored far too easily when all they were doing was reading textbooks.)
Nico still found himself uninterested in his work just as quickly as when he was in his own apartment, but being in public kept him from distractingWill as well - most of the time, at least. Sure, he couldn’t hop into Will’s lap and kiss him until he forgot about whatever he was reading, but he could pull out his phone and start snapping pictures of the pages in Will’s textbook until Will shoved him away.
[just now]
[image: drawing of a skeleton from a medical textbook.]
[ TheGhostKing god i wish that were me #finalsweek]
Will finished taking notes on the chapter he was reading before pulling his phone out of his pocket and checking his notifications. He raised an eyebrow at his boyfriend when he saw the alert of a new post from Nico, and started laughing when he saw what it was.
“Don’t you have a paper to write?” Will asked as he put his phone away again.
“But that’s so boring,” Nico told him. He reached his leg out and ran his foot along Will’s calf as he said, “It’s so much more fun to mess with you.”
Will set his chin on his hand, elbow pressing into the pages of his textbook as he leaned forward. “I’ll tell you what: as soon as finals are over, you can mess with me all you want.”
Nico leaned forward, sliding his laptop to the side so that it was out of his way. “Is that a promise?”
Will held out his other hand: a closed fist with the pinkie sticking out.
“Are you kidding me?” Nico laughed, but linked his pinkie with Will’s.
Will pulled Nico’s hand closer and pressed a kiss to his knuckles. “Hurry up and finish your paper, and then we can go get dinner. Sound good?”
When Will finished his last final, he walked outside to see Nico waiting in the driver’s seat of a car sitting at the curb.
“Hey, hot stuff,” Nico called out through the open passenger window when Will walked up. “Need a ride?”
“That depends. Where are you headed?” Will asked, bending over to look through the window.
Nico shot him a grin. “Guess you’ll have to get in and find out.”
Will straightened up and took a step back. “Well, that’s no way to get a guy in your car.”
“Wait! Babe, c’mon, just get in the car,” Nico whined.
Will tugged open the car door and got in, dropping his backpack on the floor by his feet and leaning over to kiss his boyfriend. “Hey.”
“Hi,” Nico said, and settled back down in his seat before starting the car. “How was your test?”
“Fine, I think,” Will answered as he buckled in. “I’m pretty sure I passed, at least.” Nico pulled out onto the road and started driving toward the edge of town - away from either of their homes. “You gonna tell me where we’re going?”
“Nope,” Nico said, popping the p.
“‘Cause, you see, I was under the impression that as soon as finals were over, we would head back to your place,” Will said slowly, one of his hands sneaking over the center console so that his fingers could tease at Nico’s thigh. “Maybe get takeout, get nice and comfortable--”
“No distracting the driver,” Nico said, stopping Will’s hand with his own and lacing their fingers together. “I was thinking that we could go out for dinner before heading back to my place, but we’ve gotta make a stop on the way first.”
“A stop where?”
“You’ll see.”
They left the city, driving for nearly thirty minutes out into the country until Nico pulled over on the side of the road, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. He turned off the car and went to open the door and get out when he noticed that Will wasn’t moving to do the same.
“You know, usually people don’t kill people in the middle of the day. They tend to wait until the middle of the night, just to make sure nobody sees.”
“I didn’t bring you here to kill you, Solace, now get out of the car.” Nico rolled his eyes and flung open the driver’s door before climbing out of the car. Will followed quickly and as soon as he was standing he understood why Nico had brought him there. About a hundred yards off the road was a field of sunflowers, all taller than Will and thick enough that someone could hide inside the patch, completely unseen.
Will beamed and grabbed Nico’s hand, running toward the field and dragging his boyfriend behind him.
“How did you find this place?” Will asked once they’d reached the flowers.
“Hazel told me about it,” Nico replied. “I thought you might get some nice pictures for your Instagram, or something.”
Will wrapped an arm around Nico’s waist and pulled him in for a kiss before they dove into the flowers together.
[12 minutes ago]
[image: a figure in all black stands surrounded by sunflowers. The person is holding another sunflower by the stem, hiding their face.]
[ sunshine.solace i have the best boyfriend in the world]
Nico held the sunflower in one hand and his phone in the other as he reached up to press his lips to Will’s, snapping a picture as he did so. When Will pulled back, he took Nico’s phone to see the picture: the sunflower took up almost half of the screen, concealing their kiss but showing just enough of their faces that Will could see for sure that it was them.
“How do you take such amazing pictures on the first try?” Will asked, resting his forehead against Nico’s.
“Practice,” Nico told him, and saved the picture to a separate folder on his phone.
“You’re not gonna post that one?”
“Does that look like it fits my aesthetic, Solace?”
Nico woke up with his face pressed into Will’s neck and Will’s arms wrapped around him. He felt one of Will’s arms twitch every so often - the arm that he was using as a pillow - which made Nico think that Will was scrolling through Twitter while he waited for Nico to wake up.
Nico shifted his head so that he could bite at the base of Will’s neck, letting him know he was awake.
“Ow!” Will said, and flinched back. “Geez, I think you bruised me.”
“Shut up, I barely touched you,” Nico groaned.
“Yeah, but that’s the same spot where you gave me a hickey last night,” Will reminded him.
Nico hummed and pulled back enough that he could see the hickey fully. “Oh yeah, I guess I did. It’s a good look.”
“Uh huh, sure it is,” Will said, and rolled over onto his back. Nico pulled himself closer again and placed his chin on Will’s chest, staring at Will with a rather familiar look on his face - he had two expressions that were awfully similar that Will sometimes had a hard time keeping straight: the spark in his eyes either meant that he was setting up the perfect picture in his head, or he wanted to have sex right now.
Will thought he might’ve figured out which one of those it was when Nico pushing himself forward and latched his mouth onto Will’s neck once again, sinking his teeth into the skin to make another bruise.
Will tangled a hand in Nico’s hair and tugged in the hope that Nico would let go. “Nico,” Will moaned. “Can’t we at least have breakfast first?”
Nico hummed against Will’s skin and shifted to suck on another portion of skin. He pulled back after a moment, seeming to check over his work before throwing a leg over Will’s waist and sitting back on his hips. Will ran his hands up Nico’s thighs as Nico reached to the side and grabbed his phone, lining up for the perfect picture.
“Woah, hey, are you taking a picture of me?” Will asked, jerking his head up and ruining the shot.
“Yeah, put your head back down,” Nico said. “Tilt your chin up.”
Will settled back down and complied. “Is this for you or for your Instagram?”
“Insta.” When Will turned his head again, Nico said, “Relax, your face isn’t in it.” He was finally able to take the picture he wanted, and rolled off of Will’s lap until they were laying side by side.
Will grabbed Nico’s wrist and pulled him closer until he could see the picture - his shoulder and neck, the line of his jaw at the top of the frame; little red marks blending in with a larger purple bruise, his freckles spotted throughout.
“Oh my god, I’m covered,” Will said. “You can’t post that, it’s so embarrassing!”
“What? No way, it’s such a good picture,” Nico argued. “Nobody’s gonna know it’s you so there’s no reason to be embarrassed.”
“Kayla will, and Austin, and Hazel,” Will said.
“They won’t care. Besides, it’s too good, I’ve gotta do it,” Nico told him, and pulled his phone back to post the image. “If it really bothers you that much, then maybe I can make it up to you somehow.”
Will slipped an arm around Nico’s waist and set his chin on Nico’s shoulder. “I can think of a few ways.”
Nico set his phone off to the side and turned his head to brush the tip of his nose against Will’s. “Oh yeah?”
Will pulled himself closer until he was laying on top of his boyfriend, still nose-to-nose. “Yep. You can’t expect to turn me on like that and not do anything about it.”
Nico wrapped his arms loosely around Will’s shoulders. “I thought you wanted breakfast.”
“Yeah, but you can make me breakfast after.” Nico snorted before laughing outright, and Will blew a raspberry into the side of his neck.
[25 minutes ago]
[image: freckles and bruises across tan skin]
[ TheGhostKing more beautiful than all the cosmos]
Will had moved out of the dorms at the end of the semester and into the tiniest, shittiest apartment Nico had ever seen. It had a bathroom just big enough for a toilet, sink, and shower stall - too small for two people; they’d tried - a bedroom that was mostly just a bed and piles of boxes that Will hadn’t bothered to unpack, and a galley kitchen.
Will insisted that Nico come over for dinner, because Will was certain that he could cook whatever recipe he’d found, and wanted Nico to be the first to try it - he knew his boyfriend couldn’t cook for shit, so Nico was skeptical, but he figured that if he was there, he might as well help as much as Will would let him.
Will seemed to catch on to Nico’s game early on, and sent him away to the bedroom to put on some music. Aside from clothes and other necessities, the only things that Will had unpacked were his record player and a small stack of vinyls. Nico flicked through them for a little while, trying to find something he didn’t completely hate, and finally dropped a record onto the player.
He slipped his phone out of his pocket to take a picture of the player to post on his Instagram before making his way back to the kitchen.
[just now]
[image: an old record player with a simple black vinyl record, the record sleeve propped up behind the player to display the album]
[ TheGhostKing he’s lucky i love him bc his music taste is shit]
As soon as Nico stepped into the kitchen, Will grabbed his hand and pulled him in for a dance as he sang along poorly with the music that was playing. Nico started laughing despite his complaints, but when Will spun him, he saw one of the pots smoking on the stove.
“Will, it’s burning,” Nico told him.
Will brought him in from the spin and dipped him, pressing a kiss to his lips before straightening up again and returning his attention to the dinner.
Nico leaned against his counter, scrolling mindlessly through Twitter, and didn’t see Will check his phone while he was stirring one of the pots. He nearly dropped his phone when he read the caption on Nico’s latest post, and took a second to turn off the burners on the stove before he took a step back.
Nico turned when he realized that Will wasn’t cooking anymore, and frowned at how red Will’s face had become.
“Hey, are you alright?” Nico asked, setting his phone on the counter behind him.
“I was gonna--” Will started, staring down at his feet. “I got this recipe for a nice dinner, and it was gonna be all romantic - well, as romantic as dinner in bed can be, since I don’t have a table or chairs - and then I was gonna tell you, and I wasn’t sure you would say it back, but you actually beat me to it.”
Nico stepped forward and cupped Will’s cheek in his hand. “Babe, what are you talking about?”
Will held out his phone, still with Nico’s latest post on the screen. “You said you love me.”
Nico’s eyes flickered down to the screen before meeting Will’s again. “I did. I do.”
Will smiled. “I love you, too.”
It was easy for Nico to convince Will to move out of his tiny apartment when he suggested that they find a place together, someplace fit for two people that was halfway between the colleges they were attending. They would see each other every day and Will wouldn’t have to spend anymore of his time in the terrible college dorms. It might even give Hazel the push she needed to finally ask Frank to move in with her.
But that wasn’t important. What’s important is that Nico and Will were moving in together. They were in love, and they were going to live together.
All of Will’s things were still packed up, and Nico piled as much of his stuff into his car as he could to take it to their new apartment. Theirapartment.
As soon as all of their belongings had been loaded into the building, Will set up his record player and started playing the same album that Nico had put on when they’d had dinner at Will’s - it still wasn’t Nico’s favorite, but it was growing on him. The living room, though packed full of boxes, was plenty big enough for Will to run in, lift his boyfriend off the ground, and spin them in circles as the music played around them.
Moving was tiring, and even with all the extra adrenaline they both had from the excitement, they ended up passing out not long after dinner. They woke up with the sun - they didn’t have curtains for the windows in their bedroom yet - and found themselves wrapped around each other. Will hadn’t been able to find the box with his pajamas, so he’d fallen asleep in his boxers, but Nico had dug around until he found one of Will’s sweaters - a few sizes too big for him and the brightest shade of yellow he’d ever seen.
[just now]
[image: Nico laying in the middle of the bed wearing Will’s big yellow sweater, mid-laugh, the sunlight shining in through the windows making him glow]
[ sunshine.solace god im so in love]
[9 months later]
[image: Nico on his tiptoes, pulling on Will’s graduation gown and kissing him, holding up Will’s graduation cap to hide part of their faces.]
[ TheGhostKing congrats sunshine]
[2 years later]
[image: a ring box containing two rings, one slightly larger than the other. The larger of the two made of silver, the smaller made of gold.]
[ sunshine.solace ive never been happier in my life]
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A F1 history rewrite 1950-Present . . . using Python
So, Let’s rewrite F1 history from the very beginning!
Prologue: What happened during these seventy years?
So, I have decided to rewrite Formula 1 history using a python simulation and only running it one time and this is what transpired! Be prepared for a lot of odd things!
The 1950’s
Alfa Romeo was the dominant team in the early part of this decade but by the end of 1956, they withdrew from the sport. Oddly enough, in 1959, the driver’s championship was decided on countback for the first time in the sport’s history because Mike Hawthorn and Jack Brabham were tied on points at the end of the year, but Hawthorn won his second title of his career thanks to one DNF compared to Brabham’s two DNF’s. Obviously, the Italians dominated the sport this decade, winning eight of the ten team’s titles in the decade.
The 1960’s
The 1960’s begin with a big technical revolution when newcomers Team Lotus entered F1 full-time with a purpose built mid-engine F1 car, however, it was full of flaws and Team Lotus barely made it through the season before leaving the sport altogether. However, the Cooper team decided to try their hand at a mid-engine F1 car the following season with excellent success with Tony Brooks winning the 1961 and 1962 driver’s championships. Ferrari then made the long-awaited switch to mid-engine cars for 1963 and tasted success that year with Bruce McLaren behind the wheel. By the start of the 1966 season, the FIA have decided to only allow mid-engine cars to compete in F1, leaving the few privateers that were remaining to switch to mid-engine cars after years of resisting the switch. In 1968, Alfa Romeo came back into F1 as an engine supplier for the newcomers Farina Racing team, who was headed by Nino Farina, who won the WDC in 1952. In one of the most fairy-tire endings in the rewritten history so far, the newcomers won both the driver’s championship with Peter Revson, and clinching the team’s title in dominating fashion in the first year of existence. Jackie Stewart finished off the 1960’s by winning his first title for Citroen. Another theme is bold new teams coming and going during this decade in addition to the decline of the privateers and Team Lotus, Lamborghini and Bugatti also tried their hands at F1 but failed as well.
The 1970’s
By the start of the 1970 season, the FIA has effectively banned the independent “Privateer” teams from competing in the championship. Now, all of the remaining teams must pay all associated FIA entry fees before acceptance into the championship itself. In 1974, the second driver’s championship decided on countback occurred between now three-time WDC Graham Hill and Emerson Fittipaldi, both of whom were driving for Ferrari. Fittipaldi won his first title due to more race wins. Before the start of the 1977 season, the FIA implemented the modern-day two cars per team rule that is still with us to this very day. In addition, Renault also entered Formula one with the very first turbocharged engine in a Formula 1 car. Oddly enough, John Watson accomplished a three-peat of driver’s titles during 1975-77 driving for Mercedes.
The 1980’s
Niki Lauda had to wait a little while, but he did win a WDC to his name in 1980 for the Ford Grand Prix team, who somehow is still hanging on for dear life with the aging DFV engine. In 1981, Mario Andretti won his second driver’s title. Before the start of the 1982 season, the FIA had decided to make Turbo-charged engines mandatory. This caused panic among some of the once-great teams, most notably BRM and Cooper, but they somehow got contracts with independent engine makers in time. Furthermore, in 1982, the calendar finally expanded to 16 races. Despite all of these changes, BRM (with the help of Zakspeed suppling them engines) won the team’s championship and Keke Rosberg won the driver’s title. By the end of the 1983 season, Renault left the sport altogether. By the end of the 1988 season, Engine power was obviously at an all-time high and thanks to that, Alain Prost won four driver’s titles for Ferrari. Obviously, wanting to slow down the cars, the FIA banned the turbo-charged cars before the start of the 1989 season, in favor of a 3.5L NA formula. Despite their efforts, Prost was able to secure his fifth driver’s title to finish off the 1980’s.
The 1990’s
Somehow by the time we get to the start of the 1990’s, the F1 calendar has reached 18 total races. At the end of the 1990 season, there was the third time a driver’s championship was decided on countback. This time it was Ayrton Senna, who was driving for Farina-Alfa Romeo, and Elio De Angeles, for Mercedes. De Angeles won due to more race wins 4 to 2. The following year, Senna got the last laugh and he won his first driver’s title by two points over Nelson Piquet. Gerhard Berger returned the favor for Mercedes winning his only driver’s title in 1992, and Senna responded with a second driver’s title in 1993. At the end of the 1994 season, Mansell has won his second driver’s title. In 1995, Mika Hakkinen won his first driver’s title for Dallara. By the time we reached the 1996 season, track safety became a huge point of emphasis and as a result, the FIA had to take a hard stand on this issue, the end result being that the calendar was reduced to 17 races by this time. Oddly enough, it was Ivan Capelli winning the driver’s title that season, for the Ford Grand Prix team, who by this time are using V10 engines after finally scrapping the proven V8 engine re-introduced in 1989 and had its roots in the mid 1960’s. Before the start of the 1998 season, the FIA made a massive set of rule changes which included grooved tires, narrower width, and reduction of engine displacement to 3 liters. By the end of the 1990’s it was obvious that the Lamborghini F1 team, who re-entered F1 in 1983, first with a crazy 1.5L V12 turbo engine before the turbo ban, before switching to their signature V12 engine for the 1989 season, had become the team to beat, thanks to Michael Schumacher winning two driver’s titles to his name.
The 2000’s
Before the start of the 2001 season, the Lotus name was back in F1, but this time under partnership with Toyota to supply them state-of-the-art V10 engines. The 2002 season was a nail-biter but Jacques Villeneuve prevailed over his Dallara teammate Mika Hakkinen by one point. At the end of the 2004 season, Michael Schumacher did the unthinkable, breaking Alain Prost’s driver’s title record with his sixth title. The following season, which was the last of the three liter era, Giancarlo Fisichella somehow won a driver’s title for Mercedes. Before the start of the 2006 season, the FIA finally got with the modern times, and introduced 80HP Hybrid Systems to the cars and switched the engine formula to 2.4 liter V8 engines on top of that. Despite this, Michael Schumacher extended the driver’s title record way out of reach by the end of the 2008 season, winning nine total driver’s titles. Before the start of the 2009 season, the new era of aerodynamics took effect and did it’s intended job shuffling up the pecking order.
The 2010’s and last season
The FIA had finally did the unthinkable before the 2010 season, they finally overhauled the points system to the modern top 10 finishers system still being used in present day. By the end of the 2013, a possible new force had emerged, Nico Rosberg for Ferrari, who somehow won three straight driver’s titles up to that point and was on top of his game. However, for the 2014 season, they bought in the V6 turbo-hybrid era, with the hybrid systems doubling in power output to 160. By that time, the calendar has expanded to 21 races. By the end of the 2015 season, Nico Rosberg had managed to claim his fifth straight driver’s championship. In the 2016 season, Kimi Raikkonen managed to claim his third driver’s title after winning back-to-back titles in 2009 and 2010. The following season, Lewis Hamilton finally broke though and claimed his first World driver’s championship. Also, for Ferrari, they had claimed their 25th team’s championship in their long history. In 2018, Max Verstappen made history by becoming the youngest ever driver’s champion for Lamborghini. In 2019, Sebastian Vettel finally secured his long-awaited world driver’s championship for Ferrari. In 2020 however, Lewis Hamilton reclaimed the driver’s title for Ferrari.
Now, what’s next: Well, most everything has changed. First, the cars will become more futuristic than ever before thanks to the now-mandatory Halo device. Second, the engine formula has been changed again. This time it will be 2 liter V8 Turbocharged engines with the hybrid systems making even more power than ever now to 250HP. There’s also a new commitment to wellness and health, this has caused the race calendar to shrink from 20 races in 2020 to 16 races in 2021. Finally, in an effort to attract promising new teams to the sport, the FIA have finally expanded the entry list to 13 teams for 2021 and forcing all of the teams to abide by a hard spending cap of $150million per year. So, in this next post, I will unveil the entry list for the re-written 2021 season.
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Rules for Requests and Commissions!
It’s a little lengthy, so it’s under the cut. If you want to request something or help me out through college with commissions, please read through these~
So, who exactly will you write about?
As this series has many, many characters, here’s the ones that I will write for:
Muse
Aqours
Nijigasaki School Idol Club (I am still learning about Shioriko, so please be patient)
Please note that there are certain exceptions to these rules, but these will be explained further down (see What are the no-no’s for requests/commissions?).
What can I request?
I can write short headcanons and one-shots.
For headcanons, please keep in mind that there are rules to how many characters can be included per request. For Love Live, it’s up to 5 per request (exceptions include requesting all of Muse, all of Aqours, or all of Nijigasaki).
For one-shots, requests will be shorter than commissioned works, having a maximum of 1000 words.
How many requests will you take?
I will take 15 requests before closing the box. Once I close it, I’ll delete any request received before reopening. Once the box has 5 requests or less, I’ll reopen the box for requests. If you really want me to write something...there’s always commissions!
What can I commission?
I take commissions on longer one-shots! (See also How long can my commission be?)
What do you charge for commissions?
The price is very simple for my works.
$0.50 USD for every 100 words
The baseline is as simple as that! I do have minimums and maximums for word counts you can request, but if you want to know how much you need to pay for a certain amount of words, just use this for reference.
How do I request a commission? How do I pay?
You can send in a commission request one of two ways. If you have a Tumblr account, all you have to do is DM me! If you don’t have one or can’t DM, that’s okay! Just send your request to my email, [email protected], and we can work through it there. I strictly work through PayPal for payment. Further details will be given during the commissioning process.
How long can my commission be?
I have a minimum of 1000 words for any commission, with a maximum of 6000, in theory.
For simplicity, I have created three “tiers” you can ask for when sending in your request and the respective price ranges for each:
Sprout
Length: 1,000-2,999 words
Price Range: $5.00-$14.99 USD
Bud
Length: 3,000-4,999 words
Price Range: $15.00-$24.99 USD
Bloom
Length: 5,000-6,000 words
Price Range: $25.00-$30.00 USD
If you want to request a commission that’s more than a Bloom, we can discuss it over email or DMs.
What are the no-no’s for requests/commissions?
While I am open and willing to many types of requests and commissions, there are a few subjects that I refuse to write. It is nothing against the requester. The list of “no-no’s” are simply subjects that I do not feel comfortable with writing about. I ask that you do not send commission requests with any of the following:
I will not write anything NSFW with these girls, so please keep this in mind.
Dia and Ruby are great to write as sisters, but I refuse to write them as a romantic pairing.
If you have a request involving a reader/OC insert, please specify pronouns and/or gender. I will default to gender-neutral and use they/them pronouns, so if you would like a m!reader or f!reader and/or he/him or she/her used, please specify this in your request (see also Can I request “x Reader” or OCs?).
I will not, under any circumstances, take requests or commissions involving the four letter word starting with R.
Other topics that I will rarely write include harming one’s self and deep religious themes. If you really want one of these topics in a commission, I may consider it. However, there will need to be additional discussion before beginning, so keep this in mind.
I hold the right to decline any request or commission offer if I feel I cannot adequately write about the subject requested.
Can I request “x Reader” or OCs?
Absolutely! I just have two requests that you follow, depending on which one you want:
If you are wanting an OC, I would like a description of the character included in the request. Include as much as you can about them; I want to be able to write them in the most accurate way!
For both x Readers and OCs, I ask that you specify the pronouns/applicable gender you want to be used.
What about “OT3s” or polyamorous pairings?
Go ahead! All I ask is that any of the pairings or characters I specified above in the “no-nos” are not included in the group.
Do you have any samples of your work?
As a matter of fact, I do! To show you what your commission may be like, I’ve gathered a few of my works here that fit :
Small Sprout: A work I completed for an Uta no Prince Sama Secret Santa, “Christmas Chicks” (contains 1,688 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17140046
Large Sprout: A piece I completed for an Uta no Prince Sama flashbang, “My Charm Point” (contains 2,507 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17718437
Medium Bud: A work I completed from the Binan Koukou Chikyuu Boueibu series, “Numbers on the Scale” (contains 3,979 words)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15058601
Can I get a WIP of my commission?
When I have fully written through the commission, I will send it to you as a “first draft phase”. You can ask for any additions or omissions in this phase, and after I will add or delete anything you ask, along with polishing it up and making it just right!
Can I ask for things to be added or removed once you start?
If you ask for any additions or omissions to the work before or during the “first draft phase”, I will gladly make the revisions you ask, free of charge. However, if I am editing the final draft and you ask for any changes, I will add a flat $1 USD fee to the final total.
Will you ever have any sales for commissions?
Funny you should ask…I’m having a system set in place to discount certain characters at certain times of the year, which I call “Birthday Flash Sales”. Which leads to...
What on earth are “birthday flash sales”?
It’s really simple! In order to celebrate the birthdays of the characters I write for, I’ll be having a sale on commissions that include that character! For the day of the character’s birthday and two days before it, the baseline prices of commissions having them will be slashed!
Here’s how it works:
$0.50 USD per 100 words –> $0.25 USD per 100 words
So essentially, all works are half price!
Sprout
Length: 1,000-2,999 words
Price Range: $2.50-$7.49 USD
Bud
Length: 3,000-4,999 words
Price Range: $7.50-$12.49 USD
Bloom
Length: 5,000-6,000 words
Price Range: $12.50-$15.00 USD
Each sale will start at 12:00 AM EST two days before a character’s birthday and end at 11:59 PM EST on the actual birthday.
I will post when the flash sales for a certain character begin, but if you are looking for characters that have a birthday coming up, here are the dates listed below:
Love Live!
Dia: January 1
Hanayo: January 17
Kasumi: January 23
Emma: February 5
Kanan: February 10
Ayumu: March 1
Hanamaru: March 4
Umi: March 15
Shizuku: April 3
You: April 17
Maki: April 19
Ai: May 30
Nozomi: June 9
Mari: June 13
Karin: June 29
YoshikoYohane: July 13
Nico: July 22
Chika: August 1
Honoka: August 3
Setsuna: August 8
Kotori: September 12
Riko: September 19
Ruby: September 21
Shioriko: October 5
Eli: October 21
Rin: November 1
Rina: November 13
Kanata: December 16
If you made it this far, thank you so much! I hope to see your wonderful ideas and prompts in my box or DMs soon!
~Rosy
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come over and start up a conversation with just me
So... I could swear I did queue this for earlier today yet I can’t see it nowhere??? Can anyone confirm I’m not crazy???
As I said before (maybe) I had one of the shittiest weeks ever but at least I managed to do something with this. Yay me.
ps. when I said this was an AU, I really meant AU. Also: this is still a mess but I still hope you like it. here’s part 1 in case you missed it/can’t remember what’s about lol
That’s all, ily.
Stares.
She could feel them from all over the place; some heavy and lingering and some flittering, quick ones. Was there something on her face? On her clothes? Had she mismatched her outfit? Ámbar frowned before looking down at her white shirt and blue skirt, checking to see if everything was in order, but nothing was out of place. She wasn’t going crazy, she knew that. They were definitely, shamelessly, staring at her.
She huffed, glaring and rolling her eyes at everyone who was looking on her way to one of few the tables available; her mom had borrowed her car that morning without notice, leaving her to take public transportation to the faculty, which made her arguably late for her first class (she was ten minutes early for her teacher to arrive, but she was late to grab one the best seats in the room) and annoyed with the world.
She tried distracting herself by pulling out her cellphone to check the Fab and Chic’s comment’s page; Delfi and Jazmín’s interviews with Simón and his band had been posted the night before, making the blog explode with views, likes and comments. Ámbar had to admit she was not expecting those results; she had barely heard about the guys before she met Delfi and Jazmín in their Digital Communication class last year, their constant humming to the RB’s latest single was all she could hear when they studied for an exam, and it was so catchy even her mom became a fan that day.
She, however, never really saw the appeal. Sure, 2/3 of them were good looking, and they weren’t talentless, but there was nothing about their music that made them stand out for her then. Even after seeing them two nights ago, she still couldn’t fully comprehend it but she’d be lying if she didn’t say there was something about their guitarist that made her curiosity peak.
“What are you wearing?” Gastón’s voice sounded from her right, making her turn around quickly, tearing her glance away from her phone. He had a funny look on his face, his mouth forming a funny ‘o’, his eyes glued to her head.
“Clothes,” was her obvious reply. She arched her brows, daring him to clarify his point.
He took a couple of seconds to respond, - “no, no, no. I mean, what’s with the beanie?” he pointed to her head, where the black beanie she had decided to wear this morning was currently on. She knew she could’ve easily put it in her purse and keep it there until she saw Simón later that day, but she had tried it on after getting dressed and her judgment told her it looked cute enough to wear it for the day. So, she did.
“What do you mean?” Ámbar tried her best to sound as nonchalant as she could, even if her brain was sending warning signals all over her mind, which was very ridiculous, honestly, since there was no way Gastón or anyone for that matter, could relate it back to Simón since only Delfi and Jazmín appeared in the video the latter posted (Jazmín had been very careful not to mention her in any way, shape or form, still bitter about her 1 on 1 with her favorite band member).
“It’s spring, Ámbar.”
Ah, so that was what the stares were about.
“So?” she shrugged.
She wasn’t as strict with fashion as Jazmín was, which was why she barely posted on the Fab & Chic after their A was granted last year; and even then, she didn’t give it the same attention as her casual friends did, since the class had been an optative one for the Law student that she was, instead of a required one for their Communication career.
Gastón’s voice was disbelieving, “so you wear warm hats in a warm weather, now?”
“Oh, I’m sorry mister I-wear-Leatherman-jackets-in-summer, I didn’t know it was illegal to wear warm clothing after winter. Are you going to call the police on me?” her tone was sweet, yet coated with sarcasm. Gastón raised his arms in mocked surrender.
“Point taken.” Ámbar rolled her eyes, but made no further comment. The teacher was to arrive any time soon, and she didn’t want him to give her any negative attention; the old man would surely put her on the spot at a point in the class, most likely to answer a question only he knew the answer to; he was that kind of asshole. Her stupid friend didn’t get the memo, because just as their teacher was walking in, he decided the blurt the most incriminating words one could say in a classroom. “Let me copy your homework?”
Professor Asshole’s glare was enough to make her groan in frustration.
It was going to be a long day.
Lunch couldn’t have come soon enough.
Professor Asshole not only embarrassed Gastón and her in class, but refused to grade her homework too. She protested -quite loudly, actually- and it got her another essay due before the end of the week, as if the four she had already for Thursday wasn’t enough. By the end of the reprimand, she was ready to kill Périda the next time she saw him; the idiot was smart enough to flee as soon as the teacher dismissed them.
Her next class wasn’t as bad; however, her mood had been ruined already and couldn’t pass as quickly as she hoped it would. By now she was hungry as well as pissed, and in need of a cup of coffee and a sandwich to at least calm one of her burdens.
“Well, don’t you look dandy, my love.” Her best friend greeted her as soon a she stepped in front of their table, smiling sarcastically when she responded with a scowl.
“I’m in no mood for that shit, Em.”
“I can see that. Are you even going to tell me, or should I ask my crystal ball?” Emilia arched her left brow, sipping her cup as soon as she asked her question. Ámbar flipped her off.
“Mom took my car this morning, I had to take the stupid bus and was late for my first period, Gastón was a dick on Roman’s Law class and got me an extra essay for Friday. Happy?”
Her friend nodded, “I am, actually, because my day has been fantastic, thank you for asking. Yours, however, sounds shitty as fuck.”
Ámbar rolled her eyes, “don’t remind me, I still have IPL to go through; but whatever, I’ll survive. What about you? Didn’t you have a test today?”
“I did, and I totally murdered it. Wanna go with me and Benny to celebrate after class? He brought his car today, we can pick you up and drop you off, too.”
“Can’t. I have a thing to do for Fab & Chic after class.” Ámbar took a bite off her sandwich, ignoring when Emilia almost choked on her bagel.
“You’re kidding, right?” Ámbar shook her head, “you already accompanied them to that stupid bar on Saturday, what more do those pink princesses need from you?”
“They? Nothing. This is all me.”
Emilia scoffed, “stop talking on riddles, A, what are you planning?”
She took a sip of her coffee, “you know how we met that pop band at the bar and Delfi and Jazmín interviewed them, posted the video last night?” Emilia nodded, “well, I met the guitarist and got him to agree to give me an interview today. I’m meeting him after class at the same bar.”
“Why?”
Ámbar could tell her friend was confused. Truth be told, so was she. Journalism was nowhere near her ambitions -or dreams-, but something deep within her thought it was a good idea. She always followed her instinct, and most of the time (if not all, as they have never failed her) she was right, so this wouldn’t (couldn’t) be an exception. She was more than confident that this would benefit her somehow.
Who knew, maybe this would be what could finally put Fab and Chic (and consequently Delfi and Jazmín) up there in the spotlight of Journalism.
“Publicity, attention. This could benefit me in the future, y’know.”
“Your future isn’t in Journalism, though.” Emilia pointed out, arching her left eyebrow again.
Ámbar shrugged it off, “my name would still be out there.”
“If you say so. Well, are they giving you a ride?”
“Who?”
“Jazmín and Delfi, duh.”
She sipped on her coffee, “they don’t know anything about it. I told you, this is all me.”
Emilia’s face was disbelieving, “so you’re meeting this guy, alone?! What the fuck, Ámbar?”
“The guy is a softie, Emilia. Honestly, I don’t think he’d hurt a fly, he seemed very… I don’t know, weak?”
“As do most serial killers, Smith.” Emilia rolled her eyes, not yet convinced that it was a good idea. Ámbar waved her off with her hand.
“I’ll text you if it makes you feel better.”
Her best friend huffed, “fine. Now, why in the fuck are you wearing a beanie?”
If she hadn’t been pissed before, she certainly was now.
Not only was he 20 minutes late, but the stupid bar that had taken her one full hour to get to was closed. Had the idiot had really dare to trick her? Who the hell was he anyway? A stupid, barely talented guitarist and singer from an even stupider, not even that famous wannabe boyband. He couldn’t have stood her up. She was Ámbar Smith, not once in her 21 years had she been stood up in a date- appointment before. And she wouldn’t allow it; if she had to search for his stupid ass all over the city and drag him to make sure he kept his word, she would.
That insensitive, stupid, good for nothing of an idiot. The nerve of-
“I’m here! I’m here! I’m so so so so so so so sorry I’m late!” the idiot wheezed out as soon as he was near, almost knocking into her when he stopped running, “Nico forgot to do the laundry, so I had to do it myself since my clean t-shirts were -1 and then Pedro kind of made the microwave explode when he put a metal spoon with his popcorn, not sure how that even happened to be honest and then-”
“I don’t care! Do you know how frustrating it was to endure one freaking hour in public transportation to be here in time and then wait half an hour more to wait for his majesty to arrive?! And for what? The stupid bar is even closed!” She was fuming, gesturing wildly to the building.
“Well, what did you expect? It’s 16:30, bars aren’t usually opened until 18, the earliest.” His words only infuriated her more.
“Then why are we here?!”
“It’s middle ground for both, and there’s this really good Mexican coffee shop around the corner I really like.” He shrugged her anger off, and Ámbar swore she was surpassing a level of anger she had never felt before.
“I was wrong, you’re a dick dressed in virginity.”
He blinked a couple times, not quite getting it. “What?”
She huffed, “nothing, whatever. Where’s this coffee shop you’re talking about?”
Simón looked at her for moment, but ultimately shrugged again and motioned for her to follow him. The coffee shop was around the corner, not really hidden but not in the spotlight as it was the bar; but it was pretty. It wasn’t stereotypically decorated as some of the Mexican restaurants she’d been before, but there was no doubt in her mind that it was Mexican-influenced. It gave her the vibe she’s get when she visited Emilia’s or that one time her dad took her to Cozumel for winter vacations when she was 17. The big Mexican flag behind the bar was a clear telling, too.
“What do you want? It’s on me, don’t worry.” Simón asked once they found a booth in the farthest corner from the door. She wasn’t sure if it was conceited or smart of him to do so, but he was paying and, y’know, doing her this favor so she couldn’t really complain. Not that it’s ever stopped her before.
“What’s good? What are you having?”
“Everything, really. I’m ordering the largest hot chocolate and a couple of conchas, though.”
She scrunched up her nose, “a couple of what?”
He laughed, “it’s a type of sweet bread, and it’s delicious. I could give you a taste of mine, if you want.” He offered, but Ámbar shook her head in negative. It really didn’t sound appetizing to her.
“Is Mexican coffee any good? I’m more of a coffee-type of girl.” Again, he shrugged. Either it was some kind of habit, or he really wanted to push her buttons, because it was annoying her to no end at this point.
“Mom loves café de olla, that’s all I know about it, to be honest. Coffee and I don’t get along.”
Ámbar frowned, unsure if she should really order it. She was super picky about food in general, and his unconvinced ass wasn’t any reassuring. “I’ll have a medium of those, then.”
He nodded, “do you want anything to eat? You can ask for anything, remember I’m paying.” Simón joked, shaking the wallet he held in his hand slightly. Ámbar scanned the menu written on one of the near walls, searching for something that could be safe to try.
“Tres leches cake, please.”
Simón saluted her, and went to the bar to order. It appeared he was somewhat of a regular, or that the boy behind the counter was a fan; because he greeted him all excited and not all dead like sometimes baristas did. She sighed, and decided to text Emilia and her mom that she was with him already, adding to her mom that she would probably not be hungry for dinner, and to cook just for herself. If she ended up hungry afterwards she’d make herself a soup or something. Instant ramen could do the trick.
Before she knew it, he was back with their drinks, the barista behind him helping with their desserts, saving him the double trip. Simón thanked him once everything was set on the table, tipping him extra five dollars before he took a seat in front of her.
He smiled at her once the boy was gone, “so, how was your day?”
“Shitty. How was yours?”
“Ouch, I’m really sorry I was late, seriously. It wasn’t intentional, I swear.” He apologized profusely, she just sipped her coffee. And damn it, it was delicious. “My day was mostly unproductive, except maybe for the laundry part. But I slept like a baby until noon and then had to save the apartment from Pedro’s unusual cooking disasters, so could’ve been better.”
She sighed, “it’s okay, it’s just that I hate taking the bus and then this asshole put me in trouble with a teacher and now I have double the work in that class due on Friday.”
“Double the ouch. Don’t you have a car, or couldn’t you take a cab?”
Ámbar arched her eyebrows, “my uni is forty minutes away, a cab would have charged me a fortune. I do have a car, but my mom took it this morning, so I had to take the bus.”
“I’m sorry, again,” he cringed, “I can give you a ride home after we’re finished here, I can’t send you home alone.”
She thought about it for a minute, before nodding. A ride sounded much better than losing over $20 for a cab or the bus. Plus, free things were always nice.
“We should start, then. I have a paper to start for past-tomorrow and I’m sure whoever cares about you won’t want you coming super late.”
“Alright, but I do have a few rules.” He parted one of his conchas, before dunking it in his hot chocolate and biting it, “nothing about relationships and all the questions are a game.”
“Hiding a girl, are you?” she inquired, sipping once more on her coffee. Simón winked at her.
“Maybe, maybe not.”
“Fair enough.” She nodded. “What’s the game about, though?”
He took another bite of his bread before answering, “you have to guess the answer to each question, and I’ll confirm or deny. If you guess right, you can ask another question and this time I’ll have to answer.”
“Are you kidding me? What kind of game is this?” she huffed, angrily taking a bite of her cake. She was almost too mad to not notice its deliciousness. Almost.
“One you have to play with me since I’m helping you and feeding you, for free.” Simón arched his eyebrow, she merely shrugged. It’s not like she was forcing him to pay, he was the one to offer it, anyway; “and plus, it’s gonna be more fun for both. I know it.”
“Fine, let’s do it.” Ámbar sighed. His smirk kind of gave her the creeps, “what?”
“Don’t you want to know what happens if you’re wrong?”
She looked at him dubiously, “you’re not going to ask me to do anything illegal, are you?”
Simón laughed, “no. You just have to answer the question you ask, and I get to ask one that you have to answer.”
“But you won’t answer it correctly?”
“I guess we’ll have to see.” He shrugged, “you can start now.”
Ámbar sighed, and took out her phone to start a voice recording, because she was too lazy to film it or write it all down in paper. She was going to keep it easy on him, to give herself time to think of some-what-safe questions.
She had to give it to him; he wasn’t stupid at all. This little game of him would make it practically impossible for her to guess correctly on deep questions, ultimately turning them on her. The guy wasn’t dumb at all.
“I don’t like you anymore, just so you know.”
“Ah, so you liked me before?” She almost rolls her eyes.
“Your favorite color is blue?”
He smiled. “Yes.”
“Would you say fame is what you expected?”
“You won’t hold back, will you?” she guessed it was rhetorical, so she didn’t say anything. “It wasn’t. There’s many shades to fame that I never thought existed, that’s all I’m telling you for now.”
Her curiosity was dying to ask what he meant by that, but chose not to dive into it yet. She didn’t think he’d answer, anyway.
“You’re a dog person?”
“Another yes. You know me so well!” he joked, finishing the last piece of his first concha; sipping his hot chocolate afterwards.
“What can I say? I’m a great guesser.” Ámbar was very thankful she’d googled him before coming, “does it bother you when people put you in a category just because of how you’re positioned in the industry?”
“I loathed it. There’s more of me than what I choose the media to see, more than what I let other people around me see.” Simón frowned, his hold on the bread getting too tie and crumbles of the shell (she guessed that’s why they were called conchas) falling down on his cup, “but I’ve thicken my skin, and now I mostly shrug it off.”
“Uh, your best friends are your band?”
He tilted his head, his eyes sparkling with mischief; “not quite.”
“What? But goo-” she almost slips it out, “then who?”
“Nope, you don’t get to question me, it’s my turn now.” He teased, shaking his head, “have you always wanted to study journalism?”
She cocked her brow, “I’m not studying journalism.” He seemed to be thrown off by this, and his face was so funny she almost laughs in it. “I’m a law student. A junior, actually.”
“Then why- what?” Ámbar shook her head.
“Nah-uh. My turn. You own a dog?”
“Nope, mom does.” He looked smug, now. “Why did you want to interview me if this has nothing to do with your career?”
Ámbar sighed, annoyed with herself for trusting a stupid google interview. Either they were lying, or Simón was twisting the truth. Whatever it was, she wasn’t happy at all.
“The Fab & Chic was a project I had with Jazmín and Delfi last year, it was an optative class and we had to create a blog to practice our writing, photography, programming and editing skills. I didn’t help that much back then, and they were cool with it, since it wasn’t a main priority for me or my career. I guess this interview is a way for me to pay them back. And, well, it might help me get some recognition later, if it does what I’m expecting it to be.”
“Which is?”
“Don’t you know the rules to your own game?” she snapped at him, making him frown and match her own.
“The game is off, now we ask whatever we want as long as it the other is willing to answer. Now, what are you expecting to happen?”
“It’s my turn.”
Simón shrugged, “so?”
“You’re infuriating.”
“On the contrary, I’m told I’m a very lovable person.”
“By who? Your mother?”
“And my grandmother. And my friends. And my fans, which are at least a million.”
“Well they’re lying to you.”
Simón leaned over the table, and got close enough so that she could see a small acne scar above his eyebrow. Such closeness made her a little uncomfortable, but couldn’t really move. Instead, her eyes were hooked to his.
“I guess you’ll have to find out.”
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