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#and now shes just an adult taking care of herself and i come over sooo much and bring her things she likes and can enjoy
pithyorangecurd · 1 year
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My favorite part of being into stuff is that i bring things to my sister and we like things together so a lot of content i like i send to her, so she has a lot of in jokes from here in her hands bc i send jokes and things from my mutuals to her.
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Welcome to the Kingdom | Jeno
Chapter Five: The wrong Lee
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Prince Jeno x Princess Reader, enemies to lovers au!, royalty au! 
Word count: 8715 oops Genre: drama, very slow burn, angst Author: maari Warnings: Mentions of cheating (well, kinda of) sorry, alcohol, menstruation and cramps, food, reader feeling sick, really confused and emotional, Jeno is jealous. Note: Sooo i said i would bring my dream to one of the imagines 👀 Did I forgot to tag some people in the last chapter? Please let me know!! Summary: It's the first event that the princess is officially engaged to Jeno and her dreams are starting to come true, literally.
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The princess dragged herself to the garage, where the car was already waiting for her, feeling pain in her head and back, in addition to the unbearable cramps she felt that day.
Yes, she was at that time of the month.
The mood was to match the trip she was taking to the eastern kingdom, the next day she would be in the territory of the newest ally to witness Ten's wedding.
Her father and mother accompanied her, one on each side giving instructions to her, who listened attentively but without any animation.
She didn't want to go, she felt emotionally unstable and whenever felt like that, the most sensible thing she did was stay inside the castle, postponing her commitments. However, she knew that this time it would be impossible to do that.
It wasn't like she could tell Ten and the bride to postpone the wedding because she felt vulnerable.
Also, she didn't know what it would be like when she meet Jeno. The last time they'd spoken, he'd left her talking to herself, claiming he knew her deeply, more than she knew herself. She had a feeling things were going to get uncomfortable between them from now on and she didn't want to deal with that situation today. Not today.
"Daughter, don't forget." the queen placed her hands on the princess's shoulders, making her look carefully. “The press of the eastern kingdom is different from ours.”
"I know, they are wilder."
“Don’t give them reasons to write fake news.” the queen remembered and Y/N nodded in agreement.
"I'm only staying a week, mom." the princess remembered, making the queen sigh.
“Long enough for many things to happen.” Y/N frowned, her mother looked just as insecure as she did and that put her on high alert.
However, the princess took her mother's hands that were holding her shoulders and held them, squeezing gently.
“I know how to take care of myself!” she smiled, trying to look confident. “Anyway, I need to learn to deal with the rest of the world away from you and Dad. I will be the queen after all.”
Y/N kept her chin up and her mom nodded, pulling her into a tight hug.
Y/N closed her eyes, unraveling in the hug and trying somehow to acquire the strength that her mother passed. It would be a shame not to have her parents on her side when she crossed the border, she had never gone this far without their presence, but the commitment to the prime minister on the other side of the continent was more important at that moment. It was the king's duty to take care of business matters, the queen would be regent and the princess would represent the family at Ten's wedding.
It was the most sensible plan for the moment.
As Y/N had concluded when received the news that she was going to the eastern kingdom alone, it was time for her to act as an adult and the future queen. She needed to do this for herself.
The princess moved away from her mother and went to her father, who was watching the scene with pride.
"You won't be alone, many of our allies will be there too, if anything happens..."
"Nothing will happen, dad." she interrupted with conviction, making her father smirk.
"If it happens, you'll have someone to run to." he informed and Y/N nodded in agreement before hugging him.
The princess walked away, taking a deep breath and stowed her bag that was over her shoulder, giving one last smile and a goodbye to her parents before getting into the car. Without further ado, the driver started the car, pulling out of the castle's garage in no time at all as Y/N watched the house grow further away with every meter.
The drive to the airstrip was silent and the princess just watched the scenery outside the window, her head elsewhere, specifically for the week she would spend across the border.
She hated being a pessimist and didn't know if it was because of the hormones, but something inside her was saying that she would need to be prepared because the emotions wouldn't stop until she was back in her land, her home.
The royal family's private jet was already ready when the driver stopped the car on the airstrip, Y/N left quickly thanking the driver and greeting the other employees who were waiting outside the aircraft.
The scorching sun was causing the princess's headache to increase even though she was wearing sunglasses, the light was bothering her and she thanked for wearing shorts and a white button-down blouse. She didn't take long to get on the jet, being accompanied by her stylist, makeup artist and hair stylist. This was the team that would accompany her.
No undercover security.
Y/N's father didn't want this to sound suspicious to the press, after all, Y/N was engaged to the prince so her safety should also be one of the eastern kingdom's priorities. But the king seemed to trust Taeyong a lot and that surprised Y/N, because if he were any other monarch, her father would never act like that.
She knew because she'd seen it before.
The princess settled into her seat after placing the bag she was carrying on the little table in front of her along with the sunglasses, leaning in a little until felt comfortable enough to close her eyes feeling the pain medicine she had taken before leaving the house. The princess slept before the jet even left the ground.
When opened her eyes, the place where she was had nothing to do with an airship.
She was in a place in shades of purple and blue that looked like the sky, she heard the sound of water and looked down, seeing her bare feet in contact with the hot water.
She glanced up at her bare legs and was surprised at the outfit she wore, not only because it was extremely short, it didn't cover half her thighs. But because the dress, which looked more like a nightgown, light pink was transparent on both sides from the hem to the height of her rib and the top was lace, the sleeve was so thin that it didn't even seem to exist and maybe that explained why she wore a robe of the same color and length.
Okay, first she would never wear that kind of outfit.
Second, where was she?
Confused, the princess wandered her eyes around the place in search of what had brought her there and saw two figures ahead, the dim lighting wasn't helping her to recognize so her legs took her further forward, getting closer when realized that one person was lying on the water and the other was kneeling beside him.
Squinting her eyes a little more, she identified Jeno's profile face, he had his eyes open but without blinking, was serene and wearing light clothes too. It was then that her gaze stopped on the person next to him who was resting his hands on the floor near Jeno's head and leaning in to look him in the eyes, she identified Mark and tilted her head to the side trying to understand what was happening.
They continued to stare at each other, Jeno without moving or blinking and Mark reciprocated with determination when the two turned their heads towards the princess and at the exact moment that the two's eyes met Y/N's, she blinked and the whole scene changed. The open space had turned the purple and blue tones to black tones, as if I were inside a dark cave, and the only lighting that came was directed at Mark and Jeno who didn't look away.
Y/N felt the water move violently between her feet and she looked down, her face reflected in the water was distorted but when the water became calm and suddenly clearer she could see a lone tear trickling down her cheek.
She didn't have time to react to the crying as she was pulled down into the darkness.
“Your Highness!”
Y/N woke up suddenly as a hand touched her shoulder and she pulled out of her seat, confused and the stylist held up her hands as if apologizing for scaring her.
"We've already landed." she informed and Y/N shifted in her seat, silently nodding.
The princess stretched, feeling her back complain, yawning as she looked out the window watching the sun begin to set on the horizon and she rubbed her eyes. Had she slept that long? All the way to the airstrip in the eastern kingdom?
Her head no longer ached and the cramps had faded, she picked up the bag she'd left on the table and rose from her seat, massaging the back of her neck after replacing her sunglasses as followed her team out of the jet.
The first thing Y/N noticed when got out was that an official car was already waiting for her, parked near the jet, and Jeno was standing with his arms crossed.
The second was that Jeno finally wore a shirt like a normal person. But that wasn't cause for celebration as the sweater he wore, sleeveless, was showing his biceps, and the v-shaped opening in the front left part of his chest exposed. Much more discreet than the other times they'd seen each other, but his fair skin was still drawing attention. He wore white baggy pants and blue sneakers.
She would have been annoyed with the way they were dressing almost the same lately, even though the princess' shorts were a much duller shade, it was like they had matched that outfit too.
But she didn't have the patience for that kind of tantrum right now, just walked down the stairs of the jet watching her crew go to the other car up ahead, along with the suitcases that were brought by the staff.
Y/N approached Jeno and when she was close enough Jeno leaned over to kiss her cheek for a long time that made her heart do some jolts.
But she blamed the hormones.
The fact that she didn't even argue with him for being so cheeky was also the hormones' fault.
“Before you kill me, there are photographers hiding behind the gates.” he explained close to her ear and the moment Jeno's breath hit her skin, a cold wind passed through her body.
She tried not to shiver, but the low temperature of the kingdom and the clothes she wore weren't getting along.
“Alright, Lee.” she replied, in a tired tone and he frowned in confusion.
Y/N noticed how black his hair was split in the middle perfectly and this time there weren't any strands falling over his eyes that made her body feel the need to pull away.
"Shall we?" Jeno asked uncertainly and she just nodded as he held the door open and gave way for her to go ahead like a true gentleman.
She arranged herself in the car seat and wished the driver good night, Jeno closed the door, went around the car and got in the other side, he asked the driver to get out and when the car started to move, Y/N took off her sunglasses, leaning her forehead against the window as tucked the glasses into the blouse she wore.
Y/N noticed how Jeno looked at her without any shame, he didn't even try to be discreet.
"Are you okay?" he asked, sounding worried and Y/N glared at him quickly.
"Weary." was all she managed to say, feeling her hands tremble and her stomach churn, she just closed her eyes.
“Is that why your mouth is colorless?” Jeno questioned and Y/N took a deep breath, feeling suddenly weak. "Princess."
"What?!" she asked, turning slowly to face him.
"When was the last time you ate?"
Oops
Y/N was silent, blinking non-stop as tried to remember. She slept the whole way so she didn't eat on the jet and before leaving the house she ate little. The headache and the cramping had taken away all her appetite.
"I had breakfast if that's what you're asking." she replied, keeping her head against the window as felt her blood run cold and get weaker, feeling her body heavy.
Jeno didn't respond right away, but she could feel his eyes on her.
"Rob, stop the car over there."
Y/N opened her eyes when felt the car slow down and looked at Jeno, he was pointing ahead but the princess didn't have the strength to lift her head and see what he was showing.
When the car stopped, Y/N smelled a familiar smell and forced herself to look out the window, seeing the yellow and red sign she frowned, heard Jeno move around the seat until he was next to her sitting on top of one of his legs and handed the black card to the driver.
“Buy the biggest hamburger. Two.” he ordered and the driver nodded, taking the card.
Jeno turned his attention to the princess, he held the back of her neck and pulled her head away from the window, pulled the car headrest up and slowly made her pull over.
“Since when do you eat at McDonald’s?” she asked quietly, wanting to laugh at the situation.
"Since always." he removed his hand from the back of her neck but remained in the same position, looking at her with some concern. "Your blood pressure must have dropped."
"Won't it hurt your gym diet?" Y/N wanted to bite her tongue when heard her own voice ask that.
It wasn't supposed to look like she cared about the diet he followed to have a body like that.
"What?" he laughed and Y/N shook her head slowly, closing her eyes again. "Okay, Y/N, don't sleep!"
"I will not!" she replied, annoyed, even though she was tired. She was hungrier than sleepy.
She heard some packing and bag noises, concluding that the driver had bought the food.
"Open your mouth." Jeno asked quietly and without complaint, she obeyed.
Feeling the straw in her mouth, she took the soda in one long gulp. Her stomach grumbled as she smelled the fries and opened her eyes, seeing Jeno hold the cup and take the portion of fries, holding it out to her as the driver took the car out of the drive-thru.
"Thanks." was what she said before devouring the potatoes so fast she didn't even chew, but she was so hungry she didn't even want to breathe, just eat.
When she had swallowed it all, sighed and felt her body get a little stronger, but she was still hungry. Jeno held out the cup of soda again and she nodded, ready to lift her hands to take from Jeno's when he brought the straw to her mouth again.
Y/N frowned but gladly accepted, wanting to retort by saying that she could drink the soda on her own like the adult she was but didn't. Jeno's concern made them comfortable in silence, and she liked that.
Better than fighting and her headache and pain coming back.
"Do you feel better?" he asked, not taking his eyes off her.
"Yea." he admitted. "Thank you, Lee." the princess's tone of voice was calm and sincere, making her strange with herself.
He smirked and took the hamburger, handing it to her who took it in a hurry, Jeno arranged himself in the car seat while she ate the hamburger with a mouth so big it indicated how hungry she was. He placed the soda cup on the holder and decided to eat his own hamburger.
They stayed like that the entire way, silently eating while Y/N watched the streets of the kingdom through the window. Everything was very different from what she remembered from the east, it was spring and everything seemed much more colorful.
She used to always go east in winter, when heavy snow hampered traffic because it covered all the streets and major highways, it was always a very cold time.
But now, even though the temperature was a little milder than when she left her home, it was quite pleasant.
When they were approaching the castle, the princess had already finished her hamburger and soda, while Jeno was still eating his fries. The driver parked near the fountain that faced the castle's main entrance.
The princess wiped her salty mouth and hands, packed the bag she had even forgotten was on her shoulder and got out when the driver opened the door for her, Jeno got out on the other side and quickly came around to stand beside her who admired the castle.
Funny that when she was little always thought the place was too huge, now she as an adult had the same feeling.
"Your team is already installed in the castle's chambers, do you want to come in?" Jeno asked softly and Y/N squeezed her purse strap before facing him.
She preferred it a thousand times when she argued with Jeno, because she knew he would react in some way, but that atmosphere of peace between the two of them was weird, it made her shy around him.
She wouldn't even think about the fact that he practically saved her from a near-fainting inside the car and that he ate McDonald's with her!
“Do I have a choice?” it was a rhetorical question but Jeno smirked before bringing his face closer to the princess's and stared at her deeply.
She raised an eyebrow at the sudden movement, feeling weak in her legs.
"No." he replied softly and she looked at him confused, before she could retort he had already walked away.
However, making that day even more awkward, Jeno placed his hand on her waist indicating that she should go ahead and Y/N ignored the fact that his palm had a pleasant temperature.
She started to turn around to ask why he was acting so polite to her but gave up, all she wanted was to take a long shower and go to bed, her cramps were coming back and so was her back pain.
As soon as they climbed the castle's long staircase and passed through the main door, the princess noticed that the entire Lee family was waiting for her.
Taeyong had his wife's hand around his arm and they were both in the center, Haechan at the queen's side and Mark at the king's side, they all maintained cordial smiles and firm postures.
Y/N smiled at everyone as approached and subtly lowered her head, greeting them.
"Welcome." the queen spoke friendly. “Did you have a good trip?”
"Thanks. Yes, it was a smooth trip.” Y/N responded, feeling Jeno stop beside her, much closer than he should have been, his arm almost touching her.
"Feel like you're at home, Y/N." Taeyong keeps smiling. “Actually, this is your home.”
The princess nodded in agreement. She didn't know if she would feel that comfortable, but it wasn't like she was in strange territory, she'd been there a few times, she'd crossed the border before.
Just, never alone.
"If you'd like to join us for dinner, we'd be glad to have you." the queen spoke and Y/N opened her mouth to answer but was interrupted.
“We already ate on the way.” Jeno replied with a carefree tone and the princess stared at him.
Did he really have to talk like he was insinuating something to everyone?
Y/N felt the prying eyes of the royal family upon her.
"I'm sorry, it's just-" the princess turned to face the Lee family.
"She was feeling sick, so I thought I'd better feed her soon." Jeno explained and Y/N snorted.
How polite of the prince, to interrupt her for the second time.
“Are you going to advertise to everyone?” she asked irritably, glaring at him again and saw his little smile of amusement at the corner of his mouth. “Do you want a medal?”
Haechan's laugh came out louder than expected and it caught the princess's attention, who faced the Lee family again. Haechan covered his mouth to not let them see that he was laughing, the queen maintained her serene posture although she looked at Jeno, kinda used to that, Taeyong pressed his lips together to keep from laughing and Mark smiled discreetly to the side, looking at the princess.
Y/N took a deep breath, smiled shyly and bit her tongue. She wasn't going to make a fuss in front of everyone.
“And Ten?” she changed the subject, ignoring the fact that Jeno was laughing in front of everyone without even covering it up.
"He's getting a massage so he can get a good night's sleep." Taeyong replied.
"Yeah, he's really anxious for the wedding." Haechan commented.
"If you want, Y/N, as soon as his session is over you can go to the spa." the queen spoke and Y/N smiled politely.
"I appreciate it, but I prefer to settle in my room."
"Excellent!" Taeyong spoke. “Jeno accompany her.”
The princess suppressed the sound of discontent and wished the Lee family good night, feeling Jeno place his hand on her back again and indicating the stairs ahead, the inner voice commanded her to move Jeno's hot palm away but she was so tired and in pain that she decided this time to listen to every cell in her body and let Jeno lead her to the second floor of the castle.
Strangely, he remained quiet the entire time and although the princess was looking straight ahead, she could see in her peripheral vision that he was glaring at her from time to time. Maybe he was just as confused as she was, but all Y/N wanted was sleep to wake up willing the next morning.
Jeno indicated the room and Y/N opened the door quickly, pausing to survey the room. It was spacious and well decorated, her bags were already close to the king size bed, she was surprised. Well, she knew that every guest room in castles used to follow the same pattern, but she almost felt truly at home. It was a nice room.
Y/N felt Jeno take his hand from her back and turned at the same moment he took a step inside, so that the bodies wouldn't collide, the princess widened her eyes and took a step back, looking at Jeno confused.
"What are you doing?"
"I'll show you the room." he answered obviously and she shook her head.
This was already too much.
“No, you won't.” on impulse, she placed her hand on Jeno's chest and pushed him back, causing him to leave the room. "I know there's a toilet on that door and I can find the TV remote myself."
It was easy actually because Jeno didn't resist, he would have had enough strength for it but he just laughed.
"Oh yeah, you don’t need my help then, princess?" he raised an eyebrow teasingly and Y/N snorted.
"No, Lee."
"And you don't even want to know that my room is at the end of the hall?" he spoke with a huge smile and Y/N blinked, huffing once more in annoyance.
"I don’t care."
Jeno laughed and took a step forward, getting a little closer to the princess who didn't move away, keeping her eyes fixed on him.
"Then why don't you take your hand off my body?" he questioned and Y/N frowned, lowering her gaze to her own hand that was still on Jeno's chest, preventing him from approaching her.
She felt his hard chest between her fingers through the fabric of his sweater.
She did it quickly, as if she'd been shocked, and brought her other hand to the door without replying.
"Go away, Lee."
"Do you want me to leave? You know, I can be at your side if you have a nightmare.” he winked and Y/N rolled her eyes, angrily slammed the door in his face and the thunderous noise was followed by Jeno's laughter outside. “Dream with me, princess.”
"Idiot!" she screamed against the door and crossed her arms, feeling her whole body heat up.
She just didn't know if it was from anger or shame because in fact she had already dreamed with him.
[...]
The next morning, it was difficult for Y/N to get out of bed.
Because of the medicine to stop her cramps, she had slept longer than necessary and ended up being woken up again by her team who were already in her room ready to tidy her up.
She took a shower first, felt feverish, hot inside as her back ached and the cramps returned, so she took her medicine at the right time and asked for breakfast to be brought to her room. She'd already done the slight on the Lee family anyway, at least it wouldn't delay them to the wedding.
The first thing she did was the hair, it would have a part tied and the other loose, it took a little longer than she imagined, after all she would wear a discreet tiara but that would have to be tied up for the rest of the day.
After the makeup, the princess's eyes were loaded with makeup a little more daring but that marked the iris well and her lips were an approximate shade of the color of her mouth.
She put on the earrings, the discreet bracelet and the rings, not forgetting the engagement ring.
And finally, the dress. Long, nude and well designed in lace and details that made it angelic, with short sleeves and high collar lace. A tail came out from the middle of her back and went against her skirt.
The original design was a little edgier than that, so a skirt was added so it wouldn't be too see-through for the princess, as well as extra fabric on the bust.
When the princess was ready to go, she took the nude heels and left the room with the shoes in her hands, because of the pain in her back she decided to put them on only when they left the castle towards the cathedral.
So she walked through the castle barefoot up the stairs and when she reached the top she saw that Jeno was waiting with his head down and the hands in his pants pocket. The princess looked Jeno up and down, they didn't wear the same clothes, his formal suit was blue, it looked like silk but it was much thicker, by a miracle or maybe because the wedding was inside the church, Jeno wore a white shirt with buttons underneath.
And although they weren't wearing the same color clothes, the color palette was harmonious and very well selected.
Y/N didn't know if it was just a coincidence of fate again or if they were really doing it on purpose to make them look like a real couple.
Realizing that someone was at the top of the stairs, Jeno looked up and the princess noticed the way his hair, even if parted in the middle, fell over his eyes. She swallowed hard when noticed that Jeno didn't take his eyes off her and decided to go downstairs soon, feeling watched by Jeno's fixed eyes.
When she was on the last steps, Jeno's hand appeared in her field of vision and she took a deep breath before accepting it with her free hand, noticing that on the fabric of the suit at the wrist there was an emblem but in fact that wasn't all she noticed but how Jeno's hands were warm, but also wet.
Y/N felt the need to tuck her hair behind her ear but didn't want to mess up the hairstyle that had taken hours to do, so she just took her hand away from Jeno's, noticing that he was wearing a necklace with the Lee family crest.
Averting her eyes from Jeno, put her heels on the floor and hiked up the skirt of her dress enough so that she could see her feet and tried to put her shoes on but for some reason she was having a hard time with it.
“Want some help?” Jeno asked subtly and Y/N kept her gaze fixed on her feet, confused but nodded.
Y/N felt her legs wobble as Jeno stepped in front of her, not taking his eyes off her, and crouched down. His attention returned to Y/N's feet and he held a shoe, she then tried to contain all the cloths of the dress skirt and without waiting, Jeno grabbed her ankle and brought her foot closer so he could put it on.
The princess had to clench her jaw because Jeno's hand shouldn't have been such a gentle touch that it sent a strange shiver down her spine, he finished and gently placed her foot on the floor again.
Ready to put on the other shoe, Y/N was forced to put her hand on Jeno's shoulder while he did the same thing on her other foot, but this time when he was done, he caressed her ankle almost imperceptibly.
Jeno kept crouching and raised his eyes to meet Y/N's who were already staring at him, wanted to see if she could understand why he was acting so differently with her. Of course, it had to do with the fact that they had to pretend to be a real couple in front of the cameras, but then why was he treating her so well even inside the castle?
Didn't people know that their Romeo and Juliet story was a hoax?
The exchange of glances was interrupted by Haechan's loud laugh, the princess took steps back as Jeno stood up and straightened his suit, a little uncomfortable.
"Oh, you two are ready!" Haechan spoke and the princess turned to face him.
But she was taken by surprise by two factors. Mark and the clothes they both wore.
The suit was practically the same as Jeno's, the difference from Haechan's was that the collar of the white blouse was higher and he hadn’t closed the suit but wore necklaces too, the messy hair gave a charm and attracted any girl with just a word: danger.
As for Mark… the princess had to hold back a sigh at the sight of him. Mark's white blouse also had a larger collar than Jeno's and was closed with all the buttons, unlike Haechan's who had left two open, and the suit was slightly shorter than Jeno's. His blond hair was perfectly slicked back with a few strands falling across his forehead.
The three wore the same white shoe.
As Y/N analyzed both princes, she noticed that they both did the same and Mark took a little longer to look away, smiling shyly afterwards.
Y/N bit her lip to contain her excited smile, feeling her legs tremble.
Maybe it was the effect of the medicine or her own hormones that were churning.
When Taeyong and the queen arrived, announcing they were ready to go, everyone left through the main entrance. The royal family's official cars were parked in front of the castle.
"Please, miss." Haechan did a theatrical curtsy and extended his hand to the princess, in order to help her down the stairs.
She laughed but accepted, holding his hand, completely missing the bored face Jeno made at seeing him do what he was about to.
Haechan took her to the second car and the princess got in first, figuring Haechan would come right after, but he turned around so she decided to sit in the middle.
However, Haechan passed the car door and walked on, Y/N frowned and looked the other way, seeing that Jeno was getting ready to enter from the side where she had gone.
Jeno sat next to her, closing the door as she looked ahead and when the other door opened, Y/N saw Mark enter.
He sat down on the other side of her quickly and closed the door, smiling slightly at the princess and averted his eyes forward as the driver got into the car along with a security guard.
Y/N pulled over her back on the bench slowly, releasing the breath she hadn't even realized she'd been holding.
She was in the middle, between Mark and Jeno. Maybe she should start taking her dreams more seriously because apparently they were coming true.
The way to the cathedral was awkward and silent, the princess didn't know if it had to do with the fact that the three of them were locked in that car that, as spacious as it was, her arm brushed between Mark and Jeno's every time the driver turned the car. Or maybe because they were both nervous about the wedding, it would be normal right?
Well, of course it was more embarrassing for her considering the fact that she'd dreamed about them the day before, the tension she felt was her subconscious's fault so she tried to convince herself that she was imagining things. That all that embarrassment was made of her imagination.
She tried to look out of the corner of her eye to see if any of them made any move to speak or even move in the car, but the two of them looked like two statues, completely still.
And she almost sighed when saw the cathedral approach and the car stop, she just didn't because there were more people there who couldn't even imagine what she was thinking.
Mark left one side and Jeno did the same, Y/N made a move to go with Mark as he was standing in front of the cathedral but when she saw the flashes of the cameras, remembered her purpose for being there. Then she went to the side of Jeno who promptly already had his hand extended to her.
He held her hand tight and helped her out of the car, pulling her closer to close the door and waved his free hand at the journalists, Y/N smiled shyly and nodded.
The journalists were yards away but she could still hear the rumble that only increased when Jeno put his arm around her waist and pulled her around the car and onto the cathedral.
Y/N held her breath. She was feeling too many things at once, the heat of Jeno's body against hers, his warm hand against the skin of her waist covered by the thin fabric of her dress, Jeno's scent taking over her personal space and not least, she was confused.
The royals never showed physical contact in public, even more knowing that journalists would enjoy every click, Taeyong and the queen didn't. Y/N's parents didn't.
So why did Jeno do it?
She had to fight every rational side of her to push Jeno away, far enough away that his heat wouldn't confuse her even more and then she turned her attention to anything other than the prince beside her.
She observed the cathedral and felt the need to take a picture of the divine ceiling that was taken over by paintings, she liked the Byzantine influence more than it showed, her personal camera was full of photos of places like that cathedral around the world, in places she had already visited.
A hobby few people knew she had: taking pictures.
“Ready?” Jeno asked as she stopped at the door and pulled away enough to take his arm from her waist, but his hand soon took Y/N's.
The cameras had all turned to the couple as well as everyone present inside the cathedral, the princess was used to that but it didn't stop her from feeling an anxiety take over her body.
She looked at Jeno firmly and smirked, he mirrored her reaction and the princess almost got carried away by his dark eyes.
Almost.
"More than ever."
Jeno winked at her before looking back to the front, they went towards the altar, the princess felt the watchful eyes of each guest who were on the pews and the aisle never felt so long but she kept her chin up, as if that attention didn't bother her.
Well, since she had to maintain the new Juliet pose, that's what she would do. With a class and elegance that was the envy of anyone.
As soon as they arrived, they placed themselves next to Haechan who had Mark beside him, Jeno separated their hands and gave his arm so that the princess could pass her arm and she did, seeing that the next ones to enter were Taeyong and the queen.
Y/N noticed how the two were elegant together and had an imposing but not arrogant attitude, both matched the crown, especially Taeyong. The princess felt a strange shiver in her body at the thought that in the future, she and Jeno would be just like them.
It wasn't marriage she was thinking about but when they became king and queen.
Would they experience the same tranquility and harmony? Will hatred cease to exist so that companionship prevails?
Y/N took a deep breath and the fact seemed to catch Jeno's attention, who looked at her quickly, but she pretended not to see it and kept her gaze towards the cathedral door where Ten entered alone.
As Ten arrived at the altar, he looked at the brothers and the princess smiled slightly at him as his eyes hovered over her, in response he smiled nervously. The cathedral doors were closed and the music stopped, the anticipation was created since everyone knew that the next person to enter would be the bride.
Even the princess, who didn't even know the story of Ten and the bride, was anxious as the wedding march began to play and the door opened, revealing the stunning bride, the Oh echoed throughout the cathedral as did the camera flashes.
Y/N smiled once more seeing that Ten was thrilled as the bride walked down the aisle, she loved weddings and loved seeing the groom's reaction, there was something in the way their eyes sparkled when they saw the bride entering that enchanted Y/N.
As the bride approached Ten and they smiled knowingly, turning to the priest after the bride's father walked away, the ceremony began.
It was a quick ceremony, considering some royal protocols had to be followed, and a pretty one too. Y/N wasn't one to get emotional at weddings even though she liked to attend, but that specific one made her thoughtful and emotional. Maybe it was the hormones, again, or the fact that the next one to marry would be her.
Within an hour they were at the wedding party in the Lee family's castle hall.
The huge room was lively, with happy music playing and the guests chatting excitedly.
The princess managed to congratulate the couple with Jeno by her side and after that, she mingled with Mark and Haechan, talking to some nobles in the kingdom. Jeno moved to the other side of the huge room and Y/N didn't complain, she was having a lot of fun with the stories of Haechan and Renjun, ally of the kingdom she had known that day.
Mark left the conversation circle after a while too, Taeyong took him to talk to some military present at the party and the princess followed him with her gaze until hovering at the door of the hall seeing Jeno bite his lip while one of the maids seemed to discreetly talk with him.
Discreetly, but not quite, as she leaned in, almost touching him.
Y/N didn't know why but the blood bubbled up inside and she downed the last of the champagne in her glass in one gulp, excused herself from the guys and strode out to Jeno's. She kept her head up and eyes fixed on the two of them like an eagle, when she was close enough to hear the conversation, the maid was taken by surprise, stuttered a few times and walked away.
Y/N just followed her with an unfriendly gaze and clenched her jaw, feeling her heart beating faster than usual. And then she looked back at Jeno, he had a false expression of innocence on his face but he was facing the hall and not the princess.
“Careful, Lee.” she approached, speaking softly so no one could hear. “If I become known as the horn princess, know that I will fight back too.”
Jeno laughed, putting his hands behind his body, making Y/N glare at him angrily.
Was it funny for him? Of course, what was the surprise after all?
"I don't think you have that much courage, princess." he kept the smile and stared at her. "It's not like you."
Y/N raised an eyebrow, feeling challenged, and took another step towards Jeno, their bodies practically touching.
"Then test my loyalty." she spoke firmly, lifting her chin even higher. "And I'm done with this theater of Romeo and Juliet in five seconds."
The two held each other's gaze, anyone looking at the scene could see sparks going off.
Y/N felt her heart still beating faster but she thought it was because this was another competition, another bet to see who would give in first.
Jeno smiled evilly and took his hands from behind his body, taking one to Y/N's hand, pulling her along with him. She frowned as she watched him direct her to the center of the room where Ten and the bride were dancing a waltz.
“Are you finished with your arguments?” Y/N provoked
"No, I just want to dance with you." he shrugged and pressed the bodies together, causing the princess to place her free hand on his shoulder as he wrapped his other arm around Y/N's waist.
It was the princess' turn to be silent as she was led through Jeno's body. That was a bad trick.
No matter how hot Jeno was, how right it felt the way he touched her waist, she wasn't going to change her mind.
She wouldn't be known as the princess who was betrayed, before Jeno could even think of making out with any other maid, whether from the Lee family kingdom or her own, she would hit back, pay in kind.
She looked around as they twirled around the room and saw that the previous maid was looking at the two, the princess maintained her same pose and took the hand that was on Jeno's shoulder to the back of his head. The engagement ring seemed to shine brighter as they danced around the room and she knew everyone was staring at the scene as was the maid.
Jeno pulled her closer, almost melting their bodies together, when Y/N's icy fingers found his short strands of hair.
This made the princess look back at him, noticing how close he was to her, that she felt his breath hit her face invitingly and she ended up getting lost in the immensity of Jeno's dark eyes.
Suddenly, it felt like all the air she had in her lungs was missing as a shiver went through her spine. Jeno was staring at her as if she was the only woman in the room and when his eyes dropped to her lips, Y/N felt her legs weaken as the music ended and applause echoed through the room.
Y/N blinked a few times and stopped where they were taking a deep breath, looking around to avoid the way Jeno was looking at her. She took her hands away and backed away, feeling her head spin.
"Excuse me." she spoke softly and walked out of there in long strides, while bringing her hand to the back of her neck, feeling Jeno's eyes on her back.
Y/N looked for any other place that was empty so she could understand the storm that was going on in her mind, eventually ending up on the living room balcony and leaning against the railing, looking down as she wondered how she had come so close to kissing Jeno.
Plus, why hadn't she stopped him from getting so close? Why did she allow him to cross her personal space?
She blamed the dreams she'd had with Jeno, well, none of them made sense but they were definitely messing with her subconscious. It could only be that, it was the only explanation.
She took her hands off the railing and brought her thumb to her teeth as she bit her nail, looking at the vast grounds of the castle as if the horizon would give her answers.
Was Jeno right? Was all the hatred she felt for him not real?
Because clearly her body hadn't claimed her to pull away from him, if it hadn't been for the applause, would she have given in?
But if it wasn't hate then what was it?
“Y/N?” the princess jumped in fright and turned around.
Mark was standing further ahead with his hands in his pants pocket, he was looking at her worriedly.
"Is everything okay?" he asked fearfully and the princess opened her mouth to answer but she didn't know what to say. Was it okay? “Did something happen for you to be alone here?”
"It is! It's just…” she shrugged, confused even to find the right words. She didn't know how to tell Mark that his brother confused her. “Having the eyes of royalty on you is…”
"Scary." he completed and Y/N nodded in agreement. Mark walked over and leaned his hips against the railing, turning his back to the horizon and turning all his attention to the princess.
"I just needed some air." she admitted.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to disturb you-" Mark started to walk away but the princess put her hand on his shoulder.
"No, it's okay, Mark." she assured and the boy looked at her suspiciously. “You never disturb me, quite the contrary, you’re the one who tries to make me comfortable the most. Since we were little.” she smiled slightly, feeling her face burn, and Mark ducked his head shyly.
“Nothing has changed, but at the same time everything has changed, hasn’t it?”
She sighed. She couldn't disagree.
“Back then I thought I would marry you.” Y/N's eyes widened as realized she spoke out loud and Mark stared at her in the same instant.
The princess didn't have the courage to look at Mark, as he couldn't take his eyes off her, and felt her heart beat faster against her ribs.
Damn it, she'd said more than should have and didn't even know why she'd done it.
"I had a crush on you when I was a kid." Mark spoke quietly and Y/N brought her gaze slowly up to his face, as if couldn't believe she'd even heard that.
She was speechless, didn't know how to find her voice to respond because if she went back in time and knew that, maybe things would be different. Like, the child inside her has always dreamed of hearing that. But now, it was a little late…
And standing there, looking into Mark's sad eyes, she knew he was thinking the same thing.
Y/N kept her eyes locked on Mark's and her body reacted before her mind, on an impulse, she brought her hands up to either side of his face and held before sealing their lips.
The princess closed her eyes then lost sight of Mark's shock that dissolved then he brought a hand to her waist carefully, not even moving his lips. They just let the textures meet until Y/N boldly initiated the real kiss, it wasn't just a simple touch or a lingering peck.
She needed to know what it felt like to kiss Mark, to fulfill the urge she'd had when she was younger.
Mark's lips moved cautiously and more carefully, almost as if he was afraid to scare her or break her, which changed when their tongues met for the first time and the kiss grew faster. The princess moved her hands to Mark's suit and gripped tightly as he moved his hand to the back of her neck and the kiss deepened.
Y/N felt her legs giving out but she knew something was missing, she couldn't tell what it was, even though the kiss was the realization of a dream and much better than her childish imagination had thought, there was still something that wasn't there.
Mark broke the kiss, Y/N was out of breath and kept her eyes closed as he pressed their foreheads together.
She wanted to say something but didn't know what.
“Am I interrupting something?”
Y/N felt all the blood in her body go cold as heard Jeno's cold voice and she opened her eyes instantly, pulling away from Mark as she looked in the direction of the voice.
She didn't realize that she started shaking as soon as saw Jeno's hard expression, the flared nostrils showing he was holding his breath and the clenched fists didn't go unnoticed by either the princess or Mark.
"Jeno, I-" Mark took a step forward but his brother cut him off.
“I need to speak to the princess. Alone.” Although it was a request, it sounded like an order and Mark looked at the princess one last time to make sure he should obey.
Y/N stared at him and nodded, feeling a weight of guilt over her heart as Mark left, leaving her alone with Jeno.
The princess looked at Jeno who shook his head, unhappy.
"How could you?" he asked, short and thick, in a tone he'd never spoken to Y/N before. She just lowered her head, feeling her eyes sting. "With my brother?!"
"I don't know what got me-"
“Is this how you intended to take revenge?” Jeno's voice rose and Y/N swallowed hard. "Who is next? Haechan? Maybe Ten.”
Y/N looked up at him, offended.
"Don't talk about me like that, I would never do that to Ten or Taeyong, I'm not looking for married men."
“Only for my single brothers!”
The princess rolled her eyes.
“As if you care!”
"You betrayed me, Y/N." Jeno spoke through gritted teeth and once again Y/N's blood bubbled up.
"Then I think we're even, Lee." she spoke and started to leave but Jeno grabbed her arm.
"I didn't play as low as you." this made the princess angry, she hit Jeno's chest with her closed fist, pushing him away.
“This is not a real engagement!” she screamed. "This is not real. There's no way there can be betrayal of a relationship that doesn't even exist."
With every word, the princess felt her heart wither.
Jeno looked at her completely hurt and she was panting, the situation didn't improve at all when he laughed sarcastically and approached her, joining the bodies.
She hated the way her body seemed to sag so fast.
“You know what, princess? You got what you wanted.” she frowned but didn't ask. "You didn't want me to approach you and I won't."
Contrary to what he said, Jeno brought his face closer and closer to hers. It's not what it looks like, she thought.
"Actually, I'll make you regret it." he put their noses together and the princess felt her heart want to jump out of her mouth. "And when you're completely blinded by desire for me and want to give in, I'm going to back off." Y/N had to fight to keep her eyelids from drooping, Jeno's breath blew dangerously against her mouth. “We're going to kiss, I have no doubt about that, but you're going to beg for it. You will beg me to kiss every inch of your body.”
The princess felt her breath go out when Jeno's lips were inches from hers and then he pulled away completely, leaving an immense cold. The princess with weak legs and a confused mind, Jeno walked off the balcony and left the princess alone.
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Can I request princess y/n and guard!harry? She’s very aloof and shy but known for being super sweet and Harry’s grumpy gaurd but they have a secret relationship in the kingdom
OKAY IM DOWN TO ADD THAT TO MY CONCEPT TROPES BC THATS SO CUTE :(((
Yk I don’t know much about being a princess or all that royal stuff but I’ve always wanted to write something about it :(
So I’m so happy you brought it up
The way I said I was gonna sleep and now I’m up writing this
Fuck a good sleep schedule
ANYWAYYSSS :)))
SOOO she’s in her early adult years now (like twenty or something) so that means she’s finally aloud out to do thing and not shoved up in the giant mansion all day
So she’s out in the gated yard, annoying the guards, maybe hanging out with a friend or something
And she’s trying to see if the guards will break and laugh or get mad at her
So she does anything, making stupid silly faces, trying to whisper jokes, or tickle their noses with a feather
And Harry was the only guard to break just to say “Stop acting immature. I’m trying to work, princess.”
And that would shock her because 1) no guard had ever talked to her before and 2) none of the other guards broke character
So she’s so shocked and instantly gets embarrassed “oops, I’m sorry for bothering! I’ll go back inside.”
And Harry really never talked to her or really cares to because he knew the way her mother was (well say the mother is her queen to make it easier) and she could be pretty stuck up, so she just assumed Y/n was the same way until he talked with the other guards on a lunch break or something
And he tells them about what happened and tells them how it was rude and it annoyed him and saying something about her being as stuck up and arrogant as her mother
And the guards are like “princess Y/n????”
“She’s the sweetest, she always gives us the nicest Christmas gifts and makes us homemade cookies each year” and maybe Harry was a new guard so he didn’t know about that
And when he heard the stories about how kind the princess is he changes his mind
And something changes once he meets her again
Let’s say he was working in the hallway where her room is (idk how that guard stuff works I’ve only seen stupid hallmark Christmas movies where they are princesses and stuff 😢 so forgive my ignorance) and she comes home super late and really upset, crying, her little heels in her hand while walking back and she’s just a crying mess
And she bumps into him like “I’m so sorry, I didn’t even see you. I’m so sorry. Are you okay?”
And of course he has to break and talk “I’m fine, dear. Why don’t you get yourself back to your room”
And she can’t stop crying so eventually he’s like “let me walk you to your room.” So he walks her in and makes sure she’s okay and she keeps apologizing for wasting his time and bumping into him and burdening him with her silly emotions
So he gets curious and asks what’s wrong
“Just boy problems.” Because maybe she was seeing a boy outside of a royal family, just an average Joe
And he sold a story about her or something, some nasty stuff that was completely untrue
So she tells him about what happened and of course he’s like “oh my god. I’m so sorry. You don’t deserve that.”
And they get to talking and she leans in to kiss him after he dabs off her tears from her cheeks and as soon as the kiss is over she’s apologizing and beating herself up over kissing a guard
And that’s kind of where their relationship blossoms
And every time he has a night shift she’s pulling him into her room and they are making out, and it takes her a couple months to finally sleep with him
Letting him carefully peel one of her gowns off before he lays her out of her big fancy canopy bed and makes love to her
But then it becomes a regular thing where she pulls him into her room and they have a quickie before she has to let him go and work before someone notices
And if he was working inside she would sit in that hallway and talk to him and anytime someone walked past she would hurry up and shove herself in a closet
And she would tease him so much for his grumpy attitude towards everyone
But once they got more serious she would be sneaking out in the middle of the night to go over to his fist to stay with him before she had to run back at 5:30 am before her mother was up
And I could see the paparazzi snapping photos of her when she runs to Harry’s flat and they start writing crazy articles about her
PLEASEFHT her mother would be furious
Guessing she’s with absolutely anyone before she jokingly says she’s with a guard and y/n’s body language shifts and she gets awkward
And her mother is like “oh my god you’re with a guard?!”
And her mom tires to fire Harry once she find out which guard it is and y/n is like “you can fire him for this but he’s not going to be working for us any longer since we’re getting married 😌”
Okay okay I think I got a little ahead of myself but that’s all I got so let me know your thoughts :)))
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catgirlknighted · 11 months
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💜 So Close to Smashing & Knocking Up a GILF, so Close! 💖
Starting Context
Let’s go back a few years, I was a college student in an unhealthy codependent relationship with my then partner at that time. This caused me a great deal of stress with little-to-no outlet to relieve my stress on aside from edging & cumming. I was in a polyamory facebook group for my state that was invite-only and I posted a selfie or two there from time-to-time.
The Meat & Potatoes | ⚠️ WARNING br33ding & preg mention ahead ⚠️ |
One day, one of the group mods messages me out of the blue. This sweet old lady who had posted pictures & videos of herself at get togethers and always seemed really happy. She asks if I’m at least 19 years old or preferably 21+ and I’m like yeah I’m an adult, why what’s up? She asks me not to judge, but tells me she really wants to get pregnant. She wants to have kids she can take care of, but doesn’t want to face the humiliation or something of going to a sperm bank (I can’t remember all the details, she was real adamant about not going to one though, might have been about saving money or something). I tell her I’m transfem and she asks if I can still impregnate people and I confirm that I absolutely can. She was an out bisexual and had no issues with a tgirl like me knocking her up. We discussed the age gap and I had no issues with it by any means. I told her okay well I would have to talk to my partner about it & ask if that’s okay, but that I would love to help her get all filled up! 🤤 She’s over here telling me it’s just casual & I would not have any legal responsibility over the kid(s) and that she just wants kids of her own real bad, but doesn’t want to spend any unnecessary money. I also note that I would bring pepper spray just in case this was a trap or dangerous and she tells me that’s fine, she’s just a simple plant mom and sent me herself in a low cut tanktop, just absolute cleavage on display. 😳 She tells me she wants it sooo bad. I tell her she’s quite a looker, I would gladly help her have some kids by breeding her until she’s nice & full. I told her I’ll come over as many times as it takes and cum deep inside her until she can finally have a kid. I send her a photo of me too and tell her I’m excited to help her fulfill her dreams! 💜 I was gonna come visit her from time-to-time and breed her until she finally got pregnant. Keep in mind, she’s like young grandmother kind of age range so like... not impossible, but I might be stopping by for “visits to my friend” more often. This was going to be the start of a beautiful & slutty friendship! 💜✨ Now unfortunately, this story doesn’t have a happy ending as my partner at the time wasn’t comfortable with the idea, but could you imagine? A tgirl & a hot g!lf hooking up to try to knock her up over and over? I wouldn’t be responsible for any kids either, just a friend helping out a friend! I get to relieve all my stress into her & she gets to have a kid of her own! It’s a perfect win-win! 💖💦
💖 Jo*** Da****** if you’re still out there & kicking, I’m down to fuck you casually now! 💖 I hope you’re doing okay, wherever you are or whatever you’re up to now! 💜
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shiploverr · 2 years
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Okay, there are sooo many people fighting blaming Veronica or blaming Betty. Blaming Jughead and then blaming Archie. Let this soak into reality. They ALL were dumb fucks making mistakes with each other. All 4 of them. Not one of them is perfect.
Betty for clinging on to this delusional crush she’s had since she was 8. Making her this pod person who doesn’t give a shit about anything but Archie.
Veronica for not and I quote “having certain conversations” with the men she’s been with as she stated.
Jughead for his birthday speech being so closed in and short circuiting and being an ass for assuming she’s drop him for Archie, For breaking up with betty at the Wyrm because she wanted to join the serpents and being too much of a dick not realize that Betty can take care of herself and leaving her in the parking lot alone, oh yeah the most important one: not having a conversation with Betty 7/8 years ago, then getting drunk leaving a toxic ass voicemail (which to be fair you really can’t take anyone seriously while drunk), and then jumping into a relationship he wasn’t ready for. We all know that Jughead isn’t “all in” with Tabitha as she is with him.
Archie, I left for last. He has been the one who has made multiple mistakes over the last 10 years (more or less). Telling Betty he doesn’t return her feelings in 1x01, kissing Veronica in the closet but yet getting into a relationship with Valerie, which didn’t last because he allowed the blossoms to manipulate him into thinking they cared about him, then back to Veronica, YET right after finding out that Betty is officially with jughead and going into the blue and gold telling Betty “a part of me always thought…” (that was slap to the face to Veronica), his little relationship with josie (which was just him seeking some sort of affection), then back to Veronica, then kissing Betty (who yes kissed him in return) and wanting to CONTINUE their affair, not even thinking about Veronica or Jughead , who by the way is suppose to be his best friend. Then coming back from war, his immediate thought was “Hey Betty let’s be friends but I still wanna have sex with you”. Ending their FWB because he apparently still loves Veronica, reuniting with Veronica to then drop the bomb on her that he’s never leaving Riverdale. Not even considering a conversation, maybe idk act like adults and come to a compromise? Like what adult relationships do? Smh. To then IMMEDIATELY wanting a relationship with Betty?! 🤦🏻‍♀️ this fucking exhausting.
THEY ALL ARE AT FAULTS! No one is PERFECT! God, yes I love Betty I love Veronica I love Jughead and somewhere deep down I -er - love Archie. But they are all responsible for their own actions! Jesus!
P.S. I’m sorry for all the Archie fans, it’s nothing personal. He’s at his best when he’s with Veronica. Simple. As a teenager he was an ass. Jumping from women when he always goes back to her. You may bias and see him do no wrong, that’s on you. I see all the faults Betty and Jughead have made with each other and it pisses me off. You should be pissed too at the things Veronica and Archie have done. BUT LIKE I SAID, NO ONE IS PERFECT. All we can do is hope they ALL grow some brains and get their shit together because this show has turned into Garbage. Simple.
Okay I’m better now 😊
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croissantbae · 7 months
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October 16, 2023
The past few weeks have felt like a whirlwind. While I’ve been on my phone constantly the past few weeks it was almost exclusively to take photos and communicate immediately with folks to coordinate meetups. I barely looked at insta or my emails. It was seriously wonderful. Today I went through my photo album of the past few weeks and it doesn’t feel like there are enough photos. I legit feel like there should be more based on how full the trip felt.
I’m not even going to attempt to summarize the trip. I’ll just jot down a few thoughts.
1. Even though we were with the kids 24/7 and they were driving us crazy at times, now that I have to leave them I feel really sad and I miss them so much. I really do just love our family. Same goes for extended family too. After my mom/bro/sil/Shiloh departed, it felt like we weren’t whole without them. We could feel the lack of their presence. My mom is also seriously so clutch. She came to our house before we landed, made bap and miyukgook, and then picked us up from the airport. The miyukgook sVed our lives. We ate it for dinner and then as a post sleep meal when the girls were up in the wee hours of the morning. And then for breakfast the next day lol. She’s also coming tomorrow to take the girls to school because Jason has an important meeting. I would want to pay it forward for our kids but I’m generally assuming they won’t have kids (bc of climate change).
2. Adjusting to time zone changes is a bitch. The kids were waking up super early and sleeping very little when we went. And adults got virtually no sleep in the plane ride over. The girls slept fairly well but they were really squished lying next to each other on the seats. I actually got sick on the second day in and I think it was mostly from extreme sleep exhaustion (because we were already deprived from the sleep training saga and nerves not being able to sleep from starting a new job). It felt pretty miserable those first few days but thankfully the whole fam was there to watch the kids so I could get some rest. Now coming back we’re also getting terrible sleep and the kids have been awake anywhere from 11 to 4 am but I actually feel like I’m still sleeping better this time around. Today the girls slept in until noon and then I took them to school at around 2 just so they could play for a few hours. Hopefully they wake up earlier tomorrow and can actually go to school on a relatively normal schedule. Godspeed to my mom.
3. My grandma is so old. Like seriously. She was sooo happy to see us she was trying her best to keep up with us. She was actually walking so fast I was shocked. But she said she didnt care if she died she was going to walk as fast as she could so she could hang with us and not be seen as a burden. I could tell she really enjoyed herself and she bonded a lot with Dani. Jason’s grandma is much older than my grandma (I think by 10 years) but she’s still soooo healthy. She walks with a cane now but I love how social she is. We told her we’d come by to hang out the next day but she said she couldn’t because she was busy with her friends 😂. When we hung out w Jason’s family they took us to their local gogi jib (one we went to years ago too) and wansun Emo made me drink w her so I drank a bottle of soju and she drank a bottle of makgeoli lol. It was a lot of fun and the girls were thankfully well behaved.
4. Overall the kids really seemed to love Korea and want to go back. I fell in love with jejudo and seriously want to go back to the same hotel. But if we did go I wonder if it would be nearly as magical without the whole friend group there 🧐. I suspect not but there’s a different kind of fun just being with family too.
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lifewiththelulus · 7 months
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I have an idea for more drama at the bakery. Cirrus’s sister, Gen, comes to the store and pretty much inserts herself back into her life out of nowhere.
Kindlin isn't gonna let that happen very easily At least not until she's sure of gens intentions
She's a washed-up athlete, after one too many lost games and bad endorsement deals, she's all out of money and no longer able to play the one thing she was good at. Cirrus is still very bitter that Gen not only never stood up for her when they were kids but for leaving her and Breeze as soon as Breeze needed to be taken care of more and more as she got older.
Having personally seen the toll it took on Cirrus, Kindlin is more than ready for this girl to get lost
Omfg Gen: "Bleh! This cake is horrible!"
Kin: "oh my goodness I'm sooo sorry! I must've used salt instead of sugar 🙃"
The poor kids looking up at their mom asking "Why didn't you tell us we had an aunt?"
Kindlin would probably gives Cirrus a look that she can go and she'd take care of this conversation because she knew it would be a tough one She probably opened up to them that they also had a grandma in fire land but they hadn't talked in years so she didn't know what happened to her after that. She probably gently explained to them that it was best for everyone that Gen not be there, without revealing too many details about why
Gen is desperate to have a roof over her head and apologizes for what she's done (though in her mind she isn't) and plays the we're family card on her. Cirrus says she can stay for a night and give her a little money for a hotel but after that, she's on her own. So they are stuck with Gen for the rest of the day.
Kindlin doesn't say anything about it but makes sure Cirrus doesn't have to be alone with her She's not giving gen the chance to manipulate her any more. She also is noticably quiet the entire time. Normally when they have a guest Kindlin is all over them making sure they're comfortable and feeding them treats but with gen she gives short responses and only gives her the necessities. She's only being that nice for Cirrus sake but could honestly care less about gen at the moment
When the kids start asking her questions she tells them stories of how she was one of the top Air ball players. Without mentioning her controversies of course. Cirrus tries to get them away from Gen, she doesn't want them to get attached to her. Once there gone the adults can talk about more serious stuff.
Kindlin calls up Mimi and Hazel and asks them if the kids could come over for a couple days She phrases it like Mimi is inviting them though so they don't think too much about it
Once the kids are gone kin can be more focused on comforting Cirrus and not letting Gen get to her
Gen: …So, wow you've really come far in life, wife, kids, and you, well look at you, you can finally be yourself now.
Cirrus: yeah Gen: So um, Kindilin right? How has my br- er I mean sister been treating you?
Kindlin turns a little purple Kin: she has been treating me perfectly fine, thank you. And it's Kind-lin.
She doesn't take very kindly to a question at all
Gen sweats a little and stutters. Gen: Right of course, sorry! Uh I was thinking, while I’m staying at the hotel, maybe we could have a um sisters day out, just us, and catch up. Cirrus: Catch up?! Huh funny now that you want to know about my life when you never called for the past.. What was it, 12 years?!
Kindlin kinda places her foot between them Kin: "I think it's best we leave it at just this visit. " She glares at Gen with blazing daggers in her eyes, though her voice is calm. She can't help herself turning more purple by the second though and her flames crackling as she held back an explosion. She didn't wanna lose her cool here.
Gen: Hey now back off! This is between family! Cirrus: Don’t you DARE yell at her! She’s been more family to me than you have ever even attempted! You’ve never wanted anything to do with me when I needed help, and when Breeze needed help you left her! Now you come here expecting me to let you back into my life when you need help?! Gen: I- I don’t know what to do OK! I didn’t know what to do back then and I don’t know what to do now! I was scared to confront mom and dad, I was scared of watching Granny get weaker and weaker everyday and I’m scared of being alone now! I get it, I’m a coward that doesn't deserve a second chance! A spoiled celebrity that never had to face any consequence until now! Someone who’s only hope of not being homeless and alone is to crawl back to the sister she abandoned! I know it’s not right! …But it’s all I can do! Cirrus: Well, I’m sorry… but I’m not going to be the one to get you out of this mess you made. I’m finally happy, and I’m not going to risk losing this. You're leaving tomorrow and I don’t want to see you again. Gen: … (She stands up without a word and walks out the door) Cirrus: (is quiet for a few seconds before she starts sobbing.)
Kindlin is so proud of her for standing her ground She wasn't expecting them to be the ones to explode.
After Gen leaves Kindlin just holds Cirrus tight. Eventually she picks her up and carries her to bed so she can wrap Cirrus up in the blankets and spoon her.
She isn't gonna talk to her about it unless she brings it up She doesn't wanna cause Cirrus anymore heart ache
Cirrus: Did I do the right thing, I (sniff) know she deserved it but.. what if something happens to her, it'll be my fault. (sobs)
Kin: You did the right thing. You're such a good person, you didn't even owe her the time you gave her. She doesn't get to just waltz back in to your life like an old book she put down. You deserve people who really care about you and want to see you thriving.
She kisses her on the nose.
She kisses her back "I'm so lucky to have you, if I didn't I probably would have let her stay." She pulls her down to bed with her. "But it looks like we're stuck with each other." She giggles a bit and rests her chin on top of her head.
Kin: "I'm the lucky one. I just hope you never chew me out like that " she giggles
Kindlin holds her close and hums softly, playing with her cloud fluff while they lay there
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minachuuu · 3 years
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When The Lights Go Out
❣When The Lights Go Out❣
❤ Pairing: Gahyeon x Fem!Reader
❤ Genre: Suggestive & Fluff
❤ Word Count: 5.1k
❤ Song Suggestions: Daybreak by DreamCatcher & Squeeze by Fifth Harmony
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“Hey Y/n!” The door swung open, forcing you and Gahyeon to jerk apart your hovering lips. Yoohyeon, followed by the rest of the DreamCatcher girls entered the green room from the venue of the show both your group and your girlfriend’s were going to perform at. “Long time no see!”
It’s not like the rest of her group don’t know that you two are dating, you never tried keeping it a secret. And even if you wanted, it was almost impossible to keep something hidden from them. 
DreamCatcher was one of the closest groups you have ever met, they dropped and picked up Gahyeon from all your dates even before you two were official. It was also important for her that you met all of them beforehand. 
You remember that day pretty vividly. It was a little nerve racking, the thought of meeting all these powerful girls that were her older sisters, of course they’re watching over her. You do the same with the maknae of your group, so you understand where that came from. But luckily for you, they all loved you. Putting aside all the joking threats, or at least you hope they were jokes, of taking care of Gahyeon, you actually became pretty close with all of them.
There was absolutely nothing wrong with that. But you would be lying if you said that sometimes you wish they weren’t around all the time.
“Hey Yoohyeon!” You waved with your free hand as you wrapped the other around your girlfriend, she sheepishly cuddling into your shoulder. “Hi girls!”
“Did we interrupt something?” Handong chuckled as her gentle eyes laid over you both. 
“No, not really,” You responded while shaking your head, bringing Gahyeon closer to you with your arm as she chuckled in your neck. “We were just talking-”
“Really? Wow, how boring.” SuA scoffed at us, sitting besides me as she took out her phone. “If I were you and I hadn’t seen my girlfriend in so long I would just ea-”
“Unnie!” Gahyeon reached and jokingly punched SuA away. 
“What?! I’m just saying the truth!” She defended herself, trapping you in between of a bickering battle. “We’ve all been busy with comebacks and don’t pretend you weren’t all ‘Aw, I miss my Y/N!’ every single day for you two to be all ‘We’re only talking’ Gahyeon-ah! Especially when Y/n is dressed like that!”
Red rushed up to your cheeks as your eyes scanned your body from head to toe. Thanks to your comeback, you embarked on your usual ‘tour’ around music shows. With all the glamour, of course the extravagant outfits were included, and this time, you fancied a two piece costume that highlighted all your best, exalted all your movements and most importantly, could make everyone fall at your feet at any given time. All combining with your newest concept, a classy version of the already known girl crush concept. You had asked to be the first in the dressing room and the makeup chair, so you could be able to visit your girlfriend in her green room as soon as possible. 
Gahyeon wasn’t complaining about it either, since your comeback overlapped with the promotions of her group’s comeback. They were already on their last week of promotions whereas this was your first one, giving you both an opportunity to spend a little time together, even if it just meant stealing kisses in between stages, curtains and dressing rooms.
“So...! You really missed me that much?” Your hand raised your girlfriend's chin to meet her eyes with yours. 
“Of course I did, you pabo.” Gahyeon poked your nose with hers as you giggled together. 
It’s not like you weren’t that lovey-dovey, but you preferred not going overboard with the public demonstrations of affection that much, it just didn’t feel comfortable enough. Especially with both of you being idols, you never knew what pair of eyes could be around.
But right now, you were only surrounded by her members and staff, who already knew you and your relationship pretty well, so maybe sneaking a kiss wasn’t so bad-
A knock on the door made you turn your head away from your girlfriend, especially when the voice coming from the opening entrance was the one from your group leader.
“Hello Dreamcatcher sunbaenim!” Her head peaked in, scanning around for you as she bowed to all the girls and staff in the room. Her eyes finally landed over you, a relieved gasp coming out of her mouth as she signed you to follow her. “It’s five minutes until they call us to stage Y/n!”
You sighed, nodding at your leader in response. Gahyeon patted your chest letting you know it was okay for her since, after all, this was work for both of you, and you couldn’t neglect it just for a relationship. You stole a quick peck from her lips and stood up from the couch.
“Will I see you later?” Gahyeon asked, playing lightly with your hair.
“I’ll try my best jagi.” You winked back at her.
Maybe it was the outfit with a combination of a makeup that perfectly highlighted everything she already loved about you, or maybe all this accumulated time without seeing each other, but Gahyeon couldn’t resist pulling your hand and you with it in for a more lively kiss. 
Of course you didn’t reject the offer, softly brushing your lips against hers, before going for a more daring approach. She wrapped the edges of your top around your neck, pulling you closer. Recognizing the flavor of her favorite lip balm, you never got tired of tasting her lips over yours. 
“Sooo… ” Your leader cleared her throat as she rested against the door frame, waiting for you to stop saying goodbye to your girlfriend. Her voice hesitated as she tried to make the moment a little bit less awkward for the spectators. “Congrats on the song unnies! It’s pretty good!”
“Thank you!” JiU chuckled back to her, following the thread of awkwardness. You started noticing the clumsy pace of the conversation, laughing against each others’ lips in the process. “Your album is pretty good too! Gahyeon invited us to listen to it and we really liked it.”
You heard your leader giggling and halting her words, and just then is when you felt the entire room turning their eyes over at you both. You placed a last peck on her lips and pulled away, unhurriedly releasing her hand in the process. Gahyeon sent a flying kiss your way and winked back at you, causing your cheeks to flare up.
“You guys know we love you both but you don’t have to rub it all on our faces.” Siyeon sneered, making you turn to her. Her happy eyes relieved you, knowing she was just messing with you as she often liked to “You know? Some of us feel a little lonely and you don’t help.”
“I’m so sorry Unnie,” You chuckled at her as you bowed in respect, moving towards the exit door. “Good luck today everyone!”
“Thank you!” All the girls waved back at you, in a chorus of happy and excited voices. 
“And good luck to you too,” Your girlfriend planted a kiss on your cheek as she accompanied to the door. “Give your all Y/n, promise?”
“It’s not going to be hard with you on my mind.” You returned the kiss as you stood under the door frame. Getting lost in her perfect eyes once again, a calling force that didn’t let you say goodbye to her completely.
“Let’s go, I told the girls we would meet them behind the stage.” You leader pulled your hand, calling you back to reality. 
“Oh, true.” You shook your head to ground you back, taking in a deep sigh. You allowed yourself one last word to your girlfriend as you started walking away from Dreamcatcher’s dressing room. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” She was quick to respond as she waved to you.
You started walking backwards unable to take apart your eyes from her. It was your leader who rolled her eyes at both your puppy-eyed faces and turned you around by the waist, playfully slapping your shoulder to bring you back once again.
“You’re feeling lonely Siyeon-ah?” You heard SuA’s loud voice coming from the inside. “Let me fix that for you!”
“Unnie, what are you doing?” Siyeon responded in a fairly confused tone. “Unnie!?”
You chuckled at the last words you could hear coming from that dressing room before your girlfriend closed the door behind her. You had enough time to get to the stage by then, so it wasn’t necessary to run towards your destination. 
“Should I remind you?” Your leader broke the silence as you walked together. “They haven’t even raised our dating ban, if someone-”
“...Someone catches us like that I could get into big trouble.” You finished your leader’s words as you sighed. “We’re both adults, we know what we’re doing.”
“I don’t doubt that, but you’re still in a rookie group.” She shoved her shoulder against yours, shaking her head. “Don’t forget that Y/n.”
“Don’t worry, I won’t.” You giggled as you shoved her back.
You both arrived at the stage just when your group was being called in to pre-record your performance, all your group got into their positions as you greeted the team and the staff. Usually it takes about three to five takes of the same choreography, with different camera angles and closeups so that they can be stitched together and edited to get the final cut that will air later. 
Your group breezed through the first three easily and quickly, but by the third pass, a new fire rose inside of you when with a glimpse you spotted Gahyeon on the stage wings, her eyes not leaving your moving silhouette as you graced the stage with your daring choreography. 
By the fourth and fifth take, you noticed how cameras focused a bit longer on you. BUt what they didn’t know is that you only made it for the girl living inside your heart, and standing a few feet away from you.
What you couldn’t notice until you finally finished your pre-recordings, was that your girlfriend already fashioned her comeback attire and her killing makeup, the sight punching you straight in the stomach, leaving you breathless. All happened behind you as your group thanked the show’s staff for their hard work and started moving out of the stage. Not until one of your members jumped and surrounded you with her shoulders, happy with the smooth shoot.
You shook your head back to reality, walking alongside your members. And just as you were exiting the stage, it was DreamCatcher’s turn to record their performance. Remembering to hide your relationship from unknown eyes, Gahyeon brushed by your side just politely bowing to all your group, and her eyes maybe lingered an extra second over yours. Only then you were able to catch a closer glimpse of her outfit. 
DreamCatcher always had this super badass concept attached to them, and their styling was no joke either. Rolling with this new biker concept, Gahyeon fashioned some shorts that kept her thighs uncovered, a leather jacket loose enough to drape off her shoulders and high black leather biker boots. Her hair was let down, styled to look as if the wind tapered just enough against it. Her members fashioned similar outfits, some with pants or vests, but it was your girlfriend who you couldn’t take your eyes away from.
“Hey guys,” You called your group as you kept your eyes firmly over Gahyeon. “Do you mind if I stay over here for a while? I’ll catch up with you later.”
“Yeah, no problem.” Your leader chuckled at your obviously flustered expression. “Just don’t get caught on camera drooling over Gahyeon.”
You instantly raised your hand to your mouth, cleaning over a fictitious drool that your leader made you thought was already hanging from your mouth. Your groupmates chuckled at that, as you furrowed your eyes towards them, as they headed back to their green room.
DreamCatcher’s comeback music started resonating over the entire venue, turning you around to pay attention. Making sure you were well within the shadows and out of the cameras’ reach, you leaned over a wall, making yourself comfortable to watch your girlfriend give it all on her performances.
You never got tired of watching her in her element, you could see the passion seeping through her in every movement she nailed and every verse that she sang. All combined only prompted you to fall more and more for her, wondering whatever you did to deserve such an amazing girlfriend in your life.
Lost in your trance, you never noticed how they only needed three takes to get everything perfectly, and they were already on the finishing pose of the last one. Maybe it was one of the advantages of being in a more experienced group. 
“This has been DreamCatcher!” JiU and the girls acknowledged the staff’s hard work as they bowed, making you remind in embarrassment how you were all hypnotized to forget that. “Thank you so much for your hard work and caring for u-”
Abruptly, the lights of the entire venue shut completely off, leaving everyone in the dark. Mumbles of confusion were heard all around as people started using the lanterns on their cellphones to light up the rooms around. 
You straightened up the wall, ready to run to your girl if necessary until your urgency was relieved when her group was instantly surrounded by all their managers and their cellphone lights. And really it was you who was going to need a little more help to find your way around, since your phone was with your managers, all the way back at your dressing room.
“Attention!” One of the high ranked staff called the entire stage area. “There has been a problem with our power plant! All artists must be moved to the dressing room area until we can get the backup power back on!”
People started moving around you, and you decided that it was better to stay exactly where you were, hoping somebody could help you. To your great luck, one of DreamCatchers managers who already knew you well enough, saw you and invited you into their lighted brigade. 
You greeted the girls in the formal way that you were expected to when there were other people around, bowing down them as they politely greeted you as if you hadn’t been kissing one of their members an hour ago.
“Really good performance out there DreamCatcher sunbaenims!” You congratulated them, walking besides them to their green room. 
The girls giggled at your comment, partly because they were not used to talking so formally with you by now, but they all thanked you genuinely anyways. A light brush against your hand made you slowly turn your head towards it’s direction, only to find your girlfriend staring to the front, but walking right beside you.
You understood her message perfectly, taking her hand in yours and intertwining your fingers. After all, the darkness wouldn’t let anybody see what was going on down there.
You entered their dressing room behind them, only to end up once again at the same couch you were with before being called by your leader. 
“The heaters are off too, it shouldn’t be too cold but we can give you this in case you’d like to cover yourselves.” One of the show’s staff approached behind you, handing out blankets to everyone. “We’re so sorry for the inconveniences.”
“Thank you!” All the people inside the room chorused as they exited the room, heading to the next one with another batch of blankets.
Gahyeon grabbed one from the stack over the table, and draped it over both your bodies, using it as a perfect excuse to cuddle back into you. 
“You were amazing out there.” You whispered to your girlfriend as the air started filling itself with other conversations to kill time. “I was really thinking ‘Wow, that’s my girlfriend!”
“Y/n! Stop, you’re making me blush!” She whined back to you. Her hands roamed under your laced shirt, resting over your core. The whole gesture caused a chill to bolt down your spine, as you surrounded her shoulders with your arms. “You’re not bad yourself Jagi!”
“You really liked it?” 
“Of course I did!” She playfully slapped your arm, a little offended by your questioning. “And I’m so excited to see everything you guys can do, especially you.”
“Oh, can think of one thing that I would love to do…” You added, chuckling to yourself.
“Really? What is it?” Gahyeon excitedly jumped in her place, her bright eyes still shining in the obscure room, full of curiosity.
“Eh-” Caught off guard, you cleared your throat as you avoided her eyes. “I can’t tell you now-”
“Y/n-yah! That’s not fair!” She complained, puckering her lips. “You can’t go saying that and then just not tell me!”
“Yes I can.” You answered dryly.
“Please tell me?” She begged in the cutest voice she could, trying to get you to fall for her. 
“No.”
“Then I’ll make you!” She returned with a confidence that flustered your brain.
“No, Gahyeon. What are you-” You halted when you saw Gahyeon’s smile grow up, as you felt her hands roaming to your exposed ribs from under the blanket. “Oh no, don’t you dare.”
But it was too late, she started tickling you mercilessly making you contort over your own body, trying to fight back the laughter that urged to come blasting out of your mouth. The blanket ended up falling on the floor from all the movement, as you fighted against your girlfriend’s playful hands. 
Your stomach was starting to hurt from trying to contain the laughter and all the shifting out of your body, as she couldn’t stop cooing at you, taunting you to say exactly what she wanted to hear.
You somehow managed to stand up from the couch and away from your girlfriend’s hold. And it was your turn for vengeance. Gahyeon could see it coming from the wicked smile growing on your lips, and didn’t waste a second standing up and running away from you, out of your reach and quickly enough, out of the room you were sharing with her group.
Bolting behind her, you weren’t sure if you heard the voices of your members or DreamCatcher call both your names or you had just hallucinated them. But it was a worry that lasted just one second, enough for your eyes to catch the silhouette of your girlfriend running away from you across the dark halls of the venue. 
Gahyeon’s cute taunting giggles helped you go behind her as this game of cops and robbers started for both of you. She ran in between the different dressing rooms and up and down the stairs, sometimes barely avoiding your hand as she turned out to be faster than you imagined.
She just knew that once your hands were on top of her, there’s no way you were taking them off. Which, right now, wasn’t such a bad idea for her. 
She cut the corner and quickly entered an empty dressing room behind her, covering her mouth from the giggles and heavy breaths that tried to escape and give away her location. But it didn’t work out too well after all, because even in the dim light that the entire building was buried on, her platinum, purple-ish hair was bright enough, and you knew exactly where she was hiding.
Gahyeon’s breathing calmed down but she stopped hearing your steps. She waited for a few seconds, but curiosity won over her, and to her own demise, she peaked her head out of the dressing room’s door to try and find you. That’s when you jumped in surprise against her, surrounding her with both your arms to avoid another escape attempt.
“Finally! My vengeance will fall upon thee!” You thickened your voice as your hands fought against your girlfriend to find her tickly spots. 
“I promise I won’t do it again!” She giggled, looking at your eyes for forgiveness. “Only if you tell me what you wanted to say downstairs!”
“Ah…” You abruptly stopped trying to reach her, trying to remember what you actually wanted to say. You placed your hands around Gahyeon’s waist, pulling her close to you. “Wait- I don’t remember what that was.”
“Want me to remind you?” You felt her hands sneaking back to your ribs once again, a cheeky smile growing on her perfect lips as she giggled.
“You’re in a very compromised position right now.” You raised your eyebrows this time, softly moving your hands up and down her waist to remind her that you could attack first. “Would you really-”
The new sudden tickle attack caught you off guard, making you accidentally kick the door to the dressing room close behind you. But at least you weren’t defenceless now, as you started tickling her back in response. 
Drowning in between your smiles and giggles, you didn’t realize there was a couch sitting exactly behind you. And just one more step back was enough to tumble both of you back over it, with Gahyeon falling on top of you.
“Fine! Fine. I give up!” You breathed out as you took in the impact and laid down the couch comfortably, Gahyeon snuggling against you as you both calmed down your breath. 
“So you’re going to tell me what you wanted to say before?” She looked up at you, and there was no way you could say no to the brightest eyes in your life.
“I can’t remember it exactly,” You started, gaining a sigh out of her. You took her chin in your hand and raised her close to your lips. “But I think it would be better to show you.”
Her head tilted in curiosity, with her eyes narrowing full of desire to know and a light nod from her head were enough of an answer for you.
Your hand traveled back to her neck as you pulled her closer to you, crashing your lips together with an accumulated craving from both sides. Letting your fingers play with her hair as you soaked your senses in each other's fragrances. 
“Is this what you wanted?” Gahyeon’s voice resembled that of her morning voice, as she tried to keep her tone and volume low. Just exclusive for the moment.
“For longer that I can remember,” You whispered back against her lips, sneaking words between each gentle brush of your lips. “Don’t get me wrong, I love the girls. But we don’t get much time together… Alone.”
“And you couldn’t wait a bit longer?” She giggled, raising her eyebrows but clearly not against everything that was happening. 
“You tell me about it,” You scoffed back. “You’re the one who couldn’t keep her hands off me down in the dressing room.”
“Look,” She moved her hair to the side, shaking her head as she seductively leaned her lips against your ear.  “I’ll just say that whoever put you in that outfit deserves a raise.”
“I’ll make sure to pass down that message to the stylist then.” You teased back as you turned your head, capturing her lips with yours once again. 
Time seemed to stop for both of you as your lips coordinated their delicate choreography. It didn’t matter how used to each other they were, they would never have enough of the velvet like sensations and flavors, those whose combination sparked fireworks up in your hearts and entire melodies in your bellies.
Her hand made it up to your cheek, gently caressing it as you couldn’t have enough of each other. You raised your hand to meet hers, interlacing your fingers together and pulling your hands apart of your face. A smile growing against your lips prompted you to sit up, directing Gahyeon up with you. Her unoccupied hand shooting up at your collar as she pulled you up herself, not breaking your lips apart at any moment.
Only a lack of air in both your lungs prompted you to halt, but your hands clutching to each other gave up how far from the end this was it. Gahyeon took advantage of the break to move on top of you, straddling your hips. The dim light of the room was enough to catch a glimpse of her hooded eyes and cheeky smile, just as she snaked her arms around your shoulders and up your neck, lacing her hands with your hair. 
You let your hands roam to her hips, pulling her as close to you as possible. The smirk growing on your lips caused a big smile on your girlfriend’s face. You shook your head, incredulous of the entire situation, begging that no one woke you up if you were dreaming. 
Only Gahyeon was able to bring you back, as she used her hands behind your head to bring you closer to her. Benefiting from that, you placed her lips right on the edge of her jaw, charming your way around her skin. Your hands roamed to her thighs, gently holding at them as you slowly kissed lower each time, eventually arriving at her exposed neck. Little gasps escaped your girlfriend’s mouth as you dangerously kissed closer to her collarbones, but her private whispered whines only kept you wanting more.
“Y/n?” She gasped your name, immediately making you pull apart. 
“What happened Jagi?” Your hand gently put her hair behind her ear, resting over her blushing cheeks. “Anything wrong?”
“No, just...” She sheepishly whispered, locking her eyes with yours. A glance full of love in its purest form only made you question why you hadn’t crossed each other’s life earlier. “I love you.”
“I love you too.” Not hesitating a second you smiled back at her, gently pulling her head closer to yours. 
Connecting your lips once again, lingering with each other a bit more aggressively this time around. Your leather and lace outfits smoothly grinded against each other as you desperately enjoyed each other as much as you could, feeling your heart burn itself with a sweet warmth that you knew only by Gahyeon’s side. 
Your tongue brushed against her lips, asking for permission to go further. She let you in with a mild whine as your tongues played against each other for dominance, unleashing brief moans from both of you, as her hands pulled your hair roughly and your fingers dove harsher against the skin on her hips.
Between the clicking of your mouths and the creaking of your complex and expensive costumes, you didn’t notice the door creaking open, and a hand clicking the light over the room.
“Here you are, they’re calling us back to the st-” Dami’s voice abruptly stopped as her eyes laid upon the sight in the room. Her cheeks heavily blushing, her eyes growing in circumference as the words she planned to say completely left her mind.
Both of you jumped apart, looking back at Dami startled. For what seemed like minutes, none of you three dared to move as to try and hide from your own existence, each of you asking for the earth to swallow you whole.
“Oh, look at that,” You cleared your throat as you quickly took your hands off your girlfriend’s hips, hiding them behind your hair. “The light is back…”
“That’s… That’s good!” Gahyeon janked her hands away from your shoulders, standing up from your thighs and fixing back her clothes. “Yes, that’s definitely good.”
Dami could do nothing but stand there just, staring back at forth at the both of you. And you both dared to do anything but stand up and try to fix your clothes as much as you could. A crushing silence engulfed the room as you three just… stood there in awkward quietness.
“Hey, did you find them Unnie?” Your leader’s voice approaching from the hall made you shut your eyes and furrow your eyebrows, shrinking in your place.
“I haven’t but I think I heard Dami over here.” JiU’s voice answering back marked Gahyeon’s turn to hide behind her hands, pulling them up to her face as both’s steps kept moving closer to the room. “There she is!”
“Hey Dami, did you find somethi-” Your leader’s voice now at the door halted when her eyes laid upon yours, as you apologetically smiled back, your cheeks growing in redness.
Both your leaders crossed their arms at the sight in front of them, bearing the disapproving grin all over their faces, it was kind of clear for everyone what had happened in that empty room, and if it wasn’t for poor Dami, who might have to carry that image in her mind for the rest of her life, who knows how far you and Gahyeon could have taken it. 
“Do we want to ask about it or...?” JiU called off as a grin grew on her face. 
Both of you just shook your head, walking towards the door to go back to work. Your leaders followed you close behind as you walked the halls of the now lighted venue all together. You turned your head towards your girlfriend to catch her already looking back at you with a faint smile on her perfect lips. You returned the smile adding a wink to the mix, to what you both giggled at the ridiculousness of the entire ordeal.
“Oh hey! There you are- WOAH.” SuA stopped her steps as she came closer to both of you. But contrary to the other girls before her, she released a loud chuckle to the air. “Oh Gahyeon-ah. I knew you would take my advice.”
“SuA!” JiU told her off but there was no turning down her loud laughter as that called the rest of the girls around you.
“Yeah…” Siyeon tried to contain back her laughter as she scanned both of you from head to toe. “There’s no way you both are going back into the stage like that, hurry to hair and makeup quickly for a retouch.”
“Yes unnie.” Gahyeon and you chorused as you took a quick peek at each other. 
Your disheveled hair-dos matched your lipsticks, that now lied beyond the borders of both your lips. Not mentioning the ran eyeliner, but you could swear that was from the tickling and not the making out part. But neither of you bothered explaining, you both knew you were gonna get nagged about this for a long time, and preferred ot giving them more weapons to do so.
“Dami, are you okay?” Yoohyeon’s sudden change of tone to one more concerned called everyone’s attention to both of them. “You look like you had seen a ghost.”
Gahyeon and you couldn’t contain the cackle that the comment caused, JiU and your leader following with you. Soon everyone but Dami was giggling as they understood the real reason of her appalled expression, as she sighed lowering her head, trying to get the image out of her head.
“Yeah, don’t mention it.”
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Don’t shout.
summary: Harry doesn't know what to do after he lied to Y/N.
word count: 1.7k
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"fuck i didn’t mean to send that haha okay for ‘shy little boy’ can u do something where yn and harry fight over him going to a girls house while on tour (but she’s a friend) when he gets back home yn ignores him bc she found out n stuff (the kid is not home i can’t remember his name srry) hope this makes sense"
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"How about when Harry and y/n fight and Artemis thinks they are going to break up but he doesn't want Harry to leave him. I love you writing. Artemis is sooo cute uWu."
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"hey idk if you’re taking requests but i was wondering if you could do one where you and harry get into an argument where he makes you cry and artemis sees and gets mad at harry and won’t talk to him until harry apologizes to you,, ty !!"
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"where y/n and harry have there first big fight"
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"For the my shy little boy series, could you do one where y/n and Harry fight about something and Artemis gets upset at one of them as well?"
a/n: had to change the requests a bit but i hoped they worked together!! I enjoy writing angst so i liked doing this one :)
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Y/N was never one to pick up a fight. She was the type of person who preferred bottle up her feelings, most of the time. Usually she didn't have drama in her life aside from the occasional four-year-old tantrums and stuff, but then again she hasn't dated anyone in what felt like years. And she has never dated a famous person before, so every day she learned something new.
Like how trust is the most fundamental part of a relationship. She couldn't believe every little thing that was put in the internet about him, as eighty percent of it was all fake information. So she always trusted Harry and waited for his side of things before jumping to any conclusions.
However, this time, she couldn't do that. Not when dozens of pictures of him leaving one of his ex-girlfriend's house with the same clothes from the day before where all over the internet. She couldn't care less about that part, to be honest. What she was hurt about was the fact that Harry told her he was at his hotel and wasn't going to go out that night.
She knew Harry had friends, a lot of them were women. And she was no one to tell him who he could and could not hang out with. What she felt betrayed about was that he lied about it.
Now, Y/N considered herself a very mature person. But this time she allowed to feel angry and ignored every call of Harry's, not being in the mood to talk to him after she saw those pictures.
When he was back to London, he already had figured what was the problem. And he couldn't blame Y/N for ignoring him either, so as soon as he landed, Harry went straight to Y/N's home, determined to give her an explanation.
Y/N opened the door, raising an eyebrow at him but let him in anyway. She turned around and walked to the kitchen, completely ignoring him. Harry closed the door behind him and followed her, knowing her silence was anything but a good sign.
"Where's Artemis?" He asked softly, trying to make small conversation.
"His room." She murmured, raising a glass of water up to her mouth to drink from it.
"Are you mad at me?" He already knew the answer, but he didn't know how to bring up the subject. All he received was a bitter laugh from her. "I'm sorry..."
"For what? Because you lied to me or because you got caught?"
"Caught? Nothing happened, Y/N."
"Then why did you lied to me?!" She almost slammed the glass on the kitchen island, growing really angry. "Why you didn't tell me you were with her?"
"I didn't want you to be mad." He murmured, like a little kid who was being scolded.
"And how do you think i am right now? Uh?" Crossing her arms over her chest, Y/N stared at him. "I trust you, Harry. Every day, all the time. All i ever ask from you is honesty. What happens when i can't even get that?"
Harry panicked for a second, not knowing if she was going to break up with him over this. "Please, tell me how i can make it better."
"Start with telling me why you lied." She demanded. "And don't say because you didn't want to upset me because i'm not buying that. I called you the night before those pictures were taken. You told me you were at your hotel room, was that even true?"
He nodded furiously. "I was at my room when i called you. I swear."
"You told me you were gonna take a shower then you'd call again to wish Artemis a good night, but you never did. Harry, i called you, three times and you didn't answer. Here i was thinking you were so tired of working you fell asleep when in reality you were at you ex's house doing god knows what!" A single tear rolled down her left eye, breaking Harry's heart.
"She called me. She had broken up with her boyfriend and needed a friend." He said. "We drank a little, that's why i couldn't drive back to the hotel. I slept in her couch. Nothing happened, baby, you have to believe me."
"I'm not worried about you cheating, Harry. I worry about you lying to me. How can i trust you if you don't tell me the truth?" More tears fell from her eyes. "I don't want to be that type of girlfriend, but i thought we could tell each other everything."
"And we can, god, we can. I'm sorry, so sorry, baby."
 "Were you still going to tell me even if those pictures didn't come out?" She asked. Her lip was trembling as she waited for him to answer, however, Harry stayed silent. "That's what i thought."
She tried to walk out of the kitchen, but Harry wrapped his hand around her wrist gently, stopping her from leaving. But Y/N was too hurt right now to react properly, so she snapped. "Don't!"
"Mummy?" A much smaller, scared voice was heard, making both adults swallow hard. "Why are you crying?" Artemis was confused when he saw the tears on his mother' face, but then his eyes landed on Harry. Under any other circumstances, he'd jump on his arms, excited he was back home. But he was quick to put two and two together, and he instantly blamed Harry for his mummy's tears. So he furrowed, stepping in front of Y/N to take a good look at her.
"Hey, baby. Were you there long?" Y/N asked him, running a hand through his soft curls. Artemis shook his head. He didn't heard much, and what he heard he didn't understand. Just that his mum was shouting and Harry was apologizing for something. "Let's go back to your room, okay?"
She took his hand and guided him back to his room, staying with him for a little bit to show him she was okay. She knew Harry wouldn't leave, especially not after a fight, but she wasn’t sure she could keep fighting with him once she came out.
Harry made the decision to make lunch for them, hoping Y/N would be willing to talk to him. He knew Artemis was now mad at him too, and Harry felt so bad for upsetting his two loves. God only knows how protective Artemis is of his mum.
He didn’t even know why he couldn’t answer Y/N’s last question. He didn’t think paparazzi would take pictures of him entering and exiting his ex-girlfriend’s house, or that Y/N would react in that way. But he also understood how bad it looked from her perspective.
“You’re still here.” He heard her voice from behind.
“I’d never leave while we’re like this.” Harry turned to look at her, furrowing when he saw her red eyes. “I never meant to upset you.” She nodded, staying quiet. “I know how the world makes it look every time I’m out with someone from the opposite sex, I’ve been targeted as the biggest player for that.”
“Those things are not true.”
“And you know that. But… in my past relationships, they didn’t believe me. They’d automatically assume the worst, that’s why I didn’t want you to find out. I didn’t want the opinion you have of me to change. I’m truly sorry.”
Y/N sighed. She looked at him in the eye and could see how vulnerable Harry was allowing himself to be right now, how honest and regretful his eyes looked.
“You’re a good friend, and a good boyfriend. That’s what I think of you. Harry, you don’t have to lie or hide things from me. I know nothing happened, I trust you in that. Just, please, be honest with me. I don’t want to find out of things when there’s already millions of pictures online, I want to hear the truth from you so we can save arguments like these.”
Harry nodded furiously, again. “I promise, it won’t happen again. I’m sorry.”
“I forgive you.” She stated. Harry walked towards her and pulled her for a tight hug, squeezing her close to his chest and sighing in relief. “But Artemis is kind of upset too.”
“I should go apologize to him too. We shouldn’t have been fighting with him in the house.”
“Go talk to him, I’ll finish this.” She pointed at the almost done meal Harry was cooking.
He obeyed, making his way towards the little boy’s room. The door wasn’t entire closed but he still knocked before entering. “Hey.” He said softly, but Artemis didn’t answer. “I’m sorry you heard that, monkey.”
“You made my mummy cry.” He stated, crossing his little arms across his chest, looking exactly like Y/N while doing it. “You have to apologize.”
“I already did, kiddo. Mummy and I have talked, now I want to say sorry to you, for upsetting you.” Harry knelt in front of him.
“Are you gonna leave?” He said, his mood drastically changed as his eyes filled with tears.
Harry was confused by the question, but was quick to assure him. “Of course not. Everything’s fine, monkey. Adults fight sometimes, but I’m not gonna leave, ever.”
“That’s what my teacher told Susie but her dad doesn’t live with her anymore.” He rubbed his eyes with his little fists, whipping his tears.
“But that’s not us, Artemis. I’m here, do you see? I’m never gonna leave you or your mummy.”
“Promise?” Artemis offered him his right pinky and Harry wrapped his much bigger one around it without hesitation.
“You have my word.”
They hugged, Artemis wrapped his little arms around his neck, applying a little pressure as he was still afraid Harry would leave him. But in response, Harry just squeezed him closer to him. He sat on the floor with Artemis on his lap, letting him calm down as he cooed at him.
“I love you.” Harry barely heard the words, as Artemis spoke above a whisper, still pressed to Harry’s tattooed chest.
But he still heard. And he couldn’t help the dimpled smile from appearing on his face. He loved this boy more than he could ever begin to describe, and the reassurance that the feeling was mutual was always something Harry loved to hear.
He kissed the top of his head, brushing some blonde curls out of his small face so he could look directly at his hazel eyes. “Not as much as I love you.”
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shunshin-no-naruko · 3 years
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Hiiii so good to hear from you again! I wanted to ask for a Shikamaru x FemNaru one shot in like a romance/smut maybe? 🥺 A “naruto finally realizes Shikamaru might not be as lazy as everyone thinks” I Hope that makes sense ❤️❤️
Hiii ! ^0^
I’m sooo sorry it took me forever to answer you. Here is a short OS; I had started by writing one that I was not very proud of and it was getting long, so I rewrote something else instead, but well, it doesn’t have any smut *cough* and I think that I’m a bit far from what you had asked. There is still some fluff though. *hides* I hope you’ll still enjoy this tiny bit! *crosses fingers*.
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Naruto stretched her arms up in the sky with a happy grin on her face. “Haaaah, it’s been so long since I didn’t come here!”
The last time she had set foot in Nami no Kuni was seven years ago, during her first mission outside the village with her team. Today, she was returning on her own accord, to carry out a project that had been on her mind for a while now.
Since the end of the war, Naruto had been planning to create an association for orphans across the nations, with the help of all of Team 7. They had first set up a system in Konoha, since the Orphan System that existed until then was chaotic; both she and Sasuke had paid the price. Sakura took care of the health and medical management, Sasuke traveled and brought new ideas from his observations, and Naruto took care of the maintenance on site by traveling as well. Kakashi initially helped with the administrative side and supervision, but following his election as Hokage – Kakashi-sensei. Hokage! Before her! –, he had handed over the reins to Captain Yamato. As for Sai, he was mainly in charge of the orphanage in Konoha, and managed the finances and agreements with the Hokage.
All in all, her team was doing a real team job now, and she was happy that they could all work together and stay in touch like this.
Of course, she had dragged all of her friends to help out in their own way as well, or to sponsor the association when their situation allowed them to. Kiba frequently brought dogs to the Konoha orphanage to entertain the children, Choji delivered leftover food from his family's restaurants, Ino counselled Sakura in matters of child psychology, and so everyone contributed in their own way.
Now that they were starting to open new facilities outside of the Fire Nation, Naruto needed to travel more frequently. Their first contribution being in Nami no Kuni, as it was a country that frequently required help from Konoha, and they had suffered greatly over the past few years; though they were beginning to be independent and regain their wealth.
For this mission, she was in the company of Shikamaru, who was the most competent diplomat she knew and could easily help her comply with the laws between the villages that she had not yet memorized. (It was not without reason that she had chosen him as her advisor; both as a future Hokage and in her everyday life.)
Since they'd had to leave the village quite late due to last minute paperwork she had to work on as the Hokage's apprentice, not only had she not had time to go over what she had intended to cover, but they'd also had to make a stopover halfway between their village and the Land of Waves where they'd be sleeping under the stars.
Settled by a fire, Naruto had pulled out all the documents she had to memorize by the next day, while Shikamaru stargazed, lying beside her.
Well, she wasn't fooling herself, she'd never remember all of it; if she managed to memorize five sentences, no one would be able to reach her level of awesomeness. She only had to retain the main ideas, and in the worst case scenario, she would improvise. Especially since Tazuna and Inari would also be there; she didn't have anything to worry about.
When she began to read through the material at hand, her concentration was at its peak. Plus, the memorization techniques that Kakashi-sensei and Shikamaru had taught her were real helpful!
However, she felt her attention waver rather quickly.
In order to erect a building on foreign land, blah blah blah, agreements to be fulfilled with distant relatives of the orphans, blah blah blah, agreement with nearby villages and homes, blah blah blah… She just wanted to help take care of orphans. Why did they always have to complicate everything? Urgh, politics.
As her brain began to warm up, a cool sensation invaded her body and calmed her thoughts. Glancing at Shikamaru, who had crossed his arms behind his head and wasn't taking his eyes off the sky, she noticed that his shadow had expanded to embrace her.
Over the past year, Naruto had become interested in ninshū, the art of creation that connected chakra users through their spiritual energy. As soon as she had understood how it worked, she had obviously passed on her knowledge to her friends who were interested in such an ancient technique; from a time before the corruption of chakra, according to the Rikudō Sennin.
Shikamaru had been one of the first people to understand how to use ninshū, his Yang affinity making it easy for him. He was now applying it to his shadow, which could feel the presence of living beings around him; and in return, he could make others feel his calm and relaxing presence by encircling them with it.
Being able to connect spiritually opened a whole new palette of sensations for them.
As a result, Shikamaru, who rarely expressed his emotions, had found a new way to make Naruto aware his feelings, and he used it without restraint whenever he had the opportunity, with subtlety and discretion, in his usual laid-back attitude.
A smile spread across Naruto's face.
They hadn't been dating for very long, but she had always felt comfortable and at peace in his company.
“Don’t you think you should review all this stuff with me?” She questioned him as she simulated a pout. Come on, she couldn’t be the only one to… to be reading.
“What for?” he asked rhetorically. “You already have your own plans for the orphanage, and if you have any logistic issues, I’ll fill in for you.”
Naruto clicked her tongue and kicked his leg with her foot. “You know, an implementation in a foreign country’s dealt differently from mere political discussions and arrangements.” (Her vocabulary had improved tremendously since the beginning of her Hokage training. She sounded like a badass and knowledgeable adult now.) “There’s much more to it, -ttebayo!" (Her good old vocabulary was still there though.)
“I know,” he replied as he glanced at her from the corner of his eye.
“…”
What did he mean? What was it with that tone? He didn’t…?
“Don’t tell me you’ve reviewed all the documentation before me?”
The small smirk that graced his lips was answer enough.
“No way! When?! You were as busy as me all day long!”
“You took a nap in the morning.”
“For thirty minutes!”
“Those were enough.”
“You…!”
She couldn’t believe him. How did he even find the energy? And the focus?! Ugh, brains. It was beyond her.
“So you’ve read and understood all of it?”
“Uh-uh.”
Naruto put her hand over her heart and the other over her forehead, feigning a sudden headache. “Woah, how can you do that, I’m feeling sick just thinking about all these words.”
His smile broadened despite himself, and he shook his head in amusement. “You'll have to get used to it, when you're Hokage.”
Naruto blinked at the remark. “Absolutely not.” She leaned over him, before putting an arm under his neck and hugging him tightly, to the point where he was mildly disturbed in his sky-watching.
Shikamaru let out a surprised shriek at her action. “Wha- Naruto, you’re obstructing the view.”
“I’m the most beautiful view you can ever hope to see,” she corrected with delight.
He opened his mouth to answer, but knowing what was good for him, he immediately closed it. His lips twitched as he held back an amused smile. Teheheh, he couldn't resist her.
She grinned in response and planted a soft kiss on the corner of his lips. “When I’m Hokage, you’ll be doing the paperwork thing. I’ll take care of the talk and friendship part.”
Shikamaru rolled his eyes and ran his hand through Naruto's hair, laughing at her mannerisms. “I’m not sure that’s how it’s supposed to work.”
“But since you’re the best advisor, we can rewrite the rules of how stuff is supposed to work,” she chirped, resting her head on Shikamaru's shoulder and lying down beside him as she hugged him. “Rules were made by humans anyway. It shouldn’t be too troublesome if cooler humans like us changed them for the better once in a while.”
He leaned his head closer to hers. “You’re not just talking about the Hokage’s paperwork, are you?”
A cheery laugh escaped her and she looked up at him with a huge smile. “Eh, probably not. You’re still in, right?”
With her body so close to his, and her ear resting against him, she could sense his heartbeat escalate, and she noticed the soft gaze he was suddenly throwing her way.
She loved it when he looked at her like this. Like… like she was awesome.
“I guess I am.”
She knew it.
The more time she spent with Shikamaru, the more she realized that when it truly mattered, he was ready to go far and beyond to help her achieve her goals.
That was another reason why he was the best counselor and partner she could have chosen, after all.
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amelia · 3 years
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related to that last ask but now i actually have a question! what are your favourite episodes for amy as a character? (sorry if i’m pestering you btw you don’t have to answer right away ❣️)
it is absolutely never a bother for me to talk about amy pond!! gosh though this is a Question. okay. i did interpret this as episodes that are my favorite for the lens of My Understanding Of Amy instead of favorite pond era episodes as a whole if that makes sense? under the cut bc i got long as i tend to do
i think my number 1 has to be the big bang, because it really is just like. okay, pond era absolutely runs into the problem of frequently making stories/episodes that should be centered around amy's emotional journey actually about somebody else — but the big bang is all hers. it is all on her! she's leading the show SHE'S the one in the pandorica SHE'S the one who remembers the doctor into existence it is HER choice to say goodbye to leadworth and continue to travel completely without remorse SHE IS THE HERO. it goes from "time can be rewritten, he'll find a way" to AMY being the one who finds the way. rory and river and the doctor all of course get their Moments but it's unquestionably amy's spotlight moment the whole way through
i have also ALWAYSSS been obsessed with starless universe amelia and the way that she still believes in stars in a world where they DON'T EXIST the power of her mind and the conviction of her beliefs is a CORE TENET of amy's character, the doctor has NOTHING to do with it!!! it's just who she is !!! best character of all time <3
other things about the amy's writing in this episode i love: the line "the universe pouring into her dreams every night," space florida outfit <3, ok i obviously do not love this but i think so much about amy talking about the doctor at her wedding and her mother is still like "NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN… i thought the psychiatrists FIXED her" like once again !!! a UNIVERSAL CONSTANT that amy is the one who believes in things nobody else does and is LOUD about it and is RIGHT !!! (let's kill hitler tried to retcon this but it simply won't work on me ❤️ just like anything else about the let's kill hitler flashbacks ❤️❤️❤️), OKAY DOCTOR DID I SURPRISE YOU THIS TIME? <3
number 2, i think, is the eleventh hour itself? like it's just… i've rewatched it so many times and it's still the most captivating character introduction i have ever seen. i know i'm biased but i love it so much. her introduction as a clearly neglected seven year old girl (constantly think about the deleted line that has her talking to aunt sharon and saying "you're not supposed to leave me, i'm seven!" WOOF) who's not afraid of anything except for the crack in her wall… she has drawings up all over her house of burning houses, she draws smiley faces into her apples bc her mom used to do that, she can cook for herself way better than i could at seven, and she desperately just wants to leave. but when the doctor tells her he'll be back in five minutes, amy is already so used to adults leaving her and breaking their promises that she doesn't believe him. but he makes her believe anyway. and he doesn't come back.
and all of the rest of her character hinges on that introduction — of course she has to believe him, he was REAL, nobody can take his realness away from her even if she is the only one who believes. but he also left her all alone for so long, just like everyone else who was supposed to be there for her did, so what good does that to her? so yeah of course she grows up angry and bitter and hiding those layers of hurt deeply under the surface, scorning all attachment and serious relationships because she knows she can't trust them. she outwardly distances herself from her childhood self by changing her name but she IS still just such a child inside.
she's not ready to settle, to grow up, to become what everyone in her tiny village wants her to be, thinks that she should be — so when she gets the chance to GO, of course she takes it. but she's also not just going to let the doctor off the hook for [gestures] her entire life, you know? the exchanges "people always say that" "i'm not people, do i even look like people?" | "people always have a reason" "do i look like people?" "Yes." always just GUT ME. she may trust him but it's NOT a blind trust, it can't be.
number 3 has to be the beast below it just makes me SCREAM how good that episode is at really developing amy through her compassion for other people — right from the start she sees that kid crying and she thinks the doctor must ignore stuff like this all the time, and she says that she could never do that. she's learning and intuiting leaps and bounds about the doctor with everything he says to her — which is another one of my favorite amy character traits, the way she is SO quick to pick up on things about other people and analyze them. everything that she picks up about the doctor allows her to KNOW what to do to save the star whale, allows her to be confident in the fact that the star whale wanted to help the whole time. the choice is IN HER HANDS she IS THE HERO <3 as she always should be. you couldn't just stand there and watch people cry! all that pain and misery and loneliness and it MADE IT KIND. i don't care how overused that quote is it still HITS !!!
um. number 4 is the girl who waited but my very specific headcanon-ridden interpretation and cutting out all that garbage "rory's the most beautiful man i've ever met" "defying destiny causality the nexus of time itself for a boy" bullshit. idk there's so many terrible things about this episode but it also gave me so much to think about when it comes to amy it's on my mind a LOT. one thing i think about is the way it parallels amy's first abandonment by the doctor — not just in the obvious sense but in the way that she's actively fighting for her life in a hostile atmosphere, but nobody else SEES it as a hostile atmosphere. the two streams facility is leadworth like it really is. and what adds a more chilling component is the way the handbots signature line is "do not be alarmed, this is a kindness" — like all the people who were trying to convince amy she was crazy throughout her entire childhood really thought they were doing her a kindness. they thought they were helping her. but they were killing her. because she wasn't made for that environment.
beyond that i am just obsessed with 36-years-later amy she is an icon she is a legend she is the moment i don't care! every mean thing she said about the doctor and rory was absolutely deserved and in fact she should have been so much meaner! she is SO SMART she makes her own SONIC PROBES OUT OF CAMERA PHONES the fact that she even was able to SURVIVE THAT LONG and in COMPLETE isolation and still retain her own mental faculties is just insane to me it speaks so much about her insane mental strength oh my god it makes me sooo emotional i am tearing up a little typing this right now.
i just am always THINKING about the line "there he is, the voice of god. number one lesson: survive, because no one's coming for you. you taught me that" it says SO MUCH about her. oh my god older amy didn't want to die she'll be kicking and screaming and fighting til the end… i fucking hate this show and picking and choosing when paradoxes should apply OLDER AMY DESERVED TO LIVE
number 5 is probably the power of three but my own very headcanon infused interpretation of it. because it's like. the ultimate miscommunication/misunderstanding that exists between amy and the doctor coming to a head. where amy in 7.02 is like "i can't not wait for you, even now. (…) we think you're weaning us off you" (that line always makes me slow exhale … the phrasing of the doctor as a drug) and the doctor keeps insisting that's not true, "you'll be there until the end of me" "or vice versa" (and they have that loaded held stare and you know they're both thinking about what he said to her before he left in the god complex…)
but it's not until this episode where amy starts to actually believe he means it. at the same time she's spent so much TIME preparing for the inevitable moment where the doctor says goodbye and doesn't say hello ever again that she's not willing to fully hope that the doctor really means it when he says that he would never leave her permanently on purpose. and i love that this episode gives amy a lot of space to verbally communicate her emotions because the later pond episodes SORELY LACK THAT. and amy tells him, don't be nice to me, don't stop coming around just because you think that's the kind thing to do. even though she says herself that she doesn't know if she can have "both" — she knows that she can tell the doctor to stay, in her own way, and that he'll listen.
ideally they would have just gone off traveling together forever after that and the angels take manhattan did not happen but unlike what the doctor says about amy, i don't ever get what i want 🙃
also, this episode gave amy friends that weren't rory or the doctor or river so i love it for that on principal <3 i know amy had fun being the bridesmaid at laura's lesbian wedding. and kate!!
( i do hate that this episode ends with that conversation between brian and the doctor. i hate brian as a character and i will forever. won't get into this right now but OUGH )
honestly this list is kind of wobbly and might change if you asked me in a month so i'll just rattle off other favorite episodes / moments real quickly: the good night minisode (it counts!), RIVER SONG DIDN'T GET IT ALL FROM YOU SWEETIE (timeline frozen amy my beloved!), "i remember it so it happened so i did it," vincent and the doctor specifically when vincent tells amy that he hears the song of her sadness…. ow, i could write a whole other essay about amy's choice and how it is so much more complex than people give it credit for but this post is already so goddamn long
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Feral Au Amity! So! Fair warning! Odalia Blight deserves her own Warning tag and what she does in this au I am summarizing here, glossing over and leaving largely to your imagination for everyone’s peace of mind. Amity is the only Feral in her entire family. Odalia, being horrible, took one look at her and went, “Oh, this is disappointing. My daughter is practically an animal.” And acted accordingly. At first she had employed an illusionist to hide Amity’s physical features while she worked on suppressing the behavioral aspect of being a feral witch. Eventually though she switched to using other methods that would not be as easily removed or discovered to make Amity look as much as possible as not just a Civil witch, but like herself and Amity’s siblings as well. Which meant dying her hair, keeping it at just the right length for just the right style that Odalia wanted, and also changing Amity’s eye color because it really is unfortunate that none of her children inherited her eye color, now isn’t it? So Odalia is basically treating her daughter like an animal in the way that only a person who kicks puppies would, Alador is just letting this happen, and Edric and Emira don’t really understand beyond that Amity is getting all of their mom’s attention and that’s not fair. And then Amity’s birthday comes around. Willow is invited. They’re having fun up until Odalia pulls Amity aside to tell her that she needs to stop being friends with Willow. Unlike canon, Amity doesn’t do that. She doesn’t want to give up the only person she knows that’s nice. So she tells Willow instead that her mom said that Willow had to leave. Willow is still upset by this, just not at Amity. And then Amity takes the first opportunity she can to leave the manor to go to the Park’s house (how she knows where it is, i don’t know. but regardless the journey’s dangerous enough for an adult and the Park’s are understandably relieved to know she’s okay because it’s not like she’s got much in the way of magic to defend herself with, even with the baby claws and spotty camouflage). Amity goes to the Parks, also upset. And tells them what her mom told her. That her mom was going to make sure Willow couldn’t go to school with her. And can she stay over, just for a day? Well, it lasts longer than a day. Amity doesn’t want to go back. The Parks get her to open up a bit and decide that, yeah. We can’t let her go back there. Sooo, the Boiling Isles in this au doesn’t exactly have any services in place to protect children and make sure they’re being cared for. But they do have kind of the next best thing, in that the Parks go to both the Construction and Plant Coven heads, as the highest authorities in the covens they’re tied to, in order to adopt Amity and get her away from her mother. Odalia is furious, goes to the Oracle and Abomination Coven heads with Alador, to counter them. The Construction Head was busy but allowed for the Plant Coven Head to speak for them. The Abomination Head is Darius who hates Alador with a passion. And the Oracle Coven Head didn’t even bother to show because they already knew what the outcome would be. Needless to say the Parks won because Darius can hold a grudge a mile wide and just to rub salt into the wound he offers to make Amity Park his apprentice. Yeah. Odalia isn’t going to be letting this go any time soon. And if you’re wondering about the pictures above? That’s because Amity, after being adopted, couldn’t comprehend why the Parks want her to look like herself instead of like one of them and or Willow.
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siren-virus · 3 years
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Ok, first question about Luckyboy!AU, Rook has a girlfriend? As far as I know in cannon he doesn't even have a love interest? thought that might be my fault since it's been years since I've watched any Ben 10 series (really have to rewatch some eppisodes here :P) Who is she and what is she like? Has Rook ever taken her girlfriend in a date to the coffee shop? How much of a tease is Ben with Rook when he isn't on a date? And how much of a wingman is he when he is in one?
How is Ben's social life outside his Nekomata persona by the way? I imagine he still has some friends since he's a charismatic extrovert, but with how different everything is here compared to the prime timeline, I can't see who he might be friends with besides Julie.
Now, let's make some questions that aren't about Ben :D With the amount of invasions that Earth has had over the years is the general public privy of the existence of aliens as something more than just tourists that one almost never sees, or do they know but only aknowledge it when they see an alien in person? How is the general people view of aliens regardless?
Also, does Gwen 10 have good or bad public relations? Like, does Will Harangue berate her and turn the public against her, or is she lucky enough that he's focused on Nekomata and not her? How do the humans see her, as a hero, a child soldier, a menace, a necessary evil?
Also also, how do the Plumbers play in the whole PR thing? Do they manipulate everything so the humans have the view they think is the healthiest between humans and aliens? Do they only play damage control whenever alien activity is reported to the public? Are they known or are they still an underground organization? How does the public view them as, considering they're basically intergalactic police that aren't the most competent, specially considering that some countries have beef with their own police forces?
Now, to leave all of the political and heavy talk behind, how often does Ben play with Ship and Julie? Like, they're friends, obviously Ben gets petting privilegies and becomes a pet sitter whenever Julie has to go on a tournament and can't take care of them herself. PET SHENANNIGANS MUST ENSUE THERE, AND YOU CAN'T CONVINSE ME OTHERWISE XD
Also, I imagine a scenario where Kevin and Gwen enter the coffee shop unaware that the other is in there and Ben does everything in his power to force them to sit on the same table, reminding both of them that this is a true neutral zone and "Please don't break anything here and remember to play nice, if you manage to get through this without punching eachother I'll give you a discount on your next coffee", which is a very good offer if they think about it. Meanwhile Argit is waiting at the bar watching over the situation "Bet you 10 bucks they'll be shouting over eachother in 5 minutes" "Bet you it takes them 10 minutes"... It takes them 7 and a half minutes exactly and they can't decide who wins the bet. "There's no way they're getting out of this hating eachother any less" "As long as they don't break anything and don't bother the other clients, I count it as a win"
So Rook had an established relationship in Omniverse with Rayonna, she was introduced abit later in the series when Ben and Rook with to Revonnah. It was a very 2D relationship, just put there maybe cause of the whole shipping fiasco between Ben and Rook(?) don't take my word for it ;;
For the Lucky Boy! AU, they're together, but it's been years since Rooks been to Revonnah, crime never takes a break, neither does he. So his relationship with Rayonna is very flakey, they're on the verge of breaking up, buuut due to Revonnahgander traditions, they're together still. (pulling this out of my ass ;; )
Rook ends up mentioning he has a girlfriend at some point, it was just a casual thing, Ben won't bring up the topic because the way Rook talks about Rayonna makes him feel a little bit iffy towards the subject.
Outside of work and the Nekomata persona Ben's a little awkward in the social circumstances. At that point his social battery's almost completely clocked out. So unless he's dragged out by his friends, Julie, his old soccer mates - although it's happening a lot less now, since school finished a while ago and they're moving on with their own lives- (i refuse to call it football), Alan, if they both end up clocking out at the same time. OR, Rook. Sometimes Max if he's around will invite Ben for lunch or an afternoon snack run. (Mr smoothies, with a "healthy" dose of chillie fries. Best way to lure Ben out.)
Hell yeah, let's get down to the world building buisness, my favourite cup of tea.
Humans are very knowledgeable about alien existence, you'd have to be pretty ignorant to not believe in aliens. (I mean, lets face it, in the world we live in today, I bet, that if aliens did show themselves, some group would just say they're government actors, or russian/chinese spies. Comical, but sadly a realistic scenario...)
With the amount of invasions that have happened, and the daily attacks- normally done by humans with access to alien tech- Humans are quite fearful of them. Which has urged the plumbers to keep the aliens that live on earth down underTown.
It's not all humans of course, just most. Media influence has also pushed the feardar way up.
Will Harangue, surprisingly uplifts Gwen 10 to the eyes of the public, he's also much more focused on Nekomata. (bad news= views= good news). In Harangues personal opinion though, he'd prefer no aliens at all. So he does let his badmouthing of Gwen slip sometimes.
They do a lot of damage control, their original goal was to keep alien life hidden from the public until they(the people) were deemed ready, however, not so easy when an invasion happens nearly once a month. At least it's all limited to Bellwood. For now...
The plumbers are known to the public but aren't like your typical police force- you can't just call them. But they're always around on patrol. The police aren't exactly fond of them cause "They're terking our jerbs". But they have a joint thing going on, the police handle the human crimes, unless alien tech is involved, and the plumbers handle the alien crimes.
The public views them as an iffy subject, not exactly hailed as heroes, but more of a neutral, they're here to stay I guess, kinda thing. The focus is on Gwen mostly, as the poster child(adult) of the plumbers. (this is where I really wanna separate reality and fantasy, cause like, the issues with the police at the moment is major sooo, eh, it's a touchy subject matter)
Yes to this one. When Julie's away Ben and Ship play. Ben and Julie don't meet up often, work and the vigilante life make Ben way too busy, buuut when they do meet up Julie will pop by Bens apartment - Ben makes sure nothing incriminating is around if that's the case - , or they'll hang out at the dog park, and watch the dogs go ballistic around Ship.
For the pet scenarios, visualize them to your hearts content. I got some cats laying around for my reference... even though they mostly sleep- lazy bastards.
Yes to this too! Argit and Ben would totally make bets- Ben being an anodite can sense Kevin and Gwens emotions and when they're gonna break out into a fight- So he always wins the bets. Argit has learned to not bet too high when it comes to that- if he actually forks up in the first place- .
In the case Kevin and Gwen had broken out into a fist fight, Kevin obsorbing the marble counter, Gwen turning into fourarms. Ben nearly broke his cover trying to prevent any fights, until a coworker had stepped in and promptly kicked them both out. (maybe I'll design some coworkers)
Now to get me some mint tea, cause my fingers are about to freeze off ;;
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James Ironwood, for character ask? 👀
Aaaa thank you so much for the ask ♡ More rambling incoming !! Sorry for the wait btw, I've been both pretty busy and tired ;;
If you hate James Ironwood and don't wanna hear one good thing about him tap out now please ღ
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My fav ship(s) for the character
I am not a super big shipper when it comes to James, but there are still some I like more than others soo here goes :
I think Ironwitch is a pretty good one. It's not necessarily a ship I'd search content for but I think these two would work well together ! Glynda is stern and honest and a no-nonsense kind of woman. She has the strenght to stand up to James when he slips or gets too stubborn when faced with the high stakes. At the same time, we've been shown that she cares for him and she knows he's only trying to do what's best for people. She has faith in him but also the ability to stand at his side as an equal. She seems to be the more steadfast of Ozpin's circle : loyal, you know you can trust her, and she will not crumble. This is the kind of personnality that I think James both admire and feel safe with. And the other way around, I think James is a good match for Glynda too. On a day to day basis, he's serious enough to not annoy here, but he's also a softie in some aspects and that's a nice combination to smooth out Glynda's edges.
Ironqrow is a completely different dynamic. The "we're annoying each other" dynamic is not one I'm particularly interested in usually xD But these two certainly had strong & interesting moments so it's a pretty valid ship !! Despite how they might butt heads because of the difference in their upbringing they (prior to V8) clearly trusted each other with their life. Even if Qrow jokes about shooting himself if he had to be one of James' man, when everything goes to shit there is no doubt in his mind that James wasn't responsible. Similarly, while James talks of shooting Qrow for his misbehaviour, when push comes to shove and we meet a tired Ironwood, run ragged by the pressure he's under... the only thing he does is hug him and reiterates how glad he is to see him. So again, they clearly have a lot of faith and trust in the other, and that's solid ground for a relationship.
My least favorite ship(s) for the character
Same spiel as always, shipping kids and adults is a big no from me; so any ships between Ironwood and RWBYJNOR can qualify here. That said, among the less uncomfortable ones, here are those I don't really like
This one is again because I love their relationship but platonically only, I'm talking of Winter Soldier. The reading I like best is not that Ironwood is Winter's Jacques 2.0, nor that he groomed her; but that he was an important father figure in her life. Protective and caring, who tried to help her escape with what he knew. I don't see James recruiting Winter as a way to gain a strong ally. But rather that Winter wanted to detach herself from her family name, and make something worthwhile of herself all on her own. And that the military is what Ironwood knows and understand, so naturally it's a career he'd see as a good path. Just like Winter then proposed it to Weiss. I like to think they care about each other a LOT and they're their own tight family in between the lines, even if professionalism might throw a wrench into it. For short I love them together but not romantically please =)
I don't know if there's a ship name for this, but Salem x James Ironwood would be a big nope from me too... In general, let's just assume I ship Salem with nobody because abuse.
My fav & least fav platonic relationship(s) for the character
Fav platonic relationship would be (have been because we dont talk about V8?) with Winter. Fooor the reasons I've explained above I suppose x) I (again) love the trust they had in one another and the quiet support.
There was also his relationship with Oscar that I really liked during V7, although it has been soured a bit by the (valid) reading from some people that Ironwood sought out Ozpin a lot through Oscar, and given his identity issues it is not ground for a greatly healthy relationship. Their interactions were still very intersting though ♡ I consider Oscar to be the kid who went at trying to appease James' fear or make him reconsider his decisions the best way. There was true understanding and hope for a working relationship here. I do feel that Oscar put in more work than James however (emotionally) and I wish there had been pay-back instead of a gunshot.
For my least fav relationship ? Probably Robyn or Watts ? Robyn was always very antagonistic toward Ironwood since their priorities are so different. And I overall just don't really like her after V7 so there are very few relationships with her I'm interested in (the exception is her ship with Fiona I think it's cute). Meanwhile, Watts is just a petty asshole hell bent on ruining Ironwood because he didn't pick his project. I'm not very interested in hate relationships, and since theirs wasn't deeply explored anyway, it's even more the case here. Their fight was great though, one of my favorite RWBY fights !
My favorite thing about the character
Well this was completely proven wrong by V8 buuut as of V7 I liked that he was a deconstruction of the military general (dictator) trope. Sooo you can guess how i feel about V8 X) In general among RWBY, several of my fav are fav BECAUSE they look like one trope but also have key differences that from the get go make the character stray away from said trope. For example I'm not a fan of the princess tsundere archetype at all, but I loooved Weiss in V1 BECAUSE she was extra-willing to listen and change her mind, and you could very easily tell that it was her upbringing speaking more than herself in most occasions.
Similarly, I wasn't a big fan of Ironwood before V7. I didn't hate him you know and he wasn't lower than most characters in my Tier list but I also didn't particularly care. But you know what ? I've aaaalways had a really soft spot for the "angsty angry traumatized teen". And RWBY made the mistake of extending that soft spot to "tired adults trying their best" (only to repeatedly beat them up/make them villains after making me care about them but what can you do uh)
Soo in general, I loved that Ironwood was trying so hard. I loved that he was tired and in over his head but learning and listening and trying to do good and be better despite his fears. I liked that he told his entourage about Salem and was loyal. I liked that he cared about helping the people above his own image and the way people perceived him. I liked that you could tell this was a terrible situation all around, and his decisions WERE questionnable but we could SEE that he meant WELL and was genuinely trying so hard despite how scared and tired he was.
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My biggest criticism for the character
Well this won't be a surprise but in general I just wished he had stayed a morally grey character we were allowed to feel for instead of a cartoon black villain. I didn't need James to be THE Hero or anything like this despite some accusations levelled at those who like him. Him becoming one of RWBY's antagonist is honestly fine by me ! It is interesting. But I'd have preferred they kept him ambiguous and trying in his own way. (And smart because V8 Ironwood was dumb af)
I can be a tad overprotective of his character since he's just... so despised, so I think that I have inadvertently distanced myself from any of his flaws... somehow like "people are already yelling all of them so I don't need to add to this shit show" you know ? skjfkd But I KNOW he has them and it would still have been good to develop his flaws, just... not like that
But yea I'd have liked it if V8 Ironwood DID diverge from RWBYJNORQ and became an antagonist but not an iredeemable villain. LIKE,, we redeemed Hazel and Emerald and IRONWOOD is where the writers draw the line by saying "nope this one is rotten" ?? What ?
When was their writing at the peak according to me (ex : best season)
V7 definitely ! Ironwood carried V7 so hard haha. His character was fleshed out and given nuance and made to struggle and evolve and I loved him in that volume.
A song I think fits them & why
Hunger • Monsters & Men Human • Rag'n'Bone Man Way down we go • Kaleo Beekeeper • Keaton Henson Thistle and weeds • Mumford and Sons Castle of Glass • Linkin Park It's all so incredibly loud • Glass Animals
A headcanon to make up about them
His metal parts impact his metabolism so Ironwood is terrible at holding his alcohool and very little manages to knock him out. He's a workaholic. His low tolerence for alcohool is a great tool whn friends need to put him to sleep.
His joints crack and hurt in the cold, his metal parts as well and they are an hassle in the sand. James like to keep his room temperature warmer than the average atlasian because of this, otherwise he has to spend 30 min every morning simply unwiding muscles to move around efficiently.
He's not a good singer but has a nice low voice for telling stories. If he had kids, he'd probably avoid lullabies but compensate with bedtimes stories.
What I would change about them if I was making a re-write
As always, I'm kind of reflecting along the way as I write this, and one thing I'm thinking right now is... Doesn't it take away from the atlas arc message ITSELF to just pile up so many "standard bad guy" stuff on Ironwood ? Like, I wanna ask... why do we hate him ? Is he an antagonist because he lets fear get the best of him ? Because he's a classist who doesn't care about Mantle like some fans argue ? Because he's too stubborn and wants to be THE hero ? Because he doesn't listen to others ? Because he abandonned Mantle ? Because he kills peopke left and right ? Because he wanted to bomb a city ? I think you might see where I'm going with this : his status as villain is kind of messy. V8 just kept piling-up flaws and villainous actions onto Ironwood with no concern for whether this was a lenght he would go to (using the certainty that he would go to any lenghts to enact his plans), ,or whether these were one of the initial flaws/failings that led to his "fall" as an antagonist. What lesson is Ironwood supposed to learn ? Personally the very first time I yelled at my screen "No ! Why would the writers choose that ?" is when Ironwood shot Oscar. When answering criticism against medias, many people tend to look at it only through the lense of "well it makes sense in universe" or as if there were no other ways for the story to devolve. But at the end of the way, everything in a story is a choice from the writer even if it is influenced by the characters' personnalities. If I took the scene where Ironwood shoots Oscar, someone might tell me "he's crippled by his PTSD, he COULD do this." Maybe, that's a reading I can somewhat understand at least. But the writers have the power to NOT put his character in such a position. When I saw the wreck that was V7 finale, I ranted to my bestfriend about it and at no point did i say "why did Ironwood do that", I said "why did the writers make him shoot Oscar, the only point narratively would be to make irredeemable" Aaaand that's what they went for and I obviously didn't care for it. So if I had to rewrite it; I would have kept Ironwood's "mistakes" more focused. If he's wrong because he wants to abandon Mantle, because he's (understandably) scared and doesn't want to take risks; then stay focused on that. It's what makes RWBY leave, and out of all his V8 actions that's really the only thing RWBY needed to tell the whole world he wasn't an ally anymore apparently. - Don't make him shoot Oscar point blank, instead Oscar can simply fall because he flinches away from Ironwood's outburst; and a distraught/guilty Ironwood can decide that he doesn't have the time or capacity to help because of the tense situation. (Killing and not saving someone don't hold the same moral weight at all). - Don't make him kill people left and right or bomb cities, maintain the flaw of Ironwood struggling with his PTSD and his fear and not being able to take risks. - Don't paint him as a black villain, and eventually write V8 in such a way that RWBYJNORQ show taking risks might lead to a bigger victory, which was the volume's theme anyway. For example, following Oscar's destruction of the whale, a growth can occur that would bring back together the two anti-Salem factions : Oscar's risk put Atlas out of harm's way, which leads to Ironwood seeing that maybe there WAS a way to save Mantle as well as Atlas despite Salem's presence and he might have jumped the gun too quickly because of his fears. I'm not sure, I haven't thought about this extensively honestly but I hope you see what I mean. I think it would have been more focused & more in-character to focus Ironwood's failings on his fear; and the fact that he cares for the people and the greater good sometimes at the cost of the individuals. The idea that by sacrificing individuals too much you forget the people you're fighting for in the first place, could have been interesting to dig deeper into. Keep to the idea that Ironwood is somewhat disensitized to the individuals suffering for the sake of the greater good, instead of making him just
callous & uncaring.
My guess for their MBTI/Enneagram
I think pre-V8 Ironwood was an unconventionnal ENFJ. Aka, the type of character no one would type ENFJ because they go by stereotypes and Fe stereotypes are just enneagram 2 everywhere (aka nice, kind, helpful) whereas Ironwood has an enneagram tritype very common among xxTJs so that's what he looks/behaves like, but the way he thinks (what's best for the people, ethical values derived from an Atlasian upbringing) align more with Fe cognitively I think I'm going with ENFJ 6w5 1w2 3w4
Starting from V8 though, Ironwood veered clearly into ENTJ territory (types aren't supposed to change but I wouldn't say RWBY is the most consistent media when it comes to characters' personnalities)
One aspect that I think would be nice to delve deeper into ?
I understand why they didn't care to, but it'd have been interesting to get a few backstory hints for Ironwood. How did he lose half his body ? How did Oz recruit him ? Or some pieces about his upbringing ?
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Sooo, I have this LN au but it’s more HAPPY and LIVELY and also a little sad. So let me explain and hopefully you will probably like it:
Very little nightmares
In very little nightmares Six used to live in Metronome city but was kidnapped by the north wind and taken to the nest. The Pretender lives in the mansion with her butlers and servants, her mother on a business trip and her father hanging in the depths of the maw. She is in family with the lady, both immortal and royalty. The lady is the pretender’s mums sister which makes the lady her aunt. One day, the Pretender received a gift from the mainland, a 10 year old girl with a yellow raincoat and a brown ponytail named Megan. As soon as the Pretender saw her she knew that she loved her but she knew that if her mother came back she would kill her. So she keeps her secret in a dairy. Megan finds Six and shows her that there is more to life than surviving. She teaches her about friendship and they were best friends until one time, Megan’s kindness killed her. She wanted to help the Pretender even though she knew what was going to happen she said “It is the right thing to do” Six watched her fall to her death with the mistress into the ocean. Six ran to the ocean but could only find her raincoat, no Megan. She took it on in honor of her without knowing that she was still alive and still out there. Six hated monsters, every single one of them ever since that day. The Pretender saved Megan because she was still in love with her and just couldn’t hide it. Megan woke up in the nest and found the Pretender sitting on the bench, she looks back at Megan but doesn’t attack. Megan walks up to her and sits down, (Are you okay? It’s alright) She pats her softly. They talked for minutes but it felt like forever. The Pretender couldn’t hide her love at all, that day was the luckiest day of her life. Six hated monsters and demons, she made a wooden boat and sailed back to the Metronome city. She was cold and scared but she had to find the orphanage, then the ferryman comes and takes to the maw. The home of monsters...
Little nightmares
Six and the ferryman sailed to the maw, a man with a melted face and a red suit greeted him, took Six and thanked him. Six was taken to the depths of the maw, she thought that it was going to be horrible and lonely but it wasn’t at all, at least sometimes. Six became friends with almost all of the kids there, she was especially close to Eight, a 10 year old girl with black hair and a yellow/white dress and Seven, a 10 year old boy with brown hair and blue clothes. Seven treated Six like his little sister and Eight treated her like her little sister too. Only 2 days later Six almost escaped the maw until she heard singing, “Her” singing. Six was in the lady’s quarters now, she walked up to the stairs and into the room. There she was, the lady. She was singing and brushing her long hair until she bursted in tears. Six walked closer to her and softly said (Hey...) The lady gasped and turned around. Six didn’t know what else to say but she knew that she was sad so she just wanted to say something to make her feel better. (I heard you singing, it was nice! You sing nice.) Six smiles. The lady stays silent until she walks closer to her and crouched to her level. (You really think so?...) The lady asks. (Absolutely beautiful!) Six says in a proud voice. (Could you sing some more, please?) Six asks. The lady was almost about to respond until a loud noise came through the door, it was bellhop. (M-My lady! I am- I am so sorry for this! Come here you little, Child!) Bellhop grabs Six and looks at the lady, (I am so sorry for this!) He bows down for forgiveness. The lady stands silent until she asks, (Will you let me know when the other kids are going to eat? When they are done, take her to me. Bellhop.) She requested. (Yes, my lady.) Bellhop bows again and walks out the door. On their way to the depths, bellhop says (You brat, why did you disturb her?! She is probably going to kill you now!) Six looks at him angrily.
I DIDNT disturb her at all! It looks like it was YOU! Since she is YOUR lady then YOU should make sure she is okay
She is usually like that, don’t pay any mind to that
Six crosses her arms and looks the other way. They reach the lair and bellhop gives her to Roger. (Where have you been, young lady? And why was bellhop so mad?) He asks. (I need to eat first and then I have to go somewhere AND then I can tell you!) Six says as she is put down and walks to the dinner table with the other kids. Everyone was talking and asking Six where she was, it was normal for the other kids to see Six go off and come back for hours so they didn’t really care that much. They were done eating so all the other kids went off and played. Six didn’t say anything as she walked up the the lady’s quarters using the vent system this time, hopefully not meeting bellhop again. She walked out the same time she came in and walked inside, there she was. Ever since that day, Six actually became really close to the lady and was almost like a daughter to her. There was just one problem, the lady was a soul eater and Six was a human so in order to take care of Six... Six had to become what she was, the daughter of a demon and a child of monsters. The worst of all was that Six couldn’t leave and wouldn’t be alowed to leave the maw even if she was an adult, because she needed the lady’s help. Six had a hunger that was unbearable and a dark version of herself that taunted her every time she had the chance, the lady always said that “I had to go through the same thing” She said to her.
But the lady, scared for the kids safety, she would do anything to keep the kids in the maw, even if it meant to turn them into nomes... One day, Six found out about everything that was going on. The reason why kids went missing, why the kids weren’t alowed to go up. They were food to the monsters. Six told Eight and Seven about it, they agreed to meet at the lady’s quarters but of course it didn’t go as well as they thought... Eight was killed off and Seven was killed by Six. She didn’t realize this until shadow Six told her about it when they were on top of the maw. After Six consumed the lady, Six looked over the dark blue waves. Seven has learned her how to swim and used to make jokes that Six would be able to swim across the sea, she knew that it was just a joke and that the she would probably drown. She didn’t really have a choice at this point, it was leave or not. So, she jumped into the water. The waves where pulling her underwater and shoving her up and down until this one wave came over her, she blacked out.
Six then awoke in a shore near a dark forest. She looked around herself and looked at herself, her raincoat was gone. She panicked and looked around herself, that was the only reminder of Megan. She means so much to her because she taught her about friendship and was her BFF, her only friend. Then a loud branch noise came from in front of her, it was a man with a green jacket, brown pants, brown boots and a potato sack over him with a old cap. He was holding a shotgun and a sack, he stayed quiet for a few seconds until he layed down his gun and got on his one knee and reached out his hand, Six didn’t feel so threatened now so she stepped closer to him. Just as she was about to take his hand he grabbed her quickly and stacked her into the sack.
Sooo, this is the quick summary of my LN2 au. Hope you like it! Chapter 1 is coming
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To Marry a Vigialnte: Part 16
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Chloé couldn’t believe it! They forced her to stay in Gotham Academy’s girls’ dorms. That witch Lila managed to talk Madame Bustier into stopping her from leaving. Marinette had her mother’s permission to stay elsewhere, but apparently, the change in accommodation plans invalidated Chloé’s father’s permission. She would resolve it with a single phone call if someone didn’t steal her phone . She of course tried to report it to Madame Bustier, but her teacher declared that she must’ve lost it somewhere and she shouldn’t be shifting the blame on others. 
That woman’s picture should be in every dictionary, right next to the definition of a hypocrite.
She turned the corridor. She could sleep one evening there and tomorrow Marinette would let her borrow the phone. She could try with one of the girls, but it’s not like she remembered every phone number in existence! She regretted that the akuma attack ruined their plans for the afternoon, but Damian had sword-fighting practice tomorrow and she would have her friend all to herself. 
“You’re Chloé, right?” A blonde cheerleader asked. The Parisian immediately recognized her as Erica and narrowed her eyes. There were five of them and one of her. 
“And you’re the Queen B. of this school. For now .” 
The Gothamite princess had the guts to actually laugh. “You can’t even touch me. You’re just some foreign student that came here on a whim of the Ice Prince.”
“Oh, right. You’re the golden princess of this school.” Chloé mocked her. “Lemme tell you something, Erica. I’ll offer you an escape deal. You leave Damienette alone and you can keep your position on top.”
“Yeah. Like you could be a threat.” A new voice joined. From behind the cheerleaders, a new girl walked. Lila now wore the cheerleader uniform too. “You’re just a walking akuma factory. It’s really no wonder that people avoid you. You caused more possessions in Paris than everyone else combined.”
“And you hold the record for times being akumatized.” The Parisian blonde retorted. “Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous! You think you can take the Chloé Bourgeois?”
“Oh! We don’t think…” Erica started.
“We know.” Lila finished. 
“The deal is simple. You will stop your friendship with Maribrat and we will let you keep some dignity.” 
“Or we will make you a social outcast. Not only at school, but in the whole of Gotham.”
Inside, Chloé was raging. She wished she could show them what Cass taught her, but she quelled the idea quickly. I definitely spend too much time with Sabine and the Waynes… She thought to herself. Instead, she grinned. “You know the difference between a threat and a warning?”
“What are you babbling about?” One of the cheerleaders snorted. 
“A warning is a threat that will actually come to pass. And I warn you. You’re messing with fire here. Damian was raised very old-fashioned. He will draw blood to defend the honor of his angel.” She decided that they could receive a warning. It’s not like they would listen. “And Marinette’s aunt is very well connected.” Then, she decided to drive the nail deeper. “Plus, MDC’s client list is quite long and none would appreciate that you try to bully their favorite designer.”
“Like that doormat…” Lila started, but Chloé tested the glare Cass taught her. It worked well enough. 
“You’re not dealing with Maribear. You’re dealing with me. And I’m not going to lose.” 
“What’s going on here?” Allegra walked toward them and stood next to Chloé. 
“Scatter.” Lila snapped at her. 
“Funny. I was about to say the same thing,” she retorted. Now she stood side by side with Chloé and both stared at them. Allegra had an aura of confidence around her. 
“Be careful who you stick with, Kane. You’ll do well not to antagonize me.”
“Just because your mother married a famous baseball player doesn’t make me respect you more, Boyle.” 
“It’s Layton ,”The angry cheerleader corrected. 
“Right. I must’ve forgotten. She does change her last name a lot…” Allegra smiled. 
“You’re in over your head, Kane. You’ll do better to stay with your little outcast club.”
“Nah. I’m good. Also, don’t you have practice in five minutes? I heard the coach is in a mood today.” The mayor’s daughter smirked. “It would be a shame if he made you run around with the players.” 
This made all the girls quickly scatter to get to the practice, leaving Lila and Erica alone. “You’ve just made an enemy, Kane.” 
“You’re an inconvenience at best…” She dismissed the threat. Lila decided to cut their losses and dragged the fuming Erica away, sending the two blondes a murderous glare.
“Thanks for the backup,” Chloé started. “Of course I didn’t need any, but still.”
“No problem. I always hated that self-appointed princess.” 
“And have you seen her hair?” The Parisian huffed. “Utterly Ridiculous!”
“And I’m pretty sure her dress is too short by the school standards.”
Chloé smirked. “I think we’ll get along just fine.”
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After Bruce returned, they tried to figure out what was taken from the inside of the vault. Out of various precious weapons, documents, several property deeds, the only thing that was missing turned out to be the content of the wall safe. 
During the night patrol, Marinette and Damian scoured the city for potential akumas. While he dealt with criminals, she often stopped by the victims to calm them and gave some support. After serious butt-kicking for the criminals. It just wouldn’t do for Damian to get all the fun. The superhero/vigilante duo (nobody was sure which one, not even them) made a positive first impression on the city. Citizens seemed to like them, both for their efficiency and how they always stopped to talk. 
After, Marinette noted that their transformations could hold for much longer now since they were together in this. When asked, Tikki explained that now that she had Chat Noir that was mature and they were technically both adults as far as magic was concerned, she could start developing her full potential. 
After the short report to Alfred, the teens left the Batcave to change into pajamas. Marinette fell asleep almost immediately, but Damian stayed awake for a bit. He swore he would protect his Habibti. No matter how far he would have to go. 
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Marinette and Damian had roughly half of their classes together. Sadly, she didn’t share too much with her best friend, since Chloé was more into business management than arts and fashion. It was mostly the problem of the level. Classes that Marinette had at beginner, the Parisian blonde had at a higher level and vice-versa.
When she arrived at her class, Claude and Jon were saving her a place between them, which would help to protect her from the classmates that ended in the same group. There were also several GA students that she would rather not sit close to (Erica’s bunch). Generally speaking, the first part of her day went well. 
The same couldn’t have been said about Damian. He, Chloé, and Allegra were saddled with the class. And to his utter dread, there were no free places next to each other. They tried to ask some students to move. Well, Damian tried to threaten them, which worked, but too late. The teacher entered and decided to put Damian between Alya and Lila. It was as if the universe was punishing him for something. He suspected that Mister Scarlet did that on purpose to egg him. With this one, he had no idea what he did to make him dislike the Wayne heir. But the way he acted toward him made it clear that he took pleasure in the situation Damian was put in: Between Alya’s nagging to leave Marinette and ‘return’ to Lila, and the Liar who kept whispering stories about their common past. 
Finally, after they got to go for lunch, Damian stormed out of the class. Everyone in the corridor made way for him. His scowl was enough to deter anyone from trying to approach him. Well, anyone but Maps.
“Damian! You’re back!” She leaped at him and it took all of his willpower not to draw a sword. 
“Tt. Mizoguchi. It’s not the best moment.” He growled. 
“But you’re back! Did the headmaster cancel your expulsion!?”
“No. He just forgot to file the expulsion files within the week of the offense. Ergo, I was never expelled. I just joined the exchange program.” He explained. 
Her eyes practically shined. “Coooool.” 
“Tt. Can you let go of my arm?” He was really hoping it would work. 
“Nope. I just met you again. We’re glued.” 
“Sup Dames?” Claude chose that moment to appear.
“Tt. I’ve got a parasite.”
“That I can see!” The other boy laughed. Most people were still steering clear from Wayne and whoever was with him. They valued their health for the most part. 
“I’m not a parasite. I’m Maps!” The girl greeted Claude, who in turn made an exaggerated bow. 
“And I’m Claudius Chase. But please call me Claude.” He made a mock fighting stance. “Like Jean-Claude Van Damme.” 
“More like Jack Clown van Lame,” Damian muttered. “Your stance is all wrong. I could take you out in seconds.”
“Of course you could. You’re b…” The Wayne heir covered her mouth with his hand. 
“Tt. Not here. Now if you would let go of my hand, you parasite, I’m sure Habibti is waiting for me.” 
“Habibti?” She asked after letting go.
“His girlfriend.”
You could actually see Maps’ eyes form into twin stars. “Can I meet her? Can I meet her?”
“Since when are you into fashion?”
“Huh? Who said anything about fashion. She’s your girlfriend though, which means she must be sooo cooool!” Maps was practically vibrating. 
“Hero worship much?” Claude joked.
“Tt. Fine. Let’s go.”
The three arrived at the Cafeteria, where Allegra, Chloé, Jon, and Felix were already eating. They had lasagna that day. Quite a lot of people were whispering when Damian appeared, more so than usual, but nobody dared to look at him. When he sat at the table next to Marinette, they did their best not to stare.
“Grumpy Cat?” She asked, a bit worried. “You’re… tense.” 
“Tt. Because of that socially-inept, talentless, petty bookworm,” he seethed, “I had to sit between Rossi and Cesaire.” 
Immediately, Marinette pulled him into a tight hug. “Oh, my poor Kitty.”
This caused some of the gathered, who knew Damian from the previous year, to immediately tense. Some of the students sitting nearby (mostly females) even grinned, thinking that here died the relationship. There was no way that Ice Prince would allow anyone to refer to him as Kitty. Getting him on the first-name basis was considered a privilege allowed only to the family (and strangely Claude). 
To their immeasurable surprise, Damian didn’t explode. Instead, he melted slightly into the hug and some of the anger left him. It wasn’t a long hug, but after it, he was now acting less like a walking grenade looking for its pin. At least three people awwed at them. It was just too pure.
“Whoah!” And then there was Maps, who had the subtlety of a steam-train speeding through the Wild West. “You’re so cute together!” She zoomed next to Marinette to get a better look.
“And you’re…” Marinette eyed the overly energetic girl. She was short, with hair that reached barely below her ears. 
“Mia Mizoguchi. But you can call me Maps. I’m Damian’s friend.” 
“Tt. More like a stray.”
“Damian! Don’t be a Grumpy Cat.”
“Besides, isn’t collecting strays kinda a Wayne Tradition at this point.” Felix deadpanned. Everyone started laughing. Damian gave a dignified smirk. The blond proved to be able to match him in intellectual discussion, which gave some basis for mutual respect between them. 
The group talked a bit more about their classes. Marinette and Chloé compared every detail of their experience in the States with what it was like back in Paris. Maps was a fountain of questions, even if some of them were a bit… strange. But Marinette still felt she would like the little girl. That she was in the same class as her surprised her. 
After lunch came time for more classes. When they finished, Damian was supposed to stay for training while Marinette and Chloé would go shopping. They were already outside the gates when three rather packed teens from the year ahead stepped in their way. 
“You think you can steal Erica’s man and then threaten her?” The one in the middle asked. It was clear he was angry and not exactly thinking clearly. “Gotham Academy Grackles stay together. If you think you can just prance here and take over, you have another thing coming.”
“Um… Sure.” Mari just nodded. “Now excuse me while I go away.” She tried to move past them, but one decided to make a fatal mistake of trying to grab the front of her shirt. She raised her left arm under the grip, lifting his hand slightly. It exposed his stomach for the moment, which she took full advantage of and delivered a knee-kick to his liver. When he folded in half from the pain, as much as he could with her still supporting his hand, she then used her right arm to deliver a cutter toward the back of his head.
The boy was out cold in less than five seconds. 
Seeing their friend attacked, the other two charged at her. Marinette ducked under the punch from the first one and headbutted him in the stomach. She then wrapped her arms around his left legs and lifted him up. He fell on the ground and tripped the slower one. When they both were down, Marinette stomped on the hand of the one on top. There was an audible crack that signaled she managed to damage the bones. He would not be fighting. The one under tossed his pained friend away and jumped on his feet. He managed to get Marinette in a chokehold, but she pushed her arms between his extended arms and spread them apart. When he was exposed, she jumped up and kicked him with both legs. While she landed without any injury, the bigger player crashed into his two friends. 
“The police are on their way,” Chloé informed, putting away the phone that mysteriously found itself in her possession earlier that morning, giving more credence to the theory that she simply misplaced it. 
“What’s going on here!” A harsh voice boomed behind them. Hammerhead was standing there in all his glory. “To my office. All five.” 
“Maman’s going to be here in just five minutes,” Mari informed him. She was still full of adrenaline. 
“I don’t care.” He seethed in response. 
The only conscious boy helped his friends stand up. First the one with a broken hand, then they lifted the unconscious one together. They limped through the campus toward where the office was located. Behind them, Marinette and Chloé walked with heads held high. Tomorrow, the school would be full of gossip, but the bluenette was all too used to it by now and the blonde would run her PR magic to change it into something positive. Chloé loved playing the crowd. 
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“I’m here.” Sabine practically stormed inside the office. “Now could you explain, sir, what is it about?”
“Your daughter got into an… altercation with older students today. Right in front of the school.” Headmaster Hammer started.
“Ah. And you’re curious if we’ll be pressing charges?” The woman asked, cocking an eyebrow. 
“Charges?” She managed to baffle the man. 
“Attempted assault?”
“Madame. You misunderstood me. Your daughter…”
“Defended herself. Yes.” Sabine cut in, her eyes filled with cold fury. “Unless I’m mistaken, Self-defence is not a crime.”
“You can’t call self-defense stomping on…”
“To prevent further fighting? Debatable. She is smaller, physically weaker, and was outnumbered. A good lawyer would argue that it was necessary for her to act that way for her safety and to avoid further fighting.” She stared down at the headmaster. “As for the charges…”
At that, two officers walked in. Hammer recognized the first one as Renee Montoya. The other was a blonde officer wearing a tactical vest.
“Sorry, it took so long. We’ve been a little short-staffed since the mess with akumas started.”
“Don’t worry. Luckily, my daughter managed to defend herself. Now, officer, what must we do if we wish to press charges?” Sabine asked with a cold voice, never breaking eye-contact with the headmaster. 
“That…”
“I’ll explain everything while officer Sawyer takes the attackers into custody.” 
“Thank you so much.” The older woman finally broke the eye-contact and turned toward Montoya. She smiled with her usual peaceful smile, but the fire was still in her eyes. “My daughter is part of the exchange program while I’m visiting my niece.”
Marinette was stunned by how well her mother could take control of the situation. She wasn’t sure what precisely she was doing, but it was definitely effective. 
“Foreigners?” The officer asked, surprised. “I could hardly hear the accent. France?”
“Yes. Paris.” Sabine smiled. “Neither I nor any of my charges are really familiar with the procedures here.”
“I will walk you through it. Headmaster?” The policewoman finally acknowledged the elderly man in the room. “Were the parents of the culprits notified yet?”
“Not. Yet.” He muttered through clenched teeth.
“We will take it from here.” She smirked at the headmaster. “You will be notified if any further input is needed, sir.” She started to walk away and motioned for the three women to follow her. 
Outside, Damian was waiting with a sword. Luckily, there was no blood on it. Yet .
“Hello, Kitty. Don’t worry. I’ve managed it.” 
“Tt. I’ll still challenge them to an honor duel.” He scoffed. 
“You will probably have to wait a bit. I don’t think…” The officer took a glance at Sabine, who even with her smile looked like she was ready to fight God on equal footing. “They probably won’t be coming back to school this year.” 
“They won’t.” Chloé, Sabine, and Damian said at the same time. But they probably had different things in mind. Or maybe just Chloé…
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