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queenofallimagines · 25 days
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Blue Lock boys and having a S/O who has a sex toy collection
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A/N: This is extremely self indulgent and came to me while browsing the internet. Part one of 2 and These are also all real toys so if you know exactly what I’m talking about lmao kudos to you✌🏿
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Isagi:
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- lmao oh boy
- Brand new to this world
- Only has the blue flesh light you got him as a joke for Christmas
- He uses it more often than he’d like to admit…
- So when he comes to your place and he’s in the mood to get nasty
- You gotta hold his hand bc he’s gunna be a little nervous
- You ask him if he’s cool with toys and he’s like ofc
- Very excited to see what you use to make yourself feel good
- Then he is taken aback to see a box of sex toys ORGANIZED BY COLOR
- “We in for a more rough mood today or like a quick thing?”
- “YOU USE THEM FOR DIFFERENT SCENES??”
- Let him take a look through your treasure chest(pun intended)
- And he’s like 🙂 bc how does he use that
- “So whats this?? It’s like flat but it has silicone flowers on the top??”
- “Oh that’s a grinder you strap it to a pillow”
- “….and it’s supposed to be green and blue?”
- “The colors on this one were pretty 😤 aesthetic matters too!”
- Best way is to just dive in and let him test out each one
- His favorite so far is this pretty little one called CLAUDETTE and he likes grinding on it while he kisses you and fucking into it
- Likes how the colors look all funky and fun
- “Is that-“
- “A football colored one yes it is.”
- “…..you didn’t have this before you met me did you?”
- “Listen it’s not MY fault that you be away on games a lot and this just so happened to be in your girth!”
- He will indulge you and do those dick mold cast things and will demand to see videos of you fucking yourself with it when he’s away
- Nothing would make him rush home faster than seeing a video of you moaning all pretty in nothing but a spare jersey of his bounding up and down on an exact replica of his cock begging him to hurry home
- Fuck the game he’s on the first fight back to Japan IMMEDIATELY
- LOVES to use them in punishments!
- When you’re acting all bratty he’ll pretend he’s not on his very last nerve
- Not super good at controlling his true emotions but when he’s calling you pet names making you feel all flustered can you really tell he’s upset?
- So when he flips a switch and tells you to “hold fucking still or I’ll tie your hands to the headboard” and he’s in between your legs holding you down it’s definitely a surprise
- Has one of the vibes that are controlled by phone
- He’s not so cruel as take you for a stroll in public
- (Also he really doesn’t want to get slammed with a public indecency charge because you can’t keep quiet)
- He’ll make you wear it as he goes about his business in the house
- Ignoring you without a care in the world as he’s relaxing on the couch and you’re begging him to bend you over anything
- “Hm? I didn’t hear a ‘I’m sorry for being a brat Yoichi’ so all that crying ain’t doing nothing”
- He has really good control when he’s pissed
- Usually that glassy eyed look while begging him to ruin you would be enough to have him on you like a dog in heat
- Buuuuuy unfortunate for you upset yoichi is some cold
- He’s literally not even flinching as you grind in his thigh making a mess all over his pants
- Rolling his eyes before shooting you the most annoyed look
- “You gunna keep making a mess on my pants or you going to fucking apologize already?”
- “I-I’m sorry Yoichi… please I need you so bad.”
- “Fucking finally.”
- Throws your legs over his shoulders but he’s still mad so he’s gunna edge and then overstimulate you before he even pulls his cock out
Nagi:
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- oh he’s so silly
- Like he’s definitely like??
- Probably accidentally finds your stash before YOU show him
- “Oi, what’s this thing over here?”
- And you walk in and he’s messing w a silicone octopus cockring
- Boy if you don’t stay out my mf closet-
- Wants you to show him all the cool weird stuff you have
- “How do you even use this?”
- “Like any other toy???”
- “This tentacle is NOT like a regular sex toy.”
- Does it again by laying down on some of your stuffies and sees one w a obvious zipper
- Opens it to see a dildo inside
- “Why is this IN here?”
- “So nosey mfs like YOU don’t just come in my room and find my shit.”
- “…..that’s fair.”
- His fav for you to use on him is this gold and grey silicone stroker that has skin like texture
- When he’s too lazy to move he likes you being on top of him kissing and biting his neck while you slowly move the toy on his cock
- Will have him squirming and moaning loud as hell like you’ve never seen before
- Nagi isn’t the most vocal but he’s moaning like a pornstar
- “Ohhhh fuuuck pretty keep stroking me like that.”
- No better way to get him to fuck you like you want then to slow stroke him with a fleshlight or stroker
- Asks you to make a cast of your pussy
- When you actually make him one it’s like never brought up again until one night you get a text around 2am a few hours before nagi is set to touchdown back in Japan
- Of him fucking it like it’s the last thing he’ll ever do
- Not sure who the fuck recorded that for him🤨 bc it’s too good and so are the angles to be a shaky one handed quick video
- Moans about how he can’t wait to feel you cream on his cock
- As the most obscene noises play from your speakers with the image of seishiro fucking into a fleshlight of your likeness all messy with lube and cum
- From the way the video starts off he had to have been at it for a while already
- You catch a glimpse of his hazy eyes as he’s mercilessly pounding into the toy
- When the video ends you get another text from him
- ‘Just got out the airport be home in 25’
Hiori:
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- you’d think he’d be like weirded out
- Or confused
- Nah
- He’s seen all the gamer porn there is to see
- Monster and fantasy themed sex toys are a walk in the park
- “Woah, they like make dragon dicks that you can actually ride?”
- Favorites are Ophiuchus the Forgotten, Spyro Slim, and the twilight Moon
- He likes textures so anything with more ridges and bumps the better!
- Likes ones that seem normal. He’s a sneaky fucker so hidden in plain sight is great
- Like oh you thought this was a regular lipstick? Nope! A bullet vibe
- Has like 6 of these in your purse at all times
- Annoying as will pull a “hey can I talk to ya for a sec?”
- And then lead you into a secluded area and shove a toy in you while having his mouth do the heavy lifting
- “Mmm~ taste better when you’re this scared.”
- Someone get his ass 🙄😒
- Let’s you fuck him but like you’re a service top at most
- Not very try willing to give up power because that means he looses the game
- Will tie you up and ride you
- Puts on his most slutty performance and really lets himself get whiny
- As soon as he unties you it’s a chance to get him
- Like oh so anyway we’re not done🥰 now you can’t touch
- Will send you links to stores asking you what you think
- “Check out this dark souls one”
- “Yo, baby who the FUCK is that going to fit inside”
- “:((( but it glows in the dark”
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yunsoh · 3 years
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s3 episode 3 thoughts and oh boy!!! trio time. disaster siblings + yuki time.
- man have i missed the student council. just wow have i missed them 
- tbh my first thought is just how cute kimi is at the start of this ep. also i love that she and yuki have this same problem with the seniors suddenly confessing their love/trying to ask them out before they graduate and while yuki’s sitting here like “i can only hurt their feelings :(” kimi’s straight up like “let them throw a pity party!! whatever” queen
- and of course “what makes a guy attractive is his bank account 💖” fave. and kakeru agreeing with “true facts” god the two of them. mhm.
- the way that kimi decimates nao’s entire life and career in one fell swoop. get his ass. also i find it endlessly funny that nao has a crush on minagawa of all girls because she is point blank the most obnoxious girl in the whole school. like it just seems like he wouldn’t have the patience for her at all LMAO but i guess crushes just do that to your brain sometimes
- the girls calling machi scary for knocking over a bunch of chalk while being dead fuckin silent on haru literally destroying their classroom. actually not even dead quiet the girls literally cleaned up after him. hot privilege. 
- i’m endlessly curious about how this rumor about machi trying to kill her little brother even got around like. i have to assume it was something that slipped from either her parents or kakeru’s mom to other parents of kids who go to the same school/adjacent schools. because obviously it did not come from kakeru and he’s the only other person who knows yk.
- kakeru: *sulks*
- machi: *trots*
- ugh man it’s machi’s parents just continuing to put her own feelings in her mouth and never once letting her have control over her own personhood, down to displaying her thoughts or emotions. “you’ll be more comfortable alone.” also her dad saying that he assumed that machi might try to hurt her brother and treating that as the truth because she’s never had the space to become an individual to them separate from what they project onto her. how much can you hate your child actually.
- also find it interesting that kakeru has never fully questioned whether or not machi actually tried to kill her brother. when he says it to yuki, he says “what those girls said is pretty close to the truth.” and when yuki says he finds it hard to believe, kakeru says he “may be right,” since it’s just the version of the story he heard from his parents. but all things considered i don’t think he’s necessarily ever believed it to be true; he’s just never been able to see machi’s side of the story because she’s been fully closed off to confiding in him, which is mostly because she feels as though she won’t be listened to or understood anyway thanks to the treatment she’s had from her parents.
- that said. kakeru go to jail
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- it’s about yuki feeling comfortable enough to engage in physical acts of friendship without so much as thinking about it. yeah :)
- i do find it interesting that kakeru remembers this moment of machi making footprints in the snow when they were younger. it’s something that would probably be easily forgettable but it stuck with him because even he found something a little off about it.
- this whole minute is just such a whirlwind. the little arrows pointing to yuki. machi trying to slam the door on them. kakeru dragging yuki in to the point that he’s tripping over his own feet. yuki calling it the sea of decay with sincerity but machi has no idea what the context is. the bra. machi about to throttle yuki. kakeru finally fucking leaving after getting hit and still being a shit. this all happens in like forty seconds.
- her best quality: her squiggles 
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- oh this visual of her having to walk this tightrope with her mom. interesting
- also interesting how young machi sounds in this scene where her mom is talking down on her to another person. i know she must be in her first or second year of middle school (just because kakeru was in middle school when he finally got out of the inheritance situation) but it really drives home just how young she was.
- also heartbreaking because this is a moment where machi is trying to stand up for herself and asking why her mom is saying those things about her when she’s the one who shaped her this way, and she’s just so thoroughly shut down by her that she can’t cope.
- i thought this shot was adapted well, although i think the scene itself is kind of confusing -- in the manga, it’s insinuated that she has this breakdown moment right after this conversation with her mom, and that it’s the first time she reacts this destructively (in the manga her outfit is the same between shots, and it doesn’t appear that she’s in her own apartment yet -- it’s more ambiguously just a home office). here though they change it so that it’s a more recent event -- more like she’s reacting this way because she’s remembering this conversation, rather than reacting directly after it. the outfit she wears in this scene is the same one she wears when her parents are accusing her of trying to hurt her brother, too; it’s also reasonable to read this as her having a breakdown after being left alone in her apartment for the first time. to the team’s credit her window is also broken in the season 2 ep where we see her apartment for the first time, so we can assume that they made this change deliberately.
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- yuki is so genuinely kind as usual, but it’s also because he does have a thread of personal understanding of where she’s coming from. he also suffered from being held to an incredibly high standard and was similarly emotionally neglected because of this, but it’s also something he’s come to terms with and has started to heal and move on from. so he’s at a place where he’s able to give her some comfort. even just the simple act of praise for still being here, and just being herself, is something that is so desperately needed.
- kakeru listening in..... boy take ur notes
- literally yuki is like the epitome of being machi’s senior like this moment is just sooo gentle but also protective i think. like he’s really just taking the helm where kakeru has been unable to all this time. he’s her mentor in a way. 
- kakeru’s goofy fucking ringtone and the animation that goes with it. love that
- the chalk-breaking scene did change the game. yuki is just completely on for her to the point that he doesn’t even stop what he’s saying to consider it. he’s just really looking out for her :’(
- rest of the ep under the cut because i know this is gonna be about minagawa lmfao
- oh this new scene is cute? love kyo actually helping out + uo and hana just fucking chilling. also uo hana and yuki only giving a fuck about tohru while kyo falls from like eight feet up.
- yuki literally only coming in for that second lmfao king
- i knew that this would be the minagawa ep and yet when yuki said he had an appointment i was like...... are you....... going to the doctor’s for some reason....... this is a weird reboot addition..............
- the beginning of this scene is weeeeeird what a weird transition to minagawa. also this feels super jarring and i knew this was coming?? like there’s no setup for this being a goodbye to minagawa she’s just suddenly sitting there getting super nostalgic 
- i am grateful though that they didn’t split the time these chapters got completely 50-50. minagawa only getting like five minutes of screentime before gong away forever feels apt.
- minagawa really is just here to say “thank you yuki for being the center of my harassment campaign on the general student body here for these past two years” before bouncing. this isn’t even a point of character development she literally didn’t learn anything.
- the pacing of this feels so WEIRD like. on the one hand, glad it’s only five minutes. on the other hand why was it included at all. it really dampers the rest of the ep and just feels super distracting.
- the dramatic music....... the dramatic flashbacks......... i mean it tracks for her but i just cannot take it seriously lmaooo
- wow the way this is delivered just makes this scene with minagawa feel extra undeserved. like even more so than in the manga. that’s pretty incredible.
- am i going to sit here and make mental parallels between the fact that neither minagawa nor machi actually know yuki personally. like they’ve both been observing him from afar this whole time. like is that the parallel i’m supposed to draw this episode that both of these girls have crushes on him but he hasn’t actually divulged anything personal to either of them. idk. like i know the answer is no and that it’s more fodder for him having a romance plot and whatever but. idk!
- what is happening what is happening what is happening
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- this departing song + the shots of the empty school feels so fucking weird. we’re saying goodbye to minagawa and takei. what is being imparted emotionally does not match the actual narrative we are receiving. also feels weird to put a scene with this much “goodbye” emotion in the third episode?
- did i just fast forward through this nao and minagawa scene. maybe.
- oh that’s right we also get hiro at the end of this chapter too. and kagura talking about rin. this pacing is weird
- it still baffles me that rin was able to graduate how tf did she manage that
- wow i really wish these last parts of the ep were moved to the next episode or something. they feel really out of place squashed into the end here. this rin bit definitely deserved more time to let the weight sink in.
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helenfl92 · 3 years
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Yashahime meta/analysis
Will Kirinowa become a thing (part 1)?
So after watching the last episode of Yashahime I decided to write my own meta/analysis about who the main couple from Yashahime will be. And before antis will jump at my throat, I will say that I don’t condone pedophilia in any way, shape or form. But just like Sesshomaru and Rin, I think Kirinmaru and Towa will become a couple in the future or at the end of Yashahime (when Towa will be of age). Below I will explain why I think so. 1) Their first appearance:
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So Towa first appears in episode 1 of the series and the first shot of her it's her back. Then in the next shot her face, it's obscured to the viewers, with a small point/circle of light on her right cheek, while her left cheek it's illuminated by the light. Also, she appears in a submissive position (kneeling and with her hands tied behind her back). As for Kirinmaru, the first shot of him (in episode 7) it's sitting on a chair like a throne. When his face, it's shown, the first thing it's shown, it's his mask which covers his face, with the exception of his left eye which it's like a black hole. In the last shot, his left eye, it's shown, with the left side of his face covered in shadow, while the right side (which represents his true self... more on that in part 2) it's illuminated by the moonlight. Also something to point that here, it's the fact that Kirinmaru made his official appearance during a night with a crescent moon. The crescent moon being the symbol of the dog demon clan. So when they are first introduced, they are in opposite position to each other. Also it’s a coincidence that Kirinmaru’s left eye was the only one shown through most of season one, while Towa’s left eye was the place where the silver pearl was and will start to glow when she used the power of the pearl? As opposite to Kirinmaru’s first shot of his left eye which seemed like a black hole. 2) The eye color:  So, according to the color wheel, the opposite color to green it's red. Kirinmaru does have green eyes while Towa does have red eyes. This is another element that puts them in contrast to each other. Coincidence or foreshadowing? 3) The chinese astrology: So, according to Chinese zodiac’s relationships, certain animal signs are highly compatible and harmonize well together, while others find it impossible to get along with each other no matter how hard they try. One of the incompatible pair it's the dragon and the dog. So in episode 5, when Myoga was talking about Kirinmaru, he appeared as being depicted as a dragon (in Myoga's flashback...which was more like a mural picture than an actual representation).   And as of the last episode of season 1, it was pretty confirmed that Kirinmaru's true form it's that of a dragon. 4) First meeting in the feudal era Their first meeting it’s rather peculiar, to say the least. So first of all I would like to bring up the fact that this is the first episode since he appeared in the series, that find Kirinmaru outside in the broad daylight, unlike the other episodes where he was seen in a dark room. So Towa and co. are chasing the last loser (sorry, I meant peril),Totetsu, who runs to seas to get help from his superior, Kirinmaru. Of course Kirinamru is not happy about the uninvited guests, so after he uses a psionic attack on his underling and threatens him, his underling makes himself scarce pretty fast. As soon as his underling it's out of the picture, his attention it's focused on the girls.
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Well, and this is where it gets a little bit nonsensical, to say the least. Kirinmaru uses another psionic attack to knock down the girls from Takechiyo's back and Moroha still ask him who he is.  😑 I don't see the sense of this question since he attacked them. I mean it's pretty obviously at this point who he is. Well, after this moment that made no sense to me, whatsoever, Towa asks him about the dream butterfly (since in the last episode Konton told them that the dream butterfly was designated by Kirinmaru... and Towa took it at face value, no questions asked). Of course, Kirinmaru doesn't oblige with a reply, so Towa uses her best weapon for feudal era....talk-no-jutsu (because this helped her so much in the past 😒), trying to convince Kirinmaru return the dreams and the sleep to Setsuna.
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So I think every watcher out there had this face when Towa used talk-no-jutsu on Kirinmaru. Followed by an argument between the girls where Setsuna and Moroha didn't want to engage Kirinmaru because there was no reward for them. Up to this point only Towa wanted to solve the matter of the dream butterfly. Kirinmaru, who, at some point had enough of their bullshit, challenge them to a fight (due to the prophecy), even if Towa it's reluctant to fight him (due to her pacifist nature). Moroha and Setsuna are taken out pretty easily, while Towa it's the last one to face him and manage to leave him with a souvenir, until she it's also defeated. I won’t enter in details regarding the fight between Sesshomaru and Kirinmaru because is not important (maybe only the final of their fight). What I found strange about this episode is that Kirinmaru mostly acts like a teacher rather than an enemy. During the fight, he comments on the girls's weaknesses and uses very weak attacks (compared to what he uses in episode 24). 5) Osamu Kirin
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So because of the fact that Towa always got in fights, while in the modern era, she changed schools often. Osamu Kirin it's the goofball English teacher (and homeroom teacher) from the christian academy Saint Gabriel (Saint Gabriel it's a saint in both the orthodox and catholic religion and the both of them are religious christian minorities in Japan, so yeah....), the last school where Towa got enrolled before she left in the feudal era. Their encounters are pretty brief. The first time, when Towa arrives late at her classes, he keeps her after school and say something pretty strange to her: When in Rome, do as the romans do.  Meaning that if you are in an unfamiliar place, you should behave like how the people behave there. And the second time when he tells Towa to stop daydreaming and to focus in classes. The first one was an useful advice for Towa since she went to the feudal era and had problems adapting there. And also he was the only teacher who didn't call Towa's adoptive parents to talk to them about the fact that she was late in her first day at school due to getting into a fight. Pretty strange right?  🤔 Everything seems normal with this teacher up until to episode 23.
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So in this episode, Osamu Kirin goes to the airport (I wonder why... though I may have an idea that I will bring up in part 2) where he met with Sota Higurashi and his daughter, Mei, who came to pick up Moe. After asking about Towa, Osamu Kirin asks about the grim comet out of nowhere. Sota asks him where it's the comet because he can't see it. So this leads to my theory: Osamu Kirin it's Kirinmaru in the modern era. The first hint would be their names which are similar. Then the fact that only Osamu Kirin can see the grim comet, but a normal person can’t. Lastly, in both English dubbed and Japanese version Osamu Kirin and Kirinmaru do have the same voice actor (also in Miraculous Ladybug, in English version Gabriel Agreste and Hawkmoth have the same voice actor or Vergil and Urizen from Devil May Cry 5 and in the first given example they were the same person). And I also believe that there, it's a telepathic connection between Osamu Kirin and Kirinmaru. Like Wolverine in X-Men: Days Of Future Past type of thing. Also, I believe, there it's a time loop (more on that in part 2). So I think this analysis/ meta t's pretty long already so I will stop here for now. The next points that I want to bring it up will appear in part 2. So, see you all in part 2. 😌
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shortsunshineposts · 5 years
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Finding You part 2
Link to part one below 💜
https://shortsunshineposts.tumblr.com/post/184192505057/finding-you-part-1
Part 2 Brook POV
“Hey there.” Jeon Jungkook said to Reagan. She look a mixture of annoyed that it was Jungkook, in awe that 3/7 of BTS were talking to you, and heart eyes. It wasn’t that she hated Jungkook, it was more that she hated to admit she liked him. Over the years you and Cassie would torture her endlessly with Jungkook photos and gifs, but secretly she loved them. She just hated to admit their bratty tendencies were so similar. You on the other hand were frozen locked eye with the tall handsome drink of water that is Kim Taehyung. It threw you back to your first BTS concert when you could’ve sworn on your life he was staring you down on stage just as he was now.
“H-hey there.” Reagan said surprisingly shakey. Jin laughed from next to Cassie.
“It’s okay you guys don’t have to be afraid of us. This is Jungkook, Taehyung, and my name’s Jin.” He said putting his hand on the back of Cassie’s chair. Who which by now looked like she was in deep need of her inhaler. “To be honest we were more nervous coming up to talk to you.”
“I’m Reagan, this is Cassie and Brook.” Reagan introduced us. The three boys flashed you a smile.
“You? Nervous to talk to us?” You asked surprised looking at Jin a little baffled.
“Of course,” Jungkook spoke up. “You never know what kind of crazy fans are out there, but you all didn’t seem to mind we were right next to you.”
“Of course your humans not objects.” Cassie said as she coughed trying to breathe properly. Taehyung smiled at her and she immediately went for her purse for her inhaler.
“So What brings you ladies to the city?” Jin asked. He probably assumed we were tourists.
“We just moved here, well today actually.” Said Reagan trying to ignore Kook’s flirtatious smile, focusing her attention on the older boy.
“Well that’s exciting, let me be the first to welcome you.” He smiled. “Do you three want to come sit with us?” You three shared a look coming to unanimous, nervous look.
“Sure why not.” Reagan said getting up from her chair going to grab her drink, but Jungkook grabbed it before she could.
“Allow me.” He smiled. She grabbed it right back.
“I think I can handle it.” She smiled at him turning to follow Jin and Cassie. Jungkook stood there for a few seconds mouth hung open before he ran after her.
You were the slowest to leave the table, your hands a little shaky, breathing shallow and heart racing. Yes meeting BTS was always a dream of yours, but the concept of actually being able to talk to them was nerve wracking and kicked your anxiety through the roof making you feel a little overwhelmed. New people? Scary. New famous people? Terrifying. Taehyung stayed behind to lead you to your table.
“Are you alright?” Taehyung asked. “Jin’s right you don’t have to be afraid of us.”
“O-oh it’s not you I’m afraid of.” You said not wanting to make eye contact. You played with your jacket in your hands. “I’m not the best with new people.” You bit your lip not really wanting to share more with the boy you just met, but Taehyung seemed to understand.
“You know Yoongi’s a lot like that, takes him awhile to get comfortable around others,” He said placing a hand on your arm. “Trust me when I say we won’t make you talk, however there is someone I want to introduce you to.”
“What? Who?.”
“Don’t worry about it.” He laughed leading you away through the small crowds between your table and the booth the boys sat at. He looked over his shoulder at you. “Oh and long time no see New York.” You stopped dead in your tracks dumbfounded. That was impossible. There was no way. Taehyung turned to you a smile on his face. “What you don’t think I’d forget did you?” You stared at him completely shocked that he would remember your face in a sea of 65,000 other armys. You had to have only made brief eye contact for a little less than a minute. “Oh and I call staring contest rematch, best two out of three. Now come on.” He grabbed your hand and led you the corner booth.
Reagan and Cassie had already made themselves at home. Reagan was reluctantly squished next to Jungkook and Cassie had placed herself between Namjoon and Hoseok. Good for her she adored Namjoon, often referring to him as her Joonbug. You weren’t sure what to do with yourself till Taehyung pulled up a chair for you placing you between him and Jimin. Though Tae had been your first bias, and Yoongi had a very special place in your heart, Park Jimin was everything you looked for in a guy, kind, shy, humble, and let’s face it the kid was a 20/10 in the looks department. He turned towards you as you sat down.
“Hi it’s nice to meet you.” His smile almost made you ask Cassie for a turn at the inhaler.
“Hi.” You managed to get out giving him a small smile. He wore a simple black T-shirt and skinny jeans. His look was simple but still stylish. Rings adorned his fingers and his signature YSL necklace hung around his neck.
“Brook this is Jimin, Jimin this is Brook.” He chuckled, “Jiminie-Hyung was too scared to go up with us to talk to you himself.” He confessed earning him a light punch on the shoulder. You looked up at Jimin.
“Is that true?” You asked.
“Yeah, yeah it is.” Jimin smiled shyly hiding behind one of his hands. A faint blush covered his cheeks. “You’re very cute and I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to talk to you properly.” Now it was your turn to hide your face. Did Park Jimin just call you cute? No way, you had to be dreaming. “Sorry that’s so embarrassing.”
“No, no it’s okay.” You said not wanting him feel embarrassed. “I would’ve been scared too. To talk to you I mean.”
“I mean when Taehyung first told me he spotted you he said New York was here, I’d never had a face to put to the name before. You were a lot prettier than I expected.” His eyes widened. “Not that I thought that you wouldn’t be I was just surprised.” At this point you were a blushing nervous mess. You were sure your whole face was red.
“I just can’t believe he remembered me.” You said still baffled at the thought. “Wait so he told you about me?”
“Yeah he’s pretty good at that. He likes to do that at a lot of our concerts, makes it more meaningful for him in a way. And yeah a little, he said you looked like you were having a lot of fun and you were very happy to be there. He also said I’d think you’re cute. I’m very excited to meet you. Jin told us you just moved here, What for?” He asked.
“I teach English. Mostly just private tutoring stuff.”
“Well maybe you can help me with mine. I’m so bad at memorizing words and phrasing.” He laughed taking a sip of his drink. He even made that look good.
“Yeah if you’d like to. I think I could help with that.” You fiddled with the keychain on your keys. It was one of those small rubber ones of an anime character you really liked.
“Brook do you watch Ao No Exorcist?” He asked you wide eyed.
“Yeah it’s one of my favorites. Do you?” He shook his head excitedly.
“That’s a really good one. One Piece is my favorite of course, but Tae got me into this one. Okay first question Rin or Yukio.”
“Oh Rin for sure, Yukio’s way to strict.” You answered quickly, your favorite subject making you much less awkward.
“Good answer.” He winked at you. “I hate that everyone thinks he’s so bad. He acts with his heart and I think that’s a lot more heroic.”
“Yeah me too-.”
“Moooommmmm” You heard from across the table. Both you and Jin instinctively turned your heads. You rolled your eyes at Reagan who was glaring at Jungkook who was giving her a mischievous smile.
“That’s my name.” You raised an eyebrow at her, a little annoyed she interrupted your conversation with Jimin. “I’m the mom friend.” You explained to the guys.
“Kook challenged me and I lost.” She said pouting. Obviously the challenge involved drinking.
“Did he win fair and square?” You asked.
“Unfortunately.” She glared at him harder and his smile just got wider.
“Well then own up to it hun.”
“Yes! See, I told you.” Jungkook said triumphant.
“Fine I will hang out with you.” She said annoyed, even though you knew she’d be jumping for joy back home later.
“Hey it’s getting pretty late maybe we should head out.” Cassie spoke up. She was right it was well past midnight.
“It’s your first night here right? You want us to walk you home?” Hoseok asked her.
“I really don’t want to trouble you.”
“No trouble at all!” He replied. “You guys had a lot to drink and though Seoul’s pretty safe you shouldn’t be alone this late at night.”
“O-okay, thank you.” She blushed a little.
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cyb-by-lang · 6 years
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A Turtle in the Sea
Note: This was written in response to the whole “Kei-Death-and-Isobu-Angst” prompt Lang got earlier today. Because I’m a fluff master at heart and every Tailed Beast needs a hug.
I recommend pulling up the original song and translated lyrics of Mermaid Melody’s Legend of Mermaid for the whole impact of this drabble-turned-small story. Because this is going into the Lighter and Softer The Sea and Stars universe. :p
Despite my seeing a lot of the Canon Narutoverse beyond that of my reincarnation buddy, Kei, I didn’t know much about Isobu. Aside from his sealing into Yagura and the whole mishap with Canon Rin, I didn’t have much else on him, unlike say, Kurama or Shukaku. Perhaps it was a fault of Kishimoto for not expanding on that part of the story, or really the whole Japanese work industry in general when it came to manga. After all, people in Japan were known to die from overworking before. Still, the whole question mark situation about Isobu would be the same and would remain unchanged if I didn’t do something about it.
Hisako, naturally, didn’t approve of my thought process.
Tomoko-chan, he’s a giant Tailed Beast and you’re a civilian girl who’s lucky to have powerful ninja on her side, plus a chakra ability that’s been extinct for years. Why do you want to interact with him?
To make a difference. And to at least jumpstart Friendship when Naruto hasn’t come around as a Hero yet.
My Nobody immediately went silent at that.
Still, despite my resolve, I had no real way of contacting him. Sure, I could ask Kei, but considering the rumors I heard when it came to the last time she let someone in her head?
Not exactly a great idea to consider…
It was why one day, I just sat at the piano when no one else was around, singing Legend of Mermaid all the while as a way of expressing my thoughts.
By now, it was probably a song no one in my Narutoverse would recognize. Kei and Obito might, but aside from that, no one from the old world was really into Mermaid Melody like I — like Vy was. No one was really invested in the tale of mermaids trying to interact with the surface world and save their brethren from sea demons through the power of music. But those mermaids did something for me. For Vy.
They proved, at least, that love, whether platonic or romantic, meant something to people. Even in spite of selfishness and dark thoughts.
So, I sang all the while in the quiet environment of the cafe, not even having to think for the lyrics to come up to the tip of my tongue. My heart and mind would always know the route needed to return to the seven seas.
I wasn’t expecting Kei to sneak up on me, or just sit down next to me on the piano bench, interrupting with a quiet call of my nickname. Thankfully, I had just finished a verse, so I could stop and stare.
Kei scratched the back of her head before meeting my gaze with a sheepish look. “Quote from Isobu. ‘What seven seas are you singing about, and why are you assuming there is a shining future.’” She frowned as her gaze went elsewhere, almost as if she was spacing for a moment before she turned back to me. “Sorry about him. Being rude, I mean. I didn’t exactly know the song.”
Hisako let out a loud shriek in response, Oblivion Keyblade clanking against the library tile in my head. ISOBU? Asking about your stuff?! Did a planet blow up or something!?
Hisako. Shush for a moment, please.
My Nobody subsided with a loud huff. If you say so.
I can do so, Hisako. It’s okay.
Outwardly, I just smiled and shrugged my shoulders. “It’s part of the song, those seven seas. Same thing with the shining future part. And…” Well, there wasn’t any better way of putting this, so I activated the nearest privacy seal on the piano before continuing. “Well, it’s a song from Vy’s time. When the world could have seven seas. Legend of Mermaid, it’s called.”
“Huh,” Kei said softly, but I could tell without even needing to be a chakra sensor that I threw her for a loop. She didn’t know. Of course. Mermaid Melody was an offbeat anime, even for the early 2000s, so not a lot of people except those who really lurked on YouTube a lot saw the show. “And, you were singing it because—”
“Because I felt like it and it still means something to me?”
Kei paused again, and she glanced to the side before turning back to me. “Is that it?”
Of course she caught on. “I was thinking of Isobu-san in the process too?” My voice cracked with the admission.
Another pause. “Isobu just asked, ‘Why.’” Kei said finally, and her solemn tone delivered everything.
Isobu was listening to me.
I just smiled again, in spite of the sweat building up in my palms. “Because everyone deserves a little something and that song was the only thing I could think of that resembled the sea. Aside from, well, Lugia.”
And I don’t know how else I can talk to him without possibly insulting him by accident. Humanity wronged the Tailed Beasts enough already, and a small song is the least I can do.
Kei gave me an incredulous stare. Then, she whipped her head to the side for a single second, signaling another spacing. Once the moment was over, and I had time to wipe my hands on my kimono skirt, she turned back to me with that same sheepish smile. “Could you sing it again? All of it this time?”
My heart jumped a meter high in my ribs as I nodded, almost too eagerly. “I wouldn’t say no.”
Singing about the paradise of the seven seas and the treasure island past the shortcut, this time at least, seemed to do something. If I closed my eyes and thought about it, I could’ve sworn I heard a soft, neutral rumble in the air.
It was enough for me.
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lovestruckay · 6 years
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WIP Game
Talk about the WIPs you’re intending to work on this year.
I was tagged by @crimsonriley and this looks like a good opportunity to taunt all my readers lot of fun!
I’m going to tag @vesperlionheart, @shyyynobi, and @beyondthemoor to join in on the fun. And, because I absolutely count WIPs as including art, I’m going to tag @yomi-gaeru, @byelawliet, and @maybe-please! <3
I have a number of WIPs (over a dozen) but there are only a few that are going to be actively worked on this coming year.
Homeward
MadaSaku, Time Travel AU, Eventually Mature
[FF - AO3]
This is my most popular fic and my main focus as a writer. It’s an AU where Sakura is thrown backwards in time during the battle between Danzo and Sasuke. The majority of the story so far is her amassing a reputation as a miracle healer and as an incredibly powerful kunoichi. I thought it would be more realistic for Sakura to have to survive and eventually thrive in the past before she came across one of the major clans (well, except for the poor Fuma clan). 
The story has already gotten to the point where she meets Madara and Izuna (in a pretty flashy way). This is my pride and joy and it’s a fic I’m very happy to write. I love writing Sakura as this incredibly powerful and indomitable woman who demands respect wherever she goes while simultaneously being this sweet, openhearted healer and friend. And I love writing Madara as being this powerful, intelligent and calculating, yet kind man who people have to work to earn a way into his heart. I always envisioned Madara as being a man who needed a indomitable woman like Sakura to make him happy. A woman who could challenge him yet encourage him at the same time. And this woman would certainly be Sakura.
Snippets
“But you have blood on you,” she pointed out, taking a step towards him and reaching forward to touch a splatter of blood on the neck of his high collared shirt.
He nearly shivered as her fingertips brushed his clothed collar bone, his sharingan flickering on of its own accord. The world around him became sharp and crisp and the sight of her reaching out to touch him embedded in his mind before his sharingan returned to inactivity in the span of a heartbeat.
“It’s not mine,” he muttered in a tone deeper than normal as he stared at her concerned expression.
...
He turned his head to face her and could feel heat rising to his cheeks as he noticed how close they were, their noses nearly touching. All he could see of her was her half lidded eyes and her dilated pupils, the black heavily encroaching on the sea green of her irises. She stared right back into his lazily spinning sharingan, her own cheeks taking a red hue.
Uchiha MC
MadaSaku, Outlaw Biker AU, Mature
[FF - AO3]
This fic was actually the beginning of me rejoining the fanfiction world. I had written a couple fics but this was the first one I actually went out and posted. It started as a oneshot but I combined it with a couple other WIPs I had and created this awesome story that I was just giddy to write. It has turned out a long longer than I had anticipated although it has been so much fun to write.
It has just begun to rapidly escalate. The story is a little more than halfway done but there is going to be a lot of incredibly intense and “holy shit” moments coming up that are going to keep everyone on their toes! The story is really at a pivotal moment right now so any snippets will give away what’s going to happen. Sorry!
Untitled ObiSaku
[FF - AO3]
ObiSaku, AU where Obito comes back to the village, non-massacre, Mature
EDIT: I posted this fic while I was doing Sakura Week 2018. It didn’t turn out as absolutely filthy as I had previously planned as another fic (a MadaSaku fic - FF, AO3) I wrote decided to take the whole choking kink. While this fic is still smut, it’s not as dirty as I had originally planned.
This fic is one purely written out of spite. Some random user on AO3 was talking poorly about one of my MadaSaku fics and asked if I was going to do an ObiSaku fic too (because that’s soooooo ridiculous). So I replied with a “you better fucking believe it” and put together an outline for this pure filth with a heaping of fluff and plot.
Some aspects of this fic: Rin will be alive but her, Obito, and Kakashi will be non-romantic best friends. How Kushina and Minato will live and how Minato be Obito’s mentor as he trains him to take over as Hokage. Kakashi will still become the sensei for Team 7 and how Team 7 will split up to train individually, Sakura and Naruto going on journey’s with Tsunade and Jiraiya respectively and Sasuke going with Shisui to train with the Military Police. There will be a lot of self hate, kink self-shame, angst, and a wide age difference.
Nesting
MadaSaku, alpha omega beta AU, founders era, Mature
This fic was entirely inspired by the “nesting” phenomenon in ABO fics. And the fact I very much wanted to write a MadaSaku ABO fic.
Sakura is the leader of the famous clan of healers, the Haruno clan. The Harunos are close allies of the Uzumaki clan, hailing from the same region, and Sakura and Mito are such close friends they consider each other sisters. It is because of Sakura’s influence that Hashirama puts fourth a peace treaty in exchange for him healing Izuna (much to Tobirama’s horror). When the village if finally founded, there is a meeting where all of the clan leaders that are allies of the Hidden Leaf join together to discuss the future. And this is where Madara and Sakura finally meet and everyone makes the catastrophic (at least for a city block) decision of trying to drag them apart.
There will of course be ABO smut with mating bites, pupping, womb sex, etc. But a huge aspect of it will be Sakura and her “nesting” behavior as she chooses a place to make her nest and have her pup. Very sweet and fluffy.
Nonsensical
[FF - AO3]
ShisuiSaku, soulmarks AU, Mature
A cute and kind of funny little one shot made because there is a drastic shortage of ShisuiSakura fics. Depending on how long it turns out being I might break it up into smaller bites. It’ll be a non massacre fic with a healthy amount of angst, some super bad first impressions, some happy endings, Sakura being a badass, Team 7 being bffs, and Hokage Itachi.
Here are a coupe snippets although they are very rough because they are part of the outline and not actual written material.
Snippets:
Shisui didn’t get his soul mark until March 28th when he was eight years old.
He had gone to bed that night with clear skin and woke up that morning with his soul mark written across his left pectoral in a flowing, feminine script. He was excited to learn that he did in fact have a soulmate but the fact that the phrase now inked across his chest was the most random, nonsensical bullshit he had ever read in his short life dampened the feeling. Was his red string connecting him to a psychopath?
He couldn’t think of any other reason as to why someone’s first words to him would be “Pants are not ripe water grass bastard”.
What in the hell does that even mean? Was it some sort of secret code? Was she going to be drunk? Was she insane?
...
Sakura has had her soul mark since she was born although she didn’t learn this until she was a young girl.
When she had asked her parents why she didn’t have one, at the tender age of five after her friend Ino had shown off hers, her parents had laughed with mirth, given her a hand mirror, and told her to find it. After a solid fifteen minutes of searching and acts of stretching that contortionists would be proud of, she located her soul mark printed in a small, professional script in the crook where her inner thigh met her hip. While part of her had been disappointed it was in a very personal place, a spot she could never show up, she had been overwhelmingly satisfied with the words on her soulmark.
I didn’t know angels had pink hair”.
Other Fics (may or may not get written)
Broken Trust
ObiSaku, Uchiha MC branch off, lots of angst
Guardians
MadaSaku fic where Impure World Reincarnation is never outlawed and instead becomes a technique for raising “Guardians” to protect the village. Izuna becomes the first guardian and leads to the formation of the village. Madara, Hashirama, Tobirama, all the hokages, Itachi, etc become Guardians and never technically die, instead being treated as well respected protectors
Fighting Dreamers
MadaSaku MMA AU, Sakura “Cherry Bomb” Haruno and Madara “Wildfire” Uchiha
The Chances
MadaSaku soulmark AU, takes place during the war
Three Rejects
NaruSakuSasu, dark fic where the trio runs away from Konoha after suffering through years of abuse and neglect. Sakura is an orphan, stolen from her clan of incredible healers following the massacre of her family. They can only trust each other and only love each other, ends in tragedy for the rest of the world but bliss for them
Wake Up
MadaSaku fic where Sakura, Madara’s wife, is in a coma in the Warring States Era and imagining her life in the future
Like the Ocean
IndraSaku fic where Indra goes on his journey to help the distant village to determine if he would become the next leader of his village and comes across a strange woman on the beach, part of an even stranger clan of healers and mystics who live on the ocean’s edge
Cosplay
I have a new wig from Shippuden Sakura that I’m very excited to try out. I even got a pair of customized boots that are pretty incredible! I even met a Sasuke cosplayer who is so incredibly sweet and is just as into cosplay and Naruto as I am! So you may or may not see me and Sasuke at Anime Matsuri in Houston, TX this year.
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majoringinsarcasm · 7 years
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The curious cases of wolves and rabbits (part 1)
I did not read over or edit this so keep that in mind :p. This goes along with an upcoming RP I have with @rin-matsuoka-daddy aka my husbando.
Rin adjusted his pusheen beanie and examined his nails. The polish was already coming off in glittery flakes, yet he couldn’t stop picking at them, an awful nervous habit. Kisumi sat humming next to him, editing another banner to put up on his blog. Only two more weeks of class before they were free of another semester. But instead of ordering paint and resin molds, they were sitting around the west campus commons.
“They’re late,” Rin grumbled, abandoning his ruined nails. “You said twelve-thirty and it’s almost twelve-fifty.”
Kisumi didn’t even bother to look up, digging his boots into the no doubt beer stained carpet. The jocks all assembled here, what with the frat houses being close by.
“Unless you’ve got twenty-five dollars to give, we’re staying. This is the last case of the batch I made this year. They were all bought before October except this one.“ He pouted, looking at the little box containing the custom made phone case. “I was starting to think it was cursed.”
Before Rin could say anything, a gust of cold air blew into the lounge, along with a pack of darkly dressed young men.
Rin hated stereotypes, both using them and being referred to as one. But the only word that came to mind seeing all that leather, biker boots, ripped jeans despite it being winter, piercings and buzzed hair, was Punk. And one stood out in particular.
“Why is Yamazaki walking toward us?” Rin hissed at Kisumi, anxiety making his hands shake. He patted down his puffy marshmallow parka until he felt the shape of his army knife on the inside pocket. A gift from his mother that he hadn’t asked too many questions about.
But the relief only lasted for a second, because soon Yamazaki Sousuke, known player and general misfit, was standing just a few feet away.
He was wearing all black, from his boots to the gauges in his ears, though they were the smallest Rin had seen in this group. And he was wearing those leather fingerless gloves again! Talk about trying too hard. But all in all he didn’t look bad, with both eyebrows pierced and his hair shaved on the sides and back like the one guy from the figure skating anime. A solid 8 out of ten. Maybe 8.5 if he wasn’t so frowny. But his looks were all he had. He was a major player, sleeping around and never calling his dates back. Yet the girls kept flocking to him. It was disgusting.
And he wasn’t alone. Rin knew that Momo had a brother, but seeing the older Mikoshiba in person made him glad he was sitting down. He was tall, and muscular, and with his dark red hair, shaved at the sides and messy on top, and his sharp golden eyes—which Rin swore were contacts despite Momo’s being the same—were piercing right through Rin.
“Are you Shigino?” Mikoshiba asked. Rin shook his head automatically, hating that he felt afraid in this moment. He wasn’t helpless, dammit!
“That would be me.” Kisumi stood up then, coming to stand in front of Rin. He wasn’t very bulky, but he was tall, and he looked less like a children’s painting today, wearing mostly brown and white. “Who wants to know?”
Rin’s body tensed, anticipating some kind of confrontation. Kisumi was a good student, but he went to a lot of parties. He was flirty by nature, and that’s gotten him into a few tight spots in the past. Had he flirted with someone’s girlfriend? Spilled beer on a jacket?
Mikoshiba’s expression shifted rather drastically. He relaxed from his alpha stance and even smiled! Smiled at Kisumi as he held up his phone. "Oh hey. I’m the guy who bought the phone case?” He handed Kisumi his phone. “I saved the email in case someone else tried to claim it. It’s still mine, yeah?”
Like a sitcom, Rin popped up to stand behind Kisumi as they both read over the email thread. It was legit, right down to the meeting time.
“And I’m really sorry I’m late. The sink at Samezuka house was leaking—”
“It fucking exploded,” Yamazaki deadpanned. “Takuya almost lost an eye.”
“… so I had to fix it.” He smiled again, appearing almost bashful.
Rin had to elbow his friend to get him to close his mouth. He didn’t like the sparkles he could practically see fading in to becoming Kisumi’s backdrop.
To his friend’s credit, Kisumi snapped into business mode pretty quickly. He took the case out of the box to show off, keeping with his policy. If the product wasn’t up to the buyer’s standards, they could withdraw their bid. Any damage noticed or made to the product after one week became the buyers problem. Rin was always weary of people trying to take advantage of that policy, but so far no one had demanded a refund.
The case wasn’t something Rin would associate with the punks. It was a pastel orange, decorated with cute sea life and pieces that looked like water. In the center was a little otter figure on its back, holding a peach. Rin wasn’t sure what he was expecting, but to see Mikoshiba literally fucking gasp was nowhere on his list of possible reactions.
“It’s perfect!” Mikoshiba took the case and looked it over, gently wiggling every glued on piece to make sure it was secure. “Dude, check this out.” He shook Yamazaki’s shoulder like an excited child.
“It’s just a phone case,” Yamazaki sighed, looking up from his own phone. Rin noticed that it was cracked in all kinds of places. “What’s so speci—oh wow that’s cute.”
“I told you!”
“Is the otter holding—”
“A peach, yeah!”
“Nice.”
Rin leaned into Kisumi’s side, eyes wide with something akin to fear. “What the fuck is happening right now?” He whispered, clutching at his shoulder.
“I’m making money, shut up!” Kisumi hissed back, schooling his expression when the attention was put back on him. “I trust that everything is up to your standards?”
Yamazaki snorted, mumbling something under his breath that only Mikoshiba seemed to hear. Mikoshiba elbowed him before flashing another smile Kisumi’s way. Rin swore his friend’s heart beat so hard he could see the outline of it in his chest.
“It’s perfect. My brother’s gonna love it.” Mikoshiba dug in his pockets to get his wallet, but Rin’s mind had ground to a halt.
“You’re buying this for Momo?” He tried not to sound incredulous, but from the look Yamazaki gave him, he hadn't done a good job.
“Yeah!” Mikoshiba looked so happy now, like a proud parent. “He loves cute things like this. Personally I don’t really get it,” he said with a little shrug. “But he’s my baby brother, and I wanted to get him something special for his birthday next week.”
Kisumi let out a sigh that could definitely be classified as dreamy. His eyelashes fluttered, and his smile was slow and just shy of coy.
“How much do I owe you?” Mikoshiba asked, looking up and into the face of his doom. He blinked a few times, caught off guard, until a small little smile graced his lips as well. Kisumi giggled and reached up to toy with a lock of his hair, and Mikoshiba’s smile grew wider.
“It’s twenty five,” Rin said, a little loudly, trying to look bigger than he was. Despite the utter weirdness of this encounter, he wasn’t about to let his friend get conned out of his money. Even if said friend was making heart eyes at the guy who climbed the thirty foot flag pole during spirit week.
Money and product were exchanged, and hands lingered far longer than they needed to. Yamazaki grabbed the back of Mikoshiba’s jacket and pulled him along, grumbling something about food. Rin waited until they were gone to tackle Kisumi to the couch.
“No,” he said sternly, red eyes fixed in a glare.
“He cares about his little brother.”
“Nooooo.”
“He’s got a great smile.”
“NO!”
“His eyes are like liquid gold, and it’s filled the mold in the shape of my heart.”
Rin groaned, loudly and dramatically, mourning his stress free day. He had not signed up for this at all. He stood up with a sigh and frowned down at Kisumi, before rolling his eyes and holding out his hand.
“Come on,” he said begrudging. “Let’s go stalk his social medias.”
Kisumi cheered, jumping up with far too much enthusiasm. He took Rin’s hand and just about dragged him across campus to their dorm room, bubbling with excitement the entire way there.
I should’ve stayed in bed this morning.
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taotrooper · 7 years
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Everlasting Flower: The marketplace by the sea
Anonymous said: Can you write a little thing from the everlasting flower AU where shinha runs into Kaya please?
Anon, I don’t even know if you even follow this blog or this fic anymore, but here it is. I’m so, so sorry for taking this long to write it! Also includes some 2000yo!Kaya and Zeno moments, and Ao being adorable.
Everlasting Flower is a fanfiction AU where Kaya obtains semi-immortality. The masterlist is here.
When she turned back again, Zeno was standing next to her, flushed cheeks and palm over the left side of his chest.
"Zeno just had a heart attack," he chirped with a childish tone.
"From the shock of him getting so close?"
"Noooo, from the cuuuuuuteness!" He gripped his robes inside a fist, as if he was hurting.
"How much, mister?" she asked with a smile, pointing at the herbs.
"Three hundred rin the pack," the salesman said with a bored expression.
Kaya blinked. That sounded excessive, so she asked once more to corroborate. The middle-aged man repeated the same price, so she hadn't misheard with the sounds of the marketplace.
She gave it some consideration. Keeping up with the times was perhaps one of the most challenging problems with immortality. Languages change, attitudes change, ways of thinking change... and faster than anything, economy changes. Currencies don't always have the same worth, and supply and demand affect the value of every item. What feels excessive one day could be, perhaps, a fair value at the time. There was an era when she could have bought a whole bag for only 5 copper coins, maybe back in the first rule of the Han dynasty. They were oval coins, much cuter than the ones in use.
However, she was sure she had bought valerian at 150 rin very recently. Zeno'd gotten a meatbun with the change, hadn't he? A piece fell to the ground and a hungry stray dog tried to snatch the rest. The puppy won, as her husband happily gave it to it. In any case, yes, that wasn't the usual modern price.
"How about 200?" she chimed in.
"No haggling in my shop, baby girl. Full price or scram."
"But... if I pay 300 I won't have enough money for rice and salt, sir."
"Not my problem. Go back to your parents."
Kaya's smile slipped off. One of those stubborn guys, huh? She really needed to stock on her valerian, but their budget was tight and that was the only stand with it in stock. She wasn't going to blame the child for overcharging as she didn't know the cause. Perhaps his supplier was selling it too expensive. Perhaps it was a rare item in this city. Perhaps his family was in a pinch and he needed the money urgently. Or he could just be an ambitious jerk, but that's a dull theory.
Time to rely on the parsley.
"D-do you accept trades?"
"It depends." He scratched inside his ear with his finger. "What you've got, brat?"
Kaya rummaged in her backpack, trying to look as anxious as she could. This plan usually worked better with Zeno as a backup, so hopefully it would be fine anyway. After a minute of moving things around, she took out a satchel with a disappointed face.
"This is the most valuable thing I have on me," she murmured while she opened the satchel, and waited in silence.
"That's fucking parsley. That amount's only like 50 bucks. No deal."
"I-It's not regular parsley, sir!" she cried. "It's Tenchouan parsley!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? Never heard of it."
"It's a variety from Kai Empire, mister. You've really never heard of it? It's really famous."
"I know where Tenchou is, like everyone in Awa. It stlll looks like our parsley, though."
"Look at the leaves; the green color is lighter and they're more star-shaped."
The salesman glared at the plant.
"Okay, it looks kinda different and it even smells stronger. So what? Why do you think that makes it as valuable as valerian?"
"You see," Kaya smiled again, since she loved explaining obscure facts about flora, "Tenchouan parsley is not only appreciated for its shape, but also for its properties. It's great for cleaning your kidneys and regulating your digestion." That part was true. "Koukan parsley is also a bit good for that, but this variety is superior and highly sought by educated healers. It's rarely imported to our country so we don't know all its virtues. Royal chefs have used it for banquets in Hiryuu Castle. Some say brewing it for tea is an aphrodisiac as strong as oysters, but I don't know what that last part means?"
"That's a very detailed answer."
"That's what the peddler who sold it to us said." She bit her lip. "Sir, please! I really need the valerian."
"Hold on here, kid. Hey, Re-jil! Come over a sec."
"What?" A bearded man in his thirties from the back of the stand approached them. Kaya crossed her fingers. This guy would either help or hinder further.
"Have you heard of Tenchouan parsley?" The salesman showed him a branch.
"Yeah, man! My gramps told me about it. It's super rare and supposed to be much better than parsley."
"Is this it?"
"I've never seen it myself but I think so?"
The salesman brought Re-jil aside and they whispered some words. From the older man's expressions, she imagined he had been informed about more rumors. It seems Zeno and her must have talked to this grandfather at some point. She waited, trying to keep a concerned face.
"Well, alright. Guess we can do a deal." Kaya kept her expression while fresh blossomed branches were being packaged, not showing any relief. After all, she always felt slightly bad whenever she traded 'Tenchouan parsley' with people.
"Kaya," she heard behind her. A warm hand was over her shoulder, and she turned around to see Zeno. He held a little paper bag. "What's wrong?"
"Z-Zenooooo. I'm so sorry, I had to trade the parsley for valerian."
"The Tenchouan parsley?!" Zeno's sweet smile disappeared. "But we needed that!"
"I know, I know." Kaya covered from her eyes to her mouth with her hands. "But granny had those pains again. We ran out of medicine!"
She heard Zeno take a deep breath. Then a bang against wood.
"Listen, mister. That thing has way more worth than what you gave my fiancée. It's at least two packages of valerian, maybe three."
"Not my problem anymore. The deal is done, brat. No refunds or changes."
"I'm going to come back and buy it again from you."
"It'll be a thousand rin then."
"W-what?" She heard a pause, and then a whine. "Fine, I'll come back when I get paid on Friday. Let's go, Kaya. Don't cry, okay? Grandma's waiting."
She let out some sobs as Zeno pushed her gently far from the stand. She uncovered once Zeno let her go. He was chuckling.
"Thousand rin for regular parsley with different leaves! And the funny part is that a gullible rich guy will probably pay that much."
"I was hoping to do the trick for senjusou, but it doesn't seem that any shop carries it anymore." Kaya put the valerian inside her bag and started walking along her husband. The sea breeze brushing her dark hair felt refreshing. "Odd, huh? This is Awa."
"Well, it is hard to get in the wild. I imagine any plantation is now under control of the corrupt lord or greedier merchants than this guy. Want some chestnuts? Got them for free!"
"Nah, I'm good. Hey, Zeno! Is it okay if I go to the cape to gather some senjusou while you watch over them?"
"The one with that awful cliff?" Zeno tilted his head as he took a roasted chestnut from his bag. "I'd normally be okay with that, but this time I have to ask you not to. Last time it took me a month to find you again."
"It was two weeks, silly husband. And I was only in the water for one day at most."
"Still, I can't comb the beach and the sea for you this time. The Miss and the others might leave any time soon."
"You're the last dragon, though. They'll come to you."
"Not while I'm hiding like Ryokuryuu." Zeno munched. Kaya wondered what else the poor princess had to do to win Zeno's approval, but he was right: he had to remain close and she could get the herbs in another place and another time. He swallowed and lowered his voice. "Besides, this town makes me uneasy. You should remain next to me, just in case."
"Uneasy? It looks like any port city to me."
"You haven't noticed?"
"Notice what?" Kaya shrugged.
"Oh well. Just don't wander off alone, okay?"
Since Zeno had a good nose for danger and darkness, Kaya decided to trust him. She grabbed his arm and cuddled against him, to his delight. It was better to spend this precious time together until it was the moment to serve Yona after all. She had no doubt it would happen soon despite his indecision.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a high-pitched sound in front of them.
"Pukyuu!"
They both looked around and then below, blinking several times. It was a squirrel, and not any squirrel.
"It's Seiryuu's friend!" Zeno said. He smiled wide and crouched down.
"It must be lost. Oh gosh, it's cuter from up close! Super cute!"
"Hey there! Want some chestnuts?"
Zeno offered one and the animal immediately took it. They watched, mesmerized by the puffy full cheeks and the tiny teeth biting. Once she devoured it, the squirrel jumped and climbed  up his arm, reaching for the rest.
"How cheeky," he grinned. The squirrel had managed to jump inside the bag, only her legs and tail sticking out.
"How clever!" Kaya cooed and petted the furry back. "Not scared of humans at all."
"Yeah, this little miss is so frien— Ah!" Zeno froze, his eyes reacting. Then without a warning, he pushed the bag, rodent included, into Kaya's hands as he trotted away to other stands. So much for staying close in a dangerous town!
Before she went to him, she glanced at the opposite direction. A figure taller than her was looking around with a fretted expression. Or so she thought, since a white fur and a mask covered most of his head. Seiryuu.
"Your ride is here," Kaya whispered to the squirrel. She walked to the boy and touched his shoulder. "Excuse me. Are you looking for this?" She held the bag up. The squirrel's head popped out, cheerful.
"Ao!"
The squirrel jumped up to his shoulder, piece of chestnut between her incisors. The young man's muscles relaxed. He mumbled an attempt of apology and took a bow toward Kaya.
"It's alright! I love animals and she's cute, so I don't mind."
The boy —recently named Shin-ah, Kaya remembered— nodded and turned around. He had taken two steps away when she reacted.
"Oh! Wait!"
Shin-ah stopped and came back. What now? She had called him out of a whim, really wanting to talk to him. They had been walking behind those children for so long! Kaya had other things to do so she wouldn't go to the group when the time would come. Zeno already knew about her decision and had reluctantly accepted the temporary separation. This moment with Seiryuu was her only chance to interact with either of them for a while.
But she was a stranger and he was too shy. Just striking a conversation... she had to be careful not to blow their cover. She smiled kindly, with genuine joy.
"You don't seem to be from around here. Is this your first time in a big marketplace?"
He nodded.
"I remember my first time! Everything was new and exciting, and the crowd was kinda overwhelming, but it was a special memory. Just like the sunshine making the sea sparkly." He just stared while she spoke. Kaya blushed, knowing there were piercing eyes behind. "Someone was really nice and bought me a present back then. So here, you should have something for free to remember today!"
She took his hand and put the bag between his fingers. His mouth opened in surprise. He didn't smile and Kaya couldn't see the look on his face, but she could sense the rising happiness regardless. It took him a couple of seconds to speak again.
"...Thank you." He held the gift with his two hands, like a treasure.
"No problem!" Kaya beamed. The salty breeze shuffled her short hair. "Share them with your friend and your family, okay?"
Shin-ah nodded furiously and bowed once more before running off. She waved goodbye, although not sure if he could see her. When she turned back again, Zeno was standing next to her, flushed cheeks and palm over the left side of his chest.
"Zeno just had a heart attack," he chirped with a childish tone.
"From the shock of him getting so close?"
"Noooo, from the cuuuuuuteness!" He gripped his robes inside a fist, as if he was hurting.
"He was really cute, yeah!"
"You both were really cute!" he corrected and raised his arms. "Cute!"
"Cute, cute!" she followed.
"Although he was just as cute when I first saw him," he said. "I'm glad."
Kaya hadn't gone with him to that trip sixteen years ago, but she had heard his recollections on the three little dragons constantly. She hadn't thought about that story when she gave him the chestnuts, but perhaps her subconscious had acted out. In any case, she was pleased with her gut feeling.
"Alright then!" Zeno grabbed Kaya's hand. "Seiryuu has met with the others now. Let's move on carefully before we miss them."
"Let's!"
In the end, she was glad she wasn't gathering expensive medicinal herbs by the cliffs. There were other places to buy senjusou, in other cities. But she had made a happy memory for a lonely boy who was already family, and she was thankful for the opportunity.
She heard the seagulls' cries from afar. She was certain Zeno would make a great big brother one day. And hopefully in the future, she could be that kid's big sister as well.
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Hello, book-dragons! My constantly stressed state is very excited to tell you about all the things I’m looking forward to in the near and upcoming future! From books, movies, music, anime and manga and whatever strikes my fancy. So without further ado let’s begin with the movies I’m looking forward to…
Movies/TV Shows
Thor: Ragnarok – It’s coming out soon but exams are coming up and I have an essay due! NOOOOooooooooooooooooo
Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda – or should I say ‘Love, Simon’ . Amazing title, amazing and now I need a trailer. ooor just the whole movie….. please?
Ferdinand – Ferdinand is an adorkable bull.
WONDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – ‘nuff said
Voltron: Legendary Defenders Season 5 – Season 4 just came out, I binge-watched it in a day, my feelings and emotions got wrecked and now I NEED SEASON 5!!!!!
Anime & Manga
Feast your eyes on the amazing animation of Violet Evergarden It is an upcoming animation project from Kyoto Animation and if that stellar and top notch animation doesn’t convince you that A) it’s going to be visually stunning and B) amazing overall, I don’t know what will.
Volume 5 of Behind the Scenes!!! – I still need Volume 4 though but don’t you fret I’ll have it in my hands very, very soon *evil laughter*
Volume 4 of The Seven Princes in the Thousand Year Labyrinth – This series is literally just so beautifully drawn, filled with beautiful characters and a touch of crazy, murder and suspense
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc – I loved Cardcaptor Sakura and now there is not only a new ARC but new cards and everything. SIGN ME UP!!!!
Books
We’ve reached the part that you are probably here for: books. Here are the upcoming releases that I am really, really, REALLY looking forward to:
Dark in Death – It’s Lieutenant Eve Dallas and another crime. Of course I’m looking forward to this…
Whichwood – Admittedly the cover is beautiful and makes me want to read it but the premise is also very promising.
Fracture Me (also Shatter Me #5 & #6) – OK probably shouldn’t be to hyped about this because that may lead to disappointment but I DON’T CARE! Reread this series recently and just remembered why I loved it. Needs no further explanation, me thinks…
Long Way Down – I was scrolling through the upcoming releases on Goodreads and came across this one. It is not something that I would pick up normally however it sounds like something that will make me think and mess up my emotions. What more could you want in a book?
Year One – an end of the world type of series which is very, very different to Nora Robert’s previous trilogies so I am very excited!
Saga Vol 1 & 2– This is actually not an upcoming release but I borrowed it recently and it is coming. I’ve seen it around and I recently just got back into graphic novels so I thought I would give it a try! (Actually, I think by the time this post is up I may have already read these…. But I’ll put it in any way)
 Shout about the things you’re looking forward to in the comments!
Looking Forward To Hello, book-dragons! My constantly stressed state is very excited to tell you about all the things I’m looking forward to in the near and upcoming future!
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Classicaloid 13 | Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga 1 | Masamune-kun’s Revenge 1 | Erased 2 - 5
My streaming site says this show is a reverse harem, and I laugh at it every time I see it.
Trout…? *LOLs, but…*
Well, that’s a piece of transformative fiction I wouldn’t like to write. (In case you don’t know it by my love of magical girls, I love transformations.)
“That bum. Is he planning to eat me?” – Never has a line about a man transformed into a fish made me laugh so hard…probably because I’ve seen a work where a woman gets transformed into an eel, but I’ve never seen man to fish fiction before…
How did fish!Schu get into the washing machine? They’ll probably answer that question anyway, but I wanted to ask it before I found out the answer. Update: They didn’t, but it’s pretty safe to assume he got there the same way fish!Schu got around to other bodies of water.
Of course they’d have a sign saying “Watch out for fire”, knowing Beethes.
Off model fish. Never though I’d complain about a fish’s eyes in animation. Also, isn’t it goldfish with limited mental capacity?
Salmo trutta is at least correct.
Never have I laughed so hard at an animated fish…
Eh? I never questioned what Schu would call Sousuke, but there you go. Also, Sousuke doesn’t know English.
Aw no. I see the clincher coming. Poor Schu.
Pencil frame? In the fish episode? Okay, who had enough budget for that? (incredulous)
I didn’t know that fish gyoza existed until now. I guess I should’ve known.
Hey wait a second. Black bass. Bass are a type of guitar. I see what you did there, Classicaloid staff and Fujita-kantoku. *nods approvingly*
*looks into the “predatory” part of bass* Oops. “Know that you can feed trout to selected sizes of bass.”
Meuniere is the only one I had to check up.
Why is Liszt only scolding the Piece of Junk (Sousuke)? I know she’s done it every other episode but she really has it out for him, doesn’t she?
What the-Okay, you know you’re on to some crazy antics when you have anthropomorphic fish. *still laughs crazily*
Wait, so Liszt is a lionfish. Guess I should’ve known.
Motz is a flying fish. Less predictable, but eh.
Cho-chan is an eel, specifically one found in volcanic vents at the bottom of the sea.
Holy fish, Batman! We found Nemo…er, Kanae.
Okay, I take some of my enjoyment of this ep back, thanks to you Beethes.
Sousuke is a sea snail. LOL.
I like limpets too, but pond snail…? Never heard of it. Sorry for my inaccuracy.
Japanese mystery snail? Now that’s mysterious. Aside from that, I’d never heard of an eel that lived in ponds…LOL, so my knowledge is adapted to sea life but not ponds. Okay then, I learnt something about myself today.
Thank you for your censor head, Beethes. Thank you so very much.
That’s kinda cute. Not only are there bubbles, but there’s the anthropomorphic fish versions of the group popping up (I presume in time to the music), with Sousuke and Kanae covering for Bach/Bada/Tchaiko.
(Masamune-kun’s Revenge 1)
There’s a passing resemblance to One Wish They Never Wanted to this show, so since this anime must’ve come before it, I’m here to compare.
I’m with the girl at 0:31 (Masamune’s sister).
His mum?!
I think the pun is that “Moleo” is also read “Shigeo”, but the middle character is “hair”…so there you have it. *makes Not Bad face but is otherwise not quite convinced by this show*
Wa-wa-wait! Standard practice is that you don’t use your OP in the first ep, isn’t it? You use the ED, but not the OP, and debut the OP and ED in their proper spots in ep 2. This is blasphemy!
OP title: Wagamama means “selfish”, so I think the OP title suits the show well.
Nope, not even hot guys can get away with drooling...not to me, no.
Shuri is best girl in this show.
What is with servant girl’s eyebrows? I swear, if they had another girl in that posse of Aki’s, we’d have a Mean Girls AU on our hands!
Adagaki Aki is the only name I’ll remember once I get out of here, I bet. Only a few times reading synopses of this show, and I already remembered it. I bet I won’t even remember the “Makabe” part of Masamune’s name.
Masamune needs a sign saying “Caution: Do Not Pass By. Dramatic Stare in Progress” or something.
Okay, I need that Mean Girls AU now.
Cat donut. I want one.
Well, if a girl looks around like that so many times, y’think she wouldn’t be hiding something?!
Basically, you turned your protagonist into a male version of a mean girl to upstage a mean girl?...Nice try, but no dice. It’s kinda cliched.
Hypoglycemia? Hmm. It’s not always associated with diabetes, but I tend to associate the two. Speaking of stomachs rumbling, I once sat a test with my stomach basically playing a symphony for the last half…yeah, not gonna think about it.
Then how did Masamune get a photo with Aki?
Oh. It’s nice that he’s keeping Tanabe-kun’s secret. (still not wholly convinced)
Okay: verdict time – it looks pretty, but that Kirito face ain’t doing it for me and neither are Yoshino’s eyebrows. The jokes tend to miss and I’ve got a potential plot hole on my hands. Overall…I could probably handle one more episode of it, and that’s what I’ll take for the sake of its potential.
…*sees “Elemetal World”* Okay, add “a lot of cliches” to the list too.
(Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga 1)
Hey, Blue Exorcist. Haven’t seen this since I marathoned the ending 5 episodes or so a few years back. I was wondering how they’d handle the anime-only ending, but they’ve just cut it off like nothing ever happened. It seems a situation much like Noragami, only Noragami’s anime-only ending is much better (IMHO, but YMMV).
…and yes, I’ve read enough of the manga to know this is called the “Impure King Part”, but I’m using the AnimeLab name for convenience. Also, what is up with the complicated kanji? It says “episode 1”, sure, but I didn’t know such complicated kanji existed for “Small Beginnings”. Update: Kyoto Impure King Arc. That’s a better way to explain it.
“Satoru”…haha. (At the time of typing, I was rewatching Erased. LOL)
Considering the name “Saburota” suggests he’s one of at least 3 children, that makes sense.
Celesta (from one of my stories “Next to Me”) is a Shura-type character. I should really take some cues from this Shura for Celesta going forward.
It feels weird seeing the Kyoto trio shrug off Rin’s friendliness now. Must be because I’ve been through this part of the woods once before. Plus did you see they’re on the Nozomi shinkansen? (It’s kinda like this MTR (city express MTR, Hong Kong) or a plane or something…) Someone bothered to translate the ticker to English, even.
Unwilling, LOL.
(Erased ep 2)
It was from this ep that I learnt the Japanese word for “palm (of the hand)”.
Apparently Re:Re got resurrected for Erased? Or am I wrong about this? Update: Yeah, I was wrong.
Mask Man I assme is Kamen Rider or Ultraman, but I dunno what Black is.
The type of backpack Satoru’s got is a randoseru and he had a recorder with it. There’s a manga out there called “Recorder and Randoseru”, IIRC.
Hanba-gu aren’t actually hamburgers. They’re hamburger patties, or to get technical, Hamburg patties.
Since I still haven’t been too badly damaged by a person’s death so far (but eventually I know I will), there’s an undercurrent of melancholy running through this show for me…
How does Erased get away with all these trademarks? Were they in the source material? Plus, I’ve never hear the term “chew the fat” until now. Huh.
The word “hope” is on the back wall lots and lots of times (presumably kids’ calligraphy work), if you didn’t know.
So. The kanji for “palm (of the hand)” that is there during the titlecard is read tenohira. Kinda long, but it’s an advanced kanji. I probably shouldn’t know it as it’s quite the advanced kanji, but hey, I get curious about these sorts of things…
I never understand why there’s occasionally urinal scenes in media. Is it to promote a sense of camaraderie in guys? *shrugs*
McGregor gloves are apparently the ones with all the fingers…? Not sure. Google-sensei wasn’t very definite on it.
I think Satoru goes “youkai” because he suspected his mum of being one there for a second.
The pink on the ground and the yellow of the house…it’s like a colour palette. Only, Kayo will go to danger and Satoru will go home to his house, that isn’t truly his house anymore.
By the way, I’ve liked both Sayuri songs that have been used for anime so far, even if they’re both EDS. When I heard Sayuri was doing the ED for Erased, I liked it even more. (Even still, I only use the name Erased out of convenience. I much prefer the name Boku Dake ga Inai Machi otherwise.)
(ep 3)
This Hamada…I only just finished watching Yuri!!! on Ice a few days back (as of time of typing), and now Hamada reminds me of Yurio.
Yuuki – he reminds me of my dad. My dad has a stuttering problem which makes him sound nervous on occasion. Come to think of it, I was thinking of unique ways to study at one point (I can get bored pretty easily though not to ADHD standards), and as a result made a “biology helper” (visual novel). I made the visual novel around a character who I called Satoru, based on what I learnt about the name for Erased. (Note: Satoru can mean “to perceive” or “to understand”.)
Speaking of visual novels, I think there should be a visual novel for this. An official one that stays faithful to the manga.
Not sure I’ve noticed it until now, but Yuuki has freckles…he looks like Renzou Shima (Blue Exorcist) to me for some reason…
The word for “birthmark” can also mean “bruise”.
Satou is different to Satoru, even if the names are one letter difference.
The bins said “5 – 4” in one shot and “5 の 4” in another. They mean the same thing though.
Is Satoru x Kayo technically a ship? Or not? I’d go “ick!” if Satoru still counted as being his normal age in this timeline, for ships’ sake.
(ep 4)
How can you tease a child about girlfriends when he’s barely old enough to fall in love? (Physically, that is.)
Liveman? Falcon? Okay, who decided on this background chatter?!
Okay…revelation time, before we go forward. Showa Genroku is criminally underrated by the masses, but good enough for an s2. Erased seems to have been more of a public praise while SGRS got it on the critics’ side, and while I consider myself to be more casual than critic, I side with the critics on this. (By the way, I tend to root for the underdog series and also have a critic’s sensibility for series, if you haven’t caught on to that yet. I’m a bit of a paradox in that sense.)
What happened to Satoru’s dad?
At least the “You’re pretty” went down like you’d expect kids to handle it…haha.
Welp, at least the sentence with “pole” (as in “North Pole”) did actually have the kanji for “pole” in it. If this were an English lesson though, the kid would’ve gotten an X. (Remember, O is the way to say “correct” on schoolwork in Japan.)
Uh…using my standard conversion, 5000 yen = $50. That’s a lot of sandwiches…
(ep 5)
Back to griping about CGI cars for me…
The Last Supper? Surely, the only meaning for that being there must be a symbolic one.
The manager is basically playing the role of Satoru here…awkwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard.
Cafeteria? The kanji means that, but wouldn’t it be better to call it a “restaurant”?
ONE PUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNCH! Hahaha.
“Majin” can mean “demon god” with the right kanji.
The pencil frames make for a good contrast.
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