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HEY CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR ECLIPSE KINGDOM AU PUH-LEASE

HELL YEAH I CAN!!! ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO THIS!

BE PREPARED this ended up way, way way longer than I initially intended but yeah it’s 10 whole pages and 5k+ words of PURE SORIKU so I hope you like itttt

Anyway

Okay so we have the Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness, housing the princes Sora and Riku, respectively. In their Palaces of Dawn and Dusk they’re basically learning how to become kings and rule over their kingdoms in the future, all that jazz. Being royalty directly connected to the light and the darkness they both have special abilities, and can sort of control the light/dark. Sora obviously has better control during the day, and Riku during the night. They gather power from the sun and the moon, which also lead them to be called the Solar and Lunar princes!

The Palace of Dusk and the Palace of Dawn are about within an hour’s journey from each other on foot. If you stand in one of the palaces you can see the other palace within eyeshot out the window on the horizon. So basically they’re pretty close to each other, as they’re supposed to be–both of them come together and rest on the edge of twilight, linking the world together with both light and darkness. Due to this Sora and Riku practically grew up together. They’re not friends, not really, more like casual acquaintances. The reason for this is that even though they are linked together, they’re discouraged from associating with people from the other kingdom. Riku’s father in particular is super strict and highly dislikes it when Riku mingles with people from the Kingdom of Light, and tries to keep him secluded on their own side of the border. Sora’s parents, being more lenient, don’t really care whether Sora associates himself with people from the Kingdom of Darkness, instead they just warn him that those people are prone to falling into darkness and doing bad things (which is a mistake and a very awful stereotype that unfortunately Sora believes in from a young age, along with the goading of several of the palace employees). Of course Sora and Riku run into each other during events that their respective kingdoms hold, like balls and festivals, but they sorta rub each other the wrong way. When they were younger they got along better but were quickly discouraged from seeing each other due to their parents’ influence.

And the rest is under the cut to save you from endless scrolling :’)

The Kingdom of Light and the Kingdom of Darkness are balanced precariously with each other, and there have indeed been wars in the past, leading to the corruption of both light and darkness and therefore the collapse of both Kingdoms and the world itself, so it’s not very wise;; Thusly the two princes are told not to associate with each other in fear that they’ll develop a negative relationship and start a war in the future. Yikes. So yeah the entire history of both kingdoms have sort of been like this. A…tense friendship that is maintained by holding events and diplomatic meetings, all that boring stuff.

Of course, all of this changes :3c

It starts out with Riku’s rebellious teenage phase, duh. He wanders out farther from the palace grounds every day, wanting to know more of the territory of his kingdom, and also have sparring practice and places to study outside of the palace. Eventually he starts wondering closer to Sora’s territory, leading to them interacting more often. Sora is very wary of Riku at first, and Riku disregards his father’s complaints about talking to Sora. At this point Riku’s being influenced by his father so he…sorta acts like a major asshole, you know, how he is in KH 1–arrogant, rude, and mercilessly teasing. So naturally Sora becomes very annoyed with him, and Riku comes to enjoy teasing him on an almost daily basis. No matter how far Sora strays from the previous day’s area he somehow manages to run into Riku anyway (because they’re drawn to each other hrrk). They fight sometimes, just sparring matches that start out as a competition and eventually evolve into something more fun, and they start to become less like acquaintances and more like friends. It’s at this point in time that Riku starts developing feelings for Sora, unbeknownst to both of them, and Sora’s sort of become used to Riku’s prickly attitude lol.

Over time, as the pressure upon Riku grows more and more, he starts getting more stressed, and Sora notices. They fight more often, Riku taking out his stress on Sora, who gets upset. After not seeing Sora for a week or two (due to Sora deliberately avoiding him–and Sora can SEE him at the border from the window in his room), Riku finally realizes that holy shit he’s in love with Sora. And he MISSES him. A lot. It’s this realization that brings him to his senses–he works harder with studying and going through all of the proper training to become a king, and even his father is impressed.

Soon enough he does meet with Sora again, and apologizes. Sora immediately notices that something is different about Riku, from the way he doesn’t tease him as harshly and just the way he LOOKS at him, like Sora’s the most magnificent creature he’s ever laid eyes on. Riku treats him more kindly and softly, and Sora honestly can’t say he minds it, wondering if he’s finally cracked Riku’s outer shell to show the real softie he is on the inside lol

The days continue like this, with them meeting, and during this time Kairi comes to visit! She’s Sora’s childhood friend and she has a big thing for him, meaning competition for Riku. She notices how much Sora has changed since the last time she’s seen him, and wonders what’s going on. Sora doesn’t really mention his meetings with Riku, still feeling that unease and guilt with associating with someone from the Kingdom of Darkness–and their prince, no less!

Riku starts suggesting they meet up elsewhere, since doing it at the border is too open and they could be spied on. Riku takes Sora to a secret place near the border–there’s a huge cliff with beautiful flowers and trees and you can see the sunset and the sky so nicely from there, and the ocean that just stretches on for miles and miles. It becomes a very special place to them, with a lot of meaning, and soon enough Riku cracks and spills his feelings for Sora. Sora is beyond shocked and isn’t sure what to think…he believes he might like Riku but he isn’t entirely sure? Riku tells him it’s fine if he doesn’t feel the same way, he just wanted to tell him.

The next night Sora goes to the secret place and Riku is surprised to see him there, thinking that he wouldn’t come back after his sudden confession. Sora says that Riku’s his best friend no matter what happens between them, and admits that he might have feelings for Riku too. Riku is super jazzed about that and kisses Sora :’) And Sora’s sitting there like “Okay yup I’m sure now without a shadow of doubt that I’m in love with Riku” like that kiss just sealed the deal. And so they start having these secret rendezvous every night, meeting in their secret place while avoiding the watching eyes of their retainers (Sora’s are Axel, Zexion and Demyx, and Riku’s are Larxene, Marluxia and Vexen). Kairi starts to notice Sora’s withdrawal from her and how he spends more time daydreaming and sneaking off than hanging out with her. She’s disappointed and worried because it’s almost Sora’s 18th birthday, which means he has to start looking for a bride, and she’s really kinda hoping he’ll propose to her? Since it seemed like he had a thing for her (he did, briefly, and then Riku happened whoops). Sora starts to fall behind in his studies, moreso than usual, because he keeps meeting Riku in secret (I’m sorry I’m such a SUCKER for that forbidden love rendezvous trope hhhfh), and eventually everyone in the castle is keeping an eye on him. Riku, on the other hand, has always been skilled at juggling different things, and while he’s more tired than usual he keeps up with his duties just fine. Sooner or later Sora sorta slips up about Riku to Kairi, and he hurriedly tells her to keep it secret. She doesn’t know anything about their deeper relationship, just that they’re friends, but she starts becoming suspicious about the true nature of their meetings.

The Palace of Dusk announces their yearly ball, and so both princes are swept up in preparations for it. Riku and Sora have to stop meeting for a while, since Riku is far too busy to sneak away, and promises he’ll see Sora at the ball. Sora has to practice dancing with Kairi, who asks him about what’s been going on with him, and he brushes her off. Kairi gets upset and Sora apologizes, saying that there’s a lot on his mind.

And then!! The night of the ball arrives!

Sora and Kairi arrive together and everyone immediately starts talking about them as if they’re wed, and Sora gets uncomfortable. He looks around for Riku, since it’s been a couple weeks since they’ve met in person, and Kairi picks up on the latest gossip. Sora runs back into Kairi and asks if she’s heard anything about where Riku is, and Kairi tells him that he’s about to enter and introduce his guest of honor. Sora’s like huh what and Kairi is shocked, like didn’t you hear, Sora? Riku got engaged to a girl named Namine and he’s formally introducing her tonight!

And in that moment, everything falls apart for Sora. He FLIPS OUT and starts bombarding Kairi with questions, Kairi’s like “Didn’t he tell you?” and Sora’s like “No, no he didn’t tell me anything!” And he’s about to cry because it can’t be true, right? Riku said he loved him, not some random girl. That sense of betrayal makes him look like he’s gonna pass out, and finally, Riku shows up with Namine in tow. She’s super pretty and Kairi comments on this several times lol. Riku takes a moment to announce that yes, Namine is his fiancee and they’re going to get married next summer. Sora can’t hear anymore of that and leaves, absolutely devastated. Riku sees him go and immediately chases after–but Kairi notices…

Riku finds Sora in the black rose garden, hiding in some bushes and crying his eyes out. Riku approaches him and Sora gets super pissed and starts hitting him, saying things like I trusted you and how could you do this did you think it was fun to play with my emotions like that and I never want to see you again. Riku has to get him to calm down before explaining that he HAD to announce that, since it’s an arranged marriage his father set up. Riku tells him that he’d never willingly marry somebody else if it wasn’t Sora, and that he’d do anything to break it off with Namine and be with Sora instead, because he doesn’t love Namine, “Do you really think I’d ever leave you for someone else? Moron.” Sora starts crying out of pure relief and Riku kisses him to soothe him further, promising that he he only loves Sora and wants to always be with him.

Unfortunately for the two of them, Kairi had followed Riku out into the garden and witnessed the entire thing…oops!

Kairi admits that she suspected they were together all along. Riku stands in front of Sora, protecting him, and announces that he’ll never give Sora up, not even to her, and that he’ll do anything to make sure she doesn’t get in the way (because Sora’s told him about her before and Riku’s always kinda feared that Sora would leave him for Kairi instead, so there’s a lot of jealousy there). Kairi accepts this and announces she’s leaving. Sora apologizes and Kairi says it’s fine, just that she’ll need time to recover from a broken heart and that she’ll support him and Riku, no matter what, since she’s seen how much they really love each other.

After Kairi leaves Riku admits he has to go back into the ballroom since he left Namine waiting. Sora gets upset and Riku says that while he doesn’t want to marry her he does have a duty to her and she’s a kind person, and she doesn’t deserve to get ditched at a ball that’s practically dedicated to her. Sora asks Riku to meet him at their secret place and Riku agrees. He goes back inside and makes up an excuse as to how he’s feeling ill and is retiring early. Namine agrees and he escorts her to bed before escaping the castle to see Sora.

Riku meets up with Sora and Sora asks him for a dance, since they obviously couldn’t dance together at the ball. As they dance Sora asks Riku what he’s going to do, he’s not really going to let himself be married to Namine right? Riku says he’ll do everything in his power not to be, but he doesn’t really have a choice. Understandably Sora gets upset and is like, “Do you not want to fight for me at all?” And Riku gets upset too and tells Sora it’s difficult, especially since his dad is coordinating and greenlighting the marriage, and that his father isn’t the same person he used to be since Riku’s mother died. Breaking off the marriage will definitely NOT go well and may just make the whole thing worse, so Riku says he’s going to think of a different way to get out of it. This is enough for Sora and then they spend the rest of the evening together.

The next few months fly by; Kairi’s returned home for the time being, needing some time to herself after being rejected, the wedding plans come on full force and Riku and Sora continue to meet in secret. Kairi comes back eventually, wanting to reconcile with Sora and explain her feelings properly. Everything seems okay as it can be until Riku comes to the meeting place late one night, looking super pale, and tells Sora that his father has pushed the wedding date forward, so that it’s going to take place in a couple weeks instead of a couple months. Sora freaks out, saying “You can’t get married to her, Riku!” and Riku’s like I know, I know. Then, a brilliant idea hits him—

“Let’s run away.”

Sora’s like what and Riku’s like yeah just think about it, we can escape from everything, from our duties, our parents, my stupid marriage, and we can be together without having to sneak around like this. Riku asks Sora to come with him and Sora hesitates, thinking about his family and Kairi, and Riku gets angry. “Do they really mean more to you than I do?” And Sora’s like no of course not but I have a duty to my kingdom, to protect and provide, and I can’t just leave my parents and Kairi like that and blah blah blah. Riku gets more upset and says he doesn’t have a choice in the matter like Sora does, and that he’ll leave with or without Sora, because no matter what he’s not getting married to a person he doesn’t love (showing the real dedication he has to Sora). This in turn makes Sora upset and they fight about it ;m;

Over the next few days Sora agonizes about leaving, while his tutors and parents crack down on him about his poor work ethic and how he’s fallen so far behind. Kairi tries to lend her support, since Sora told her what’s going on (not about running away but about the wedding date). Sora lashes out at her, saying that she wants Riku to get married to Namine so she can have Sora all to herself. Kairi gets MEGA PISSED and tells Sora if that’s how he thinks, then maybe he doesn’t know her at all and their friendship is built on a lie. All around him are negative things and when it gets to the point where he can’t walk around without someone monitoring him and making sure he’s getting his work done he decides yeah, screw this Riku’s worth running from everything I’ve ever known. He goes to their secret place and is shocked to see Riku there, who says he comes here even when Sora isn’t able to, because it calms him. Sora tells Riku that yes, he does want to run away, and Riku’s like omg good great that’s amazing I love you let’s leave tonight! Sora’s surprised by the abruptness of their departure and Riku says he already has everything ready to go–his mind’s been made up from the start. Sora gets defensive and is like “So you were just planning on going just like that?” And Riku tells him he was going to say goodbye and offer Sora to join him either way, but now he doesn’t have to since Sora came to him first :’) Riku’s like “Let’s go!” and Sora feels bad for not saying goodbye, not that he really could anyway, and the two of them set off.

They try to get as far as possible before crashing for the night, knowing it won’t be too long before they’re found missing and are followed. The next morning Riku buys them cheaper clothing since they. Have palace clothing on and it’s easy to tell they’re from a very high social standing and stick out like a sore thumb. And then their journey begins! They’re not really sure where they’re headed, just somewhere far away.

Meanwhile the palace inhabitants have noticed that their princes have gone missing. Sora’s parents send out Axel to search for Sora, and Kairi decides to join them. Even though she’s still angry at Sora for his comment and that he ran away, she understands what he’s going through. Riku’s father is absolutely furious at his son for running off right before his wedding, but he can’t spare any of his workers to search for Riku, since they’re all too busy rearranging the wedding plans. Namine finds out that Axel’s been sent to search for the boys and asks if she can join the party. And so, Axel, Namine and Kairi set off in pursuit!

Over the next few weeks Sora and Riku are exposed to a lot of culture and marvel at the things they see, not being able to believe how wonderful the outside world is in comparison to their palaces. They meet and help a lot of people along the way, making an impact wherever they go, and this is how Axel and the others are able to track them, due to their influence. After doubling back to a town and hearing that people are looking for them, Sora and Riku realize they’re being tracked and try to come up with a plan to shake the others off their trail. Eventually they make a deal with a wyvern rider, who agrees to take them to a chain of islands in the south, back the way they came. They take the long way, skirting around the palaces, and land in the south.

Axel and the others lose Sora and Riku’s trail. Frustrated, they search for a way to track them down easier. They hear about this guy who’s famous for catching criminals and is a brilliant tracker. So, they meet up with him and tell them the situation without giving away that Riku and Sora are princes of the kingdoms. That person they meet up with? It’s Roxas! Roxas agrees to help them, being sort of a vigilante and poor, having nothing better to do. Along the road Roxas bonds a lot with Axel and develops a strange fascination for Sora after hearing about him from both Roxas and Kairi, who speak of him fondly and in a good light. Roxas wonders what Sora’s like and begins to wonder if Riku manipulated him into running away with him (not knowing that they’re in love, which only Kairi knows and Namine is beginning to suspect). Roxas plans to rescue Sora from Riku, no matter what the cost.

Sora and Riku end up on Destiny Islands. They see a tinier island in the distance (the play island) and hear that nobody ever goes there since there’s an old house that’s supposedly haunted. Riku’s like “Well I guess that’s where we’re staying” and they head over to inspect the island. Of course the house isn’t haunted, just creepy since it’s abandoned, and despite Sora’s protests Riku’s like “We’re gonna live here now.”

Over the next few weeks they work on rebuilding the house with what materials they can find and bringing over stuff from the mainland with the money Riku took from the palace. They make a home for themselves there and become closely acquainted with members from the village. Sora remarks how different it is, not having to study or have sparring matches or lessons with tutors or anything! They spend many days there, bonding and becoming closer than ever before now that they can be with each other all the time. Riku loves that he doesn’t have to sneak out to see Sora, or hide his love for Sora from anyone else. Sooner or later Sora brings up the topic of Riku’s marriage again, pointing out that they can’t hide forever. It will be awhile before anyone finds them, but they will be found eventually, and forced to go back. Riku realizes that getting out of his marriage isn’t as easy as running away. And then…

He decides to propose to Sora. Like, right there. He says that if he’s married to Sora he can’t get married to Namine. Sora teases him like “So you’re only marrying me to get out of another marriage?” And Riku’s like no it’s because I love you more than anyone else in the world and you’re the only person I ever want to be with and spend the rest of my life with, and Sora falls for it, the sap lol

Riku complains since it isn’t traditional and he doesn’t have anything to give Sora, but then he’s like WAIT WAIT I DO and he gives Sora a ring he’s worn for a long time; it’s an heirloom passed down in his kingdom for generations and it once belonged to his mother before she died. Sora starts crying out of happiness and says he doesn’t have anything as extravagant but gives Riku an earring that belonged to his grandmother. Sora says he isn’t suited for earrings, explaining why he never wore it but says it looks really good on Riku. And that’s how they get their jewelry from each other :’)

Riku plans for their wedding to be as soon as possible, and only a small affair. Sora agrees and they get caught up in pre-marital love, of course~

Thanks to Roxas’ BRILLIANT tracking skills they manage to find out where Sora and Riku have gone, now it’s just a matter of getting there. They could sail or they could fly, but either way it would take a while. Roxas’ desire to meet Sora increases, as well as his fondness for Axel and vice versa. Namine and Kairi also bond a lot, talking about their boys lol.

Two days before Riku and Sora’s wedding, they run into a strange man in town, dressed in all black. They think nothing of it until later that night, when the man shows up on their island and kidnaps Riku. Sora is absolutely devastated, unable to do anything to save Riku, who is dragged into a dark portal against his will. Right after Riku is taken away Axel and co. show up to find Sora in a heap on the sand. Kairi runs over to him and he says brokenly, “They took him. They took him, Kairi. They took Riku away.” He’s just so distraught he doesn’t even ask them how they got there or how they found him, poor baby

Sora takes everyone to his house and explains the situation, in full detail–starting off with claiming Riku and telling Namine that Riku can’t marry her, to which she responds with that she suspected that for a while and understands. Roxas is skeptical but mostly he’s just happy he finally got to meet Sora, who is a literal ray of sunshine (despite the circumstances). Sora says he’s going to find Riku, no matter how long it takes. (He also makes up with Kairi, who’s already forgiven him for what he said to her before.)

Roxas points out that the guy in the black hood might belong to an Organization he was once a part of, and bitterly recounts his experiences with them. All they want is power, so they must have found out that Riku was on the islands, was the prince, and that he had dark powers so that’s why they took him. Kairi, Namine and Axel agree to team up with Sora to find Riku, saying that their mission isn’t complete until they bring both of them home. Roxas says he’ll join them, and the others are like “Oh you don’t have to, you’ve already done enough by helping us find Sora” and Roxas is like “No, it’s the same for me, my mission won’t be complete until we find Riku too, I said I’d help you find both of them” and Sora thanks him. Roxas dies a little on the inside from that hehehe

Over the next few weeks the five of them try to gather information about the Organization and their whereabouts. Sora gets increasingly frustrated and lashes out at everyone, but they take it all in stride, knowing how much he’s worrying for Riku. Surprisingly out of all of them Roxas manages to get through to him the most, and the two of them bond a lot.

Meanwhile, Riku is being held in the Organization’s HQ, and the poor thing is just getting the shit beaten out of him ;m; The Organization’s already done a lot of bad things, like cutting his hair and absorbing the dark energy inside of him, leaving him weak. They’re trying to destroy his will so they can have his body and use it as a puppet, but Riku’s unblinding faith for Sora makes it so that he never gives in, believing that Sora will come to rescue him. But will it be in time…? The Organization reveals that their intended target was Sora, finding that the light inside of him is pure and raw, and that it holds greater power. However Riku is proving to be a worthy candidate as well, for the darkness inside of him is twisted, coming from before he met Sora. It’s been softened by Sora’s light but deep inside are his feelings from the past, which are all…bad ;m; Riku’s prepared to accept whatever they do to him, because he’s grateful he was taken instead of Sora.

Sora tells the others he’s going solo, since it’s taking too long to find Riku. The others protest but Sora’s made up his mind, telling them he’s going alone. They split up and promise to keep in touch through letters and let each other know about any info on the Organization if they can.

It’s here when Sora goes into fucking badass mode. But it’s also…quite terrifying.

While normally Sora would be merciful in interrogating people, now he’s ruthless and isn’t afraid to hurt others to find Riku. He carries around a light sword, being able to summon it with his abilities, and uses that as a weapon to intimidate people as well as to fight. This is “I ain’t taking any of your shit” Sora lol. He is gonna find his boyfriend no matter what the consequences.

I haven’t fully gotten this part thought out yet, but eventually Sora does manage to locate the Organization’s HQ, and with Axel and co.’s help they storm the building and rescue Riku. The Organization are put under arrest by the kingdom, yadda yadda yadda.

Unfortunately Riku is extremely weak and sick from being abused and malnourished for so long, and Sora knows that the only way he’ll get better is if he gets professionally treated back at the Palace of Dusk…which means they’ll have to return home. Resigned to his fate, Sora makes the trip back with everyone, while spending nights sleeping with Riku and soaking up all the time he can get. He mourns the loss of Riku’s long hair but he also likes it short haha. Both of them struggle with nightmares as they have ever since they got separated, but it’s easier now that they’re back together and can help each other cope.

Finally, after being away from home for over a year, Riku and Sora return home.

Riku is put into care at the Palace of Dusk, while Sora’s parents are overjoyed at his return. Sora eventually confesses his feelings for Riku to his mother, who is fully supportive. His dad is a little less so, because of the whole “Kingdom of Darkness are all bad people” thing, but Sora manages to convince him otherwise. His parents are like “Ohhh so that’s why you never ended up proposing to Kairi” like they expected him to lol

Also, Roxas has been invited into the Palace of Dawn, and Sora’s parents absolutely adore him. Roxas is unused to all of the attention and luxury, and finds comfort in talking with Axel about it. Roxas is invited to stay for as long as he likes and he decides to stick around, at least to see what happens with Sora and Riku’s relationship. (And boy howdy Axel is very pleased about that.)

Back at the Palace of Dusk, Riku is recovering. He has a long talk with Namine about how he can’t get married to her, and they discuss the topic of marriage and people they love. Namine agrees to dissolve the marriage, after speaking to Riku’s father.

Riku manages to meet up with Sora and tells him that his father has put the marriage back on once he fully recovers. Sora’s like “What the fuck how can he do that you were gone for a year and badly hurt?! Can’t he give you more time JFC” and Riku’s like I’m going to talk to him about breaking the engagement, “I won’t run away. Not this time”

The time finally comes to confront Riku’s father. Riku’s comforted in the fact that he doesn’t have to do it alone, since Namine comes with him. Unfortunately his father doesn’t take the idea well, and he and Riku get into a screaming match. Riku storms out while his father orders him to be confined to his room, and he angrily hisses at Namine that he won’t throw away a years’ worth of marriage plans just because his son is a (insert horrible gay slur here). Namine gets pissed that Riku’s dad called him that and slaps him before escaping to the Kingdom of Light to stay with Kairi and Sora.

Sora waits for Riku for several nights at their secret place, not that there’s any need since the whole palace knows he’s in love with Riku lol. Riku doesn’t show up and Sora realizes he’s being shut in, so he sneaks over to the Palace of Dusk and climbs in through Riku’s window lmfao

Riku is overjoyed to see Sora but tells him to leave since he’s constantly being checked up on by his retainers. Sora manages to hide from Marluxia, but when Larxene enters and starts bad mouthing Riku and Sora, Sora gets pissed and pops up from his hiding place to yell at her. Larxene finds the situation hilarious and agrees to keep the fact that Sora’s there a secret by bribing Riku pffft

The next morning she finds them in bed together and starts making fun of them, while telling Sora to hurry up and head home before he’s found. Sora is sad to leave Riku but he’s like “Your dad can’t keep you locked up in here forever” and Riku’s like “Oh trust me, he can, he’s an expert at holding grudges” so Sora tells him he’ll bring his parents over to talk about it properly.

Aaaand uh yeah that’s how far I’ve gotten with writing the AU and stuff :0 Of course there’s a lot of things further down the line, like why Riku’s dad is so adamant about Riku marrying Namine, that sorta of stuff~ Eventually Sora and Riku do get their happy ending and get married and build a palace for the both of them to live on right smack in between their territories on the border called the Palace of Twilight, Axel and Roxas get together, Namine and Kairi get together, it’s all a very gay and fun time

Whew! Thanks for sticking with me to the end, and I hope you like the AU!! Who knows what I’ll do with it, I might end up starting to write for it as soon as I finish Life Tickets, maybe? Hahaha

And hey. Come talk to me about it. Nothing would make me happier. COME SPEAK TO ME…IT’LL BE A BLAST

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Picture Us. Chapter 1- Something’s in the Air

~Hi, I’m Brantly, and I’ve been in the Shawn fandom a little bit under a year now (just made this Tumblr dedicated solely to Shawn today lol). Anyways I’m writing a fanfic about Shawn, and the next chapter will be uploaded to wattpad by Saturday. https://www.wattpad.com/story/124011450-picture-us-shawn-mendes Thats the link to my profile! Also I like people, so feel free to message me!~

It’s 10:53pm on a Sunday, and besides a few regulars, the coffee shop I work at is dead, which is a rarity seeing as though the place is open 24 hours. Any other time Carla’s Coffee would be brimming with people, but the rain hasn’t let up since noon. New York truly is the city that never sleeps. I have only been here a little over five months, but so far New York has been the distraction I needed. In this city, there is constantly something to occupy my wandering mind, so that’s why I hate slow nights like these. My thoughts begin to consume me, and my heart starts to ache for the life I left behind in Toronto: my mom and her comforting advice, for Hayden, and what could’ve been.

“Earth to Emma…” Lola’s voice brings me out of my unwanted trance. She is one of the few friends I have here. One of the only downsides about moving to New York was knowing literally no one, and not to mention the absurdly high rent. I turn to her and hum back a response. She smiles and asks, “Have you thought about that party I invited you to tomorrow night?” “Lola…I don’t know. I have an exam Tuesday morning, and I really don’t think completing it with a hangover would be in my best interest,” I laugh, “Besides, who goes to parties on a Monday night? You sound like you have a serious problem, Lola.” Pretending to be offended, she gasps, “It’s not a crime to have a little bit of fun! As far as I’m concerned, every night is Saturday night. Plus you’ve been studying for this test for a week now; you could ace it in your sleep. Pretty please, Emma!” Lola was right; I had been studying for this exam for quite some time now. When I wasn’t working here, I was either at school, or doing schoolwork. I liked to keep myself occupied at all times. I give in as I see a customer entering our store, “Fine, but I don’t get off until nine tomorrow.” “Perfect, just come to my place afterwards, and we’ll get ready together. The party starts at ten, which means it won’t really be alive until eleven,” she says as she walks away, pretending to be occupied with something else.

I make it out of Carla’s by 11:30, and begin the forty-minute journey from Soho to my shared apartment in Brooklyn alone, in the pouring rain. Usually Elijah, a coworker who lives relatively close to me, accompanies me home, but today his shift ended a few hours before mine. He offered to wait around for me, but I declined. I didn’t mind holding my own because it was a rather safe transit, as most of the time was spent on the subway and I always carry pepper spray. I also didn’t mind the transit time because work was pretty close to school, and I spent most of my days on that side of the city. I dread my apartment. The pre-war building smells of musk and mildew. When I signed the lease in January I didn’t think much about the fact that the building didn’t have AC, but now as summer approaches I deeply regret my stupidity. The air is stuffy and overbearing, and it doesn’t help that my apartment is on the fifth floor. While making the long trek up the seemingly never ending stairs, I always found myself getting sticky. However, it could be worse. I could still be in that dorm room on the same floor as Hayden’s.

I’m drenched by the time I get on the train. What good is an umbrella when the rain is coming at you in all directions? The train is almost empty besides the few scattered passengers throughout. I take a seat near the doors, and set my canvas bag in the seat next to me. I put in my headphones and take out the braid my long brown hair is in, so I can shake it out. In the middle of this process, a boy who looked around my age gets out of his seat and moves to the one directly across from mine. I can’t help but to notice how attractive he is. We briefly make eye contact, before my eyes divert elsewhere. His eyes are a warm chocolate color. Typically I’m not a fan of brown eyes, despite that being the color of my own, because I think they look mundane. But somehow, his eyes look stunning. At first I think nothing of him changing his seat, he’s probably just in a hurry to get off at the next stop. But when the train makes its next stop, he makes no effort to move. I look up at him again. This time we hold eye contact as the train pulls forward, and he cocks his head to the side and smiles. Suddenly this encounter is a bit eerie. I look away, as I’m still sure I’m just overthinking the whole situation. I watch through my peripheral as he pulls out a notebook, and begins harshly dragging his pencil across the page. This wouldn’t alarm me usually, as I have seen a lot of people doodle and journal on the train, but the fact that he routinely looks up from his book to gaze at me makes me feel odd. This goes on for the duration of my train ride.

I grab my canvas bag, take out my umbrella, and walk to the doors as the train approaches my stop. I allow my eyes to glance over to creepy boy one more time, and my heart stops as he closes his journal and stuffs it into the backpack resting by his feet. I pray that this is just a coincidence that he’s getting off at the stop after mine and is just preparing, but soon he joins me by the doors, standing a little too close for comfort. Suddenly I feel like I’m the victim who dies in the first two minutes of every SVU episode. I close my eyes and take a deep breath. This is probably his stop too, I tell myself. I live in Brooklyn, there are a lot of people who ride this train, and get off at this exact stop. He surprises me when he lets out a laugh, “Nice weather we’re having, right?” His voice is soft and smooth, which eases me. He doesn’t sound like a killer, but nevertheless I’m grateful, because I am now more likely to be able to identify him in a lineup. I look up at him, and am about to reply when the doors open, and I bolt out.

The station is only five minutes from my apartment, but I make it to the building in two. I look around for creepy boy before entering the building, but he’s nowhere to be found.

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august: week three

14: omg, summer is almost over. omg, when did summer even start? having a job just messes that up for you. lol, i’ll probably realize it’s fall when fall is almost over... anyway, it was a struggle getting up but i did and i did some hip hop cardio. then i showered and ate breakfast. my stomach hasn’t felt too good since a couple days ago and it caught up to me. i felt really full after eating my regular english muffin so i just took my time to get to work. also, there was a moderate delay on the red line so i took the train to work with kevin. i dropped off my nikes at the postal office -- i’m super excited to get a refund back (but a bit sad to let go of my nike roshe cherry blossom editions, cry) so i can get workout shoes (shoes that i will try not to wear outside).

i wore my winnie the pooh vans for the first time in forever and they were killing my feet. i tried putting my insoles in there but it made my foot hit the top of the shoe and made my toes feel extremely uncomfortable. also, my socks would show. when i finally fixed my shoes (i have decided to not hide my laces for any sneaker anymore because i rather have my shoe fit than look pretty but kill my feet), my heels were scraped raw. well, that’s a lesson learned. lol. i did some work while watching the latest episode of ‘love connection’ and found out that none of my team members were coming in today LOL. oh well. i walked over to the taco party food truck for lunch and met up with kevin and his team. i actually ended up getting gogi on the block because it’s gogi on the block and it’s delicious. the worker there asked me if i was korean lulz. i still got it ;P i let kevin have a bite of my bowl and then peaced out and ate the rest of my lunch in the office.

i did template work and then stopped by the devs’ office to give haowei his nordic treats. :P haowei told me about his trip to taiwan and china and then i gave him a bit of a tour of where our current offices are in wework. then i went back, packed up, and rushed over to the train station where kevin was waiting for me. we took the train back and then he got on a call and i continued working. we worked some more and then i made some rice and put the chicken thighs in the oven before i did my back workout. i started doing ballet back workouts (so barre) and they burn so much! then i showered while kevin cooked the veggies. we ate dinner while watching another episode of agents of shield. i think i’m hooked! haha. then kevin went to clean up and game while i hopped into bed and continued reading some of the journey mapping book dave gave me. then i decided to watch some more agents of shield (kevin already watched season 1). i watched one episode and then went back to reading. i brushed my teeth and then read another chapter before going to sleep at like 11:30 pm, lol. i feel like an old lady.

15: my body keeps wanting me to wake up at 6:30 am for some reason... but if i wake up, i won’t have enough sleep?! wut. i managed to do a hiit workout in the morning, showered, ate the last scallion roll bun T_T and then sent kevin off to work lol. i did some logistical stuff in the morning and booked my christmas flight to chicago. then i did some template work and talked to phil for a bit. i scheduled a good amount of calls for tomorrow and thursday so i’ll be busier then. it was a pretty chill day with a lot of calls. i stayed on stand up for a design call (i guess) and then also found out that our lays chips order is out of stock on amazon and it got me real heated D:< kevin is gonna handle the rest though. i also found a great deal for iceland this upcoming fall/winter! we’re gonna book our flight this week so i’m excited! the rest of the day, i worked while watching agents of shield, lol. what a day...

things got a bit crazy when jeanne messaged me and asked me to go out for dinner because she was here for work?! she didn’t get out until 6:30 pm so it was doable. i talked on the phone with my mom for a bit and then did a 30 minute weighted butt workout. then i showered and cut up everything and prepped everything for claypot chicken. kevin got back from climbing and then he showered while i put everything in the rice cooker to cook. then i washed dishes and changed and headed out. we’d be late for dinner and i was super ksjfdnskjfn about it. kevin and i rode in different train carts so i could cool down and so he wouldn’t just go back home and not come. x( we apologized to each other and then met up with jeanne and had a late dinner. lol we were ordering with our stomaches but food is good. we ate at scholars bar and lounge near jeanne’s hotel. we got drinks, ate, and caught up! it was fun talking to jeanne in person again :) we walked her back to her hotel and then we took the train back home. i ended up falling asleep on the sofa for an hour or so and then got up and brushed and went back to sleep. i think i ko’d before 12 am on the couch. lol, i can’t hang anymore.

16: i worked from home again today and it was another pretty chill day until afternoon. x_x; i watched more episodes while working and then got on stand up and led a call with a client that went ... ok. it wasn’t my best call but, it’s done and i am leading another session with them again on tuesday... i’m hoping to get them to understand the learning curve and what not. then kevin came back home early and we did some apartment things and he gamed while i watched more agents of shield lol. i had to put salonpas all over my neck and shoulders because they were super stiff when i woke up. i’m an old lady. lol. then i went to do my oblique workout, showered, and then kevin and i ate leftovers for dinner while watching more agents of shield. i continued this into the night lol. i got to the plot twist episode and i still can’t believe it. x__x; then i got ready for bed and ko’d before 12 am. it was a really chill at home day.

17: it felt weird waking up at 7 am... hmm. i was extremely tired so i decided to take it easy today. i did a low-impact workout and then showered and ate breakfast before catching the train. i felt really bloated today too D: i decided to test how long it would take for me to walk to the starbucks across the bridge because i really wanted to re-try the pineapple black tea infusion drink. i ordered it on my app and forgot to put “no ice” x( and then when i got off the train, i walked over there. it took longer than i expected and i got to the office right as dave did as well. it took me 30 minutes in total to get it and walk to the office. so i’m just gonna wait for the closer starbucks to finish renovating and go there. also, the tea infusion (aka the pina colada) tastes just as watered down as the one i had at the airport. i’m gonna stick to my pink drink. dave went over new features with me as well as talking about journey atlases and such. it helped me get more direction in what i was supposed to be doing.

just as i started to get into it, i check the ups tracking number for the nikes i am trying to return for a refund and they haven’t been scanned in yet. so i look up information online and find out that there are mixed reviews about usps handing things off to ups... some say they do it and some say they return it to the address. the thing is, the return address on the box is kevin’s old address in chicago because i ordered my nike roshes there. T__T omggg. so i walk over to the post office where i dropped them off and i ask one of the guys working there and he just tells me that it’s not there anymore and that i should call ups and see if they picked it up and forgot to update it or that it’s been shipped back to the return address. so i walk back to the office and call ups and the very nice lady told me that i should wait at least a week and see if it shows up at the return address and/or ups. if not, i should call them again and then place a lost package claim. i contacted mike about it and unfortunately, his lease is up tomorrow. my luck is the worst T___T i plan to call park evanston (i ordered it with kevin’s name and old address) in a week if nothing turns up.. sigh...

i was too frazzled to work and dave could clearly see that. i told him what happened and he informed me of a mailing loophole :O it’s so sneaky! but he told me that it was cool and i let him know that i was going to kevin’s fitbit outdoor bbq thing after all-hands. he was chill with it. then we got on all-hands and it was my first time presenting to everyone in the company x__x; so my morning had me frazzled and then i was supposed to present in the last 5 minutes of the all-hands meeting so that got me stressed af. i blew through my presentation in 2 minutes when i was supposed to take 5 L O L. i needed to breathe when presenting and/or slow down. everyone said i did a good job though. actually, after we signed off, john, steve, and cole ran into our office to congratulate me on my first time presenting something on all-hands LOL. they scared the crap out of me but i felt so loved! awww it was the best!

oh, before all-hands, i stopped by haowei’s office to get some of those taiwanese and chinese treats he got. he had this mochi jelly candy, peanut brittle, garlic pea-based chips, and seaweed / seafood cracker. i loved the mochi jelly and the chips were bomb af. thanks so much for bringing those. i really needed them because i was going without food until 1 pm after all-hands. so the guys left and then i headed out. i got off jfk/umass and waited for kevin’s slow af train. then we didn’t know what direction to go to and which location the bbq was at so we just called a lyft. we planned to get there at 1:30 pm and we got there a bit past 2:15 pm LOL. the lyft driver went around to pick us up and he also picked up other people. there was also a ton of construction in the area we were going to... i was on stand up during this ride and during a bit of the bbq... i left stand up because it went on for too long and i wanted to eat without wearing my gigantic af headset. the bbq was cold by the time we ate and it was unfulfilling... so we just ate and called another lyft and left. we said hi to matt though LOL.

we took the train home and then i felt lazy but also that i needed to get work done. we bought our tickets to iceland for the beginning of february and then kevin called norwegian to check on our flight delay compensation. i charged my fitbit and then started to work on the journey atlas. i kept running back and forth from productivity at first but then i got into my groove and completed it! kevin went off to game after doing his errands. oh, i signed up for robinhood and my free stock was fcking groupon. -__-” it’s only worth $3 and it’s declining. i hate groupon. lol. i managed to do a dance cardio workout while kevin cooked. i was feeling pretty moody~ then i showered and watch agents of shield while kevin finished up cooking. we watched more agents of shield while eating. we ate later than usual so i got prepared for bed after that. kevin went to shower and i ko’d in the bed before 12 am.

18: it was so gloomy outside ): i did a hiit workout for 20 minutes and then finished off my morning workout with cardio hip hop. then i showered and ate breakfast. kevin was fast asleep when i left for work. dave was in the office when i got there and we got to talk about the eclipse and some work related stuff. i spent the day preparing for my journey map creation walkthrough with one of our clients. i ran into all the roadblocks... it’s gonna be real hard and i need to mock it up. i walked over to faneuil hall and checked to see if uniqlo still had those chiffon skirts. they didn’t but i’m not sad about it :P i waited for kevin inside koy -- we made a lunch reservation for dine out boston there. kevin looked like he just rolled out of bed when i saw him. he slept at 4 am apparently x__x; we shared shrimp tempura and the tofu pillows for appetizers and i got bibimbap and he got jajangmyun -- both were delicious. i don’t like jajangmyun though LOL. we had the best dessert: coconut ice cream with a creme brulee’d banana <3333

as we walked back to work, i could tell kevin was sleepy and tired. haha. well, he was sleepy in the restaurant as well. we split at a bridge and i got back to the office and went back to work. oh! i got an email from nike in the morning telling me that they got the shoes and have refunded me. I AM SO HAPPY LOL. phewwww. but why didn’t they update the tracking number info?!?!?!?!?!? ugh, whatever. ahha. now i can buy my new shoes for working out ;D anyway, after figuring out my training situation with the help of dave and matthew, i left the office at around 4:05 pm with matthew. matthew let me know that he is going to leave t7 :( i’m pretty sad about it...but he says it happens. i wish him the best and i am thankful that i got to work with him :) we split at south station because i was going to pick up kevin from work. kevin met me a block away from his office and then we walked back to south station together :3 when we got back, i had the munchies so we both ate our leftovers from koy and watched agents of shield. then we took a break before going to roche to get fruit. kevin sometimes makes me feel dumb when he asks certain questions that he has already vetted out the answers for. so when i tell him what i think, he’ll be like ‘that’s not possible’ and then proceed to tell me i’m wrong in a bit of a condescending way when i thought he was just having fun thinking about it. so that’s what happened and i felt shitty for the rest of the day and we didn’t talk for the rest of the night because he didn’t 100% understand my reasoning for feeling this way and i was too tired to say ‘it’s pms’ because it really was and i was being too sensitive.

well, we got back and then i went straight into a butt workout with free weights and it KILLED ME LOL. i didn’t know that it would make me sweat so much. it was a great workout. before i showered, i got a call from michelle asking for shopping help LOL. we talked for a bit and then tried getting jeanne to skype with us but she got back too late and i was already half asleep in bed because i am a granny. after the call, i showered and then packed all my stuff into my thredup clean out bag. i want to try this out and see what happens. :P then i watched some videos and stuff before going to sleep feeling slightly less shitty but still a little. overall, i felt fine but i just didn’t want to talk to kevin because i was feeling tired and drained from these hormonal changes. we cuddled at night and i told him in the morning it was pms and he totally understood. LOL.

19: i didn’t feel good today -- very tired and sore. i started my trade-in for my macbook in the morning and then did some errands and watched some videos here and there until kevin finished eating and played a few games so we could go to the mall and go suit shopping. we stopped by nordstrom first and kevin tried on a suit and a tux. then we went to express to try on some suit jackets and then we stopped by auntie anne’s to get an original pretzel to split ;) and finally, we stopped at milton’s. oh, we stopped by francesca’s and i did some shopping but ended up not getting anything -- i didn’t spend too long in there according to kevin. :P kevin tried on a dress shirt and then they recommended him to get one made from an algorithm, which was pretty cool. he got to pick out the material, collar type, and what kind of cuffs he wanted. kevin’s shirt fit him perfectly so we ordered one for him and will pick it up in a week. we stopped by a tailor that is located downstairs and she said she could hem and taper his current pants.

so we drove back and i ate some lunch and then kevin got his dress shoes and pants and we drove back to drop them off. the alterations was only $30 -- cheap in comparison to buying another pair of dress pants. then we went to the target connected to the mall and got new brush heads for our electric toothbrushes. oh, we also got kung fu tea from the new stall in the mall. we got this pina colada slush with orange(?!) tapioca and it was delicious. we were pooped from shopping for that long so we chilled for the rest of the day. while kevin cooked general tso’s chicken for dinner, i did a 40 minute workout and then showered and watched some agents of shield. the chicken wouldn’t crisp up :( and the flavor is still a bit off but it was delicious~ after showering, i decided to do laundry. i washed the sheets already and then i washed our clothes. i stayed up watching agents of shield while my hair was drying and then folding clothes. the rest of the night, i spent looking for my damn missing sock T____T idk where it is. i hope it’s not clogging up the air pump in my top loader. we’ll find out next week, lol. i was obsessed with finding it and i didn’t want to make the bed without kevin’s help so i stayed up until like 2 am or something and instantly ko’d on the bed after brushing my teeth.

20: i got out of bed at around 10 am and then went straight to cleaning the kitchen and bathroom after brushing my teeth. midway through cleaning, i ate breakfast and then went to clean the tub. at around 12 or 12:30 pm, kevin finally woke up LOL. he was totally ko’d on the bed every time i walked into the bedroom. i let him be because i was in cleaning mode. i finished cleaning the tub and then did a 30 minute workout while kevin ate. i quickly showered and then called the folks over at codzilla to see if there were any open spots for today. we signed up for a 6 pm slot and then meal planned and went grocery shopping. we picked up 3 live summer maine lobsters and then came back and cooked them. i wanted to kill them humanely but i don’t think i would have had the arm strength to properly do it and kevin just wanted to boil them... so i helped kevin clip off the rubber bands (there was one lobster that clung on to the rubber band for like a minute because it didn’t want to die T__T).

i also made mango dofu dessert (mango agar jelly) for dessert. we cleaned everything up and then took the train into the city to get on codzilla! we stopped by the only chase atm and starbucks. we got a pink drink because kevin was thirsty. we made it just in time to pick up our tickets and get on the boat. we got okay seats because we got there too late :( lol the beginning of the ride was nice; we went at a fast speed and got wind blown into our hair and everything. the captain did some tilts and stuff but nothing that got us wet. the second go around though, LOLOLOL he would go super fast and then stop and a ton of water would just hit everyone in the face. as the ride went on, his tilts got steeper and we got wet from the sides as well. the best part was going back and he went SUPER fast to the point where our gums were like flapping around and stuff ahhaha. we got SUPER SUPER wet then. i couldn’t stop laughing but the water was so damn salty haha. we went back to the dock at a fast speed but only to dry us off. we were pretty much completely dried when we got back. it was super fun! i feel like we kinda got trolled in the beginning where nothing was happening, but it was totally worth it.

we took the train home and then kevin cooked the lobster in lemon herb butter and i helped make garlic bread. i took a shower because my skin was super dried out and salty. my hair looked real good though lolol. then we ate while watching agents of shield, kevin cleaned up, and i forced myself to do my ab workout LOL. kevin went on a run shortly after. then i actually showered and washed my hair and everything and chilled on the bed until like 1 am... then i got ready for bed and went to sleep. i need to readjust my sleeping schedule a bit hahaha. it was a fun packed day (:

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okay, well today was pretty good. My alarm went off at 7:45 and I did not want to get up, but I dragged my ass out of bed anyway and got ready for church. transit was a bit of a mess, the bus somehow got really delayed so I just hopped off where I usually switch to the train and ubered the rest of the way, which got me there only a little late, so that was good. the sermon was the second week of their series called "A Bigger Table," I missed last week's episode and it hasn't been on their podcast feed yet, so I wasn't totally filled in with what they were talking about, but I was familiar with the bigger table language, mostly from one of my favorite Christian authors, Rachel Held Evans (who tragically passed away in 2019 at the age of 37, leaving behind a 2 year old and an infant a couple months old...it's heartbreakingly sad), who often used it in her writing. I really can't underestimate how big of an impact she had on Christianity, especially for young people. She changed the game for so many people, with the radical idea that we make more room at the "table" and stop turning people away because they don't meet the requirements of what we think Christians can be. She was very strongly LGBT, and I know she had a huge impact on young LGBT Christians who had felt completely traumatized by the church, and letting them know there's still hope, that just because people who are full of faults are misrepresenting God. This was a slightly different message though, because it was mainly about how to disagree with people, on issues of faith or otherwise, without being a (fill in the blank with your descriptor of choice). And it was somewhat challenging for me, because most of the church is very progressive and I know he mostly meant the message to be aimed at those who attend who aren't so much, but I do know it goes both ways, and that I have been very judgmental about Christians who do not believe the same way that I do, and there are obviously some issues I will always stand up for. the table part though, he was saying the "main course" in the middle of the table is the very important parts of scripture, the whole God thing and core beliefs, and the other things are "sides," and too often we let the sides dictate who we will or won't sit with when that's really missing the point entirely. my pastor went as far as saying that they loved the diversity of the church, from race to age to sexual orientation, and while it's not a secret they're pro-LGBT, that was the first time I heard it from the pulpit I think, so that made me happy. after the service I was in with the babies for the second one, which has ended up being a lot less crowded than the first, which is how I like to serve because it's a lot less chaotic with less babies running around. we ended up with 2 today, both very cute, so it was a nice time. after that we were doing a kids ministry "summer bbq" that ended up being inside lol but was still good, and they kind of updated us on where they're going with things. we've had somewhat of an issue of keeping a head of the kids ministry in place, we were talking about it today and since I joined the church in 2015, almost 6 years ago, we're now on our 5th ministry head, so it's basically been a new one every year which has made things hard, but I like our new ones, they had both been hired like a week before everything shut down which of course changed everything, so they started doing youtube videos for the kids that are lots of fun and have a ton of them out there on youtube now, which is really cute. they're heading into the summer kids camp stuff now so they're prepping all that, and looking forward they said that halloween was on a Sunday, and they were going to use it to launch a "harry potter style" program, and like, I can't even tell you how happy that makes me, having grown up in a church that immediately condemned HP without bothering to do as much as read a word, and of course also insisting that celebrating Halloween in any form is innately evil, so the combination of those two things made me really happy.

I did tell them at the end I have a BA in Theatre and would totally be down to help them with videos and such, so we'll see where that goes. By the time I got out it was around 2, and we were supposed to see an apartment fairly far north at 3:15, and I considered taking an uber but fares were up and it would've been $40, so I said fuck that and just took the train to the bus, but it ended up taking forever and I ended up being late, then when I got there I realized I fucked up the address (I managed to type in 3917 as the house number instead of 3719) so I told them to just go for it and I'll walk down there. I got outside right when they were coming out of the building, but the agent wanted to show us the other unit they had available that was considerably bigger and nicer, definitely a strong possibility, the only snag being that it's not available until 8/1, and friend's lease ends 7/15, and we've discussed that she can absolutely live on my couch for two weeks if we have to, because she already has a lot of stress about the move so I'm trying to minimize that as much as I can. but yeah, it was really pretty, so we'll see. once we left we made a mcdonalds stop and sat for a bit eating before heading home. once home I watched the last episode of Panic, which had a highly satisfying conclusion, so high marks there. after that I didn't really have anything to do or watch and was feeling tired, and I had some time to spare so I laid down for like an hour or so, probably took me longer to fall asleep than actually get to sleep, as that tends to be my issue with naps. but I got up in time to watch Legends, which was a fine episode I guess, I do like that we got more of Sara and her plot than we have been, and I thought the Ava clone stuff with Gary was really funny, it was just overall kind of meh. I liked the Batwoman episode, it had some really sweet moments that I just wanted to like breakdown and cry haha so I'll have plenty of things to discuss on the podcast this week. after that I'd since run out of shows, so I logged into disneyplus for the first time since I split an account with my sister like two weeks ago and watched the first episode of Loki. It definitely had Legends vibes, but that was expected, so we'll see where this goes. after that I watched Seinfeld for a bit before getting in the shower and getting ready for bed, and yeah that's about it. It's 1:30 am currently so I really need to go to sleep, so I'll end this here. Goodnight friends. Hope your Monday doesn't suck.

#daily journal #June 2021

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august: week two

07: i took my time getting ready in the morning but i also woke up on time. kevin actually woke up at the same time as me :O i did a 30 minute cardio dance workout and then showered and ate breakfast. kevin got up and ate breakfast with me and then i left for work. we moved offices last week so now i am closer to south station. i checked in with security and they failed to let me know how to use these damn elevators at wework... so i got on the elevator, took me to the 2nd floor, and then i tried using the touchscreen pads to get to floor 8 to get my ID. i waited for like 10 minutes and no elevator came so i tried using the stairs and i basically got locked out because the stairs only led to an emergency exit. so then i slacked dave and he got me from the 3rd floor stairwell and sent me up the correct elevator...LOL x_x; i got my ID and then spent like 15 minutes downloading the wework app and putting in my information to get my card activated...

after all of that, i spent like 15 minutes finding the product team office @_@; lol i messaged cole and after finding out where the numbers on the doors were (tiny stickered numbered on the door latches), i found my way. then i spent a good amount of time setting up, plugging everything in, setting up my desk, and then cole stopped by and he gave me a small tour. i got to catch up a bit with the dev team, and then i hopped on my 11 am call. cole tried to get me for lunch but i was still on the call and i just ate lunch in the office. they went to south station for some reason... haha there is pretty much no good food there. :P i got on my 1 pm call and then went on stand up and got on to another call until 3:30 pm. so yeah... then i went upstairs the main floor and used the ‘honesty market’ and got some kinda overpriced unreal almond butter cups because i wanted a snack. then i worked while watching ‘love connection’ and ended my first work day at wework. i flipping hate the elevators right now. oh, i also had to go back and get office keys... the wework staff was off their game or something today. @_@;

i got home and snacked a bit before doing some ab hiit workouts lol. then i showered and bummed around until kevin got home. he came back from climbing and then he cooked a really late dinner. i ate leftovers from yesterday and ate a bit of dinner at like 9:30 pm...haha. i massaged my neck with the back massage pillow and i got really sleepy. i ended up sleeping sitting upright after eating because i didn’t want my stomach to hurt from just eating and then going to sleep xD kevin tried waking me up an hour later and then i think i slept for another hour before getting up and sleeping in bed at like 11:40 pm... i was so tired for some reason.

08: i got the best deep sleep i’ve ever gotten LOL, but my resting heart rate has increased again to 59?? idk, sometimes it skyrockets up when i change the band? but i don’t think that has anything to do with it? my heart rate for the past two weeks have been consistently in the low 50s. i even made it to a 49 resting heart rate at one point. hmm idk. i was well-rested but still physically tired so i did a low-impact workout in the morning. i took my time getting ready and eating breakfast. i found two holes in my bombas socks and decided to email them and ask how long their socks are supposed to last?? they’re all jacked up from my europe trip for some reason ;( i got to work at 9:30 am and then went straight to work while catching up with tv shows: love connection, masterchef, world of dance, and more love connection haha. it was a pretty dull day at work. i got to talk to charles for a bit though but he left after lunch since no dev was in the office today. i stayed at work until 6 pm to go to happy hour with the team at les zygomates after work.

we got an email saying that the room with the den is now available for us to look at. deco did us wrong when we told them we were interested at looking at it before and then they had someone sign the lease before notifying us? what? but, we’ll see if we move apartments to a bigger space ;D anyway, the product team walked over to the bar and we met up with everyone else. i got to talk to dave cowing and also, talked to dave about wine and etc. i got to talk with cait about traveling and jim kept making fun of me because i ended up holding the fries basket and i ate the rest of them in there haha. cait asked how old i was and i got everyone to guess. guesses ranged from 16 (LOL) to 26/27 but no one said 23. i think most of the boston team thought i was older than my age :P it was a lot of fun talking to everyone! i stayed until 7:40 pm or so and then went home. dave and joe kindly let me borrow a battery pack and mini usb cord so i could charge my dying phone on my way back home.

kevin finished eating when i got back so we ate blueberries for our dessert. then i rested a bit before doing butt exercises. my heart rate went up to 153 bpm :O i burned a lot more calories than usual today and i could tell i was going to be sore tomorrow... i showered and then ko’d on the bed with my glasses on... why is this a thing? i woke up an hour later and then brushed my teeth and went to sleep again. i’ve been so exhausted after working out these past few days? idk why. lol, like how did i sleep at 10 pm yesterday...?

09: i woke up at 8 am and then did weighted standing oblique exercises. i’m kinda bored with just my body weight right now so mind as well try to do exercises with these 2 lb weights i took from hillary a while ago hahaha. so appreciative of bae for letting me keep these. kevin also woke up pretty early and went for a run :O i showered and then ate breakfast and i just snacked so much throughout the day. is my period coming or something? lol. i just feel extra snack-y. i couldn’t bring myself to be really productive so i made goodie bags for the t7 boston office with the chocolates i got from my trip and made a nice guide to what they are with illustrator ;D kevin went to get a haircut and when he came back, we ate lunch, and then i went on stand up and right into another meeting, where i was just soooo confused. lol, phil asked me where i stood and i couldn’t lie so i told him i was just extremely confused about what they were talking about??? then phil went out for lunch and i took a break to watch some dota with kevin. oh, kevin wfh’d today too and he watched the tournament on the tv the entire day. hehe, reminds me of last summer~

then we went to view the apartment and right as they asked if we wanted it, kevin said ‘yes, probably.’ he was so excited, lololol. i was pretty full from snacking all day @_@; so i wasn’t concerned about dinner. i started reading my botm and then got myself into making the perler bead snorlax we got from the spelmuseum in stockholm. lol man, perler beads move around too much x_x; kevin tried ironing it, but he did it unevenly and i fixed it by spot heating the areas the best that i can. we did this all while watching dota. then i went to exercise and kevin irritated me by asking me questions while i was working out and also yelling at me for putting socks on his mouse pad? they were clean socks first of all .___. calm yo shizz dude. i showered and then hit the hay at like 11:45 pm. i went to sleep pretty irritated with kevin...

10: i did some hip hop cardio today so that motivated me to exercise this morning ;D then i showered and ate breakfast. i was out the door earlier than i expected and i filled my charlie card with money before hopping on the train, woot! i was very social today @_@; i stopped by the dev offices to give everyone their nordic chocolate goodie bags. i talked with the devs and michelle for a bit before getting to the office. dave wouldn’t be in until noon and joe always comes at random times. then i switched from contacts to glasses because i wanted to test my glasses out in my work environment. the switch was weird because my contacts are slightly less than my glasses (still have a good amount of contacts left). most of my team mates said they didn’t recognized me but really liked my frames :) cole said i looked intellectual and that they were super shiny. i got to work while watching masterchef and then joe came in and i talked with him a bit while working. then i had to figure out where to eat for lunch. it was tech time today so the devs got food from dumpling house -- i stopped by to see what everyone got.

i decided to check downstairs and see what restaurant was downstairs today. it was u&d kitchen (restaurant nearby the old office) and i got dumplings with pad thai. i ate lunch in the office and then tried working but my mouse was out of battery and i had to charge it. apple mice cannot be used while they are charging -_-’ so i did work very inefficiently. then i got started on my next assignment and got really confused about my deliverables and i got it cleared up during stand up. i showcased the work i just finished on stand up and then got off right at 2:30 pm. cole stopped by and we went to gracenote, a coffeeshop. i got their ginger chai latte with almond milk and cole was also interested in that and got it as well. we took our first sips without mixing it (LOL) and realized we needed to mix it in order for it not to taste like only milk. so we walked back to wework and then sat down in the kitchen and talked and drank our lattes -- they were good! i updated him on my trip and then cait and raj stopped by and we chatted with them along with joe.

i think like 40 minutes passed by and we went back to our offices. i felt all productivity leave my body and slacked cole the rest of the afternoon while trying to work on my project. at 3:30 pm, joe went to get smores from the 8th floor and cole messaged me to go up there. i didn’t want to eat one but peer pressure got to me (charles and cole tsk tsk) and i ate one. it was fun talking to cole and charles up there though. charles decided to leave afterward and cole went back to the office where steve was working very hard :( lol i walked in earlier and kind of joked that i was going to be john for the next few hours because john left already ...and he was on the phone with john... awks. he was still on the phone with john when we came back from eating smores. i went back and did some digging to figure out how to continue with my project and then it hit 5 pm. i stopped by and asked cole if he was ready to leave and then i went back and packed up and changed into my contacts.

we walked to cvs in south station because my lays flavor competition chips’ shipment got delayed >:( i wanted them now so i went to see if i could buy them at this cvs -- no luck. we walked to our sides of the tracks and then i got on a cart with no a/c...but i stood strong and got a seat and the train restarted and the a/c turned on again hehe. i got home and then continued talking to daniel about cross training / work out shoe recommendations. my fitbit needed a firmware update and missed reminding me to take 250 steps at 6 pm... at around 7:15 pm, i started working out and then kevin came back from climbing. i finished up my work out, showered, and kevin set up our spring roll dinner. lol he forgot to buy cucumber and also forgot to make the noodles so the rolls were pretty empty but i didn’t mind because i was full from the pad thai. then we cleaned up and i decided not to get any shoes... they’re too ugly or they don’t have enough support. x__x; kevin watched dota for the rest of the night and then gamed.

then he tried to plan how we’re gonna move our stuff and where what furniture is going to be. i wasn’t 100% convinced about his placement choices but then he didn’t accept mine either and he got frustrated at me because of the way i was acting. i told him that it’s because he has a vision and i don’t want to interfere with it anymore :/ lol. he’s more excited about moving than i am ahha. then i did some surveys and we apologized to each other. i stayed on my phone doing random stuff before going to sleep at like 12 or 1 am... i had a 9 am meeting so i had my alarm set at 8:00 am to fit in my exercise session before the meeting.

11: lol i slept in and started my work out at 8:20 am. i was a bit rushed for time but the call went really well. i answered some questions and cleared things up. then i showered and realized there was nothing i could really eat for breakfast... so i decided to do my home errands first before heading to the office and also eat my spring rolls that were packed for lunch for brunch instead. i filled out the application for the new apartment and then contacted nike support about my roshes. it’s been less than a year and they have holes in it so last night, i learned that they have a 2 year warranty on them and you can file a claim and they inspect the shoe and refund you your money. so i contacted support to make sure that i could do this, and i could! they sent me a return label and everything. so after all of that, i had to go downstairs and troubleshoot the application. everything went through though so i packed up and headed over to the office.

dave was the only person i knew that was in the office today. he was on a call when i came in so i just went straight to work. i had a call with phil about my struggles and we figured it out together. i managed to complete half of the assignment and then moved on to the next only to bump into another problem, which dave helped me solve! i’m so grateful for my awesome supervisors T_T i got hungry at around 3 pm so i went downstairs to la colombe to see if they had any pastries; they didn’t so i walked to the nearby dunkin’ donuts and got their oatmeal, LOL. dave left at around 4 pm and i stayed behind to finish up my assignment. amazingly, i got it all done right before 5 pm and then i waited in the office for kevin to get to south station so that we could go to fogo de chao for restaurant week! lol, i had to rush to the station because kevin thought i was closer to south station than i really am... but no worries because i made it to the train (:

it felt like a really fancy restaurant but it is a buffet basically. kevin got food without me so i was mad at him for a bit but then food makes everything better so i forgot i was mad after getting cuts of meat. we basically tried all the meat except for lamb in 30 minutes LOL. their cheese bread balls are the best; kevin put some in his tupperware and took some home :x i only liked the prime sirloin. fogo de chao is alright... we got dessert and they were the thinnest slices of pie / cake ever. they were like a few cm thick... i went to the bathroom and when coming back, a waiter stepped on my shoes and left scuff marks on it... wtf? we left right after that. i am pretty upset about it. the experience was underwhelming and i’m probably never going to a fogo de chao ever again. anyway, we took the train to downtown crossing and walked to uniqlo to pick up my pants i ordered. i found white wide pants too and tried those on. i got the white pants for only $10 ;D then we took the train back in the humidity. we were saved by a/c though.

i picked up my thredup package and then opened it when i got into the apartment. i’m really liking the crop top i got and the madewell blouse. the eva longoria tank is made with a really interesting stretchy heavy material but i like it. the asos top is my cheapest find and will work on dressier occasions. i like that the fake necklace is removeable. i got a silk shirt for final sale and it could be worn as a night gown but it goes really well with my uniqlo black jersey pants. i love all of the pants i got at uniqlo. i’m most excited for these white pants though because i haven’t worn white pants in such a long time! i’m leaning more and more towards buying the jeffrey campbell doshi flat mules too because they would go with all these outfit ideas i’m thinking of! well, after i put away everything, i chilled for a while and then did back exercises and found an interesting ballet back video that hurt like crazy...

i did some internet errands and then did my best to clean my shoe. T_T some of the sole has been stepped off and the material is gone in that area... oh well? after that, i went straight to writing my fogo de chao review and left them a personal note to let their servers know to slow down and look at their surroundings when they’re moving around the space. i know that they have a job and have places to be, but i do too and as a customer, i don’t want to be constantly worried that someone is going to run into me with a skewer of hot meat, ya know? then i showered and kevin and i went to sleep at like 2 am or something ahaha. :P

12: i woke up with grody hair but today was a “rest” day. i was pretty inactive all day watching dota with kevin and also just online shopping like a mad woman. daniel hasn’t been helping me either because right now he’s a shopaholic and we’re just online shopping together basically LOL. well, after the end of liquid vs. lfy, kevin and i planned our meals for the week and went to kam man. we got another rice box from there as well as some yummy buns for breakfast tomorrow. then we came back just in time for the grand final, which was total crap btw. it was the first time in ti history that a team lost 3-0... newbee had 3 chances!!! lfnjksndkjgfjd. they were all pretty one-sided games, which is what made it crappy. then kevin went to play some dota, lol, and i did a 40 minute workout. my legs got real itchy after because i was a sitting blob all day... then i took a shower and washed my hair. i stayed up a bit browsing the web and stuff and then went to sleep at 1 am.

13: i got up at like 10:30 am but i woke up at like 9:30 am. then i made a list of what i needed to get done today. i ate a delicious scallion roll bun for breakfast (sweet and savory) and then started cleaning out my closet. lol, i realize that i don’t even have a lot of clothes here, but i still have items of clothing that i don’t wear often... i am going to try thredup’s clean out bag solution and i also got a donation bag for kevin’s clothes. i was thinking of selling it on ebay but it’s too much of a hassle to keep up with it; plus, buying shipping packages is a big hassle and printing out labels and etc. i’ve been there and done that. it did work well with my collectible toys though! anyway, i only took out a few items of clothing (4-6?) and i am going to put in my forever21 flats and maybe my black steve madden flats. we’ll see. after figuring out that and looking into donation organizations -- it’s so hard to figure out where your clothes are actually going and it’s so sad that some donations get thrown out, etc..., i did a 30 minute low-impact cardio workout, showered, and then kevin and i headed to bj’s to get more groceries and household stuff.

when we got back, we put everything away and then i read a bit and did my chores. i cleaned the kitchen, bathroom, and dusted everywhere. after that, kevin cooked some chinese broccoli and i ate the leftover tonkatsu and he ate two hot dogs. then i spent my evening finishing my book of the month... uhh, i didn’t like it when i first started reading it and i didn’t like it even more when i finished it. the description did not match the story at all and i one-starred it. i want to give this book away... we ate pork and noodle soup while watching agents of shield. i think kevin wants me to get into it so he can also remember what happened and catch up with it as well xD i agreed to watching more. after reading to digest dinner, i did ab workouts and my heart rate spiked and my abs hurt like crazy -- they’ve never hurt that bad in a while x__x; it felt good but it was a hard workout. then i showered and hit the hay at like 1 am... i messaged mindy for a bit and then went to sleep. i need to start sleeping earlier :(

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