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iwaisa · 4 years

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- pairing. osamu x female reader

- genre. chlidhood friends to lovers / college au

- warnings. swearing, suggestive content, mentions of alcohol

- word count. 1.9k+

- a/n. happy birthday osamu !! hopefully i can get atsumu’s out later. i stayed up late writing this because i love this food dork :)

you groaned as you exited your last class of the week, dragging yourself outside to begin making your way back to your apartment. it would take approximately twenty minutes to get back, considering how packed the train station probably was. however, you had a solution to this problem, and that was to go visit your friend at work.

osamu miya’s dream and goal was to be able to open a restaurant; an idea heavily supported by none other than his best friend since the third grade, you. currently, he was working on his cooking skills as a chef in a well-known restaurant.

you chuckled as you reminisced on the times you and osamu have shared together, and sighed in contentment upon remembering exactly how the two of you met.

during lunch breaks in grade school, you loved eating your food outside. each day at the sound of the bell, you would pick up your bento and run to the courtyard. you found your seat at the base of a tall pine tree, getting ready to dig into your food. as you began eating, your eyes scanned the scenery, and landed on a boy who was standing a few feet away, bumping a volleyball with his hands. you looked back down at your bento to pick at some meat, and when you looked back up, there were two of the same boy.

wait what?

you squinted your eyes as you watched the two identical boys pass the volleyball to one another. you shook your head and looked back down once more to grab another bite of food with your chopsticks, but as you went to look back at the two boys, they were gone.

“hey!” a voice behind you startled you out of your thoughts. you yelped and jumped, dropping your food in the process.

you turned around to face wherever the voice came from, only to come face to face with the boy you were just watching. he began laughing and pointing at you, “i got ya so good! right, ‘samu?”

you pouted as he continued laughing right in your face. you glanced behind him to the other boy, who you were guessing to be the identical twin of the boy who was practically rolling on the floor in laughter.

“‘tsumu, you made her spill her food. that’s not nice,” the boy sighed as he bent down to help pick up your chopsticks.

by now, ‘’tsumu’ was pouting and crossing his arms as he watched you and his twin interact, “oh shut yer trap, ‘samu. it was funny, right?”

“not really. what’s yer name?” he held out his hand to help you stand, and you bowed as thanks.

“f/n l/n. are you two twins?” you pointed in between the two of them.

“nope! he’s a clone!” the laughing boy exclaimed, throwing his arm around his twin, who simply sighed in annoyance.

“yeah, we’re twins.” they began bickering, and you felt yourself getting dizzy. the calmer one noticed, and asked if you were alright and if you needed to go to the nurse.

“no thank you, i’m just...confused. what are your names?”

the quieter boy began to talk, but was promptly cut off by his brother. “i’m atsumu miya! the cooler twin!” he pointed to himself.

“no, yer just the dumber twin. i’m osamu.”

you snickered as you watched the two argue back and forth. before you knew it, the bell signaling the end of lunch rang, and the three of you had to head back inside.

by the time you reached your third year of junior high, the three of you were practically attached at the hip. at this point, everyone called you the third miya sibling.

one thing that changed - other than the fact that the twins dyed their hair different colours - were the weird feelings you started developing for one of the miya brothers.

throughout the rest of grade school and your three years of junior high, osamu made a point of bringing you food whenever he could. he even bought your favourite snacks to hand to you in class, attempting to hide the blush that took place on his cheeks. you didn’t want to assume anything of it at the time, since he was so adamant about it simply being because ‘you always forgot to bring snacks, idiot.’

osamu didn’t think he would be able to handle the way his heart seemed to stutter whenever he caught a glimpse of you. he believed that he should just rip the bandaid off now and tell you exactly what he was feeling. even atsumu was getting annoyed each growing minute from the two of you ‘very clearly pining over each other.’

years later, atsumu’s annoyance only increased tenfold. his idiot of a twin still hasn’t confessed, and the end of your high school days were coming faster than you could’ve imagined. the three of you planned to go to the same college with your own respective majors. atsumu would become a pro volleyball player, and osamu would work in culinary arts. you would go on to do your own major, leaving little time to hang out with your childhood friends.

“just tell her, ya idiot.” atsumu sighed. the two of them glanced over to where you were sitting in the bleachers, waiting for them to finish cleaning up from their previous volleyball practice.

atsumu watched his twin’s face contort into confusion, then hesitance, then pure sadness. the faux-blond was sure an alien had abducted his brother, as osamu rarely showed any emotion other than his natural stoicism.

“i..i can’t, ‘tsumu. it’ll ruin everything,” osamu sighed, going back to picking up the remainder of the volleyballs littered around the gym.

atsumu rolled his eyes, grabbing his twin by the shoulders. “listen. i know f/n just as much as ya do, and both of us know that she would never act any different even if yer feelings weren’t reciprocated. we’ve been friends for what, like, ten years now? besides, i see how she practically eye-fucks you.”

osamu pushed his now laughing brother off him as he blanched. he glanced over at you, watching you as you played with your phone. he felt the heat rising to his face as he watched you stick your tongue out in concentration. you shook your phone in frustration, sighing as you stood up to make your way over to the twins.

osamu gave you a small smile as atsumu started bombarding you with questions concerning his setting techniques.

you entered the restaurant, sighing in contentment as the heat inside the building made for a nice contrast from the harsh cold outside.

you hardly noticed osamu with his hairnet covering his silver hair, until he lifted his head up from his phone. he waved you over, giving you a smile that never failed to make your heart want to burst out of your chest.

his breath hitched as you leaned over the counter, “hey, ‘samu.”

“what’s up. how were classes?” he turned around to begin making your favourite drink, which he had memorized by heart now.

“nothing interesting happened, unfortunately. i’m just glad it’s a friday.” you watched the silver-haired male bob his head in agreement.

he turned around and handed you the drink, watching with interest as you took your first sip. “mm! it’s good, ‘samu!” he smiled as he watched your face light up in satisfaction. “‘m glad.”

the two of you basked in the comfortable silence, before an alarm on his phone sounded off. “ah, i’m off work now. where to?” you watched as he began removing the apron and the hairnet, his hair poofing out in what you believed to be the cutest thing you’ve ever seen.

“movie night at mine?” he nodded.

“sounds good. atsumu said he probably wouldn’t be able to join us since he’s got practice and then he’s going drinking with the team.” you hummed in understanding.

what you didn’t do, however, was tell him that you knew atsumu was lying to his brother. you knew that he would be lounging around in his own apartment, patting himself on the back for earning the two of you some alone time.

osamu grabbed his bag and motioned for you to lead the way to the train station.

the ride was going by painfully slowly. for a friday afternoon, the train was packed, leaving you and osamu uncomfortably stuffed in the corner. his tall figure towered over you, and you swore he could hear your heartbeat with the close proximity.

“are ya sure this is okay?” osamu whispered. you simply nodded back, not giving your words the chance to deceive you.

by the time the train stopped at your station, more people seemed to pile on, not allowing you and osamu enough space to exit the train. osamu went ahead, clearing a path to walk through. you felt him grab your hand as he continued pushing through the crowd. after catching up to him, you noticed how he still hasn’t let go of your hand. you chose to ignore it, along with how your heart was begging to burst out of your chest at this point.

approaching the door of your apartment, you began fishing for the key in your pocket. once you pulled it out, you glanced down to where yours and osamu’s fingers were intertwined.

you began pulling out of his grip, only for it to become tighter. you whipped your head around, watching as osamu used his free hand to cover the bottom half of his face. he began mumbling, and you tilted your head in confusion.

“what was that?” you questioned. he shuffled a bit before sighing.

“f/n, i need to tell ya something. and i’m doing this now because i need to know if i can stay here or if i should go home.” you furrowed your eyebrows as you watched him lift his head up to make eye contact with you. when he didn’t continue, you assured him you were listening.

“since as long as i could remember, i’ve always...uhm…i think i’ve always been in love with ya, f/n.”

your jaw dropped open faster than it ever had before, and your whole body felt numb. osamu noticed this, and he began reeling back.

“i mean, i totally understand if ya don’t like me like that, and i promise i’ll get over it. just please, don’t stop being my best friend,” he let go of your hand, using it to scratch his neck.

“osamu…” you began, making him freeze. he stared down at you as you slowly wrapped your arms around his torso, burying your face into his chest.

he chuckled as he patted your head, “s-so what does that mean then?” you could hear the nervous undertone in his voice, and you lifted your head up to rest just below his chin.

“it means i like you back, ya dumb idiot.” you laughed.

he sighed and rolled his eyes as the two of you pulled out of your embrace. you smiled at him before turning to enter your apartment. you felt a hand tug at your wrist, turning you around. you opened your mouth to ask what was going on before you felt a pair of lips crash onto yours. you were taken aback for a second, before you wrapped your arms around his neck. he moved his hands down to rest on your hips, pulling you closer. you hummed into the kiss, and you felt him smile against your lips. he pulled away, the two of you chuckling before you pulled him into your apartment to begin your movie night.

#haikyuu!!#haikyuu!! x reader #osamu x fem!reader #osamu x reader #osamu miya

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flamingo-writes · 5 years

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Earrings — Zoro x Reader

Summary: After a fight with Sanji, the crew is flabbergasted to see Zoro actually meant to hurt Sanji. Confused by this, Robin talks to Zoro, who opens up about the history behind his earrings, and why he punched Sanji after making fun of them.

Word count: 2 K

A/N: I’m supposed to be doing homework xD but this idea hit me and I really really had to write it. Spoiler free, set somewhere between Water 7 and Thriller Bark. Long fragments in italics are flashbacks.

Warnings: angst, mentions of death.

For someone who was constantly arguing with Sanji, it never really came down to physical violence. If it ever came down to it, Zoro would use attacks Sanji could easily read, so the blond could block them. The intention, never to hurt Sanji, as much of an asshole he sometimes was to Zoro. Since the swordsman knew all too well he was an asshole to him too. Things were usually even. Things were usually fair. Senseless yelling and easy to predict moves.

However, right after Zoro punched Sanji on the face, the cook fell on his bum, covering his bleeding nose. His eyes open in shock, as he realized he’d crossed the line. He’d never seen Zoro throw a punch, and for the first time, the mosshead actually meant to hurt Sanji. Which could be translated to: don’t you dare say something like that again.

After the crew gathered around, yelling, telling both of them to stop fighting and competing for everything. However, when everyone met Zoro’s ice cold stare, words instantly lowered down.

“Say something about her earrings again, you’re dead, you understand?” The seriousness in his voice made Ussop, Nami and Chopper shiver, suddenly afraid of their nakama. Franky frowned and looked at Robin who was staring at Zoro questioningly.

Zoro turned around without saying anything else. The entire crew looked at the swordsman as he climbed the mast towards the crow’s nest. The tension dead cold between the crew, as no one dared to break the silence. At least until Luffy spoke.

“What was that about? I’d never seen Zoro this pissed before” Luffy said frowning confused.

“Yes! What did you say?! You could’ve died! We could’ve died!” Ussop cried kneeling next to Sanji, holding his arm.

“I-I made fun of his stupid earrings,” Sanji began looking worried and wondering what had happened “I didn’t think he’d get this pissed…” Sanji said cleaning his blood with the back of his nose.

“He said ‘her earrings’?” Nami added looking at everyone for confirmation.

“He did…” Robin whispered.

“Who was he talking about?” Chopper asked as he helped Sanji clean himself up and making sure his nose wasn’t broken.

“Someone very special to him if he reacted this way” Franky answered looking up at the crow’ nest. “I should talk to him…”

“Franky, wait” Robin said. “I’ll go. But first, I want him to cool down a little bit, otherwise he’ll only get angrier.”

The entire crew exchanged stares. All of them still surprised by Zoro’s reaction, and feeling worried for him as well. All of them curious as to what he meant and his motivation to punch Sanji.

After almost two hours, two very sow hours, Robin finally decided to climb to the crow’s nest. The rest of the crew looked at her as she made her way up, hoping that thing wouldn’t blow up of proportion. Everyone was worried, except for Luffy who knew perfectly well that Zoro wouldn’t be able to seriously hurt anyone from the crew.

“Zoro, how are you holding up” Robin said walking inside the crow’s nest, looking at Zoro who was lifting some heavy weights.

“Training” He growled, the veins on his forehead popping out, and sweat dripping down his entire self.

“I can see that” She whispered sarcastically, noticing how Zoro refused to stop working out, and to even look at her.

“Great” He sighed, knowing why Robin was there.

Right then, Zoro preferred to be alone, but he knew he’d eventually have to address what had happened. He’d never hurt someone from the crew before, and he slightly regretted it. And at the same time, he didn’t want to really explain what happened. He wasn’t precisely the kind of guy who opened up easily, and in order to explain what happened, he’d have to give away bits of information about his past.

“Can we talk?” Robin finally said.

“You want t know what the hell happened down there?” Zoro looked at her, his dark eyes looking into hers, as she could see Zoro’s mixed feelings about this whole thing.

“Yes”

“That stupid cook is an asshole” Zoro quickly answered, shutting his eyes closed as he kept lifting weights.

“I’m gonna need more details than that” The archaeologist hissed rather annoyed at Zoro’ attitude.

“Why do you care, anyways?” Zoro hissed.

“I’d like to see if I can be of any help”

“There’s nothing that can be done” Something in his voice changed, and Robin could tell. She looked at him raising an eyebrow questioningly.

“Why not?”

“She’s dead” Zoro’s words lingered on Robin as the questions kept multiplying. D the fact that Zoro had his eyes closed made him even harder to read. However, she could tell he was doing this on purpose. She cursed at his stubborn nature, even when she was there to help him.

“Who is?” Robin asked.

“Doesn’t matter…” Zoro whispered in a low voice.

“Oh, but it does, Zoro...please…”

He took longer than expected to answer. Robin’s patience was draining when he finally put the weights on the floor and finally opened his eyes. However, he kept avoiding Robin’s stare by looking through the window into the vast blue sea.

“She was my—” He stopped, thinking of which word to use without giving away too much “friend…” He said coldly, knowing perfectly well you were much more than that, but he wasn’t willing to give Robin more information than necessary “[Name]” he mouthed.

“What happened to her?”

The memories hit Zoro, as they usually did at night, scratching the scab on his heart painfully. He could still remember crystal clear, how you died in his arms, telling him to watch over your earrings, and give them back once you two met on the other side.

“We better not meet on the other side any time soon, Zoro. If I find out you didn’t have a long fulfilling life, I’ll kick your ass, okay?” You said, as Zoro’s heart squeezed painfully.

“Hopefully, we won’t see each other for several decades” Zoro chuckled bitterly as his eyes teared up looking at your wounded body. “They’re going to be really long decades without you there, [Name]”

“Don’t get sentimental on me, Zoro…” Ht tears fell down your eyes as you looked into his pained eyes.

“The love of my life is about to bleed out in my arms, how do you expect me to react?” Zoro growled in a low voice fighting the lump on his throat.

“I want you to think of all the good times we had, instead of remembering me as a bleeding mess…” Your hands reached one of your ears as you would occasionally do instinctively. “Have I ever told you the story about my earrings?” Smiling, you tried to relieve the painful tension between the both of you.

Zoro chuckled as he brushed your hair. Your head resting on his lap, as he looked down at you. His eyes growing progressively more and more wet. At the same time his throat felt more and more dry.

“Your dad and your grandmother accidentally got you the exact same pair of earrings for your birthday, wasn’t it?” He said knowing the story perfectly well, since you loved that story so much and were constantly telling him about that day when you received two identical pairs of earrings.

“Yeah. It was a great day” You chuckled, closing your eyes, feeling how your head got lighter and lighter, and your heart beat faster and stronger.

“You’re a dork for wearing all four earrings at once” Zoro joked, laughing so bitterly, failing at masking his pain.

“How else were my grandma and dad know I wore both pairs?” The way your voice came out so cheerful made Zoro’s heart skip a beat. Surprised by even how in your deathbed you were able to say nice things.

“You’re so dumb” Laughing, a few tears slipped down his eyes, as those same tears fell on your forehead.

“Too bad I lost one while fighting that asshole…”

“You should’ve let me handle him” Zoro whispered.

“Oh, so it was you the one bleeding out? I’m sorry, but no. You have greater dreams to achieve than I ever did” You answered right away, as Zoro looked at you.

“I failed to save her, that’s what happened…” Zoro finally answered Robin. “Before dying, she gave me her earrings” His voice faded out as he spoke.

“I thought you wore them for fashion…”

“She had four. Three on her left ear, and one on the right one...” Zoro said ignoring her comment.

“I’d look dumb if I wore two on each ear. Like this” You said pointing at your ears “I look way cooler” You said crossing your arms and puffing your chest proud and confident of your new style.

“You’re still dumb, what difference does it make?” Zoro laughed poking your forehead.

“I don’t want to look dumber! Of course it makes a difference”Zoro laughed even louder when you agreed with him, and you smiled, feeling how his laugh tickled your belly.

“Sometimes I can’t believe you’re real. I love you so fucking much” Zoro said running his hand through your hair and pulling you towards him, hugging you and kissing the top of your head.

“Believe it! I’m the last one of my species!” You said in a muffled voice, since your face was pressed against his chest.

“I’m sure you are” Zoo laughed.

“I’m sorry, Zoro”

“Don’t tell that dumb cook this but, I feel a bit bad for punching him. But he touched a very sensitive topic” Robin’s eyes widened in surprise at his confession “[Name] was my best friend, she meant the world to me. In the beginning was hard to keep going with my life right after she died”

“Must have been rough” Robin muttered s Zoro looked back at her.

“It was. I promised her I’d remember her as the smiling girl she was. I haven’t been able to keep that promise entirely, the memory of her death haunts me from time to time…” He kept saying, looking away from Robin, back into the ocean “Ironically, remembering her dumb smile helps me feel better, I’m glad I met her. I’m glad she kept up with my bullshit for so long. And I’m glad she left me something to remember her by” He said stroking his earrings gently with his finger tips.

“Is there something I can do to help you, Zoro?”

He turned around, looking at Robin once more. He was smiling. A gentle warm smile, the sort of smile you’d draw on his face whenever he remembered your radiant grin.

“It’s okay. I’m fine” He said confidently, as he remembered your voice echoed in his head.

“I want you to think of all the good times we had” The echo of your voice came from his heart, soothing his pain.

“Well then, if you need me, you can always find me on the deck” Robin smiled gently and turning round, returning to the ladder.

“Thanks” Zoro purred looking back into the ocean as he could clearly see your face smiling at him, warming his heart.

After Robin left, Zoro kept working out, letting out his pain through exercising. Whenever he closed his eyes to either lift a weight or do a squat, your face would show up. That gentle smile that he loved so much. How many times he fell asleep while looking at your soft smile. How many times he thought how lucky he was for having someone looking at him, smiling at him in that unique way?

His favourite memory of you kept replaying in his mind. He didn’t know how long had it been since he’d woken up. The slumber was still fresh in his eyes. Zoro hadn’t realized he’d been staring at you in the short time he’d been awake. When you noticed his stare on you, you looked at him. Your bright eyes connected with his, and the most genuine smile he’d ever seen spread across your face. It hit him like a stone on the face, he suddenly felt overwhelmed by the way you’d smiled at him. Zoro couldn’t handle the eye contact with that smile underneath your eyes. He looked away, smiling softly, blushing, noticing for the first time his feelings towards you.

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small-birdie · 6 years

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my take on ready player one

overall, i did like the movie. it was exciting, it was colorful, it was fun and basically entertainment for the sake of entertainment. it didn’t need to be deep or terribly emotional, it was made for great watching experience and references, and that’s exactly what i got. i had a blast watching it. so yeah, good movie! but it did have its flaws, quite a lot, and things it could’ve handled so much better. i want to go more in-depth though, so under the cut, there is a detailed list of stuff i liked and/or didn’t like. INCLUDES SPOILERS TO BOTH BOOK AND MOVIE (and they’re so different) SO BE CAREFUL!

likes:

• the point i already made was how different it was from the book, and i found that i liked that a lot. it felt new and exciting despite me knowing the basic outline of the plot; i wasn’t forced to re-watch what i already read. it wasn’t compliant to the book at all, but it didn’t need to be, and that’s much easier than trying to make it the same and inevitably getting some things wrong, thus getting people mad.

• parzival never getting his high five in a literal sense (like 3 people left him hanging) was hillarious. he did get the actual high five though (i mean, the people) and i felt like it was a good little joke.

• that ioi researcher girl with red hair was so cute and excited about parzival winning!! (also her quote of “halliday is making everyone watch the contest, of course, that’s so… halliday!”). she felt more like a good guy than a bad guy tbh, and that is good because it shows that not everyone who works for ioi is sorrento level terrible.

• special effects department – good fucking job!! the stacks looked awesome, and omg the ioi main “battle” room (the one with white/red circles which the sixers used as the oasis gear) was really well designed! the scenes were realistic where they needed to be (irl) and not realistic where they didn’t (in-game), and the fact that they managed to find that balance was really important imo.

• they did well with camera angles and general scene design; every time the in-game stuff was shown through the virtual reality glasses it fit the scene really well and was done masterfully.

• good character designs (at least in-game avatars) – i feel like they were imaginative enough to be realistically something people would design, yet not ridiculous enough to be distracting. (side note – i’ve heard people say usually there would be much more ridiculous designs, but i gotta point out – the players have to walk around as these characters, in those bodies. making a weird avatar would be an inconvenience to them too; besides, with how popular oasis was, avatars were basically a sign of social status. but i digress).

�� following the previous point, i really loved the sixers’ designs. terrifying because they’re all identical, there’s so many of them and they’re so in-synch, and yet really cool-looking.

• aech’s actress has done a really good job, and i feel like her character was very badass even despite the whole thing with shining.

• though the curator’s character was not canon in the book, i really really like the way he was used. i even preferred the way it went about the coin thing to the book.

• HALLIDAY’S PORTRAYAL WAS AMAZING. like, he was done exactly the way i expected him to be from the book, and it was honestly so damn awesome. i’ve also heard people say that he was represented as autistic, and i can’t say anything about that, i’m nowhere near being an expert, but if he was – that’s really good, it’s always great to see representation.

• i did like the main message of the movie. reality is real, and we shouldn’t forget about it even if we have video games such as oasis to escape to. it’s nice to have distractions, but don’t forget to live in the real world as well, no matter how bad it is – instead, try to fix it for the better.

• i’m glad they kept the nightclub with no gravity as a setting, i was wondering what that would look like in live action.

• sho(to) had cool one-liners and i appreciated him a lot.

• (book spoilers!!!) daito being alive was good?? like i’m glad he didn’t die, he was a good character in my opinion and i liked him! though, more on that later.

dislikes:

• first quest. are you telling me not one player before parzival, not ever, not even because of sheer curiosity and/or desperation because there was nothing else to do, decided to drive backwards?! bullshit. i do it in racing video games all the time and those video games aren’t even about to get me trillions of dollars. did no one else know halliday didn’t like rules?

• aech was used as comic relief a lot, and i just feel like her character was a little more serious and a lot more independent in the book, and it could’ve been handled for better things than a few gags about horror movies.

• they didn’t show that aech was gay? like almost not at all? she did try to kiss a (zombie-)girl in that one scene in shining, but that was one throwaway line and i don’t think many people picked up on it. in the book that was almost the entire reason why she was living the way she was (in a van and whatnot) – conflict with her mother due to her sexuality! would be nice to have that acknowledged better.

• art3mis and parzival’s relationship was underdeveloped. like, really underdeveloped. like, “telling the person you knew for three days that you love them” sort of underdeveloped. it wasn’t even clear why parzival had a crush on her in the first place – while the book does specify the whole thing about her blog and how he’s a fan, in the movie z just has a few lines of dialogue with aech before the race, and that’s all we know about art3mis when she’s introduced. then she just proceeds to be mildly rude to parzival and yet he falls for her anyways. could’ve been much, much better, and way less rushed.

• speaking of art3mis, she was at the very least meant to have a much more noticeable birthmark. seriously. she needed something to hide. the way movie presented her, she was still conventionally attractive despite the reasonably small mark, which in no way explains why she was so defensive of her irl appearance. (not to say i don’t adore her actress because i do!! i’m just talking about the character design).

• sorrento was presented as some cowardly douchebag, and i feel like he was really meant to be much more cold and manipulative, facing off with parzival in the final battle for the easter egg, fighting side by side with sixers. but no, he was shown to be a selfish scaredy cat. one of my favorite scenes from the book is when parzival demands sorrento steps down if ioi want his help, and sorrento just smiles and says something like “consider it done”. in the film he proceeded to be insecure and mad about it, and i feel like that made him much less threatening.

• also, sorrento’s allies (i-r0ck and the unnamed lady who commanded his troops) felt sort of… redundant. there was no need for them to be as big a characters as they were. not to say i don’t like the idea of having a badass lady henchman for the bad guy, but she was presented to be sorta incompetent and at times even ridiculous; and i-r0ck was used as a comic relief in moments which didn’t need one.

• they cut out so much of the second act character conflict (or rather, conflict between characters). they kinda tried to do the whole “art3mis wants to stay alone” thing, but briefly and not too well, whereas in the book it was a massive plot point when she stopped talking to parzival. aech, too – there was time in the book when she and parzival weren’t in contact at all because she was mad at him, and when they contacted again, it was only because SHE helped him find the second key, and i feel like that would’ve established her as a much cooler and in general better character if they did that. because of that, z didn’t feel to have as much of a character arc in the movie – he didn’t really change from how he was like in the beginning.

• there are two further points to do with this. first one is, in the book art3mis figured out how to get the jade key on her own, and so did aech. they didn’t rely on parzival showing them the way, they did it themselves because they were smart and logical, and he was too full of himself after finding the first key first to concentrate enough on the second clue. it highlighted his character flaw while also establishing that the other characters are in no way dumber/less capable than him, and it was very important. the movie didn’t do this. while, sure, art3mis was the one to think of the general idea, z was the one who pointed out the movie, and aech’s contribution was overall erased.

• second point is (book spoilers again!), actually, daito’s death again. it created stakes! so much stakes! ioi was actually out to get them, it was real! and it highlighted his relationship with shoto so well, how upset the latter was and how he was mourning, and it was a very good dramatic plot point; so while i’m glad he stayed alive because i don’t like character deaths, it may have been somewhat better if he was in fact killed.

• also, shoto and daito’s general presence in the movie was very different. firstly, they were (i think?) actual brothers, and secondly they were not at all wary of getting close to parzival and co, while in the book they preferred to stick together and barely trusted them. it was a much more interesting dynamic i think, and showed things like they were more likely to play out if this scenario happened in real life. so while i don’t hate this decision, i think keeping it the way it was in the book would’ve been good too, if not better.

• stakes created by a shaking van and sorrento, who was shown to be fully capable and willing to kill the kids before, lowering his gun when they were right in front of him, seemed just a little ridiculous.

okay haha that’s about it! that’s a lot, sorry for the rant, but i tend to get strong feelings about completely random things, and i did really like the movie! i see a lot of hate out there, but while i admit it had substantial flaws, we also mustn’t fail to acknowledge the good parts!

so yeah. have a good day if you read all of this! (and if you haven’t, have a good day too ^^)

#careful!!!#spoiers #also long #ready player one #rp1 movie #rp1 #rpo spoilers #rpo #parzival #art3mis #aech #daito #shoto #ready player one movie #ready player one book #rant #likes and dislikes

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These are our friends (Balloon Squad + Yousana kids)

Hi!!

Well, as I say before, I have been on a writers block lately, I wasn’t really inspired until the lovely @stressedoutteenager told me a headcanon about The balloon squad taking care of kids and well our conversation ended on me writing this fic about the balloon boys and yousef and sana’s kids. So I want to thank her because like half of the ideas of this fic belong to her!

I also got this prompt a few weeks ago and even though it’s not actually the same I hope you like it:

Prompt. HELLO IDK IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF PROMPTS ALREADY BUT I WAS THINKING LIKE WHAT IF YOU WROTE ABOUT UNCLE ELIAS COMING OVER AND TAKING CARE OF YOUSANAS FOOTBALL TEAM?? like at this point they'd prob have like 4 kids or something and thats tiring enough and yousef is like we never get time to ourselves and sana's like well you're the one that wanted 12?? and they're like we can maybe ask elias to take care of them and they go on a date or whatever and elias takes care of the kids :)

Well I leave you now with the fic, I know there’s no much Yousana but I hope you like it!!!

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That the Balloon boys love Sana with all their hearts is no secret. And that they love Yousef too isn’t either. But their love for Yousef and Sana doesn’t compare with their love for their children.

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Since Sana and Yousef got married, all of them had been constantly teasing them about when they were planning on having children. They knew Yousef was really looking forward to it while Sana wasn’t that keen on it, or at least that’s what she said. They didn’t expect them having children that soon after they got married though so when only 9 months after their wedding Yousef and Sana called them all asking to meet them at their house that idea didn’t even crossed their minds.

“Thank you for coming” Sana said as all the boys sat in front of her and Yousef.

“What is this about sis?” Elias asked

“What have you done Yousef?” Adam added

“I haven’t done anything” Yousef defended himself

“Well, you kind of have” Sana said blushing

“Sana!” Yousef chuckled completely embarrassed.

“I’m not understanding anything” Mutta said confused

“Guys, what’s going on?” Mikael asked

“Okay so…we called you here because we need to tell you something important and we thought that we should tell you all at once” Sana started

“We know this might be unexpected” Yousef continued

“Are you divorcing?” Mutta asked as disappointed as if his parents were telling them that they were going to have a divorce

“No! No, no, no. It’s the opposite actually” Yousef said

“The opposite would be getting married and you’re already married” Mikael said

“Are you going to renew your vows?” Adam asked

“What are you talking about Adam? How are they going to renew their vows, they haven’t even been married for a year” Elias said rolling his eyes

Yousef looked at Sana exasperated. Sana just shrugged as a way of saying “they’re your friends”. Yousef shook his head as the rest of the boys started a fight over how much time was logical to pass to renew the vows.

“Guys, guys…guys!” Sana said clapping her hands to catch their attention

“Wait a moment Sana” Elias said not even looking at her “Stop defending Adam, Mikael, you don’t know what you’re talking about”

“I’m not defending him but it makes sense what he’s saying”

“I’m not understanding anything” Mutta said again

“I’m pregnant!” Sana yelled

The whole room turned silent as the boys looked at Sana and Yousef taken aback by the news.

“What?” Elias asked

“I’m pregnant, you’re going to be an uncle Elias, you’re all going to be uncles”

“But pregnant as in having a baby pregnant?”

“No, pregnant as in having a fish, what do you think Mikael?” Sana said rolling her eyes

“You’re pregnant!!” Elias exclaimed standing up and hugging his sister

“I told you they wouldn’t wait a year!! You owe me 100kr!” Adam told Mutta as he extended his hand waiting to be paid

“Seriously Yousef? You couldn’t wait three more months?” Mutta said shaking his head

“You bet on how fast I’d get pregnant?” Sana asked “You do realize how creepy that is, right?”

“It’s not creepy, it’s the miracle of life” Mikael said smiling

“Yousef my man, you’re going to be a dad!” Elias said hugging his friend “And my sister is going to be a mom and I’m going to be an uncle and…and…”

“Elias are you crying?” Sana asked smiling as her brother tried to hide the tears

“No, I’m not” he said sniffing

“Yes you are! Come on Adam bring me the camera, this is going to make a sick video” Mikael exclaimed

Sana glared at Yousef who was laughing at the situation, “these are your friends” she wanted to say.

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“Be careful, Sana”, “You don’t have to that on your own, Sana” “Sana, let me do that for you” “Just sit down and rest, Sana” “No Sana, you can’t eat that, it’s not good for the baby” “Let me take care of that, Sana” “Sana, where do you think you’re going?” “I’M PREGNANT I’M NOT SICK, STOP IT ALREADY”

Those sentences could pretty much sum up the nine months of Sana’s pregnancy. All the boys, and Yousef the first of all, wouldn’t let Sana do as much as breathing in case something happened to her or to the baby.

So when Sana went into labor while the boys were at her house she knew what was coming.

“Guys…” Sana said as calm as she possibly could “I think…I think I’m having the baby”

“WHAT?” Yousef yelled as he stood up from the chair and almost fainted while doing it

“But are you sure?” Elias asked

“Pretty sure” Sana said looking at the wet floor under her

“Wow Sana, you could’ve used the toilet for that” Mikael said

“Are you dumb? Her water just broke!” Adam said hitting Mikael’s head

“Okay, what do we do? What do we do?” Mutta asked starting to panic

“Well, I think that taking me to the hospital would be a good idea, don’t you think?” Sana said glaring at them

“Yes, yes, yes come on guys we have rehearsed this so many times, Elias keys, Mutta and Adam bag, Mikael camera and I…I…what did I have to take?” Yousef said anxiously

“Sana! You had to take Sana” Elias said

“Oh, oh, true, true. Come on babe, everything is going to be okay, don’t panic, just breathe, breathe”

“Yeah, you may want to take your own advice” Sana said shaking her head

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“They’ve been there for too long, what is taking so long?” Elias asked as he kept pacing around the room

“Relax, in every book I’ve read says that this can take several hours” Mutta said

“How many books have you read about pregnancy dude?” Adam asked

“About 12” Mutta said shrugging “14 if you count the audiobooks”

“Here we have dumb and dumber talking about pregnancy books” Mikael said as he focused the video camera on them, then he turned to Elias “And here we have the soon to be uncle having a stroke”

“Mikael keep that off my face or I swear I’m going to…”

“Relatives of Sana Bakkoush?” a nurse interrupted Elias

Elias walked over to her as Mikael, Mutta and Adam stood up and followed him.

“I’m her brother” Elias said

“And we’re the baby’s uncles” Mutta added pointing at the rest of the boys and himself

“So all of you are Sana’s brothers” the nurse said

“No just me, but they’re the uncles too”

“Yousef’s brothers then?”

“We’re his bros” Adam said nodding

“Okay…well everything went well and she’s a lovely girl”

“It’s a girl!!!” Mutta said doing his meme face

“We already knew it was a girl” Mikael said rolling his eyes

“I know but we’ve had it confirmed”

“I think it was pretty much confirmed when Sana showed us that ultrasound” Adam said

“Yeah but…”

“Guys!” Elias said clapping his hands and turning to the nurse “Can we see her?”

“Yes, you can but one by one, okay?” the nurse said as she left them in the waiting room

“Well, I’m going in while you decide the order” Elias said

“Uh, excuse me, why do you get to be the first one?” Adam asked

“Because I’m the real uncle, Sana is my sister and Yousef is my best friend”

“Wow, that was very rude. We’re supposed to love each other equally” Mutta said “Besides, kids like me better than you”

“That’s bullshit, I’m Sana’s brother and I’m going in first” Elias said

“We should draw lots” Adam said

“What are you talking about? She’s my sister!!” Elias almost yelled

“Wait, where’s Mikael?” Mutta said realizing that the boy was nowhere to be found

“That little piece of shit” Elias said as he walked to the room where Sana was. “Mikael! That’s cheating” he yelled from the other side of the door

The door of the room opened and Yousef came out of it. His eyes were red, he had clearly been crying.

“Guys, if you promise to be completely calm I’ll let you in all at once, but you have to be chill, okay?” Yousef said

“Yeah, yeah, let me in” Elias said as he walked past Yousef and entered the room followed by the rest of the boys

Mikael was in one side of the room holding the baby in his arms.

“Boys, let me introduce you to Leila, the most beautiful baby in this world” Mikael said as the boys approached them

“Oh my god she’s so tiny” Mutta said as he gently caressed one of her hands

“I can’t believe Yousef did this” Adam said “She’s so beautiful”

“She looks like her mother, that’s the only explanation” Yousef said as he stood next to Sana and gave her a kiss on her forehead “She’s going to be a warrior just like her”

“Elias? Are you okay?” Sana asked her brother who hadn’t said a word since he had entered the room.

“I just…I…” Elias said trying to hold back the tears but he completely failed at it “She is my niece, Sana”

“Yes, she is” Sana said smiling at her brother “Why don’t you hold her?”

“What if I hurt her?” he asked

“You won’t, I trust you”

Elias nodded and took the baby from Mikael’s arms slowly.

“Hi, Leila, I’m your uncle Elias. These are Mikael, Adam and Mutta, they’re going to love you so much but you better love me more, okay?”

“Yeah, we’ll see about that” Adam said “I’m way cooler than you are”

“But I’m the kindest” Mutta argued

“Guys, guys, who was the first one to hold her, huh?” Mikael said with a smug face

“She’s my blood, you can’t fight blood” Elias said

Sana chuckled as she shook her head and looked at Yousef, “these are your friends”

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“Happy birthday Leila!” Elias said as he hugged his niece “Oh my god how old are you already? 6? 7?”

“I’m only 3 uncle Elias!” Leila laughed

“Oh, only 3? Then I’ll have to give this big present to another child…”

“No, no, no! I’m 6”

“Leila, what have we talked about lying?” Sana told her daughter

“It’s a bad thing to do” Leila said

“Exactly, now give uncle Elias a kiss and go to the backyard to play with your friends, I’ll be out in a minute with the cake”

The little girl did as she was told and left after kissing her uncle

“How are you doing, sis?” Elias said pointing at Sana’s belly

“I’m holding up quite well actually, only three more weeks before Khaled is here with us” Sana said smiling

“Ah, I’m going to spoil that little kid”

“Like you’re already doing with Leila, you mean?”

“Exactly like that”

Sana rolled her eyes and led the way to the garden where everyone was.

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“Yo, Adam what was that?” Elias asked his friend as he approached him after the cake

“What was what?”

“We agreed on one present each and you gave Leila two” Elias said

“That was so not cool, Adam” Mutta said

“Are you trying to get her to like you better or what?” Mikael asked

“Okay first of all, I gave her two gifts because in the movie those two characters are always together so I bought the two dolls at once, and second of all I don’t need gifts to make her like me best, she already does” Adam said with a smug face

“Ha! You wish, I gave her a basketball jersey of her favorite team, did you see the look on her face? She loved it” Mutta said

“She’s only 3, what are you talking about? She loved my movies” Mikael argued

“I bought her a freaking slide, are you being serious now?” Elias asked shaking his head “Besides I’m her blood”

“Stop using that argument! Family is not only blood damn it!” Adam almost yelled at him

“Okay that’s enough we’re going to solve this as grown men” Mikael said “Leila! Sweetie, can you come here for a second?”

The little girl approached them almost jumping, she loved her uncles so much

“Hi, honey, we’re going to ask you a question and you don’t need to feel pressured at all okay?” Mikael said crouching to get to her height “So who do you love the most, uncle Elias, uncle Mutta, uncle Adam or me?”

“I love you all the same” Leila said shrugging

“But Leila honey, remember how I gave you not one but two presents today? That’s really cool right?” Adam said

“I always bring you ice-cream even when your mom says you can’t have it, you remember that right Leila?” Mutta added

“Remember how I was the first one that took you to the cinema to see that movie you liked so much?” Mikael said

“Leila, I’m your uncle, your real uncle, I took you to the theme park” Elias said “You have to like me more than them”

“I…I think I like uncle Isak the most” Leila said kind of uncomfortable

“What??!” Elias almost yelled

“Are you seriously asking my daughter who she likes most?” Yousef said as he approached the group with Sana by her side

“Leila go play with your friends and don’t listen to your dumb uncles” Sana told her daughter

She waited for her to be gone before she spoke again

“What is wrong with you guys? She’s only 3”

“Adam was trying to buy her with gifts” Elias said “I’m her real uncle”

“I was just being nice, what are you talking about?”

“Okay, stop!” Sana said before another fight would start “You four are going to start behaving like adults or I swear you’re not going to get anywhere near this baby”

She pointed at her stomach while glaring at them

“You wouldn’t dare” Mikael said

“Test me” she said taking a step forward

“Okay, okay, it’s chill, we’ll behave” Mutta said

Sana nodded and looked at Yousef shaking her head, “these are your friends”.

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“Are you sure of this?”

“Come on Sana, we haven’t been on a proper date since Hakim was born” Yousef said “And he’s almost a year old already”

“Yeah, I know but are we sure that they…” she pointed at the boys in her living room “Are the ones to take care of our three children?”

“They’re four men taking care of a 6 years old girl, a 3 years old boy and a one year old baby, I think they’ll manage just fine”

“Ah…okay” she said

Elias, Mikael, Adam and Mutta were playing in the living room with the kids. Leila was showing Mutta his drawings while Mikael and Adam played with Khaled on the floor and Elias kept Hakim on his lap.

“Okay guys, we’re going. If anything happens you call me right away, understood?”

“Relax Sana, everything is under control” Elias said

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Everything wasn’t under control. Let’s say that playing with kids for awhile wasn’t exactly the same as spending a whole evening with them. It wasn’t that the kids were bad kids, quite the opposite actually, the problem was that the boys wouldn’t agree on anything.

“No, Khaled you can’t have ice cream after dinner” Elias said

“But uncle Mutta gave Leila ice cream”

“Seriously Mutta?” Adam asked him rolling his eyes

“It’s our tradition” Mutta defended himself

“Uh, guys I think Hakim needs to be changed” Mikael said as he held him in his arms “Any volunteer?”

“Don’t you know how to do it?” Elias asked

“Do you?”

“Of course I do, who do you think you’re talking to?”

Five diapers later Hakim was finally changed.

“Okay buddy now I’m going to leave you in your crib to sleep” Elias said as he laid him down

“Elias you have to lay him on one side” Adam said

“What? No I’m pretty sure he should lie on his back” Mikael said

“Guys, let the expert talk, in the books I read it said…I don’t really remember what it said to be honest…” Mutta said confused

“Let’s just call Sana and ask her” Adam suggested

“No! No one is calling my sister, we are capable of doing this”

“Uncle Elias, Leila keeps painting on me” Khaled whined

“Leila, stop it”

“But I’m just being artistic, dad always says that art is important”

“What about you paint on a notebook instead of on your brother” Mutta said

“But I don’t want to paint on a notebook” Leila said pouting

“Seriously, how do Sana and Yousef do this every day?” Mikael asked

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“Everything is extremely quiet” Sana said as they entered the house a few hours later

“That’s a good sign right?” Yousef asked

“Or not”

They entered the living room and were surprised by the scene. On one couch Mutta laid with little Hakim on his arms. In the floor, Adam and Mikael were sat together with their backs against the couch and Khaled lying on their legs. And on the other couch Leila laid on Elias’ chest. They were all sleeping peacefully.

Sana smiled at the view and looked at Yousef, “these are our friends”

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Sooo this is it!! I hope you’ve liked it!

Thank you so much for reading!!

#skam #yousana #Balloon Squad #nothesc prompt

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