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#pick your ship and I'm sure you know how to cheer him up
ratchlocked · 1 year
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I wonder what kind of present he'd like...? [HQ]
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writingoddess1125 · 7 months
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loving reading Buggy's saga with his children, but I confess that I felt sorry for his balls being crushed in the last post😭
please help our dear Buggy recover from this illness 🥹
Of course sweety! 🍭 we shall cure the Muggy Buggy Balls!
Fever pt. 1
Buggy x FemReader + Buggy Twins
Old Men Series Masterlist
Wanna buy me some cup noodles? 🍜
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After what was deemed the Nutcracker Arc, Buggy had been down a bit- He had wanted to have more children with you eventually but after the doctor saw the damage from the wooden sword and apparently damage from a previous incident that Buggy still refused to tell you about- The doctor essentially said his nuts were done for.
"I wanted daughters so bad..." He groaned into the pillows, still in his pouting faze as you sat next to him rubbing his back. It had been 2 weeks since Dee had taken the wooden sword to poor Buggys balls.
"I know honey.." You say softly, trying to comfort the man. Truthfully you had seen the damage and had a fairly confident feeling he was done with any baby making- Buggy was knife proof but not blunt force trauma.
"Hey it won't be that bad Buggy, You have two beautiful sons who will carry your legacy and besides we are heading to the island for the rest of our '60 day' vacation" You say softly, at this point the 60 days were no better then a joke- it had already been well over a month on the ship and with Buggy, you two just used the '60 days' as a way to tease one another over how silly it was. And an excuse for a vacation.
Buggy looked up st you, his makeup smeared on his face and he sighed in defeat. Nodding in agreement at this point.
"Yeah Yeah- Two destructive boys with devil fruit powers on an island unsupervised, What can do wrong" He said as he leaned his head against you his arm wrapping around your waist.
"Why would they be unsupervised?" You question with a raised brow, Buggy looking at you with a crooked grin.
"Well we will be busy of course" He says in a flirtatious manner- You playfully shoving his face away while blushing making both of you laugh.
"Land Ho!" A loud voice sounded through the ship, Snapping both of you from your thoughts as you your giggles.
Buggy getting up and offering a hand to you with a smile.
"Ready?" He asked, you could t help but feel your heart flutter at this. Grabbing his gloved hand and nodding, heading upstairs you saw the coming shores of land.
"Look!" Dee yelled from the crows nest, that being were he preferred to stay it seemed- Bee jumping around on deck like the hyperactive child he was.
There was a lush island that was filled with beautiful forest and a small village nestled there. It didn't take long for you all to dock at the island- Buggy happily escorting you and the boys through it.
The island he had picked was absolutely lovely, it was like a strip of paradise tucked nearly in the corner of the East Blue, a small village on the north side of the island and on the southern side was were Buggy had claimed for himself. It seemed Buggy was well Acquainted with the place as well since the locals were familiar with the crew and held no real fear of Buggy either.
"Wow! It's so big!-" Bee cheered loudly at seeing the Island, Dee nodding in agreement as they looked at the village.
"Hehe that's what your mo-" "Medium" You deadpanned, immediately taking the wind from Buggy's sails as he pouted at you taking his joke away.
"Here" Buggy said reaching in his pockets, handing the twins some change and telling them to explore the island and giving them the key to the Inn room they were in.
"This island is you're to explore, Just don't be stupid and go into the water" He said with a grin, the Twins smiling in delight at this before rushing off with their new found freedom.
"Buggy are you sure?-" You question as you watched them run away cackling like little demons.
"This place is totally safe- Besides I'm sure they are just gonna raid the candy shop anyway" You couldn't disagree with his decision and nodded.
Buggy excitedly lead you to the inn you all would be staying in while the details to the cabin was set in. It was a small tradional inn and had a hot spring attached, truthfully you thought it was quite adorable but beautiful non the less. Taking a seat on the massive futon bed you smiled at your Partner.
"I gotta admit, you did a really good job Buggy" You say earning a wide smile from the Clown Pirate.
Buggy was clearly proud of his choices, the praises from you and boys definitely fanning his ego. Especially since you didn't disagree with him that this was a terrific spot or that the inn was quite beautiful.
"I'm going to check how long till the cabin is complete-" He said with a grin kissing your lips before leaving.
The boys were out exploring the island, Buggy was checking on the cabin. You had the room to yourself? Oh how the stars aligned- jumping up you quickly grab a bottle of wine and open the back sliding door to see the amazing hot spring in the back. This was heaven-
Buggy returned after an hour, having picked up some dinner for the two of you to try and have a date night in- He knew he was still new to the whole romance thing but he was trying, aka using books to figure out.
"Hey (Y/N) yhe Cabin will be completed in a few days" Buggy said calmly, walking into the room expected you there- But was met with silence, raising a brow he walked in the room fully and opened the back sliding door that lead to the private hotspring.
That's when his world froze- There you were standing in the hotspring, it looks like you were grabbing a cool rag for yourself and just bend in the perfect angle to see everything.
You turned quickly hearing the noise of the door opening and saw Buggy there with his eyes as wide as saucers and clearly very pleased to see you. Not even having to say anything you turn and face him fully.
When the house was finished you and your small family all moved in. Buggy talking about this would be a safe house for you and kids anytime after the '60 days' or if you wished to just move here and he would return regularly.
Blushing as you stood in the hot water, Buggy catching the look in your eyes starting to strip and sliding into the water after you. His eyes never leaving yours as he closed the space between you two in moments- his hands wrapping around your waist quickly as you two smiled at each other.
It seemed Buggy was right, you and him would be busy.
Truthfully it was pure domestic bliss.
And it was this way- For a little over a month till one morning. You woke up and everything just seemed terrible, The bed made your back hurt, the lights were too bright, the twins already up and too loud.
You heard Buggy trying to talk to you excitedly but his voice was muffled and difficult to understand. Truthfully you didn't even remember making it to the kitchen and making yourself a cup of tea-
It was like you blinked and you were there, the boys chattering loudly as Buggy tried to get them to sit the fuck down as well as telling you something you didn't understand. You felt a hand finally touch your head, seeing Buggy in a different shirt and the twins gone... how long had you dozed off for?
"You look flushed-" Buggy muttered, his eyebrows crunching up as he got way too close to your face. You didn't know why but his face seemed to irritate you, or was it the smell of the apple shampoo? Or possibly-
"BLECH!" You vomited, right on the front of Buggys shirt.
Buggy's face turned red, like he was going to yell but held back and took a breath. See how you had been out of it most of the morning and fairly unresponsive despite him asking repeatedly if you were okay.
"Let's get you to the doctors.."
He said finally, Sighing as he peeled off the shirt and helping you up.
It was a short trip to the doctor in the village, Buggy being too loud in demanding you be seen right away- You wanted to choke him..
In a few minutes the doctor arrived and gave you a routine check-up, You sitting their while Buggy talked some more about random stuff as the Doctor stood back with a surprised smile on his face.
"I see what's going on-" The doctor said with a smile, both you and Buggy staring at the doctor as he set his tools to the side.
"Congratulations! You're pregnant" He said with a joyous voice- you and Buggy freezing at this.
"W-What but- I thought I was done for!?" Buggy said first as he pointed to his pants- The doctor shrugging at this.
"Well it sees you still gad a chance, but a chance non the less- If you keep trying eventually something can take root" The doctor admitted calmly. You sitting thinking back to different moments in your life... mainly your labor with the twins... 36 hours for both.. the diapers and all that 'fun'.
"How far?.." You manage out, still feeling shell shocked at this news.
"Hm I'd say 5 weeks along give or take?-" the doctor said calmly as he tapped his chin.
You both looked at each other, the thoughts swirling in your guys head as it clicked. 5 weeks is when you guys arrived at the island and..
"The Inn Hotspring-"
You guys said in unison. Buggy staring at you in total shock like the puzzle peices were still formulating in his brain- before he broke out in a wide smile, started loudly cheering and jumping.
"YOURE PREGNANT HAHAHA!"
You sitting there in shock as your partner jumped around the room... did 60 days just turn into 9 dog damn months?
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heartofwritiing · 3 months
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could you write wilbur soot confessing his love to a crush? 👉👈
something about how he's been pinning after this crush for so long, but the crush seems a bit avoidant or something
but that's because the crush also has a crush on him and is very very shy qpwimsmanssjslslek sorry im not good with requests
You and me need never be, lonely again.
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Paring: cc!wilbur soot x fem!cc!reader
authors note: Thank you so much for requesting! I hope you don't mind the reader being a content creator and i’m sorry she’s not super shy because im not really sure how to write shy lol but i hope you like the request! I just thought it would add to the idea and I've wanted to do something similar to this for a while! This is a request back from august. I am so sorry this took me so long to get out. I've been going through some shit irl but I'm finally starting to come back to writing because I genuinely love it and posting on here since it is my safe space!
line from this prompt list
warnings: friends-lovers, reader lives in the US, brief description of anxiety, the reader sends mixed signals, swearing, kinda angsty, happy end, super unedited!
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"No! That was such bullshit!"
The voice of Tommyinnit ran through the speakers of your computer causing you to let out a chuckle that you were the reason for his outburst.
You were playing Gang Beasts on stream with some of your closest friends, and you had grabbed Tommy's character and thrown him off the map by picking him up.
Laughter rang out amongst the group as the screen card popped up saying your username won. You cheered as everyone groaned but dispersed into 'ggs' then that's when everyone started to bid goodnight. You hadn't realized it had been four hours of streaming and playing games, showing the good time you were having with friends.
"Alright chat, that's gonna be it for me today! Please remember to click the follow button if you're new to stream that way you'll know when I go live! byeee!" You did your outro, quickly closed your stream down, and logged out of Twitch.
It was an uneventful stream session, thank god. You’ve noticed more and more how your chat gets when you even mention wilburs name.
“you logging off completely y/n/n?” Ranboos voices asks through your earbuds.
“No, I’ll play a few more rounds if you guys are down,” you respond.
“HELL YEAH!” Tommy boasted. “IM GONNA KICK YOUR ASS THIS TIME Y/N/N!”
“Oh, it’s on gremlin child!” you replied.
Wilbur listened to this conversation on his end, letting out a chuckle. He honestly doesn’t know why you make him laugh so easily. Anytime you threw a genius comment toward Tommy that was deemed insulting, or calling him a name Wilbur fell for you more and more. If only he had the guts to tell you.
You as well wouldn’t admit it but every time Wilbur laughed all you could feel was butterflies punching your stomach and a smile that made your cheeks hurt. You were also falling hard for him.
After about another fifteen minutes, Tommy and Ranboo had bid their goodbyes for the night and ended their calls. You were left in call with Wilbur, the silence could be cut with a knife.
Knowing him for two years was hard. Wilbur was everything to you. He was funny, smart, charming, and overall made you feel comfortable. Something you thought you’d never have with anyone. Having to only talk on call and video made things easier for you. On call you could hide your blushes and smiles from him, but not from your chat who caught every interaction between you and Wilbur when you streamed. The constant ’Wilbur x name confirmed?’ tweets and comments in your twitch chat were recently repetitive and you wondered when you became such a beacon of attention. It gave you such anxiety to have all eyes on you when you wanted to spend time with your best friend.
It was getting obnoxious to the point where you debated making a tweet to get the fans to stop shipping you both, even if you were dating it was no one’s business. Still you never dared to say anything out of fear of stans coming at you in anyway. You didn’t need to draw more unwanted attention to yourself.
“You logging off? it’s getting pretty late for you,” you spoke up.
“Yeah, we both should, by the way what times your flight tomorrow?”
Right, you were flying less than eight hours from now to finally meet your friends inperson. You all had planned this for months, booking hotels and flights, making a whole deal about it. Then you really wouldn’t be able to hide from him for a whole week.
“Around seven-thirty,” you reply.
He hums.
“I’ll let you get some rest, see you tomorrow night darling,” his voice purposely going lower on the ‘darling’ part that you almost didn’t catch it, making your knees go weak.
“N-night Will,” you stutter, end call and slump back into your desk chair trying to calm your racing heart. Meanwhile Wilbur all the way across the ocean in Brighton has a smile plastered across his lips.
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About a plane ride, a train ride and car ride later, you are stood in the hotel lobby in Brighton waiting for a late Tommy and Wilbur to arrive. You were super nervous to meet them. Having only been friends for what was a short time, it felt like you knew them for years, so why was this so scary?
You debated in your mind about texting them to see if they were close by, but you didn’t want to come off as annoying and impatient. You wanted to make a good first impression, but again these were your friends. Why were you shaking with nerves?
You fiddled with your thumb’s absentmindedly until you felt a pair of hands on your shoulders, causing you to jump out of your skin. You spin around to be met with a cackling Tommy who is clucking his stomach from laughing so hard at your reaction.
“Fucking gremlin child,” you huffed under your breath, not realizing the evident blood rushing to your cheeks from being startled so easily.
“It’s nice to hear you say that in person,” a deep voice said from behind Tommy. You shifted your eyes to see a very tall Wilbur, who was wearing his round glasses pushed up his nose and curly hair fluffed to the side.
His dark sweater selves rolled up to revel his arms tucked into his side as he gazed at you with a soft smile. Finally after two years of being separated by seas, your best friend was standing right in front of you. It was surreal to say the least.
You laugh and jump forward to embrace him. The number of times you’d tease him over-call about his height made you regret your words. He towers over you as he bends down to your level to give you a long awaited hug. His arms are soft, yet firm as they wrap around your back and cage you into his embrace.
You both pull away, both grinning from ear to ear. He looks down at you with a hint of something behind his eyes, he seems to be genuinely happy to finally meet you in person. which makes you blush at the thought of him looking forward to this moment since you told him you wanted to come here. You're quickly brought out of your moment when Tommy speaks up behind you.
"So he gets a hug and I don't?!" his tone slightly offended.
"Yup, cause you're annoying," you bring a hand up to flick his forehead, causing him to let out a irritated noise. you had only just met him in person but something compelled you to do that. Maybe it was just a reason for you to break the ice and it was working because you all broke out into giggles.
“Im just kidding Tom,” you motion him into a hug.
Wilbur just stood observing the entire interaction between his two best friends. He was thrilled to finally have you here, he couldn't wait to show you all his favorite places, hang out, and get to know better in person. Finally.
The two boys had managed to drag you to the beach, and even though it was freezing Tommy insisted on going to the arcade to try and win another 'vlog gun'. After suffering through loosing a few games, Wilbur managed to win you a little stuffed cat that you promptly named Mr Whiskers.
It was endearing to watch him struggle at most of the games so he could get enough tickets. It was all worth it in his eyes to embarrass himself by losing ski-ball to you, twice, he saw the evident blush on your cheeks and the look you gave him. As if he hung the stars in the sky just for you. It made his chest hurt in a good way.
The rest of the night went smoothly for the most part. More and more, Wilbur had been getting more touchy with you. Though you didn’t mind it at all, maybe he didn’t realize how much he was putting his hand on you as you walked side by side as he led you through crowds. How he held doors open for you. It was sweet.
Maybe he was doing it just to be nice. That small voice in the back of your head telling you thats all it was. Because thats what friends do.
Eventually, the three of you met up with Ranboo and Charlie. They were just how they were online, which made meeting them a whole lot better. Walking around Brighton, making inside jokes and teasing each other. You hadn't been this happy in a while. You can remember the last time you genuinely enjoyed yourself, your friends were the product of that. You were fortunate to have found them when you did. Quarantine was hard on you, much like the rest of the world. So when you were invited to join a group game call, you couldn't pass up the opportunity. That night, something had clicked between you and Wilburt specifically. Then you started to join more calls with the gang and the rest was history.
Sometime in the night, you found yourself walking behind with Wilbur by your side chatting about nothing in particular. Until the comfortable silence filled the air between you, you took a moment to take in the nightlife of Brighton. The street lamps guide your way through the beachside and the pubs on the corner were starting to fill up. As if the city was somehow more alive at night.
"I'm really glad you came," Wilbur speaks, sincerely.
You stop your wide-eyed gaze to look at him and smile softly at him.
"I am too," You gush. "I'm honestly considering moving here,” Now he’s smiling.
Wilbur's brain starts to go a million miles a second. His heart leaped at the thought of you living closer to him. Seeing you in person everyday seemed like a dream come true. He begins to slow his step and a frown replaces your smile. Your own thoughts running rampant now, assuming you might've freaked him out by voicing that you wanted to move here so soon after meeting him in person. Maybe it made him uncomfortable. it was too soon to say something that bold. You had only just met him in person today.
"Listen, Y/N..."
You stopped and your brain got the best of you with his tone. You shouldn't have said anything like that to him. It was too soon.
“I don’t want to sound cheesy, but I need you to know how I feel.”
Oh... OH.
You knew what this was leading to. Realizing why he was acting the way he was all day.
"I like you, more than like you. You're funny, beautiful, smart, and everything I could've hoped for in a best friend. But I can't keep pretending I don't think of you when we aren't talking, or how when I look at you my chest hurts."
Wilbur liked you. Really liked you. You would jump for joy and shout to the rooftops about how much you reciprocate his feelings but something in the back of your mind told you not to. The doubt in your mind from yourself, both your fans online judging. It made you slowly start to panic. You felt as though you weren’t good enough for him.
You saw the aftermath of when his fans shipped him and Niki together. It almost ruined their friendship. You didn’t want that.
"Please say something?" he stops his rant to notice you are staring up at him with blank eyes.
"I-uh," you stutter. "can we maybe not do this now?"
His face falls and it instantly crushes you with regret. His disappointment shows as he gives you a forced smile and nods.
"Y-yeah, let's catch up with everyone, Tommy wants to do this big stream at his place." he gestures for you to move along with him, all while you feel horrible for doing this.
You wish you could take back what you said. You know you've hurt him, It's painfully obvious when he doesn't talk to you for the rest of the walk. You glance at him a few times but he keeps his eyes forward and stoic.
If only you didn’t let your anxiety get the best of you. You had to talk to him at some point, but for now you pushed it aside. The rest of the group didn’t seem to notice the sudden tension between the two of you, if they did nothing was remarked about it.
As you continued the journey to Tommys flat, you and Wilbur still walked silently side by side. With what little courage you had, you reached out your hand and held his in a moment of truce. Giving it a gentle squeeze with your fingers to seal the deal that you would talk later. You heard his soft inhale at the contact and he squeezes back. Your shoulders drop from the weight of tension being lifted off. Maybe, just maybe this ment this conversation wasn’t over.
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Back at Tommy’s, the monitor in his cramped bedroom with everyone packed together like sardines; shows the twitch chat flashing by with viewers comments.
“WELCOME BACK TO THE STREAM EVERYONE!” Tommy shouted causing you to hold your ear in slight pain.
“God Tommy, could you be anymore loud?” you wince.
“Look who’s here chat!” he gestured to you with his hands, ignoring your complaints. You waved at the webcam as chat went crazy. He introduced everyone else as they all broke out into a chorus of conversation.
Wilbur was mostly quiet on your left, an occasional sarcastic comment made here and there. You could practically feel his eyes buring into the side of your head. Hopping chat wasn’t noticing how he was looking at you, your eyes shifting to your lap to fidget with your fingers.
Out of view, Wilbur reached over and took your hand picking at the skin around your nails. You had stopped your nervous tick and opted for squeezing his hand. Nobody seemed to notice the sudden shift in both your behavior.
Suddenly you felt tense, the feeling of having everyone’s eyes on you made your mind start to spiral.
Letting go of Wilburs hand, you quickly had excused yourself and walked out of Tommys room and into the kitchen.
Everyone had a mix of concerned and worried expressions as they watched you leave the room but didn’t say anything about it. Wilbur had followed you in pursuit. He found you in the kitchen hyperventilating Your panic had taken over and now your lungs were paying the price for the burning sensation from not breathing.
“it's okay,” he took your face into his hands and held you. “just follow my breaths.
he took a breath in, and you followed.
When you came to your senses, Wilbur had asked you what was wrong and you just began to cry. Everything came rushing down on you.
“Im sorry. I-Im sorry I shot you down earlier, Im sorry for h-hurting you. I-i,” you stuttered over yourself. Wilbur shakes his head at you. He probably thinks you’re such a mess.
“I don’t understand, I know you like me too, so I don’t understand why you rejected me after I poured my heart out to you. Then you go and hold my hand while we're walking.'
Wilbur was right. Playing with his feelings was selfish and cruel. He was completely in the right to question you. You were practically flirting with one another all day, and then you shut down his advances of trying to open your relationship.
“I do wanna be with you.” you sniff. “I'm just really scared.”
"Why darling? It's just me, your silly old Wil." he pokes at your sides causing you to let out a giggle. Your best friend, who looked at you with the prettiest chocolate eyes, who stayed on call with you all night when you couldn't sleep. The only person you told your deepest fears and dreams to.
You take a shaky inhale as you begin to explain. "I don't wanna ruin our friendship, we have something I've never experienced with anyone else in my life. I care about you too much to let me be a distraction in your life, and I am scared that the fans will-"
Wilbur interrupts you with a hand on your arm.
"The fans? darling who cares about that, I care way too much about you to even care about what strangers think. It's no one's business who I, or you for that matter have a relationship with." he clarified. "I love you and nothing or no one will ever change that."
Those three words made your heart leap in your throat.
"Y-you l-love me?" you stutter in disbelief.
"Yes, of course I do."
Tears roll down the apples of your cheeks as you lean forward to engulf Wilbur into another hug. His arms wrapped around your back reciprocating your embrace. your face buried in his neck as you inhale his cologne and your tears dampen his skin.
"I love you too Wil," you whisper.
He squeezes you closer to him in return and this time you don't hold yourself back...
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dwindlinghaze · 1 year
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moony's song
(remus lupin x reader)
summary: yours and remus's relationship throughout the years.
contents: the kind of fluffiness that makes me cry, little fighting, getting married at the end, two years age gap, no magic mentioned, lyall lupin (rem's father is not a bad person here), not proofread!!!
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"happy birthday!" the whole room cheered and urged you to blow the seven candles. it was your seventh birthday.
remus hugged you tightly, muttering birthday wishes in your ear. "happy seventh birthday. thank you for being my best friend and thank you for being you. i'm so lucky."
you hugged him back, his figure taller than yours. he loved how he can feel like he's protecting you by the tiny height difference.
you glance up at him, looking at his eyes that resembles the starry night. it shines like the stars, the pretty lights.
and remus looked at you too, feeling himself blushing and reddening.
their two fathers were on the room right besides the stairs, the two men looked at each other knowingly at their respective children.
"they're growing up and falling in love," your father joked, earning a laugh from his other companion.
"i wouldn't surprise me if they ended up marrying each other. those two are inseparable since we moved here. glad my son has an amazing best friend that keeps him alive," lyall spoke.
hearing these, hope and your mother smiled as they rolled their eyes playfully, whispering "oh my my. ". it was undeniable that you and remus are destined to be together. whether it was platonic or romantic, you two are soulmates- if there's such things as soulmates.
remus was there when you were struggling to colour a colouring book. he was there to help you. he took your pencil colours and make the plain white and black paper into rainbows.
when you were bored, he lets you draw on his arms with those markers your mother bought. you let him style your hair the way he wants. he picked plants, flowers, and leaves for you when you're running wild in your father's backyard.
you two completes each other.
your friends back at school thought remus would beat you up in every playtime days. judging by the fact that he's two years older than you and he's much tougher. but he never did. he never did.
you know him enough to know that despite his formidable appearance, he's a whole sweet and gentle person behind the facade.
"hi, angel," he calls you angel because he thinks heaven sent you to him to make the small block wide town of his world less lonely.
"hi rem," you said back. "what are you doing after school?"
"um nothing," he said as he took your books off of your hands so he can hold it for you. "i was thinking we can hang out. my mama bought a new plant and she said we can help her gardening."
"oh sure! i'd love that," you smiled. he can get lost in your eyes as simple as sinking ships on water; so inviting.
"hello! no staring!" you joked.
"sorry!" he held his eyebrows up, making a face.
later that afternoon, your mother was walking with you on the way to remus house. "bon aprés-midi hope!" your mother beamed.
"bonjour!" remus replied in a very poor french accent.
his mother laughed, nudging his side, "it's in the afternoon, remmy. bonjour means good morning."
"well, i'm saying good riddance," he replied as your mother chuckled at the boy.
"where's y/n?" remus asked. his eyes looking at every direction.
"boo!" you jumped to his back, making him fell to the ground.
"hey!" he yelled, clutching his stomach in laughter.
"hello," you replied back, unfazed.
then the four went off to gardening. you and remus were on a team, he's the one to shovel out the soil and you were the one to put the plants overtop.
after hours of work, you and remus laid in the grass, facing the sunny sky with your eyes closed and forehead glistening with sweat
"sunny days remind me of you," remus said, still closing his eyes.
you felt your heart tugged at his words. he always has his way into your heart, and you would let the door open for him every time. "hmm? why so."
"because," he paused. "because you're like sunshine. you know, i read a book once and the character told this other person that they reminded them of the sunshine because that person makes days so much brighter and warmer."
"remmy,i'm happy i've met you," you confessed, feeling slight anxious.
"rem..."
"yeah..?"
"i think i'm in love with someone," you said. his heart was jolting.
"who?" he spoke shakily.
"captain america..." you answered, much to his disbelief. "i'm gonna marry captain america."
"you can't marry him. that's impossible." he insisted.
"it is not," you replied playfully.
"yes it is. he doesn't live here and your parents will not approve it because he's as old as your grandfather. he doesn't know you. and he shouldn't too because y-" he stopped.
after few second you said, "because what?"
"nothing, never mind."
"have you ever kissed anyone?" you asked after a long while, feeling anxious at the thought.
"like they do on TV?" he blurted. now his heart was drumming out his chest all of a sudden.
"uh huh."
"no."
"maybe we should. just to see what's the big deal," you said, uncertain but determined.
"but i don't know how," remus said, embarrassed.
"me neither," you replied. "let's try."
"okay.." he lifted himself up from the grass and helped you up too. "like this?" he placed his hands on your shoulders awkwardly.
"i think we should close our eyes," you suggested.
"then i will not be able to see anything."
"just do it."
"okay okay," he said, voice trembling.
"one, two, three?"
the two leaned forward and forward until their lips met in a brief and barely touching kiss. then you two sit back in surprise, breaths unstable.
"say something, it's too quiet," you said, fumbling with your fingers anxiously.
"umm ummm," remus tried to come up with a topic.
and just then your mother called, telling you to go home because it's getting late.
"don't tell this to anyone please?" you said. "it's not that i hated it. i just don't want people to know."
"yes yes i agree uhm definitely okay."
"see you tomorrow then?" you asked, standing awkwardly besides the tree.
"okay, see you!" remus said. you turned your heels to head out the yard and just then, you heard remus calling your name.
"yes.. what rem?" you faced his direction.
"would you think of me?" he asked.
"for what?" you asked cluelessly.
"well, if you don't get to marry captain america," he sent you a sweet adoring smile.
"i would."
the he ran off to the trees, you shaking your head, admiring him as he ran.
just two kids, you and him.
time skip☆
you were now sixteen when suddenly, you weren't that little girl he used to see.
you have moved schools when you were entering middle school, now you're only able to go back to the small town once in every month.
you were now more mature. older and wiser even just in a span of nine years. many differences and maturity have shown as you got older. you held yourself in such grace that leaves remus' thought of you lingering around.
you and remus send each other messages everyday. there's not a day in which there's no message from you nor remus.
although you 'changed', he's still remus lupin. his eyes still looks like the starry night. it shines like the stars. the pretty lights.
"hi rem, i missed you a lot," you said as you reached over to him, kissing both his cheeks.
his hands flew up to the spot where your lips were, blushing underneath. "i missed you too, how is school?"
"other than us not being able to see each other every weekdays, it's going pretty well," you told him.
"well, i'm glad you're back here anyway," he said happily, not having the patience to wait to catch up on each other. "mum! y/n's here!"
"oh! gracious look at you! i just saw you a month ago and you're now like a brand new person!" hope beamed.
"trust me, i'm still the same person that feeds stray cats on the streets," you joked.
"we missed you so!"
"so do i!"
"i'll let you two have your moment," hope grinned as she walked away from the kitchen.
"hi," you whispered, feeling nervous somehow.
"hello."
"are we just gonna say greetings now?" you joked, trying to make the situation less awkward
"well- no. i think there is something, and i need to tell you," remus said.
"yeah? what is it? you can ask or tell me anything."
"is there someone out there?" he questioned, growing uneasy.
"as in..?"
"like boyfriend or girlfriend?" he elaborated.
"no. no one has made me feel things since," you said.
"since what?"
"since you," you sighed, your shoulders felt lighter, like a weight that has been pounding down at you has been lifted in mere seconds.
"oh my god- are you really?" remus asked, the uneasiness now turned into something different.
"well yes."
"well i've been wanting to tell you this for so long and you just made it a hundred times easier. angel, i'm in love with you. i have always been. i know that 'feelings' you mentioned earlier might not be as strong as love but i love you. so much every passing day. and if you're not ready for anything yet, that's fine! i will wait until you are."
"remus- i love you too," you said, crushing yourself to his figure as he wrapped his arms around your frame.
you two stayed quiet, neither one wanting to break the comfortable silence. but then remus started to laugh, shaking his head.
"what's so funny?" your head perked up in interest.
"just- how simple and comforting this is. i have been worrying for so long and you just made my worries go away by saying that you love me too," remus said.
"remus i'm not only 'saying' i love you. i do love you, really!" you clarified.
"i know, angel," remus said, rubbing your back soothingly. "this is the part where we should kiss. like in the TV."
"yeah," you laughed, remembering your first kiss with the boy. "i'm still inexperienced."
"same here," he said. "let's practice then."
"remus!" you laugh, hitting his chest in a joking manner. "i wouldn't mind if we do."
then he kisses you for the second time, nine years apart.
it was tender and uncertain but still giving butterflies.
"was that better than our first?" he asked.
"yes, but we need to improve don't you think?"
"absolutely," he replied before connecting your lips to his again in a soft and gentle but sweet kiss.
on the other room, your father and lyall was looking at the two of you knowingly. "i used to joke about the two of them, growing up and falling in love. i never believed they'd actually be falling in love."
your mother smiled, and roller her eyes. feeling happy for the two because she knew from the start that this will happen one day. and it did.
things seemed to go smoothly in the relationship. he is the best person and a gift. he loves you so much, more than life itself probably. every month you go back, he's there waiting for you at your parents house.
although long distance relationships are hard, you two had made it work. even though there are ups and downs.
at 2 am riding in his car, the atmosphere was different. there's something there that wasn't there before. and shouldn't be.
remus has been acting off these past days and you noticed. even his mum does too.
you worried that his feelings has faded and that he doesn't want this kind of relationship. one where you're constantly gone, leaving him alone on the creek bed of his town while you're back at school three hundred miles away.
"love?" you spoke up, trying not to burst into tears.
"yes?" he said, eyes on the read still, glancing at you for only a mere second.
"is there something you're not telling me?" you asked.
god damn it. you knew remus way too much. you can read him like a magazine. "you shouldn't worry about it."
"okay...," you said. then a ringing silence filled the air "do you still love me? or like even?" you asked in such uncertainty that dropped his heart.
"of course i do!" he scoffed. "why wouldn't i? what leads you to this conclusion, angel?"
"i just feel like there's something off," you admitted "please just tell me about it okay?"
"okay."
"okay," you said. "so are you going to tell me about it?"
"um, yes and no."
"why?"
"i don't want to pressure or worry you," he said nonchalantly.
"i worry about you everyday, this won't change a thing i promise. if it's something that i did, i'm sorry, and i will fix whatever the problem is."
"you want to hear the problem? well, here goes- i sometimes feels like i don't even have someone. you. you're so far away and i'm so lonely and hopeless back here. in this small secluded town. i feel like i have nothing for me on my plate.
"you're out there, discovering things while i'm here waiting for you like a dog. i'm sorry. i'm not jealous or anything. if anything i'm so happy and joyous that you've got the opportunity but what am i doing here? i'm seventeen and has no plans!"
he is now rambling, raising his voice. he has never done this.
"please calm down!" you raised your voice slightly. "you will find something, just trust me!"
"and you know what bothers me too? i have been wanting to have someone to talk to about my problems but i have no one. not even you! every time i tried calling your mobile, you always say you're doing assignments and stuff. all i want is just time to spend with my girlfriend!"
"well i'm sorry! i'm not the one that sets assignments to students!"
"well of course you're not, genius," he scoffed.
"hey what's with you? i don't even know you!"
"no, the real question is: what's wrong with you? you barely have time for me anymore and when you do it's during times like these. way past midnight at two am!"
"remus stop the car!"
"what?!" he hit the breaks abruptly.
"i don't want to be here right now. you know damn well that this is not my fault. i have things to do too! at the end of the day, i always send back your messages. i'm still trying everything to balance my life. please, let me-" you opened the car door and jumped out.
"angel, what are you doing? it's not safe to walk around here at this time!"
"just like you said, this is a small secluded town, nothing will hurt me! my house is near anyways, just don't follow!" you ran straight to your home leaving remus in the dark street.
but he didn't stay there. he isn't going to make things wrong with you. he knows what he had said was just out of stress and you don't deserved to be blamed.
he arrived at your house, knocking on the door. of course no one answered because it's past midnight and your parents are fast asleep, though he knew you're behind that wall and awake.
he didn't come home. he stayed outside on the porch, back against the wall until the morning light. he couldn't bring himself to walk home. he was ashamed. he couldn't even sleep that night.
"remus?" you asked, voice cracking.
remus jolted up from the floor, his back painfully still. "oh angel! i'm so sorry for last night! please let me fix things up! please! hear me out," he said, tears spilling down his cheeks.
"come to my room, we can talk there," you said.
"okay," he entered before following you to your bedroom. "i'm sorry okay. last night was all so stupid! i didn't mean a thing i said. i know you're busy and stuff and i'm no one to tell you what to do. you should focus on yourself and your future, i don't want to be a burden. i just missed you. i missed you so much everyday and i worry with all the things in your life that you're going to forget me one day."
"rem," you spoke softly, pulling his hands to yours. "i love you. i will never forget about you. you're ninety percent of my mind. even one time i almost write your name in my paper test because i was thinking of you. i didn't knew how much i've been pushing myself to the point where you feel neglected. trust me i don't want you to feel that way."
"i know you don't," remus sent her a weak smile. "i'm sorry for putting all that on you."
"there's nothing to be sorry for!" you assured him. "lay down, darling. your back must hurt."
"it is," he groaned.
"just come here, lay in my bed," you insisted, pulling the covers to keep him warm. you kissed his forehead, as you lay down next to him.
"i love you, good night," you said, pressing your lips to his when he closed his eyes.
"you know it's eight am in the morning and i'm not going to sleep," he said.
"did you sleep at all?"
"um i don't remember," he mumbled in your arms before he was off to dreamland.
"right.." you chuckled, pulling him closer to you as he sleep.
time skip☆
a few years has come around. now you were twenty seven and he was twenty nine.
after these years, you have graduated, renting a place near your hometown while also working on your dream job. remus was there all along.
you both were sitting at your favourite place in town. a bench right beside the manmade waterfall.
remus looked at you, searching for something in his pocket before he got down on one knee.
as he pulled out a ring, he shakily spoke. "i have been thanking the gods and whatever's up there for sending me to you. i couldn't imagine a life without you in it. you showed me colours i can't see, and secret languages i can't speak with anyone else.
you make me live. you're the one who taught me how to love myself. i remember how lonely i was back then until you came. you've been my guiding light. i want to do everything, only if i'm doing it with you. if you ask me for the moon then i will pull it to earth and set it in our bedroom. y/n will you marry me?"
"i will," you cried, taking deep breathes shakily. "remus, i love you so much, i can't even-"
"shh no need to explain. i know the feeling too," he pulled your in his arms. the world seems like it's rotating in slow motion, the only people there is the two of you. no one else matters.
the the whole town came to the wedding, though it is a very small town so it's not a lot people. you walked down the aisle with a veil over your head.
you looked perfect. you are perfect.
remus has tears glistening is his eyes as he watched you walk gracefully. your mom and remus' cried.
he said "i do" and you did too.
you reminisced the day you two met, retelling the stories back to your baby daughter while rocking her on the very front porch.
"i met your father when i was really young," you chuckled, your first born daughter in your arms as you peered over to look at your husband who was wiping the table. "we did stupid things, but we did them together."
"you know, i always thought i would marry captain america one day. and sometimes i even cry because i know i couldn't love anyone else more than i do to captain america. but remus- he's something. i love him even more than anyone and i'm glad i didn't marry captain america!"
remus overheard your conversation, a smile on his face. "hey, i should be celebrating the fact that you love me more than usa guard!" he joked as he kissed your head. "look at you! you're so pretty. you've got your mother's eyes!" he tickled the baby on your arms.
"she's got your bone structure i think," you said.
remus laughed as he wrapped his arms around you from the back, his chin resting on top of your shoulder.
seventy years passed, you still looked at remus the same way you did eighty years ago. his eyes still looks like the starry night. the stars that shine in the sky, the pretty lights.
"happy eighty seventh birthday my darling," remus said, kissing your wrinkled cheeks. all your wrinkles and your white hair doesn't matter to the love you and remus have.
he taught you how forever feels like.
and this, this love is so alive even after all these years.
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animelover28sworld · 10 days
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Part 2 of telling the Genshin impact boys/men that you're pregnant. Female reader
Characters: wriothesley, Xiao, kazuha, Kaveh, and Venti. mentions of Kaeya in Venti's part. May be a little OOC for all of them. Since I saw my first post with telling the Genshin impact boys you're pregnant got a like a likes and reblogs and I just want to say thank you for that! It makes me inspire to do more Genshin impact content!!! I hope you like this!!!
When you told XIAO that you were pregnant he stood there for a good solid ten minutes. And was a stuttering mess he asked if you were sure, like 100% sure, and made sure this wasn't a prank and you told him that you're a 100% sure and this wasn't a prank, and he was happy so happy that he put his hand on your belly.
You had to make sure that VENTI was 100% sober or at least had some non alcoholic drink in him. But that didn't work, you found him at Angel Share with Kaeya and rosaria drinking together. "Um Venti can I talk to you for a second?" You asked him. "Yeah sure what is it?" He asked you. You looked around "in private." You told him. "Sure." Both of you two went up to the second floor of the tavern because no one was up there. "I'm pregnant." You told him. "WHAT?!" He yelled. You're pretty sure the whole tavern or heck maybe even all of mondstadt heard Venti yell that. "Are you serious?!" "Of course and keep it down!" You told him. "So I'm gonna be a dad." Venti said. "Yes Venti you are going to be a dad." You told him with a smile. Then you heard cheering from the first floor. "Congratulations Venti!" Kaeya told him. "You were listening?" You asked him. "Yeah." Kaeya told you.
Okay the fact that you or KAZUHA didn't know you were pregnant was something else. At first you thought it was just seasickness from being on The Crux Fleet. But then you realize you never had seasickness before and plus you didn't have your period that month, so that raised up a lot of red flags. So on the next island stop you went and I got a pregnancy test and took it. And it came back positive. When you got back on the ship you asked Kazuha if you two could speak in his room. He had no problem with that, you took a deep breath "so I realized that I have been feeling nauseous lately and throwing up." You told him. "yeah it's seasickness." Kazuha pointed out. "yeah, that's what I thought too until I realized that I didn't have my period that month." You told him. Then the ringers in his head went off. "You're- you're pregnant?" Kazuha asked you. "Yep, I'm pregnant." You told him with a smile on your face. "I can't believe it!" He told you as he picked you up and spun you around. "We have to tell everyone!" Kazuha said. In the end you told everyone on the ship and all congratulated you two.
I don't wanna say how WRIOTHESLEY found out wasn't ideal. He accidentally heard you and Sigewinne talking about it. "You're pregnant?" He asked you while you was talking to Sigewinne. "Wrio!" You exclaim. "Why didn't you tell me first?" He asked you. "Because I was asking Sigewinne on how to tell you." You told him. "Congratulations." Sigewinne told Wriothesley then she walked away leaving you two to talk. "why didn't you just come out it say it?" Wriothesley asked you. "well because I wanted to tell you in a special way." You told him. "It doesn't have to be in a special way, I just want to know." He told you. "Okay, Wriothesley I'm pregnant." You told him with a smile. Same as Kazuha he picked you up and swung you around. "Thank you Y/n, thank you for so much." He told you as he put you on the ground and hugged you, but not too tight he doesn't want anything to happen to the baby.
I don't wanna say how you told KAVEH was difficult, it just kinda took him time to get it. He was working on a blueprint for a house and you walked up to him. "Whatcha doing?" You asked him. "Working on a blueprint for a customer." He told you. You looked at what he was drawing, it was a one bedroom house with a kitchen and one bathroom and one living room. "Don't you think that maybe the customer should have another room?" You suggested. "The customer only wants this design, if he wants to change it then i can change it." He told you. "Anyway why would you think he would want another room?" "Well maybe his wife or girlfriend is pregnant and they want a nursery for the baby." You told him. "I know that's what I want when our baby is gonna be born." After that comment he shot up his head. "What-What do you mean by that?" He asked you. "It means I'm pregnant." You told him with a smile. He stared at you for a moment "I'm gonna be a dad?" He asked you. "yes you are." You told him. Then he got up from his chair really fast and hugged you, he looked like he was going to cry.
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marymary-diva17 · 2 months
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A marriage of peace & political (2)
Zuko x water tribe reader x male mai + others
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Many years had gone by since you left your home and become a wife, it had been so long since you had seen your family and everyone else. No words or visit had taken place between them with you, at first it had broken your heart but you soon came to terms with everything. There was some distance between yourself and southern water tribe, that had grown over the years since the last time they saw you. Over the years you had changed into the person you had become now these days. 
Y/n " ........" you are the on the dock of the fire nation ship moving on the ocean, you were looking out on the landscape surrounding you. 
Fire nation solder " my lady y/n we are not that far from the South Pole"
Y/n " thank you for the report please make sure everything will be ready to be unloaded"
Fire nation soldier " yes my lady" it had been so long but you were finally going home, not for a home coming but for help. As some tension had risen and issue had risen for water and earth kingdom, Among themselves and some tension with the fire nation as well.
????? " mom" you soon had a smile show up on your face, as you looked to see your four sons standing there. 
Y/n " hello my sons" you soon walked toward your children, all of your dressed for the cold climate. 
Y/n " Muko, Izo, and Uze, Zoja I thought you boys will be inside with everyone else"
Muko " we were going to stay inside but we came to see how you were doing"
Y/n " I'm doing well it has been so long since I been here"
Izo " that good to hear mother"
Y/n " I'm guessing your fathers had asked you all to come on the trip with me to make sure I'm okay"
Uze " yes as it seems like they don't like your family and their friends that much, and one of them the avatar ... so sad on how he failed to keep his oath"
Zoja " even after this marriage it seems like chief hakoda has failed to keep his rule in line, as well so has his children the only one who has been successful if you mother" 
Muko " mother we don't wish to be rude we have here for two reasons to keep our family safe and to see your home and all the culture you talked about"
Izo " yes it going to be a good trip"
Y/n " I'm happy to hear that boys" Muko and Izo are fire-benders like zuko and have his personality and inherit his looks as well. While Uze and zojia didn't have any bending abilities but picked up their father Mao talent for daggers and looked and act ike him. 
Y/n " I know you kids will be able to find some fun in this place and one we are done here we can go see the rest of our family on ember inland" 
The boys " yes mother" The children had become your pride and joy over the years, the boys and their fathers always found ways to make you happy. 
Uze " mother" Uze was Ponting at something and you soon saw it the South Pole it has been so long since you been home, even due it had changed it was still your home a bright smile grows on your face. 
Y/n " welcome to the South Pole my children" The fire nation ship soon stopped the ship at the dock the walk way had bene dropped, as you and had gotten off with your children. To see water nation soldiers waiting there as well it seems like they were apart of the escort to the palace and into the village. 
Water nation solder " hello lady y/n we have been order by your father and brother to escort you to the palace and inside the village" 
Y/n " thank you I will also be bring my guards as well under the commands of my husbands" 
Water nation soldier " yes that can happen we all take you and your party right now if you wish" 
Y/n " yes please" the Group soon left the docks the suppiles will follow later on as you soon walked inside the village, you had been greeted by cheers and music. It seems like everyone had come to see the arrival from you water and earth kingdom civilians and soldiers are here. The were people waving to you and you waved or smiled back, after a while you soon reached the palace. 
Muko " well we are here it time to show them what you can do" 
Y/n " thank you my child" 
Water nation guard " up these steps everyone else is in there my lady and it good to have you home" 
Y/n" thank you and it good to be home" you and eveyrone soon walked up the steps as the door opened and soon more cheering and music had been heard from behind you and in front of you. 
Squire " I announced the arrival of lady y/n the princess of the fire nation and lady of the southern water tribe daughter of hakoda and kay, and sister to sokka and katara " you soon made you way towards the front where all the important people are standing you soon saw your father and siblings, along with everyone else. 
Y/n " chief hakoda hello it good to see you again and everyone else it has been go long" hakoda had smiled and soon made his way towards you. 
Hakoda " welcome home my daughter I have missed you it been to long but it good to have you home" 
Y/n " yes it" 
Sokka " welcome back sister" 
Y/n " hello sokka" 
Katara " y/n I'm happy to have my sister home" 
Y/n " hello katara ... hello to you as well aang and top it good to see you all are doing well" 
Toph " hello snow princess I have missed you" 
Aang " hello y/n I have heard about the great things you have done I and nomads ow you thank for helping us restore the air temples" 
Y/n " you are welcome" 
Hakoda " I hope your remember all our old friends as well they have come here for the meeting" 
Y/n " hello everyone" 
Toph " are zuko and Mao coming along with iroh"
Y/n " they will be coming later on I and my company came first" 
Bato " speaking of your company who are these four young man with you today they seem young warriors in the making" 
Muko " we are the children of princess y/n of the fire nation and lady y/n of southern water tribe the sons of her husband and future heir of the fire nation" The room had fallen silent after muko had said that and bowed soon his three brother had followed suit. 
Sokka " okay I must not be hearing right or the music got to me but did he say he your son" 
Y/n " yes he my son all four of them are my sons" 
Sokka " wow I can't believe I have nephews" 
Katara " it so wonderful to meet you four" 
Izo " it good to meet you as well" 
Hakoda " I can't believe I'm a grandfather why haven't I been told ahead of time" 
Y/n " I have sent word but it seems like letter were never received or read" 
Hakoda " well we can find a solution later I'm happy you are home and my grandsons are here as well" 
Sokka " family hug" 
Uze " I don't do hugs" 
Toph " hey I like this one" 
Uze " your toph I heard great stuff about you from my mother and great uncle respect" 
Toph " thank you" 
Y/n " we can talk later and have time to get to know each other or caught up, we should get to the meeting I'm right to sokka time line" 
Sokka " you still know me well sister" you had nodded your head as the meeting will be starting soon but you know during their time here it was going to challenges for you, as now you will be dealing with your family and the others. As life was not the same anymore, you were going to do you best while you were here and not let the last control that much.
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aryxchse · 1 month
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hi beauty. I was going through your blog and I saw you asking for them to ask for Leo. hajs, I don't have specifications, work your magic. 🩵
turkish delight. | leo valdez x turkish! daughter of poseidon! reader
a / n : i'll use this ask to gain myself another excuse for literally writing self ship here lMAO and i know ya'll at least heard the song m. AND IF I HAVE ANY TURKISH READERS HELLO BABIESSSS
warnings : cursing in turkish really
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it all started when you started saying.. probably mean things in another language at argo ii.
"sikeyim yapacağın işi leo!" he heard one time, and he was sure that it wasn't something nice. when he rushed upstairs, he saw that festus throw a grease on your face. and a very angry you.
they say that turks are ares' favorite people, and he could see why at the moment.
the next time was at the sword practice, you having an intense fight with percy. leo, as a supporter best friend he is, watched you from afar and cheered you once in a while.
it was only a minute later, you were on the ground. "hay amına koyayım ya!" you yelled, standing on your foot with percy's help. "hile yapıyorsun göt."
no one understanded of course, so you sighed and said "you're cheating perce!". now percy was on attack mode. "what? no i'm not! you're just not good."
they were about to hear another mean -that's what they guessed- word from you, but leo rushed and picked you up from your back. "alright, that's enough sibling fight!" he said before running to the lake with you. because of how hot you felt, you shushed.
but these weren't the reasons why leo wanted to know about your language.
it was because whenever you and leo were alone, you would always say "seni seviyorum." and he was going crazy because you never told what that meant.
you guys were sitting at bunker 9 as usual, you, pulling a chair next to leo and watching him with awe as he did his magic. it wasn't very long before he heard the same sentence again. "seni seviyorum, leo."
leo, who was getting use to this, "whatever you're saying, me too." he answered always. and it made you have more and more delusions. but you chuckled it away. "what if i'm saying that you're stupid?"
he only smiled, still looking at his work. "then you too!" he joked. you only giggled, still watching him with so much love.
next day, before meeting with you, leo went to hermes cabin to find connor. hermes was a traveler, so he knew all of the languages. thankfully, his children did too. leo only prayed to his dad that his accent would be enough for connor to understand.
"connor, connor, dude!" leo yelled, making connor stop in his tracks. "what's up lee?" connor said, making a quick handshake with him.
"good good, i was gonna ask you to translate me something." he said. hermes kids were the best friends of foreign people, because they would help you learn english and they would speak your mother language easly.
"sure man, what is it?" connor said. leo took a deep breath which made connor giggle. "s-seni, seviyorum?" leo said, with a bad accent that connor understanded only a after a few time leo repeated.
"ohh! seni seviyorum!" connor said, with the same accent you had. leo nodded quickly. "yes, yes!"
"it means 'i love you.' in turkish. you could say 'i'm in love with you' too." he translated, and leo went blank.
connor nudged his arms a few time to pull him back together. "dude you good?" he asked. leo, like it was a muscle memory, nodded. "yeah, yeah.. thank you so much man, i owe you one."
after one last handshake, leo went to the lake were you waited for him.
"finally, burnt brain." you joked, smiling at him brightly. leo, even he was still shocked, returned the smile. "hi, i was busy sorry." he lied.
you guys started chatting again, like you do always. when leo started to talk about something very excited, you smiled at his childish behavior. "seni seviyorum." the words slipped from your mouth so casually, and you thought he didn't heard you.
"and then i said- i love you too pretty - and so i said-" you sitting straight too quickly made him stop too. "what?" he asked.
"w-what did you just say?" you asked, cheeks red as the sunset. leo smiled. "i love you too." he repeated. "i learned it didn't meant stupid."
you hide your face in your palms. "you asked connor, didn't you?" leo only chuckled as he pulled you in his arms.
"i did, and i'm proud."
senin yapacağın işi sikeyim : i don't really know how to translate this but it's like cursing the job you did. like 'you had one fucking job!'
hile yapıyorsun göt : you're cheating asshole.
hay amına koyayım ya : man, fuck this
i guess hehe
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factual-fantasy · 3 months
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23 ASK! THANK YOU VER MUCH!! :DD🦆
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No problem! And when it comes to showing your support? The absolute best way that will make me the most happy is comments.
It doesn't have to be a reblog or an ask like this one. Although it can be. It doesn't have to be a thought out comment complimenting a specific thing in the art piece.
Comments like "I love this!" or "💖💖💖!!" or things like "AKSKAJNCSDJNKVJN" or even "EATING THIS ART RN" are wonderful. You could leave the same generic comment on all of my artwork and flood my notifications, and I would still love and appreciate that more than getting fanart and ending up uncomfortable.
It doesn't have to be thought out, it doesn't have to be on every piece. But if you want more art from me? Remember that the #1 thing I look forward to when I post art, is reading the comments.
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Now make no mistake! Foxy IS basically the big brother out of the 6. When it comes to his personality and his relations with the other animatronics.. he was always seen as the cool older brother that always knew what to do and how to cheer you up.
Foxy just gets picked on for being the "little brother" becuase he is shorter and significantly lighter than everyone else. So even little Chica was strong enough to pick him up and swing him around XDD
Also I have no idea how old the animatronics would be.. 💔 I just imagine that Foxy would be one of, if not the oldest!
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Well of course! Cici is indeed also the little creature of all time! The mic was just simply not offered to her- <XDD
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@tallchest13-blog
AWWW!! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH 😭😭😭💖🥺💖😭😭
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@neo-metalscottic
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oooo!! :00 Noted! Thank you very much for the info!! :DD
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:DDDD PAPYRUS BEST FRIEND!!
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I have not seen the new chapter, no.. :(
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@taizarack
aaaa I don't know! <:0 I've never played the games so I'm unfamiliar with those characters. Are they well known characters..? Are they evil? Are they friendly? I assume if they're not a threat my crew would be cordial with them..? <:D aaa idk! Sorry!-- (Though speaking of squid ink cookie I have drawn that one before..👀👀)
As for Papyrus, here is the initial post about him that I made.
Then at the bottom of this ask post there's a chunk of important Papyrus lore..
There's another chunk of very important Papyrus lore in this ask post..
There's a couple nuggets of good lore in this post as well..
Then there's this post I made about Frisk finding Papyrus :00
And a few Papyrus nuggets sprinkled in here! Not to mention I discuss more of his story further down in this post! This is all the info I could find on poor Papyrus, I hope this was helpful! :}
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@lildiaperboyjake
XD I'm glad you like him! And I'm sure he wouldn't mind a hug! Unlike the canon version, my Funtime Freddy is actually safe to hug!.. For now-
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@astahertheelf
:DD Thank you so much!! :}}
As for all the Bibi stuff. You can find everything about him or the rest of the fam under the "#bibi" tag or the "#factual fam" tag on my blog. There's also the "#my ocs" tag and the "#my original stuff" tag :0 though I don't think the latter has much attached to it-
I've been meaning to make a master post for all the Bibi/factual fam stuff but I don't have the headspace to do all that atm-
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I thiiink you can eat them?? Probably yeah. I think the lore from the games is that they are literally, actually, living cookies. And they probably taste like the thing they're based on.
Soooo the only one that would taste good is Coconut XDD
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XD She is very proud of him
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@sparkdrawsstuff
Its all extremely vague, but I kiiind'a have an idea..??
Seafoam and Octo obviously met as little kids. They grew up side by side and when Foam wanted to get a ship and become a pirate? Octo followed him and became his first mate.
At somepoint after they picked up Ellie and Louis. Thiiinking that they knew Ellie before they got the ship and she joined them..? Not sure about Louis..
Now when it was just the four of them. They got caught in a great storm while out at sea. Blue Beauty saw this ship clearly struggling and in danger so she helped guide the ship to calmer waters. It was her help alone that prevented the ship from sinking. She probably secretly followed them around for a while before making herself more known and officially joining the crew.
Uhhhh Pinwheel, Coconut and Tuna were all troubled youths that were taken under Seafoam's/Octo's wing. Not really sure about Spider Crab..? But I'm thinking that he's the medic of the crew. Also not so sure about Cuddle or Urchin.. Though I'm thinking that this isn't Cuddles first rodeo. She could be an experienced pirate that somehow indebted herself to Seafoam..? Maybe once she paid her debt she stuck with the crew because they were neat? Though she seems like the crafty type.. She seems like she'd rather slip away undetected instead of staying to faithfully clear her debts.. Not sure about that one--
And Red is Seafoam's great nephew. He lost his mother/crew in some kind of tragedy which resulted in Seafoam taking him in.. Poor Red :((
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XD I did something similar once-
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The Afton's do exist. All of them. They are a core part of the AU. :00 Just like in canon! But as for their roles or where they are now or what happened to them... alas, I cannot reveal such things.. :(
As for the Sister Location AU tho--- I'm thinking that William Afton is alive and well and he runs the Circus.. 👀👀👀
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Oh man, she dreams of doing so. But Sadly, she is much too large to give him a kiss :(
Unless.. 🤔 If Seafoam somehow grew or she shrank? hmm..
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Yeah, its was interesting.. but not for the reasons you'd think.
Papyrus recognized Seam and Jevil. He addressed them by name. He didn't approach them, seeing as Seam was very tense..
He said that he was happy to see them again. Explained how he worried about them, and was glad to see that they were both ok.
Seam and Jevil both looked like a deer caught in the headlights. If Jevil had the strength to do so, he might have just retreated with a mirror..
Sensing all this, Frisk tells the group Papyrus' story. Some of the group is skeptical, for the same reasons Seam was all that time ago.
But Frisk grantees the group that Papyrus is genuine. She says she has never met a kinder soul before. That no matter what timeline she may choose, genocide, pacifist, neutral.. Papyrus was always full of kindness to his very core. And that she believes his story 100%.
Grillby and River Person back this up. Saying that the Papyrus from their worlds was a very kind soul too..
Jevil is too exhausted to really process this much. But the horror of the situation settles on Seam. Realizing that Papyrus was actually a victim. They had the power to free him all those years ago. And they ran..
Its not addressed right away.. but eventually its brought up again. They both feel horrible for what they did. Leaving him to suffer alone for so many years..
But of course,, Papyrus's kindness never ends. It never broke or faltered after all this time. He forgives them. With all his soul he forgives them. He says he was never angry at them, he fully understands now why they left and he does not blame them. He's just glad to see that they're ok. And he's happy that he's not alone anymore. :}
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@solst1ce-sketches
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AAA THANK YOU SO MUCH!! :DDD
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@csdumpster
I'm not sure if he has Polar Madness.. correct me if I misunderstood, but Google seems to say that Polar Madness is mostly about being sick of the people around you. Being with the same people for months would drive anyone crazy and make them super irritable.
It also talks about developing sleep disorders due to the strange night and day cycle. It mentions anger and depression too..
I'm thinking that the main two issues, sleep and irritability towards coworkers, aren't a problem for Natquik. For 1 he doesn't have any coworkers- but also he's an Arctic fox! He grew up in the Arctic. These strange night and day cycles are nothing new to him, in fact he was designed to live with these cycles! So I think he's safe there.
Now the depression part.. due to the extreme loneliness he must have felt eventually.. that could be a problem. But hey at least my version of Natquik has Marsh and Jack to keep him company XD
..oh wait, the Everglades. I wonder if Natquick would develop some kind of.. Florida Madness trying to deal with those different night cycles and living with those two morons for weeks XDD
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OH YEAH!! I can totally see it! XDD
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(Sorry for the late reply! I am unwell-😢)
Aww, 🥺Perhaps they do. They're all doomed 💖
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(Sorry for the very late reply, things really got away from me-)
I'd like to imagine the 5 of us all sitting down and I spawn/draw in a bunch of food for everyone to try and pick their favorite.
Bibi picks chicken nuggets. Jangles picks bowtie pasta with cheese cubes and Miracle whip. Every time Cici tastes something new she claims its her favorite, so she hasn't really figured it out yet- maybe strawberries??
Gerald's favorite is celery. Mind you I did not draw any celery, and he has never tasted it before. But he has a very strong feeling that it is surly his favorite.
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♡ "I might be a fool too, then."
pairing: han jisung x reader.
genre: fluff, a bit of angst.
word count: 11,377
warnings: swearing, drinking, failed dates, suggestive. (not proofread yet!)
summary: being your closest friend on campus, jisung has been through thick and thin with you, and so the opposite. thus, he has seen your multiple attempts at dating, your numerous failed dates and the guys who had never called you back. what can be any better than a night in with him to cheer you up?
a/n: another one of my favourites of this series. we only have two more to go!
SERIES MASTERLIST
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Jisung was done with school for the day, finally. Not that he didn't like his major, in contrary. He was one of the few to know what he wanted to do with his life and to actually like it. However, the comfort of his room seemed much more appealing for him, especially after a whole day of socializing with his friend, Chan. Again, it's not that he didn't like the man, but he was definitely an extrovert. To add it to the lot, he was being especially friendly with the new girl who had just transferred to the school. He endured tagging along for a while, until he couldn't anymore. So he left.
It was in times like this that he was glad to have gotten a dorm near the music department. It only took him under ten minutes to walk home and drop dead on his bed. Turning on his phone, he saw a notification coming from his favourite person, you.
He met you during your freshman year. For being an introvert, you were shockingly talkative when the teacher had paired you up with him for an assignment. For once, he was thankful for being forced to work in teams since it led to having one of the greatest people he met as a friend. It was undeniable that he took a liking for you quickly. He simply could not avoid falling for you. You were smart, pretty, funny, lazy (just like him), bubbly and very touchy. He thought of himself as someone who liked skin ship, but you were on another level. After being friends for less than a month, you had already started to cling onto him like a child and to give him hugs each time you met up.
Clicking on the message app, he read your texts with a grin on his face. Once again, you were complaining about work as per usual. You were colleagues with a girl named Chunhwa with whom you had grew a nice friendship as you had ended up sharing a dorm with her. One thing about her was how unproductive she would be at work. Sure, you were a lazy potato too, but you actually wanted to keep your job unlike her.
Jisung: I don't get how she didn't get fired yet.
Y/N: Me neither, honestly...
Y/N: Are you done with school? Can I come over?
Jisung: You don't have to ask! Get your ass here!
Jisung was messy. The first time you saw his room, you had to restrain yourself from picking up all his trash to throw it away. With time, you got used to it and gave up on trying to make him clean his mess. Needless to say you were taken aback when you saw he had cleaned up the place when you barged into his room.
"Damn, I'm impressed." you yelled out.
"Jeongin forced me."
"Not surprised." you shrugged and sat next to him on his bed. "So, I have kimchi and friend chicken." you pulled out each item from the plastic bag.
"You stopped to get food before coming here?"
"Obviously." you laughed. "And I did not forget your jjajamyeon this time." you took it out for him to snatch it from you immediately.
"You're the best." he hummed, hugging his food.
"I know." you snickered. "Now, get your laptop. It's my turn to choose the movie."
Jisung stared at you fondly as you wrapped yourself in his blanket and cutely scrolled through his Netflix account. It was moments like these that compensated with his aching heart of seeing you go out with so many undeserving people. Yes, for him, none of them deserved you because you were that precious. He even thought himself wasn't good enough for you, which is one of the reasons why he had not told you about his feelings.
You ended up choosing a random anime as you had already been searching for a good 30 minutes. Eyes focused on the screen, you opened your box full of chicken and munched on it, not caring of how unclean it looked. It was Jisung, anyway, not like you were trying to impress him. Plus, he had seen you in worse states. Three episodes in, you heard the front door open, and you knew immediately that Jisung's roomie, Jeongin, had just come back home. It was a few seconds later when you heard an agressive knocking. You got up to answer and there was Jeongin, fuming in fury.
"You're here again?" he huffed rudely.
Uneasy, you managed a shy smile as you answered. "Yeah, I brought kimchi with some jjajamyeon and fried chicken."
"Smells like shit." he muttered and searched for Jisung behind you. "Dude, we talked about this. We cleaned this morning!"
Intimidated, Jisung hurried to talk. "I swear I'll clean up the trash after."
With that, he went to close the door in his face, and dragged you with him back into the soft blankets. You let out a laugh you didn't know you were holding back, and he copied your expressions.
"You are making him go through so much, poor thing." you said after the laughter toned down.
"We're fine, I know he loves me." he snickered.
You shook your head in disapproval. "Keep telling yourself that, Ji."
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Jisung was at Chan and Changbin's place as he stared impatiently at his phone. The others had gathered for their usual chillings, them being Sora, Minho and Chunhwa. As for you, you were on a date. The guy was from your English class, and had asked you out after you did a schoolwork together. Although your best friend never met him, he already knew he was going to be bad news.
And, somehow, he was right. Junsoo was, indeed, a total jerk. He asked some inappropriate questions about your relationship with Jisung as if he wanted to make sure you were available. Then, he didn't pay for the bill since he had just paid for his next semester, which you knew was a lie because all students have their school bill coming at the same time. He ended the night by touching every inch on your body after you had specifically told him to back off after the first time.
"Do you want to come back to my place?" he asked you when you got into his car, licking his bottom lips.
You stared at him in disgust. "Actually, I have plans after this. Just bring me back on campus."
He did insist, but stopped when you told him you were heading to Chan's dorm. Chan was a bit of a legend. He had contacts with everyone, and he was also buff as hell. Him being friends with Changbin also came handy in situations like these.
"I'd like to take you out again." Junsoo told you once you reached Chan's building.
You forced a smile, and nodded. "Sure. I'll see when I'm free."
You tried extra hard to not cringe when he kissed the back of your hand. As soon as his lips detached from your skin, you ran out of his car, and directly inside.
Jisung, who was still staring at his phone, finally got the call he had been waiting for all night. He did not hesitate one bit to answer, and asked how your date went, worried.
"Y/N?" he asked again when he didn't get a response.
"Ji..." you trailed off when a sob took over.
He got up from his seat in panic, and started to gather his things. "Y/N, baby, where are you? What did he do?"
"I'm downstairs. I was about to join you all, if you don't mind."
With that, Jisung calmed down and let go of his belongings. "Of course, we don't mind. Come right up and I'll make you some tea. Does it sound okay for you?"
"Yeah. Thank you, Ji."
"Come up quickly."
Changbin raised an eyebrow at the younger man. That's when Jisung realized everyone had stopped what they were doing to observe the scene. Unfortunately, this was not the first time something like this happened. In fact, it occured about a week prior from that moment.
"You can go in my room, if you want." Chan offered. "I'll sleep at Minho's instead."
"When did I agree with this?" Minho huffed, but apologized when Chan sent a glare his way.
"Thank you. Can I use your boiler to make her some tea?"
The man gestured to the whole kitchen, as if to tell him to make himself at home. He prepared everything in a hurry, and jumped when he heard a knock at the door. He quickly let you in and engulfed you into a hug. Your quiet sobs were breaking his heart, and he really wondered what the man had done to you for putting you in such a state.
"Your tea's ready." he said softly. "Do you want to stay with us, or do you want to talk in Chan's room?"
You shrugged your shoulders before wiping your tears. Your puffy eyes were enough for Jisung to know you'd rather not be seen crying your life out by everyone. He got your cup of tea and carefully walked with you to Chan's room. He leaned on the desk as he put down your beverage and let you inside. When you sat down on the bed, he hesitated whether he should speak or not. Your small sniffles were still the only thing that could be heard, and they were becoming louder and louder.
After a while, you finally talked when your crying reduced. "Am I some kind of magnet to assholes?"
Jisung knew he shouldn't be laughing, but he couldn't help but let out a muffled chuckle. Thankfully, you didn't take it personally and smiled with him.
"You're far from being a jerk magnet. Your best example would that you have me and the boys around." he said more seriously.
"It's not the same..." you mumbled.
Jisung sighed, knowing well you meant he was only going to remain your friend. "Are you going to tell me what he did to you, now?"
"It doesn't matter."
"It does to me."
You knew he was going to insist until you spill it out. You loved how you could count on him anytime, but it also made you worry that you put too many of your problems onto him. Anyway, you were not going to get away easily from his interrogation.
"He..." you started, but a knot formed in your stomach. "Let's say he stepped over some boundaries."
You could see him fume already. He straightened his posture and walked closer to you, encouraging you to develop furthermore.
"What boundaries?" he asked when you were not answering, and you were still not. "Did he touch you?"
Slowly, you nodded your head. You couldn't prevent him from exploding in anger, and it was not an enjoyable sight. As much as he can be the softest cinnamon roll, Jisung was impulsive when something that wasn't right would happen.
"Ji, it's okay-"
"For fuck's sake, Y/N." he yelled out, interrupting you. "Do you really think it's okay for someone to touch you without your consent?"
"We touch each other all the time-"
He cut you off once again. "It's not the same. You initiate skinship, and I never touched you in an inappropriate way. Plus, we talked about it, and you told me you were fine with it."
"I said I was fine with it with him, too."
He scoffed. "Were you thinking it, or were you being nice because you felt bad if you said no?" You didn't answer to this one because he knew you too well, and he had hit at the right spot. "Fuck, you're so dense. When are you going to realize you can set your limits?"
"Are you saying this is my fault?"
You didn't really think when saying that. Part of it was your fault, and you knew that very well since it wasn't the first time you let a guy touch you when you didn't want to. But a bigger part of it was the guy's fault. You knew Jisung meant well by saying you shouldn't let them do something you don't want to, because that was the truth. Anyhow, your mouth spoke before your brain could process your thoughts. And now Jisung had stepped away from you, and dropped himself on Chan's desk chair.
"You know damn fucking well I will never say this is your fault. I'm just trying to tell you to not let yourself be so... accommodating."
You rolled your eyes. "I don't need you to act like my dad, or something."
"I'm saying this as a friend." he looked at you with a serious face. "I don't want you to end up in a bad situation where I can't do anything about it."
"Well, maybe don't do something? You don't decide for me, Jisung."
He chuckled in disbelief. "You came here so I could help you, right?"
"And you're doing a great job at it."
"Do you expect me to not get mad when I learn an asshole was trying to fuck my best friend without her consent?"
"I would expect you to be more gentle with the situation, yes."
This seemed to do the trick for Jisung to switch back to his usual state. He took a big sigh as he looked down, and joined you on the bed. You could already see he was much calmer, so you brought him into a hug.
"I just want you to comfort me, that's all."
He sighed even louder as he hugged you back. "I'm sorry. I just hate seeing you suffer like this."
"Just hold me, and I'll feel better."
He complied as he hugged you even tighter. "How about we do like last time when that jerk called you an annoying piece of shit?"
You grunted and pushed him away from you. "Don't remind me."
"Hey, I'm only suggesting to do something to get your mind off of him."
You shook your head. "I'm already tired as it is, let's just go to sleep?"
He nodded. "I'll be your pillow again."
"Thank you, Ji."
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"You two fucked?" Chunhwa said in disgust. "I'm glad I left earlier."
You groaned in frustration, as you were attempting to explain what happened a few days ago. "No, we slept together. We always do."
"Putting the emphasis on the 'sleep together' part does not help." You deadpanned at her, but she only shrugged her shoulders. "Girl, you're not being clear."
"Is it that hard to get? I cried, he held me, and we fell asleep in the same bed."
"There you go, that's much better." she snickered at you, but your expression remained the same. "You'll have to thank Chan for letting you take over his room. Again. And, please, do not argue like this again? We literally heard everything."
"Yeah, yeah." you rolled your eyes at her. "Sorry about that, I guess. It's just that... Jisung can be so reactive sometimes."
"He cares about you." the girl put her hand on your shoulder. "And just so you know, he hates seeing you cry about a man every two weeks."
You slapped her hand away in a playful manner as you stood up from your bed. "He'll hate it if he wants to. I have join him now, anyways. Catch up with you later?"
"Sure."
You ran outside to go at the local café. Ordering an iced coffee, you sat at a table to wait patiently for Jisung to show up. Knowing him, he was most likely going to be late. You didn't mind, though. You had some personal schoolwork to do in the meantime, it wouldn't hurt to get some of it done.
"Hey." A voice startled you.
You looked up and saw a guy. You swore you had seen him before, but you weren't sure from where. Noticing your confusion, the man chuckled shyly before extending his hand out for you to shake.
"I'm Minyoung, a friend of Junsoo."
You shook his hand in a reluctant manner. "Y/N."
"I know." he laughed out. "I saw you and I just wanted to apologize for my friend's behaviour towards you. He has a bad habit of not being able to keep it in his pants."
Your mouth formed an 'o' shape as you started to get why he started talking to you. "It's all good, no worries."
"Okay, good." he chuckled.
He stood there, uneasy, and seemed to hesitate to speak. The moment he was about to say something, you spotted Jisung behind him. He was a mess. Hair disheveled, glasses on meaning he didn't have the time to put his contact lenses on, bag dragging behind him... You laughed at the sight of him, causing the man in front of you to turn around, laying eyes on your best friend of a mess.
"I'm so sorry, I know I'm late. I slept in and I should have texted you, but then forgot, and my bus was about to leave so I ran and-" he breathed out heavily, chest puffing.
"It's okay, Ji." you laughed. "It actually allowed me to get some stuff done in the meantime."
He nodded his head, reassured. But then, his eyes stopped on the man next to him. Eyeing up and down, he frowned.
"Am I interrupting something, or..?" he trailed off.
"Oh gosh, of course not-" you spoke.
"Actually, kind of-"
You and Minyoung exchanged gazes, laughing awkwardly in the process. "Can you give us a second, Ji?"
Your friend sighed and left to go to the counter to order himself something. He knew where this was going and he did not like one bit of it. While he didn't know Minyoung that much, he knew enough to be certain he was bad news. Captain of their basketball team, handsome as hell, and grades that only a genuis could get, he was a jackpot for any girl on campus. Jisung watched the two of you from afar, unsure if he should be coming back to avoid yet, another failed date.
"Hey, Jisung!" Seungmin said from the other side of the counter, breaking him off his thoughts.
"Seungmin." he gave him a nod before his gaze went back on you.
He tried to hear a bit of your conversation and magically caught on what you were saying.
"Did you want to tell me somehing?" you asked the guy.
"Actually, I'm not sure if this is appropriate, but I'd like to take you on a date? I know you don't know me much, but I can assure you I'm nothing like Junsoo."
Did you believe him? No, of course not. However, one thing about you is that you always gave someone a chance even if they came off as bad people. Another thing was that you always tried to see the positive aspects of anyone, because you truly believed everyone was good.
"Alright, sure." you smiled.
"Oh, wow, great." he grinned. "Are you free tonight? No, wait, next Tuesday evening?"
You did have plans with Jisung, but he would understand if you cancelled, right? Plus, you saw him pretty much everyday. What could one day without seeing him do?
"Yeah, I'm available."
"Great. How about we meet here at 5pm?" You nodded happily, which caused him to smile even more. "I'll see you next week, then."
"See you."
By then, Jisung had come back and watched the man leave the café, daggers in his eyes. "I got you a latte." he said in an unpleasant tone.
You took it from him as a frown formed on you face. "Thanks... Are you okay?"
"You agreed to go out with him?" he scoffed while sitting down in front of you.
"Ji-"
"Y/N, we talked about this recently. Was he being insistant? Do I need to file a restraining order for you?"
You rolled your eyes at him as you let out a snort. "It's fine, trust me. He seems more decent than Junsoo."
"We'll see about that." he huffed. "Now, where are we with the project?"
You opened the Word file on your laptop and turned the screen to show it to him. "I did most of the layout and I took some of the ideas from your document, if you don't mind."
"It's a team project, of course I don't mind." he deadpanned at you. "You marked me to write the conclusion? You know I suck at that!"
"You would have complained if I put you the introduction too, so it doesn't matter."
You truly loved Jisung with all of your heart, but as a school partner? He was the absolute worst.
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Things with Minyoung were simple. At school, he started to walk you to your class and buy you a snack once in a while. He would ask if you ate breakfast and just come to entertain you when he would spot you reading alone. Most of the time, it was only him and you but it did happen that Jisung had to third-wheel.
"Hey, pretty." Minyoung said as he incrusted himself between you and your best friend.
Jisung huffed as he watched you bat your eyelashes at the man who has just interrupted your conversation. Not only that, but he had the guts of sitting as to separate him from you.
"Hey." you smiled admirably. "How was your class?"
"Good, but I had something else in mind." he nudged at you. "I've got everything covered for tonight."
"That's nice. I can't wait."
"I'm sure you'll love it. I'll see you tonight." he said while sending a wink your way.
He got up, still staring at you, while you waved at him. Jisung sat right back closer to you even if the bench had plenty of space.
"What is happening tonight?" he asked which broke you off from your trance.
"Oh." you blinked a couple of times. "I forgot to tell you, but my date with him is tonight."
He frowned. "I thought you already went out, hence the weird flirting since last week."
You shook your head. "It's tonight."
"But, Y/N." he whined. "The next episode is out tonight and then we go to the guys' dorm and play games, remember?"
"I know that and I'm so sorry. I'll make it up to you, I promise." you rubbed his shoulder.
"We had planned this already, did you just say yes because he came up to you all cute and shit?" he asked but your face was enough to answer his question. "You're unbelievable." he shook his head and got up.
"Ji." you called him out.
"You know where I am if he breaks your heart." he sighed and walked away.
You did feel bad, but like you had thought previously, you saw Jisung ever single day. It was with a weird feeling that you left the school grounds to go back to your dorm. As you stepped inside, you almost rushed into Chunhwa who was about to leave.
"Watch out." you yelled out and she stepped aside just in time.
"You're in a hurry." she laughed. "Is tonight your date?"
You nodded happily as you found balance on you feet again. "Minyoung told me to meet at the coffee shop but I don't know what he planned out for us tonight."
"Have a good night then, but don't be stupid and use protection!" she waved as she walked out.
"This applies to you with Changbin." you shouted to her as the door was closing leaving just enough time for her to send you the middle finger.
You laughed at yourself and then proceeded to go to your closet. You didn't have much that you could work with since most of your decent outfits were in the laundry. Your eyes scanned through your selection of pants and you opted to go for a cozy look. Picking a pair of large ripped jeans and a shirt with a low-cut, you changed quickly before changing your hairstyle into something more fancy. Adding some jewelry to the whole look, you looked at yourself through the mirror with a satisfied smile.
Your phone ringing interrupted your moment and you answered without looking at who was contacting you. "Hello?"
"You're sure you're not coming tonight?"
Of course he was going to try and convince you. "Ji, I'm not going to change my mind."
"The episode is out now! You expect me to wait an entire day for you to be available to watch it?"
You huffed. "Watch it by yourself then."
"It's our show." he insisted. "Plus, Chan cleared his schedule to hang out for us. The least you can do is actually show up, no?"
He did have a point. In fact, you missed hanging out with the gang. And since he brought up Chan who you had barely seen in the past months, you were on the verge of calling off your date and go with your friends. But your phone buzzed which indicated another call was coming in.
"Can I hold you for a second? I have someone calling me." You heard an annoyed "yes" from his end before accepting the other call. "Yes?"
"Hi, Y/N! I'm letting you know I'm here already so I'll be waiting."
You checked the time and cursed at yourself. You had taken too long to prepare yourself that you didn't notice the time passing by so fast.
"Right, I had a few things to do at home so I'll be late by a few minutes."
"It's all good." Minyoung reassured. "Do you want me to order something?"
"Not yet. I'm coming as soon as I can."
"See you, pretty."
You blushed and hung up. Hearing the familiar music of Mario Bros, you remembered Jisung was also waiting after you.
"Ji?"
"Yeah, I'm here."
"Listen..." you started, the guilt building up.
Of course, Jisung knew that tone. The number of times he listened to you apologizing for cancelling plans with him to go out on dates made him familiar with this sad voice of yours. He knew what you were about to say.
"It's alright. Like I said, you know where to find me if anything."
"I'm sorry."
Without adding another word, he hung up. While the weird knot in your stomach was still present, you shrugged it off quickly and left your place to head to the café.
Arriving to your destination, it didn't take you too long to spot your date sitting at a table as he scrolled through his phone. He looked very good as he had changed into a clean white shirt with a jean jacket to go over it. His hair was styled differently than usual. Instead of the messy state it was usually in, he parted it on the side and put some gel for it to stay in place.
"I hope I didn't make you wait for too long." you said as you came into his view.
"Y/N! Of course not, it was barely ten minutes." he chuckled before eyeing you up and down. "You look beautiful."
"Thank you. You look great too."
He rubbed the side of his neck in shyness. "I tried to dress up, yeah. So, I hope you like bowling because that's our plan for tonight."
"Sounds good. Lead the way, Mister."
He smiled widely before putting his hand on your lower back to guide you towards the exit. Felix, who had taken the evening shift at the coffee shop, watched in silence from afar.
Of course, it was not in Jisung's plans to keep track on what you were doing. Still, he couldn't help but wonder if you were okay. Not feeling in the mood of socializing if you weren't going to be there, he had texted Changbin in advance to tell him he won't make it to their game night. And that's how he found himself in front of his laptop with a soda on the side, watching your favourite show alone.
Until Felix texted him. He wasn't close friends with the guy. They had only met the year before at one of Chan's parties and bonded over the fact their birthdays were only a day apart from each other. They still kept contact afterwards, texting each other every once in a while.
Felix: She's out with another guy? I thought I saw her with Junsoo last week.
Jisung: You're talking about Y/N? Yeah, she blindly agreed to go out with him.
Felix: When are you going to stop doing this to yourself?
Jisung: Doing what?
Felix: Don't act like you don't know.
Jisung sighed. What was he going to do anyway? You made it very clear that you could not see him in a romantic way and he had buried the idea of asking you out the moment he got the message. Plus, he was nothing like the guys you went out with. Jisung was weak and barely did any kind of exercice. He wasn't that popular or anything and his life consisted mainly of staying at home to watch anime.
Jisung: I want her to be happy. If dating a popular basketball player is what it takes, then so be it.
Felix: But in the meantime you're hurting.
Jisung: Because you're dating the prettiest girl on campus doesn't mean you need to meddle in my love life.
Felix: I'm not dating Hyunjoo.
Jisung: Right, and I don't like Y/N.
Felix: Aha! Admitted.
Jisung: I like her, yes, but it won't change a thing.
Felix: Alright man. Just saying, the guy seems to be into her a lot. Don't miss your chance.
Jisung: It's fine. I'm happy for her.
Lying to himself was a better option than facing his own pain. Whether he wanted to or not, seeing you with someone else hurt like hell. But for your sake and his, he never said anything, and he was determined for it to stay this way.
As for you, the date was going smoothly. This might had been the only guy who was treating you with respect. He bought you snacks while you were playing and encouraged you with sweet words when you'd miss a shot.
By the end of the game, he invited you to go to a park to walk and get to know one another. On the side of the trail, he picked up a flower and placed it on your hair. Gestures like these were the absolute perfection in normal situations. But for you? It did nothing. You did get shy and fluttered a little bit, but it wasn't like genuine feelings blooming. You decided to not mind it for now. Since you were still feeling bad for ditching your best friend, you assumed it might be the cause of your mixed feelings.
"I always wondered what's the thing you have Han." Minyoung blurted out of the blue.
"What about him?"
"You know what people say around campus."
In confusion, you shook your head. "Other students talk about us?"
"Yeah, I thought you knew." Your face still having the same expression, he sighed before speaking. "You're always together and because you two are pretty good looking, people assume you are together. I have some girls from the cheerleading team that are actually quite jealous of you."
You scoffed. "Jealous of me?"
He nodded. "Jisung is quite a catch, you know?"
"He's the most antisocial person on Earth." you argued in disbelief.
"It doesn't change the fact girls think he's hot. I'm only telling you what my friends said about it."
You sat on a bench near by as this conversation was getting a little bit overwhelming for you. You did know Jisung was handsome. Heck, you saw that face every day, you weren't blind. The surprising point was how much he was a heartthrob unlike what you thought. With how he had always put it out, he was the biggest loser ever.
"And people say we're... a thing?"
"Almost everyone, yeah. But you've gone out with a couple of my friends, so I suppose those rumors are false." he affirmed and sat next to you.
You chuckled. "Very far from the truth, yes. Jisung and I are nothing more than friends."
"So I can do this without worrying of getting my ass kicked?"
"Do what?"
Before you knew it, his lips were on yours. They tasted a little bit like strawberry, probably due to the beverage he drank beforehand. Strangely, it reminded of of the time you had attempted to make a strawberry cake with Jisung, which ended in a failure obviously.
"I think we should go back, I'm starting to get tired." you said as soon as the kiss ended.
"Oh, okay. Do you want me to walk you home?"
"It'd be nice, yes."
He walked you to your dorm safely and kissed you once more as a farewell. Luckily for you, it looked like Chunhwa was still out at Changbin's place. You took the opportunity to use your shared television to put on your show. Jisung had probably watched it on his own, so you didn't feel bad doing it alone. It still felt wrong, though. You never missed an episode together.
Little did you know that at the same moment, your best friend was already at the end of the episode, having the worst time of his life as he felt guilty for not having waited for you.
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You couldn't believe that finals were already coming up. Although you hated the amount of stress it added to your already high level, you were glad to see the end of the tunnel. It was even better because Minyoung had finally asked you to be his girlfriend after the multiple dates you went on.
"You said no?" Jisung almost screamed which caused you to shush him.
You gave an apologetic smile to the librarian before glaring at your friend. "I said I'll think about it."
He groaned. "I thought you liked him and if you want my opinion, he's the first decent contestant we've had so far."
"You act as if dating me is a competition or something."
He deadpanned at you. "With the amount of people who asked you out throughout the time we've known each other, yes it is."
This made you remember your conversation you had with Minyoung on your first date. You had been dying to ask Jisung if what you heard was true, if he really was as popular among the female students as Minyoung claimed him to be. You just never had the opportunity to bring up the topic, but this was your chance.
"I could say the same about you."
He raised an eyebrow at you. "Have you seen me go out with someone?"
"No, but apparently your good looks are attracting people."
He smirked. "Finally admitting that I'm the most handsome student at school?" he joked.
"I'm only repeating what Minyoung told me about you."
His smile fell. "What did he say about me? Y/N, you swore you'd only date someone who is okay with us being so close."
"He's fine with it, don't worry. No, he said girls from the cheerleading team are crushing on you."
You didn't expect for him to react much other than tell you it was all false but as he focused back to writing down in his notebook, you started to doubt. He might not have told you everything about him after all.
"Han Jisung." you said in a warning tone but the only response you got was a hum. "It's true?"
He finally dared to look up at you. "No? Maybe? Fine, yes. They're pretty insistent, you know? One of them told me that the fact I get shy when they ask me out only makes me more attractive. Have you seen me, Y/N? I'm a low-life dude who eats ramen 24/7 and whose best friend is one of the prettiest girls in college who is, by the way, very out of my league. But really, when you think of-"
"Woah, stop here." you said as you raised your hand up. "What do you mean I'm one of the prettiest girls here? So everything Minyoung told me was true?"
He rolled his eyes as he was, by then, annoyed by how clueless you were. "Why do you think you get dates only by snapping your fingers? Why do you think I always want to avoid the sport center?"
"Because you hate sports?"
"Fair point, but it's really only because I'm avoiding the cheerleaders."
You were in shock. All of this time, you thought he was just bad with asking girls out which would have explained his lack of activity in this department, but in fact, he was the one turning them down.
"None of them interest you?"
He scoffed. "I don't have time for that. Besides, I'm most likely going to embarrass myself if I actually go on a date. Now that we have covered this very useless part of my life, can we focus on the project? The due date is in two days might I remind you."
"Right, sorry."
Some time passed until the two of you got tired of it. You packed your books in your bags and headed out of the library. Jisung left first and told you he'd wait for you at his dorm with food to watch your show.
"I'll go find Minyoung if you don't mind."
He sent you a knowing look. "Should I get a bottle of champagne to celebrate?"
"Go." you pushed him towards the exit as he laughed loudly.
After having gathered everything from your locker, you went to make your way to the sport center. You remembered Minyoung told you he had a practice if you wanted to tell him your answer then. When you entered the gym, you found it empty. Logically, practice was done so you went to go next to the changing rooms to wait for him to get out.
"I thought she liked you enough to say yes."
You recognized Junsoo's voice speaking. You didn't feel anything but disgust by hearing his voice so you were about to leave. But another voice caught your attention.
"I didn't lose the bet yet, she might say yes." Your heart sank as you heard Minyoung talk. "But this Han guy is really getting in the way."
"I told you so!" Junsoo replied. "She's impossible to get because Han keeps us away. Have you had the talk?"
"What talk?"
"He came to me after our date and he might be small but he's scary and strong as hell."
"What did he say?"
"It was mostly insults and shit like I don't deserve her anyway or something. If anything, it's kind of sad how he's being such a simp for her."
When you thought you've heard enough, the door suddenly opened wide with Minyoung coming out first. The instant his eyes laid on you, you could see the regret in them.
"Y/N."
You were glad you didn't let tears flood out because you surely felt them coming. You could not face him in such a vulnerable state, not after what he had said about you.
"Are you in high school or something to be betting on someone as if they're objects to collect?"
He shook his head. "This is not what it looks like."
He tried to approach you but you backed away. "I'm glad I came here to tell you I don't want to be with you. I guess you just added more reason for me to tell you to fuck off."
You turned on your heels and started to walk away. Your eyes were starting to get filled with tears, but you wanted to say one more thing before letting them out.
"By the way," you said as you stopped on your tracks. "Jisung was right to go after you all because you are fucking desperate to be betting on a girl."
Jisung, on the other hand, was happily preparing the room for your night in. He had asked for Jeongin to go out but he already had a night shift at the convenience store which allowed him to have to dorm to himself. When he heard a knock on his door, he opened it with a wide smile. However, it was soon wiped off his face when he recognized the familiar tears coming down on your cheeks.
"Y/N, baby, what happened?" he asked and brought you into his embrace. "What did that son of a bitch do?"
It was only then that you let yourself sob out without holding back. "I hate men." you simply said.
Jisung seemed to have gotten the messages that you didn't want to talk about it and he led you to his room. You were in awe as you caught sight of the setup for watching movies with a tray set on the desk filled with your favourite treats.
"You're the best, oh gosh." you exclaimed, melting at how affectionate the gesture was.
"It was originally to congratulate you for your new relationship, but it can totally be to cheer you up."
"I love it." you smiled and hugged him.
"We can move to the living room if you want. Jeongin's working."
You nodded in approval of his suggestion and you helped him carry the blankets and pillows to his couch while he transported the tray of food. Quickly, you settled with playing Mario Kart as you would always do. He would never tell you but he did let you win a few times only to see a happy grin on your face. He was competitive but never with you.
"Stop looking at me and focus." he whined with his mouth full of popcorn. "You've been falling at the same spot three times already."
"Watch your screen, not mine." you nagged and only received mocking from him.
Your kart was approaching the end but Jisung sent a red shell your way which knocked your vehicle down for a second. Victoriously, he surpassed you and was now leading the course. As a way to distract him, you came closer to his face.
"Jisung~" you cooed. "You suck at this game."
He groaned as he tried to push you away. "Y/N, stop this."
Luckily, it did distract him enough as he went off road for an instant which allowed you to take the lead and reach the end. You jumped up in victory and danced a little as to show off your skills.
"I'm so good, shame on you for not being able to beat me."
He rolled his eyes. "Enough gaming for you tonight." he concluded and took the controller from your grip.
"But Jisung!" you whined.
"You won all of the five games we played, time for a movie now." He changed the cables to connect it to his Netflix account. "Stop pouting, I'm letting you choose."
You immediately glowed up at the mention of you choosing. "For real?"
"It's your get-better-night, so yeah." he shrugged. "But please consider that I hate your children movies."
"The Minions is peak cinematography and I will stand by it until I die."
Only to piss him off, you pick that exact movie. He grumbled some curses at you before he let you snuggle into him, not forgetting to bring the bowl of popcorn with him for the two of you. He hoped to heavens that you would be too immersed into the movie to not hear his heart beat so hard. It was during moments like these that Jisung wished he was yours so he could kiss you as if it was a normal occurrence between you two.
"Jisung." you huffed as you received a couple of popcorns on your face that dropped from the handful that he took.
"What?" he said and noticed what you were referring to. "Sorry." he laughed.
You didn't hesitate to take a handful yourself and throw it his way.
"Oh, it's on." he declared.
So for the next thirty minutes or so, the only things that could be heard in the living room were your laughs, insults you threw at each other, and the movie that was still playing in the background. It ended when realization hit Jisung upon seeing the floor in a messy state.
"Fuck, Jeongin is going to kill me."
You laughed at him. "He'll understand."
"Do you know Jeongin?"
You could only laugh more and then dropped on the couch, Jisung copying you soon after. "Thank you for tonight. It helped a lot."
"It's nothing. I told you I'm always here for you." he smiled. "Do you want to talk about what happened?"
"I was a bet." you kept it short. "I overheard him talking about me with his teammates."
He winced. "I'm so sorry. It's unfortunate, I had good vibes about him."
"Yeah, well, some people are not like what they seem... like you."
He frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Nothing, I'm still thinking about how popular you are." you said, not wanting to talk about him defending you yet.
"Let's not talk about that." he groaned. "We can do something else, the movie's over." he pointed to the credits rolling on the screen.
"How about games?"
You went over almost every silly games you knew such as charades, truth or dare, mimes and more. Approaching the end of the night, you went on with playing rock paper scissors as you ran out of ideas.
"Ouch." Jisung exclaimed after you flunked his forehead.
"It wasn't that bad!" you rolled your eyes. "Again."
You showed your fist, but Jisung had his palm opened. He beat your rock with his paper.
"No." you complained.
"Come here, baby." he snickered.
You leaned closer to him and got the hair on your forehead out of the way. He then flicked his finger, strongly enough for you to hear a toc. You gasped in pain and your eyes squinted while you put your hand over where his finger had just hit.
"Oh fuck, I'm so sorry." he hurried to apologize. "Are you okay?"
He held your face with the palm of his hands. Suddenly, it felt like time stopped. Staring back at his almond eyes, you could not move. He was the cutest as worry was sprawled all over his face.
"I'm sorry." he said and then did something you certainly did not expect.
Bringing your head lower, he placed a kiss on the red spot on your forehead and then pat on it. You could only stare at him still, not finding the words to react.
"There, all healed." he smiled.
When he met your gaze again, it dawned on him that he just kissed your head without asking. His mind went blank as he didn't know what to say to justify himself. But the smile on your own face was all it took for him to relax. His eyes flickered down on your lips before he came closer. He was still approaching dangerously until he kissed you. You didn't even question it and melted into it, almost as if it was natural. Well, it felt like it. Your mouths were moving perfectly in sync with each other and you couldn't get enough of him.
But he abruptly separated himself from you. "I-I shouldn't- I didn't mean-" he stammered, clearly unsure of what to say. "I'm sorry."
"Ji..." you said, reaching out your hand to him.
He pushed it away and got up. "I think we should call it a night."
"I think we should talk."
"Y/N, please."
His pleading face hurt you. With a small nod, you took your stuff that was scattered around the living room and went to his front door in silence. You didn't turn the knob just yet.
"Thank you for tonight, I'm being honest."
He looked away, unable to keep his eyes on you any longer. "It's nothing. Good night."
"Good night."
As his door closed shut, he let himself fall on the couch. Why did he have to be so careless and kiss you just like that?
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You were patient and understanding, so of course it made sense that Jisung didn't reach out to you yet to talk about what had happened. Nonetheless, you had your limits and more than a week without talking to your best friend, your other half, it was too much. You were grateful for the finals to have distracted you a little but now that you were done, he was the only thing in your mind. Maybe the party Chan was organizing for the end of the semester was going to help.
After your last exam, Chunhwa invited you to hang out with her and Changbin. You wanted to refuse at first to avoid watching them eye-fucking each other. However, it had been a while since you spent time with them so you ended up coming to the coffee shop with them. You took the opportunity to give her a little update as to what happened with Minyoung and Jisung. She didn't seem much surprised but still listened nonetheless.
"And hear this: he didn't even text me afterwards. Can you believe it?" you finished explaining the situation.
You followed her gaze and noticed she was staring at Changbin. Without her seeing, you rolled your eyes at how smitten she was.
"He'll do it eventually, don't worry."
Her response did not help. You only huffed when Changbin came back from the counter with the muffin you asked him to order. In one go, you got it in your mouth and munched aggressively.
"I would have never guess that Jisung was the one who put you in this state." Chunhwa said, taken aback from the quantity of food you managed to put in your mouth.
Still munching your muffin, you shrugged. "Not my fault he ghosted me after he kissed me. You should talk with someone when something like this happens instead of ignoring the issue. For real, it's like you fucked a close friend and then never establish what happens next. And sex is a big deal as much as kissing is."
Not really thinking while talking, you then realized you might have referred to what was going on between your two friends unintentionally. Chunhwa ignored it though as she rubbed your back to reassure you.
"He's such a fool, I swear to God I'll smack him next time I see him." you mumbled under your breath.
"He might come to the party tonight. Take it as your chance to talk to him."
You shook your head. "Forget about him. I'll just have fun tonight."
And Jisung wasn't doing any better than you. In fact, he was enraged with himself for not talking to you. He thought it was too late by then and didn't dare to make the first move. Plus, the only time he got to get a glimpse of you, you had glared intensely at him from the other side of the cafeteria. Needless to say that he didn't feel so good. He tried to hide it since he had one final exam to take.
He came across Eunhee, Chan's potential lover, and he greeted her with a weak smile as they went to do the exam together. It went by quickly and before he knew it, he was done. The two of them walked out together and chatted about the questions to see if their answers were similar.
"I was certain it was d..." he said, confused on his answer.
"By the way," Eunhee spoke, grabbing his attention. "I wanted to make sure you were doing okay. You don't look so good to me, no offense."
He looked down on the ground and hesitated to talk for an instant. "Yeah, I'm alright. Just... Y/N and I fought and there is Chan's party tonight. I know she's going but I'm not sure if I want to face her." he admitted as he remembered the death glare you gave him.
"You should go."
"You think so?"
She smiled. "Yeah, I do. You two are practically inseparable from what I see. I think it'll be a shame to not try to fix things."
"You have a point..." he breathed out. "Alright, I'll go. Are you coming too?"
She thought for a moment before nodding. "I guess I can stop by."
For some reason, her words really motivated him. As soon as he got home, he took the time to choose something appropriate to wear. He took all of his clothes out of his drawer and started to discard certain pieces of clothing. From an outer perspective, it looked very disorganized but for Jisung, it was clear.
"What the hell?" Jeongin exclaimed in horror as he stopped in front of Jisung's room. "What is happening here? It looks like a crime scene."
He rolled his eyes. "I'm simply trying to find something to wear for tonight."
"Oh, you're coming in the end? That's good, we'll leave together then?"
"Sure." Jisung shrugged. "Do you know who else is going?"
"Pretty much everyone except for Eunhee. I tried to convince her but she didn't want to."
"Bizarre, she told me she'll come."
Jeongin frowned. "Bizarre, indeed. Anyway, I'll be waiting for you so hurry up."
As requested, Jisung got ready in no time. He had picked a normal t-shirt and put a plaid vest over it with a pair of black jeans. He finalized the look with chains and rings and made sure to arrange his hair in a decent way, unlike the mop he had for the past days.
Before joining Jeongin, Jisung thought it'd be a good idea to send you a quick message to at least let you know he was willing to talk. He didn't expect you to answer, but he was still hopeful.
The two roommates left their flat and arrived about ten minutes before the given time. Chan invited them in by offering them a drink and they went over to the couch where Sora and Youngmi were already sitting. They started to chat about the end of school and other plans they had for the summer. Looking down at his phone every once in a while to see if you answered, he was happy to see Eunhee finally arriving.
"Am I late?" she asked him after they exchanging a quick side hug.
"We pretty much all came in advance. Minho, Hyunjin, Byeol, Hyunjoo and Felix are missing." he informed before drinking what Chan gave him.
"And Chunhwa and Y/N." Changbin added discreetly, nudging his friend's arm. "She told us about what happened."
Jisung's face grew red. "I prefer to not talk about it for now."
"I'll just let you know that she is mad, but like, mad."
This was no good news. And he was right to think so. As more people kept coming, his anxiety only had risen. Mixing a huge party with you being mad at him, he was not doing well.
But on your side, you didn't see that. When you arrived with Chunhwa, the first thing you did was chugging shots after shots before joining other students on the dance floor. Swaying your body to the rhythm, you were more than happy to not be thinking about anything else but that. You eventually lost Chunhwa when you realized she left with Changbin. Instead of trying to look for someone you knew, a guy started to grind on you. Usually, you would be disgusted and would push him away. However, because of the level of alcohol in your body, you couldn't care less. Moving your body with him, you felt his pelvic area become harder. Maybe you were starting to feel uneasy. Nonetheless, you kept on going and he ended up kissing you ferociously.
And Jisung was watching all of it from the corner of the room, his jaw clenching at the simple sight of someone other than him kissing you. By then, he was at his fourth drink of the night. Having grabbed a random beer that tasted like piss, his only goal was to drink his feelings away although he knew it was a bad way to cope.
"Are you alright?"
The voice took him by surprise but once he realized it was Chunhwa, he calmed down a little bit.
"I literally came here to tell her about, well, I assume you know?" he started to rant and she nodded in understanding. "I don't get her."
Taking another sip of the nasty beer, he made a weird face because of the taste.
"Hwayoung truly loves you. Honestly, I think she's scared of things changing between you two. And tonight means nothing to her, I can tell you that." Chunhwa attempted to defend you, but Jisung was having none of it and scoffed.
"I guess I understand, but I can't always be that guy. The one who's around whenever she needs it."
"I get that."
He realized it was the first time he admitted out loud how much he hated being your emotional support every time you got ditched. Just then, Changbin arrived after he had calmed the party down a little due to Chan's argument with Sora. He joined Chunhwa to her side and kissed her on the lips quickly, making Jisung scoff even louder.
"Alright, lovebirds. Rub it in my face." he rolled his eyes.
Changbin chuckled. "We've only just confessed."
"Yeah, well, at least your girl isn't being a total idiot..."
He took it as his cue to leave the couple alone. Spotting Sora leaving Chan, he thought that maybe he should be a good friend and go to him to see if he was doing alright after the fight. However, he didn't make it as someone tripped on his foot and fell into his arms. He clumsily tried to get a good grip to prevent the girl from falling.
"Hi, Ji~"
He cursed under his breath. Of all the students present, it had to be you. By looking at your flushed face, it was a sign that you might have consumed too much. He helped you up on your feet and went to Chan. As the older man saw the state you were in, he immediately helped Jisung to bring you to his room.
"Do you want me to stay with you two?"
Jisung shook his head. "I've got her from here, thanks."
As Chan left the room, you tried to get to the bed alone, but it was no success. Jisung sighed and held your sides to guide you. As you slumped on the bed, you started to hit his chest. He wasn't necessarily taken aback from your behaviour as he did ignore your messages for a while so he simply accepted his fate and let himself get beaten up by you. Well, not beaten up. More like attacked poorly because your hits were so weak.
"You're so pretty." you smiled sheepishly after you were done with hitting him. "Why do you have to be so pretty? I can't stay pissed at you if you look this good."
He chuckled. "Then don't be mad at me?"
"I can't, I hate you."
"Hmm, is that so?"
You looked at him attentively. Grabbing his head, he let out a whimper from how strong your grip was. You brought him closer and pursed your lips. He panicked for a moment as he didn't want to kiss you while you were this drunk.
"Y/N."
"I don't hate you." you whined. "I love you."
Okay, now, he was definitely not doing okay. He pushed your hands away and took a step back.
"I'll go get you a glass of water."
"Jisungie~" you called him out. "Stay with me, please."
He couldn't resist you plea, so he stayed. He took the spot next to you and allowed you to cuddle with him. You happily put your head in the crook of his neck, taking in his scent fully.
"I'm sorry for being such a fool."
He shook his head. "You're not a fool, don't say that."
"I am." you sniffed and that's when he realized you had started crying. "I'm so stupid for going out with so many jackasses. I wanted to forget you."
"Forget me?"
"I love you so much that it hurts." you declared, but Jisung only froze, so you continued. "I'm scared of losing you if I tell you I love you. I guess it's too late now, but yeah. I'm sorry for being a fool by not telling you sooner."
He wasn't sure if you were aware of what was happening but he didn't care. If there was one thing he knew about you when drunk is that you were always honest.
"I might be a fool too, then."
"You're not. You're kind-hearted, attentive, pretty and you give good advices. You're always doing things according to me so you know I feel comfortable and I never thank you for it."
He kept on stroking your hair in silence as you continued on giving him compliments. Maybe you weren't going to remember it, but he wanted to make sure he did by listening to every single word you let out attentively.
"I love you, Ji." you said to finish your monologue, your voice getting weaker as you grew tired.
He smiled to himself for how adorable you were. "I love you too."
"Remind me tomorrow." you whispered but loud enough for him to hear.
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You woke up with the worst headache. Opening your eyes slowly, you took in on your surroundings. You were in Chan's room which was a good sign as it meant you didn't leave with a random person. But there was a random person next to you. You then noticed the ball of hair that was too familiar to your liking. Had you slept with Jisung? Checking your outfit real quick, you concluded you did not as you still had your clothes on. So how did you end up in Chan's bed with your best friend? It wasn't the first time you slept in the same bed but with the circumstances, you felt awkward.
It was only a few minutes later that Jisung stretched out his arms as he woke up. He seemed to be doing better than you as he was smiling contently. However, when his eyes opened to meet yours, he jumped out of the bed.
"I wanted to wake up first to not freak you out, I'm sorry. I swear nothing happened." he was quick to explain.
"It's fine." you responded as you sat up, bringing the blanket close to your chest. "Did you sleep okay?"
"Yeah, what about you?" You shook your head and Jisung's eyes widened. "Right, you drank a lot yesterday. Do you want me to get you something? A Tylenol, some water, more blankets?"
As much as you were still angry with him, his caring personality made its way to your heart. So you let him take care of you. He left to go to the kitchen and you heard some arguing with Chan. It was something along the lines of stealing his bed again or whatever. He was quick to come back with a pill and a glass of water. You swallowed it in one-go and then invited Jisung to sit with you. Like a puppy, he did as told and waited patiently for you to talk.
"Why did we sleep together?"
"You were really drunk and I just wanted to tuck you in, I promise. But you kind of forced me to stay and then one thing led to another..."
"Don't tell me we kissed again." you cut him off.
"No! I would never let you do so while intoxicated."
It reassured you on so many levels. "Alright, then what happened?"
"You confessed."
It was as if the words triggered your brain into remembering the moment you were attempting to tell him you loved him, and a slight memory of him saying it back appeared in your mind. You weren't sure whether you were imagining things.
"And I asked you to remind me today about it, right?"
He smiled. "So you remember."
"Vaguely."
A silence settled in the room. You had clearly told him everything on your mind and he did the same. The only thing left to do was to decide what to do now. Neither of you wanted to speak first. For you, it was because you were scared of things becoming weird, but for him, it was because he was scared to death that you'd take back everything you said the night before.
"Kids, breakfast!" Chan yelled from the kitchen.
"In a minute." the both of you yelled back at the same time.
This caused for you to break into laughter, diffusing the tension. Jisung joined you and calmed down a little.
"Listen," he started once you stopped laughing. "I was being serious. I love you and I've been in love with you since... I don't even remember when but it's been a while."
Your cheeks turned pink at his words. "Me too."
"I'm sick of seeing you getting hurt by all of these guys because I know I'd treat you a thousand times better. I know I'm not a jock or anything, but I promise my feelings are genuine."
You rushed you wrapped your arms around his body making you fall on your sides into the mattress. Jisung hmphed at the sudden contact, though he was quick to return the hug.
"I know, you idiot. You already treat me like a damn goddess, I can't imagine how you'll treat me now."
"Does it mean that you love me too?"
You laughed at how clueless he was. "Yes, Ji. I love you too and I'd love it if we go out someday."
"As a date?"
"As a date."
He couldn't contain the joy he felt anymore and grabbed the back of your neck you pull you into a long and loving kiss. It felt even better than the last time and you held him tighter to pull him even closer. You pulled away to get some air.
"I'm sorry but I couldn't stop myself." he said, embarrassed.
"Kiss me again?"
He smirked at you and kissed you again at your demand. You started to pull his jacket away from his shoulders and he took the hint that you wanted it off. As he kept on kissing you, he grew more confident and moved his hand down to your thigh. He grabbed it tightly which caused you to let out a gasp. He smiled into your lips, satisfied with your reaction. You decided to play as well and you started to graze your fingers across his abdomen. You had seen him shirtless many times but feeling his abdominal muscles was much different than admiring them from afar. You moved your fingers to the hem of his pants, trying to find the button to undo it.
"You want to do this here?" he broke the kiss and grabbed your wrist to prevent you from moving any further.
"I've been wanting to fuck you ever since the first time you changed clothes in my room." you admitted and it only made him smirk again.
"You liked what you saw?"
"Yes. Now, can we get to business?"
"Yes, ma'am."
You never knew being called like this would do something to you, but you felt like you were melting. He continued to touch you all over your body, always making sure you were comfortable, and he finally got your shirt off. He flipped you to be on top and started to place a few pecks down your neck to your bellybutton.
"Guys, I said breakfast is-"
Jisung was quick to bring the blanket over you, covering your body that was half-dressed.
"For fuck's sake. Guys, this is the last time I'm letting you both stay in my bed. Get dressed now!"
You stayed in silence when Chan closed the door abruptly.
"Is he mad?" you asked and Jisung could only chuckle.
"He's fine." He leaned down to give you, yet, one more kiss. "You have no idea how happy I am right now."
"I think I know, because I couldn't be happier myself."
His smile grew and you were the one to kiss him this time.
"Guys!" Chan yelled from the kitchen again.
"Coming!"
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bluegalaxygirl · 7 months
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Blizzard Castle (Zosan X reader) Part 4
Zoro X Sanji X Reader, poly relationship, established relationship, reader is Female (Sorry)
Plot: A vampire has their sights set on reader capturing them and taking them to his castle. It up to Sanji and Zoro to save them.
Warning: Bad language, Drinking, blood, injury, making out, slight sexual content.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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With night approaching and the villagers happy that their nightmare is over they set up a massive festival in the town center a large bonfire being the focus, food vendors went all out with cooking Sanji of course wanting to help out sharing some techniques and recipes with the towns folk. Bars brought out drinks for everyone Zoro and Franky mainly trying to get their hands on whatever they could while Brook joined the band in music. Most of the crew were off the ship at the party enjoying the celebrations, dancing, singing, eating and drinking. Meanwhile, you and Chopper were on the sunny. You've had a few hours of rest and Chopper made sure you were patched up. it was hard for the doctor at first when Sanji got a good look of your neck and started fussing over you and Zoro refusing to leave the room even for a moment. Zoro wouldn't let Chopper deal with the cut on his arm until he knew you were taken care of and it ended up with you pulling on his ear telling him to just let Chopper work. It ended though thanks to Nami and Luffy who got the two to leave you and chopper alone for a few hours dragging the two away form the sunny and to the festival. Now that you were well rested, patched up and in a new change of clothes, you and Chopper headed off the ship and to where the party was being held.
"Thanks again Chopper and sorry about Sanji and Zoro. is your voice ok?" you ask since Chopper had to yell at the two boys multiple times almost straining his voice "Its no problem and my voice is fine. Although a cold fruit drink would be nice" the reindeer smiled up at you holding your hand as you two walked into the town "Well lets go and find you one then" You commented picking the doctor up in your arms and carrying him the rest of the way "I can walk you know, you lost too much blood to carry me" he yelled at you worried about you exhausting yourself "Oh but Doctor Chopper your super light plus you've been so hard at work being a great doctor how can i not help you out" your sweet words seemed to make the deer happy smiling big but trying to act like he didn't care. Making it to the village you walked up to one of the bars serving drinks only to hear one of your favorite voices "Oi. i was wondering when you would be joining us" Zoro laughed a large bottle of sake in one hand while the other went around your shoulder pulling you in closer to kiss your forehead "Thanks Chopper" The swords man smiles down at the doctor in your arms who squirm a little "Thanking me isn't gonna make me happy or anything" you giggle setting him down and ordering a drink for chopper and yourself both none alcoholic since Chopper can't have it and with the meds Chopper gave you there's no way you should be drinking.
With drinks in hand the three of you walked out the bar into the crowded streets immediately spotting Luffy and Usopp dancing together next to the brightly lite bonfire , a few other people joining them. Robin and Franky were sitting over on a bench nearby with a bunch of people around them as Franky showed off and Robin seemed to be talking, probably telling them about the vampire. Brook was on the big stage with his guitar and singing people cheering for him and dancing to his music while Nami seemed to be on the stage with him dancing away with some other girls. "I'm gonna join luffy and Usopp. Don't do too much ok" Chopper smiles up at you patting your leg before running off to join his captain and sniper. "Where's sanji?" you ask looking at Zoro who points over to some massive grills Sanji being in the middle cooking up something amazing while the surrounding cooks watched in aw. "Of course... showing off" you laughed the swords man join in and walking you over to the cook his arm now around your waist. He didn't want to show it, but he was still concerned for you, the bit on your neck looked bad and Chopper said you lost a lot of blood even though you acted perfectly fine.
Flipping knives into the air Sanji cut up fish, meat and vegetables throwing them into a wok on the big gill and frying them to perfection before adding some pasta and sauce flipping it all together so it mixed well. He was so focused on his cooking he didn't notice you and Zoro walk up to watch the show. Adding salt pepper and some spices he flipped it one more time before putting it into several bowls placing them down for people to eat. he kept two though placing them on the table behind him. The crowd clapped and thanked him for the food while the cook and food vendors starting asking question, your laugh thru the noise caught Sanji's attention looking up to see you and Zoro. He grabbed the two bowls from behind him and excused his way thru the cooks to get to the two of you a big smile on his face "Your up. i was going to head to the sunny and give you this" The cook smiles down at you but when you reached for the bowl and thanked him he pulled it away "Oh no my love, you need to save your energy so I'll feed you" Sanji laughs Zoro shaking his head and taking the other bowl off the cook after removing his hand from your hip "You just want an excuse to feed her" The swords man teased earning a pout from the cook and a look that told him to shut up.
The three of you sat yourselves down on one of the many curved cushioned benches Zoro sitting on your right side while Sanji sat on your left feeding you with a fork watching your face smile with the flavor of his food "Sanji, this is amazing" you say covering you mouth since it still have food in it, your words make the cook smile wider and blush slightly "Its always a joy to hear you say that my love" Zoro looks over at you two with a smile digging into his food "Aren't you eating?" he asks Sanji knowing full well that the bowl he's holding is for you and you only. "Oh I'll get something later" Sanji waves off the question only to have a fork full of food shoved in his face "Here at least have a little" Zoro held the fork out for the cook who took a moment before giving in and taking the food enjoying the flavor of his own creation. Zoro repeated this a few times while Sanji made sure you ate until the food was all gone. The three of you rested Sanji's back against the arm of the chair as your back laid in his chest between his legs, Your legs and one of Sanji's resting on Zoro's lap while the swords man leaned back and looked up at the night sky covered in starts. Music playing in the back ground and the warmth of the bonfire made this moment perfect in your eyes. Sanji's hands went to yours resting on your lap and interlocked his fingers with yours while Zoro rubbed your leg his light touch almost tickling you.
"What do you want?" Zoro's voice spoke out of the blue sensing someone staring at you three, a young girl stepped out of the crowd and walked over to you three. Zoro and Sanji remembered her right away the girl from the office, she was dressed nice but messing with her hands in an attempt to calm herself down "Hello again" Sanji greeted getting the young girl's attention, she smiled a little at him before turning her attention to you. Confused you look from Zoro to Sanji and then to the girl who quickly bowed "Im so sorry" she almost yelled staying down waiting for you to berate her. "For what?" you ask wondering why she was doing this "She's from the town hall, tried to hide where you were from us" Zoro spoke up trying to clear things up only for Sanji to nudge him with his foot "she did help us" Zoro turned to give Sanji an annoyed look "Yea after we kicked the shit out of her boss" Finally getting the picture you reach her hand out and place it on her shoulder, her head shooting up to look at it "Its ok. Its not like your the one who grabbed me" you say leaning back against Sanji as the girl stands up straight "But.. I- i was supposed to be in the line up. i watched you get taken and.." You stopped her leaning over and placing a hand on her small head "Hay stop that" you say ruffling her hair "Its over now and you made up for it by helping my boys out so there's nothing to be sorry about" you smile pulling away.
"Your too nice" Zoro mutters into his bottle with a smug smile turning your attention to Zoro you take the bottle from his hands hold it away form him as he reaches for it laughing watching him struggle for it "Hay that's not fair" He yells trying to grab the drink from you while also trying not to lean on you. Getting an idea Zoro's hands grab your ankles and pull you closer to him your legs being separated by his waist as he leans over you and grabs the bottle from your hands "Little shit" he calls you with a smug smile "You deserved that Zoro for being mean to the young lady" Sanji laughs watching the two of you, Zoro's free hand runs up the cooks leg "You want wanna go cook" The two playfully snarling at each other. The young girl couldn't help but let out a laugh, the three of you turning to look at her confused. She wipes some tears away trying to calm herself down "You know i didn't get it before but now i do" she states calming down and smiling at the three of you "I hope to have a relationship like yours one day" her smile grows bigger before bowing again "Thank you for everything" she says before running off.
"Strange girl" You and Zoro comment but shrug it off Sanji on the other hand blushing like crazy his hand over his mouth and cheeks to cover it up but you and Zoro notice. Zoro takes his last swig of the bottle before putting it down and leaning over you, your face almost in his bare chest as he reaches to pull Sanji's hand away from his face "Is my prince blushing?" the swords man asks feeling cocky enough to pull the cook by his tie and crashing his lips onto Sanji's. The blonde cook couldn't help but lean in placing one hand on Zoro's shoulder and the other sliding down to meet your cheek. You laid there enjoying the view of Zoro's bare chest and the two kissing above you the night sky barley visible. The two pull away before looking down at you, Zoro moved back a bit and places his hand on either side of your head leaning over you your noses almost touching "You want some too?" he asks earning a nod from you, his lips met yours and you could taste the sake on his lips and the slight hit of smoke from sanji's. Your hand reached up and into his hair taking a fist full to pull him closer prompting the swords man to shove his tongue into your mouth. You couldn't help but moan into him using on of your legs to hook around his waist. he pulled away at the feeling laughing a little. "We're in public baby" he whispers down to you so only you and Sanji can hear "Sorry" you whisper back Zoro helping you sit up right.
Sanji moves his legs round so you can sit up right on the bench taking your hand and kissing it once your sat up "Come here my love, i want to hold you" Sanji helps you over onto his lap so your straddling him and your arms are around his neck. Leaning his back against the bench Sanji reaches out for Zoro who moves in closer laying his head on the cooks shoulder "Im so glad to have you back.. dont ever leave us." Sanji's hand runs over your cheek and down to your neck running over the bandage covering the bit. You take his hand and bring it to your lips "You know i would never leave you two willingly" leaning in to place a soft kiss on his lips. Sanji's hand went down to your lower back rubbing it lightly as his tongue slipped into your mouth. Normally he would ask for permission to enter by licking your lip or biting your lip, but he was needy tonight after almost losing you. You let him do as he pleased knowing he needed the comfort that words couldn't give. You stayed like that enjoying his lips on yours until air was needed pulling away panting and a little light-headed "You ok?" Zoro noticed holding your cheek "Yea i'm fine." you lie while laying your head down on Sanji's shoulder, Zoro seemed to notice keeping his hand on your cheek and watching your tired eyes "You're tired. Do you want to head back to the sunny?" he asks sanji running a hand thru your hair "No.. i wanna stay here" you whisper trying to stay awake. You wanted to stay here with them, just like this, you felt so loved, warm and comforted "Its ok love, if you fall asleep I'll carry you back later" Sanji's words made your body relax against him letting sleep take over you.
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ambcass · 5 months
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ᴘɪᴄɴɪᴄ ᴅᴀᴛᴇ ||ᴊᴀɪᴍᴇ ʀᴇʏᴇꜱ x ɢɴ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ
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I'll try to be more active this month ;) and pls send requests I'm bored
Summary: Jaime notices that you're sad and cheers you up with a picnic date after school
WARNINGS!! ->: Just itty witty bit of angst(maybe), fluff, BAD pet names, cliche writing...., reader having toxic parents, mentions of divorce, hurt/comfot
I had my head down and I couldn't barely focus during class. The teacher was clearly blabbing about some useless bullshit that I'll never use in the future. When lunch came, I didn't even eat anything and was already too tired to move. Life has been so bad recently. My parents have been arguing a little too much and they are on the edge of divorce. My grades have been slipping too, I already tried catching up but can't! I don't understand anything these stupid ass teachers are teaching. After the bell rang for 7th period, I felt a pair of hands hug my waist. I flinched, dropping all of my stuff, and tried breaking free. I felt the hands quickly retract before I was able to turn around.
"Woah there! Didn't mean to scare you, sorry babe." It was my boyfriend, Jaime Reyes. Jaime then apologized, picking up my dropped items. Jaime looked at me with worry before he smirked. I already knew he had an idea in mind, I just didn't know if it would be stupid or not. He wrapped his arms around my neck and spoke,
"Nice weather we are having today, don't you think?" I just nodded awkwardly while looking up at Jaime. "Well...I think the two of us should really go out and have fun! Like a date, a picnic date? What ya say, baby?" He looked at me with his big puppy eyes and of course, I said yes.
The both of us agreed to meet up 30 minutes after school in the field not too far from my home. The second I got home, I heard screaming and yelling coming from my parents. I ran to my room and closed my door. Tuning them out was basically a habit. I opened my closet and grabbed the sweater Jaime gave me for our first-ever date. I opened my window and jumped out of it. I didn't care that I still had my window open, I doubt my parents would even care.
On my way is what I texted before Jaime texted back Wait!! I'm setting up. Slow down mi vida. I chuckled, putting my phone in my pocket, and hood on. Once I reached the park, I saw Jaime wave at me. He was sitting on top of a blue blanket with snacks and drinks beside him. I walked towards him, waving, smiling, and feeling some sense of happiness in me. I sat down with him and he offered me some chips.
"Soo sorry if this isn't your favorite, I grabbed what I found in my house." He said, then pointing to all of the other snacks and drinks he brought. "Hope these would be fine. Next time, I'll be sure to visit the store beforehand." Jaime slightly turned his head away, his face turning pink. I smiled and took the bag of ships. The two of us talked and talked for hours on end until the set was starting to set.
I had my head on his shoulder and he had his arm around my waist. I was admiring the sunset but I couldn't help to smile because Jaime's eyes were just practically glued to my face. "Sweetie, your staring can be unsettling," I said, joking obviously. I playfully pushed his head and we both chuckled. He turned back to me, now holding my hand. I stared at him with confusion.
"What? Is there something wrong?" I asked. Jaime just shook his head. "I just have a question...It's alright if you don't answer! It's kinda stupid so..." Jaime tried putting his words together but it looked like he was shy about it. Like really shy. "Oh, a question? Go on. No matter how stupid it is, I still love you." Jaime took a breath before speaking.
"D-do you think we are together in every universe?" I lit up with happiness. I hugged him. "I think that we are always going to be together no matter the case. Whether we're dating or just friends. We are always going to be together, no matter what."
"Promise?"
"I promise."
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writingoddess1125 · 7 months
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You Remind Me
Shanks and Vivican OOC and Luffy
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Also obviously not Canon but fun to think about!
No Warnings
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Shanks stood in the hallway as he leaned next to Vivian's bedroom- it had been only a week since she had moved in with him on the ship. She had been polite but very quiet, meeting all of the crew however she had spent most of the time in her bedroom hiding. At night Shanks knew she was crying- he left like a worthless father truly... taking a breath he worked up some courage.
"Hey Vivian?..." He said softly and knocked on the door gently, waiting for a second before opening the door and looking inside. Seeing Vivian sitting on the bed reading through one of her mother's book clearly in a daze it seemed. His movement snapping her from her thoughts as she gaze a light lipped smile at him.
"Hey Vi- Uh we are heading to shore soon to meet up with someone I'd really like you to meet" He asked, She nodded softly at this and set the book aside. Shanks sighed at this and walked over taking a seat next to her on the bed, shifting a bit as he turned to look at hia daughter.
"I know this has been tough for you Vivian and I'm sorry... I-I want to make this a gold envirment for you but I understand if you want to be alone for a while.. but just know I'm here for you whenever you need it" He said softly, watching how Vivians eyes began to water as he said this, she nodded as tears rolled down her cheeks. He wrapped his arm around her as she leaned into him and silently cried.
"I'm sorry my dear..." He whispered, knowing that there were no words to bring you back to them but he would make sure your legacy lived on happily.
A few hours later the crew landed on the small island and started to dispurse to either the pub or getting supplies for the Ship. Vi being quiet the whole time as she followed Shanks out to the markets so she could pick things she liked and he giving her some Berries to spend for herself.
Walking off to a food cart she decided to get some meat on the done for herself and smiled as the vendor handed her the large treat.
"Good choice that's my favorite!" A cheerful voice sounded next to her, looking up to see a lengthy teen holding 3 in his own hands. She giggled since he looked so odd to her paired with the Strawhat on his dark locs.
"It's my favorite too, But I couldn't eat three of them" She said with a cheerful smile as she pointed to the ones in his hand. He laughed at this clearly amused by her words- However he paused and cooked his head to the side.
The teen squinted at her in confusion stared at Vivian, kneeling down and squinting his eyes as he stared at the little girl- Who looked at him in confusion and a bit intimidated by the stranger now way too close and stating at her funny.
"You remind me of someone-" He hummed squinting his gaze further. Tapping his chin as he stared hard at Vivian who was looking at the weird teen in question.
Shanks turned the corner trying to see where his daughter had wondered off to- Before he smiled brightly at the sight before him.
"Do my eye deceive me! Luffy!" Shanks laughed as he pushed the hat onto the teens head further with a laugh, Luffy looking up at Shanks with a wide smile.
"Shanks!" He yelled out with a laugh, Hugging his mentor who stumbled back and patted his back calmly.
"Luffy! Look at you" He said with a proud laugh as Luffy pulled back with a happy grin, Vivian staring at the duo with a raised eyebrow.
"This here is my daughter Luffy. Vivian this is Luffy! He's essentyally like your older brother" He said with a wide smile proudly showing off Vivian who shyly smiled and waved at Luffy.
"It's nice to meet ya Vivian!!" He said cheerfully ruffling her red locs which made her giggle.
"You know you're set up to see such amazing adventures Vivian with one of the best crews out there! Just wait- Shanks has had crazy adventures hell I've fought Fishpeople in a amusement park, Saved villages, Beat marine bases and met with pirates that are things of legend. Youre adventures are just starting" Luffy said with a grin, clearly good with kids and making them smile.
"Wait you really did that?" She said amazed, smiling as Luffy who nodded.
"Of course! I'm going to be King of the Pirates!" He said cheerfully which made her eyes widen at that. Shanks chuckled at this and placed a hand on Vi's head gently.
"Pretty amazing right?" He said with a chuckle as she nodded enthusiastically, Shanks noticing how much more cheerful she was while talking to Luffy.
After some talk between them all and Luffy updating Shanks proudly on his life the Older pirate felt the need for a beer starting to peek. Patting Luffy on the shoulder proudly.
"Im proud of the man youve grown into Luffy, We will need to depart and we are going to go to the market to finish getting supplies" Shanks said calmly, Vivian pulling on his sleeve nervously.
"Uh Dad? Can I hang out with Luffy today? I wanna hear more about his adventures!" She said cheerfully with a new sparkle in her eye.
Shanks had seen that sparkle before- That wash of inspiration that had bloomed in his eyes, in Luffy's eyes and now his Daughters.
Truthfully he didn't know if he should be proud or really frightened at how interested she was in being a pirate now.
"Well alright I suppose, Just remember we are heading out tommorow morning Vi" He said with a smile, She nodded excitedly at this and went with Luffy who had already started to talk her ear off and the two ran off. Shanks standing there with a small smile on his face, and a but of worry to his heart.
Vivian spent the whole day talking with Luffy's crew, Meeting every single one of them and exploring the ship. A bright smile on her lips that reminded him of you, the way she giggled and her growing excitement at every turn.
Luffy took on a older brother roll, even picking her up and running around with her like the ADHD kid he was as- entrusting her to even wear his straw hat which she wore with pride and care as they roamed around all day.
After Sanji had cooked a large seafood pasta dish for the crew and guest she ended up falling asleep soundly. Luffy carrying Vivian out back to Shanks ship who was holding his crew getting the last of the supplies they would need. Chuckling at the sight of Luffy carrying his daughter wearing his old hat.
"Looks like quite the adventure" Shanks said amused, Luffy giggling as he carefully took his hat off Vivian who didn't even stir from her sleep and transferring her to Shanks.
"Yeah, We had a lot of fun today! Honestly she is a natural. Took up to navigation with Nami and all of that" Luffy said with a laugh clearly prideful in having spent the day with Vivian. Shanks smiled at this as he told Luffy to hang back while he put Vivian to bed.
When Shanks returned from tucking Vivian in bed he went back to meet Luffy, seeing the young man leaned against the railings staring out fondly.
"Shes going to be great, I can already see it" Luffy said with a chuckle, messing with the ties of the hat calmly as he thought fondly- Shanks chuckling at this and nodded in agreement.
"I can see it, you really inspired her Luffy and brought her some happiness" He praised, earning a big goofy smile from him.
"You know when I become Pirate King, I did swear to return the hat to you. But who knows! Maybe it will go to the next red head" Luffy said with a joking laugh, Shanks rolling his eyes as he shoved the hat further down on the lads head making him laugh again.
"Maybe it will, Maybe it will.."
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newtabfics · 1 year
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hi. i saw your requests were open. it doesn't have to be a full fic but could you do something with Diluc worrying over their crush and somehow Venti gets involved cuz he's like "I DECLARE YOU KISS" cuz he ships them but also cuz barbatos. Thank you! Also I love you Diluc stuff!!
Thank you! I'm glad you love it. I love Diluc as a character so being able to write stuff about him is awesome.
Diluc blinked when he stepped out of Angel's Share to find the traveler comforting a crying Paimon.
"Aether, what's going on?"
He smiled as Paimon hiccuped as she tried to talk. The boy simply smiled and pointed up the side of the building to see Y/N scaling it slowly, nearly...fifty...feet off the...ground.
He tensed as he watched her carefully move, trying to find what reason she could possibly have for daring such a dangerous tactic. His eyes finally locked onto the pink balloon stuck in the tree near the rooftop.
"Why is she..."
"She insisted," Aether sighed, rubbing his neck before gently patting Paimon's head to soothe her.
Diluc clenched his jaw, watching as she neared the balloon. Y/N's path was cut short as she was at the edge without any more to reach out. He watched her debate for a moment before taking a chance and stretching her arm out. Her delicate fingers were just barely grazing it as she strained and strained, shifting closer and closer.
Just as her hand clamped around the string, her foot slipped.
"Y/N!" Aether shouted as Paimon squealed.
A shadowy blur darted quickly. Diluc's heart clenched as he saw the way she was falling. That height, that angle--If he didn't hurry she'd--
The light echo of a harp's song echoed as the winds picked up, pushing Y/N towards him. His arms quickly wrapped around her as he dropped down to cushion her fall.
She grunted softly, groaning in discomfort.
Not dead, and that was all Diluc cared about as he held her close.
Aether sighed in relief as a certain bard appeared by his side. "Oh wow! Master Diluc sure is amazing!" He cheered as the others around them began to clap and cheer.
Y/N blushed as she sat up and scrambled away from him, wincing as she cradled her wrist to her chest. "Let me see," He said, hurrying to her and gently taking her hand. Pushing up the sleeve, he saw a slight redness. "It's not broken, at least," He sighed in relief
"Y/N, I'm so sorry!" Paimon wailed as she hugged her. Y/N just smiled and gently handed her the balloon. "If you'd gotten hurt even more cuz of my balloon?!"
"No worries, Pai," She giggled before looking up at Diluc. "Thank you, Diluc. How can I repay you?"
"Every knight deserves a kiss for saving the princess!" Venti quickly interjected as Aether blinked. He smirked at the archon, knowing immediately what was up.
He's been unabashed about his plans to coax them together, He remembered.
Y/N went red as Diluc cleared his throat. "There's no need for that," He muttered. "I'm just glad I was able to keep a citizen of Mondstadt--"
"Could you bend down? You're kinda tall," Y/N muttered, shifting nervously.
Diluc gulped and did so, closing his eyes. He held his breath when he felt her lips against his cheek, heart soaring as he straightened again. Opening his eyes again, he saw that she'd completely looked away from him.
He smiled at that. Always trying to keep up appearances, He thought to himself as he said, "We should get your wrist wrapped up. I have bandages in the tavern."
"Really?" Paimon asked, curious.
"Well, yes. Drunken fights do happen occasionally. Though it's usually because someone antagonizes it," He said, staring pointedly at Venti.
"You like it when I meddle a little bit," The bard chuckled, plucking at his strings as he walked off.
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zablife · 2 years
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Close as Strangers
Bradley “Rooster” Bradshaw x female reader
Summary: When Bradley is deployed for the first time your relationship is put to the test.
Author’s Note: Requested by a lovely anon who asked for a Rooster fic based on the song “Close as Strangers.” Please disregard any inaccuracies about the US military, I have no idea what I'm talking about!
Warnings: angst followed by fluff
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When you started dating Bradley, he had mentioned the possibility of a deployment and you’d immediately put the thought out of your mind. It wasn’t something either of you wanted to dwell on so early in your relationship. You chose to focus on the time you were spending together now doing all the things you loved most. There were early morning jogs on the beach, lessons side by side at the piano that always devolved into fits of laughter and dinner preparation in your tiny kitchen followed by the most mind-blowing sex you’d ever experienced.
Lost in the bliss of your newfound happiness, you hadn’t wanted to accept the news when you found out about Bradley’s orders. He didn’t know how to tell you he was leaving for six months and hadn’t mentioned it when you left for the Hard Deck one warm night in June. It was Hangman who let it slip and Bradley watched as your composure crumbled at his words. You rushed outside, fearing you’d sob uncontrollably in front of everyone if you stayed.
Even though you’d only known each other a short time, your feelings for Bradley were strong and you hoped things would work out. That’s what your heart told you anyway. Your brain wasn’t sure your connection would remain through the next few months. You tried to be as honest with Bradley as you could about your fears, talking about this before he left and he promised you he would make an effort through calls and texts, even with timezones between you. 
Now it had been three months and you were feeling so lost. Work was taking up your daytime hours, but at night you were all alone. You’d close your eyes and picture him smiling next to you in bed with his arm draped over your hip. The waiting made you feel pathetic though, hovering around your phone for a call that might not come in and if it did, it might drop out mid sentence. You’d never take out your anger on Bradley because it wasn’t his fault he didn’t get reception on the air craft carrier, but you often wanted to cry from frustration. Every day you felt a little bit further away from him and there was nothing you could do to bridge the gap.
Your friends would invite you out dancing, trying their best to cheer you up, but their words only ended up making you doubt yourself more. They asked why you were punishing yourself waiting for a man who hadn’t told you he loved you. Then after a few drinks they’d be off with some guys they’d met and you were left with an empty table of drinks and thoughts you’d rather avoid. Were you running out of time to be young and carefree waiting for someone it might not work out with? 
One night you’d returned home late, kicking off your heels and sitting numbly on the couch clutching a bottle of water. Your phone lit up suddenly with a text from Bradley and your heart leapt when you read what it said, “Every day gets harder to stay away from you.” You smiled in spite of yourself because you knew he was thinking of you. As the phone rang, you picked up excitedly, but all you heard was static. You threw your cell across the carpet in anger. Why did this have to be so hard?
Meanwhile on the ship, Bradley tried your number again. He was becoming frustrated with the lack of communication as well.  “Am I losing her?” he wondered. Whenever he called, you were out with your friends. He knew you were allowed to have a life of your own, but maybe you were moving on. The other airmen and sailors were always riding him about his beautiful girlfriend and how she must be blind to be with him. It was all a joke, but it was all he could think about. The final straw was a piece of unsolicited advice from a jaded sailor who warned him to break up with you before you started cheating on him. That had been hard to listen to.
The next day you both breathed a sigh of relief when you were finally able to talk. The comforting warmth of your initial greetings didn’t last for long, however, as you realized it was time for a difficult conversation. 
“Hey, baby, how are you?” Bradley asked relieved to hear your voice, but hesitant at the same time. It had been awhile since you spoke.
“I’m ok…well, maybe not so good here without you,” you finally admitted, picking at your nails nervously. You felt guilty for not being more upbeat, but you owed it to Bradley to be honest.
“I know what you mean. It kills me thinking of you on your own,” he said sympathizing with you. He leaned against his bunk, straining to hear your voice, trying to picture you curled up in bed at home.
Not wanting to waste time with small talk, you began to discuss what was at the forefront of your mind. “Bradley, listen, I’ve been thinking… Is this as good as we’re gonna get? I mean, I haven’t seen your face in ages and I barely get to hear your voice. I feel like we’re as close as strangers,” you said voice breaking at the admission of your feelings. A tear slipped down your cheek, bittersweet relief washing over you as you poured your heart out. 
For a  moment you wondered if you’d lost him because the line was so silent. On the other end Bradley was holding his breath, containing the deep ache he felt in his chest. “I don’t know what to say. I’m doing the best I can. If I could get off this ship and come show you how much I miss you, you know I would,” he said softly, sounding hurt and confused by your words. He knew the demands of his work were difficult, but he thought you understood. Maybe the advice he'd heard from others about civilian girls had been right, you didn’t want this life after all.
Needing to know if you intended on breaking up with him, he took a shaky breath then the questions fueled by insecurity tumbled from his lips. “Are you telling me everything’s changed? Do you want to move on? What do you want, baby?" 
You took a moment to consider what it was you were really asking. What you needed was assurance, to know the man you loved wanted you as much as you wanted him. You looked at the framed picture of the two of you on your dresser and took a leap of faith. “I think I let my friends get in my head, but I know now I want to be with you and nobody else even if it hurts. If I told you I’ll always wait for you, what would you say?” You asked biting your lip, hands shaking with fear and anticipation of his reply.
Bradley exhaled in relief. He wished he could take you in his arms and comfort you. He would have to rely on showing his affection the best way he knew how under the circumstances. Taking a gentle tone he promised, “I know it hurts to be apart, sweetheart, but I won’t ever give up on trying to make you happy. I’m always coming back to you because I love you.” That was all you needed to hear to know you’d made the right decision.
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it's me, kuroshou anon :) no worries at all, it's always 50/50 requesting daishou anyways ^^` would you maybe write lee!kuroo and ler!akaashi (romantic) instead? i'll leave it to you whether you want to make it a fic or head canons :)
Heyo Kuroshou anon! :D My deepest apologies for how late this is; I do hope this was worth the wait! I'm finding new Kuroo ships left and right, ehehehe! :D I've gotcha covered!
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“Hey.” A finger reached out, coming around the worn down paperback and gently poking Akaashi’s cheek. “Cheer up, babe.”
“I’m not upset.” His reply was slightly muffled when the finger poked his cheek again, pushing upward and turning the corner of his flat lipped mouth up some. “I’m focused.”
“Nah, you look sad.” Kuroo decided, bringing his other hand around to push the other end of his mouth up, creating a lopsided smile. “What’s got you down, huh? Is it the weather? A recent game?”
“My annoying boyfriend who insists on touching my face when I’m trying to read?” Akaashi grumbled, fighting down a real smile when Kuroo gaped. “Close your mouth before you catch a fly.”
Kuroo did, snapping his mouth shut with an overexaggerated pout. He let his hands fall to Akaashi’s shoulders, playing with the soft fabric of his shirt while the other flipped a page. “I know what happens at the end of that book.”
“I don’t think I’ve seen you pick up this book. Let alone any book.”
“I just do. I watched the movie.”
“The movie differs from the book.”
“Are you sure about that?”
Akaashi glared at him from over the pages. Kuroo smiled sweetly, kicking his feet behind him as he sprawled across him. “I swear to god, Kuroo. If you spoil this book for me, you’re sleeping in the backyard tonight.”
Kuroo gulped, knowing Akaashi was being serious. He lowered his chin to his boyfriend’s chest like a lectured dog, making his eyes big and soulful. Akaashi huffed, reaching out and scratching his head as he carried on reading.
Silence past, Kuroo half asleep while Akaashi read. It was comfortable, but Kuroo was getting bored.
And when he was bored…
“The main character-”
The world spun as their positions were flipped, Akaashi’s deadly glare looming over him while Kuroo grinned. A hand was pressed into his mouth, keeping him from speaking. “What did I just say, Kuroo?”
Muffled words. Akaashi slowly removed his hand.
“The main characte-ehehhehehehehheher!” Kuroo arched with a laugh as Akaashi dug into his sides, relentless in his tickles. “Wahahahahit! Wahhahahait lehehehet me fihihiihhinish!”
“No way. You’re gonna spoil the book!” Akaashi growled, one hand pinching along his ribs as the other dug into his armpit, making the brunette beneath him thrash and flail as he kicked. “You can’t do that if I tickle you to death, can you?”
“AHhehahahahha, bruhuhuhuhuhuhtal! Yoohhoohohou’re sohoohohoho dehehehehevious!” Kuroo tried to fight back, curling his fingers into Akaashi’s upper ribs. The other boy spasmed at the touch but kept at it, bringing both hands into Kuroo’s armpits- forcing him to clam up. “Aheahhahahaha! Lehehhehet me shahahhahay whahahhat I whahahahhas gohohohohonna sahahhahhay!”
“Not until I know you won’t spoil it for me.” Akaashi moved his hands down to his belly, earning a proper squeal as Kuroo arched off the couch. “This is a good book! A great one- I want to go in blind.”
“NEAHAHAHHA I GEHEHEHHET THAHAAHAHAT! AHAHAHAHAKAHAHHAHAHSHI, PLEHAHAHAHAHHASE!” Kuroo begged, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes as he struggled to catch Akaashi’s hands. “I WOHOOHOHON’T SPOHOHOHOHOIL IT I PROOHOHOHOHMISE!”
“Are you absolutely sure?”
“YEHEHEHEHEHHES!”
“Definitely sure?”
“SWEHAHHAHAHR ON MY LIHIHIHIFE AND MY VOHOOHOHOLLEYBAHAHHAHALL CAHAHAHHAREEAHHAHAHR!”
Oo, that was serious. Akaashi considered as he gave the other one last tickle, finally stopping when Kuroo wheezed. His hyena laughs died down as Kuroo tossed his arms across his belly, head falling back against the arm of the couch.
“Ahheheheaha…hehehe..I wahahahsn’t goohohohnna spoohohohil it.” Kuroo groaned, earning a skeptical look from the other. “I wohohohould never! What I was going to say was that the main character reminds me of you!”
That look of skepticism faded into one of surprise, Akaashi blinking down at him. “What?”
“He does! He’s got that cool, confident kinda vibe.” Kuroo sat up some, leaning on his elbows so he could properly look at Akaashi. “He’s also super smart! When I was watching the movie- I just kept thinking ‘Hey- it’s my man!’ Oh, and he was hot too. Like- really hot.” Kuroo swooned, falling back into the couch with an overexaggerated sigh. “Not as hot as you, but like- he’s up there.”
Akaashi blinked down at him, taking it all in. Then he let out a low chuckle, falling into Kuroo’s chest. “God, I’m such a moron.” He mumbled into his chest, melting some when Kuroo ran his fingers through his hair. “Sorry for doubting you.”
“No, you’re fine. I did imply a spoiler. Still…I’m honestly kinda hurt you’d think of me like that.” Kuroo didn’t sound hurt at all despite his words. In fact, he sounded rather cheeky- the hands coming around Akaashi’s prone form poised and ready to go. “I think I want some revenge!”
“Huh? Oh no- no way! Don’t you dahhahahahhare!” Akaashi was soon in the predicament he created, trapped in Kuroo’s arms as the other tickled him relentlessly.
Well- at least the book wasn’t spoiled.
Thanks for reading!
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What are your thoughts on the relationship between Terror's lieutenants? Both in canon (book and show) and whatever ideas you yourself might have.
I'm wanna know what you think their reactions to Jopson's promotion or to John's death were. But I'm especially interested in what was going on before the walk out, just how they interacted in your mind onboard the ship.
I got curious because of the music fragment from the book where Little and Hodgson argue, and because of Kajganich's comments about Hodgson probably being Little's closest friend on board.
Thanks and cheers!
So this got real long real fast! Not even sure I fully answered your question, friendo. I just thought too long about The Lads, got emotional, and produced this deeply-passionate word vomit. Enjoy!
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On the one hand, it’s frustrating that we see so little of the relationship between the three of them, either on-screen or in the book. But on the other, it’s fantastic in that it leaves so much room for interpretation!
I think no one will be surprised that I have absolutely made the most of those few scant snippets and references, and interpreted a deep, abiding, loving friendship from them… :')
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I see their relationship in the book as the more straightforward and positive of the two.
The Hodgson and Little Musical Disagreement is an excellent example and I’m glad you mentioned it. Not only does it show a softer side to Little, who in the book is a much simpler, stoic kinda guy, it also gives us the pleasure of guessing at his reasoning. Does he just like to see Hodgson happy and is willing to compromise to make that happen, or does he know that his garrulous friend just won’t shut the fuck up until he gets his way? Who knows? Take your pick! Either way, it shows they’re buddies who care enough about one another’s happiness not to sweat small stuff like that. (My own personal headcanon is that Little secretly quite likes Hodgson's shite music. He’s definitely got a sense of humour in the book, even if quite a sarcastic one, so it's not hard for me to imagine book-Little as the Roy Kent of the Expedition with a lighter side he's at pains to keep hidden.) We also have, for example, Irving doing Hodgson a solid and pulling a double-watch when the latter is ill which again shows a willingness to be there and make sacrifices for one another. And one of my favourite little snippets comes early on, during Tuunbaq's attack on Strong and Private Heather. By the time Crozier even makes it out of his cabin to investigate, the three lieutenants are already there, arms full of weapons and 100% ready to rock so not only are they friends in my mind but they’re a tight and efficient unit on a practical level too, a well-oiled machine.
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There’s definite friendship and a strong working dynamic in the show too, though I do think you have to search even harder for it in many instances. And I definitely see a more complex, bittersweet edge to their relationship in general.
They still care about and make sacrifices for each other – think of wee Irving, for example, taking one for the team and breaking the bad news to Crozier about all the men abandoning him for the flagship. (He says that Little asked him to but I choose to believe he's a good, caring, Christian boy at heart and did it himself to relieve his friend after a tough night). There’s definite trust there too. There's a teeny wee fleeting moment I like where the booze-hunting party returns to Terror with Silna and the late Mr Hornby. Little briefs Hodgson, asks him to deal with the former, and specifically expresses trust in him ("She'll be fine with Lieutenant Hodgson") which is well warranted - Hodgson sees that the job is done right away and with minimal fuss. Another little example that springs to mind from that same episode is a deleted line from the script. After the hatch is smashed, Crozier asks who's on deck and Little answers immediately, painfully aware that Hodgson is up there, painfully aware of all that’s at stake.
I think the biggest factor in the stymieing of their in-show friendship is The Horrors in general, but also Crozier specifically. Not to turn this into one of my patented anti-Crozier rants but I think he affects the men under him in two ways.
Firstly, at his worst, he’s an extra enemy for them to deal with, an extra problem. In many ways I think it brings them closer – Us vs. The World, Us vs. Our Boss’s Bullshit – but it’s almost for the wrong reasons, if that makes sense? If nothing else, it doesn’t leave much room for tenderness or levity or relaxation or any of the other things that make up friendship. Secondly, I think he infects them with his secretive, insular nature. That’s the most heart-breaking thing of all to me – all three of them are suffering so much in their own ways but we see no real indication that they're getting sufficient chance to confide in one another about it. They just keep it all bottled up inside with no outlet for it.
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That's another difference, I think, between book and show, and it's what I'll end this absolute diatribe on in specific relation to Irving's death - that fatal lack of catharsis.
I've just reread the chapter that includes Irving's funeral and genuinely had tear in my eyes at the end. Hodgson is distraught, having witnessed the grisly aftermath of Irving's murder and while we don't directly see a reaction from Little, the chapter ends with he, Hodgson, and a variety of other officers dismissing the men so they can take on the responsibility of burying Irving themselves. They couldn't protect him in life but they find value and seek a practical outlet for their grief by doing what they can to honour their friend in death.
Whereas in the show, they get no such luxury. They don't get a real chance to stop or process anything. They don't really get a chance to do anything productive with their grief. They do try - I think both attacking the Netsilik and arming the men in camp stem from a deep and frustrated need to feel like they're doing something, anything. But it's just not enough - that kind of reciprocal violence isn't a worthy substitute in the first place for the simple act of love that is burying one's friend.
When it comes to the show, I still think the love was there. It didn't change anything. There was nowhere for it to go. There were too many forces against it, bottling it all up. But when it comes to the show and when it comes to those three, the love was absolutely there.
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