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My Puppy Fiance (Mobile)
Created by: SEEC Inc.
Genre: Otome
My Puppy Fiance is very cute and SEEC makes pretty good short games that just so happen to have yandere endings to them. The yandere in this one is the butler who has one yandere ending (though it is also fairly dark, which caught me off guard.) but the story itself is actually pretty cute all things considered. You can watch most of the scenes here or here, though it is missing some extra endings.
The story starts with Mikoto recounting that as a child, she was obsessed with a book about princess and wanted to be a princess thanks to it. She would show the book to everyone, specifically a boy around her age. Fast foward to right before Mikoto's 18th birthday, her dad wants her to get married as he's worried that she's alone and that when he was their age he and Mikoto's mother got married. He sets up a meeting with this suitor, but Mikoto butts in, lying about a boyfriend that she has. Her dad, amused, plays along, stating that he is happy to meet them in a month. Mikoto talks about her situation with Maki, her butler before seeing a homeless kid hanging outside of her house. The boy begs Mikoto to take him in, promising to be her dog, whatever so as long as he has a place to stay. Mikoto accepts this and decides to train him to being her perfect boyfriend. Pochi agrees to this so as long as he gets food.
Throughout the story Pochi is trained by Mikoto to do various things, from exercising, to going clothing shopping, cooking, ballroom dancing and karate/judo. Pochi is very much like a dog, whining about doing hard work but happy to be with Mikoto in general. Over the course of the story, we learn that Pochi seems to dislike rich people, thinking that they don't really know how to do anything since they have servants to do everything. He becomes in awe of Mikoto because while she does come from a rich family, she's taken it upon herself to learn all she needs to so she can be an independent. Pochi while useless in some endeavors (like cooking or running) but is far better at ballroom dancing and judo. The entire time, Maki is jealous over the attention that Pochi is getting from Mikoto. Mikoto's dad reveals that they were suppose to have a meet up with Mikoto, to which both Mikoto and Maki try to figure out who it could be. In the best ending, Mikoto does actually find out the person that she was suppose to be arranged married was Pochi, or better known as Kei- the guy that she shared the story of the princess when she was younger. Overall, despite all these complications, the two start to date.
In the yandere ending, Maki tries to convince Mikoto to drug Pochi with a love potion. Rejecting this will lead to Maki getting jealous that he cares so much about Pochi despite the fact that he and her know each other longer. We get a flashback afterwards about how Maki came to become Mikoto's butler when she was younger, since she was so shocked that Maki lost his cool. Maki later informs Mikoto that the arrangement has been called off at the last second and that Pochi has been sent back to his family as a result. While Maki serves Mikoto tea, he talks about how hard it was for him before he was adopted into her family. He always worked hard so that he could have Mikoto praise him, which is why he always serves the best tea. Mikoto ends up getting drugged by Maki with the love potion. A few weeks later, we see a conversation with Maki and Mikoto's dad about how they are madly in love with each other. Mikoto's dad mentions that he always seemed to treat Mikoto differently, being more harsh with her as compared with others. Maki mentions that despite his harsh attitude towards her, he loves it when he praises him. Her dad leaves, and Maki returns to see Mikoto again, who he believes after she wakes up, will remember him only as her boyfriend. Maki happily holds Mikoto's hair, knowing that as long as the potion keeps her in love with him, that he will be happy.
SEEC makes some pretty good short games that happen to have a yandere in there time and time again. My puppy fiance is actually very cute and while most of it is built upon misunderstanding, I surprisingly didn't find it particularly annoying. I actually quite like Mikoto as a protagonist since despite the fact that she could just live a life as a rich person, she learns to be self sufficient due to drive to become a princess, which in this case is defined as someone who leads and takes care of others. While she does lie to her dad about having a boyfriend, she does put in the effort to teach Pochi a lot of skills including cooking, exercising and various other things. Personally I think she also comes off as very independent as well, despite having Maki as a butler, she doesn't rely on him to the point of not knowing anything and for the most part her reactions seem pretty understandable (especially when Maki ends up drugging her).
Pochi himself is pretty cute too, despite pretty much just wandering in the front door and living with Mikoto. You kind of get it pretty quickly that he is a rich kid considering he doesn't know how to do a lot of basic skills, but knows how to do things like ballroom dancing and considering how much he complains about how rich people don't know how to do anything, he himself is likely pretty rich. Still, his personality comes off as sort of a cute himbo, with him being very dog like, enjoying being praised and just generally following Mikoto around. While he doesn't always understand what's going on and complains, he still does end up going through with it thanks to his love for Mikoto. In the end, we do find out that Pochi is the one that Mikoto was suppose to end up with in the arranged date, so all's well that ends well, I suppose.
Maki is actually the one that threw me off despite me knowing that he was a yandere. For the most part he comes off as pretty blunt and rude towards Mikoto, but also is generally pretty jealous, like when he exchanges spots with Mikoto when she's trying to teach him karate just so he won't touch her. In the good ending, it seems he lets him go, but in any ending that involves the love potion, Maki will attempt to insert himself in, which includes the threesome ending with Maki and Pochi. In his ending though, he is angry that despite all the time that he and Mikoto have been together, she still prefers Pochi, which does make sense for a butler. I have no idea who or where he got the love potion from, but he does basically seem to continually drug Mikoto with it until she believes that the two are in love forever, and with Mikoto's dad just wanting her to fall in love with someone, it does make sense that he can keep in under wraps since he is basically the closest person to Mikoto. He moves really fast too, so it makes me wonder if he was biding his time and started to panic when he saw that Mikoto and Pochi were getting so close to each other in such a short amount of time, thus why he ended up trying to get Mikoto to drug Pochi with the love potion. Still, his ending is pretty chilling having successfully drugged the person he loves so that she will always love him back.
Overall, this was a fun game to watch. The premise is generally pretty cute with a fairly darkish yandere ending that somehow I was still not expecting. I think I'm just not used to tsundere-yandere hybrids as much since I don't normally see them. If you are interested, please give it a try, or at least give it a watch.
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Hetalia: Axis Powers Episode #36: Why Americans Love Spring Transcript
This episode has Japan and America's ways of dealing with winter.
Japan: It does not matter what I wear during the winter, my coat just end up hiding it.
(America: Brrbrrbrrbrrbrrbrrbrr!)
America: What are you talking about? You can totally reflect your personal sense of style with your coat, dude! Man, it’s wicked cold; I’m freezing my berries off out here!
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{Caption: After Christmas…}
{Text on box: X’mas set}
America: Ugh, I’m bored. Dude, I freaking hate winter; there’s nothing fun to do!
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Cat: Meow!
{Text on calendar: 26}
Japan: Now that Christmas is over, it will be quite busy! New Year is next!
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{Caption: Ba---n}
America: I know! I’ll go buy the latest horrifyingly expensive video game to survive this lame-ass winter!
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Japan: If I wait until last minute to buy food for traditional New Year dish, they’ll run out of all good stuff! Last year, they run out of mashed chestnut. I had to crush whole ones myself! Man should never have to crush his own nuts.
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America: Ah, crap! It’s a crazy blizzard out here!
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Japan: I enjoy this time of year, everyone’s so lively!
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America: Man, what’s with this weather, my ears are about to freeze off…ah, these things here.
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Japan: Here…apparently, I bought a little bit too much.
Japanese woman: It’s cold outside, isn’t it? Please have some nice hot tea.
(Japan: Hh?)
Japan: Ah…arigato.
(Arigato: Thank you → Japanese)
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America: Aah! Dude, the cold sucks! I’m never gonna go outside again! But luckily I’ve got this new game to play!
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Japan: Uah…my old bones think grocery shopping hard work!
Pochi: Mew?
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America: This game’s frickin’ hard; my brains keep gettin’ eaten. The goal is to kill the zombies, not the other way around, right?
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Japan: Okay, there is only one more thing left for me to do. Time to pound some steamed rice!
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America: Sweet, I’ve got a totally cool idea! I’m gonna prank call Britain! This will be awesooome!
Britain: Yes? What, America?
America: Oh, you knew it was me. Well, you wanna come over and play some video games?
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Japan: Shoo!
Japanese man: Uah…
Japan: Ziht! Hiya! Hwoah!
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America: That’s cool. You’ve got some stuff to do. Yeah, it’s okay…we’ll just hang out later.
(Game: Brains…I need some brains! With a second helping of beans!)
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Japan: Eh…eh…euh! Eh, hyh!
Japanese man: Sir, is everything all right?!
(Japan: Eh, huh! Ooh!)
Japan: Hai, no problem!
(Hai: Yes → Japanese)
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America: Stupid winter. I’m gonna boycott you until you go away.
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{Caption: Snug snug}
Japan: Ahh…it is finally complete. Now I just have to wait for New Year!
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America: What the hell?! I said I don’t wanna go outside and immediately the light bulb burns out! That’s just great; now I gotta go get another one?! You gotta be kidding me! What kinda crack comedy is this?!
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Japan: Oh no! This isn’t like me; I almost forgot the most important thing! Without manga and ice cream, there no point in celebrating New Year!
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America: Aren’t you scared to play that game in the dark like this? Dude, you even listening? Dude?
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Japan: Great. I have my manga and ice cream now. It’s time to go home. Uah…
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America: Ugh…I’ve been out here for over a freakin’ hour! Who knew every store in town would be closed tonight?! Uah, winter can suck on my jingle bells.
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Japan: Say what you will. I am a glutton and proud of it.
Pochi: Meow?
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America: Perfect…now I have to go to bed in the dark.
{Caption: And after that, America’s slovenly life of hibernation continued…}
{Caption: January}
Japanese announcer: Happy New Year, everyone! It’s time for a fresh start! A do-over, some would say! How you doing over your year?
{Caption: February}
Japan: Demons…out!
Pochi, Bird: Mew!
{Caption: March}
Japanese boy #1: I swear I’ll get girlfriend this year!
Japanese boy #2: Riiiiight.
Pochi: Meow!
{Caption: And then one morning…}
America: Nh…nhh…awawn! Oh, snap! It’s spring! Boo ya! Here I come!
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Japan: Auah!
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America: Helloooooo spring! It lied…that jerk.
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Japan: The buds are blooming! Well, then, I suppose it’s time for us to make the dumpling!
Pochi: Mew!
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Japan: Hello. Would you like to come see the cherry blossom?
America: Maybe! If your place is warm right now, I’m there!
Children: To be continued maybe!
{Caption: To be continued}
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tr characters at a sleepover
takemichi: probably the most normal one, which is not a good sign. he’s the type to chomp down aggressively on popcorn during scary movies bc that’s how scared he is. he’s also the first one to pass out, making him the ideal target for pranks (courtesy of mikey, smiley, and kazutora)
mikey: oh god oh fuck. this very violent gremlin will hog all of the snacks, and by all, I mean ALL of them (he’s willing to lend takemichi the popcorn though). nobody can get any sleep bc this little shit snores louder than a vacuum cleaner, much to everyone’s annoyance. oh and the nasty ass creature that’s stealing all of the food in your fridge at night? that’s not your sleep paralysis demon. that’s just mikey with his stupid 3 am snacking.
draken: takes on the role as mikey’s impulse control, but only because no one else will do it. everyone cuddles up toward him during the scary movie because he’s strong and has a very reassuring presence. by the end of the movie, he can’t feel either of his arms or legs. he’ll be willing to buy extra snacks from the local dollar store just so he can get away from mikey.
baji: honestly? just as annoying as mikey. he’s ready to get wild, and constantly squabbles over the snacks with mikey (but he’s willing to share with chifuyu). he lets emma play with his hair while he gets his nails done by chifuyu. before sleeping, everyone has to roll baji up into a blanket burrito because this mf will NOT stop kicking in his sleep. have you ever been strangled in your sleep? oh don’t worry that’s probably just baji dreaming of choking kisaki to death
chifuyu: sneaks peke j in because he can’t sleep without his cat. thankfully, he’s one of the calmer people, probably second to takemichi. he also brings over his nail polish and offers to do everyone’s nails! oh uh, ignore the barfing noises in the background: that’s just chifuyu after he’s eaten one pop tart too many. given up on sleep yet?
mitsuya: he’s willing to be more chill. he loves his sisters, but it’s practically a gift from heaven having one night to himself. he brings all of the snacks, much to mikey’s delight. he’s also probably surprisingly calm during the scary movie, but only because he had a weird but short phase sometime during middle school where he would watch nothing but horror movies. it explains a lot about luna and mana’s upbringing, actually. he’ll try to get inui to model in some clothes for him, much to hakkai’s jealously.
hakkai: slightly bummed because mikey has a super tight grip on the snacks and won’t seem to share (it’s fine, draken is going to get some more). also, mitsuya is asking someone ELSE to model for him, which he seriously can’t stand. luckily, he has someone to rant to (ahem, angry) while he gets his nails done by chifuyu. he’s terrified out of his mind during the movie, screaming really loudly during the jump scares. it’s an odd sight: hakkai’s six foot ass cowering behind mitsuya, who’s calmly munching on some popcorn with takemichi without batting an eye.
pah chin: don’t tell koko, but he somehow managed to sneak his dog, pochi into the fucking house. chifuyu’s not the only one who can’t sleep without his pet. peh-yan is the only one who knows pochi is there. they hide pochi in a closet, occasionally feeding pochi some leftover snacks that mikey hasn’t claimed yet. it’s literally the worst kept secret because these two share a collective brain cell, but somehow no one has noticed yet because there’s too much chaos going on. unfortunately, the closet they hide pochi in just happens to be where koko’s shoes and fancy clothes are stored. don’t worry! koko doesn’t find out until the very next morning, or the morning after THAT, because he’s so exhausted he literally passes out for two days. that’s how much of a headache these dumbasses are
peh yan: nervously helps pah-chin smuggle pochi inside koko’s house. he nearly spills the secret like three times to five different people, but everyone thinks he’s joking. he works off the stress by playing (several) rounds of mario kart with smiley, who is unsurprisingly good at it. after the end of his rage-quit, the TV’s shattered and broken, the consoles are split into two, and koko’s headache turns into a migraine.
smiley (nahoya): whatever you do, do NOT turn your back on this fucking demon. he’s all ready to party and get wild, and by party, he means pranking the shit out of everyone at least once. he’s already got to takemichi literally after he just stepped into the house with the classic bucket prank. takemichi seems to be his favorite target by far, partially because he’s so easy to prank. he reluctantly stops filling the water balloons with boiling hot water only because mitsuya catches him in the act. did I mention that his son of a bitch craves violence?
angry (souya): kind of becomes everyone’s therapist for tonight. he sympathetically listens to his friends’ ranting, purely because he just wants all the tea (keeping a secret? forget it. he’s gonna spill to smiley like ten seconds later anyways). during the water balloon fight, he grabs a giant nerf gun instead, which automatically makes him the winner because everyone’s desperately trying to escape his carnage. after all, he was closest to winning smiley’s paintball party last year.
koko: man I feel so sorry for this guy. everyone chooses his fancy-ass mansion for the location of their sleepover (without permission because permission is for weak ass nerds ofc ). his blood stress and headache is higher than usual, which is saying something. you know that feeling when you’ve had a busy day at school, and your backpack is so fucking heavy it’s practically killing your spine, neck and shoulders? that’s what he’s feeling right now, but worse. don’t worry, everyone trashed his house, but paying for the property damage will barely scratch his bank account.
inui: it’s a little awkward for him because he’s rarely slept over at someone else’s house (other than koko’s), and he isn’t quite close to the others yet. he pointedly avoids other people (mitsuya, who he literally whacked over the head with a baseball bat, hakkai, because he used to be taiju’s subordinate, mikey. because mikey made it very clear that he doesn’t like inui very much, and koko, because fuck you, read the manga). he sticks close to draken’s side and kind of just follows him everywhere until draken tells him to get to know the others better. that leads to him chatting quietly with takemichi, who seems to welcome him. chifuyu’s very eager to paint his nails (red, because it’s the colour of mitsuya’s blood after he got whammied in the head!). mitsuya is determined to make inui his new model project (again, much to hakkai’s envy and distress), and tries to talk to him, which makes inui avoid him because he’s worried that mitsuya’s going to confront him. luckily, it turns out that mitsuya just wants him to try on some clothes, much to inui’s relief. he ends up making some new friends!
kazutora: you thought mikey and baji was bad, huh? well kazutora is (arguably) worse. he’ll keep it civil for the first hour, only making like, 20 snide comments toward chifuyu while chifuyu is doing his nails (the only thing that’s keeping chifuyu from dumping acrylic nail polish all over on kazutora’s stupid egirl banana hair is that the nail polish was expensive as hell ). kazutora’s favorite prank victim also happens to be poor takemichi, which leads to a competition between smiley and kazutora to see who can prank takemichi the most. suffice to say, takemichi had a truly awesome horrible night.
kisaki: i’d like to make one thing clear. this bastard was NOT invited at all. he’d be a mood killer to have around anyways. even if he was, chifuyu would have killed him before he could even take a single step inside the house.
hanma: in a hypothetical turn of events, let’s just say that if hanma WAS at the sleepover (hypothetically, of course), he would be just as chaotic as smiley, except his idea of “fun” is setting something on fire with those stupid cigarettes of his (don’t smoke kids!! protect your lungs). stealing baji’s forte? not cool hanma. :/
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Hamefura LN11 Outline
After reading Hamefura LN11, I have tried to list out all the events happening in it. I have also made a quick translation of some of the parts, which is accessible by clicking on the links.
Previously on LN10
Katarina is taking dark magic lessons with Raphael so that she could use the spells in the Dark Covenant once she deciphers them
Katarina can use dark magic by using a skull stick she summons from her shadow
When the whole harem accompanied Katarina to an outing to an orphanage, Nicol had prepared boxed lunch for everyone. As Keith kinda acted like a mother when Alan dropped food, Nicol told him he would be a good mother. To which Keith replied he is a man.
Katarina met Liam, an orphan who kept trying to run away from the orphanage to return to the slums. She couldn’t understand why, so she asked advice to Raphael. Following Raphael’s advice, she could have a proper talk with the boy and persuaded him to stop running away.
When Katarina told the boy she would be there for him, Sarah, who overheard it, started to feel emotions, which highly upset her.
Sarah attacked Katarina by wrapping her into a black mist. Geordo and Keith also got caught in it. In the darkness, the three of them couldn’t see anything, and they could only hear their own voices. Since she felt relaxed to have Geordo and Keith with her, Katarina was able to break the spell by sucking the black mist with her skull stick.
Chapter 1: The King's summon
Discussion between Luigi and Katarina
Luigi asks Katarina about her plans regarding her engagement with Prince Geordo.
Luigi tells Katarina she is free to break off her engagement if that's what she wants, because he would like her to marry the one she loves.
He advises her to figure out her feelings sooner rather than later so that she won't realize one day that she has already lost the one she loves because he married another person in the meanwhile.
During the discussion, Luigi told Katarina he sincerely thinks she could be a wonderful queen because she is not wrong for things that matters, she has an eye for people and has a talent to fascinate them.
Katarina asks Sora how to pick locks (Raphael x Katarina 1):
Katarina would like to learn how to pick locks to deal with her jail ending.
Katarina asks Sora to teach her, telling him she would like to be able to get out of jail, just in case. Sora refuses, saying she doesn't need to. Raphael unexpectedly comes to Katarina's help and convinces Sora to teach her. Sora explains that given Sorcier's locks, her best bet would be to create a key by molding a lock, but she can't use this technique if she is arrested on the spot. Raphael suggests she molds the lock by manipulating darkness. Katarina is excited since this could work. After Sora leaves, Raphael discreetly tells Katarina that he knows she is hiding something. He decided to help her since she seemed desperate. He won't ask her the reason, but he just wants her to promise she won't put herself in danger. If she breaks her word, he will “punish her” *dark smile*.
Dark Magic Practice: Katarina molds darkness into a key.
Katarina succeeds on her first try
Katarina and Maria are summoned by the King (Maria x Katarina 1)
The King has summoned Katarina and Maria to talk about the covenants. On the way, Maria is highly nervous thinking she will meet the King, so Katarina tries to help her relax
Katarina meets a young man at the shut-in uncle's place
When Katarina went to the bathroom before meeting the King, Pochi jumped out of her shadow and led her to the shut-in uncle's quarters. There she meets a gorgeous blond young man who seems to highly dislike her, calling her " Villainess Katarina Claes" for toying with Prince Geordo's feelings. This shocks Katarina to the core.
Katarina and Maria meet the King
The King summoned Katarina and Maria to tell them about the succession struggle which happened when the previous king died, which resulted in dark magic being leaked. He then apologizes for it as a royal. Katarina and Maria accept his apology. He concludes by asking for their help in catching dark magicians.
Note: during the meeting, Katarina talks very formally, as she thinks it is an opportunity to put to use all she learned about manners. She also takes the lead in the discussion as Maria is nervous.
Geordo and Alan meet up with Katarina and Maria
Geordo and Alan were worried Katarina and Maria would despise them after hearing about what their relatives did. They also wanted to apologize to them as royals. They were deeply relieved when Katarina and Maria told them they don't think of them differently
Geordo and Alan escort Katarina and Maria back to their carriage. On the way, Geordo notifies Katarina she has forgotten her bag so the two of them go back to the parlor to retrieve it.
Geordo's post-confession talk (Geordo x Katarina 1)
When Katarina stiffens after Geordo makes a move on her, he asked her whether she is scared of his approaches. It is then that Katarina realizes that all this time she was scared of love. Upon realizing this, she decides to face her feelings and Geordo's.
Katarina asks Sora about his past love experiences (Sora x Katarina 1)
Katarina has decided to "study love" and so asks Sora about his past experiences, for reference.
Keith's post-confession talk (Keith x Katarina 1)
since Keith confessed to her before, like Geordo, she wants to tell him she is scared of love but has decided to face her feelings and his.
Chapter 2: Let's go to the castle's library
During her day off, Katarina decides to search for a memo at the castle's library
Since she found the memo in the romance novel she forgot at the castle, Katarina thinks (for a reason I don't really understand) that she might find one in old folktales books in the castle's library
Katarina meets Alan at the library (Alan x Katarina)
Alan makes fun of her which leads to them going on a banter
Once they finishes, Katarina asks Alan if he has ever been in love
Katarina meets Nicol at the library (Nicol x Katarina)
Katarina meets Nicol at the library and he helps her searching for old folktales
Afterwards Katarina invites Nicol to join her for lunch
She asks Nicol about his "forbidden love" he mentioned to her once at her 15th birthday.
FL2 Dream sequence
After collapsing because of Nicol's passionate confession, Katarina has a Acchan playing FL2 dream
She saw Geordo's good ending when he proposes to and marries Maria
She learns the game ends one year after Maria enrolls into the Ministry
Katarina curses each name in the credits roll
She wakes up and talks a bit with Sophia
Misc events
Katarina goes back to the library and doesn't find a memo even after searching all afternoon. She calls it a day.
Katarina remembers her meeting with the young man she met at the shut-in uncle's quarters and notes that he really seemed to hate her for some reason
Katarina meets Geordo before going back home (Geordo x Katarina 2)
Katarina notes that Geordo seems normal despite their talk yesterday and feels a bit let down that she is the only one feeling awkward
Geordo escorts her back to her carriage while telling she has grown a lot during the *6 months* since she joined the Ministry
he reminded her he is waiting eagerly for her to sort her issues, hinting he remembers their talk from yesterday
Keith's unleashed sexiness (Keith x Katarina 2)
Once back home, Katarina realizes Keith has become extremely sexy and she has trouble withstanding it
Despite Keith growing into a fine young man, his sexiness factor was still inside him.
Katarina now nicknames him "The Devilish Count No 2".
Mental Meeting
After going to sleep, Katarina feels like she is forgetting something and thus launches a mental meeting to review all that happened during the day.
Based on what FL2!Geordo said in her dream and what Geordo told her before she went home, she has 6 months left before reaching the end of FL2
Chapter 3: The town where Maria and Dewey grew up
Dewey is down
Katarina meets Dewey when she arrives at the Ministry
Dewey is feeling down looking at Cyrus and Maria walking together
Dewey feels like Maria is out of his reach
Katarina notes that despite being incredibly smart, Dewey seems to lack self-confidence
Katarina wonders if she should ask Sora advice about Dewey (Sora x Katarina 2)
Katarina wonders if Sora knows about feelings of love, and Sora feels insulted she considers he doesn't
They end up wrestling to mess each other's hair
Katarina asks Raphael advice about Dewey (Raphael x Katarina 2)
Katarina notes that Raphael has become for her a reliable teacher she fully trusts
After listening to Katarina, Raphael advises Katarina to let Dewey handle his issue himself
He also adds that Dewey's self-confidence issues might be due to his poor upbringing. It is also possible that he has been continuously rejected by the people close to him.
Katarina tells Raphael he really is amazing, which makes him blush
Katarina asks Maria about Dewey's family
Maria tells her Dewey has a lot of siblings who work to support their home while their parents play around. He also had to continue working while attending school.
Maria wonders if Dewey's parents said something to him for him to be so dejected lately
Katarina knows the real reason why Dewey is dejected, but she simply tells Maria they should just watch over him without doing anything
Katarina and Maria agrees to go out together in town during their next day off
As Katarina has trouble staying awake, Maria tells her about a tea which takes away drowsiness. They agree on buying it together on their next day off
Katarina has tea with Laura, Nathan, Nix and Lisa before going home
Her Senpai invites Katarina to join them for tea
They consider Larna is a good superior despite the overtime they get
Nix and Lisa are childhood friends and they enrolled in the Ministry through a recommendation
Laura could have been recommended but she chose to pass the exam.
Nathan also passed the exam since he doesn't have any magic. He was raised by peddlers traveling the country who taught him a lot, and thanks to that he could successfully pass the exam. He chose to work at the ministry instead of staying with the peddlers because it was troublesome for them that he kept getting lost.
Nathan adds that despite all the help he got, he found the exam extremely difficult. He can't imagine the efforts of someone who could pass it by their strength alone (like Dewey).
The Claes' maids can't work because of Keith's sexiness
Upon returning home, Katarina realizes that the maid can't work because they are distracted by Keith's sexiness
Katarina has somehow gotten used to it, but she feels like she should fix the issue
She tried to decrease Keith's sexiness by messing up his hair and tearing down his clothes. It had the opposite effect.
Katarina takes a mental note to ask the Ascart's maids how they can work around Nicol without losing their minds
Katarina and Maria's day off
On their day off, Katarina go fetch Maria at the Ministry
When she arrives, Dewey is with Maria. She considers inviting him to join them
Dewey must return home
Larna arrives to deliver an urgent letter to Dewey
Dewey's younger sister, Bell, seems to be seriously ill. Panicked, Dewey requests permission to go home right away
Katarina offers to take him home with her carriage. Maria and Larna will also tag along.
Sarah's day off
Meanwhile, Sarah's master allowed her to do whatever she wanted today.
She still resents Katarina for throwing her heart in disarray
She knows Katarina will go out today, so she decides to go mess with her.
This is the first time she decides something of her own free will.
Reaching Dewey's house
Dewey's house is a shack at the outskirts of the town.
upon arriving, Dewey receives an angry welcome from his older brother Ronnie who asks him what he is doing here
Dewey tells him he has received a letter saying their sister Bell is gravely ill. Ronnie is confused since Bell is fine
It was Dewey's father who sent the letter so that Dewey would come home and give him money for drinks.
Dewey has been sending money to his siblings to support them, but it seems like his father has been using all of it for his drinks instead.
Hearing this, Ronnie drags his father to the house and they are apparently fighting. He yells at Dewey to go home since their family issues are not his business anymore.
Dewey is upset and asks Katarina and the others to go home ahead. Maria chases after him while Larna and Katarina will go "greet" Dewey's family
How Mr. Percy treats his children
When Larna and Katarina enters the house, Dewey's father is violently beating Ronnie
Larna uses her wind magic to blow the father far off the back. He faints.
Katarina rushes to Ronnie. He is badly injured with lots of blood on his mouth. He refuses to use Katarina's handkerchief saying "it is too beautiful to be stained by 'someone like him'"
Ronnie departs to work despite Katarina protesting he needs medical care. Before leaving, he tells his younger siblings to go hide so that their father won't pick on them when he wakes up. He also asks Katarina and Larna not to come back here and to tell Dewey not to send money anymore.
Dewey's father wakes up. Katarina asks him how he can do this to his children, to which he replies it is none of her business how he treats his children.
He shouts at his children to come out of hiding else he'll hit them
A little girl comes out, resigned. As he was about to hit her, Larna uses her wind magic to stop him. "Let me tell you one thing, scum. Your children are not your tools. They are human beings. They are not convenient things you can use as you please!". Then she blows a violent gust of wind and the father is KO.
Katarina asks Larna if it is okay to use magic on civilians. Larna will go contact the Ministry regarding that.
The siblings can’t see Dewey because Ronnie forbade it
Katarina rushes to the little girls and asks if she is alright. After comforting her, she learns that in fact all the siblings want to see Dewey but their old brother Ronnie forbade it, saying Dewey is different from them now.
Katarina decides to go talk to Ronnie and heads to his workplace
Chapter 4: The brothers' feelings
Dewey's past
Ever since he can remember, Dewey had to work while his parents used all their money to play around. He was called worthless and beaten up when he couldn't do anything, and he was not even allowed to go to school
He admired his brother Ronnie who was always taking care of their siblings. He wanted to help him and decided that he needed to study to get a good job and ultimately escape poverty
He put his all into studying, putting up with all the hardships, and it paid off.
When he enrolled into the Ministry of Magic, he was finally able to move out of his house.
He has been sending money to improve the life of his siblings, but this was in vain since it had all been spent by their parents.
He never came home during days off because life was more comfortable at the dorms. So in the end, he threw away his siblings.
Maria comforts Dewey (Dewey x Maria 1)
Dewey and Maria both had hardships. But unlike him, she goes back to their hometown whenever she has a day off. Maria has overcome her hardships while he threw away his siblings for a better life.
Dewey tells Maria he is alright and that it is natural his brother would reject him.
Maria can tell Dewey is putting on a brave front and tells him it is okay to cry.
Dewey can't hold back his tears. Once he calms down, he realizes Maria is holding him against her chest. He gets off her, all flustered.
Maria convinces Dewey to have a proper talk with his brother
Katarina talks with Ronnie
After a while, Katarina catches up with Ronnie
She tells him she wants to talk but Ronnie replies he doesn't have the time since he has to go to work
Katarina tries to dissuade him from working with his injuries. As Ronnie replies he doesn't have a choice since he needs money to feed his siblings, Katarina suggests he asks Dewey for help.
Katarina confronts Ronnie about the reason he asked Dewey not to come back. From where she stands, Ronnie seems to care a lot for Dewey.
Ronnie explains Dewey is his pride and that's why he doesn't want him to be burdened with "scums" like them who are uneducated.
Katarina replies she sincerely thinks that Ronnie is a wonderful person since he works hard for his siblings.
Sarah attacks Katarina and Ronnie
Sarah arrives and tells Katarina she has come to mess with her because she feels pain in her heart because of her. As she said so, Sarah looks like a child on the brink of tears for a split second, before recovering her usual smile.
She attacks Katarina by throwing black snakes towards her. Katarina gets distracted comparing them to her snake toys, so Ronnie ends up shielding her and is hit on the arm.
There is a black mark where the snakes hit and Ronnie is trying hard to withstand the pain.
Katarina asks Ronnie to run away but he refuses to leave her alone in face of danger. However, he changed his mind when Katarina assured him she can defend herself and that she needs him to get help.
After Ronnie left, Sarah tells Katarina she hates how kind she is.
She then summons black mist and wraps Katarina in it. Katarina easily breaks the spell by sucking the mist using her stick.
Before Sarah casts another spell, Katarina rushes towards her and seizes her arm.
She tells her she wants to have a proper talk with her since, unlike her, she doesn't hate her and wants to know more about her.
Once again, Sarah looks like a little child. Sarah brushes Katarina away and runs away.
Sarah remembers her past
Katarina's smile reminded Sarah of the smiles her mother used to give her when her father still came home, and the ones the little boy gave her.
And then she remembered the night when she found her mother dead, killed by some men she didn't know.
At that moment Sarah awakened fire magic. She was then taken away by the men. As her consciousness faded, she saw the smiles of her mother and the little redhead boy.
After remembering, Sarah's emotions are in complete disarray
Katarina heals Ronnie's arm
Now that the incident is over, Katarina rushes to catch up with Ronnie so that he won't overdo it with his injuries.
Once she catches up, she thanked him and thinks to herself how amazing Ronnie is for frantically running in this state and protecting a complete stranger
The black mark is still on Ronnie's arm. She decides to try sucking up the mark by discreetly using her stick. She succeeds and Ronnie is alright now.
The Percy brothers’ talk
Katarina keeps trying to convince Ronnie to see Dewey again. She insists Dewey is probably proud of him and doesn't see him as a burden but Ronnie remains stubborn
Dewey arrives and confirms what Katarina said. He really admires Ronnie and feels mad that Ronnie thinks of himself as a burden to him. After all, it is thanks to Ronnie that Dewey could enroll into the Ministry, since all this time, he had carried out both his work and Dewey's so that he could study. Besides, even if Dewey started studying because he wanted to leave their house, the reason he kept making efforts is because they wanted all of them to leave their house. That's why he would like Ronnie to stop keeping him away so that they could all go out together. Ronnie finally gives in.
The Percy siblings will move to the Ministry's houses for employees
When they return to their house, the Percy siblings and Larna's subordinates are tidying up the house and Dewey's father has disappeared.
Larna explains that since Dewey's parents didn't work, she has introduced them to a live-in job and sent them there at once. The parents will work hard there for a while but she can contact them on their behalf if needed. Also, since Ronnie can't take care of all his siblings by himself, they will all move to the Ministry's houses for employees where the siblings can be looked after during the day.
Ronnie is livid thinking of the moving fees, but Larna assures him it will all be paid with the money the parents will make. As for the daycare, Dewey and Ronnie can split the fees among themselves.
Larna will introduce Ronnie to a job.
Both brothers thank Larna from the bottom of their hearts
Katarina reports to Larna about her encounter with Sarah
As Sarah said "she had found Katarina", it seems like Sarah can track her
Larna gives Katarina a magic tool which will enable her to contact her whenever she is in danger
She also asks her to use Pochi whenever she is in danger since he is strong
Wrap up of the Percy sibling's issue
Maria heals Ronnie's injuries
Maria invites Katarina to her house
As the Percys don't need further help, Katarina decides to go back ahead.
But it is still early, so Maria proposes to visit her house
To her surprise, Maria tells her her mother is out, but her father might be there
Maria wants to face her father
Maria tells Katarina she hasn't talked much with her father since she awoke her magic.
When she awakened her magic, her family became the target of rumors and then her father stopped coming home at some point
but after watching Dewey's family, she decided that she would also face her father and have a proper talk with him
Katarina gives Maria her support and they go to Maria's house hand in hand
Chapter 5: The father and the daughter's feelings
Maria and her father
Since the time Katarina visited her house, she could have a proper talk with her mother. Her mother changed a lot since then, going out of the house almost everyday, whether to work or to enjoy time with friends. But her father still hasn't come home.
Maria's father regularly sneakily delivers money to her mother for their living expenses.
Maria thought her father hated her, until she learned that he knew she had enrolled into the ministry.
She also noticed that the rumors have changed. The rumors about her and her mother have been replaced by bad rumors about her father drinking, acting violently and passing out drunk outside.
Maria is afraid to ask her father if she hates her, but after watching Dewey and his brother talking, she decided she won't run away anymore
Maria talks with her father
As expected, Maria sees her father near her house and calls out to him
She tells him she had always thought he hated her. Based on his reaction she is relieved to see she was wrong.
Then she tells him about the rumors having changed. She asks him if he had been behaving badly on purpose to redirect the rumors towards him. After all, this doesn't make sense. He falls asleep right after whenever he drinks, and he still properly works and gives them money for their living expenses. From her father's reaction she realizes she is right.
Maria tells her father he doesn't need to protect them anymore. Both her and her mother have friends who understand them. Maria introduces Katarina to him.
Maria finally says that both she and her mother are stronger than before, so they won't let any rumor bring them down.
Maria's father accepts to come back home. However he has to return to work, so he can't move back right away. Maria is looking forward to seeing him at home on her next day off.
Katarina is really happy for Maria. Maria thanks Katarina for giving her courage
Let's go eat some sweets
Maria leaves a message to her mother about her talk with her father.
Since they didn't have lunch, Katarina asks Maria if they can go to the area near the castle to have some sweets. Maria accepts
Upon arrival, Maria reminds Katarina about the tea which takes away drowsiness so Katarina decides to go buy it first
Stumbling upon the harem (Harem Shenanigans)
Katarina and Maria see Alan near the tea shop.
He and all the others have been waiting for them since they wanted to spend some time with Katarina
In addition to Alan, Mary, Geordo, Sophia, Nicol and Keith are also there. They all go shopping for tea and then have sweets.
At some point, Mary casually asks where Katarina and Maria were, so Katarina tells them about all the incidents that happened during the day
Hearing this, the harem lectures Katarina again
Susanna reports to Jeffrey (Jeffrey x Susanna)
They are both concerned about Katarina being involved with dark magic once again
Jeffrey notes that Susanna didn't keep her cool in regards to her using magic on Dewey's father
Susanna explains that she couldn't stop herself after seeing how horribly Dewey's father treated his children. After all, she can't stand parents who treat their children as tools, like her father, Marquis Randall, does.
She rebelled against him, but unlike Ronnie, she didn't protect her siblings from him. Her siblings are probably mistreated by their father but she can't do anything for them now, and feels powerless.
Jeffrey comforts her
Sarah sees her master with his associate
Sarah’s master’s associate is someone who knows Sarah
He has been greatly enjoying observing Sarah during experiments
Sarah’s master calls him with a “-sama” suffix
Sarah doesn’t like him
Dewey thanks Katarina and Sora
The next day, when she arrives to the Ministry, Katarina sees Dewey and Sora together
Dewey is cheerful and vehemently thanks Katarina, who feels embarrassed
Sora has helped with the moving of the Percy siblings yesterday, so he has also come to properly thank him
Dewey is pretty happy about his siblings' new home and feels grateful to Larna
Dewey asks Maria out for lunch (Dewey x Maria 2)
Maria arrives and greets everyone with a sparkling smile. Only Sora is unaffected.
Dewey asks Maria if he can invite her for lunch as a thank-you for what she did yesterday. He asks her in a cute way, like a shota character.
Sora explains to Katarina that since Dewey told him he liked an older girl, he taught him some technique to make older girls fall for him.
Maria accepts and then asks Katarina when she will be free. Because Dewey has invited "everyone".
Katarina awkwardly tells Maria she will check her agenda. Dewey is dejected and Sora can't help laughing.
Sora notes that Maria is dense like a certain someone
#hamefura#bakarina#my next life as a villainess: all routes leads to doom#katarina claes#geordo stuart#keith claes#maria campbell#sora smith#raphael wolt#Mary Hunt#alan stuart#nicol ascart#Sophia Ascart#sarah#dewey percy#larna smith#susanna randall#Jeffrey Stuart
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random eijirou headcanons
has two mamas who he thinks are very manly!!
two pups at home, a corgi named rocket and a big bernese named pochi
two younger sisters!
one of his moms is a die-hard musical fan, so he grew up around a lot of em!! knows a ton of songs and obscure productions which surprises a lot of people
someone: “why can’t i remember who originally sang ‘memory’ from cats??”
kiri: “elaine paige!!”
them: “... wh,, wha”
kiri: “personally, i like nicole scherzinger’s version tho :))”
has a collaborative playlist he makes his friends put their favourite songs in so he can listen to them while he does casual work like cleaning or laundry or running
takes really good care of his teeth!!
really wants someone to help him when he dyes his hair because even though he’s pretty good at it, he’s still a fuckin’ mess
messy eater i love him sm but he’s a mess. it’s hard with teeth like that!!!
really good at carving pumpkins!! loves doin’ it!!
LOVES horror movies!! actually enjoys watching them alone but would never say no to someone who wants to watch some with him!!
actually, he really prefers watching any movie alone because it’s easier to pay attention! if he’s with others, he’ll be looking at them for their reaction or talking to them for most of the movie!!
usually he watches things with a friend and then watches it again later by himself & realizes he missed half the movie lmao
really really good at midnight’s art history class! even she was surprised!! she asks if he’d like to do an exclusive extra credit assignment after class one day and he turns SO red he’s like ME?? YOU’RE CONSIDERING ME????????? and she’s like yeah mf you’re good at this shit????????
he’s very well spoken in conversations regarding activism but he gets a little too passionate sometimes and ends up becoming slightly incoherent
likes when he’s invited to girls night because it makes him feel special 🥺
no but in all honesty, he’s really touched and moved by the fact that they feel comfortable around him and consider him a worthy exception into something so “sacred”
he also really likes making things when they do crafts!!!
katsuki texts him every day to remind him to take his medication and he still tears up sometimes
almost broke tenya’s arm once because kiri was in his range when he was in robot mode and instinctively hardened when he saw his arm coming
luckily tsu launched her tongue at tenya in time & pulled his arm away from ei. tenya was Confused and Slightly Damp.
okay so we all know how he Dress Like That, right? like someone’s uncle? like your older cousin at the beach? i think he’s got a GREAT sense of fashion but chooses to dress like your neighbor’s dad because of how often he rips his shit up. there’s no sense in being drippy if it rippy ✊😔
this bitch actually LIKES lunchables smh
is anyone’s fake bf if they need him to be. he is ON that shit coming out with a backstory & everything
tries to like tea he TRIES HE PROMISES but he just cannot get over the bitterness and leafiness
he has tried american iced tea. this is the only one he likes. and arizona. but only if he drinks it after mina has because “i dunno it just tastes better man??” “kiri if you wanna kiss me ju--” “THAT’S NOT IT”
loves kids sm, he loves hanging out with them and talking to them and playing with them so u bet ur ass he was excited when he learned eri was gonna be living at ua!!
some of his belongings look like a dog got to them,,. only a small amount are actually because of a dog
him & mina have a day to themselves to hang out at LEAST once every two weeks, but they try for at least a lil bit of time together once a week. they besties after all
loves high-intensity and adrenaline-surging things!!! he desperately wants to skydive!!
can NOT lie to save his life. he goes full nick miller
#kirishima#kirishima eijiro#eijirou kirishima#bnha headcanons#mha headcanons#bnha#mha#kirishima headcanons#eijirou headcanons#headcanons#red riot
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If you're still accepting Valentine's Day drabble request, PortPan, kiss on the cheek? And happy Valentine's Day!!
Oooh okay. Thank you and happy late Valentine's Day!
Rating: T
Pairing: PortPan
Word Count: 410
Some Much Needed Down Time
It had been a long week of being cooped up inside, surrounded by mountains of paperwork. But it was a common sight at the end of the year as nations rushed to get through last-minute paperwork before the new year came in. Kiku had just finished the last of his work and was about to prepare himself some tea when he heard a knock at the door.
As he approached the entryway, Kiku tried to recall if he had invited someone over or if his boss had sent him an email about dropping in, but nothing came to mind. He opened the door, finding Afonso, smiling widely with a bottle of wine and a bag of pastries from one of Kiku’s favorite bakeries. “Olá meu amor,” the Portuguese man greeted with a bright smile.
“What’s all this?” Kiku asked, cheeks tinted pink.
“Just a little something because I love you and figured after all that paperwork you could use some energy.”
Kiku smiled warmly, moving out of the way to let his lover in. “You head into the living room, and I’ll grab us some glasses and plates.”
Minutes later, Kiku entered the living room with two wine glasses and two plates for the pastries. Wine wasn’t necessarily his first choice of alcohol, but since he started dating Afonso and tried some of his lover’s native wines, Kiku started to enjoy it more. Over the pastries and wine, the two lovers discussed the past few weeks, complaining about the work and their sore bodies from being hunched over papers for days on end.
“At least it’s now over, and we can relax for a week or so,” Kiku concluded, placing his now empty wine glass on the side table.
“Mhm,” Afonso hummed in agreement, nuzzling his nose into the crook of Kiku’s neck. “I missed you.”
Kiku chuckled, patting his lover’s head. “I missed you too.”
As the two continued to talk, Pochi trotted in, leash in his mouth. A bark interrupted the conversation. Kiku looked over at the clock. “Ah right,” he noted, “You haven’t had your afternoon walk.”
Getting up, the Japanese man leashed his dog before making his way over to the shelf filled with all kinds of dog supplies to get some bags and a few treats. “Would you like to join us?” Kiku asked, turning back towards Afonso.
“I’d love to.”
And so, the two lovers set off with Pochi for a much-needed, relaxing walk.
#hetalia#hws#valentines day 2022#valentines day#valentine's day drabbles#portpan#hws portugal#hws japan#fluff#fanfiction#hetalia fanfiction
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Obey Me! Devilgram Posts and Comments: 2021 Birthday Cards (May-Aug)
I kind of forgot that I had to do the birthday cards lolol, but we’ve already had Mammon’s and he’s in the third batch so I figured I should get this done before it gets buried in other required posts.
I learned a lot of fun stuff this time! Hopefully it’s interesting for you too.
Included this time are the cards: The Annoying Influencer (Asmo’s SSR), Purgatory Hall Sleepover (Asmo’s UR), A Gift From Diavolo (Lucifer’s SSR), Secret Password for Two (Lucifer’s UR), What Luke Really Wants (Luke’s SSR), Luke’s New Hobby (Luke’s UR), Barbatos the Chef (Barbatos’ SSR), and All Because of That (Barbatos’ UR).
日本語は私の第三言語ので、時々間違えます。日本語話者、間違いを見たら教えてください。 (Japanese is my third language, so I make mistakes sometimes. Japanese speakers, if you see a mistake, please tell me!)
The full transcript is below the cut!
Charming Influencer
ButlerBarb: Please come visit the Demon Lord’s Castle whenever you please
DDSimeon: Nails, sounds interesting
L3V1: I wonder how it works
Beelzeburger: I saw the post
#Birthday #Nails
Purgatory Hall♡Sleepover
Lucifer: Don’t cut loose too much
Belphie: I’m sleepy
Mammoney: Are y’all doing some fishy stuff!?
Angeluke: What happened while I was sleeping
#Birthday #FirstSleepover
A Gift From Diavolo
L3V1: Being asked advice by His Highness seems like a pain(1)
Beelzeburger: You should go eat delicious food
ButlerBarb: There will be a lecture after this
stn: What an interesting riddle
#Birthday #MoreAndMoreCream
A Password for Two
LordDiavolo: I had wanted you to discuss it with me
Lucifer: Are you jealous?
AsmoBaby: Pochi! That’s adorable!
Belphie: Disgusting(2)
#Birthday #Catchphrase(3)
What Luke Wants
Lucifer: Like usual, you think of something absurd
Beelzeburger: There’s no food in it??
L3V1: Luke was seriously on the ball
ButlerBarb: Is it a secret tea party?
#Birthday #StuffedAnimalParty
Luke’s New Hobby
stn: It’s good to be able to pick up new hobbies
Belphie: It’s really surprising(4) when a balloon pops, isn’t it?
Mammoney: Why didn’t you come to me?!(5)
LordDiavolo: I’m looking forward to the balloons!
#Birthday #BalloonArt
Chef Barbatos’ Taste-Test Party
AsmoBaby: Teach me which fruits are good for your appearance!
Beelzeburger: I wanted to eat too
Mammoney: Beel! Don’t bite the table!!
LordDiavolo: Everything was incredibly delicious
#Birthday #TasteTestParty
All Because of You Know What(6)
L3V1: That’s definitely on purpose
stn: So you were doing this sort of interesting-seeming thing?
Lucifer: They were being watched?
Belphie: There’s nothing gained in the end? How annoying
#Birthday #Dislikes
1. 面倒い (mendoi) comes from めんどくさい (mendokusai), which means “a bother to do” and tends to mean like “what a pain” in context. (You probably recognize it as what Belphie says before starting a battle.) It felt a little weird to make Levi use that sort of language when talking about Diavolo, but 面倒い is very clearly slang, so
2. Belphie means this in an “I’m irritated” way, but it can also mean “to feel nauseous” and I’m not gonna pass up this opportunity.
3. The words here are literally “classic words/expression” which I mean yeah I guess that means catchphrase I’ll give.
4. Fuck the kanji 驚
5. It’s not uncommon for の (no) to become ん (n) in casual speech, but I was only aware of the のです/んです (nodesu/ndesu) variation before now! Apparently it can also be used elsewhere, but most commonly when connected to words like “place” or “house”.
6. The word they translate as “that” in the localization is アレ (are), which is used when the speaker assumes they and the listener(s) are on the same page. So it has a “you know what I mean” implication, which I leaned into for my translation. What the heck happens in this story anyway, the comments give literally no clues.
Masterpost
魅惑のインフルエンサー
ButlerBarb: お気軽に魔王城にいらしてください
DDSimeon: ネイル、面白そう
L3V1: 仕組みが気になるし
Beelzeburger: 投稿、見たぞ
＃誕生日 ＃ネイル
メゾン煉獄♡お泊まり会
Lucifer: 羽目を外し過ぎるなよ
Belphie: ねむい
Mammoney: おまえら変なことしてないだろうな！？
Angeluke: ぼくが寝てる間に何があったの
＃誕生日 ＃初めてのお泊まり
ディアボロからの贈り物
L3V1: 殿下からの相談とか面倒そう
Beelzeburger: 美味いものを食べに行くといい
ButlerBarb: 後でお説教ですね
stn: 面白い謎かけだな
＃誕生日 ＃クリームマシマシ
ふたりの合言葉
LordDiavolo: 私にの相談してほしかった
Lucifer: 羨ましいか？
AsmoBaby: ポチ！って可愛い！
Belphie: なんかむかつく
＃誕生日 ＃定番の言葉
ルークの欲しいもの
Lucifer: 相変わらずくだらないことを思いつくな
Beelzeburger: 食い物は入ってないのか？
L3V1: マジでルークが冴えてたわ
ButlerBarb: 秘密のティーパーティーですか
＃誕生日 ＃ぬいぐるみ祭り
ルークの新しい趣味
stn: 新しい趣味ができるのは良いことだ
Belphie: 確かに風船は割れると驚くよね
Mammoney: なんで俺ンとこ来ねぇんだよ！
LordDiavolo: 風船、楽しみにしているよ！
＃誕生日 ＃バルーンアート
シェフ・バルバトスの試食会
AsmoBaby: 美容にいいフルーツ教えて！
Beelzeburger: 俺も食べたかった
Mammoney: ベール！机かじンな！！
LordDiavolo: どれもすごく美味しかったよ
＃誕生日 ＃試食会
全部アレのせい
L3V1: 絶対わざとでしょ
stn: こんな面白そうなことしてたのか
Lucifer: 見られていたのか
Belphie: 結局得してない？なんかむかつく
＃誕生日 ＃苦手なもの
誕生日イベントが難しすぎすぎるよね
#obey me#obey me translation#obey me asmodeus#obey me lucifer#obey me luke#obey me barbatos#devilgram
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Festivals and Afterparties...
Kiku was already dressed when Ludwig arrived at his home. “Sorry I’m late,” he said as Kiku gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.
“You’re fine,” Kiku assured him, “Would you like to come in for a minute? I could make some tea?”
“No, I’m fine. We can go as soon as you’re ready.”
“One minute,” Kiku assured him with a soft smile before going back upstairs. Ludwig took the time to greet Kiku’s dog, who was also waiting by the door. “Alright,” Kiku said as he returned, shrugging his haori over his shoulders. He held on to Ludwig’s arm to support himself as he slid his shoes on. “Pochi, be good, I’ll be home later.”
Ludwig couldn’t help but smile as Kiku bid his dog farewell and locked his door before they left. Kiku hadn’t quite let go of Ludwig yet, just sliding his hand down from his elbow to hold his hand instead. Ludwig smiled down at him as they walked towards the station.
Kiku was wearing a dark blue kimono with a light floral pattern on it. Next to his traditional clothes, Ludwig felt a little underdressed in his sweater and sport jacket. “You look nice.” he said.
“Thank you,” Kiku glanced up at him, “So do you. And thank you for agreeing to come with me.”
“Thank you for inviting me.”
Kiku smiled, both of them knowing they could go back and forth all night with just gratitude and compliments. “How was work today?”
“It was good. But one of my students has been giving me some trouble, so I’ll have to see who I can talk to about that.” Kiku nodded. “What about you? Did you do anything exciting today?”
“No,” Kiku let go of his hand when they boarded the train, “Just this.” They sat down next to each other as the train started moving again. “Have you been to one of these festivals before?”
Ludwig shook his head, “I went to a shrine at new years, though.”
“I’ll make sure you don’t get lost or carried away.” Kiku assured him with another soft smile.
…
“Do…” Kiku paused as someone passed them on the platform, “Would you like to come home with me?” He asked as they waited for their trains after leaving the festival.
Ludwig looked at his boyfriend. Kiku was avoiding looking at him, instead watching as his train pulled into the station. If he didn’t make his decision now, Kiku would get on the train, and Ludwig would return to his flat by himself. “Yes, I’d like that.”
Even though Kiku still wasn’t looking at him, Ludwig could see him smile as they got onto the train together. It was a bit more crowded this time, so they were forced to stand together as the train started moving. Kiku’s cheeks were flushed a soft pink as he glanced up at Ludwig, it was a sharp contrast to the dark silk he was wearing. He looked beautiful.
Ludwig leaned down to kiss him, but Kiku pulled away at the last second, “Stop that,” he whispered, “We’re in public.” But that didn’t stop him from carefully wrapping his fingers together with Ludwig’s.
They were the only ones to get off at Kiku’s stop, Ludwig even waited until the train had pulled away before stealing a kiss. “You could at least wait until we’re home,” Kiku laughed as Ludwig kissed him again.
“It’s a good thing you don’t live far from here,” Ludwig murmured against his skin, “I love you.”
“I love you too,” Kiku kissed him back, “Let’s go home…”
Neither of them let go of the other’s hand as Kiku led them to his house. Ludwig kissed his hand, distracting him as Kiku tried to use his other hand to unlock his door. Ludwig kissed his cheek and jaw and throat as he gently pushed Kiku’s haori off his shoulders and they left their shoes by the door.
“Come with me,” Kiku whispered as he led Ludwig upstairs to his bedroom. He leaned against the door to close it as Ludwig continued to kiss him. Kiku slowly ran his fingers through Ludwig’s hair, taking control of the kiss, deepening it and forcing Ludwig to slow down.
Ludwig shrugged off his jacket as Kiku pulled on his tie to loosen it. His hands found Kiku’s waist and he hesitated as he looked down at Kiku’s traditional clothes.
Kiku kissed his jaw, “Is there something wrong?” he asked, noticing Ludwig’s hesitance.
“I...don’t know how to remove this…”
Kiku looked down at his clothes, laughing a little, “Would you like me to do it?”
“I...would like...for you...to show me how…?”
Kiku looked up at him again, the pink flush returning to his cheeks, “...Alright…” He guided Ludwig’s hand to his back and the knot at the back of his obi, “Start by untying this…”
Ludwig leaned down to kiss him again as his fingers loosened the material, letting it fall to the floor. He bit Kiku’s lip, making him yelp in surprise and pull back. “Good,” Ludwig laughed, “Now what?”
“Um, there’s a fold here,” Kiku lifted some of the material around his waist, revealing another belt hidden there, “And then untie that,” Ludwig tucked his fingers under the koshi-himo, using it to pull Kiku that much closer before detangling the knot and dropping that too. Kiku looked up at him, close enough for them to breathe the same air. “And now that can come off.” Ludwig pushed his kimono open, off his shoulders, letting it join the rest of his clothes, leaving Kiku in his nagajuban. “You’re going to pick that up later.” Kiku threatened.
Ludwig leaned down like he was going to kiss him again, stopping when Kiku tilted his head back to meet him. “What next?” he murmured, his lips barely brushing against Kiku’s.
Kiku lifted Ludwig’s hands back to his waist and to a piece of elastic wrapped around him, “There’s a clip here,” Ludwig released the belt, “Just like last time.” Kiku pulled Ludwig down to kiss him again, sucking on his lower lip until he opened his mouth.
Ludwig let himself get carried away for a minute, forgetting what he was supposed to be doing until Kiku pulled away and tugged on his collar to get his attention. Ludwig opened the nagajuban, kissing Kiku’s neck and collarbone as he dropped the garment. He was down to just a simple shirt and pants now. He groaned as Ludwig sucked on his collarbone, running his hands through his hair again before stepping away from the pile of his clothes and leading Ludwig towards his bed.
Ludwig broke away just long enough to lift his shirt off, before pushing Kiku down onto the bed, laying him down to pull his pants away, and then kissing him again, from his mouth to his neck, and then down his chest and stomach to-
“Wait-” Kiku gasped, laughing a little. He looked up at Ludwig, who was still almost completely dressed. “Now it’s my turn.”
…
“You still have to pick up my things,” Kiku reminded him after they were done.
“Now?” Ludwig groaned, perfectly content to stay tangled up with Kiku until they both fell asleep.
“Yes.” Kiku gave his boyfriend a look that said he was serious.
Ludwig stole a quick kiss before getting up, “Fine.” He picked his undershirt off the floor and jokingly tossed it at Kiku, “But you’re replacing that.”
“That’s fine.” Kiku sat up a little, perfectly content to admire Ludwig’s naked body as he bent down to pick up all their clothes.
#aphrarepairweek2021#day 6: traditional clothing#gerpan#aph germany#aph japan#late entry#...but I think they're still being accepted today?#*fingers crossed* i hope#...i'm not sure how to tag this?#it isn't smut...#foreplay maybe?#i don't know#it's something#it's unedited is what it is#hopefully it's okay#all my information about traditional japanese clothes came from the internet#so hopefully that's okay too#let me know if I got something wrong
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Friendly date
One Piece Modern
Sabo x Reader + AL
Genre:Fluff
Y/n and Sabo were both childhood friends along with Ace and Luffy.
That was 10 years ago, When Luffy invited y/n to play with him along with his Older brothers.
"hey! hey!" Luffy said as he jump on the fence. Trespassing y/n's backyard.
Y/n just tilt her head in the other side, As she call out her dog and Luffy were chase by the dog.
"Gyaaa!" Luffy shout while running in circle, seeing him make y/n sigh and order her dog.
"Pochi, sit!" She said and Luffy stop running around her backyard.
"who are you and what are you doing here in my backyard?" Y/n asked and Luffy just smile brightly at her.
"hey, let's be friends, I'm Luffy!"
"Okay, Luffy what are you doing here inside, Trespassing someone backyard" y/n asked.
"What's your name!? Let's play! It will be fun?!" Luffy said with enthusiasm.
"Oi! Listen to me!" Y/n said as she realized the kid isn't listening at all.
Luffy just laugh and hold her hand and pull her along.
"Oi! Listen when someone is talking! I'm not coming along, let me go!" Y/n said but her struggle of freeing herself is useless as Luffy just wrap his arms around her as he drag her along with him.
Ace and Sabo is currently waiting for there little brother at there tree house. There hidden spot, when they saw you with him.
"Ace! Sabo!" Luffy happily said as he still dragging y/n and y/n who just give up on struggling as she let herself drag by somewhere.
"Oi! Luffy who is this?" Ace asked as he point a finger at you, y/n just frown at how rude he is.
"Oh yeah! Ace, Sabo meet pochi, Pochi meet Ace and Sabo!" Luffy said.
"Oi, that's my dog's name!" Y/n said.
"Ehh!? Then what's your name!?" Luffy asked.
"it's y/n! Not pochi! It's y/n!" Y/n shouting said as Luffy laugh and smile at y/n.
"Ah my bad y/n, shishi" Luffy said. He apologise but he doesn't look like he meant it. As y/n just scowl at how Happy go lucky, Luffy is.
"I didn't asked who she is, I'm asking what is she doing here!?" Ace asked as he was glaring at you.
"Right Luffy, why you bring someone this is Only our hidden base, Only us" Sabo said as he clearly not welcoming you.
Y/n just snap at how unwelcome they are when she didn't even want to be here in the first place.
"Oh! Shut up! You two! I didn't tag along with my free will, I was drag here! By Luffy! I get it I'm not welcome at all, so don't you dare point a finger on me, you understand! " Y/n said as she harshly poke sabo and ace at the chest.
"why did you drag somebody here, Luffy" Sabo asked as they were both stunned by you snapping at them.
"She was alone,so I thought it would be better if she play with us than, being alone" Luffy said. Y/n appreciate the kindness. Ace just facepalm at Luffy's perspective on people. Sabo just sigh and laugh at Luffy.
Ace and Sabo just stare at each other and back at you.
"what?" Y/n said with a glare.
"Fine, you can tag along with us" Ace said as he entered the Tree house and Sabo and follow him, Luffy just smile at you.
"Did you hear that! Let's go!" He said and y/n just sigh to herself.
As she follow knowing how persistent Luffy is.
The moment y/n tag along with the ASL brothers, she just learn how insane and aggressive they are.
"You gotta be kidding me?" Y/n asked as they are currently in the middle of the woods to hunt, Wolves and whatever they could find.
"What?" Ace and Sabo both asked at the same time.
"Were in Modern times, why are we hunting animals!" Y/n said. And Luffy just laugh at you.
"Oi Luffy, just why did you bring a brat like her" Ace said.
"Brat?! Excuse you, I'm just asking why and being honest here, Freckled face" y/n said.
Ace and y/n just glare at each other.
"Heh, Brat, I'm sure your more a wuss than Luffy here" Ace mocking said.
"Really? Me? A wuss?" Y/n said with a annoying tone.
"Sorry, did I offend you? Wuss" Ace said as he give her a smug face. Sabo and Luffy didn't dare to butt in, As they both notice it's a bad news to get involved.
"I make you eat your words, Freckles" y/n said as she just grab Luffy's pipe.
"Let me borrow this for a moment" y/n said to Luffy "Oh sure!" Luffy replied as he let y/n take his metal pipe.
"heh, what you going to do with that?" Ace said with a smug look, while y/n glare at him.
The two just glare at each other, Only they stop glaring at each other when they all hear a sudden growl.
"This growl! Ace! Luffy! It's a Wolf" Sabo said as he held his metal pipe and become wary, Ace just did the same thing and Luffy just did a fighting stance.
When a sudden sound of rustle and a wolf leap directly at Luffy. As he attack the defenseless Luffy that only scream and run away as soon the wolf tried to bite him.
"Shoot! Ace! It's after Luffy!" Sabo shouted said as he follow the Wolf that is currently chasing the running Luffy.
"Luffy!" Ace shout as he chase after the wolf.
"Gyaaa! I be eaten! Help me! Ace!!! Sabo! Y/n!" Luffy said while running with all his might. Y/n just wait for Luffy run infront of her as she use the metal pipe and hit the wolf at the throat strongly, which send the big wolf fly away.
Luffy look astonished to see you kill a wolf. "Whoa! That's so cool! Y/n!" Luffy said as he chirping around you. Sabo just stare at you with his jaw dropped and clearly amaze. Ace also had the same expression.
"Okay, I admit, That was totally awesome!" Sabo said as he was impressed.
"Thanks, that was actually my first time killing a wolf" y/n bashfully said and Ace who is still gawking finally close his jaw and cleared his throat.
Y/n just give him a smug look.
"Tch... Fine, your not wuss, that was cool" Ace said as he wasn't meeting your eyes at all. Y/n just feel proud to herself.
Sabo just laugh as he recognized you as one of there member now.
"Wolf meat!!!" Luffy said as he announced and Ace and Sabo just carry the Wolf.
All the years they spend together, were full of adventure and thrill, Y/n will go home with bruise and wounds, Same goes for the brothers.
She enjoyed accompanying them, As they hunt wild animals, in deep forest.
10 years later
"Look Y/n, Luffy send me a photo of him hiking, I swear he grown too fast" Sabo said as he rant about Luffy's adventure.
Ace and Luffy become a Adventurer as they want to explore the whole world.
Sabo and you just join the Revolutionary corporation, which your boss is Luffy's biological father.
Monkey D. Dragon the owner of Revolutionary corporation, Rival of Marine Corps in business.
"Sabo, you know Luffy is sending photos to all of us" y/n said as she watch sabo keep on praising Luffy.
"Right I forgot, he also send you and Ace" Sabo said as he Chuckles to himself and later on apologise,
"Why are you apologizing for?" Y/n said as she sip Earl grey tea.
"For keep ranting about Luffy?" Sabo said and it was y/n's turn to laugh as she was clearly aware of Sabo brother complex towards Luffy.
"It's fine, I am very used to it" y/n reassuring said as Sabo just bashfully scratch his cheek.
"Right... My bad again" Sabo said as he sip his black tea. They both just happily chat about Luffy.
"Remember when, Were 15 you and Ace used to argue with each other alot" Sabo said as he laugh at the memory of you and Ace arguing over small stuffs.
Y/n just laugh as she know that she was really childish to fight with Ace over small stuffs.
"I do, That was really very immature of me and Ace, We just fight over on how we will we cook the chicken meat, Fried! Ace be like no its Roast! " y/n said and the two just laugh loudly at the cafeteria area.
Sabo just snort as he remembered.
"Yeah and Luffy just shout meat and eat it raw, Only for him to say Gross" Sabo said as he wipe the tear in his eyes as y/n is still laughing. They both remember Luffy's expression when he eat the raw meat.
"His expression were priceless, I hope we had our camera that time, we could have taken a picture of it" y/n said.
"Yeah" Sabo agree as he sip the remaining tea he had. Y/n's phone just ring as she excuse herself and Sabo just gesture to take it, Sabo were taking his time savoring the tea. When y/n return to him.
"Sabo, I got to go, some client just called me, Thanks for the treat, Till our next friendly date" y/n said as she took her bag and smile brightly at Sabo. Who is only stunned and wave at her.
"yeah, till next time!" He said as he sigh to himself and go back to his office.
He just slump at his chair and Ivankov just entered his office.
"Oh my, having some love problems, Sabo boy" Ivankov said as he was one of share holders of Revolutionary corporation.
"It's nothing, what brings you here, Iva-san?" Sabo asked.
"Oh I just wanted to visit My candy boy and Y/n-chan" Ivankov said as he sit down on the couch making himself comfortable.
"Your lying, your here for Dragon-san, but he declined whatever what you suggested, and now your staying at my place" Sabo said as Ivankov just give him a dramatic gasp.
"How harsh! Dragon is just being a meanie, I was just asking him to take some break and vacation"
Sabo just sigh as he listen to Ivankov's rant but his thoughts were occupied by you.
"Hey y/n-san!" Koala call out as she wave at you happily and you just wave back.
"Koala, how is work?" Y/n asked as koala complain about how selfish sabo can be,
"Ahahaha, I apologise on his behalf, if he is like that, but he praise you alot, Being a excellent secretary" y/n said as she fixing her stuffs and preparing to go home.
"But Still, I wish to be your secretary y/n-san" koala whine and y/n just pat her head. As she was assigned to be Sabo's secretary.
"Okay, okay" y/n said as she carry her bag.
"oh by the way! How's your date with Sabo-kun?" Koala said as she walk beside y/n.
"Date? It's just our friendly date" y/n said and koala just facepalm at you.
"Yes, your so called friendly dates! aren't you two dating? " Koala said.
Y/n just shake her head "Nope, were not dating"
"What! I thought you like him?"
"I do, but I am sure to him, I'm just a sister, You know how Oblivious he is when it comes to romance" y/n said.
As koala just groan as they both remember Sabo's nickname on highschool and college.
'Clueless Casanova, Clueless heartbreaker"
"Yeah, I remember how oblivious he is, I still pity all the girls that confess to him" Koala said.
"yep, but I actually thought, you two are a thing?" Y/n calmly said.
Koala just choke at her own saliva the moment she heard y/n's word.
"What!? No, no, no, I can't stand his rant and his brother complex, only you can stand his ranting about Luffy, I swear, His future girlfriend love rival is his unconditionally love towards his little brother" koala said and y/n just laugh as they both leave the elevator and decide to hang out a bit at a nearby Cafe.
"yeah" y/n agree as they talk more about Sabo.
"Can I asked the reason of why you staying friends with Sabo-kun, even you had feelings for him? I mean why you didn't attempt to change your status with him" koala asked.
"Hmm... I just don't like to lose them, I'm sure going to avoid sabo if he reject me and he probably feel uncomfortable around me, so I am satisfy to be his friend, Maybe this feelings will disappear, if I met my future husband" y/n joking said and koala just thought something.
"how about you go on blind dates?" Koala suggest as y/n tilt her head.
"Blind date?"
"Yes a blind date, where you date guys, romantically" koala said as she rant about it and tell y/n to try it.
Y/n just agree, maybe it's time for her to do some action.
After three days, Sabo just knock at her office.
"knock, knock y/n" Sabo said as he asked Dragon to have the same day off as you.
"Oh, sabo your done with your work?" Y/n said as she put her stuffs in her bag and ready to go.
"Yep, so ready for our Friendly date?" Sabo said, he doesn't remember when did they start to do this friendly date. He just remembered the time, you look mesmerizing to ignore as he hate to see you, Happily chatting with other guys, so he just asked you out, too shy to call it a Romantic date, he end up saying Friendly date to catch up with each other as you two didn't see each other, when you both entered a different University.
"yeah, I am" y/n said as she walk beside sabo and start to rant about something, Sabo just love to listen to your voice and to your laugh. He got so nervous around you, the only time he wasn't nervous is when he rant about Luffy and your both shared childhood memories together.
Sabo didn't notice he zone out, as y/n just wave a hand infront of his face.
Still no reaction, so y/n just tip toe and whisper yelled at his ear.
"Hello? Earth to Sabo?" Y/n said. Sabo flinch as he finally back to reality, and he just blush and cover where y/n just whisper at. Y/n just chuckle at how adorable he look like.
"I was calling you, but your not answering, so I had to do it, Sorry...I know your ears are sensitive, My bad," y/n apologetic said. Sabo thought to himself "Only to your voice, my ears is sensitive for!"
Sabo just fix his composure and clear his throat, trying to calm his flustered and warm face.
"it's fine, it's my fault for getting occupied by my thoughts" Sabo said. Finally they arrived at the Cafe, which they both always do there friendly dates.
Doing the old routine of Bragging about Luffy adorkableness and talking about one of there best memories.
When someone called y/n to her phone.
It was koala telling her that she had a blind date to attend, as she set her up.
"Okay, I be there then, I understand, yes bye" y/n said as sabo just give her a curious look.
"Sorry, Sabo, But I have somewhere to attend to" y/n said.
"huh? To where? We don't have work this time and tomorrow, it's our day off" Sabo said and confused why are you rushing. You both just arrived.
"I got a blind date to attend" y/n said.
"what!?" Sabo mentally said.
"Ohh, I see, have fun" Sabo asked and he just mentally choking himself, "want do you mean, have fun, you idiot!"
"Thanks, I will, Till our next friendly date again?" Y/n said and Sabo just force himself to smile and wave "yeah till our next F. R. I. E. N. D. L. Y DATE" as soon you were gone, he just groan to himself and bang his head at the table.
"seriously sabo! Just great! She's already under your nose and now you let someone snatch her, Seriously!? " Sabo thought to himself as he called Ace.
"Ace"
"Yo Sabo, very rare of you to call me" Ace said at the other line.
"I need help"
"ohh, You need back up?"
"No not, Beating up someone, I need an advice on how to asked a girl on a Romantic date" Sabo clearly said to his den den mushi phone.
"Hold on!" Ace said as Sabo hear shuffling sound and rushing.
"See you at home after two hours" Ace said to Sabo.
"what?!" Sabo confused asked but ace already hang up the phone call.
Only for him to receive a text.
"And buy a lot of snacks and food, Rootbeer too, See you!"
Sabo just sigh to himself after reading Ace message to him. Sabo just did what Ace asked him to do. After two hours he only hear a loud sound of a motor and Ace opening the door wide open.
"Okay, tell me, I hear you clearly to the phone that you need advice on how to asked a girl on a Romantic date?" Ace said and Sabo suddenly feel nervous as Ace eye his brother.
"yes?" Sabo nervously said.
"FINALLY just finally! Sabo is interested on dating! The 20 going on 21 years old virgin Sabo is finally!!! Grown up" Ace said and Sabo just throw a pillow at his face.
"Shut up!" Sabo said as he was embarrassed of the sudden outburst of Ace about him. Ace just laugh at Sabo's reaction.
"So... Whose the lucky girl?" Ace said as he sit beside Sabo who blush at the thought of you.
"it's actually—Oh no need to Tell me, Cause It's y/n" Sabo was about to tell his long time crush, no love for you when Ace interrupt him, When Ace blurted out your name, Sabo's eyes just pop out and clearly surprised.
"How! Just how?!" Sabo shouted asked as he grab Ace by the collar. Ace just chuckle at his reaction.
"Ace, Damn it! Spit it out! How did you know" Sabo asked still holding him by the collar as Ace just put his hands in a gesture that he surrender.
"Whoa, whoa calm down, let me go first" Ace said and Sabo just let go of his collar and the sound of Ace butt hit the floor with a loud thud were only heard. As he just laugh at how frantic sabo is.
"You know, Sabo you should have asked yourself about that, on how obvious you are fawning around y/n since then" Ace said and Sabo just blush and throw a slice cucumber to Ace's face, only for Ace to catch it with his mouth wide open and eat it.
"I don't know,what you mean" Sabo denied as Ace sit infront of him and does some funny face of admiration.
"What are you doing?!" Sabo annoyed asked. " What? Can't recognize those faces? Those were your expression when you see y/n" Ace said as Sabo just shout at him "I don't make that kind of faces!"
"yes, you did" Ace said as he open a can of rootbeer. Sabo just sigh and as his stomach growl, he just eat some of pizza as they continue to talk about you.
"so Sabo, when did you realize it?" Ace asked as he bite a slice of pizza "I was crushing on her for five years" Sabo replied and Ace just gulp the food he had in his mouth " Tsk! It's 10! You been giving her a goofy look and getting bashful, when she is around, Damn it Sabo, I know your a Clueless heartbreaker, But! Your not that dumb! But I guess I'm wrong, your really dumb" Ace said and a flying slice of pizza just slap Ace.
"Who you calling Clueless heartbreaker, I don't even remember dating anyone, Much to break someone's heart" sabo reason out.
"See, Clueless Casanova, Rebecca once confess to you and asked you out when you rejected her, Cluelessly" Ace said and Sabo just gasp, as he remembered, Rebecca did asked him to go out together and they go outside the school and after that he go home.
Sabo just groan at how clueless he is. But he doesn't want to admit it to Ace that he was fawning around you for 10 years, Ace will tease him non-stop.
Though he already keep on teasing him. "correct me, if I'm wrong, When you see y/n's cleavage your nosebleed, When you see her in a swimsuit for the first time, you were blushing like there's no tomorrow and y/n being a dense one thought you had a fever, You stutter when you talk to her! And lastly you disagree of the idea of y/n as our sister in exchanging sake, So we only did it and her as our Very very close friend" Ace pointed out.
"Fine, I get it! I was madly in love with her for 10 years! Happy now!?" Sabo frustrated said and Ace just nod with a smug smile in his face. Sabo just punch his shoulder as he rub it and said"Ow! What's that for?!"
"nothing, are you going to help me or what?" Sabo asked. As they finally into the topic about how to asked you out on a Romantic date! Not Friendly date.
"actually I remember you said you already asked her on a date"
"yes the friendly dates! It's a freaking Friendly date! Ace not a date, date, Ugh... I hate it, why did I even say it's a Friendly date when I'm getting jealous over the guys who is clearly Flirting at her" Sabo rant and Ace just stare and eat the snacks he bought, while listening to his rant.
"Actually you should just asked her out, Like I did before" Ace said like it was no big deal.
"You what? When? Who?" Sabo hastily asked.
"I asked y/n on a date before" Ace said as he dropped a bomb.
"You what?!" Sabo said as he mess with his hair and thoughts of you and Ace holding hands and doing stuffs that is lovey dovey and etc.
"Whoa! Enough with your wild imagination, y/n and I did date but nothing happened romantic between me and her, I was just curious about dating and asked her to accompany me, All we do is our usual routine, Cause seeing couples make us cringe so we stopped" Ace said as he swat away all worries Sabo had thought.
After sighing in relief, Sabo just start to panic again.
"Right! Y/n is currently on a date with someone they doesn't know! What if they kiss, what if they fell in love at first sight, what if after the date they decided to get Married" Sabo rant and Ace just facepalm at Sabo if!
"If your that worried go ahead and asked her out already, Geez" Ace said.
"Huh?!"
"what your just going to whine and complain and rant at me, while y/n having a good time dating a stranger?! Your not doing anything? " Ace said as Sabo realized what he meant and He start to run and Ace just throw his motorcycle key at Sabo.
"Go get her! So we could finally add her as our sister and your girl" Ace shout, Sabo just nod and called koala and asked where is the place.
Koala that is clueless about what's going on just answer him and he hang up as soon he got what he needed. Koala were fuming at Sabo.
He arrived at a fancy cafe and see you formally and laughing at what the guy said. Sabo didn't like it, he didn't like how you laugh at whatever the guy said, he want those laugh only to him and no one else. He was jealous that he didn't notice he already walk infront of you and the guy.
"Sabo?! What are you doing here?" Y/n surprised asked and Sabo just force himself not to spite at the guy.
As he grit his teeth under his breath and tried his best to smile politely at the guy.
"Oh, this is Cavendish, Cavendish meet Sabo, My fr—her boyfriend" Sabo interrupt said.
"yes my boyfriend" y/n repeated said. It take a good one minute for her to understand what sabo just said.
"My what!?" Y/n shouted asked and Sabo just sigh as he slowly losing his temper.
Just thinking of you and this Cabbage talking and laughing about whatever it is, makes him too jealous and lose his temper.
"Excuse me, she arrived here, as my blind date, Going on a date with a Superstar is a dream come true,So I totally understand if you envy me" Cabbage said and Sabo just grit his teeth more, " Okay koala set her with a Hypocrite?!"
Y/n just laugh at Cavendish, She was actually laughing at how narcissistic the guy is. Sabo finally have enough and just hold her arm and drag her out of the Cafe.
"Sabo!?" Y/n said as she question his actions and words.
"..." No response.
"Is there something wrong? Are you upset at me?"
"What no!?" Sabo finally response as he flinch at the word upset.
"then why your acting like this?" y/n asked.
Why he is acting like this, you say as you were clueless about his burning jealousy, Sabo just corner y/n to a wall and stare at her intently.
"Sabo?"
"Cause I'm jealous, Seeing you smile at some other guy, and upset at myself not at you, I was a wuss calling it friendly date when...what I Really want is, A Romantic date as a couple with you" Sabo said as he lean at your shoulder and breath at your shoulder with a very sexy voice for you.
Y/n just blush at his tone and his face on her shoulder. When he turn his face and accidentally breath directly at y/n's expose neck, she just shiver from his warm breath, Sabo could hear how loud his heart beat is. As his face is totally warm and flustered, the tips of his ears is also burning. So he just stand up straight and clear his throat. Y/n were totally smitten by his words and gesture.
"So what do you want me to do?" Y/n said while covering her blushing face with her hand,Sabo just found it adorable when he was also a blushing mess.
"Go on a real date with me! Not a friendly date but date, like a couple" Sabo said.
Y/n heart just flutter at it as she smile brightly "Gladly" sabo just held her hand.
Sabo just smile ear to ear as he finally said it.
"yes!" Sabo said as he pump his free fist in the air and just kiss the back of your hand. Y/n just smile at how adorable Sabo is.
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About two month ago started a new Sims 4 account which has a Hetalia character as townies. I don’t have all the packs for Sims 4 but I do use a lot of Mods to do this. Most of the house building I found online.
Each household has background and drama which was fun the think about. I have written over 10 pages of notes for this town so enjoy.
Luper Family
Boris Luper (Bulgaria) - CHILD, VAMPIRE Traits – Cheerful/ Aspiration – Whiz Kid
Vladimir Luper (Romania) - ADULT, VAMPIRE Traits – Good, Cheerful, Family- Oriented/ Aspiration – Good Vampire
Mai - (Cat) Traits – Affectionate, Clever, Friendly
Vladimir (Vlad) adopted Boris because of his vampire powers
They took Mia in as most people think black cats are unlucky
Vald doesn’t need the money but has a part time job at a coffee shop
Vlad and Arthur have afternoon tea once a month
Vlad wants Boris to be creative so he started playing the violin
Positive atmosphere in the house
Vlad will cook for Boris as he can still eat human food however not very good
Vlad is a good vampire
Vlad hobby is annoying Elizabeta
Boris talks to Mia when Vlad goes out
Oxenstierna Family
Berwald Oxenstierna (Sweden) - YOUNG ADULT Traits – Family – Oriented, Bookworm, Perfectionist/ Aspiration – Successful Lineage
Simon Oxenstierna (Denmark) - YOUNG ADULT Traits – Bro, Goofball, Self- Assured/ Aspiration – Fabuluosly Wealthy
Tino Oxenstierna (Finland) - YOUNG ADULT Traits – Good, Goofball, Cheerful/ Aspiration – Soulmate
Lukas Bondevik (Norway) - YOUNG ADULT/MAGIC Traits – Family- Oriented, Love Outdoors, Bookworm/ Aspiration – Purveyor of Polions
Emil Bondevik (Iceland) - TEEN Traits – Gloomy, Loner/ Aspiration - Angling Ace
Charlotte (Dog) Traits – Jumpy, Smart, Independent
Berwald and Tino are married, Simon is in a relationship with Lukas and Emil is Lukas brother.
Berwald and Simon are brothers but 90% they can’t agree to anything which leave them fighting over stupid things. For example TV remote, who cleaning up and food shopping
Simon is a Manager of a top end company, to bad he to lazy to move out.
Everyone love Charlotte that the dog get the best treats and love.
Emil keep to himself and hide in the bedroom. No one know he seeing someone 😛
Lukas is over protective with Emil
Tino is a stay at home mum so he does most of the cleaning which Lukas help out using magic
Berwald my find it difficult expressing himself with words but he good at writing it down. His works as a writer.
Simon my be a pain but always help out with bills
Tino take any holiday seriously!
Wang Family
Yao Wang (China) - ADULT Traits – Materialistic, Family- Oriented, Foodie/ Aspiration – Master Chef
Kiku Wang (Japan) - TEEN Traits – Genious, Geek/ Aspiration – Computer Whiz
Li Xiao Wang (Hong Kong) - TEEN Traits – Creative, Gloomy/ Aspiration – Musical Genius
Im Yong Wang (South Korea) - CHILD Traits – Goofball/ Aspiration – Artistic Prodigy
Lin Yi Wang (Taiwan) Traits – Cheerful/ Aspiration – Rambunctious
Pochi (Dog) Traits – Loyal, Smart, Adventurous
Yao work as a Chef
Lin Yi wanted a dog for a very long time so Yao after work went and bought a dog so she can shut up.
Yao favourite is Kiku because of his talent this make Li Xi jealous.
Yao too old to deal with drama.
Every meal everyone must come to the table and sit together as a family
Lin Yi and Im Yong are trouble maker when bored.
Kiku goes to see Alfred for game night
Lin Yi love flowers
Li Xiao goes to Emil for emotional support
Yao helps other household with meals
Belischmidt Family
Gilbert Belischmidt (Prussia) - ADULT Traits – Family –Oriented, Self- Assured, Dog Lover/ Aspiration – Friend of the Animals
Ludwig Belischmidt (German) - TEEN Traits – Active, Bookworm/ Aspiration –Academic
Aster (Dog) Traits – Smart, Couch Potato, Friendly
Blockie (Dog) Traits – Adventurous, Active, Independent
Berlitz (Dog) Traits – Sleuth, Couch Potato, Friendly
Gilbert work as a manual laborer great at his job and the people love him
Francis or Antonio will walk into the house at random times
All dogs are well behaviour and won't hurt anybody
Ludwig can be shy when near to Feliciano
Every Sunday they have a father and son time which include playing football or watch TV
Gilbert is trying to give up drinking because one time he got so drunk Ludwig had to help him get home.
Gilbert and Elizabeta are rivals with who can do the most push ups
Ludwig very close to his dad will ask about anything
Gilbert want more dogs in the future
Ludwig need to relax than worry what other people will think about him
Edelstein Family
Roderick Edelstein (Austria) - ADULT Traits – Snob, Lazy, Music Lover/ Aspiration – Musical Genius
Elizabeta Edelstein (Hungary) - ADULT Traits – Active, Good, Cat Lover/ Aspiration – Bodybuilder
Feliciano Edelstein (North Italy) - TEEN Traits – Creative, Art Lover/ Aspiration – Painter Extraordinaire
Buffi (Cat) Traits – Affectionate, Friendly, Lazy
Roderick work as a professional pianist
Elizabeta is a stay at home mum but gets bored so she goes to the gym or babysit other children round the area
Felliciano has a twin brother (Lovino) but got kick out over a disagreement with the father
Elizabeta still upset about Lovino but Roderick won't speak to him
Elizabeta and Feliciano cook together
Buffi is the best hot water bottle
Roderick will drop dead if he has to clean
Feliciano spend 65% of the time napping
You can tell what mood Roderick by the way he plays on the piano
There is always music playing in the house
Carriedo Family
Antonio Carriedo (Spain) – ADULT Traits – Childish, Music Lover, Clumsy /Aspiration - Freelance Botanist
Lovino Edelstein (South Italy)- TEEN Traits – Hot-Headed, Loner/ Aspiration – Master Chef
Antonio is a part-time gardener
Lovino ran away because of an argument with his dad. He doesn’t talk about it but grateful Antonio support him.
Antonio is an old friend of the Edelstein family that why Lovino know him
Antonio is very patient with Lovino
Lovino really miss spending time with his brother
Lovino gets jealous when Antonio goes out with Gilbert or Francis
Lovino like his own space but does get lonely
Antonio just wants everyone to be happy and will do anything to help them
Tomato solve everything
Lovino is angry with everything including himself
Branginsky Family
Katyusha Branginsky (Ukraine) – YOUNG ADULT Traits – Clumsy, Family- Oriented, Neat/ Aspiration – Successful Lincage
Natalia Branginsky (Belarus) - CHILD/MAGIC Traits – Mean/ Aspiration – Whiz Kid
Ivan Branginsky (Russia) - TEEN Traits – Borderline Personality Disorder, Shy/ Aspiration – Big Happy Family
Katyusha work at a coffee shop, she tries to be the older sister but is ashamed about how little money they have
Very poor but they get by
Natalia has a ghost friend that she talk to at night
Ivan want friends doesn’t know how to do it without freaking people or say something weird
Natalia is slowly making friends
Katyusha gets worried when Ivan doesn’t want to leave his bedroom
Ivan will knit anything
Yao will come by with food
Something always breaks in the house
Natalia is scary when she angry
(Will Upload image soon!!!!!)
Zwingli Family
Basch Zwingli (Switzerland) - ADULT Traits – Family- Oriented, Loner, Perfectionst/ Aspiration – Successful Lineage
Eva Zwingli (Liechtenstein) - CHILD Traits – Good/ Aspiration – Artistic Prodigy
Basch is Eva father
Basch is the chief of the town
Basch double check people background (doesn’t trust no one)
Eva doesn’t have a bad bone in her body
Elizabeta babysits Eva when Basch is busy working
Basch and Roderick are old friends
If anyone upset Eva expect Basch to threaten them with his gun
Eva love drawing pictures of Basch looking happy
Eva is really good friends with Natatia
Basch never talks about his job
Kirkland Family
Arthur Kirkland (England) - ADULT/MAGIC Traits – Hot-Headed, Bookworm, Snob/ Aspiration – Spellcraft + Sorcery
Alfred Kirkland (America) - TEEN Traits – Active, Goofball/ Aspiration – Leader of the Pack
Arthur work as a teacher
Arthur is Alfred father
Arthur is divorced to Francis. One night at a pub he saw Francis flirting with someone else. They spilt everything which including Alfred and Matthew.
Arthur not happy with Alfred tattoo even though he got a big tattoo on his arm when he was young
Alfred wants to be everyone friends and try to fix everyone problems which can make the issue a lot worst
Alfred doesn’t like Ivan because Ivan knows how insecure Alfred is with himself (doesn’t like rejection)
Arthur can’t cook but his magic can fix that
At times when they have a heated argument Arthur wish he had Matthew instead of Alfred
Alfred will make a cup of tea for Arthur before telling bad news (example bad report in school)
Alfred spend most of his time gaming or going out
Bonnefoy Family
Francis Bonnefoy (France) - ADULT Traits – Art Lover, Foodie, Romantic/ Aspiration – Soulmate
Matthew Bonnefoy (Canada) - TEEN Traits – Shy, Cheerful/ Aspiration – Bestselling Author
Francis works as a celebrity chef
Very close with Matthew will cook together
Alfred comes in after a big argument with his dad. Francis will reason that Arthur doesn’t mean what he says and love him no matter what
People who are not Francis, Alfred or Arthur will forget about Matthew
Matthew start getting knitting gifts but doesn’t know who it’s from
Francis is back on the dating game but still thinks about Arthur and wants to give it another go
Matthew is never stress
Arthur calls Matthew once a week to check up on him
Francis regrets that night and tries to hide his emotion in front of Matthew and friends
Francis love his food however looking good is more important
I also made clubs for everyone because I am THAT bored 😊
Freedom - Party till they drop/ Having a great time/ Good vibes/ Away from family drama and life
Gym - To keep fit/ Started out with Simon and Berwald/ No drama or Basch will get involve/ Gilbert behave in the gym and it help him stop drinking
Lets Party - Old friends meeting together/ All trying to get a date but end up getting drunk and gossiping all night/ Antonio end up paying for everyone drinks
Playtime - Yao set up a play date so it keeps Im Yong and Lin Yin in line. That was a mistake/ Everyone friendly/ They love watching Pokemon/ If someone upset they help one another
'Ohana' means 'family. ' 'Family' means 'no one gets left behind”
I hope people like this stupid project now I’m heading to the kitchen to drink my problems away 😛
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Meanwhile, during the fight against Kaido and big mom in onigashima...
It took me way too long but after seeing those three dumbasses fighting against each other and having Zoro scolding them, I had to, hope you enjoy don't forget to stan Killer for clear skin
#pochy's tea talk#one piece edit#zoro#kidd one piece#law one piece#luffy#Kinda spoilers for the 1001 chapter#And same for the 1016 episode#Tiny spoiler#Babysitter zoro will never die
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mistletoe
fandom: hetalia
pairing: america/japan
characters: america, japan, south italy, france
rating: G
warnings: n/a
A/N: this was done for the advent calendar event over at @aph-fanficchallenges! i signed up for day 7: “mistletoe”
The first thing Alfred noticed as he stepped outside of his cozy apartment and into the brisk New York air was the green leafed mistletoe hanging just outside of his door.
It wasn’t directly in front of his apartment - rather, it was situated just in between his and his neighbor’s door. His neighbor, the man with the kind eyes and curly-tailed dog, the man who often brings him home made sweets to share over tea, the man with the soft laugh and rosy cheeks that Alfred certainly did not spend hours daydreaming about.
His landlord, a frenchman with a knack for decorating their apartment complexes with his grouchy husband, must have been feeling festive. That’s all.
Alfred didn’t stick around that morning to greet Kiku and his dog, Pochi, as he usually did. He didn’t want to get caught in an awkward position with the man he’s been maybe-crushing on for the past three months. “Crushing” might be too heavy of a word. “Very intense appreciation” works much better.
“You fucking liar, just admit you have a thing for him and move on,” Lovino, his coworker who he had been sharing a cubicle with for the past three years, said. He hardly looked up from his phone during the entire conversation, cheek in his palm as he listened to Alfred explain - red-faced and distractedly - the mistletoe he found that morning.
“I don’t - have a thing for my neighbor, dude,” Alfred muttered, turning away from Lovino to type absentmindedly at his desktop. “That’s just weird. Right? I hardly know the guy.”
“You know every single detail about him. Even I could tell you how his eyes are the color of ‘the best hot cocoa in the world, the type that isn’t too sweet but not too bitter’, because you tell me every goddamn morning!”
“I just - pay attention to detail! I could say you have honey colored eyes, couldn’t I? Because you do!”
“Okay, but you don’t just remember shit like that, Alfred, you obviously think about him for God knows how long. You sound just like my brother when he first starting dating his husband, swooning and sighing about him all the damn time.”
Alfred didn’t respond, choosing to pull up some loans he needed to approve rather than spend any more time dwelling on this subject. He did not sigh, and he certainly did not swoon. Alfred was too old to be acting like he had a middle school crush.
He spent the rest of the day flustered and eager to just go home and shut himself into his apartment bedroom for the evening. Or maybe grab some greasy but cheap take-out from that Chinese place a few blocks from his apartment complex. He’s been distracting himself with food as of late to keep from thinking about why his day seemed brighter when Kiku was in it.
Now with two boxes of lo mein and sweet and sour chicken in hand, Alfred felt a little better. He’d even forgotten about the mistletoe hanging just outside his and Kiku’s apartment doors.
Until he saw one hanging just above the elevators. And another one at the bottom of one of the staircases, which coincidentally, would lead you right up to his floor. There was even one outside the maintenance room (to which Alfred was caught in an embarrassing situation with one of the janitors on his way to his home).
After dinner, Alfred figured he’d go ahead and ruin his health more by finishing the rest of that cookie dough ice cream in the fridge. He really didn’t want to deal with today any longer.
“Stupid Francis,” he muttered as he set his food down to fish for his keys in his messenger bag. “So this is where my rent money is going to - a bunch of stupid mistletoe.”
“Alfred?” Alfred started at the sound of Kiku’s voice - his soft, honey filled voice, Jesus Christ - and nearly dropped his keys as he turned to look at him. He must have been too lost in his thoughts to even notice Kiku’s door opening, or even hear the tinkling sound of Pochi’s name tag against his leash.
“Oh, hey, Kiku,” Alfred tried not to look at the mistletoe above them, focusing on Kiku’s eyes. Which wasn’t really a good idea, when he actually looked into them. The sun was setting just behind them, and the rays were catching his eyelashes and highlighting the layers of warmth in his eyes. “How-How was your day? I’m sorry I didn’t see you this morning, I had a lot of work at the office…”
“No, it’s alright. I decided to sleep in for once, anyways,” he said, locking his apartment door. It had only been a few moments, but his cheeks and nose were already slightly rosy from the cold. He still hadn’t looked up at the ceiling. “Besides, it was too cold to go for a walk so early in the morning. Pochi whined the whole day.”
Pochi wagged his tail as if he knew they were talking about him, beaming up at Kiku. Alfred laughed, “It’s just as cold now. Are you gonna be okay?”
“Oh, well,” Kiku adjusted the scarf around his neck, knotting it neatly at the front, “would you like to come with us? Pochi likes your company. And so do I, honestly.”
Alfred’s heart soared. Kiku enjoyed his company? Even his dog liked his company? This had to mean something. Or maybe it didn’t - maybe Kiku meant it in an entirely different way. A friendly, definitely-not-romantically-into-you kind of way. Then again, Kiku wasn’t one to just say things like that. At least, Alfred hoped he wasn’t.
Too caught up in his head, Alfred didn’t realize he was keeping Kiku waiting for an answer. He managed to sputter out, completely red-faced, “I - Well, I would love to, but I - brought take-out and…”
Kiku looked behind him and at the bag of chinese boxes next to him. Pochi’s nose followed the scent of food. “I’’m sorry, I didn’t mean to keep you from you dinner.” He said.
“No! No, it’s totally cool, dude,” Alfred said, a little too loudly despite himself. He didn’t notice Pochi walking towards the take-out. “I really appreciate the offer. I need the exercise, too.”
Kiku’s eyes flickered towards Alfred’s body before quickly looking away. He pulled the scarf a bit more snug around his neck. “You don’t. In-In fact, I should be saying that.”
Kiku felt Pochi’s leash tug in the direction of the take-out, his nose already sniffing around the bag for a snack. He clicked his tongue, beginning to chastise him before he darted away. Alfred hardly had time to look down before the dog had run in the opposite direction and right around his ankles, yanking Kiku forward and right into Alfred’s chest. Pochi’s leash was completely wrapped around the two - and Alfred’s luck could not have gotten any worse.
“I-I am - so sorry,” Kiku said, hands against Alfred’s chest to steady himself. He refused to look up, and honestly, Alfred was quite thankful for it. He wasn’t sure if his face could be anymore flushed than what it already was in that moment. He glared down at Pochi, who had sat down just foot away from the two, his curly tail wagging.
“It’s no-no big deal.” Just don’t look up. Don’t look up. Don’t look up. “Uh - are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine, but…” his sentence trailed off, and realizing where his hands were, he moved them quickly to clasp together against his own chest instead. Kiku chanced a glance - one damn glance - up towards the blonde and was relieved to see that he wasn’t angry. Then he saw something else, something like a bundle of leaves just behind Alfred’s head -
“...Oh.”
“What?”
“I. Um.”
Alfred followed Kiku’s gaze towards the ceiling and mentally kicked himself. The stupid mistletoe. He was so sure Kiku was too short to even notice it.
Despite the situation, despite everything going on with his too-fast heart and flushed face, he managed a laugh. “I guess Francis must have put them up on the building. For the-the season, you know?”
Kiku didn’t quite match his laughter, but he did smile. Just a bit. Alfred guessed it was better than nothing. “I - I suppose.”
He eventually managed to get Pochi to walk back around their ankles, untangling their legs and finally giving Alfred some room to breathe and calm down. He might have just been as physically close to Kiku as he might ever get, but he would think about the way Kiku’s hands felt against him later. He could think about the cute way Kiku’s blush reached his ears after he apologized for leaving his food lying around.
Kiku knelt down in front of Pochi and reprimanded him for trying to sneak another snack after just being fed. Though, “reprimand” was a harsh word for it - Kiku told him to stop snooping around all while scratching behind his ears and ruffling his fur, so it was more of a coo.
Alfred was about ready to yank that mistletoe down from the ceiling when Kiku stood back up, adjusting his scarf again. Then, he turned towards Alfred, a semi-expectant look on his face.
“Well?”
Alfred blinked. “Um…’well’ what?”
“Aren’t you going to -” Kiku closed his mouth, as if embarrassed to say the word. Instead, he pointed at the mistletoe above them. “Isn’t this a tradition?”
“I mean, yeah, it is, but -”
“But?”
Alfred stopped, dumbfounded. Was he hearing Kiku right?
“Alfred,” Kiku said, stepping right in front of him and looking up at him with those eyes he could go on and on about, “kiss me.”
Well. Since Kiku was asking so nicely.
He felt Kiku smile against his lips, and Alfred couldn’t help the giddy laugh that escaped him.
Alfred invited him and Pochi into his apartment to share his take-out, considering it was enough to feed more than two people.
“Is this from Liu’s a few blocks away from here?” Kiku asked between bites of noodles. Alfred never noticed how natural he looked sitting in his kitchen, cheap chopsticks stained with grease in hand and a chinese take-out box in the other.
He took a bite out of his eggroll. “Yup.”
He hummed, bumping shoulders with him. “You have good taste.”
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nissy’s blog (oct-dec 2019)
2019.10.02
Q213: When you become a boyfriend or girlfriend, you get these privileges. What privileges? (Moeka)
A: I am good at listening.I can listen to you.
Q214: Which do you do if you are told that you can only eat meat or fish? (Risapyon)
A：I like sushi. Because I like fish!
2019.10.09
Q215:Do you think you're glad you're Japanese?(hidakako)
A：When entering a hot spring.
Q216: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? (yudesugitayudetamago)
A：Chocolate mint!!
2019.10.16
Q217:Ｗhat kind of how to cook rice do you like?(wasabi)
A:Soft rice.
Q218:What is the delicious food eaten recently?(pochi)
A:The rice cooked in the earthenware pot was delicious.
2019.10.25
Q219:When you can become a professional athlete, what kind of sporting event do you like?(OKA)
A:Volleyball
Q220:Which would you like to go to, sushi all-you-can-eat or roast meat all-you-can-eat?(FLOWER3)
A:Sushi！
2019.10.30
Q221: Is curry beef? pork? chicken? seafood? (Kanachi.)
A: I like everything, but if I choose it, it ’s chicken.
Q222: Each of you has a brother, but do you think that your face and personality are similar? (Mon)
A: There are similar parts and similar parts.
2019.11.06
Q223: Is the pillow when you sleep a hard school? Are you soft? (Punimaru.)
A: Not too hard and not too soft.
Q224: How many can you eat if you go to strawberry picking? (Strawberry)
A: About 20 pieces.
2019.11.16
Q225: What color is the curtain in the living room? (Strawberry)
A：I will leave it to your imagination. LOL
Because the curtain has a large area
I don’t feel tired
Is it a color?
There is no handle.
Earth color is Earth color
Speaking of inorganic colors, it's inorganic colors ...
This is ○○ color!
It ’s not a clickable color.
so, is it an eye-friendly color?
Q226: What are you influenced by in your daily life? I read books a lot, so I'm influenced by many books! (Sama-san)
A：Also works such as live and movies,Like talking to people,touch and see nature
There are things that have been affected.
Conversely, if you try to act or feel while thinking, “Let ’s be affected!”
I don’t see anything.
Oh, but sometimes it comes to life. LOL
At that time.
2019.11.20
Q227: What is your favorite number from 1 to 10?
A: There are 10 of 1 in 10
10 has 2 and 5
9 is 3 is 3
1 is followed by a number 2.3.4 ...
That's why it's hard to choose the number you like because it feels all to choose one.
If the number has a reason or purpose, then think again.
It seems logical. I'm sorry.
Q228: What is your favorite kanji among your own characters?
A: Great question.
I thought about it, but I passed all my kanji and my favorite! Lol
If you don't have these four letters, you'll never know who I am!
2019.11.27
Q229: Do you cry soon after graduation? (Dachi Love)
A: There were times when I was crying
There were times when I wasn't crying!
Q230: What percentage of the battery charge starts to burn? (Egg)
A: 24%! Lol
2019.12.04
Q231: When do you eat cake strawberries?
A: Yeah, it ’s already in the cake, so it ’s the first time you eat the cake, right?
Q232: If Momotaro, what kind of animals would you like for the three?
A: Three demons! You do n’t have to fight! LOL
2019.12.11
Q233: Are you a Japanese confectionery group? Are you a Western confectionery group? (Mamedai Fuku)
A: Ah. .. as a result
I like both.
I can't choose.
Q234: Which of your design or functionality do you focus on when buying things? (Mu-san)
A: First look at the design, then
Because I choose the function that fits my lifestyle design. Even if it has outstanding functionality
If you can't master it
Things that have acquired outstanding functionality don't live.
2019.12.18
Q235: What do you order for drinks on an airplane? (Amyyon)
A：I often drink tea.
Q236: Do you do anything when immersing in the bathtub? (Ayu Nappa)
A：It's selfless. Oh, but it feels good
I feel the hot water.
2019.12.24
Q237: Do you like email and phone calls to people you like every day? (Puna)
A：I do not. lol
Q238: What kind of animal do you think you are like? What do you think is similar? (Puku)
A：A dog, right? Lol
Was it different? LOL
I always think I almost never saw my face on an animal basis
I chose them because they are similar or because I like dogs. lol
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Why hello my friend, come on in! Time again to look at this weeks Handheld Gaming News. A busy time of year when time for playing video games is often at a premium. At least, it is for me. the Christmas tree has been up for some time, luckily, but there is still a lot to do in decorating the house. And making the menu for our guests on First Christmas Day. And finishing my projects at work, as everyone tends to get antsy. As if there will be no time to finish things after the Holidays. Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that!
On the other hand, the Christmas Holidays will give us ample time for gaming, right? So let’s check out what news stood out to me this week, leading up to the celebrations.
Smartphone cases from My Nintendo
Wow, those Japanese are lucky again! JapaneseNintendo.com alerted me once again to some Japan only goodies. Look at these lovely smartphone cases from My Nintendo. They will cost 50 Gold points each.
There’s a Limited Pochi Bag envelope with a 8bit Mario design that they can get for free, you just need to pay the postage.
The Smartphone Cases have a 30% discount with four Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp designs on offer. There is also a tempting Splatoon Grizzco Industries case along with a The Legend of Zelda design available.
We can only hope they come to our western My Nintendo too!
Super long Japanese trailer for Hacker’s Memory
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth was my first Digimon game that I enjoyed immensely. Hacker’s Memory, the follow-up, is looking just as good and is also coming west.
This time around, though, the game focuses on hacker prodigy Keisuke Amazawa, who must use his skills and join up with hacker group Hudie to prove himself innocent of a crime he didn’t commit.
Check out this super long trailer!
Mario themed plushies at Build-a-Bear
Build-a-Bear has featured more then once in this Handheld Gaming News because of the Pokémon plushies. Now, the company has announced a partnership with Nintendo to bring us Mario plushies as well, along with lots of accessories and pre-stuffed buddies.
Theres 16 inch Mario Bear with his sewn-on overalls, iconic mustache and a Super Mario logo on his paw pad. A Super Mario Bros. Theme Song sound chip is also available.
King of the Koopas Bowser in furry form…who would have thought! With his awesome back shell and a cool Super Mario graphic on the paw pad, 15-inch Bowser is a great addition to the collection, especially with his 5-in-1 Sounds.
And last but not least, there’s Yoshi too!
New Etrian Odyssey game in the make for the 3DS
There’s a brand new Etrian Odyssey game in development for the Nintendo 3DS that is expected Spring 2018. There’s not much known yet about the game, bit we do know that it won’t be Etrian Odyssey 3 [Untold]. It is said to be a “true culmination” of the series, with a lot of map drawing and it will have surprising content. Curious!
Nintendo wants to boost their mobile presence
It’s no secret Nintendo has been successful in their mobile efforts so far. Consumers are happy, and it’s been very lucrative for the Kyoto-based company too. Maybe no surprise that the company is looking to expand tie-ups with software developers to strengthen its smartphone game lineup.
In addition to DeNA they want to collaborate with other software developers to raise the pace of new titles. They don’t plan to take ownership stakes in its new partners this time. Rumor has it that Nintendo has talked with GungHo Online Entertainment Inc., but a GungHo spokeswoman denied these talks. Analysts believe Nintendo will team with Tencent Holdings Ltd. on mobile games in China.
Release date in the West for Alliance Alive
Atlus has announced that The Alliance Alive, originally launched on the 3DS in Japan back in June this year, will be making its way to the West on 27th March, 2018.
On its release in the West next year, North America will be getting a launch edition which will contain a copy of the game, a collector’s box, art book, CD soundtrack, and keychain. For now at least, it looks as though Europe will be getting a digital download version of the title.
Update Xenoblade Chronicles 2
The massive JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Switch) is getting an update on December 20. Some bug-fixing going on, but the most important one might be the improvements they made to the mini-map overlay, improving the visibility of your surroundings. Now I’m awful at finding my way around in a game, and the current map is no use whatsoever.
Those who have purchased the downloadable content will get the following update with bonus items:
Driver’s Essentials Set: Rare Core Crystal (x10), Legendary Core Crystal (x1), Overdrive (x3)
Materials for Poppy: Ether Crystals (x30 000)
Pyra’s Favourite Pouch Item: Jenerossi Tea (x5)
Nia’s Favourite Pouch Item: Ardainian Bear Carving (x5)
Winter Isabelle nendoroid is being released again
For the second time an Isabelle Nendoroid has received a re-release. This original winter-Isabelle Nendoroid appeared in November 2013, then received an April 2016 rerelease. This version of the Isabelle Nendoroid comes with an entirely new outfit and new faceplates. She has a smiling face, a proud expression, special effects, and additional arm parts for the original Isabelle Nendoroid. (thanks for the tip, Japanesenintendo.com)
Polls voting for your favourite Handheld Game of 2017 are up
In case you missed it, the polls to vote for your favourites in the categories 3DS, Vita, Mobile and Switch are up. In the last week of the year the results will be published here on LadiesGamers.com. So join in, and vote for your perfect game of 2017!
Find the four polls through these links:
Best Mobile game of 2017
Best Vita game of 2017
Best 3DS game of 2017
Best Switch game of 2017
Thanks once again for reading. And if you manage to find the game between decorating the tree and wrapping the presents, then Happy Gaming!
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Viaggio nella Città Irreale di Thomas S. Eliot, accerchiato dai massimi esperti del poeta (nei luoghi dei “Quartetti” non puoi non emozionarti…)
Unreal City, / Under the brown fog of a winter dawn. Eliot ha sempre ragione, questo è chiaro, eppure no, non sembra affatto irreale, questa Londra di inizio luglio: busy come ci si può ragionevolmente immaginare Londra, sì, ma in fondo quieta, vigorosa e quieta. E non di quella «quiet desperation» che cantavano i Pink Floyd, no: indaffarata, ma non agitata, almeno tra Paddington, dove il cronista sta di stanza, e Malet Street, dove ha sede la Senate House dell’Università di Londra e – ciò che più conta – da dieci anni intellettuali e studenti di mezzo mondo convergono per la T.S. Eliot International Summer School. Nata da un’intuizione di Ron Schuchard – curatore principe dell’edizione critica delle prose eliotiane, di cui è atteso per settembre l’ottavo e ultimo volume – dall’anno scorso la scuola è diretta da Anthony Cuda, giovane studioso dell’Università di Greensboro dalle non insospettabili ascendenze calabresi. E se ci si può chiedere che cosa mai faranno settanta tra docenti e studenti nella Londra di inizio luglio, che si diranno, ecco la nuda cronaca.
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Sabato 6 luglio, Senate House, ore 18: cominciano le danze. Ad aprirle, il poeta e drammaturgo inglese Sean O’Brien, vincitore nel 2007 del T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry. Un premietto che negli anni è stato vinto, tanto per dire, da poeti come Paul Muldoon, Les Murray, Derek Walcott, Seamus Heaney e dal Ted Hughes delle Birthday Letters. Essendo il cronista troppo stanco del viaggio e sovraccarico di emozioni, la sua povera mente si rivela purtroppo del tutto permeabile al talk del poeta; l’unica cosa che i suoi occhi riescono a registrare è perciò la difficoltà del maschio statunitense medio a mettere insieme una giacca, un pantalone e un paio di scarpe per farne un abito casual da cocktail. Reset. Domani è un altro giorno.
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È un altro giorno, eccome! Domenica mattina, tutti in torpedone e gita fuori porta verso Little Gidding. Un ameno luogo di campagna due ore a nord di Londra che – singolarità degli anglosassoni – da quattordici anni ogni prima domenica di luglio aggiunge ai suoi 22 abitanti un centinaio di appassionati eliotiani per il Little Gidding Festival. Già, perché non stiamo parlando soltanto di una minuscola civil parish, ma di quella minuscola civil parish che dà il titolo all’ultimo dei Quattro Quartetti. E se il luogo, anche in questo caso, è pittoresco come ci si potrebbe immaginare – una piccolissima chiesetta circondata da lapidi affiancata dalla vecchia casa del fondatore Nicholas Ferrar, che arrivò qui nel 1626 – del tutto inaspettato è il festival: mattino con Michael Hrebeniak, scrittore, musicista jazz e giornalista, direttore degli studi di inglese al Wolfson College, e Robert von Hallenberg, raffinato studioso californiano che terrà anche uno dei seminari della scuola. Pomeriggio con meditazione su Little Gidding a cura di Mary Ann Lund dell’Università di Leicester. La chiusura, dopo una lettura secca e commossa del quartetto fatta da Ali Smith, autrice di una tetralogia di romanzi sulle stagioni, è affidata al meritato afternoon tea.
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In medias res. Ogni giorno, mattino con due letture per tutta la scolaresca e seminario pomeridiano a gruppi. I nomi e i temi sono dei più interessanti: il già citato direttore Tony Cuda e il gesuita Jayme Stayer parlano dell’Eliot borbottoso di tante poesie dell’inizio – Stayer si concentra su Prufrock; la giovane Elizabeth Micakovic punta sulle registrazioni fatte da Eliot per la BBC nel 1950; il luminare Jean Michel Rabaté intreccia il Tiresia del Waste Land al divano di Lacan. Poi Julia Daniel, bellissima e coltissima, porta tutti nella Family Reunion, mentre Jewel Spears Brooker offre un saggio della sua visuale acuta mostrando la persistenza dei simboli eliotiani nel mutare del loro significato. E se questo già basta per leccarsi i baffi, gli ultimi giorni ospitano le letture di Nancy Fulford, archivista residente del T.S. Eliot Estate, e di David Chinitz. Ma è la giovane Joanna Rzepa, con la sua eccezionale lettura sulla concezione eliotiana di eresia e modernismo, a rapire il cuore e la mente degli astanti, o almeno quelli del cronista. Ma le sudate carte, ben lo sappiamo, si accordano eccezionalmente con stuzzichini e bibite, soprattutto in orario pre-serale. Ecco perché particolarmente graditi al cronista – ma a occhio e croce anche ai suoi colleghi studenti – sono risultati gli incontri con Toby Faber e con Hannah Sullivan. Il primo, nipote del fondatore di quella Faber & Faber cui Eliot ha dedicato gli anni migliori della sua carriera professionale, con la sua biografia della casa editrice appena pubblicata; la seconda, ultima vincitrice del T.S. Eliot Prize, nella cornice della London Library, con un reading dal suo libro d’esordio Three Poems.
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Nel frattempo, nel tempo libero da questa strettissima e ricchissima programmazione, il cronista andava in pellegrinaggio alla Tate Modern (voto 5) e alla National Gallery (voto 8+, ricchissime le sezioni sull’arte italiana e fiamminga dei secoli XIII-XVI e quella sul tardo Ottocento e inizio Novecento). Ma, soprattutto, in Russel Square 23, sede del primo ufficio eliotiano alla Faber; in Kensington Church Road 10, casa di Ezra Pound tra il 1909 e il 1914; e, pochi metri più in là, in Holland Place Chambers 5, altra casa di Pound, dove il 22 settembre 1914 il miglior fabbro e il non ancora vecchio Possum si incontrano per la prima volta.
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Ed eccoci a un altro sabato, l’ultimo sabato insieme. Finite le lezioni, è tempo di salire ancora sul torpedone e di fare un massacrante, irrazionale ma imperdibile viaggio verso nord: sei ore tra andata e ritorno per un’ora di pic-nic a Burnt Norton. Luogo che dà ispirazione visiva e titolo al primo dei Quartetti, ma che oggidì è un fake-place, una ricostruzione ideale di quel che il lettore eliotiano vorrebbe aspettarsi, oltre che la piacevole magione di campagna dell’elegante e attempata signora che ne è l’attuale tenutaria. Eppure, potenza dei simboli, se anche è un fake-place, perché è così emozionante sentire la voce di Eliot leggere il suo Quartetto in riva alla dry pool? “Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song / Sweet Thames, run softly, for I speak not loud or long”… Ed eccoci di nuovo a Londra, tra il Monument e London Bridge (che, ricorda T.S. nel Waste Land, “is falling down, falling down, falling down”), alla chiesa anglo-cattolica di St. Magnus The Martyr, dove veniamo rapiti dalla messa solenne e dalla bellezza della musica che cantori e organista ci offrono. Un inno al tradizionalismo, una liturgia compassata ed esatta, calcata sul rito pre-conciliare. Chiesa interessante e singolare, la così detta highchurch anglicana: credono in tutti e sette i sacramenti, nella presenza reale di Cristo nel pane, rifiutano le innovazioni più ardite che l’arcivescovo di Canterbury spinge, in primis i sacerdoti donna. Eppure, mi dice Stefano – simpaticissimo e cordiale fiorentino convertito che vive qui con sua moglie dal 2013 – larga accettazione all’omosessualità, tanto che molti dei tradizionalistissimi frequentatori della parrocchia sono omosessuali praticanti. Viene da chiedersi what’s really the matter, quando tutti possiamo credere nelle stesse cose e non sentircene in qualche modo legati? Fratelli nella fede, in qualche modo, eppure… what’s the matter?
Daniele Gigli
*L’articolo, pubblicato come “Londra, la Città Irreale di T.S. Eliot”, è una anteprima dall’ultimo numero di “Studi Cattolici”, Settembre 2019, n.703
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One year ago we were leaving with our parents to Warsaw. It was our last trip. Who would have thought that a year later my sister and I would have had to go alone to solve problems of wills, houses and money at mom’s country, including distant relatives, other language, opposite life.
It was exciting to get back in the house where my grandparents and my mother have lived, where I spent so much time too. I didn’t think to remember so much of my childhood. We lack here for 8 years.
How much history mom kept at her home here. Hundreds of vinyls, endless books on subjects ranging from history to art to literature in different languages all readed (she knew Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Polish, English, French), thousands of letters and photographs, tea’s services, clothing, university theses (she working as a translator, in cybernetics and as a university teacher of Russian literature).
We don’t know quite what to do with all this history that has collected and put together. We’d like to keep it all with us but would serve a lifetime to see everything. Unimaginable the amount of things.
How many memories in this house. It seems a distant life away.
Looking at all these pictures I’m getting to know mom when was young, talking to her friends and relatives I’m getting to know a girl to whom we resemble very much and we are so proud of her.
Mom was a woman full of culture. She spoke many languages, made several jobs at once, she went to any art and cultural exhibition, never missed a concert, was always at the Opera watching ballets, has read hundreds of books of all kinds, she had an insatiable curiosity for everything that was new. She was good, kind, always willing to help others, never presumptuous, she avoided quarrels, handed the other cheek, went to church even when communism forbade it, she loved the Beatles, translating texts and gave them to friends, always in the company but nothing would stop her doing alone what she wanted. She traveled a lot. She was determined, sure of her choices but unsure of herself at times. Always smiling.
She studied so much, her tipical afternoons with friends were around a table with tea and food cooked at home listening vinyls of classical music and the Beatles, or picnic somewhere. She loved to draw live with pencil, played the piano and dancing. She was greedy of sweets and ice-cream. She sewed knitted garments by herself.
Open to the cultures, religions, had an aura very high and was always upbeat, positive energy continuously.
When she came in Italy and decided to get married in a few months, she abandoned her whole life, friends, family, work she loved, social position, for us. For me that I was in the womb. And she has dedicated all of the remaining 22 years of her life to us, to raise us home with a love and a culture that I barely acknowledge elsewhere. She would have given us all the life that would yet come.
She gave her whole world for love, and despite the difficulties, she has never regretted. For us.
One can not explain in words the infinite pride we feel for her, and that we have always felt. I have always known and recognized to have an exceptional mother. Being the result of an incomparable love.
If I am how I am, it’s only thanks to her.
We walked along the same shore where my parents have walked the last time they were here, in September. We took the photographs in the same points where they have take them. And we were to dinner at the most dear mom’s friend, 40 years of friendship. We retraced their history, reminded a lot of things. It’s all very emotional, here. I miss from Kiev 8 years and I have surprised me to remember so many things, houses, people, anecdotes, traditions from my childhood. Another life, another culture where mom immersed us and shaped.
You miss to everyone, mom, and no one can believe that only a few months ago you were instead of us here with them.
We went to the National Opera Theater of Kiev where mom would take us every time we came here. As tradition. Together with her friends, as a commemoration. We have seen “Nights in the Gardens of Spain” by De Falla.
Today is Easter, and this year it falls on the same day both for Christians and for Orthodox (mom was Orthodox). And today are exactly five months that she is no longer with us.
A revival in every way of life. For her. For us. xx Dasynka
Un anno fa eravamo in viaggio con in miei genitori a Varsavia. È stato il nostro ultimo viaggio. Non avrei mai immaginato che un anno dopo saremmo dovute andare io e mia sorella sole a risolvere problemi di testamenti, case e soldi nel paese di mamma, tra parenti lontani, lingua diversa, vita opposta.
È stato emozionante tornare nella casa in cui hanno vissuto i miei nonni e mia madre, in cui ho trascorso tanto tempo anche io. Non pensavo di ricordare così tanto della mia infanzia. Manchiamo qui da 8 anni.
Quanta storia mamma conservava a casa sua qui. Centinaia di vinili, infiniti libri su svariati temi dalla letteratura alla storia all’arte in diverse lingue tutti letti (conosceva il russo, l’ucraino, l’italiano, il polacco, l’inglese, il francese), migliaia di lettere e fotografie, servizi da tea, vestiti, le tesi universitarie (lavorava come traduttrice, in cibernetica e come insegnante universitaria di letteratura russa).
Non sappiamo bene cosa fare con tutta questa storia che ha raccolto e messo insieme. Ci piacerebbe tenerla tutta con noi ma servirebbe una vita intera a rivederla. Inimmaginabile la quantità di cose.
Quanti ricordi in questa casa. Sembra una vita lontana lontana.
A guardare tutte queste foto sto conoscendo mamma da giovane, a parlare con i suoi amici e parenti sto conoscendo una ragazza a cui assomigliamo molto e di cui siamo tanto orgogliose.
Mamma era una donna piena di cultura. Parlava molte lingue, faceva molti lavori contemporaneamente, andava a qualsiasi mostra artistica, culturale, non perdeva un concerto, era sempre all’Opera a guardare balletti, leggeva centinaia di libri di ogni genere, possedeva una curiosità insaziabile per tutto ciò che era nuovo. Era buona, gentile, sempre disposta ad aiutare il prossimo, mai presuntuosa, evitava litigi, porgeva l’altra guancia, andava in chiesa anche quando il comunismo lo vietava, amava i Beatles, traduceva i testi e li regalava agli amici, sempre in compagnia ma nulla la fermava di fare da sola ciò che voleva. Viaggiava molto. Era determinata, sicura delle sue scelte ma insicura di sé, a volte. Sempre sorridente. Studiava tanto, i tipici pomeriggi con gli amici erano attorno ad un tavolo con tea e cibo cucinato in casa ascoltando i vinili di musica classica e Beatles, oppure picnick da qualche parte. Amava disegnare dal vivo con la matita, suonava il pianoforte e danzava. Molto golosa si dolci e gelato. Si cuciva abiti a maglia e a mano. Aperta alle culture, alle religioni, aveva un’aurea molto alta ed era sempre ottimista, energie positive continue.
Quando è venuta in Italia e ha deciso di sposarsi nel giro di pochi mesi, ha abbandonato tutta la sua vita, gli amici, la famiglia, i lavori che amava, la posizione sociale, per noi. Per me che ero in grembo. E ha dedicato tutti i restanti 22 anni della sua vita a noi, a crescerci a casa con un amore e una cultura che stento a riconoscere altrove. E ci avrebbe regalato tutta la vita che ancora sarebbe venuta.
Ha dato tutto il suo mondo per amore, ha giocato tutto, e nonostante le difficoltà, non si è mai pentita. Per noi.
Non si può spiegare a parole l’orgoglio infinito che proviamo per lei, e che sempre abbiamo provato. Ho sempre saputo e riconosciuto di avere una madre eccezionale. Di essere frutto di un amore incomparabile. Se sono come sono, è solo grazie a lei.
Abbiamo passeggiato lungo la stessa riva dove i miei genitori hanno passeggiato l’ultima volta che sono stati qui, a Settembre. Abbiamo scattato le fotografie negli stessi punti in cui le hanno scattate loro. E siamo stati a cena dall’amica più cara di mamma, 40 anni di amicizia. Abbiamo ripercorso la loro storia, ricordato tante cose. È tutto molto emozionante, qui. Manco da 8 anni e mi sono sorpresa a ricordare così tante cose, le case, le persone, aneddoti, tradizioni della mia infanzia. Un’altra vita, un’altra cultura in cui mamma ci ha immerse e plasmate.
Manchi a tutti quanti, mamma, e nessuno riesce a credere che solo pochi mesi fa eri tu al posto nostro qui con loro.
Siamo andati al teatro Nazionale dell’Opera di Kiev dove mamma ci portava ogni volta che venivamo qui. Come tradizione. Assieme alle sue amiche, come commemorazione. Abbiamo visto “Notti nei Giardini di Spagna” di De Falla.
Oggi è Pasqua, e quest’anno cade lo stesso giorno sia per i cristiani che per gli ortodossi (mamma era ortodossa). Ed oggi sono anche esattamente 5 mesi che non è più con noi.
Una rinascita sotto ogni punto di vita. Per lei. Per noi. xx Dasynka
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St. Sophia. When my mom took me there the first time, I found that the Orthodox don’t represent the saints in three dimensions but only two. So there are no statues in their churches but only icons.
Typical orthodox hand-painted eggs.
Dnepr, the river that runs through Kiev. Exactly where my parents walked seven months ago.
Ortodox church.
There, you drink tea at all hours.
Mom’s vinyls.
I remember when I celebrated my fifteenth birthday here with a delicious cake bought by mom.
Mom.
National Opera of Ukraine.
Nights in the Gardens of Spain.
Photography by me.
KIEV One year ago we were leaving with our parents to Warsaw. It was our last trip. Who would have thought that a year later my sister and I would have had to go alone to solve problems of wills, houses and money at mom's country, including distant relatives, other language, opposite life.
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