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czigonas · 1 year

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Alright. Hear me out. SoapGhost Mummy('99) fusion/AU with some WWI backstory (most of which is only implied in the films).

(This is entirely @appleciderp's fault because of both these two posts. Also my appreciation for OG Captain MacTavish's outfits.)

(Now, The Mummy is already not entirely historically accurate but I am also not a historian, so if I mess up some details about WWI, no I didn't. Most of this is just the plot of the movie but with the cod boys replacing a few people or just being added outright.)

Apple, here you go. (Also, this got really long, so it's under a cut.)

Captain John "Soap" MacTavish returns home to Scotland after serving in a unit attached to the EEF in WWI; a shadow of the man who went out to fight. While most of his company survived the brutal conditions of the Middle Eastern theatre where they were stationed, his trusted Lieutenant, Simon "Ghost" Riley, was one of those killed in the Battle of Megiddo just two months before the end of the war. His body was unable to be recovered.

In his attempts to drown his grief, Johnny loses track of most of the rest of his unit. All he has left is his younger sister Evelyn, as both of their parents died even before he was called to fight. To give themselves a new start - and both hope to curb his drinking and support his sister's blossoming career - they move to Egypt after donating a sizable chunk of their parents' estate to the library in the Cairo Museum, where it turns out the library curator is fellow ex-Captain, John Price.

(Going with Captain for Soap here because with the amount of money required to get Evelyn into her position, there's no way he wouldn't have had the money to purchase a commission. Don't worry, unlike Bey, Price won't die.)

Johnny steals reappropriates the map and box from O'Connell and, after Price tries to convince them Hamunaptra isn't real and they shouldn't pursue it, they negotiate to have O'Connell released from prison and get ready to head off down the river. The American company is lead by Dr. Shepherd and his cocky guide, Phillip Graves, who served with O'Connell in the French Foreign Legion during WWI.

When the Medjai attack the boat, Johnny gets briefly cornered by a fighter whose face is fully covered with cloth except for his eyes. While most of the Medjai are dressed similarly, this one's mask is unique and not easily pulled away from his face. The fighter hesitates to attack, however, letting Soap escape (but with a nagging feeling that he was somehow familiar).

Both groups reach the city at the same time and are again attacked by the Medjai. Johnny finds himself subtly shuffled out of danger by the same masked fighter that he encountered on the riverboat. While Ardeth gives his warning to Rick, Evelyn, and the Americans, Soap tries to ask where he and the fighter may have met before. He doesn't answer except to watch Johnny in return with what seems to Johnny to be somewhat frustrated puzzlement. The masked fighter leaves with the rest of the Medjai, though he seems reluctant to go.

While the Americans finally go to open the chest with the Book of the Dead, Graves decides to taunt O'Connell (and possibly attempt to flirt a bit with Soap) and so isn't present when the chest is opened and the curse activated. Evelyn steals reappropriates (like brother, like sister) the Book of the Dead from Shepherd's tent and reads the passage that resurrects Imhotep, which also sets off the plague of locusts.

Everyone flees into the city and, while Rick and Evelyn encounter Imhotep, Graves gets lost trying to find Soap, who has also wandered off a little. The masked fighter finds him first, however, and shuffles him back towards the rest of the party, leaving Graves to be found by the desiccated Imhotep after he's taken Burns' eyes and tongue.

(Torn between Graves being Jewish and saving himself the same way Beni does [prayers in Hebrew, which Imhotep recognises], having him enter the mummy's service some other way, having him die outright immediately, or even just him escaping somehow with or without Imhotep on his trail.)

Back in Cairo, Johnny realises he's being stalked by the masked Medjai, though he never manages to catch the guy to figure out why. He meets back up with Rick, Evelyn, Henderson, and Daniels in time to see Burns' drained body and Imhotep regenerate somewhat. After the mummy flees in fear of the cat, Rick sets Evelyn up in her room to be guarded by the Americans while he goes to warn Shepherd and Johnny goes to find the Medjai, hoping to finally get some answers (and maybe he's worried about the guy, nothing wrong with that).

He doesn't manage to find the masked fighter before Rick and Daniels catch up to him with the news that Shepherd is dead, however. They all rush back to Evelyn's room to scare off Imhotep with the cat again after Henderson gets eaten, and pack up to head towards the museum looking for answers.

And answers they find! Not only is Ardeth there with Price, but so is the masked fighter who's been stalking Johnny. Price and Ardeth lay out what's going on and while Rick, Evelyn, and Daniels ask the Medjai questions and start theorising about things, Price takes Soap to the side and reveals what he's kind of started to suspect: the masked fighter is Ghost, miraculously alive.

See, during the Battle of Megiddo, when Soap thought he saw Simon killed, he was actually just gravely injured. Because they were unable to reach him before the end of the battle - or even for a some time afterwards - he was picked up instead by the irregulars of the Hejaz and their allies who had also fought. While they were able to heal his physical wounds, Simon had also suffered significant memory loss and was unable to tell them which company he'd been attached to in order for them to help him get home.

Unfortunately, he was also somewhat mistrustful of those who had saved him, and slipped away sometime in the night to try and return to the only place that he had stuck in his head: Egypt, around Cairo, where his unit had been based out of. The Medjai had found him wandering the desert and took him in next, and he stayed because not only were they based in Egypt, which was familiar territory, but they were willing to teach him new ways to fight.

Price had recognised him once after Ardeth had brought him along to one of their regular meetings about the state of Hamunaptra, and had been trying to break through his memory loss ever since, with no luck. Soap was, essentially, their last hope on that front. Johnny declares that even if he can't manage to break through and Ghost never remembers, he won't leave Simon behind ever again.

He and Price (and Ghost who's approached them as they talked, focused entirely upon Johnny) rejoin the other four to escape the museum as the locals start to surround them. Poor Daniels gets dragged off and sucked dry along the way (not in a fun way), but the rest of them make it further until they're cornered. Evelyn agrees to go with Imhotep, now fully restored after eating the last American, demanding that the remaining four be spared if she does. Imhotep, of course, doesn't honour that agreement, but they're all four accomplished fighters and make their way into the sewers to escape.

They make their way to an airstrip where they find our boy Nikolai. (Nikolai had been fighting for the Russian Empire until the Revolution. He disagreed with the Bolshevik concessions to Germany as well as the general direction of the war, and ended up in Egypt, also fighting in the French Foreign Legion.) Nik and Price are well acquainted, and it takes no time to convince him they need to fly to Hamunaptra. Nikolai is an excellent pilot and, when Imhotep's sandstorm attempts to down them, he manages to execute an emergency landing with only injuries to himself and Price. Even though their injuries are relatively minor, Nik and Price are urged to stay behind at the crash site while everyone else continues on.

So Johnny, Rick, Simon, and Ardeth make their way in to Hamunaptra, determined to dig up the Book of Amun-Ra and save Evelyn. When they find themselves cornered by mummified priests, Soap and Ghost stay behind to fight them off while Rick and Ardeth confront Imhotep and save Evelyn.

Once the mummies are under Ardeth's command (as the one reading the inscription on the Book of Amun-Ra), Johnny and Simon finally manage to sit and have a bit of a talk and Simon takes off his mask. Turns out, he's been remembering more and more as he tries to figure out why Johnny is so familiar feeling. At this point, Ghost has almost all of his memories back, including the ones regarding how much he loved Soap. Johnny, of course, loves him back (and thinking he'd lost Simon, especially so close to the end of the war and them being free to be "good bachelor friends who live in a country house together", had been one of his major breaking points).

(I think if Graves was in Imhotep's service and survived this long, he definitely escapes the main temple with a bag of treasure, only to meet Soap and Ghost outside, still alive. He'd probably interrupt them kissing, tbh. He's that kind of cockblock. And then they'd either kill him for betraying them or leave him for the desert to kill.)

Rick, Evelyn, and Ardeth stumble out of the temple themselves, possibly after having deliberately set off a self-destruct booby trap. Ardeth takes the Book of Amun-Ra for safe keeping, much to Evelyn's disappointment. Ardeth and Ghost have a nice little chat where Ghost thanks the Medjai for taking care of him when he didn't know who he was. Ardeth denies the notion of any debt between them and wishes him well in the next chapter of his life.

The two couples gather up several of the camels, head back to the crash site to pick up Price and Nikolai, and then return to Cairo (and possibly everyone goes home to England, but possibly Price and Nik stay behind). Everyone splits the treasure they didn't realise had already been packed into the saddlebags.

(Gaz shows up in the next one, piloting the airship. Instead of being Rick's friend, he's Soap and Ghost's.)

#cod mw2 #the mummy 1999 #soap cod #ghost cod #soapghost #captain john price #nikolai cod #this took a lot longer than I thought to type out #and I realised I'd forgotten a lot more of the mummy than I thought as well #learned more than I ever wanted to about the shitty tom cruise reboot while researching also #very unfortunate #if you see mistakes no you don't #I'm posting this at horrendous o'clock because that's when I finished typing it #forgot to tag #phillip graves #so he gets put at the bottom

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m34gs · 10 months

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There was a 'put in the tags' post requesting people put in the tags a villain with a "good reason" to be evil...and I just thought that seems very subjective and also how can I just choose one...so I am gonna just ramble a little about some of my favourite villains/antagonists and why I like them so much :D (link to the 'in the tags' post here)

Not every villain needs a tragic backstory or a 'sympathetic' motivation, and I think you'll find that very few of my favourites actually do. It's 2023. Let the villains be actually evil. Potential for spoilers ahead.

These are not listed in any particular order; just listing them as I think of them:

Ursula (from The Little Mermaid)

I love Ursula. She's just so unapologetically herself. The only time she changes herself to fit 'societal norms' is to trick the prince. And even then, she isn't doing it out of lust for him or to fill some sort of need to fit in; she's doing it as a means to an end, that 'end' being having Ariel to use as a hostage against Triton. This lady is cunning, she is confident, and she takes what she wants. I loved her as much in the cartoon as I do in the recent live action movie; both versions were good. (whether you like the makeup or not, I don't care, the live-action Ursula was hilarious). She gets the trident, the power over the seas, and what is the First Thing she does? Tries to smite Ariel because she hates her, and also Ariel is the reason her beloved eels perished. Ursula wants immediate revenge. Love that for her. She has her priorities.

The Sheriff of Nottingham (from Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves)

He's played by Alan Rickman. That's it. That's the reason. LOL. I mean, I love the way that Mr. Rickman brought the character to life, I loved the comedy, the dry and dark humour he brings to the role. I just really love it. And he looked very handsome as the Sheriff, I must say. Also, the Sheriff's death scene always kinda makes me giggle just because it is So Drawn Out. Like, my dude. Die already!!!! But nope, gotta stumble around the Entire Tower Room first.

Eddie Gluskin (from Outlast: Whistleblower)

Eddie is, by the time Waylon Park stumbles across him, completely deranged, completely twisted, completely unhinged. He is running around chasing other prisoners to take them as 'brides', and cutting off the parts of them he doesn't desire. He makes a wedding dress. He has a tailored suit that he *wears*. He sings songs that he likely learned in his childhood, about marriage and love. Now, if there's one thing I love, it's a villain with a THEME. Also, this man did all this within the span of hours. HOURS. That is some crazy productivity...like holy shit. I know people who do less over the course of an entire week; AND get paid for it. Eddie was like 'hold up I got this' and prepared a wedding while doing some..."art"... on the side.

Usagi (from Juuni Taisen: Zodiac War)

Similar to Eddie, Usagi is just. Wild. A beast. I mean, it makes sense. He's in a 12-man battle royale where the winner gains whatever wish they desire. We don't get much on backstory for Usagi but I honestly think that's just fine. You can tell from his appearance and several of his voice lines that he hasn't had many friends...but when he kills the corpses reanimate and are completely under his control. "Friends" that can never run away. It's kind of fascinating to me, that he has so many trust issues he can't fathom having any friends that he can't 100% control. Also, he is in the skimpiest bunny outfit, complete with a giant tail to store his swords in, and stiletto heels. Iconic shit.

Sukuna (from JJK)

What I like about Sukuna is he is so evil and ready to kill and destroy...aaaaand he's stuck in the body of a teen who can somewhat limit his abilities and keep him locked away for the most part. Gotta love that frustration. Also, even though Yuuji has Sukuna inside him, they undoubtedly talk a lot, and pretty much have to be civil to each other...Sukuna still does not give Any Fucks about Yuuji's happiness. The cruel reminder comes when Sukuna refuses to save Junpei (My Baby!!!!😭😭😭), and honestly despite the fact it made me cry, I absolutely respect the writing that has a villain stand by his convictions. Don't get me wrong, I am a SUCKER, for character development and the villain becoming part of the Found Family whether they like it or not (which is how I write Sukuna in The Bar AU), but I also love and adore when a writer will Go There and be like "Yeah, no, you're not changing this guy so easily. He's evil." (I am nowhere near caught up with the manga but so far in my current observations this remains to be very true).

Azula (from Avatar: The Last Airbender)

This girl is so iconic. I love her methods. I love the outward confidence and the crazy consequences she doles out that are really just hiding a scared young girl with a perfection complex. I love that we get a such a rounded character; that we as the audience see her fail at flirting, see her lose her temper over trivial things, see her enjoy a day AT THE BEACH?! UNIRONICALLY???? Azula is just such a great character. When she loses her battle at the end and goes batshit spitting fire while bound...My heart. It aches for her. Even though I think she needs a whole lotta counselling. Truly.

The witches (from Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters)

I like the witches because they are just. Evil. (yes I know there's a 'good witch' in the story, but I'm not talking about her right now). I like that they fully commit to the evil. They feast on children. They kill without remorse. They cast disgusting and foul curses that cause some really gross gory scenes. I just like that return to a character who is just Evil and will never be good or be persuaded under any circumstances to act good. I thought, in an era of "pretty" witches who all seem to be "morally grey" at worst, it was fun and refreshing to have a witch just go "Nah, I want to eat a child" again.

Those are some of the ones I can think of right now. I just wanted to ramble a little about them. :D

#villains #favourite villains #antagonists #personal rambles #disney's the little mermaid #robin hood: prince of thieves #outlast whistleblower #jjk #avatar: the last airbender #hansel and gretel: witch hunters

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todayimgonnaplay · 10 months

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Today I'm gonna play: Final Fantasy XIII-2

This is my first post! I don't have a format on how I'm going to discuss games, so I'm just going to rant out whatever comes to mind I guess! I'm putting an apostrophe for terms exclusive to the game and will detail them at the end.

I've recently finished FF13, which...wasn't the most enjoyable FF I've played. Although its level design was linear, and the characters can be a little tropey, I had more issues with the lack of party customization that only gets unlocked later on in the game, and the general difficulty as well as its expensive economy, it had some very impressive art direction and music that still holds up to this day! I've jumped on to its sequel to see how it fares.

I'm currently on episode 4, and I've seen some nice improvements so far! The Paradigm Shift* system is a lot faster and responsive, and the game allows you to do Preemptive Strikes* which gives you an advantage with the Stagger Bar*, as well as grant Haste* temporarily which is a nice tactical advantage. Your additional party members now consist of up to 3 monsters you capture and equip, who each have their own paradigm class. Overall this makes the combat very fun and customizable!

The first game also constantly focused on combat. This time, I'm seeing puzzle segments, which are somewhat confusing, and some options to dress up monsters you catch. Not perfect systems, but it's nice to see some downtime. I do find the Mog Throw* funny though.

Levels this time are larger and non-linear, giving more replayability as well as a sense of exploration. This exploration is linked to the main story too, so it doesn't feel too much like a chore. I'd say it's somewhat of an improvement.

The graphics are still the same, but I'm enjoying one area in particular for its futuristic aesthetic, so it still has some nice artistic direction going on. I would say the character designs are a hit or miss compared to the first game. Serah's outfit in XIII-2 seems...odd despite looking more battle-ready. Her gloves and weapon are the only pluses, but it looks like they're more keen on showing more skin for some reason (with her having a swimsuit outfit too apparently). Noel on the other hand has a more appealing design! His head gives me Squall Leonhart vibes but with the hair grown a little.

I also like the characterization more than the first game. Noel is really smart and capable, and even shows a side of impatience so he's not perfect. Serah is also interesting as she journeys from being a girl that couldn't do anything to being a courageous heroine. The duo's dynamics are more pleasing to watch compared to where the first game had a larger cast that was constantly at odds with each other but awkwardly come together at some point.

The story is also easier to follow as there's not a lot of weird terminology anymore that doesn't explain itself. Even though it's about time travel, I haven't seen anything crazy yet.

One detail I really like is that it reminds you of previous events. Every time you get back into the game, it has a ''story so far'' segment that pops up before entering a world to catch you up to speed, and for those that have not played 13, there's a whole summary section available in the menu. This may be annoying for people who have been continuously playing the game (like me) and don't need to be reminded, but there are times where we drop a game because life happens, or another game catches our attention and we wander off to playing that. But having a reminder is a nice touch for a positive experience. Perhaps this feature could have a toggled off option in the settings.

One detail I dislike is the pacing of the extra dialogue that plays in the overworld. The first game paced this well, but this sequel seems to have longer dialogue that could potentially pressure you to stop and listen if you want to hear the extra details, otherwise interacting with anything else risks you from skipping them. Grand Theft Auto also has this issue, when you're driving during a story mission and you cannot hit the destination marker yet because the characters are still talking. The only solution I can see to amending this would be to allow the player to see/hear the next dialogue by pressing a button. NEO: The World Ends With You has (non-voiced) dialogue pop up in the overworld, which you can interact with to see the rest of it while still on the go.

Overall, I'm looking forward to what the rest of the game has in store! The music is as great, if not even better than the first! I have listened to some of the tracks long before getting on this game, but I've heard some new ones that are absolute bangers! 13 made me a fan of Masashi Hamauzu, but 13-2 is now making me a fan of Naoshi Mizuta too! I'm gonna put a link to my current favourite track.

Terms exclusive to the game: Paradigm shift - Strategic set of roles your characters can have which you can switch around during combat. Preemptive strike - Allows you to strike an enemy first to gain an advantage. Similar to Player Advantage/Ambush in the Persona/Shin Megami Tensei games. Stagger bar - A gauge the player fillswhen fighting (best by casting magic) which allows the enemy to be vulernable to more damage Haste - An effect (or spell) common in FF games that makes you act faster Mog Throw - An ability that allows you to throw Mog (Moogle, a creature in FF games) to inaccessible/far places and give you treasure in return

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fireemblems24 · 2 years

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Crimson Flower - Final (Both Chapters)

Alright guys, I'm not ready. This will be 3/4 routes finished with only two chapters left in AM and then it's all done.

Thoughts below.

PRE-BATTLE

OK, it's been forever since I last played Crimson Flower while everyone else caught up.

Time to pick someone for Byleth to marry. And, as promised, picking Edelgard. So far Claude's and Rhea's both seemed very different, so curious to see how Edelgard's goes. I really hope all the women's aren't super lovey and all the guys are more removed like Claude was. Because FEH did that all the time and it got really annoying.

Aaaaand time for the mission.

The timing couldn't be worse though. Being the big, giant nation deciding to invade and conquer the smaller one "for their own good" and reunite the two lands that used to be part of the same nation. Because that totally isn't happening right now as we speak. /s

And, like, I know, fiction and reality, but oof this timing is just BAD. And CF plays is so straight and on the nose too. Couldn't we get just a wee bit of nuance? A single moment of self-reflection?

I'm going to try hard to ignore how this parallels real life right now, but seeing how it's so important and prominent in the news and how personal social media is making this war (like actually seeing the faces, not just numbers), it's going to be kinda hard. FYI.

But yeah, different story, time to try and get immersed.

Oh, shit, mentioning King Dimitri. I'm not ready for this, guys.

Rhea looks badass in that outfit. Oh, she's Serios know. Cool. Too bad she's dying this chapter :(

I forgot Dimitri has both eyes in this route. It's so weird looking. I'm not used to it.

Oh, shit, Dedue. My boy, you don't deserve this.

"So long as I'm at your side, there is nothing to fear." - Dedue to Dimitri (my heart)

They're both dying today :(

What is Dedue planning :( I know everyone said there's two endings to this based on some action Dedue takes. I'm so nervous. I don't want Dedue to suffer.

Man, I feel like the bad guy. Why the hell did Edelgard think going around and killing everyone who wouldn't bow to her ideals was the solution to greed????

I love how we're judging Dimitri for not introducing himself and having a "fair fight" while we're screaming about the glory of Imperialism and how it's good actually and working with the evil death cult people.

"At the present the words 'fair fight' do not seem to suit Dimitri anymore." OMG guys this is borderline funny. It's hysterical that an aggressive, invading force is getting preachy because the guy they've failed to kill for 5 years straight doesn't want challenge them to a joust I'm just ahsdhfalehfaer 😂😂😂😂

"He disliked making victims of his friends, but other than that, he will do most anything these days . . ." Says the guy who's prologue is helping TWSITD, your allies, take control of their victims-tortured-into crests beasts. The hypocrisy is real.

"If he stops at nothing to continue the onslaught, I cannot imagine what will become of the battlefield." Are we REALLY blaming DIMITRI for the deaths caused during this war????

I feel like this game is straight-up gas-lighting me right now. "No, it's Dimitri's fault people are dying because we're invading his country. He's a bad, bad man for not challenging us in a fair fight." And you KNOW that Edelgard and Claude get praised up and down for being crafty and sneaky.

This feels EXACTLY like that scene in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid where the brother looks at the pictures of him partying and is like "that's not me." Except CF wants me to take Edelgard and Hubert seriously when they say that. It's so bad 😂😂😂

Edelgard is going to "free" Dimitri by killing him? Holy shit. Are we REALLY saying that Dimitri should be grateful that Edelgard's killing him?????

Like, Edelgard has some actual good points, and the whole "conquer the world to make it right under my rule" is an interesting plot, but it's not interesting when the plot is saying "oh, the neighboring countries are not playing by the rules, how! evil!, it's THEIR fault people are dying in this war we're insisting on" and, like, wants me to actually agree.

Edelgard deserved so much better than this shit writing guys. The potential drama is real, the awesome battle of ideals is real, but CF is just . . . not letting anything interesting happen and is saying that we're killing Dimitri for his own good and I'm just ashifla;hserilaheriow;eriha isn't killing someone the writing tries to make you care about so much of a better story like AM is doing for Edelgard? But, no, instead we get "Dimitri's not playing fair! It's his fault people are dying in this war WE started!" And just like .... whyyyyyy I scream into the void. CF really should've been my favorite or at least tied with AM.

This route is so worried about making sure you, Byleth/self-insert, feel like the good guy, it's watered CF down to unimaginative levels of bland that's equal parts funny and frustrating.

Anyways, it's almost over. After having to kill Dimitri, Dedue, and Rhea, I'll at least get to beat Thales seven ways to Sunday, and while I honestly don't really hate TWSITD because they're just not enough to them to feel much of anything, it'll be fun to, for once, actually kill someone I don't really like in CF.

Sucks that, again, none of the Black Eagles got to say anything.

BATTLE - #1

I forgot I made Hubert my dancer. 😂😂😂

And Ferdinand is so bad in this playthrough. Geeze, it's so weird when his SS unit was God tier.

And you know who's killing Dimitri, right? Felix.

I will make sure Edelgard engages Dimitri too, to get that sweet-sweet unique dialogue.

OH SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT. I was ready to kill Dimitri and Dedue, but Sylvain is here too??? WHHHHHYYYYY

Ahahaha, you know Felix is killing Sylvain too. 100% this IS happening. Felix you're going to kill your dad and ALL your friends! (I swear, I love Felix).

I already killed Ingrid, so maybe I won't have to kill Gilbert, Annette, Mercedes, or Ashe. Though, when Rhea's reinforcements show up, who knows :( Because I know they won't be there for the TWSITD chapter. But at the same time "kill them all!" is kinda fun.

Guys, I almost forgot to restore the batallions, and Byleth was in the yellow. Good thing I noticed that. That would've SUCKED.

Alright, time to do this.

"Leave no enemy general alive, least of all King Dimitri." My heart 😭

But at the same time, this is kinda fun, not gonna lie. It's going to be hella tragic having Felix behead Dimitri and Sylvain, and have Dedue and Dimitri have a last stand together.

It also "feels good" that the worst CF could come up with to prove Dimitri's a bad guy that we must destroy is that he's not introducing himself and politely challenging us to a duel 😂😂😂😂

My Felix is a badass though. First thing he's doing is making a beeline towards Sylvain. I'm gonna soak this drama up.

Man, I wish I had more fliers.

Whhhat why did that soldier change into a beast guy??

Dimitri didn't even know about it??

Dedue why 😭😭😭😭😭 OMG, no, no, this is what everyone meant, didn't they. Fuck. Dedue's going to turn himself into a beast to save Dimitri 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

And they didn't even tell Dimitri about it. Dedue nor Sylvain 😭😭😭😭😭😭

"You call this hope?!" Dimitri doesn't approve.

Man, it feels like a different writer wrote this dialogue. When Hubert, Edelgard, and Byleth are chatting, it's all "Dimitri's evil because he's not playing nice and by not letting us kill him without fighting back, he's getting his soldiers killed." Why didn't they just make Dimitri know about these beasts so he at least looks like a bad guy? Hubert even said "he'll do anything to win," but clearly not?? Big missed opportunity to see roaring rampage of revenge Dimitri, instead I'm just getting AM!Lite

Oh, shit, here comes Mercedes. 😭😭 She is literally the only one I've refused to kill so far (despite joking about "kill em all" I spared her in VW, because HOW).

Edelgard's like "we're in danger" - from what, Mercedes making a bad batch of cookies?

Oh, shit, they do get unique dialogue. Sylvain bringing up their promise to die together 😭😭😭

Ok, guys, I'm starting to ship Sylvix with all this CF drama and their god-awful paired ending being so tragic.

Sylvain beat the holy fucking shit out of Felix, holy shit. I did not expect that. If my boy didn't use guard, he'd be toast right now.

Sylvain's dead :(

And Felix needs to get healed asap

So the bolting person actually does a heap of damage to m CF!Lindhardt. my SS!Lindhardt never took any magical damage :( So Petra to the rescue.

Petra is a queen, y'all.

Oh, here comes Rhea. Those reinforcements left some of my weaker units in a bad spot, ouch.

Rhea went down so easy this route. Oh, she's just retreating. That bolting mage left too, which is nice.

Dimitri doesn't have the luxury to retreat. Too true. :(

Felix is killing Mercedes now. No special dialogue, but that's expected. "Why follow an Emperor who would start such a war?" Mercie whyyyyy 😭😭😭 Now she's dead, and apologizing to Dimitri 😭😭😭😭😭😭 That's the first time I killed Mercie, guys. And Dimitri sounds so sad. If only he knew Felix was behind all of it - Ingrid, Rodrigue, Mercie, Sylvain - Felix has killed all of them.

And now, Felix is killing Dedue.

Shit 😭😭😭 Dedue's dead. Ugh. It's like genuinely not fun playing this route. All I do is kill characters I like over and over in the name of Edelgard's ideals. This better have some banger endings to make all this misery worth it.

Is there a single chapter in this route where you actually kill someone who wants to hurt Edelgard or the Empire? I feel like such a bully right now. The real life war certainly isn't helping.

But, yeah, it's almost over.

Was I right about Dedue turning into a beast though? Because that didn't happen?

Ok, but why does the "effective" symbol show up around Dimitri no matter what unit type I send towards him? I think I asked this before in VW, but I don't remember.

Alright, guys, time to kill Dimitri.

Dude, he's going to gut everyone who attacks him. He has a 92% chance of doing 30x2 to Edelgard. She's got a 43% chance of doing 45. Yikes. And she's like my first or second best unit. (Did I post this because I'm proud of my boy, yes, yes I did).

WTF was that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"Must you continue to reconquer?" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 What is she even talking about?? This game's not even trying anymore. I can't take this seriously. I can't. Am I really supposed to be rooting for Edelgard here? 😂😂 OMG how lame is that response.

No wonder this game never challenged Edelgard on anything, if THAT'S what her rebuttal is 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Also, she missed and now she's got 11 HP left after that "epic" comeback.

Felix has better chances, banking on that 47% critical to go off.

Ohhhhhh, burn, he called Felix, Edelgard's lapdog. And brought up that he killed Rodrigue, and all Felix can say is "I said I'd cut anyone down who got in my way?" But, like, wtf is Felix even doing in CF? What's he fighting for, exactly??

Ah, well, I made my boy suffer by killing all his buddies. I'll make nice with him once this is over and we're back in AM.

Shit, Dimitri hits like a truck. He can fucking one-shot my Byleth. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Only SS!Serios was this hard to kill.

Byleth hit though. So Dimitri's dead :(

Felix MVP, as expected. "Felix's motivation is maxed out" 😂😂😂 He's hyped after killing Sylvain, Mercedes, and Dimitri.

POST BATTLE #1 -

I'm so glad that battle is over.

Oh, shit, Dedue's back. Even now Dimitri's telling Dedue to stop calling him "majesty"

I've never felt like such a bad guy playing a video game in my life. It really feels like we were supposed to root for Dimitri here (and Claude, and Flayn and Seteth, and Judith, and - you get the idea) But especially here. I don't know if it's because it's Dimitri, or that Dedue is here or what but 😭😭😭

"Because of you, I was able to live on until today. You saved me." - Dedue (guys, this is like a reverse of their A-support).

I'm really expecting the "Game over" screen. Like. Fuck.

"Despite all, I count myself a lucky man." My shipping heart is dying, everyone. Like, if they cut Dedue from 3 Hopes, I will find a way inside COVID-locked Japan and hold Nintendo hostage until they amend that.

"Is that so? I see . . . I am glad." So Dimitri's dying in Dedue's arms. Why.

Well, if CF's good for one thing, it's plenty of Dimitri/Dedue, Sylvain/Felix, and Felix/Dimitri angst.

Oh, right, shit, we're about to beat Rhea up with her own mother's body. Ugh. That's . . . so wrong.

Haha, I picked the "can we defeat them? option because I know Edelgard gets pissy the second Byleth falters on anything, and low and behold, I was right 😂😂😂

Why does Edelgard care about Dimitri?? Didn't she just like call for his head?

I love how Edelgard thinks her uncle played 4-D chess to get Dimitri to want revenge rather than, like, IDK slaughter his family in front of him. Maybe that had something to do with it? /s

WTF does she mean "he lost sight of his path as king." I saw Dimitri literally do 0 things wrong in this route. AM (post upgrade) or VW or SS Dimitri, sure but like CF!Dimitri??? This writing is whacked.

"There was nothing there I could to do save him." Because . . . you tried so hard?

I can't take this seriously. Why is she even upset? Why does she care about Dimitri at all?? Doesn't she not remember him?

So now she's like, yeah, I might've killed - like - a shit ton of people, but it's just part of the ebb and flow of "history"

"It's time for humanity to take this world back." WTF is she going on about?? Rhea's not the problem, sweetie, your allies are.

OK, guys, I'm about to look at the alt scene.

I hate this picture :( Edelgard really does go and behead him.

"You will bow your head before all the lives you trampled for your ideals." Dimitri just spitting facts though.

And Edelgard's like, OMG, why you so obsessed with me? It's not like I've been trying to kill you and invade your country for five years straight or anything, god. 😂😂😂

Edelgard really went and told Dimitri he's delusional and that it's too bad there's a war or he'd be a good leader. Like?? 😂😂😂

And then in the next scene explains she knows he's not delusional and says why he hates her guts?? Like, then did she just taunt him while dying for shits and giggles? Because that seems OOC. I blame CF's shitty writing.

So Edelgard just straight-up beheads an on his knees Dimitri. Ouch. She never would've let him live in her world, I don't think. I 100% got the better scene.

PRE-BATTLE - FINAL BATTLE

Glad that's over. Time to fight Edelgard's uncle, and Rhea I guess.

And yup, there he is. Finally time to squash him.

"Why are you here uncle?" Because he's ready to nuke you the moment Rhea's out of the way.

Who said it? Thales or Edelgard? "The very moment that humans will finally be free from the control of that false beast of a goddess. . ."

You know you're wrong when you're saying the same thing as those mole people lamo.

So when we kill Rhea, Arundel wins. Yippe. /s

"When this fight is over, a world completely controlled by the Empire will be upon us." - Again, who said this, Edelgard or her evil uncle?

Is this supposed to be the villain route? Because we're reaching super villain levels muhahahahah with this stuff.

Eelgard be like, I can stand letting you guys continue experimenting on children, but I draw the line at someone who can turn into a dragon having a position of authority.

I have a goddess sleeping inside me - that sounds like a banger book title. 100% a manga title. Write it down.

I seek to obliterate Rhea - except like, she left a huge bloody scar all across Fodlan to do so. Whatever. This is the last chapter. Finally.

"I thought that perhaps it wasn't the path you were meant to take." Hey, for once, Edelgard and I agree lol. 😂😂😂

Why is she still calling Byleth, "my teacher?" It always sounded a bit weird. Unless it's kinky roleplay, than hey, no judging.

"You are the one person in thie world who can share the heavy burden I must carry. Someone without equal who I can always share my mind to. . ." - Hubert found dead in Miami.

"Someone without equal" reeks of putting Byleth on a pedestal. She never really moved past the "stop crying just because your dad died, ugh" phrase did she?

Hoping to return Fodlan to its people (and by "people" we mean "Edelgard")

LAMO, what??? Why is she asking Rhea to stop fighting?? WTF does she plan to do? And why is Dimitri the only one she never gave a chance to surrender??

"What could be gained by shutting yourselves inside the capital of a kingdom without a king?" - to keep YOU out. If you haven't gotten the memo yet, they DON'T WANT YOU. You're forcing yourself on them.

"Unlike you, I have no desire to unleash wicked atrocities upon this world." You mean like, war? Because I struggle to think of something worse than war.

Hubert is like, they're not responding. No shit. 😂😂😂 😂😂😂 I don't think this is supposed to be funny.

"Unlike my attack on Garreg Mach five years ago, the church will not allow the inhabitants to evacuate." Wow. This is some class A, S-Tier writing. You win, Edelgard. Because you didn't lock citizens up, that makes alllll of this worth it. Noble Peace Prize when? #robbed

Except she totally did lock citizens inside in VW, right? Or did I misremember that?

"What the hell are they planning?" No one ever told Edelgard about siege warfare, hunh?

CYRIL!!! IDK, I'm happy so see him. I expected Catherine.

So I see CF really decided to humanize Rhea and let her provide a good foil to Edelgard and treat her character with respect - oh, wait, no. My bad. OFC Rhea's going full-blown super villain, because how else can they make Edelgard look like she's worth rooting for?

Why did she set fire though? Just sit there and wait. That's how most ancient warfare actually went.

God the writing is SO BAD. The writers really had no faith in Edelgard, did they?

If the city is on fire, why doesn't Edelgard just . . . wait? "Becasue fire cannot kill a dragon." Sorry, sorry, can't help myself.

More empty one-liners from all the Black Eagles. Only Hubert's was touching, but Edelgard barely acknowledges that he exists so . . .

BATTLE -

Oh, shit. I see Ashe, Annette, and Gilbert :(

But no Aruendel?? He'll be a reinforcement then? Is this the last chapter?

Edelgard being like "Fhirdiad's in a pitiful state." I'm sure that's 100% Rhea's sudden evil turn and not AT ALL the result of a 5 year long war. Nope. None whatsoever. /s

Petra is all "we probably should avoid the fire." Grand observation lamo.

Ashe's quote hits hard. "Our pride, our people, our king. You've torn them all apart. Haven't you had enough? What else is there for you to take?" Oof, that makes up a bit for joining Cornelia. And the angry face too. I'm proud of my boy right now.

FYI, Felix killed Ashe too.

My heart, Annette gets lines when Gilbert dies 😭😭 😭😭

And now she's aiming for Felix. And who's going to kill her? Felix. Of course Felix.

Oof, he can one-shot her. This is so wrong. And so delightfully right. Ugh. That sucked. Felix just killed her too.

Cyril trying to defend Rhea. OMG! He did a critical. Edelgard has 2 HP left. That is . . . not what I thought would happen. She got him afterwards, but still, I don't think she dodged him once.

And dude, Catherine. She's even worse than Dimitri. No one has a hit chance on her. God she's so badass and hot. I'm going to try and get Shamir to kill her if I can.

Oh well, Felix actually hit her twice with a 47.

Why does Edelgard assume Rhea hates all human life?

This version of Rhea is SOOOO much easier to kill than in SS. I expected her to generate a new shield every turn like in SS, but she doesn't this is making this infinitely easier. I also think she hits less hard and is less accurate. Literally in SS Ferdinand did 90% of the work, where here just about everyone gets to do something. I think the only one Rhea's actually hit is Edelgard lamo.

I had Edelgard and Byleth attack Rhea. And they really just went with "she's gone ham!evil and wants her mommy" instead of, well, interesting.

They needed to make her more accurate.

Felix MVP. Not surprised.

POST BATTLE

Oh, this one actually gets a cut scene!

LAMO, I love how Edelgard is talking about how humans don't need gods, but like Byleth is RIGHT THERE. 😂

OOf, Rhea really is killed with her own mother's bones. And bleeding out from the head. Yikes, that's graphic. Poor Rhea. No respect even in death. Even Dimitri and Claude got smudges or respect when they died.

Wait? How does Byleth survive if his crest thingy broke? Wasn't that basically like a magical pacemaker?? Didn't VW or SS (or both??) say that was what kept him alive after being born dead?

Is there a reason, or did the writers say "fuck it" to their own magic rules?

Also, how predictable that the cutscene was all about Edelgard x Byleth. Because that's all the route has really been about. All the interesting stuff got ignored or shoved aside.

Wait, wait, THAT's the ending??? Edelgard rules over everyone now, except she has Those Who Slither in the Dark to fight now. That's like . . . what?

How can that be the last chapter? Didn't we see her uncle doing the "evil uncle" shtick RIGHT before the final battle? You mean to tell me we don't get to kill him?

S-SUPPORT + ENDING STUFF

LAMO how the narration has this "Edelgard destroyed bad systems!" Then the S-Support starts with "we defeated the evil other so now everything is fine!" I dare you to replace Nabateans with other nouns that classify groups and see how that sounds.

Edelgard really be out here thinking that humans will do a better job than dragons. She's in for disappointment.

I also don't understand how she thinks killing Rhea and all the other dragons is going to fix all the problems when it seems like average human corruption and TWSITD did everything and they are both still around.

Ok, here comes the romantic stuff.

So so far my fear that the women get all lovey dovey and the men are all more mature about it is coming true :(:( But I've only seen Claude for the guys so far. So it's a bit early to worry.

So Byleth gives her the ring and called her "El." That's pretty cute.

What is with this "dearest friend" stuff??

"So long as I had you by my side, it never mattered how many enemies I amassed. You were all I needed." - This is a bit yikes though. Edelgard, girl, that's toxic. Get some other friends.

I still am flabergasted that you don't kill TWSITD. Like any of them except Cornelia.

"I will then find a suitable successor and hand over the reigns of the Empire." - That's a bit yikes for me here too. That sounds kinda like a dictator.

Though, this support is doing a good job balancing the romance stuff with the world changes stuff whereas Rhea was all romance, and Claude all world stuff - more or less.

OMG poor Edelgard. What the hell is that picture? Lamo. I can't. Why doesn't she have a nose?? 😂😂😂

Alright, time to see all the MVPs. Lots of Edelgard at first 7ish chapters, and then it's the Felix show for he rest of part 1. And most of part 2. No other unit was as dominant at bing MVP as Felix was here. Guess I played favorites a bit lamo.

Ok, only commenting on new paired endings. So here's what was the same: Anna solo, Hanneman solo, Manuela solo, Leonie and Shamir,

Ok, Alois solo he's a farmer instead of a captain of the guards. Both are good I guess.

Lysithea's solo is so sad. She really got the short end of the stick endings wise so far.

Lorenz solo, so he's a politician that helps the people. Pretty generic but not terrible.

YES! Linhardt and Caspar - I got this one before, but I'm happy to get is again. So they traveled together. I really love this ending. It fits both characters so well despite how different they are

Bernie and Jeritza - Mostly about Jeritza fighting TWSITD off screen (still not over that) and ending up palling around with Bernie. Wish it included Bernie more.

Ohhh, Felix went solo! I thought it went through all the solo ones before going to the paired ones. And he just went and became a mercenary again? It's a bit better than his Sylvain one, but not really. He really became the "boar" himself, didn't he? I'm SUPER curious to see his AM endings, since I know people said they're kind of different (I would hope so, it would suck if he got stuck in a regressive character arc).

OMG Hubert paired up with Ferdinand lol. It's not as romantic as I expected, but Edelgard being jealous of them is priceless lol.

Dorothea and Petra - let's go! I know I got this one before, but I seriously LOVE it. You can't straighten that last sentence. They are both queens. After seeing that ending, how can you not ship it?

Edelgard and Byleth - really ambiguous about the romance part, surprised after how hard they really shoved that at you in the route. It was nice seeing it focus on the changes, though, that wasn't really reflected in the paired endings at all. They were all more or less the same as VW and SS.

Alright, guys, CF done! All that's left is finishing AM.

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #fe3h #fe16 #I didn't tag CF or Edelgard #because this is me straight up not having a good time

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kuronanox · 3 years

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Every moment with you-Ukitake Jushiro

"If I had to be reborn every lifetime it would always be you."

(Your Name) sighs while sitting on the floor packing all her belongings and putting them in boxes to move out the barracks. This was the hardest thing to do, everything they shared and everything Ukitake had were being placed else where. It didn't feel right to her but and she just lost her husband and home.

She felt lifeless as Kyoraku sat across from her and frowned. Of course he was still heart broken by his best friend, his brother death. They were inseparable.

"(Your Name) I know it's hard but I promise you things will get better."

"Better said than done." She answers back but doesn't look him in the eye and folds his captains cloth placing it in a nice decorative box where she put all his special belongings.

"You will be okay out there?" He asks worriedly as she nods her head in response and rubs her red eyes from all the crying.

"I'll check up on you every often." Kyoraku sits himself up and takes one last look of Ukitake and (Your Name) house before looking down and bidding a farewell.

"(Your Name) come here." Ukitake kindly smiles at his wife as she set the hot tea down. Walking towards him he held a brush as she sat in front of him and hummed in delight.

"You know my favorite part of the day is at night and we get to spend quality time together." He says as she hums in response.

"My favorite part is waking up to you." She answers back as he chuckles and ties her hair back in a low bun as she turns towards him.

"I guess your answer is better than mine." He slightly pouts and takes a sip of the tea that was prepared.

(Your Name) curled in bed alone as she cried again they spend hundreds and years together as friends and the love of each other life's. So she asked herself how do you fully heal if you've spend most your life depending on each other.

Ukitake was no longer here, who could she depend on that was like him? His soothing voice and calming nature made her feel secure.

Looking out the window it was a starry night as she moved out to the country side to heal more. Setting up his shrine and everything else it was weird. Never had she been alone like this.

(Your Name) wondered was his soul reborn yet? Was he in Rukongai or the Human World? Either way it would be impossible to find him. There's was millions of soul getting reborn everyday.

"You're sick! I'm not letting you leave this room." (Your Name) yells at Ukitake as he coughs and holds onto his desk for support as she ran to his side and held him up.

"Yes but work comes first." He says softly and sits back down to do unfinished business.

"Honey. You've down enough, maybe it's time you retired? It's only a matter of time and you are only getting older!" She exclaims as he chuckles and swats her away kindly.

"I still look young though."

She rolled her eyes and pouted, Ukitake health was slowly getting worse but it never stopped him from working hard and supporting his squad.

There were times she worried he didn't have long to live because of how severely sick he would get at times but those thoughts she bore were heavy on her heart.

"I'm just scared...what if something bad happens to you?"

Ukitake looks up to her and grabs her hand gently with his and kisses it.

"I'm here right now that's all that matters."

"But what if there comes a time you aren't no more?" She questions as he knits his brows to find words to say.

Ukitake didn't know what to say because he also knew.

"You know I'll always have you and I'll be somewhere better." Although those weren't the words he wanted to say the truth had to be told as she looks down and nods.

"I love you." She whispers and he smiles.

"I love you too."

Waking up the sun peaked up as she groaned and looked towards her side.

"I guess its still a habit. I can imagine you here but you aren't here."

Getting ready for the day she had a unexpected visitor. Well it was expected but he didn't tell her.

"Good morning!" Kyoraku happily says walking into her new place as she smiles back and lets him in.

They both said their prayers to the shine before setting up the table to eat breakfast.

"How are you holding up?"

She wanted to lie but didn't know how to.

"It's okay, I can't say I haven't stop crying and doing old habits but I think being out here is better and getting the fresh air feels nice."

The older man hums in response and stares out to look at the flowers scattered everywhere. "He would have loved it out here."

"I know... that's why I decided to come out here. It's more like 'you've worked hard let's go rest somewhere peaceful now' I know it's time for me to rest also."

Kyoraku smiles and then looks at Ukitake picture.

"He's smiling down at us (Your Name) theres no need to torture yourself no more."

She rolls her eyes playfully and looks at the picture too before grinning. "I know but it's hard."

"I'm not leaving him!" (Your Name) screamed at Kyoraku as Ukitake prayed to Mimihagi as to becoming the right hand of the soul king.

"I promised him you would not die in this war!"

(Your Name) cried as she watched Ukitake sacrifice himself and suffer in pain.

"You knew and didn't tell me, you guys both knew! How could you let me leave him like this." As she cried and fell on the floor.

Kyoraku grabbed her forcefully as she struggled to get loose and she screamed in pain.

"I'm not letting him leave by himself."

"Don't be selfish (Your Name) you aren't thinking! He's doing this for the sake of Seireitei! He's doing this for everyone! For you!" Kyoraku yells at her as she looks away and cries into his chest.

Glancing back at Ukitake she wasn't sure if he was still physically here.

Wiping her tears she cooled her head and nodded.

Kyoraku left as she signed and laid in bed. She would go back to work when she was fully healed but as of right now she didn't wanna do anything.

Life at this point had no meaning to her if he was gone.

"I promise you I'll get better."

50 years later

It took her a few years after Ukitake death to piece herself back together, during the time she went back to being a shinigami and full filling her duties to protect souls and those she loved.

There had been a disturbance in the world of living so her and few lieutenants were sent down to the world of living to check it out.

"I feel a high reitsu coming from the west." Hisagi says as him and Kira went to check it out.

"I'll check east and Renji will go south." Rangiku tells (Your Name) as she nods and follows north.

It had been many years since she was last down here. It had been during Aizen's battle.

"The human world has changed quite a bit."

After reporting a few suspicious incident to Kyoraku she watched the sunset alone waiting for the others.

A man in his 30s walked by her reading a book, he was smiling peacefully with his hair tied in a low pony and a nice button up.

The white hair tamed.

She gasped slightly as he looked up to her and his eyes widen a bit.

"You can see me?" She asks questioning him.

"I can see you, Ive seen many things since I was a child." Ukitake laughs not fazed a bit from her outfit and sword.

She felt happy tears fall from her eyes as he jumped a bit afraid he had hurt her feelings because she was dead and he wasn't.

"I'm sorry, I'm just so happy. You're alive."

He tilts his head in confusion as she wipes them away.

"My name is (Your Name)." She introduced herself as he kindly bowed

Although she wanted to bring him back he had a different life here and showing them together would only confuse him.

"Your name sounds familiar to me." Ukitake says as she sadly smiled and lied to him. "Maybe it's common around here?"

"No it's pretty unique. I've heard it somewhere." He says but can't seem to connect the clues.

Oh how was the world was cruel to them both at this moment. She would have to remember all the memories of them as his was mixed with confusion and facts.

"Do you believe in rebirth?" She then asks him as he nods his head. She took a deep breath and said the following words Ukitake told her before his death and sacrifice.

"If I had to be reborn every lifetime it would always be you."

Ukitake touches his head as it started to feel a bit dizzy and she held him and he gasps. He knew for sure something about her was familiar but he was getting frustrated not being able to figure it out.

Tears fell from her face as Ukitake eyes were watering. "Why am I crying? My body is doing it on its own."

Ukitake was beyond confused but she wouldn't let him suffer no longer. She knew he was safe and happily healthy living down here and that's all she needed to know.

"I'll wait a few more years for you and then we'll meet up there."

Ukitake looks at her and reached his hand out. He didn't want her to leave this comforting feeling and Ukitake knew he knew her somehow but he can't remember.

Kissing his forehead she took one last glance and disappeared.

"I'll see you then my love. I'll watch over you till it's your time and then we can finally be together again."

Ukitake looks up to the sky as the uncontrollable tears fell from his face and he tried his best to compose himself. He just couldn't as he cried, he felt something from her and he would have to wait.

As much as he wanted the pain to leave, his own heart neglected his mind.

"I'll see you again (Your Name)."

(Authors note: Oo so sad, Ukitake is literally so precious, he didn't deserve death.)

#bleach #tite kubo #bleach x reader #bleach oneshots #bleach oneshot #bleach imagine #bleach imagines #bleach ukitake #jushiro ukitake #jūshirō ukitake #ukitake jushiro #bleach Jushiro #bleach Kyoraku #shunsui kyoraku #kyoraku shunsui

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etherealluminescence · 3 years

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the brothers + the former undateables finding out buff cat has kittens that are visiting devildom, but unfortunately buff kittens are extremely chaotic little shits, mc + diavolo + barbatos + simeon + satan doesn't believe anyone when they say "I'm convinced they're pure evil and they bite" "no they baby"

buff cat Buff Cat BUFF CAT BUFFCATBUFFCA-

I was really excited to write this. I LOVE Buff Cat. This is just making me grin while thinking of writing it. Aaaaa I mean I couldn’t just not draw it either,, aha? ;)

This also works for Belphie and Luke, but I think Mammon sees the most of the cats because he likes MC and visits them, but is TERRIFIED. More buff cat memes at the bottom. Also warning very long.

Brothers and New Datables reaction to Buff Cat’s kittens!

Lucifer

As soon as MC left the kittens and him alone, chaos ensued. Within minutes, one of the kittens successful spat out a hairball on him, and another was about to break his desk. The third was on his bookshelf, biting the spine of his books.

He didn’t want to raise his voice at kittens, but he swore they were trying to antagonise him on purpose. Normal kittens do not act like this.

As soon as he caught one coating his paperwork in their saliva, he began to shout. This only backfired, as they truly did plan to beat the shit out of him.

He knew he couldn’t retaliate, or MC would be mad, and so would Diavolo. Also, he’s pretty sure that their dad would beat him up.

The kittens clawed up his shirt, broke his desk, ruined his paperwork, books, pens, and made him bleed. He tried his very best to put them in corners without hurting them, but they acted as though they were high on katnip and are professional murderers.

Needless to say, as soon as MC returned he was breathless and a mess. MC didn’t even notice, and told him thanks for playing with the kittens!! He was about to tell MC to keep their kittens on a leash when MC just said they’re so energetic at this age.

Energetic?? You mean that’s ENERGETIC? Not MURDEROUS INTENT?

Never wants to be near another buff kitten. What on earth happens during their adulthood that changes them from a chaotic shit to this otherworldly entity.

Mammon

Mammon was screeching for hours. Literally screaming they were out for his flesh, and can smell his fear.

They bit his ankles and even with the blood seeping from it, neither you or Satan believed the buff kittens did it.

You both laughed it off as him getting hurt, and went to take care of the kittens.

He swears they’re trying to kill him and sacrifice his very soul.

Also he’s never stealing from Diavolo again after they started staying there, and even began protecting the place.

Leviathan

He was fine with Buff Cat, so why not the kittens? They looked so well behaved like MC, so why not offer to look after them for a little bit, while everyone was at school? He doesn’t go in person so he doesn’t mind.

Ah what a big mistake that was.

These kittens are trying to break into his aquarium; quite literally. They just attempted to headbutt the glass and made running starts repeatedly, hoping it would crack.

As soon as he got them to stop doing that, they began to knaw at his wires, which he had to stop. When he got a headcount, there were only two, so where was the third?

SHIT! HIS RURI CHAN FIGURINES!

The third one was now biting off one of his limited addition Ruri chan’s arms, and Levi was getting pissed. He wasn’t sure what he’d tell MC, but he was ready to kick them out of his room.

He remembered buff cat, his good buddy, and tried to just watch over them a little longer. They were his kids, so he could just do him one favour.

Levi was screaming in regret when all his manga was ripped to shreds. All. Of. It. Nothing was spared, and Levi was ready to kick them out for real.

Until MC and Buff cat came in to take the kittens. Levi was going to scream out his frustrations, but just as he said “your”, a kitten bit his ankle causing him to silently scream and fall to the ground.

Concerned, you both ran up to him and tried to help him up, wondering what happened. One kitten however, walked behind you and put a paw to his neck and sliced. Afterwards, he did the I’m watching you motion.

Scared enough to almost piss his pants, Levi kept his mouth shut on the experience he had today, and probably tommorrow. After all, since it went so well he wouldn’t mind watching them this week while everyone attended classes, right?

Satan

Wherearethebabieswherewherewhere

He was so excited, and constantly babied them. He had all the cat toys, the best cat food, and became a sort of servant for them.

With just a meow or point he’d be off to get them whatever they wanted. Even if they bit his books or stole his clothes, he’d just go aweee!! They’re learning how to use their bodies as they grow.

Originally opposed to Diavolo keeping them, as he wanted them, but the royals was a much better choice for three growing kittens.

Constantly showers them with affection and tries to baby talk them. It sounds kind of creepy.

When his brothers try to bully or blame the kittens for something the kittens obviously did, he lectures and berates them on cat development and why they shouldn’t hurt their feelings.

Asmodeous

Screaming out of fear and anger. Asmo found the three kittens in the mess of his clothes in his room.

They were all ripping and shredding at his clothes, and when they noticed him proceeded to bite and scratch as his hair, attempting to rip it out.

He was screaming like he was being murdered, and running around the room for five minutes. Every time he tried to exit, one would block the door.

Sensing that their MC was coming, the three behaved and snuggled up to him, meowing and purring as if they were content.

When MC entered, they noticed the scene before them and smiled!! How cute!! The kittens were snuggling against Asmo.

Asmo was shrieking and explaining to you what had happened, and your kittens pretended to act asleep.

Upset by him framing them, you gave him an earful that if he ripped up his own clothes on accident, he shouldn’t blame the kittens!

To think Asmo was so irresponsible.

Beelzebub

He figured since Buff cat worked out, and these were his children, who were absolutely buff, they’d work out too right?

Oh yeah. They worked out how to absolutely destroy the entire gym in a matter of minutes.

They aggressively beat up every gym go-er and threw dumbbells everywhere. They wrecked the treadmills and other machines, and bit off the wires for the electrical side.

Within minutes, Beel and the kittens were kicked to the curve, and banned for life. The injured staff and people were taken care of by Lucifer’s credit card. He 100% believed the buff cats did it, but neither you or Satan did.

It was kind of frustrating how you taught demons randomly burst into pain or that possibly Beel did it, but he understood you wanted to protect the kittens.

He understood they were still young and energetic, so they weren’t as peaceful. He’s aware they’re chaotic and will not deny it, but he still takes care of them as occasionally let’s them teeth on his fingers, so they can grow strong, since he knows they’re just playing.

Belphegor

no No NO.

He does not want to be near the buff kittens. He’s barely able to approach Buff Cat, but buff kittens? No way.

These buff kittens terrify him more than buff cat, and that’s saying something. There are three chaotic pieces of shits running around, biting ankles and trying to claw at everything.

He runs to the attic, unless the buff kittens are there. If they are, he runs off into the unknown.

Diavolo

He was the one who approved of them visiting. As soon as he heard buff cat actually had kittens, he wanted to meet them. With Barbatos agreeing, Lucifer lost the battle.

Was so happy to have them. Had Barbatos prepare everything, and even spent a whole lot of money on jewelled collars and adorable outfits!

He let them have the best milk in devildom, and even allowed them to rest in his room during their stay. It was even better because Diavolo was recently asking Satan for cat recommendations, as he felt like having a cat to pet while working would be nice.

This is based off a chat. ^^.

You all, the five, agree that it’d be a fun idea for them to stay in the devildom, and they’d be close to buff cat too, it’s a win win. They could stay with the royals, while HOL has Buff Cat. Simeon couldn’t take any since Luke was terrified.

Diavolo 100% babied them, even more than you. Some say he looks big and a bit scarily buff, but he now posts on his devilgram pictures of him and the kittens, which has actually helped his approachable image.

Cat papi.

Barbatos

He was on board with the idea of meeting new baby buff cats. He does pretty well with kids, and wouldn’t mind seeing the babies of such a sophisticated cat.

He was delightedly when MC handed them to him, and told him they’d be gone for a bit. He properly fed them, changed their clothes, pet them, give them attention, and even told them stories of MC.

The kittens were constantly entertained, and purred in delight every time he approached them. They seemed patient and cute, but according to the other staff they were worse than actual demons.

Apparently they were the ones who broke the stuff in the hallway, and managed to get a password to a secret room and broke everything in it. Luckily for the kittens, Barbatos didn’t believe it.

I mean, how could three kittens that seem desperate for love that just want some warmth act so devilishly?

Happy to report to MC that nothing came up. Even if he did catch them in the act, it wouldn’t matter. He would think they’re just being a little playful or energetic.

Very delighted that they catch mice, and now that they live here he has three strong cats to protect his kitchen and the prince.

Solomon

This is great!! Now he knows that buff cats breed, can he dissect them?

He was attempting to catch one while the three were there, but these chaotic brats would not sit still. They were jumping from couch to shelves, knocking over all sorts of things.

When he finally got them in his room, they began knocking over all his potions and books, and even began to bite back. They hissed and smacked him with their tails, body slammed him, and tried to claw his eyes out.

He figured feeding them would calm them down, but they ended up breaking his plates as soon as they saw him attempt to cook, these kittens have good intuition.

They proceeded to break everything in the kitchen, and when you came in to check on the noise with Simeon, you saw your three little kittens covered in flour, and Solomon with a defeated look.

Solomon tried to explain, but he got lectured for trying to dissect your babies. You even yelled at him for making them so scared that they tried their hardest to escape him, and almost got hurt because of it.

10/10 thinks those things are little shits.

Simeon

He loves them!! He’s probably good with human children, but with buff kittens he’s amazingly good as well!!

The kittens were well behaved and allowed him to pet them, and curled up as he read them stories!!

He gives them their bottles of milk,, he makes sure they’re warm,, and he babies them!! Because they’re baby.

He gave off great dad energy, and even invited Luke or Solomon to play with them. Luke suddenly had to visit the grocery store and Solomon for some reason was nowhere to be found.

Simeon would love to babysit them again, and even asked if they would come over more often! He and Buff Cat will also share stories of the kittens from now on, because they’re so cute.

Luke

No.

He is not going NEAR them. If he’s terrified of buff cat as is, what makes you think he’s not going to be terrified of buff kittens?

The second he sees one of them act mischievously, he’s screaming for Simeon. However, he just watches Simeon laugh it off.

He’s going to stay in his room until those demon spawns disappear.

+ MC

You were so so happy. Buff Cat’s little kittens were visiting you in the devildom, and you were ecstatic.

When you saw the kittens, you cuddled each of them for twenty minutes straight. You peppered them with kisses and gave them tummy rubs.

The brothers watched in shock, and were slightly envious that you were cuddling the kittens.

You got up to stretch, and as soon as you did they ran around and tried to bite everyone in the vicinity, and after you sat back down, they curled up to you like nothing happened.

Luke was in the corner shaking from how he just witnessed a kitten attempt to bite off Asmo’s eyelash.

Everyone except the baby bunch suddenly felt chills up their backs. It was not going to be a good week.

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Here’s some memes! I think it’d be pretty funny and great on the lore if the royals actually took in the buff kittens, and began to care for them. The cats are as chaotic as Diavolo, so Diavolo would probably take fault and say he must of influenced the cuties, who are just replicating what they see like babies do. Luke, Mammon, and Belphie will never visit again. The kittens will also protect the jewels.

#obey me #obey me swd #obey me shall we date #obey me hc #obey me headcanon #buff cat #buff cat memes #please request more buff cat #I literally love these so much

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mrslittletall · 2 years

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I will ask for Ciaran and The Shadowlord!

Character Ask Meme

Ciaran first

a song that reminds me of them

Like I said, I can't really do this, so I pass. If you have a song for Ciaran in mind, please share.

what they smell like

Ciaran... doesn't have a smell! At least it seems like it. She uses perfumes that hide her bodily odour so that she can't be perceived. It is part of her job as assassins. If she isn't on duty, she often smells a bit like black tea and sweets, especially bakery goods. Sometimes she smells like the plants she uses for her poison.

an otp

Ciatorias of course!

a notp

Ornstein/Ciaran. I just can't see them working well in a romantic relationship.

favorite platonic/familial relationships

Ornstein & Ciaran. Ciaran is like a big sister to Ornstein ^^

a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with

Listen, I am the only person in the world who headcanons her to NOT be a WLW, but straight instead. Straight headcanons in general are like the most unpopular thing ever.

the position they sleep in

On her back, with one hand at her gold tracer. She will be up in one second and ready for battle.

a crossover au i’d love to see them in

Hmmm... I wonder... I ask myself what kind of delver she would be in Made in Abyss?

my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn

She only wears one outfit, but she wears it like a champ. Shadowlord next

a song that reminds me of them

Listen, there is already a song for him and it is the perfect song! I won't change it!

what they smell like

Maso. However they smell. He kinda... stopped smelling like a human when he entered soul form only.

an otp

I haven't seen the Shadowlord shipped with anyone actually...

a notp

Shadowlord/Nier I guess. That would be a very weird form of canonical selfcest and I am just not into selfcest.

favorite platonic/familial relationships

Shadowlord & Yonah of course! Alternatively, Shadowlord & Nier. I am reading a fic where they share a body and it is so wholesome.

a headcanon that is popular in the fandom but that i disagree with

I sadly know NOTHING about the Nier fandom. It's so small, I would be surprised if there are even unpopular headanons!

the position they sleep in

He doesn't sleep anymore. He watches over Yonah. Day in, day out, for years over years over years.

a crossover au i’d love to see them in

Nah, Shadowlord works best in his source material ^^ Hmmm, but I wonder how he would work in Dark Souls? Abyss corruption maybe?

my favorite outfit they’ve ever worn

The outfit at the beginning of the game, the hoodie and the iron pipe, before he touched Grimoire Noire. I like that one.

#ask answered #thx for the ask #dark souls #lord's blade ciaran #nier replicant #the shadowlord

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oblivionhold · 3 years

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Part 5 of my @lilanette-week submission. Prompt 5: Professional

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It was three days later, the day that Marinette agreed to go over Lila's house to try her cooking. She was planning her outfit for the date when she heard someone knocking on the trapdoor to her room.

"It's me!" Though the voice was muffled, Marinette could still clearly tell it was Alya. "And I have Juleka with me!"

"Okay, come in." Marinette wasn't sure why they were here, but she still had about an hour until she needed to go over to Lila's, so she supposed she could hang out for a bit.

As they walked in, however, Marinette could see that Juleka was carrying her makeup kit. She turned to Alya for an explanation. "Okay, so." Alya started, holding up her hands in surrender. "Rose decided that it would be romantic if other people helped you two get ready and you didn't know what the other looked like until the date, so she asked the rest of the girls to help out. Alix refused outright, and neither of us really want to deal with Lila for too long so..." She shrugged. "We're here. Mylène and Rose are with Lila."

Yeah, that sounded like Rose. "And telling her that Lila and I could get ready on our own didn't work?" Marinette questioned.

Juleka mumbled "She broke out the puppy-dog eyes." as if that explained everything.

Honestly, it really did. The only people capable of saying no to Rose when she broke out the puppy-dog eyes were Chloé and Alix, and even that was a close thing. "Well, I certainly won't say no to Juleka doing my makeup." Marinette smiled at Juleka, who smiled back and opened up her kit.

"And I'll look through your closet for a nice outfit." Alya nodded.

"It doesn't need to be too nice, Alya." Marinette shrugged. "I'm just going over to her house..." Marinette blinked in confusion.

She was just going over to her house.

That was it. That's all Lila wanted her to do. Go over to her house for a home-cooked meal. No celebrity involvement, no getting into places for free, nothing like that. The most she could do is brag that Marinette liked her food to the class, but is that really enough for Lila? Why would she do something that didn't seem to give her any benefit aside from impressing Marinette?

“Don't move.” Juleka quietly started to apply her makeup, giving Marinette a good excuse for her body to stay still as her mind kept racing.

Marinette had a guess, but it must be wrong, because the idea that Lila might actually be romantically interested in her was absurd. Sure, it wasn't impossible. Lila was a lesbian, and Marinette knew that for some reason she was pretty popular among the boys in her class. But Marinette had acted like an enemy from the first day they met, even if Lila didn't really realize it until later. Marinette exposed Lila to Adrien, and she spent the next couple of months trying to expose her to the rest of the class. And Lila was never shy about telling Ladybug how much she hated her, even if she tried to pretend otherwise in public. Marinette had no reason to believe that Lila wouldn't keep hating Ladybug after she found out her identity, especially when she seemed to hate Marinette just as much. Even when Lila proposed the fake dating plan, she had plenty of selfish reasons to do so. Marinette never would have expected Lila to actually care about her.

But the first thing Lila did after they agreed to 'date' was come over with a bowl of soup because she got sick. Sure, she bragged about it later, but it was a legitimate help. And if Lila was so into the Starsea fandom, she had to have known how much money Marinette would have needed for two costumes, but Marinette splurged on the materials and still had money left over. And Lila was actually watching one of Ladybug's battles and not wanting her to get hit; why would she do that if she still hated Ladybug?

Even when Marinette said no to her, had straight up denied one of Lila's demands, Lila hadn't actually followed through on her threat. She didn't even bring it up. And when Marinette tried to make it up to her, Lila was totally happy with just a trip to a restaurant, way before Marinette revealed she got a gift from Clara.

It made no sense if Lila was just using her for connections. It made perfect sense if Lila was actually trying to date Marinette.

...But it was still Lila. Lila managed to convince everyone, Marinette included, that she was a super nice girl who was friends with tons of celebrities. The only reason Marinette figured out she was a liar is because she happened to be one of the celebrities Lila pretended to know. Even when she figured that out, she just thought Lila was trying to lie to fit in and look good at school. Marinette didn't realize the sort of depths Lila would sink to before that day in the bathroom. Lila, at her core, was a liar, and a very good one at that.

Maybe this is all just another lie. Maybe Lila really is just using her for her connections. She wanted to trust Lila, but...

“-ette. Earth to Marinette!” Marinette nearly fell over in shock, and only both Juleka and Alya rushing to keep her steady preventing her from hitting the ground. Alya rolled her eyes good-naturedly as Juleka giggled and Marinette flushed red. “Well, nice of you to join us back in the land of the living. Too busy fantasizing about your 'hot date'?” Alya continued.

Marinette nodded. “Uh, yeah. I guess.”

“Right.” Alya looked at her with an unreadable expression, but sighed and shifted to a more familiar smile. “Well, I think I narrowed it down to two outfits. Do you want to wear a skirt or pants?” Alya held up the dress Marinette wore to De Rosa's in one hand and a cute pink blouse and black dress pants combo in the other hand.

“Well, I wore the dress for our last date, so let's do the pants this time.” Alya nodded and began looking through Marinette's shoes. Marinette turned towards Juleka. “Are you done with my makeup?” Juleka nodded, so Marinette walked over to her mirror to check. Juleka really was a master of makeup; it looked incredibly natural, but Marinette knew it wasn't, because she wasn't normally this beautiful. The only obvious makeup on her face was a coral pink lipstick, which Marinette thought helped make her lips really pop. She turned to Juleka as Alya came back with a pair of dress shoes. “Thanks, Juleka, I love it!”

She changed behind her screen, and was prepared to step out when she thought of something else. When she came out, hair let out of her pigtails, Alya squealed. “Oh, girl, you look so good!” Alya took out her phone and got next to Marinette, hugging her with one hand while taking a selfie with another. “Say cheese!”

Marinette smiled as Juleka mumbled “Better not upload that where Lila can see it. Rose would be mad.” Juleka then turned towards Marinette, raising her visible eyebrow. “Nice hair.”

Marinette giggled as she played with a strand of hair with her finger. “Yeah, well. Lila likes it. And she keeps her hair in a ponytail for me, so, you know.” She giggled again, not sure how to finish that sentence.

Juleka and Alya looked towards each other, eyebrows raised, before turning back towards her. “Marinette.” Juleka continued. “I don't trust Lila.” Marinette nodded, unsure of where she was going with this. “But if she makes you this happy, maybe she's not that bad.”

Marinette smiled and nodded again. If nothing else, Lila's plan was working. “Yeah, I was honestly surprised too.”

Alya checked her phone. “Well, it looks like it's almost time. We'll be off now, unless you need help getting there or something.”

“No, I'm good. Thanks for coming over!” Marinette waved goodbye at the two of them. Juleka waved goodbye back and started down the stairs. Alya kept waving, however, and when the trap door closed behind Juleka, she dropped her hand.

“Marinette.” Alya's face was serious. “I just want you to answer one question for me, okay?”

Marinette blinked in confusion. “Okay?”

Alya was silent for a moment, and then took a deep breath. “Do you have a crush on Lila?”

Marinette wanted to say no, of course. She wanted to say that she's not stupid enough to fall for someone she knows is a liar. She wanted to say that she knows Lila is just using her. She wanted to say that everything Lila has done to impress her was probably just a lie in order to trick Marinette into thinking that she liked her.

She wanted to say that.

Instead she said nothing.

Alya waited patiently, but after almost a minute of silence as Marinette looked towards the floor, she sighed. Alya walked over and hugged Marinette. “I don't like this. I think it's just going to get you hurt.”

“I know.”

“But you're my best friend. And one of the rules of best friends is that you support them, even if they're doing something you don't agree with.” Alya smiled gently at Marinette.

Marinette smiled back. “Alya, you're the best.”

“I know.” Alya winked. Marinette giggled as Alya pulled out of the hug. “Make sure to tell me if it turns out she's faking it, okay? I refuse to let her hurt you with her lies again.”

“Don't worry, I will.” Marinette sniffed as she held back tears. “Now let's go before I ruin Juleka's makeup.”

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Even if it was the second time she's been here, and even if she was wearing more casual clothes, Marinette was, if anything, more intimidated by Lila's apartment door than she was the last time. Maybe it was the fact that Lila might actually be serious about dating her. Maybe it was Marinette acknowledging that she really hoped that Lila was serious about dating her. But it took her longer than it did yesterday to work up the nerve to knock on the door.

Lila answered almost immediately. “Wow, you're not even late! You must really want to be proven wrong.” Lila said with a bright smile as she opened the door.

Now that she admitted it, Marinette had to accept the fact that she found Lila incredibly attractive, and the dress she was wearing, an orange sundress that went down to just above her knees made her look cuter than usual. She was wearing flats today, a pair of white strappy sandals, but if anything Marinette preferred having Lila closer than her height. As Marinette hoped, Lila's hair was back in a ponytail.

Lila's make-up wasn't quite as well done as Marinette's was, but it was still pretty good. Marinette, in particular, very much enjoyed the ruby red lipstick and winged eyeliner, though she felt that whoever did Lila's make-up went overboard with the blush.

...Oh. That wasn't make-up. Marinette was worried that she was staring too much, but she realized that Lila was staring just as much at her, and she was blushing heavily. While looking at her.

Marinette knew her face must have been equally red. “Yeah, I was really excited to eat you...I mean, your food! I'm excited to eat your food. Not you. That would be bad, and illegal!” Oh god she was rambling, and she just handed Lila an easy way to tease her, this was going to be so bad...

“Yeah.” Lila swallowed and turned away from Marinette, her face still red. “Cannibalism is bad.” Marinette, confused, followed Lila as she turned around entered the house. Why didn't she make the easy joke? Lila certainly had never shied away from humor of that type before...

Lila brought her to the kitchen/dining alcove, across from the portrait of Lila's dad. The table was already set for two people, and Lila gestured towards the far one. As Marinette sat down, she could see that she had a clear view of the kitchen area, and could see Lila as she put on a plain brown apron. “So.” Marinette started. “How did you enjoy Rose and Mylène dressing you? Er, picking out your clothes?”

Lila rolled her eyes. “Not like I needed help. I know how to dress myself for a date. But no, as soon as I said that..”

“Rose broke out the puppy-dog eyes, didn't she?” Lila nodded grumpily, and Marinette giggled in response. “Yeah, she does that. It's hard to say no to her.”

“I'll say. Felt like I kicked a puppy.” Lila grumbled.

“...Please don't tell me you actually kicked a puppy.” If anything could break Marinette's crush on Lila, that would be it.

Thankfully, Lila shook her head. “I'm not a monster, Marinette.”

Lila had pulled out several pans of different shapes and sizes. Marinette stood up to try and get a better look at them. “What are you making?” she asked.

Lila wagged her finger at Marinette. “Ah, ah, ah, sit back down little bug.” Marinette frowned, but did as she was told. “The surprise is half the fun.”

Marinette rolled her eyes and was about to respond when she saw the front door open. A woman with brown eyes and hair, pulled back into a ponytail, walked into the room. She was wearing a business skirt suit and black heels. Marinette recognized her from the photos near the portrait of Lila's dad; this had to be Lila's mom.

Mrs. Rossi's eyes widened at the sight of her, and she said something in Italian. Lila dropped the pan she was lifting up in shock. She basically ran towards her mother, and, while Marinette still didn't know what she was saying, she could tell Lila was clearly panicked. They conversed in Italian for a while as Marinette continued to stand there, attempting to shrink into her seat, before Mrs. Rossi eventually turned towards her. “So, you're my daughter's friend?” she asked in fluent French.

“Ah, yeah.” Marinette scratched the back of her head in embarrassment. “I'm sorry if I'm not supposed to be here, but...”

“Nonsense!” Mrs. Rossi smiled at her. “It's always nice to meet one of Lila's friends. You're welcome any time.”

“Oh, thank you!.” Marinette smiled back. Either Mrs. Rossi was a nice person, or she was very good at hiding it.

“So you were going to cook dinner for her, Lila?” Mrs. Rossi turned to her daughter, though she kept speaking in French. Lila was clearly distressed, and Marinette wanted to comfort her...though, given what she was distressed about, that would probably make things worse if she did it in front of her mom.

Lila laughed nervously. “Well, me and her...and a bunch of other friends! Not just us! We all went to this Italian restaurant, which was actually really good! But I thought I could do better. So I invited her here so I can prove it. Er, I invited all of them! But only Marinette could make it. So. Yeah.”

Marinette just stared at Lila, mouth agape. That was the most transparently bad lie that she ever heard Lila make. No one would believe that, not even Rose, and she was famously easy to fool. Why had Lila suddenly become so bad at lying? She knew why Lila wanted to hide her going out on a date with a girl, but surely that would cause her to get better at lying and not worse, right?

Mrs. Rossi slowly looked over the two of them, and then smiled. “Well, that's nice of you. But how about I take over for the night, and have a great big meal for all three of us?” Marinette gasped as Lila's eyed widened in shock. Lila began to respond in Italian, but her mother held a finger out to silence her. “It's rude to speak a language our guest does not speak, Lila.”

Lila grumbled, and turned towards Marinette. “Well...I mean...I just...” She mumbled.

Mrs. Rossi tutted, her face stern. “Now, now, Lila. Speak clearly.”

Lila growled. “I said I wanted to cook for her.”

Her mother's face melted into a smile. “That wasn't so hard, was it?” She leaned over and put her hand on Lila's shoulder. “It's nice that you wanted to cook for your...friend.” Marinette blinked. What was with that pause there? “But I want to meet her, too. And I know how much you like my cooking; I'm sure Marinette here will like it just as much.”

Lila honest to god pouted and Marinette had to admit it was absolutely adorable. Lila looked up at her mom desperately. “But you just got off of work! You must be exhausted! Come on, mom, let me...”

“Nope, I'm cooking, and that's final.” Mrs. Rossi quickly hugged Lila, who hugged back begrudgingly. “Now take off that apron and go hang out in your room.” Lila sighed and took off her apron, gesturing at Marinette to follow.

Lila brought her to the door that Lila entered the last time she was here as Mrs. Rossi put on her own apron behind them. As Marinette expected, it led to her room. Lila winced as she entered. “Sorry about the mess, but I wasn't expecting anybody but me to see it...” she said as she closed the door behind them.

Indeed, her room was pretty messy. Papers and clothes were scattered all over the floor and draped over assorted furniture. Her desk had piles of books all over it, and Marinette could still see some shopping bags in the corner. What really got Marinette's attention, however, was the décor. The Italian flag didn't surprise her; Lila loved her heritage, and didn't make it a secret. And she rolled her eyes at the poster that Lila must have used to pretend she was in Achu. She thought that video looked strange. But everything else...

“A wall full of masks? Really?” Marinette giggled. “That's a bit on the nose, isn't it?”

“I think they look cool.” Lila grumbled.

“And your bed is seriously zebra-striped?”

“I was really into zebras when I was younger, okay?”

“Did the apartment come with every wall a different color, or did you paint it that way?”

“No, I did it. Fine, I admit it, I'm strange, okay?” Lila was clearly getting frustrated. She sat down on her bed, looking away from Marinette.

Marinette felt a pang of guilt. She sat down next to Lila. “Hey, I'm was only teasing.” She whispered. “There's nothing wrong with your room. If you like it, you like it. You can decorate your space however you want.” Lila didn't respond, so Marinette took a chance. “Can I hug you?” It took a couple of seconds, but Lila slowly nodded. Marinette hugged Lila, and Lila once again melted into the hug. “I just know you like teasing me, and I thought I could tease you back. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings.”

They sat like that for a couple moments more before Lila turned back to her. “No, you're right, I should have just teased back, it's just...” She sighed and moved away from the hug. “I wasn't expecting mom coming home.”

“So she wasn't supposed to come home this early?” While she figured that Lila wouldn't have asked her out on a date to her house on a day that her mom was going to be home, Marinette was still sort of surprised; people normally got off work around now.

“Apparently the person she was going to be meeting missed their flight.” Lila rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in exasperation. “Since she had nothing else to do, she decided to come home, just in time to ruin our date.”

Marinette shook her head. “It's not ruined. We're still here talking, right?”

“I guess, but...” Lila pouted again. Marinette felt like she couldn't look away from Lila's ruby lips. “I just really wanted to cook for you.”

“You can cook for me another day. Today, I get to meet your mom. Just because it's not what you expected doesn't mean it's bad.” Marinette tried to be as reassuring as possible.

Lila frowned. “I don't like it when stuff happens that I wasn't expecting.”

Marinette giggled softly. “Take it from someone who knows. If you expect everything to go the way you planned it, you're always going to be disappointed. Like, this one time, the girls were helping me ask out Adrien, and...” Marinette trailed off. “Er, sorry, it's a bit awkward to talk to you about how I wanted to ask someone else out, isn't it?”

Lila looked at her strangely, but shook her head. “As long as you don't do it now, I'm fine. I want to hear what you were saying.” Lila gave a small smile.

Marinette smiled back. “Well, like I was saying, I had the girls help me ask Adrien out because I couldn't just walk up to him and ask. So I gave everyone these unique roles and responsibilities. Juleka and Mylène were going to get his bodyguard's car to move, then Rose would come up with a rickshaw driver, and we'd end up driving to André's ice cream cart, where Alix was waiting with flower petals to make it extra romantic.”

Lila giggled. “Oh my god, you're so extra.”

Marinette laughed back at her. “I know, right?” She shook her head. “So naturally none of that worked out. Basically everything that could go wrong, did. And that was before Hawkmoth akumatized a baby and I had to go fight it. The plan was completely shot. But you know what?” Lila looked at her with her head cocked to the side. “In the end, it all worked out. Adrien still ended up alone, and I still got to talk to him.”

“So you asked him on a date and he said no? That must have sucked.” Lila turned away, so Marinette couldn't see her face.

“Actually...” Marinette laughed sheepishly. “I chickened out. Everything still worked out and I still couldn't do it.”

Lila shook her head and laughed, turning back towards Marinette. “Yeah, that sounds like you.” They stayed like that, side by side, until Lila slowly leaned over and laid her head on Marinette's shoulder. Marinette nearly jumped in surprise. She looked down, wondering if Lila is asleep, but no, Lila was still awake, grinning up at her. Marinette smiled politely back, though she knew her face must have been crimson. “So!” Marinette asked, trying not to sound as embarrassed as she felt. “Your mom must meet some important people, right?”

Lila rolled her eyes, refusing to move. “She does work at the embassy. I didn't lie about that.” Lila looked up at Marinette. “I can tell the truth sometimes.”

“I know.” Marinette smiled down at Lila. Maybe she it was more hoping than knowing that Lila told the truth, but Marinette wanted to believe her.

Lila blinked slowly, but smiled back. “Thanks.” She looked away, towards the door. “Mom...isn't home much. She doesn't usually come back home until I'm already asleep. I actually get in trouble if I stay awake long enough to welcome her home. That's one of the reasons I had to get good at cooking. It was either that or eat unhealthy processed food.”

Marinette frowned. “Lila, I'm so sorry, you must be so lonely.”

Lila laughed. “Of course I'm not lonely. It's great, really. It's so easy to lie to her when she's not at home much.” Lila looked up at Marinette again. Marinette was pretty certain that Lila was trying to look smug, but Marinette felt she just kind of looked desperate. “It's the reason I managed to stay away from school for so long after Volpina. I just told her that the schools closed down because of all the akumas. I didn't even need to fake any paperwork, she was just so used to not being at home that she assumed she just missed them”

“That's...” Marinette shook her head. “In any case, that's all the better that she's here, then. Even if you don't mind her being gone all the time, I'd like to meet her.” She smiled at Lila, and after a couple of seconds, Lila smiled back.

They stayed like that, with Lila resting her head on Marinette's shoulder, for a couple of more minutes. Marinette wasn't sure what else she was supposed to say. She probably should ask Lila to move, in case Mrs. Rossi walked in...but she didn't want to. She really didn't want to.

She suddenly became aware that Lila was staring very intently at her face, and blushed. “Sorry, is there something on my face?”

“The make-up, obviously.” Lila looked at her like she was an idiot and Marinette rolled her eyes. “It looks way better than what Rose did.”

“That's Juleka, for you. She's great at make-up.” Marinette smiled. “Maybe we should switch for our next date?”

Lila scoffed. “Nah, you need all the help you can get.” Lila got off of her shoulder, but before Marinette could express disappointment, she instead leaned forwards so that their faces were very close. “I already look good. I don't need make-up to show you up.”

Marinette swallowed heavily as she stared at Lila's lips, curled up in a grin. “I don't know.” She managed to get out. “I think your lipstick looks good.”

“Yours does too.” Lila leaned forward even more, and Marinette became aware that Lila was staring at her lips. “Your lips do look delicious.” Her mouth was so close that Marinette could feel her exhale on her lips as Lila talked.

Marinette and Lila both moved their gazes up so they were looking into each other's eyes. Marinette leaned forward...

“Girls!” The door swung open. Marinette, panicked, accidentally jumped forwards too fast and ended up knocking heads with Lila, even as Lila pulled back. Marinette recovered and turned towards the doorway, where Mrs. Rossi was standing. Mrs. Rossi was smiling at them, still in the apron. “Dinner is ready.”

She heard Lila breathing heavily from behind her, so Marinette choked out a “Okay, Mrs. Rossi!” and stood up. She walked out of the room, Lila behind her. Marinette wanted to turn around, to see how Lila was holding up... but that might be too suspicious.

The dining room table was completely filled. There were soups, and salads, and plates of cheese, and at least three different pasta dishes ranging from chicken to fish to vegetarian. There was even a small cake. She sat down across from Mrs. Rossi and just marveled at the selection. “Wow, Mrs. Rossi.” Marinette said in awe. “Do you normally make these giant meals? You didn't need to go through all this effort just for me.”

Mrs. Rossi chuckled. “Oh, don't worry about it. It's not very often I get to meet one of my daughter's...friends.” Marinette, for her part, looked over to Lila. Lila was clearly just as surprised as she was, if not more so. Mrs. Rossi continued, “Do you know how to say grace, Marinette? ”Mrs. Rossi smiled politely at Marinette.

Marinette stared blankly back. “I'm sorry, what?”

Lila shook her head. “It's a religion thing.”

“Not to worry, I can do it.” She held her right hand out, put her thumb, index, and middle fingers together as she held down her ring and pinkie fingers, and traced what Marinette was certain was intended to be a cross over her upper body. “Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty. Through Christ, our Lord, Amen.” Then she traced the cross again.

Marinette felt a bit out of place, but Lila rolled her eyes. “We can eat now.”

The food was delicious. Wherever she turned, there was another tasty meal, entirely unrelated to what she had previously. And yet, somehow, they all managed to go together. Pastas and cheeses and chicken and fish and salads and soups, all combining into something greater than the sum of their parts, and those individual parts were already pretty good. “I don't know about Lila's,” She said, halfway through her plate of gnocchi. “but your cooking is definitely the best Italian I've ever had.”

Mrs. Rossi laughed, though Marinette could see Lila pout once again. “Thank you for the compliment. Marinette, was it?” She asked over a glass of red wine.

“Ah, yes. Marinette Dupain-Cheng.” Marinette smiled politely.

“Dupain-Cheng? Did your parents hyphenate their name when they married?” Mrs. Gnocchi took a sip of her wine.

Marinette shook her head. “They actually both kept their names, so they're still Tom Dupain and Sabine Cheng. I'm the one with the hyphenated name, since they both wanted me to keep my Chinese heritage in mind constantly.”

“So you're half-Chinese, half-French?”

“Actually, my dad is half-French half-Italian, so I'm half-Chinese, quarter-French, quarter-Italian.” Marinette smiled sheepishly, slightly confused as to all the questions. She looked over at Lila, and Lila still looked as confused as she felt. “I feel like I'm mostly French, though.”

“So you're part Italian?” Mrs. Rossi seemed excited by that, though Marinette wasn't sure why. “Do you know any Italian? Have you been to Italy?”

“No and no, sorry.” Marinette laughed awkwardly. “I'm pretty bad with languages. I've been to Shanghai, but my grandma, she's the Italian one in my family, is more of a world traveler. She doesn't really consider herself Italian, she thinks she's 'a citizen of the world'. I've been to a lot of places with her, but not Italy.”

“Unfortunate.” Mrs. Rossi took another sip of her drink. “Italy's a lovely place, and Italian is a wonderful language. Still, I suppose you have plenty of time to learn.”

“Right...” Marinette laughed, and then reached for a sip of her own water.

In retrospect, Marinette is almost certain that Mrs. Rossi waited until she was drinking to ask “So when did you start dating my daughter?”

Marinette managed to avoid spitting out her drink, but that was only by swallowing it down the windpipe instead. Mrs. Rossi handed her a handkerchief as Marinette coughed and spluttered. “What are you talking about, mom?” Lila asked, laughing nervously. “We're not dating. We're just friends. I introduced her as my friend, right? Not girlfriend? I might have said it wrong when I introduced her, French is just so tricky...”

“Lila, please don't lie. You're awful at it.” Marinette had mostly regained control of herself and took another drink, but at that statement she almost started choking again. “I know what a girl dressed for a date looks like, especially their make-up, and I see two of them here. You've never invited any of your other friends to cook for them, and you seemed really upset when I offered to take over. And, well.” Mrs. Rossi grinned, and Marinette could see where Lila got her teasing streak from. “Friends don't usually kiss each other the way you two were about to. Sorry about interrupting you, by the way.”

Marinette shook her head rapidly. “Oh, no, we weren't...” Then she dropped her head and sighed. They were, weren't they?

“So, you're not...” Marinette turned towards Lila. She was nearly curled in on herself, though she was staring at her mother with a desperate look on her face. “You're not...mad, are you? That I'm dating a girl?” Lila had never sounded more vulnerable in her life. Marinette started to walk over, but Mrs. Rossi beat her too it.

“Lila, I'm sorry if I ever did anything to make you feel like you couldn't date girls.” Mrs. Rossi hugged her daughter close, and Marinette was surprised to see Lila actively spread her arms wide to hug her mother back. “I love you, Lila, and I want you to find someone that loves you too, whether they're a boy, or a girl.”

Marinette felt kind of awkward, sitting there, looking at the mother-daughter hug. She felt out of place, like she was intruding on a private moment, even if that moment technically included her.

“Though, I do have to ask...” Mrs. Rossi started to speak, and Marinette started to panic. “Whatever happened to your old boyfriend, Adrien?” Marinette's panic spiral was suddenly interrupted by confusion. Lila had never dated Adrien. Adrien would have told her if she was, right?

“That was...a lie.” Lila admitted, pulling out of the hug. “I didn't want you to know that I was a lesbian. And I figured the best way to make you think I was straight was to have a boyfriend.” Lila winced. “Honestly, we're not even friends. We're just classmates and co-workers.”

Mrs. Rossi sighed. “Lila, you know how I feel about you lying to me.” Lila hung her head in shame, but Mrs. Rossi smiled and hugged her again. “But I suppose I can forgive you. If you thought I would treat you badly if you were a lesbian, I could see why you'd want to hide it.”

“I, um.” Marinette started. Both Rossis turned towards her, and Marinette nearly stopped talking out of panic, though she pressed on. “I don't think it was anything you did in particular, really. It was just, um...” Marinette looked towards the wall with the Catholic decorations.

Lila still looked panicked, but Mrs. Rossi nodded. “I suppose we never really talked about it, and given the stereotypes...”

“I'm sorry, mom. I was just so nervous...” Lila bit her lip as she looked to the floor. “I should have trusted you more.”

“Aww, sweetie.” Mrs. Rossi hugged Lila again. “I accept your apology.” After they pulled back, Mrs. Rossi turned towards Marinette. “Now, then, Marinette, we still have a dinner to finish, and I'd like to get to know my daughter's girlfriend more.”

The rest of the dinner was just as good as the first half, and while the questions definitely got more personal, about her current and future plans, it was nothing too bad. Marinette even managed to impress Mrs. Rossi with how she impressed Gabriel Agreste and Audrey Bourgeois, resulting in Mrs. Rossi outwardly wondering how great it would be if her model daughter would one day wear something her designer girlfriend made. Marinette liked that idea, but Lila was clearly embarrassed.

Honestly, the best part of the dinner was seeing Lila act like a normal teenager. She clearly loved her mom, and her mom clearly loved her, but her mom loved to tease her, which made Lila blush and squirm in ways that Marinette found absolutely adorable. Sure, Mrs. Rossi made sure to tease Marinette too, and she was sure Lila enjoyed Marinette's reactions just as much, but that was a small price to pay to see Lila like that.

She must have been there for hours, but it didn't feel like nearly that long. Before long, however, Marinette couldn't eat another bite. Mrs. Rossi had more than enough food containers for her to bring some over to her house for leftovers, which was good, because between the three of them, they only managed to eat about half of the food.

“I may have gone a bit overboard.” she admitted, to a duet of laughter.

So, with a bunch of tupperware in hand and feeling like she needed to let out her belt, Marinette was ready to go.

“I'll walk you out.” Lila said, smiling at Marinette.

“No, I will.” Mrs. Rossi cut in. “I have some stuff I'd like to ask in private, if that's alright with you, Lila.”

Lila frowned and looked between her mother and her girlfriend. Eventually, she sighed. “Fine.” Lila walked towards Marinette and kissed her on the cheek. “Don't let her scare you, my little bug.”

Marinette blushed, but managed to react in time to kiss Lila on the cheek. “Don't worry. I won't.”

Lila, face crimson, turned and nearly ran back into her room as her mother and Marinette giggled behind her. Mrs. Rossi shook her head. “Oh, that girl. She can dish it out, but she can't take it at all.” She turned towards Marinette and smiled softly. “Don't worry, I'm not going to threaten you or anything.” She started walking towards the door, Marinette following behind. “It's just...you know our situation, yes? With how much we moved around?”

Marinette nodded. “Yeah, Lila said she loved it.”

“That may be, but..” Mrs. Rossi sighed as she got to the door. “I don't think it was great for Lila, personally. She tried to remain in contact with her friends the first few times she moved, but she must have found it too bothersome, because she stopped. She never really had any long term friends, and I'm worried that it's caused some issues with how she deals with people.”

Marinette flashed back to that day in the bathroom, where Lila threatened to steal all her friends from her. “It's...possible.” she said, politely.

“That's why I want to stay in one place, for the rest of Lila's childhood at least.” Mrs. Rossi shrugged. “I would have preferred to stay in Italy, personally, but this was the soonest I could get a permanent position.”

“Well, I certainly can't complain.” Marinette smiled.

Mrs. Rossi smiled back. “I can certainly see that.” Mrs. Rossi kneeled down so she could look Marinette in the eye without having to crane her neck down too far. “I just want you to know that I am very happy Lila has found someone that she can be happy with. Just from tonight...well. Any objections I might have had to Lila dating you were gone the moment I saw how she looked at you. I do need to apologize for crashing your date night...but I'm still glad I met you. It's nice to see that Lila is in good hands.”

“No, I don't think you need to apologize at all.” Marinette shook her head. “Thank you for the kind words, but honestly, I've never seen Lila happier than when she was with you. I don't know if she told you this, but I think she's lonely. She misses you. You being here...well, I know she wanted me to eat her cooking, but I do think she's really glad that she could introduce me to you. And, well.” Marinette smiled. “I think we both know how good it is that she knows that you accept she's a lesbian. She was really worried about that.”

Mrs. Rossi nodded, frowning. “I know how lonely Lila is, and I know how much she hates to admit it. I wish I could work less, but I have the hours that I have. I am a professional, after all” She stood up and smiled at Marinette. “That's why I'm glad she has you, and her friends at school. I know that you won't be able to completely cover for my absence, so I'd never ask you to try, but...please. All I ask is that you help her be less lonely.”

“Of course. You didn't even need to ask.”

“Let me drive you home. It'd be annoying to walk with all that food, wouldn't it?”

“Oh, thank you very much!” Honestly, there was no way that Marinette could walk home without dropping something, so she very much appreciated it.

“Not a problem. It's the least I can do after I interrupted your kiss.” Marinette blushed, which caused Mrs. Rossi to giggle.

The car ride was mostly silent. As they neared the bakery, however, Mrs. Rossi started to talk. “Do your parents know you're dating my daughter?”

“No. They don't even know I'm...” Bi? Pan? Marinette wasn't even sure what she was, she just barely admitted to liking girls earlier today. “not straight.” She finished.

“Obviously, I'm biased, but I think you should tell them.” Mrs. Rossi said as she pulled up next to the bakery. “Unless you have reason to think they wouldn't be accepting, at least.”

“No, they should be fine with it.” she said as she gathered up her food. She looked towards the bakery door and then back towards Mrs. Rossi. “Yeah, I think I will tell them. Thanks for the idea, Mrs. Rossi.”

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Hi, are your requests open? If so, can you write a fic about Levi and a younger s/o? I mean, she would be one of Eren's friend and they only start fall in love when she's already 18, because of this, he thinks that she is confusing admiration with love and doesn't take her feelings and not even his feelings seriously until she makes him understand. (Ps: I love your nsfw :3)

Hi! Sorry this took me long, but I had many ideas and I wanted to have them clear and all of that. Maaaybe It's a little long, but here it is, I hope you like it! oh, and if you have any comments or suggestions please let me know! 😊

Ps: Thank you so much!

I think I love you

How the hell on earth did they bear each other? Jean and Eren were always fighting, that Sasha girl could eat the entire kitchen in a matter of minutes, and he could keep naming things about his new squad. Despite all of the things that were driving him insane, he knew that they had potential, especially one of those cadets, y/n. Levi couldn't stop thinking about the way she looked at him for the first time, her eyes shining and

From that day on, the cadets were improving a lot, each one of them had their techniques, but even in that way y/n looked for Levi to ask him questions about how to improve, how was he that fast, or how did he hold the blades differently. It looked as if all of her praises at him were because she admired him, and well, she did. But that was not it, she wanted to talk to him, to know him. At least try to. Not even killing titans was as complicated as trying to establish a conversation with Levi Ackerman, that man was like a wall.

Many days and night passed, and the cadets had been part of Levi's squad for three years now, they had gone through a lot together and they had the feeling that somehow they were a step closer to the truth, maybe those living nightmares would be finally gone. y/n had made some progress at her fighting skills, but also with the almighty Captain. He was no longer a wall, and after getting to know her he knew that she had something different, still, he drifted his thoughts away every time y/n was running laps around his head.

It was a nice summer day, the sun was hitting hard, and hopefully, there were no missions scheduled for that week, what a birthday present, y/n thought. while there were no expeditions, they still had to train during the day so that's why the cadets decided to do something different at night, how could they not celebrate y/n twenty-first birthday? The guys were laughing, sharing anecdotes, and forgetting about crapy things for a while. Of course, Levi was nowhere to be seen, he had things to do.

y/n stood up and went to the kitchen so she could drink a glass of water, she laughed so much at Connie and Sasha's jokes that she got thirsty, she also took advantage to that kitchen trip to leave a mountain of dirty dishes and wash them before going to bed, but when she got there the kitchen was not empty. She stopped on her feet and slowly turned around not to face Levi. She couldn't hide it, she started having feelings for him about a year and a half, and she couldn't deny he was sort of her crush.

Her cheeks turned red when he caught her leaving the kitchen.

—You're not invisible, y/n.

—I didn't want to bother you Captain—She said, finally facing him. Damn it, why was he so handsome?—

—Tch, don't be an idiot, you don't —Setting the pot aside, he turned so he could face her—Want some tea?—Levi asked while taking a sip of the liquid. Why did he feel his heart beating faster?

—No, thank you. I drink enough already, we're celebrating—He cut her off before finishing—

—Your birthday—Levi finished her sentence. He knew it was her birthday, but he had no idea what to say or do, and he was not going to sit with the brats and disturbed their peace.

—Yeah, it is—y/n gave him a small smile— Would you like to com—Again, she was interrupted but this time by Eren.

Eren spent a big portion of the day helping Hanji with some different experiments that she came up with, but once the scientist set him free he went back to the place they all shared so he could be with y/n at her birthday, he was one of her closest friends among the squad. And Levi knew that, and he felt annoyed when he saw Eren entering the kitchen. Thank god they couldn't see him clenching his teeth.

—y/n! I made it, I thought you were all going to be asleep—The titan shifter said with a smile— I brought you some chocolates, I have them since the last time we went to the town, hopefully, Sasha didn't find them—Both laughed—

—You didn't have to—y/n said hugging him tightly, ignoring her two-year crush standing a few meters away from them, she was happy to see her friend— I'll go pick them at night, or else I will have to share them with everyone, she joked as she hugged him for a little longer.

''I'll go pick them at night''? What the fuck does that mean? Was she going to go to Eren's room at night? Alone? Levi took another sip of his tea, without taking his eyes away from the scene. She was hugging him firmly, and he was sweaty, dirty, and covered in dirt. Even grass. Again he clenched his teeth, wishing for Mikasa to appear and take Eren away from y/n, but the black-haired girl was not around. He was jealous of that brat, and he was feeling like an idiot because he didn't even wish her a happy birthday, what a jerk. Suddenly, an idea came to Levi's head.

—Oi, Eren. Go and take a fucking shower before I make you run laps until the sun comes out. You look repugnant.

Immediately he said yes and went as fast as he could, leaving y/n and the Captain alone again. She laughed a bit, turning around one more time to see him. Her heart racing one more time. He looked so good on a shirt and black pants. How the hell could someone look so nice in a very simple outfit?

—You're not that fearsome, did you know that?—She smiled— You're quite funny, with your dry humor. And well, you're...—She was going to say 'handsome' but as if fate was against her she heard Jean shouting her name, apparently they were playing some game and they needed her.

—Go.—Levi said— Leave the dishes here, I'll wash them—y/n was surprised, she was definitely not expecting that answer. He took the dishes away from her and then he went to the sink— Take that as your birthday present, brat—Looking her over his shoulder, she smiled at him.

—Thank you, captain.—y/n was about to leave when she took a deep breath, gathering courage— I wish I had met you before.

And then, she left the room. It had been years giving him clues but none of them seem to work, she was just another cadet. Or so she thought. It was true, at a very begging Levi didn't even notice the hits she was giving him, and if he did, he told himself it was admiration, that she was another girl who dreamt of finding the truth and kill the titans so he was her model. That is why he kept rejecting her actions, her clues.

The problems came about a year and a half, it was there where he notices he was looking at her more, paying more attention to her, he would look after her in every battle, but again he put his feelings aside.

y/n knew Mikasa, Sasha and Armin were aware of her feelings for Levi, so knowing that the day next was going to be cleaning day, they decided to do something. Once they were all aligned and ready to know what they were doing, Levi spoke.

—I need you to pair up, some will clean the bathrooms, others the stables. You know what you need to clean, I can't tell you all the damn things you need to clean.

It was there where Mikasa slightly hit Armin's shoulder with hers, and he spoke with a loud voice.

— We ran out of wood, nights are getting colder and we need to cook today, Captain!

—Tch, so go and pick the wood.

—The couples are ready and we have tasks, only y/n is alone.

y/n blushed, looking away. That was their plan? If she didn't die eaten by a titan she was going to die because of nervousness. Levi agreed, and the two of them headed to the forest to look for some wood.

They walked in silence, no one knew what to say, yet both knew what they wanted. Levi had been repressing his feelings for too long, making himself believe that y/n comments and hints were only admiration. She, on the other hand, knew what she felt, she was aware that the Captain was driving her insane, and listening to her friends' voices in her head, she knew that it was the perfect chance. They were alone, away from the noisy cadets, they were not busy and no one could interrupt them again. Leaving the pieces of wood on the floor, she called him.

—Captain Levi, I...—She kept quiet, and the grey-eyed men turned around to see her— I need to tell you something—y/n stood there in silence, and the seconds seemed endless.

—Did you swallow your tongue?—Levi asked with his monotonous voice, waiting for her.

—Haven't you noticed?—furrowing her forehead with some deception, she denied with her head.

—Noticed what, brat. Be clear.

—All the things I say, and do...—She looked away for a couple of seconds, was she really going to tell him how she felt for him?— I've never... I've never felt this way before, and I can't keep hiding it.

He looked at her with confusion, his heartbeat racing but his face stoic as ever.

—I have feelings for you. For almost two years. I try to make you notice them, but you didn't and I—He spoke over her words—

—I thought it was... Admiration.

—I mean, I do admire you. I admire everything about you, Captain. You're... You are that someone I never thought I'd find. And I'm tired of biting my tongue every time I see you. Maybe you... The surest thing is that you don't feel the same way, but I needed to let you know. I... I think I love you.

She was standing there, looking calm but inside she was a panic mess. y/n was confessing her feelings to him, the man who most people wouldn't even look at. And she didn't care, she needed to let those words out. Levi was cold in shock, it was the first time someone told those words to him, and certainly, he didn't know how to react. He had feelings for her too, and he was having problems believing she felt the same way. Levi remembered two years ago when he found himself smiling while watching at the girl training, and in that glimpse of thoughts, he understood all of the signs. How she brought him tea in her free time, how she rode her horse next to him, every fucking time she smiled shyly at him at the halls, across the table, the times she told him to stop being that reckless because he could get hurt. All those times she laughed at his dry jokes and insults.

He was looking at her with surprise, and he took one step closer, then another.

—Say something, Please—She begged him with the same expression on her face.

—I... I think I feel the same way about you.

That being said, they looked at each other, he couldn't believe her words and she couldn't believe his answer.

He looked at y/n lips, fuck it, he thought and he kissed her slowly. Perhaps with a bit of insecurity, he was not very into the kissing thing, but once he felt he was not rejected Levi's lips moved easily with hers, tasting every bit of them. They pulled apart so they could breathe.

—Captain...—She said—

—Just Levi.

After correcting her, he kissed her one more time. Now, he laid his hand on her waist in a polite way while she crossed her arms behind his neck. Was that really happening? Absolutely yes. And they wanted to stop time at that moment.

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—Don't you think y/n and Captain Levi are taking to long? Maybe something happened—Connie asked.

—Yes, I'll go check them—Jean set the broom aside and before he could take a step near the door, he jumped at Armin's and Sasha's scream.

—Don't go! They're fine, maybe y/n tripped or got distracted with something but they'll be back soon.

Sasha said with a nervous laugh, Armin supporting her argument. Mikasa also let out a small smile. The three of them were almost sure that things were going perfectly fine in the forest, and indeed they were. If trees could speak, they would be celebrating at the couple and everyone in the walls could be aware.

#levi ackerman #attack on titan imagine #levi ackerman imagines #attack on titan

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