#>ryu is boyish so all the girls love her

[xbuster]

You know, personally, I never liked how Ryuunosuke from Urusei Yatsura’s arc ended, with her in a forced engagement to Nagisa and having not beaten her dad. Granted, she sort of seems to warm up to Nagisa, but it always seemed a bit weird to me that the main Ryuunosuke ship was one forced on her by her dad. It feels like Ryuunosuke’s dad wins in a way if Nagisa and Ryuu get together. Granted, I am a big Ryuunosuke x Benten shipper, so this might just be my bias talking.

There’s a lot that can be said about how much wasted potential there was in Ryu, but teasing us with the idea of her dating multiple women throughout the manga (especially Shinobu, Benten, and Ran) only for the boyish girl to end up with the girlish boy is just so unabashedly Rumic that it’s almost hard for me to be upset with it

[regarding-stories]

Shy, literal, beautiful: "Kimi ni todoke - From me to you"

Netflix has been recommending this to me for a while, and I'm so glad I've caved: Kimi ni todoke - From Me to You is a thing of beauty. For lovers of anime, watch the two season love story unfold. (There's also a live-action adaptation but I don't watch those. Why do such things exist?) And if you fall in love with the characters, know that the story will continue. The original manga is 30 volumes long and the anime series stops in volume 11. And it's gorgeous as well!

Meet Sadako/Sawako

Sawako Kuronoma is a shy, lonely girl. (You might have noticed I like the type.) People around her decided she's scary. She does look like Sadako from The Ring and the label stuck as a nickname. She also does have the unlucky habit of making some weird faces and has poor communication skills. Hopelessly naive, she never thinks of the people around her as bad. She is probably anime's most pure-hearted character altogether, and yet she is convincing.

One of her traits that keeps the story going, dramatic, and twisting is Sawako's straightforward mind. She also makes a lot of assumptions. Ask her if she is your friend and you might get a very confusing or misleading answer, but ask her if she likes you and she will immediately admit that she loves you over the moon. Because she doesn't know "what everybody knows." She navigates common definitions by herself in her head. Her feelings run deep and what others around her see is just the tip of the iceberg as far as she knows.

Thankfully, Sawako's isolation soon ends. She's befriended by two other outsiders. Chizuru Yoshida is a boyish girl that others are afraid of because she's so competitive. She used to challenge boys all the time. What makes her immediately endearing is that if somebody or something touches her heart, she's immediately in tears and her tough exterior softens. Watching her for any length of time I just love Chizu, no matter how clueless she is. (She's also one of the two worst performers in her grade.) The third girl is Ayane Yano, a girl that looks very styled, mature, and is a bit of a snob. She got labeled by other girls as a slut, essentially. Be prepared for her to mystify you for the run of the anime series. Her story takes the longest to unfold, and by volume 22 of the manga still is. Let it suffice to say: Ayane is a nice girl putting up a tough front. And she doesn't believe she's nice.

But of course there's more. There's a boy, duh, one Shouta Kazehaya. He's the popular guy everyone likes. Not because he used to play baseball. Not just because of his good looks. Kazehaya is nice to everyone. He does not care about reputations, he doesn't try to be popular or cool. Whoever engages him gets the real deal. We actually learn that he was so popular in middle school, girls formed a pact that he's "everyone's" and nobody would ask him out anymore since too many hearts got broken.

Take it for granted that this is the story of Sawako and Kazehaya. Because they met on the first day of high school and she smiled a rare smile because she could help him, and they both never forgot.

After being a loner for a while the mandatory seating change for the upcoming term mixes things up. Kazehaya, Yoshida, and Yano insist on sitting with her, and are joined by Ryu Sanada, a quiet boy and baseball player, and as we soon learn, Chizu's childhood friend. And suddenly Sawako is in the middle of things.

Just watch it, dammit!

I don't want to spoil this show for you. It has a unique art style. It has lots of heart. It's beautiful. It has twists that hurt. And it's irresistible.

The manga's just as good. Everything derives from the characters - keep track of the traits established about them and you will notice how consistent and driving they are. The feelings of these high schoolers may seem simple, but their assumptions and limitations make the situations complicated. And sometimes it makes you laugh out loud.

What is love? Love changes, love grows. Love is bigger than words to put it in. But sometimes feelings reach - from me to you.

(Oh, and a word of warning. Season 2 is much shorter. But it was sooo hard to watch. It pays off. But I suffered and ended up screaming at the characters when it got too much.)

[EDIT] PS - I have read 20 volumes to finish the manga as well (the first 10 became the anime). I loved it. A lot. Chizu forever! Go, Sadako!

[mizunetzu]

YOURE DOPE ASS SHIT HOMIE <3333 can i get uuHHHhh mutha fuckin tanaka x femboy reader ?

HAHAHA SAY LESS I NEVER EXPECTED TO GET A TANAKA REQUEST IM-

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Tanaka x reader - one date wonder

⚠️ warnings - reader is referred to as a girl unintentionally, by Nishinoya in the beginning. Don’t worry, I assure you this is a Male Fic. Ta-ho.

Pronouns - male, he/him

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If there was one thing Tanaka hated, it was pretty boys.

They were so over hyped. Just because they have a handsome face, all of a sudden they’re the talk of the town. Especially if they had a skirt on and whatnot. What happened to personality?

“Oi oi Ryu!”

Tanaka didn’t notice Nishinoya shoving a phone towards his face. He continued skimming through the Miyagi volleyball weekly magazine. “If I see one more article about that prick Oikawa I’m gonna-“

“Ryu!” Nishinoya practically slapped Tanaka’s head with his phone. Tanaka yelped.

“Hell was that for?!”

Nishinoya wordlessly held up his phone uncomfortably close to Tanaka’s face.

A girl with (h/l), boyish hair and a pretty pink skirt stood tall on Nishinoya’s small phone screen. The girl had cute (h/c) hair, framing her face as she posed with her hand flexed into a peace sign.

She was totally his type.

“Apparently she goes to our school.” Noya giddily scrolled through the girls feed, careful not to accidentally like anything as to not be caught stalking her page. Tanaka exhaled.

“Dude...if I ever see her I think I’m boutta simp.”

“Riiiight?” Nishinoya held down his phone screen to let Tanaka in on the girls social media page.

———

Walking into class the next day, he ran into a horde of girls surrounding someone in the middle of the room. There seemed to be someone in the center, awkwardly chuckling and trying to say something, but it was drowned out but the vociferous squeals or questions thrown at them. Tanaka couldn’t quite make out the person’s face.

Stalking closer, trying to subtly peek from over the heads of the girls, the person’s eyes slowly panned over to him. They locked eyes. Something seemed oddly familiar about that person. He couldn’t quite place it, though.

The person’s eyes lit up and they wadded their way out of the horde and made their way to him. Upon closer inspection, the person was handsome, and wearing the boy’s gakuran. It made sense, he was being crowded around a bunch of girls gawking at his pretty face. He immediately puffed out his chest and scowled.

“Oi oi! Got a problem, pretty boy?”

“P-pre...” The person, who he now knew was a boy, flushed and shook his head. “A-anyways! Tanaka-kun, can...”

“C-Can you meet me in the school courtyard after class!”

The boy bowed suddenly, making Tanaka falter and step back. He awkwardly coughed. “Uh-sorry man, do I know you?”

Of course he knew him. He was that one popular second year in class 2-4 that every girl was throwing their panties at. He found it weird that he wanted to talk to him out of everyone.

“My name is (L/n) (Y/n)! I’m-im in class 4 but I...don’t think we‘ve ever spoken before...”

“Then why do you wanna meet up later? Do you needa tell me sumthin’? Can’t you just tell me now?”

“No!” (Y/n) puffed out his cheeks. For such a high strung popular pretty boy, he was acting pretty fumbly and flustered. “I can’t say it here-!”

“Uh...ok...see you there...?”

“Thank you!” (Y/n) smiled, walking through the eavesdropping girls and out the door.

Tanaka wondered why he looked so familiar. Oh well, it’s probably nothing.

———

Tanaka picked at his unbuttoned school uniform, standing under a cherry tree in the school courtyard. It took him every single ounce of his body not to just up and leave.

His ears perked up at the sound of rapid footsteps approaching him. There stood this boy from before, doubled over and heaving in front of him. Tanaka shoved his hands in his pockets.

“So-what’ja need, dude?” Tanaka tried to sound as nonchalant as possible. (Y/n’s) head snapped up, and he stiffly straightened upright.

“This is for you-!” He averted his gaze as he outstretched a pristine white envelope to Tanaka with both hands, a cute little heart sticker sealing the opening flap shut. Tanaka blinked once. Twice.

Did a girl ask him to give this to him? Wait, why would this pretty boy who probably thought he was some ruffian scum randomly be giving him this love letter? Was he trying to make fun of him? Did he think that he didn’t get love confessions because he wasn’t a popular pretty boy like him?

“Oi, you tryna mock me or something? Tryna make fun of me pretending a girl wanted you to give this to me?” Tanaka puffed out his chest, tilting his chin up. (Y/n) paled.

“No! No! This-“ (Y/n’s) grip on the letter tightened, crumpling the smooth paper ever so slightly at the corners. “This i-is a real letter...f-from me to you, Tanaka-kun...!”

Tanaka blinked again. Huh? Huh?!

“I like you, Tanaka-kun! I know it’s weird because you don’t know me and I’m really popular and ‘wow why is this popular dude talking to me haha and why is he so awkward’ but I really wanted to tell you and-“

(Y/n’s) phone buzzed. He stopped in his tracks, and fished his phone out of his black school pants. Tanaka, even though he knew he shouldn’t, peeked over his head a bit, trying to see what was on his phone.

Powering it on, a picture of a girl with boyish hair and pink overall-skirt popped up on screen, holding up a peace sign near her eyes. That girl looked familiar.

Oh! That was the girl that him and Noya were fawning over the other day! Now that he thought about it, the girl and (Y/n) looked very similar. Like, very, very, similar. Same hair, same eyes, same everything...

That’s when something clicked in Tanaka’s head.

(Y/n) clicked out of his Home Screen and shot a quick text to someone on his phone. He pocketed it once more.

“A-anyways, sorry Ta-“

“Are you a crossdresser?!”

“Cr...” (Y/n) sputtered. Tanaka pointed bluntly at (Y/n), eyes widened in disbelief.

“No! No I’m not! I...why can’t I wear feminine clothes without being called a crossdresser...”

(Y/n’s) shoulders slumped over. Stagnant air surrounded them as (Y/n’s) nimble fingers dropped the letter carelessly, letting it flutter towards the ground gracefully.

‘Fuck. Fuuuuck. Me and my big mouth...’

Tanaka awkwardly cleared his throat. “I-I didn’t mean it like that! I’m sorry, man! There’s no harm in um...wearing that-! Shit, uh. How can I make it up to you?”

(Y/n) smirked. He slowly raised his head up. He held out his pointer finger.

“You can make it up to me by going out on a date with me.”

Tanaka deadpanned. Treacherous pretty boy snake. “Wh-“

(Y/n) clasped his hands together. “Please! Just one! And we don’t even have to hold hands or anything! After that it’s done! It’s just-“

“F-fine.”

(Y/n) looked up. “Really...?”

“I mean, it wasn’t cool of me to call you a crossdresser, so if it’s just one...”

“All right!”

———

The date went by like a dream. Even if Tanaka didn’t harbor much feelings for (Y/n), he still enjoyed eating free food.

Though, he couldn’t help himself from occasionally staring at (Y/n). Not because he had something on his face of anything,

But because he was wearing a a high-waisted black plaid skirt with a belt secured snuggly on his waist, with a slightly baggy baby pink sweater that looked comfortable enough to sleep in. And to top it all off, a small kitty hair clip pinning some loose strands of hair behind his ear.

He looked exactly like he did on his social media. Tanaka gulped.

Even if he was a guy, he couldn’t help but notice how his skin seemed to glow off the fabric of his sweater, or how his skirt complimented his body perfectly.

“U-uh, (L/n)-san?” Tanaka was trying to be as respectable as he could. (Y/n) stopped eating mid bite and waiting for him to go on.

“Why do you uh, pose as a girl on social media if you don’t want people thinking your a girl..? No offense, I mean? Just wonderin’, y’know.” Tanaka took a huge bite out of his food to occupy his running mouth.

“Oh.” (Y/n) pulled up his phone and booted up his profile on social media. “It says in my bio that I’m a dude. So, it’s kind of the persons fault if they mistook me as a girl, but I don’t mind if they do...! I think I look pretty...”

Tanaka flushed. Yeah, he definitely wouldn’t deny it. He was kinda cute when he tried hiding his blushing face behind his chopsticks. But he wouldn’t say it out loud. It’s like he liked him or anything, no. Definitely not!

———

Next day at school, Tanaka felt a strange sort of emptiness in his chest. It felt hollow, like he was coming off a high and dealing with the consequences. And he had no fucking clue why.

“Dude...I feel so depressed...” Tanaka slumped over a box in the club room, sighing dramatically. Nishinoya hummed while scrolling through (Y/n’s) profile, once again.

There was a sour taste in his mouth. Tanaka glared holes into Noya’s side, until Noya finally looked up from his phone.

“Dude, why’re you glaring at me-“

“Help me with my baggage I’m feelin’ depressed and I don’t know why!” Nishinoya sighed, before smiling widely and standing up with his chest out.

“Ok. Doctor Nishinoya here. What seems to be the problem, good sir.”

Tanaka snickered. It was Nishinoya’s turn to glare at him.

“So, I went on a date with this gu-, um, girl, and I only went because I promised, so now I don’t know why I’m feeling so sad.”

“Liaaar. Siiiiimp.”

“Shut up!” Tanaka barked at Nishinoya. “I’m tellin’ the truth here!”

“Well,” Tanaka gave Nishinoya a look to go on. Noya clicked a pen he found on the club room floor and adjusted his non-existent glasses. “Sounds like you caught feelings, dude.”

Tanaka sputtered. “I-I couldn’t have!”

“You totally could.”

“Could not!”

“You could”

“Not!”

“Why not, then?” Nishinoya crossed his arms.

“Because the person I went on a date with is a dude!”

Nishinoya choked on air. Tanaka covered his mouth. Noya sighed.

“Well, maybe you’re just a lil’ gay then.”

“I’M NOT!”

——

Ok, maybe he was. Just a little bit. A teeny weeny bit.

Tanaka found himself standing outside the 2-4 classroom, and he frankly didn’t know why. He didn’t know why he was so nervous too. He was really, really scared to go inside. But he wouldn’t show it.

Which is why he was leaning on the wall across from the door, with a scowl on his face and a suffocating, intimidating aura around him. Ennoshita walked out of the 2-4 classroom, before immediately being drowned in Tanaka’s scary presence.

“Jesus Christ Tanaka-kun, you scared the hell out of me!” Ennoshita rubbed his eyes. “Anyways, did you need something? Were you waiting for me or something?”

Tanaka’s face relaxed. “Uh! Actually I-I don’t know what the fuck I’m doing here, so I’m just gonna-“

“Tanaka-kun?”

Shit.

Tanaka slowly turned around. Standing in the classroom door frame was (Y/n), holding a bento and looking directly at Tanaka.

“Oh-! Sorry, sorry, please give me a second-ah-!” (Y/n) excused himself from his growing horde of female classmates, worming his way out of the classroom.

“What are you doing here?”

Tanaka’s mouth ran dry. Nishinoya’s voice rang in his ear.

‘Well, maybe you’re just a lil’ gay then.’

Fuck! Maybe he was. But fuck.

“U-uh...” A million thought went through Tanaka’s head, and went blank at the same time. It was the same feeling he gets whenever he looked at Kiyoko. The same tingly, warm, simp-y feeling.

Ennoshita looked between the two, before gasping in realization. “Oh. Oh! So-uh, I’m gonna...head to practice-Daichi said he needed me for something bye-!”

Ennoshita whispered a “Tell him.” in Tanaka’s ear as he walked by, then promptly disappeared behind a wall. Tanaka looked back at (Y/n).

“Um...h-hi...”

‘Fuck! Stop stuttering!’

Tanaka leaned against the wall, trying to seem as cool and suave as he could. (Y/n) put his hands in his pockets.

“Did’ya need something from me?”

‘Tell him. Tell him. Tell him.’

Shut up, Ennoshita! Tell him what, exactly? He didn’t know if he was even sure about his feelings or not.

“So...about our um...date a few days ago..” Tanaka also shoved his hands in his pockets.

“Ah! You’re here to tell me it was weird going out with a guy! Or that it was weird going out with a guy in a skirt! I’m-“

“No! No! Not at all!” Tanaka blurted out. (Y/n) let his mouth fall shut.

“I just...” Tanaka pursed his lips. “...Maybe we could, I dunno, go out on...another date.”

“Really?!”

Tanaka flushed and furrowed his brows. “Y-Yeah! You got a problem with that-!”

“Yeah! I mean no! I mean I’d love to go!” (Y/n) grasped onto Tanaka’s hands, squeezing them tightly. “Are you free this Friday at around 8?”

“‘Course I am!”

“It’s a date, then, Tanaka-kun.”

——————

Epilogue:

“No way your going out with her.”

“Him.” Tanaka corrected, pointing at Nishinoya’s phone. An image of (Y/n) holding up a cat he found on the street in an oversized sweater was on screen. “It’s a dude. And he’s my boyfriend.”

Nishinoya stopped walking. Tanaka raised his eyebrows.

“You’re such a liar, dude-“

“Tanaka-kun!”

A voice rang out, with growing footsteps approaching behind them. Both Tanaka and Nishinoya turned around, though with the dark moonlight it was hard to see who it was.

Someone wearing a skirt, tucked in shirt, and Karasuno jacket stopped behind the two. Tanaka smirked triumphantly what Nishinoya gawked, looking between his phone and the person.

(Y/n) smiled. “Are we still on for our date today? I know it’s kinda late...”

“Course we are, babe.” Tanaka smugly wrapped his arm around (Y/n), making sure Nishinoya saw. Noya’s mouth fell open.

“HOLY-WHAT THE FUCK! RYU, HOW’D YOU-“

“To be honest I don’t really know either.”

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[a-few-of-my-favorite-mangas]

Kimi ni Todoke (From Me to You)

by Shiina Karuho

Volume 01 / 30

Shoujo, Romance, Coming of Age, Drama

Story  ★★★★☆  ||  ★★★☆☆  Art

Summary

Sawako Kuronuma is the perfect heroine...for a horror movie. With striking similarities to a haunting movie character--jet-black hair, sinister smile and silent demeanor--she's mistakenly called Sadako by those around her. But behind her scary façade is a very misunderstood teenager. Too shy to fit in, all she wants to do is make some friends. But when the most popular boy in class befriends her, she's sure to make more than just that--she's about to make some enemies too!

Review

Shoujo. Romance. Slice-of-Life. Friendship. I read this a while ago, it is a very slow burn coming of age teen romance.  It’s characters are endearing, but the pace is SLOW... if you like a slow-burn romance with likable and wholesome characters this manga is for you.  I stuck to it for many years and I enjoyed it, but It isn’t one I find wanting to read again, or if I do I would speed though it and just re-read the more interesting and or fun parts (as I am now doing this:). There are several romances or couples, each with a different complication, but each ends satisfyingly and all the characters feel like they grow and mature. 

The main couple is Sawako and Kazehaya. Kazehaya is perfect, he is well liked by all the boys and girls, smart, handsome, athletic, and an all around nice happy guy.  He is smitten by Sawako from the start and it puzzles everyone because she is so strange and scary looking, but Kazehaya doesn’t see what they all see, he sees a pretty, nice, hard-working, sweet girl who seems to be misunderstood. Their romance is so painfully slow, mostly because Sawako is a rather sheltered and sweet character who Kazehaya has to draw out and convince that he really does like her, like her. Sawako is the epitome of a waifu personality to me. She is in one word ‘pure’. Her earnestness and growth to try new things and come out of her shell and make real friends is endearing. It is a sweet, wholesome romance, and Kazehaya patience is a testament to his goodness and he definitely deserves his love happy ending with Sawako.

For me though it is the other two couples, those of her friends Chizu and Ayane that I enjoyed more, perhaps because they were more complicated and less predictable, at least in the sense that it wasn’t as clear cut as Sawako and Kazehaya. Chizu is the tom-boyish one and she has been in love with the older big-brother of her best friend, Ryu since childhood.  She can’t wait to be old enough for him to look at her as a real woman, and not a school girl. But Ryu knows that his brother will never reciprocate her love, but that is okay cause he is in love with her and is just waiting for her to realize that he is the one who has always been there for her and loves her as she is. If only she can see him that way and not like a little brother she always jokes he is to her. Chizu is a really likable character, she wears her heart on her sleeve and Ryu knows her so well and has been waiting to confess his feelings for years, but her crush on his brother complicated things.

Ayane’s is the most complicated of the trio, she is a smart, but jaded young woman.  She is beautiful enough that guys pick her up all the time, but because of this she has become disillusioned with the concept of love and relationships, at least for her. The boys / men she dates are mostly shallow and superficial, only asking her out because she is pretty and often become possessive of her attention and time that leads to a lot of break ups often after abuse. Ayane has two potential ‘love’ interests throughout the series, one who is sweet and truly interested in treating her as his precious girlfriend which makes her uncomfortable as she doesn’t feel she deserves it, try as she might, she just isn’t interested in him in that way. The other one she has a love/hate interest in against her better judgement. Sometimes we can’t help who we fall in love with, but you can also see how she fell for him despite everything. He noticed the real her behind the cool facade. I actually found both relationships handled well, and both made sense in how she was grappling with what it really means to be loved and to love someone. This carried the second half of the series for me and was my favorite of all the story lines.

Romances aside, the friendships were also a special aspect of this series. They often talk out their problems (girls and boys), encourage and support each other through it all. It is nice to see and warms the heart, even though the series pace is rather slow, it always kept me wanting to return - now that the series is complete, perhaps it won’t feel so slow-paced as you don’t have to wait as long to read the next chapters as the series is complete at 30 Volumes. A sequel begun last year, continuing Sawako’s university life. Will need to check that out soon.

[otomeamethyst]

rfa with a punk/grunge mc.

headcanons! quite short! 

saeyoung Choi

he loves it, lets be honest he’s into it.

loves when you come into his room wearing ll black and fishnets and some kinda band shirt, cool accessories and belts. Not only is it extremely hot, he loves the style himself and has dressed quite e-boyish on multiple occasions with you. its amazing, you feel very appreciated, for example: 

you come out in an awesome outfit and he’ll pick you up, praising you then running to vanderwood to show him his girlfriends sick ass outfit.

Hyun Ryu

his style is far from punk, so he doesn't fully understand what seven means by ‘emo, haha punk’ or anything along the lines of sevens dumb nickname referring to your style.

oh but when this man saw you he wanted too be squished in between those oddly decorated thighs, fishnets he means

when you began dating, he would always compliment your outfits and say he loved it.

although he wasn't a fan of punk music and he made that quite clear.

Jumin Han

he was...confused, when he met you for the first time, he was warned in advance you had an odd style.

The second he saw you though, he weirdly loved it and when you end up staying over at his house he actually verbally asks you to explain the style so he can get some clothes for you. sweet guy.

eventually when you end up as a couple, he begins researching the whole thing more,finding a lot of goth and emo cultures as well, shocked at how many sub cultures there were. but he then saw cat girls and lets just say you've never warn cat ears so much in you life.

Yoosung Kim

we all know he wants a goth gf, so he was literally overjoyed when he knew yall could be the gamer bf x punk gf

he was non stop blushing and complimenting you, the day you guys met. then when you guys started dating he became your personal soft boy hype man. you even did that tiktok trend where his head is in between your thighs and your playing with his hair.

now one of his favorite things to do is simply being near your thighs, he was a thigh kinda guy and he wasn't afraid to hide it.

Jaehee kang

shes decently formal so it isn't really her thing but she felt deep down that she loved it, she loved the occasions were you would dress her up like you.

Sje actually, secretly, loves the punk music and bands. yall give off princess bubblegum and marcelline vibes. seven is always cheering you guys on when you go out. like her in a soft girl kind of formal outfit and you looking like you just walked out of a rave, my chemical romance concert.

she loves you so much though, style means nothing over love to her.

[fuuwas]

Rfa and V headcaon reaction to an older lady giving their female s/o shit. S/o did not even do anything. S/o is calm because she expects over 50s to act this way to younger generations. She admits though that if she was physically touched at all she would of beat the person up.

Hey toots! We only do four characters per request, so here you have Zen, Jaehee, Jumin and  Yoosung. I’ll write V, Seven and Saeran in another post!

edit: part 2 ( Jihyun / Saeyoung / Saeran ).

♡ ”Excuse us?” Zen’s eyes would grow wide at the nerve of this woman (—and yes, he considers the two of you to be a single identity and it’s super cute). If there’s one thing you shouldn’t do in your life, that’s messing with Hyun Ryu’s girl. It doesn’t matter whether it’s an old woman, an old man or your own mother, Zen will flare up like a poked bear as soon as he hears someone raising their voice at you. He’s way more hotheaded than Jumin and Jaehee combined, so expect a shouting match to ensue if the ajumma doesn’t back down the first time he warns her. He’d promptly step in between you and her, his back brushing your nose as he protectively hides you from the sudden disturbance.

To be honest, you would probably end up having to calm him down. You hold absolute power over him, so Zen will back down if you tell him to, but even while you’re dragging him away by the arm, you’ll still be able to hear him huffing incredulous remarks under his breath. He’s a drama queen, so the things he says and the extremely offended manner in which he says them will make you giggle. He cares so much about you, he’d be legitimately upset that the woman didn’t end up apologizing to you. 

“Sorry I got so worked up…” He’d sigh, wrapping his arms around your smaller frame and squeezing you against his chest, “I just can’t stand it when someone yells at my baby! Damn, was that woman crazy?!” Your scent will ultimately calm him down, he’d kiss your forehead and smile, “Ohoh, you wanted to fight her? That would have been really sexy~♡”

♡I headcanon Jaehee as being a very special kind of protective when it comes to you. She’s usually a composed, intelligent woman, but the second that ajumma starts giving you attitude, you can see it in the subtle way her shoulders stiffen that Jaehee is very displeased. She’s not one to make a scene in public, but with the lucidity of a hawk, she would butt in your conversation to murder that old woman with words. It’s not that she thinks you can’t handle yourself, but your girlfriend loves you very much, and she can’t stand the thought of you being hurt, be it physically or emotionally.

Jaehee would know exactly what to say to fluster the ajumma, her calm and logical arguments would quickly make her back off. Once she’s walked away, Jaehee would turn to you with worry in her amber-colored hues.

“Are you alright?” She would ask in a soft voice, sighing in relief once you tell her that yes, you’re fine, and holy crap is she attractive when she goes all mama bear for you! If you tell her you were ready to throw hands if need be, Jaehee would try and fail to hide her chuckles. “Let’s try not to beat people up, okay?” She’d take your hand and propose a stop at the nearest coffee shop. The warm drink and Jaehee’s company would make you forget all about that rude woman in no time.

♡To say that Jumin would be surprised at the sight of this woman yelling at you would be a sweet understatement. He’d have to stop and blink for a second, is this person some sort of idiot? Doesn’t she know who you are? Who he is? He’s not used to people who are not Zen getting mad at him to the point of screaming insults, but he has absolutely no intention to let this go on for a second more. 

“It’s uncouth to scream like an angry chihuahua in public.” He’d gently pull you away from the woman, his arm wrapping around your waist as he protectively pulls you close to his chest. You wouldn’t need to look at his face to know that the expression Jumin is showing the ajumma is nothing short of terrifying, his onyx eyes freezing cold and quietly menacing while the rest of his face remains stunning and tranquil, “Step away from my girlfriend or I’ll have you removed for public disturbance.”

The bodyguards Jumin always has around and the dispassionate voice with which he threatens to remove her would be enough to scare the ajumma into quickly apologizing to you before scampering away. You would never get the chance to fight anyone really, because he wouldn’t let you put yourself in dangerous situations, but Jumin would totally pay for some self-defense or martial arts classes for you if you expressed interest in them.

♡ Yoosung would nearly have a heart attack the second the ajumma’s shrill voice hits his sensitive ears. What’s wrong with old people these days?! Aren’t you supposed to get wiser with age? He’d visibly cringe as the unknown woman starts bothering you for absolutely no reason, a nervous smile on his boyish face. Compared to the three above, Yoosung is the least confrontational one, but he would also be the fastest to get you out of the situation.

He’s been taught to respect his elders, but all he can think about at the moment is to keep you safe, and even if he desperately wants to tell the ajumma off for treating you like trash, he’s not as intimidating as Zen or as witty as Jaehee. What Yoosung is is a boy tempered by months of merciless pranking courtesy of a sadistic red-head who always plays him for a fool, so he’s naturally learned a trick or two to mess with people.

“Oh! Isn’t that the famous celebrity, the freaking handsome actor Zen-ssi?!” He’d point in a random direction to distract the rude woman before taking your hand and sprinting the opposite way, his trembling fingers gripping yours tightly as if he’s trying to desperately shield you from everything and everyone.

“…That was scary…are you okay?” His violet eyes would search for yours, worry written on his cute face as he gasps for breath, “Ah, thank God…” Yoosung would take your hands in his, searching for your warmth as he tries to calm down his frantic heart. He would be impressed if you told him you were ready to fight if push came to shove, but he’d also get pouty because! He really has to get stronger if he wants to protect you…

[sasorikigai]

Bi-Han [Hanzo Hasashi]

well @kathexismania didn’t ask for this .

 his refined and sharp and still somehow boyish features catch the rays of sunlight and for a moment bi-han regrets asking him to lay down at all or show smallest hint of tenderness upon the man’s exhausted , beaten state . but it wasn’t pity that bloomed in his chest when hanzo was covered in purple and crimson , he realizes with a start that it’s fear , that it gets rather too personal to ignore now . sub-zero had to be accompanied by the fiery wraith everywhere he went ever since he’s accepted to aid the earthrealm in its quest to defeat shang tsung and his army ; ice remembers , ice doesn’t bow to anyone . the truth is that bi-han had never stayed loyal to any cause but the lin kuei and that’s because the code of it was carved in his brain and flesh since childhood . it seems it’ll take too long for something to make itself worthy for the cryomancer yet he can’t quite glance away from the man’s sleeping face as he sits himself upon the couch he’s laid scorpion on .

 cole’s family abhorred him , were terrified of him and often chose to remain in a room or the kitchen when he had to come in his house but he had nowhere else to take hanzo when he was beaten like this . their masks contrasting in color and resting atop the table behind bi-han , he heard cole softly trying to reassure his wife and daughter that ’ sub-zero is harmless now ’ , with a faint smirk bi-han believes he’d like to argue about THAT . the little girl storms out of the room and glares at him , her glare burns the paleness of his indifferent gaze before she opens the door and grabs her bag to leave . for the school he believes , or guesses and knows cole won’t really apologize for it . but that’s not what his attention lingers upon , it’s the quiet and distinct change in the pattern of hanzo’s breathing that draws his gaze toward his unconscious body . a hand reaches for him to touch his forehead , a thumb brushes over the man’s bottom lip . ’ this is so stupid ’ , but he cups the side of his warm face and carefully moves his head with both hands to let it rest in a more comfortable position . though soon hanzo’s hooded gaze meets his , and bi-han finds himself smirking faintly .

 ❛ it appears your descendant’s daughter wants my head on a silver platter . ❜

▬▬ι═══════ﺤ 🔥 || How tragic it is to seek for someone, with extraordinary necessity of Hanzo Hasashi’s love, like bombs; strong, loud, its wrath rampant against the excruciating battering of his body. Scorpion’s eternal expedition is filled with personal wars and conflicts, of temporal transitions between life and death. If the wraith hadn’t conquered death and mastered hellfire, he would lay unconscious and unresponsive. But he remains still fevered warm and alive, with the steady and strong rise and fall of his chest constituting the burning desire of his own aspirations and dreams. Perhaps in sparing Bi-Han, his greatest enmity who still stirs complex sentiments including perpetual ache, perhaps equal measure of hatred and desire that sharply tugs his heartstrings. 

But they are two defectors - after all, Shirai Ryu’s founding father was a former Lin Kuei, and Bi-Han, against the drilled Lin Kuei principle, against its long-corrupted criminality, was working for Earthrealm, instead of against it. Such craving and compulsion for more had changed Scorpion’s scarred and blackened heart, still oozing tar and charcoal smoke. Such imperfections and flaws have become art to his soul; raw, crude, and unapologetic evidence of his history and the slaughtered lives of the Shirai Ryu, their screams still echoing through his cranium as he unconsciously groans and moans from the acute pain that refuses to fade and heal. 

In the white limbo of his vacuous, floating state, Scorpion’s sharpened Arcana still picks up certain sensations, however obfuscated and unclear they may become. How they walk and dance upon an ever-shifting earth, as the ancient warrior of the Feudal era continues to live and exist, in the throes of faint feeling of home in Cole Young’s residence. Still, the unfamiliarity of modern society still perplexes him and renders him hopelessly lost. Perhaps Bi-Han fares better with it; in his conditioned state to adapt in the most protean and effortless ways, it was one of the things Scorpion revered, to his unadmitted chagrin, that the wraith believed the cryomancer would find ways to thrive even in the sinking depths of Netherrealm. Even with the crimson fire spawned from his enemies’ gore as seeping rivulets continue to saturate his entirety, along with the supernova of excruciating pain abruptly awakens Scorpion, as his heavily veiled gaze trickles open. His expression somewhat inscrutable, although there is a brooding solemnity he always wears in his vehement steeliness. 

“As I once wanted to skewer your head through the roped kunai, Bi-Han, attempt to kill an innocent child would have painted her a painful trauma, so obviously it would take Emily Young a long time to tolerate you as a person who has redeemed himself,” the heavy accented drawl of his rich baritone echoes as his fevered hand enfolds over the cryomancer’s. Unperturbable peace will never settle upon Scorpion’s heart and soul, and yet, he feels an inexplainable sense of serenity without disquietude. “Give her time. She is extremely stubborn, just as any Hasashi descendent would be - I can persuade her in time.” ▬▬ι═══════ﺤ 🔥 || 

[anditjustmadeherkind]

Flower Boy Next Door

Love Dodecahedron: Dok Mi is interested in Tae Joon and Jin Rak is interested in Dok Mi. Enrique is spending a lot of time with Dok Mi so that he can recover from the knowledge that his first love Seo Young is in love with his cousin Tae Joon. Do Hwi is pursuing Jin Rak, even though Dong Hoon thinks she is more his type of girl. The security guard is pursuing Im Jung and she seems to be interested in Watanabe Ryu, but maybe she is just helping him because his Korean is so bad.

Love Triangle:

Dok Mi:

She’s snappish (look at her giving her best resting bitch face to Enrique or Do Hwi), firm in her boundaries (which Enrique presses constantly), goes for the juggler when people (often Enrique) start analyzing her, amazed when shown the world (usually by Enrique), quiet (so much that Jin Rak took over her public speaking duties for her), introverted (honestly her apartment is her safe place that both love interests want to get her out of), lonely (because of Do Hwi), sad, damaged, kind (girl offered to pay a portion of Jin Rak’s rent even when that situation had nothing to do with her), giving, self-sacrificing (pushed Enrique away to achieve his dreams), and somewhat honest (told security officer that Enrique was not a pervert and he was in the right to confront her). She hates herself so much and part of the narrative is about letting Enrique love her and learning to love herself and also healing from the past by pushing herself outside of her safe place.

Enrique:

He’s into Dok Mi. He’s so into her. He’s a puppy dog around Dok Mi. He just wants to be by her side and get her outside of her apartment. He’s wooing her Aladdin style:

He’s a video game designer. He’s not the broody YA male love interest. He cries openly. He laughs openly. He’s blunt, direct, and cocky as hell because he’s great at his job. I love when people mistake his silly demeanor as stupidity because he will call them out so fast and leave with them speechless and wary. He’ll then leave with a boyish smile and a cocky strut to signal his exit. He’s popular and unpopular. He can charm people, but he has anti fans as well. He’s all about pushing Dok Mi, but I’m never bothered by it. She can be equally blunt, direct, and rude with him. If he’s out of line, she’ll say so. If he’s analyzing her, she’ll analyze him right back and strike where it hurts. Not many people see the more serious, solemn troubled parts beneath his happy facade, but Dok Mi does. Its frustrating watching two self-sacrificing idiots develop a romance, but I like they call each other out when the other is lying or being self sacrificing. Enrique could have been a maniac pixie dream boy with no depth, but he has so much depth to him. He carries his first loves burdens like its his responsibility to do so. He has a very interesting backstory. He’s wiling to forgive people that have hurt him. He’s such a loudmouth idiot that its uprising how much he thinks and analyses the people. I just like how gone for Dok Mi he is and how obvious he is. He’s so openly affectionate and I love it. 

Jin Rak: 

He is someone who has noticed Dok Mi for a long time. He’s sort of made up his own version of her, but its a little accurate and a little inaccurate. He’s a good guy, even if he’s really grumpy. He’s respectful of Dok Mi’s boundaries. She once said that he’s never once made her feel uncomfortable and its easy to see why. He’s broody and stomps around a lot, but around Dok Mi he’s got hearts in his eyes and his hands are gentle and his voice is quieter and softer. Its like she’s the dog at the pound that has been mistreated by its previous owners, so its gonna take time and trust to build a good relationship. So, that’s how he approaches this, handling her carefully. His backstory is great. He’s a shitty boss because he insults his employee/brother figure a lot and forces a lot of work on him, but he gets better at sharing credit and looking out for his brother figure and being honest with him about his past.   

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All the characters are pretty well developed and fleshed out. I really loved this drama. Its ridiculously cheesy, philosophical, and dramatic. Its reminds me of a shoujo romance, but its in its live action format. Also, the drama has English subtitles, not English dubs. Anyways, you should check it out. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower_Boys_Next_Door

Watch episodes here:

http://kissasian.com/Drama/Flower-Boy-Next-Door