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ghostussy · 2 years

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Secondo (platonic) x (older) Teen Reader

You find comfort in Secondo after a panic attack.

Secondo brainrot ayyyy

TW: Mentions of a panic attack; just mentions, nothing too graphic here

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It was late into the night when a quiet knock came onto Secondo’s office door. “Come in.”

He didn’t look up when a ghoul entered the office. “How may I help you, Ghoul?”

“Ah- Papa, please forgive me for the intrusion. I wanted to inform you that something is wrong with y/n.”

This made Secondo stop writing and look up. “Are they alright? What happened?”

“The ghouls, and myself included, noticed smells of intense sadness and fear mixed with panic.” He continued, looking at the worried man in front of him. “One of Copia’s ghouls, Cirrus, pointed out that it was one of the teens that arrived here recently; she tracked it down to be y/n, and we suspect it to be a panic attack.”

“Oh, dear. That is no good... Though there is not much I can do for them. May I ask, Ghoul, why did you inform me over the others? ”

The nameless ghoul looked surprised. “Papa, you are the one they are closest to. They seek comfort in you.”

Now it was Secondo’s turn to be surprised. “I believe you have me confused. I am no one’s favorite. I am simply a grumpy old man, though I am in my golden years.” He winked.

The ghoul shot him a look. “Papa, all of the ghouls can sense it. You are their favorite, I promise.” He glanced behind him. “They are coming here now, I believe.”

“Nonsense. I-” he was interrupted by a soft knock at the door.

“They are exhausted, Papa. Do with this knowledge as you wish. Shall I let them in?”

“Uh- yes, yes of course. Please.” He gave a small nod. “Thank you, ghoul.”

The ghoul bowed respectfully and walked over to the door, opening it to reveal you, looking very tired. Your eyes were red and tearstained, and you wore a hoodie and sweatpants. He noticed that your hands shook and your voice trembled when you spoke. “Oh! Hello, ghoul. I hope I am not intruding.”

“Not at all,” called Secondo. “Come on in.” The ghoul held the door open for you, then walked out and quietly shut the door behind him. “Hello, y/n. Is there something you need?”

You froze. “I- uh, not really. I was wondering if I could just sit in here for a while? It’s kind of loud in the dorms,” you looked down at the ground, avoiding eye contact.

“Ah, of course, child. Though I would like to warn you that I am a very boring individual. I am doing paperwork currently.”

“That’s okay! Do you mind if I sit and watch?”

He chuckled and gestured at the seat in front of his desk. His desk was in the corner by the window, and there were two seats in front of it. You sat in the one closest to the wall, watching him with tired eyes. “May I offer you some warm tea?”

“Oh, that sounds nice, thank you.”

“Of course.” His tone was gentle as he picked up the electric kettle nearby and poured you a mug. “It is earl grey, from Primo’s garden.”

“Oh, that sounds lovely. He always seems to grow the best tea leaves, doesn’t he?”

“That he does, child.” He handed you the mug. “Now, if you don’t mind, I’m going to get some work done. That does not mean you are unwelcome, si? I will just be a bit quiet, is all.”

“That’s alright with me,” you took a sip from the mug, “I just wanted to get away from the dorms. They can sure be loud on a Friday night.”

He chuckled. “That does not surprise me.” He returned to his work.

Several minutes passed, and a comfortable silence fell between the two of you. You sat, sipping your tea and looking out the window as Secondo worked. Outside, rain tapped on the windows lightly, wind blowing in the trees. You enjoyed sitting there, looking around his office; there was much to look at, from the decor on the walls, to the altar in the corner, to the array of papers strewn across his desk. You noticed a framed photo of Terzo on his desk.

“What is that?” you questioned.

“Hm? What is- oh. Cosa ha fatto!? Ah, that is supposed to be a framed photo of my degree. Terzo must have gotten ahold of it.” He picked up the frame and removed the cardboard back out of it, revealing his degree inside behind the photo. “Lord below, I cannot stand him sometimes.”

You let out a laugh. “Well, at least he left the degree in it? He could have lit it on fire, you know.”

“Ah, that you are correct about, ragazza. I am still going to pay him a visit later, though.” He set the photo off to the side.

“You should draw a mustache on it and replace one of his photos with it.”

He chuckled. “That is a great idea. Would you do the honors of giving him a makeover for me?”

“Absolutely!” You took the photo from him and plucked a sharpie from his pencil holder, immediately getting to work. You drew a mustache, glasses, and buck teeth on him; then you returned the picture to Secondo.

“Ah, perfetto!” He set it off to the side. “I will stick this in his office tomorrow. He doesn’t work on Saturdays.” He returned to his work.

You drank the last of your tea and set the mug down, resting your head against the wall to look out the window. “It’s so pretty outside.”

“That it is, bambina.”

Contentedly you sat there with your hands in your lap, listening to the shuffling of papers and the rain outside. You rather enjoyed being in Secondo’s office; it was warm and calming to you. Suddenly, he stood, walking over to the altar while you continued looking out the window. He pulled out another stick of incense, lighting it, flooding the office with the strong scent. You let out a small sigh.

“So, child,” he began, walking back to sit at his desk once more, “why did you decide to come into my office?”

“Oh, it was just really loud in the dorms. Didn’t I tell you this already?” You lifted your head, looking at him in confusion.

“Yes, you did.” He looked over his reading glasses at you. “The ghouls tell me something different.”

You fidgeted in your seat. “What did- what did he say?”

“Did you have a panic attack?”

Fear flashed in your eyes, and you looked down. “No.”

He sighed. “Child, please don’t lie to me. It’s alright if you did. I know before you came here your parents did not allow you to feel weak, but that is- we do not push such negative emotions away here. You are safe within the Ministry, and if you need help, all you need to do is ask.” His gaze softened. “Next time you are in such a state, you may come to me. You do not have to wait until it is over to ask for comfort.”

Sadness flashed in your eyes, then defeat. “I- it’s true, Papa. I did have a panic attack in the dorms. That’s why I came here. I’m sorry for lying.”

“Child, it’s alright. I know where you came from, you were not allowed to have such feelings; we do not do that here. You are safe here.”

“Thank you.” You wiped a few tears from your eye, then leaned your head against the wall once more, stifling a yawn.

“Oh, dear. Is someone getting sleepy?”

You shot him a look. “No.”

“What did we just say about lying?”

“I’m not.”

He chuckled. “Alright then.” He continued working on paperwork. You stared out the window, thinking deeply on what he said.

“Is it really okay if I come here next time?”

“Of course, child. I would never turn you away in a moment like that.” He glanced up at you, taking note of your tired state. “I used to get them too, you know.”

“Really?”

“Yes, and they were awful. Please don’t subject yourself to that.”

You softened at his words, leaning further into the wall. Maybe later, you could press him for details; for now though, you were going to simply enjoy his company. You no longer had the energy to speak.

The sounds in his office were lulling you to sleep. The shuffling of papers, scratching of pencils, and soft tapping of the rain outside suddenly got louder, being the only thing your exhausted brain could focus on. The warmth of his office seeped into your bones as you allowed your eyes to close, deciding to rest for a moment. Only for a moment, though; then you would need to head off to bed. After all, you didn’t want to distract Secondo from his work any more than you already had.

He didn’t look up from his desk for several minutes. He noticed that you’d gone quiet, but didn’t think anything of it; after all, you’d been pretty content watching the rain earlier. After around half an hour, he glanced up at you, noticing your sleeping form.

“Ah, dormigliona,” he spoke softly, shaking his head, “I should have known.” Your face was pressed into the wall, with your mouth slightly agape and your glasses hanging off your nose. Your hands rested in your lap, twitching slightly.

After a moment, he decided to pack it up for the night. He organized his papers into a neat pile, setting the vandalized photo of Terzo on top; then he looked up at the incense, noticing that it had burnt out. He moved and knelt in front of you, debating on what he should do with you.

He supposed that he could leave you here, though that wouldn’t be very gentleman-like. He could move you to the loveseat in his office, but he worried that you would wake up in a panic once you realized you were alone. Your dorm was all the way across the building; he decided his best option would be to bring you to his bedroom, which was just a short walk down the hall. He stood and leaned over you, preparing to lift you into his arms. With some difficulty due to the awkwardness of your position, he managed to cradle your head onto his shoulder, then snake an arm underneath your knees in a bridal carry. You let out a sleepy sigh, mumbling in protest into his shoulder.

“Ah, just a moment, bambina. You cannot sleep in my office, so I am taking you to bed.”

You didn’t say anything, instead burying your face further into his shoulder.

Once he was in the hallway, he walked quickly. He bumped into the ghoul from earlier. “Ah, you were right!” He greeted, nodding at your sleeping form. “They are out like a light.”

The ghoul chuckled. “I did warn you, Papa. I suppose I should bide you good night, as it seems as though you have quite the handful.” He offered a gentle nod and continued on his way.

When you arrived in his bedroom, he set you down gently on the bed. He removed your shoes and your hoodie, so that you could sleep comfortably in a light t-shirt and sweats. You let out another sleepy whine of protest.

“Ah, none of that now. Go back to sleep.”

“’M not.”

“Ah, but you are.”

“Resting my eyes.”

“You sure are.” He pulled the covers up over you. “Now, seeing as you’re hogging my bed, I am going to go get dressed and sleep on the couch. I’ll see you in the morning.”

“Wait,�� you mumbled, “stay.”

“Hm? What was that?”

“’s dark here,” your words were slurred with sleep, “scary. Please stay.”

He melted at the sight of you, very much so not-awake in his bed and begging you to stay. “Alright. Give me one moment.” He left to change, returning a moment later in flannel pajama pants and a t-shirt. He climbed underneath the covers, watching as you sleepily gravitated towards him. “Sei molto carino quando hai sonno (*you are very cute when you’re sleepy).” He wrapped an arm around you, and you clung to him, burying your face in his chest before sighing contentedly. Quietly, he hummed a simple tune; a lullaby of some kind. It wasn’t long before you lay asleep once more next to him.

He watched you sleep for a moment, thinking about what the ghoul had told him. He was surprised that out of everyone in the Clergy, you came to him for comfort. Not that he was going to complain; after all, he found it cute that the angsty, hormonal teen was now asleep in his bed.

He leaned over and turned out his bedside lamp, careful not to disturb you. He laid back down, watching your chest rise and fall; it wasn’t long before he joined you in sleep as well.

#secondo x reader #secondo comfort #secondo emeritus #papa secondo #secondo #ghost fanfiction #ghost band #the band ghost #drabbles #soft secondo

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outpost51 · 9 months

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Ayyyy playlist tag game!!!! Gimme a couple songs from #16 and #57 plz <3

~@tabswrites

ask me about my playlists

the stars we wander, the hands we're dealt is uhhhh the second? i think the second castis/avitus mix i've made for @thetrashbagswasteland, who is entirely to blame for this ship even existing. different than the first, this is aimed less at the hatefucking and more at the sad old men they've become, settled into something like domesticity, or as close to it as avitus can manage. neither particularly wants to admit (to themselves or anyone else) what they are, fearful that saying it out loud might make it real, might mean something more than "roommates out of necessity, benefits out of convenience." it means avitus having to confront that people might actually care if he dies, and that maybe... just maybe, he doesn't want to die in a blaze of glory. that maybe he might want to ride this thing out, see where it goes. that retiring from living hard and fast, that learning to be a person again and not just a tool or a weapon, that holding still might not be so bad after all. oops i. made myself emotional--

anyway here's some of my faves on this playlist (it's actually one of my favorites i've ever made):

the cattle by zach palmer [youtube]

longshot by catfish and the bottlemen [youtube]

bugfood by alissic [youtube]

the boy who cried wolf is actually the playlist for act i of stellar parallax! the songs are supposed to follow along with the chapters!

here's my faves and the passages they go with:

brutus by the buttress [youtube]

Jane knocked the wind from his lungs before he could draw another breath. Her eyes weren’t cold anymore. She fought like a hellcat. Like her life was on the line. How hard had it really been planetside? I have been starving and squatting in an abandoned building for the past three years.

Her fist connected with his jaw and the world went fuzzy. The ground defied gravity, rising to meet him with gusto. His shoulder screamed where it connected with the thin mat. John’s grin was lopsided as he wiped the blood from his mouth. He pitied the pirate that ever ended up in her sights. “Shit, Jane,” he chuffed. “You’re good.”

Jane didn’t return his smile. “No, John.” She spat his name over her shoulder like a curse. “I’m just better.”

where is my mind by safari riot (cover of the pixies) [youtube]

Jane was floating.

Stiff-backed. Limbs dangling uselessly beside and below her like some invisible force had yanked her right off the ground by a string tied to her ribcage. Jaw wrenched open in a silent scream. And her eyes—

Rolled all the way back, as if whatever that beacon was wanted her to see what it was doing to her brain, forced her to see it.

John lunged for her, but thick, armored arms wrapped around his trunk, the same ones that pushed him away from Jenkins. That let Arterius doom the poor kid’s family to a closed-casket funeral. We can’t risk it, Nihlus had said. Do you want him to become one of those things? Do you think you could put him down?

But this time the Brawler was pointed at Jane, and Jane was still alive, she just needed help, she needed someone to knock her loose with a stick like the manuals all said to do with a person being electrocuted. John struggled harder against Nihlus, kicked, punched, spat, cursed — then went still as Jane’s head turned all the way around to face them.

And shrieked. Not the scream he expected either, no, what came out of his sister was hundreds, thousands of voices screaming, sobbing, begging, praying all at once. Its volume grew and morphed into a bellow that seized hold of his mind and squeezed and squeezed and squeezed —

Jane dropped to the ground like a ragdoll, and he jolted awake in the Normandy’s medbay.

into dust by mazzy star [youtube]

Saren had offered to help. There were two shovels, after all, and they were both biotic.

Jane grabbed one, then shut the shed. “I need to do this,” she muttered, and started digging.

Dark clouds rolled across the sky.

Once she’d broken through the grass, it wasn’t so bad; the ground was soft and the work was repetitive and Eden Prime was quiet, so quiet now that most of its population was gone.

“It’s going to rain,” Saren said, shortly before the first drop landed on Jane’s nose.

“The porch is covered,” she told him, and kept digging.

All at once, the sky opened up. Somewhere in the downpour, she could hear Saren swearing, dragging the cloth-wrapped body onto the covered porch. Jane took a deep breath.

Focused on digging.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Thud. Exhale.

She’d barely made progress before the first aches settled into her shoulders and back. It was 2183. She didn’t have to do this. Holes could be dug with machines, with lasers, with bots.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Thud. Exhale.

Machines, lasers, and bots had certainly made the body that would fill this one.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Thud. Exhale.

But so had her own negligence. All the bodies littering Eden Prime weighed down her shoulders, adding to the pain spreading down her arms and legs.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Thud. Exhale.

She didn’t have to do this, but she needed to.

The corporal didn't have any family left that would bury him. There wouldn't be a wake, a funeral, an awkward standing-around of relatives who could barely stand each other, picking at the potluck fare for however long seemed appropriate so their departure wouldn't look like an escape. He had no cousins, no uncles, no brothers, no father to carry his expensive wooden box to the hole a machine had dug. He had no friends left. Sandra couldn’t dig him a hole — didn’t need to, not after what she’d seen. John and Kaidan were several systems away.

Maybe you’ve got Anderson and your parents and the Smiths and the Harrises, some smaller, more vicious thing spat in her memory, but all I’m stuck with is you.

Jenkins just had Jane, pulling his dead weight over her back to transport him from the porch to his final resting place. The storm raged on, softened the ground even more. It sucked her into the muck with every step and caked onto her armor up to her knees. She lost her boots somewhere along the way.

Maybe she should have left Powell alive.

Saren had offered to help.

Maybe she should have accepted it.

I’m sorry , she’d mouthed seconds before machines dug a hole straight through the corporal. He might have accepted it, had he still been around to. She wouldn't forgive herself, though, even after all this.

It didn’t feel right to just dump him in, and the ground seemed to agree, crumbling beneath her feet and dumping her into the hole instead. There was a metaphor in there somewhere: lying in a grave she’d dug with her own hands, beneath the soldier who’d be alive if not for her.

She belonged there.

“We have work to do, Jane,” Saren reminded her.

He was right. Jane struggled out from under the corporal’s corpse, arranged him like a funeral home might, and made her ungraceful exit from the grave. She was more mud than Marine at that point, but there was work to do. She picked up her shovel.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Plap. Exhale.

She could mourn this man she’d barely known later, after she’d hunted down the bastard who sent his machines to Eden Prime.

Thunk. Swish. Inhale. Swish. Plap. Exhale.

Burying Jenkins was harder than digging the hole; it took seven attempts to convince herself that it was okay to throw dirt on his face — she was returning him to his mother, that was the reason that finally stuck. She was returning him to his mother, and he would help her garden grow.

When she was done, Saren sprayed her down with the half-rotted hosepipe he’d found coiled against the side of the prefab. It didn’t matter if she was wet, he told her, it was raining anyway. Water would dry. The blood on her hands wouldn’t, but the water would.

That was okay, too, he told her, albeit in much prettier words. He and his ship were both stained far deeper than anyone ever should be.

#ans.txt #sneeps.txt #tunes.mp3

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acaplaya-musings · 7 months

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Voiceplay Visuals: Aca Top 10 Hits Of 2019

A bit more of a random-sounding Top 10 for Voiceplay to do, but they did something similar 4 years prior with "Aca Top 10 Summer Hits of 2015" (or something like that - I never watched it). This video released right at the end of December 2019 (just a week after their Frozen 2 Medley, damn), and was arranged by Geoff! And all the other Aca Top 10s have been very comedic visually, so this one should be fun as well! (I have seen this a few times before, but it's not one I've watched a lot)

The guys really said "oh good, a video where we don't have to put as much thought or effort into our clothing choices! 😂"

"I do my hair toss, check my nails!" (we were robbed of Geoff doing a hair toss in this one ngl /j )

Also we're back to Geoff holding up cards for each song! (But in this one the cards change colours! (via post-production editing))

Eli, Earl, and J brushing their shoulders off 😁

"Just walk your fine ass out the doooor" (👉👈)

(I'm also a big Swiftie, sue me)

J and Layne what are you two doing 😂

Omg not Layne making it rain XD

J None vibing (also see what I mean about the colour-changing song title cards?)

Time for Eli to be extra dramatic, it seems! 😁

Nope, Earl's the bigger drama queen here I think! 😆

cue low-key ridiculous vocal percussion/beatboxing moment

cue low-key ridiculous bass (subharmonic?) note! (it still counts as talking about the visuals okay!)

aaaaand cue whatever J is doing 😆

(Also just realized Layne's hair is styled slightly differently for this video?)

Love J's dancing during "Senorita", and Earl's air bongos!

Man they had a lot of fun with the Old Town Road bit didn't they? Positively vibing

Return of the Carrot Lord!

Earl: (pretending to ride a horse)

Layne: (being a horse)

Ayyyy we got another Eli Eyebrow Raise!

Oh wait that's the end of the video (told you I haven't watched this one as much!)

This post might have not been super long, but things are definitely gonna be kicking up a gear from this point. I sense some quite long posts on the horizon, waiting to be written...

#voiceplay #acapella #top 10 hits of 2019 #geoff castellucci #eli jacobson #layne stein #j none #earl elkins jr #earl elkins #acaplaya analysis #voiceplay visuals

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digimonloving · 2 years

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(ayyyy Gsbu our beloved returns 😭🥺💕💕)

Can we have Lucemon, Apollomon, and Zeifermon with a Tamer that loves wearing outfits themed after their digimon?

Lucemon FM

If his Tamer wears outfits themed after him, he's going to secretly adore it and bask in the slight ego boost he gets from the feeling. There truly is something about seeing his Tamer wearing something that is inspired from his own outfit and self that just makes him feel that much more connected to them.

Bonus points if they add onto it a few references to his other Digivolutions in some way. He will make a few comments about it, but otherwise he's quietly basking in the glow of their "matching" outfits. Lucemon just thinks it's far too adorable~

Apollomon

Apollomon will be incredibly flattered if his Tamer went about making an outfit that was themed after him, even multiple outfits if they were so inclined. He'd like to hear their thought process on how they went about it, and what brought up the idea to create an outfit themed after him.

He always gets excited to see what they have in mind for their next outfit! He loves matching with his Tamer, or well... them matching with him, it's a great idea! And Apollomon thinks it shows their bond even more as Digimon and Tamer!

Zephyrmon

Zephyrmon is secretly flattered over it, but her impish nature makes her embarrass her Tamer by asking in such a voice as to how cute they are, trying to take after her in terms of clothing wear. She tugs on the scarf around their neck playfully and always makes wind rush by to make it and anything else that might be representing parts of her looks flutter.

She does love it, though, and is giddy that her Tamer even thought about doing something like that. She just can't help but be a bit playful, but it's clear she loves it to bits that her Tamer went about doing something like that... How cute!

#Digimon #Digimon and Tamers #Lucemon #Lucemon FM #Apollomon #Zephyrmon #Mod Gabu #(HEEHEE back once again fdhsFH

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last-starry-sky · 5 months

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Oh my sweet Starry, my sweet Kate, you’re spoiling me and the rest of us 🥹 I’ll be right here whenever you share it with us, eager and excited to read it ❤️ what’s important is you’re having fun in the creative process! Which character do you find the most fun to write?

actually weeping over this rn. no big. here is my heart in return thank u 🫴❤️

You are just too sweet!! Thank you so much for your kind words ❤️ it honestly makes my day. I want this blog to be a place where I show off the immense talent of this community and promote positivity. To get literally anything back after sharing my little bits of fic is just . . . beyond my wildest wishes. I feel bad that I miss responding to some of the comments and reblogs I get, so stay tuned for me to perceive y'all more in the future 👁️👁️

I have been having a lot of fun writing your prompt though! I started plugging away at it again yesterday after spending this week sleeping like a complete slug. 😪 Work has been kicking my ass this week because I had to slightly alter my schedule (and im working OT this weekend ayyyy) and this is not. fun. for a creature of habit like myself.

I never thought I would like writing prompts, given that I just have too much to say all the time and prompts seem to engender a shorter writing style. I like that I don't have to come up with the seed idea though!

(to finally answer your question, lmao) I gotta say, I'm loving Graves so far! He's just too much fun to write. I love being able to pour all these slimy, smarmy, manipulative traits into him in his POV and then make him this upstanding southern military man in reader's POV. It's just so 🤌🤌🤌🤌

(soft-simon is SUCH a close second, only because it's been so long since i've worked on that fic 💀. I love cracking that man open and making him feel emotions. :) It's been an actual struggle making him mean in your prompt! I hope I end up capturing what you wanted!)

#asks #anon #i can't even answer an ask w/o rambling for five paragraphs apparently 😅

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askamethystaddisonandassociates · 7 months

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Ending Announcement:

Hello, I'm here to say that, after all the silence, that this ask blog is officially over.

BUT! I might still post drawings here from time to time of the characters. There are still a few I never did get around to adding to the cast, but I do hope to draw in the future!

Under the cut, I'll put the "story" (more-so story chunks) I had planned for this blog. I'm going to say this now: There wasn't much actually planned, and all that was was from several years ago at this point. (I was actually hoping to wing it for the most part ^^;)

The first portion of the story, which I did start, was diving into Amethyst's backstory. Originally working at a jewelry store, Amethyst had developed a fascination with gemstones. He saved up a lot of money overtime, and ended up purchasing his own store as well as starting his own mining company. Everything went smoothly for many years. At some point he ends up finding a shadow crystal. The day after, however, there was an accident in the mine. There was an explosion that, thankfully, didn't kill anyone, though many of the miners were injured, and Amethyst lost one of his eyes to shrapnel. After that, he deemed the shadow crystal to be bad luck and stored it in a box, forgetting about it. Many years later, AKA the present, he'd wind up finding it again. After, he'd get a phone call where a Strange Someone would ask him for the crystal, offering knowledge in return. At this point, I was going to rely on the askers to try and get one of the others to check on Amethyst. Whoever it was would end up hanging up on the Mysterious Person, though Amethyst would learn some truth about their world.

I also did plan on having Scarlet have a dream about the light world, and end up painting the sky during the day, only to end up realizing, "Wait, is this what that little one (Spamton) used these same colors for???" I hoped that the askers would bring up that it was the same color as the light world's sky, and end up freaking out Scarlet a bit.

I also was trying to plan something for Robin involving their plants, but never did settle on anything I felt was a good way to go in the plot.

Cocoa never had any weird things planned for them.

A character I still have yet to draw, Alabaster, would have had a tune come to him either in a dream or out of the blue, which would end up being similar to Gaster's theme. (All this was at the time when I thought Gaster was the mysterious person, however idk if he is or not nowadays). Speaking of Alabaster, he is the owner of a music store. His color is beige. He's a bit more up-tight and professional than the others, but he does have a soft spot. His favorite music is classical and while he does enjoy other genres, he usually pretends he either doesn't care about them or doesn't like them.

Another character who's yet to make an appearance is named Sketch. He's a much more shady Addison, mostly doing illegal things as a job (what exactly? I never specified in my notes...) His coloring is half red and half white, the sections between the two colors looking glitchy/blocky. After the scenario with Amethyst and the Mysterious Person, Sketch would end up hijackings the askers' line for a bit. This is when they'd be able to find out a bit about him. My plan for him was that he once knew the same person on the phone as Spamton did, however he only got partially corrupted, unlike Spamton. At one point I was going to have Scarlet interrogate him since they saw him creeping around the backallies when she went to do some graffiti years back. I don't entirely remember what it would be about, but most likely if he had seen either something sketchy (ayyyy) or maybe they wanted to find Spamton to talk to about the light world's sky or something.

There were also two other Addisons I was unsure if I was going to add or not. Both don't exist in reality, now Goners. I wasn't entirely sure how to implement them into the story, though. Their names are Dust and Charcoal.

Anyway, for those of you who read through all this, those who stuck around for a while, and those who sent in an ask or two,

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noridoorman · 3 years

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When you want a kiss -DBD Killers

When you want a kiss

This is my first Tumblr post ayyyy. I’m gonna do stuff for both killer and survivor but in separated posts. P.s. this scenario was supposed to be your first kiss with the killers but was really hard to write with all the other killers, that’s why Evan’s a lil different.

Trapper - Evan MacMillan

This big guy has a shell made out of steel and an attitude colder than the arctics. And as his S/O, it was your job to break through his tough facade! But how? You have been together with him for some time now but other than small smiles, nothing really made him crack in front of you. That is until you noticed you never kissed him directly on the lips! and this is exactly what you did. His eyes widened but his arms held you close to him.

The Wraith - Philip Ojomo

Getting close to you in the first place wasn’t an easy task for him. Now he’s supposed to kiss you on the lips?! That was something you had asked for randomly in a conversation. His eyes widened and his body leaned a little back until his shaking hands held the sides of your face. He leaned down and put a quick kiss on your lips before pulling away, hiding his blushing face with his hands.

The Hillbilly - Max Thompson Jr.

Love and affections were concepts Max knew about but never truly experienced himself. The warmth of hugs and softness of kisses were foreign, something he never expected to get. But here you are, one of the few people who doesn’t judge him based on his looks and loves him for who he is.Or better, who he tried to suppress. He couldn’t afford being vulnerable with a world that was set on destroying him. Now, he gladly lets you connect your lips to his while holding you tightly to him, his back exposed to you with no worries.

The Nurse - Sally Smithson

Sally knew everything about love and relationships there is to know. And even though she still misses her husband dearly, there’s something about your lips moving in perfect sync with hers that feels so right yet so wrong. Your little crush on her slipped her so often but now, it was obvious. The way you’d look at her, the way you hesitated to drop pallets on her even when you were in serious trouble. And she gladly returns those feelings to you.

The Shape - Micheal Myers

Micheal Myers, the shape of Haddonfield. You’d think this big guy would push you constantly away and could never ever be able to love you? WRONG! err... sort of. You see, he truly and dearly loves you, there’s no doubt about that. But he has no clue or real desire to show it. You knowing how much he loves you is enough, right? Your first REAL kiss (not his mask) might take a little longer to happen. But once he knows how great it feels to kiss you, he can’t keep his lips away from you.

The Huntress - Anna

What? A kiss? Sure, kiss her quick and she’ll return with her duty. Anna isn’t as cuddly as you’d like, especially when a trail awaits or she needs to hunt. She wants to be able to provide for the both of you as best as she can but sometimes neglects all your emotional needs. Not on purpose though! Cause if you ask her for a kiss or a cuddle session, she’ll gladly do it.

The Spirit - Rin Yamaoka

At first, Rin is extremely shy about your relationship with her. Getting bullied by everybody certainly didn’t help her self-esteem and there really aren’t any therapists in the Entities realm. She’d always question how you could love her or even ask for affection from her but she’s not complaining. Asking her for a kiss might fluster her. But after a while? It’s like she’s a completely new person. She’s a lot more feisty and daring, the Yamaoka blood might be a part of it. You wouldn’t even ask for a kiss, she just gives you one whenever she feels like it.

The Legion - Frank Morrison

You know, boys gotta keep his reputation up of being the biggest shithead in the Entities realm. But if you ask for a little bit of affection or even kiss him yourself, he MELTS at the affection. Keep your hands on each side of his face while his rests on your hips and that’s it, that’s the perfect kiss for him. So don’t be shy, cause he’ll be shyer if you ask for a tiny kiss!

The Legion - Julie Kostenko

A kiss? Sure, you’ll get one. But not only that ;) Julie loves showering you with as much affection as possible but they have a tendency to get a little... dirty. Even as innocent as a kiss can get her turned on. But she wouldn’t do anything dirty as long as you don’t want. She kisses you randomly too out of trails and loves having you sit on her lap or be generally near her.

The Legion - Joey

Despite his threatening posture and reputation, he’s nothing but a big softie. Just like Frank, he melts when you ask for affection or give him some love. Unlike Frank though, it’s more of a silent melt where he smiles warmly and pulls you close to him and kisses every inch of your face.

The Plague - Adiris

No hesitation or big reaction, she’ll gladly kiss you if you ask for it though, it might be a bit weird to her since she’s still infected by the plague. She wouldn’t understand why you’d want her to kiss you and gets worried you might get sick too. But once her god (aka. the Entity) tells her you’ll be fine, she’ll kiss you everywhere she likes with no shame.

The Ghostface - Danny Johnson

This motherfucker just steals kisses from you left and right, there’s almost no need to ask for one cause he can always tell when you want one. He even kisses you in moments in which you didn’t realize he was there! He loves hiding in bushes and scaring you to death but makes up for it with a few kisses.

The Oni - Kazan Yamaoka

Despite Kazan’s threatening posture and height, he’s all for cuddles and kisses. You want a kiss? Got get ‘em! The issue is how tall Kazan is. He loves to see you pout in frustration trying to kiss him on the lips and might occasionally tease you for it. But even the cuddle-bug Kazan can’t resist for too long and will bend down for you.

The Deathslinger - Caleb Quinn

Caleb is a little fucking tease. He WILL refuse kisses and cuddles just to annoy you. He loves seeing your face heat up and your adorable pout but unlike the Oni, he doesn’t give easily up with his teasing. Despite him adoring you to death and thinking you’re the most adorable person on this planet, he’s a committed man and has enough self-control to drive you insane.

The Executioner - Pyramid Head

This man doesn’t even seem to have lips, he doesn’t understand want you mean with wanting kisses? He’ll actually feel bad for a split second and wishes he was a little more human, to be the perfect and normal partner for you. So if you really want kisses from him then I’m sorry, he’s still trying his best with being a lovely boyfriend though. Be sure to kiss him though, he loves it.

The Trickster - Ji-Woon Hak

Prepare yourself to be told, that of course want a kiss from the one and only Ji-Woon Hak! His face is carved by angels and his lips kiss as soft as the rays of the morning sun, according to him at least. Once he stops talking about himself (or you interrupt him with a kiss yourself) his cocky act drops immediately and he starts gushing about how adorable you are and how happy he is to be with you.

I didn’t do all killers, sorry :c

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lemonlurkrr · 3 years

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@aureateart ok. My favourite parts of twilight princess (and some other random thoughts about TP sprinkled in there) taken from my monster TP word vomit google doc :

Link lmao

Ok but for real, I like this incarnation of Link :)

I love Ordon (it just seems like such a chill and cozy village)

ALSO love how easy it is to interpret Link as being a sort of older brother figure to the Ordon kiddos. It’s just,, super cute? AND GHHH nice nice good thanks nintendo for giving me characters to care about/characters that I can imagine Link caring about

He didn’t sign up for any of this (tbh, none of the Links really signed up for this jshdjsd). But I mean like, dude was just going to take a trip to castle town, drop a gift off for the royal family, and come back. But haHA oopsies he did get to castle town eventually but definitely not the way he expected hsjdhsd

He’s just a little dude?

AND FUCK. HE REALLY HAD NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE OF ORDON UNTIL ALL OF THAT

everything is new for the player AND Link

Midna

She’s cool :)

she really just

*teleports into your jail cell* hello whore.

I am no master at writing but AYYYY she do got a character arc!!!

She was actually pretty helpful sometimes, I ALWAYS checked in with her before turning to a game guide

Other NPCs

NICE

Love all of the TP character designs (ASHEI’S ARMOUR??? AOWOAOAOOAO)

Saving Zelda and all of Hyrule was important yea but thinking back maybe it was more like, the Ordonians and the kids were what was pushing Link to keep on going

I like the Resistance members :) Very video gamey of them to have one NPC assigned to each dungeon but hey!!! Kinda cool getting to see a little glimpse of each of em

Idk, it’s just fun to imagine Link popping into Telma’s bar after each dungeon and taking a little rest :) (or to celebrate? maybe just chat, idk, give this man some downtime!!)

Honestly it was just kind of nice that Link wasn’t entirely alone. I mean, I know Midna was there the whole time, but I am always for giving Link a big group of friends (see my love for hyrule warriors, age of calamity, and LU LMAO)

Hero’s shade, very very cool, kinda sad he died with regrets but HEY. He got to pass on his knowledge eventually

AND the connection to OoT?? AND assumed to be related by blood too????? GOOD SHIT

Ilia, I REALLY really wanted to like her (er, it’s not like I dislike her, she’s just,,, kinda there for me).

It definitely seems like Nintendo was pushing to make her the romantic interest, but GHHHHH they really threw that out of the window for me by having her lose her memories

I saw a text post a while ago that said it would have been interesting if Ilia was Link’s sister instead and YES!! That would have been cool too :0

Wish we got to know Zelda a little more

I feel like we barely know anything about her

Idk man, like I said earlier, I never really had any sort of drive to save Zelda during my playthroughs

She obviously knows Midna, so maybe if they gave us just a little bit more of that relationship I’d be more interested in her?

TP WORLD BUILDINGGGG

Botw has good world building too, but each race felt kinda,,, isolated? I absolutely love the different architecture and vibe each town has (and all the the weapons too) but ghhh yea everyone felt so separated. As far as I can remember, we don’t see tooo much of the races interacting with each other? Now that I’m typing that out maybe that’s to be expected because of the calamity but KLSJDKJFD ANYWAYS THIS IS ABOUT TP

The world feels nice and alive, love how populated everything is

Castle town I like castle town a lot, it feels dense and busy and I really like how you can’t talk to every NPC you see

Very cool very fun that we got to see the Gorons hanging out in multiple spots

kinda wish we got to see the Zoras a little more (I guess they are a bit limited since they need water but GHHHH the tp zoras are so prebby,,)

BUT HEY, I do remember seeing a zora or two hanging out in the hot springs around death mountain after beating the lakebed temple (I think, might have been a different dungeon)

but aaaa would have been nice to see them in at least a couple of other places. I think it would have really added to the “congrats Link!! You’re restoring peace to Hyrule” feeling you get from seeing the Gorons hanging out in Kakariko and Castle Town

ORDON

Love how chill it is and how it’s kind of separate from Hyrule proper

They really do seem to be doing their own thing apart from the rest of Hyrule

Just kinda adds onto the “he’s just a regular dude minding his own business” kind of vibes I get from TP Link

Also I like Ordona :)

THE LIGHT SPIRITS,,

Love their design

And love how they’re not exactly like a pure white?

Different spirit representing each aspect of the triforce my beloved

But yes hi I think Ordona is very cool

Who are you, how did you get here, which goddess do you represent? Do you even represent one of the three golden goddesses? Do the Ordonians know about you? Have any of them ever SEEN you??? Do they worship you? Does anybody even know about the existence of the light spirits?? FUCK so many questions but ghhh I like how they broke the status quo a bit by throwing in a fourth spirit :)

I feel like this one is kinda weird but I like that voice sample they used in the light spirit music. It’s spooky and pretty at the same time :)

cutscenes mmmmm

Ok ok, the spooky lanayru cutscene is very good

BUT THE “Link, Chosen Hero! Lend us the last of your power!” CUTSCENE MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM LOVE IT SO MUCH

IT just

Idk man

It just hit different

I like the music

And seeing the light spirits swimming around in the light juice water whatever it is

Summoning the light arrows?

AND HHHHH “Lend us the last of your power!” THIS IS IT. This is the final battle.

Seeing Zelda bow down, and then Link putting his hand out 👌👌👌

Link: ok bud, let’s do this together :)

Connection to OoT (did I already mention this? Maybe., Whatever)

Very cool nintendo :)

I love seeing connections between all the diff zelda games.

Because like, on one hand, they’re all separate from each other because of yknow, individual hero stuff. BUT ALSO, they’re all connected because of the reincarnation stuff

Grrrr walking through the sacred grove and going “The Hero of Time walked around here a long time ago” FUCK THATS SO COOL

Is the Hero’s Shade watching me? What does he think of me? DIsappointed? Proud? The Hero of Time went through HELL so this timeline didn’t have to deal with any of the shit Ganon was gonna pull with the triforce, better not fuck this UP Link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Midlink is cute

Kinda hurts that she smashed the mirror but that was probably so Nintendo didn’t have to worry about people going “but what about the twili??????” for any of the other games LMAO

BUT ALSO LIKE SKJDKLJFJ There are some pretty massive plot holes in TP anyway so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatever it’s fine we’ll just use this for angst because GOD do y’all like angst

So is Shadlink

Honestly don’t know where this ship came from but it’s cute so whatever

THE MUSIC??

Love Midna’s theme and how they referenced the dark world theme from ALttP (I remember trying to learn the dark world theme on the piano and doing the Leonardo DiCaprio point meme at the little jingle I recognized from Midna’s theme)

Hyrule field theme SLAPS.

Apparently references a couple of the other over-world themes from the previous zelda games (I got this from 8-bit Music theory’s video on the over-world zelda themes, he talks about TP at around 11:40 but def recommend watching the whole video if you’re into music analysis stuff)

So there’s this bit of the Hyrule Field theme, I don’t know the official name for it but I remember seeing somewhere it being called the “at an advantage theme” since yeah, you hear it during the boss music whenever you expose their weak points. FUCKINGGG LOVE THAT. Didn’t notice it during my first playthrough, but hearing it during my second was like a little easter egg for my ears every time :)

Midna’s lament is very pretty (and fun to play on the piano)

COURAGE THEME.

I didn’t care for it too much when I started playing the game but hearing it in ZREO’s arrangement of the Hyrule Field theme literally makes me turn into a puddle of emotions. Also hearing it around and of the Ordon kids (I think it plays after Link saves Colin) AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Orchestra piece #1 and #2 HOLY SHIT????????????????

Literally, the first time I listened to those I just,,,, plugged in my headphones, volume 100, layed on the floor/against my desk and silently vibed. I don’t know what the hell it is, but those two just fit so well with TP?? I still avoid listening to them nowadays cause if I DO I definitely will get overwhelmed with the “god I love this game so FUCKING MUCH” kind of feels.

Wolf link sucks at singing

the first time I heard him howling Zelda’s Lullaby I lost my shit because LKSJLDKSGLKJFSKG god that was.,, Bad. Anyways, hearing him howl some of the songs from OoT was cute :)

TP STAFF ROLL???

VERY GOOD. IT’s like 10 minutes long and GOD do I love every single second of it. It doesn’t have the same energy as the skyward sword staff roll or the orchestra pieces but GOD does it hit good??

Nice and calm after that big exciting adventure. Maybe it would have been more fun or emotional to have a higher energy piece but it was really nice getting to sit back and watch the camera fly around Hyrule. Seeing like, the Gorons and the Zoras having a good time, the kids returning to Ordon? GOOD SHIT.

and AAAAA that end, when you hear the main Zelda theme and see Link riding off out of Faron woods on Epona… good shit. It gets you thinking, where the hell is he going? What is he doing? Off ot do more adventuring? Going to help out the resistance or something? Going to help Zelda? Or maybe he’s trying to figure out a way to restore the mirror of twilight? Whoooo knows.

hhHHHHhhh it’s just that final reminder that YES!!! YOU JUST PLAYED A ZELDA GAME. JUST ANOTHER STORY APART OF THE WHOLE EPIC OF THE ZELDA SERIES AS A WHOLE

I also want to acknowledge the instrument/samples they used for all the twili stuff.

They’re all just so unique and contrast SO well with the rest of the TP OST. LIKE FUCK!! Anytime I hear the screech from the Twilit Kargarok? Sends a shiver down my spine. I associate those sounds SO strongly with the twili realm. (Like, the same way you associate the BSHEWW VVWWMMM sounds with light sabers)

I love it so god damn much

literally any time there’s a certain sound or motif associated with something I lose my shit

Sacred grove sacred grove sacred gro-

lovely lovely lovely so much fun playing that on the piano. AND again, I did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme when I heard the theme from the lost woods come in GHHHHHHHH

shoutout to TP Faron Woods for helping me study and get through all of my schoolwork

BLEGUUHHH can you tell that I really love music?

and also yea I guess TP is kinda cool too :\

IF YOU READ ALL OF THAT THANKS I GUESS

#lemonspeakrr #LEMON SPEAKS 2K WORDS ABOUT TWILIGHT PRINCESS BECAUSE THEY ARE INSANE.

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bugaboooooooooo · 3 years

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A blessing in disguise

Ayyyy guys after 5 months of hard work, I'm almost done with my fic! Also please excuse the shitty writing throughout the first threequarters of the story, I was young and inexperienced when I began writing this okay.

Enjoy.

A blessing in disguise

Fandom: Miraculous Ladybug

Words: ?

Chapters: 24/24

Inspired by @/zoe-oneesama's akumanette design plus this post from @/gale-gentlepenguin.

Summary:

Shadow Moth: alright get me Ladybug and Chat Noir's miraculous

Little Devil: BITCH you thought

Alya salt, Lila salt, overall just class salt EXCEPT for Julerose;

Chloe redemption;

I a-paw-lodgise in advance for that Chat doesn't have such a big role in Little Devils fight and de-akumatization, I'm sorry. I dont like it either okay but it had to happen.

*****

(Friday)

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This was it. Lila had isolated her from her friends; she now felt unwanted, taken advantage of. She had succeeded in breaking Marinette. She smirked to herself. Lila had been spinning lies about how the bluenette had been bullying her the past few months. And to be honest, Lila hadn't expected them to fall so easily into her trap. But they did; those idiots believed every single word that came out of her mouth. She almost began to feel sorry for Marinette; her classmates had believed her, Lila Rossi, whom they knew not longer than a few months, over their kind, hardworking, honest class rep. It only took one more little lie for them to snap: just a few moments ago, Lila had told them Marinette had pushed her down the stairs. (she didn't even bother making up new lies by now.) And then they all came raining down on Marinette. They insulted her, called her names, and even went so far as tearing her sketchbook apart. Lila was disappointed to see that it was an empty sketchbook. But it was the thought that counted. She had officially turned all her friends against her. And now, Lila was being comforted by the class while Marinette was crying in the bathroom.

Lila Rossi had won this war.

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While Lila was having the time of her life, Marinette, as stated before, was crying in the bathroom. With nobody to console her. What upset her most wasn't even anymore the fact that Lila was lying. Or even that she had the whole class (with a few exceptions) wrapped around her little finger. She sadly was already used to that. No, what upset her most was how quickly her classmates had turned on her, even her best friend. She had expected better from them. Marinette was lost in her sorrowful thoughts. So naturally, she didn't notice the purple butterfly making its way to her.

"Little Devil, I am Shadow Moth.''

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Shadow Moth, on the other hand, was quite excited. He had tried to akumatize Marinette multiple times, but his actions were fruitless. And he was sure she would be his masterpiece.

He began his bargain speech:

"Little Devil, I am Shadow Moth. Your classmates didn't believe you when you tried to warn them and instead turned on you. I'm giving you the power to get revenge on them. In return, however, you must do something for me: get me the miraculouses of Ladybug and Cat Noir.''

He waited for an answer.

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Marinette rested her head on her knees. She felt so powerless against Lila. Nothing she did made a difference to her classmates.

"Little Devil, I am Shadow Moth.''

Marinette's eyes widened in horror.

This couldn't be happening. All those precautions she'd taken to avoid getting akumatized for nothing. To get akumatized now, of all times. Shadow Moth's voice continued booming in her head. Her blood roared in her ears. She couldn't hear anything else except the monologue; the voice blocked all her thoughts out.

Something tugged at her sleeve. Marinette turned her head to face her side. Tikki looked at her with such urgency in her eyes, Marinette realised something — she wouldn't be able to fight the akumatization. She already was finding the idea more appealing by the minute. Tears stung her eyes. How was she so easy to manipulate?

Marinette took a shaky breath and with her last common sense, she took her earrings off. Immediately, she felt naked.

Shadow Moth ended his monologue. Get me the miraculouses of Ladybug and Cat Noir.

Marinette felt a big part of her brain screaming at her to give her miraculous up now. She had one of them right here. Why give it away?

She shook her head. This was Shadow Moth influencing, manipulating her. She was Marinette, and she had her own mind. So she took a steadying breath and silently placed her miraculous in Tikki's arms.

Again, that feeling arose that she shouldn't be doing this. That she should just give them up. Marinette pushed it aside.

Tikki looked up at her again, her huge bluebell eyes wide and glassy. The kwami looked like she wanted to say something, anything. But they both knew it wasn't possible. Shadow Moth couldn't know Tikki existed.

Marinette gave the kwami one last glance. I'm sorry, she mouthed.

Tikki shook her head. It's not your fault.

Marinette felt Shadow Moths influence seeping her even more. She could practically already see the purple mass engulfing her. She glanced at Tikki again and made a couple of shooing gestures. I... think I have a plan, she mouthed.

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Shadow Moth became nervous. Why wasn't the girl saying anything? Usually, if people tried to fight his akuma's off, he could hear them shouting stuff like 'I won't let you make me harm others', or 'Get out of my head, Shadow Moth!' Now, however, there was a silence that made him more nervous by the second.

But after a while, an answer came: ''It's a deal, Shadow Moth.''

*****

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pffbts · 3 years

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↬genre: slice of life; fluff ; crack; hint of a love triangle ; loads of tension.

↬characters: jealous!wen junhui x reader | support: kim mingyu (plays a big role)

↬w.c: 4K

↬author`s note: sorry for the delay but this is basically junhui making your knees weak or you just want to beat his ass. this fic can go two ways―it`s yours to decide. also this is a re-write because the last attempt wasn`t reaching my heart. so i`m writing this again :) hope you enjoy this read! (btw i would strongly suggest you to read mingyu`s version before you jump onto this)

↬synopsis: there are 13 boys who lives in your town where each of them have each of their own colours. some you know in person & some from afar so one day you sat down deciding to describe each of their colours absorbing all of their goodness and all of their flaws. you wondered what if someone in some other town ever thought of questioning when they looked at these boys, that―what if we lived in the same town?

[03:37 PM] [meet him at the dawn & he`ll take you to places you`ve never seen]

―standing opposite of the road, that day you saw him getting out of the newly opened chinese restaurant of the town. he was wearing a white shirt with two of the top buttons undone, the edges carelessly tucked in a freshly washed denim jeans to wind up with it. dashing as always, junhui had spared a listless glance at you and with his shoulders wide, he tucked his palms into both of his jean`s pockets.

you, on the other hand, didn`t smile at him but rather let your eyes widen a bit unconsciously. in split second, when you realized what had happened, you retreated back from keeping any kind of eye contact with him.

from the corner of your eyes, you could somehow make out that he was clearly smirking on his own. his little smirk was so palpable that it traverse through the air stirring up something in you along with the sudden heat splashing across your cheeks & neck. that feeling didn`t leave your body and waited a long time to fade until you finally reached back home.

you didn`t know much about junhui, as a matter of fact. surely you`ve seen him once in a while but that was it. you didn`t know what kind of person he was exactly apart from the fact that he was extremely beautiful. he was, if you weren`t mistaken, quite a silent heartthrob of the town.

he also, isn`t the type to talk much. that is to say, you have never seen him talk whenever you`ve spotted him on the street or anywhere in the local market. he didn`t study at your school and his place too, was far from your own so spotting him at your street wasn`t a regular thing until one fine day it happened out of nowhere.

you were out to go rent some dvd because the dvd player had been sitting under dust for a long time at your place. it was one of those day when iconic black and white movies which both you and your mother were equally fond of clenches you two in its tight hold so she gave you a little push to go grab some mutual favourites from the dvd rent shop down the street.

wearing a soft pink shorts and a white shirt typically bigger for your built, you walked out of your place to the dvd rent shop. swinging both of your arms on your side, you did a few little skips while walking. it was quite evident that you were in good spirit and why shouldn`t you be? a movie night and your mother was making your favourite dish tonight being the combo treat is not something of a regular thing in this household.

long after walking, you stood in front of the shop. keeping your eyes on the open sign, you push the door inside and soon you heard a peal of laughter already filling up the shop to the brim of it.

the laughter was as if it welcomed you to the shop but for some reason, you could recognize a single voice among the two.

you stop for a second, slowing down the motion of you closing the door and kept on listening to the laughters. in the slip of a quick second, you recognized it to be mingyu`s but you couldn`t see him right away.

whipping your head around, you tried detecting the direction from which it came until you heard a cough from the part-timer and the growing string of your attention rips right then.

bowing a bit to the part-timer who worked at the cash counter, you slowly walked through the shelves filled with all kind of dvds. your ears were perked up at the sound of giggles and laughter now a little bit on a lower note.

the part-timer probably sent the owner of those laughters a warning glance to maintain the silence.

you, on the other hand, still couldn`t find the movie you were looking for. walking listlessly, your eyes staring up and down the rows of shelves soon your back makes a sudden contact with something hard and warm.

for a moment you thought it would be mingyu and a lift at the corner of your mouth surfaces.

turning your neck around, you had to crane it up a bit to look at whom you stumbled upon considering in your head you thought it would be mingyu probably playing around with you and with his gigantic height your actions were sort of a reflex.

but as soon as you realized whom you stumbled onto, you quickly turned around and jumped three feet away from him.

“oh?”, with wide eyes junhui watches you jump back and then as he leans a bit by putting up one of his palm, he finally greets you, “hi.” the wide of his eyes cease within seconds replacing them into soft creases around the corners.

his voice carried an essence of mirth and from the looks of it, he clearly recognized you considering he has seen you quite a few times ― sometimes even when you`re not aware of his presence.

you bow a bit and give him a crooked smile although your eyes were so nervous, it couldn`t keep a single second of contact with his own until your eyes fixated on something familiar―it was the head peaking from behind junhui―of mingyu`s.

a wave of relief ran through your system as you, instead of returning junhui`s wave, put up your own palm and greeted mingyu. your friend`s eyes turn into crescents as he comes from behind the boy you just met and places his own palm against yours. you smiled up at him and he returns it as always.

seeing how junhui was left behind, mingyu turned around and stood next to you while placing his arm around your shoulder. a very familiar act. nothing you should be surprised of at this point.

“jun, meet_____, she lives across my street.”

you bow at junhui again. but in your head, you were wondering how did mingyu know him. at school, you`ve not really seen him around your friend and you, yourself haven`t really seen him that much. but without any further wait, mingyu answers the said question in your head.

“_____ meet wen junhui. he got transferred to our school few weeks ago and has newly joined the basketball team last week! have you seen him?”

“ah no―i think?” you answer back very unsure of your fading memory.

“mingyu said that you are quite a regular at the bleachers cheering for this buddy right here,” junhui speaks up for a first time after all this while. he pointed at mingyu while he utters those last words.

you flushed a bit at the mention of you being at the bleachers while you watch mingyu play. but it`s just, you are always there to support your friend. you don`t really make any sound while you`re at it though. most days, you just sit back and watch mingyu play. it`s not a secret that you very much adore his basketball skills.

“it`s nothing really..,” you squeeze out a carefree laughter although it ended up sounding like a nervous one, “i just…watch and,” with a shrug you continue, “maybe clap sometimes.”

junhui only chuckles as you finish. it looked like as if he caught you in your act. it really wasn`t looking nice for you now but at least you had mingyu`s arm around you so you stopped feeling a bit out of place, plus junhui was clearly a stranger. why must you care so much for what he thought?

“but even that bit is enough. after all, ______ & me, we`ve been friends since childhood. our mothers are best friends too! we even get to have weekly get-togethers every sundays.”

as new information for junhui`s ear comes to surface, you quickly looked over at him who now wore an indifferent expression as if somewhat a spark of jealousy lay across his chest. but when he saw you looking at him, he caught your gaze with his warm ones with that very recognizable smirk climbing onto his mouth making you think that he is clearly skilled at hiding his sudden change of emotions.

you stare at him for a good few seconds, feeling yourself getting braver as you have already caught him slip his cool awhile ago. clearly, in junhui`s head, he really didn`t want mingyu to continue so he spoke up.

“that`s good to know. but the question is will i get an invite someday?” he was asking mingyu the question but his eyes were all on you and at the same time he was observing how mingyu`s attention never faltered from upon your face.

you finally looked up to meet with your friend`s eyes on you and with one of his brows perked up, mingyu asked you as you did so, “that sounds good, doesn`t it? we should talk to our mothers for a permission though?”

you nod and add, “sure, that doesn`t sound bad. the more the merrier.”

absolutely not, you think back in your head, you definitely don`t like lots of people around you. no offense to junhui but you`re not exactly good with strangers or people in general.

“and what about cheering for me sometimes at the bleachers sometimes?” junhui leans against the shelf lightly and breaks the on-going conversation between you and mingyu with a sudden heated question.

“ayyyy that she will do of course. every friend of mine is _____`s friend so of course she`ll cheer for you, jun. although i`m a little special so i`ll get more cheers, right?” mingyu bent down and moved his face infront of you with the silliest smile on his face.

this boy, you thought, you`re really enjoying this, aren’t you?

you wanted mingyu to read your eyes but you were unsure if he was just putting up an act or simply being oblivious.

you close your eyes a bit and put up a pressed smile on your face as you thought about how mingyu clearly didn`t understand what junhui was trying to do here and on top of all that, he didn`t even let you speak before jumping onto answering the question for you.

you thought, maybe that`s what friends do. clearly, you were wrong in this.

“hahaha, sure, i mean why not―although i don`t know how much me cheering will help. i don`t even cheer, i just, like i said,” you huffed and leaned a bit to your side after turning your attention from mingyu`s child-like expression to junhui`s attentive ones, “i only sit and watch.”

junhui mirrors your act of leaning and replies.

“that`s very much enough.”

the line that forms on his lips gives his cheeks a lift. his eyes looks pure and yet with that built, you couldn`t really pinpoint what you should be feeling.

you didn`t know if you wanted to laugh or cry right at that moment. he was clearly copying mingyu right there but he added a little bit of his own spice in it.

you only nodded and smiled through the dilemma and made sure there`s nothing on your face that would give you how hot and bothered you were with just the presence of junhui infront of you.

“anyway,” gently pushing mingyu by his shoulders who was previously bending down to look at you face to face, “i need to get some dvds. so can i….look for them now?” raising your brows, you trail off looking at both of the boys as they nod and give you the space to choose.

but mingyu`s arm remained on your shoulder as you walked towards the shelf and junhui―he only moved away from his previous spot a bit. so now that you were standing in front of the shelf of dvds, you were stuck in-between two clearly much taller for their age boys.

sighing microscopically, you reached out your arm and pulled out a dvd of a sleeper-hit movie from decades ago―one of yours and your mother`s favorite.

“_____ you like this movie too?” junhui asks suddenly. his voice sounded slightly different this time. also, the sudden slip of your name from his mouth caught you by surprise for a moment. this was actually the first time he called you by your name if you could recall every interaction with him.

eventually, this particular moment resurfaces once in a while when junhui crosses your head sometimes.

“hmm, i do! you….” you reply.

“same, i do like it too―actually, it`s my mother`s favourite and―”

“mine too! it`s my mother`s favourite too!” you cut him off, declaring right away with an excitement in your tone with a sudden sense of familiarity very loud in the air between both of you.

junhui only blinks. his eyes a little bit wide and the smile which was now less smirk-like climbs on his mouth.

“ohhh junhui, both you & _____ have some similar taste, huh?” mingyu and his annoying self chirped in, which you obviously didn`t pay any heed to. you only replied with a “is that something very interesting to you?” but only in your head.

as if mingyu was about to reply, you turned around to look up at jun and let him continue clearly ignoring mingyu and his big mouth.

seeing how now your attention is all on him, junhui skipped the previous act of smile and giggled and if you could clearly remember it`s been a long time you`ve heard such a sweet giggle in a while.

“ah well i`ve watched it once with her when it was on television one day. i love the story of the leads and how even though they had to face all those hurdles, they didn`t falter in their discipline and way of life. it was…uplifting to me, i guess? staying grounded. loved that.”

“i understand. the feelings are mutual.”

this time the smile was genuine. you were glad that this time you weren`t nervous, that you could smile without stuttering through your thoughts although everything about junhui was distracting you. from his handsome built, his face to now having been discovered his soft giggle (it kept on replaying on your head for some unknown reason) and him, being this close to you right now wasn`t helping at all.

“that sounds very deep.” mingyu states. this time both you and junhui hum at the same time at him, not ignoring him.

“so did your mother tell you to rent it or….?” junhui asks.

“no, well, actually yes―both me and my mother thought of having a movie night. the dvd player at home is gathering only dust so we thought to have some good use of it.”

“oh so auntie must be making some good foods too, right?” this time mingyu joins in.

“ah yes, she `s making my favourite dish,” you spare him a glance before replying back.

“ah then what should i pick up…now that _____ has already picked up one from my bucket list today.”

junhui gifted you a look from the corner of his eyes while the well-known smirk adorned the corner of his mouth and he strolls across the makeshift corridor in-between the two large shelves softly drumming his fingertips on each of the spines of dvds placed in order.

“ah i`m sorry if you want you can keep it,” you brush off mingyu`s arm around your shoulder and walk a little bit towards junhui, “i can take some others, it`s not like this is the only one i needed anyway.”

the boy whom you just got to know spun on his heels with his arms now behind him crossed and he leans in to come closer to your face. a little bit closer and you could feel his breathe over you.

“same goes for me but _____what if we make a deal?”

“a deal?” you question him, curiosity hitting you from behind.

junhui hums.

“tell me about it.”

“what if you give me the dvd after you & auntie,” junhui looks at mingyu for a second, his eyes mischievous as he uses your friend`s addressing term for your mother and continues after placing his gaze upon you once again, “finish watching the movie and i pay for both of our rentals.” his focus on you remained until the end, or maybe a little bit after that. his eyes burned into you and you felt like you couldn`t run away from them, yet.

you were not going to lie but this proposal came like a shock. the giving of the said dvd in question to junhui after you`ll be done with it wasn`t the main shocker at all―it was the fact that he was offering to pay for both his and yours rental for this dvd.

suddenly, you heard mingyu`s footsteps from behind you. junhui straightens his back and watches your friend coming close to you. he only shrugs when he looks down at you. you didn`t know what kind of expression mingyu wore but you wish it was nothing major.

“oi jun―” you close your eyes right then and exhale before turning around your body to face your friend but mingyu cut you off, although you don`t know if it was intentional or just simple coincidence, “are you hitting on ______? dude you just met her.”

there you go. that`s it. just what you were fearing.

clearly, his voice had a certain strain at the back of his throat but he covered it up with his playful voice. a voice which carried a laughter which could be both mockery or sound as fake as possible. you didn`t know if junhui noticed it but being grown up with mingyu since toddler days, you could make it out very well.

you put your palms on top the denim clad chest of your friend, calming down whatever you wanted to calm down.

at the same time, you only heard junhui chuckle behind you. you couldn`t make out if it was an evil one or a natural one but the smug on his face was evident in his voice.

“hey it`s fine.” you say, your voice wasn`t reaching the octave you intended.

“looks like big boy`s a little jealous that me & ____ are hitting it off as good friends already?”

“it`s not about being good friends….hitting on someone and being good friends is different.”

“i was just trying to put on a good impression on her, gyu.” junhui, this guy , he was clearly enjoying this. but if his intentions were good then you didn`t see any problem with it.

“i don`t mind that at all but just so you know, _____ isn`t someone who`ll sway that easily. she`s a tough nut to crack.”

you almost laughed at mingyu`s words―it looked as if he was speaking from experience but you just shook your head and turned around. both of your arms now raised up in the air stopping both boys from having a fight here solely because of you for some stupid reason.

“it`s okay, it`s all fine.”

you looked up at junhui and continued in a calm voice “thank you for the offer, junhui, but i`ll pay for my own rent or else my mother will question about it and i`m really not in a mood to explain such stuff to her and about giving the dvd to you―” you give him a soft smile and said further, “i`ll send it to you through mingyu considering you hang out with him these days, okay?”

you nod up at mingyu who was previously looking at junhui. but when he saw you were looking at him, he switched from his squinting eyes combined with a sour pout to a completely different expression, the kind he gives you as if it`s only reserved for you―typically a warm one.

mingyu closes his eyes for a second and nods.

“i hope we`re clear now?”

“i was just playing around, _____, don`t worry,” junhui raised both of his arms up as if surrendering and continued “there`s no bad intentions here.”

in junhui`s head he was obviously being a good person and so was mingyu. junhui walked over to mingyu and playfully circled his arms around your friend and puts his other hand on top of his chest rubbing it playfully.

you let out a small laugh and saw mingyu lowering his eyes to stare up at junhui through his lashes and rolled his eyes before elbowing his new buddy in his sternum. junhui only yelps letting out a wheeze.

and, with that the dvd rental shop got filled up to laughters yet again until the sudden intentional cough from the part-timer made both of these playful boys shush down with each of their forefingers on top of their individual lips.

rolling your eyes and shaking your head, you walked across the shelves and picked another two old classics and went to the counter to pay for the rents.

mingyu picked up a newly released movie he was looking forward to last spring and junhui picked out two recent but a little older movies.

after you were done with the payment and all, you were about to walk out of the shop and waved a goodbye to the boys who were still paying. mingyu ran a bit to the door to hold it for you.

but before the door would completely close on you, your eyes moved over at junhui who was still standing at the counter―he was waiting for the changes but his face was turned towards you and he was looking at you with a now unknown gaze. you couldn`t really make out what it was but for some reason it made you a little bit sad.

but before he could witness the curve of your mouth for him, he closed his eyes for a second and smiled at you. your eyes widen at this and instantly without knowing you smiled back at him fully.

and that was it.

that was the last time you met junhui at that close proximity. you had seen him at the basketball court, you had seen him at random street. some day or night your eyes have met with each other and sometimes they didn`t, but his smile had burned through the surface of mind. some time, at some random time, you`ll suddenly get a flash back of his smirk or that fleeting smile he gave you before you closed the door on both of your first meet.

also you knew that mingyu probably made sure junhui never gets to have any closure with you. there`s been couple of times when you`ve found jun across the corridors of the school, simply hanging around and before anything can happen mingyu had circled his arm around junhui dragging his focus away from you who`d just be passing by to deliver some copies of homework to the teacher`s rooms.

you didn`t question this.

afterall, mingyu himself was in a dilemma of sorting out his feelings for you. he would probably do anything until you accept him in your life as something more than just childhood friends but even junhui never made sure to take any attempt, other than casual glances.

well, that`s what you know. it not like you know everything that the future holds. maybe one day you`ll meet him again when mingyu`s not around and you both will have conversations that never happened or waited for the right moment to have anything grow out of the seeds sown in this new friendship.

but for now, it`s okay. maybe someone from another town will catch feelings for him better, it`s not like you`ve him bounded by some string of fate.

it`s okay wherever you stand now when it comes to your relationship with junhui.

fin.

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