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evakuality · 3 years ago

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Mia, episode five

1. One thing Druck is super good at is these aesthetic shots. This whole opening bit reminds me of the scene with Amira when she’s praying in her room. Lots of beautiful shots of the room, curtains and stuff, which are just super pretty with a few hints of colour. I dunno, this is just an aesthetic I like and I appreciate that Druck caters to me. Mia is so cute, too! Like both the way she looks and also how kind she is. She still doesn’t really like Alex a lot (though you could see in that montage from the previous night that she’s warming up to him) but she still feels like she should leave things looking nice. These little post-it notes are sort of cute too, and you can see that she thinks they’re sweet. I don’t like this Bjorn though.

2. Interesting that we get a clip specifically one week later. I have no idea how that must have felt while this was live, and I’m really glad that I didn’t have to live through these long gaps in any of the things I did watch in real time. This one was reasonably low key though, so maybe the wait wasn’t as agonising. If you didn’t know who Bjorn is (I’m assuming the Niko character) then nothing in the last couple of clips would have felt all that alarming. But Mia’s so flirty here - that one conversation at his house must have really charmed her. Pity we didn’t really get to hear a lot of it because he still hasn’t charmed me!! And actually that ‘show a montage of how things are going while a song and/or other conversation plays overtop’ is a huge thing Druck does, I think. I feel like in some cases (Matteo and David after their first pool kiss moment, for example, or Hanna and Jonas breaking up) work quite well. But here, I think we needed to hear more of Alex to actually believe that Mia would be this flirty with him. For me, this is too big a turnaround from her very cold manner with him at the piano and an actual proper look at that conversation might have helped. But also, I am super biased because William and so maybe a more reasonable person might like it okay. This bit with Linn is weird. Genuinely creepy, and I’m not sure why they’re setting her up to feel like this. Maybe some sort of hint of the creepiness to come with Bjorn (I’m assuming it’s coming, anyway).

3. I don’t get this bit with all the pictures at the school. I assume it will become obvious later but I’m not sure what exactly they were trying to do with this. You’d think they run the risk of having the whole Abi chaker clan thing shut down - if this happened in my school there’d be so much trouble. A groups of kids once put post-its all over one teacher’s room and they got in SO much trouble for it, and that wasn’t obscene like this is. This thing here seems so targeted at the Abi thing, using their plan specifically, that it feels like someone outside the group wants them not to be allowed to run their theme. Or someone in the group who wants a different motto maybe. I don’t know, but it feels very mean and very specifically directed at this group of people.

4. Hmmm, I’m with Leonie on this one. I’d be giving Carlos the super evil stare too. It may be ‘funny’ to some of these people, but given that there are younger kids at this school (I assume, right? They still have classes running for the smaller ones at the end of Matteo’s season, allowing their prank to go ahead) this is sure to go down really badly with the school itself. I’m rolling my eyes at the ones who are outraged that the school is considering reporting it - what did they expect? Also, surely they can figure out who was doing it - people were literally throwing handfuls of the pictures over the stairs. Surely they could work out who it is. It’s pretty clear that Alex still thinks this is funny and I’m losing patience with him. Every time it seems like maybe he’s getting less gross he goes and acts like this again. Bleh. I’m not often rooting for Leonie and feeling for her, but wow today I really am. This is shitty and she has a right to be angry.

5. Ew, Alex, why are you stalking Mia again? She’s made it pretty clear she’s not happy with you. Turning up out of the blue like a creep isn’t a good way to go about winning her over again. His ‘we were drunk, what can you do?’ is so... stupid??? They’ve lost money from this, the school is really angry, they could easily have some pretty bad consequences and he’s all ‘meh, it was a drunken prank’? I know money isn’t an issue for him, but there are issues here beyond the money. I’m also kind of annoyed that everyone keeps suggesting she’s upset because she’s jealous. I’ll be really annoyed if the show carries on this way - this isn’t just a silly little prank, and people have every right to be angry and annoyed. Diminishing it to jealousy isn’t cool. Is Leonie also jealous? The people who are angry and upset they’re being blamed and their money has been taken?

6. I do love scenes where the whole girl squad is together. They make me happy and I miss seeing them together so much. But OMG, Alex is blackmailing Mia again???? I mean I guess it worked the first time so why wouldn’t he? But this is seriously shitty behaviour. Honestly, in clip one I was mildly starting to warm to him with the post-its and all, but he’s managed to speed run right back into ‘asshole’ category. This was the problem in the og as well - William was such an asshole, that in order to make him likeable, we had to see a much more genuinely villainous character. Alex is still super dislikeable and so we need someone ‘worse’ to make him look palatable, which I assume is coming. We’re halfway through - we should like him by now. I dunno. Maybe some people do? But he still has done nothing to make me think he’s nice or someone who Mia might be attracted to.

7. Oh a long Friday clip? Almost half the episode? I guess it’s going to be a rough one for Mia then. More reflections again - her whole face in the mirror now, but it’s surrounded by graffiti. I’m always fascinated by the way mirrors and reflections work, and it’s fun to see Mia slightly obscured in her mirrors even now. It’s not as disjointed as it was at the start but it’s not a fully clear reflection either. I may not like the way Noora/Mia’s story goes but I do like some of these things which show the progress.

8. I feel kind of sorry for Jonas, because that break up wasn’t his choice. But seriously, he seems to be blaming this on Hanna a bit and like ????? He chose to make her feel small and unworthy through her whole season. She’s allowed to try to figure herself out outside of him and his wants and needs. Eh, I know he’s hurting and all, but that’s actually his issue and he shouldn’t be pushing it on her.

9. This scene with Mia and Alex bothers me. He still seems to have no idea why she might find his actions (selfish and self-serving and filled with blackmail) offputting. ‘I fixed it, so we should totally be together now’ is such an immature and childish take on this. These types of guys need to grow up and learn that they can’t just buy and/or coerce their way into whatever they want. I like the way they decide to have Kiki walk past just as Mia has to choose whether to say she doesn’t want Alex or not. It adds a poignancy to it and Mia obviously chooses to stick by her friends. I do wish it felt more conflicting, like if Alex genuinely had changed or had shown he has depth or something it would be a bigger ‘wow she’s rejecting him for her friend’ but instead he’s still such an unpleasant character that I don’t care.

10. I’m not sure why Mia does the brushing off of the makeup - I feel like it made more sense when Noora did it (I mean I watched it once a very long time ago so who knows, but my memory is that it was her way of trying to reject being ‘pretty’ and having guys liking her because it was messing her up). With Mia, I don’t understand. Someone help me out?

11. I still don’t get what Mia sees in Alex. Again, I know I have a really big bias against him because of William and I know it was always going to be tough for him to be someone I care about. But even so, this feels like a huge whiplash when she says of course she likes him. I’d get it if we’d seen any of his development, but every time he took a mini step forward he shoved himself right back into dislikeable territory. Once again, I mourn the actual conversation between Mia and Alex. This all feels far too fast, and the fact that this is suggesting his blackmail is all good is very worrying. All the post-it notes in the world can’t make me think he’s nice enough to want to kiss.

Overall, I didn’t really like this one. I feel like the pacing is still off; I don’t believe the speed at which Mia has fallen for him and honestly it hasn’t been very long since Kiki was with Alex and had her heart broken. The fact that Mia even saw her and told him she doesn’t like him only to turn around immediately and change her mind is strange to me. Mia has always come across as a caring person who tries to do the right thing and help out her friends. That she has apparently no qualms at this point is difficult for me. They’re acting the hell out of this, but I can’t buy it. Unfortunately. Sadly, because this is based on a very flawed original, I don’t think it’s going to make me enjoy these two. There are things that I’m interested in seeing as we go forward but most of those have zero to do with Alex.

#druck #mia - episode 5 #didn't like this one #update on feelings about Alex - still don't like him #honestly I don't see why Mia goes after him #none of this makes sense to me

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lightsandlostbells · 6 years ago

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Druck season 2, episode 10 reaction

Done with S2! Thanks to all the translators who make the clips, texts, and social media content accessible to everyone. It’s so much work to do and the Druck translators do a terrific job.

As much as I love going into Matteo’s POV, I’m going to miss Mia’s a lot. This season definitely surpassed my expectations overall.

Episode 10

Clip 1 - Slumber party

The girl crew is having a sleepover and keeping warm in Mia’s bed in their PJs. They talk about how great last summer was, which we unfortunately did not get to see. So Druck should definitely squeeze in an Amira season so we can see the summer before they graduate, eh? Ehhh???

Mia gets a text, but it’s from her mom, not Alex. Kiki says she doesn’t think Björn sent Alex the pictures or else he would’ve texted her already. Or, as Sam points out, he would’ve pushed Björn in front of a train. That option seems quite likely, to be honest. The girls are proud of Mia for standing up to Björn.

Mia says she needs to talk to Alex about it because it would be worse if he found out through someone else. Kiki gives Mia a hug and says they’ll protect her, and Sam says they beat up people for Hanna, so they’ll beat them up for Mia, too. Hell yeah. Björn needs an ass-kicking far more than Toilet Sam’s girlfriend did.

Down with pacifism! Sam punches a pillow and says down with all men! I’m sad that this is all we get of the sleepover scene that was shown briefly in those ending credits at the beginning of the season, but at least what we did see is cute.

Clip 2 - Talk to each other!!

At school, Mia seems so distracted looking for Alex that some guy knocks into her. She finds Alex at his locker. He seems pissed. PLEASE GOD don’t let it be for Björn-related reasons, let him be better than that. He can’t believe Björn. Please.

Well, he did see the pictures. And he doesn’t get it. Were they for revenge? So he thinks she went out with Björn just to hurt him.

Mia grabs him as he tries to walk away, saying it’s not what he thinks it is, and they need to talk. He says he can’t and has a test now, Mia says tomorrow, and he reluctantly nods. It’s like the conversation that was supposed to happen last week, but didn’t because Björn happened. Mia stares after him. We hear other people’s happy, careless conversations as Mia’s whole world is unraveling.

Well, she didn’t tell him it was rape/assault yet, so that still puts him above William - it’s one thing to think she’s consensually hooking up with Björn to hurt him, another to not believe her about being assaulted. And he didn’t leave her crying on the ground. It all depends how he reacts tomorrow.

Clip 3 - Fucking Björn keeps ruining things and he’s not even in the episode

After school, when most students are leaving, it’s time for Mia and Alex to talk. He’s looking out the window. She asks about what really happened with him and Björn.

He calls his parents emotionally stunted (slur according to the translations - not sure if it has the same connotations or intensity in German but :/ at its use) and it was hard for Sophie. Her depression got worse when Alex was like 12-13; she was institutionalized twice and went to three therapists until she found one she liked. She was OK after that, until she met Björn.

We see some flashbacks of Sophie and Alex hanging out in the pool as Alex talks about their close relationship, and then Sophie drifts from Alex to go smooch Björn. Alex was cool with him at first (we see them friendly in the pool) until it became clear Björn made Sophie cry (in the pool we see Alex and Björn rough-housing and play-fighting - innocent this time, but representative of how later it would escalate to actual fighting because of Sophie; notice that Sophie herself drifts out of the footage and isn’t visible except for her legs, like they’re fighting even when she’s gone). Björn tried to emotionally turn Sophie against both her parents and Alex, which is a textbook sign of an abuser, separating the victim from friends and family (in the flashbacks we see Björn holding Sophie close, like he’s trying to have her all to himself).

Björn also convinced Sophie to stop going to her therapist because he thought the therapist hated him, and threatened to break up with her if she didn’t. Which is also textbook abuse/manipulation. And frankly Björn thinking the therapist hated him could be paranoia, it’s likely, but it’s also possible the therapist legitimately didn’t like him based on what Sophie was saying in therapy and so didn’t encourage Sophie to stay in that relationship. So Sophie’s depression got worse after that, and then that annoyed Björn and he started disappearing and going to clubs for days at a time. I didn’t know I could hate this motherfucker even more.

Sophie barely texted Alexander (he’s crying as he tells this now), she started getting into drugs (not just weed as Björn had told Mia) and it was even worse because she had manic episodes. This whole story is so sad. I do have to give props to Druck because the way they’re laying this out seems so realistic in terms of emotional abuse.

Alexander spins the ring on his finger. Is that a family ring? I don’t remember if we learned anything about it. Maybe Sophie gave it to him.

Alexander’s family didn’t hear from Sophie for a while until the German embassy called them (not Björn). God, so did Björn run off when Sophie died? I can imagine him doing that, not wanting to take any responsibility. They only saw him again at the funeral, where he claimed in front of everyone that Sophie would still be alive if she had abandoned the family sooner, and Alex lost it and said he’d beat him to death if he came near the family again, Björn ran off. You know, this makes me wonder what the hell Björn was doing trying to get into Alex’s apartment those times. Was he getting a thrill out of just being there and sticking it to Alex? Or was he there to steal stuff or mess with Alex’s things?

Alexander says he had the worst year of his life until Mia yelled at him in the courtyard. I guess Mia saw right through his bullshit and that brought him back to Earth. Mia grabs his hand.

Alexander is upset that the guy who ruined his life also assaulted Mia. THANK GOD he’s upset that Mia was assaulted, that his anger is directed toward Björn and not at her. Bravo, Alexander, I know it was a low bar but I’m glad you didn’t leave Mia crying on the floor. And bravo, Druck, for taking out that part. It’s hard for Alex not to do anything about it, but Mia says he mustn’t, Björn did it to her and she wants to sort it out

Mia went to the police and Alex is like, “Do you think that will sort anything?” and she points out that beating him up again won’t help, either. True! As much as I wouldn’t mind seeing it. Not worth it for Alexander to go to jail over that scum, don’t let Björn ruin his life further.

Alex reported himself to the police, so they’re going to investigate and interview the victim. Ugh, I don’t want Björn’s sob story full of lies to get Alex in trouble, but it’s the right thing to do, and Alexander chose to do it, so that says a lot about his character.

Alexander is packing up to go, Mia wants to know about their relationship. Alex says he’s going to London after graduation. I like how they’ve positioned him so far away already; he’s far from Mia, in the doorway ready to leave, just like him going to London. He says that this thing between them hasn’t worked from the start. Mia is upset and teary as he tries to go, and tries to get him to stay by saying he’s being an asshole, but he says that’s it. Wow, so they’re really gonna string us along until the end, huh. Imagine if the one version of Noorhelm that I like is the one that broke up for good.

Mia walks out of the room, through the hall, through the shadows, crying. GOD, CAN NICE THINGS HAPPEN TO MIA ALREADY. I feel like she gets a good day or two at most and then more shit gets flung at her.

Super apropos song lyrics at the end of the clip: “You told me to let go and all I can do is try/I'm running in circles, tired of keeping my head high/You told me to bury my feelings dead I'm alright/Oh, acting my whole life now I am losing this fight” Poor Mia is trying desperately to keep Alex but it’s getting nowhere and he’s telling her it’s over.

Clip 4 - Hanna and Jonas?

Hanna and Mia walk along talking, Hanna asks if it’s over, Mia is on the brink of tears again. It really gets me in the heart how Mia just has to cut off the subject because it’s too painful and she gets choked up so quickly. She asks about Hanna. Jonas has blocked Hanna on Insta for going to Sam’s party … dude, Jonas, get your shit together. Mia says he has no right to tell her what to do. Damn straight.

And Mia says they need to stop talking about guys all the time, they wouldn’t even pass the Bechdel test. LMAO. I’m pretty sure that Druck would pass the Bechdel test? Like Mia and Kiki talking about Kiki’s eating and fitness issues would qualify, for a start? Although standards might be different in a season-long TV show than a movie. But I do also see the irony in like ... this being a TV show where the characters’ choice of conversation topics are dictated by the writers, so Druck could have the girls stop talking about dudes whenever they want.

Also, the Bechdel test was created by a lesbian, and was specifically meant to represent a lesbian experience before the test gained a more widespread usage, so people who are unsatisfied with Druck’s handling of wlw may not enjoy this line - the de-gaying of the Bechdel test might ring too close to Druck dancing away from Mia’s sexuality.

Anyway, Mia doesn’t want to be asked about Alex anymore, so Hanna asks how she did in German, and is astonished that Mia does so well and gets good grades despite dealing with stress. Mia does this adorable hair flip of confidence.

Mia walks off, and HOLY SHIT we switch to Jonas?? And Hanna?? So that shot of Mia walking away wasn’t just random, it was ~symbolic and representing a transition of POV. I do wish we had gotten this scene after Mia and Alex got more of a conclusion to their story; it’d seem more fitting for tying up loose ends. Because I’m still like MIA’S SEASON AIN’T OVER.

Of course that mysterious person who talks to Jonas turned out to be Gereven. I love that he got the name Beanie Boy. Honestly I really love that fandom was like EVEN???? after this one brief appearance. Skam fandom goes hard with their detective skills. (Was he lending Jonas his notes so Jonas could catch up? So thoughtful.)

Hanna sits down across from Jonas and asks about a bad grade he got. It turns out that Jonas got a 0 in three subjects, and at least one of them was for an unexcused absence. Hanna is concerned. I am too. Jonas is a mess. It’s been this way all season but at some point you have to be like, dude, either get over it or get help. If Hanna is the root cause of his pain, he has to let her go (much as I root for Janna and Honas) but if it’s something more, like this guy is depressed, not to mention his substance abuse, then he needs to talk to a therapist.

Hanna wants to talk, Jonas has some work to finish, so she just grabs his pencil and finishes for him. He’s like … is that right? She nods. He jokes that it’s good she doesn’t crib from him anymore. I’m really glad Hanna has been keeping her shit together, it seems, but damn, it’s depressing that we just swung the messiness around to Jonas.

She says that she’s noticed he’s not doing well, and she somehow feels responsible. Jonas points out that she’s not. Hanna says Matteo has noticed that he’s not well, too, and that he says Jonas has locked him out. Jonas says Matteo needs a girlfriend so he can stop getting on his nerves. LMAO. Oh, Jonas. You really are a mess if you’ve missed Matteo’s big puppy eyes. But you know, the utter irony of that quote in a clip where they introduce Matteo’s future love interest, who is very much not a girlfriend.

Hanna says Jonas blocked her on Instagram. Yeah, Jonas, the hell is that about? Jonas says so it’s so he doesn’t have to see more of Hanna and Sam. Lol, she had like one picture of her and Sam. Hanna says there’s nothing happening with them. Honestly, I guess Jonas has to do what he needs to do to stop wallowing in his misery, and that might mean blocking Hanna on IG (although I think it’s extreme) but at the same time, it doesn’t seem to have done him any good.

Hanna says she wants to be friends with him, but that’s not possible, is it? Jonas doesn’t say anything but you can tell from his face that she’s right. Before Hanna turns around, he says the equation doesn’t make any sense, and she says it’d be great if it was. Jonas says he was impressed for a minute. OH KIDS. If only the equation WAS RIGHT. And by equation I mean YOU TWO. Get your stuff together!!!!

Clip 5 - Follow your heart

The girl and boy crews are smoking hookah. Mia’s the only one not there. The girls talk about Mia and it feels like they’re the audience surrogates with their range of opinions, lol. What Alex did was fucked up (Hanna) vs. yes but it was understandable (Amira). Hanna thinking Mia deserves a nicer guy, Sam thinking that no matter what happened in the past, Mia and Alex love each other and it sucks it didn’t work out, Kiki just wanting Mia to be happy. The prevailing opinion seems to be that they want Mia to be happy, awwww. And I’m really glad their priorities are Mia’s happiness rather than them just coming across as in-universe Winterberg shippers no matter Mia’s feelings.

Goes without saying but Kiki looks cute with her glasses. All the girls look great, Hanna is rocking that red lipstick.

Amira is just like, all men suck, we don’t even have a choice. Kiki points out that Mia has a choice. I mean, who knows, maybe that girl Mia dated before was just a huge mess herself. Sam says women suck, too, and Amira is like no, women don’t rape, objectify, and marginalize men systematically. My soul ascended when I heard Amira say that. I love her, we’ve got to get season 4 somehow. Make it happen!!!!

Lmao, Hanna’s example of a bad woman is Bellatrix Lestrange, interesting that she went fictional! I would volunteer Umbridge as an example myself.

But Hanna points out there are nice guys, too, and Amira points out that guys like Jonas are the worst. At least guys like Alexander don’t pretend they’re not macho. Oh SHIT I got chills hearing this. Jonas is the sensitive hipster guy who thinks he’s woke, but is capable of as much sexism as any other dude. And as Amira points out, Jonas treated Hanna like crap when they were together, and now he acts all controlling. DAMN. CHILLS. I say this as someone who loves German Jonas, and who really loves Jonas and Hanna’s chemistry together: Amira isn’t wrong. Jonas was far from the perfect boyfriend, and in this season he’s been a pain in the ass, trying to manipulate her. I love that Amira lays it out and I think maybe it clicked something for Hanna, something that she already knew, but maybe she just needed Amira’s blunt POV.

Sam says it’s no good to hate all men, and Amira says no, we have to accept some men. Still, I really liked how this conversation didn’t try to soften its feminism? It’s not about man-hating, it’s about being able to acknowledge systemic misogyny honestly.

The girls again assert they are Team Mia above everything, and it’s a nice touch that it’s Kiki leading the charge, after all their drama this season.

Mia is at home, sad over Alex. She smells his hoodie and looks at herself in the mirror, then over at her slogan: “follow your heart but take your brain with you.” But the way it’s shot, Mia’s head blocks the rest of the quote so it’s just “follow your heart” - a little on the nose, but still a good way to tie that motto back to her character arc. So she puts on her shoes and coat and heads out.

Back with the squads, it’s Sam’s birthday, so they sing to her and she blows out the candle on her cake. The girls ask what she wished for and Sam tells them, no secrets in the crew. She wants a boyfriend. Well, for her sake I hope she gets one? She deserves better than Manfred the middle-aged racial fetishist farmer. Lol, I think it would’ve been fun to see Sam with an age-appropriate version of Kasper, although I can see why the cabin trip ended up having much more drama than just Ouija board shenanigans. Would’ve maybe felt weird to have an actual guy there for some reason.

Amira gets a text and has to leave, but Sam snatches her phone and the girls see that she works as a delivery girl. Hanna makes a comment that she thought Amira was secretly married - innocent joke or microaggression about Muslim girls getting married off young? They want to know why Amira didn’t tell them, and Amira explains that her brothers can never know because they’ll tell her parents, and her parents, who are doctors, think it’s beneath them for their daughter to be a delivery girl. Man, you can’t drop this on us and not give us a season 4. That’s such an insight into Amira’s relationship with her brothers (including German Elias??) and her parents and their background. It makes sense why she has to save money to go to Australia and her parents don’t approve, they probably think she should stick to studying. I feel like you could dig so much into this material in her season.

Who will Sam hook up with tonight? She notes that Matteo is quite cute. Matteo certainly is quite cute, sitting there uncomfortably as Sara talks to him. Hanna, sensing disaster, tries to shut that shit down, but turns out she didn’t need to because two seconds later Matteo is making out with Sara! NOOOO, MATTEO. We almost dodged this S2 attempt at heterosexuality! We were near the finish line! At least we consolidated Sara and Emma into one person, so he only has one girl to kiss miserably, not two?

Mia waits for Alexander at the skate park with what looks like cocoa? Chocolate milk? Anyway, nice callback to the other times Alexander showed up with beverages. He comes outside and it’s awkward, but he accepts her drink. They talk about London and she asks why they can’t just be in a long-distance relationship, and he says for that they’d have to be in a relationship. OUCH. Fucking cold, dude.

The closeups of Mia and Alexander position each of them closer to the side of the frame, like she’s to the right and he’s to the left, and it’s a little jarring going back and forth, which is similar to that one confrontation in the first episode (I can’t remember if they used this effect in any other scenes). Makes you feel more of the tension, makes your eyes keep darting from side to side. Nice way to call back toward the beginning. This is a confrontation, too, except back then Mia wanted Alex to leave Kiki alone and get the fuck out of all their lives, and here it’s Mia who wants him to stay and Alex who’s trying to go.

Mia forbids Alex to leave. She’s trying to say it firmly but you can see how scared and unsure she is. Alex points out how it hasn’t worked, they fight and she doesn’t trust him, and that’s when Mia’s gotta put her drink down and go off on him, detailing all the drama and lies of their relationship from the beginning to present. After all that bullshit he pulled, she still wants to be with him, but it’s him who thinks it’s too exhausting to be together. She points out that yeah, it will be exhausting, but, as she reminds him, he said he fell in love with her because she knew who he was right from the start, and that’s why she knows he hurts other to protect himself. Mia says he doesn’t have to do that with her, she’s not leaving, she’s here. And I love that callback to his anxiety attack, she’s reminding him that she stayed before and she’ll stay again.

Mia pulls in Alex and like half-hugs him, it’s stiff at first but Mia doesn’t back off, and he finally gives in. When she pulls back she basically dares him to tell her he doesn’t love her, but of course he says he loves her, and she loves him too. It’s nice that he seems genuinely emotional and even choked up about it, he asks her to say it like he needs to hear it to believe it. And I like that he’s in shadow and a little subdued, while she’s in the light and is just glowing with happiness. The little whisper of “I love you” in his ear is the sweetest thing.

Mia and Alex kiss. Cut back to the party where Carlos and Kiki kiss, Matteo and Sara kiss (NOOOOO), and Abdi and Sam kiss. Three smooching couples in a row, blissfully oblivious to each other. (Well. Two out of three are blissful. Matteo ain’t having a good time.)

LMAO we cut to Hanna, Jonas, and Leonie at a table together, with Jonas in the middle (just like their love triangle!) and Leonie being like … OK. They giggle. This is hands-down one of my favorite shots on Druck, what a good moment.

Mia and Alex continue to kiss and we go from closeups to moving away from them, letting them have their happy ending. and moving away to follow another person’s story. I do wish we could’ve gotten Alex and Mia together for good earlier, with more downtime to enjoy them together at the end, but they did get together and that was a really lovely reunion.

Druck cast dance party! Truly the best season finale tradition.

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I feel a little deprived of that sleepover content since they were teasing us at the beginning of the season, but at least there was some SM to show us what the girls were up to. Kiki’s stretchiness was demonstrated once more, and Hanna forgot her toothbrush - seems IC.

Carmen was also a guest at the sleepover, though I don’t know if it was original Carmen or Carmen 2.0. Mia and Kiki cuddle up to Carmen, and then there is a picture documenting exactly what I was thinking, which is Kiki realizing exactly where Carmen has been...

The boy squad plays basketball. They all seem to be terrible. Jonas is absent and the boys comment on it, so he was probably off wallowing/drinking/getting high.

It’s nice that Hanna and Matteo are on pretty close terms, although much of their conversation seems to be concern for Jonas.

Sam made a post about dressing up for motto week, suggesting everyone dress up as her, but telling people not to do blackface. She gives a breakdown and history of blackface that explains why you should not do it. I’m really glad to see more educational content for youth like this. It’s a pretty concise but clear explanation of the racism behind blackface, and it’s something all non-black teens should definitely hear.

On that note, Amira did a Q&A session about Islam to clear up misconceptions people have. Very nice to have this done by a Muslim actress (I think Iman Meskini has done stuff like this on her IG), and I wonder if she improvised these answers? I feel like a lot of the SM content is improv. Anyway, of note: someone asked if she would date a non-Muslim and she said that her religion is a part of her and a non-Muslim wouldn’t be able to participate with her in a big part of her daily life, so he wouldn’t really fit. But it’s a difficult question. HMMMMM. I don’t want to get my hopes up buuuuut this would certainly be a question to explore in depth, don’t you think? Like in an Amira-focused season?

Also, people have a lot of weird assumptions about hijab, things like wondering if Amira is bald underneath (???) or if she showers with it on (???) with Amira having to clarify that she hasn’t stopped showering since wearing hijab (???) But then again we saw Kiki think the same thing earlier this season sooooooooo.

Hanna documents her struggles with school. Oh, Hanna, I was so excited in that brief moment where you solved that equation for Jonas! Alas.

Carlos and Kiki eat cheesecake and I’m very happy to see Kiki eating and enjoying herself. Carlos seems very good for her, but I don’t think it’s just Carlos who’s made her happier, I think the therapy helps, and I think her self-image is just better overall. I mean, Carlos doesn’t like her glasses (poor taste!!) but she likes the way they look and she’s not feeling the need to change them because of a man’s opinion.

Hans didn’t go to Sam’s birthday party because he was nursing a broken heart. Michi dumped him. Hans, all due respect, I cannot say I blame him. Bye, Michi! Hope you find true love!

Linn had to stay home to take care of Hans, LMAO, I’m just imagining Hans crying and moaning on the couch and Linn sitting beside him staring at the TV and eating chips while occasionally patting Hans on the head.

Stuff that was missing from this season that was present in S2: Matteo being rescued by Hans, Jamilla, Kasper (well, Manfred half-counts). Probably more, aside from things that were changed or combined, but those are some things that stick out. I don’t think Jamilla will factor in at all if by a miracle we get Amira’s season, and if Sam gets a boyfriend it won’t be Kasper.

This is my favorite season of a Skam remake so far.

There have been some really good S1 remakes. But the thing is, I didn’t need a good S1 remake, necessarily. Because I already think Eva’s season is great as it is. It’s my second favorite after S3. So the great Eva remake seasons are certainly welcome, but I didn’t have this desire for a remake to come along and fix what I didn’t like about her season.

But I did have that need for a good S2 remake. Me and Skam S2 don’t quite get along. There are multiple problems I have, mostly revolving around William’s character. I felt like his character never really evolved to the point where I could root for him and Noora, I never felt like he actually regretted most of his bad behavior, and I still felt like I didn’t know who this person was by the end of this season. Who was William other than a sad backstory and a collection of bad boy tropes? We knew nothing about his hobbies or interests. Then there was the dynamic between him and Noora, which had some extremely troubling parts, and which diluted the impact of the sexual assault storyline - William’s behavior was manipulative and didn’t respect Noora’s agency, and his treatment of Noora after she tells him she was raped - shutting her out for days when she begs for him to speak to her - was so appalling that I could never ever forgive him. Additionally, there were issues with the pacing, with certain plot points feeling more out of a CW show than fitting Skam’s realism. So I really, really wanted at least one of the remakes to fix the big problems with S2.

Is Druck S2 perfect? No, not like I’d say Skam S3 is perfect. Druck didn’t fix all the problems I had with William, and Alexander still had some things that were never addressed to my satisfaction (mostly Kiki-related, or the lesbian comments). They could have done a better job with Mia’s bisexuality. I think the sexual assault storyline was a little rushed, and they should’ve gotten Mia and Alex their happy ending prior to the very last clip - it would’ve been satisfying with some space to see them as a couple at the end, and the transition to Hanna and Jonas drama mid-week would’ve been better if Mia and Alex were more or less wrapped up. However, this still was a big success as a season for me.

What’s especially remarkable is that Mia was a weaker part of S1 for me - not to a huge degree, just that in the beginning I wasn’t quite sold on her. And Alexander was my least favorite William of the first four remakes that aired (Druck, France, Italia, and Austin). There just didn’t seem to be much charm to him. But I grew to love Mia - she has elements of Noora while still feeling like her own character, someone who had clear flaws and made big mistakes, but was still someone I rooted for the entire time. Alexander? ... He won me over. I never thought that he would be the William to do so, lol. Again, he still has some big flaws that weren’t really addressed as much as I wanted, but they improved so much on William. Alexander has a personality, he has clear hobbies and interests, he has a sense of humor. His sad backstory affected him in tangible ways on screen, not just as an excuse for his distant personality. I have to give the actors a lot of credit because they were a huge part of what worked about this season.

And I like Winterberg. Dare I say it, I ship Winterberg. Who knew? They’re charming on screen together, I get why they like each other other than physical attraction, they had a lot of scenes where they were just hanging out and bonding that gave you a sense of who they were as a couple. And even with the things that bugged me, I did feel like I wanted them together at the end - I felt like they did bring out some very positive aspects of each other, they understood each other, and that their relationship would continue to improve as time went on.

I love that they mixed the Yakuza fight and Niko plots together, which made the season feel more streamlined and tight. I loved that the talk between Amira and Mia about Alexander fixed a lot of what bothered me about the original scene. I loved the development of Mia and Kiki’s relationship. And there were also just a lot of small things I loved, character moments, humorous beats. I loved the casual talk about therapy. I loved that the Druck crew obviously listened to feedback from the first season. I loved that they stepped up their social media game. I’m just really impressed with this season.

I am not German so feel free to clarify or correct me on cultural stuff and translations.

If you got this far, thank you for reading!

#druck translations #druck

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smolfangirl · 7 years ago

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A tricky treat

Surprise! I did a thing, because I saw this post and my brain went wild, so here comes a little Halloween os, with prompts from this post and this.

It’s also from my secret not anymore neighbourhood au, where - you guessed it - Luna and Matteo end up as neighbours. I hope you enjoy this, even though I barely proofread and with barely I mean I didn’t! (@sky-girls I know you liked this au when I told you about it ^^)

Edit: @sky-girls mentioned to me that Luna probably wouldn’t really celebrate Halloween. I will keep that in mind in case I’ll write something Halloween related again, but won’t change the OS here, I truly hope I’m not offending anyone.

Luna loved costume parties. Adored, even. Everything about them made her nerves tingle from excitement – picking another set of eyes to explore the world with, the whole process of evolving into a different person, having to guess what her friends dressed up as…

She really loved costume parties. Naturally, Halloween belonged to her favorite holidays. (After Christmas, and Eastern and actually, she loved holidays in general.) Back in Cancún, she used to stroll around the city with her best friend. They’d start at her house where they changed into their matching outfits. Then, they circled the blocks before they inevitably reached the promenade. Sitting down under a sky full of stars as shiny as the wrapping foils of their collected candy, they spent hours and hours there.

Right now, Luna grabbed a bag of those sweets from her childhood and poured them into a bowl on the dining table. (An expensive designer piece out of wood too fancy for her to remember the name. She had stated the unnecessity of furniture that costed more than her rent, but her aunt couldn’t be stopped.)

“Guys, feel free to eat as many candies as you can”, she announced to her friends standing in the living room.

Gastón was the first to stroll towards her, and he immediately stuffed a small chocolate bar into his mouth. She watched him in amusement. With his fake fangs covered in chocolate and sticky caramel, he looked rather funny than scary. “Gastóncito, you have… something on your fangs. There. And there too.”

He laughed, revealing even more chocolate stains on the fake teeth. “That’s part of the costume! That way, when I bite you, I can inject chocolate straight into your veins and then you will do everything I want.”

“Amazing”, she replied. “I mean, I don’t think this is how being a vampire works but if it does, remind me to” – the bell interrupted her. “That must be Matteo, excuse me!”

Her hand already on the door handle, her eyes wandered one last time to the mirror in the hallway. Her (fake) hair was perfectly in place, her make-up stayed where she meant it to be and her dress… well, her dress still hugged the curves of her body, still showed more skin than she felt comfortable with. (Damn Mora for talking her into this)

“Of course, the one with the shortest way is the only one who shows up too late”, Luna smirked while she swung the door open. Indeed, she found Matteo behind it, just not with the look she expected. “Wait, what? Where is your costume?”

He raised an eyebrow at her, as if she rambled the most useless things. “Is that how you welcome your guests, moon girl?”, he asked, meanwhile pulling her into a hug. His hands settled on the thin white fabric a little bit below her waist, a little bit too firm to keep the blush away from her cheeks.

They stayed like that for a minute, enough for Luna to forget what she’d been so surprised about. Shame on his perfume and it’s stupid effect on her whole stomach. And her chest too. If he only knew that she feel asleep on the couch, lulled in by his scent, every time when he had stayed over for a movie night…

“Also, I have a costume, silly.” A grin, and by now it dawned upon her that this might be one of his games. “Then why didn’t you put it on? The invitation clearly said it was a costume party. You helped me write them, remember?”

“I know, that’s why I dressed up.”

With a deep breath, she mustered him. The first thing she noticed: he looked hot. Hotter than usual, which shouldn’t be possible, hot in the “I’d kiss you right here right now, but I have guests over and we’re just friends, what a shame”-way. Little stubbles covered his normally smooth cheeks, a deadly combination with his glasses. Seriously, it turned into a problem by now. Did he do that on purpose? Blinding her with his disturbing good looks in order to prevent her from complaining about the inappropriate outfit?

“Eh, the shirt is new. And those pants too? But nonetheless, all I see is a chico fresa.” Luna crossed her arms, half done with his jokes, half hoping they got to banter more. “Please, look a bit closer”, Matteo begged, no, dared her.

She refused to look at him closely, however. Their friends didn’t need an opportunity to tease them because Luna couldn’t hold back and jumped him right in the hallway. “Okay, either you tell me what it’s supposed to be or…”, she started, but not getting the chance to finish. “Your future boyfriend.”

If she gave it a second thought, being teased by her friends seemed like the better option. Your future boyfriend. Did he want her to faint into his arms? (He wiggled his eyebrows at her, so the answer was probably yes.)

“Well, at least that gives you a good chance at winning our little competition. That costume is scary”, Luna mumbled, although she meant none of this.

Matteo leaned closer, his perfume lingering in her nose, “Good, because there will be a lot of screaming tonight.”

For the shortest fraction of time, Luna allowed herself to dive into the picture his words painted. His mouth wandering over her skin, along her neck before they found this particular sensitive spot - “Hey, are you okay? Is your neck hurting?”, Matteo asked and only then did Luna notice she rubbed the side of her neck that he was familiar to…

Before she managed to answer, however, Gastón’s voice carried into the hallway. “Matteo, I can hear you, come and show yourself!” Luna turned to Matteo, a sigh sitting on her lips, “Have fun explaining him this”, she gesticulated at his outfit, “I’m sure he will love it. Oh, and one more thing, chico fresa. No alcohol for you tonight. I don’t need more hickeys.”

Under further inspection, he might had been blushing at her words. (Good, she thought. That would hopefully teach him a lesson.)

Gastón loved his costume. Of course. Luna had been right, not that Matteo expected anything else. After laughing for a good minute at his joke, something changed though. His expressions darkened like the summer sky before a storm, and he leaned in with his voice nothing but a careful whisper. “Matteo, we need to talk.”

“What? About my hilarious costume?”

A raised eyebrow, the usual sign that Gastón had no intention to joke around. “Okay, what is it?”, Matteo inquired before the frown got frozen on his best friend’s forehead.

“You seriously need to make a move on her before who ever gave her that hickey two weeks ago does. You remember that hickey?” Gastón poked his finger in Matteo’s chest, something that distracted him enough to keep a grin away. “Of course I do”, he mumbled – just for other reasons than you believe. “Still, she gets to decide who gives her those, don’t you think?”

Gastón shook his head, hands ruffling through his already messy hair. Matteo hoped the constant handling wouldn’t make his best friend go bald before the age of 30. “She has to know you’re an option, bro.”

“She will”, Matteo hesitantly promised, a nervous flatter resting in his ribcage when he thought of explaining Luna the messy effects she had on him ever since she had shown up in his life. At times he wondered if she expected anything, if she felt something was missing despite them growing closer and closer.

Gastón grinned, nodding, and before Matteo realized what happened he called Luna over, “Hey, Luna! We weren’t finished talking when you opened the door for your future boyfriend.” As she walked towards him, Matteo shot his best friend a warning glare, which he naturally ignored. “Honestly, I forgot what we were talking about”, Luna said. Since she looked at Gastón, Matteo took the opportunity to inspect her more closely. She wore a wig that matched her blue-painted skin and made a startling contrast to her eyes, a contrast so stunning Matteo debated over where to look first.

And her dress. He didn’t even dare to look at it for more than a second, too afraid of losing control and his dignity.

“Chocolate, fangs, you wanted me to remind you of something…”, Gastón went on, pulling Matteo back to reality. Luna’s face lightened up, she clapped her hands and grinned widely at Gastón (Matteo loved that grin), “Oh, right! I wanted to say that if you infect me with chocolate, you are totally allowed to bite me.”

Matteo had no idea what was going on.

“Luna, wait, no, I bet it’s a trick to lure you into trusting him!”, he jumped in. Gastón rolled his eyes at him, but the right side of his mouth curled up along with it, so Matteo gave it no attention. “Don’t let him kill you, moon girl – or are you already dead? I can’t tell from your costume…”

With eyes and mouth open in pure disbelief, she turned to him, her wig swinging over her shoulder in what he’d call a dramatic hair flip if Ámbar stood in front of him. “What? Ever heard of the corpse bride? The movie? Tim Burton?” He shook his head. Knowing his little moon, he wouldn’t get out of another movie night with her. “No, you know I don’t watch…”

“Okay, this is unacceptable.”

“Agreed, you can’t look like that on your wedding day, so… dead”, he shot back, much to Gastón’s amusement, who watched them while the smile on his face grew wider and wider. “I’m not kidding, Matteo, we have to watch that movie.”

Bingo.

“Well, if you insist”, he agreed, earning an excited little jump from Luna, “And by the way, I do have another costume, if you don’t like the one I’m wearing now.”

Within a minute, Luna hurried him to change outfits and she not once suspected him for grinning like an idiot.

“A strawberry?!” Everything about the horrified glimmer in her eyes to her arms freezing midair provoked a laugh from Matteo – it took him all his self-control to not give into the desire. “Wanna bite me?”, he asked instead.

“What? No, I mean, maybe, wait, no. No.” All the layers of make-up failed to hide how affected she got by a little bit of teasing. “You’re super cute, by the way”, he winked at her and he’d swear that her hand on the handle began shaking a little bit.

“Cute? Excuse me? This is a scary Halloween costume”, she protested, still unable to return his gaze. Flicking her nose, he laughed and wondered how she would react if he kissed her now. “No offense, but you are way too cute to be scary.”

Luna took a step back. “You’re being extra fresa tonight.” She motioned him to step inside, he heard a little sigh as he pretended to let go of the topic to walk back into the living room. “I’m certainly dressed extra fresa tonight”, he said over his shoulder nevertheless.

“Sometimes I really wonder why I like having you around.”

Matteo won their costume competition with an overwhelming majority.

It took Luna exactly two seconds to wish Matteo and his stupid strawberry costume to hell. Two seconds, which was all the time Jim and Yam needed to storm into her direction, a determination in their eyes that scared her.

“Luna, Luna, can we talk?”, Jim began, a half-empty cocktail glass in her hand and by the way she dragged the vowels, Luna doubted it was her first drink. “Yeah, you never told us something was going on between you and Matteo”, Yam added, luckily sounding less drunk than her best friend. Still, she wished the ground would open so she got to leave this topic, this party.

“I never told you because there’s nothing there”, she answered. Of course, the two girls refused to give up so easily. “Right, that’s why he dressed up as your future boyfriend”, Yam shook her head while Jim added, “And a strawberry!”

“Hey, Yam, we should give those two some punch too”, Jim turned half away, apparently believing she was subtle about it, “Maybe that will help.” They giggled with their foreheads moving closer until they shared a hug that looked awkward, or at least from Luna’s point of view.

“No, you won’t, and”, Luna meant to interrupt, but being too late. “Matteeeeo!”, the girls yelled in unison, followed by another laughter. “Doyouwantsomepunch?”

From the couch, Gastón threw in another bad pun, “Yeah, Matteo, it’s bloody-licious”, before he focused his attention on Nina again. Luna sighed. If Matteo agreed now, she’d be the only sober one, and screwed. Completely screwed.

“Thanks, but my little lady doesn’t want me to drink”, Matteo replied to send Luna a wink. Somehow, he looked hot even with this bloated up strawberry costume.

“Oooh, his little lady”, Jim snickered as she raised her eyebrows and gave Yam a high-five. Meanwhile, Gastón frowned at his best friend. “What?”

Luna’s head snapped towards Matteo, and for a second, he was all she could see, the memory of this one night crystal-clear in her head, like a photograph she studied until every single line got engraved forever. Without a doubt did he live through the same night as her, without a doubt did they have to keep it a secret or their friends would never leave them alone. (Or the opposite, they’d excuse themselves immediately, with meaningful glances and teasing comments that made Luna blush already.)

“Because he gets weird ideas and I don’t want to deal with them again, that’s all”, Luna explained and tried to ignore the confusion spreading on her friend’s faces and the subtle hint of red unfolding on Matteo’s cheeks and the way it made her knees feel shaky.

To Matteo’s own surprise, no one bothered him or Luna for the rest of the party. Well, except Gastón, whose puns got only worse the more punch Jim gave him. At one point, he called Matteo over while Nina sat on his lap, “Strawberry! C’mere.”

He walked over, slowly, hoping that someone got into his way before he reached his evil grinning best friend.

“Have you heard that NASA discovered a moon that orbits around the sun? They want to name it Matteo.”

Matteo blinked. Once. Twice.

Nina began laughing so hard, her shoulders were shaking and if it wasn’t for Gastón’s tight grip on her waist, she’d fall right from the sofa. “Oh my… that was hilarious”, she panted between waves of laughter.

Gastón seemed the happiest he’d ever been.

“That was the worst pun you ever made and I’m deeply regretting choosing you as my best friend”, Matteo replied before hurrying away from the vampire pun machine that Gastón had turned into.

Not too long after that – midnight had come and gone without any spectacular incidents – Luna stood by the door, saying their friends goodnight. A breath of relief escaped his lungs as Luna walked back into the living room, meaning they were alone and he finally didn’t have to feel like their every step and word was carefully analyzed by Jim and Yam.

“Matteo, what are you doing?”, Luna inquired while he tossed the candy foils into the trash can. “Helping, of course”, he said without looking up. (Not a single drop of alcohol was in his veins, yet he felt intoxicated just by being around her. And he didn’t dare to give into these sensations.) “The one with the shortest way can stay the longest, no?”

“But your costume…”

In one smooth movement, he pulled the zipper down and stepped out of it.

“No way! A t-shirt? Where did you steal this from?” The shock tinted Luna’s voice, made it sound a bit high-pitched where usually a sweet calmness reached his ears. “Why did I have to steal it?”, he asked, excitement about a possible banter with her flooding his stomach with butterflies.

Luna shrugged, hands going through her wig to pull it off. She pulled the wig cap off, and the next time he stole a glance at her, her hair fell in messy waves over her shoulder. How come he got to admire something so beautiful from so close, yet so far away?

“Well, you said you only owned one t-shirt and that was the one you borrowed to me the other night and… I just can’t imagine you buying one, okay? Don’t laugh at me!”

“When would I ever?”, Matteo said, fully aware that the grin on his lips told her otherwise. “But believe it or not, I bought this.”

Luna nodded, although he knew she remained with some doubts, she had this little crease on her forehead whenever she questioned something. “One final thing though”, Matteo smirked, strolling behind her when she carried the plates into the kitchen. “Okay, I’m listening.”

“How do you like it?”

She nearly dropped every single plate.

Silence greeted him as Matteo entered his flat. Just 21 steps separated him from Luna’s front door, yet he felt like he had run a marathon after those steps. All he wanted was to crawl into his bed.

The strawberry costume landed next to his boyfriend outfit on the floor, something Luna would endlessly tease him about if she ever got to see it. (Which she wouldn’t, he had a reputation to lose after all.) The shirt followed next, and within ten minutes, Matteo got ready to slide under his warm blanket.

Then, his phone blinked.

Two messages from Luna. He opened them, confused, usually she never texted him this late, and she should be in bed too anyway.

I just heard some weird noises. And from a few minutes ago, No I’m being serious.

His fingers hurried over the keyboard, asking if she was okay at the same time another message came in.

I need you ri

His heart stopped. Matteo cursed, the blood freezing in his veins as a loud bang carried through the ceiling, right from Luna’s apartment. Grabbing the spare key she’d given him, he ran out of his flat, 5 steps, 11, and finally, 21. He opened the door, heart beating fast, all his senses sharpened.

She had to be okay, she just had to, because he didn’t want to live a life without Luna in it.

Nothing seemed wrong in the hallway. Familiar shadows from the furniture, a few rays of the moonlight leaking through the door from the kitchen.

“Luna? Are you here? Are you okay?”, he asked into the silence. Not a sound. “Shit.”

The door to her bedroom was open, not by much, but Luna could only sleep with the door being completely closed, so he slipped through.

“BOO!”, someone yelled, a flashlight shining right at a white mask right out of a horror movie. Matteo screamed, he screamed louder than he had ever screamed and only when he heard a familiar laughter did he feel able to stop.

“Luna! WHY? Why did you do that?”

He groped for the light switch in the dark, his heart still pounding in his chest. As the light chased away the darkness, he found her still laughing. “Your scream… I can’t…”, tears ran over her cheeks, while she laughed and laughed and laughed.

By the time she calmed down, Matteo leaned against the door, calmer but not a bit less annoyed. He’d been worried sick over her texts, after all.

“So, may I ask why you deemed this necessary?”

Luna grinned. “You said I was too cute to be scary, I had to prove you wrong. And that’s what Halloween is all about – tricks or treats.” An idea formed in his head, bold and too tempting to be ignored. It sharpened when Luna’s eyes rested on his chest, realizing that he’d been about to go to sleep and hadn’t grabbed a shirt before he checked on her.

“In that case”, he whispered and took a step closer, “You owe me. That was a very mean trick.”

She cleared her throat, barely able to break her stare away from him. “But if you trick me now, it won’t be a surprise.” Her voice became nearly inaudible towards the end. “Who said I want a trick?”

Bridging the last centimeters between them, she lifted her chin and then their lips touched and something inside Matteo exploded, releasing a whole zoo in his stomach and a firework where once his heart was. Luna wrapped her arms around his shoulders, holding him so close not even the smallest particle would fit between them. He let his hands wander down her back while his lips savored the taste of hers – he had imagined this moment many times, at daytime, at night and every moment in between, but as he learned, no fantasy lived up to the reality of kissing Luna.

“So, I take it you meant that costume?”, she asked, voice so soft and warm it felt like a kiss made for his ears. “What do you think?”, Matteo replied.

Luna simply kissed him again.

#soy luna #lutteo #my sl fanfiction #halloween fic #3.5k words and 2.5k of those were written today I'm super exhausted #my brain needs a break before it explodes #anyway I hope you enjoy this os and this au #can anyone solve the hickey mystery?

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sky-girls · 7 years ago

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Beautiful,Magical,Lyrical

#lutteoficweek #lutteo #soy luna #mylfw

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dubbalshs · 8 years ago

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Make me admit stuff? 1. Would you have sex with the last person you text messaged? last person i text messaged was callie so noooo haha 2. You talked to an ex today, correct? i have not. i haven't spoken to him in a week 3. Have you taken someones virginity? nope 4. Is trust a big issue for you? honestly, no. i feel like at this point it should be, especially since felix poured all my secrets out to my mom, but it isn't really lmao 5. Did you hang out with the person you like recently? i have a crush on literally everyone so like yeah 6. What are you excited for? im excited to go to john abbott 7. What happened tonight? uhh last night i hung out with michael and went to mount royal and had an amazing time, and tonight i'm planning to go to acoustic 8. Do you think it’s disgusting when girls get really wasted? nah, i dig it and i relate and i wanna be them, only thing is don't be a burden on other people and be safe 9. Is confidence cute? yes lmao i'm kinda into cockiness too 10. What is the last beverage you had? milk 11. How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust? uhhh quite a bit. michael, lorne, matteo, brandon, felix still to an extent lmao well actually like no not really  12. Do you own a pair of skinny jeans? ya  13. What are you gonna do Saturday night? i have no clue. probably not much 14. What are you going to spend money on next? beer lol 15. Are you going out with the last person you kissed? nope but i'm sleeping over at his place again tonight lol 16. Do you think you’ll change in the next 3 months? yeah of course. i plan to become happier and to be productive and idk to mature and grow and get over some things 17. Who do you feel most comfortable talking to about anything? annie definitely 18. The last time you felt broken? like yesterday lmao all the time 19. Have you had sex today? no but i'm planning to 20. Are you starting to realize anything? yeah i'm starting to realize that felix wasn't perfect and did a lot of shitty things and also idk that the people who want to be around will be and that you can love someone with all your heart but still be ready and willing to get over them 21. Are you in a good mood? yeah and i'm definitely trying to be 22. Would you ever want to swim with sharks? no lmao i'm not even a good swimmer 23. Are your eyes the same color as your dad’s? nope his are blue mine are brown  24. What do you want right this second? idk maybe to be hanging out with a friend, maybe for lucas to message me so i can get hyped for tonight and feel better about it all 25. What would you say if the person you love/like kissed another girl/boy? "that's fair" (lmao it would probably be felix and it wouldn't hurt too much tbh i don't think it would change how he feels about me and i've kissed my fair share since the break up) 26. Is your current hair color your natural hair color? at the top of my head yes at the bottom no it's more red ish  27. Would you be able to date someone who doesn’t make you laugh? like everyone can make me laugh cause when they find something funny and are being all cute it makes me laugh but i've definitely dated guys with diff senses of humour before like todd wasn't that funny imo but i still laughed 28. What was the last thing that made you laugh? probably michael's family they're so funny 29. Do you really, truly miss someone right now? not in this exact moment but i do miss felix quite a bit  30. Does everyone deserve a second chance? not everyone. like sometimes they really do deserve it but i'd say also a lot of the time it's your own decision whether you want to give them a second chance, it's not something they innately deserve 31. Honestly, do you hate the last boy you were talking to? idk if this means talking like just talking or romantically but either way no 32. Does the person you have feelings for right now, know you do? i dont really know that i have feelings for anyone i guess the closest is still felix and i think he knows i love him 33. Are you one of those people who never drinks soda? definitely not haha 34. Listening to? music but i paused it so nothing rn 35. Do you ever write in pencil anymore? ya but usually led pencil 36. Do you know where the last person you kissed is? probably in my old apartment tbh but i don't know for a fact 37. Do you believe in love at first sight? no lmao 38. Who did you last call? michael !! 39. Who was the last person you danced with? danced? i guess like at the club probably matthew westernoff lmao or david 40. Why did you kiss the last person you kissed? idk i wanted to and it was a good time 41. When was the last time you ate a cupcake? i have no clue 42. Did you hug/kiss one of your parents today? no but i will !! 43. Ever embarrass yourself in front of a crush? im sure i have i just can't think of anything 44. Do you tan in the nude? nah 45. If you could, would you take back your last kiss? no haha 46. Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night? uhh i texted annie till i fell asleep 47. Who was the last person to call you? my distant education school to tell me my exam mark  48. Do you sing in the shower? i do if im home alone 49. Do you dance in the car? YES definitely haha 50. Ever used a bow and arrow? nope 51. Last time you got a portrait taken by a photographer? maybe never ? unless like family photos by family friends count but that's like not professional and that's years ago 52. Do you think musicals are cheesy? they can be but it's good shit !! 53. Is Christmas stressful? like it can be but it doesn't have to be 54. Ever eat a pierogi? like one that my mom made so defs more asian than not. or frozen ones haha 55. Favorite type of fruit pie? probably apple 56. Occupations you wanted to be when you were a kid? singer hahaha 57. Do you believe in ghosts? no 58. Ever have a Deja-vu feeling? yeah i get it a lot and it freaks me out 59. Take a vitamin daily? nope 60. Wear slippers? no 61. Wear a bath robe? no 62. What do you wear to bed? usually a big shirt and underwear  63. First concert? hilary duff hahaha 64. Wal-Mart, Target or Kmart? eh walmart i guess 65. Nike or Adidas? both are good 66. Cheetos Or Fritos? cheetos i guess ? 67. Peanuts or Sunflower seeds? peanuts cause i'm shit at eating sunflower seeds lmao 68. Favorite Taylor Swift song? i love a bunch of them 69. Ever take dance lessons? ya i used to do ballet and tap and jazz. favorite was ballet.  70. Is there a profession you picture your future spouse doing? no clue lmao 71. Can you curl your tongue? ya 72. Ever won a spelling bee? nope  73. Have you ever cried because you were so happy? i THINK i have but not sure  74. What is your favorite book? no clue lol 75. Do you study better with or without music? definitely better without music but i listen anyway 76. Regularly burn incense? no 77. Ever been in love? yeah !! i just was haha 78. Who would you like to see in concert? the front bottoms  79. What was the last concert you saw? the lumineers !! so good 80. Hot tea or cold tea? hot tea lmao you wildin 81. Tea or coffee? coffee 82. Favorite type of cookie? chocolate chip i guess 83. Can you swim well? like i can swim but i don't think well but like i won't drown in a pool 84. Can you hold your breath without holding your nose? ya 85. Are you patient? nooooo omg me and annie talk constantly about how impatient we are 86. DJ or band, at a wedding? uhhh i think band is more romantic but lbr a dj probably sounds better 87. Ever won a contest? yeah i think so. ok ya that national flag thing and probably others 88. Ever have plastic surgery? nope 89. Which are better black or green olives? fuck an olive i love myself 90. Opinions on sex before marriage? pretty good imo lmao  91. Best room for a fireplace? like living room i guess ? i don't understand  92. Do you want to get married? yes !!! it'll be lit

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evakuality · 3 years ago

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Mia, episode one

Okay, so as I have said numerous times and at length I haven’t seen Mia’s season before. I can’t stand Noora’s season so I’ve never wanted to watch this one. But I’m giving it a go because apparently it’s better than Noora’s. I already really really dislike Alex, though. He’s gross to the last moments of Hanna’s season so this may be an uphill battle getting me to like him. Plus, this is likely more a live reaction thing since I really have no idea what’s coming (except that it’s based on Noora’s things) We shall see. Anyway, let's get to this:

1. The opening bits just reminds me how ridiculous kissing looks like up close and from the outside. I don’t know what the point here is, but I’m vaguely uncomfortable rn, so if that’s the intention, then well done I guess! These tongues are really bothering me for some reason. Kiki really needs to have more self respect. I mean, I know she gets there, but this is not it, child. He’s really not great.

2. Seeing a shot of the girls: wow I missed these people so much!!!! (It’s been a couple of days, self. Chill out!!) Again, this is super pretty. The colours etc of this scene are lovely. More cool and cold than Hanna’s (I guess because of the time of year????) but lovely anyway. I do not like this swinging camera though; it’s making me queasy. I am also seriously side-eyeing the ‘kissing’ thing between Hanna and Mia. Like, I want to believe the creators were leaning into the gay vibes the two gave off last season, but... eh. It feels off a bit. Still. Mia’s gaze when she says ‘why not?’ when asked if they should all be lesbians is... well, I think a case can be made that Mia is into Hanna at least.

3. Oh. Hans my love. It seems this place is a mess and disgusting, but aww I do love him!! ‘I’m finished in a second’ - lol. Poor Mia, but she knew he had a visitor and she pushed her way in anyway. She deserved to cop what she saw. But she’s right of course. If they keep doing the gross clean ups for him, he really will never learn. I love Hans, but ‘tomorrow’ is waaaaaaay too late in a situation like the one they have here. He really needs to start thinking about other people!!

4. Aww I do love Mia and Hanna, and I’m glad we still have their friendship here. But is this sort of awkward not-quite-hug thing normal in Germany? None of these people look like they want to hug each other and are just doing it out of some sort of obligation. I get that between Hanna and the boys (there’s some history there after all), but Mia and them? Still, it’s nice to see these storylines continuing from season one so fluidly. Like there’s very little awkward ‘so let’s summarise the previous season in stilted dialogue for you’ and yet new viewers should be able to pick up on what’s going on through context and in the ways they have integrated and alluded to it all.

5. Alex comes on screen and I’m all ‘ugh’ and then sadly he says some stupid stuff. Mia is super pretty in this scene, though, and I’m a bit baffled about why they chose to film her in such a gorgeous way and then to put Alex in pale colours against a pale background. He doesn’t stand out at all. ‘He’s insecure, he just wants his parents’ attention’ - I kind of like that this is coming from Kiki because she sees him with rose-tinted glasses and so it can be seen as biased and excusing him for no reason. But since I assume this is heading in the direction that Noora’s did, where William didn’t ever have to change but we were expected to excuse him because we found out bits about his background, I’m also assuming that this is going to be a case of ‘Kiki, while being obsessive and too naïve about him in some ways, was right all along about him’ but I guess we’ll see. Also, he’s basically with Kiki and yet he’s still looking at Mia like that? He’s clearly not changed at all since last season.

6. I just realised we haven’t had any moments with Mia alone yet and we’re already more than halfway through the episode. I don’t know where I’m going with that but it’s just interesting. Hanna was so in her head and by herself so often, and it was really nice to be so tight in with her. It’s a bit odd to not have that anymore. I know that the two characters are different but I miss that getting-to-know-you stuff of the main character.

7. The stuff with Kiki is really good, though. I like the way her issues are being highlighted but in a way where it’s clear that her thought processes aren’t immediately obvious as toxic. It’s really good that what she says and does is logical and can be seen as ‘healthy’ and so dismantling that thought process is really important to teach. Now, I only saw Noora’s season once so I don’t know how much is coming from the original but even if this is coming through from there, I like the way it’s going.

8. Alex again. I do not like him. His attitude to girls is so shitty. I mean I know this is William’s fault but I still really really do not enjoy this type of guy. Again he’s shot in faded out and pale colours vs her darker and stronger ones. I don’t know what the point is, but I assume there is one. Maybe that she doesn’t really know him and so she’s only seeing a pale and washed out version of him.

9. Hanna, darling, I’m with you. I too hate volleyball and when I was at school our PE teachers were obsessed with it and we had to play it FAR too often for my liking. Also these looks they are giving each other are super gay. I don’t make the rules!

10. This Christmas scene is so super cute!! The colours etc are glorious. Hans’s little festoon of lights is adorable. This little hug with Carlos and Kiki; it’s nice to know where that’s going. She definitely deserves someone like him (someone who is a bit messy and has some faults but who grows and is under it all a loving friend, and above all is someone who genuinely cares about her). I know 50 billion people have pointed it out, but I love that Matteo is off to the side and away from the group and that although he’s sort of joining in, he’s not a full part of it. It’s nice the little hints of how his season is going to go.

11. Boo Alex. Blackmail isn’t cool. It wasn’t cool in Hanna’s season and it’s not cool now.

And we’re at the end. We still have very little time just with Mia, just this little moment right at the very very end. I miss that tight PoV and I hope we see more of it soon. I still really really dislike this type of love interest and this type of romance. Alex may not be as bad as William (mostly because he’s better acted) but he’s still a few million miles away from any guy I’d want anything to do with romantically. Let’s see if that changes as we go on.

#druck #og druck #mia - episode one #update on Alex feelings - I still really dislike him #stay away if you like this character #because you won't enjoy what I have to say about him

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lightsandlostbells · 7 years ago

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Druck episode 3 reaction

thirteen minutes is UNACCEPTABLE

Episode 3

Clip 1 - Returning home

I love the look of the show. That shot of them coming up from what I assume is a train station is so simple but effective, with the group breaking into two and Hanna and Jonas being left on their own to work through what happened on the trip. Us having some distance from the situation, being able to see Hanna turn away first away from Jonas.

I think the cinematography is adding a lot to my enjoyment of Druck. I just find it so calming and gently pretty, and the lighting is bright and there’s plenty of soft colors.

Matteo and Carlos left together, which might not mean anything except they’re going the same way, or maybe they’re legit friends, or maybe Matteo doesn’t really like him but he puts up with him because they have Jonas in common or because Carlos is their weed hookup.

Jonas saying that it’s just been the two of them (Jonas and Hanna) together lately. Interesting, implies that it’s not so much Hanna-Jonas-Matteo as we might have guessed. Or just that he’s feeling stifled by being around his girlfriend so much. Orrrrr that he has a secret that he wants to keep from her and it’s hard when she’s nearby?

Man I really really am wondering if the changes in these character dynamics are going to build up to something, I really hope!

This Jonas is earnest as hell and it’s going to suck if he has some big horrible secret. He’s my favorite of the remake Jonases so far; he’s flawed but he seems vulnerable and he’s got great chemistry with both Hanna and Matteo. We haven’t seen him at his worst yet, it should be said.

I legit laughed out loud at Hanna’s texting of Mia, especially Mia’s text bubble disappearing. I mean, that wasn’t a bad joke on Hanna’s part, except you usually don’t talk about STDs with people you just met.

I mentioned in some other posts that I find the credits/title cards on each clip of Druck and Skam France distracting, but I like that Druck has been putting things like casual banter and (as in this clip) Hanna’s heavy sighing over them. They can easily be cut from the scene when the whole episode is put together, but it keeps the atmosphere going a little longer and adds some small details of characterization or mood. I prefer it to having music always close the scene and play over the credits.

Clip 2 - Hero Party meeting

THEY CHANGED SHIT, YES

Awww, Kiki turns out to be cute! She turned it around fast. Also props to her for acknowledging that it was sweet of Hanna to try to find her a Sam. And she clearly did not make the decision to not be on the organizing committee on her own, and Sam knows she’s fibbing.

An explanation for the hero party! So from what I can tell from German viewers, this isn’t a usual German tradition or anything, it’s specifically for the show? IDK how realistic it is but making it a tradition specific to this school makes it a little less contrived. I don’t really get how throwing an amazing party for the graduating class will make the party for this class even better, since it’ll be a whole new class throwing the party for them, unless it’s in the sense of “we raised the quality level so far that they’re going to have to try to top us.”

This isn’t a bad way to adapt russ. I’ve been waiting for a version where the five girls all got assigned together on some project/event rather than coming together voluntarily. Plus Hanna met all the girls separately prior to this meeting, so there’s an established connection between her and all the girls.

Nice way to show Hanna being a follower with her just joining Kiki/Sam at this meeting and raising her hand after everyone else does. She does feel a very insecure version of this character.

This setup makes Leonie directly reject Hanna, Kiki, and Sam based on prior beefs, and her shunning Amira to the end is not a great look. IDK what she has against Mia except she’s a new girl who had the audacity not to know what the party was, so I guess that’s enough? They really are Los Losers.

Let’s talk about what a glorious nickname Blondus Maximus is and how there was a missed opportunity to call the Penetrator Chris character some variant of that (Brunettus Maximus?) Max can be a girl’s name too! Not sure how popular it is in Germany, though.

Shout-out to Amira’s brothers!

They also did something that I hoped they would do, instead of explaining Alexander to Hanna, they explained to Mia, who is the new girl, which makes sense. And we got her initial reaction to him.

German William/Alexander looks old as hell, even older than French William/Charles, lmao. No disrespect to the actor, I’m just not sure why the remakes are casting older-looking dudes in this role. Like Charles looks older than a teenager but almost everyone on Skam France does. Druck’s characters look like teenagers for the most part, so IDK why the William character has to be the one who looks like a teacher. Thomas Hayes was the right age.

I’m laughing at his socks. And him getting out of his car just isn’t the same without being flanked by several nameless members of his posse.

Some of the slow-motion effect is kinda strange and doesn’t look right. I noticed it in the first clip with Leonie’s walk, too.

I really liked Kiki after being somewhat underwhelmed by her first appearance (the same with Daphne, tbh). Sam and Amira remain great. Mia is the only one I’m not 100% sold on, though I think she could turn out OK.

Clip 3 - Mia and Hanna in Spanish class

OK I was wayyyy too excited that Mia mentioned her roommate using her IG to stalk guys. GERMAN ESKILD WHERE ARE YOU.

I did find it kind of weird why were they weren’t sitting together in the first place, because they walked into the room together and if Mia can just get up and move it’s not like they have assigned seats.

I felt kinda bad for the teacher in this one even if she shouldn’t be making mistakes. Her wardrobe looks like that of every enthused language teacher I’ve ever had.

Ahhh, still not sure how I feel about Mia so far? She’s cute but seems kinda stilted, and she looks a little older than the other girls (she’s 21 IRL). I do think she was better in this clip than in prior ones. Her character was more polite to the guy who’s talking to her than Noora or Manon was. She’s so far a far sweeter version of the character.

Also this clip amped up the Mia/Hanna. Mia was very, very eager to talk to Hanna at the start.

Clip 4 - Friend

You know what? I’m kinda with Jonas on this one. Why should you actually treat a bunch of assholes that you don’t like? Like this dude who apparently puts Nazi symbols on a teacher’s car? Fuck that guy, I wouldn’t throw him a party.

Obviously I don’t think he should make fun of Hanna wanting to participate, and Hanna is right, not all grade 12 students are going to be assholes. But Jonas’ reaction at least makes sense, rather than being like “this is wrong because I hate capitalism and this ties in for some reason.” (To be fair, Jonas’ opening monologue isn’t about capitalism this time around. He does mention Nazis in it, though!)

“Netflix and chili con carne” is the German version of Fresh Prince and nachos, eh?

Awww, Hanna made a friend! This Jonas seems very happy that Hanna made a friend, too.

General Comments:

Thirteen minutes?? THIRTEEN MINUTES??

no i’m not bitter

I cannot believe they teased that Hanna/Mia hangout and didn’t deliver. We didn’t even get any IG posts from whatever they were doing.

ok yeah i’m a little bitter. a smidge

Is it normal to be back at school the week following Easter? They weren’t there on Monday but I’ve seen people say they should be off the full week, I think?

Kinda wish we were going full on with the Hanna and Amira friendship but I can see how that scene was mostly there to establish her as a character through Hanna before the Hero Party, and I guess it’s possible that they will bond as a duo at some point. Maybe. I’m not thinking this is gonna be a total overhaul of S1.

Jonas and Hanna being all “it’s about being friends AND being in love” in the texts - goddamn they’re so sweet.

Also from the texts, it sounds like German Eskild is into bears. Man bears, to be clear.

This week’s episode better be at least 20 minutes, you can’t do me like that, Germany. I actually like your take on Norwegian teenagers.

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smolfangirl · 8 years ago

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Lost Then Found

Chapter 6: Love me or leave me

Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3 / Chapter 4 / Chapter 5

So, this is it, the end. The final chapter of LTF. I spent a lof of time on it, making sure it is perfect and something I am incredibly proud of and in the way it somehow ended up being 6.3k words long. (Whoops.) I want to thank @sky-girls for being always there for me and for helping me more times than I could possibly remember. This chapter is for you, muffin! (Also I hope you will still talk to me after the ending)

“Solo espero no sea tarde para seguir al corazón.”

“Simón, hurry up, I need to talk to you!”

Luna banged against the door. Her knuckles were turning white, but she didn’t care. Open, open, open, please, I need you. She repeated it like a mantra, whispered those words to herself until the fire in her lungs slowly burned out. The mantra kept her from crying. From shattering and losing it. She had been too close to the edge for more than two hours now. Since Matteo left her alone on the rink, a million thoughts raced through her head. Open questions. Explanations for what had happened right there. Scenarios of a future she didn’t want. So many feelings as well. Too many. It was a mess, she was a mess. In no way could she bear this on her own any longer. Open, please.

Finally, her best friend showed up behind the door. He wore his favorite beanie on his hair and a grin on his lips: “Luna, hey! What a surprise!”

“Are you alone?” To her own surprise, her voice sounded much stronger than she felt. “Yeah”, Simón answered, “Pedro’s out with Delfi and Nico went to town. Hopefully to get a new haircut.” He got suspicious when Luna didn’t even raise an eyebrow at his joke. “Are you alright?”

She shook her head. Her feet lead her to the couch where she fell face down into the cushions. Simón watched her speechless. “I think I screwed up”, she bawled after a minute of silence.

Now he remembered. “Oh, yeah. That. Well, figuring from how loud you argued, I kinda assumed that.” Immediately, he caught all of her attention. “Wait, what? You mean you… you heard it?” A grin slipped on his face. He knew it shouldn’t amuse him, so he tried to hold it back: “I think the whole Jam&Roller heard it. I mean, you really gave him a lecture there. We were pretty surprised you could turn into a volcano.”

Luna groaned and pressed her face deeper into the pillow. “It’s not funny!” She didn’t feel like a volcano. If anything, she was both the lava and the people buried underneath. “Hey, I’m sorry. But seriously, what made you go off like that? Though I’m not saying he didn’t deserve it.”

“I don’t know”, Luna sighed. “I don’t know anything except that I need your help. Simón, please, I’m not joking, I wasn’t this confused about the whole Sol thing and it’s not right, I… I wish I could understand but I don’t know what to do next or even how to ever look at him again.” Patting her shoulder, her best friend cowered in front of her. “Okay, I will help you, but you should relax a bit first. Take a deep breath. Yes, and another one.”

It worked.

Well, until Matteo’s face appeared in front of her and reminded her of the hurt written all over his face. His lost smile. The missing spark in his eyes. His words. I did miss you. I still do. And I will. Her chest tightened all over again.

“Eh, what do you mean?”, Simón continued, “You don’t know how to look at him again? What did he do?” Luna lifted her head. Seeing the tears in her eyes, he gasped. “What did I miss? What did you do?” A small sob escaped her mouth. “I, I might have been wrong all the time and there’s a chance he didn’t deserve me yelling at him?”

“Wait, what?” He struggled to process this new information. After all, it was Matteo’s fault that Luna had been a shadow of herself over the last twelve months. He had noticed how she tried to cover up, to act as if everything was perfectly fine. Normal. But the light in her eyes undeniably used to shine brighter. Luna had every right to lash out at Balsano. So why did she regret it now? Why didn’t it relieve but hurt her more? He couldn’t imagine.

The shrilling sound of the bell interrupted them. First, Simón ignored it. After it rang for a second and a painful long third time he got up. Luna felt grateful for the time to think of an explanation. One that went beyond “He said he cared for me and I’m still mad but I also want to run into his arms”. She didn’t find one. But by the time she looked up again, she found Ámbar. Next to Simón, with his arm casually wrapped around her shoulder. She imagined Matteo holding her close like that. No, let it go. “Hi Lunita!”

“Hey, what are…”

“Why were you late today?”

It took Luna a second to recall Ámbar didn’t mean to be harsh. Anymore. “I was working on my biology assignment and somehow I had forgotten there was training today.” The blonde snorted. “Why am I not surprised this happened?” However, the smirk on her mouth gave her away. “Anyway, it’s not that important. What I’m more interested in, did you and Matteo at least talk when he picked you up? Or was that just screaming too?” Luna’s eyes widened, alarmed. It hadn’t been a joke. Everyone knew. She was so screwed.

Simón squeezed his girlfriend’s shoulder. “Come on, angel, lighten up. What’s this, an interrogation?” Ámbar rolled her eyes. “No, it’s not. But I just wanted to help and it’s unbelievable they apparently didn’t even take that chance when it would have been just perfect. It’s getting too pathetic to watch.” Another eye roll when Simón and Luna simultaneously gave her a confused look. “What are you talking about?”, Luna inquired.

“Lunita, please. Why else do you think it was Matteo who picked you up? I could have just called Tino and tell him to drive you. But no, instead I was trying to be helpful for once.” On a rational level, Luna understood Ámbar meant well. How could she know all hope was lost for Matteo and her? Still: “But why? Why would that help? In which way?”

“Luna’s right”, Simón argued. “And it’s not on us, if they wanted to talk, they would have already. And when Luna doesn’t want to, you shouldn’t put her into a situation like that.”

His girlfriend groaned. “Seriously, I don’t get it. You are both unhappy. Miserable, even. What’s the point? Do you think we don’t see it? Why do you both keep pretending otherwise? Even Tamara figured it out!” She sighed: “All I’m saying is, you should talk to him. Talk, not scream. Let him explain. He’s not a bad guy. But okay, in the end, you do you, I won’t interfere again. You two are too complicated anyway.”

“Can we please not talk about him? Or today in general?”, Luna stammered. She sat up, rubbing her neck. This wasn’t going the way she wanted to. Needed it to. She had come here to pour her heart out and get back on her feet, not to start another fight.

Technically, she still wanted to talk about Matteo, about the storm inside her. And if she should give him another chance. If he could be trusted with her heart. But Ámbar’s words hit every open wound and it hurt too much. Luna wasn’t ready to hear this truth yet, to believe it. So, she preferred to push it aside.

Before the silence settled in the room, Simón jumped in: “Well, then why don’t we forget that and watch a movie?” Luna nodded, while Ámbar agreed with her eyebrow still raised.

Soon, Simón and Ámbar snuggled on the couch while the opening scene began. Luna tried to not allow the jealousy creep into her veins. Her friends were happy, so she should be too, right? And if not, at least she should be able to focus on the movie.

Yet, her mind played a film of its own. Memories flooded her head. Some tasted bitter, like the one on the rink when he laughed at her. Maybe about her. Or when he switched teams again to avoid trouble with Ámbar.

Most of them felt like a bubble bath in happiness, however. His hugs. Every time he offered his help right when she needed it the most. Discovering the wings under her feet when he taught her a new step or lift. The butterflies in her stomach that woke up with his smile. Him, constantly making sure she was okay and happy.

Why did it had to end? They could have made it. That’s what she believed anyway until he exchanged her for the Italian sun and her sky missed the stars she used to see around him.

And now he suddenly talked about missing her, about wanting to give her the explanation she so desperately craved. She remembered Ámbar’s words. They were miserable, yes, or she definitely was. Matteo looked the part. Luna gave in and imagined what could happen if she got a reason. An apology, even. If there was a meaning behind her pain, what would change? Everything? Nothing?

These questions kept her mind busy. She left the apartment without knowing as much as the title of the film they had seen.

She needed to learn to move on.

The realization hit her late at night, after she crawled under her blanket and hugged her pillow tight. This crying and being mad and avoiding him had to come to an end. The searching and hoping for a way to turn things around too. She deserved closure, she deserved peace. If she got through the whole drama of being Sol Benson, then she could move on from a boy who made no sense. Right? And what did she had to lose by now anyway? How much worse could it get?

Maybe Ámbar had a point and letting Matteo explain was the right thing to do. Maybe she should give him that chance. Not for him. But for herself. Pushing her blanket away, Luna grabbed her phone. At last, she knew what to do.

Can we talk tomorrow? It’s important, she typed. She read through it, but decided to leave the details for the morning. Her fingers were only shaking slightly when she hit send.

Luna found him sitting in one of the chairs. Throughout the whole school day she had been unable to focus on the classes, fidgeting even more than usual and reliving the fight with Matteo. Hopefully, this would be over soon.

“Hey, thank you so much for taking the time!”

“Come on, you know I always have enough time for my best friend!”, Simón laughed. His eyes scanned her, which she noticed, of course. But she had nothing to hide anymore. Her smile was real, just like the determination she found behind the lump of nervousness in her throat.

“So, what’s this super important thing you need to talk about? Is it about the competition?”

“Well, no, actually it’s not. It’s about Matteo”, she began. Simón frowned. “So, I thought a lot about what Ámbar said yesterday. She knows him for so long, right? If she says I should talk to him, maybe it’s really time I do. I think I want to too.”

Her best friend shrugged, then chuckled. It sounded nervous, not quite convinced. “Then why don’t you just do it? The Luna I know can do everything she wants.” His smile turned softer and for a moment, Luna truly believed she could make it right this time.

Then she sighed. “I don’t know how to talk to him when he will avoid me even more than before.”

“Can I ask you a question?” Simón fidgeted with the menu card. Confused, she nodded. “I’ve been thinking about yesterday too, about what you told him. Luna, why didn’t you tell me how you felt? We’re best friends, you can always come talk to me if that’s what you need.”

“I’m sorry, Simón. It’s not that I didn’t want to, but, well, I couldn’t. I didn’t plan to say all of this, I didn’t even know that this was inside me. And at some point after he left, I just didn’t want you to worry and there was this whole Sol thing, and what could you have done anyway?”

There was still a frown on his face. “Look, I was just as surprised as you yesterday, but I’m glad I let it out. I had to. But what I really need now, from you, is your help to talk to him. Will you? Help me, I mean?”

Now he eased up. “Yeah. Everything that makes you happy, you know that.”

“Thank you!”

The next day, Luna felt more nervous than ever to go to the Jam&Roller. Her phone in her hands, she walked as fast as her feet carried her. (She felt it in her legs, how her muscles urged her to slow down and moaned because she ignored it) Two more streets, and her breath run short. Simón hadn’t texted her yet, and if he wasn’t texting her, it meant he was busy and talking to Matteo. Hopefully.

Only one more intersection and she’d know. But of course, the red light stopped her and while Luna caught her breath, she considered running over the street. This traffic light usually took ages to jump to green, she didn’t have that time. And there wasn’t any car around. Should she do it?

Luckily, she didn’t need to decide. Within seconds after the green light had mercy and signaled her to run, she stepped into the bar, her heart pounding loud and wild.

Simón wasn’t behind the counter, which looked promising to her as she didn’t see Matteo either. She dropped off her bag, and walked straight to the rink. Nothing but a small taste of doubt in her mouth now. Maybe they were at the lockers?

Again, no hint of the two. Only Pedro who greeted her cheerfully as usual. The worry reached her stomach and she felt unable to return Pedro’s smile. “Have you seen Simón? It’s super important”, she asked him, the words stumbling out of her mouth. “Well, fifteen minutes ago I saw him talking to Matteo by the stage. Have you checked the wardrobe?”

Fifteen minutes ago, they hadn’t planned it like this. Luna prayed she wasn’t too late. “No, I haven’t, thank you!”, she yelled over her shoulder.

Indeed, she found Simón sitting in the wardrobe, lost in thought, strumming his guitar. “Simón! Why are you here? Where’s Matteo?” Startled, her best friend looked up. “Luna, I didn’t expect you so soon!”

“What? The whole plan was about me being here and seriously, where is Matteo? Don’t tell me he already left, please!”

Simón put his guitar aside. By the expression in his eyes, he planned something and Luna wondered if she wanted to know.

“He did. I tried, you need to believe me, but he was so eager to leave, I couldn’t stop him.” She groaned. “However, don’t worry, it won’t happen again”, he added without making her feel better. “Of course it won’t, because he will keep running from me forever.”

“You give up too fast, Luna. He won’t be able to run from you. Well, not if I tell him I need him to switch shifts with Nico because of a totally made-up emergency. And the best part: he can’t say no since Tamara left me in charge while she’s away. So, give it two days and you’ll get your shot.” He leaned back with a smirk, looking pleased with himself. Luna took a sharp breath. Trying to get to talk to him today had already rubbed her the wrong way, but this? This was a whole new level, one she shouldn’t feel so comfortable stepping on.

“Do you think this is a good idea?”

“Totally, you’ll see, and who knows, in a week you won’t be thinking about him anymore.” The thought of forgetting Matteo failed to reassure her. But this wouldn’t stop her. Not this time, not when Simón had a point and gave her the one chance she needed to move on. Right?

In the end, it was her heart who betrayed her. Dancing in her chest, over these two days it started to whisper that Matteo missed her, for real, and that it wasn’t a dream but a fact. It fully dived into the memories, the craving and pining as if Luna had nothing to lose.

It reminded her of his birthday present as well. Specifically, of the part no one knew about. Not Simón, not Nina, not even her parents. Get it out, it whispered, you hid it long enough. Just take another look. And the memories weren’t alone: all the feelings she had very much tried to bury forever accompanied them.

Luna hated it. This wasn’t fair, at all. Being a teenager shouldn’t be this hard. Love neither.

Time didn’t pass. No matter how hard Luna kept track of it and stared at whatever clock was around, the two days stretched into an eternity. And eternity gave her a lot of possibilities to overthink. Was she ready for the truth and for moving on? Did she have to be ready? (She didn’t feel the part.)

Her friends weren’t any help either. Just mentioning Matteo’s name caused them to interrogate her until she felt like the main suspect in a major crime case until she considered hiding in the bathroom.

Then, she woke up to a text of Simón, “Today!”, and time passed way too quickly during classes. Before Luna settled on a final plan for this conversation, she found herself in front of the Jam&Roller. Okay, she told herself, reaching for the door handle, you can do this. Just wing it. It’ll be fine.

She discovered Simón behind the bar. “Luna, there you are!”, he grinned at her, “Are you ready? Matteo is on the rink, so you can go straight ahead.”

“Thank you”, Luna said and forced a smile, “I’m just gonna put my skates on first.” And something Matteo hopefully saw as a sign she didn’t want to hurt him. But there was no need to rub that in Simón’s face when he’d only be hurt that she kept this a secret from him too. “Then don’t stand around, go, go, go! Good luck!”

Indeed, Luna needed that luck.

Seeing Matteo was enough to cause her chest to tighten until she forgot how to breathe. The last time they’d seen each other popped up in her head like one of these ads on Youtube that you couldn’t skip. Though, if she was being honest with herself, he didn’t look as miserable anymore. Only an unfathomable smile was on his face, nothing that laid bare how he felt. Or maybe it was showing in the details, in things escaping her mind because she had forgotten how to read him.

The second he noticed her, his movements changed. The smile, no matter how real, faded. Matteo slowed down, then turned away from her to watch the other skaters more intensely than was believable. Sighing, she decided she needed more drastic measures to get his attention.

This situation called for solely one thing.

Slowly, Luna once skated around the rink. She waited for his gaze to get stuck on her. A second round, taking up speed. Now. She spun around, well aware she wouldn’t make it if she shifted her weight to her right foot.

The fall came quickly. Matteo however didn’t. He remained on his spot, staring and probably waiting for her to get up. She felt her cheeks heating up. Not that she had a real plan, but things obviously weren’t going well.

Nevertheless, she sent a smile in his direction. Visibly exhaling, he skated over. “Why did I know you’d show up today?” Her eyebrows twitched and she hesitated to answer. “What do you want?”, Matteo went on, “There’s no training for the competition, you know that.”

That’s it, she thought, there had to be a way to bring back the old Matteo, or at least a Matteo she knew how to talk to. One that reminded her of the person she used to be, too. “No comment because I fell? I believe that’s a first.” She got a snort instead of the smirk she aimed for. “Look, I have to work, so if you don’t mind…”

“No, wait!” Luna reached out her hand. “Please.” With every passing second, her heart beat faster. What if she came too late, if he believed every single word her anger had directed at him? If she never got to tell him that right now, she missed their old selves more than she wanted to stay mad. That she wanted to hug him, wanted him to call her chica delivery, to wink at her and convince her to dance with him.

Lastly, Matteo grabbed her hand. His radiated warmth and offered support bittersweet in its familiarity. She focused on that while he pulled her up. Looking in his eyes seemed impossible.

“You only mentioned the card”, he commented to her surprise. Following his gaze, her eyes fixed her laces. More specifically, the silver moon and the strawberry dangling from them next to each other. “What?”

“You never brought them up. Or had them on before. Why now?” At his stinging tone, her voice broke into nothing more than a whisper. “I wanted to talk to you.” Matteo nodded slowly, as if he weighed his every word. “I see”, he began when a girl interrupted them. “Sorry, but you’re the supervisor, right? Could you help me with something, please?”

Immediately, his mouth curled up for this girl, a regular. “Yeah, of course.” Over his shoulder he said to Luna: “You’ll excuse me for a minute.”

Undecided, she stayed on her place frozen like a statue. Did his words mean he’d come back? Or would he go back to ignoring her? Luna had no idea. Her whole world felt shaky and unsteady, all because she couldn’t tell whether he put on a mask for her or for the girl he was helping. How did he continue to be her fixpoint? Her rock.

She watched him. Right now, he explained how to keep the balance while skating on one foot. He made a good teacher, patiently showing and encouraging the girl until it worked. No cheekiness, just kind support, she saw that much from the distance. It shouldn’t surprise her that much, she had seen him like this before, only that it felt like a lifetime ago and it had always been aimed at her.

Now, the same friendliness didn’t last for her. “So, Luna, I have a question for you.”

Had she seriously hoped for anything else except his razor-sharp tone? “If you wanted to talk to me, what did your dear Simón had to do with it? Did you think I wouldn’t notice how he obviously tried to keep me from leaving, just around the time school finishes? Why else would he suddenly be nice to me and ask for my help with a song I couldn’t possibly care less about? And only two days after you yelled at me, possibly loud enough for everyone to hear it? I bet he still laughs about it and thinks I deserve it.”

Yeah, in no way would she tell him they all really knew about their fight. Rather, she went for: “This is not about Simón, Matteo. Please.”

“No, it’s not. But you know, if you wanted to talk to me again, you could have texted me. Ask me, not let beanie boy do all the work because it’s easier for you.” With every word out of his mouth, she shrunk in size. By all means, he was right. “Matteo, I’m sorry, I…”

“Don’t. Whatever it was you wanted to say, spit it out already. What do you want? What do you want to happen, what are you trying to achieve with”, he gestured to her skates and the ground, “All this?”

There wasn’t enough air in here to fill her lungs, especially not when the storm in his eyes took her breath away.

“I wanted a reason”, she stammered. “You said you cared but I still don’t understand why you simply disappeared from my life. Look, all I wanted was to move on and later remember this without having to wonder what happened.”

“Wanted?”, Matteo asked, an eyebrow raised before his expressions softened up slightly. Luna stared back, astounded at the power of a small word. “I… I mean… I still care about you. I tried not to. But I really, really do.” At this, suddenly his eyes lit up like a firework in the night sky. He coughed and looked away, trying to conceal it. Still, she recognized this trace of hope, because it spread in her too and gave her a fuzzy sensation in her guts.

“So, why did you never stay in touch?”

They sat on the bleachers while Matteo focused on the rink. Not that Luna would ever admit it, but she took the chance to study his face. He was the most beautiful thing she had ever laid her eyes on. Most likely forever. It struck her that whatever was about to come, she most likely didn’t expect it. And just maybe, she didn’t have to lose him. Maybe this wasn’t their end or the last time she could get lost in his perfection.

“This might take a while.”

Luna reached out for his arm, but held herself back before he noticed. She cleared her throat. “I have time.”

Matteo closed his eyes. Forgotten was the rink, his shift. All that mattered was Luna, to find the right words that kept his hopes for a second chance alive. “The day after we arrived in Italy, uh, my dad told me we probably wouldn’t come back for the school year. Well, I know I should have expected it, but I didn’t want to hear any of it. That’s when we had our first fight, over there I mean. I just refused to give up the hope to see you again, you know?”

His voice trembled, the words blurred and it was hard to understand everything. “I never wanted our kiss to be the end of something. So, I didn’t want him to mention this until their bosses made their final decision. And then… then they told me we’d stay. That I would finish school there, and likely study too, or go to Oxford. Those were my options. It was right after the first Open, you know, the one Tamara streamed. I, I missed you. I missed you so much. I wanted to see you, hear your voice but there you didn’t perform while my parents basically told me I’d never get to go back and should let this fantasy go.”

Luna remembered the Open, how she regretted not performing when she learned about the one person who had streamed it from Italy. It truly had been him, of course, and of course he didn’t get to see the one time she sang for him.

“My first impulse was to call you. I had to tell you, but no matter how long I sat in front of my phone and opened your contact, I couldn’t do it. I knew it would be the right thing to do and yet, I… my head always found a reason not to do it. It was stupid, I realized that now, the most stupid thing I’ve ever done.”

Matteo paused. Let out a sigh. So much weight seemed to escape his body with it, Luna wondered how he had managed to walk upright before. “And then?”, she asked in a husky voice. “Did you just… decide that not talking to me at all was better? But then why did you send me something for my birthday then? That makes no sense to me. Wait, look, I want to get it, but right now, I feel there are more question marks in my head than before.”

Something about her words shattered him back into pieces. She saw it without understanding why tears sparkled in his eyes or why his whole body was made up of misery.

“I didn’t decide anything. My dad did. He’s, eh, let’s say, quite controlling. He told me I was acting out of my mind, and I was, of course I was. I felt so lost without you, but when he learned about you, he tried to reign me back in. Like I was a dog who didn’t listen and just needed some more training to behave.” A snort, one heartbeat of silence. Another one. “Actually, it’s not like I didn’t expect it. Although usually he was distant, more of a teacher than a father. But this time, he suddenly cared. Or at least compared to like all my life. And… since I honestly believed I’d never see you again but instead could have a decent relationship with my parents, finally, I…”, another break. “This sounds even shittier when I say it out loud.”

His fingers moved restlessly around, through his hair, along the seam of his shirt, rubbing his neck. Never stopping. “I’m sorry, Luna, I made so many mistakes, you have every right to be mad…”, she stopped him. “I want this to be over.”

He stared at her with eyes wide opened. Even though silence settled between them, Luna swore she heard his heart break.

“No, no, not like that!”, she hurried to add. Before her brain stopped her, her hand searched for his. Equally surprised as she was, Matteo held in a breath. Confusion was written all over his face. Luna tried to say something, anything, however touching him burned out every single thought in her head.

It took her some moments to find her voice. “What I’m trying to say is, I want us to be able to talk normally again. Like before. I don’t care if what you have to tell me sounds shitty. I said I wanted to understand, and I won’t run away. I promise. And I don’t want to stay mad at you. Anymore.”

“What?”

In another situation, she would have laughed at his shocked face. Now, she let her thumb draw lazy circles on his skin. “I’m done being mad at you”, she repeated. A smile as bright as a thousand stars broke free on his lips. It blinded her, consumed everything else around them like a black hole. She wanted to see this smile every day of her life.

“You know, you’re always in my head, everywhere I am”, he confessed, more radiant than the sun itself. “Everything that you said before sounded as if my only goal during the last year was to make you suffer and I know it’s hard to believe it but I never wanted to hurt you. I believed I was doing what was best for you, to allow you to move on. It took me weeks to buy these pendants. Every time I passed this shop window, I thought about getting them for you. But I also hoped you had forgotten me by then, because it meant you didn’t suffer like me. That’s why I always walked past them in the end.”

Focusing on his words got harder when he pulled his hand away. She hated how she ached to feel more of him, whether by holding his hand or being in his arms and doing all the things she definitely needed to stop thinking about. “And then my parents left town for a few days and I found myself in front of the shop again. I figured it was now or never, that you could still get them in time without my dad ever knowing I lied when I told him I had forgotten you completely. So, I bought them. I let them change them so you could wear them on your laces and went straight to the post office, wrote the card there and sent it off. But the next day, I already realized it was contradicting and wrong and I knew I’d never have the courage to ask Gastón how you reacted.”

“He couldn’t have answered that question anyway. I never told anyone about them”, Luna stated. “In fact, until yesterday, I kept them in my drawer right at the back so I didn’t have to see them.”

“Why?”, he inquired, biting his tongue. She shifted on her seat, unconsciously ending up closer to him. Her fingers fidgeted with her bracelets in order to keep her from reaching out to find his hand. “It hurt too much, thinking about you. And I didn’t want everyone else to worry about me again, especially when they just started to believe I was better.”

Matteo shook his head. “Luna, you can’t always think of everyone else first. Sometimes, what you want and need is more important.”

“Would you say the same thing if I told you you weren’t what I wanted?” His gaze laid down on her, firm and calm. It brought back the feeling she could read his every thought and emotion in his eyes. Hope spread out in her, racing through every cell and making her dizzy. “I would say your happiness is the most important thing. And I know I got in the way of it too often already, so… one word from you and I’ll leave you alone.”

That was it, that was the last strike it took to tear down the wall around her heart. Immediately, this hope forged a fire that turned every last bit of anger and resentment into ashes. “And let’s say, I wouldn’t want you to go. Why should I trust you now? How do I know you’re not leaving again because your dad makes you?” Matteo took her hand, studying their intertwined fingers before he answered. “After the last training, I talked to my parents. I figured I lost you for good, but I also realized they needed to know the truth. So, I told them I still only wanted to be with you and that it was wrong to pretend otherwise and that I didn’t care what they say.”

“How did that go?”, she blurted out. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t imagine talking to her parents like that. Or them to act like Matteo’s parents, for that matter. “Well, my dad got mad. Very mad, actually. It was nothing compared to when I decided to study physics and astronomy instead of sticking to his plans for me.” With the hand he wasn’t holding on to, she gently patted his arm.

“Why are you looking at me like that, chica delivery?”

Was it possible to have a heart attack because of a nickname?

“Are you and your dad okay now?” Matteo shrugged. “He’ll get over it at some point. But really, in the end, I don’t care anymore if they accept or even like my choice. That’s not what matters.” He smiled at her, all soft and warm and full of love. The chica delivery from a minute ago couldn’t hold up against it. If she hadn’t been sitting, who knew where her shaking knees would have taken her. “I love you, Luna. And I will stay.”

Maybe she should think this through. Tell him she needed some time to process everything, to decide on what was best for her.

But truth be told, her heart already chose him without a doubt. She knew living without him was possible, she had managed to get by like this. However, talking to him demonstrated that it wasn’t what she aimed for, a life without his smiles. His touch, his support. His love.

“Luna?”, Matteo pulled her back to reality, where she had left him waiting for an answer, “Will you give me a second chance?” She looked up. Hope glimmered in his eyes, along with an undeniable fear. Never had he been this vulnerable around her, perhaps around anyone.

“I mean I haven’t completely forgiven you”, she admitted. In response, his hand loosened its grip on hers. “I haven’t because it will take some time, but… I want to try this. Us. I, I like you very much too.”

Time stopped.

Suddenly, he embraced her waist and she sat right next to him, wrapped up in his arms. The world started spinning, faster than ever before. Luna closed her eyes. Like adding the last puzzle piece, her life felt complete again.

His lips found her forehead, murmuring “Thank you” before he gently pressed them on her skin. It took all her self-control to not kiss him right here, right now in front of the other skaters.

Somehow, they ended up in the wardrobe. The reason escaped her mind before the door closed behind them. Did he needed to get something out of here? All Luna remembered was walking hand in hand with him and that the smile on her face grew wider with every minute.

“Wait, was there any reason we’re here now?”, she asked. Matteo grinned, the signature chico fresa look, and turned around so he faced her. One hand reached out for her hair, brushed it back, then rested on her cheek. His other hand supported her waist, pulled her closer. Not close enough. She wrapped her arms around his neck. “Is it too early to ask if I can kiss you?”

“I don’t know, chico fresa, is it?”

It wasn’t. Of course. How could it be too early when all Luna had done for a year was to dream of these lips, this boy and being with him?

Matteo kissed her. Or she kissed him. It didn’t matter. Her mind turned quiet, but she heard her heart sing, even shouting in her chest. She had forgotten kissing Matteo meant a hurricane in her veins, meant being burned alive but enjoying every second of it. His thumb caressed her cheek and it drove her crazy, how he sent one wave of electricity after another through her body.

When they broke apart, Luna didn’t need to open her eyes to see him beaming with happiness. His voice sounded warm and just rough enough to make her knees tremble: “I think now I’m really home again.”

Thank you.

#soy luna #lutteo #my sl fanfiction #lost then found #love me or leave me #okay muffin first of all i left so many clues about the ending #like just look at the title of the fic that should have been enough #(btw the wing it part was ofc a reference)#and i loved teasing you until the very end but as if i could let my babies end up hurt and not together please #also a fic involving simón without a simbeanie burn is just not good you feel me #now here we come publishing break i was awaiting you :d #me out

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PLEASE DO A FANFIC WHERE SIMON/MATTEO MAKE AMBAR/LUNA 'S MAKEUP

I have no idea what this is, the many make up tutorial I have watched never prepared me for this, but thanks to @deliverydefresas for letting me use her nickname.Hope you enjoy. (Here’s the eye make up he TRIED to recreate)

It’s Jazmín’s idea, of course it’s Jazmín’s idea, and the worst part is that Delfi is on her side this time and they both do the best they can to convince her to do it and she can’t actually refuse them, because it is a good idea and it will be good for the fab&chic but she really doesn’t want to do it, she really doesn’t. ámbar sighs, she still hasn’t asked him, he could say no, she knows he is vaguely terrified of makeup, he flinches every time she applies mascara, she can still get out of it.

“So…” She starts when they’re cuddling in his couch watching a movie. “The girls want you to be in the channel?”

“Why?” He asks looking down at her confused and Ámbar rolls her eyes.

“Because the Roller Band it’s becoming famous and it will really bring a lot of views to the channel.”

“Oh.” He nods. “What would I be doing?”

“They want us to do a boyfriend does my makeup challenge.”Ámbar explains, looking closely for his reaction.

“Oh.” He says again. “You don’t seem too happy with it.”

Ámbar bites her lip, not sure of how to tell her boyfriend that she does not trust him with make up brush near her face.

“You don’t trust me with it.” Simón exclaims somewhat offended before she can say anything.

“It’s not that.” Ámbar hurries to explain. “I just know you are not into this and I don’t wanna force you to do something you don’t like.”

Simón raises his eyebrows at her and she smiles innocently up at him.

“You don’t think I’ll do a good job.”

“You know nothing about makeup, Simón.” She explains.

“You don’t trust me.” Simón exclaims disentangling himself from her.

“Of course I trust you.” Ámbar puts a hand on his cheek and smiles at him. “Just not with this.”

Simón gasps dramatically and Ámbar rolls her eyes at him. Simón looks at her with his mouth open and then stands up, very dramatically.

“Tell them I’ll do it.” He informs her and bends down to kiss her quickly. “See you later, little gem.”

And with that he loves to go to his room and Ámbar is left in his couch feeling extremely confused and slightly afraid.

Ámbar is sitting in the couch of her living room feeling very anxious, they decided to film at her house since her godmother is traveling and according to Delfi it should make her feel better, but it doesn’t, she is actually worrying about Simón messing up so much he stains the very expensive couch.

Jazmín is done setting everything up when Simón arrives and for the first time she curses her boyfriend’s punctual nature.

“We are all set.”Delfi informs him. “You guys just need to start. “

Simón sits down next to her and smiles at her, she tries to smile back, she really does.

Jazmín lets them know they are all set and Ámbar puts on a smile.

“Hello guys, as you already know, I’m Ámbar.” She says. “And this is Simón, my boyfriend.”

Simón does a little dorky wave and she can’t help but smile.

“And today we are going to do the my boyfriend does my makeup challenge.”She informs the camera. “I hope you are as excited for this as I am.”

“Don’t believe her.” Simón chimes in. “She is terrified I’ll mess up so much she won’t be beautiful anymore, even if that it’s impossible.”

“I’m not terrified.” She says. “I’m just not elated by this.”

“Whatever you say, little gem.” He smiles down with a sparkle on his eyes at her and she has to remind herself that they are on camera because she really want to kiss him.

“Anyway.” She ignores him. “I have all of my make up here in front of us and I can’t tell him what he is supposed to do with anything, I guess.”

“Let’s see if you can actually manage that.” Simón laughs and she looks offended at him.

“Are you telling me I’m bossy?” Simón shrugs at her question with a smile on his face. “Just start.”

Simón looks at her impressive collection of make up with a face so confused she is already regretting this.

He reaches for one of her many foundations and then for another looking at them intently, he chooses one and Ámbar is biting her tongue to not tell him that he should use primer first.

“Everything okay?” He asks her looking weirdly at her beauty blender and squeezing it in his hand, she thanks Jazmín for pre damping it.

“So now I’m putting this….”Simón turns around the jar looking at it from every angle. “Foundation on her face.”

He is about to take a pump out of the jat when his eyes catch something.

“That thing is called primer.” He tells her and she nods. “Does it mean it goes before everything else?”

“I can’t tell you.” She shrugs.

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Simón tells her takes the primer. He squeezes a little bit of the bottle and examines it in his finger, after seeing it’s sheer he puts that little bit on her face and take some more.

“So right now I’m just rubbing this weird stuff on her face for some reason.” Simón starts talking. “Though as far as I know it’s not doing anything.”

He takes back her foundation and takes a pump out.

“And now that that’s done we are going with foundation, I suppose.” He takes a little bit of the foundation on the beauty blender and starts dabbing it on her face, a little too forcefully for her taste. “So you just dab, dab, dab, until it’s looking at least kinda nice and somewhat like the skin underneath.”

He keeps dabbing and rubbing around her face for a few seconds and then smiles.

“Done.” He exclaims. “After that comes the other skin thing, the one that, the other one.”

He grabs her concealer and looks at it intently, looking for the name.

“Concealer, that’s the name.”He lets the camera know with a smile and she smiles up at him not sure what else to do if she can not run. “You put this thing under the eyes, so people can’t see your dark circles and on the nose, like in the bone thing of the nose, and in the forehead.”

Ámbar takes a deep breath when Simón goes back to dabbing with her beauty blender.

“ohhh…ups.” Simón bite his lip and looks at her with wide eyes. “I think that was too much, so if this happens to you, just keep dabbing, just dab forever, until it doesn’t look like too much anymore, just dab...Yeah, that looks better, she still looks a little bit too white but it’s better.”

Ámbar takes deep breath and resists the urge of asking Jazmín for a mirror.

“Now to the eyes.” He says and takes a palette and some brushes, he opens it and closes after a few seconds and opens it again. “Okay not this one.”

He looks around for another one and opens it just to close it seconds later, he does the same with a few other ones but apparently he doesn’t like any.

“I can not choose.” Simón informs her. “So I’ll just put this weird powder all over her face.”

He takes her translucent powder and a small blending brush, Ámbar can’t help but laugh.

“What? Not this one?”Ámbar shrugs with a smile. “The brush or the powder.”

“I can’t tell you, love.” She repeats and he huffs, shaking his head.

“I’ll assume it’s the brush, ‘cause that makes sense for me.” Simón says at looks around for a bigger brush. “I like this one, it’s fluffy.”

He powders her face and then goes back to looking for an eyeshadow palette that he likes.

“This one!”He exclaims. “It has a lot of blues and that’ll make her beautiful blue eyes pop even more.”

Ámbar has to smile at him.

“So first we put this color.” He show a dark blue to the camera. “On the eyes, well, on the eyelid, don’t put anything in your actual eyes, that's dangerous.“

Ámbar giggles at his comment and he smiles at him.

“So you put it on the eyelid.” He loads the brush so much it makes her heart beat faster on fear and then brings the brush to her eyes. “Oh, wow, maybe not that much, just take that to the other eye and blend, just blend, it’ll go away at some point.”

Ámbar takes a deep breath and tries to calm herself while he keeps blending for a really, really long time.

“Now that she doesn’t look like she got hit on the eye.” Ámbar gasps, and he winks at her. “Just joking, love. Now we use this lighter color and also put in the eyelid, but not in the whole eyelid, on top of the other one, but more to the crease.”

“After that’s done you take the black here, and put it under the eye.” He says. “Maybe just not as much, because that doesn’t look good at all, but if you do it right it will look good.”

“What?” Ámbar exclaims.

“Don’t move too much, little gem, you’ll ruin it even more.” Simón laughs and she doesn’t know what to say, she starts dreading the moment she is allowed to look herself on the mirror.

“I’m not doing eyeliner because I can not handle that, but I am doing this eyelash gloss,eh, mascara, so pray for that I don’t poke her eye and I end up single.” Simón chuckles.

“Just so you know.” Ámbar tells him. “I totally would.”

“I know that love, that’s why I said it.” He smiles sweetly at her and she rolls her eyes.

He carefully applies mascara and then looks at her.

“That’s not incredibly awful.”He shrugs and Ámbar shivers. “Now to the lips.”

He looks around until he finds a nude lipstick.

“Since I messed up so much the eyes and the concealer.” Ámbar sighs. “I’ll go with something easy on the lips that I can not mess up, I hope.”

He puts the lipstick softly on her and then nods.

“Now a little bit of the bright thing that goes on the cheekbones and done.” He exclaims. “Give her the mirror.”

Jazmín hands her a mirror with a weird smile and Ámbar is not sure she really want to see the results. She takes a deep breath, puts the mirror in front her face and it’s left surprised with what she sees. It’s not perfect but it’s not anywhere as awful as he made her believe it would, the eyeshadow it's not the best but it’s not bad either and he actually did a good job with the foundation and the concealer, she is not sure he could have handled contouring but at least he did some highlighter and did it decently.

“And?” He asks excited.

“Not bad.” She admits. “Not bad at all.”

“You should have trusted me.” He tells her with put and she can’t help but to give him a little kiss on the lips.

“Let’s not go that far.” She smiles to him and he pouts more. “Thought I have to admit it’s pretty decent.”

“I did my research.” He states proudly and Ámbar smiles at him.

“Well that was all for today.” She tells the camera. “If you liked this video remember to subscribe and like, and if you want more videos like this put it in the comments.”

Jazmín lets her know she is not recording anymore and she turns to Simón.

“So you did your research?” She asks raising an eyebrow.

“I had to prove you you were wrong.” Simón lets her know. “And I did.”

“You did not.” Ámbar shakes her head, crossing her arms around her chest.

“Just admit it.”Simón smiles. “I did a good job.”

“You didn’t do a terrible job, that's different.” She says.

“Oh, little gem, I know you don’t like to admit when you are wrong, but this is too much.”

“I was not wrong.” Ámbar exclaims.

“You weren’t right either.”He comments and Ámbar sighs.

“Maybe you are right on this one.” She admits

“Was that so bad?” He teases.

“The worst.” She pouts.

Simón smiles brightly at her and leans down and kisses her softly, fight a smile.

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