#(i didnt plan all of this before making the poll but thinking about it all it fits in quite nicely)

[mmmmmmky]

limutuals another poll

part of a new series of limbus polls i think reblogs with your answers and such would be appreciated :>

[theredalice]

Wall-artist2 posted a poll and it inspired me to make a longer post about it. Its a long post. And I love the heros journey. I'm so sorry if it sounds arrogant- this is my interpretation of the game and how it applies the heros journey in the context of the poll

Mouthwashing is told from Jimmy and Curly's perspective.

A protagonist is defined as the main character. They are the driving force of the plot and the reason why this story is being told. This would mean that Jimmy and Curly are the protagonists.

Now, what are their goals?

Jimmys goal is to evade responsibility. To protect his peace. To do what he wants with little consequence to himself.

Curly's goal is plainly stated in the game, "I want to make my life one im not trying to fucking run from all the time."

The force that hinders the protagonists is considered the antagonist. The opposition, the one that gets in the way.

Because of this, I feel I can very plainly say that Anya is the antagonist in Jimmys story.

This is NOT to say she is the bad guy, this is to say that she is the one who hinders Jimmy through his story. She is the true outside conflict of the protagonist. She is the one that makes him stop in his tracks, makes him face his actions. If even he doesn't recognize it and actively ignores it, she is the one who annoys and fucks with his plans the most.

For Curly, I'd say that Jimmy (and maybe Pony Express) is the antagonist. He's in the process of foreging his life out of the hellfires of Capitalism. Of course, this is a struggle caused by PE, but Jimmy is the one who ends up physically stopping him from his goal (I.E completely disabling him). He cannot create a life when he's stuck in space and entirely reliant on Jimmy.

Jimmy is the one who gives him meds though the game. They quickly run out of bandages post-crash, so his only means of physical omfort is the painkillers.

Writing this, im thinking about the birthday party. Curly expresses his need for a better life, and Jimmy explodes. "WE'RE the ones you're trying to run from."

Jimmy feels abandoned before anything has happened. His company dumping him isnt such a big deal, but his best friend?

What he's really saying is, "I'm the one you're trying to run from."

Which brings me to "wouldn't Curly be Jimmy's antagonist?" And I see your point. But I feel that Jimmy has attachment and abandonment issues. Curlys been with him for a long time. He's the only consistency in this world. Is Curly leaves, what would that make Jimmy?

Alone. Abandoned. Trash. Useless worthless man.

I feel Jimmy is too obsessed with Curly and his image to see him as opposition. I see it more as a Curly is Jimmy's favorite person and is constantly splitting in him.

Curly is never the one who stops Jimmy. Curly didnt stop him going into the cockpit. Curly wasn't the cause of Jimmys muder-suicide.

Curly paved the way for Jimmy. Curly carved the path Jimmy walks on. Anya was Jims catalyst for action.

"What about Daisuke and Swansea?"

Diasuke is faded in the background when it comes to their stories. He doesn't play a substantial role in stopping or progressing either goals. He's more of a Herold. He let's Jimmy know that Anya is locked in medical and that is the message that propells the second half of the game (the message in the first half being the notice from PE)

Swansea is a threshold guardian. TGs are the force that hinders the protagonists path but for a milestone in the story. Sometimes they can be overarching and defend different thresholds, but Swansea is just a TG when he is guarding Utility. Possibly when they are running in the crypt, but for this post I'll focus on the in-reality part.

Swansea isnt seen through the game as an obstacle until Anya is locked in medical. He, like Daisuke, are background characters. Until he stands in the way of the only way into medical, then he is an obstacle and must be removed. Daisuke doesn't do much except be a tool in Jimmy plan.

Anyways this too long, hope it all made sense!

[ugly-pickle]

you will always come first ☆ ayato

CHARACTERS: ayato x gn!reader

SYNOPSIS: you start to think that he values his duties more than you… but you are proven wrong

GENRE: fluff 💿

W/C: 0.5k

C/W: kissing, physical touch, cussing, and if you squint your eyes you can see some neglect (if theres anything ive missed please let me know!)

A/N: i finished my scara angst at 4:30am… it is currently 7am and i have JUST voted on my own poll……… i have not slept yet. not proofread!

it’s been a while since youve went on a date, or at least do something romantic with ayato. i mean, you both have many duties, with your husband being the head of the kamisato clan, and you being his wife.

today, you both have your day off, but ayato still decides to do paperwork on his rest day, and his only break days comes in once a blue moon. youve been hinting at him, youve been sighing a little too loud and pointing out the lovely couples that come to the estate just to drop off MORE paperwork.

even after your attempts to try to let him know, he still doesnt get it! and now hes talking to an official so you cant even talk to him… youre sick and tired of how dense the head of the kamisato clan can be! it breaks your heart not being able to have some one on one time with your beloved.

you head to your shared bedroom, while walking there you see ayaka and thoma, “oh hello y/n,” says ayaka, “hello ayaka, hello thoma” you say, your tone being obviously depressed. “are you okay y/n?” thoma asks you with a worried face. “well… it’s been a while since ive been on a date with ayato and…” you look up to see ayaka giggling, “w-whats so funny?” youre a bit offended, youve just told the two about your troubles and now ayaka is giggling? “oh youll see,” thoma tells you before he walks away with ayaka.

what the fuck just happened. whats going on? maybe hes finally gonna take you out? “y/n?” you you jumped a bit at the sudden surprise, but you quickly regain your composure, “oh hi babe!” he puts a hand on your shoulder, “are you okay y/n? youve been acting strange all day, have i done something wrong?”

you feel guilty for making your beloved feel sad, “well, uhm… look ayato, it’s been ages since we been on a date together and i kinda feel like you forgot about…” you advert your eyes from his, he puts his fingers under your chin and lifts your head. "of course i didnt forget our anniversary, thats what i was planning all day, im sorry for not planning it earlier."

what.

oh shit, that was today? youve been so focused on going on a date with ayato that the thought of your anniversary was completely forgotten. ayato sees the slight panic in your eyes, "i dont need a gift, just being with you is the greatest present ive ever received." you feel a your shoulders relax but can still feel a tinge of guilt.

ayato presses a kiss on your temple and says "no matter if it's my day off or if im drowned in work, you will always come first my love."

A/N: all of my brain juices were out by the time i started writing this. very very cringe but i didnt know what to write ૮ ⸝⸝o̴̶̷᷄ ·̭ o̴̶̷̥᷅⸝⸝ ྀིა

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[leaperfr0g]

Ok so uhhh went on vacation for a week so sorry for no posts!!! I was definitely planning on doing some SS doodles to celebrate the end of my nickname polls but then I left and I felt to tired to do anything all week after walking an average of 10 mpd :,)

I didnt feel like making a whole piece today so please accept this sketch sheet of my LoZ ZeLink oc's Star and Ruin! (names may change)

(Giant rant)

I'm unsure of a lot of details in their story but a basic premise for them is that they are set roughly 300 years after Twilight Princess, and some cult of sorts tried to resurrect Ganondorf.

In the middle of the ceremony Ganondorf regained consciousness though and got angry or something cause he was mad at the world and used his power to kill all the cultists there. Since the ceremony was not completed Ganondorf didn't get his body back, but they had an ancient Twili relect and he used its power to keep his weird blob form. Cut to him taking over the kingdom and Link is taking Zelda to the Sheikah observatory, in this time Link is a scavenger and ruin raider so he explores old building. They both met when they were kids cause Zelda got upset or something and ran away, he gave her a strange necklace he found in a ruin it looked kinda broken or somthing but she liked it and the two became friends for a few hours before she had to return to the castle. He was going to castle town when he found her about to be killed by monsters cause she was being sent away with knights but they were already dead, he saved her and the two reconnected and started towards the observatory since Impa was there. Cut to the observatory where they both meet with Impa and they meet Impa's sister Sherry.(Impa has a brother in EoW, is it to far fetched to think she could also have had a sister at some point?) Sherry runs the observatory and this is where the game mechanics would change.

I watched a really cool video by a youtuber called Elmushterri(I believe that is how you spell her name) where she rewrite TotK and it was really cool and it inspired the mechanics of how I thought my imaginary game would work. Check out her Video it's super cool and so is the rest of her stuff!!

So basically once you meet Sherry Zelda would stay there with Sherry and Impa to look after her and Link would set out to stop Ganondorf, while Link explored he would find ruins and stuff and take it back to the princess to be cleaned and find their functions, you can play as link and explore through ruins and fight monsters, but the fun part is that you can also play as Zelda and like switch players, you can explore the observatory and look at stars, you would use Zelda's goddess powers to keep Ganondorf at bay from going any farther from the castle, and stop waves of monster with Impa and Sherry by useing Twili relics Link would find to make weapons and arm the observatory! Together they would protect and save Hyrule, this is also how I think the start of Calamity Ganon would begin, without a way to get his body back he remains a blob of hatred and malice and starts to go even more cuckoo than he already was. Together the two would seal him away and rebuild any damages to Hyrule.

I would also like to think that there is even get some like wolf Link spirit stuff since in BotW Wolf Link is there if you use the amibo, like maybe he stayed on as a spirit to make sure Hyrule stayed safe.

But that's basically it, I wanna say thanks to @mirensiart for inspiring me to make these blorbos!! And to also say that I will be making more stuff on them. Also their designs may change as I go on and add more to their story!

[icallhimjoey]

i know he didnt win the poll, but coffeeshop!joe deserves a short little follow up because i miss him and i want to know how he's doing

GIRL the way i've held onto this request for weeks because i wanted to use this for @ghostinthebackofyourhead's birthday (which is TODAY surprise, pls go wish her a happy birthday, she's the loveliest) im sorry it took forever, but here you go! Wordcount: 1.6K

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Sunshine Blend Blonde Roast

“I don’t want to... intrude, even though, you kind of make it really impossible not to,” you colleague said whilst finishing up two cappuccinos for a customer as he looked over the machine at Joe.

“Intrude, my guy. You have a free pass to intrude whenever,” you quipped and threw him a plastic lid when you saw him reach for one.

“What did you do?” he said it soft enough for Joe not to hear, but loud enough for you to hear over the music just fine.

You grinned as you wiped down the counters.

“I did absolutely nothing,”

“Then why has he been sat there, glaring at you for... what's it been? Must have nearly been an hour now...”

From behind the coffee machine, the two of you just openly looked at Joe who didn’t shy away from staring right back at you, frowning deeply still.

“Sometimes,” you started, and couldn’t help but laugh before you could finish that sentence. It was the infectious type of giggle. The cackle your co-worker couldn’t help but smile at, even though he had no idea what was so funny.

“Sometimes he gets really mad at me just because I’m just so stinkin' cute,”

You saw Joe narrow his eyes from where he was sat, looking at you over his coffee cup which you knew must have been either empty, or cold by now.

He'd clearly heard you.

“Is that the problem?” you asked, voice louder now. “Am I being too cute today?”

You knew it wasn’t why Joe had sat down at a table by himself, just to wait out your shift. Joe was annoyed that you’d even taken on a shift in the first place, because who the fuck decides to work on their birthday if they don’t have to?

Well. You did.

Because a colleague had asked the full groupchat if someone could cover for him tomorrow, because he’d forgotten he had tickets for a festival, and then no one had replied in over an hour. And, you know, you didn’t really have plans – not that you knew about anyway – so, why not help out a friend?

“Go party, my man, I’ve got you,” you’d texted back and then you’d neglected to tell Joe about it until the next day when you were about to leave to go to work.

Apparently, Joe did have plans for you.

Obviously.

It was your birthday, after all.

“I don’t think that’s the issue,” you colleague said when Joe’s facial expression didn’t falter.

“Oh man, I’m not?” It wasn’t busy in the coffee shop, but the people that were in were all most definitely trying to follow what was currently happening between the loud girl behind the counter and the grumpy man who kept eerily quiet for someone being spoken to like that.

You sucked in air through your teeth and shook your head.

“Dangerous game to play, not calling a girl cute on her birthday, I don’t know how that could ever end well...”

“It’s your birthday?” your colleague had no idea.

“Oh, you’re adorable!” Joe suddenly shouted across the shop, all sarcastic. It just made you grin wider and scrunch up your nose at him.

“Happy birthday!” your colleague said.

“Thank you.” You replied but kept your eye-contact with Joe which was turning more challenging by the second.

“You’re starting to freak out our other customers, though,”

You noticed someone to the side who kind of waited to walk through your line of sight from each other, not wanting to get stuck in the crossfire. A little like they were waiting for one of you to take pic of the other and they didn’t want to ruin the snapshot, which was hilarious.

“No, please," you gestured for them to walk. "Don’t worry about him. He’s all bark, no bite,” you kindly spoke to them as they let out a relieved chuckle before they made their way to the door. The comment made Joe roll his eyes.

The little break from looking at Joe gave your colleague the chance to place two dirty blenders into your hands for you to rinse, and just for a second you got back to work. Sang and moved a bit to the music you had playing, all pleased with yourself because you’d stocked everything up behind the counter, and then had wiped it all clean, so it all looked very nice and organised.

T'was very satisfying.

You fucking loved your job.

“Okay, now he’s starting to freak me out a little bit,”

“Joe, stop staring,” you called, not looking up from your task at hand, and you heard a soft snicker come from his direction.

“I think you’re right,” you then said to your colleague. “I don’t think my overall cuteness is the issue here,”

“I think,” you placed the now rinsed blenders back in their spot and turned back to give Joe a glance. “I think it’s got something to do with Joe not being allowed behind the counter and the fact that he owes me a lot of birthday kisses still,”

“You’ve gotten plenty birthday ki–” Joe called, sort of too loudly for your colleague to be comfortable with.

But you made it worse, because you cut him off with your voice raised even louder, saying “One for every year I’ve been alive, Joe! That’s how birthday kisses work!” You played being annoyed with him, knowing it was all games.

Joe loved being in the coffee shop whilst you worked. Gave him a chance to just sit back and watch you. Just, working. Being yourself. And he got to do all openly without having to pretend he wasn’t looking whenever you glanced over at him.

Instead, he’d just get to smile all dreamily at you, and then you’d smile back all confidently, or pull a silly face to make him laugh. Or, on exceptionally special days, you’d grow a bit shy from his consistent eyes on you, and Joe would make you blush. Those were his favourite days.

Also, Joe was allowed behind the counter. There just couldn’t be other customers in store, because if there were other customers, there was work, and Joe wasn’t meant to distract you from doing your actual job.

Your boss had come down hard on the two of you more than once, so you followed the rules. Behaved like the good boy and good girl you were, not wanting to be yelled at again by your superior.

It’s why you’d noticed that there was just one other person left now, and they had started putting their coat back on. It’s also why you’d noticed that Joe had noticed them too.

The door hadn’t even fallen fully shut before Joe shot up out of his seat and made his way around with fast footsteps and grabby hands. It made you squeal and want to hide in a panic from him as you laughed, but Joe’s hands found you quick as they took hold of you by the waist. And then, so did his mouth as it latched itself onto yours for a quality birthday kiss.

Full tongue.

Full giggles.

Full shenanigans.

Your colleague didn’t do shenanigans, and he had to push the two of you aside a little as he reached around to pick up everything he needed to go clean the tables people had just sat at.

“It’s her birthday, it’s her birthday,” the two of you could hear him whisper to himself which made you both smile into your kiss.

You loved your job, but your job with Joe in the shop? So much better.

Joe kissed you for a while, all soft and tender, and then broke the kiss to say, "Seven." before diving back in.

Then, not sooner after, Joe broke away again before he muttered, "Eight." and you couldn't help but let a belly laugh escape you, head thrown back and all. It gave Joe the chance to giggle into your neck for a moment.

"I don't think the first six ones really count, I don't remember them," you joked and you could hear your colleague scoff loudly from across the shop. He was so done with your shit.

Fortunately, Joe kind of loved your shit.

Joe leant in once more to kiss you all soft and sweet, and then said, "Three." before leaning back enough to take in your lovesick dopey grin, not unlike his own.

It was your birthday, and if you said those kisses didn't count, they didn't count.

The door of the shop opened and new customers walked in, promptly ending the cute romantic little moment you had going.

"You want another coffee?" you asked Joe before you were willing to let go of him completely.

Your colleague came around to help the people who'd just stepped inside, because he was collegiate like that.

"I'd love one," Joe said, leaning in for a last quick peck before half-jogging his way back around the counter into allowed territory. Customer territory.

"One large americano, coming up,"

"Actually," Joe stopped just before he was about to sit down in the same spot he always sat when he came to visit you at work. "Surprise me."

And if that didn't make it the best fucking birthday ever, you didn't what would.

It was your birthday and if you wanted to work on your birthday, you could. If you wanted to kiss Joe behind the counter for a bit, you could. And if you wanted to make Joe a ridiculously sweet wild colourful iced proper milkshake of a coffee, you absolutely could.

"Happy birthday to me," you smiled as you scooped ice into a blender, glancing up at Joe who had now sat down again, his chin resting on top his fist as he smiled at you all smugly. Look how happy he made you.

"Happy birthday to you, babe."

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[autumnfangirler]

50 for the oc asks hehe

evening rune :] thank you for the ask!

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

oh . dude. im thinking thoughts all the time over these guys. uhhhhhh im just gonna mash a bunch that ive been having recently ig. yk that one poll thats like "do you make the design first or the character first when creating an oc?" i saw it but didnt vote or interact with it because i was lurking at the time, but ive been thinking about it and its prtty interesting to me actually. to nobodys surprise its a depends for me, but i feel like which one i do first affects the character as a whole. i have examples but theyre like, super spoilers for my characters :( i can spoil soleys a little bit though. i made the design for him first, and the Entire reason i made him was bcs i saw a billboard with that stereotypical "sun with sunglasses" thingie on it and i was like "hm. what if i made a guy with that. but they were Evil." and then i went back home and created one of my favourite guys ever. literally want to make a game about him hes so. i love him. on the other hand for somebody like teo, i made his character before i made his design, and im ngl, i think that was the only reason i ever got into making characters seriously in the first place. design is not my passion lmfao. anyway now that ive introduced you to the both of them i can activate my trap card and show yall shit about them that ive been keeping locked in my vault for ages. this was in fact my plan all along.

neither of these are teo, but they Are teos partners, arynn and quinn. i have no explanation for this one im gonna be real w u. i saw this post then blacked out and this was on my screen.

RARE GENUINE SOLEY SMILE THE THINGS YOU DO TO ME. i wish i had pictures of when his design was literally just this -> 🌞 with sunglasses and a leather jacket, but alas. anyway. your honour im cooked. every year ive had him ive just been realizing more and more that actually he was right and i have done him so dirty. i drew him happy here ^ once and it was Over for me, i Folded so hard. i have yet to rescind his "bad" ending so at least theres that, but chief i dont know how much longer thats lasting.

questions from here!

[pbandjesse]

I just walked into a doorknob and it hurt my arm really bad. Which is the icing on the cake for how stressed I feel. It doesn't help that it's so dark outside. I already hate day lights savings but it's not even cold!! And the election has me so stressed. I'm trying to just not look at much. Like. I just want to throw up it makes me so upset.

I did my duty and voted though. I was very anxious about it. Just going by myself and walking there and worrying. But it would be fine in the end.

I slept okay. I am still struggling with being the right temperature but I did sleep easier. I woke up around 9. And after getting washed and dressed I went downstairs to have a bowl of cereal. My plan was to walk to vote, and then come back here to get the car and go to target and the craft store. It is only a 10 minute walk to the polling place. But I had no concept of how long it would take it vote.

James already let me know that all the polling sites they biked passed on their ride to work were wrapped around the block. And so I made sure I had my headphones, battery pack, a drink, and a snack. I was prepared for a long wait.

But it wasn't actually that bad. I got a little confused walking to the polling place. I was sure where it was because we had voted there before but I was thinking from a driver perspective and I ended up being on the wrong side of the street. Oops. I figured it out when I saw the long line!

The line was in fact around the block but the door started half way down the block so it wasn't actually that bad. I didnt love that I was directly in the sun. Or that there were some people talking at people in line about how to vote. It wasn't near the sign that said it wasn't allowed but I just felt annoyed by that.

I was thinking hard about the questions though. James told me yes on everything but H. And I agreed with them but the one about the inner harbor is hard. I think redevelopment down there is great but I worry about losing the parks. But I also think that having a neighborhood be there makes people want to develope out the area for other purposes. But also everything can't just be condos. It's the same issue I had with Minneapolis. You can't take everything away just to be condos. Everything else I was sure of though.

I got inside the building and got my paper ballot. They had the electronic ones too but the paper line was faster and I didn't mind either way.

I filled out my ballot and put it in the tally machine. I got my sticker. And I felt a lot better.

I walked home. I was still annoyed how warm it was. And between the warm and how it hasn't rained in a month, everything smelled like pee. Terrible.

But I got back home and didn't even go in the house. I just jumped in the car and headed to the store. I was already low on energy and I didn't want to lose momentum.

I got to target and they didn't have the oil I was looking for. But I did get a back up lotion, and some baskets for the baby room. I got myself a little candy and James asked me to pick up bread. Checking out took a bit but that was fine.

I walked next door to the craft store. I got cardstock for my workshop tomorrow. I only have two people signed up but I am hoping for a 3rd. I am hoping for more actually but 3 at least feels like a class.

I got a piece of chocolate while I was there. And decided to go to five guys for lunch. Which was excellent. I should have dumped my flat soda and gotten water but whatever. I am trying hard to stay hydrated. Mixed results. That's actually why I got the chocolate. I like water more when I'm eating bad chocolate.

After I finished lunch I went home. And I put things away. And let Sweetp outside. I was going to sit out there too but the sun was to strong. So I laid on the couch with my chocolate egg and tried to not watch any TikToks about the election.

I eventually would make Sweetp come inside and went upstairs to lay down. I would eventually fall asleep.

It was a fine enough nap. Sweetp laid with me and j accidentally rolled on him but he didn't even move. Sweet baby. My stomach was feeling fine but it is still really hard to switch sides. My hips want me to move but my belly is not a fan.

I am still not feeling very much movement. I get some weird feelings that makes me feel sick like a roll but I also wouldn't call them like kicks. Which makes me frustrated. And worried. I'm really glad I have an appointment on Monday. I am hoping to continue the every other week appointments to hopefully help with my anxiety.

When I woke up I was hoping to be super productive and work in the studio. This did not happen. I felt so disoriented and bad. I was just upset. James was finishing work and would go vote after. And they offered to pick up egg salad for me which is what I was craving. But they wouldn't be home for a while.

I did put my workshop basket together. And opened the backdoor again for some air. But I did not work on any sewing projects or nothing. I just couldn't.

When James got home they were blasting a song about "fuck Donald Trump" which is apparently an entire genre of music. They are using vitriol to deal with their stress. Which is very fair but I feel so sick about it I have asked them to not talk about it to much to me.

James would make me egg salad on toast. And it helped. I was still dizzy but I didn't feel as bad.

James would come upstairs and put the shelves up in the baby room for me before they went to have their own dinner. They got a little worked up when on of the screws for the shelf got stuck and couldn't go in or out?? Stressful. But it will be fine.

I am sitting in our bedroom now. I may go put some stuff on the shelves in baby room to feel like I accomplished something. Just to distract myself.

I truly don't want to think about the election anymore. I just want it to be done. To my non American friends I did my best and let's just really hope that everything works the way we hope.

Tomorrow I have a field trip and my workshop and it's going to be a pretty long day. Thursday will be longer but I just have to hope I don't fall apart. Wish me luck.

I love you all. Let's hope for a better tomorrow.

[w1f1n1ghtm4r3]

followup fun facts about together, to that promised aquarium

this is gonna be just kinda a disorganized post of random things so uh. dont mind that.

the event title is actually a double reference ^^ its both a callback to 1dt with 1c promising to find time to do things as friends despite getting busier (even if theres no ichika this time), and also a reference to harusakis first kizuna!

colopale you still havent given us that aquarium they said theyd go to. theres a reason i had to do it myself. the fact that theres not an aquarium event in general is a crime tbh i know theres some romantic connotations with a pair going to an aquarium but theres very easy solutions to avoiding that? sending a group of 3+ characters together, having them run into other characters while there, inviting someone else along (even if they cant go, it helps make it feel more like a friend thing i think). i did a bit of the latter two, as you mightve noticed! in general though its just SUCH an obviously fun event theme i cant beleive we havent had one yet

while i am a known harusaki shipper, i kept the story pretty light on the stuff that could be read as explicitly shippy, since when im trying to make fake events, i like to think about how itd work in canon, which means keeping it low on explicit ship content. plenty of stuff that could be taken as ship food (as id like it to be!) but nothing that would alienate non shippers from enjoying the story too.

i actually didnt write shizukasas presence as intended for ship content at all though, but im definitely okay with people taking it that way lol they can be on a date too if you want them to be. my plan with them was simply theyre childhood friends too but dont get to spend time together that often anymore -> their schedules line up with a free day and tsukasa heard about the aquarium from saki, decides to invite shizuku to go there with him as a part of hanging out together -> surprise encounter with harusaki!

also both of them were scoring quite high on the form when i decided to lock in the lineup (tsukasa was absolutely sweeping the 2* category, and while shizuku wasnt winning anything, she was a pretty popular choice) and theyre very easy to work into a story together and also into a story that is focused on harusaki (╯▽╰ ) the benefits of siblings and unitmates

(tsukasa 2* poll sweep at the time of me solidifying my lineup)

the event and gacha names actually both came to me one night while i was about to fall asleep. struck by inspiration so strong i had to grab my phone and write them down in my notes app. and they actually worked very well! also heres the transparents of the logos if you want them i guess

the card/skill/costume names also mostly came to me in similar ways, in the last couple nights before i finished everything. i think only saki, luka, and shizukus skills didnt come to me that way.

while the rui fish in tsukasa card might be obvious, theres actually more animals referencing other characters too! theres a group of three fish in sakis card that are the colors of the rest of leoni, the sneakiest of the bunch, and also not quite as sneaky but maybe not as obvious as the rui fish is the airi and minori sea slugs :)

i did think about giving tsukasa fish to be emu and nene too, but that many differently colored fish in a 2* seemed like too much, so i didnt do it... at least of the units involved, 2/3 of them are fully represented in some way!

and now most importantly probably, is that this is in fact my second pass at an aquarium event! the original one i started back in 2022 and......... i think you guys can figure out why i couldnt just reuse it when i decided to go for making an aquarium event again this time.

yep, youre seeing that right. 4/5 of the characters i chose are the same as what ended up being 1dt, all i got wrong was the vs. thats pretty crazy, honestly. im still not fully convinced colopale isnt just stealing my ideas after val3 happened too /j

it was also saki focus actually! i had written out a rough idea for the story back then too, and while theres some similarities to the current one, it obviously went through a lot of changes when revising the lineup and also with everything that has happened in the story over the past two years. it was definitely a bit more explicitly shippy than my new attempt, although i still tried to keep the shipping stuff toned back somewhat

i only ever made one card for that set though, just lukas 2*... but thats the original reason i made the old 2* backgrounds! its always those fake events throwing me into the graphic design trenches (fist shake) i had been trying to do a more canon-accurate style to......... mixed success. its not terrible, but i definitely could not have done the full set like this. theres a reason i did promised aquarium in my own style!

the original theme for the set was kind of like..... performers at an aquarium? along with living water sculptures of animals. it was a fun idea, but i think i was much better suited to doing the underwater scenes of promised aquarium and also we have plenty of performance themed trained sets already ^^

considering i also technically kept her from the original set (plus she was also winning the vs poll), i gave her a higher rarity card this time around for fun. and also because i knew none of shizuku tsukasa or luka would have super significant roles in the story, and i thought it would be fun to design a lim hairstyle for her!

one final random fun fact: the thing that kicked me into gear making promised aquarium was the fact that haruka wasnt on beautiful sound. i was just a little mad that they had an underwater set WITH A PENGUIN COSTUME and there was no haruka. sometimes petty beef brings out my craziest motivations and then i proceeded to spend the better part of a month planning and making it happen.

[killerrobot-killingmatch]

20 questions poll ask game!!!. Feel free to rb on your poll blog! (Send an ask to the poll you rbd from!)

I tried to make as many as possible something people can ask before the poll starts if anyone else wants to use this.

Who was/is submitted the most?

Who was/is submitted the least?

Who surprise(s)d you?

Who did you find yourself supporting that you did AND didnt expect?

Who was/is the funniest submission to you?

Who was/is the most interesting submission to you?

What was/is the hardest part of running your poll?

What was/is the easiest part of running your poll?

What did you look forwards to the most or are you looking forwards to the most?

What made/makes you the most nervous?

What was the biggest surprise of running this poll?

When you started off, did you expect the amount of interaction you got?

When did you think the poll was going to end?/When do you think it'll end? (If answering post poll start: Where you right?)

How did you feel about the overall experience of running the poll?

How did you go about sorting the bracket(s)?/Do you know how you'll go about sorting the brackets? If so, can we know?

How satisfied do you feel after the voting of your first sort?

How would you do things differently with the knowledge you have now, if you could start this all over?

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Did/is your poll find(ing) the folks you hoped it would?

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[sleepy-achilles]

Hbtaker- My Bloody Valentine

I'm starting this at 10:19pm. I have till midnight to get my valentines special out ig. This is not the fic from my poll BTW.

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Shawn never truly liked valentines day. He wanted too, he really tried too, but he's never had a good valentines day. Until he met Taker. He was quite surprised when he'd find black roses in his locker or duffle bag every valentines day. He was quick to figure out about his secret admirer was, but if anyone asked, shawn didn't know.

It warms shawns heart, especially when he finds out Takers lack of valentine knowledge. Shawn guesses he should of known. I mean, how much can you really know when your parents die when your a boy and you end up raised by a cult obsessed man?

It does mean that whilst their valentines are cute and normal now, they used to be strange.

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"Thats stupid. Why would you ruin a perfectly good holiday with horror stories?" Shawn groans as he brushes his hair. "You didnt even like valentines day until you got a secret admirer" Kevin scoffs leaning back against the locker. He did agree with shawn though, he didn't need to think about a man murdering girls and their dates on valentines day, especially when he was planning on getting lucky tonight. "Oh cmon, blood sex, don't tell me you've never tried it" Scott smirks grabbing shawns hips. Shawn jumps and hits Scott's shoulder with his brush. "Quit it will you!" Shawn frowns. Scott chuckles and lets him go. "Ease up boy toy. I'm just playing with you." Scott tells him. Shawn shakes his head. "So what are everyone's plans for tonight?" Sean asks giving hunter a water and dropping down next to him.

"Me and Chyna are having dinner" hunter shrugs accepting the drink. "Me and Scott are heading to the bars with some others" Kevin answers. "Well, can I join?" Sean asks. "Of course, if you can keep up" Scott teases. Sean flips him off. "What about you Shawn? You got plans or joining us?" Kevin asks. Shawn looks at the bigger man in the mirror. "Ill pass. I'm just going to order pizza and watch a film." Shawn declines. The boys look at each other. "So no plans with your secret admirer?" Hunter asks. Shawn rolls his eyes. "It was a one time thing" Shawn lies. "Mm sure" Scott mutters before opening shawns locker.

Shawn watches as Scott pulls out a black rose. "I wonder, was this here before your match?" Scott asks. "No" Shawn pouts as he moves over to the bigger man and snatches the rose. "Your just jealous" Shawn tells him. "Jealous? Please, one of us is getting laid tonight and one of us is having nightmares about being murdered" Scott teases. Shawn shoves him. "Scott!" He snaps crossing his arm. "Stop it scott. I'm not leaving a club early because you've scared the shit out of him" Kevin huffs standing up. "Oh please, you wouldn't hesitate" Scott smirks as the man walks over. Kevin ignores him and looks at shawn.

"Do you want me to join you tonight?" Kevin asks. Shawn sighs and rubs his neck. "I appreciate it kev, but you don't have to cancel your plans because Scott's an asshole" Shawn smiles. Scott goes to retort when Kevin holds up his hand. "He has a point. He has a stranger stalking him every valentines and you tell him a horror story." Kevin points out. "Can we stop mentioning it!" Shawn groans. "Well, I can. I've gotta go" hunter chuckles standing. The boys say bye and watch as hunter leaves. "At least one of us will be lucky tonight." Sean sighs. "Hey, as long as you don't blow it, us three will get lucky tonight." Scott states. "Yeah well good luck. Imma go grab myself a pizza" Shawn tells them as he grabs his bag. "You sure you don't want us to drive you?" Kevin asks, clearly worried. "Ill be fine big guy. I'll see you all tomorrow." Shawn chuckles before walking out.

"Please leave mother hen mode. I promise you, shawn will survive valentines day" Scott begs. "You are such a asshole sometimes. You know how easily spooked he can be" Kevin huffs. "And ill make it up to him tomorrow if he has nightmares, now cmon let's get out groove on!" Scott cheers. The other men groan and cringe at him but agree.

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Shawn adjusts the bag on his shoulder as he walks down the dark streets. Part of him wishes he took Kevin up on both his offers, but he doesn't want to ruin the mans night. Shawn pauses underneath a street light. Something isn't right. He turns and looks at the restaurant he happened to stop outside. It's empty. He looks around. 'Why is everything empty? It's valentines day..' Shawn thinks to himself. He tenses at the sound of something hitting the floor, he quickly turns to see nothing but a box of chocolates on the floor. "Its just Scott messing with your head Shawn." Shawn tells himself as he forces himself to turn back around and walk towards the pizza shop.

He's glad to see it open. "Oh ello, you must be one of those fighters from outta town" the owner smiles as shawn steps in. "Yeah" Shawn awkwardly answers. "Well, how can I help you?" He asks. "Just a pizza please." Shawn answers as he searches his bag for his wallet. "Spending valentines day alone I see?" The guy asks. "Something like that." Shawn mutters searching for his wallet. He grabs it and looks back up to see the pizza guy gone and a shadow watching him in the cheap pizza mirror. He turns around to see nothing, but it doesn't stop his heart from racing. "Excuse me?" The pizza guy calls. Shawn looks back to see him back. "Sorry, how much?" Shawn asks moving closer.

"12" is all the guy says. Shawn doesn't argue as he hands the money over. "You seem really spooked" guy states. "Just have asshole friends." Shawn mutters putting his wallet back. "Ah the good old bloody valentine, right?" The guy asks. Shawn looks at him with wide eyes. "Sorry?" Shawn asks. "The old myth about the hopeless romantic who kills happy couples. Had his heart broken and now seeks revenge on those on valentines day. Apparently he also goes after heartbreakers, even if they are single." Guy chuckles before walking back into the kitchen. "O..of course he does" Shawn whispers. Scott had missed that detail out.

Shawn really hated being known as the heartbreak kid right now.

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"How do you think Shawn is?" Kevin asks. "God, can we not focus on him right now? I love the kid but he chose not to be here" Scott sighs. Sean sits forward, appearing between the pair as they drive. "You clearly care. You missed the story feature of the single heartbreakers being killed" Sean states. "I didnt want to scare him completely. Cmon now kid" Scott chuckles. "Seriously? This guy killed singles?" Kevin asks. "Apparently. I mean...shawns not really a hesrtbreaker so it's okay, right?" Sean asks. Scott looks at both. "Guys, it's a stupid story, a myth, a horror story. It's not real-" Scott gets cut off when Kevin slams the brakes.

All men stare as a bloody women slams her hand against the car. "What the fuck!" Sean yells. That's when a bloody man laughs and joins her. "Sorry guys!" He calls. That's when the girl starts laughing. "Shoulda seen their faces!" She laughs as they stumble off. "What the fuck? Since when was valentines the new Halloween?!" Kevin yells. "Like I said, blood sex is hot" Scott chuckles sinking into his seat. "Cmon, were nearly at the club." Scott sighs. Kevin sighs and loosens his grip on the wheel. "Yeah. Let's just hope this shit stops." Kevin mutters.

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Shawn carries the pizza towards the hotel. He pauses infront of the hotel, turning his head to stare at the shadow figure watching him from the trees. "Ill kill Scott" Shawn whispers turning back. He jumps and his pizza falls. The bloodied man jolts forward catching it. "Sorry dude!" The man laughs handing Shawn the pizza. "Oh but I'm the bitch?" A bloody women chuckles leading the guy away. "What the fuck is wrong with people?" Shawn sighs rubbing his face. He walks in and moves towards the elevator. "Mr michaels!" The receptionist calls. Shawn stops and moves towards the young girl. "This was left for you, it was just left on the desk" she states handing over a heart box. "Oh thanks" he mutters placing it on the pizza box.

He safely makes his way to his hotel room. He places both boxes on his bed and begins to get ready for bed. He can't wait to rip into Scott tomorrow. That asshole. He finally settles in bed and grabs the heart shaped box. Shawn frowns and opens it only to immediately drop it. "WHAT THE FUCK!" He yells, practically slamming his back against the headboard. He stares at the heart in the box. He prays its not human. The lid reads,

Happy Valentines, my love.

"This is a sick prank" Shawn whimpers, kicking the box further away so he can get off the bed. He tenses at a knock at the door. He looks around the room before deciding on the bedside lamp. He pulls the plug out and holds it up as he moves too the door. He pulls it open and goes to swing.

A big hand grabs the end of the lamp.

"Shawn?"

"Taker!" Shawn yelps letting go of the lamp. Shawns eyes land on the black roses in his other hand. "Are you okay?" Taker asks nodding at the lamp. "No..Jesus taker. Scott told me some stupid horror story and some, who I'm hoping isn't you, weirdo has been following me since. Oh! And fuck! I've just received a heart!" Shawn rambles. "The bloody valentine story right?" Taker asks. Shawn tilts his head. "You know about it?" Shawn asks confused. "My mama loved gore and horror. She also loved the horrification of normal holidays." Taker admits. Shawn smiles slightly. "It wasn't you, right?" Shawn asks. "No...I was..um..planning a dinner, for us. If..if you'll join me" Taker admits shyly.

Shawns eyes widen. A slightly blush burning his face. "Of course...if you get rid of the heart" Shawn states, taking the flowers and lamp. "Of course" Taker chuckles moving past Shawn.

Taker pauses at the note and heart. He closes the box and looks up. He spots something and moves closer to the window, he can't help but feel worried for shawn the moment he sees the shadow figure. The figure steps into the light to reveal a red and black mask.

Taker turns to see Shawn watching him. "Whats wrong?" Shawn asks going to move closer. Taker holds his hand out, stopping the smaller man. "Stay with me tonight" Taker tells him. "Yeah I like that idea" Shawn nods. Taker pulls Shawn close. "Wanna ditch dinner and do pizza and a movie?" Taker asks, his gaze going back to the window. "Are you sure?" Shawn asks confused. "Of course, nothing better than a movie, pizza and getting to hold you close." Taker teases. Shawn chuckles. "Of course you sweet talker. Gonna keep me safe?" Shawn asks quietly. "Always." Taker murmurs leading Shawn out.

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It's 12:40am

I wanted to do a twisted valentines story with a someone happy ending but I'm tired. Also I'll probably do a part two of this, just because of the fact taker 100% recognises the shadow figure and so should we. But also I just love writing horror and mixing valentines with it? Yes please.

Happy Valentines day peeps. Enjoy this shit show.

[icharchivist]

surprisingly i come to your askbox bearing a3-related thoughts instead of gbf. crazy i know. anyways i finished going thru conquering misoshiosa island!! my thoughts abt it are quite scattershot but i had a lot of fun. as i mentioned previously i almost went thru this event before starting autumn loll. was fun going thru the first bit again with autumn knowledge in my pocket now. the more i hear muku talk the more i want to sit and discuss manga recs with him. like in my heart i just KNOW he read basara. i've read a pretty large amount of shoujo so i think we'd get along.

it was pretty obvious muku and omi were gonna be the pair for this cg and like. i'm pleased about it. they're just such a good pair conceptually when u consider, like, definitions of masculinity and how it might apply to both of them.

azami regarding kazunaris flyers: damn. this is, like, needlessly impressive. what’s that quote about middle schoolers having the most accurate insults. this wasn’t really an insult but it really. Strikes Deep in a way only a middle schooler is capable of.

in any other situation i would gently tell muku that he doesn't need to panic about every eventuality BUT in this case i knew sakyo was planning on leaving them to fend for themselves so i was very glad for muku and omi's preparation. i think its really fun they watched that movie together.

kazu making an itinerary for literally just the trip to the island is sooo funny to me. like he must've known something was a little messed up. do u think sakyo gave him the info and kazunari looked at it, a little miffed that izumi's first instablam post was about spring and winter having a great time without them (and masumi liked the post first) and went. eh. sakyo can have his chaos.

juza bringing chocolate is very juza but him calling the chocolate "rations" is how u know muku and juza are related. love natsugumi teasing tenma abt being sleepless for this trip but like genuinely. its nice that he gets to like. Go On Trips now. like thats a thing he and misumi can do and its not rly something they got to do when they were younger!

i'm going to gloss over the bit with the monkeys where misumi can talk to them bc. i really.... they even acted to the guests in part 11 i do not think this had to happen. normally im all for a3 magic shenanigans so i dont know why this one didnt gel for me lol. anyways PSA wild monkeys can fuck u up so do be careful. don't get aggressive with them. i'm not an expert or anything tho.

the fact that running on the beach is part of their training makes me think sakyo has read knb. doesnt muku give sakyo manga recs? was that not a thing? anyways i think sakyo would read knb. he seems like the type of person to read it and be like. i dont think real high schoolers can go invisible or shoot sparks out of their eyes when they're focused. but i hope he enjoyed it. speaking og knb and a3 a hurrah for team friendship. i saw ur post abt it and like. i want a sticker thats like. I Survived That One Poll Where People Were Really Mean To Muku And Yuki For No Reason. muku and momoi was such a wonderful win to see with the art and propaganda and everything. and i was really rooting for momoi since her name literally comes from momoiro. i didnt actually know there was a knb a3 alliance until this poll but im very glad for its existence bc i love both things very much and theyre both very very dear to me.

was never worried for muku and izumi in the cave bc i Knew muku was doing a hansel & gretel with the way he was acting and i was glad to see it was buttons and not food so omi found them. i think its really cute that not only did omi rush off while people tried to stop him, a bunch of other people were ALSO trying to rush off and were probably stopped. makes sense it was omi who was able to actually do it tho. hes omi after all. look at how he handled banri and juza from day one. him showing muku the flower was so nice and the cg was SO CUTE like. look at those sparkling eyes!!! i also love queen of the night flowers... and im glad they got to go to a resort on the last day.

now some misc notes:

theres this part where taichi lies down in the sand and kumons like oh thats so nice! and lies down with him and i winced so hard like noooo dont u know... sand is just like glitter (Gets Everywhere)

i also just really like that muku is. for all that he berates himself for being weak and he wants to get like more stronger and prince-like and heroic etc. he very much doesn’t seem to correlate that with how he Looks Physically? (see: how he treats yuki) and like. that means so much to me.

finally i saw tenma being annoyed on the ship and island and stuff and. i just Know he complained during the trip and also to everyone when they got back but a year later he'll do an interview for some character that's very woodsy or like he acts as a castaway or something. and i just know he'll talk about how he was able to play the character well due to his own experience of staying on a deserted island… he'll say something abt how it was enriching and taught him a lot about coexisting with nature and some bs like that etc. and after watching that interview everyone in a3 will lovingly make fun of him for it.

YOO HEY THERE! always a pleasure, always no worries <333 a touch of cutesy a3 in the curse that is my inbox.

True i remember you almost read this one by accident ahah, at least now it's all in order again. You're SO right about Muku, he'd be a delightful conversation partner about manga and especially about shoujo. I'm sure you too would get along.

Also very good point for the CG yeah, they're conceptually a very good duo on that regard, they had such a sweet dynamic this whole time, and it's soft to see them with especially just this soft over a flower.

AKJDFMLDKMFLFD Azami and Yuki fit that description so well and now there's two of them. rip Kazunari.

Ah yeah, Paranoia is Paranoia until the day you're actually right. That's Muku right here. And honestly at this point, is it overthinking or is it a correct assessment of the type of person Sakyo is. Food for thoughts. But yess it's so nice they spent some time together to prepare it all.

FOR KAZU IT'S SO FUNNY. i have to believe that, yes, indeed. Especially also with like, how close Kazunari and Azuma can be as the two travellers type, and he knows perfectly what Azuma pulled last training camp. I trust Kazunari in putting two and two together while preparing his traveler log. Like he must have known. I believe in him.

"juza bringing chocolate is very juza but him calling the chocolate "rations" is how u know muku and juza are related." that's such a cute way to put it. YEAH IT'S SO SWEET FROM NATSUGUMI. and yeah i'm also team "always crying when Tenma and Misumi do anything that qualifies as a normal experience" considering their specific bagage about how little they could experience of the world bc of their families.

That's a fair point for the monkeys. It was totally buckwild but yeah this might have been a little too much in term of suspension of disbelief. taking notes for how to behave with monkeys in real life, we never know.

Oh my god a3xknb alliance real and it was thanks to Sakyo all along. And yeah Muku does give Sakyo manga rec. Also Kumon is really big on sports manga and him and Muku talks about this common interest a lot, so if it's not Muku, it's Kumon's fault, but also, i want to say it's Muku because it goes with OUR alliance type. Sakyo would indulge because oh well!

And god right. Team friendship…. and right :sob: remember when people were so mean for no reason. for the sake of cartoon's dogs. :(. but the alliance this competition around was so wholesome. i'm glad you've learnt of the alliance thanks to it now! it's honestly such a sweet phenomena i love it so much. I'm so glad you like those two so much that it makes it more worthwhile <3

Muku is such a clever survivalist on that regard. and Omimi finding them was so nice. the fact so many people wanted to rush to them really is amazing. And agreed, the CG and them being able to rest up really made it worthwhile <3

wow speaking about sand like a true Anakin Skywalker type… gotta give it to him. But yeah Sand does get everywhere. also speaking of sands, remember in the beachside event where Muku and Juza have to talk out a misunderstanding on the beach a way back? Muku then mentions "next time we should bring Kumon on the beach with us". It made me so emotional that the Summer/Autumn training camp was on the beach like that because i was just thinking about how much Muku and Juza wanted to have Kumon with them there….

agreed on Muku. And he's so cool this way :( that's a reason i really love Muku a lot.

and i lOVE what you say about Tenma. He'd complain so much on the spot, but give it a bit and he'll brag about how cool of an experience it was (especially since he was with his buddies) and everyone at Mankai would tease him for it. It fits them so perfectly.

as always, thank you very much for sharing your thoughts on the event <3333 next is Guy's chapter!!! be hyped ;D

Take care and it's always a pleasure <333

[marveloussupernerd]

Okay. So I just watched the Hunger Games and was wondering what the RFA+V+Searans reaction would be to MC having to fight in the games? That would be so scary and sad.

I LOVE THIS REQUEST also I’m adding Vanderwood too oops

You Get Picked for the Hunger Games - RFA + Minor Trio

Important Note: if you’d like any of these written in a more in-depth one or two shot I’m begging you to request it I love this prompt so much. That’s why I didn’t write about the actual games happening :) hoping maybe someone may want a pt2 of any of these

Warnings: mentions of death, killing, a lil angst

Zen

You were in District 7, the lumber district

You and Zen had been together for years

You liked to spend time in the forests together, getting a little peace from the real world

More aptly out, you liked to climb the trees together and spend the day in them; you would all day if you didn’t have to go home to help with your younger siblings

“I’m so sick of the games,” you grumbled. The reaping was today, where the tributes would be picked. “At least its our last year in the poll to be picked.”

“Thank goodness.” He agreed, leaning forward to place a kiss on your lips. “Then we can finally get married and start a family.”

You giggled. “We have to take care of my siblings too”

He shrugged. He’d do anything for you

When they picked you, your heart stopped

Nobody volunteered; they usually didn’t in 7

As the lady went to pick for the boys, you scanned the crowd for Zen

Shaking your head vigorously. He couldn’t volunteer

You felt like you were going to cry or die of anticipation

He understood

It killed him inside but he didn’t volunteer

You got to meet with him to say goodbye before you were off to the Capitol

“Zen,” you whimpered. He pulled you in for a tight hug

“Take care of my siblings. Okay?”

He nodded. He was at a loss of words for the first time ever

Then he inhaled deeply, fishing in his pockets and pulling out a small copper band

“Put this on and we’re married. I don’t care if that’s not how it works. I can’t have you leave without marrying you first.”

You took it wordlessly

“Your family is mine now. I’ll take care of them. You focus on coming back home.”

You wanted to cry. “Don’t... don’t let them watch me die, Zen.”

“You’re not going to.” He was crying now too, despite the confidence in his words

“Promise me though. If I’m going to die don’t let them watch.”

He sighed. He didn’t want to even consider that

“I won’t.”

Yoosung

You were in district 11, the agriculture district

Yoosung’s family lived on the farm next to yours

You had been close friends your whole lives

When they picked you

Well, you had put your name in a few extra times to get more food for your family

It shouldn’t have been a surprise

Nobody volunteered. They never do.

They made you sit in a room while you waited for the train

Your family could come say goodbye if they wanted

You were surprised to see Yoosung

“This wasn’t supposed to happen” was all he could say

You frowned

You weren’t confident in your chances

“I- everything was supposed to be different. I was going to tell you I loved you,” he whispered, his voice so low you had to take a minute to process what he had said

“You do?” You asked

“I do. First Rika and now you? I- I can’t...”

Rika had been picked two games ago and was killed

“I’ll just have to win then,” you said, more determined than before

“You- oh?”

“I love you too Yoosung. I’ll just have to win for you. So you don’t have to lose us both.”

He wrapped you into a hug

“I’m holding you to that. You promise me you’ll come back to my arms safely.”

You chuckled. “Okay. I promise.”

Jaehee

You lived in district 6, the transportation district

It was no secret to those in your district that you and Jaehee loved each other, as more than friends

It was nice that you lived in such a progressive district that they understood that

Volunteering wasn’t normal in district 6

But when you heard them call Jaehee’s name...

You wouldn’t let her die in the games

“I volunteer as Tribute.”

The crowd was silent

They all knew

The Peacekeepers pushed Jaehee back into the crowds, escorting you to the stage

She was sobbing

And then she passed out

“A volunteer! How exciting. Why did you volunteer for that girl?” The lady asked you

“Because I’m in love with her.”

“Oh!”

The Capitol would eat that up

You didn’t even get to say goodbye to her

The Capitol wanted a show. And the show was better if you didn’t get to say goodbye

“So you have to win then. Win and go back to her and steal her heart. Her hero. Her savior,” Caesar had said in his interview with you

You’d have to win then

Jumin

Being from district 3, the electronics district, meant that you and your families were much better off than most other districts

Jumin came from one of the wealthiest families in the district

He probably was even more wealthy than some of the people in the Capitol

He could buy anything, right?

But he couldn’t buy you a ticket out of the games

“Listen to me.” He sat down across from you, as he met with you before you had to leave to head to the Capitol for the games. “You’ll win.”

“I- how?”

He had the smallest curve of a smile on his face. He was confident.

“I’ll sponsor you. Anything you need, you just say it. I’ll buy it and send it your way.”

It was true that district members could sponsor, they just usually didnt

But this time, he was invested

“I have a list of all the things I can send you. Food, water, medicine, bandages, weapons, rope, anything you want. I can even send you a teddy bear.”

“Please don’t send me a teddy bear. Only important things. Those are expensive.”

“I have money.” He cupped your cheek. “I’m going to make sure you win. I will do anything in my power to do so. If I go broke, okay. You’re so much more important than money.”

“I’ll try my best to make sure I don’t need to ask you for things.”

He rolled his eyes. “You’re so stubborn. Let me help you. Don’t get into fights intentionally. Just outlive the others. I’ll send you food every day for weeks if it’s what it takes.”

It was time for you to go

He pulled you into a quick, heated kiss. “Anything, My Love. I promise.”

707

You were from district 5, the power district

The games were not big in your district. You had a few victors but people mostly dreaded them

So it wasn’t surprising that when you were picked nobody volunteered

There was no way you could win

You were weak. You had seen the other tributes picked in district 1 and 2 today

You were lucky if you’d survive the first day

You had zoned out the rest of the Reaping ceremony

Until...

“I volunteer as tribute!”

He didn’t.

But he had

Once you both got on the train, you were ready to confront him

“Seven!” You yelled. “Why! Why?” You were hitting his chest. You were so mad at him. “Why would you do this?”

You were breaking down

He just pulled you close, hugging you

“I’m going to make sure you survive”

There could only be one victor

He knew that though. Didn’t he?

“My home life sucks anyways. Sacrificing my life for you is the best thing I could ever wish for.”

You were sobbing. He seemed oddly okay.

He would make sure you’d survive

V

You were from district 8, the textile district

V’s work with the textiles and art was so good that once he had passed the age where he would have been pulled for the hunger games, he was invited to the Capitol to be a stylist

You thought you’d never see him again

Until you were picked

And then there he was

With his hair dyed bright blue to fit in with the people at the Capitol

A stupid smile on his face as he got scissors to start shaping your hair for the event tonight

“You seem awfully happy,” you said smugly. You were going to die and he was grinning. He had become a stupid member of the Capitol after all

“I get to see you again.”

“I’m going to die,” you said simply

He shrugged.

Just shrugged.

“I actually have a plan.”

Oh?

He leaned close to you to whisper in your ear

If anyone found out, they’d have him killed

“I have a way for everyone to think you died in the games, but for you to stay living”

It was a big risk

But you wouldn’t say no to the chance of staying alive

Of course he wasn’t upset

He had a plan.

Saeran

You were from district 2, the weaponry district

District 2 was a part of a group called the careers in the hunger games

Basically districts 1, 2, and 4 trained their teenagers to enter the games and win

They were unstoppable

You had trained as well, of course

But you weren’t like some of your crazy classmates who wanted to enter the games

They wanted to enter, until they heard about the twist for this year’s games

Every 25 years there was a special twist to make it more interesting

Every 3 hours a tribute would be randomly killed off

More aptly out, they put a bomb mechanism inside you and you explode

You couldn’t train to beat that

So it was no surprise that nobody volunteered to take your place once your name was picked

Saeran was fuming when he met with you

He had been training to become one of the Capitol’s soldiers, a Peacekeeper, as most men in 2 did

But he had lost all respect for them and the game

“This is stupid and unfair. What’s the point of them randomly killing people off? It’s supposed to be a fight to the death. This is just random chance.”

“I agree with you. But there’s nothing we can do. I’ll just try to kill people as quick as possible before they even get to explode someone.”

“No.”

“No?” You questioned

“This is bullshit.” He grabbed you by the chin to look up at him. “I’m taking down the Capitol. They can’t do this to you?”

“Saeran, don’t.”

He had an evil grin

“I already have a group to do it with.”

Vanderwood

You were from district 12, the coal mining district

Vanderwood was always a sort of enigma to you

That’s why you were so interested in him

And he was absolutely infatuated with you

Nobody had ever volunteered in 12 before

So when you got picked, you were stuck

Vanderwood didn’t volunteer. Why would he? Why would he get himself killed like that?

You almost though he wasn’t going to visit you, that all your time together was just him messing around

And then he busted in

“Hurry Babe”

“Hurry what?” You questioned

He grabbed your arm and pulled you to follow him, running through the halls. Where were the peacekeepers?

“I’m getting you out of here. We’re running away”

“To where?”

He laughed, still running. “The woods. We’ll figure it out. We’re not following those bullshit rules.”

“If we get caught, we’ll be killed.” You were afraid to defy the Capitol

“If you stay there, you’re as good as dread. We’ve had one victor from here, yknow? Your chances aren’t good. Let’s run.”

[fanmoose12]

I am not over it. I am SO not over IT. I read the SNK manga YEARS ago when it was only chapter 100 and one day I had the dumb idea to continue that shit. I am not PLEASED and Hanji's death UTTERLY WRECKED ME, someone who wasn't even a Hanji Stan!! reading the manga made me fall in love with her quiet determination, leadership skills, and sense of duty when before I was more of an Armin type of girl? She just. won me over. and her death was NOT OKAY. I CRIED while saying no no nO NOOO OH MY GOD -

and it TORE ME APART and she was the only person in my mind ever since and I couldn't read the manga in the same nonchalant way ever again. i'm sorry i promise im getting somewhere! it legit ruined my moods and made me so sad all the time IT WAS THAT BAD and i started hating eren with absolute passion. Idek where to start? How her death was pointless & nobody gave a fuck?? and Levi thought of FRICKING ERWIN instead of Hans & I wasnt even a Levihan shipper it doesnt make SENSE! He just LOST HANS

-- and all he can think about is FUCKING ERWIN. come on MAN, and she parented the 104th even REINER had more emotions than these mfers. Everyone is alive EXCEPT HER, like onyakapon and even yelena, minor characters, it just feels so UNFAIR, i'm not mad abt death, i breathe angst like it was chocolate it was just so pointless and meaningless and no one even grieves, especially Levi who was closest to her. there was just no room for her in the plot anymore and thats what makes me pissed -

- not bc it was her time, but bc she ran out of uses to the plot and like in GOT where the character is smarter than the author. not only that, she was made so powerless and pathetic and she felt so useless and she died like that. where's the justice? the character arc? right she was there Just to Save Levi :// it's like that quote from gone girl - "the world will know that [man] threw his beloved wife like garbage, and she floated past down all the other abused, unwanted, INCONVENIENT, women"

(sorry for the fem pronouns, i'm all abt anime hange here). and its not like she wasnt a fan favorite, she's top 3 of the last character poll. just bc shes not levi and eren and armin. and cmon. yams had to nerf and minus 100 out of her iq for the INSANE plan of fucking zeke and the yeagerists, can you BELIEVE she trusted and was OUTSMARTED by ZEKE, who legit massacred the survey corps, even though SHE HAD THE SAME LEVEL OF IQ?? but noooo, plot reasons!! shes not eRwIn, what you expect 🙃

im upset, not bc my fav character died but bc it was meaningless (if falco can fly, why tf didnt he do that in the first place) and hollow in logic and in emotion. maybe snk's lesson to us is life is unfair and we should suck it up. it wasn't well earned & yams wrote hanji in a corner, like (again) in GOT where no matter what daenerys chose she was wrong. sorry i dumped all this to you!! if you're still here, thank you for listening to my month long pent up emotions, im still really sad about it

- and idk how to let go? but your writings have definitely made me feel better, it just comforts me like Levi to a bottle of bleach. thank you for still writing!!! about an anime girl in a fictional world and still delivering more emotion than the original author. my heart definitely feels better these days, though it still aches bc she deserves so much better & didnt deserve whatever the fuck she was given, thank you for championing hanji zoe rights! im 99% sure she wont be revived -

but she lives on in your writings and other fanfiction authors and artworks and i'm just so grateful we have a community like this, honestly im just glad you're here :) keep doing what you do and i hope you're safe and warm & healthy!! also to every hanji stans out there one fucking day when we love a character the author wont rip our hearts and throw it to the garbage, im so so sorry for my long long ask but if i could request maybe eren apologizing to hanji inpaths or when she got captured or

or when she died or you choose!! i saw this art by @siroyuki 2015 in twitter where he's hugging her and shit, you should check it out it gave me feels!! i just want her to be loved and appreciated :((( again thank you so much if you made it this far! im sorry if you're annoyed or smthn HHAHAHA i promise this is the last! thank you for your service to humanity we stan 💪😩👌💕💞 

ah don’t you let canon frustrate you, it doesn’t matter anyway :D like you saud, we still have fics and fanarts

however, yeah, i do kinda feel you :/ like the way yams keeps glossing over hange's death is actually a bit weird? like i know they're at war and i know that they have no time for grieving etc but the kids were literally bawling their eyes when hange died but no mention of her sacrifice at all after that? like in 136, gabi said that they should stop the rumbling to repay azumabito's kindness and that's ummmmmmm.... a little bit weird. sure, gabi is a little girl with no connection to hange but reiner, jean and connie were there, when gabi said that and they saw hange’s sacrifice, so why not say something like “yeah, we can’t let commander hange’s sacrifice go to waste?” like come on. what did azumabito do? let falco transform on the board of her ship, so now she travels on a boat? i don't think that can compare to hange's acts though. she literally brought these mfs who were ready to jump at each other's throat together and then she sacrificed her own life to give them yet another chance at success. a sacrifice that was proved to be utterly meaningless in the very next chapter? why did falco learn about his ability to fly only after hange died? why didn't he discover it upon first transformation? :/

oh, and speaking of hange's character arc? like i get it, she was depressed, she struggled with her role as a commander (even though she did everything she could and she did a damn good job at it). and i guess that this plotline was kinda resolved when she heard that erwin approved of her actions? and that's cool, if what we've seen was actually an afterlife and not hange's hallucination. because if it was indeed a product of her mind then that's, um, kinda depressing bro. hange was so desperate for someone's approval that she dreamed about it while literally dying. i just don't understand why yams didn't include a scene where kids tell her how much they respect her and what an honor it was to serve under her command or SOMETHING. but as it is, hange died, thinking she was weak and useless and, um, yeah, certainly not the end you want for your favorite character :)

so yeah, hange's death was kinda meaningless and pointless - it didn't serve the plot whatsoever + it could have been very easily avoided 

[biwenqing]

So this is for the day three prompt: Social Media AU for Spring Sleuthing over at @tsomdevents! I wrote this fic a while ago, and it fits perfectly for this. But I realized it was going to be more than one chapter. I will continue it once the prompt week is over!

teen | pre-relationship | WIP | ao3 link | formatted as tweets | wc:1767

WZ @theroommatedilema

i made this secret account to live tweet my two oblivious roommates having a quarantine romance. or not. they are idiots. follow to find out will they/won’t they.

he/him | Joined March 2020

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 we are starting week 2 of quarantine and i realized i needed to document this. my two roommates who have been dancing around each other since before shit hit the fan are driving me crazy and if i have to watch this the world has to as well.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 we need to give them code names because, while i don't think either of them will find this account, best not to tempt fate. so we have 'hot chef' and 'smart aleck'.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 27 all that out of the way, we can now get to the live tweet. hot chef was doing his laundry so he was walking around the apartment shirtless. smart aleck walked into a wall, not once, not twice, but three times. hot chef didn't help this when he put on an apron

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 28 smart aleck started the day by almost burning down our kitchen trying to make breakfast to impress hot chef. luckily i was awake and stopped things before there was a grease fire, before making breakfast myself. they both seemed to like it.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 29 hot chef thinks we should try and exercise, but i think it is cold and slippery out, so if he expects me to join him on his morning runs, he is wrong. smart aleck did make an attempt and i got to watch him wipe out from the window. lucky for him hot chef caught him. yea i know

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 29 follow up to wipe out: hot chef helped smart aleck back into the house and then took care of him, before then still going on his run. smart aleck pouted next to me on the couch, watching out the window for when he came back like a puppy.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 smart aleck has decided he needs to clean and organize the whole apartment. i think he just doesn't want to do his real job. this has led to an argument with hot chef because smart aleck has taken everything out of the kitchen cabinets and messed with his books.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 as a household, we have a pretty solid 'don't touch my stuff' understanding, but that apparently goes all out the window during a pandemic. hot chef keeps all his cooking tools and supplies in a special order that makes sense only to him and i leave it be

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 but smart aleck wants to "help" and didnt ask if anyone wanted help so here we are. don't worry, this account isn't in vain, i can confirm that their argument is more bickering and that bickering is the stereotype of an "old married couple"

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: but you do so much, i wanted to help! HC: if i need help, i'd ask for it SA: *arms crossed* would you? give an example of when you have asked for help. HC: ....i haven't needed help SA: bullshit! remember when you got the flu last year and didn't tell us?

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: you practically passed out before you let WZ and i take you to see a doctor! and then you still argued about us making sure you got the food and fluids and everything you needed so you didn't die! HC: ...i didn't want either of you to get sick

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 SA: oh yes so ignoring the issue really helped? it’s better that you almost died? in case you didn’t already notice, smart aleck is always dramatic.

WZ @theroommatedilema . March 30 for those wondering, smart aleck is not wrong here. this is exactly how events occurred. it was only a few months after I moved in with them. for the fight i think smart aleck somehow won this round. tune in tomorrow for what happens next!

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 4 no updates because they have been pretending to ignore each other and focused on work. hot chef in particular. smart aleck claims it is because hot chef isn’t used to being cared about. he told me this in a deliberate stage whisper.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 4 i think it is important to note that hot chef did still make dinner each night to share... he just went back to his room after.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 i got a question asking what we all do for work. that’s classified. and mostly unrelated. though it is how we met in a very odd course of events.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 that was not an invitation to send me more questions. i know you are all nosy, or else why would you be following this account. but we have established this account must go unnoticed.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 fine. general ages = smart aleck is in his 20s. hot chef is in his 30s. and because you for some reason all want to know: i am also in my 20s.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 5 pets = yes one. smart aleck has a pet cat named goat he inherited from a past roommate. goat the cat tries to eat anything and everything, thus the name. she particularly likes to eat house plants. she likes smart aleck the least, hot chef the most. i hold a pretty solid 2nd place.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 6 update: they made up. a package arrived today and it was apparently a pan to replace one smart aleck had destroyed. hot chef made smart aleck’s favorite dinner. SA talked the whole way through to meal, and HC looked smitten. so we’re back to normal.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 10 where do we rank the level of domestic where one person brushes their teeth/gets ready for the day while the other is in the shower? bonus points for some mild discussion and/or bickering.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 11 smart aleck has a new scheme. he is trying to persuade hot chef to teach him to cook. so far HC has held firm. we mark day one of this new standoff.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 i’ve been asked a few times why i don’t just use initials of smart aleck and hot chef’s names. it’s all part of keeping this hidden. i have also chosen nicknames that i don’t think they would think i’d use for them.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 smart aleck is the type to figure this out if i’m not careful. he’s both too clever and too dumb for his own good. which is part of the reason i must document all of this, so i can shove it in his face later.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 12 we are also on day two of cooking teaching standoff. i think some of you rightly assume SA is imagining hot chef standing behind him and idk helping him cut vegetables

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 13 standoff continues. i made dinner to see if that would throw the balance off. no change yet

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 14 resolution! hot chef did give in, on the condition that he teaches both of us. i didn’t manage to escape because smart aleck seemed to decide this was the only way. don’t know how this fits into whatever romantic daydreams he had.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 14 i see those comments that this might give me a chance to put them together. but i think it is more fun to not help them at all. they need to do this on their own

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 to do such teaching, a grocery shopping mission is needed. because the world is... well. i suggested just they go together so fine. maybe i will try and assist.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 level of domestic of sneaking things you know your “just friends roommate” loves but won’t buy for themselves in the cart without them knowing?

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 15 you ask how i know that and it is of course because smart aleck, so proud of himself, announced it as soon as he reentered the apartment. goat the cat tried to get into the bags to eat raw fish while this occurred.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 16 first cooking lesson, some simple stir fry. i already can cook this so i get to just perch at the counter and watch. vote on the poll below how you think this will turn out

[hands brushing softly] [sparks, and not the sexy kind] [food hopefully?]

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 16 everyone who voted for fire won. the neighbors are quite upset. and not even goat the cat will eat the final product. i ordered take out and a fresh fire extinguisher while they dealt with the mild fire and smoke detector.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 17 smart aleck is pouting so there will be no cooking lessons today. the good news (for his employer) is he seems to actually be focusing on doing his job.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 hot chef actually asked smart aleck if he wanted to try cooking again. very interesting. this has mostly been coming from SA’s side, so i would call this positive movement.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 SA has completely perked up and agreed.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 20 oh apparently the plan is SA will watch and i get the place as the student in the kitchen. this is probably safer for everyone

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 21 for those asking what happen: dinner was made with no issue. I was in charge of the main dish and that left HC to work on side dishes. SA even helped wash and chop some vegetables. goat took some chicken right off SA’s plate and ran away with it growling.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 21 i take that to mean the cat approves of my cooking. but she also tried to steal things from the trash, so that isn’t much of an endorsement.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 22 SA is avoiding work and trying to clean again. he actually asked if he could move stuff around. growth.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 25 hot chef spotted leaving smart aleck’s room this morning?

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 25 false alarm, he was just looking for the cat.

WZ @theroommatedilema . April 30 final report for this month: progress made in communication. new together activity established. the apartment has not burned down. a baby step closer, yet still so far away from them figuring this out...

[evanescentdawn]

Highlights of today’s writing:

—+311 to the khr/mp100 crossover! Where Tsuna’s haunted and consults Reigen. I kinda skip over a bit, because I wanted to quickly get to the Reigen part!!! It feels a bit off, writing tsuna from his pov, doesn’t feel like tsuna. So I might go over that again.

—Edited the Sanghee smut! Really satisfied with the progress. It’s just me finally writing up on all the things I had planned for this fic since I never really did. Only started it.

—+146 to the 8027 khr prompt thingy. Finally managed to word that beginning part which have been giving me trouble. Blergh. Tsuna’s pov doesn’t feel Tsuna to me quite though. 

—New naruto wip! Inosai, and really having fun with this one. It’s coming nicely along. REALLY love how it’s building up, and idea. It’s just good stuff and I’m so satisfied.

—I don’t really ship ritshou but anyways, I was thinking about that when I got hit by an idea, and started writing....and wow, FINALLY wrote the Ritsu pov I always wanted to. It’s hilarious that I always manage to write for my not ships and sort of notps. I mean. I do like ritshou, just not interested it at as something I would look for it. Just acknowledge it, and nod. I much prefer them as a platonic ship. Anyways, this is utterly ridiculous. There’s this really ritsumob moment though that is really cute and I absolutely adore. Also shdjdkd I really love the tone of this fic??? Makes me laugh. Because the whole thing is ridiculous if I just think about it haha

—Started something, with no idea what it is yet, even a fandom or characters. Just—ideas who might be, but undeceive as always. Djkdkdkd. Oh a poll helped me decide! Got it down, now. 

—This new wip makes me laugh so much. It’s shou & teru, and shou’s pov is so fun to write. I love that funky guy so, so much. Go crazy. 

—New another ritsu wip!!! Don’t know what it is yet but it’s about confined spaces in the loosest sense. About being stuck, and Ritsu and Mob, of course. Because I’m incredibly weak to them. HEY, I FINISHED IT?? it went completely craxy, haha and in a direction i didnt expect but its been reallyyy fun. Gonna let it rest before maybe posting it tomorrow. 

—Aoex new wip. DAD!RIN. I love that boy so much. He’s so precious and god, him as a dad? When I saw that post on that movie I couldn’t resist and write something. Might be Rinshi, or poly, or something entirely. I HAVE NO CLUE. It turned out to be rinshi XD, and omg I finished it????

—+526 words to the OPM/MP100 reigen & saitama wip. Aaaa. I’m really, really loving this one. How it’s coming along. ITS SO GOOD. I love, love it. A lot of good lines which make me very happy and how it’s all coming along together. Kind of. Still loose ends! But I think I am nearly there.

—Sad, sad fic about Regien & regrets, with centre on his relationship with Mob. Exploring a world where things have very, very wrong and Reigen is regretting a lot and there’s a lot of consequences that can’t be rewinded. Dimple is in here and NO help. As always, but I love him very much anyways, and he does care. (As much as he tries to tell himself he doesn’t). And Reigen moving forward—trying. It’s a hopeful, angsty fic. And about striving forward. Lots of people broken.

—Literally eight mins left to the day but I couldn’t resist and hard to write this idea that’s been burning in my mind ever since I read Warehouse. An canon compliant that explores what if Sungho’s memories were actually completely wrong? There’s nothing canon to refute this. Like actually evidence that his memories were real. So. I took it and ran with it.

[friendlytrees]

Stay Here With Me

sebastian stan x reader

summary: you decided to clear your head and take a walk, but someone unexpected crosses paths with you.

warnings: swearing

mountains of paint are scattered all over different cardboard boxes. you take a chunck of the red and smear it on the canvas in front of you like a toddler. As bits if light creep in through your curtains you realize you’ve been painting all day. You get up and look around to see 10 awful and terrifying paintings staring back at you. Although this was a great stress reliever, it wasn't going to help you get over what had happened.

2 weeks ago you walked into your apartment to find your boyfriend Daniel cheating on you. You knew it wouldn't last, you met him at some douchey college frat party and out of all the boys, he was the “most romantic” when you caught him all you could say was leave.

After this incident your friend introduced you to anger painting. Although very effective it consumed you and it was all you could do. When you finished the 10th painting you decided it was time to get some fresh air. You get in the shower and after you change into a flowy dress and jacket, grab your keys and head out the door. You walked down what seemed like a never ending hall until you made it to the elevator. The elevator dings to signal you to go down and when the door opens, your ex smiles at you holding flowers.

“y/n hey look i wan-“

“no, i cant do this right now” you say as you cut him off. You try to walk to the stairs but he grabs your arm and insists you talk to him

“look what happened was so bad. And im so sorry, but thats in the past and we are in the present and thats what’s important”

“ do you think you’re being romantic “

“ i got you flowers”

you shove him, “ look you’re wasting my time. i have to go” you walk towards the elevator and leave him standing in the hall holding flowers. as the door closes you stare at him as he drops the flowers and crushes them.

after getting out the elevator you try to grab the nearest wall to cling on to so you can calm yourself down. All you could think about were the emotions you felt the night it happened. You catch your breath and eventually head out the front doors of the building. As soon as you walk out you are blinded by the sun. You cover your eyes as you think about how you haven't been outside in days.

while you mindlessly walk you can see the the sun leaking through the orange-ish trees along the road. this is the best thing you’ve done in a while, you have never stopped to take a look at the world around you since college started; in this moment you realized that life was beautiful. As the sun is setting you find yourself at a small park next to a library. your eyes wander to a bench with a very muscular man sitting on it. when you get closer you can eventually make out who it is

“hey, long time no see” you say as you stand right in front of him

he looks up from his book “y/n ? wow you look great” he gets up and goes in for a hug

“what are you doing here Sebastian. i haven't seen you here in so long”

“well i just got back from jersey , i was just here to visit family. then i ran into you.. wow you changed so much.”

“is that a good thing” you say with laughter

“ yes thats a great thing wow,” he goes in for another hug. “ i haven't seen you in 2 years. why didn't you call”

you push him off of you and go to sit on the bench “ i had so much going on i couldn't really make time to call anyone”

“ouch” he says as he sits down.

“ no dont take it personally. college is just stressful”

“thats why i never went” he says as he leans back in the bench

“what have you been doing these past 2 years?”

“ive been working, we dont all have money”

you could tell that was suggested towards you. you had been best friends your entire lives and did everything together, but the only difference between you two was that his family didnt really have much. so, the older he got, the less you saw of him since he was working all the time. And eventually when you moved you didnt see him at all.

you turn to face Sebastian “can we hang out today? i dont really have anything planned”

he turns to face you “ well i was going to sit here and read this book, but i guess i have room to hang out” he smiled and began to laugh. eventually you two got up and started walking in the Manhattan streets. the sun had set. the moon light lit up the almost empty street , which was rare. Sebastian turns to face you and begins to speak

“so where are we going?”

“i thought you knew, i was following you” you say with a confused look on your face

“im kidding” he looks over and points to a corner store “lets go in here”

you both step inside and he goes straight to the liquor. he grabs two large bottles and heads to the register.

“that will be $40”

“here you go”

“thank you, come again”

you both walk out and he hands you one of the brown paper bags. “drink up” he says as he opens his drink”

“you want me to drink,,, while we are walking around Manhattan.”

“yeah why not what could happen” he says as he takes a large swig of liquor

you look at him and decide to give in. “fine, but im only doing this for you”

an hour had passed and you were both wasted walking under the street lights saying god knows what. The only thing you could hear was Sebastian yelling every time he saw a taxi. You end up stopping at one of the lights next to a closed theater.

“hold on i need to stop for a minute i need t-” mid sentence he lets half of his lunch out on the side walk. All you could do was laugh at him while he was doing it. When hes done he sits up and swings around the poll screaming to the top of his lungs “do you want to know something y/n”

“what is it” you say taking the last sip of your alcohol

“i love you”

“what” 

“Ive loved you since youve came into my life, you just make me so happy.” he drunkingly makes a heart with his hands and walks closer to you. “I needed to see you y/n, youre part of the reason i came back. I missed your laugh, your jokes, i missed the way you smiled. I need you”

“youre drunk you dont mean that”

“Yes i do” he moves his hands up to your cheeks. “ every time im with you i get this feeling that if something ever happened to you id lose you forever. And i want to make sure you will always be okay. Im not saying this because im drunk y/n, im saying this because i love you”

No words were able to come out of your mouth. All you could do was stand there and stare into those bluish grey eyes. he eventually let your face go and started walking away.

“where are you going?” you say as you try to catch up with him

“i have no idea, but im pretty sure ive just embarrassed myself”

you stop walking “Where were you supposed to stay tonight?”

“i was supposed to stay with my mom but if i come home drunk hes gonna kill me” he stops walking and tilts his head up “i could just buy a hotel for tonight”

“or you could stay at my place” you say. he turns his head over to you and smiles. he sluggishly walks towards you and you guide him to your apartment.

you both find a taxi to take you back since youre too drunk to walk. Once you get there you head through the doors and get in the elevator. the ride up to the 3rd floor of your apartment was filled with silence. Sebastian had kept his distance ever since he told you he loved you. Back on the sidewalk under the street light you regret not telling him right then and there that youve felt the same way.

the elevator doors opened and when you walked out you could see someone near your door. you rushed over to see who it was, and when you knew you were disappointed.

“what the hell are you doing here, leave now!”

“please just let me ta-” your ex takes a pause when he sees Sebastian standing 4 feet away. “who the fuck is this, huh, y/n? who the fuck are you” he starts walking closer to Sebastian and shoves him “who are you”

he looks at you and looks back at your ex “ im her boyfriend”

“no hes no-” you were cut off by your ex who became filled with anger

“oh really, your her boyfriend?” he shoves Sebastian 

Sebastian shoves him back “shove me again and i swear”

“you swear what. what are you gonna do”

Sebastian throws a punch at him and then gets tackled. You try to tell them to stop and pull them off of each other, but it wasn't working. Your ex wouldn't stop hitting Sebastian. He couldn't fight back anymore all he could do was take the hits. you run up to Daniel and pull him off of Sebastian before he could do anymore damage.

“what the hell Daniel”

“punk deserved it” he said as he wiped the blood off of his brow.

“leave right now”

“im not going anywhere”

“ leave before i call the police”

he looks at you for a moment, then he leaves. 

you run over to Sebastian to make sure he is okay and help him up. You grab your key and open your door. you turn the lights on and take Sebastian to the living room to lay him on the couch. 

“hey, im going to grab a rag to clean your face”

“y/n” he pauses to catch his breath “ you never said anything earlier, after i told you”

you sit down on the coffee table in front of the couch so you're facing him. “Sebastian. all this time didn't understand why i felt the way i do around you, you make me feel safe and i can trust you with my life.” Sebastian sits up before you can finish “Sebastian i love you” he leans over to you and kisses you “i love you too y/n”