#(i love kari more than anything)

[jjungkookislife]

Slumber Party!

pairing: rommate!jungkook x bi! f. reader x bi!original character

genre: roommate au, fwb, friends to lovers, angst, smut [18+]

summary: Friday nights are for slumber parties with your best friend, Kari. A night of drinking, watching movies from your younger years, and kissing that usually leads to more. Jungkook is aware of your routine, leaving for a night out with his friends that he cuts short. However, he's in luck when Kari catches his eye and invites him to join the two of you.

wc: 7k

warnings: fwb (reader and oc), oc and reader have crushes/feelings for each other, alcohol mention/use, slight voyeurism, mention of m. and f. masturbation, marking (hickeys, scratching, biting), some self-deprecation(?), spanking, hair pulling, fingering (f. receiving), oral sex (f. giving and receiving), ffm threesome, protected sex, multiple orgasms, choking, tit fucking, cum facial, snowballing

date: September 1, 2023

The moment Jungkook informed you he’d be out for the night, you knew it was the perfect opportunity to invite your best friend Kari over. Kari was a goddess in your eyes; absolutely gorgeous. She was shorter than you, with long hair down her back that was half black and half blue right down the middle. Her beautiful, sun-kissed skin had tattoos scattered on her thighs, chest, and arms. The day she stopped wearing bras and pierced her nipples was glorious; she was a beauty, and it made your legs go weak. Not only that, but she was an amazing friend and kisser.

The thought of your best friend made you giddy. Not only would you be able to have a sleepover like usual, but with Jungkook gone for the night, you’d be able to hook up and be as loud as you wanted. You weren’t going to lie. Having Jungkook’s room on the other side of your wall proved to be an inconvenience when Kari was over and you were in a mood.

“Call me if you need anything or want me to come home,” Jungkook states seriously. He clings to the front door, his head still in your apartment with the rest of his body out on the porch. You’re trying to shut the door, but his big ole head won’t move.

“Jungkook, I appreciate the concern. I do. But all we’re doing is watching Twilight and taking shots whenever Edward rejects Bella. You know, a typical Friday night?” you say and Kari nods from her spot on the couch. Jungkook looks at you and then at Kari, who smiles widely, waving hard enough for her boobs to bounce. Jungkook’s eyes widen, cheeks pink as he looks at you one last time. “Promise me you’ll call if you need me?”

You nod. “I promise, Jungkook. I’ll call if we need you.”

Jungkook licks his lips as he looks at you, nodding as he waves and finally leaves. You giggle as you shut the door, shaking your head.

“Got the drinks ready?” you ask as you walk into the kitchen to grab Kari’s favorite wine tumbler, a pretty glow-in-the-dark one that reads “Witches Brew”. 

“Got it! Bring the wine coolers too!” Kari shouts in response. You pop open the fridge, grabbing two wine coolers before shutting it and heading to your bedroom. Kari is already lying on your King-sized bed by the headboard, her sleep shorts riding up on her thighs to display her tattoos. Thighs you hoped to be smothered with later on.

“Start it,” you tell her as you set your drinks on the nightstand before climbing under the covers with her. She waits for you to settle before she hits play and moves closer to you, easily draping her arm around your waist.

“He’s such an asshole, and for what? He ends up banging her anyway,” Kari scoffs as Edward tells Bella she needs to stay away from him again.

You laugh, earning a scowl from your friend. “He acts like he’s not gonna knock her up right away.”

“He’s misunderstood,” you say, knowing it’ll make her spiral into a rant about Edward and how he’s such an asshole. You love listening to her speak, so you listen attentively, nodding along and ignoring the movie playing in the background. The two of you haven’t even touched your drinks, both left forgotten on the nightstand.

“And don’t even get me started on Jacob!” she exclaims, her face flushed as she crosses her arms over her chest. She looks so cute, you can’t help but lean in and kiss her cheek. She flushes, turning into a stuttering mess. 

“Keep talking, baby,” you encourage her, placing a kiss on her shoulder beside the strap of her tank top, her pierced nipples noticeable through the thin material.

“It’s just so dumb,” she complains as you cover her in kisses. 

“Mhmm, dumb,” you echo as you tug the strap off her shoulder.

“Are you even listening to me?” Kari giggles as you look up at her with glittering eyes. 

“Yeah, listening,” you smile goofily. She rolls her eyes. Her lips press against yours, so soft and sweet, it makes your heart somersault in your chest.

Friends, you cruelly remind yourself as she climbs over you. Your hands cradle her face, tongue pushing past the seam of her lips to meet hers. 

The way she moans your name has your body thrumming as you kiss her once again, hands sliding down to her hips. Her arms wrap around your neck, marking your skin gently.

“Pretty,” she murmurs against your neck, moving to sit up as her hands lace with yours. Her soft gaze has you melting beneath her.

Kari had always been straightforward, and confident in each of her moves, and when all this had first begun, she was the one who had kissed you in the backseat of a rideshare. From the first taste of your lips, she had realized she wanted to be more, even if it just meant friends with benefits. Kisses shared between friends meant nothing, right? Right?

“Kari,” her name escapes you easily, hands cupping her breasts as she rolls her hips against yours.

She hums in acknowledgment, her lips trailing kisses between your breasts. Her hands easily remove your top, unsurprised to find you without a bra. Her manicured hands grab a handful of your tits, thumbs flicking your pert nipples, giggling when you moan her name in a heady tone. She wants you tonight, no doubt about it. She wants to be the reason you’re trembling, out of breath, and sobbing because you’re overwhelmed with pleasure. She wants you in any way she can have you and for now; it seems like friends with benefits is what works for both of you. 

With gentle hands, you remove Kari’s top, kissing every new inch of skin that’s exposed. With a few giggles and bashful touches, your lips meet hers when you’re both topless.

She’s gentle with you. Her hand cupped your face as her tongue met yours, moaning softly against your lips. Your hands grip her hips, canting against her. You’re both dripping wet, eager to get a taste of each other…

Jungkook had half a beer before he decided he wasn’t in the mood to be out and get hit on nonstop when he was just trying to enjoy his night out with his friends. So with a sheepish smile, he wished his friends goodnight, reminding them to text him when they arrived home safely.

If he was honest, he couldn’t get you out of his head. Jungkook wasn’t stupid, he knew what your sleepovers with Kari consisted and he knew he’d be ruining your night hooking up with her, but he just couldn’t stay out and pretend he was having a good time when you weren’t at his side. Instead, he goes home earlier than expected, hoping you can forgive him for coming home so soon.

His thoughts overwhelm him, lost in his own world, as he walks through the front door. He’s on a whole other plane as he kicks his shoes off, tugging his shirt over his head before tossing it onto the couch. He unbuttons his pants, intent on heading to his bedroom until he hears a moan.

His eyes widen, wondering if his mind was playing tricks on him. He pauses outside your door, guilt bubbling in his abdomen, knowing better than to spy on you, but when you moan, his brain short circuits and he’s pressing himself against the wall beside your bedroom door.

Kari looks at your bedroom door, wondering if her eyes are playing tricks on her or if she’s seen your roommate. She says nothing, eyes focused on the crack of the door, noting movement when Jungkook tries to sneak past toward his room.

Kari smirks. “Would you fuck Jungkook?”

“Obviously,” you respond, kissing down her neck. Not thinking clearly enough to wonder why, as she moans when you bite down.

“How about a threesome with him?” Kari asks, meeting Jungkook’s eyes, a sly smile on her lips as a moan of your name escapes her when you take her pert bud into your mouth.

Her fingers weave in your hair, losing her train of thought as your warm, wet mouth suckles her breast, tonguing her piercing. Her eyes roll to the back of her head, back arching off your bed as she moans your name.

Jungkook feels like a pervert watching from the door, cock throbbing in his tight pants. A groan escapes him, his large palm muffling it before you can hear him. He curses himself mentally, palming his cock with his free hand.

He was fucked. 

So fucked.

Kari has an evil gleam in her eyes, finally making eye contact with Jungkook. He swallows thickly, unable to form words. He’s helpless. Frozen in his spot, obligated to hear your answer.

“I’d let him rail me from one end to the other. Are you kidding? Have you seen him? I bet his cock is big, fuck.”

“So if he came home right now, would you let him join us?” Kari asks, smiling devilishly.

Jungkook glares, but she ignores him, licking her lips instead.

“Obviously. He’s hot as fuck. You haven’t seen him walking around in just his boxers, Kari. He’s a wet dream come true. Exquisite,” You bring your fingers to your lips, blowing a kiss into the air.

“You can join us, Jungkook,” Kari calls in a sing-song tone that has you whipping your head toward your bedroom door where a sheepish Jungkook stands, hand gripping his cock over his jeans.

“I should have known,” you chuckle when your eyes meet his. His sheepish smile has you melting as you beckon him into your bedroom.

Jungkook trips over his feet as he stumbles into your bedroom, doe eyes wide as he stutters out an apology. “I wasn’t spying! I came home early, a-and the door was open.”

“Don’t care, come here,” you instruct, and he gulps before nodding and making his way to you. You get off the bed to stand in front of him, licking your lips as you take in his perfect figure. You find it hard to keep your hands to yourself but lock eyes with Jungkook. “Can I?”

“Yes,” he breathes as you run your hands over his shoulders, sliding them down his torso. Jungkook watches you closely, licking his lips when your hands grip the waistband of his unbuttoned pants.

Kari giggles on the bed as Jungkook blushes. “I was on my way to bed.”

“To listen and jerk off?” Kari asks as she crosses her arms over her chest and Jungkook looks away, cheeks blooming pink. He quickly realizes you’re topless as well and looks up at the ceiling.

“Jungkook,” you say his name gently, your hand on his cheek to make him look at you. “Do you want to join us?”

“Yes,” he answers honestly, nodding.

“Then don’t look away from us,” you tell him firmly as you place his hand on your breast. “We want you to enjoy yourself.”

Kari nods in agreement, going to stand beside you. Jungkook swallows thickly, the urge to pinch himself to make sure he’s not dreaming, becomes too strong. 

Kari and you share a look, covering your mouths when you giggle. Kari is the one who speaks up, smiling brightly. “You’re not dreaming, Kook.”

You nod. “We’re surprised it took you this long to join us.”

Jungkook can feel his ears burning, a shy smile on his lips as he looks at the two of you. Had you genuinely been waiting for him to join? 

“I didn’t want to impose,” Jungkook answers as you tug on his waistband, smiling at him before kissing him. Jungkook is quick to kiss you back, his hands gripping your hair to hold you to him while Kari sinks to her knees. 

Jungkook moans against you, his tongue pushing past the seam of your lips when you push yourself closer to him. He groans when Kari’s hand palms him over the denim of his jeans. 

“Fuck,” Jungkook curses, biting his bottom lip as he looks down at Kari, whose big brown eyes meet Jungkook’s hooded ones. You’re both so gorgeous, Jungkook doesn’t know what to do with himself. Sure, he’d dreamed of this moment time and time again, usually with his hand wrapped around his cock, biting his lip to keep from moaning your name, but now that it was happening, he was almost stunned. 

“Koo,” you whine softly, a soft kiss pressed to the corner of his mouth. He turns to look at you, but you’ve occupied yourself with trailing kisses from his jaw to his neck, finally kissing the irresistible little mole that drives you insane. You run your tongue over it, sucking his skin and making him groan while Kari is palming him harder, adding more pressure until Jungkook is tangling his fingers in her hair, gripping the teal harshly. 

Kari pouts, eyes meeting Jungkook’s before she’s tugging on your hand. You reluctantly part from Jungkook, dropping to your knees beside Kari with a wide grin. 

Fuck. Jungkook’s mouth waters at the sight of you two down on your knees for him, eager to take his cock in your mouth. His head spins, tongue peeking from between his lips to swipe along his bottom lip. 

Kari turns to you, capturing your lips in a kiss as your hands fumble to unzip Jungkook’s pants. Jungkook watches you intently with hooded eyes, lip caught between his teeth as the both of you pull his pants down his thighs until they bunch at his ankles. With a few hops and kicks, Jungkook gets his pants completely off, kicking them to the side on your bedroom floor. 

“Ooh,” Kari gushes with excitement once she wraps her hand around Jungkook’s hard length. 

“Fuck,” you curse, finally moving your hand to place on his cock. You’ve dreamed of this moment, unable to keep your thoughts innocent when it comes to your hot roommate. There were plenty of nights you’d go to bed with your hand in your panties and his name on your lips. You ignore the skip of your heartbeat, knowing getting your feelings involved leads to nothing but heartbreak. You weren’t sure you could handle Jungkook’s rejection as well as Kari’s.

Kari releases Jungkook, her lips pressing kisses to his hips as her fingers toy with the waistband of his CK boxer briefs. You stroke him over his boxers, feeling the pre-cum that soaks the cotton. Jungkook is overwhelmed with pleasure, eyes shut tight as he throws his head back; pretty marks left on his skin bloom with color. 

Pride swells in your chest, knowing you’re the one who’s left your mark on his pretty skin. Your heart skips a beat, cheeks flush with heat as you realize you’re finally going to be with your crush. Sure, you liked Kari a lot. She was gorgeous. But Jungkook also had your heart from the moment he moved in. 

However, you were willing to put those feelings aside if it meant you’d get to have him like this once. Just to get a taste of him. 

Who knows if he even liked you past the physical aspects? Maybe he just wanted a quick hookup after all those times he’s had to cum on his fingers after a night of listening in. You frown for a moment, shaking the thoughts out of your head. You weren’t going to let anything ruin this moment, not when his cock was hard and aching in your hand. 

Kari finally pulls away from Jungkook, giggling at the tiniest little hickey she’s ever made. You smile, pecking her lips before looking up at Jungkook, his lust-filled eyes already on you. 

“Get on the bed,” Kari demands as she stops touching Jungkook, moving your hands off his cock. 

Eager, Jungkook does as he’s told as Kari takes a second to kiss you, her hands cradling your face gently as her tongue slips past your lips and your hands are gripping her hands. Jungkook watches on in awe. He knew the two of you were more than friends, but seeing the two of you kiss made it clear that there was more to your friendship than just hooking up.

“Kook,” you say when you climb onto the bed with Kari at your side. You sit back on your heels and let Jungkook get an eyeful of your tits and hers, cupping them in your hands and rolling your nipples between your fingertips before Kari is kissing you again, pushing you onto your back and grinding her hips on yours.

Jungkook’s lips are parted, hand on his cock as he strokes himself. He bites his lip to keep some control over his rampant moans, eyes fluttering shut as he raises his hips to fuck into his hand.

There was no way this was happening.

When Jungkook opens his eyes, he’s surprised to see Kari naked, her panties on your bedroom floor. She’s unphased, her face between your legs, gripping both of them as she kisses one thigh and then the other. You play with your nipples, eyes focused on Kari as she flattens her tongue, swiping against the thin, soaked material of your pink panties.

“Kari,” you moan softly, hand gripping her hair as she does it again and then a third time before she pushes your panties to the side to get a taste of your essence. 

You’re dripping wet, pussy clenching around nothing as you moan Kari’s name again and again. “Kari, fuck.”

Jungkook wishes it was his name you were crying out.

Kari smacks her lips, tongue swiping along her bottom lip as she looks at Jungkook from over her shoulder. “Don’t just stare. Do something.”

Jungkook blinks once before moving closer. He meets your gaze, his hand reaching out to cup your face as he leans in close until his lips capture yours. Slowly, the two of you kiss, his lips muffling your moans as Kari takes your panties off.

Jungkook ends the kiss, licking his lips as he settles behind Kari. His hands run over the curve of her ass, gently smacking it. Kari giggles in response, “You’re gonna have to do better than that.”

Jungkook smirks, his palm coming down harder on her cheek. It reddens underneath his palm. A soft curse escapes Kari, her moans muffled when her tongue meets your clit, swirling around it after.

Nerves eat up Jungkook. He’s dreamed of this so often, but truth be told, this was the first time he was in bed with two people. He was at a loss. 

Kari paused her actions, taking Jungkook’s hand in hers before bringing two of his tattooed fingers to her lips. With her eyes locked on his, she sticks her tongue out, licking both fingers before taking them in her mouth.

Slowly, Jungkook pushes them past her lips, in and out, until Kari is drooling around them. Once she deems them wet enough, she guides his hand to her wet cunt. Jungkook only hesitates for a moment, your moan drawing his attention as Kari is back between your legs, talented tongue making you moan her name.

Jungkook’s cock throbs in the confines of his boxers. Biting back a moan, he focuses on Kari. He slowly pushes into her wet pussy, curling his fingers. He moans, slowly fucking in and out of her while her face is buried between your legs, her moans muffled as Jungkook fingerfucks her. 

You arch off the bed, hands gripping Kari’s hair tighter than necessary, thighs shaking as her tongue circles your clit just the way you like. Her fingers work your cunt, familiar with your body enough to know what gets you off. You're a mess on the sheets, only worse when your gaze meets Jungkook’s heated one.

“Fuck, Kook,” you moan, biting your lip as you refuse to break eye contact. He never stops fucking Kari with his fingers. Instead, he adds a third finger and his thumb to her clit, smirking when Kari’s thighs tremble.

Kari raises her head, smirking at you as her fingers gently pinch your clit. Your eyes lock on hers as she licks her lips slowly, going back between your thighs as your hand loosens slightly on her hair. You curse, eyes fluttering shut.

“Fuck,” Jungkook curses, breathing ragged as watches the two of you, making sure his actions don’t stop as Kari fucks back onto his fingers. She raises her head just enough to beg Jungkook to fuck her.

“Shit,” Jungkook nods. He ruefully leaves the two of you, climbing off the bed to grab his jeans and pull two condoms out. He sets one on the nightstand, noting your untouched drinks and setting the other packet beside the bottles.

“Kari,” Jungkook breathes as he strokes his cock, groaning when he palms himself. “Are you sure?”

Kari raises her head again. “Yes, please. Please, Kook. I need it.”

Jungkook nods, ignoring the way his heart thunders in his chest. With a tattooed hand, he holds the condom packet to his mouth, ripping it open with his teeth with practiced ease. He still takes a moment to make sure his teeth haven’t punctured the latex before he puts it on. His hands shake as he does so, but he’s excited and perhaps a little nervous.

Kari is still eating you out with reckless abandon. Your sweet moans fill the bedroom and go straight to his cock. Fuck, he can’t wait to bury himself inside you as well.

Jungkook grabs a handful of Kari’s ass, cursing when it jiggles as he smacks the other cheek. He’s not sure what he’s done to deserve two beautiful women, but he will cherish it for as long as he lives. 

He’s gentle as he slips his fingers back into Kari, who arches into him, round ass nearly pressing against him as he teases her entrance. He uses her arousal to lubricate his cock further before he’s pressing the head of his dick to her cunt.

Kari curses, but it’s muffled by your thighs when you press them to her head, arching off the bed as you moan her name. Your hands grip your breasts, fingers teasing your nipples as your breath grows heavy. Your mind spins, falling over the edge as Kari grips your thighs tighter in her hands to keep you from squirming out of her reach.

Jungkook lines his cock up at Kari’s entrance, slowly pushing the head in. 

“Fuck, Kari,” he breathes, head falling back, eyes sewn shut and his bottom lip caught between his teeth. 

“Fuck, it’s so big,” Kari breathes as Jungkook slides home. His hands dig into her hips as she takes a moment to catch her breath. Her eyes meet yours and she’s nearly panting. “You were right.” 

Jungkook raises a brow in confusion before Kari continues.

“He has a fat cock, fuck,” Kari nearly slumps forward, face first into your cunt as you giggle and help hold her up. You get on your knees in front of her, kissing her. Jungkook strokes Kari’s back, his hands moving to grab handfuls of her ass, spanking her while your tongue slips past the seam of her lips, tasting yourself on her tongue.

“I fucking told you,” you goad as Jungkook chuckles. He cards a hand through his long hair, his lip rings catching the light. You clench around nothing as you watch his broad shoulders, his chest tapering to his tiny waist and finally, to where his body connects to your best friend, and fuck, it’s a miracle you don’t cum then.

Jungkook catches your gaze, smiling wolfishly as he grabs Kari by the hips, pulling nearly all the way out just to slam back into her. Kari’s head falls forward, his name rolling off her tongue in a needy whine. You bite back a moan, focused on Jungkook fucking Kari, each thrust making her moan and curse. You wish it was you but you know you’ll get your turn so you lay back and watch, your fingers teasing your clit as you watch Jungkook fuck Kari.

“Fuck, Kari. That’s it, baby. Take my fucking cock. Just like that,” Jungkook curses as Kari meets each of his thrusts. You moan, the sound of their coupling filling the room, twining with your wanton moans as you work yourself to an orgasm. Jungkook smirks when you fall apart, his name on your lips as you lock eyes with him. Crying out for him and then Kari as you fall into the pillows. 

“Fuck,” Kari moans and makes you scoot closer to her. She takes your thighs in her hands and licks you clean, moaning while Jungkook fucks her, spanking her just to make her scream into you.

Jungkook slips his hand between her legs, rubbing her clit and moaning her name when she clenches around him. Her moans grow higher in pitch, her body still meeting each of his thrusts as her legs quiver and her breathing grows heavy until she’s hitting her peak and cumming around Jungkook, near tears when he thrusts into her again and again.

Jungkook pushes his hair out of his eyes, focused as Kari takes every thick inch of his cock, creaming around him until he’s moaning, cumming into the condom as soon as she falls apart one more time. You follow soon after, Kari’s tongue a treasure as you fall limp into the sheets once again with Kari joining you.

Jungkook chuckles, taking the condom off to discard it into the trashcan under your bedside table. He’s sweating, his perfect chest glistening and you lick your lips when you eye his abs. Fuck, you’d lick him clean up and down right now if you weren’t so spent.

Jungkook is still hard, his cheeks pink as he wonders what he should do. Should he go to his room or stay and wait to see what happens?

“Come here,” you instruct him, patting the spot beside you. Jungkook nods, swallowing thickly as he climbs onto the bed. You kiss him when he lays beside you, your hand cradling his cheek. Slowly, the two of you kiss, his hands gripping your hips as you straddle him.

“Get comfy, baby,” you whisper to him as you kiss your way down his jaw toward his neck and down his chest as your hands greedily explore every bit of his perfect torso. Fuck, you’d love to eat off his abs, take his cock down your throat until tears ran down your cheeks. There’s so much you want to do but you’re easily distracted when Kari and Jungkook kiss above you while you continue to head down south, kissing and marking each of his hips.

Jungkook moans your name, grinning when you tease him with the tip of your tongue just to wrap your hand around him. Your lips plant a wet kiss on the underside of his cock, your tongue following after as you lick him from base to tip.

“Can I sit on your face?” you hear Kari ask and Jungkook eagerly nods in agreement, helping Kari sit on his face while your lips wrap around him. He curses but it’s muffled, enjoying the heat of your mouth as you tease him, your hand rolling his balls in your palm until you're popping off him with one last lick to the head of his cock.

Straddling Jungkook, you stroke him with one hand while grabbing the condom off the nightstand. You rip the package open, tossing the wrapper off the side of the bed before putting the condom on Jungkook. He groans when you squeeze him after, nearly drooling at how hard he is.

Slowly, you sink onto him. You moan his name, cursing and closing your eyes as you bottom out. Jungkook grips Kari’s thighs tighter, his tongue only faltering slightly. Fuck, he feels so hot, like he’s going to combust any second.

Kari reaches behind her, grabbing handfuls of his thick hair to steady herself as her hips roll, her clit rubbing against his beautiful nose. Fuck, you can’t wait for your turn on his face. You wanna suffocate him, have him begging for air as he grips your thighs to keep you in place, his need for you outweighing his need for air.

Your hands fall flat on his chest, your hips rising and falling on his cock. You love the ache of the stretch, nearly gasping for air as you sink on him once again, your hair falling over your eyes until you raise your head. Kari leans forward, grinding down on Jungkook as you lean to meet her lips.

One of her hands releases Jungkook’s hair and the other grips yours as she fucks herself on Jungkook’s face, suffocating him for all she cares as you fuck yourself on his fat cock, whimpering into the kiss as you take more and more of him.

You feel so fucking full and tears form in the corner of your eyes as you bounce on him, your kiss with Kari growing sloppy; nothing but teeth and tongues and pleasure for the three of you.

You tighten around Jungkook.

Jungkook grabs Kari’s round ass, his other hand reaching for your clit. He’ll be damned if he doesn’t get the both of you to cum while fucking him. He’s so overwhelmed with pleasure, Kari’s essence heavy on his tongue and your warm, wet cunt begging to be fucked full of cum, someday.

For now, he settles for the warmth and wetness as you cry out for him, nails digging into his chest while Kari’s thighs tremble at his head. He slurps hungrily, fingers digging into the soft flesh of her thighs. Fuck, he’d love to see the look on your faces as you cum, using him for your pleasure and nothing else.

Jungkook’s cock twitches and you groan, riding him harder, faster as you beg him to make the two of you cum. 

Jungkook curses; focused on nothing but pleasuring each of you. Kari is the first to go, screaming as she grinds against him, cumming so hard, she grows dizzy for a moment. She doesn’t climb off him, just scoots forward to help make you cum and kisses you for a split second before you’re falling apart again.

“Jungkook! Jungkook!” you scream. Kari climbs off him and he sits up, rubbing your clit, grateful he can see you cum on his cock.

“That’s it, baby. Be a good girl and cum for us,” Kari encourages in between kisses, biting the sensitive spot on your neck that makes you tighten around Jungkook as his hands grab your ass. He moans your name, eyes fluttering shut as his head lolls back on the pillow.

He licks his lips, forcing his eyes open to watch you crumble on top of him. Kari is guiding your hips, a hand between your legs, nearly drooling as she watches you cream around him, crying out his name and hers as your body tightens and you whine for Jungkook.

Jungkook curses. “Fuck, ride me, baby. Just like that.”

“So close,” you grit, ignoring the sweat beading on your forehead. Your hips meet each of his thrusts, crying out when Jungkook plants his feet firmly on the mattress. 

“Hold on,” is all he says before he’s raising his hips to fuck into you. You cry out, nearly sobbing as he fills you to the brim. You feel him in your stomach as your thighs tremble to cling to his hips. Kari is moaning beside you, her hand between her legs as she watches, nearly coming undone just from watching the two of you.

“Jungkook! Kook,” you moan, nails digging into his abs as he cries out. You’d love to hear him moan some more, melt with each one.

Kari cums first, crying out as she falls apart beside you. You both watch with lust-filled eyes until you’re clenching around Jungkook, head lolling back, his name on your tongue as you cum wrapped around him.

Jungkook watches you intently, drinking you in fully in case it’s the last time. Mesmerized by the wanton look on your face, the rocking of your hips, and the way you say his name repeatedly. His heart skips a beat and nearly drowns out the last moan of his name that escapes you.

Once you’re trying to catch your breath, Jungkook smirks.

“Up for one more?” he asks. You nod, ignoring the trembling of your legs as he kisses you. His hand cups your cheek, and you melt into his touch, tasting Kari on his tongue. 

“Fuck,” you whisper, breaking the kiss to kiss Kari.

“Come on, baby,” Kari guides you off Jungkook’s cock. She helps you onto your hands and knees while she lays beneath you. Jungkook settles behind you, his hands running down the curve of your back, focusing on grabbing your ass and spanking it to draw a moan from you.

Jungkook spreads you open, licking his lips before he’s leaning forward to lick you clean. You’re moaning into Kari, pushing your ass into his face as his tongue works wonders on your cunt. He’d love to eat you out all day and night until he can’t breathe but his cock throbs and he reluctantly pulls away. He lines his cock up at your entrance, pushing in and cursing when he bottoms out again.

“Ugh,” you whine as you bite down on Kari’s thigh. She moans your name, turning into a puddle under you as you lave your tongue over the bite mark. She grips your hair as Jungkook sets a comfortable pace, allowing you to feel him deeper inside. You arch your back, taking every thrust like a champ as he grips you tightly.

“Fuck, so fucking wet for me,” Jungkook groans, eyes focused on where your body meets his. Kari whines under the two of you, slowly sliding out from under you to get to the side. She loves to watch, smirking as Jungkook fucks you harder. Her hands run over his body, pinching his brown nipples and he grunts. 

Jungkook grips Kari’s teal hair, pulling her close to kiss her while you fuck yourself on Jungkook’s thick cock, crying out his name and begging him to make you cum while Kari pushes past the seam of his lips, moaning when he pulls back and bites her lip. Kari licks her lips as she whispers something in his ear.

Jungkook’s eyes widen but he slowly helps raise you. Carefully, he wraps his tattooed hand around your throat and you nearly cum at the insinuation.

“Please, Koo. Choke me,” you plead, nearly in tears as your hand rests over his on your throat. You add a little more pressure and Jungkook curses.

“Gently squeeze the sides,” Kari instructs. She raises his other hand, putting it on her throat and guiding him on where and how much to squeeze.

“Jungkook, please,” you beg. That’s all Jungkook needs before he’s squeezing the sides like Kari had shown him moments before. The effect is immediate, you’re fucking against him, taking his cock as deep as possible just to slam back down on him. Jungkook watches your ass jiggle as you use him for your pleasure. Your head falls back onto his chest and he leans in to kiss you, muffling your cries of pleasure as you finally let go and orgasm around him, squeezing the soul out of him.

Jungkook grunts, holding back as you cum and nearly sob when he lets go of your pretty throat. You look gorgeous in the throes of passion and it’s something he will engrave into his mind for as long as he lives.

When you finally come down, you’re panting. Kari giggles when you fan yourself, nearly collapsing on both of them as your thighs shake in an effort to hold you up.

“You didn’t cum,” Kari notes with a frown as Jungkook pulls out. He shrugs.

“No big deal.”

“Do you want to?” Kari asks.

Jungkook blushes but nods and says yes.

Kari nods as she takes Jungkook hand in hers. “Care to stand?”

“It’s fine,” Jungkook swallows thickly as he quickly takes the condom off to discard. Kari grins as she gets down on her knees. 

Jungkook tongues his cheek, watching her with hooded eyes. He tongues his lips rings as he looks down at her, eager to make him cum. Her dark brown eyes are like melted chocolate, soft and comforting but striking when the light hits them just right. Her black and blue hair suits her. He runs a hand through her hair as she wraps her hand around his length, stroking him slowly. Kari leans forward to spit on his cock, using the saliva to aid her.

“Shit,” Jungkook curses, shaking his head. He’s so sensitive, just wants to cum but also wants to last as long as the two of you need him too, though you both look spent. You scoot closer to watch, licking your lips as you watch Kari’s skilled hand stroke him, her tongue teasing the head of Jungkook’s cock.

Kari grins, she teases him a little more, spitting and wetting his cock before she presses her tits together for Jungkook to fuck. 

Jungkook doesn’t hesitate, cock aching for release. Kari allows him to set the pace, licking and kissing the head of his cock when it gets close enough. She giggles every time Jungkook grunts and groans. His sweet moans hit the two of you hard until you can’t resist the temptation anymore and climb off the bed to join Kari on the floor in front of Jungkook.

“Fuck, please,” he pleads in a tone that sets you alight as Kari strokes him while you palm his balls, licking the head of his cock while Kari focuses on the parts you can’t reach.

The two of you kneel as close as possible, both tonguing at his dick. Jungkook throws his head back, moaning in pleasure, cock throbbing in your mouth when you welcome him in. You bob your head up and down, swallowing when he hits the back of your throat. Kari kisses his hips, thighs, moving down to lick and suck at his balls, mindful of her teeth and your head when you take him deeper. 

You focus on breathing, your eyes locking on his when you look up. You slowly pull off him, lips and cheeks coated in spit and pre-cum and Jungkook thinks you look gorgeous. He guides you back onto his cock, grunting when Kari sucks on his balls, and then joins you in licking and slurping at his thick cock. He’s so close, his body thrumming with pleasure and the need to cum.

Jungkook grabs you by the hair, fucking into your mouth. You open wider, moans muffled by his fat cock on your tongue until he’s pulling out enough just to cum on your lips and tongue. You moan, eyes shut to avoid the sting of his cum. He chuckles for a split second before pleasure overwhelms him and he strokes his cock to milk every last drop.

Kari watches, licking her lips, and waits until Jungkook collapses onto the bed before she makes her move. She leans in close as you slowly open your eyes, grateful Jungkook’s aim isn’t bad. 

Slowly, Kari licks the cum from your cheek. She giggles when you do, swallowing what’s in your mouth before you kiss her to share. Her moans are muffled by your lips, your body over hers when you push her to the floor gently. She cradles your face in her hands, moaning as you kiss and rub against her.

When you both pull apart, you’re panting. You smile at each other before crawling over to Jungkook. 

“Can we lick you clean?” you ask as you place your hands on his thighs. Jungkook’s eyes widen before he nods.

The two of you are gentle with him. You’re careful with your tongues, watching him for any discomfort as you lick his cock clean, kissing each other when you meet at the head of his dick. Jungkook smiles, the two of you are just too cute.

Once you’re done, you both climb on the bed. Jungkook scoots toward the end of the bed with you between him and Kari.

“We should clean up,” you state but end up yawning instead.

“We will,” Kari promises as she cuddles into your side. 

Jungkook hesitates but you drape your arm over his waist to keep him in place. 

“Stay here,” you murmur as you try your best not to fall asleep. Your body feels heavy, well-spent, and satiated.

“Okay,” Jungkook promises as you cuddle into him and he pulls the covers over the three of you. Kari smiles, her heart sinking only a little.

You’re spent after taking Jungkook’s fat cock and receiving several orgasms. You easily fall asleep between Jungkook and Kari, curled up in her chest while Jungkook’s arm drapes over your waist. 

Kari locks eyes with Jungkook, looking at you briefly to confirm you’re sleeping before she speaks.

“You better be good to her, Kook.”

Jungkook is taken aback. “What?”

“Be good to her. She’s liked you for as long as I can remember.”

“I thought the two of you…” Jungkook trails off as you stir but don’t wake.

Kari shakes her head. “No, I don’t do relationships, not the kind she wants. But I see the way you look at her and the way she looks at you.”

Jungkook nods, at a loss for words.

“Goodnight, Jungkook.”

“Goodnight, Kari.”

When you wake, you’re draped across Jungkook with Kari nowhere in sight and your heart crumbles a little. 

Jungkook wakes when you kiss his cheek and he smiles, pressing his lips to yours and everything fades away. Nothing matters but you and him, even if your heart aches just a little.

© jjungkookislife - I do not allow reposts or translations of my work on any platforms, this includes Youtube. 

[mothinabottle]

Hey hey I don't know if I've asked you this already (if I have I'm so sorry I have the memory of a goldfish that embodies an orange cat ^^")

But

I'm planning on making my dol pcs in the Sims4 and I was wondering if it'd be alright if I did the same with yours? I wanna have my friends dol pcs live under a roof (and see what chaos will ensure and post about it xD) once I've set my computer back up and done all the updates...there are so MANY updates ;-;

I understand if that's not alright with you though ^^

Dearest, it is more than alright! In fact, I am really flattered that you'd like to recreate them in the Sims 💙

Pls do tag me whenever these little demons do stupid shit, because I know they will.

Did a small relationship chart with the final school uniform designs to guide u a little.

Resumed description of each PC below

Hana is quite easy. She/them is obsessed with having a perfect academic record and is the most prideful person you'll ever encounter. No one can be better than her at school or she will lose her mind.

Partygoer, academic genius, socially dumb, can barely boil water and usually stresses herself to the point of fainting and bleeding. Prefers to talk things out. Smokes a lot, drinks a lot

Neat room, everything organized except from the amount of papers scattered around. Likes to show off trophies and medals. Tons of band posters. Her electric guitar is her most prized posession. Voice has an incredible range and is very powerful, thus a great singer

Hana crossdresses a lot to go out and such. Only wears female clothing at school. Extremely tall (1.95 cm). Doesn't know what to do with her life

Masculine body, fit but max ass. It's difficult to describe her, but some drawings give a hint of her body type

Kari is tricky. Really violent. Anger issues. Fights a lot. Scars on her arms which she covers wirh her clothes. Manipulative, really easy to anger. Cannot draw for shit. Prefers having short hair but is scared of being seen as less feminine.

Overdoses on pills regularly. Sexual things are a sensitive topic, but isn't above using her body to get what she wants. Really small (1.47cm). Does her best to be seen as an angel, has a meltdown if sometimes makes her realize she is less than pure.

Room looks like an elegant room of a hotel. Extremely fancy with expensive stuff, but it looks so soulless it hurts.

Really curvy body. Max tits and ass. You get what I am saying

You can make her chubby, though. She would be happier if she was chubby like when she was a child. Only thin because fear of not being seen as conventionally attractive.

May is the trickiest. Since she is "dead", most things are left up to how you want her to be.

Important stuff would be:

-Very meek,

-Loves space and anything related to it. Best subject used to be Science

-Very kind. Selfless to the point of being an imbecile.

-Loves nature and is a huge dreamer.

- Hobby is knitting and watching movies.

-Unlike the first two, she always dreamed of having a family. Doesn't matter if big or small.

That would be all to kinda build sims for them. You can DM me if you have any doubts!

Thank you for this opportunity, teademoness, dear! 💙💙

[ideas-4-stories]

Cross Guild Romance fic idea: It's a quiet day at Karai Bari so Mihawk decides to go do a bit of exploring since he's perpetually bored. He goes for a walk in the woods and sees this really lovely red and black flower he'd never seen before, but when he goes to take a smell, the flower shoots this red dust into his face and all coherent thought and sense leave him. Buggy and Crocodile come out when there are reports of the forest literally shaking and Mihawk can't be found anywhere. Together they go into the woods and are stunned to find Mihawk has gone completely feral. Crocodile is the one who recognizes the flower, as it can be found in Alabasta and comes with it's own warning. It's this lust inducing rose everyone tries to steer clear of because of how highly powerful its pollen is and that it could literally cause death if the person hit with it doesn't get down and dirty fast or takes the special antidote that exists to combat the pollen. Before Crocodile can stop him though, Buggy rushes right to Mihawk and starts taking his clothes off, offering himself to Mihawk without hesitation. Mihawk thankfully accepts, and then Crocodile joins in because holy crap do Mihawk and Buggy look good together. Both Buggy and Crocodile get to experience how much of an absolute beast Mihawk really is and come to realize just how much the man is disciplined keeping himself and his power under control. Once the danger passes, Mihawk is mortified and withdraws from everyone. He actually tries to leave the island in despair, but Buggy and Crocodile aren't going to allow that and mean to keep their hawk-eyed swordsman.

Buggy not even hesitated when doing that, once he heard life or death situation for this, he probably yelled at Crocodile to tell him what Mihawk needs to live. Then Crocodile saying what he needs, which is either the antidote or banging, well the Kari Bari Island definitely don't have the antidote so the next best thing 👍

Then Crocodile joining in because of how good they look together sounds just like him, I think. Some reason this part made me laugh and I don't know why.

Oh no, Mihawk he didn't do anything wrong, it's not his fault at all and all people in involve were more than okay to do that with him. You know Buggy is clinging to Mihawk's back when he's trying to leave. The clown will be holding onto dear life and wailing that he doesn't want Mihawk to go, and Crocodile might also have a fit, not a crying one but one that's like 'Oh really? You want to go?... How about fucking no!?' So Mihawk knows even if he got off the island, he doubts that they won't come after him themselves and with the clown already clung to his back, he can't go anywhere.

[blauequuleus]

Okay so I’ve never played any Kingdom Hearts games and I’ve only watched the first 2 hours of a play through of the first game.

I’m gonna list everything I know through just internet osmosis. So tell me how off the mark I am on some of this (If I spell names wrong I’m sorry and be nice please)

Sora, Riku, and Kari(?), have all grown up together and play on this island with no parents in sight or a house or anything but island kids running around (do they have parents and houses to go home to? Or is this just Peter Pan style island of lost kids)

They want to leave the island and go on an adventure together

Kari just kinda showed up one day

Sora has a crush on Kari but has not a lot of interactions with her but is constantly talking about Riku and chasing after him

Kari I’m sorry sweetie as far as I can tell you’re the old trope of “this is girl character who is girl and main love interest that will spend 99% of the plot damsel’d and doing nothing -probably knocked out- and the last 1% she spends reassuring the main male lead in some way and has no personality outside of that” (this could be radically different in the games and she actually has a personality that doesn’t revolve around the main lead Sora needing to rescue her but all of the scenes I’ve seen from the games she’s either just standing there or is knocked out)

Riku and Sora have so mush chemistry people are convinced they are in love (to be fair every thing I’ve seen from the games has them constantly obsessing over each other more so than anyone else. Half their lines seem to be each others names. So yeah big rainbow energy coming off of them)

Also don’t they like combine swords or something into a big weapon… 👀🏳️‍🌈

Isn’t there matching wedding rings for Sora and Rikus swords cause if so that’s cute

Main game plot point is Sora, Goofy and Donald jumping around in a Gummy Ship?? to all the different Disney properties and movies and these are all treated like different worlds (is Star Wars in there now cause that’s a galaxy in and of itself, how does that work????)

Donald was dunked on for years as a terrible healer until he nuked a guy and the internet went insane over it

Micky Mouse is a king

Idk where the fuck Minnie is or Daisy

This is all connected to Final Fantasy games somehow. Cloud and Sephiroth(??) are connected to this (I have not played the Final Fantasy games either so idk what this means. I know it’s the same developers but haven’t they been in the KH games??)

The Halloween Town designs are cool looking

Sora gets a wardrobe change per world (species change for little mermaid?? And maybe others??)

Why his shoes too big lookin for his feet

Heartless are little shadow guys that are made from people having their heart/soul ripped out

There’s basically an apocalypse on every world cause of these heartless little creatures (but only main characters seem to notice them??? Everyone else going about their day which is a mood)

The Pirates of the Caribbean one is hyper realistic but Sora still looks like anime guy which is weird

Maleficent is keeps being a boss bitch but still dies for it

Doors and keys are super important

Sora and Riku have heartless but theirs get people forms but they don’t look like who they come from that shit is reversed for some reason

There’s like 3-4 just for Sora and none of them look like him

Riku got a stalker in some guy named Xnort(???how spell???) who possesses Riku at some point

This Xnort little old ass seems to have a habit of this possession thing and uses time travel?? to just keep possessing people

Eyes turn yellow when he does

He started a war for a specific heart??

Keyblade War (no idea what this is or means I just know it’s a thing)

There’s another trio that timeline wise came before the OG trio from the first game that was in the war

Xnort got the buff guy one, the other guy is in Sora but not?? turned into sparkles and possessed Sora but also didn’t, and the blue haired girl is out here working the hardest but she on a deserted island in the void

Micky also ends up chilling with her there at some point

Woody roasts a guy

How the fuck does the Toy Story world work if there’s people and sentient toys???? Why does Sora become a toy there if he a people

Sora wasn’t supposed to wield the keyblade Riku was but his dumbass got corrupted so Sora got it (?)

Riku got another one

I think everyone has kinda died at some point but they all got better

Sora got trapped in dream world by blonde Kari that drew pictures about it

Blonde Kari isn’t evil she was just chilling with a comatose Sora

Riku went through a lot to get his boyfriend back

There’s an organization that’s connected to Xnort guy that wears black robes

There is another set of Riku, Sora and Kari copies there

The third Kari black haired goes out Master Oogway style but with glitter

There’s a red haired guy there that talks big shit but is constantly getting his ass kicked

There are so many spin-off games that have a lot of lore in them and the titles only make sense to people deep in the fandom trenches and lore

Those titles got fractions and shit in them

The Disney princesses played a major role at some point but idk if that’s still a thing

Those stain glass window levels are gorgeous

Sora is a people pleaser who dies for it

But unlike everyone else getting better from it, as he also has in the past, Sora is now gone gone but also not and next game may be in basically purgatory which is kinda our world (so many jokes there)

Riku gonna be on quest 2 of save his boyfriend and is sad now cause of it

Poor Riku he went through his emo phase in the first game and now his punishment for it is running after and saving a serial self sacrificing people pleaser that can’t say no and who keeps dieing from it

Let me know if I was close at all to being right about some things and what I got wrong.

[arizonaconservativegal]

Curious since it's your state, what do you make of the ballot splitting between Trump and Lake? Lake isn't exactly likable, but I can't imagine voting for Trump and Gallego on the same ticket. I'm also in the camp though that Lake never should've gotten the nomination after losing the Governorship, but that's my opinion as an outsider.

Before I say anything else, let me start by saying that I voted for Kari twice and have met her several times and she is absolutely lovely. I have friends who've worked for her and I think she would have made an excellent governor (less so a senator, but I still voted for her).

I'm not surprised at all by this. She was always going to trail Trump. As it stands, she's underperforming him by a bit over 4 points and my guess was 3.

Kari's main problem is that she pissed off Arizonans more recently than Trump did. Her second biggest problem is that our local media hates her (somewhat fairly since it's extremely mutual) even more than they hate Trump so they have not given us half a second to forget that Kari pissed us off. Her third problem is that her opponent is a blank slate with no baggage as far as voters know so it's very easy to vote for him when motivated to vote against her.

She should not have run this cycle. She should have taken a couple years off after '22 and then come back in '26 for a rematch with Hobbs. Though as I say that, I still don't see anyone who might have been able to beat Ruben this year. We don't really have anyone who can play at that level who's also dumb enough to want to lol.

[satansfreshhottiddymilk]

referring to Ollie's pheromone thing, I imagine it creates some issues with relationships and him not being sure if they actually have feelings for him or it's just the smell stuff. how'd he deal with those issues with miss Kari?? 🥺🥺

yEAH it deffo creates problems basically all of his previous relationships devolved into Obsession and entitlement to Ollie's body (which is also what happens in the cowboy au Ramsuse literally goes a lil crazy bc of Ollie so when Ollie eventually wants to leave to start the squad Ramsuse gets SUPER jealous yada yada) BUT Kari is different in a sense that she never gets unhealthily obsessed with Ollie and always respects his space consistently. Probably the biggest indicator that Kari loves him for who he is is even when she has her lil heats that she goes into she will still show restraint and will ask Ollie how he's feeling more than anything (which tbh most of the time Ollie is rlly open to what she wants anyway since Kari starts giving off hella pheromones from her tail stripe things when shes in heat as well which Ollie is super receptive to) but she never assumes he's just always in the mood just because he's part incubus so the respect for body autonomy is still there and she always makes sure to show him that she loves him for him and not just what his body has to offer 👍 in fact it probably took them forever to finally have sex not only bc Kari was so bashful but mainly bc Ollie was terrified of their relationship going to toxic shit after lmfao but it stayed consistent and even get hella stronger after so they good😞👌

[caracarnn]

information

basics

full name: Rand al'Thor

nicknames / aliases: the dragon reborn, car'a'carn, coramoor, shadowkiller, he who comes with the dawn, lord of the morning, prince of the dawn, defender of the light

height: 6' 6

age: verse dependent but 19+

zodiac: this doesn't exist in his canon

spoken languages: sometimes he can know the words and such of whatever it was that Lews Therin knew.

physical characteristics

hair colour: deep red

eye colour: gray-blue

skin tone: fair

body type: muscular but not BUFF

dominant hand: right

posture: he used to slouch and such because sometimes he was always embarrassed about his height BUT then when he became the dragon Rand got a far more kingly posture (thanks moiraine)

scars: he has two unhealing wounds on his side, two heron brandings on his palms, he's got scars on his temples from his crown of swords, other things have possibly healed from Healing. He also lost his hand

tattoos: not exactly tattoos but he has dragon markings twining around his forearms and ending on the backs of his hands

birthmarks: n/a

most noticeable features: in the books it's been noted that his eyes are striking, his features are noble and his aura is intimidating

childhood

place of birth: emond's field , the two rivers

siblings: one half brother Galad Damodred

parents: tam & kari al'thor (adoptive parents) janduin/tigraine mantear (birth parents)

adult life

occupation: the dragon reborn? lol High Lord of Tear & Cairhien (for awhile anyways), High Lord of The Two Rivers, Prince Consort of Andor, Chief of Chiefs?

current residence: always moving around. he has to or he's gonna get killed

close friends: mat, perrin, nynaeve, egwene,beslan, rhuarc, there are others...500 maidens? lolz, alivia

relationship status: verse dependent but he ends the books with 3 girlfriends

children: he's expecting twins at the end of the book and there have been some other viewings regarding this

criminal record: I don't think he has one although I'm sure that there are SOME THINGS

vices: isolating himself, death - WAIT ARE THESE VICES idk what his vices are? he drinks a bit? smokes tobbac A LOT

sex and romance

sexual orientation: heterosexual

turn-ons: nurturers, strong women, good conversations, people who are pretty up front about things

turn-offs: being made to do things he doesn't want to do, being told he's doing something he's not, mind games

love languages: physical touch, time spent together

relationship tendencies: he gets committed and he won't shy away from how he feels. He won't even put up a doubt ON HIS OWN FEELINGS however he is very...clueless about other people's thoughts and feelings. He won't know unless you wave it like a HUGE SIGNPOST in front of his face. once he's in a relationship however he's very determined to make his s/o feel loved. he spends time with them but never wants them to see any of the darker parts of himself or the broken parts

miscellaneous

hobbies to pass time: horse riding, training in fighting and in swords, traveling, playing the flute, drawing (thanks lews), reading READING READING

mental illnesses: he has dissociative identity disorder. suicide ideation. self harm. extreme paranoia. bouts of depression. ptsd. - all untreated. all raging rather unchecked. Most are caused by his severe ptsd.

self confidence level: I think at times he can be confident but he really struggles. Some people claim that he's arrogant but honestly he isn't. he feels less than up to par more than anything. he just won't talk about it.

tagged by: @luckhissoul tagging: @never-surrender @poeticphoenix @forwardlion @malumxsubest

[ronniesinsanity]

Story of Us// Tomark

I’ve decided to create a Tomark story since the world needs more Tomark‼️ this story will take place from 1992-currently. I hope you guys enjoy!

TW// Light cussing!, mention of broken bones.

June 1st, 1992  at 5;40pm in Poway, California.

16 almost 17 year old Tom Delonge sat in his room, listening to his records. School was out and he had nothing better to do at the moment. He might ride his skateboard around for a while before the weather turns shitty. His older brother,  Shon, was currently at his girlfriend's house. Kari was having a sleepover at her friend's house, and their parents were out of town for the week. So Tom basically had the whole house to himself for now. He liked it when no one else was home. He enjoyed the peaceful feeling.

He could hangout with Scott. Scott was a few years younger than Tom, but he was pretty chill. They went to school together while Tom was still in middle school. Scott was going to be a freshman this coming year and Tom was going to be a junior. Tom's sister, Kari, would be in Scott's classes with him. They sometimes hangout whenever Scott is at the Delonge household. Scott only lived a few blocks down from Tom so it wouldn't be much of a walk. He soon got up, turning his record player off. Tom soon threw on his Descendents shirt along with his jeans and his converse. Grabbing his skateboard, he made his way down the steps and out the front door. Once he was outside, he hoped on his board, making his way to Scott's house. The sky was cloudy, but luckily it wasn't raining yet. He didn't mind the rain, he actually loved it. But, when he's trying to skate. Him and rain aren't the best of friends.

Once he made it to Scott's house, he noticed a few of their other friends were there. Including an unfamiliar car that he's never seen before. Weird. He thought to himself. Tom made his way into the house, seeing a few of his friends. He also saw Anne Hoppus. He knew her only because one of his friends was dating her. She lived in Ridgecrest, which was a 3-4 and a half hour drive. He was impressed that she made her way from there all the way to Poway for a little get together.

Anne soon noticed Tom and smiled a bit. She made her way over to the other. "Hi, Tom! I have someone for you to meet." She said. Before he knew it, she was dragging him outside to where a few people were. She took him over to a boy that looked very similar to her. "Mark, meet Tom. This is the boy I was telling you about. Tom, this is my older brother, Mark." She introduced the two. The boys looked at each other in awe for a moment before Mark spoke. "Nice to meet you, Tom. I heard you play guitar. That's pretty cool." He said with a soft smile. His eyes are so pretty. Tom thought to himself. He nodded and smiled a bit. "Yeah! I do. I've been playing for a few years now." Mark smiled a bit more. "That's cool, I play bass. We should totally jam out sometime." He said as he examined the taller male. Mark seemed to like this kid already. "Hell yeah, man!" Tom said.

Anne smiled as she watched their interaction. "Great! Now Mark has someone new to annoy for the next few days. I'll leave you two to chat. I'm heading back inside." She said before soon walking off.

Mark watched his sister for a moment before looking back at Tom. "So..uhm, what's your favorite things to do?" He asked, getting his packet of cigarettes out. He offered one to the other. Tom accepted it, wanting to seem cool to the other male. He really didn't know how to smoke, but maybe he could fake it. "I like to listen to music, ride my skateboard, sometimes draw, watch horror movies, and also learn anything and everything about aliens and other cryptic creatures." Tom was such a nerd when it came to aliens.

Oh my god, this kid is a nerd! But, I like him. Mark thought to himself as he listened to Tom speak. He giggled a bit at the mention of Aliens. "Aliens? Really? Well whatever floats your boat I guess. Don't worry, I think that's pretty cool. I've never really met someone who believes in that stuff. Well..minus the crackheads at the gas station." He laughed.

Tom laughed a bit before he smiled at him. "What about you then?" He asked as he watched Mark light his cigarette. The lighter was passed to him once Mark was finished. He took a drag from his cigarette before he spoke. "Well, I like playing bass, also skateboarding, listening to music, goofing off at college, annnnd..watching movies."

College? How old is he? Tom asked himself before lighting the cigarette. He soon handed Mark's lighter back to him as he took a hit from the cigarette. He attempted to inhale, but failed which caused him to start to cough. He cleared his throat before letting out a sigh. "You said you like goofing off in college..how old are you? Not to sound rude or anything. I'm just curious." He said.

"I'm 20, about to be 21 in March next year. What about you? You're not 14 are you? Cause if you were then you're pretty tall for a fourteen year old." He joked with him. The other shook his head softly, giggling a little. "No no, I'm 16 about to be 17 in December. Dude, try seeing my family. I'm literally the tallest one! I don't get it." He laughed.

Mark laughed as well before taking another hit. He was really starting to like Tom. Maybe they would become great friends. Maybe he could pull off that party trick of his. "You know what? This party or whatever is kinda lame. Do you know a place we could go?" He asked.

"I mean..we could go to my place? We can listen to music and chill. My parents and siblings aren't home so we basically have the house all to ourselves." He offered, hoping that Mark would want to hangout with him. Mark smiled and nodded. "Sure! Why the hell not. I'll just have to tell Anne I'm going with you for awhile."

Once the boys went inside, Mark told Anne where'd he would be in case she needed to get a hold of him. He didn't fully trust her being with her boyfriend, but he knew he couldn't be protective over her for forever. When him and Tom made their way outside, Tom got on his skateboard, looking over at the older boy and smiling at him. "Hop on, I don't want you to try and keep up with me." Mark smiled a bit as he accepted the younger boys offer. He held onto the taller males shoulder as he stepped onto the board. Once he was adjusted, he placed both hands on either side of Tom's waist. This caused Tom to blush a bit. He did have to admit, Mark was pretty cute. The two soon took off. They both smiled a bit as they enjoyed the ride. After a while, the boys eventually made it to the Delonge's house.

Once they got off the skateboard, Mark looked at Tom with a mischievous look on his face. "Wanna see a party trick of mine?" He asked. Tom nodded and smiled a bit. "Sure, what is it?" He soon watched as Mark began to climb up his light post. He laughed as he watched him. What the fuck is he doing? He can't be serious.

He thought to himself as he watched. Meanwhile Mark was trying to impress Tom with whatever at this point. So why not climb a fucking lamp post? What's the worst that can happen? I'm sure this will impress him. Mark thought to himself. Once he made it to the top. He looked down at Tom with a big smile. "Look, Tom! I bet you can't do that!" He laughed a little. "Now watch this!" He said, soon jumping off the pole. When he landed, he let out a painful scream. "FUCK!"

Tom watched in shock as he witnessed it. He rushed over to Mark, "What happened?!" He asked, worried. Mark groaned in pain as he sat on the ground. "I-I think I broke my heels. They fucking hurt dude." He said as he looked up at him.

What. The. Fuck. Tom thought to himself.

[throwingawayhailstones]

It makes me so genuinely sad that some of my favorite characters and story and lore in just about anything ever is locked behind Elsword's god awful progression system. Like I love this game enough to cash out for it but so many people I know dropped out before getting to parts of the story that I know they'll love a lot due to it. The only cheap way to consume it is via youtube videos I guess and that's just a damn shame.

The writing in Tirnog and Abyss especially is genuinely fantastic and Monaterra is off to a really good start too. Victoria is one of my favorite characters of all time ever. Her ideals, the way she built Magmelia from scratch, it's all so amazing. The reveal that dream demons (succubus/incubus, like Karis and co.) are all people who have died and found a second life is so fascinating too. It's such an interesting portrayal of nihilism. "We only enjoy this life because we realized when we escaped from our restraints, how futile everything is. Huhu, but I know you don't understand yet. Goals, mission... Those are like names. You believe it's yours when someone else bestowed it to you. Though it's yours, it's also not. Hope, determination... Those are sparks that last only a moment. They soon wilt away like flowers. If so, then the only thing that can be considered eternal is love for yourself, isn't it?"

Abyss as well. You could feel the exhaustion of everyone in the crew as they scramble out of the abyss. The relationship between Aren and Ran is so much more interesting than it really had to be. Aren being the one to seek out Ran, Ran being the one forced to leave because Aren was too perfect of a host and risked being changed by him. The speech Tyr gave when Ran insulted the original Demon King. Amazing stuff.

The whole concept of the Abyss in Elsword is so mysterious and interesting. The fact it just shows up every now and then and they have to deal with it like an annoying thunderstorm. The way it's the origin of demons and the implications of that on Elria, Ishmael, and Henir. The way it's described as alive with a heart and a the opening being like a digestive tract with multiple sections but a tube that goes all the way down. I could go on and on

And don't get me started on demon realm politics.

Anyways Elsword has some of my favorite characters and lore in anything and the fact that few will know because of the progression system makes me very genuinely sad.

God I love Victoria so much.

[cyanidas]

psst hey hi hello two things: 1, I LOVE Cellia sm and 2, how do you think she would react to meeting/interacting with Fyora the Faerie Queen?

hi!! thank you!!! i was so happy when i got this ask <3<3<3 i immediately started working on some Things for her...

i imagine she would not like her very much >w>

with the help of my now-girlfriend @pewycert, who is a walking neopets encyclopedia and history book (TNT should hire her as loremaster and that is NOT a joke i am NOT exaggerating i genuinely firmly believe she should be the loremaster. TNT if you see this pls dm her) - she basically handed me Cellia's backstory on a silver platter so i'm not responsible for thinking of this but;

basically, in "the old world" (as i like to imagine Fyora would refer to it) when Tyrannia was actively being encased in ice, Cellia was one of the first to receive that punishment due to her...... unconventional appetite.

She was the last to be freed from her permaice caverns - where, fun fact, she was dreamily aware of the ages passing by, and could see the Negg faerie from where she was frozen, hence the random crush I gave her on Kari.

But, Cellia never forgot Fyora's betrayal...

(click/tap for quality) - also, in drawing this i realized that Man my faerie girl is Wayyy too detailed to match the neopets style. so i beefed up Fyora's design to match hers, and i wanna make a downgraded / source-accurate version of Cellia to match owo

i cant guarantee that Fyora wouldn't try to imprison her again instantly 😂 she seems like the type to automatically revoke hope for this faerie. but she's right, though. Cellia does not understand why her way of eating is so repulsive, and it's not like she hates neopets - FARRR from it! she just thinks theyre suuuper tasty is all 😅 but, suffice to say, she's so simple-minded that she is Not the type to be 'rehabilitated' (as Fyora puts it in reference to Xandra...)

this piece more shows how Cellia feels about Fyora than anything that would actually happen lol - in reality I think she would be terrified of her and do anything - ANYTHING - to hide from her. besides, i wanted to draw Cellia properly gremlinning out 😂😂

so yes! thank you for asking!!! im absolutely delirious with joy and pride and Autism for someone being interested in my OCs unprompted ;;u;; you are like the unicorn of the artist world and i just gotta say thats so brave and badass of you and i hope you find a $50 bill on the ground (or whatever that equivalent is in wherever you live) and best of all, you get to keep it <3

[talkingpointsusa]

Trump Ally Laura Loomer spins baseless conspiracy theories about Tim Walz having ties to ISIS

Laura Loomer is a person who sucks. She's essentially a self-described "proud Islamophobe" and white nationalist whose whole schtick is calling everybody she doesn't like ISIS. She believes that the Democrats can control the weather and has a bizarre obsession with Kamala Harris’ race.

Despite the fact that this person is clearly extremely fringe and has a belief system not that far out of step with the Neo-Nazi movement, she also has a scary amount of influence on the right having scored interviews with prominent GOP politicians and celebrities like Kari Lake, J,D. Vance, and Nancy Mace. As a result I think it is worth talking about who Loomer is, what she’s all about, and how pretty much everything she says is bullshit. Unfortunately for my sanity, that process involves me watching Laura Loomer. Oh well, lets see what deranged thing she's lying about this time.

TW: Loomer's whole "thing" is basically being an Islamophobe and that carries on in this episode. If you're not comfortable with that, I don't blame you, I'm not either which is why I'm debunking and countering this bullshit while also showing how close it truly is to the modern Republican Party.

21:25, Laura Loomer: "Good evening and welcome to episode 65 of Loomer Unleashed, I'm your host Laura Loomer. If you had any doubts that a Kamala Harris presidency would be anything but a total disaster for the United States of America than the past few days ought to set you free. Yesterday, stock markets all around the world posted one of their worst days ever as investors fear that America is headed for a recession."

On Monday the stock market plummeted after the release of a weaker than expected jobs report coupled with the Federal Reserves decision last week not to lower interest rates, a decision that has been panned by multiple economists who are now suggesting that the Fed make an emergency rate-cut. The current chair of the Federal Reserve is a man by the name of Jerome Powell who was appointed by the Trump Administration. So, while Trump and his sycophants want you to believe that the chaos on Monday was a Kamala crash it was more of a Donald drop.

This crash had nothing to do with Kamala Harris but that didn't stop key figures on the right like Donald Trump, Charlie Kirk, and now Laura Loomer from blaming the crash on the vice-president. In Loomer's case this is particularly embarrassing since she posted this episode on August 6th...the day that the stock market rebounded and investors started to regain some of their losses. Oops, bad timing there.

22:12, Laura Loomer: "Lets make one thing perfectly clear, even though Joe Biden is currently 'the president' (her quotes not mine) we all know that he has not really been in control of the government and the decision making if that couldn't be more obvious to all of you."

No proof, just vibes. Isn't it interesting how far-right media never offers up any concrete evidence outside of "Well, I saw this thing through my distorted worldview and here's the vibe I got!"

But she did put forward that absolutely ridiculous statement with a purpose. Here's where she's going with that line of thinking - this is really dumb and gets contradicted by her multiple times over the course of this episode.

22:30, Laura Loomer: "That means that for the past few years Kamala Harris has already been, in a large part, running our nation. That means that all of the problems over the past four years can be hung around her neck."

I love how they basically have to make fan-fiction up because they don't really have anything on Harris and Walz and got blindsided by Harris deciding to run in the first place. It's been absolutely hilarious to watch.

"Wait guys! Ignore everything that I've been saying for the past four years, Kamala Harris was actually the president this whole time which means all that stuff we made up about Biden actually applies to her! Yeah...that's it."

23:38, Laura Loomer: "Even though the market had been doing quite well prior and has now recovered slightly, just a little, well Monday's disaster is a sign of volatility. And what exactly does this volatility indicate? It indicates uncertainty, massive uncertainty, a lack of confidence, and underlying problems."

Interesting way to try and reconcile that. "Oh yeah, the stock market was doing really well before Monday and has recovered now but uh....the Democrats are still responsible for this." It's almost like there's something that caused such a sudden reaction on the market that Laura isn't telling her audience.

In case you're wondering, she never brings up the Fed or the jobs report in this episode because why would she? It goes against her bizarre narrative that Kamala Harris, who isn't even the president yet, was somehow responsible for a global stock market downturn.

25:12, Laura Loomer: "If this is how Harris's economy has been while she's VP imagine how much worse its going to be when she has full control of the reigns as president, god forbid."

Wait, isn't Harris already the president? You know, back during that long since passed wistful period of three minutes ago when Biden had dementia and Kamala was secretly running the country.

There's a certain level of turning your brain off required to uncritically consume shows like Charlie Kirk and Laura Loomer. If you pay attention to them you'll start to notice that these guys contradict themselves constantly. They have a spread of talking points and they just say shit for two hours without actually thinking about what they're saying beyond "This thing can piss off my audience at this exact moment". If you don't notice these direct contradiction when watching this kind of media, you aren't paying attention.

25:50, Laura Loomer: "The same is true of the immigration crisis which has been at all time lows when President Trump left office partly as a result of COVID."

During the pandemic, undocumented immigrants crossing the border dropped significantly because, well there was a pandemic. However, in the last four months of the Trump presidency encounters at the Southern Border were 14.7% higher than the first month he was in office. This pandemic number was also not an all time low, that would be in April 2017 shortly after Trump took office and before another large spike.

The notion that the Biden-Administration has some sort of "shadowy open border policy" is a total myth that's deeply rooted in white nationalism, as we'll see later on in this post when Loomer starts peddling white nationalism. As a matter of fact, the Biden Administration has increased spending on the border from Donald Trump's $20.9 billion to $23.5 billion. Unfortunately, this also means that many of the human rights abuses at the border that were carried out in the Trump years also carried on during the Biden years which is policy that I obviously don't support.

When people like Laura Loomer talk about "the open boarder" they are essentially admitting that they don't want anybody coming in whether illegally or legally. That is because these people want a white nation, something which Loomer has literally admitted out loud in the past. It's a very thinly disguised dog whistle that you see on every spectrum of the right-wing media ecosystem, from more fringe outlets like Laura Loomer and Infowars all the way to more "mainstream" ones like Daily Wire and FOX News.

26:19, Laura Loomer: "Once here, the Biden/Harris Administration has resorting to simply letting these invaders go free or worse, they have been shipping them to small towns across the country."

Fear-mongering against "the other" is a hallmark of fascist propaganda and it's no exception here. This is all just great replacement theory shit that has nothing backing it up. Notice how nobody ever shows a picture or video of these Biden Harris vehicles shipping migrants to small towns.

This isn't just about migrants at the Southern Border, it's about legal immigration too. The Laura Loomers of the world don't want any immigration unless the people immigrating are white and even then only white heterosexual Christians. Don't believe me? Here's Loomer going on a bigoted tirade against Somali immigrants in Minnesota.

26:30, Laura Loomer: "In fact, Minnesota the state where Kamala's VP pick Tim Walz is governor is a perfect example of how this invader resettlement has gone terribly wrong. A lot of people refer to Minnesota as Little Mogadishu, a little spin-off off of Somalia because of the massive population of Somali Muslims who refuse to assimilate in Minnesota."

What she's essentially saying is that Islamic communities that consist of Somali-American's who are here legally, some even second generation immigrants as the Somali immigration into Minnesota began during the beginning of the Somali Civil War in the 1990's that led to thousands of refugees leaving Somalia and immigrating to the United States, are still invaders. This is because in Loomer's eyes anybody who isn't white is inherently an "invader". It's naked racism in its purest form.

You would think that this kind of rhetoric is fringe on the right but one of the reasons that I'm covering Loomer here is that it really isn't. Touch this up a little, put a bit of a mask on it, and it could easily be the opening monologue on something like The Matt Walsh Show or The Charlie Kirk Show.

And you know what? Mainstream Republicans have embraced Loomer despite this clear white-nationalist rhetoric. Before he was vice-president, J.D. Vance appeared on Loomers show to raise campaign funds. Loomer was a white nationalist and extremist back then too, nothings changed. Donald Trump himself has also embraced Loomer, referring to her as "great Laura Loomer" in a speech and Loomer has rode with Trump aboard his private jet in the past. Donald Trump Jr has also floated Loomer for a spot in the Trump administration if Trump gets elected for a second term. So, when I show you this next quote about Somali Muslims let it be known that this is what the Trump Administration explicitly endorses through their continued association and praise of Loomer.

26:55, Laura Loomer: "There, these people leech off the system, they breed like rabbits, they disrupt the natural communities and they commit violent crimes without contributing anything of value to our society."

I hope J.D. Vance and Donald Trump are proud of what they're endorsing when they associate with this woman. Don't get it twisted, this talk of breeding wouldn't be out of place in a Neo-Nazi pamphlet and it's being peddled by a key ally of the current person that the GOP is running for president. This is not fringe anymore, it's what the GOP explicitly endorses and that should be scary as fuck to you!

If you are a more moderate Trump supporter, you know someone who maybe catches FOX News from time to time and is concerned about the economy and whatnot, first of all welcome to the blog! I actively welcome you to read my back catalogue and see how the stuff you've been consuming is total bunk consisting of half-baked lies. But second of all, your candidate endorses this! Take a look at this stuff, compare it to what Nazi's say on a regular basis, look at your candidate embracing this person, and ask yourself; is this the kind of thing that I support?

27:47, Laura Loomer: "Governor Walz has been in office since 2019. While BLM ran rampant in his state burning entire sections of Minneapolis to the ground following the overdose death of career criminal thug George Floyd, Walz didn't just sit idly by, he actively encouraged it."

As we saw when mainstream right-wing commentators like Matt Walsh and Tucker Carlson, more proof that these guys are all peddling the same rhetoric by the way, pushed this exact same lie about George Floyd, it's complete bullshit.

The autopsy report released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner, while it did show that Floyd hand fentanyl in his system, ruled that Floyd died from “cardiopulmonary arrest from law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression."

We literally saw Floyd get murdered on camera and there are mountains of testimonies from the Chauvin trial showing that it was absolutely Chauvin's fault that Floyd was killed. Not that it matters when you're a racist who's overly concerned with breeding that's also actively using racist dog-whistles like calling a black man a "thug".

29:04, Laura Loomer: "This guy is clearly a loony left-wing radical dressed up as an old white grandpa. He wants you to think that he's your typical old-white grandpa and he's very dangerous. He's basically a less senile and more radical Joe Biden."

While it is definitely important to point out how extreme Loomer is, it's also important to point out that she's also a complete dumbass.

Ah yes, famous left-wing radical *checks notes* Joe Biden. We've lived through four years of the Democrats and none of the stuff that Loomer said would happen happened. She's just somebody who's good at drumming up fear and rage in racists without providing actual evidence.

29:47, Laura Loomer: "He certainly isn't going to be driving anybody to go vote. Really, lets just think about this for a second. What young voter or minority is looking at Tim Walz, an old white man, and is saying 'yes, that's our guy. I'm in. He's going to represent me.'"

The polls say that voters like Tim Walz more the J.D. Vance but I guess if you want to live in fantasyland go right ahead.

30:16, Laura Loomer: "And so, as the election approaches President Trump needs to be asking himself 'How would a Kamala Harris presidency be any different from the past four years?' She's been running the White House already."

Kamala Harris: She's more extreme than Biden and will turn America into a communist hellhole....also she's been running the White House already and if she wins it'll just be more of the same. None of this makes any sense, even internally.

Laura does an ad that's basically her playing clips of Alex Jones praising her and some clips of her dumb attention starved PR stunt bullshit like running around in a stereotypical "Mexican" outfit to protest immigration. You know, for someone who is pretending to be a journalist that has this breaking proof that the Democrats have ties to ISIS, Laura is really just stretching to waste time here. She comes back, talks more about the stock market, and contradicts herself again.

33:52, Laura Loomer: "We can look at some of these posts, him calling this crash yesterday the Kamala crash and that's what exactly everybody needs to be referring to it as because this is exactly what we're going to see if Kamala Harris gets into the White House for another four years and she is just as much involved with our policies in this country as he is."

Is Kamala the president right now or isn't she? Make up your mind Laura!

The thing with Laura Loomer's show is that half of it is just the "Riffing About Trump's Truth Social Posts and Twitter Show". She continues down this route of riffing on Trump's Truth Social posts and I decided to open up the stopwatch app on my phone and time it.

Laura's Truth Social commentary clocks in at around a minute and fifty five seconds give or take the few seconds it took me to open up her Rumble page after I hit go on the stopwatch. It's just two whole minutes of reading tweets and "The Kamala crash, Trump called it the Kamala crash!" with absolutely no substance to it.

So, she goes on to talk about the guy from Pakistan who got arrested for plotting to assassinate key government officials and honestly covering this wasn't a smart move on her part at all. I'll explain why in a minute but lets hear her out.

40:46, Laura Loomer: "And just today actually, we saw how grave the national security issue is when the DOJ announced that a Pakistani national has been arrested and charged for plotting to assassinate president Trump."

This story is about a Pakistani man named Asif Merchant with alleged ties to Iran who was arrested last month for plotting to carry out the assassinations of key government figures including potentially Donald Trump. Court documents actually did not specify who this guy was planning to assassinate however a threat on Trump's life from Iran due to the killing of Qassem Soleimani in 2020 led to many people speculating that the person that this guy had in mind was Trump.

First of all, we just don't know a lot about this story. While it is likely that Merchant might have had Trump on his list and many sources have backed that claim up, those same sources are saying that this guy had targets from both sides of the political aisle in mind. There's a lot of unknown here and its all very messy meaning that it's Loomers responsibility as somebody calling herself a journalist to be really careful about what she says while covering this. In that respect she absolutely failed.

Second of all, the fact that Merchant was arrested and charged blows everything that Loomer was saying earlier out of the water. I thought that the Biden Administration was just letting criminals run rampant and not charging anybody. Guess that's no longer something that's happening. I also thought that the Democrats wanted to kill Trump. Dumbasses like Laura Loomer have been speculating that the Democrats intentionally let the Trump shooting in Butler PA happen for weeks. But I guess the evil Biden DOJ that I've been hearing about for months now just arrested and convicted this guy that may have been planning to assassinate Trump, thus foiling their evil plot, for....reasons I guess.

Laura Loomer absolutely should not have covered this story. I get that it's low-hanging fruit in MAGA-world right now but its very existence messes up this narrative that MAGA media has been pushing for what feels like centuries now about Biden just letting people run rampant and the Democrats allowing the Trump assassination attempt to happen.

So, Loomer finds out that Merchant contacted a confidential informant for the FBI and of course gets the story completely wrong. What actually happened was that Merchant landed in the states and contacted a person who he felt would help him carry out his plans. After Merchant contacted this guy, his contact immediately called law enforcement and became a confidential informant for the FBI that helped the authorities eventually bring Merchant in.

The way that Loomer seems to interpret this part of the story is "Oh, the FBI contacted Merchant and was giving him his marching orders" which doesn't even make any sense with the facts that Loomer presented! If the FBI wanted this guy to kill Trump and was giving him his marching orders, why would they then arrest and charge this guy for doing what they wanted him to do in the first place? It makes absolutely zero sense whatsoever.

42:15, Laura Loomer: "Ok, so the FBI was in touch with Iranian hitmen to kill President Trump. Don't tell me for one second to that this attack that we saw in Butler Pennsylvania, probably, what are they going to say? 'Oh, this was just a mentally disturbed kid'. When's it gonna come out that he was also talking to confidential informants in the FBI."

This is just complete nonsense that is completely devoid from reality. This is somebody who calls themself an "investigative journalist" messing up basic details about this big news story to push a political agenda. It's embarrassing behavior and anybody calling themself a "journalist" who acts like this should be absolutely ashamed of themselves.

42:38, Laura Loomer: "So, you see how dangerous our intelligence agencies are because they intentionally lead people to these positions. They allow this guy to travel to New York where he was planning on killing president Trump and we just saw that somebody got very close. We know that this Thomas Matthew Crooks individual, they're not saying that there's ties between this guy and Thomas Matthew Crooks but Thomas Matthew Crooks had overseas encrypted bank accounts."

They also arrested him after getting the appropriate evidence needed to convict. This conspiracy theory makes zero sense in the real world.

Thomas Matthew Crooks didn't have overseas bank accounts. That claim was spread by an Instagram post made after the assassination attempt and nobody provided evidence to back this claim up. The FBI has came out and stated that Crooks didn't have overseas bank accounts and until somebody provides actual evidence proving them wrong I'm inclined to believe them.

As any regular listener of Knowledge Fight (hello, fellow wonks) will tell you, guys like Laura Loomer and Alex Jones mainly get their "news" from shitheads on Twitter and Instagram without actually looking into it and this is an excellent example of that.

I figured this out in five seconds and I'm just some university student with a blog. I don't run a massive produced show and hobnob with key government figures, I'm just a guy with a laptop sitting at a desk in my home debunking bullshit. Yeah, I'm majoring in journalism but you don't just magically gain the ability to verify stuff the day you step into a journalism lecture, Google is a thing that exists and it's a really easy tool for journalists to use! The minute that people like Laura Loomer start calling themselves "journalists" becomes the minute that they become responsible to vet the stuff they're saying and whether or not it's accurate. Loomer has failed her audience and on a broader level her basic duties as a journalist.

So, Laura decides that Tim Walz has ties to ISIS because at this point we're openly playing make em' ups. What's her proof of this absolutely damning claim?

45:16, Laura Loomer: "So, Tim Walz of course is the governor of Minnesota and that's who Kamala Harris decided to pick today as her vice-presidential pick. He is openly tied to Ilhan Omar, Keith Ellison, a lot of these very dangerous radical Muslim politicians."

Surprise surprise, it's just more disgusting bigotry. Naturally, Loomer sees two Islamic progressive politicians and thinks "They must be tied to ISIS" without having any evidence tying them to ISIS. There used to be a word for that, I remember that it started with an R and ended with ACISM. Not that this critique matters much when it comes to Laura who doesn't try to deny her racism but it's still absolutely worth pointing out just so that it's on the record.

45:32, Laura Loomer: "But probably the most radical situation of all is the fact that Tim Walz advocated for an ISIS affiliated Islamic centre called the Dar-Al Farooq Islamic Centre which I have personally visited by the way in Minnesota."

There is absolutely no proof that the Dar-Al Farooq Centre is tied to ISIS and what Loomer is doing here is disgusting for a bunch of reasons.

The thing that got the ball rolling about this mosque being "ISIS affiliated" is an incident in 2016 where three youths who attended this mosque tried to flee the country and join ISIS. While this was obviously an extremely bad thing and it's a good thing that these kids got caught, there's no proof that mosque leadership knew about this nor is there proof that anybody else at the mosque knew about what these kids were planning. However, that didn't stop far-right media from starting a targeted smear campaign against this mosque. Congregants reported far-right social media figures showing up to the mosque and filming their children.

This eventually reached its apex when in 2017 three white males traveled eight hours from their home state in Illinois in order to plant a pipe bomb inside the Dar-Al Farooq Centre, thankfully nobody was hurt in the attack. According to the bomber his motive was to scare Muslim's into leaving the US and that he heard that Dar-Al Farooq was "training ISIS members". Now, look at the fact that Laura Loomer is pushing the exact same kind of rhetoric that nearly got innocent people killed....yeah. I cannot stress this enough, fuck! this! shit!

There's absolutely zero reason for Loomer to not know that far-right disinformation like her show played a huge part in children being harassed and actual terrorism and yet here she is spreading this crap about this mosque anyway despite everything that it's caused. It's easy to laugh at how dumb these people are and how they have no idea what they're talking about but I cannot stress this enough, this shit has the potential to get people killed.

On that happy note, Laura starts interviewing a man named John Guandolo and I really don't care. For those who don't know, John Guandolo is a former FBI Agent who runs the SPLC registered extremist group "Understanding The Threat". Guandolo left the FBI in 2008 while he was being investigated by the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility over having an affair with a confidential source and soliciting $75,000 dollars for an "anti-terrorism group" that he was working on creating at the time. Real cool and trustworthy guy. John's "coolness" only continued after he left the FBI and formed Understanding the Threat which basically runs bizarre "counterterrorism training" sessions for law enforcement officials and civilians alike that are basically just seminars devoted to islamophobic conspiracy theories. Guandolo also has a long track record of assaulting people and then promptly getting has ass sued. In 2023, Understanding the Threat shut down in part because John kept doing dumb shit that got his ass sued (although the exact details of why they shut down are kind of murky at best).

Essentially, he's one of these ex-military/FBI "counterterrorism" grifters that were a dime a dozen after 9/11, he's cut from the same cloth as guys like Jack Idema. I don't have enough time to go into all the specific nuances of how much of a loser John Guandolo is but suffice it to say this guy really fucking sucks. We're not going to look at too much of his interview because it's just boring and dumb islamophobic conspiracy theories but there is some stuff in there that we should talk about.

50:03, Laura Loomer: "I was just explaining prior to you coming on that we spent a lot of time together in Minnesota doing counter-terrorism and also investigating on the ground with other counter-Jihad experts. People like Ilhan Omar, Keith Ellison and their radical networks which includes Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and also ISIS."

"And by on the ground doing counterterrorism I mean us running around doing dumb stuff on the internet."

Neither of these guys have presented evidence to back up what they're saying outside of "we don't like Muslims". I couldn't find what kind of "counter-terrorism" these guys were up to in 2018 but given Loomers past track record I'm sure it was just running around being a public nuisance and acting like an absolute drain on society in front of mosques.

50:43, Laura Loomer: "Obviously it's all factual and you can confirm it."

This show is just Islamophobic LARPing at this point.

51:32, John Guandolo: "Number one, Dar-Al Farooq is an -- and it's not a secret. That's a jihadi mosque. The leadership of the mosque, those are jihadi's running it. And you mentioned something a moment ago that I think is important to put a real fine point on for your audience, Shayk Idris at Dar Al-Farooq is the chairman of the Islamic University of Minnesota, the first of its kind in America, and its built to teach sharia to a wide variety of folks but its really to train people that are looking to be scholars and the way it fits into the broader Jihadi movement in the United States is the Brotherhood is very interested in raising up Jihadi's here that are American's so they needed to build the Islamic university here and they chose Minnesota."

The Islamic University of Minnesota is basically the Muslim equivalent of a bible college. They aren't "training Jihadi's" and if they were the FBI would be all over them in eleven seconds. This is just conspiracy theory nonsense from two people who have built their careers around pushing islamophobia and like I said before, this shits dangerous and could very easily lead to violence in the real world.

53:14, John Guandolo: "That entire culture there is in bed with and I mean protecting and defending the Jihadi's in the Twin Cities and it's why when my team came through prior to the 2016 election and I wrote that article, it was entitled 'In This War: The Twin Cities and Minnesota' and I still believe today more than I did then it will take literal military intervention to liberate Minneapolis/St Paul."

Not much to say other than this guys calling for the military to come in and kill civilians because they're immigrants. I hate these two so much. By the way, as stated previously in my last post on the Walz nomination, crime has been down in Minneapolis recently.

The entire interview is like this so we don't have to spend a lot of time on it. Just two bigots lying to each other and potentially inciting violence. We have one last quote, here's Loomer saying that the Democrats want to form an "Islamic Caliphate". Never heard that one before except for when Obama was elected, or during Hillary's campaign, or....

01:39:36, Laura Loomer: "We are literally in the middle of an Islamo-fascist communist takeover of the Western world and the United States of America. Make no mistake, you see these videos right now in the United Kingdom where people are setting fire to cars, they're raping women, they're stabbing people, they're attacking white people in the streets. We're gonna have Muslim gains like that here in the United States of America. We already do, in cities like Dearborn, Michigan and Minneapolis, Minnesota and New York City. We've seen these pro-Hamas riots where we have these people waving Hamas and Hezbollah flags. So I'll tell you right now, if Kamala Harris gets elected as president of the United States, we are, we are going to have an Islamic caliphate in this country."

She said about the UK during a period where the UK is dealing with extremist anti-immigrant rioters setting fire to buildings but that's honestly a topic for its own post. This is just a bizarre slew of Islamophobic talking points that make zero sense, a fitting way to end a post full of Islamophobic talking points that make zero sense.

Conclusion:

That was a particularly gross thing to watch. The thing that freaks me out about Laura Loomer is the fact that this woman has influence. In a reasonable society folks like Laura Loomer and John Guandolo would be guys yelling on street corners with little to no influence but instead here they are spreading hate to a massive audience full of people that unquestionably believe it. The only thing you can really do is call it what it is: hateful bullshit.

Quite frankly, there's very little separating stuff like this and some of the more "mainstream" organizations on the right like The Daily Wire. Just ask Matt Walsh who's very concerned about the white birth-rate or Michael Knowles who believes in the Great Replacement Theory. The difference between them and Laura Loomer is that Loomer doesn't really try to hide her naked bigotry whereas FOX and the Daily Wire try to couch it in double speak and dog-whistles.

On the bright side, it says a lot about Tim Walz' record that they have so little to go with that they have to just up and make shit up about him. While there's very little you can do to win over extremists, Walz' record can do a lot to win over moderates and watching people like Laura Loomer flail around trying to find new ways to smear him gives me some hope for the election.

Original Video:

“EP65: SUMMER of JIHAD: Kamala’s vp Pick EXPOSED for ISIS Ties!” Rumble, 6 Aug. 2024

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The Best Way to Start the Day

It's @bastiankitzler birthday! In honor of a personal favorite ship of mine, I wrote a little Baskar drabble. Enjoy @raddouchebag

His old bones ached. There was a crick in his neck keeping Bastian stiff and bed ridden. He stretched as best as he could and felt something worse than his pain: cold, empty space. His eyes fluttered open and confirmed his wife was gone. Her side crumpled as if she left in a hurry. Bastian sighed, disappointed he wouldn't get any extra morning affection.

Forcing himself up and out, Bastian put on some lounge pants and cleaned his face in their master bathroom. Since moving into a more private section of Mordhaus, he didn't have to worry about running into random klokateers on cleaning duty or grooming themselves in the communal bathrooms. It also meant a private kitchen as well. The Nespresso was a nice house warming gift from Toki and became part of Bastian's daily routine. This morning, however, there was a commotion unlike anything he heard before.

"Dons't touch that!" Kari yelped, "It ams hot...I tink?"

"Mama, what do you mean?" kind Katja squeaked.

"Well...Is...Is dons't know. Is puts de eggs in de pan and they ams supposed to cook and dat means 'hot' but they ams still wet..."

Katja peeked under the pan, "Umm, Mama, there's no fire here."

"Oh! Oh my!" She turned the knob and the stove clicked into life.

"Is breakfast done yet?" whined Heidi. She held a sticky spoon in her hand as she ate straight from the lingonberry jam jar to sustain her hunger.

"Heidi! Stops that!" Kari scolded her youngest.

"But I'm hungry!" She stuck the spoon in the jar and folded her arms.

Ahem Bastian cleared his throat. He leaned against the wall and watched the show with a smile on his face. The three girls faced him, paused for a moment and then...

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" they all cheered. His daughters rushed forward and hugged his legs. Bastian got down to his level and scooped them in his long arms, kissing their heads alternately.

"Thank you, angels." Heidi picked her head up and glared at her father. He rolled his eyes and snickered "Okay. Thank you, angel." She flashed a devilish smile and nuzzled her face against him.

"We wanted to get this ready for yous before yous wake up. But..." Kari fiddled with her hands nervously. They were stopped when he encapsulated them in his own. She met her husband's eyes, glistening with grateful tears.

"You did this all for me, love?" he asked her.

"Of course. And this amns't the only ting we have planned for today." Kari brought her lips to Bastian's and broke her hands free to place on his shoulders.

"I love you so much. Thank you. But how about we actually make breakfast, yeah?"

The family salvaged what they could and got ready to spend the day celebrating Bastian.

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Submissive Female Muse

This list is super obvious. Female Muses who are very submissive/I prefer to write as submissive

COMICS- DC

Starfire/Koriand'r

Green Lantern/ Jessica Cruzz

COMICS- MARVEL

Spiderling/Anna-May 'Annie' Parker

Silk/Cindy Moon

Spider-Girl/Arana/Anya Corazon

ANIME- DIGIMON

Angie

Angewomon Level: Ultimate

Angie is Bella's little sister. While her sister was a trouble maker, while her sister questioned the teachings of Yggdrasil, Angie never faultered. She prayed for her sisters salvation, knowing she followed the principals and ideals even if she did not follow the truth directly.

Angie rose up the ranks. All the way up to becoming one of the Three Great Angels who's mission was to spread the word of Yggdrasil protect the world.

Even though she was now as good as a queen, Angie was always kind and compassionate and helpful to all those around her. Sweet, sensitive and loving. It was why she preferred her Angewomon form, she was no better than anyone else.

Although, there was a darkness brewing inside her. A darkness she refused to admit to. A darkness born from her repressed desires...

(I am also willing to use her as Kari's partner with the standard Digivolution line)

Angie's Digivolutions

Kari Kamiya

Kari is the little sister of Tai, and is the DigiDestined of Light. She is partners with Gatomon. She was in the Original Adventure as well as the sequel, Adventure 02. A fan of photography she is very focused girl, playfully and cheerful

Meiko Mochizuki

Meiko was the new DigiDestined added in Digimon Adventure Tri. Her partner was Meicoomon and... not getting into any of that continuity stuff. Basically, her partner is dead. She is a very shy and reserved girl, seeing Mimi as her best friend. She ius a cute nerdy girl who can be very fun

ANIME- DRAGON BALL

Good Launch

ANIME- YU-GI-OH

Serenity Wheeler

Carly Carmine

ANIME- NARUTO

Hinata Hyuuga/Hinata Uzumaki

ANIME- PSG

Stocking Anarchy

ANIME- ROSARIO+VAMPIRE

Moka Akashiya

CARTOONS- RWBY

Pyrrha Nikos

Pyrrha Nikos. Pyrrha, the Invincible Girl. Member of Team JNPR. With magnetic powers added to her impossible fighting skills, her nickname is obvious. She is kind and caring

Velvete Scarlatina

CARTOON- BEN 10

Albedo (genderbent)

A genderbent version of who is assentially Jen's dark mirror. A galvan, assistant to the one who created the Omnitrix that thought she deserved it. And through her acts there, she ended up transformed and locked as an inverted version of Jen's human body.

CARTOONS- TRANSFORMERS KOTOBOKIYA

BumbleBetty

CARTOONS- HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA

Mavis Dracula

VIDEO GAMES- PERSONA

Fuuka Yamagishi

Kanami Mashita

Shiho Suzui

VIDEO GAMES- MEGAMAN

Megaman.exe/Hub Hikari (will be reffered to as Hub)

The dead son of Doctor Hikari, twin brother of Lan. Megaman is the main protagonist/shared Protagonist of the Battle Network timeline. And he be a subby femboy

Roll.exe

Roll is the Navi of Maylu, a high tech program that acts as a friend and assistant. She is excels in data management and analysis. A kind, bubbly, data being who lives in the Cyber World

VIDEO GAMES- NiER AUTOMATA

YoRHA Unit 9S

9S is a super curious and excitable femboy. Super submissive and curious to learn anything about humanity, also deeply loyal to 2B.

VIDEO GAMES- MASS EFFECT

Tali'Zorah Vas Normandy

Tali is a Quarian. A race of Space nomads forced from their home from the AI known as the Geth, and intergalactic law screwing them over. She is so sweet and kind, a brilliant engineer and more than deadly with a shotgun

VIDEO GAMES- .HACK//GU

Atoli

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How To Win Your Senpai In 10 Days Chapter 4

Happy Odaiba Day!

Really wanted to get an update for my Jyoumi romcom fic out today, and I managed to do it! It's awesome to see so much Digimon love and I'm going to add onto it! I love Digimon, and I love this fic and I'm so happy to share the Jyoumi AND the Digimon love!

Chapter Summary: Hoping to get her idol to feel better, Yolei plans a night for her, Mimi, Sora, and Kari. Of course, being Yolei Inoue, she's got a lot more in store. Spurred on by the night's events, Mimi gets an idea in mind with what she wants to do with everything that's happened the past few days.

If you want to check out the whole fic, you can do so on AO3 here!

I hope you all enjoy!

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She may have been able to hold back her tears on the car ride home with Joe and Manami yesterday, but she certainly couldn’t that night. She told her mother and father about her heartbreak the day before and how it had gotten even worse that afternoon. No matter what soothing words or hugs they gave her, though, it didn’t help. Mimi wasn’t sure what would help at that point.

Yolei had the big idea for a girl’s night the next night, reviving the DigiDestined Girls group text after a month and a half to present the idea. Her parents were gone visiting some family for a few days, which left the Inoue apartment the perfect place for them all to gather. As much as she was looking forward to more time with her friends, a part of her couldn’t help but wonder if they were trying to look after her and make sure she was doing alright. Still, the thought brought a smile to her face and she nearly immediately replied that she was in.

But even the excitement of girl’s night couldn’t get Mimi up bright and early, instead holding onto Palmon as she laid in bed, feeling the slightest hint of relief at having her Digimon there with her. If it was up to her, she would’ve stayed in bed and lazed about in her pajamas, and at most she would’ve gone out to watch some dramas with her mother and cry her heart out some more.

Both her mother and Palmon insisted that she take a long bath, put on a face mask, and then get dressed up in something cute and fun for girl’s night. She went along with it with a weak smile, not entirely feeling it as she sat in the bath on her phone, checking with Yolei to see if there was anything she wanted her to bring.

“Just your beautiful, perfect, stunning self!” was the text she received back.

“But also, an overnight bag! I’ve got everything else covered!”

So there wouldn’t be any fancy cookies from her, she was sure the others would understand given the circumstances.

She allowed herself to soak for just a few extra minutes, half tempted to fall asleep in the warm water, but once the alarm on her phone went off, she got out to get ready.

“Are you feeling any better, Mimi?” Palmon asked as Mimi looked through her drawers to find some cute pajamas.

“…Not entirely,” she admitted with a long sigh, shaking her head after. It was the easiest way to tell Palmon without breaking her poor Digimon’s heart. She knew she had to be honest, but there was no point in making her partner feel worse about Mimi not feeling great.

Palmon let out a quiet whine before she popped off the bed, throwing her fronds into the air.

“You know, I bet whatever Yolei has planned will help!”

Mimi sucked in a quiet breath and put on a smile as she turned to look at her partner, hoping to seem brighter than she felt.

“Definitely!” she chirped, before taking the pink tank top she was holding and shoving it into her duffel bag. After that she tossed in some nice pink pajama pants and hoisted the bag over her shoulder, giving Palmon a thumbs up.

“You ready to go?” Mimi asked.

“Yeah!”

With a quick goodbye to her parents and the promise to text as soon as she got there, Mimi and Palmon made their way to the Inoue apartment. It felt strange to be out with Palmon as normal, but with how so much of the world had been exposed to Digimon over the past couple of years, she was glad she didn’t have to hide her partner or pretend she was just a stuffed toy anymore. It was especially heartwarming to see all the kids who seemed so fascinated by Palmon and asked them about Digimon.

It was these little things that made her heart feel so much bigger despite all the pain that dwelt just underneath the surface. And it was enough to help distract Palmon from needing to worry about her on the rest of the trip to Yolei’s. As she got ready to take the elevator up, she started to feel excited. Excited and, honestly, a bit anxious. Were they going to fret over her constantly? Were they going to look at her all sad because of Joe and Manami? Were they—

“Hey! Mimi! Palmon!”

Mimi’s head whipped around in an instant, and she blinked a few times before her eyes trained on Kari and Gatomon.

“Oh, Kari, it’s great to see you!” Mimi cooed as the younger girl jogged over to her to catch up to the two of them. Kari wasted no time in wrapping Mimi in a hug, and while Palmon joined in, Gatomon gracefully jumped off Kari’s shoulder and onto the ground.

“You just saw me yesterday! You saw both of us!” Kari laughed.

“I know, I know,” Mimi said, the two finally letting go of each other, “I guess I’m still not used to being back yet.”

“I’m sure you’ll adjust soon enough. I imagine your internal schedule must still be pretty off, huh?” Kari asked.

“Oh, you have no idea,” Mimi sighed, “I’ve been making sure to stay up at normal hours, but it isn’t easy.”

Granted, part of that was because of how low she felt and how nice lying in bed in the dark was.

“If it was me I’d definitely be taking plenty of cat naps,” Gatomon added, before jumping up to hit the elevator button with a claw.

“It’s been tempting,” Mimi said between giggles.

“Well, hopefully Yolei doesn’t put you through the wringer tonight,” Kari said.

“I’m sure she’s planning on going all out,” Mimi said.

Knowing Yolei, anything could happen tonight. As much as she was looking forward to it, she only hoped it would be something fun and relaxing, since she didn't have the energy for anything too wild. Still, she needed to be prepared for anything.

The elevator finally dinged and its doors opened, and after letting Kari and Gatomon go first, Mimi sucked in a deep breath as she and Palmon followed.

***

As soon as they got there, they saw Sora waiting at the door, and the sight of yet another friend left Mimi’s heart feeling just a touch lighter.

Biyomon flapped her arms happily as the girls and their partners came over, and before any greetings could be exchanged, the door swung open and Yolei greeted them all with a wide smile.

“My favorite ladies!” she said, gesturing for them all to walk in, and following up with a hug as each of them passed by.

Hawkmon was in the kitchen pouring himself a mug of tea, letting out a sigh of relief as he walked out.

“Hey Hawkmon, are you here to chaperone us tonight?” Sora asked.

“Well, we never know what Yolei might drag you all into, so I imagine my presence tonight might be useful in case she decides to go too far,” Hawkmon said. He let out a quiet hum after and then took a drink of his tea. He gave Yolei an almost knowing look before walking off to the living room.

Kari quirked an eyebrow before she slowly looked at Yolei.

“Should we be worried?” she asked. Yolei waved a hand to dismiss her concerns.

“Nooooo, no no no! I just want us all to have a fun, chill night!” she insisted, though the unspoken “for Mimi” lingered in the air. “Don’t you trust me?”

Sora fixed Yolei with a hard stare, hoping that it would help reveal any secrets that her junior might be keeping. Despite the awkward, almost anxious grin on her face in response, she remained silent. Mimi clapped her hands together after a moment to break the silence.

“Well I can’t wait! Thanks for inviting us over, Yolei,” Mimi smiled.

“Now all of you, go into the living room! I’m gonna get a few things from the kitchen,” she winked before padding off. The remaining three girls shared confused looks as they heard Yolei rifling around. Kari started to walk ahead of Sora and Mimi, at which Sora turned to look at Mimi.

“Hey… are you doing ok? After yesterday?” she whispered.

Mimi looked down, unable to help the frown on her face. “I’m… managing,” she said, voice quiet and shaking, before she sucked in a sharp breath. It was a lie she hoped to convince Sora of, but it was dashed once tears started to well up in her eyes. Sora grimaced.

“Mimi…”

Mimi wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and shook her head, “No no, I’m fine, really. Honest,” she said, doing her best to force a smile. Both Palmon and Biyomon looked up with clear worry on their faces.

Palmon reached a frond up to Mimi’s hand to hold gently in hopes of soothing her partner even a bit. It helped a bit, but Mimi still felt her heart ache as each little moment from yesterday’s picnic played over and over in her head.

Mimi held on tight to Palmon’s frond as they made their way into the living room, and Mimi wasted no time as she curled up onto one end of the couch, tucking her feet under her as she looked at the small TV. It was off right now, and her dim reflection looking back at her.

Kari and Sora looked at each other, neither of them quite sure what to say to Mimi in those moments. The silence was soon gone in favor of drawers being opened and slammed shut at a rapid rate. Kari cringed as she could only begin to imagine what could be happening back there.

“Almost…! Ready…!” Yolei called out from the kitchen, and Hawkmon sighed from behind his cup. Sora looked over at Kari.

“So… how’re you, Kari?”

“Oh! I’m good. Not entirely looking forward to school starting…” she sighed, “I’m glad that we’ve all had so much time to hang out.”

That was enough to bring a slight smile to Mimi’s face as she continued to stare off into the distance. It was small, but between the airport, tonight, and even the picnic, she had been able to see her friends more than she had throughout most of the time she lived in New York.

“Oooookaaaaaay! We’re gonna have a killer night!” Yolei whooped. The three girls and their Digimon partners all turned to see Yolei walking over with two wine bottles in one hand and a mess of wine glasses in the other. Sora’s eyes went wide instantly, and she shot up from the other end of the couch.

“Yolei, no!” she shouted, though she didn’t seem deterred in the slightest.

“Yessss!” she shot back with a wide grin.

“Yolei,” Kari sighed, shaking her head.

“Come on! It’ll be fun!” Yolei insisted. “There’s no parents here, it’s just us girls, no harm done!” Yolei shrugged as she walked over to set what she had so far on the coffee table, before she padded back to the kitchen without so much as pausing for a breath.

Sora sighed and started to massage her temples.

“I had a feeling she had something planned,” Hawkmon mumbled.

“We should have expected it,” Kari deadpanned.

“I can hear you guys, you know!”

The freezer slammed shut, and moments later Yolei walked back with some pints of ice cream and spoons.

Mimi blinked as she took it all in. Her friends, wine, and ice cream… right now, with how low she was feeling, she couldn’t have asked for anything else.

Without a word, Mimi reached forward, flipped open the lid of one— chocolate chocolate chip— and jabbed a spoon into it.

“See, Mimi is up for it!” Yolei said with a wild gesture towards her.

“Mimi…” Sora said with a frown.

It dawned on Mimi in those moments that Yolei had probably planned this what with how prepared she seemed to be. As much as she appreciated her junior’s consideration, she also felt bad that things seemed bad enough that Yolei felt the need to go all out for this.

At the same time, wine sounded so good right that she couldn’t complain too badly. As she waited for the ice cream to thaw a little bit more, she leaned forward and grabbed the glass. She saw the look Sora gave her and offered her a weak smile.

“I think I’ve earned a little wine by now, right?” she said. Sora’s look softened a bit and she sighed.

“You aren’t wrong. Let’s just… be responsible with it, ok?”

“We will!” Yolei insisted, popping a corkscrew into one of the wine bottles.

“Sora, are you sure about this?” Kari asked, looking over at her pleadingly.

“No, not entirely, but I know that there’s no use in trying to stop Yolei when she has her mind set to something,” Sora said as she gestured to Yolei, who pulled the cork out and started to pour the first glass for Mimi.

Kari sighed again and shook her head before she took a seat on one of the nearby chairs.

“Look, that’s why it’s a girl’s night sleepover!” Yolei said, now working on pouring a third glass, “We drink, have ice cream, bitch about everything that’s bothering us, and then we sleep it off! Everyone wins!”

“Well what about us?” Gatomon asked.

“I have a bunch of snacks in the kitchen. Especially those fish crackers you like so much, Gatomon,” Yolei offered with a wink.

Gatomon looked from Kari, to Yolei, then back to Kari. After a moment she hopped off of Kari’s lap and started walking to the kitchen without a word.

“Just one glass of wine, Yolei!” Kari insisted. Yolei grinned.

“Ok, ok! Just one glass for you!” Yolei said, pleased by her victory.

At that point, Mimi grabbed her glass and took a long drink, letting out a sigh of contentment after.

“I needed that so much, thank you Yolei,” she said, voice wavering and eyes watering. Palmon pulled Mimi into a hug, nearly causing some of the dark red liquid to spill onto the couch.

“Mimi, I’m so sorry about how sad you’ve been feeling!” Palmon cried.

“Me, too… I know things weren’t great yesterday,” Sora said.

Mimi stared off at her reflection on the TV again. She didn’t want to think about that picnic, yet it was all she could keep her mind on, even now.

“Well, I still think he’s an idiot for choosing someone else over you,” Yolei said, with a shrug, before grabbing her glass to take a drink, “I know I said it yesterday, but like, I would be lucky if I could date Mimi.”

“…He really should have told you. I know he doesn’t owe us that, but it just doesn’t make sense that he wouldn’t say anything,” Kari frowned.

“I didn’t even realize he never said anything,” Sora said, pinching the bridge of her nose, “If I had known I would’ve let you know, Mimi.”

“No, it’s ok Sora, really. Like you said, you didn’t know,” Mimi insisted, before taking another long drink. Once she finally pulled it from her lips, it was nearly empty, and Yolei wasted no time in filling it back up, nearly to the rim. Sora cleared her throat loudly, causing Yolei to duck her head, flushing from embarrassment as an awkward laugh bubbled from her throat.

“If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s Joe! Stupid Joe,” Yolei grumbled as she took her glass again, swirling the liquid in it before she took another sip.

“He’s not stupid,” Mimi said, swallowing down some nausea as an image of him and Minami flashed in her mind.

“You don’t need to defend him,” Yolei said, “He hurt you! You’re allowed to be mad at him! Right?” she asked, looking over her shoulder at Kari, who glanced away.

“Right?” Yolei asked again, this time looking over at Sora, who, too, remained silent. Yolei let out a long, frustrated sigh, then looked down at Hawkmon, “Right!?”

Hawkmon folded his arms, then after a moment, nodded sagely, “Though I don’t believe it would be right to take it out on Joe, I believe Yolei is right in her general point.”

Yolei’s jaw dropped in shock, “Wait, you’re agreeing with me?”

“To an extent, yes. I believe Mimi is allowed to be frustrated if that’s how she feels, though, like I said, I don’t believe it would be right to take it out on him. Nor is it right for you to try and egg Mimi on to be mad at him.”

“I’m not!” Yolei shouted.

“I would never take it out on him,” Mimi said, taking another sip, “I’m not sure if I do feel mad at him…”

“How are you feeling about it all?” Kari asked, “If you want to talk about it of course.”

“Yeah! Come on, have some ice cream, too!” Yolei said, before lowering herself on the ground next to the chair Kari was sitting in, taking another drink as she looked up at her senior on the couch.

Mimi pursed her lips, trying to focus on looking at the wine as opposed to any of her friends or the Digimon.

“I know that he doesn’t owe me a relationship or anything, but I still feel heartbroken,” Mimi finally spoke up, feeling herself grow closer and closer to crying.

“Mimi…” Palmon whined sadly, still holding onto her partner.

Mimi set her wine glass after taking another sip, then folded her hands together in her lap.

“I just thought after all this time I’d come back and it would be this incredible moment and it just… wasn’t.” She began to wring her hands together anxiously, “I poured my heart out to him about how I’ve loved him for so long and how I was so ready for us to start going out now that I was back.”

“Oh, I’m so sorry,” Kari said. Mimi sniffled, barely holding back tears.

“I-It’s ok,” Mimi said, voice shaking, swallowing down a lump in her throat. It was getting harder and harder to resist breaking down the more she talked about it, but at the same time, all she wanted was to talk about this. A part of her wanted to cry about it, especially after yesterday. Even if she said it was ok, it wasn’t. Not with how much her heart had been aching since then, and especially now.

Mimi was quiet for a moment, then reached forward to grab the ice cream container she had stabbed a spoon into earlier, now soft enough to eat, and took a big scoop to eat.

“Oh this is sooooooo goooood,” she groaned, sinking into the couch a bit more as she took another spoonful to eat.

“Well, what are the rest of us waiting for? Girl’s night! Girl’s night!” Yolei shouted, following it up with a loud whoop.

As opposed to the wine, Kari was quick to grab one of the containers of ice cream, wasting no time digging in. Sora eyed the wine, and when Yolei caught sight of it, a large grin grew on her face.

“C’moooooon Sora, it’ll be fuuuuuuun!” Yolei said in a sing-song voice, waiting with bated breath to see if her senior would indulge with her and Mimi. Sora closed her eyes, silently contemplating for a few moments, then grabbed a glass and took a sip.

The sight left Yolei and Mimi surprised, and the loud cheer Yolei made left Mimi unable to help but burst into giggles.

Yolei dropped down onto the middle of the couch, wine nearly flying out from her glass from the suddenness of it, and took a long drink as she, too, sank into the cushions.

“Girl’s night is already so fun,” Yolei grinned.

***

The group had changed into their pajamas a while ago, just after they had first started the “festivities,” but despite the comfy, bright pajamas Mimi had on, her mood was anything but. All she wanted was to cry and languish.

One bottle of wine just had a last few drops while the other had maybe a glass left in it. Three pints of ice cream were decimated, with Mimi cradling one in her arms and Yolei and Kari sharing one more. A few bags of chips had been broken out, with Sora reaching for another handful from inside a crumpled bag that was nearly empty.

Kari’s single glass of wine was nearly finished, and she had slunk onto the floor, face bright red from the alcohol, unable to stop the giggles she burst into every so often.

Sora had managed to finish her glass, and though she was more collected than Tai’s younger sister, she was still feeling a little woozy, trying to do all she could to try and (fruitlessly) soak up the alcohol.

“If we’re being honest,” Yolei said, swirling the wine in her glass a little too hard, nearly causing it to fly out, “What’s so great about him anyways?”

“Nooo, he’s wonderful!” Mimi cried, putting a hand to her heart.

That didn’t deter Yolei, though. “I’m just saying, he’s not even that handsome. You could do waaaaaaay better!”

“Yolei!” Kari shouted. Yolei whipped around to face her.

“He is handsome, though! He’s so tall and adorable and he’s got that awkward charm and his glasses are cute and oh my GOD when he had long hair!” Mimi gushed, the words messily spilling from her tongue as the tears welled up in her eyes again.

“Oh, Mimi…” Sora frowned. She shot Yolei a look, and Yolei ducked her head.

“I was just trying to help! Mimi should know she’s the ultimate catch! She could get anyone she wants!”

“But I just want Jooooooe!” Mimi sobbed as the waterworks began and the tears broke through, unable to be held back any longer. “He’s so perfect and I love him and I don’t want anyone else!”

“But you could do so much better and he needs to realize what he missed out on!” Yolei said.

“Yolei, I really don’t think this is going to work,” Kari whispered.

“I’m just trying to help her feel better!” Yolei whisper-shouted. However, Mimi was back to sniffling.

“But he’s p-p-perfect for me…” Mimi said, voice tight, before more tears began to spill.

She truly believed it. Sure, she was young, but she wanted to believe in true love. In the idea that she and Joe were meant to be. It made it all the harder to accept that this was how it turned out.

The room fell silent as Mimi started to cry again. After a minute, she grabbed her glass again.

“I mean I just don’t think it’s fair!” Mimi cried out suddenly, her words starting to slur together as she took another gulp of wine.

“No, no, you’re totally right!” Yolei said, hiccuping when she paused for a breath, “It’s not fair and you’re sooooooo right to say it!”

“I mean, just, it’s us, right?” she asked loudly. “It’s always been us! Ever since we went to the Digital World! He was always there for me, and— and I was there for him, and—”

“…You’re not wrong,” Sora said as she crunched on some chips.

“See!”

Yolei leaned over to grab a spoonful from the pint her and Kari were sharing, letting the spoon rest in her mouth.

“That’s why I’m saying you need to fight for him!” Yolei shouted. Kari cringed at the sudden increase in volume.

“Yolei! You said you wouldn’t encourage Mimi to get between them!” Kari chided. Yolei’s exaggerated shrug nearly knocked the spoon from Kari’s hand.

“But wouldn’t you want someone to fight for you? I would! Just think about how romantic that would be!” Yolei insisted. Sora shook her head, clenching her eyes shut as she suddenly felt a wave of dizziness hit her.

“I mean…” Kari mumbled.

“Just imagine! TK and Davis and that guy you talked about who’s in your math class fighting for your affection! Wouldn’t you love that?”

Kari let out a squeak as she covered her mouth, her face reddening even more, if such a thing were possible.

Sora’s eyes widened and she couldn’t help the teasing smile that quickly grew on her features.

“A boy in your math class? Does Tai know about this?” she asked.

“No!” she shouted, the word muffled by her hands. Yolei was cracking up, and even Mimi couldn’t help but feel the slightest bit better (and distracted) by the way they were teasing Kari.

“It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that you have everyone fawning over you,” Yolei shrugged.

“She’s right! You’re so adorable, Kari! You’re going to be a real heartbreaker soon,” Mimi said with a wink. She was still teary, still ping-ponging between feeling good and feeling miserable, and even though she knew the alcohol wasn’t helping, she couldn’t help but want to drink. Partly to feel better, but mostly to try and push down those bad feelings by any means possible.

Kari let out a groan as she buried her face in her hands, mortified to a degree which she never had been before.

“Well, clearly Kari likes that idea, no matter what she says,” Yolei grinned, taking a spoonful of ice cream for herself. She washed it down with a gulp of wine, before turning her attention to Sora.

“And Sora, wouldn’t you just loooove for Matt to fight for you?” Yolei asked. Sora rolled her eyes.

“That’s different and you know it,” Sora sighed.

“How so?”

“Because we’re dating! That’s completely different! He would be fighting for his girlfriend! Not fighting for someone who he isn’t in a relationship with!”

The reminder that she wasn’t in a relationship with Joe caused her face to crumple again, and she fell into another bout of sobs, finding solace in another large spoonful of ice cream.

“Mimi, don’t cry,” Sora frowned, “It’ll get better soon.”

“I don’t want it to get better soon,” she said between sniffles, “I want it to get better now!”

She wanted her heart to stop aching constantly.

She didn’t want the thought of seeing Joe to be the most awkward thing in the world.

And she wanted her time back in Japan to actually be happy, and not completely miserable.

Her spoon hit the bottom of the pint with a dull thud, the sound only compounding her sorrow.

Sora crawled along the couch and wrapped her arms around Mimi in a tight hug.

Mimi’s body continued to shake as she sobbed, and both Kari and Yolei stumbled over to the couch to join in.

“I just…!” she sniffled, “I just wanna hold his hand, and-and give him kisses when we meet after school, and hold him, and…!”

Mimi burst into another loud sob, body shaking as those images flashed in her mind, so close, but just out of reach.

“Can I have one more glass, please?” Mimi asked as her friends finally pulled away.

“Mimi, I don’t know if that’s a good idea…” Sora said.

“It’s Mimi’s night! I mean, it’s all of our night but it’s also Mimi’s night! If she wants more wine she gets more wine!” Yolei said. She took the bottle and poured the last of it out into Mimi’s glass. Mimi shifted up in her seat and took a sip.

“Thanks.”

“Look, all I’m saying is I just think Mimi would be in the right if she wanted to get Joe back,” Yolei said.

“It’s not getting him back though, Yolei,” Sora said, “Don’t encourage it!”

Yolei folded her arms, “Well, we know Mimi, but we don’t know Manami! Don’t you want to root for Mimi? Don’t you guys want her to win?”

“It’s not about winning or losing…” Kari told her.

“Yolei, I appreciate it, but…” Mimi trailed off, looking down at the little bit of liquid remaining in her glass.

“Maybe I just… lost my chance,” she finally said, tears running down her cheeks. She continued to look down at her wine as the other girls looked at her with rapt attention. “Maybe I should’ve told him sooner and seen if he wanted to try to date long distance, or… or something.”

No matter how much both Yolei’s voice and her own rang in the back of her mind that she should “fight for her man,” Sora and Kari were right.

“I could never try and tear them apart or get in the middle of it. I want him to be happy.”

But that still didn’t stop the voice. Even if she insisted that yesterday, too, it couldn’t stop that feeling from lingering deep inside.

Sora set a gentle hand on Mimi’s shoulder, “I’m proud of you, Mimi,” she said. Mimi mustered up a weak smile in response.

“Thanks…”

The way her stomach churned unsettled her, and she downed the last gulp of wine, setting the glass down with a shaky hand.

All she had left was some ice cream that was slowly starting to melt.

Kari started to talk to Yolei about her insistence she would want guys to fight for her, unable to help but burst into giggles again partway through, and Mimi fell silent, slowly sipping away at her glass.

She deserved to be happy, too. She deserved to have that chance with Joe. If it didn’t work out, then that was one thing, but she never— they never had a chance to see. As her friends talked and the night crept along more and more, the thought remained at the forefront of her mind.

When there was a lull in the conversation, Mimi managed to place the finally finished quart on the coffee table and shifted on the couch, now resting her head on the arm.

“Would you guys hate me if I did fight for him?” she asked.

“What?” Sora asked.

“Of course not! I’m totally here to cheer you on!” Yolei shouted.

That brought a small smile to Mimi’s face.

“Mimi, I thought you just said you wouldn’t,” Kari said.

“I know! I know, and I’m not saying I would, but like…” she trailed off. Her mind was spinning and it was getting harder to find the words she was looking for.

“What if, is all,” she said.

“…I wouldn’t hate you if you did that, but I would be upset that you decided to do it, especially after you said you wouldn’t,” Sora told her.

“I don’t think any of us could ever hate you, Mimi,” Kari nodded, “But… I would probably feel the same as Sora,” she cringed.

“O-Ok…” she said slowly.

It hurt, but it wasn’t like she could blame them for feeling that way. Maybe she would feel the same way if she actually did try and fight for him and win him over. But at the same time, she just wasn’t sure if she could sit and wait and possibly never get her chance.

Mimi forced out a laugh and rubbed the back of her neck, “It’s probably just the alcohol talking!” she blurted out suddenly, “I’ve had so much to drink tonight.”

Sora shot a look at Yolei, who immediately looked away.

She didn’t exactly feel that way, though. No, she was starting to get stuck on the idea that fighting for Joe was the right thing. She couldn’t help it, she didn’t want to hurt anyone, but she couldn’t stop that idealist nature leading her to think about something so happy and idyllic. For now, she was able to keep the thoughts of Joe being angry at her, hurting him and Manami, and how this could ruin her most valued friendships just out of mind.

“Maybe we should get some sleep. I can go grab some pillows and blankets in the closet,” Yolei said as she managed to push herself to her feet, teetering in place before she managed to get her balance.

“Just don’t wake the Digimon!” Kari said.

“I won’t, I’ll be right back!” Yolei said before she stumbled off to the hallway.

“I’ll go with her just in case she’s too drunk,” Sora said, before getting up and slowly following Yolei down the hall.

Mimi looked over to Kari, unable to help but smile gently.

“How are you holding up for your first time drinking?” she asked.

“Well the room is still kind of spinning so… maybe ok? I could probably be doing a lot worse, I think.”

“Don’t worry, it’ll be worse in the morning,” Mimi chuckled, “I remember my first time drinking. And my first hangover, ugh,” she groaned.

“I’m not looking forward to it,” Kari said, closing her eyes to try and stop the room from moving around so much.

“We’ll get you something in the morning to eat to help. Don’t worry, I won’t leave my girls out to dry.”

“Thanks, Mimi.”

“Of course, sweetie. Oh, and the number one piece of advice I always hear: don’t text while drinking or drunk. Especially not someone you like.”

“I-I think I can do my best to manage that, I mean I don’t have anyone who would even fit that!” Kari said, letting out an awkward laugh as her eyes darted anywhere but at Mimi.

“Don’t worry, my lips are sealed.”

It wasn’t long until Yolei and Sora came stumbling back in, arms so full of pillows and blankets they could barely see past them. Yolei tossed the blankets on the floor and put her hands on her hips.

“Our partners are somehow sleeping soundly, so I think that’s a sign we should, too,” Sora said, craning her neck over to see the clock, seeing it was well after midnight.

“That’s a good idea. I could really use it,” Yolei sighed, as she moved the coffee table out of the way.

Even with the combined effort of the four girls, it took over fifteen minutes to get the blankets and pillows spread out.

“Thanks for tonight, Yolei, this was great,” Mimi said as she pulled a blanket over her, snuggling against her pillow.

“Anytime,” Yolei said, “We need to do another one of these soon.”

“Yeah,” Sora agreed, letting out a gentle hum as she closed her eyes, “Hopefully with less wine, though.”

The girls tittered for a moment, and Mimi rolled over on her side, pawing for her phone which fell between the couch cushions. When she finally grabbed it, she hid it under her blanket to make sure no one would see, and began slowly tapping away a text.

[Tachikawa Mimi]: Heyyyy!

[Tachikawa Mimi]: Hope yuo had a good day!

[Tachikawa Mimi]: Wana hang soon?

[Tachikawa Mimi]: Txt me whenevr!

[Tachikawa Mimi]: Its late tho sry good nihgt! lol

Mimi gently set the phone back on the couch, and as she closed her eyes and began to slowly fade off to sleep, she couldn’t help but feel a little bit better. Maybe sober her in the morning would feel different, but for now, she had a plan, and she was ready.

[capricorn-writer-kawaii]

Our Hero Academy

Chapter 8 - I was the lucky one

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Pairing: Shota Aizawa x female OC

Genre: Shota Aizawa X female OC fluff, angst, high school romance, friends to lovers

Words: 3.6k

Summary: 15 years ago, Eraser Head was starting his hero studies with his best friends Hizashi and Oboro. Contrary to what people think, his teenage years in the U.A. were bright and lovely, filled with the laughter of his best friends and his girlfriend's unconditional love. What happened over the years? What changed him into a gloomy sensei?

Extra note: You can totally picture Y/N in the OC female name, it's just that it'd be cute to read Aizawa calling her pet names. 🤍

Once again, thanks to @merrymonkey for illustrating this story. I love you, girl! 🥰

Chapter 8 - I was the lucky one

Although Aizawa didn't talk about his first kiss, that didn't mean he had moved on from it. To tell the truth, he kept repeating it over and over in his mind. On numerous occasions, the quiet boy got lost in his thoughts while Oboro and Hizashi talked between them. Like that night when the two friends were yelling at each other while playing a video game. For their Christmas break, the boys had done nothing more than chilling at Oboro's house while Kaori was visiting her family.

During those days Shota realized how used he was to be with Kaori; without noticing it, when he left Oboro's house he walked towards the station where he always accompanied her. It also happened to Shota that he would fall asleep, but in the middle of the night, he would wake up looking for his cell phone to check if Kaori had texted him saying that she had arrived safely at the U.A. dormitory.

“If Kari were here, she'd have told you the same thing, Hizashi! You suck in this game, and you make us lose! Hear it yourself! Let's call her. Shota, call her.”

"What? Why me?"

“Because even if there's no signal in her house, if the call comes from you, she'll answer.” Oboro and Hizashi looked at their friend waiting for him to call her, but instead, Aizawa's face was almost as red as his eyes when he activated his quirk. "What are you waiting for?”

“Yes, call her, tell her we miss her!” Hizashi suggested.

"No! Why would I tell her that I miss her? She's gonna think I'm crazy!”

“I never said YOU, I said ALL of us miss her.” Hizashi clarified with a smirk evidecing how easy it was to put Aizawa in the spotlight. “But if you wanna tell her that, then go ahead! I'll keep saying it until you get tired of listening to me and decide to act. You and Kaori should be together.”

“Shota, you really don't like her? Not even a little?" Oboro asked, but in response he only got Aizawa to lower his face and his ears to turn red. “It's a shame, Kari's beautiful and she's always taking care of you. But, anyway... we can't force you to like her...”

“You're right, Oboro. We can't force Shota to see her as anything more than a friend. But I still think she's pretty!”

"Of course! Kari's gorgeous! Shota, what kind of girl is your type? You never talk about it.”

“I mean, Kaori's cute, yes…” He shyly answered.

"Don't worry, you don't have to say it if you don't think like that. She's not here, you won't make her feel bad." The blonde said, looking at Shota, who had already changed his face to a more serious one.

“I do believe it, Hizashi. She's... ” For a few moments, Shota was silent, thinking about what word he could use, but none was accurate enough. Just remembering that night when he had her resting on his lap and then when he kissed her, Shota was left speechless, Kaori was way more than beautiful.

“Don't force yourself to say something you don't believe just to be a good person, dude. It was just an idea that Hizashi and I had, but anyway. Who do you think could be a good match? She's like my sister, I want her to be with a nice guy. We have to make sure she doesn't give just any guy a chance." Oboro commented and that already made Aizawa frown.

“Kari has a whole list of guys behind her, don't worry. Just because Shota doesn't find her attractive doesn't mean..."

“I do find her very attractive!” The black-haired hero said without being able to remain silent, he was not going to let them think something that was not true.

“But not as much as Midnight, right?” Oboro asked, hiding his triumphant smile.

“Nemuri? What the fuck Oboro!?”

“Oh! Nemuri's stunning too! Good choice, Shota! So you prefer them tall, voluptuous and with black hair. If you put it like that, Kari's a little girl next to her, I think I understand now why you don't…”

“I DO like Kaori! How can I not like her if she's perfect!? Enough nonsense, I’m not interested in Nemuri!"

At the smile of his friends and the disturbing way in which they both saw him, Aizawa realized what he had said and immediately wanted to disappear. He had been an idiot, he had fallen into the trap of the boys.

“You like Kari!” The other two said in unison.

"That's not what I mean! Damn, you guys talk so much it makes me dizzy and I don't know what I'm saying!” Shota stood up ready to leave. “She's our friend, stop talking about her like that.” It was the last thing he said before getting out of there. 

"I told you!" The boys said again at the same time, laughing so exaggeratedly that they seemed crazy.

“Now we just need Kaori to accept it too. But I think we shouldn't mention Nemuri again.”

"Why not?"

“What if shock therapy doesn't work on Kaori, Hizashi?”

“Why do they both have to be so shy?” The blonde asked, sighing and trying to come up with a new plan.

After successfully completing their first year in the U.A., spring break started and Oboro, Hizashi, and Shota went to Kaori's house. The girl's parents were so grateful for how well they had treated their daughter that they invited the boys. Naturally, Oboro and Hizashi were over the moon with excitement, and Aizawa was on the verge of an anxiety attack.

“Shota, are you feeling okay? We've never seen you this pale. Is the train getting you sick?” Oboro asked, but Aizawa just shook his head.

“Don't you think this will be a lot of work for Kaori's family? I mean, hosting three people…”

“Stop worrying so much, Shota!” The blonde advised putting his arm around Aizawa's shoulders. “Kari told us many times that her parents wanted to meet us.”

“Plus, you can relax, you'll make a good impression. That’s what you’re worried about, right?” Oboro had been right about his friend's concern, and Shota's sigh made it even more evident.

“I'm not good with good impressions, nor with second ones, nor with any that follow.” The boy's comment was so honest that his friends laughed a lot. “It'd be terrible if her parents thought she spent all her time with social misfits.”

“Just the way you are is fine, stop overthinking, bro! Besides, you and Kari are pretty much the same person. The freaks are Oboro and me and I promise we'll behave in front of your parents-in-law."

Aizawa did not pay attention to his friend's comment because he looked out the window once the train stopped. There she was... waiting for them with a perfect smile that took Shota's breath away.

As soon as she saw her friends, she ran up to them and hugged them. They could tell how happy she was to have them there.

Kaori's family turned out to be so welcoming that the boys felt even better than at home from the first day. While the girl's parents spoiled them, treating them like their own children, her siblings never stopped making them laugh with their witticisms. The one who appeared the most enthusiastic of all was the younger kid, who, although physically identical to Kaori, in terms of personality could not be more different, as the boy was extremely extroverted. Shota knew who he was as soon as he saw the scar on his face, but the child looked so happy that it seemed he couldn't care less about his scar.

The first night the boys played until late with the children near the river, and when they returned home, a delicious dinner awaited them. While Oboro and Hizashi continued playing with the kids, Kaori was preparing to go to the kitchen to help her parents.

“Shota, what are you doing? Stay here with the boys.”

“Your parents could use an extra hand"

“No, you're our guest! Please…"

Aizawa didn't even bother to listen to her when he was already walking to the kitchen. Once there, the girl's parents thanked him for his help. They were still cooking, so there were a few things left to do that the shy but sweet boy was happy to help with.

“I can finally be alone with the famous Shota Aizawa.” Kaori's father commented when he and Shota were left alone in the kitchen. “I must accept it, boy, I was a little jealous. My little girl had never talked about a boy until she met you. However, I was more worried about her. The first days were not easy, I hated the idea of her living so far from us. I know Kaori's strong, but she's also very fragile. I was afraid that she'd get depressed because she was alone. But suddenly, one day she called us and she was so excited... She said that she had talked to a classmate, that he had agreed to work with her, and that he had invited her to lunch. Also, that he had introduced her to his friends. She was really happy that night on the phone." Aizawa couldn't help but smile as he found that very cute.

"She says that Hizashi makes her laugh even in serious moments, and that Oboro's the older brother she always dreamed of having. She loves them, but oh boy! She adores you." Shota was so moved that he couldn't find what to say, he could only smile shyly until Kaori's father bowed his head towards him. “Thank you very much for taking such good care of my daughter.”

“Sir, please don't do that!” He said very distressed. “Kaori has been the one who has taken care of us. I'd love to tell you that it has been the opposite, but she has been the one who has protected us. We… I was the lucky one to meet her.” He said, trying to suppress his shyness, but he didn't do it so well, because the man laughed discreetly when he saw his red ears. From how Kaori had described him, he already imagined that Shota wouldn't accept how attentive he was to the girl, he wouldn't do himself justice.

“So... I guess she lied when she told me that she never returned to the dormitory alone after working in the agency, or that you always helped her heal her wounds. I'll have to lecture her for lying to me when she said that you stood by her when you guys were threatened by villains. I imagine she just wanted not to worry me when she told me that you had promised her that no one would hurt her again because you'd protect her.”

Aizawa got so nervous that the bowl he was holding slipped from his hands, forcing him to bend down to pick everything up.

“You don't have to be so shy, boy!” The man said laughing and helping him.

“I'm very sorry for allowing your daughter to get hurt, sir, I promise you that I'll do my best to ensure that this doesn't happen again. I... I also adore her. She's very important to me.” He said clearing his throat.

The conversation between Aizawa and Kaori's father did not continue because the girl had returned to the kitchen with her mother. After dinner with the family, Kaori took the opportunity to take her friends to her favorite part of the mountain, where the view was beautiful, as they could see the city lights in the distance.

A few nights later, Aizawa had gone to bed when he realized he had left his cell phone charger in the living room. His friends had already fallen asleep, they were dead tired, and trying not to wake them, he quietly left the room. The lights in the house were off, everyone was already asleep; however, as he approached the living room, he saw that a dim light was coming from the kitchen, yet, what he found was Kaori filling the teapot.

“Kari, what are you doing up at this hour?”

Clearly, the girl didn't expect anyone to come and talk to her, because she almost dropped the teapot, but Shota was faster and caught it in the air before it made a terrible fuss. The girl's panicked face was so funny that the young hero couldn't suppress a fit of laughter that ended only because Kaori pushed him to shut up.

"Sorry, sorry. You looked just like Hizashi when he sees any bugs."

“What are YOU doing up at this hour besides scaring people?”

“I came to get my cell phone charger.” He explained still with a bit of a fit of laughter.

“I couldn't sleep so I came for tea. But now, thanks to you it will be impossible for me to rest.”

“Well, since I have some responsibility, I can be with you until you get sleepy.”

Accepting Shota's offer, the couple left the house so as not to wake anyone. They found a clearing near the woods, and sitting down side by side, they talked for a long time. Despite being timid, when they were together they had a great time. They trusted each other a lot, they felt comfortable with each other's company, and they had a similar sense of humor.

In a moment of silence, Kaori drank the last of her tea and didn't notice Aizawa staring at her. Every day he found her more beautiful, and even more worried for him, every day he wanted to kiss her again. But many things were holding him back, first, his insecurity made him think that there was no way he would have a chance with her. Shota had convinced himself that Kaori would never see him as anything more than a friend, he knew that she adored him with all her heart, but it was inconceivable to him that Kaori would look at him with different eyes.

"Aren't you freezing? The night's particularly cool.”

"I'm fine." Of course he was freezing! Since they left the house, Aizawa put his hands in his pants pockets looking for some warmth.

“You're very bad at lying, Shota.” Turning until they were face to face, the girl offered her hands and waited for him to give her his. Shota didn't quite understand what she meant, but he gave them to her.

Holding his hands was enough for Aizawa to forget about the cold; yet, the boy quickly noticed how his temperature regulated until it reached a warm and comforting one that he had never felt before. Meanwhile, Kaori smiled at him, proud of what she had done. However, just as Aizawa warmed up, he felt her hands getting cold and that's when he understood why that warmth was so cozy, Kaori was not altering his energy, but rather she was giving him her own.

“It'll make you cold.” The boy commented, bringing one of his hands to Kaori's face and feeling that she was not as warm as always. “Wouldn't it be better to go back to the house?”

“Do you want to go back?” She asked trying hard to hide her disappointment.

“I was willing to ignore that I was freezing to death to stay here longer, but you caught me.” Recovering the shine in her eyes, Kaori giggled.

“You're very sensitive to temperature changes.”

“I can't warm you up like you do. My quirk isn't as gentle as yours.”

“I'm not that cold, I'm used to it. But…” The girl took a deep breath and even though her body temperature had dropped, her cheeks had blused. “You wouldn't need your quirk to warm me up, Shota.”

Kaori had fixed her gaze on the grass, she had said something risky and she didn't know if Aizawa would understand, but she still felt very embarrassed. And everything got worse, first when her friend didn't say anything, second, when he moved his hands away from hers, and third, when she realized that Shota was moving. Thinking that she had crossed the line and made him feel uncomfortable, the girl was about to tell him to go back, but she couldn't do it, because Aizawa's arm wrapped her. Moreover, because of the way he hugged her, Aizawa also offered her his shoulder so she could rest her head. That's when she understood why he had moved, Shota had put the teacup aside so that nothing would get in their way.

Thus, snuggling with a smile, Kaori enjoyed Aizawa's hug. Neither of them felt even the slightest trace of the cold and they were able to continue talking, but this time much closer.

“Have you heard who'll be in charge of back-to-school camp? Nothing more and nothing less than Endeavor.”

“Endeavor? I thought he didn't have time for these things, he's too busy with his agency."

“I guess the director begged him. Lately, there've been many attacks on heroes that don't seem like mere coincidence, we have to be prepared.”

“But with him? Isn't he too rigid?” The girl asked.

“But he's number two. Besides All Might, there couldn't be a better person to train us.”

“Poor Oboro, he thought the second year would be easier…”

“I imagine that this year he'll also try to convince you to participate in the festival's beauty pageant.”

Kaori sighed deeply remembering how her friend begged her to participate last year. Hizashi also told her to do it; however, there was no way to convince her.

“He's nuts.”

"Why? If you participated, you'd win it.”

"Do not joke with that."

The hero stopped seeing the landscape and fixed his gray eyes on the girl, who had crossed her arms and moved a little away from him. "I'm not joking."

“How could I sign up for that? Haven't you seen the girls who participate? They're beautiful. You said that to make fun, right?” She asked with a pout.

“Kari, I'd never do something like that. I'm serious, the guys are right, you should sign up, you'd win it easily."

"Very funny..."

 "I'm serious. I'd vote for you.” He confessed with blushing cheeks.

Surprisingly, Kaori's cheeks were redder than Shota's, the girl didn't even know how to continue the conversation and she nervously started playing with a leaf she grabbed from the grass. A while passed in which nothing was heard until finally, Kaori spoke again.

“I don't like you anymore, you're a liar. You'd vote for Nemuri.”

“Nemuri?” Aizawa immediately remembered his friends' comments regarding Midnight and wished they hadn't said anything stupid in front of Kaori. However, because he was thinking about his friends, he was unable to deny what Kaori said.

Kaori remained silent, but Aizawa saw her gesture, it was a face that Oboro and Hizashi had seen several times when they pushed her to the limit, but he had not. Aizawa's mind was trying to decipher how to handle the situation. Did he have to talk more about it? Did he have to ignore it?

Finally, he decided that the best thing was to speak, and swallowing hard, he dared not only to speak, but to place his hand on the girl's shoulder, who gave him such a look that Aizawa couldn't help but compare her to one of those grumpy cats who did not let him get close. In truth, he removed his hand from her as quickly as he had when a cat warned him not to dare come any closer.

“Why are you so upset?”

Kaori turned around so that the two were facing each other and fixed her green eyes on the dark ones of the boy, who looked nervous and distressed. Shota had such a face that Kaori almost lost her seriousness and laughed; however, she remained serious.

“Is it because you don't want to participate in the contest?”

“No, Shota, I don't care about the contest. It’s just that I thought you trusted me a little more.” That answer left the young hero even more lost, he did not understand at what point it had become a trust problem.

“But… I don't understand it, I do trust you.”

“You told the boys you liked Midnight, but you didn't say anything to me and we're always together. I always tell you everything Shota.”

“I said what? Which guys? Midnight? When?"

“Shota, which other guys are we talking to? Well… you and me, Hizashi and Oboro talk to everyone.”

"I don't understand a word. I've never said anything like that.”

“Well, they haven't stopped talking about it since they came here.”

Aizawa clenched his fists tightly remembering the last conversation at Oboro's house on the subject. That day they had both managed to corner him until he confessed that he liked Kaori. He hadn't even accepted it himself but he had told them.

“What else did they tell you?” He asked too seriously.

“They didn't tell me anything else, just that you like her. Relax, I don’t know any other secrets of yours.”

The tranquility that had surrounded them all that time disappeared and now they were both frowning. Reacting exactly the same, Shota and Kaori fixed their gaze on the grass and were lost in thought. She, for her part, had tried hard to ignore the annoyance that Hizashi and Oboro's comments had caused her; however, the jealousy from thinking Aizawa could be interested in someone else had come out at that moment. She had tried to convince herself that what bothered her was the young hero's lack of trust; but deep down, it wasn't just that. She didn't want someone else to steal her friend, she didn't want to share Aizawa's time with anyone else, and much less she wanted to think about him going on dates with a girl.

Kaori had no idea that Shota had already been through the exact same thing, but he had gotten in such a bad mood with jealousy that Hizashi and Oboro had to intervene. That had happened a little before the kiss...

Next chapter

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I would like to share something a little more serious than what I usually post here.

So for the last two years, ever since I got diagnosed with celiac disease, it's been nothing but a barrage of more and more health issues showing up. I figured out I likely had ADHD and autism, I got diagnosed about eight months ago with hypothyroidism and Hashimoto's, I still don't know what's causing my chronic shoulder pain, for a few months almost everything I was eating was making me sick and I y'know twice in the span of one month, I'm dangerously underweight because I've barely been able to eat anything, and I have tons of food restrictions that make it extremely difficult to find something to eat. I felt miserable.

The last time I was sick was a week ago. I was nauseous two days in a row and was sick the second day. I felt awful, but afterwards the feeling went away, thankfully. The problem was that it suddenly out of nowhere set in a terror of feeling sick, feeling nauseous, and even just eating. The idea of eating scared me. I immediately felt a phobia of it, and Friday I wasn't even feeling bad but I had an episode of my heart racing and feeling really shaky and faint.

While I was feeling that, I knew it was literally just fear. I wasn't actually nauseous at all, but I was sitting there perpetuating a fear of feeling bad, and it was giving me all the symptoms of feeling sick without actually being nauseous. I was making myself feel bad because I was so terrified of feeling bad.

So I sat on the couch in the living room and read Revelation for a while. I eventually asked my mom just to pray for me and to help me get past this fear, because I am not meant to have a spirit of fear. She prayed for me, and then we just started chit-chatting about Revelation and about the Lord and when I tell you I felt so much better.

Since then I've had a couple of times when I started to really freak out just because I felt the slightest twinge, but for the last week I've had a monumental shift in my mindset. The Lord has not given me a spirit of fear, and neither has He given that to you.

I feel like in the last few days I've finally understood what it means to be truly thankful for Jesus and not just for the material things I have in this life. Yes, food, A/C, a roof over my head, electricity, and water are all wonderful things and I'm extremely thankful for them, but now I finally realize how it feels to be thankful for peace and hope and joy and Jesus. I cannot even begin to express to you how unfathomably comforted I have felt these last few days. I'm bout to frickin cry rn yet again dadgumit I've cried like eight times in the last couple days

I've been listening to a lot of Kari Jobe's music cause she has so much good stuff, especially "I Am Not Alone." I absolutely love that one and would highly recommend it if you're feeling lonely or fearful right now.

You probably think I'm overreacting a bit, but I was legitimately terrified. But in spite of that, I've been readjusting my mindset and praying more than I ever have before and just existing with God and I literally can't possibly communicate how comforting it is. There are simply no words. No matter what time of day it is, no matter how bad I feel, no matter how afraid I might be to eat that particular thing for fear of it not sitting well, I really legitimately feel more strongly than I ever have in my entire life that He is with me every single step of the way and He loves and treasures and values me and is holding me in His hand.

I so desperately want every single person on this earth to experience that feeling. It's a feeling you cannot begin to imagine until you've experienced it. The goodness and the kindness and the peace of the Lord is unmatched by anything on this earth.

I know this is way more serious than what I usually post but I just can't not. I have never felt this peaceful or joyful or thankful or hopeful in the seventeen years I've been alive and that is something nothing can ever take away from me. It's my sincerest hope that you will see this and hear it and believe it.

I'm not naturally a very fearful person, so this took me by surprise. I'm not used to feeling terror. It feels dark, hopeless, lonely. But that darkness, that hopelessness, that loneliness, and that fear is nothing in the face of the Lord's goodness. Nothing. I'm telling you.

Please, please, if you are in a dark place right now, I am begging you to take my word for it. If you call out to Him He is there. I've never been more convinced of this in my life because I finally have seen it. I finally stopped saying "Yep, yeah, uh-huh, that's great" and actually did it myself.

That doesn't mean all our struggles and trials automatically vanish. I still slip up and feel scared sometimes, but to be honest with you, feeling emotionally stable and spiritually satisfied is so much more important than feeling nauseous or being wary of eating. The peace and joy and faith and hope I have right now is greater than feeling good physically.

The Lord is so, so, so good. He is so kind, so loving, so comforting, and I so badly want everyone to be able to feel how I feel now.

He sees you in the midst of your struggles. He does. His heart aches for you, He weeps with you, He adores you in ways you cannot begin to imagine. You are His precious child, His beautiful creation, the love of His life.

Please, please believe me.