#ENCORE IS JUST TOO CUTE OK I HAD TO

[cryptidcalling]

...... May or may not have caved and downloaded Wuthering Waves

[deathbxnny]

HI LOVEE!!!

ok, this is a once in a lifetime occasion because I am obsessed with WuWa.

May I request an angst to fluff fic with Husband! Jiyan?

So, fem reader as always! As we all know the busy General spends most of his time at the front lines, but he always makes sure to send his sweet wife some gifts back! But she can't help but feel a bit neglected by him, missing him too much and some people's loud mouths talking bad about their relationship did not help either, so what happens when Jiyan returns home to surprise his wife but finds her crying silently instead? I'll leave that to you!!

I just love him sm, he's my lovely main! what's your team pookie? I'll share mine! Jiyan (main DPS) Encore (sub DPS) and Verina (Healer), sometimes I switch Encore with Rover (I chose the female one, which one did you choose?)

anyways, love you, keep yourself hydrated and rest! sweet flowers for my sweet bxnny → 💐🌻🌺

I saw angst and felt the voices (angst demons) attempt to take over lmao.

But my current team is usually made out of Calcharo, Verina, and Yinlin (I sometimes change out either Calcharo or Yinlin with my boy Jiyan tho, depending on what I'm fighting-). I also chose the female Rover, btw! She's just so cute!^^

So with that all said, thank you for the request, and I hope you'll love this too, dear moot!!<33

Content: Female/afab reader, husband Jiyan, some angst, hurt/comfort, mentions of paranoia, death (not of reader or Jiyan), mentions of war, sfw

Reader is afab!

((Not proofread))

When he's gone for too long. (Husband!Jiyan x Fem!Reader)

Your excitement dies when you open the front door in the hope of seeing your husband, only to be faced with a soldier instead. He stands there calmly, face expressionless like all the others before him, as he holds out an intricate package to you. If you didn't know any better, you would've knocked it out of his hands.

"A package for you, my lady. From the general." The man hummed, waiting patiently for you to take it. He didn't shy away from the anger in your eyes, the pain and pure annoyance, that was then stilled with a deep breath. They were used to it by now.

"Thank you." You said, the package feeling heavy in your hands when you shut the door behind you again wordlessly. Not seeing the way the soldier opened his mouth once more to say something else.

Something that would've quelled the anger in your heart.

You threw the gift on a pile next to the door, dust slightly filling the air when it hit the many others that came before it. It wasn't that you weren't grateful or happy. But you also just wanted your husband to be here instead. You wanted him to hand you these gifts. Him to be the one that appears at your door after being gone for so long.

It angered you that he wasn't here, even if you knew why.

Being a general was difficult and draining. It forced him to stay out on the frontlines for weeks and even months on end with minimal communication, if any at all. His solution was, therefore, to simply send his wife lavish gifts in hopes of making her feel less lonely, but he knew better than to believe that it ultimately worked in the long run.

Your anger made you feel selfish, and the guilt made you feel worse. You were stuck in an inescapable cycle that was impossible to break out of. Leaving the home for a break was impossible as well. No matter where you went, the pity filled looks and taunting whispers seemed to haunt you. It made you barely step out of the house. You couldn't do it, not without him.

It was a miserable existence, and yet you never voiced your woes to Jiyan either. You didn't want to burden him with such troubles when he had worse things to worry about. He had been through atrocities he could never even speak of, so surely you could survive the couple weeks without him, right? He was keeping you all safe, his sacrifices were important. Even if it was at the cost of your sanity.

But now that you sat here in the darkness of your living room all alone, you realise that you perhaps never accepted the neglect as much as you wanted to. You felt horrible, the guilt eating you alive whilst you shed endless tears and hid your face in your hands, body shaking and trembling with every sob. It was unfair. It wasn't right. You had to wipe away the agony and be strong for him. You shouldn't act like this.

What would the people think if they saw the generals wife crying over him performing his duties? They'd mock you even more, shake their heads in disappointment, give you lethal looks that burned you from the inside out. The embarrassment, the shame... you internalized it all until this very moment. You had finally burst at the seams, and just as you thought that you'd have to suffer through this alone as usual, a gentle, calloused hand cupped yours softly.

"My love?" His voice startled you, a gasp leaving your lips as you attempted to pull away and turn your head in panic. You didn't hear him approach you. Heart sinking in your chest, you realised that he was sitting right next to you, his other hand resting on your back to keep you in place against him. You couldn't breathe, as you panted heavily.

"What happened to you? Did something happen in my absence? I sent a soldier to send you a message about my return, but..." His eyes swayed to the pile gifts near the doorway, his heart clenching when he began piecing together what may have caused your plight. Despite you thinking otherwise, his observant eyes caught onto more than he let on. He wasn't blind or deaf to what the general public seemed to think of you, nor was he that unaware of your pain and neglect. He himself felt pain for his actions, even if he had no true choice in them. It's a sacrifice that had to be made as long as there was a threat to the city and most importantly your life out there.

But now, as he sat there, your face pushed to his chest as you cried, and his heart cracked under the pressure of your tears, he realised that he didn't need to sacrifice your well-being this much as well. You didn't deserve it.

"Please... don't leave me like this again." Your words were quiet, so quiet that he nearly didn't catch them, but his mind and soul were only focused on you. His gaze softened as his hand ran through your hair before he pressed his head against yours in solidarity. He didn't want it to get this far. He didn't want to make you cry until even air couldn't enter your lungs.

Perhaps he had overworked himself far too hard. Perhaps he had been gone for longer than he needed to... but that will stop now.

"My apologies, my love. It won't happen again. I will try staying for longer now..." He trailed off, as he kissed your forehead and wiped away your tears. He knew he had alot to make up for, but he wasn't the type to back down from such an important mission.

And the smallest relieved smile on your tired face made it worth it.

Alrighttt... I hope this was okay! I admittedly wrote this half asleep, so I'm praying it's not terrible lmao... Anyway, thank you again for the great request, moot!!<33

[1onescu]

ok lolol this is kinda cliche but. i think it's cute still! can i request an ayanna x ballerina reader?? like the reader cld be a ballerina who's friends with azzi and she basically tries to teach the girls a class and ayanna is like crushing lol. and it would be cute cuz the reader knows ayanna is crushing and keeps teasing her. ok ty! sorry for the yap session.

𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡 - ayanna patterson

The sun was setting over Storrs, Connecticut, casting a golden hue over the UConn campus. In the Huskies’ practice gym, the usual sound of squeaking sneakers and bouncing basketballs was replaced with the graceful strains of classical music. Today was different. Today, the women's basketball team was trading their jerseys for leotards and tights.

"Alright, gather 'round!" Azzi clapped her hands, trying to get the attention of her teammates. "Today’s practice is going to be a little different. Today, Y/N here is going to teach us some ballet."

Y/N, a ballerina with a graceful poise and a warm smile, stepped forward. "Hi, everyone! This should be fun. Ballet is great for flexibility, balance, and control—all things you can use on the court."

Ayanna's face warmed up as Y/N looked around the circle of athletes. She had been nursing a crush on Y/N ever since Azzi had introduced them. Today, Ayanna felt both excited and nervous; she wanted to impress Y/N but was also worried about making a fool of herself.

Kk, nudged Ayanna. "You ready to pirouette, Yanna?"

Ayanna rolled her eyes, felling the heat warm up her face. "Shut up, Kk."

Y/N began with some simple stretches, guiding the team through each movement with patience. "Remember, it's all about control. Feel the stretch but don't push too hard."

Paige,her competitive self, tried to match Y/N’s flexibility, earning a chuckle from Ice. "Careful, Paige. You don’t want to pull something."

Nika, with her usual energy, was attempting every move with gusto, even if her form was far from perfect. "This is harder than it looks!" she exclaimed, wobbling on one leg.

Kk was having a hard time taking it seriously. She mimicked Y/N's moves in an exaggerated manner, earning laughs from the team. "Kk, you’re supposed to be a swan, not a chicken," Y/N told her.

"Hey, chickens can be graceful too!" Kk shot back, flapping her arms wildly and clucking.

Y/N tried to maintain her composure. "Alright, let’s try some partner work. Yanna, why don't you come up here and help me demonstrate?" Y/N asked her, as she flashed her million dollar smile.

Ayanna’s heart skipped a beat. "Uh, sure."

They moved to the center of the room, and Y/N guided Ayanna through a series of simple steps. "Just follow my lead," Y/N said, giving Ayanna an encouraging smile.

Kk, unable to resist, started humming a romantic tune, earning a few giggles from the team and a glare from Ayanna. Paige joined in, pretending to be an opera singer, her off-key notes echoing through the gym.

"Alright, Kk, Paige, pair up let's see you try it," Y/N said, grinning.

The gym filled with laughter and the occasional yelp as the basketball players tried their best to mimic the elegant movements. Y/N moved around the room, offering tips and encouragement, but she couldn’t help but keep an eye on Ayanna, who was doing surprisingly well.

"You’re a natural, Yanna," Y/N said as she passed by, giving her a teasing smile. Ayanna’s heart soared at the compliment.

Nika, meanwhile, was struggling to balance on one leg. "This is impossible! How do you make it look so easy?"

Ice tried to help, but her idea of assistance was to lift Nika off the ground. "See? Now you don't have to balance at all!"

Nika flailed in Ice's arms. "Put me down, Ice!"

Kk and Paige, having given up on actual ballet, started a comedic rendition of Swan Lake, complete with dramatic flops and exaggerated twirls. "Look at us, we're prima ballerinas!" Paige announced, pretending to faint into Kk's arms.

"Encore!" Y/N cheered, doubling over with laughter.

"Alright, everyone, let's settle down a bit," Y/N said. "Let's focus on some basic jumps next. They're great for building power in your legs."

Kk immediately jumped into action, leaping around like a kangaroo. "How's this for power?" she shouted mid-air, nearly colliding with Paige, who ducked just in time.

"Kk, we’re not trying to fly here," Y/N said, laughing.

The team lined up, attempting the jumps with varying degrees of success. Ayanna, focused on impressing Y/N, put in extra effort. Y/N noticed and decided to have a little fun.

"Looking good, Yan," Y/N said as she passed by, giving her a teasing smile once again. Y/N walked over to Yanna bringing her to the center again, Kk couldn’t help herself. "Cue the romantic music!" she called out, earning more laughs and a mock bow from Paige.

Y/N guided Ayanna through a series of turns. "Just remember to spot," she said, demonstrating the technique. "It helps you keep your balance and direction."

Ayanna tried to follow Y/N’s instructions, her eyes meeting Y/N’s with each turn. "Like this?"

"Perfect," Y/N said, giving her an approving nod.

As the class progressed, the team grew more comfortable with the movements. There were plenty of mishaps—Paige accidentally kicking Nika, Ice tripping over her own feet, and Kk’s ongoing comedic commentary—but everyone was having a great time.

By the end of the session, the team was exhausted but smiling. They gathered in a circle, panting and laughing. "Thanks, Y/N. That was amazing," Azzi said, clapping her on the back.

"Yeah, we should do this more often," Paige added, stretching out her sore muscles.

Y/N walked up to Ayanna and smiled, a playful glint in her eye. "You did great, Yanna. Maybe we can have a private lesson sometime?" Ayanna’s eyes widened, and she stammered, "Uh, yeah, I’d like that."

Kk, overhearing, couldn’t resist one last tease. "Looks like someone’s got a new favorite sport."

Y/N and Ayanna both laughed, and Ayanna felt her nervousness melt away. Maybe this crush wasn’t so one-sided after all.

As the team left the gym, Ayanna found herself walking beside Y/N. "So, about that private lesson…"

Y/N grinned. "How about tomorrow after practice?"

"Sounds perfect."

[dannystattoo]

Jump Then Fall Into Me

Pairing: Danny Wagner x Female Reader

Warnings: None, implied sex but nothing graphic

Cute lil friends with benefits until someone catches feelings oneshot

You were at Danny’s for the third time that week - well, one night had been at your place and it would be more accurate to say you’d slept with him for the third time that week. You'd had absolutely no intention of doing this tonight. You planned to go straight home after the concert you’d hit with the guys. That isn’t what happened, though, after you and Danny kept making subtle contact throughout the show.

“Any chance you’d wanna come over tonight?” He whispered in your ear as the band left the stage before their encore.

“I was hoping you’d ask,” you smirked. That was that, and now you were in his bed, you had no idea where the dress you’d worn to the show was, and you were pinned down under the dead weight of his arm around you.

✨✨

This was an arrangement you and Danny had going on for about 6 months at this point. You’d been friends for years, and you’d always found him attractive. He’d had a girlfriend when you met though, and you’d never acted on that. Over the years, he became one of your closest friends and you never had any desire to date - at least when it started. You’d been at a party together and Danny had just broken up with his most recent girlfriend, while you were upset about the piece of shit guy you’d been talking to for a while who'd decided to ghost you. Neither of you were in the best mood and you were a little tipsy. Being in your friend’s tiny apartment, there weren’t a ton of options and you ended making out in the bathroom and ditching the party for your place.

The next morning, you’d woken up and agreed that was the best sex you’d both had and you definitely wanted to do it again…he ended up staying at your place until the afternoon and you knew you wouldn’t be able to walk right for a few days after. And that’s how you’d found yourselves agreeing to make this a regular thing until one of you ended up in a relationship. It worked, and you’d established early on there weren’t feelings and this was a friends with benefits situation.

Until it wasn’t for you.

✨✨

The sun was just starting to come up when you woke up. While you didn’t remember falling asleep this way, your limbs were tangled and you found your face buried in his chest. You couldn’t help but give him a kiss while he slept.

“Hey gorgeous,” he said groggily. Now you couldn’t help but smile, even though you knew at the end of the day, it didn’t mean anything.

“You’re not getting up for work, are you?”

“No, I’m off today remember?”

“Thank god. Come here,” he pulled you on top of him, grabbing your hips and grinding his into you. After another round, he helped you clean up and take a shower, and when neither of you could fall asleep, he made coffee and you went to watch the sunrise on his deck. Fuck, you were in love with him.

You couldn’t say when it happened, but the last few weeks you’d been trying to ignore it. You couldn’t anymore though, but you also couldn’t say anything because you’d agreed, no feelings.

Danny’s hand reaching out for yours brought you back.

“You ok, honey?” he asked.

“Hm?”

“You disappeared there for a second. I was trying to see if you wanted to go out to the studio and hang out with me and the guys later?”

“Oh, yeah, sure,” you said, distracted.

“What’s on your mind?” He asked again after a few moments of silence.

“It’s nothing, it’s stupid.”

“I promise whatever it is, its not.”

You didn’t want to say anything, this was such a great arrangement and you were sure if you told Danny how you felt, you’d be done. However, you’d made the mistake of wearing your heart a little too much on your sleeve.

“We don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to, but you know I’m here for you if you do wanna talk right?”

“Danny, I…” you trailed off, unsure if you actually wanted to go through with this. “We have to talk about this arrangement. I don’t think it’s going to work out.”

“What? Tell me what’s up, are you seeing someone?” Danny said quickly. “You know what, never mind, we agreed we don’t owe each other anything. We’re just friends having great sex.”

“That’s the thing, Danny. It’s not for me anymore, and I know this isn’t what we agreed to,” you felt like you were about to throw up, but you couldn’t take it back now.

“I couldn’t tell you when it happened, but at some point over the last few months I think…Jesus Christ,” you sighed, “I have feelings for you. I know we said no feelings and trust me, I tried, but it happened. So I totally understand if this isn’t what you want anymore, we said no feelings, I think I’m gonna go in and get my stuff and head out. I’m sorry, I didn’t intend for this to happen - “

“Whoa, whoa, whoa, don’t go anywhere…please,” Danny cut you off. “Do you think I get up and watch the sunset with just anyone?”

"Well, your friend, maybe?”

“I don’t think so. Listen, I’m glad you said something. I couldn’t admit to myself until recently, but I realized I’ve been in love with you since day one. I tried to tell myself it was just something I was feeling as a rebound, and I could never do anything to hurt you. I’ve only felt stronger since then, but like you said, no feelings, I was afraid to act on it. Any time we have together in any capacity is good enough, even if it is all sexual.”

“Let’s be honest Danny, I don’t think I can say it was ever only sexual for me.”

“Yeah, me too, since day one.”

You both sat there for a few minutes, the silence comfortable this time, your pinkies linked together.

“So, what happens next?” you ventured.

“Can I take you on a real date?” Danny proposed.

“I would love that. Do you have to go to the studio today?”

“Yeah, we’re getting together to start figuring out our next album, but I’m dead serious about you coming along. I don’t have to leave for a while though.”

“Good. Is it completely wrong of me to suggest going back to bed after all that?”

“Not at all. In fact, I think I may be somehow more attracted to you now than I was an hour ago.”

You giggled and let Danny lead you back to his room. You didn’t expect it, but it felt different this time now that everything was out in the open.

As the morning went on, you wanted nothing more than to stay cuddled in bed all day. This was perfect.

“I must say, Daniel Wagner, I like you a hell of a lot,” you said, too afraid to jump to “I love you” just yet.

“Good, I like you more,”

[code-es]

let today = new Date(14 May 2023);

Perks of having your sister work at a cafe: free study space + discounted coffee

Today I'm catching up on some emailing, writing, and coding. And! Going bouldering later, the official sport of tech ppl lol.

Tomorrow we're starting a new course which will be about creative programming and I'm so excited! There's so much i want to do, especially since working with three.js.

It's nice feeling this motivated, cause honestly I've had a hard time coding as much as I want, and mental health is (as always) a struggle. I want to be as unfiltered as possible on here, because not every day is me checking off points on my to-do list and having a cute latte at a café, many days i just lay and decompose in bed lmao, but that's ok! Life is not all or nothing; just because i can't get out of bed one day, doesn't mean i can't get up and work the next one. I would show those days too, but i don't have any aesthetic pics from then, so you're just gonna have to believe me :p to anyone else struggling with mental health: we're in this together! (':

♫ Been listening to Traveler's Encore by Andrew Prahlow non stop the last month, it's been great for my anxiety ^^

[pastelbatfandoms]

Take Me Home (One shot) WIP

Based off of a memory from my Motley Crue/Fame desired reality! I am with Sebastian Stan's version of Tommy Lee. Nikki is the same as in our cr though.

Warnings: Pure smut, not much plot tbh

LA 2012...

I was alone the first time in what felt like months, the boys were with their grandparents, I should be reveling in the free time and the quiet, I could literally do almost anything. Instead I was in my queen sized bed missing my husband.

Tommy was on tour with Motley Crue and wouldn't be back for another month. Thankfully this had been a short tour, but I was getting impatient.

I curled up into my cream colored comforter, grabbing my phone I opened up Facebook posting a picture of Tommy and I kissing with the caption "I miss those lips and you." ❤️💋 Sighing I slide the phone closed prepared to spent the rest of the night in bed with a romcom and ice cream.

A few minuetes later the sound of a notification shakes me out of my depressive state, I look at it, seeing someone had liked the post. I glance at it and smile when I see that it was Tommy. They must be done for the night.

Then a text lights up my phone. "Hey Babe, I saw your post. I miss you too!" My heart does a happy dance at seeing Tommy's text and wide smile spreads across my face.

"Hey baby! Are you done with the show? How was it?" I text back.

"Not done yet." He texts back, "We have an encore but it's been great. Crowds awesome! But I wish you were here, I miss that sexy body dancing to our songs."

I grinned a mischievous idea forming, before texting. "Well...once you're done. Want to video call later?"

An enthusiastic message lights up the phone. "FUCK YES!! 😏 I gotta go now but I fucking love you!"

"I fucking love you Tommy. 💋" I giggle at his enthusiasm, some things never change.

A while later, while I was getting ready for the call, had to look good for my man, I heard the call from my laptop via Skype. As I ran to the bed from the closet. Fixing my brown highlighted hair in it's messy bun, I straightened my satin nightie and pressed the answer button on the screen.

I light up once I see Tommy's handsome features appear on screen. His face breaks out in a smile as he sees me. "Hey sweetheart. Damn you look hot."

I grin in false modesty, looking away as I said "Oh I just threw this on." I joked giving him a cute smile.

Tommy smirked at that, looking me over, "Sure you did...Just for me."

I gave him a coy grin, "Ok yeah it was for you."

"Well now I feel like I should have done something." Tommy replied looking down at his shorts and tank top.

I laugh at that, "Babe you've been on stage all day, I've been home alone with nothing to do but think of you."

"True...So you've been thinking of me all day? I'd say what exactly but I think I know...here..." Tommy takes a moment and strips off his top revealing his smooth tattooed chest with the nipple rings. "Better?"

I raise an eyebrow at that, smirking. "Much better. Are you alone?"

Tommy gives me a cocky grin, "Of course. I've been waiting to call you. I don't want anyone to interrupt us."

"Well in that case. Look at what I'm not wearing..." I bite my lip, my eyes glinting mischievously as I slowly pull my slip up my thighs.

Tommy's eyes darken in lust as he immediatly latches onto where my hands are. "Oh don't tease babe. Fuck..."

I giggle pulling my slip up more when suddenly I hear a noise from Tommy's room as a door opens.

I hear a male voice shout, "Hey Tommy you in here!" Before Tommy can say anything Nikki bursts in, still in his stage outfit. "Dude are you watching porn?"

"No Dammit Nikki knock first man!" Tommy shouts back.

Nikki ignores him walking over, "Then what?-" He looks at the screen seeing me he smirks, "Oh hey Shelly. Looking good." He winks.

I think they were expecting me to be embarrassed but it was Nikki so instead of blushing. I kept my hands where they were as I fiddled with the hem of my nightie. "Hey Nikki. You can stay and watch if you want." I teased, giggling.

Nikki seemed like he might take me up on that. But it's Tommy protests knowing Nikki and I's history. "Babe!" He looks at me a bit surprised. "Not happening. Nikki stop eye fucking my girl and leave."

Nikki just chuckles at that, shaking his head and leaves. Knowing how easy it was to rial Tommy up.

I looked at Tommy who seemed a bit upset. "I'm sorry Tommy, we were just playing. Let me make it up to you?"

Tommy looked a bit put out but it softened when he looked over at me. "You can make it up to me when I get home. Right now though..." He trailed off, pursing his lips in thought.

"What?" I questioned, a bit nervous hoping he wouldn't end the call over Nikki.

But instead he simply said, "Take that off." His tone telling me there wasn't room for protests.

I smirk, relieved as I slip the nightie over my head and throw it on the bed.

Tommy's eyes light up as they rove over my naked body, as he licks his lips, leaning back on the hotel bed. "Well? Show me what you were going to earlier. Or is that only for Nikki now?"

I give him a look, "Of course not." Oh he was definitely not going to let that go for awhile.

Tommy raised an eyebrow, "Then open up and let Daddy see..." He ordered.

I did as he said, my eyes glazing over in lust as I bit my lip and spread my legs.

Tommy's eyes light up as he licks his lips. "Damn I wish I was there to taste you and touch you. Since I can't be...why don't you do it for the both us?"

I grinned as I trailed my hands down me, squeezing one of my breasts with a low moan as my other hand trails down to touch myself already wet just by seeing Tommy.

Tommy bit his lip, his eyes never leaving me as he said, "Fuck babe you look so hot. I can see how wet you are from here. You wanna see how ready he is for you?" Tommy asked referring to his cock, which seemed at times to have a mind of its own.

I nodded. "Yes please Daddy."

Tommy groaned. "Babygirl you call me that and I'm coming home early." He rubbed himself through his shorts once before pulling them off, my mouth parted at the look of his huge cock as it popped out of his underwear as he stroked himself. Yes it was as big as they said and seen.

I moaned my eyes closing as I stroked myself. "Fuck Tommy I wish you were here."

"Me too Mommy." Tommy murmured, " Until then keep touching yourself babe. That's it, imagine it's me touching you, making you come."

Tommy groaned as he watched me bury my fingers inside with a whine. His hand gripping his cock even harder. "Mmm fuck I want you so bad, you are going to get it when I'm home. I'm gonna fuck you so good. Keep going lover..."

I moaned louder my breath getting heavier at his words as did Tommy's. " Tommy I'm so close." I whimpered. "I am so hard right now," Tommy groaned out, his eyes closing. "shit I'm going to cum. Cum with me babygirl." His head back as was mine as with a few more strokes and loud moans we both came. I cried out as his name as he cursed.

My eyes opened enough to watch Tommy's cum as it burst out covering his hand and the sheets. "Damn baby that was sexy." I replied eyeing him.

"Fuck so are you. Felt great too, but not as good as if it was your hand or mouth..." Tommy trailed off gazing at me with a smirk, "Next time though I am going to make you squirt."

I stared at him with a grin. "You always do."

"Damn right." Tommy then looked down at the mess he made. "Shit I should clean this up. I blame this on you if we get a dry cleaning bill." He teased.

I rolled my eyes playfully. After he cleaned up we talked for a bit more before we had to sleep. I missed him already but I would see him soon. I couldn't wait until he was actually here.

[danny-likes-sharks]

i love all of your writing and have a cute little request for you. i think i might have requested something similar on your previous account but don't know if it's ok to request again since you switched so please ignore this if so. anyway on to the request

little!misamo and little!dahyun backstage after a concert where dahyun and mina are both whiny and sleepy while samo are still hyped up on the concert energy and the other 5 members are trying to divide and conquer taking care of two hyper and two fussy littles. you can choose who ends up taking care of who and what comfort items and supplies they have packed for situations like this

i know it's been months but i've been struggling to write stuff and actually liking it. besides it would be disrespectful from me to just half-ass a rq.

thank you for your patience and i hope you're still around ❣️

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touring is as rewarding and exciting as it is phisically and emotionally draining. there's a lot of emotions going around and regressing is a common occurrence, which is why they had four little girls in their hands.

momo and sana where little as soon as they stepped out of the stage, running hand in hand to find their belongings and while this usually would've been a clear sign of where they stand age-wise, everyone was just coming down from stage and had too many emotions and things going on to realise the two girls were little and had ran off.

mina and dahyun got younger and younger with every step they took to arrive to the waiting room just dropping to the couch as soon as they could. their eyelids were slowly closing when chaos ensued.

"alright, so we're all here right?" jihyo asked before begining to count and re-counting after getting to 7, why there where 7? why did they have 2 missing? who is even missing? na...jeong...oh, this can't be good "has anyone seen sana and momo?" the girls looked amongst themselves finally noticing they were not there. thank god jihyo was good at handling this kind of situations.

she got everyone to sit on the couch to fully asses the situation and as looked over she realized they have 2 girls missing with an unknown headspace and 2 girls in here clearly regressed and tired "okay, we have to work with what we know. tzu and chae, i need you to stay here and take care of dubu and minari while jeong, nayeon and i try to find momo and sana. we'll each go in separate ways to cover more space. i need everyone to have their phones on them, text on the groupchat to update, let's go" it was serious, they didn't need the staff finding the girls little, it was their secret for a reason.

the three girls left the room and began their search while the remaining four girls stayed in the room. "let's get you two changed meanwhile, okay?" tzuyu took the lead and while their clothes weren't particularly uncomfortable since they were on their encore outfits, they had to get the girls on warmer clothes before they got sick.

she marched to the girls bags, and opened them to find their clothes, their stuffies and blankets, grabbing everything to set it next to the awaiting girls, making sure to change their clothes first in case they fall asleep. once changed she gave them their blankets and stuffies and allowed them to slowly close their eyes.

tzu: mina and dahyun are sleeping. please be quiet when you come back

seen by: nayeon, jeongyeon, jihyo

jeongyeon puts her phone back in her pocket and goes into the room on her left, to finally find their missing girls. "here you are, we were so worried what were you two thinking? we were so worried, what do you have to say for yourselves, huh?!" she screamed, letting all emotions out. bad move. as soon as she finished talking she was met by quivering lips and tears. "'m sorry, i just wanted to es..ets..ex-plore so i asked momorin to come with me" sana tried to explain, still crying. "i'm sorry i yelled, i was just too worried about you two. como here and let me hug you, we can talk about it later, okay? i'm not mad. let's go with the others, okay?" she tried to comfort both littles. once they stopped crying she took their hands and led them to the waiting room.

by the time they arrived both littles where too tired, and as soon as they got changed and settled in the couch they were both out like a light.

[booskwan]

ok so…

i’ll just start from the top with high touch and the grp photo

when i tell you i was shitting myself with anxiety…….. we made line friends with a few people and we bonded over how anxious we were

it went by So fast but then again the whole thing felt crazy fast maybe bc we were waiting outside and inside for so long

but we were at the very front of the vip line which means we were first after vvip…. crazy. and i was like maybe the third person in the single file line but we walked in the theater and they were just lined up there and all i could think was “fuck fuck fuck fuck they don’t look real fuck fuck fuck” AND THEY DIDNT. THEY DONT. like it’s crazy they don’t look real they’re so gorgeous SUNGHO ESPECIALLY MY GOOOOOOD

but we went down the line giving each member a high five it was junji > taeyeob > wookjin ? > kyubin > sungho > yongsoo and for junji and taeyeob it was like a gentle high five but wook and kyubin Went for it like they fully high five you AND THEYRE SO TALL im short im barely 5’4 BUT THEYRE SO TALL

after we went down the line we circled back around to behind the chairs they were standing in front of for the grp photo and I WAS FUCKING RIGHT BEHIND YOOJUNG. and i was waving at all of them as they sat down and kyubin looks me dead in the face with his fake nose piercing and says “hey” with a smile as he sits down

GIRL.

LIKESHJDOFHHDBS WHAT STOP THAT

But i was too nervous to like tap yoojungs shoulder to do a heart or anything lmao so i just did a peace sign and stared at the back of his head like what is happening.

after we got out of snapshot me fern and one of the friends we made had a grp hug all on the verge of tears it was very sweet

then it was a bit more waiting and we filed back into the concert hall whatever you wanna call it and their performances were fucking amazingggggggggg

kyubin ripped open his shirt during asoiaf junji kissed rie on the cheek or the other way around it’s all a blur all i heard was the sound and saw junjis embarrassed face yoojung pretended to be santa claus but one of his mustache bits flew off they did a la la land bit that included sungho slapping kyubins ass as the percussion it was a fucking wild time

taeyeob was blowing kisses the whole time it was so sweet i love him🥹

OH MY GOD HOW DID I ALMOST FORGET during the la la land bit kyubin was asking the crowd if we’ve seen la la land and i put both thumbs up AND HE GAVE ME A THUMBS UP FUCKING BACK WHAT THE FUCK this man has me in a chokehold

but um yeah for encore they did asoiaf angel and onlyoneof you when i tell you i was so relieved they were doing onlyoneof you considering i spent like two hours labeling all the hearts yesterday with my mom

but during angel they had the whole crowd jump with them it was so cute 🥹🥹 i remember jumping and coming up in the air to see kyubin shaking his ass he’s wild i love him

my view wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible i’m happy with it overall 🫶🫶

but yes i held up my heart during onlyoneof you and a few people around me did and i saw a bunch more throughout the crowd which really warmed my heart and i saw wookjin point at one and smile 🥹 which is gonna make me cry but my whole goal was to make them feel loved and i feel accomplished in that even if not every member saw them i’m glad at least one did

and for the photo after asoiaf before angel and ooo you i passed forward the flag as fast as i possibly could lmao and yongsoo was over by our side and he grabbed it 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 he put it around himself and wore it for one pic but then the staff grabbed all the flags and took two more pics without them 💔 but we did lion pose first then i love you pose with hand hearts and that’s the one that they posted on their story

after the concert they told people with snapshot to stay in the concert hall and premium was gonna go first and i was able to stay with a couple line friends but they had kyubin and i had yoojung so we had to split up for the night </3 but they were so so nice and one of them let us use her perfume so we didn’t smell for snapshots 😭😭

i anxiously got in line after taeyeob finished up premiums and there was one person in front of me screams and they had to change the film cartridge thing so they got a little extra time and i was just staring at the floor trying not to be awkward but then it was my turn and she (kelly unfortunately) asked what pose i wanted, i looked at the thing to be sure and told her the number, she told him the number he said hello! and i said hi! and we took the picture and our shoulders touched and i felt very ahdjroehhegkigbd about it yknow and he MADE EYE CONTACT which i’m afraid of but he’s so gorgeous oh my god… and so fucking tall i felt so short even in my tall shoes😭 but he made eye contact and said thank you for coming WHICH I WAS ABOUT TO SAY so i just said thank You for coming! and as i was walking (like two feet away) to get the polaroid from her he said have a good night! but it took me way too long to process he said that so i had to yell back you too!! and then i ran to fern and died a little while i waited for it develop but it’s so cute and i love him and i don’t believe it’s real it’s photoshop there’s no way tonight happened

[yellowloid]

Hello! I wanted to share my experience since I saw your post about recent gig, if it's ok :) I was in Paris at the Accor Arena too, but on May 10th. It was their 3rd show in a row and for some reason I was worried that they would be tired by this point, but no!! Alex was in some kind of an upper mood, quite excited even. Yeah, somewhere between songs he said "we are (or I am) exhausted at this point, but we are so happy" or smth like that. In fact, English is not my first language, and it was difficult to understand him sometimes, and I understood some phrases only after the concert from the fan videos on Instagram lol

Btw, he spoke French quite often that day, almost more than English ahahha. He greeted us in French, constantly thanked us in French with merci, "big ideas" was also said in French, and during dsdcihmyc he shouted "chair" in French. And during Body Paint, he awkwardly touched a standing guitar with a cord and dropped it that I couldn’t stop laughing afterwards. But outro BP was something incredibly exciting, he was great, completely immersed in what he was doing. During I wanna be yours, I almost cried, he sang it so soulfully, as if mentally returning to past happy moments in his memory. Oh, and yes, we had Cornerstone. Sorry...

As for the crowd, I completely agree with you. But, even though I had sitting places, already on the second song everyone stood up and did not sit down until the very end, dancing and screaming (me in particularly). To the right and left sides of me there were cute grandfathers in earplugs (funny that there alone, like they literally came to listen to the group, not to spend time with their grandchildren), who danced more actively than me and filmed every song on the phone ahhaha, it was very nice to see them! And before the encore, the stadium was shaking with clatter and I had goosebumps all over my body, the applause did not stop for a minute until they came out again. But yes, there was clearly a revival on the hype songs from AM, and on the songs from The Car everyone calmed down a bit. Of course, this is not Glasto, but still the audience was on fire.

And there were many more moments when he sang "I am a fool for you" directly to the camera, shouted something in the middle of the songs or between them, bowled on Pretty Visitors, said some little phrases between each song, it's unforgettable. I even had a mental breakdown after the concert, like only after the gig I realized that I saw them live and that they all were REAL indeed. Alex is so tiny sweety pie, and when he was blowing kisses at the very end and smiling sincerely, it made him look like a child. I just love them all so so much. I want to go to one more concert, because it really went disastrously fast.

Best experience in my life, happy that you also had it! ❤️

how dare you do this to me while i'm still drowning in concert nostalgia sjhdggdgsg

the usual french banter was actually so wholesome at my show too <3 definitely expected him to say something more but you won't catch me complaining shfgsg. and the "LA CHAISE" moment at yours was so random and silly how did y'all not collectively eat him. also not him dropping a guitar LMAOOOO

and i absolutely agree, body paint is already such a powerful song (it's been in my top three from the car from the very first moment eheheh) but hearing it live is just so........uGH it's soso powerful and the instrumental part when he always goes to jamie and they do their thing is absolutely beautiful and intense and aaaaa <///3

ugh i'll never forgive them for not giving me cornerstone and i was very upset about that BUT i have to say i probably would've been even MORE upset if they played perfect sense because i feel like it's rarer yknow? it's much more likely for them to play cornerstone (for obvious reasons) rather than perfect sense or even star treatment (which thankfully i got sjghdgf)

also iwby.......yeah. he always looks so pensive when he sings that and i'm like who HURT you babygirl <////3

yeah about the audience it was exactly the same at my show, we were all standing up and jumping around for most of the concert (mostly am and fwn tracks) but then the majority would go dead for specific songs, mostly from the car. but you can BET i was still singing my heart out. and also YEAH can we talk about the applause at the end of the main set and after the encore???? it just didn't stop it lasted SO LONG and it was SO WELL DESERVED because they were AMAZING

i awww'ed out loud at the grandfathers that is literally so sweet. i hope they had a great time :')

i don't remember if he bowled at my show but he did raise the mic stand in the air during pretty visitors sjfhsgfgs i also think he did something similar to what you said during sias, or maybe another song i don't remember - but yeah he pointed directly at the camera and i saw it on the big screen and almost collapsed right there and then lmao. and when he kept waving goodbye and blowing kisses and smiling he was so pretty and he really looked happy to be there and i just never wanted him to get off stage :') i truly wanted that moment to last forever.

the feeling you get once you realize that you're actually seeing them/you saw them is CRAZY. like they exist! they're real and tangible and you were in the same place as them! breathing the same air! and right after it's done (it literally goes by so fast) you start missing them so much. it's almost been two weeks and i'm still so emotional and nostalgic <///3 i love them so much and i miss them terribly.

thank you for sharing your experience anon, it was a pleasure reading about it and i'm happy we both had a great time!!

[aceinacloset]

FNAF Encyclopedia Judgement part: 5

Fave Character Page(s)

As a bit of a celebration for the amount of FNAF content we got this year, I thought I would have an encyclopedia post for my top favorite fnaf characters ( if you've seen my tier list you know who's at the top.) Also if I'm critical it's just because I love these characters so much and have dedicated too many brain cells to these characters. 🫠 so enjoy

Circus Baby- "She gives a haunting performance."

This is kinda unimaginative ( then again a lot of these quotes are.) I feel you could either incorporate a quote of hers into this or at least something creative ( any ideas?)

[Data File]

Circus Baby's appearances seem to almost check out, but the only  "appearance" of CB in security breach is a plush of her, which doesn’t count so yeah she isn't in security breach.

Does a little dance because 'to be beautiful' doesn't appear in the book appearances meaning eleanor isn't CB

💃💃💃💃💃💃

Also just my personal opinion but the fourth closet sucks…any way  moving on-

Also little fact Circus Baby's technical first appearance was FNAF world, but since not even Scott talks about fnaf world I'm not surprised it's not here in the book.

[first paragraph?]

While this basic info on Baby is ok, due to the amount of space in this book getting taken up by pointless images this info is semi un important to the info that should be talked about ( I'll elaborate later.) 

Didn't really need to talk about the closing of CBPW, since the info of it being closed for gas leaks was confirmed to be a cover up and thus isn't too important to her character, this could have been briefly mentioned in the location pages of this book.

Ok now to elaborate (be prepared 'cause this is a long one.) Circus Baby as a character can not be so simply described due to how complex of a character she is, and due to this the encyclopedia does not do her justice ( ̶n̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶d̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶o̶n̶ ̶)  So the best thing this encyclopedia could have done is talk about her actions through sister location, mannerisms, personality, opinions of other characters, and even how she acts as an unreliable narrator, but we can't have nice things in fnaf encyclopedia land. 😊

[second page, first paragraph]

The 8 bit mini game, while important to CB as a character, could have just been replaced with CB's story, 'cause it gets the same point across and if the mini game needed to be mentioned it should have been Brief.  That's just me though. ( also they describe this too much, if you wanna know more about this just find it in the freddy files, much easier.)

Could have taken the opportunity to talk more about CB's deceptive nature but no that would actually make sense.

Liz is more of a presence baby is aware of then actually inhabiting and controlling her body (well atleast SL wrote itself that way. 

Also just gloss over the actual important stuff…. Ok🧍‍♀️…

['ENCORE!']

This isn't that bad, just kinda quick and not too important of info it just talks about her other appearances which is fine but more characterization info could have been nice. 🤷‍♀️ maybe just me eh.

I hate when "always coming back" is used with Circus Baby when it was never her thing… like ever.  She was a determined person willing to do whatever it took to reach her goal even if some that get in the way have to die, that's her thing well at least Sister Location made it so.

Not really related to this but I personally feel Scrap Baby and CB should switch UCN mechanics, I feel switching would fits their different characters better, in my opinion 🫠 also seeing Scrap Baby skate down the hall would make my life complete.

Just gonna gloss over her place in VR and her personality in AR… ok…💢

[First Circus Baby image]

Cute that's it.

Also the dialogue is just…why, she ain't a hit man TF.

Also I feel the dialogue that could have been used could have been all the "abilities" William said Baby had, fits her character and also a nice nod to her game appearance.

Or better one would be 'wolf in sheep's clothing.' Come on, it works.

[Second image]

Image takes up space and dialogue is stupid

This is one of I'm pretty sure every page's example of pointless images that take up space that could be filled with character info.  You would think a character encyclopedia would make the characters info top priority… guess not.

Better dialogue would have been 'Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss.' Nah I'm just kidding… or am I 😈

Circus Baby's pages suck she deserved better from this book and from canon.  Anyway the rating um… 3.5/10 too much filler.

Now onto Ballora.

Ballora- Care to dance?

😳👉👈yea

[Data File]

Wait Ballora appears in Pizza Sim, where?, when? Huh? I wish.

Ballora deserved more book appearances, nay needs more

[first paragraph?]

Not bad, just too descriptive of her design. I a hundred percent understand why this descriptive design info can be good, but since these pages have minimal space, wasting writing space on this is just stupid.

[second page, first paragraph]

Not much to say, just… is this a character info page or a Freddy Files page, it just feels like this is listing stuff from the freddy files.

This kinda just tells of all the nights that ballora appears on, not much else which sucks.

['REPEAT PERFORMANCES']

The minireenas are talked about a lot, even though they have their own page… and the info with them is not really relevant to ballora… My head hurts…

I do like that they talked about her appearance in the Ar DLC

 [First Ballora image]

Could have gotten a better picture… also the text is just…why.

You couldn't have used actual dialogue she says no….mmmmm

[Second image]

That image is great, I want it as my computer wallpaper.

The text confuses me, that's all just what?!

Balloras was ok, just empty in a sense of unique info.  So a 5/10.  I love Ballora but her pages just ain't it really.

Glamrock chica is next.

Glamrock Chica- "For those about to rock!"

[Data File]

Since security breach is her debut game everything in the data file is correct

[first paragraph?]

I actually really like this, the info is detailed and gives us info but also due to the little we know about her, the info about attractions she is in helps fill in those blanks.

Also I love how much space is taken in on the first page, wish every page could utilize taking up space.

I do have one little detail to point out, glamrock chica is technically not the first more feminine version of chica.  Toy chica would take that slot.

[second page, first paragraph]

This is very short and I think it's quite good.

['TAKING CARE OF THE BILL']

This is nice, but I feel more about shattered chica should have been mentioned because I feel that bit of her is a bit more important, but oh well ain't too much of a loss.

[First Glamrock Chica image]

I like the render, but the text is kinda cheesy.

[Second image]

Another image I want as my wallpaper, and the text is good, this is the only image I am ok with having it take up space.

Glamrock Chicas is the best so far, mostly because she is a newer character and there is little info to miss but also she is just perfect in every way, so anyway the rating… 8.7/10

And finally Vanessa/Vanny

Quick thing, I will be bringing up a lot of cut content relating to Vanessa and Vanny since that's where most of their Character and story went. I will leave a link here to the FNAF AR cutting room floor, as well as here for the security breach one… anyway let's actually begin.

Vanessa / Vanny- "Giving you a false sense of security."

[Data File]

Everything checks out, also I keep forgetting Vanessa was in Fnaf AR like damn.  FNAF AR is so forgettable… 

[first paragraph?]

'She's been corrupted by Glichtrap.' really?! I had no idea, but seriously I feel this paragraph is ok…just ehhhhh a little more info about Vanessa in HW would be nice but… eh it's fine it can only get better from here right… right💧…

[second page, first paragraph]

For whatever reason, Vanessa and Vannys pages don't talk about her appearance and actions in FNAF AR, probably because a third of it was cut… yeah… not good because a lot of info about how Glichtrap got into the system as well as more info about Vanessa and how Glitchtrap treated her, ( i'll talk more about this when I get to GlitchTraps pages.) but like I said a third of that was yeeted into the recycling bin for whatever reason so there relevance is questionable at best and irrelevant at worst witch sucks because it is all so good for pre-security breach story AAAAA-

['AGENT OF AFTON']

(Ok quick thing with this title I’m inclined to believe Burntrap was meant to be Afton but due to the fact the internet practically bullied burntrap into the grave, they decided to change burntrap into being the mimic and now I don’t know which one I hate more… any way onto the actual paragraph.)

Why while reading this did I feel like I was being told this info like a child… I’m ok. With this 🙂…

Vanny to me never felt like a person enthralled in Glitchtrap more like a ‘pawn puppeted around on a string’ her movements being eerily similar to Glitchtrap as well as her lack of different dialogue could enforce this idea, as well as the whole obey thing…

This isn’t really any unique character info, more so just info from that security breach files book thing (which I have…not my wisest purchase).  Give me the character, the drama, the pain, the motivations, and goal…No?... oh wait I know why…(you’ll have to wait till the end for my full explanation. 😈

[First Vanessa / Vanny image]

Not a bad image, honestly my opinion of the images in this book are most often the same, a waste or peak image. Ok I like the text there it was a little funny to me.

[Second image]

I would say I like this image but… it takes up unnecessary space like, you could cut out that extra space and have that image replace the first. Not a fan of this images text (I hate it.)

Vanessa / Vanny’s pages felt so much like just a document of info that the character is apart of not actual info that fleshes the character out and I know why that is the case, it is because a third of Vanessa and Vanny’s character and relevance in Security breach was cut leaving so little character left. The only bit in security breach that fleshed out Vanessa's character were the therapy tapes which you can only get after 6AM!.  It wasn’t just security breach either; she got shafted in AR too.  She was hyped up to only be yetted in favor of Crusty Dusty BurnTrap.  I could go on and on but I would rather you just see the cut stuff for yourself.

Ok on to the rating ummm…. 0/10

TADA it is done, my god hope you enjoyed ‘cause AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA I struggled to get this done but I'm glad you read this nightmare of text.

[insomtiny]

ok i finished my post concert whataburger time to unload (spoilers for the apocalypse from us tour i guess)

they started with scream and odd eye because of course those are some of the ultimate crowd hypers

they kept teaching us korean words and telling us to use them throughout the show, jiu taught us 멋있어 (cool) and yoohyeon tried to teach us 귀여워 (cute) but most of us were like we already know that one lol

curse of the spider my fave bside from raid of dream hhh

demian was sooo crazy um say i'm confused now, heart is racing paranoid, i can't trust what i feel, everything's void close your EYEEESSSSSS

propose was so good i didn't even take a video i was so enamored

i didn't get it on camera but they were trying to get us to scream louder and gahyeon was like "can you scream like sua? 😏" and sua went "HEY 🫵😠 HEY YOU 😤" and started threatening her it was so funnyyy

during random dance they did taki taki and sua went STRAIGHT for that boob grab at the end, no hesitation no pretending

also siyeon did paradise lost by gain again goddd in front of mine eyes and with RED HAIR...

and gahyeon did poppy by stayc and its was sooo cute i almost cried her little pigtails...

they played diamond which has always had a special place in my heart it made me so 🥺💞

also taking just a moment to say siyeon's voice is still just as mindblowing and lifechanging as the first time i heard it live

AND THEY PLAYED GOOD NIGHT AND FLY HIGH HUHHH??? i so wasn't expecting that good night is one of my FAVE title tracks and fly high's always been one of my fave stages/concepts

WONDERLAND TOO???

during their ending ments dami was like "hey siri" and someone in the crowd had a meme cutout and it had the siri symbol on the back of it and sua grabbed it and started pretending to be siri and they did a couple different tries of her responding and then she was like ok i got it this time so dami was like "hey siri" and then sua went "yes babey yesss 😏" in a sultry voice and that's gonna live in my brain forever now thanks kim bora

when we were waiting for the encore they kept faking us out with the lightsticks they would come on and we would all start screaming and then they would turn off 😭 it happened like 6 times

SPEAKING of the encore some of the members came in through the fucking aisles and yoohyeon ran right by me hello!!! she was not even 2 feet away from me

also like i said earlier they played the silent night drop SEVEN times and it was so insane

they did different goofs in between each drop, they had us beg for another one, sua did the siri bit again, yoohyeon took off her shirt, they told us to pretend to jump rope, jiu let some random dude in the crowd yell into her mic, sua told us to do like a head isolation move and part of the crowd wasn't doing it right so they had us start booing them, it was so manic and silly i loved it so much

reason was sooo prettyyy

i love them

ok that's all

[fourseasonsfigs]

Many Seeds Many Blessings

There's a lot of reasons I like this set, not the least because we have Zhang Zhehan and Gong Jun in their bright blue and red Wenzhou colors.

I also like figs that have a leg kicked up, like Zhehan does here in his inspiration photo:

I love active poses from Zhehan, he's always so athletic and graceful looking in motion.

Here's the inspiration for Gong Jun's outfit and pose:

What an absolutely beautiful smile from Junjun. I wouldn't think a Safeguard soap ad would feature one of my favorite smiles of his, but here we are.

I really, really love the bandana on his wrist - not only does it highlight the strength of his arm and the beauty of his hand and fingers, but it also has the pop of bright blue. Which I know is for Safeguard's logo, not the Wenzhou blue, but the associations are still really nice for me!

Before we get started, with fig pics, I just wanted to say I'm DISAPPOINTED in these figs. Well, not the figs, they're innocent. The FIG MAKER. She posted a pic of the figs looking like this:

Notice the smooch on Zhehan's sliver of chest and of course right there under Gong Jun's beauty mark. I was so charmed! Then I got these figs, and saw the kiss on Gong Jun's face, but where is the kiss on Zhehan?!? NOT there in the final product!

I don't know about you, but I'm a fan of equal smooch time, and I have a feeling some of you may be too. More to come on that.

These two arrived safely! They were part of the experimental batch I didn't air column wrap, so thankfully they were not victims of my own hubris.

Zhehan looks a little woeful here, no doubt because he's lacking a good solid smooch. It's OK honey, we'll see what we can do about that.

I'm just tickled that these figs can actually stand. They're pretty heavy, so I was a bit worried to experiment with them, but they stand beautifully. AND, not only can they stand, but Zhehan can stand on either foot!

Actually, the fact that he can stand on either foot proved difficult (for me) as I very carefully noted that he was standing on his right leg in the magazine picture, and mentally chanted, right leg right leg right leg as I was taking pictures. And then promptly managed to take a pic of him on his left leg.

Ahh it's been a while, but we're back to the typical JZP fig maker fig silhouettes. We've got Junjun's very slim runway model proportions, and Zhehan's lusher frame.

Both of their sets of legs are cute! I like we've got a little bit of movement for Junjun too.

This is such a cute angle on Junjun! Adorable.

Even a cuter angle! Good shot of the silhouettes too.

I wish we had gotten the scarf around Junjun's wrist, but that would likely have been quite difficult.

Well, since I took the photo anyway, here's how he stands on the other leg!

Nice and clean paint. The clothes are simple but executed quite well.

The pants aren't as shiny as they look, I just have late afternoon sun pouring in through my window and lighting up the figs!

Oops. I got here and realized I had not taken a top down picture! I had already finished up and put the figs on stands and away on my fig display. Alright, they came back for a photo encore.

I had been so focused on poor smooch-less Zhehan, and making sure he got all the kisses he so rightfully deserves!

I had this water sticker pack that was part of the Zhongpei fig set, and as you can see it had quite a few little lip stickers.

As you can see, the little lip print is quite a bit bigger than the one on Junjun, and a little bit darker. I don't mind the darker color, since Junjun's eating a pomegranate, after all, but the fact that it's bigger is problematic. There's very little real estate there on Zhehan's chest.

You can see there's definitely no room on his chest for the entire print without it looking strange, so I trimmed it to have just enough peeking out.

Well, I'll cut to the chase...somehow I bungled the first couple tries. The first time I have no idea what happened, the kiss like smeared into a little red ball before I even was able to try to apply it. The second time I don't know what happened either, but the sticker would not stick for anything, no matter how much water or what I tried to do, either side. The third time I realized that the sticker is the opposite side, so I could only stick it on his right side.

The third time was the charm! There's a little bit of a line where I wasn't able to get it snug enough against the lapel, but honestly it was a miracle I even got it on. I'll get a little bit of acrylic paint and paint in the little bit of the line so it looks like it's under the lapel. I still have one kiss sticker left, but I didn't dare take this off and try to reapply - it was very difficult to get on as it is! It also bunched up, but I ran my finger over it and it stretched out somehow. I'm not rolling the dice that I'll be able to do any better!

This also came with a magnet as a free gift. And look! They put the kiss on the same side I did! Looks like that worked out.

Material: Resin...and some smooches!

Fig Count: 423

Scene Count: 29

Rating: 💋💋

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[beautifulpersonpeach]

OK, I gotta ask, BPP: how many times have you seen BTS live? And what was your most out of body experience doing so?

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Hi @onthecuterside! 💜

I've seen BTS live in concert eight times, including the KCON in August 2014.

Every one of those times, became one of the highlights of my year. I don't want to overstate it, but BTS are literally one of the most phenomenal performers I've ever seen.

And I've seen Epik High, Twenty One Pilots, Radiohead, Shinee, Kendrick Lamar, Beyonce, ONE OK ROCK, Big Bang, AC/DC, Burna Boy, Janet Jackson, Coldplay, EXO, Foo Fighters, Slaves, etc in concert.

BTS are something else.

*

You sent in this ask some time ago @onthecuterside, and the truth is I agonized over it. Because how am I supposed to choose my favourite concert?

It's impossible to. Each concert was tied to different circumstances for me that made each one take on a quality of its own. But I did select a couple to potentially talk about:

The Speak Yourself concert in Seoul on October 26, 2019

The Wings tour in Seoul on February 19, 2017

...I saw recently fans were posting clips from the SYS tour. So, I'll talk very briefly about the Wings tour.

*

BTS were so young back then, but the energy they created was electric. Like I got goosebumps just now remembering and writing about it. The Wings Tour DVD is something I recommend every fan watches at least once to get a sense of the sort of energy, inexperience and sincerity they had (and still do). [I can provide a streaming link of the concert DVD via DM for anyone interested]

Set list (excluding Encore section):

Not Today Am I Wrong Silver Spoon Dope Begin Lie First Love Lost Save Me

I Need U Reflection Stigma MAMA Awake BTS Cypher Pt. 4 Fire N.O No More Dream Boy In Luv Danger Run War of Hormone 21st Century Girl Intro: Boy Meets Evil Blood Sweat & Tears

*

Not Today started with a few hiccups if I recall correctly. It's not really evident in the DVD but I remember the sound was a bit inconsistent in some areas, as if they were still getting used to the volume and deciding how hard to sing/rap. Their introduction was cute, and it was easy jamming along to the setlist. By the time it got to Baepsae, I was very awake. But it was Reflection that did me in.

It's Namjoon's solo song. He just stood in front of a mic in a white-ish button-down shirt, and he seemed a bit nervous at some points singing it. The Wings emblem that was moving the entire time, when contrasted against the blue background, was such a simple and arresting sight. I hadn't actually heard the song before that day, and so hearing it for the first time, hearing the lyrics of what he was singing... It stuck with me.

I remember screaming myself hoarse during Cypher Pt 4, and I probably blacked out during Blood, Sweat & Tears - imagine, it's the end of the show, Jimin's visuals after dancing and singing for more than one hour, high on adrenaline...

It's not captured in the DVD but just before the final chorus, I remember there was this look Jimin gave right before moving to the center, and y'all, I had a revelation.

*

I don't want to rub it too much in people's faces, but I knew BTS was different and were going to dominate no matter what, after seeing them live in February 2017. I wasn't even an ARMY then, I didn't have an ARMY bomb, and I knew that if the next year didn't end with BTS on everybody's lips (more than it already was at the time), then something must've gone very very wrong.

It's not their best concert ever IMO (the SYS concert and a few others are contenders for that), but that entire Wings era was incredible.

[echantedtoon]

Love Doesn't Do Encores Ch23 To Hammerlocke Again

Whelp. After all the craziness that was yesterday..You shouldn't have been surprised when you ended up sleeping in. After you had gotten back to your hotel room last night after the rain, you had taken to doing what you said you would and changed out of your wet clothes, had yourself a quick hot shower, then quickly changed back and went to bed with the oncoming sounds of the storm still ongoing outside when you drifted off. Needless to say you slept like a log in deep slumber through the rest of the night and well into the morning. At one point you did half wake up and thought you heard music, but you almost instantly fell right back asleep still more tuckered out than a snorlax. By the time you did come too it was because Silver couldn't stand waiting around longer for food and had continously shouted at you and patted your face until you were forced to get up to him frowning and chirping at you more and more. 

Your tired f/c eyes blinked tiredly at him and you yawned before stretching the dusty blankets of the hotel falling off your body. "Ok Ok. I'm up."

The very first thing you did was trudge yourself back to the shower to wake yourself up and wash all the dust from the bed off of your body. The second thing was getting dressed and ready, making sure all of your belongings including your wet clothes from the night before were packed away, and you pulled out some of your food rations for yourself. Handing off some of the strange jerky you had obtained from before to Silver as he literally wouldn't let go of your leg as he wrapped himself around it like a little kid as he did and shout at you until you did. Honestly, he acted more like a sobble than he did what a drizzlie was supposed to act like. When you looked out of the window you had noticed that it was still raining, not as much or hard as it was yesterday or last night, but it was still thundering with the stormy clouds and rain still hit the roof with apparently no end in sight. With a sigh you quickly made the bed(the hotel might've been abandoned but it would've still been rude of you to just leave a mess), you grabbed your bag flinging it over your left shoulder(remembering that Nurse Joy had said to keep strain off your right shoulder for a couple days. And it was still decently sore from last night.), and took off with Silver at your heels. As soon as you stepped out into the hallway you were greeted with a sight you weren't expecting. All three teens just standing there chatting away in the hallway but they looked up hearing your door open.

Gloria was the first to respond when she smiled and waved. "Y/n! Good mornin'! Ye finally woke up huh?"

You sighed walking towards the trio and nodding. "Yep. Silver  here decided he wanted breakfast now."

"Silver?"

You gestured to the pokemon at your heels. "Thought it would've been better to give him a name. He seemed to like Silver Veil so it kinda stuck." You looked to Hop. "I don't suppose you're ready to battle Piers huh?"

"Aw cute name!!"

Hop looked nervous for a moment reaching up to rub his head. "Yeah about that. Sorry, Mate. But I already did battle Piers and won may I add."

.......You blinked at him. "HUH?!"

"I battled him earlier this morning," he repeated to your blank face. "We tried to wake ya, but you were asleep deader than a rock! Victor thought it'd be better to let you sleep and heal up from yesterday...Sorry about that."

"And it looks like your shoulder's better too!," Victor added pointing towards your right shoulder.

You blinked. "Oh." You looked to your still sore shoulder. "Yeah. I got it fixed last night, but it's still sore." You then looked back to Hop with a raised brow. "But you already battled him?" He nodded. "Man...I hoped he put on a good show."

He then beamed making you smile in return. "YEAH! There was this cool trick he used using his skuntank's more stinkier attacks to keep Wooloo from going near him because it smelt so bad! And he was blasting this really loud music and singing and-"

"I think she gets it, Mate."

You chuckled before nodding towards the stairway down towards the exit. "What do you say then? Back to Hammerlocke again?"

They all agreed and with Silver tailing you all, you all went down the stairs into the abandoned lobby and like the night before when you opened the door rain is what greeted all four of you. Although you were right in that it wasn't as bad as last night. Sighing, you pulled the hood of your jacket over your head and headed on out into the world. Being daylight out now it was a lot clearer to see the streets wet from the water as you all headed out and into the rain. Most of you weren't really all that prepared from the rain after all. You clutched your backpack to yourself as you lead the charge with Silver at your heels(guess being a Water-Type meant he wasn't affected by the rain at all) Hop and Gloria shared shelter with Hop holding his jacket over the both of them to the best of his ability, and Victor just used his giant pack as a makeshift umbrella. As you all briskly walked down the streets, your group passed the gym. Glancing briefly over at it, you didn't see Piers at all on stage or in the Gym's area. Perhaps he was in the back room or went home? The four of you walked and walked down the streets and took twists and turns past the abandoned ice cream shop and down the streets you remembered back towards the exit. And not once did you all see Team Yell or Piers...Or that blasted wall. Guess Piers kept his word and had them fix everything you all were almost to the exit from the city of Spikemuth when you spotted a particular pink pokemon center and decided to take a dive through it's doors and you were surprised when it opened and what the inside contained. Just like the rest of Spikemuth the place looked pretty much abandoned except the place where Nurse Joy would usually stand, which was occupied by a Team Yell grunt.

"Oh it's you again," she commented not getting up from her position of leaning off the counter. "How's the shoulder feel?"

You blinked as you stared at her until it dawned on you. "Oh it's you!" You nodded. "Yeah. It feels a lot better actually. Thanks."

"Eh. No need to thank me. Just make sure you don't strain yourself for a couple days and you'll be all good." She glanced behind you noticing the others shaking water off themselves in one way or another. "You all heading out now? In this weather?"

You nodded. "We want to get back to Hammerlocke as soon as possible."

"I see. Well then do your friends want me to look over their pokemon before ya'll skip town? Wouldn't take me very long to do so."

You nodded. "That'd be a great idea thanks-"

"Y/n." You blinked having been interrupted and turned towards your left as Victor looked between you and the woman confused. "You know her?"

"Well...It's a long story. I'll tell you guys later."

It didn't take much to convince both Hop and Gloria to allow Nurse Joy to check over their pokemon as you thought it'd be better to do it now then to make them wait days and days before getting to Hammerlocke. And she was right. It didn't take long at all, and soon you all left with some abandoned umbrellas Gloria had noticed someone had left to collect dust in a pot by the doorway. Hmm. Maybe you all should've bought umbrellas along with all your other supplies when you bought them? No matter now. You were already dreading the trip back to Hammerlocke for obvious reasons so you had better suck it up early. The small group left the town (which to Piers's credit was opened back up) and stopped in front of Spikemuth for Victor to quickly recheck his regional maps.

He pointed forward after a moment, "We need to go back straight ahead back onto Route Nine and then back onto Route Eight leading back to either Hammerlocke or Circhester-"

"Oi! You lot!," a voice called from behind you all and you all looked behind you, your eyes going wide as through the rain, already soaked, long hair sticking to his body, and taller than your old gym coach. Was none other than PIERS!! Your brow rose. Victor looked confused. Hop and Gloria both gave a wide eyed look-

"What the absolute burning rapidash crap are you doing out here without an umbrella?!," was the first thing that tumbled out of you mouth before you could even think placing one hand on your waist. "I get that punk rock is your thing and maybe doing this is a sort of rebal action, but you can seriously catch a cold from this, Hot Pink."

The children looked at you wide eyed as you DARED say something so bold to Piers (again-) and using the nickname 'Hot Pink' on him. They thought he might've yelled at you for a moment...but surprisingly the soaked man didn't even bat an eye and instead chuckled giving you a small smile and friendly sounding tone.

"Yeah? Well I saw Marnie off a bit ago and ta be fair I WAS headin' my way back inside, but I saw your group passing through and figured I'd make sure your shoulder was still good before ya skipped town," he explained a hand coming up to grab his choker again, "Y'know. It's the responsible thing to do as Gym Leader."

You paused for a moment looking at him before shaking your head with a sigh and smiled back. "Nah. It's still feeling better than yesterday. Your Nurse Joy just said to keep off it for a few days and I'll be fine. So things from here should be easier considering."

He nodded in agreement. "Yes. They should be..." He gave a chuckle. "Until Raihan sees ya again-"

He gave off a couple chuckles when you reached out and gave his shoulder a small shove. "OH BE QUIET!! W-We don't even know if he's going to be there or not when we get there!! And that doesn't mean I'm even going to interact with him! They're the ones that's battling him not me!!"

You gave him a frown as he smiled at you. "I didn't mean anythin' by it honest. And I wasn't lyin' when I said I wanted ta make sure I fixed things last night." 

You sighed and relaxed your face at his genuine tone. "I know, and don't worry about it. Besides, if he does do any more flirting I'll just turn him down again like I did last time. I just think you should get inside and dry off before you get sick."

He gave a small huff but didn't lose that small smile, holding up a single hand. "I get'cha. Will you all be alright from here?"

You nodded gesturing to your umbrella. "We will now that we have these and my shoulder's all fixed now. So it should be smooth sailing from here." You pointed behind him. "But if you really wanna help, then get back inside and get all dried up before you catch a cold."

Shaking his head hair flat against his body now he huffed. "I get it." With that he turned on his heel and waved a hand behind you with a chuckle. "Give me regards to Raihan next time ya blokes see 'em. Hehe. I'm sure I'll hear from him later anyways."

You rolled your eyes in turn and turned around. "Sure. Well we'll see." Still smiling you turned back around, and paused seeing the three teens staring at you intently. "....What?"

"HOW!?", Hop seemed trying to ask throwing his hand that wasn't holding his umbrella out and looking rapidly between you and the retreating gym leader. "When did you two- !? I m-mean-....HUH!?" 

"I think he meant to ask...WHEN DID THE TWO OF YOU TALK!?," Victor explained rather loudly.

....You blinked. "OH! That." You shook your head pointing towards the road ahead. "I'll tell you all on the way to Hammerlocke I promise. But for now let's get going. I want to get as far as I can before we're forced to camp for the night."

And you did with the rain dropping around yourselves and Silver running around hopping about in the puddles alongside the road and soaking up all the rain as it beat against your umbrellas. They all took it surprisingly well...besides Victor who scolded you for running out in the middle of the night without them and in the rain, but you didn't argue. After all you did, and you weren't going to make the same mistake again. And you were all better and any bad blood with Piers you may have had has been solved too! So there's a plus. You all walked until it was too dark and still raining. You certainly had a hard time pitching the tents with Gloria and Hop trying to balance holding umbrella's over you and Victor as you all put up the tents and especially with your still sore shoulder. Getting partically soaked in the process...and even more soaked when Silver all soaked still wearing that sweater hoodie you got him, decided it'd be a good idea to flop himself inside the tent all wet from the rain......Safe to say you both had a harder time sleeping that night then the boys. Same thing the next morning trying to gather your things and put the tent away as it still rained, tho not as bad as before. The rain persisted for the next three and a half days as you all traveled. Having trouble setting up tents and staying dry during it all, silver certainly wasn't making it any easier on the lot of you. Thankfully by the middle of the fourth day the rain hand leaked the last of it's water and the clouds began rolling away. But you made sure to keep your umbrella put away and handy just in case. You'd definitely want to keep that in case you'd need it again. Continuing to walk through the forested areas you had come to known since before getting to Spikemuth, you were fairly certain that you were nearing the end of said forest as the days continued to pass by and you were pretty sure that any day now you all would come out the other end and see the Route Nine Tunnel, and the halfway point back to Hammerlocke ......Sigh. And Raihan. But you'll deal with him once you get there.....If the ground under all yours feet hadn't shaken like an earthquake. It all happened so suddenly. One moment you four were almost out of the woods, the  next moment BOOM!! The ground shook under your feet and you all wobbled around, but it wasn't very strong. Only almost making you lose your balance. Overhead a couple bird like pokemon flew away in a real big hurry with caws of worry, Victor flung his arms about trying to stay balanced, and Hop instinctively grabbed Gloria in a protective hold gold eyes blow wide at his surroundings. But you somehow managed to remain on your feet, only Silver falling over onto his bum in the process. At the end in left the lot of you on edge and frantically looking around the forest you all were in.

"WHAT THE BLOODY RAPIDASH CRAP WAS THAT!?," Gloria cried out still clutching onto Hop wide eyed.

"I have absolutely no idea!," you answered back blinking and looking around with an uneasy feeling. "...But whatever it was it seems to be gone now." You straightened back up now giving a careful look around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary within the forested area. "...I say we keep going and get out this neck of the woods before it happens again."

"I second that!," Victor piped up.

The others quickly agreed too and without hesitation you all sped walked away from the area. Speculating what it was that happened back there. Earthquake not very likely. There would've been much more damage and panic from pokemon. Hop suggested perhaps it was a couple wild pokemon fighting or maybe someone having a battle nearby and that seemed more likely in your mind. After all how many times have you watched the Pokemon anime and the main characters just ran into someone while in the woods?? ...You lost count but def a lot of times. And you all couldn't have been the only people who ever traveled along here or caught pokemon in the wild. ...And you all DID run into someone. You all had traveled about one or two hours away from where you had first felt the earthquake or whatever it was, stopping to have a quick break and eating some food from your food rations before continuing, and then you ran into someone who was walking rather quickly in the opposite direction heading towards you all. The man seemed a bit spooked as he walked, but did catch notice of you all when Gloria gave a friendly passing wave.

"Mornin' to yas! Nice day ain't it?"

The man stopped as you approached before quickly shaking his head and pointing behind him. You were almost out of the forest at this point you reckoned. "H-Hey. N-No not really! There's some trouble on Route Nine! It's so b-bad even the Champion's come to sort it out!"

"Lee?", Hop perked up but then again you figured he'd pop up at any mention of his famous brother.

"Trouble?," you asked eyes widening at the man who nodded. Did it have something to do with the shaking earlier? "What kind of trouble?"

"T-T-There's a giant pokemon on a r-r-rampage down by the highway! .....Oh, hey! You gave Piers a good thrashing didn't you?," he asked pointing to Hop and Gloria seeming to recognize them. Huh. Did he see their battles against other gym leaders and figured you came from Spikemuth? "You should head over there to help! C'mon then!" Wait what?! "I'll show you the way?" He turned and pointed towards the place you all were heading anyways. "U-U-Up there b-by the Tunnel!! ...Heed my warning though! If you're s-s-smart you'll get out of here as fast as you can like I'm doing!" 

"Wait what are- HEY!!" You nearly got knocked into Victor, he flinched, by the man who then in a hurry pushed past you and sped up his pace back towards the way you had just came from. You shooting a dirty look after his retreating form. "HEY!! SAY EXCUSE ME NEXT TIME BUDDY!!"

"LEE'S HERE!!"

Uh oh- Your head snapped to Hop and an arm instantly flung out to stop him but you barely missed him fingertips inches away from his jacket as he, as you expected, wide eyed and smile on his face took off up the road through the woods. "HOP COME BACK!!"

"WAIT FOR ME, MATE!!"

"GLORIA!!" It was the same song and dance between Victor and his twin as she slipped past his grab at her and too both of your horrors ran off right after her best friend. Both your faces paled and a rock sank in your stomach. OH NO!! There was a giant pokemon rampaging up ahead that was so bad even LEON had to be called out to stop it and those two were heading right towards it!! Victor growled holding his hands up like claws before sighing and looking towards you. "C'mon! We gotta stop those ninnies 'fore they dig 'emselves an early grave!!"

Well scottish accent intensified. But all jokes aside you totally agreed! Those two were going to get themselves turned into pancakes!! Without hesitation both of you RAN to catch up to the others. Up through the forested pathway the both of you ran, around one corner, straight ahead for a little while, and then around another corner and straight again with the treeline breaking before you to open grasslands- BOOM!! In a flash of red and another shaking you tripped. Just like when Milo's wooloo bowled you over, you fell face first onto the shaking ground and there you laid as Victor kept wobble-running not noticing you had fallen over. At least you didn't have to worry about further harming your shoulder. A VERY LOUD cry of some kind of animal roared out in the sky, dirt stuck under your nails as fingers curled into the ground, and you felt light as the shaking rattled the poor body further. It was like back in your dream when you were falling and heard the roar of Leon's charizard. But different...You might've not gotten up even as your body instictively froze at the flashback of hieghts, if Silver had shouted as LOUDLY as his tiny lungs could into your ear. Disoriented you screamed in fright, throwing yourself away from the flashing images of the corvinight coming to take revenge...But blinked only seeing the greyish skin of Silver and then a flash of pink as he chirped loudly at you and slapped your face. A groan escaped you and you pushed yourself up and out of his reach of slapping. Head still spinning and everything still wobbling, you blinked towards the horizon.  And far far in the distance if you squinted, you could see the Tunnel (even though it was more like a bridge-) and faintly the figure of Victor still running ahead.....!? And you scrambled after him. So even after you broke the tree line you ran....and ran....and ran. Your heart began to get to the point of pounding in your ears, and your lungs were starting to REALLY ache and burn but you didn't stop in a desperate attempt to catch up to the three teenagers who ran off in front of you. Head spinning and body aching, you were rapidly approaching the tunnel and was met with both an alarming and relieving sight that both alarmed and made you relax. Silver right behind you, you quickly started to come down from the adrenaline rush from the vast amount of distance and saw that there was a couple officers putting up a road block in front of the tunnel and not letting anyone through. Anyone being Victor, his sister, and Hop. That made you all relieved as you were sure they wouldn't be allowed near any danger, what made you ALARMED though was a car that looked absolutely RUINED from a crash with ten elephants was knocked off from the highway above the tunnel and was stationed crashed halfway down the hill!! What the world happened?! Was there a car crash!? It didn't look like there was any signs of anyone that was seriously hurt thank goodness. But that didn't answer your question as you slowed down to a walk approaching breathing heavily as your body felt as stable as a bowl of jello that got thrown off a skyscraper. Victor was shaking Hop by his jacket, scowling, and very angry and you could only catch the last sentence when you finally made it over to them. 

"WHAT. WERE. YE. BLOODY. THINKIN'!?," He yelled at Hop scottish accent becoming more thick with each word he threw out at them. "Are ye tryin' ta give me a heart attack or somethin'!? Or do ya got a death wish!?"

"i'M SoRRy!!," Hop garbled out dizzy somewhere between the shaking. Between all the shaking you managed to slowly walk over and bluntly push your way between them making Victor let go of Hop as the dizzy purple haired boy stumbled back into the arms of Gloria who looked equally guilty as you took the chance to lean forward in an attempt to catch your breath. Breathing heavily and coughing as you attempted to get your heart rate to still. Behind you some where Silver flopped face first onto the ground out of exhaustion.

"What *gaaaasp* ....happ-p-p-pened!? *cough cough*", you demanded between gasps of air not even looking up.

"Y/n! This is mad....You know what I mean?," Hop asked back.

 "What..... was;....*cough cough!!* t-t-t-that*gggaaaaasssssppp* loud noise?"

 "That's what I'd like to know. That noise..It was like some massive explosion! There was this huge surge of red light and then wild pokemon just started dynamaxing around me brazon as you like!"

"One pokemon," Gloria corrected holding up a finger, "One pokemon dynamaxed. And it's on the other side of the tunnel!" She then gestured to the blocked off entrance currently occupied by at least seven officers who were laser focused on your group so close to the entrance. "They're not letting anyone through due to safety or somethin'."

"And it's a good thing they didn't!", Victor scolded, "You two are nuts you are!!"

You groaned. Tuning out the rest of their convo in order to focus on your breathing and trying to get the burning sensation out of your lungs as you stood there. Oh what you wouldn't give for a chair at this moment in time to sit down and rest your sore body for just a little while longer. You didn't notice the giant flying form of a charizard flying through the sky over head and coming down towards all of you...But Hop sure did. And Gloria and Victor as they looked up along with the police officers as whoever it was came down fast and if it wasn't for the tuning out you were doing you would have heard the landing. You only really noticed anything when Hop suddenly barreled (again-) away from  the group making you yelp and blink to where he suddenly ran off too. And quickly understood why.

"LEON!!," He cried out with a giant smile on his face waving his arms, unforunately he was stopped by the officer and portable gate baracade. Leaving him to wave an arm, call out to his brother, and lean left and right to try and get a view of his famous older brother. "OVER HERE!!"

The Champion who was just starting to walk towards the tunnel paused hearing his name being called and turned his golden eyes around. By now the other two had already joined Hop and slowly you brought up the rear groaning and stretching out your back. Of course seeing your little group, Leon instantly smiled and his direction changed from towards the barn towards you all.

"Hey everyone!," he greeted picking up his pace and stopping on the other side of the portable fencing in front of all of you. "Wow! Look at all of you! Haven't seen you all for a while. What's the lot of you doing all the way out here?"

"We're headin' ta Hammerlocke!" "We're here to help you take down that pokemon!" Hop and Gloria answered at the same time.

Leon blinked for a moment before smiling again and reaching over to delivery a small pat to Hop's head. "Ah! I see news always spreads faster than Charizard's wings. Thanks for coming but I've got a handle on this. Whatever's making that noise I'll see to it!" They both frowned at the gentle shot down for their help Leon gave them before he returned his hand to his hips. "But seeing as you're here on Route Nine on you're way to Hammerlocke, that can only mean one thing." He winked and pointed. "You all just finished defeating Piers, right?"

"Yep!,"Gloria confirmed proudly crossing her arms, "No offense but we got this in the bag, Lee! And we can totally still help ya out too!" Hop eagerly nodded in agreement making Lee chuckle again.

"I'm sure you could, but now isn't the right time for that." He pointed a finger up. "I already told you, didn't I? Keep your eye on the goal. And for you, that's winning the Gym Challenge! Unless you have still have any other gym leaders to defeat, the only gym badge left is the one you'll get from the dragon gym's leader, Raihan. Right? Raihan is the only trainer out there I consider a real rival. He's that good you know! So you both might have a hard time beating him."

"Mr. Champion!" Leon hummed and looked behind him to where a nervous looking policewoman was looking between him and the tunnel. "S-S-Shouldn't we t-take care of the rampaging pokemon first? I'm not sure how long our distraction is keeping it docile."

....He blinked and reached a hand up to rub his neck. "Ah. And there I go again. Sorry, but I suppose this is no time for me to be stopping for a chat. There's a bit of trouble here with my name on it! But don't you worry about a thing!" He sent a smile and thumbs up to the surrounding police force. "The unbeatable Champion is here to look after things and keep you all safe!" He turned back to your group and in a slightly more serious tone spoke to them. "Alright you three. It was really nice seeing you again, but unfortunately I have to go take care of some serious business here." He pointed back up the way you came towards the forest. "Now I know I'm bad with directions but there's another pathway through there that goes around the long way back to Route Eight. I want all of you to go back and use that pathway instead immediately. Just because you all fought dynamaxed pokemon before doesn't make this any less dangerous." 

"But-", Hop started but was stopped when his brother grabbed his shoulder. His face dropped when Leon shook his head.

"Sorry, Hoppy. But a big responsibility of the Champion is making sure those around him are safe, and I know Ma would want you to be safe too. So please. Trust your big bro on this one, ok?" He smiled widely. "I'm gonna be heading to Hammerlocke too anyways! So if you all hurry we can meet up there. In fact let's make a game out of it!" He pointed to your small group. "If you three can beat me to Hammerlocke I'll buy everyone a free full meal! Ok?"

"I'm sold!," you answered hearing the prospect of free food. 

"I-..." Hop gave one last look at his big brother before sighing and giving a nod. A determined look once again taking over his face. "You can count on me Lee!"

He nodded and went to say something else but before either of you had the chance to say anything else it happened again!! A giant BOOM noise and a roar that sounded like a monster came from directly behind you all. The three teens in front of you all grabbed onto the portable fence and Leon instinctively leaned himself over the smaller kids protectively turning almost horrified behind him as you tried not to fall again. Soon after the trembling stopped ...and everyone slowly looked back up with shocked or concerned faces.

"Are you alright?," Leon asked turning back to his brother and friends who nodded. He breathed a sigh of relief before nodding and leaning back up. "That's good. I want all of you to leave now and go as fast as you can to Hammerlocke. I'll meet you there ok!" Without giving any of you any time to answer he turned back around to the tunnel smirk on his face. "That came from the tunnel wouldn't you say? Seems I'm about to have a champion time!!"

And he left. Or more like ran away as he turned and ran off past you and the officers and into the tunnel entrance. You took that as your cue to gently tug on Hop's shirt and as quickly (but gently) as you you could quickly guide them around and shooed them around and too even your disgruntle back up the pathway which had come judging by the roars that echoed from behind you all, Leon must've confronted the beast. With new worry and adrenaline in your system, you snatched Silver off the group with a giant chirp and pushed them to walk faster and faster as the ground shook under your feet again. Looking over your shoulder every so often and thinking you caught a glimpse of towering pokemon but you weren't sure. You were too busy pushing them all back to the forest and urging Victor to check his regional maps for the other pathway, which thankfully he listened to you and whipped out his phone. Although clearly by the faces of the children they were distressed and worried. You were too but Leon was THE Champion of Galar. He wouldn't be defeated that easily by a random wild pokemon. By the time you had reached the forest again, aching bodies be darned, the group had shaken quite a few times and the roaring sounds of the battling pokemon could reach your ears completely. But you didn't let that distract you in your mission of pushing these guys to the other path.....Which granted DID take a bit of time to find, since two giant bushes had grown over the front of the entrance. No wonder no one noticed it at first. It looked so old and overgrown. Never the less another shaking urged you all to flee down the pathway. And from there you traveled more and more. The forest went on and on for a good while until the path lead out of the woods and into a large open area of grasslands and the occasional house again. Guess this really was the long way around. The four(five of you counting Silver too) traveled all day along Route Nine's other path until the sun had set and you all were forced to make camp and rest for the night, before waking up the next morning and following the road again. The trip was like any other you all have taken before. Taking many days and passing the occasional small town, houses, or other passerbys. Only this time it took a bit longer until you all eventually rounded back onto the main road.  Even when you all stopped at a small town to restock supplies, stay at the local inn, and even did a few odd 'poke jobs' to earn a bit of pocket money. A day or two's journey later your group ran into a fork in the road and stopped as Victor whipped out his phone to check his regional maps.

"This is where Route Eight connects to Route Nine," he explained looking at his phone's screen smiling, "So we should just keep walking straight forward onto Route Eight and by that we should reach Hammerlocke in no time."

So back on Route Eight you all made for Hammerlocke ...and it's Gym leader which you really weren't looking forward to seeing again at all. Piers's laugh at your situation replaying in your mind making you scowl. Stupid Hot Pink! You'd show him! At one point Hop took to looking at his phone again and held it out to you suddenly excited. 

 "Hey! Take a look at the news!" He held his phone out to all of you and you looked. There was a picture of Leon there arms crossed next to a GIANT pokemon that looked like one of the evolved forms of Meowth you thought. It looked like a reporter took a picture of it at some point with some professional journalism colom under the picture with a caption. "See! There's Lee! He really is the greatest, right?" He took his phone back beaming at the picture with wonder. "Lee and his charizard took down that dynamax pokemon in the blink of an eye! I knew Lee was strong but this? Really makes you appreciate how great he is eh?" He smiled widely a new excitement in his step.  "Let's go meet up with him everyone! He should be at Hammerlocke stadium!"

"And that free food bet!" Your mind disregarded any disgruntled thoughts of Piers's smooth voice laughing or even Raihan coming to mind as your stomach grumbled at the thought of any good food. 

"Well what are we waiting for?," Gloria asked pointing forward, "Let's get to Hammerlocke!!"

For days and days you all traveled. Discussing Raihan and their battle strategies for him. Turns out unlike other leaders Raihan's gym would only conclude in two battles. One would be a tag team battle with two pokemon and the last a dynamax one against his dragon type. ...While battling inside a sandstorm....Great. You REALLY weren't looking forward to this. As days past and your food rations getting lower and lower, you all FINALLY came across Hammerlocke finally. The castle town reared it's head up at you and the pathway lead up to a draw bridge being the entrance. Picking up your speed, you four all made down the path all the way to Hammerlocke. You already taste what curry Leon would be treating you too if he wasn't already there, which you doubted he would be. He was terrible with directions after all. Like any of the other times you came back to Hammerlocke there was a man who worked for the league stationed there and Hop and Gloria had to show him their gym badges in order for them to get inside. Guess that rule was still applied here, and inside you four went. It looked exactly as you all left it since the last time you left here weeks ago to travel to Spikemuth....But there was a clear difference this time. You were on edge. Eyes narrowed and looking this way and that for that fanged gym leader. If you two were gonna meet again you definitely weren't going to be caught off guard. Yep! You were NOT going to be surprised by anything- Hop gasped suddenly and you yelped. Jumping back and bringing your arms up to defend yourself from any flirts!

"Over here!" He cried pointing in front of all you and a little ways away right in front of the entrance to Mr. Rose's power plant was Leon. Hey! And Sonia too! You hadn't seen her since Circhester. "Look! There's Lee! C'mon!" And the three ran...As you blinked. Before sighing and letting your arms slump back to your sides. Get it together Y/n. You had to keep your mind about you. You trudged slowly behind as the others ran towards Leon and Sonia. "LEON!"

The Champion paused mouth open in mid conversation with Sonia....before looking behind him and like a switch going off in his mind, he instantly smiled, turned around, and opened his arms out..Unfortunately he didn't take into account the force of three about fourteen years of age kids leaping into said Champion's arms. Hop got there first of course, Leon letting a loud 'OOF!' at his contact but smiling happily, then the twins...And you watched as Leon went down to the ground under the weighed down hug of them all in one giant laughing mess. Sonia blinked in surprise but then chuckled at the sight. As did you shaking your head and slowly walking up to them. By the time you got there, Leon had sat up with his hat somehow ending up on Hop's head as he laughed at them all. 

"Well if it isn't the troublesome trio," Sonia greeted and then smiling in your direction as you walked up to her, "And Y/n! It's been so long since I last saw all of you! How were things in Spikemuth?"

You waved. "Hey Sonia!" You greeted. "Been well. And it looks like you've been doing pretty well too. Have you put together any clues with the tapestries?" 

She nodded as Leon stood up. "I think so. It's only a matter of time until I figure out why the tapestries were separated in the first place."

"I'm sure you'll figure it out!," Leon complimented. In the time you two were talking, the others had gotten up and placed the hat back on his head. "It's like fighting a pokemon. It takes a few tries but in the end you'll end up catching it!"

"Speaking of which you made the news pretty recently," you commented hands on your hips.

He chuckled back at you and smiled. "Well I couldn't have it causing anymore damage to anyone else. Luckily no one was hurt but it could've gotten wild if I hadn't taken it down."

"I'd expect nothing less from you and your charizard, Leon," Sonia commented, "You took down that dynamax pokemon in no time."

"Well I am the unbeatable champion after all? But what's going on here?" 

Sonia hummed and brought a hand to her chin, a thoughtful look on her face. "An overflowing red light...Pokemon dynamaxing without a power spot?"

''Yeah. But why?," Hop asked. Yeah. You'd like to know too. That was a weird experience.

Sonia shook her head. "I'm not sure. What's going on? That red light could suddenly appear again at any time and we'd have no way of knowing." That wasn't a good thing. If it happened again other people might be hurt. You shivered at the thought of the crashed car you remembered seeing at the Tunnel. If that meowth thing did that what if a pokemon dynamaxed in a city?!

"But being able to predict such things is part of a scientist's work. Didn't you forget, Dear?" The six of you looked over at the new comers voice and you had jumped at the prospect of Raihan..but relaxed when you saw WHO it was. Definitely not raihain. Too old and not even a boy....But what were the odds of Sonia's Grandmother coming here?! YES. Ms. Magnolia was here. Her can making a tapping sound as she walked up to your group. 

"GRAN!?" Sonia gaped mouth open in shock. "What are you doing here?" She asked as if hearing your thoughts.

"The Chairman called for me," she explained carefully. The Chairman? "He wanted to know all about the red light's relationship to the dynamax phenonemon. But I wasn't expecting you running into you all while arriving."

"Did the Chairman know anything?," Leon asked and....and you looked at him. An unexplained familiar feeling falling over you and a bad feeling sitting into your gut. ...Huh?

Ms. Magnolia shook her head. "Nothing worth my time. The Chairman's all wrapped up in fretting over the future our energy aparently."

"Is it really that big of a problem?," you asked and everyone turned to you as you rose a brow, "I mean..Everywhere we've gone there doesn't seem to really be any really bad power cuts or anything."

Leon sighed and reached a hand up to rub his neck. "I'm afraid so. It may not really look like it to you especially since you're from a whole nother region, Y/n. But.....You saw Spikemuth right?" You...Nodded. And Leon frowned further. "The entire town was almost completely shut down due to the power problem. And nearly a quarter of Wyndon City now too. The Chairman's trying to combat it by installing a lot of green energy suppliments. Solar panels. Wind turbines. Things like that...But it just seems most of the energy they've been zapping out's been going missing too." He shrugged. "It's a mystery we're trying to figure out. We think someone might've been stealing the power but we haven't detected any outside tampering or signs of electric type pokemon seeping up the energy..Besides the occasional small jolteon."

You looked at him stunned. So Piers's situation was really out of his control. You frowned a feeling of pity falling over yourself. Poor Hot Pink. He was blaming himself when all this time he couldn't have really done anything to prevent his town from falling apart. "Well what about his scientists? Haven't they figured out ways to fix it?"

"I'm afraid it's not as easy as it sounds dear," Ms. Magnolia sighed. "He's left everything to that executive lady. We just don't have enough data. That's why I wanted you to start looking into things too, Sonia. You know more than anyone about the Darkest Day after all."

"Hold on! Are you saying that the red light and the Darkest Day are connected?!"

"Hey." Leon hummed and turned to Hop who grabbed his arm. "Do you reckon there's anything we can do to help out?"

"There must be!," Gloria insisted.

Leon stared for a moment before smiling. "Thanks. I appreciate the thought. But all I could ever ask of you would be that you join me in the greatest final match ever. I'll do my part to make that happen by keeping everybody's future safe." He ruffled Hop's hair with his other hand. "So you both just keep on doing your part by winning your way through the Gym Challenge!"

"Right! 'Course! You're the unbeatable champion after all, right?!"

"Gran," Ms. Magnolia looked back to Sonia as she asked her, "There's something I wanna look into. You'll help me right?"

"Naturally," she answered back nodding, "Come. You can tell me all about it while conversing with the Chairmon." She turned to the powerplant's entrance. "Come along. We mustn't be keeping Mr. Rose waiting. Arceous knows what's going on in there?"

And with that Sonia turned and followed without another word, and you all watched their retreating forms as they walked away. ..Until Leon sighed and turned back to all of you. "Looks like we all know what we need to do. So you two clear the Gym Challenge." Hop and Gloria smiled and chuckled as the older brother ruffled there heads with a teasing smile. "So we can meet again at the Champion Cup. I've had so much fun watching your battles!" He turned to Victor and smiled. "And you!" 

Victor jump and held up his hands. "No wait! Lee not my hair-"

Too late. Leon ruffled his hair and beany as Victor groaned and Gloria giggled at him. "Hmhmhm. You're doing a great job capturing those shots on your blog! I know Hop looked so great in those pictures you took of him Battling against Opal! I'm so happy the camera I got you is working so well! I'm sure both our Mums are so happy you three are doing so well for yourselves." Victor groaned even after Leon stopped ruffling his head but didn't complain like he did with the snow in Circhester. You blinked when he finally turned to you. And your eyes bulged out of your head like those funny googily eye stickers when he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small stack of money!! And it was small. Only being around sixty dollars as you stared silently as he held it out to you. "Now I believe I promised you all lunch. I'm afraid I can't join you as the Chairman has called me as well, but this should be enough to tide you over."

".............Huh?,'' you asked.

"Wha- But Lee. We didn't get here before you remember?," Victor pointed out.

And you finally snapped out of it nodding and pointing to him. "Y-Y-Yeah! What he said. ...And why are you giving this to me?"

He smiled before placing the money in your hands, and you looked between him and the money into your hands as he waved your off. "Take it as a thank you for looking after my little bro and his friend on their journey." You opened your mouth but he held up a hand to stop you. "No. Please. I don't give hand outs, but I also know it's a bit rough for you out there not having any money like the others. I can't give a whole lot but I hope this helps you. Go ahead and get everyone some lunch and the rest is yours."

"You're not joining us?"

He turned to the kids and shook his head. "Sorry guys. But the Chairman calls. It's a part of the job. But I promise I'll make some time to spend with all of you soon." He gave a thumbs up. "But you all go ahead and get some food in the mean time! I can't wait to see how you all handle my own rival."

Oh right....You all were originally here to see Raihan. Joy. You all bid Leon good bye before he turned and jogged off in the direction where Sonia and her grandmother disappeared towards the power plant. You stood there for a long moment before looking down to your hands to the $60 sitting in your palm. Not believing what had just happened....but grateful for the kindness he showed you. He really was a really nice guy. 

"I know what I need to do all right!" You blinked at Hop pumping a fist into the air. "Defeat that Piers once and for all! You're off to Hammerlocke stadium yeah? Raihan's a tough nut to crack! As Lee would say! Let's do our best!!"

"....Uh Hop. We just came from Spikemuth."

Hop paused...blinking for a moment before lowering his fist. "Oh yeah. I forgot. I guess I got a bit carried away."

"Well before any of that," they turned to you as you held up your hand with the money Leon had given you, "Why don't we get something to eat first like Leon said?"

"I wouldn't be opposed to that," Victor agreed.

You nodded and smiled. "Alright. I remembered there's two places to eat around here." You leaned back up and looked around a good portion. And stopped pointing off towards the train station. "Do you guys want to eat at the small curry corner at the station or the cafe on the other side of town?"

The three voted for the cafe on the other side of town and you nodded in agreement before heading over there. Silver trailing behind. But of course you kept an eye out looking around for that fanged fiend. To your relief not seeing anyone fitting his description. Safely arriving at the cafe and going inside. It was ...nice. Quiet. And the store owner smiled greeting you all as you sat at one table. You all practically had the place to yourselves too, with there only being one or two other people in there with you. And you all ordered. Curry for everyone of course for Gloria to get more pictures of for her curry Dex. You got another Egg curry, this time being different from the others. The Dry Boiled Egg Curry, as you didn't think Silver would handle the sour, bitter, or spicy egg curries. Like a hawk, Silver's yellow eyes laser focused on your plate as soon as it was brought out to you. And soon you all got his reaction. Silver had grabbed a hold of your pants leg wide eyed and immediately began babbling off and looking expectantly between you and the egg sitting in the middle of your dish. When you didn't immediately give it too him he started whining and tugging on your pants to get it. 

"Ok ok." He watched as you carefully picked up the egg in your hands and he instantly held his tiny pink hands out towards it. Smacking his lips once it was gently lowered to him. Guessed he must've been really hungry too. "Here. Man. It seems you get hungrier every time I turn around." Silver ignored your comment in favor of shoving half the egg into his mouth and plop himself down next to you. With a sigh and roll of your eyes you turned back to the others. "So...Have you all figured out what you're going to be doing?"

"We're still working on that," Hop answered pointing his fork at you. Somehow already these three were already half way done with their food. "I figured I could stop by the stadium and see when one of us could battle Raihan. I haven't met him yet and seeing him in person could help me get a feel for what he's like in battle beyond the videos I've seen."

Gloria held up her hand. "I'm gettin' more food!! Since the Champion Match ain't gonna take place til the end of the year, we'll need more supplies for in between time!....And just in case we need ta stay extra days ta defeat the bloke. Eh?"

Victor nodded in approval. "Exactly why I'm goin' to be settin' up our camp sight right outside the entrance by the Vault. It's late in the day so someone has ta get a spot for us ta stay before dark."

You nodded. All of those sounded like a pretty good idea. Camp. Supplies. And a time scheduale for the upcoming battles. Preparing ahead was always a good idea. "That sounds like a good idea. When you're all finished eating you can go ahead and do all that. I'll finish eating and probably join all of you back at camp. Ok?''

You didn't think they could've eaten any faster and soon their plates were empty and they were getting up from the table bidding you far well for the moment. You reminded them all to meet back at the camp sight Victor would be setting up on their way out and you were left with Silver lazily sitting at your feet to finish your own food. With a sigh you enjoyed the silence of the small shop with the elevator like music playing, and the delicious smells coming from the cafe's kitchen in the back. You only really looked up when Silver tugged on your pants again and with a curious chirp pointed to your drink. With a roll of your eyes you handed him the glass of water as he took it. And drank. Forgetting he was a water type for a moment. Guess he must've needed water too. As you nearly finished eating the cafe door opened again, only being alerted to it when the small bell rang. But you didn't look up when the man in the orange bandanna walked in.

The cafe owner paused but quickly smiled and leaned his arms against the counter. "Well, well." He said amused raising a brow. "Coming in town this late in the day? Hmhm. Weren't you on a long holiday yet?"

You finished eating and sighed leaning back as the bandanna man chuckled back. Still not looking up or aware as it was none of your business. And not suspecting anything. "Well, I was. But you know me by now. I have to stop by every so while in case there's anyone here for me. Y'know that a lot of them dropped out thanks to Kabu again?"

The cafe owner chuckled again. "HA! Doesn't surprise me one bit. That old geezer's been doing that ever since he came here years ago. *sigh* But back to business. What can I do you for today? The usual?"

You took a couple seconds fishing through your pockets to pull out the leftovers from after you paid for everyone's food and rose a brow trying to figure out how much exactly you should leave for the tip before you leave. Mr. Orange Bandanna chuckled and put his hands behind his head. "Yeah. Y'know what..Can ya make that to go? Oh! And a dozen of those pokemon-safe donuts! My guys deserve to have a little treat too yknow."

"Hahaha! Ever the classic Raihan!" Your body froze. The cafe owner turned a moment. "It'll take about twenty minutes. Feel free to sit and wait while I go get everything."

"Sure! I got time."

Your body froze. Cold shooting through your veins like ice was directly injected into you. Your face paled whiter than Circhester's snow....And you slowly, ever so slightly looked behind you over your shoulder. Not enough to show your entire face but just enough to let you see clearly behind you. And your f/c eyes widened, pupils shrinking. And the money was almost dropped into your lap. .....OH NO- Standing there looking off bored thankfully away from you ....Was Raihan. The Gym leader didn't seem to notice you or even recognize your existance literally a few feet from him. You stared wide eyed and he didn't seem to feel your intense stare on him either. You nearly jumped when he yawned showing off those fangs (what HUMAN had fangs!?) and looked forward again. Removing one hand from his head he reached down into one of his jacket pockets and pulled out his phone. Oh CRAP CRAP CRAP! You snapped back forward...Big mistake. Because the suddenly movement caught the eye of two people. Silver who held up the now empty cup to you, and Raihan who hummed and turned his head curiously to you. ...Before turning back to his-....Scrunching his brows his face dawned a 'Wait a minute-' look to it before he turned his head back towards you and rose a brow. Even though you didn't know he was looking at you, you swore you could FEEL those blue eyes on you. Unlike Piers's electric bright blue eyes, Raihan's were a periwinkle baby blue. And soft like the petals of flowers, but somehow also gave the impression of a fierce storm about to rain itself upon the world. Not like Piers's at all which gave the impression of a tired hard working soul but also some hidden exciting 'electric' personality. You quickly flipped through your money trying to find something, before just settling on a five dollar bill and left it down on the table. All the while Silver had stood and like a toddler with his mother, kept chirping at you, tugging your jacket, and holding up the cup to you. Raihan's eyes blinked shifting between you...and that familiar shiny drizzlie....And his eyes lit up as something clicked in his mind. .....And he smiled. 

You flung the five dollar bill onto the table for the tip and went to stuff the money back into your pocket- "ACK!" A glass bumped into your cheek and you frowned over at Silver who innocently chirped and tried handing you the glass again. With a sigh you finally took it from his teeny pink hand. "Sil. You couldn't have waited for me to finish?" You didn't notice the guy sit down in the chair next to you. Head in one hand. "We need to leave." You looked back up and placed the cup down, in view now of the man. "Cuz I'm not gonna-".....You paused mouth slightly open making Raihan chuckle right next to you. You nearly JUMPED out of your chair bristled like a cat as you snapped over to the guy. "GAH!?" Instead you leaned away fast arms up. "WHAT THE HE-...YOU!?"

He ended up chuckling a deep rumble that sounded like a deep purr. Now any other woman, and some men, would've swooned or blushed at the sound of such a chuckle..But instead you frowned. It only reminded you of a sound a cat would rumble out before chasing a mouse. He gazed at you with half lidded eyes and waved his other hand at you. "I thought I recongized you from somewhere."

....You frowned and lowered your arms but didn't stop leaning back. "Oh joy."

Despite you not hiding your annoyance he simply chuckled again a lazed smirk pointed at you. "Y'know...I actually didn't think it was you at first." he shrugged. "Honestly didn't expect to see you at all again either. But the chances of another woman with f/c hair and f/c eyes running around with a shiny water type are pretty slim to none." His smiled widened to show his fangs. "But I'm not complaining.~"

"Bro. What the heck?," you deadpanned at him and crossed your arms, "I thought I told you, very politely might I add, last time that I wasn't interested."

He hummed and nodded. '' You did. You did. I'm not denying that fact for a bit."

....You rose a brow. "Ok. Then what do you want then?"

"That's just the thing." He sighed looking you over as you narrowed your eyes. Silver chirped in question peeking over your leg curiously to why you were angry. "...You see...I usually don't get the kind of reaction you gave me all those weeks ago. Not so fast. Not so blunt." He chuckled and rose a brow. "And definitely not with the kind of sass you delivered. I haven't been able to forget about it."

"Not my problem, Dude. Not interested."

"Oh come on. That's a little unfair since you don't know much about me. I'd like to get to know a girl like you more! Why don't I buy you dinner and we can chat?"

"I already ate thanks." You pointed to the dishes. "And I have some people waiting for me so...Polite pass."

 He smiled brightly an idea flashing from behind those eyes and you cringed. Oh no. He pointed at you. "Hey! That's right you were with that gym challenger right?" You didn't like where this was going. "That could only mean she's passing through or here to battle me right?"

"The latter," you answered truthfully.

His smile got wider. "Then how about this? If I win against her I get to take you out for dinner!"

You have a huff staring at the wild suggestion he even made. "You honestly believe I'm going to agree to THAT!? You don't know when to stop huh?"

His hand was placed on his chest. "You got me. But yes. I'm known for being pretty determined for the goals I strive." He winked at you. Oh brother. "But I promise I don't bite.~.....Much.~" 

You were already darting your eye around on edge trying to figure out a way out of this mess you had accidentally and unintentially put yourself in. UGH!! WHY COULDN'T THINGS JUST BE EASY FOR YOU FOR ONE DAY!? Your f/c eyes gazed over him and eventually locked onto his hood....then to the white straps on his jacket. A light bulb switching in your brain as an idea finally came into your head. And it made you cringe. Oh. You DIDN'T like it. Faaaaar from it....But it would certainly be a fast ticket out. You just had to suck it up and go for it!......May Arceous have mercy on your dying pride for what you were about to do.

Forcing yourself to relax, you inhaled a deep breath before exhaling your tense body relaxing. Before leaninf forward towards Raihan and smiled. Eyes half lidded. "Yeah?~ Well Dragon Boy. Maybe I ought to kidnap YOU and see how you like it.~" Raihan paused. Seeming to blink taken aback for a moment. His blue eyes looked over you at the confusion of the sudden flirty (GAG-) tone you were forcing yourself to do. But you didn't give his brain any time to process it before standing up in the blink of an eye and leaning over him. "Maybe I ought to badger your handsome face and see how cute you look.~" You cringed inwardly SO SO SO HARD and reached your hand up and over his still processing face to grab his hood. Gently pulling it over and placing it softly on his head. "And how sweet you look in his hoodie of yours.~ You know what else is a good look for ya?~"

.....Raihan relaxed, a flirty smirk printed on his fanged face as he delivered another rumbling purr-laugh. God you wanted to hide and RUN!! "No.~ Why don't you tell me?~"

You chuckled and stared at him. ".....THIS!!" 

In a flash your hands grabbed onto those white straps and YANKED!! In an instant, with a ZIP noise raihan's hood shrank in around his head and he suddenly gave a loud yelp of surprise at the suddenly hoodie attack you gave. You didn't even blink. Not waiting for him to respond, you quickly whipped around, snatched Silver into your arms with a loud chirp from him, and RAN!!

"SAY HI TO PIERS FOR ME!!"

Booking it out the store, the bell rang like a maniac above your held as you legged it panic running through your viens like when the onix was chasing you back in the Wild Area. Not even caring anymore. You went right down past the other stores, past the Vault and homes, and past through the draw bridge exit Hammerlocke had. Stopping and breathing heavily from panic you looked around wildly, you spotted them. Two tents set up a little ways out of the exit like Victor had said, and right in front of said tent was Hop and Victor talking. Without hesitating you RAN towards them. Victor was first to notice then Hop hearing the incoming footsteps and both seemed surprised as you skidded to a stop in front of them breathing heavily with Silver in your arms. .....Both boys looked at each other. Hop Shrugged. Then looked back to you.

"Um....Are you ok, Y/n?," Victor asked uncertainly. 

"Yeah. What happened to you, Mate."

With a final breath you scowled in annoyance at nothing in particular. "....Don't ask. Move over. I'd like to hide-...I mean sit in the tent for a bit."

[whoisjuicy]

No Way I’m In Love!

PAIRING ・❥・ wong yukhei x male!reader 

GENRE ・❥・ idol au, pretty fluffy 

WARNINGS ・❥・ suggestive flirting 

SUMMARY ・❥・ m/n and lucas are pretty well-known idols, m/n being known for being very attractive and lucas for his flirty personality. when lucas and m/n cross paths during their promotions, lucas shamelessly flirts with him. m/n doesn’t pay it any mind because he believes lucas is straight, but will he be able to suppress his feelings for the boy?

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being an idol can be stressful and tiring sometimes, especially when you were very well known. crazy fans, people constantly hating on you, and so much more. you knew this feeling all too well because you were one of the most popular members of your group, but there was one person who didn’t make your days any better, lucas. the man that would always fluster and embarrass you with his shameless flirting, whether you were on stage or at an award show, lucas would always find a way to get to you, and it was driving you mad. 

lucas was a pretty attractive guy and you would’ve been fine with it if you didn’t think that lucas was 100% straight. every time lucas flirted with you, you thought it was a joke. you were okay with that, you kept reassuring yourself that you were ok with it, but were you really? 

“thank you!!” you shouted as you bowed towards the audience at the award show after your encore stage, you and your group then headed to the hallway to take a few pictures of the trophy to post on your shared instagram. you guys did a bunch of goofy poses and laughed as you all looked over them. after you guys were finished and your group headed to their dressing room, you saw a tall figure walking your way. knowing exactly who it is, you started to get kind of nervous. 

“heyyy you.” lucas said to you with a small smirk on his lips. you just turned to the boy with an expressionless face and rolled your eyes, trying your best to come off as unbothered. “what do you want...” you said with a low monotone voice. “i just wanted to congratulate my cute little winner, that’s all.” he replied back with with a teasing tone in his voice as he reached over to pinch your cheek, his bright smile making your heart flutter. “d-don’t touch me.” you stuttered as you pushed lucas’s hand away, trying your best to keep calm. he chuckled lowly and whispered into your ear, “why do you seem so flustered, you’re not starting to like me, hm?.” he winked at you and walked away from you still smirking to himself, while you sat there blushing profusely. 

for the next few days, you couldn’t get him off of your mind, what he pulled at the award show was the farthest he ever went and you couldn’t stop thinking about it. everywhere you looked you saw him, billboards, magazines, even as cutout standees in a few stores. you constantly thought to yourself over and over again ‘i can’t be in love, there’s no way i can, right?’ lucas had your head spinning and it wasn’t healthy at all. you couldn’t deny your love for him no matter how hard you tried. “n-no way i’m in love!” you said to yourself, trying your best to get it through your head but it still didn’t work. 

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you woke up one morning to your phone ringing and softly sighed to yourself, “m/n, there’s this fashion show that you need to attend, a lot of good people will be there and i think it’s a good opportunity. ill send a limo to come and pick you up” she said and you slowly nodded your head. “okay, i’ll be there.” you said as you slowly got up to stretch. you got a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and smiled, your body looking especially good today. you weren’t too tall but not too short either, you body was pretty curvy for a male but you liked it. you walked to the bathroom and started getting ready for the show. 

after about 30 minutes, you picked out a pretty stylish outfit so that you would stand out at the show. as you put it on, you thought about if lucas was going to be there and what you would do, knowing that you would be a nervous wreck even if you got a glimpse of him. you softly sighed to yourself as you longed for lucas, you just wanted to be in his hold, but you were wcared that he would reject you. you took your keys, locked the door, and headed into the limo that your manager sent for you. 

as you stepped out of the limousine, a few fans and photographers started snapping photos of you. you smiled and waved towards them, walking towards the building that the fashion show was being held in. you got to your seat and noticed that the one next to you was empty, until a very familiar tall figure sat next to you. it was him. you didn’t know what to do, you knew good and well that he would flirt with you, just like he did anywhere. you silently gulped as you felt his eyes on you. “hey m/n.” he said slyly as he put his hand on your thigh with a smirk. “h-hi.” you said as you choked on your words, still trying to suppress your feelings. 

as the show started and went on, lucas kept his hand on your thigh. you weren’t even paying attention to the show, you were focused on lucas’s movement, surprising a whine every time he squeezed it. lucas definitely noticed your reaction and smiled to himself, he had feelings for you but he was scared to tell you because he didn’t think he was good enough for you. you were completely on edge and couldn’t hold what you had to say in any longer. 

“lucas, i cant do this anymore, i really like you and i can’t hide my feelings for you anymore. every time you flirt with me, i get nervous and shy, so will you please accept my love.” you said as you looked right into his eyes. he sat there taken aback, his mouth wide open. after you saw his face, you panicked, thinking about how dumb it was to even have feelings for a straight guy. your thoughts were interrupted as lucas’s lips were suddenly connected with yours. the kiss was rough but sweet, you enjoyed every second of it. you longed for this for so long and were so happy to finally get it. people cheered and cameras flashed as you two continued to kiss. you pulled away and hugged lucas tightly as the cheering continued. 

when the show ended, you walked outside in lucas’s arms as you to walked ino the night laughing and talking with each other. you finally had what you wanted, he wasn’t out of reach anymore, he was yours.  

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BRO OMG !!

this turned out so well for my first request, i hope everyone enjoys it and i love you allllll

thanks again for the great request @cherubsandswans <333 

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Play Me The Classics, Something Romantic // Ashton Irwin

I'll keep it short (so unlike me, I know 🤓) thank you to everyone who enjoyed Encore and to the handful of people who suggested it might be fun to follow Ash and his girl to his next gig and see what they get into. Let me know what you think!

And thank you to @cal-puddies for encouraging me to follow thru on this accidental series (?) even though I have a couple long-anticipated WIP projects I should be working on instead. 😌

Warnings: Some more Upsettingly Cute New Boyfriend!Ash, Stage!Ash, lots of PDA and thirsty thoughts, sex in a public place, unprotected sex in an established relationship

Word Count: 5060

Masterlist // Ko-Fi and 2021 Taglist linked above

Reblogs and feedback are greatly appreciated!

“Baby, come on, you look great! What was wrong with that one?”

Your boyfriend sits on your bed, watching in amused disbelief as you toss aside yet another outfit and frantically pull on a different one.

You distractedly answer him, “It was too much… too loud, too short… don’t you think it was too much?”

Ashton snorts. “Baby, it’s a rock show slash LA birthday party, I think ‘too much’ is basically the dress code.”

“A rock show birthday party that your best friends are suddenly going to be at, thus the identity crisis,” you huff, shaking your head.

When Ash invited you to tonight’s gig, a birthday celebration for his friend Andrew, you were beyond excited; it’d been two weeks since you’d gotten to see him perform for the first time and you haven’t been able to get that night out of your mind. Seeing him come alive on stage, so confident in his talent, so totally in his element - it was both heartwarming and irresistibly sexy. Sharing that experience (not to mention the one you shared after the show) had brought you two closer than you’d ever been and you were looking forward to feeling that magic again.

But when Ashton arrived to pick you up and mentioned that Luke and Calum had texted him asking to be put on the guest list, your mind went from romantic thoughts of backstage flirtations and stolen kisses to anxious thoughts of forced small talk and awkward silence.

“Baby,” he starts, coming up behind you and wrapping his arms around your waist. “You’ve met the guys before, I don’t understand why this is such a big deal?”

You feel yourself involuntarily relax against him, your body instinctively reacting to the safety of his embrace. You chew your lip, avoiding his eyes in the mirror. “Yeah we’ve met but that was when we were still getting to know each other, that was before…”

“Before you’d decided if you really liked me or not?” He teases, squeezing you tighter.

You playfully elbow him in protest, laughing in spite of yourself. “I don’t know, it just feels like seeing them matters more now,” you shrug.

“Well. It’s OK to be nervous. I don’t think you need to be, but if you are, that’s OK,” he says gently, resting his chin on your shoulder. “For the record, all that matters to me tonight is having my girl watching me from the wings. We’re gonna be the only two people in that room as far as I’m concerned.”

You pout your lips, touched by his comment. It was a loaded sentiment in such a compact statement: you’re his girl, having you there is all he cares about, everyone else is just going to fade away. You’d typically balk if a boyfriend said something like that this early in the relationship but when it’s Ash saying it, it feels right; as you’ve learned these past few months, he somehow always manages to say exactly what you need to hear. You’re never quite as sure of your words as he is so you simply nuzzle into him, placing a peck on his bearded cheek.

He smiles at your gesture and pecks you back before pulling away. “I like this one,” he says, tugging at your dress.

You study your reflection, a bit more forgiving now that your mood has improved. “Yeah… I like it too but I think it might be too hard to dance in. I saw the playlist you’ve been rehearsing to, you’ve got some bangers on there.”

“Well we can’t have that,” he grins, ducking over to your closet, quickly filing through the hangers. “Where’s that short black dress you wore on our second date? That looks amazing on you… and I haven’t gotten to take it off of you yet.”

“The romance of you remembering what I wore on our second date versus the last half of that sentence,” you smirk, reaching over to the far end of the closet to retrieve the dress.

“Like you’re not gonna be all over me later,” he giggles, pulling you into a kiss.

“Oh, you expect me to wait until later?” You tease, grabbing his ass.

Ashton cackles naughtily, laying another passionate kiss on you before exclaiming, “That’s the kind of energy tonight needs!”

You kick him out so you can finish getting ready but that energy returns a few minutes later when you walk outside and feel his eyes poring over every inch of you as you approach the Porsche where he’s waiting.

“Looks even better than I remember,” he declares. He takes your hand, twirling you around so he can admire you before he spins you into his arms for a hungry kiss.

“You clean up alright too,” you play, fingertips grazing his bare chest as you trace up and down the collar of his half unbuttoned shirt. “Didn’t realize we’d be matching tonight: all black, tight, tits out.”

He laughs, sliding his hands over your backside. “How embarrassing that we’re wearing the same thing, all the more reason to get you out of this, I guess,” he shrugs, pulling you to his lips again.

After a few more teasing kisses, you finally get in the car; he promptly plants his hand on your thigh and it remains there, slowly climbing higher and higher, thumb gently caressing your soft skin, until you’re parked at the venue. You don’t know how it gets started but a short parking lot makeout commences until somehow you manage to pull yourselves away long enough to make it inside the building. The backstage area is bustling but you find a few familiar faces from the previous show to chat with while Ash checks in with the people he’ll be playing with.

Tonight’s show is part jam session, part musical chairs: a couple dozen artists mixing and matching into various combos, rotating throughout the night to perform a set of classic rock covers. To keep the show moving, almost everyone is sharing equipment so there’s not much prep for Ashton to do, he explains upon his return to your side.

“Drums have already been checked and are ready to go,” he reports, sliding his arm around your waist.

“Too bad, I wouldn’t have minded getting you behind the kit already,” you flirt, exaggeratingly batting your eyelashes.

“I’d rather get behind something else right now,” he flirts back, pressing himself against your ass.

You laugh in surprise, feeling your eyes widen and your face warm as your eyes dart around the room, wondering if anyone heard or saw his frisky behavior.

Ash nuzzles his face into your neck, beard scraping at your skin. “Everyone’s focused on getting ready for the show, baby, no one cares what we’re doing,” he reassures you, pecking at your neck in time with your quickening pulse.

“Like we’re the only two people in the room…” You quote his earlier sentiment with a grin.

“Exactly,” he laughs, turning you around for a kiss. You both jump and then giggle as the feeling of his phone vibrating in his pants pocket ruins the moment. “The guys must be here…” He studies your reaction, clearly wondering if you’re still nervous.

Truthfully, you’ve been so distracted by having Ash all over you, you’ve basically forgotten to be worried about the impending guests. You enthusiastically direct, “I’m fine, let’s go say hi!”

You both head out to the floor to greet Calum, Luke and his fiancée, Sierra. Hugs and pleasantries are exchanged and there’s only a beat of uncertainty before the guys start chatting about their next studio session while you and Sierra make small talk.

The crowd starts trickling in so it’s suggested you all hang out backstage until the show starts. Once you get to the shared dressing room, Ash gets called over to answer a question about the setlist and before you can make it to the couch you were headed towards, the other members of your group have all gotten hung up talking to people.

Ashton is the first to make it back to you. “Have they ditched us already?” He asks amusedly, sitting down beside you, peering around the room.

“Remind me again why I was worried?” You joke.

“They’ll circle back,” he tells you, resting his arm on the back of the couch behind you. “It’s just chaos right now. Everyone’s excited, lots of people they haven’t seen in a while.”

You look at him fondly, appreciating his subtle attempt to make sure you’re not offended by his friends’ distracted behavior. “There’s plenty of time for us to get to know each other,” you muse. When he responds with a kiss that’s the softest and sweetest of the night so far, you know he understands you were talking long-term and not just about tonight’s event. “By the way, you can mingle if you want, you don’t have to hang out with me this whole time. Like you said, probably lots of people you haven’t seen in a while.”

He shrugs. “People, what people? Only us in the room, remember?”

You bump your knee against his, nudging him affectionately. “Ash, I’m serious.”

“So am I.” He nudges you back. “Saw my friends at rehearsal the other day and I’ll see them onstage. I’m sure everyone else is great but they couldn’t possibly be even half as interesting as you are.”

You smile softly and deflect with a joke, like you’re prone to do when you’re caught off guard. “You’re right, I am pretty great,” you agree. You don’t have the strength to fight the grin that spreads across your face when Ashton loudly giggles in response; you’ve never won the lottery before but you’re confident it couldn’t feel greater than making this man laugh. You can’t help but lean closer, playfully adding, “You’re pretty great too... I guess.”

“Thanks,” he chuckles out before pressing his lips to yours. Though your banter was sweet and lighthearted, there’s instantly heat behind this kiss and it doesn’t take long for you to get totally lost in each other. Part of you is aware that you’re still in a crowded dressing room but you’re also willing to bet that everyone around you is a little too buzzed, a little too self-involved to notice your PDA. And honestly, with the way Ash’s hand is inching up your hem, his quiet groans fading into your mouth… you’re having a hard time caring about anything else.

You finally break apart and as you catch your breath, you breathe against his ear, “Kinda wish we really were the only two people in this room now.” You squeeze his thigh for emphasis and moan slightly when you feel the muscle clench under his tight pants.

“God, me too, baby,” Ashton sighs back, hand now full on under your skirt, fingertips tracing designs on your skin, maddeningly close to your panties. His eyes scan the room, trying to compute how much farther to take things or where would be a more appropriate place to continue; suddenly, you see his expression change and feel his hand stop moving on you. Before you can turn to follow his gaze, he looks at you regretfully and says, “I just got cued, baby, our first couple songs are almost up, I’ve gotta get ready.”

“Oh right, that’s why we’re here,” you quip, taking a deep breath, trying to reset your mind. It’s not that you’re disappointed, you’ve been counting the days until you’d get to see him perform again; it’s just that your desire to have him on you is so strong right now, you can’t fathom the thought of his hands being anywhere else.

He cradles your face, kissing you quick but sweet. “You’ll come watch from the side?”

“I want you this much already, you sure you’re gonna be able to handle what I’m like after I see you on stage again?” You tease.

He pulls you up off the couch and into his arms. “Guess I’ll have to take my chances,” he smirks, running his hands over your back before giving you a quick swat to get you moving towards the door.

You split off in the hall, you grabbing a water and heading to claim a spot in the wings while Ash hustles to squeeze in a quick warm-up. You bite your lip, trying to play it cool when you hear him and his fellow musicians coming towards you, expecting him to walk past, focused on the show. Instead, everything in you feels like it’s been set ablaze as he stops beside you, silently placing his hand on your ass while he waits for the act onstage to finish up.

The song ends and with a farewell squeeze to your cheeks, he’s off. You try to snap yourself out of your lustful daze to enjoy the show but it’s like your brain can only focus on his tattooed arms flexing, his shirt threatening to expose even more of his bare chest as it pulls across his broad frame, his thick thighs bouncing as he drums. You zone out a little, thinking about what it might feel like to straddle his thigh while he moves like that, you holding onto his wide shoulders for dear life. It’s a fantasy you haven’t been able to get out of your mind since you first watched him rehearsing in his basement but so far you’re undecided on if you should share it with him.

At some point, you’re able to pull your mind out of the gutter and start swaying and singing to the music for a while, at least until one of the songs ends with Ashton grabbing his cymbal to silence it and your mind starts flashing memories of his hands gripping your tits, your ass. His hair, dampened with sweat, keeps falling in his face and it’s so reminiscent of how he looks when he’s over you in bed, you swear your hands literally ache to brush the curls behind his ear like you always do.

Your heart pounds with anticipation as the next combo of musicians wait beside you for their cue; moments later, the switch happens and your sweaty, breathless boyfriend is suddenly headed towards you. He cheerfully greets the others as they pass each other and then he’s taking your hand and leading you away from the stage.

“Can’t go too far, I’ve only got two songs,” he explains. You offer him the rest of your water and he gulps it as he briskly walks you down the hall, away from the still raucous dressing rooms.

He stops at the far end, in a dimly lit area near what seems to be a pair of locked offices; he backs you against the wall and you take the opportunity to tease him. “You know… you’re kinda sexy up there,” you comment with a grin, ogling him in his shirt that’s now sheer with sweat and clinging to his body.

Ash’s eyes shine with amusement as he brings himself closer to you. “Yeah? You’re one to talk, I’m out there trying to do my job and out of the corner of my eye I keep seeing this goddamn dress moving every which way,” he says, hands roaming up and down your sides.

���Told you I wanted to dance,” you reply, mouth nearly touching his.

“And I told you I wanted to take this dress off of you,” he rasps, nipping at your bottom lip before diverting his attention to your neck.

The combination of his words, being denied a kiss and the rough feeling of his beard has you groaning. You tangle your fingers in his hair, finally pushing his wet curls back like you longed to. "Guess being the only two people in this hall will have to do for now," you sigh.

"For now," he insists before kissing you with urgency. He fits his leg in between yours and looks you up and down hungrily. "I've got a longer break after this."

You whimper slightly as your mouths crash together again; you're not sure what exactly he's promising but you think you might die from waiting for it. You devour each other's kisses, bodies rutting against each other, hands everywhere for the next few minutes until you can tell Ashton’s concentration has shifted to listening to the song being played, trying to determine how much time he has left with you.

“God, Ash… swear I could cum like this if we kept at it,” you pant, licking your lips as you move against him.

He groans gruffly, resting his forehead on yours as he attempts to catch his breath. “Fuck, baby, don’t tempt me, I should be heading back,” he huffs.

“You gonna be able to make it through this set?” You ask, lightly tracing over the outline of his stiff cock in his tight pants.

He quickly grabs your hand and pins it above your head. “Not if you start doing things like that,” he breathes. You respond by capturing his lips in a rough kiss; he’s always so chill and in control of himself, you love these fleeting moments when you get to see him desperate like this.

He curses under his breath as he separates from you and then he's wordlessly pulling you back down the hall. He makes it to the side of the stage just in time for the lineup change and he leans in to your ear as he leaves, voice deep and teasing, "Behave."

You shudder at his warning, biting the inside of your cheek to keep from audibly reacting. His performance only excites you more; you can feel the force behind every drum hit, your stomach in knots thinking about how that energy might be directed towards your pleasure in just a few minutes. You lock eyes with him at one point and he holds your gaze so intensely as he works the kit, you're surprised you don't cum on the spot.

You're not sure how many songs pass, could've been two, could've been twenty, but now Ashton is stalking towards you and even though you couldn't wait for him to be finished, you now feel completely unprepared to face him. He says nothing, just discreetly gestures for you to follow him and the two of you slip away amidst all the stage area traffic. You trail him down that same hallway and you briefly wonder if he’s so far gone that he wants to try and get off out in the open over here. You wonder if you’re far gone enough that you’ll agree to it.

You’re jolted from your thoughts at the feeling of Ash suddenly grabbing your wrist and pulling you through one of the doors you were making out in front of earlier. He closes it behind you and immediately has you pressed up against it, tongue in your mouth, knee back between your legs before you even have a chance to get your bearings; your head spins as he unleashes all the passion he had to fight down while he was on stage. You finally come to your senses enough to gently push him back so you can assess the situation.

“Staff bathroom,” he explains, nipping at your neck while you look around. “Most venues have ‘em, hidden away from the dirty rockers. Noticed this door was ajar when we were over here before and had a hunch that’s what it was.”

You grin, throwing your arms around his neck, teasing, “Smart, talented and sexy, I really won the dirty rocker jackpot, didn’t I?” You’re midway through a steamy kiss before it occurs to you to ask, “How much time?”

He cocks his head, listening to the muffled sounds of the concert. “Four? Songs after this one?” He pulls you away from the door and helps you up onto the counter, smoothly sweeping the baskets of amenities aside. “Tell me what you’re comfortable with, baby, earlier you were saying you could get off just from ---”

His own laughter cuts off his sentence as you pull him by his belt to stand between your legs and you start unbuckling him without hesitation. “Appreciate the courtesy, Ash, but we’re finally the only two people in the room, I’m gonna need you to fuck me.” You pull him out of his boxers, hissing at the feeling of his cock already slick with precum and begin to pump him eagerly.

“Just checking,” he smirks, loving how game you are. “I had my suspicions but I didn’t want to just assume you were a ‘fuck me in the club bathroom’ kinda girl.”

You shiver at the feeling of his fingers dancing up your skirt to tug your panties off. “Listen, I was considering being a ‘fuck me in this empty hallway’ kinda girl, so this bathroom is a five-star hotel if you ask me.”

He chuckles, stilling your hand on him. “Doesn’t look like this five-star hotel came stocked with any condoms, huh?” He nods in the direction of the products behind you.

“Hope not, I was looking forward to watching your final set while I enjoy the feeling of your cum dripping out of me,” you boldly declare.

Ashton’s eyes widen and the cackle he lets out is so high-pitched he claps his hand over his mouth as it reverberates off the bathroom tile. “Baby, what the fuck?” He exclaims delightedly, sloppily kissing you. “Jesus, we’re gonna have so much fun on tour.”

You don’t get a chance to unpack that statement because now he’s pulling you forward on the counter so he can run his cock up and down your pussy, spreading your wetness around, teasing your clit with his tip; suddenly nothing else matters. “Inside, Ash,” you whine, already feeling out of breath. “We’ve waited long enough.”

He immediately heeds your instruction and starts pushing in. You dig your nails into his bicep, the pressure and the stretch both feeling unreal at this angle. Ash already looks dazed, watching intently as he slides in; you fight to keep your eyes from fluttering shut so you can watch his cock disappear inside you. He bottoms out and you moan contentedly, you always feel so proud and awed when you’re able to so easily take all of him.

Your eyes flicker back up to Ashton’s as his hands caress your face. A soft sigh of your name is all he says before kissing you slowly. Ash is a man of many words and his kisses are no different when he has something to communicate. This kiss speaks volumes about how you’ve made him feel tonight, how he’s feeling in this moment. You moan quietly against his lips, overwhelmed by the intimacy and unspoken emotion.

“Pretty romantic considering you’re about to rail me in a nightclub bathroom,” you joke, trying to keep your own strong emotions at bay.

A sweet smile paints his face. “Only the best for my girl,” he laughs, drawing your legs around his waist and starting to move in you.

He moves moderately at first, obviously relishing the feeling of being inside you. You quietly murmur at his movements and an outright whimper escapes you as he lifts one of your legs higher, causing him to hit a deeper spot. Hungry to get that reaction from you again, he picks up the pace and starts hitting into you with force.

“Yeah, Ash… like that,” you encourage, hands trying to find purchase along the back of his damp shirt as you move along with him. “Oh, I’m so full, baby… it’s so fucking good.”

Ash groans, this angle clearly working for him too. “The way you take it, baby...” He breathlessly praises you. “God… even this deep… it’s just such a perfect fit.”

You push yourself up to kiss him, needing him near; you brush his hair out of his face as he pulls away and the smile you receive in return gives you butterflies. The giddy nervous energy surge that shoots through you almost seems silly given that he’s buried inside you but you can’t deny how pure and buoyant your feelings for him are. You’re dangerously fond of this man.

He stays close as he drives his cock into you, kissing your face, murmuring how good you feel, nuzzling his beard against you because he knows it drives you wild. You notice how his eyes keep drifting down to watch the way your breasts are bouncing with the force of his movements, jiggling so vigorously they’re threatening to spill over your neckline.

“Show you mine if you show me yours,” you tease, yanking open the remaining buttons on his shirt, running a hand down his chest hair.

He laughs, voice loud and husky with want. He leans you back and uses his teeth to pull the front of your dress down over your bra and you gasp as he does the same to free your tits from the thin lace. His hands, lips, teeth, tongue and beard spoil you with lustful affection and if time wasn’t a factor right now, you’d have let him stay there indefinitely.

You gently pull on his hair and he looks up at you, hazel eyes glazed over with desire. You stare at each other for a beat, chests heaving, until Ashton bursts into a fit of giggles, with you following suit.

“Kinda forgot where I was for a second,” he pants, leaning down to take your nipple between his teeth one more time before righting himself and bringing you back to the edge of the counter.

“I mean you’re not gonna hear me complain,” you laugh. “Just wanted to remind you that we’re on the clock.”

His hand glides between your legs and within seconds you're grabbing onto him, head rolling back as you moan at the pressure he’s giving your clit. “Yeah… I don’t think time is gonna be much of an issue.”

“You’re unbelievable,” you murmur, his hand continuing while his hips resume their work. His pace speeds up noticeably and at first you assume it’s to get you both to finish faster but then you realize his thrusts have started to keep rhythm with the song being played onstage. You smile to yourself, once again almost beside yourself with appreciation that this man is yours.

You wrap yourself around him, arms around his neck, legs locking around his waist. Ash instantly recognizes the need you’re feeling and he slides his hands under you, lifting you off the counter. His large hands grip your ass and he fucks you on his cock as you cling to him.

That feeling of nearness you were craving combined with his display of strength has your body going crazy. “Ah… Ash,” you whimper, feeling that pulsing in your core start to spread. “I’m…”

“Oh, me too, baby, me too,” he breathes. “You still want me to --”

“Yes, Ash, oh my god yes, cum in me, baby, want it so bad, yes!”

Ashton cumming inside you is still something new and even just the thought of it is enough to push you over the edge. Your cries echo across the bathroom as your pussy throbs and squeezes around him. Seeing and feeling your pleasure is everything Ash could’ve wanted and his orgasm hits without warning. He lets out a long whine as his cock pulses inside you, your tight walls coaxing out every drop of cum he has for you.

He gently sets you back on the counter and lets himself slump against you in exhaustion. You close your eyes and stroke through his sweat soaked curls, focusing on the feeling of your chests rising and falling in sync with each other.

Ash finally raises himself to kiss you slowly and deliberately; it feels almost as intense and intimate as the orgasms you just shared. Neither of you are saying much right now but the way your bodies are communicating leaves no question how you're feeling about each other.

You murmur a weak complaint as he pulls out and moves to grab some tissue. He turns back to you and the room is once again filled with the sound of his laughter when he sees you’ve dramatically laid your entire body across the counter and appear to be either dead or napping.

“That good, hmm?” He asks with a grin, pulling you back over to him and beginning to carefully clean you up.

“You’re gonna fuck me like that and I’m just supposed to move on with my night, enjoy the rest of the show?” You respond with smirking incredulity.

Ashton helps you into your underwear and pulls you off the counter into his arms. “Believe me, I’d take you home right now if I could.” He takes your face in his hands, smiling softly before kissing you again.

You chuckle as you look in the mirror, attempting to right your debauched appearance. “I guess it’s a good thing your friends ended up ditching us, this way they don't have to witness our walk of shame back to the stage.”

Ash’s arms circle your waist, squeezing tight. “Walk of shame? It’s a stride of pride, baby. You’re just a fan of the arts, this is how you appreciate the classics,” he insists with a cheeky smile.

You turn around in his arms, re-buttoning his shirt. “Speaking of…” You hold your hand up to your ear, listening to the concert. “Should you be on stage right now? Pretty sure I heard you rehearsing this one.”

He shrugs, smoothing down your hair where he tangled it earlier. “They probably think I’m out having a smoke, I’ll grab a tambourine and sneak in on the next one, it’s fine.”

You peek your head out the door and seeing the coast is clear, the two of you quietly make your way down the hall to the wings. You sway with Ashton as he waits for the song to end so he can casually walk on, as if his delayed entrance were planned.

Just as the final chords ring out, you whisper in his ear, laughing, “You know, after all that, technically you still haven’t gotten me out of this dress.”

He looks you up and down, eyes devouring you. “I guess we're about to be the only two people at the afterparty too,” he devilishly replies with a wink before strutting on stage.

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