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Tumblr, Undertale fandom, and UTMV fans... I present to you my two knuckleheads, Aegis and Slasher!
Slasher: (leaning on one foot, grinning slyly) Aw, come on, Mittens! Did you really have to introduce us like that? Couldnât you have gone with something like, âmy ridiculously handsome creation and his sidekickâ?
Aegis: (snapping his head toward Slasher, voice dripping with sarcasm) âSidekickâ?! Tch... And you said she made us dirty... (He folds his arms, glaring with his usual sternness)
Slasher: (chuckling as he shrugs) Fine, fine, my bad. Guess I shouldâve said âher brilliant creation and... the other oneâ (He flashes a teasing grin at Aegis, clearly enjoying himself)
Aegis: (stiffens, eyes narrowing in disbelief) Did you justâ Tch! You said Iâm the âother oneâ?!
Slasher: (snickering, clearly unfazed) What, youâre mad because itâs true? Come on, Hexy, donât take it so hard~
Aegis: (gritting his teeth) DON'T test mâ
Slasher: (cutting him off, leaning in with a smirk) âWhat, you jealous youâll never be as charming as me~?
Aegis: (rolling his eyes, scoffing) TchâŚLike I would ever want to be like you.
Slasher: (tilting his head smugly) Eh, fair. That would be a goal set too high up for you anyway~
Aegis: (clenching his fists, muttering under his breath) Oh my god. Iâm surrounded by idiots...
Me: (finally stepping in, pinching the bridge of my nose) Boys! (They both freeze slightly, looking at me expectantly) Did you really have to act like that on our FIRST post? Canât you two get along for one second? At least for me?
Slasher: (raising his hands in surrender) Okay, okay, no need to get snippy, Mittens. Iâll be good. Promise. (But he shoots Aegis a sly grin, clearly not planning to behave)
Aegis: (rolling his eyes, muttering under his breath) He never means that...
Slasher: (grinning wider) See? Even Hexy knows me so well already. (mock gasp) Does that mean weâre best friends, tech boy~?
Aegis: (bristling, turning to face him) Iâd rather delete my own code than call you that.
Me: (letting out a heavy sigh, shaking my head) And this is why I called you âmy two knuckleheadsâ...
#Slasher and Aegis#Slasher#Aegis#ocs#oc rp#my art#utmv oc#undertale community#undertale fanart#ut au#undertale oc#undertale multiverse#undertale fandom#utmv#utmv au#utmv fandom#utau#my ocs#undertale au#undertale#oc art#meta post#meta#sans undertale#original character#knuckleheads#what am i doing with my life#Slasher AU#Aegis AU#I don't have a name for their AU's yet đ
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Dad!Ren and his daughter Shayla (My OC fankid!!!)
FINALLY, after some hard work i represent to you.. My OC Shayla! Shayla is based on the official cutiesigh artwork with AU Dad!Ren. This post will have all the basic info about her so far + some headcanons about Ren's family life and his relationship with Shayla. So it's going to be a kinda? long post! I've put a lot of work and love into these arts. Enjoy :3
Redacted holding Shayla!! and their very different reactions
They're just having a bit of a nap on the sofa after Shayla painted Ren's face... and Shayla is drooling on dad's soft chestđ (kind of inspired?? by this post!)
Her reference:
BASIC INFO
Clarification: in my AU, where there is Shayla, Redacted doesn't pretend to be Ren, but acts naturally! But I use both names in the text
Shayla is a kind, naive, sincere, energetic and cheerful girl who is always looking for adventure. But often, due to her age, her trusting nature and her curiosity, she doesn't always understand the risks and ends up in various messes. The girl is very friendly to everyone she meets! She believes that the world is a kind and beautiful place! Some kids think that Shayla is strange and weird (at least because of her "weird" family), which is why she gets mocked, but she doesn't read social cues (she's kinda autistic coded).
Likes: creative activities (drawing, needlework, sewing (not very wearable yet), making different outfits, daddy's jewelry, laughing, getting up early, climbing trees.
Dislikes: being controlled and restricted, rudeness, social games (she doesn't understand them).
She is the only and most wanted child for Ren and Angel, they had her when they were 30-35 years old. They love her very much!! Thanks to Ren, the family is very wealthy! Redacted spoils her a lot, fulfills all her wishes (well, as much as possible, since it's all after Angel, of course). In Shayla's family, both parents work, but Ren does it from home like he used to. So while Angel is at work, Redacted spends most of his time with their daughter. He picks her up from school, takes her to classes, goes for walks with her + does the housework, cooks, etc (basically he's a stay-at-home dad, because I don't think he needs to spend half a day on hacking; a couple of three hours is enough). With the birth of Shayla, Ren has begun to keep an eye not only on Angel, but also on their daughter, though not as closely. Thanks to this, he manages to get the girl out of trouble in time, but he often arrives at the very last moment.
Shayla is very attached to her father, she thinks he is the coolest dad in the world!!! She loves spending time with him, as well as his dark style and tattoos! She is a daddy's girl :))
While Angel is undoubtedly still Ren's top priority, Redacted genuinely loves his daughter both as an affirmation/continuation of their love with Angel AND for who she is. Her cheerful nature often lifts his spirits. Now, he has another person in his life who helps him see the world through a different, less apathetic and indifferent lens. Ren sees how naive and kind his daughter is and protects her to keep that light in her. And when Shayla comes up with questionable ideas⌠He supports her! He even suggests something himselfđ BUT even he has limits. He will not do anything that might harm her.
(pretty much everything canon about how Sai describes Dad!Ren)
RANDOM FACTS AND HEADCANONS:
I named her after that meme OOHH MY SHAYLAAAđ (I didn't have a name for her at first, so I just called her that in my mind for a while. It was actually quite funny to me⌠but eventually it started to grow on me, ngl, so I kept it)
You know those stories where a kid goes into their mom's makeup bag, purse, or closet and tries on something? In this case, mom is Renđ Shayla loves to find all kinds of alt stuff from Redacted, ask what it is, and then try it on herself! Redacted gave her some - a spiked bracelet and a silver chain!
Ren agrees to paint Shayla's nails. She wears all the colors of the rainbow, but she likes to keep all her nails black on one hand, though!
Thanks to the creative atmosphere in the family and Redacted's alternative style, Shayla will be a goth in the future! She's also going to become an alt-clothing designer.
She is wearing three of the five gold hairpins that Ren used to wear! When Redacted and Angel got married, he started wearing only two hairpins - a symbol of their relationship. Years later, when Shayla was born and grew up, the rest of the hairpins were inherited to her, and she wears them with great pride, just like the rest of her dad's jewelry.
Shayla also has her dad's features. She has pale, dry skin and black hair. However, her eyes are a unique combination of Ren's color (blue) + my Angel's (red) = creating a beautiful purple color for her.(I know that's not how gynetics works lmaoo I just think it's cute!!!)
aaaand also, @yzumimenu drew some amazing fanart of Shayla, LOOK AT HER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND TY SO MUCH AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


#14dwy#14 days with you#14dwy fanart#14 days with you fanart#14 days with you ren#14 days with you redacted#14dwy redacted#14dwy ren#14 days with you oc#14dwy oc#visual novel#yandere game#fanart#art#digital art#my oc#MY SHAYLAAA đ#â this is gonna be Shayla's personal tag on my blog now lol#Ren deserves to be happy and I couldn't refuse to give him that at least in my drawings...#I'M GOING TO GIVE MY LOVE A HAPPY FAMILY#but not without a little angst beforehandđ heheh#the relationship between Ren and my Angelsona will have its struggles#but it will also be full of love#the only thing I have to do is finally decide on a palette for her
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nonidol!jung sungchan x f!reader
at some point beneath the glittering summer sun and along evening tides, you and sungchan tripped over the line drawn in the sand.
⡠genre, warnings. brother's best friend!au, friends-ish 2 lovers, family vacay + sungchan lol, swearing, kissing, fluff, humor, sungchan does go shirtless (it's a beach), mentions of food, mentions of alcohol; lee jeno, sohee, and anton r ur brothers! (so u have the lee last name but u "look more like ur mom"); barely proofread, also im sorry if this is boring my head has not been in the game for Months
⡠word count. 10.0k
DISCLAIMER: i DO NOT actively write for or stan riize; this is literally just a birthday present T-T so if dynamics/personalities aren't right, i literally don't know these guys đ
a/n: happiest birthday to my beloved soulmate and wife @justalildumpling :')) i hope u like it <3
OFTEN when you came back home from work, your joints and muscles ached to the point you could barely stand, your hair felt gross on your head, and your eyes stung from dehydration and sleep deprivation. That was the toll of working closing shift at the restaurant you worked at, and had been working at, for the past several years.Â
It wasn't out of the ordinary to see the lights in the house still warm and bright when you got home either. Your family was a handful of night owls, not discounting yourself. They had witnessed you in this particular rat-nest dump of a state time and time again, which was why you didn't worry about looking like Death Incarnate.Â
âHey.â
Your soul left your body.Â
Sitting on your living room couch was not a family member. Though, he might as well have been a part of it from how much you had been seeing him lately. Jung Sungchan was your older brother Jeno's best friend, but Sungchan was in your year rather than Jeno's. The two met via the high school soccer team and had been good friends since.Â
Years later, he was sitting on the living room couch, nearing one in the morning, his hair damp from a recent shower, T-shirt sleeves rolled up his shoulders, and his phone paused from the game he was playing. Your brain was too tired to even register the amount of muscle packed onto his arms (what the fuckâ).Â
âSorry, did I scare you?â He chuckled sheepishly, reaching up to ruffle his dark hair, grown out slightly.Â
âWhat are you doing here?â You blurted instead. Exhaustion meant that conventional politeness was completely defenestrated. It was one in the morning on a summer night⌠usually your older brother was out clubbing or drinking (not that you were any different, but you worked quite a bit more nights lately).Â
Sungchan's eyes danced up and down your form. âJeno and I decided we're gonna pull an all-nighter for the road trip inââ He glanced over at his phone, ââseven hours and just knock out in the car. How was work?â
Road trip? Car ride? If you could just make it to the shower⌠âIt was fine. Tiring,â you said with a sigh. You trudged over to the far side of the room, behind Sungchan, into the kitchen. You grabbed a cup to fill with water, then drained it down your throat just as fast as it had been filled.Â
With water in your body, your systems were finally coming back online. Road trip. Car ride. Your eyes widened. âOh my god. I have to pack.â
âYou haven't packed yet?â He queried, tone light and teasing as he watched the progression of your panic with amusement. âEven Jeno's packed.â
You sputtered back at him, âQuiet, you!â
Sungchan's warm laugh followed you out into the hallway and all the way to your room. You couldn't understand why your face felt so hot; you should have been too preoccupied to be embarrassed, after all.Â
You slammed your bedroom door shut, dragging a hand down your face. You couldn't believe Sungchan just saw your I-just-worked-for-eight-hours-in-customer-service face. Not even some of your closest friends had seen the aftermath of your night shifts at work yet.Â
Crazy.Â
It wasn't every family vacation where a plus-one was invited. Your family tried to set aside time for these trips just for the six of you, but this time was an exception. Somehowâyou weren't a part of the delegationsâSungchan was invited on this summer's trip to the coast. Your mom mentioned offhandedly it was because Sungchan âwas a nice boy,â or something to that effect. Your family rented out a cabin right along the beach for a week, and the lot of you were going to be stuck in the family minivan for a good eight hours together.Â
And if Sungchan was tagging along, that meant you were going to have to fight for the middle row seat orâ
âYnâyouâre in the back with Sohee and Anton.â
You came to a screeching halt on your way out of the house, a bucket hat shielding your puffy eyes from the waking world, your duffle strapped over your shoulder. It was seven hours laterâan ungodly eight in the morning. âWhat? Nuh-uh; I don't think so.â
Jeno stood only a few meters ahead of you by the door of the minivan, his hands primed on either side of his hips as if he was the self-proclaimed guardian of the car seating chart. âWell, I said so. Sungchan has longer legs than youââ
âWhy don't you sit in the back then?â You shot back with a saccharine sweet smile. You were too tired for this shit.Â
Sungchan scratched the side of his head as he walked out of the house to stand by you and join the argument, his flip flops thwacking against the ground. âUhh, I can sit in the back middle seat. It's cool, dude.â
âSungchan's too tall for the middle seat,â your dad interjected. He took yours and Sungchan's bags to add to the trunk. âYn's in the back. Sorry, hon.â
âDad,â you groaned.Â
âYou can switch with Jeno half way.â
âDad!â Jeno squawked this time.Â
Your father gave a tired sigh, saying more than he would ever say aloud. âEveryone in the car. Can't you two be like Sohee and Anton? At least they're knocked out.â
âThey know they'll be sent to the back without question,â you pointed out as you made your way to the minivan. As you passed by your brother, you sent him a very potent stink eye, then clambered into the back row.Â
Like your father had said, your younger brothers, Sohee and Anton, were already dead asleep. Their mouths hung open wide enough to catch any wayward fly with their heads angled back against their neck pillows. You snorted and snapped a photo of them to add to your collection of brotherly blackmail.Â
Your mom was settled into the front passenger seat already queuing up driving directions to get to the coast. From your perch in the middle, you had a clear view of her phone screenâseven hours and two minutes. Yay.Â
You supposed there wasn't anything too terrible about the middle seat; you were out like a light as soon as the car pulled out of the driveway.Â
When you woke up, it was about four hours later, and your parents were having a hushed discussion amongst themselves and Sungchan. A baseball cap had materialized on top of Sungchan's head at some point when you were asleep, and the sleeves of his T-shirt were once again rolled up to expose his muscled shoulders. Did this guy not have a tank top?
â...I like it, at leastâwell, I don't mind all the extra requirements, and I know it'll help me reach my ultimate end goal, so.â
Your mom let out a hum of approval. âAh, that's good that you like it. You'll be busy as a nurse.â
Right, Sungchan was in the nursing program. Your brother wasa kinesiology major, and you were going into law. It made for quite the diverse pool in the car.Â
You opened your mouth in a yawn and fumbled your hand around your lap for where your earbud had fallen out of your ear, carefully so that you didn't shake off Anton's head on your shoulder. (Oh no, was he drooling?)
âYn-ah, good morning,â your mother teased quietly.Â
You glanced up, eyes going wide when you realized both your mom and Sungchan were now peering back at you. âMorning,â you murmured. Your fingers enclosed around your fallen earbud to tuck it into the case left in the bag at your feet.Â
âSleep well?â Sungchan piped up. There was that twinkle in his eyes, the same one from last night. It made your stomach twist in a way that was more pleasant than not.Â
You cleared your throat, unconsciously reaching up to adjust the placement of your bucket hat and praying you didn't look like a sewer rat. âFor the most part,â you replied. âHow about you?â
He shrugged. âI had a decent power nap. Your mom says you're going into law. That's really cool.â
âOh,â you blinked. âThanks. And you're in nursing, right? That's cool, tooâsuper admirable.â
Sungchan's mouth widened into a small grin. âThanks. It's only our first year, but it feels like so much work already.â
âRight? Tell me about itâŚâ
Less than fifteen minutes later, the family van pulled into the parking lot of a diner off the interstate, exactly halfway through your journey. The seven of you, weary and hungry, filed out of the vehicle and into the establishment. You and your parents slid into one booth, while your brothers and Sungchan occupied the one behind you.Â
There was a low-spun fan swirling above your heads, an 80s song you vaguely recognized wafting through the air at a dull decibel. Your phone was stashed away in the bag tucked into your end of the booth seat while you idly sipped on your glass of iced water.Â
You jolted at the feeling of something light hitting the back of your head.Â
A gasp from behind you.Â
You rolled your eyes, twisting around in your seat while picking the wadded up straw wrapper from your hair. âWho did it?â You deadpanned.Â
The boys table was filled with sheepish expressions, to their credit. Your younger brothers, who were sitting on the far side facing you, thrusted their fingers in each other's faces in a torrent of blame and accusation.Â
âAish, never mind. I don't care who did it,â you dismissed. Your eyes caught onto Sungchan's. He sat just diagonally to your left and for some reason, his eyes on you made you feel warm.Â
You flicked the wrapper back; it hit Anton square in the forehead. Jeno barked out a laugh.Â
âNice shot,â Sungchan nodded, extending his fist to you.Â
You couldn't suppress the smile from coming onto your face as you bumped his fist with yours.Â
Food arrived swiftly afterward, and it was demolished as quickly as it came. In the sway of a palm tree frond, the seven of you were back in the confines of the family minivan.Â
The remainder of the car ride carried over quickly. Though Jeno unhappily sat his ass down in your previous spot with you claiming his from before, he and your other brothers snored away five minutes in. You didn't go back to sleep despite having a full belly and less than five hours of sleep under your belt; you watched the world pass by outside the window in a blur.Â
Urban skylines melted into rolling emerald mountains and pastures, sank into palm trees and sandy shores that met a blue horizon as far as the eye could see.Â
The beach house your family rented this year was a two story cottage-type. It was small, with only one bedroom and bathroom upstairs, a bathroom downstairs, and a living room and kitchen. The rest was all beach. It was determined that you and your mom would be given the honors of the upstairs bedroom and bathroom, while all the boys piled into the living room.Â
Once everyone was settled in, there was little else to do but go make use of your new backyard for the next week.Â
âYn! Come on, slowpoke!â Sohee shouted at you from the shoreline with cupped hands. You saw his bare back as he splashed into the waves after Anton, who was already only a speck in your vision.Â
Your bare feet sank into the sand, and you wiggled your toes between the warm grains. Sunshine, glorious and concentrated above the distant horizon, soaked into your skin. Ah, this was the life.
Just as you reached for the hem of your shirt to reveal your bathing suit, you caught movement from the corner of your eye. Jeno and Sungchan were coming onto the beach from the front of the house, a disassembled volleyball net hanging between them.Â
Your eyes nearly fell out of your head at the sight of Sungchan's backâ
Before Jeno or any of your other brothers or Sungchan could catch you ogling, you gave yourself a nice, mental slap to the face. No more. You needed to stop this. When did you ever look at Sungchan like this?
(You could still remember when he was the gangly kid with the growth spurt trying out for the high school soccer team. He was paired with Jeno to test his potential, and the rest was history.)
Sungchan was the first to spot you as he and Jeno determined a place to set up the net. He beamed boyishly, his chin inclining toward you. âHey, wanna play?â
Your eyes flickered to the corded necklace hanging from his collar and between hisâYn, shut the fuck up. âSure,â you said simply, feigning nonchalance.Â
If he noticed your wandering eyes, he didn't comment. Instead, he nodded back at you. âSick.â
You both turned back to your original tasks. Your hands went back to the bottom hem of your shirt to tug it up and off your body. (Maybe you weren't the only one with wandering eyes, though.)
You draped your clothes over the back porch railing and began making your way down to the shoreline. âI'm gonna take a dip and then come back up!â You said to Jeno and Sungchan.Â
âOh, okayâow!âÂ
You didn't see nor hear what happened, but when you glanced back, Sungchan had his back turned to you as he furiously rubbed the back of his head, while Jeno smiled innocently.Â
Your older brother waved you along. âCarry on!â He said.Â
Walking backward for a couple steps, you shot him an incredulous look, then turned around to meet your little brothers in the ocean. Whatever.Â
You had been staring at the wooden ceiling above your head for the past forty-five minutes. Your mom's even breathing and the ocean waves rolling outside the window failed to rock you into unconsciousness. You'd figured the sunlight from this afternoon would have made you tired, or perhaps all the food you ate for dinner, but your eyes continued to stay wide open.Â
A quiet sigh fell from your mouth as you rolled over onto your side and gently peeled the covers off. With near silent footsteps across the oak floors, you slipped out of the bedroom and down the stairs.Â
The cacophony of combined snoring from all the men in the living room was comparable to the volume of the waves just outside.Â
You barely contained your snort of amusement. You didn't worry about waking any of them up as you crossed the living room, full of a smorgasbord of limbs and bodies draped across the large couch sectional and blankets on the floor.Â
The back door was left unlatched when you reached its threshold. Outside, moonlight dappled across the calm sea like a sprinkling of diamonds. You slowly pried the door open, freezing.Â
You and Sungchan made eye contact from across the back porch. He was perched on the top step, nursing a bottle of beer in his hand. A loose breeze wafted through the strands of his hair.Â
âSorry,â you whispered, moving to retreat back into the house.Â
âOh, noâplease.â He patted the empty space next to him on the porch step.Â
You blinked, at odds. He was clearly out here for a reason and you'd figured he wanted some space, but if he was inviting you, thenâŚÂ
You closed the back door behind you and settled beside him, with a comfortable amount of negative space between your bodies. You folded your arms over the tops of your knees and stared out at the midnight horizon. It smelled of salt and sea spray, and the light wind was a refreshing crispiness against the humid evening air.Â
âCouldn't sleep?â He murmured, glancing over at you.Â
You nodded. âYeah. You?â
He hummed in response.Â
âI'm not surprised,â you said. The corners of your lips curled upward. âI wouldn't be able to sleep amongst my brothers either. Their snoring could wake a bear.â
Sungchan sputtered out a laugh as his eyes crinkled upward and he pressed the back of his knuckles against his mouth. âI wasn't gonna say it, butâŚâ
You shared a grin with him. âI will happily say it for you, dude.âÂ
His eyes were stunning in this lighting. The moonlight hit his irises at an angle that made them shimmer like a shade of molten copper. He licked his lips, and you saw his eyes dart from your eyes, down a few inches, then further down to the beer bottle in his hands.Â
âOh, uh,â he stammered, tipping the bottle nose in your direction, âwant some? I thought the alcohol would help me sleep, but it's not looking awfully promising.â
For a split second, your heart leapt at the thoughtâyour mouth pressed against the place his mouth had been, tasting the place he'd drunk from.Â
You dashed the thought from your mind. It couldn't have been so significant as your brain was making it out to be. You were probably just sleep deprived.Â
âThanks,â you said while reaching across the gap to accept it from him. Judging by the weight, it was just about half full, and you took a light swig.Â
A drop of liquid dribbled out of the corner of your lips, and you swiped it with the pad of your thumb, sticking the finger into your mouth to suck it off. You passed the bottle back over to him, catching his eyes not looking at yours.Â
(The organ in your chest was no longer in your chest. Was it normal for your heart to make a home in your throat instead? Why did he look at you like that?)
âAny reason for not being able to sleep?â You asked him to break the silence. âI mean, besides the symphony my brothers and dad are conducting, of course.â
His eyes shuddered, as if breaking out of a trance. âOh, uhmânothing in particular, I guess. Maybe it's just from all the excitement. I think it's usually hard for me to sleep in new places.â
You bobbed your head in understanding. âNo, I get that. It takes me a little to get used to new environments, too. I don't know how I would have survived if I was living in the dorms at uni and not at home.â The university you attended was a decent commute from your house, so living on campus was never something you gave much thought to. The idea of living independently appealed to you sometimes, but in general, you didn't have a ton of qualms against your circumstances now.Â
âFor sure,â Sungchan whistled lowly. He contemplated the opening of his beer bottle, then took a gentle sip of its contents. âHave you made a lot of friends? I feel like it's a lot harder than people make it seem.â
You passed him a curious glance this time. âSome, but it's definitely not as easy as high school. You haven't made a lot of friends?â
âThe soccer team, mainly,â he chuckled. âThe occasional ally in my classes.â
You let out a bright laugh that made his smile widen. â'Ally?ââ You parroted. âWhat a fun word to call classmates.â
âIt's true!â He insisted, chuckling. âSome of these professors are evil, man. Competitive grades? Not a chance,â He scoffed. âWe're all in this together, even if the curve is against us.â
You clapped a hand over your mouth to keep from being too loud, but the rolling waves likely covered your noise plenty. Your family were deep sleepers.Â
âI just figured that you meet lots of people,â you offered when your mirth died down to a giggle. You toed a pile of sand sitting on the last step of the porch. âYour socials are pretty active,â you said, âbut I guess I shouldn't judge a book by its cover.â
âI could say the same about you, Miss Party Girl,â he smirked. âWhen are you gonna drag me to a rave?â
Heat raced up to your cheeks. âI've only been to one,â you said, rolling your eyes. He'd seen that post? First, the post-work daze, and now, the turnt raver? âI haven't gone to a party in a few weeks 'cause of finals anyway.âÂ
Now that you thought about it, you'd been so busy as of late, you couldn't even count the amount of outings you'd declined on your two hands.Â
âTrust me, I get it.â He raised his hands in an act of surrender, his knees angling toward you. The negative space was suddenly a lot less negative.Â
Another tip of his beer bottle; it swapped hands once, twice more. The liquid dribbled smooth down your throat just as Sungchan knocked the rest back. The empty glass made a dull thunk sound as it hit the wooden porch to Sungchan's right.Â
âSo what I'm getting,â you drawled, mimicking his position by angling your knees toward his. You felt your legs brushâthe stimulus sent a jolt down your nerves that warned of addiction and tasted like the forbidden. âIs that you've never been to a rave before?â
Sungchan gave a noncommittal shrug. âMaybe I have.â
You mocked his shrug. âMaybe you have.â
âOr maybe it's just that I haven't gone with you yet.â
Even the waves seemed to quiet for a second. Your heartbeat stuttered in your chest, and you tied down the nervous laugh ready to bubble out of your mouth. You bit your lip and found yourself nodding. âWe'd paint the town red, Jung Sungchan,â you murmured.Â
There it was againâthat flicker of his gaze to some place you both knew crossed a line. It was the beer, was what you were telling yourself. It was the beer.Â
Seagulls surfed the ever-blue sky. Eternal summer could be thought of as a filter of golden, glittery gauze across one's already rose-colored glasses. But summer, truly, was the shade of Jung Sungchan's tank top peeling off his body as he sprinted down the sandbank after your brother, Anton.Â
You watched the fabric whip around in the salt breeze before settling into a heap where his footprint melted into the mineral grains. You were giving Sohee the sunscreen spritz-down up on the covered porch, while Jeno barreled down the bank after his friend and brother.Â
From behind you came the scratch of the back door sliding open. You and Sohee peered back to where your mom poked her head out.Â
She just barely caught her sunglasses in time as they slipped off her head. âHey, your dad and I are heading out. Watch each other, okay?â
âGot it!â You and Sohee chirped.Â
One more nod from your mom, and then she was gone. Your parents were going to take a date into town, just the two of them. That left you and the boys here with the surf and sandâdefinitely not a terrible compromise. If you wanted, you could probably have the whole house to yourself, anyway. These guys could entertain themselves.Â
âYn! Sohee!âÂ
Jeno arced one arm up into the sky to beckon you down to the sea, only to get dragged underwater by his two comrades. You and Sohee harked out twin laughs as you watched Jeno fight for his life with limbs flailing and foam flying into the sky.Â
You patted Sohee's shoulder as you set the can of sunscreen onto the porch step. âAlrighty, you're good to go, bro.â
âThanksârace you down!â
âHey!â Your laughter echoed as you bolted down the sand after him to join the fun.Â
As your feet dug into the wet embankment, your palms made purchase against Sohee's shoulders to shove him into the water. A yelp leapt into the air, and you turned away to avoid getting hit in the face with the consequence of your prank.Â
âI'm so gonna get you for that!â Sohee spat water out of his mouth, a wicked grin pulling onto his lips.Â
âNo, you're not, actually!âÂ
You boltedâwell, stomped, your way through the knee-deep water, furiously trying to get away from karma. Water yanked down on your limbs in a forceful coax to give into your punishment, but you were determined.Â
You could hear your brothersâ hollers of encouragement: âGet her, Sohee!â and âRUN, YN, RUN!â
Adrenaline pumped through your veins and you pushed your legs harder.Â
âI got her!â Wait, was that Sungchan?â
You suddenly felt a pair of hands on either side of your waistâyou swore as your legs came out of the water and your world twisted.Â
âNo, no, no, no, no!â You squawked, squirming wildly in Sungchan's arms as he scooped you into his hold like a bride. (NO. NOT LIKE A BRIDE. WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE A BRIDE?â) One arm cradled your back and the other under your knees, and he laughedâhe chuckledâas you attempted to flip yourself out of his grasp.Â
âYou're not getting out of this, party girl,â he said close to your ear.Â
For a heartbeat, you lost your breath at the rasp behind his words and the grin on his face. But a heartbeat was all he needed.Â
There was free fall, and then all sound muffled as cold water engulfed your body. You plugged your nose and screwed your eyes shut. You felt your ass hit the sand at the bottom in slow motion, before the air in your lungs began to lift you back up to the surface of the water.Â
You broke out with a gasp, hair flipping back as you furiously swiped your hands down your face to get the water out of your eyes. They stung like a bitch, but you could feel the rush of blood in your ears; it was thrilling.Â
A hand in your vision enclosed around yours.
âYou asshole!â You scowled up at Sungchan from where you knelt, though it was half-hearted.Â
He beamed back at you boyishly with damp hair hanging in his eyes and water running down the crevices of his stomach like a goddamn system of canals. âYou're a good sport, Yn.â
âI'm really not.â
You had the distinct pleasure of seeing the smile slip off his face before you used his grip on you to yank him into the water. You swallowed a good half pint of saltwater, but the revenge couldn't have been sweeter.Â
When Sungchan's head broke the surface, it was followed by a dog-like shake of his head. You laughed to turn away from the spray of water; Sungchan delighted at the sound.Â
Amusement still lingered on your lips as your eyes snagged on the piece of seaweed that made its home on his head. You didn't think twice about it before leaning closer to reach it.Â
You stepped forward, andâoh boy, was that a mistake.Â
You had a front row seat view of a droplet of water slipping down the slope of his nose, the curve of his lips, and the cliff of his chin. You wrestled down a swallow, and pulled the seaweed off his head, flinging it into the water.Â
âYou had, uhm, a littleâŚâ
âRight, thanksââ
You both flinched apart as a man-made wave of water crashed into your sides. âAMBUSH!â Your three brothers declared, springing up out of the water and parading a full-blown attack with all weapons firing.Â
You and Sungchan were swift to launch your own counterattack.Â
Merriment filled the summer air as much as saltwater embedded into your skin and eyes and mouth. You almost made the mistake of thinking your racing heart was just from the determination to beat your brothers, and not from the guy on your side of the war. The heat was getting to you and the sun was getting to him. Â
It was about an hour later that you found yourself lazing upon the slick and smooth plane of a surfboard. The ocean rocked you gently from beneath the board; it had been surprisingly calm all of today.Â
At some point, you and the boys established a truce in the Great Water War, mainly because your brothers were hungry and there was a big, juicy watermelon just begging to be cut open and devoured in the house.Â
Suffice to say, you let your brothers figure it out.Â
Your consciousness faded into the foreground of your mind as a distant sound of splashing neared. You peaked one eye open, lifting the rim of the hat up to see who dared to encroach upon your isle.Â
You could recognize Sungchan's mop of hair from a mile away, at this point. You couldn't tell if that was a good or bad thing, but why did it have to be either?
He cropped up right beside you, pushing back his hair to keep the water out of his eyes. âHi.â
A smile curled onto your lips, teasing. âHi. Good swim?â
âGood nap?â
âAs good as one can be on the open ocean,â you said, shifting the hat up so you could see him better, but keeping your face shaded. âI don't know how dolphins sleep with half their brain on.â
Sungchan's brows rocketed toward his hairline. âThey sleep with half their brain on? Crazy.â
âI know. I can't even stay awake with half my brain on.â
You and he shared a laugh, and he set a palm on the board next to your body. âAw, no,â he assured. âIf you've got less than half a brain on at all times, then I've got one brain cell.â
âJoke's on you, half my brain is half a brain cell.â
He wrinkled his nose at you. Cute. âSweetheart, hate to break it to you, but that's not how brain cells work.â
You nearly fell off the board. âOkay, Mr. Know-it-all, do tell.â
âI'm not about to talk about neurons on my vacation.â
You challenged him with a look. âOverruled, counselor. Answer the question.â
His mouth fell open in a stunned daze, and his reaction made you break face for a moment to laugh. He blinked. âI have to be really honest with youâŚâ Sungchan carded a hand through his hair, then pressed his knuckles to his mouth. âThat was really hot.â
Was it suddenly five degrees warmer out here?Â
If blood rushing in your ears was akin to the sound of waves crashing, there must have been one hell of a tsunami in your veins right now.Â
You sputtered a laugh. âYou need to get out of the sunââ
âI'm sorry I said that aloud,â he grimaced sheepishly.Â
âNurse? Nurse!ââ You feigned raising your head up to look around for an imaginary nurse in the middle of the ocean. âOh, right. You are the nurse.â
He groaned, tilting his head back and playfully punching your shoulder. âYou're soââ
âHot?â
You howled at the sight of his cheekbones blooming the color of ripe watermelon. âI'm kidding; I'm teasing!â
He sighed, smiling despite the pain etched onto his gorgeous features. âNever living that down, am I?â
You shifted your position to laying on your stomach now, your arms folded beneath your chin. Sungchan carefully turned the surfboard so the tip faced him, and you were trapped in his gaze, head-on. âIt was cute,â you consoled.Â
âSo you think I'm cute?â He cocked a brow.Â
âAnd you think I'm hot.â
He flicked water at you. âAaand, there it is!âÂ
You laughed again, delighted at the red lingering on his cheeks and the tips of his ears. God, he was fucking gorgeous.Â
A beat passed for a second. Something settled between the two of you, a thing you couldn't yet put a name on, but it had been there since last night. Or maybe it had been there longer, festering in the negative space between you until said space could become something of a memory.Â
You weren't sure why he was hereâwhy he'd swum out here to meet you when his best friend was back at the beach house, gorging on watermelon and getting his ass handed to him in Mario Kart by his siblings; why he all of a sudden occupied a part of your mind like the tide creeping up the embankment at four in the afternoon. At first, he was far enough for you to settle into a false sense of security; until all of a sudden, there he was, the foamy waves lapping at your feet and his smile the only thing you could see when you closed your eyes.Â
His tongue swiped over his lips and he cleared his throat. âSo, uh, watermelon?â That was his original reason for coming out here. (He did volunteer, after all.)
You perked up. âRight, sure. Watermelon.â
âGreat.â He broke into a smile, but the corners of it were softer, fonder. You could get used to the look of it.Â
There was this sayingâthe elephant in the roomâbut here in the cabin living room, it was definitely more of a blue whale. Just completely out of the water, weighing about thirteen tons, the size of twelve school buses⌠yeah, that sounded about right.Â
âGO FISH!â Anton flung his finger across the circle at Jeno with the glee of a kid on Christmas morning. âSuck it!â
Your mom sent an express glare his way. âAnton.â
Your youngest shrunk down sheepishly. âSorry, eomma.â
The seven of you were settled in the living space this fine evening with a deck of cards. Your parents were on the couches watching the movie on screen and the game before them, while you, your brothers, and Sungchan huddled around the coffee table playing said game. Sunsoaked and weary, it only took one hearty and filling dinner to perk the lot of you right back up like a field of sunflowers.
âThis is a stupid game,â Jeno sulked as he examined his hand of cards.Â
âYou only say that because you're losing,â you pointed out. âAnyways, Jeno, can I have that three?â
Jeno cut you a glare as the rest of the table rolled into fits of laughter. Your smile was cheeky, reaching out to snatch the three Jeno revealed he had during his turn.Â
âThat's cold,â Sohee snorted.Â
Your eyes darted over to Sungchan opposite you. His eyes were glimmering. âYeah, I didn't know you had so much ruthlessness in you, Yn.â
âWhy do you think she's going into law?â Jeno grunted. Though one card less, it meant that he had one less pair in his finished pile. At this rate, you might win and end up with the most pairs.Â
âGuys, it's literally just how you play the game.â You nodded over at Sohee. âSohee, do you have a jack?â
Your younger brother handed it over without ceremony. âUnfortunately.â
âAnton, do you have an ace?â
He shook his head. âGo fish, noona.â
âSee?â You said to the rest of the table, but your eyes went to Sungchan's. âThe nature of the game.â
They let you off the hook because you didn't plunder everyone of their cards this round. It continued on with Sohee, then Anton, before landing on Sungchan.Â
He made a show of considering his cards, a furrow between his brows. He glanced up at you over the rim of his hand and gestured with a curl of his fingers. âI'd like that ace, Yn.â
âOooh,â Anton giggled.Â
Jeno grinned as you extended the ace across the table to Sungchan. âKarma.â
âThank youââ his fingers grazed against yours as he plucked the card from your grasp, ââvery much.â
You pressed your lips into a small smile, nose wrinkling up at him. You had a few cards left to rid yourself of.Â
Your dad cleared his throat as he stood up from the couch to bring his empty bowl to the sink. âBy the way, are you kids still going into town tomorrow?â
The five of you exchanged brief eye contact with one another. âYep.â
The idea had come up during dinner after your parents came back. They'd mentioned a variety of activities and little shops to visit that might be fun for you to see, including a hand churned ice cream shop and a port side arcade building. It would just be the five of you going, while your parents would walk down to the beach trails about a mile from the cabin to go hiking.Â
In the morning, you and everyone else in the house took your time getting up and ready for the day. Breakfast was taken together at the table before you split off into your separate parties.Â
Jeno took the wheel with Sungchan riding shotgun, and you sat in the middle row with Sohee, while Anton occupied the back. You rolled down your window to rest your chin on the fold of your elbow, your sunglasses slipping down the bridge of your nose as you watched the scenery pass by.Â
Right in front of you, Sungchan also had his window rolled down with his arm propped on the lowered sill. He chatted animatedly with Jeno about whatever game he and all three of your brothers were playing this morning, but you could feel his gaze go to his side view mirror more than once.Â
The ride was an easy, breezy one.Â
The main town center bustled with locals and visitors alike in the late morning. Jeno found free parking about a block away, and the five of you walked over as one big group.Â
âIce cream first!â Anton declared with one arm raised toward the sky.Â
âI concur,â you chimed in. You lifted your sunglasses up slightly so you could read the town directory easier. âSeems like we're close by.â
Anton nodded in approval. âOnwards, then.â
You and your youngest brother led the way. The idea of ice cream made your mouth water, especially since you could already feel a bead of sweat dribble down your spine. Why was it so goddamn hot?
The shop was a cute, little building with a pink and white striped awning and a large window in the front that gave visitors a front row view into the ice cream churning experience. You snorted as Anton pressed his nose up against the glass, a wide grin splitting his face.Â
âYou're scaring the workers, dude,â you jested, tugging your brother along.Â
Anton scrunched his nose up at you. âYou scare me every morning.â
âJust because you're a wimp when I put toner pads onâhey! Do you want ice cream or not?â You cackled as he attempted to flick you square in the forehead.Â
Jeno groaned. âGuys, can we please act normal for once?â He asked as he swung the door open for everyone.Â
Sungchan beat you to the punchline, slapping his friend on the back while he ducked inside. âThat's rich coming from you, man.â
âHey!âÂ
The squabble was swiftly swept out of your mind when you stepped foot into the shop. You were nearly knocked over from the potency of the sugary waffle cone scent that occupied the room. At the sight of tubs upon tubs of frozen treats kept within the display case, your entire face lit up, eyes going glassy with wonder. âOh no, too many to choose from,â you gasped, cupping the lower half of your face.Â
Sungchan chuckled beside you as he crossed his arms and assessed the dozen options before you. âI didn't know you were such an ice cream fanatic, party girl,â he mused. He glanced over at you with a fond sort of gleam in his eye.Â
âDon't even get her started,â Sohee groaned. âShe and Anton have a sweet tooth to rival Willy Wonka.â
Anton flagged down one of the workers, having already found his targets to try. He was in here for less than two minutes and was already rattling off the entire menu to the poor girl behind the counter.Â
âTiramisu sounds really good,â you muttered. Your eyes moved slowly from tub to tub. Another gasp flew from your lips, and you clasped a hand on Sungchan's shoulder. âWaitâbut strawberry shortcakeâhhhhh.â You wrinkled your brows together, lips pressed into a taut line.Â
This was not good.Â
âYou could always get a double scoop,â Sungchan suggested.Â
You bobbed your head. âThat's true, but I'm just worried I won't be able to finish, y'know.â
âWell, maybe I'll get one of the flavors you want and we can split.â His shrug was all too casual.Â
âReally?â
âYeah, sure,â he said, biting his lip through a smile.Â
The organ in your chest gave a hop, skip, and a leap. You weren't sure if it was at the thought of it all working out alright or if it was because of Sungchan's generous gesture. You were telling yourself it was the former, but you could be persuaded it was the latter if given a light shove in that direction.Â
When everyone's scoops were paid for, you fell into a loose formation to stroll around town while you finished your treats.Â
You and Sungchan were glued to each other's sides out of necessity since you were sharing flavors. Jeno walked on his other side, however, lapping at his cotton candy blue scoop seated upon a throne of waffle cone. The two youngest walked in front, leading you all to wherever they wished to go.Â
The town itself was rather quaint when you finally soaked it in. It seemed like the kind of place everyone knew everyone, and if you were new or only visiting, the locals were just as friendly and welcoming. The town center was stocked with anything a resident might needâa small grocer down the street, clothing stores and restaurants lining the boulevard, a newspaper stand at the corner, a laundromat, a hardware store, and more places you were certain you wouldn't be able to see in just one walk.Â
As you scooped a bite out of some of the last bits of tiramisu in Sungchan's cup, Jeno was summoned up to his brothers who were debating over which way they should turn next. You and Sungchan lingered behind to finish off the ice cream in your respective cups.Â
Just as you slurped up the melted shortcake ice cream at the bottom of yours, your eyes caught onto a storefront behind Sungchan. It was decked out in clichĂŠ boho-chic, with braided nets, shells, and sand dollars in the window and over the door frame. The souvenir shop seemed to embody the quintessential tourist trap, and you didn't mind falling into it.Â
ââguys, we're gonna go to the arcade now!â Jeno said, beckoning you and Sungchan over. They must have decided on a route then.Â
You made your decision. âYou guys can go ahead! I'm gonna pop into this place for a second. I promised I'd get my friend Minjeong something.â Minjeong was one of the few close friends you made at university, and though you didn't promise to her face you'd get her something, you were determined to get her a little trinket as a token of your affection.Â
âYou're gonna go alone?âÂ
You blinked. âYeah, I'll just meet you guys at the arcade.âÂ
Sohee piped up, âBut mom said buddy system.â Okay, you should probably honor that, but it wasn't as if the four of you always followed that rule.Â
âI'll go with you.â
All eyes went to Sungchan who tossed his empty cup and spoon into the nearby trash can. He gave a nonchalant lift of his shoulders. âI wanted to get my mom something anyway.â
You tilted your head to the side curiously as Jeno narrowed his eyes at Sungchan, like they were communicating telepathically. Odd.Â
In fact, you didn't really know what to think about being alone with Sungchan. There was a difference between coincidentally ending up on the porch together or conversing in the ocean away from everyone else, to purposefully breaking off from the group to spend time with each other.Â
Then again, he said he was getting something for his mom. That gave a different implication to him volunteering to accompany you. The goal was capitalism, not something forbidden.
Maybe you were thinking about this too much.Â
âOkay, fine,â Jeno relented. âWe'll meet you at the arcade, but don't take too long or we'll leave without you.â
âAye-aye,â you teased, raising a hand to wave goodbye to your brothers. âC'mon, Sungchan.â
You dumped your empty ice cream cup and spoon into the trash before slipping inside the souvenir shop with Sungchan following right after you. You lifted your sunglasses up on top of your head, skin prickling with gooseflesh from the draft of air conditioning wafting overhead. A soft-toned acoustic played in the background, accompanied by the cheery greeting of a staff member from behind the register.Â
You and Sungchan lifted your hands in warm reply, then disappeared into the aisles to explore.Â
Your fingers grazed along the racks of clothes branded with the beach town's name and minimalist artwork; your eyes roamed over the ships displayed in bottles on the walls, the not-for-sale surfboard hung for decor. Like many souvenir shops, there were several turning displays that boasted rows upon rows of themed keychains with specific names engraved into them.Â
âI will never find my name amongst these,â Sungchan mused quietly from beside you as the two of you rifled through the surfboards and seashells and sharks. âAnd yet, I look for the S names all the time.â
âValid,â you nodded. âSometimes I can't find my name either, but it's the hope that gets you.â
âAnd fails you,â he pointed out.
âTouchĂŠ.âÂ
Near the keychain displays stood a tower of hats and head accessories galore. There were crocheted bonnets, straw hats, ball caps, and even headbands. Your expression glittered as you plucked up a headband with twin sunflowers on the top like a pair of antennas.Â
After hanging your shades on your shirt color, you donned the headpiece, twirling around to show Sungchan. âThoughts?â You asked, failing to sweep your grin away.Â
Sungchan beamed back at you. âOh, you're too cute.â
You ignored the heat creeping up the back of your neck to reach for another headbandâthis time, one topped with red crab claws. Sungchan graciously bowed his head for you to crown him with the piece.Â
âFabulous,â you declared with your hands on your hips.Â
He peered into the small mirror to the side of the hat rack. âYou think?â
âOf course.â So much so, that you pulled out your phone to snap a picture. You tilted your head toward his to fit both of your faces and headbands in the frame.Â
Sungchan peered over your shoulder to take a glimpse at the photos. His tongue was jammed into his cheek, and you could feel his breath along the shell of your ear. âSend me those?â
âI'd need your number first.â
He grinned boyishly, roughing a hand through his hair before taking your phone from you. âYou don't even have to ask.â
As he saved his contact information into your phone, you attempted to calm the giddy butterflies in your stomach by peering back into the mirror at the headband on your head. You squished the plush sunflower heads with your fingers, humming thoughtfully. âI low-key wanna buy this.â
He glanced up from your phone before handing it back to you. âIf you buy that one, I'll buy this one,â he replied, pointing up at the crab claws on his head.Â
âYou're such an enabler,â you jested. A beat passed. âOkay, but only if you get it with me.â
âThat is what I said,â he chuckled, eyebrows arched.Â
The remainder of the time you and Sungchan spent in the shop was mainly to figure out what you would purchase for Minjeong and what Sungchan would buy for his mom. (Mainly, implying that there was still room for shenanigans.) It took a little more than half an hour, but you both emerged from the souvenir shop with a gift bag each, containing your headbands and the baubles bought.Â
The arcade was only about a ten minute's walk from your location, so you and Sungchan took your sweet time getting there. As the two of you walkedâthe backs of your hands grazing against one another, shoulders bumpingâyou nearly forgot that Sungchan was your brother's good friend. Jeno had never made it a point that you and his friends should never mix, and you knew he could care less about your love life, but this was different. (Was it?) It felt like something that shouldn't happen, and yet, why were you starting to want it so badly?
The outside of the arcade was a cream colored building, much like the others in town, but with large posters on the outside beckoning guests to come in and try their hand. Your brothers texted you to let you know they were in a game of laser tag right now, so that gave you and Sungchan a little more time to yourselves within the arcade.Â
âI have an idea!â Sungchan grabbed your free hand and hauled you off toward something in the distance.Â
The feeling of your fingers slotting with his had more than just your steps skipping. âHey, manâyou and your long legs need to chill!â You hollered at him through a laugh.Â
He sent you a look over his shoulder before stopping at one corner of the arcade. With jazz hands, he presented his marvelous idea. âTa-da!â
Before you was an all-time classic: Dance Dance Revolution.Â
Your eyes widened just as your smile did. âIt's like you read my mind,â you marveled.Â
The machine was just like the movies with a multicolored screen of bright blues and purples, a platform with two sets of arrows in the floor, and two arched rails at the back for each player to hold onto as they danced the night away.Â
Sungchan marched up onto the platform and fished a wadded up paper bill out from his wallet. âHave you played before?â
When the machine devoured his money, the screen leapt to life and blasted its opening music to announce that somebody was willing to step up to the challenge.Â
You set your gift bag down at the foot of the platform and climbed up to join him. âI've only seen it done before, but I've always wanted to try it.â
You and he locked eyes, and you were sure the twinkle in his was a reflection of just how excited you were.Â
âWell, today is your lucky day, party girl,â he chirped. âLet's see what you've got.â
It didn't take long for you to figure out that âwhat you've gotâ was a lot less than whatever Sungchan had.Â
You grappled onto the railing behind you tightly as you stomped your feet against the coordinating arrows that flashed on-screen. How long had it been since that fateful first round? Ten minutes? Two days? It was all mashing together.Â
âThis is unfair; you have longer limbs,â you groaned after missing a few arrows in a row. Why were you so out of breath?
A bead of sweat dribbled down the side of Sungchan's head. It was almost comical how serious you were both taking this game. âI have practice,â he corrected cheekily.Â
âSame difference!â
âA master never blames his tools.â
You huffed. âBullshit.â
At this point, your losses were becoming ridiculous. Desperate times called for desperate measures.Â
For a sequence you knew you were going to miss, you leaned over and pinched his side. Sungchan joltedâit did the trick, and he missed the steps. His head whipped over to you, an impish gleam in his irises.Â
âOh ho ho⌠you wanna play that game?â
You placed your hand on your hip as the round ended. âIf I'm gonna lose, might as well go out with a bang.â
His tongue swiped over his lip. âYou're on.â
The next round commenced, and adrenaline spiked through you like a spear, more powerful than before. You knew to expect Sungchan's revenge, but you struck first.Â
A poke at his side resulted in a tickle at your waist. You returned his parry with a blind poke at his stomach.Â
Anticipating his response, you spotted his arm incoming out of your periphery and moved to step out of his reach. Instead of solid platform, however, your breath hitched at the feeling of half your sandal slipping off the edge.Â
Sungchan's eyes went wide and his arm instead curled around your waist and hauled you to him. âShit,â he muttered, âare you okay? Sorry, that was totally my fault.â
Your palms had landed on his chest, your heart rate slowing but not fast enough. All of the excitement in your veins was likely more so from the game itself, and not from almost falling off the platform⌠and perhaps, another part of it was you realizing just how close you and Sungchan were now.Â
You nodded. âYeah, I'm completely fine; don't even worry about it. And it wasn't your faultâI miscalculated my step and I started it anyway.â
He pressed his lips together. âStill.â
âNice catch, by the way,â you said quietly.Â
You saw his eyes leave your gaze, and this time, you followed in his movements. He ducked his head, almost shyly. âI guess so,â he chuckled. âI'm glad I caught you.â
If anything, your heartbeat was gaining speed again. The hand pressed into your waist was a little more addicting than you would have liked, and his mouth was closer than you thought it had been.Â
In the neon glow of the Dance Dance Revolution screen, you and Sungchan leaned toward one another with one aim, and one aim only.Â
âHey guys!âÂ
You leapt off the dance platform at the same time that Sungchan zipped to his side, gripping the railing with an expression akin to a deer caught in headlights.Â
You pressed a hand against your palpitating heart and turned to find all three of your brothers bounding over to where you and Sungchan were.Â
âOh my god,â Anton gasped, âis that DDR?â
It seemed that Anton and Sohee were more focused on the game than yours and Sungchan's compromising position. But Jeno⌠you noted the suspicious narrowing of his eyes, his arms crossed over his chestâŚ
You swore you and Sungchan swallowed at the same time.Â
âDid we interrupt something?â Jeno drawled.Â
âNope!âÂ
You and Sungchan looked at each other at your simultaneous answer. Great. That definitely wasn't even more conspicuous or anything.Â
Jeno pressed his lips together. âUh-huh,â he said, unconvinced. âWell, Mom and Dad texted and asked for us to meet them at the house, so we've gotta go.â He lifted the screen of his phone up for you to see. Dear god, you hadn't even realized they'd texted the group chat.
You cleared your throat. âRight.âÂ
You picked up your gift bag, and your younger brothers immediately flanked you on either side to gush about the game of laser tag they had just partaken in. Though you nodded and engaged in their conversation, your mind was elsewhere.Â
Plus, it was hard not to be hyper aware of the fact that Sungchan was now alone to face Jeno somewhere behind you. You were not looking forward to the car ride back.
There were always some, unspoken fine lines that should not be crossedâat least, purposefully. In retrospect, you knew Jeno didn't care about who you chose to spend your time with, as long as they treated you right. In the same vein, you didn't care much about what he thought when it came to your own decisions, and yet, you found yourself caring a little more because this was one of his friends. Not yours.Â
But feelings were feelings⌠and you were slowly coming to terms with yours.Â
It was like dĂŠjĂ vu when you crept down the stairs in the dead of night for the second time this vacation. You simply could not bear staring at that wooden ceiling any longer with your mind reeling from this afternoon's events.Â
The living room was yet again a cacophony of light snoring, and you crossed the room toward the back door once more.Â
You paused again, the sight of Sungchan's back a familiar one. Instead of sitting on the porch steps, though, he leaned against the railing, gazing out at the dark waves. It was yet another calm night out on the embankment, but the moon tonight was hidden away behind a few wisps of cirrus clouds.Â
He glanced over his shoulder at you. âHey.â
âHey,â you greeted softly, gently closing the door behind you so you could join him at the railing. It was funny how you both were on the same wavelength. Fate had a funny way of encouraging you.
You and he hadn't properly spoken since the arcade, and Jeno hadn't said a word about it to you either. Dinner had gone on normally enough, so you were unsure of where this all stood.Â
âI wanted,â Sungchan began, âto talk to you about something.â
You glanced over at him and found his eyes already on you. âSure, of course.â
He straightened, gesturing to the sandy beach beyond. âWalk with me?â
You nodded and followed him down the porch steps. Your feet met the cool grains of sand, and a sense of calm seeped into your bones from the bottom up.Â
A hand outstretched in your vision, uncertain. You clasped your hand in his palm, and the pair of you began to walk. You couldn't recall whether you began to adore the feeling of your hand wrapped up in his earlier or just now.Â
âSoâŚâ you trailed off.Â
âSo,â he picked up. âAbout earlier today. I wanted to, uhm, make sure we were on the same page about something.âÂ
He stopped you both when you were a good distance from the house, where the waves slipped along the sand louder than the snores.Â
âI had a really fun time with you today,â he said.Â
You nodded your head in earnest. âI had a great time with you, too.â
He smiled then, hand letting go of yours to drag over his face. âI'mâIâm happy to hear that,â he replied, and you were sure he was trying to hide his growing giddiness.Â
You reached over and gently pried his hands away from his face. âDid Jeno talk to you about today? Did he say anything?â Before he could reply, you added, âBecause I know he means well, but who I choose to spend my time with is my decision. If he can't handle us together, then he'll have to learn to suck it up.â
âHe did say something to me about it,â Sungchan admitted, âbut it was just to make sure I wasn't playing around.â With his hands locked in yours, he gave your palms a reassuring squeeze. âAnd Yn, I'd like to take you out sometimeâproperly. No playing around.â
No more toeing the line in the sand.Â
Your heart rattled violently in your chest. âI'd really like that.â
His expression melted into something tender, like the dark swirls of molten chocolate in the scoop of tiramisu ice cream. His thumb grazed over the back of your hand. âOkay,â he murmured, barely audible over the soft laps of the waves, âgood.â
He considered you for a moment longer, teeth digging into his bottom lip. âI alsoâI did intend on kissing you earlier today, and I probably should have prefaced it, butâmmmh!â
You looped your arms around his neck and pulled his mouth over to yours. He sank into your hold with a content hum, his hands slipping around your waist to tug you closer to him. You'd never really thought about what kissing Jung Sungchan would be like, but you knew that your imagination couldn't have been better than this.Â
When you broke apart with your foreheads pressed against each other and sharing breathing air, you let out a small laugh. The sound coaxed a warm chuckle out of your counterpart.Â
âSorry,â you breathed against his lips, âI probably should have asked first.â
He smiled against you. âYou can apologize by kissing me again.â
He most certainly didn't have to tell you twice.
a/n: pls remember to reblog + comment if u enjoyed! (idek if that was good, im off my Game and off my Rocker dkfnrj)
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You know what I've been thinking about lately? Reader x yandere Japanese coworker who gives you inappropriately elaborate bento boxes
That sounds so ultra specific and you're like "well weeb what do you mean, INAPPROPRIATELY ELABORATE" and like I don't mean there's gold leaf and pearls in there or anything but
Say we have Izuku because he's actually specifically who I've had this idea for. I've been having ideas specifically for a Quirkless AU where you work at a company and you're a grown ass adult and he's like, freshly 20, 21, and he's already a significantly higher position in the company than you. I'm talking one day you start hearing of a new transfer and you're standing at the bus stop/train station whatever to go to work and there's some baby faced young man who is being a little too chatty and friendly with you and you're almost wondering if he's stalking you to work when you find out... He's the son of the president of the company or he's like a few positions below CEO đđđ you could be like 32 and you've worked here for 4 years and here's this, almost KID making like triple if not even more multiples of your entire year's salary
So you're frugal with your money, saving up for a house or something big, or just straight up in a position that isn't paid very well or, maybe you even have an eating disorder or have a diet where you skip meals, and one day Izuku is doing the thing where he's standing inappropriately behind you to look over the quality of your work on your current task when he hears your stomach grumble and asks if you've taken your lunch yet, and pressures you to go eat, oh "it's our obligation as a company to make sure you're taking your legally mandated breaks :) go take a break, you've worked hard today", and then he's being nosey as fuck about THAT too, snooping to find out what you're eating, maybe even taking his lunch at the same time to try and follow you to where you're eating
Either after finding out you straight up don't eat lunch, or you eat too little, or food that isn't very good for you, one day Izuku is very confidently setting a bento down in front of you, all smiles, so friendly, "I made this for you! I really hope you try some of it!"
I've heard Japanese people say things along the lines of "we don't say I love you but we will ask if you've eaten today" and how in a lot of cultures food is a love language (like how the Mystic Messenger boys would ask if you've eaten?). So. You go to open this lunchbox, having no idea what to expect. And it's. It's not just like, store-bought rice balls, he obviously COOKED THINGS. You open up your bento thinking it's just something easy and simple and it's something like THIS



like. Appreciate the love language that is "cutting food into fun and cute shapes". The man hands you something that took WORK, DEDICATION, FOCUS. There is no point in all the detail besides to make it more enjoyable and he's giving it to YOU. He's handing you an ENGAGEMENT RING OF BENTO BOXES here. And this man is... your boss whom you spend absolutely 0 time outside of work with and you also resent his success đ
I also see Japanese yandere, specifically in Japan, taking advantage of the Japanese culture of drinking after work. There's real pressure to go to certain company drinking parties, to know how to politely serve drinks to and obey your higher ups, how you'll be ostracized if you don't go when invited, so then you're being awkwardly pressured into situations with a yandere who is trying to make you slip up and let loose little personal details about yourself. So what's your favorite color? Aaa, mine too! I think you said something about growing up innn.... yeah, that was the name, thank you!" and just. Really boiling your frog, you know what I mean? You're getting more comfortable, not realizing the yandere is gradually increasing the amount of alcohol you're drinking and the intensity of their questions
"So, you said you were saving up for a house? Are you going to live there with your partner? Oh, you don't have anyone? Well, surely there was someone in the past, right? No? But... but you're so wonderful, that's so sad! I'm sure someone will come along and, help provide for you and help you settle down someday :) so, what kind of house were you thinking of buying--"
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Fake Dating
Pairings: Mingyu x Y/N
Genre/tags: non idol au, university couple
Warning: đ fluff, suggestive but not purely smut, cursing, pet names, jealousy, mention of bullying but not extreme
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Words: 2.4k
Disclaimer:
- this story is just made up
- english is not my first language, please be nice đ
A/N: written this while drinking my 3rd cup of coffee. Thats why it must be all over the place and does not make sense and feels a bit rushed... but yeah. đ im fine lol.
Anyways... busy days ahead.
Stay safe.
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"Hold my hand..." he utters the second you jump out of his SUV's front passenger seat.
"What?" You grunt as you put your backpack on you.
"Just.... hold... my... hand..." he hiss through his teeth whilst smiling.
You roll your eyes, "Fine." And then intertwined your fingers with his.
"Next time... when I tell you to do something... just do it okay?" He says trying to sound sweet.
You got it now. His ex is probably within the perimeter of the parking lot that's why he asked you to hold his hand.
"Okay... I will listen next time..." you force a sweet smile and then tip toe to pinch him on his cheek as a gesture of trying to act like you find him cute but not really.
"Thank you."
You two are over acting everything but you know from outside perspective, it is believable. Coz you even got your friends fooled. None of them know that between you and Mingyu, everything is just fake. You are not actually dating. He just asked for your help.
Why you? You have no fucking idea.
"How long are we going to do this?" You ask as you two walk along the sidewalk.
"Until I get the reaction I need from her..."
"And what reaction is that?"
He snorts a proud and yet annoyingly laugh. "Beg."
"Beg?" You stop walking. "This thing will end when she begs for you to take her back?"
"Yeah."
You roll your eyes again and let go of his hand. "That is silly..."
"What the fuck does that mean?"
"Well... I know Selena." You sigh, "She was my schoolmate since highschool... and she never begs men. It's always the other way around."
"Wow. Don't look down at me like that! Am I not attractive enough to make her beg and regret she broke up with me?"
You scan him from head to toe. "You are not bad... I must say... you are the very first good looking guy I actually approve by looks....that Selena dated."
"Really?" He arches a brow.
"However.... given her history." You pull out your phone from your pocket. "Goodluck." You mumble as you go on and scroll over texts on your phone. "Plus... you using me... is a wrong move... I am not a competition or whatsoever for her."
"If that's what you think... why did you agree with me? Doing this?"
"I was... desperate... like you. I needed saving that day too... so..." you trail off, your eyes busy with your phone still.
Yeah. That day when Mingyu pulled you from the bleachers, you needed that save. You were getting bullied by the mean girls from your class. Well, just because you caught their eyes that day.
Anyways, that afternoon during Mingyu's practice, you were there being tormented by those girls. They were acting like they were your friends but they were pinching and pulling your hair just to make you feel uncomfortable. And then suddenly, Mingyu spots you from the distance.
He called you by your name, asks you about something about going home with him and then chatted about random stuff. You were so fucking confuse but you went with his acting. At first you thought he saw you getting bullied so he helped you. But them after the whole quick kdrama acting, he explained everything to you.
That's it.
"Hey..." Mingyu steals your phone from your hand. "Stop using your phone when we're talking... you know its rude if you are talking to someone and you are not even paying attention."
You try to take it back but you fail. He is taller than you. "I am listening... and answering.."
"No..." he locks your phone and puts it in his bag. "Why are you so addicted with your phone?"
"I'm not! I was just replying to someone..."
"Who?"
"None of your business... babe..." you stick your tongue out and dig your phone out of his gym bag. "Anyways... goodluck with practice... just message me if we need to do something or your giving me a ride home or not."
He frowns. "Of course, I will drive you home."
You smile. "Okay then... thank you. See you!" You wink and left
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Days had passed. Nights had gone by so quick. It has been an hectic few weeks for you. With all of the reviewing you have been doing preparing for the exams, on top of trying to survive each classes. You are dead inside now basically.
"I'm so tired." You sigh as you lay your head on your book and unplug your phone from charging. "It has been four months already?" You mumble as you scroll over you calendar for your schedules and see the monthsary reminder that Mingyu had set for every 26th of the month. "We lasted this long...?"
You thought that this fake dating will be over after 3 weeks. 2 months tops if Mingyu wanted to be serious with the 'making selena jealous and beg' agenda. But four months? That's a record breaker. Well atleast to your judgement of him.
It's not that you are getting tired of this fake dating shit. It's just... emotionally draining you in somewhat way.
He makes your heart confuse every now and then. And you can't do anything about it. That big giant puppy is a good-looking, athletic and charming dude. His attitude in life and personality is not bad either. He is funny and smart too. So... he is a good dream boyfriend material.
It's not a shocker that Selena liked him. Nor the rest of his fanclub. Mingyu is....hot. And you are not blind nor heartless.
However since you know your place in this modern world, your level in the who's hot and who's not. You are NOT a good match for him. You are just existing now in his world because he have a mission. His ex. So.. catching feelings is not in your to do list.
Yeah you can always ask him to end the deal. He said it himself; that you have the freedom too. BUT, besides being the hot guy in your life. Mingyu had been a friend too...(which you lack in your life sadly) so you are not sure if you are willing to let go a decent friend if you end whatever relationship you have with him.
*buzz*
đś: where are you?
đ: why?
đś: wdym why? Don't tell me you forgot?
đ: forgot what?
đ: just tell me
đ: im busy.
It took three minutes before he replies again
đś: my mother's party is tonight.
"Fuck!" You hiss as you scramble to get all your things in your bag
You got a few sshh and be quiet from the other students studying in the library.
"Sorry..." you mouth as you hurry your way out
đś: just tell me where the fuck are you and im going to pick you up.
You were trying to reply as you run out of the building but then the sound of the pouring rain made you gasp.
"Shit!"
You are dumbfounded. You don't know what to do now. You have no umbrella and you need to get home and get dress for his mom's birthday party.
*phone buzzes*
"Where are you?" He says as soon as you answered the call
"Library building. Outside..." you exhale your frustration. You scan the whole empty space in front of you. No one is running. No human is in sight. "How can I go? I don't have any change of clothes with me... maybe... I can just--"
"Found you."
You look straight up and see his pick up truck.
He rolls down the window of the passenger seat. "Get in!" He yells
"Crap!" You put your phone in your leather bag and then raise your jacket on top of your head before running like crazy down the steps.
The moment you got in, he sees your legs, part of your skirt and shirt are wet, "I've been calling you..."
"Sorry... my phone died and I just charged it."
His forehead is wrinkled. He does not look like he is in the mood.
"Figured." He then opens the zip of your bag and takes your phone so he can plug it to his car. "Let's hurry home so we can both change..."
"But I don't have--" you pause as you see how drenched he is. "Why are you so soaked?" You take off your jacket and put it around him.
He chuckles. "Thanks?" He finds it funny that you give him your small as jacket to a big guy like him.
"Just take it... you're cold."
"So are you..." he says
"I'm fine." Then you scan the back seat of his car, checking if he have a spare shirt somewhere.
"What are you looking for?" He glances at you when he sees you reaching for something while he's driving. "Hey!" He holds on to you when you almost slipped.
"Got it!" You grunt. "I found you a--"
Your cheeks suddenly burns like hell. No, you did not randomly got sick or what. You're just caught off guard when you straighten up your position and felt... and saw that his hand is on your thigh.
Mingyu is fucking holding your thigh!
"Is that a shirt of mine?" He asks, his eyes is on the road.
"Uhmm..." you answer, "uhuh."
"How did you know I have clean a shirt back there?" He's still not moving his hand off you.
"Well..." you look outside the window to your side, pretending to not notice it. "I remembered you said you always bring extra... especially during practice."
He hums his answer. "You do listen when I talk..."
"Whatever."
You became silent and stiff. Even though eventually he removed his hand because he is driving. He needs his hands.
But the warmth that his hand left on your skin lingers. It burns. And it felt like your skin misses the touch.
*phone buzzes*
You bend over to unplug your phone and see who texted you. But then suddenly, Mingyu swerves his car to park giving you a whiplash and dropping your phone on the floor.
"What the fuck? Why are you so aggressive parking your--"
It was a blurr. You don't know what caused it nor what happened but Mingyu just parked his car, unbuckle his seatbelt and lunges at you. He, out of the blue, just started kissing you.
"Mingyu!" Your voice is small and weak. You're panting. "W-what the hell...?"
His eyes are just on you, scanning your face. Most particularly your bruised lips.
"I don't want you to reply to him anymore..." he says
"W-what?"
"I know your still texting your ex..." he cups your face with his one hand. "And I don't like it." He leans close again and kisses you more. Sucking your lower lip and tongue.
This is so fucking wrong but you can't get a grip of yourself to stop kissing back. It feels so fucking good. Your body was cold earlier but now, it's not.
"You are kissing me... because of that? You hate my ex?" You ask as your lips separates
"Don't be dumb. Of course that's not the only reason..." His hand slides back to your thights and it earned him a sensual reaction that made him smile in pure joy. "You know... I like it when you blush..." he says before going in for another kiss.
Everything that's happening is out og the blue. How did you both got in this situation? No clue. Does he like you? Is he just horny? What?
"W-wait..." your back is already leaning on the door whilst you still have your seatbelt on. "I don't think... this is right."
"Hmmm..."
"I think we should--"
Before finishing your sentence, Mingyu unbuckles your seatbelt and pushed your seat back so it lowers. You yelp as it goes down, flat.
"Move to the back." He orders
"What?" You look at him and the backseat.
"Crawl..."
"W-why?"
"Y/N... you know what I mean... go... please?"
You heart is beating fast. Its a mixed of excitement and fear of what if you guys get caught. Yes his car is tinted but...
He totally stops the car engine (to be safe) and then starts pulling his shirt off
"What are you doing?" You gasp
He smiles, "why are you asking questions that's already obvious?" He is big but he moved from the driver's seat to the backseat beside you.
"Well..." you hug your legs as you watch him move
"Don't tell me... you're a shy type person when it comes to fucking?" He is smirking.
"I'm... not....it's just..."
"Just what?" He ask while removing his bracelet and wrist watch
"Why are we doing this?" You question
He shrugs. "Because... I like you."
"You like me?" You are taken aback. "Seriously?" And then laugh. "You're funny..."
"Who said I'm joking?" He grabs both your ankles, spread your legs and place them on his side. He is hovering you now.
"But... selena..." you are breatheless as you see him basically on top of you now.
"The deal was only for a month...right?"
You nod
"It didn't worked. So... I moved on..."
"The fuck? So why do we still do this dating shit?"
"Because... I like you."
"What? I'm confused."
"Selena broke up with me... coz I started liking someone else..."
"What?! Who?"
Mingyu lowers down his face and starts kissing you on your neck, just below your ear. "Obviously... its you..."
He continues to nibble your neck until he felt your hips react with his touches.
"Your...y-your making this shit up... just to... just to fuck me..." you are moaning the words out now.
"If I just want to fuck you... I could just ask you right there and then in the field..." he explains "I'm sorry I made this fake dating shit up... but... I know you'll not try to date me if I didn't do it... I know you don't like me before... so..."
You just stare at him and try to absorb whatever he's saying
"Why.... why do you like me?"
"I don't know.. I just did..." he pushes the hair off your face. "I think you don't remember... but we've been to same classes a few times before... you were so quiet and always isolated that you don't notice me when I try to reach out..." he snorts a small smile. "I can explain the whole story in detail later if you want but..."
"But what?"
"I'm fucking horny right now... and I don't think I can wait anymore..."
Your eyes widens before laughing out loud. Mingyu is so real and does not deny what he needs.
"Okay then....." you try to stop laughing. "Let's do it quick before anyone sees us plus your mom is waiting..."
"Fuck yeah."
#yuyu1024#mingyu x reader#mingyu fanfic#seventeen mingyu#mingyu x y/n#mingyu smut#mingyu fluff#seventeen imagines#seventeen x reader#seventeen x y/n#svt x y/n#svt x reader#kim mingyu#svt kim mingyu#kpop fanfiction#svt fanfic#seventeen fanfic#seventeen au
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Okay I think I made y'all wait long enough LOL
SORRY THEY'RE ALL UNCLOTHED BTW, I HAVENT FIGURED OUT OUTFITS YET- đ
I don't really have a lot to share tbh in terms of lore/plans. This AU is very VERY fresh in my brain atm. But I will fill in some details for you guys so you somewhat/mostly understand the current characters I have for now.
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Shadow
He is a red diamond (ultimate lifeform yada yada), and as stated, a "blood" diamond. I mean this somewhat in modern terms, but not entirely. In real life, diamonds mined in a war zone and sold to fund the costs, hence "blood". In this case; Shadow was created by the other diamonds (primarily white) as a weapon, the plan was to have a gem on equal footing in terms of strength and power that they could order around to do their bidding and do their dirty work.
Clearly, that didn't work out the way they wanted. Shadow pretended to be obedient, following white, and the other diamond's orders. He shattered other gems for whatever reason the diamonds deemed fit (among other things I haven't decided on yet), only doing so to avoid the risk of being deemed defective and shattered himself, or the gem being shattered regardless by someone else.. he at least knew he could give them a swift end without pain.
Once Shadow gained the diamonds trust to wander around as he pleased, the moment no one was looking, he stole a ship and left Homeworld. Going as far as he could into the universe until he found Mobius and crash landed there. It wasn't very long before Sonic found him, and eventually became allies, inviting Shadow into the Crystal Gems, to which he accepted, and chose the name 'Shadow'. He didn't want to be called 'Red' or 'Red Diamond' anymore. He was free now. (This is as far as I got with him, sorry y'all HAHA)
Sonic
Sonic is a yellow prism in the shape of an isotoxal star (the yellow is a nod to super Sonic). In my AU, because offical SU lore with gems is relatively limited, different colored gems even if of the same type, give different abilities/powers. In Sonic's case, yellow prisms give the ability of super speed, because of course, and he chose his name based on that fact as well.
Lore wise with Sonic-- He's the leader of the Crystal Gems (makes more sense considering the CG's signature symbol is a yellow star, so I just ran with that but changed the normal star to the isotoxal). But that's all I have for him.
the rest of these characters have 0 lore at all, i will just try to explain their gems a bit- sorry
Amy
Amy is a Mimetite, a heart stone which helps with emotional stability, inner balance, serenity, joy, and adventure (according to google). Because Amy is basically canonically that 'therapy' friend, mimetite fits perfectly with her personality. As you can see, there are only a few designs that have weapons currently, Amy's being obvious because it's her signature weapon and just works here in the AU as well.
Tails
Tails is a yellow peridot, it's obvious why, and I don't need to elaborate LOL. There isn't much different between peridot colors, it's more-so personality traits than abilities. Green peridots are quite egotistical and arrogant in themselves, while yellow peridots are more adventurous and selfless.
Knuckles
Sorry for his naked hands btw. Honestly, I don't think I have to explain why Knuckles is a garnet. It just tracks. (Reminder that in the show, Garnet isn't a real garnet, it's just what she decided to call herself. In this case, Knuckles IS a real garnet.) Is his signature gem weapon gauntlets/gloves, yes. Did I steal the idea from Garnet? Shut up. :] Besides, Knuckles needed his usual gloves somehow, and he fights by punching shit anyway, so why not? Star on the back of the gloves ofc for obvious reasons.
Rouge
GOD this stupid bat bitch, aaaanyway, ahem. In my AU beryls are information gatherers, either by stealing it or manipulating their way into obtaining it. Beryls are generally under diamond control and report back to their assigned diamond with information they demand for, obviously Rouge is part of the Crystal Gems, so she gathers information for them. And more often than not...is her usual self, and snoops around, digging up dirty secrets/information about her comrades and teases them to no end with it (Shadow being her favorite to torment for... reasons.)
Silver
I chose Silver to be a sapphire simply because of the fact that in the Sonic universe, he can time travel. So instead of time travel in this Steven Universe AU, he gets future vision. I mean it works, right?
Blaze
We can talk about her gem right.. right? It's really tasty and I want to eat it. So; opals are very, VERY rare (which fits with her whole being a princess thing or whatever). She was originally going to be a fire opal... that is until I found out about dragon's breath opals and changed my mind. Blaze is an absurdly rare gem, who knows, maybe even the only one of her cut. :]
Her gem gives her the ability to control fire as a weapon, and her unique cut gives her fire more power as well as makes the flames an unusual pinkish hue.
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And that's everyone for now! I'm doing some little doodles that I might post a bit later on to compile together, but you can have the two I made of Shadow for now. eats him
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Welcome to....
The insane ramblings of a mad man! (Me)
AKA
Animator Swap AU!


Note: Most of the drawings in the second image sadly are no longer canon to the au, but i did draw a few new ones you'll probably be seeing a few paragraphs down :D
Long post incoming, do be warned đ
So, the basic idea of this au is..fairly simple, actually-- as much as i struggled thinking of a good, solid concept for it :'D
As the name suggests, the biggest change is that Alan and Grace are swapped, but, well- not quite..
You see! Their personalities remain more or less the same, but the stickfigures they made are swapped- go simple enough visual representation!

Basically, the idea is: "What if Alan made Mitsi and Grace made the Hollowheads?"
To explain this further: Alan would have treated Mitsi primarily the way he treated Victim and Chosen.
Grace, on the other hand, would have treated the hollowheads far better than Alan did in canon, leading to an entirely different outcome for their character arcs! (Although i'm thinking of having Victim and Grace have a rocky start for,, reasons, but i'll expand on that in a different post, probably)
Anyway, as a result, Mitsi would probably look something like this at the time of her escape:

Alt/ slightly rendered ver.

Also, i'd send in an image of the hollowheads too but uh...they don't really have designs or any art yet lol...rip :')
I was planning on explaining far more thoroughly, but i got a little sidetracked and didn't have time to expand this too much.
To at least somewhat make up for my messy ass brain, here are some ideas i'm planning (key word) to solidify into the canon aswell!
-After Mitsi escapes the PC, Alan doesn't draw/animate another stickman for years after. Then i'm thinking he either draws Purple or the guy just kind of,, shows up on his PC one day and after a tentative truce makes the minecraft village there instead of on the Mac (which could potentially lead to the cg meeting Alan aswell?)
-Victim leaves the PC before or recently after Chosen is created, accidentally ending up in the village from his canon backstory and becoming a farmer there.
-Chosen is mute, and i'm thinking he later becomes a sign language interpreter :D (i'm thinking they'll all get regular or semi regular professions since they'd actually get to grow up properly and have childhood and stuff,,, and absolutely no one has any cursor induced trauma whatsoever! Victim? Haha, who's Victim?)
-I was originally thinking of making Dark a Gordon Ramsey style chef, but i feel like i should make him a programmer/hacker of some kind instead LOL
-Orange helps Grace out with her animations in this au aswell! He also has a lot of independent projects of his own :]
-Orange and the cg still eventually end up being the only permanent residents on Grace's pc, with Dark and Chosen visiting fairly often while Victim visits more scarcely. For some reason, he seems a little bit anxious around Grace.. (also yes they're all probably gonna have different names, excluding the animators)
-I'm thinking of calling Mitsi either Mayday or Malice!
-I'm thinking Mitsi crashes/escapes to the village where Victim is. Victim befriends Mitsi pretty fast. They let her stay at their farm and Mitsi helps out pn the farm in return.
-Agent and the mercs will probably be in this au aswell!! I'm just not sure when and how to include them yet.
#animator vs animation#ava#victim ava#victim animator vs animation#ava the chosen one#ava tco#ava the dark lord#ava tdl#ava the second coming#ava orange#ava tsc#mitsi#ava mitsi#ava purple#avm purple#color gang#(mentiomed shortly)#noogai3#ava noogai#ava grace#swap au#ava au#animator swap au#sheesh that's a lot of tags#sorry lol#whew i'm tired#this still turned out surprisingly long lmao#made this mainly because it's swap day in the ava community
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Feed Me Button Frenzy
Ft: Jack, Nick, Shaun, Ian, Joseph
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//NSFW content down below// +18 only
Writer's note:Â The feed me button works a bit different in this au since dacha pet is kinda like a 18+ visual novel stuffed in a tamagachi so raising certain affection points activates the feed me button, which once unlock you can use however you want. There eyes can glow in feed me mode as well just wanted to add in here. Also I apologize in advance if lines are cringe to read đ
Warnings: Dirty talk, Mention of degrading, Small collar and leashes mention in (Shaun's and Nick's part) Breeding Kink, Primal Prey, Predator x prey kink, Praise, Tons of Pet names, Cringey Roleplay ( Ian) Typical talk of gentailia being used?. Pet play, Dom/Sub Dynamics, Voice Kink
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Snake-Pup Jack đđśđ
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đ  His fur/scales are visible around his chest, arms, and lower stomach. Hair becomes more fluffed out and is slightly longer. Fangs are visible, as well as him having cute little stickers in certain spots of his body.
đ Personally doesn't change much besides him having way more suggestive dialogue hinting at the naughty things he wants to do you. Unfortunately the dialogue filters screws him over so.. Your going have to deal with the most interesting innuendos of all time.
đ Will not stop praising how good you would feel once he's inside you. Constantly making comments about how he wants to feel your warmth from the inside.
đ Jack enjoys seeing you squirm from his words alone and is quite satisfied seeing how much he has an affect on you. He'll even encourage you to be more vocal on how badly he affects you to.
đ Ears, and chest are really sensitive. He'll whimper softly and ask you to keep going. If you decide to click over to were his cock is he'd just smirk at you before grabbing the cursor and purposely taking it from you to tease you further.
đ He will lower his voice when saying certain things to get a rise outta you
đ Calls you sunshine, Sun-pup, Sunspot, My Sun Beam,Sundrop
đ 7 ' 3 inched cock with a blue happy trail
đ If your more so on sub side of things good luck he'd see as a game of cat and mouse him wanting you to spill every hidden desire you have for him. Even down to straight up admitting how you him to take control and have his way with you.
đ If more on the dominate side jack is a huge brat he's not letting himself become so submissive that easily, he will give you a hard time but praises throughout the whole thing and eventually let's you win.
đ Loves talking about markings his territory ( you) by leaving love bites and hickies. He wouldn't mind if give the same sentiment back afterall.
đ Any type of colorful outfit gets him going especially if it's socks or gloves.
Jack's Voices lines đ
" It's okay sun pup you can touch anywhere you want ~ " đ
 " Aw, You look so cute getting all flustered like that sunshine~ đ
"Â Â Come closer I don't bite unless you ask me to~ đ
"Â I love a good game of hide and seek where you hide and I find you~ đ "
"Â My sunspot I long to feel every part of you until you can't take it anymore~đ "
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đ  Shaun has cheeta print littered all over his body and his whiskers become more prominent. His locs at the ends has a mixture of blue and purple. Fur is around his chest and arms. Definitely have sharp fangs Unties his hair for " reasons.
đ  He just become more teasy and cheeky might I add. He go straight into teasing you about wanting his second form but he understands fully why you were so curious about it. Though he's a lot more subtle about his desires at first.
đ  All about the foreplay. Down to saying the most filthy yet sweet nothings that drives you insane.
đ Is totally aware of his voice being quite attractive so he'll use it his advantage making his voice all sensual and sultry like with a slight purr near the end.
đ  Shaun talk about potentially having matching collars with you even a leash if your really into that.
đ He loves thigh high socks especially the really cute ones on himself and you. Wouldn't mind cute ones with ribbons as well.
đ He's mostly going to call you kitty, kitten(fight me), my darling, Starlight, Moon light, good boy/girl, pet
đ  7 ' 5 inched cock with a dick piercing. With a blue and purple happy trail
đ He's mostly sensitive were his ears is along with his lower abdomen where his bat wing tattoo is located. Using the curse touching his cock is only going to be your punishment. He's gonna take it away and put it somewhere you can't reach calling you a brat being so eager for him.
đ  Shaun is more dominate leaning so he enjoys making you feel you have the upper hand only for him to pin you down completely smirking at your flustered reaction and squirming around like how a brat should especially when his face is close to the screen.
đ Talks about leaving bite marks in areas only he knows where they are.
Shaun's Voice Lines đ
" Come here kitty and sit on my lap~ đ"
"Â Touch me again and see what happens brat!~đ"
"  Wanna guess which part of me likes getting your kisses the most darlingđ~
"Â Be a good kitten, turn around with your face down and ass up for me~đ "
"Â Ready to be pounced on like prey tonight kitten~đ"
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Deer-Bunny Ian đ§Ąđ°
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đ§ĄÂ The fluffiest fluff to ever exist around his chest and arms. He has heart shaped deer freckles on his face, arms and ass. His hair is complete long and curls at the ends. His skin has a nice glow it down to his fur.
đ§ĄÂ Well he becomes quite needy and clingy saying all sorts lewd things. Ian isn't sugar coating his desires at all he's going full out about it. He calls you pervy for wanting to see him like this but encourages the behavior.
𧥠Roleplay is a big key factor for him so expect him taking roles you mostly want in a sorta cringey hentai manga kinda way but he does it so well so gets a pass. Most roles would be cute nerdy best friend, childhood friends to lovers with a hint of being each other firsts time and maybe perverted nerd if you squint.
đ§ĄÂ Â Â Surprisingly he's quite confident about his voice being attractive to a certain crowd. He knows how whimpery and pathetic it sounds, along how he be a total tease with enough praising.
đ§ĄÂ Ian lowkey want to breed you and for you to potentially do the same to him. Makes him feral but he totally understand if that's not your thing and will settle with wanting to feel you up to the brim.
đ§ĄÂ May also have a thing for thigh socks as well and wouldn't mind wearing it for you, as well as collars as well.
đ§Ą 8 " 0 inched dick with light happy trail
đ§Ą Mostly sweet pet names like little bunny, honey, honey bun, baby
đ§ĄÂ   His long bunny ears are incredibly sensitive he'll you to pull tell them slightly, though he might encourage you to pull his hair too. When it comes to taking the cursor down south he doesn't stop you and moans for you to continue touching him until he cums.
đ§ĄÂ Ian is more like a switch loves when you tell him what to do and boss him around. Make him a whimpering mess for all he cares. In return that doesn't mean he isn't going get his fill with you being receiving end of things. His breath is going fog up the screen at this point.
𧥠He prefers if you gave him love, bites and mark him up in any place you desire
Ian's Voice lines đ§Ą
" Wanna mate like bunnies till were both entangled with one another~đ§Ą"
"Â Â We're like a dounut and cream little bunny, I wanna be on top of you while I fill you up with some of my cream~ đ§Ą "
"Â You taste so sweet like honey honey bun~ đ§Ą"
"Â You and me baby were nothing but my mammals so let's do it how they would on discovery channel~đ§Ą "
"Â Wanna taste of my carrot, I guarantee you'll like the flavor once it's ripe~ đ§Ą "
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đ His fur is thick around his chest and arms that is littered with leopard spots. Fangs are a bit on sharper side, and his hair is slightly longer.
đ That's were his dominate persona steps in he can be alluring, sensual and a down right smooth talker. He's quite the tease similar to Shaun but he is more sly with his word choices. He still doesn't change much though he keeps looking at you with a glint in his eyes.
đ He's into more rougher things like teasing you about tying you up and making you beg for him. Possibly wanting to collar you as well. If you act like a brat he's all for it makes his smirk widen even more.
đ  His voice may not be deep like Shaun's but he's really good at throwing his voice around making you feel your going bust on spot. He definitely is aware if you have a voice kink for sure.
đ  He wants to see you tied up and exposed for him even if he can't physically do that. Though he won't admit that he likes seeing the flustered look on your face he says things like that
đ Has a tongue piercing as well
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đ Nick would call you My dove, Songbird, darling, Dewdrop
đ  His chest is most sensitive part of his body. Using his the coursor to touch his dick doesn't have effect on him really he just grabs it and tells you to continue what you started don't get all shy on him now.
đ Chains, whips, bondage, you name it and he has it all. This man is a full time dom hell even be down for some wax play as well. Your not getting him in a submissive space even if you try hard enough.
đ Marks your neck, chest and thighs and is proud of it.
Nick's Voice Lines đ
"Â I wanna see you spread more than your wings my dove~ "
"Â Â My face between your thighs is my type of physical touch~ đ "
" Why don't you sing for me my songbird~ đ"
"Â Should I tie you up and watch you completely unravel for me~ đ "
"Â Still hungry? Don't worry I'll give you something satisfying have satisfied all night long my Dewdrop~"
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â¤Â Has thick brown fur around his chest and arms. His fangs are quite sharp. Eyes are a light red to the usual brown.
⤠More vocal about his desires that every. Completely aware about what the feed me button does and blames you if end up liking him like this however is a bit self conscious about it. Though now you have to deal with him constantly looking at you as if he's about to devour you.
â¤Â His voice become more raspy and sorta deep still has an effect on you either way so he won't complain. Might have to take a break from talking to him because you're going to be left hot and bothered for a good while.
â¤Â   He's in middle he likes talking dirty to you with some rough play into it but still likes being soft with you since he more longer has that cold exterior. Though he's going make it known he's checking you out.
â¤Â  Joseph is really into saying how much he wants you in doggy style. Or how he wants you to be slightly scaroused when wants to chase you as prey.
â¤Â  7 ' 3 inched cock with thick brown happy trail.
â¤Â Calls you his Sweetheart, Sunshine, Doll face, My love
â¤Â Ears are the most sensitive out of all of them touching his ears to much will cause him to take your cursor privilege away and smirk as he watches you pout. If you decide to be sneaking moving the cursor to his dick well let's just say he gives a smirk before using the cursor in a up and down motion to get him off while he makes full eye contact.
â¤Â  Wouldn't opposed if you decided to peg him down a notch if you dare. Especially with how tried he would potentially make you.
â¤Â  Loves claiming your neck and chest makes him feel more feral that way
Joseph's Voice lines â¤
" Wanna go in the woods and howl non stop at the moon~ ⤠"
" I'll give my bone tonight doll face~ ⤠"
"  Want to go to pound town with me tonight? I'll be the one doing the pounding if you can't, all you gotta do is ask sweetheart~â¤
" Your legs would look better spread against my shoulder sunshine~ ⤠"
" Keep yanking my chain and see what happens next~⤠"
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Since Artfight is currently keeping me busy and itâll probably be a good while before I ACTUALLY finish these, have a wip of AU Elita design plus a small lil sketch of her and sparkling Bee!! :] (per request from my friend)! She definitely spoiled him rotten, she loves her lil bby sm!!
Genuinely hope to finish these soon!! Literally have Transformer AU wips all over the damn place!! and I still don't even have a name for my AU yet either lol đ
#art#artists on tumblr#artist#digital artist#my artwrok#my art#transformer#transformers#transformers art#transformers au#elita one#bumblebee#maccadam#digital art#artwork
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writing tag game!
thank you for the tags @phneltwrites @iwouldnevergetintofanfic @saynomorefic <33
1.How many works do you have on AO3?
23
2. Whatâs your total AO3 word count?
416,618 (though some of these are collabs)
3. What fandoms do you write for?
young royals <3
4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?
so loaded, eye low aka the Met Gala au <3 i don't even have thoughts on this i just cant believe its almost got 700 kudos like that's crazy. y'all like angsty angry sex huh
just if for a minute aka fake marriage au <33333333333 my Miami idiots
all our words were worth it aka my collection from Simon's month. so many one-shots here that deserved a solo work or continuation but alas i only have two hands
for the tree's sake aka tree boys au aka the fic that started it all.
we sure make things work aka Wille's month. i feel like you can see how much my writing has improved since these, even when you just compare it to Simon's month
5. Do you respond to comments?
i do my very very best to. i have gotten very behind on it but i do read every comment and my heart bursts out of my chest at every single one
6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?
i usually try to give a happy or hopeful ending? maybe Only for Coffee because they're still technically broken up and we don't know what happens after? although I guess also Fright Fest! because they're both still actively bleeding out lmao
7. Whatâs the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?
'just if for a minute' probably? spoilers i guess but they sort their shit out and are literally legally bound together. but like i said i try to give all my Wilmon a happy ending. (for now)
8. Do you get hate on fics?
so far so good! i've been put in jail quite a few times but i think that was all out of love/hate
9. Do you write smut?
haha. yes âď¸
10. Do you write crossovers? Whatâs the craziest one youâve written?
no crossover yet :/
11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?
i dont think so?
12. Have you ever had a fic translated?
no
13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?
yes :) i have three separate collabs with some of the best people (and writers) i know, which is so cool and fun and i love fandom
14. Whatâs a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?
anything i publish i have the intention of finishing. i promise i have not forgotten about call ur crush! đ i will give y'all ch5 if it kills me
15. What are your writing strengths?
oh lord. i dont know. i've gotten comments about my like, descriptions of the setting? and world building.
16. What are your writing weaknesses?
i worry i am a bit repetitive, esp with like metaphors and shit. there's only so many ways I can describe tension, u know?
17. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?
uh. fun? no harm no foul? i think in some fics it matches the vibes, but me personally i dont usually do more than pet names and the occasional 'tack' or 'snälla'. for funsies.
18. First fandom you wrote for?
i believe all my 1d and hp and other rpf has been wiped from existence (thank god) but young royals is the first i've actually posted on ao3 for
19. Favorite fic youâve written?
Running with Wolves. so much love to all my other fics - special shoutout to ftts for being my first wilmon born - but this crime fic has taken over all my thoughts and i have had so much fun crafting ways to make these boys miserable and to make this world feel real and tangible and dangerous. it's one of my least popular and i literally don't care because.... little lamb.
i think lots of people have done this and or been tagged a million times so here's some more tags for u <3 @pagegirlintraining @willesredlights @hergrandplan @royalwilmon @skibasyndrome
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pairing - sirius black x fem!reader
summary - you and sirius start dating after accidentally running into each other at a concert but confirm nothing, just to watch everyone lose their shit online.
trope/tags - band/celeb!au, instagram/social media!au, modern!au, fluff, terrible humour
word count - 1k
warnings - language
part 1 / part 2 / part 3
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yourusername mirror's dirty but i felt pretty
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mmmckinnon mommy.
prongsyboy mama?
starmanblack PRONGS
user128836 i don't know the colour of anything
user702655 YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND????
user358991 sirius said smash and i agree
user073823 the only man we trust
user662627 i'm gonna clown so hard but why did half of sirius family like this post?
user491175 i almost sent a thirst tweet
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yourusername very real
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prongsyboy did you tell him i said hi?
starmanblack i got you his autograph
mmmckinnon you didn't even tag the photographer smh
starmanblack why are you offended in the name of the photographer?
mmmckinnon i'm just defending my wifey
casmeadowes i wasn't there???
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user113388 he's dating y/n l/n
user300722 i volunteer to take your bf photos đ¤
user943534 CONFIRM THE RUMOURS I'M BEGGING
user855465 y/n has a boyfriend and you just put boyfriend in the caption so i'll live in delusion from now on
user464646 i wanna be a horse
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yourusername london, i'm speechless. i had the most amazing time with all of you last night and i can't wait to perform for you again đ hearing you guys sing your hearts out with me was truly magical, thank you sooo much and i love love love every single one of you đ also! a special thanks that friend group from the first row who gave me a bunch of plushies, my heart is extra happy đ
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starmanblack i was there, i can confirm
yourusername I COULDN'T SEE YOU IN THE CROWD AT FIRST AND I GOT SO SAD
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starmanblack my guitar fits your aesthetic nicely
yourusername i know right?!? me and her were meant to be
marymacdonald when i say best concert of my life i mean it
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bartyyy first row seats hmghnhm đŠ
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user201010 i cried ugly tears
user927161 i formally apologise to the people who were near me đ
user472738 ARE Y'ALL SEEING THIS??? THEY'RE DEFO DATING
user928312 YOU PLAYED MY FAVOURITE SONG AND I WASN'T THERE đđđ
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celeb_gossip a scandal is on its way! đ there's been word on the street that sirius black and y/n l/n have had a little something going on since the beginning of the year, and we are almost certain that this isn't just another case of senseless rumours. đ other than constantly interacting with one another on social media, the two have been pictured entering l/n's apartment after what seemed like a romantic night out. đ several sources can prove that the couple has been caught in ways that scream everything BUT platonic, and we deem them quite credible. đ but in the light of all of this, the two singers haven't said anything. what do you think? đ¤ are they secretly together? đ¤ or are they secretly laughing at all of us? đś leave your opinion in the comments! đ
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user438185 oH
user019570 EVERYBODY STAY CALM
user837999 i hope they sue you lol
user262626 they're defo laughing at us
user823715 THE POWER THESE TWO WOULD HOLD AS A COUPLE
user192072 LMAO THEY'D BREAK THE INTERNET IF THEY CONFIRMED IT
user137753 get a life wtf
user020191 pretty sure they're together
user647275 this is out of line
user244411 nah cause paps should be illegal
user302906 I NEED THEM TO SAY SOMETHING I'M LITERALLY FREAKING OUT
user522727 dunno but i want whatever they have going on
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user283800 guess this confirms it âš
user916373 WHY DO REG AND SIRIUS' COUSINS KEEP LIKING ALL YOUR POSTS THIS MAKES ME CONFUSEDDDD
user758234 does this mean you're free to date me?
user424116 YOU'RE TROLLING US
user021725 double meaning? (pls say sike i'm desperate)
user024477 calling sirius up rn
user555641 GUYS THERE'S STILL HOPE MAYBE THEY'RE JOKING AROUND
user828295 okay but does it actually matter đ
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user362613 narcissa's comments making me all hopeful
user924474 I'M SO STRESSED
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Based on this what's your favorite template by @aisdsstuds76
Now I'm going to do a little rambling below. >:D
Favorite Regular Spirit - Tearful Light Miner
The spirit that made my go "oh... OH. oh nooooooo..." as a moth.
Literally the last one to die out of the group omg... AND WE NEVER SEE THE OTHERS OF THEIR MINING GROUP AGAIN SO THEY PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT BECAME A SPIRIT.
They need a hug fr.
First hair I ever bought was from them.
I drew them staring at their own husk when you relive their spirit because pain man.
Favorite Elders - Wasteland and Vault
I don't actually have much thoughts on the elders but always kinda liked both of them.
Wasteland was the first elder I got in orbit thus bias
STILL WAITING FOR THEIR MASKS TGC
Favorite Seasonal Spirit - Cackling Cannoneer
Words CANNOT describe the unfathomable level of brain rot I have for them... like if I do talk about them this post... that will obliterate and overshadow the rest of the stuff here. Which is not the point!!!! It's a freaking iceberg, and I'm going to have to contain my thoughts like the scp it is.đ
Favorite Creatures:
Instead of an "other" category I wanted to do some much needed favorite creature appreciation, because they make the game feel more alive and sky without creatures would be even more depressing.
1. The Abyss Monster (Thousand Eyes)
Best creature 1000 out of 10
Very chill. They are just swimming there... menacingly!
For something so big it's relatively quiet unless it roars or something has it's attention.
I like that we free them from being trapped in a cramped tank... must have sucked for them. And what could go wrong? Ignore last abyss quest lol. I'm sure cannoneer will be back from the grocery store anytime now.
I like calling them thousand eyes because that "name" kinda just stuck for me ( Also ,unrelated, totally forgot that a person who worked on the music for signalis is called 1000 eyes so that was kinda funny to me... also I love signalis).
They don't actually have 1000 eyes. It's something more along the lines of 29 with 22 missing eyes (I figured that out by comparing images).
Granted, in AU I'm working on they have an ability where the name makes more sense.
I feel like almost everyone calls it something different anyway.
Face wise, reminds me of a moray. I really like morays. :]
2. Eel
Sweet :>
Fun to follow around
The treasure reef one saved me from drowning a few times.
A very unique light creature. Like, the only other light creature I can think of thats kinda similar is the whales with their more stoney masks and how they spin while swimming/flying.
It's noises can be startling if you are not expecting them but I find them quite comforting and probably have some of my favorite animal noises in game. I just wished we had an eel call. I think it would sound pretty.
Has 4 eyes which is unique to them.
I like to call the treasure reef one Velma or Vel... don't have a name for the prairie peaks days of bloom one yet as I cannot choose. I got a list of potential names.
A friend pointed out they kinda look like a leek and I can't unsee it.
3. Krill Cat
CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT
I love how the Cackling Crab one purrs
Mine still my favorite though. They keep me company.
Also I love being thrown into outer space... or playing golf using my skykid as a ball and the cat as the golf club to fling me around... also very useful for building cannons.
4. Krill (Dark Dragons)
I used to be terrified of them. (Had a group of vets lure one at me when I first went into wasteland as a moth)
Broke my fear of krill by watching them from a distance and figured out they are quite predictable pathing wise and to watch out if a server switch happens because it messes with certain ones' pathing more than others... If you wonder why a krill suddenly contorts weird or suddenly makes an unexpected turn that's why.
I but I also enjoy watching them because they have some of the most interesting animations in game.
"Brutally elegant" is the best way to describe how I see them.
They might be partially made out of a sandy, clumpy, almost liquidy type material that isn't completely stable... Ask if you want me to elaborate.
5. Dark lurker (worm)
10/10 creature.
I think they are cute.
I appreciate that they don't drain all my life immediately.
Reminds me of how a dog behaves with a new chew toy.
Feel like they would enjoy eating a sandwich.
Once it snagged a thief that stole my boat! Good worm!
6. Crabs
WHO DOESN'T LIKE CRABS?
They are some of the most interactive creatures in sky.
Leave the friendly ones alone if you value your life. You wanna get me mad? Honk friendly crabs. I will drag you to an early grave you thoughtless monster! And if I didn't do anything immediately to show my anger watch your back... I'm plotting your demise.
7. Knife Fish
KILLER FISH. KILLER FISH FROM SAN DIEGOOOOOO!!!
I have a running gag of using them as actual knives.
Very Very easy to draw.
Noises are pleasant.
Also have saved me from drowning.
8. Butterflies
I sometimes scorn them but most of the time they are quite helpful during candle runs which makes up for it. I remember when they didn't come out of dark plants which made wasteland more treacherous.
Love the new dyeing feature and that butterflies come in multiple colors now... but I still have a fondness for the classic yellow ones.
Cute noises, Butterfly call when TGC???
Also easy to draw
Fond memories of being a butterfly during days of bloom and carrying crabs around with me.
Favorite Places:
I couldn't just pick one realm so just decided to list areas and maps
Note: I decided not to include oob locations, but they may factor into why I like some places.
1. Treasure Reef
Love how the music changes depending on where you are in the map.
It's looks are deceiving... >:)
Kinda foggy
It's Thousand Eyes and treasure reef eels home.
FISH and other creatures there are nice too.
Rip the manta spirit that gave us the ability to go underwater. You are my favorite Manta.
Abyss crews boat
Gorgeous underwater areas.
I LOVE IT WHEN WE GET TO SEE THE GIANT RAINBOW HERE IT'S SO RARE.
The LORE there I have taken quite an interest in.
Great to run if bored of typical candle run.
Level design wise, I think it's one of the better seasonal areas.
It has a big shared space that's partially underwater.
Tower interior OOB is a fav of mine to hide in. But also kinda sucks that it got scrapped for a quest.
Enough is left open for the brain to go crazy speculating and imagining underwater areas there that aren't canon.
I like that place is long abandoned mostly submerged lab, light house, mines, and to some extent a prison... like come on great setting!!!
More than likely there was some really shady shit some ancestors did there.
Is the area that made me question the use of spirit barriers, and how powerful they are because of the ones used in Thousands Eye's and the flock of mantas containments... it makes all the other spirit barriers in game look sus to me now.
It also reminds me of old adventure games and "point and clicks" setting wise like the Monkey Island series, a little bit of Grim Fandango and Freddi Fish games... in other words kinda hits a nostalgic spot in me I didn't know I had.
Has a mysterious invisible object you can pick up that makes a weird sound effect. (It's Probably just a random asset someone at TGC forgot to move).
I like making evil swimming races there for myself and friends if they dare. >:] (Mainly for myself though, ha)
In general great place to chill - like to float around afk on my boat or play music or build stuff.
I got lots of fond memories there.
2. The Archives
My favorite song in Sky's OST plays here: Hover
Home to one of my favorite OOB locations not many people go to
I like the dilapidated flooded liminal hallway vibes
I always felt like it should go somewhere else, but the fact it loops is neat and adds to the vault's weird nonsensical architecture nature.
Crabs in vault? That feels rare.
I think the lanterns and spinning platforms are neat.
3. The Last Lamp Before Death in Eden
I just like playing the Through the Eyes of a Child music sheet before going off to die and like to think it brings good luck to others on the map... or comfort them. Makes me happy when people join in or take a moment to listen.
4. Forest Brook
Pretty much end up going past here every day for event runs route I do.
It Has a nice flow to it compared to other maps for running and it's not too big.
Because the plants don't rotate, they are easier to memorize.
I swear it's one of the maps with the most wax.
Fond memories here with friends and as a moth
I love the secret rainbow there.
Waltzing in the Rain is definitely a iconic and beautiful music track.
Plenty of places the hide and listen to the rain.
There is the manta friend that leads moths through forest.
Often is people's first encounter with crabs... Definitely was mine. XD
5. Wasteland Graveyard
Many points of interest
CATAPULT
Spent alot of time watching krill here to get over my initial fear of them.
I have both fondness and trama for this area.
Not bad wax wise if you can take risk. Best on Sunday though when all of wastelands plants are out instead of being one rotation or the other and/or candle cakes are there.
6. The Patch of Big Blue Flowers in Prairie Peaks
I just think they are pretty even though I don't stay there very often.
Is another place to chill and play instruments or just go afk on my boat.
7. Duet's Concert Hall
My favorite of the crowd tech areas
There is the 4 boat OOB and ghost piano.
I like the flower area and that hidden cave.
8. Starlight Desert (Pot Interior)
The place where I first met a dear friend I don't see too often anymore.
On rare occasions I will play music there but not as much as I used to, just doesn't feel the same...
Its the bitter sweet favorite if you will.
I feel bad for drunk spirit.
Favorite Ships:
Originally was going to do boats instead to be funny but I decided to be brave and talk a little about this.
Also If you have different headcanons and stuff I'm happy for you and wouldn't mind hearing about them.
1. Cackling Cannoneer and Anxious Angler
If you are wonder what's happening in the picture have a headcanon that angler has Cannoneer take pictures of them and their catches sometimes. (Joke on "fishing dad photos")
Originally I didn't ship it. It just kinda happened!!!
I find the dynamics between the two interesting. So now it's become like a side lab experiment I tinker around with.
"Hunter Ă fisher sapphics???" - something someone said to me and stuck.
And before someone asks I do head canon that both of them are around the same age albeit angler is the slightly older one of the two.
kinda comes off as more of a queer platonic relationship of sorts??? But idk thinks can and have changed before.
As for... if someone is curious about how Doppelneer from my au feels... all I have to answer you is this image from centaurworld...

And to say the least if you know... YOU KNOW and NO they are not going to be taking it well.
Also man that image has been on my phone for awhile... centaurworld underrated.
2. Duets Guide and Compassionate Chellist
I think both of them are cute and really enjoyed that season for actually having somewhat of a story... and hiiiii abyss crew.
I hope they have a nice afterlife together playing music
Other than that I don't have much to say
3. Provoking Performer and Sneezing Geographer
Crack ship due to that one traveling spirit bug... and I found funny and never forgot.
I like to think that the reason that the glitch happened is that geographer sneezed while mid-telaport, and that caused provoking and the random statue to be there. And now sneezing and provoking are dating.
For some reason, it reminds me of a troupe that I swear I have seen... where wizard messes up a spell and summons the wrong spirit/ demon/ entity, and over time, they slowly fall in love... idk lol
Bonus Fav Ships (Boats):
I decided to include this anyway, haha.

1. Abyss Crew's Boat
I love speculating if it had an interior, what it would look like.
Nice size. Rare example of one of the more medium size boats in game.
I like that you can tell that it's definitely a place that was used but the "sand" on everything indicates stuff hasn't been touched in a bit and the fact there are light blooms attached to the boat says it hasn't moved in a bit. Possibly stranded.
While the enchantment ark has a mural telling it's story and you repair it gradually I like abyss crews for the subtlety of prop placement and things are left were they are.
Still RIP beta version of this boat...
2. My Boat
It's my boat :D
T'was one of my first IAP that I got gifted thus I cherish it.
Not as cool as abyss crew's but it does it's job well even though she be a wanderer.
It's always funny when others steal it and proceed to get her stuck.
Wish there was a way to place it in my nest... I would in a heartbeat if I could.
#sky children of the light#sky cotl#sky cotl fanart#sky children of the light fanart#that sky game#headcanon#fanart#aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa#abyssforphantom's art#digital art#if u have thoughts on this share them please#rambling
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Meet the Artist !!!
Hii!! My name is Loki, but I go by many other names, including Andy irl :) feel free to make up any other names for me if you want!!
My pronouns are he/it/they/neos, in order of preference :)
I'm transmasc, asexual, and poly! I am in a polyamory from hell, for your own good don't ask what's going on in there đ
My birthday is on November 25th (a month before xmas!) and I'm a minor, but old enough to be on tumblr :)
I'm Spanish, so sorry for any mistakes!
I'm autistic (diagnosed), I have depression (medically recognized), and I suspect some other disorders I have yet to get diagnosed :)
My favorite colors are blue and purple, and my least favorite is green
I make fanart and headcanons :D
!!! YOU CAN SEND ME ASKS/REQUESTS ANYTIME !!!
I'm currently hyperfixated on South Park, and my favorite character is Kenny, followed by Clyde, Timmy, Jimmy, Butters, Kyle and Craig :)
Other media I like are horror movies, mainly IT 2017 and Smile, and musicals, principally SIX and Ride the Cyclone
My main South Park au is Starlightverse, tagged under #starlight chronicles, and my ask blog for it is @ask-starlightverse
My South Park OC is called Moss (he/it), and I have an asks blog for him and the other South Park characters: @everythingisnormalhere
I have a South Park AU called Death Park which I'm slowly turning into a comic, you can see all posts about it in the tag #death park au
I'm making a Butters-themed self-care app! Its tag is #butters self care app (so imaginative as you see XD)
I run @southparktober & @speasterspecial!! hmu if you'd like to help moderate either :3
TALK TO ME WHENEVER YOU WANT!!! I DON'T BITE<3
PD: if you came here because of that one post of mine that somehow blew up then 1. congrats you're part of the reason Ray and I get jumpscared every morning, and 2. hope you didn't come here for wholesome ace content because this is my shitty South Park fandom blog lmao đ
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kingmaker | p.sh
MASTERLIST

As an assassin working for the Hwangs, you have proven your loyalty to your benefactors for more than a decade. But when Lady Hwang's plans for a rebellion land you in a bride selection for the Crown Prince, you find yourself at a loss. Unfamiliar with the ways of the gentry, your reliance on a previously unknown informant is your only source of hope. And yet, you learn very quickly that no one in high society can be trusted, including yourself. Because who else but you is there to assassinate the King?
⢠pairing â prince's attendant sunghoon x undercover assassin reader
⢠genre â sunghoon royalty au (sort of), angst, crossovers with various members of different groups (enhypen, itzy, skz, aespa, nmixx, ive, nwjns)
⢠status â ongoing
⢠warnings â graphic depictions of violence and blood, characters have pretty bad trauma, morally grey decision-making, social hierarchies, dynamics similar to slavery. if this were ao3 iâd say DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT
⢠disclaimers - most characters are depicted as very manipulative, and there are themes that are not acceptable in todayâs society. this is NOT meant to reflect the idolsâ real-life personalities. this is a work of fiction! let's be clear i do NOT condone most of what's written here irl! don't try this at home.
⢠a/n â not my first rodeo but we die like it isđ cross posted on ao3 n wattpad by the same names :D go check em out if u want
⢠chapters (updated every other sunday)
chapter I | chapter II | chapter III | chapter IV | chapter V | chapter VI
⢠taglist (open) via asks!
#enhypen#enhypen sunghoon#park sunghoon#sunghoon fanfiction#sunghoon fanfic#sunghoon x reader#sunghoon x y/n#sunghoon x you#enhypen jay#park jongseong#enhypen royalty au#enhypen niki#enhypen nishimura riki#nishimura riki#itzy yeji#skz hyunjin#ive wonyoung#jang wonyoung#aespa karina#aespa ningning#aespa ning yizhuo#nmixx#nmixx kyujin#nmixx bae#ive yujin#ahn yujin#nwjns minji#kim minji#enhypen x reader#enhypen x y/n
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whats the general plot of the conclave au?
That's the funny thing- there is no plot!
The plot is just a few scenes and that's it đđ but anywaysss
Basically:
- Sin gets handed over to Sol like in canon
- Uh Oh! Sin gets kidnapped by some guy
- turns out that guy was on Conclave payroll
- bada-bing bada-boom Sin gets manipulated and lied to by the Conclave to hate his father even more and make him think that Sol abandoned him (yayyy giving him big abandonment issues, which they take advantage of)
- Sol searches for Sin for like two weeks before being like "well fuck, now I gotta tell them"
- Sol tells Ky and Dizzy. It doesn't go well. Ky gets super pissed and tells him to get the fuck out and find him
- Meanwhile Conclave raise him to be their weapon and insure that he is able to fuse with Justice by doing some silly genetic modifications (yay! This will definitely work now!!)
- Oh? Ky meeting with Sol Badguy and doing various other activities that the Conclave don't approve of? Haha well that's so funny anyways- tell him they got Sin! And threaten him! Now he definitely cannot try anything funny if he cares about his son :D (i have a comic about that little thing here <- )
- idk what to do for Overture yet so ummmm anyways moving on. I'll maybe think about it
- Vastedge doesnât have much either but urmmm he meets Sol! After he murdles Baldias... Which makes Sin (who is now named Atlas (he really is just my OC now)) angry bc he thinks of the Conclave as his family in a fucked up way and they fight. Atlas' mask gets knocked off during the battle and Sol sees, his face and is now like "aw fuck, how do I tell Ky that his son is their evil loyal lap dog now???"
- Sol beats him, but Atlas runs away before he could snatch him up.
- Sol tells Ky about what "Atlas" is up to. Ky is devastated over what his son has become. Much sad (adds to the Ky guilt yayyy!!)
- Atlas reports to them about Baldias' death :(
- Baldias' death makes Atlas more determined and steel his resolve about his role. He is gonna make them all pay when the day comes (wahoo sooo awesone!!)
- ohh yeah XRD time
- El and Ram join the fray. Atlas attempts to befriends them(yayy finally friends!!!) , bc despite him being under the control of the Conclave he is still super kind and silly. El and him become fast friends, but she has to go out and live her double life. Much sad
- befriending Ram isn't as easy obv. But he still tries. Does it work? 𤡠Idk. (it kinda does)
- Anyways they scheme together for their big plan (each team still plans to backstab each other just like in canon. Very sad for Atlas bc he doesn't like that but he is still gonna do it to fulfill his role and make the Conclave happy)
- XRD sign story plays out as usual ig. Except for a few changes. Ky getting snippets about Atlas from characters who may have met him
- Anyways Justice time >:)
- The raid on Illyria castle happens. Everything plays out as usual.
- Ky gets shot by Axus. He gets back up to kill Axus
- Gets interrupted by none other than Atlas :]
- Oh yea Father Son fighting time (I have like a comic about the whole thing about before the fight here (pt1) <- here (pt2) <- here (pt3) <-)
- Ky gets beat by Atlas because he is unable to fight his son.
- Atlas is about to kill Ky, but hesitates and gets called by the Conclave to haul his ass over there to Justice, so he drops Ky and runs away (def not using this opportunity to spare Ky haha he definitely doesn't still care about his real family at all hahaha)
- Ky overheard some snippets of their conversation on the magic phone thing and tries to run after them, but he's too injured and instead calls Paradigm to stop their plan to overload Justice, because uh oh!!! they are actually gonna fuse Sin (Atlas) to Justice and not Chronus!!! And he can't let them Kill Sin.
- Sol is not happy with this and tries to convince Ky to let them kill him bc Sin is too far gone. So they gotta kill him before shit hits the fan
- Dizzy hears this and is unable to fire her Gamma Ray bc that's her baby boy!!!! She can't kill him!!!!
- Fusion is successful! YIPPEEEEE (not yippeeee...)
- Sol and a reawakened Justice duke it out before Sin loses control of it and Justice kinda shuts down.
- MISSION ABORT. MISSION ABORT. CALL HIM BACK, GUYS. WE GOTTA FIX THIS.
- /tp @ Justice-Atlas the fuck outta there
- Obligatory Ky cage mentione because of oomf
- to be continued...
There's more after this but uhh I still gotta work on it. And a lot of other stuff tbh GSUDBHF but yeah that's like the basic gist of it
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This is also another one that hasn't been requested, but the FOB brain rot is real guys. Anyways, this one isn't exactly age accurate I guess?? More so of an AU if anything.
How Misery Loved Me
Patrick Stump x Fem! Reader


[Tumblr did it again and ruined the quality of my gif..]
Summary; I don't know how to write summaries for works that aren't requested, my bad, guys this is my own fault, especially when I know I have asks.đ
Notes; I'm sorry it's another fem reader but school is piling up and finals week is coming up and I still want to write, but fem readers are easier right now. I also just gave the girl that went to the dance with Pete a random name. (This is one of the corniest and most clichĂŠ things I've ever written).
Warnings; Mutual pining, foul language, some angst, and there's multiple pov changes.
Word Count; 10,307
<Now playing - Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy>
0:54 ââă
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"So, which one do you think looks better?" You ask, turning around to look at Patrick, who was sitting on your bed.
"That one's nice, but I think the second one you wore was better. But seriously, I think you should pick which one you want."
"That's the thing though; I don't know which one I want to wear because I like three of them," You say, falling face down onto the bed in the spot where all the previously discarded dresses were.
"Then take all the other dresses out and pick just those three, and then we can narrow it down to what you want," Patrick says, looking down at you.
You groan and turn over, then get up again, beginning to pick all of the other dresses except for the three that you liked, hanging all of the other ones back up and putting them into your closet.
You take the three other dresses with you behind the divider you had in your room, changing into one of the dresses and walking back out.
"Okay, this one has a pretty colour and it's comfortable, but I think it's just a little too short for my liking, so I think this one can go." You say, looking at yourself in the mirror, smoothing out the dress.
You walk back behind the divider, changing into the second dress and hanging the other one back up.
"This one is a perfect length, and it's a nice colour but the straps constantly fall off my shoulders, but I think if I were to sew them to fit me, or even just safety pin them to my bra, it would probably be okay."
You do the same as you did before, going back to the divider, changing into the other dress, and walking back out.
"This one is comfortable, and it fits good, as well as a good length, but I'm afraid that it's going to end up being too much." You say, looking at yourself in the mirror and turning around.
"That's the one that I liked. I don't think it's too much, though. It looks nice on you," Patrick says, scooting farther back onto the bed.
"So, should I wear this one or the other one?" You ask, looking down at yourself, feeling the material of the dress in between your fingers.
"I think that one,"
You nod, smiling as you go back to behind the divider, changing into your pyjamas this time and laying the dress down nicely for Friday's dance, then putting the other one away into your closet.
After doing so, you close up the divider and lay down on your bed halfway with your legs dangling off of it. You close your eyes and listen to the music playing from your CD player, nodding your head to the song.
You open your eyes slightly, looking up at Patrick and admiring his features. His hair was medium length, with those sideburns that you adored so much. Oh and his smile, he could light up a room with that smile. His eyes were such a pretty blue.
You see Patrick look down at you and then quickly look away when he sees that you were staring at him, you doing the same.
You quickly sit back up from your bed and walk to your player to change the CD.
"I still haven't completed the math homework that's due Thursday and was thinking about what other ones I still had to do. Have you done them yet?" You say trying to get rid of the awkwardness, taking your Catalyst CD by New Found Glory out of its case, then taking the other one out of the player and replacing it, pushing the play button and turning up the volume dial.
You turn back around and see Patrick's eyes widen.
"Oh shoot! I forgot about that! What was it again?" Patrick asks, his hands covering his face.
"We just have to do the problems on page 27 from our books, it's not that hard but I can let you copy mine if you want, I'm not done with it yet so you'll have to finish the rest." You say, walking over to your bag to get your book out.
"That would be awesome, I'll just copy them down on a paper if you don't mind it,"
"Knock yourself out, 'Trick,"
You place the book down onto your small desk in the corner of your room. The desk had scattered sheet music, old graded history and english papers, a table lamp and pencil jar placed on the left, and your closed laptop sitting in the middle of the desk.
The wall it was facing was decorated with old concert tickets and wristbands, framed pictures of you and your family, as well as unframed pictures of you and the rest of the boys, most of them of you and Patrick.
Patrick walks to the desk, sitting down in the chair and grabbing one of your blank lined papers from a spot where more sheet music books were stacked up.
You sit back down onto your bed, humming the beginning of All Downhill From Here to yourself and picking at the fibers on the plush throw.
"Has anyone asked you to homecoming yet?" Patrick says, still looking at the book and copying it down.
"No, not yet. I honestly wouldn't mind not getting asked and just hanging out with you and the rest of the guys though,"
"Really? I'm surprised no one has yet. But Pete has a date to homecoming now actually so I think it would be just me, Andy, and Joe together," Patrick says, placing the pencil down and turning around in the swivel chair.
"Pete got a date? Did he finally ask that girl?" You ask.
"Yup, he lit her yard on fire with the word "homecoming?" and she said yes," He explains.
"He lit her yard on fire?! I don't know about her but if someone lit my yard on fire to ask me to some dance saying yes would be the last thing i'd do, I think that's just common sense though, or at least it should be, but apparently not for her!" You exclaim, looking at Patrick in shock.
"Yeah, I told him it was a bad idea too and he still did it. I've got to give it to him though, at least he was confident enough to do that and it actually got him a date," Patrick laughs.
"Are you going to ask anyone to the dance?"
"I want to ask this one girl, but I don't think I'm going to end up actually doing it, I'm not as confident as Pete is when it comes to that sort of stuff," Patrick says, spinning around in the chair.
Ouch.
"Anyways, I should probably get going now though, it's going get dark out soon and my curfew is coming up, I don't need my mom yelling at me again," Patrick says, getting up from the chair and walking over to you.
"Oh shoot, have you really been here that long? I didn't mean to keep you here that long, sorry about that," You say, getting up.
"Don't apologise, I like hanging out with you, it's much better than just sitting in my bed reading comics the whole time. I mean, I love those comics but again, I much prefer hanging out with you instead," Patrick says awkwardly.
"Okay, get going though, it'll be too dark for you to walk home soon enough," You say.
You give Patrick a hug, him leaning down a little bit as he was just ever so slightly taller than you.
"Alright, bye Y/n, I'll see you tomorrow. Thank you for letting me copy, you seriously just saved my ass," Patrick says, opening your door and leaving the room.
You close the door and sigh, sitting at your desk, finishing the last three problems you had, then turning off your lamp and CD player.
You get your bed ready to sleep in, putting the extra pillow on the floor and get under the covers.
I'm so stupid, he's nothing more than a friend and it's always going to be that way, stop creating these stupid thoughts in your head.
You sigh and close your eyes, falling asleep within a few minutes.
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-Patrick's POV-
"Dude just ask her. If you don't ask soon then some other guy will. Homecoming is tomorrow, she's going to get asked, Patrick, believe me." Pete says, leaning against the lockers next to mine.
"I don't know, Pete. I mean, if she says no then it's going to be awkward between us or something, I don't want that." I say, rummaging through my locker for my math book.
"Believe me, Patrick, she'll say yes." Pete puts an arm on my shoulder and gives me a look.
I sigh and close my locker, not being able to find the book. It's fine, I didn't need it right now anyways. I'll have to look for it when I get home though.
The bell rings and I walk to my class with Pete, him departing ways with me shortly after as he had a different class this period.
God I really don't want to be here right now.
Ding! -"Good Morning everyone! Today is Thursday and it's currently 20 degrees out. The yearbook club is meeting today during lunch, as well as chess and game club. Those that need to retake their photos have today and tomorrow to do so, and those that need to retake any midterm tests will do so next week on Tuesday in the Algebra classroom or room B213. And now for the most exciting announcement; homecoming is coming up tomorrow and tickets are still being sold during lunch time, so maybe get yourself and a special someone a ticket as they won't be sold at the door. Those that are helping plan the dance will need to meet in the student lounge until Friday. Have a great day, and once again buy those tickets!"- Click!
'Ugh. Another reminder that I still don't have the balls to ask her out to the dance.' I think to myself, pinching the bridge of my nose and getting all of my things out for the class.
I sit through the class, taking notes as the teacher talks, ignoring the balls of scrunched up papers being thrown across the classroom. The class seemed to go on so much longer than it usually felt like it did, but maybe it might be the rowdiness of my classmates.
I finish the class and continue to go to all of my other periods until lunchtime. Finding my regular table with everyone else and place my bag down and head to the lunchline, which was almost always shorter except for Wednesdays as the food tended to be much better then everything else all the other days.
Honestly though, most of everyone's lunch breaks are just spent waiting in line unless you either got lucky enough to be first or if you brought your own lunch for the day.
After standing in the line and finally getting my tray, I head back to the table.
"...No, no, no, no, no. You don't understand guys, this is like, the first time I've ever been asked to any kind of dance ever. This is huge for me!" Y/n exclaims, slamming their hands on the table.
"I don't know man, the guy that asked you is kind of an asshole," Andy says, everyone else other than Y/n agreeing.
Shit, I should've listened to Pete.
"Come on dude, you're really gonna ditch me, Patrick and Andy for some guy that you've never had a conversation with?" Joe says as he continues chewing on his sandwich.
I place my tray onto the table, sitting down in between Pete and Y/n in the seat that I was always in.
"Pat! Hold on I was looking for one of my CD's this morning when I was getting ready and found this under one of my blankets I had on the floor. I think you might've left it the last time we studied together." Y/n says, pulling a large math book out of her bag and handing it to me.
"Oh shit, thanks, Y/n. I was looking for this earlier this morning," I say, taking the book from her hands, looking at it for a second and then placing it inside my bag.
"Yeah no problem. Oh, oh! You'll never guess what happened during the second passing period," She says excitedly, grabbing my left shoulder and shaking it slightly, then patting her hand quickly on it.
"What happened?" I ask, taking a bite out of the sandwich on my tray of food.
"So, you know that guy Mark in our chemistry class right? He kinda has like this dark brown semi-curly hair, the one that always wears that letterman jacket,"
"The guy that pushed me directly into that one girl because I wouldn't give him my notes?" I say, swallowing the bite of my sandwich and opening my carton of milk.
"He did that to you?" Y/n asks, gently placing her hand on my back.
I dismiss her hand, "That doesn't really matter, did he ask you to the dance?"
Y/n's face had a hurt look, one that I couldn't quite place my finger on. Her face then softened, continuing with what she was saying.
"But uh, yeah. He asked me if I wanted to be his date to homecoming and I said yes. He's not a bad looking guy so I figured why not," She finishes, giving a small shrug.
I nod slowly, staying silent as I continue taking bites out of my sandwich, listening to everyone else talk about their own things for the remainder of the lunch period.
I get up and throw my tray with everyone else, grabbing my bag and waiting for Y/n at the table so we can walk to class together.
How come you always have to chicken out on things like this? If you don't start saying something soon to her she's going to-
A sudden light punch on my arm brings me out of my trance, I turn to see Y/n and gently punch her back, smiling at her.
"You okay, Pat?" She asks, a soft smile on her face.
I nod my head, starting to walk with her to our next class together. "Yeah, I'm fine, I just got lost in my head for a second there". Y/n hums and continues walking, pushing past everyone else in the crowded hallway.
Does it make me a bad friend for not being completely happy for Y/n, anyone would be but I can't seem to shake off this feel of jealousy in my body.
Me and Y/n enter the classroom, going to our shared work table and place our bags down on the floor next to it and take our seats.
"What did we work on yesterday in this class? I dozed off," Y/n whispers.
"Oh, I could tell. Did you know that you snore?" I say jokingly.
"Oh shut up, I was out for forty minutes, but can you please tell me what we did?" Y/n says sarcastically, giving me a light punch in the arm.
"We just had a study hall for class. Mr Hadford didn't feel like teaching so he just told us to do whatever, so you're fine unless you absolutely needed to work on something else,"
"Good to know," Y/n places her head onto my shoulder.
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-Reader's POV-
"Come on, Y/n. Are you sure you really want to go with Mark Anderson? The guy is a douche, you've seen how he treats people like us!" Pete exclaims.
"What do you mean by people like us? Pete?" I ask, turning around from my desk to look at Pete.
Pete was over at your house because you two wanted to hang out together. He was in the same spot that Patrick sat in your bed the other night. You couldn't help but feel slightly upset with yourself that you agreed to go with mark instead of asking Patrick to go with you. Or instead, hoping Patrick would ask you.
Sure, it'd always been fun just going with the rest of them, you guys just did your own thing and stayed together, dancing how you wanted without caring if other people thought it was odd, because all five of you always had fun.
But for once someone had actually asked you, wanted to go with you, and to be honest, some terrible part of you wished that Patrick would get jealous and ask you to go with him instead.
"You know what I mean by that, Y/n. We've always been the geeks no one else really hangs out with, we've always been the only ones that hang out with each other, because be honest with yourself, when was the last time we ever talked with other people for more than a class period?" Pete explains.
You turn away, going back to what you were doing before. You hated that he was right. Why would some asshole jock ask you in the first place, you'd never even talked to him until earlier, and the conversation lasted 2 minutes at most.
"I didn't mean to be mean, well, maybe just a little, but I have a bad feeling that Mark didn't have good intentions when asking you." Pete says, getting up from the bed, putting his hand on my shoulder.
"But what if Mark is being genuine? What if I said no and missed out on something that could be serious?" I sigh, turning to face Pete.
"But Mark really isn't the best person at all. I mean, he's done something shitty to most of us by now, who knows if he'll do it again, or to you.. As your friend, I don't want you getting hurt, and neither would the rest of the guys, especially Patrick, and you know that. At least I would hope you do,"
"I know, I know.. It's just, ugh god. I mean, you can't say anything, you asked that poor girl by lighting her front yard on fire!"
"So? At least I'm a better guy than Mark Anderson. The guy is notorious for being a douchebag, don't compare me to him." Pete says, falling down onto my bed dramatically.
God, Pete is starting to make me question my decisions, maybe I should listen to him, what if Mark really does have bad intentions.
"I can't believe you didn't ask Patrick to go with you. You know he wouldn't have said no, right?" Pete says, his arm over his eyes.
"When he was here the other night I asked him if he was going to ask anyone to the dance and he said that he wanted to ask this girl. I didn't bother after that, if he already had someone in mind I wasn't going to ask, I don't want to be that type of girl. I've seen other girls do that to guys and it either makes them feel like they're being pressured or in an awkward sort of position." You sigh, finishing organizing the plethora of loose sheet music on your desk and placing it in a folder.
"Whatever man. All I'm saying is that you could've said no to Mark and hung out with the rest of the guys. You didn't have to go with him."
"Piss off, Wentz. I don't want your shitty advice, it's just making me feel worse," You say annoyed.
"I had the balls to ask someone I liked to homecoming, you didn't. You made a mistake and still insist that 'oh come on Pete, he can't be that bad, even if he made your guys' lives miserable, I'm pretty sure he'll be nice even if we haven't ever talked to each other, I want to give this dumb asshole a chance.' And to be honest Y/n, you're kind of a dumbass for that." Pete was now standing up, stopping in front of you two feet away, rolling his eyes and mimicking you.
"Get the fuck out of my room, Pete.." You say, your voice starting to get that raw feeling and tears threatening to form in your eyes. You felt stupid for starting to cry over something you started.
Pete storms out of the room closing your door, you could tell how annoyed he was by the sound of how loud his footsteps were, then leaving your house with a slight slam of the door.
What he said hurt. A lot. And just as before, you hated how right he was, how he was able to tell you every single thing you could've and shouldn't've done and he was still right. He acted like an ass but you knew it was with good intent and that he didn't want you to have the possibility of getting hurt, he was like an older brother in that way, but it pissed you off that he felt the need to scold and talk to you as if you were a child. How did something as simple as hanging out with each other turned into an argument so quickly?
You were too frustrated at that point, and on top of that, homecoming was the next night. God I'm an idiot, I need to sleep..
-Timeskip the next day-
The girls in the hallway giggled and talked to their friends about how excited they were for homecoming. How they were going with their boyfriends or how someone cute or popular asked them.
Despite how excited everyone was around you, you remained nervous and the feeling of anxiety only grew stronger every step you took down the hallway, finally making it to Patrick's locker where Andy, Pete, Joe, and obviously Patrick were standing.
"Good morning, Y/n, or not such a good morning..? Are you okay, man? You look like shit," Joe says, reaching across to examine your face.
"Thanks, Joe. Good morning to you too, I'm just fine," You say, swiping at his hands to get them off of your face.
"Hey, Y/n," Patrick says, giving you a small wave with a smile on his face. Gosh he was always so cute without even trying.
"Hey, Patrick, good morning," You say, mustering a small smile despite how you currently felt. "Good morning, Andy. How are you guys feeling other than excited like the rest of everyone else?" You ask, letting out a sigh.
Groans emit from everyone except Pete, one would know exactly why.
"I don't know, man I'm pretty excited, shouldn't you be too, Y/n? Are you excited to go with Mark?" Pete says, looking at you with a grin on his face.
"Sure, whatever you say, Wentz." You say, glaring at him.
The bell rings throughout the hallways, everyone starts to scramble to their classes, seemingly still talking to their friends about the dance as they do so.
"Me and Andy gotta go to pre-cal, we'll see you guys during lunch. Try not to die from excitement," Joe says, walking down the hallway, giving a monotone "woo-hoo".
We all depart and walk to our separate classes. Math was probably one of the worst first classes to have, or more specifically Trigonometry. It wasn't even that you hated it, but rather the kids in it. They were loud and were often rowdy, and the teacher didn't care enough to say anything about it, and today you knew it was going to be much rowdier than most days. And when you walked in, you were exactly right.
You sat at your desk, placing your bag down and grabbing your book out of it. One more day until winter break starts, just one more day until you don't have to be around this chaos and sleep in.
The class went by quicker than it usually did, you just finished some problems in your workbook and listened to music on your iPod to drown out the sound of your classmates not very quietly talked to others.
After finishing your other two periods you walked through the hallway to get lunch.
Someone from behind grabs your shoulders and gives them a squeeze, "Boo," the voice says quietly. You turn around to see Pete standing in front of you
"Oh uh, hey, Pete." You say, adjusting the straps of your backpack awkwardly.
"Hey, Y/n. I'm sorry about last night by the way, I was kinda being a dick to you and said some things to you that would've been better if they were left unsaid. I don't want our friendship to go to shit so I wanted to apologise." Pete says, looking at you sympathetically.
You sigh and look up at him, "I'm sorry too, Pete. You were right and it upset me that you were, I also don't want there to be any sort of tension between us. I'm honestly kinda glad we resolved it,"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Pete asks, smiling as he begins to walk with you to the lunch line.
"Well, I mean I could've totally lived without being your friend, you're not all that important or whatever," You sarcastically reply.
"Pfft, I think I can say the same for you too, L/n," Pete says and gives you a small punch to your arm.
Both of you get lunch and then head to your usual table where just Andy was sat, reading an issue of Uncanny X-Men with one of his earbuds in.
"Hey, Andy. You're not gonna get any lunch?" You ask, placing your tray onto the table and sit next to Pete.
"Nah, not right now. I'm gonna wait for the line to clear up so I can finish this," Andy replies, taking his other earbud out and wrapping the cord around his iPod.
"Where's Joe and Patrick? Did they come by yet?" Pete talks with his mouth full, shoveling the spaghetti on his tray into his mouth.
"No, they haven't come by yet, I'm assuming both of them got stuck in computer lab, I heard the teacher's an ass so I wouldn't be surprised if they did. Hey, does the spaghetti come without the meat in the sauce or is it just that?"
"Ah okay, thanks, Andy. Yeah they have just the tomato sauce, the meat is an add on type thing," You reply, taking a bite of your food.
Andy gives a nod of affirmation and continues to read the comic in his hands.
You and Pete continue to eat, Andy soon finishes his comic to go get lunch and comes back shortly after.
"Have Patrick and Joe still not come by yet?" Andy says, as he sits back down in his seat and sets his tray down.
"Nope, nothing yet," Pete replies.
Worry began to set in your stomach, nothing could've happened to the two, except maybe Joe getting in trouble and dragging Patrick along with him.
You decide to pull your phone out and ring Patrick and after a couple of rings it goes to voicemail. You hang up and look at your phone for a moment before closing it.
"Patrick leaves his cell on silent during school, try Joe instead, or you could always go look for them." Andy says, swallowing a bite of his pasta before talking.
Shoot you forgot about that. You open your phone back up and dial Joe's number, it doing the same thing as when you tried Patrick's number.
"I'm gonna go look for them, do you guys wanna come with?" You ask, getting up from the table.
Pete looks at Andy then back at me, "Nah, I think we can just stay. Me and Andy still have to finish our food,"
You nod and walk out of the lunch hall, heading down to upstairs building C to get to the Computer Lab. Once you were at the classroom you knocked on the door, not long after the teacher opened it.
"What is it you need?" The teacher says seemingly annoyed.
"Have you seen Patrick and Joe? I believe they have you as their 3rd bell and I haven't seen them." You ask, slightly intimidated by the teacher's height and demeanor.
"They're in lunch detention right now, actually."
You let out a small 'oh' and thank her before walking back to the lunch hall. Wow, Andy must've been right about her being mean.
You return back to your table and sit back down next to Pete, sighing. "They got themselves stuck in lunch detention,"
"What? How did they do that?" Andy says, Pete snickering next to you.
"I don't know! I went to the computer lab, knocked on the door, then asked the teacher if she'd seen them or knew where they were and she just told me that they were in lunch detention," You explain, running your hands through your hair.
Pete is now laughing even louder and so is Andy, now you can't help but laugh a little with them too.
Lunch finishes and all three of you dump your trays. You grab your bag and start walking to your 4th bell History class.
As you walk in you see Patrick sitting at the table you two share with his head down. You walk to it and place your things down and sit next to him.
"What happened, Stump?" You say, placing a hand on Patrick's arm.
"I don't wanna talk about it." Patrick says with his voice muffled from still having his head down.
"Alright, I won't pry about it, but you have to put your head up so that way we can work. I can't have a partner if he's got his head buried in his arms the whole time." You chuckle, taking your hand off his arm and getting your things out of your bag.
The rest of the day went by and soon enough you were in your room blasting AFI's Sing The Sorrow album as you got ready for the dance.
You had the dress that Patrick helped you pick out and some simple makeup on, just a little bit of eyeliner on your waterline and a light coat of mascara on your bottom lashes, just leaving your top lashes curled.
You pause your music and put the CD back into its case, grabbing your phone on your way out of your room.
You spot your dad sitting at the kitchen table eating a bowl of cereal, "Hey dad, how do I look? Does it look okay or should I change something about it?"
"Hey, kiddo. You look nice, that looks just fine. Let me take a picture before you head out, okay." Your dad gets up from where he was sitting and gets the camera out
You stand in front of an empty space where paintings he made were the only thing that adorned the walls behind you. You smile and he takes the picture, then he comes next to you and takes a picture of both of you.
"Alright, have fun and don't do anything stupid. Take your coat too, it's cold out." He says as he gives you a hug.
You grab your coat and tell him bye before going outside. Joe was your ride to the dance, so you waited outside for him to come. In a few minutes he pulled up with his hand me down 1998 Toyota Corolla, Andy sitting in the passenger seat.
"Hey, Joe, thanks for taking me. Hi, Andy," You say, getting into the backseat of the car.
"No problem. You stoked for it? Your date is that Mark guy, right?" Joe asks as he begins driving.
"Yeah, I guess."
"You seemed to be stoked about it yesterday, what's wrong now?" Andy asks.
You shrug your shoulders and sigh, regardless of the fact that they couldn't see you. "I dunno, I just- feel bad about leaving you guys, we've been going with each other the past two years now. And on top of that Pete won't be there either because he has a date too."
"Don't worry about us, Y/n, we'll be fine, and you can always come with us and hang out if you get tired of Mark," Andy says and Joe nods in agreement.
"It's not really that, I guess. I mean, I didn't get to ask the guy I wanted to and just kinda said yes to Mark even though I didn't want to go. To be honest the guy is a dick and I've seen how he reacts to other girls rejecting him, and I just didn't want him to spread gross lies about me like he did with the girls that said no to him."
I was stupid for saying yes, but I would've also been stupid if I said no. It was a lose, lose situation and my grave was already dug when he asked me. I'm hoping that he just ditches me and says that it was a joke that he asked me, that no one would ever ask me. You wanted to get out of that situation even if it meant him humiliating you in front of a crowd of other people. You knew that's exactly what would happen if he did do it.
"Why didn't you ask the guy you wanted to before? We had like, two weeks to do so." Joe asks, his eyes still focused on the road.
"Honestly, Joe, I don't know."
Other than the soft music coming from the radio, the rest of the ride to the school was quiet. All of you get out of the car once you make it to the car lot and park. Joe locks his car and you guys walk to the building that leads to the gym, all three of you giving your tickets to the teacher that had a table set outside.
You head into the hall and tell Andy and Joe to go on ahead while you wait for Mark. You felt uneasy about it, just as you thought on the way here, hoped that he would come to say something about you and ditch.
Mark arrived and greeted you and walked next to you until you were inside the gym. You see Pete and wave to him, then spot Joe and see Patrick peeking over to wave to you. You smile and wave back to him but it was cut short as Mark took your arm and pulled you to a spot where other guys and girls he often hung out with were standing.
God, this is not gonna be a fun night..
He introduces you to his friends. Some waved but most of them snicker and sneer at you. You shuffle in your spot uncomfortably as all of them talk to each other, not really knowing who they were and not wanting to be included in the conversations.
The band that was supposed to start the dance off with one song started to play and everyone began to clap to the beat of the beginning.
'She says, she's no good with words but I'm worse. Barely stuttered out a joke of a romantic stuck to my tongue,'
These guys are pretty good, holy shit.
'Way down with words too over dramatic. Tonight it's "It can't get much worse," Vs. "No one should ever feel like"'
You would like to dance and enjoy the music but it just wouldn't feel like it does when you were with the guys. You had no clue what to even do, you just kinda, stood there as everyone in the group just continued talking to each other.
'Dance, dance. We're falling apart to halftime. Dance, dance. And these are the lives you love to lead. Dance, this is the way they'd love, if they knew how misery loved me,'
"Hey, uh, I'm gonna go to the food table, alright?" You tell Mark awkwardly.
"Yeah, uh-huh, whatever, go do what you need to." Mark says, dismissing you with his hand and immediately going back to his conversation.
'Why don't you show me a little bit of spine. You've been saving for his mattress, love,'
You walk to the table, having to push past the crowd before getting there. You grab a cup and pour some punch into it, then grab one of the dessert cups and a spoon.
You sit at the bleachers to eat the dessert and drink your punch, throwing the empty cups and spoon into the trash once you were done and grab a dessert cup for Mark then head back to where he and his friends were.
You tap Mark on the shoulder and raise the dessert cup to him, motioning that you got it for him. "I got you one of these while I was over there."
Mark looks at you with a look on his face you can only decipher as disgust and destain. "I don't know how someone such as you can think that anyone other than your weird little friends would actually want to be next to you. I thought you were supposed to be the smart girl and somehow you still didn't get it." Mark says, laughing at me. His friends doing the same.
'Why don't you show me a little bit of spine. You've been saving for his mattress. I only want sympathy in the form of you. Crawling into bed with me,'
You look at him for a brief few seconds with a blank look on your face before shrugging. "Yeah, that's fair enough, but if you wanted a reaction out of me like all those other girls you could've at least tried a little harder. Thanks, man." You say before walking away, the dessert cup in your hand. You walk back to the table to put it back so it wouldn't go to waste and head to the bleachers. You see Andy sitting, reading one of the comics he brought with him.
You head over and sit next to him. "Hey, Andy. What are you doing here by yourself? Where's Patrick?"
"I could ask you the same. Patrick's in the mosh pit." Andy says, pointing to the pit that formed in the middle of the crowd.
"He's what? How'd that happen? He's not one for that sorta stuff. I'd expect that from Pete," You laugh.
"I think I saw someone drag him in. He was just kinda dancing by himself, I saw some girl slap Joe in the face earlier too, we can only guess why," Andy sighs, setting his comic down.
"So, what happened with Mark?"
'Dance, dance. We're falling apart to halftime. Dance, dance. And these are the lives you love to lead. Dance, this is the way they'd love,'
"He asked me just so that he could embarrass me in front of his friends," You shrug.
"Are you okay? I'm sorry that happened, dude." Andy says.
"Oh I'm fine, it only bothered me a bit but most of it was because he included you guys into it. I'm glad it happened, I get to hang out with you guys now, that is if Patrick comes out of that pit alive." You say, laughing at your own words.
"That's good, I'm glad you're okay," Andy says, picking his comic back up and continuing to read it.
'Dance, dance. Dance, dance. Dance, dance. Dance, dance.'
The song ends and the dance circles and small mosh pits begin to empty, most of everyone else going to their own group as the band starts taking all of their stuff down.
Joe makes his way to where you and Andy were sitting, a glass of punch in his hand. "Oh hey, what's up, Y/n?"
"Nothing much. What earned you a slap on the face by the way?" You ask, Andy snickering next to you, his nose still in his comic.
"We're not going to talk about that, okay.." Joe responds, rolling his eyes and taking a sip out of his cup.
Pete makes his way towards you guys with his date and introduces her to you guys. You wave and say hi, introducing yourself to her as well. She seemed like she was a nice girl.
"Y/n, what happened to Mark?" Pete asks, his hand holding the girl's.
"He just asked to try and embarrass me in front of his friends. It didn't bother me though, I was kind of expecting it honestly. I just walked away after telling him it didn't and came over here and just hung out with Andy," You explain.
Pete gives you a knowing look as a way of saying "I told you so," without saying anything. You roll your eyes at him in response and look at Amy. "So, I'm just curious, what made you say yes to Pete when he asked you to homecoming by lighting your front yard on fire?"
Pete looks at me and then back at Amy. "You don't need to answer that, how about we go and get some punch?" He says. Amy giggled as he began to pull her along with him. He glared at you before he walked away with her.
You stand up and groan a little from your aching feet that the heels were causing, turning around to look at Joe and Andy before telling them you were going to look for Patrick, earning a thumbs up from Andy.
You push past a few people to try and look for him, finally spotting him talking to some girls and then them walking away giggling and whispering to each other.
You walk up behind him and cover his eyes with your hands. "Guess who?" You whisper into his ear.
"I guess Y/n." Patrick chuckles.
You remove your hands from his eyes and he turns around, adjusting his glasses a little bit.
"You look good, Pat." You say, smoothing out his suit jacket with your hands.
"Thanks, so do you." Patrick responds. Both of you look at each other for a few seconds, not paying attention to anything else going on around you. You look away in slight embarrassment, stepping back a little and clearing your throat.
"How was your first mosh? And how did you not die?" You laugh.
"I was just kinda thrown into there unwillingly but I guess it was cool, a little more aggressive than I thought a mosh pit would be, especially for a high school homecoming pit, and I fell once and then left after that happened," Patrick says, looking at his shoes.
There was another awkward silence. You'd known each other for almost 4 years and this is probably the one time where you two didn't know what to say to each other.
"If you guys are done being weird, we were all going to get the picture taken before it starts to get too crowded," Joe says, standing in front of you two and motioning to go with him. You thanked him in your head that he broke that silence
You and Patrick follow Joe to the wall that had a fancy background for students to take pictures, where the rest of the guys, including Amy, were standing waiting for you.
"God, we've been waiting ages for you guys. What were you doing that took Joe so long to find you two?" Pete scolds. He sounded like a mother that had a teenager stay out too long after their curfew and was upset with them. Pete was just always kind of the parent of the group, though. Surprising for someone that acted like such a child sometimes.
"Shut up, Pete. We have people behind us that want to take a picture too, just get the picture taken and then we can do whatever we want afterwards." Joe says, pushing you and Patrick forward to the area as Andy hands the teacher his digital camera.
Everyone gets into their spots, Pete was next to Amy and had his arm around her waist, Joe and Andy stood next to each other smiling, and you put your hands on Patrick's left shoulder and leaned on him like you always did with these photos and smiled. The teacher counts down and takes a couple pictures to get some good shots.
"Do you guys want to do a silly one or are you all too old for that?" The teacher asks.
Everyone says yes and we all get into a new position. Andy and Joe made a heart with both of their hands and leaned towards each other like they were going to kiss, Pete and Amy had their tongues sticking out, and Patrick was holding you bridal style and you put your right arm up in a sort of cheering motion. The teacher then took those pictures and when she was finally done you all got out of position and thanked the teacher as Andy got back his camera from her.
"Let's see, did they get the pictures better than they got them last year..." Andy whispers to himself, but just audibly enough to where people next to him could hear.
You laugh to yourself as you recall last year's pictures. The teacher that was taking them took nothing but blurry pictures or ones where some of us had our eyes closed, there was only one picture that was decent enough that we printed out for ourselves.
You all look over Andy's shoulder or arm as best as you could as he went through the pictures, deleting a few blurry or bad ones here and there, and laughing at the shots of the funny ones.
"We actually got good pictures this year, guys. I'll look through them some more and print out the best ones for all of us." Andy says, turning off his camera and putting it with the rest of his stuff.
"Are you gonna want some prints too?" Andy asks Amy.
She looks at Pete for a second, and then back at Andy, "Yes please, that'd be great."
Andy sends back a thumbs up to her, and Pete takes her back to the "dance floor". That is, if you could even call it that.
"Alright, I'm gonna go find a girl to dance with, maybe more than just to dance with if I'm lucky. Peace!" Joe says before walking away.
"I don't know about that, but maybe you'll be lucky enough to earn a punch to the face this time," You call out, earning a glare and an angry grumble from Joe.
There was a silence for a minute or so after you laughed at what you said and the reaction you got from him. But it wasn't an awkward silence, just one where there was nothing to say afterwards.
Patrick takes a long and deep inhale, not letting it out before saying something. "Maybe I'll find a girl to dance with." Patrick clears his throat and and adjusts his glasses as he turns to look at you.
"I'm sure you will, Patrick. Go to the floor and ask someone." You say, smiling as you encourage him.
Patrick lets out a sigh and looks down at his feet, then back up to you, avoiding your eyes as he speaks. "I'm trying to.. What I'm trying to say is do you want to dance with me, Y/n." He stutters out at first, speaking a little faster as he says the rest. His cheeks and the tips of his ears were flushed red.
You freeze in shock and stare at him with wide eyes, your mouth was slightly agape and you would only assume that your face was probably the same shade of red, if not darker than Patrick's based off of the way you can feel your cheeks starting to burn up rather quickly.
"Um, uh, y-yeah. I'd um, I'd love to, yeah." You stutter out awkwardly, smiling at Patrick.
You look out of the corner of your eye to see Andy with his face in his hands, shaking his head as he does so.
Patrick awkwardly holds his hand out, looking everywhere but at you. You take it and walk with him to the dance floor, and just as you do, a sappy slow dance song comes on.
How on earth could this be one of the only times that a slow dance song comes on? You would've assumed that Pete might've been up to it, but it was probably some unlucky 1 out of 1,000 chance.
"Uh, Y/n? Can I please have this dance with you?" Patrick awkwardly asks. You turn your head to look at him then quickly look at your shoes after a few seconds out of embarrassment.
"Yeah, that'd be great." You say quietly with a smile. You laugh to yourself, glad that you weren't the only one that was nervous. And you had no idea how, but you felt your cheeks getting even hotter than they were before.
You and Patrick face towards each other and you awkwardly place your hands on his shoulders. It was especially awkward when Patrick asked if he could put his hands on your waist.
You both stayed silent and avoided eye contact for the first couple of moments of you dancing together. And no matter how much you were enjoying it, how euphoric it felt, you just couldn't look at him. Though not in a bad way.
You finally look at each other and Patrick gives you a nervous smile, his cheeks still a reddish tint.
You smile back at him and wrap your arms loosely around the back of his neck, pulling him closer to you. It was a bold move even for yourself, and you quickly regret it, wondering if it might've been too bold of a move.
Patrick stiffens a bit, but quickly relaxes and proceeds to dance with you, slowly swaying with you to the music.
"Hey, Patrick. Can I tell you something?" You say, your voice shaking a little.
"Yeah, go ahead." Patrick says just as equally nervous, or at least it sounded like it.
You think for a moment, debating whether if you should tell him what you were going to say or not, then finally deciding you should.
"You can't laugh at me or anything, please." You hesitate for a second. Patrick looks at you with his brows furrowed, what seemed to be a confused look.
"Um, I like you. More than one should be for being just friends with someone. I- what I'm trying to say is that I like you romantically." You admit, shutting your eyes closed in fear for what his face would turn into.
Patrick stops dancing, yet not letting go of you and stays silent for a few moments. You open your eyes to look at him, knitting your eyebrows together to try and pinpoint what exactly his expression was, but not being able to.
Patrick pulls you closer and gently places a shaky hand on your cheek and leans in to kiss you, his lips touching yours.
You freeze for a moment in shock, but ease into it and kiss him back, wrapping your arms a little more tightly around the back of his neck to pull him down, deepening the kiss.
It was definitely an inexperienced kiss, not that you would know that, being this was your first, but it soon turned into a more enjoyable one.
You two pull back, breathing just a little heavier than you normally would. You two looked at eachother, laughing lightly to yourself as you feel the high of exhilaration.
Both of you don't say anything the rest of the song, you just continue to dance holding each other closely, your face buried into his neck and his cheek pressed to your hair.
The song ends, too quickly for your own liking, and another upbeat pop song starts to play.
You hold onto each other for a while longer.
"Do you wanna go back to the bleachers?" You ask, finally pulling away from him.
"Yeah, there's not really much to dance to with this music, it's kinda weird when everyone else isn't with us." Patrick replies, adjusting his glasses.
You smile and slip your hand into his, walking with Patrick to the bleachers where Andy was.
Patrick stops when you two were a few feet away from the bleachers. "Am I just going insane, or do I see Andy making out with that girl over there."
"I was just thinking the same thing." You say, your mouth slightly agape at the sight.
Someone from behind grabs your shoulder, you turn around to see who it was and to no surprise, it was Pete.
"Hey guys, what are you two doing standing here like weirdos? Why aren't you guys dancing together?" Pete says, shaking both yours and Patrick's shoulder gently.
"Because we were just looking at that." Patrick says, briefly pointing at the scene happening on the bleachers.
Pete looks in between you and Patrick to look. "Oh wow, they're really going for it, huh? When did that happen?" He says, seemingly having the same reaction as you and Patrick did.
"We have no clue. We came here to plan on sitting with Andy and it was just already kind of happening. Oh, by the way, where's your little girlfriend, by the way?" You ask, teasing Pete.
Pete rolls his eyes at you and his face quickly turns into one of what you immediately recognised as mischief, one that induced fear upon you. He was about to say or do something you knew you wouldn't like or be happy about.
"How was that kiss by the way? It looked like you two really enjoyed it, me and Amy are happy for you! Maybe we should tell the guys so they can congratulate you guys too!" Pete says enthusiastically with a shit eating grin on his face.
Patrick looks at you with a mortified look, you mirror his expression and turn back to Pete. You couldn't find any snarky remark to say back to Pete, you were just completely speechless after what he had just said.
Amy walks up to Pete and taps him on the shoulder and puts her hand in his when he notices it's her.
"Hey guys! Are you having fun! I saw you two dancing a little while ago." Amy says, a sweet smile on her face.
"Oh uh, hey Amy. Yeah, yeah, we're having fun. Um, what about you?" You ask, stumbling over your words a bit, still thinking about what Pete said.
"Thats good. Me and Pete going to go back to dance, do you guys want to come with us? The dance is about to end in 15 minutes."
You open your mouth to talk only to have Patrick beat you to a response.
"No, we're alright. But thank you for asking, Amy." Patrick replies.
"Alright, have fun! If you need us we'll be somewhere in there." Amy says, grabbing Pete's arm and dragging him to the dance floor. Pete looks over his shoulder and sticks his tongue out at you and Patrick.
"Do you wanna go outside?" Patrick asks, a small smile on his face.
"Yeah, yeah. It's kind of noisy in here." You respond, following along with Patrick. You slipped your hand into his as you continued to walk with him.
You now realized just how sweaty you were. You don't know if it was because of how hot it was inside of the gym or if it was because you were with Patrick. Now that you think about it, it's kind of gross.
As you walk out the doors, you feel the cool wind blow on your face, immediately cooling down how hot your cheeks felt. You both sit down on the grass.
There was a calm silence around you, only having faint music playing from the gym and distant chatter of students and teachers keeping the noise present.
"I would've never thought that would've ever happened." Patrick says, a faint blush on his face as he looked in the distance.
"What? Pete finally getting a girlfriend or Andy making out with that girl?" You snort.
Patrick looks at you and rolls his eyes. "Well, yeah maybe the Pete part, but I mean us. It sounds so cliche but I wouldn't think that I would ever get to, well y'know.." Patrick shrugs.
The way the moonlight illuminated his face made the light freckles peppered across his face more visible, and the way it made the colour of his eyes look all the more beautiful. The chill of the wind made his nose slightly red, and his cheeks had a flush to them.
You smile and look at him. "Honestly, me either. But I'm glad it did."
"I don't know what they put in that punch because I do NOT remember being that confident or bold." You add on, laughing a bit.
You lay down on the grass and look up at him, admiring his features like you did the same way you did the day he was helping you pick out your dress, except when he looked at you this time, you didn't look away.
"It's kind of cold." Patrick says, rubbing the tip of his nose.
You smile and laugh, getting up. "Do you want to go back inside?"
"No, I think I'm ready to go back home. It's too crowded and hot in the gym and too cold out here." Patrick replies, getting up off of the grass and offering you a hand to pull you up from the grass.
"I agree with you there. Do you think you can drive me to my house?" You get up, brushing your dress of from any dirt of dead grass that may have stuck onto the fabric.
Patrick nods and you both walk to his car.
"Should we say bye to the guys before we leave?" You say, getting into the passenger seat of his car and closing the door.
"No I think they should be fine. And Pete would probably just tease us." Patrick says and starts his car, pulling out and exiting the car lot to get onto the road.
The drive to your house was almost the same as the ride Joe gave you to the school, but it wasn't an awkward silence that filled the car but rather a pleasant and calm one.
After about 10 minutes of driving Patrick pulled into your driveway. Both of you got out, as Patrick had insisted on walking you to your doorstep.
"Thank you, Patrick. I had fun with you tonight."
"Yeah, of course. I had fun with you too." Patrick smiles.
You grab onto Patrick's shoulders and lean towards him, gently placing a peck on his cheek, pulling him into a hug after.
"Goodnight, Patrick. I'll talk to you later on, okay?" You say, burying your face into his shoulder.
"Goodnight, Y/n. I'll talk to you later." Patrick says, placing a kiss to your temple.
You two break the embrace and you turn around to open your door, walking into your house and closing the door.
All of the lights were off and it was silent, so you would only assume that your dad was already asleep.
You take off your shoes and take them in your hands and walk into your bedroom.
You close your door and change out of your clothes, throwing them into your hamper and changing into your pajamas.
You smile to yourself as you recall the events of the night, only to be interrupted by a knock at your door.
"Yes?" You shout before opening your door.
"Your friend Andy is on the phone right now, he wanted to talk to you. Here, can you bring it back to me when you're done?" Your dad says, handing you his phone.
"Yeah, of course, dad. Thank you." You say before going to sit onto your bed.
"Hey, Andy, what's up?" You say, holding the phone to your ear.
"Where are you? We've been looking for you for like 15 minutes now." Andy says worriedly.
"I'm at home right now, Patrick drove me. Why didn't you call my cell?"
"Because when I called you I heard your phone ringing in your bag. You left your bag and jacket over here and we thought you were still here because it was left here on the bleachers." Andy scolded.
"Shit! I'm sorry, dude. I didn't mean to worry you." You apologize.
"It's fine. But I'm kind of upset you didn't say bye to me. Do you want me to drop your stuff off later?"
"I'm sorry, I should've said bye. I'll make it up to you, Andy I promise. But if you could bring my stuff for me later on tomorrow that would be awesome."
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow then. Goodnight, Y/n."
"Goodnight, Andy. Thank you."
"No problem." Andy says, hanging up.
You shut the phone and get up, walking to your dads room to put his phone onto his nightstand and walk back to your room.
You close your door and pull your covers up and slip into your bed, immediately falling asleep due to the exhilaration of the night wearing off.
<Now playing - Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy>
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AN; I think I started this in early December and now it's already the third of February so it's been a process. I'm sorry this took me so long to post but it's probably one of my longest works and because I also kept hitting parts of the story that I had no clue what to write. I do hope that you enjoyed it, though. I also have another Patrick Stump x Reader fic that you could find in my masterlist.
#patrick stump#patrick stump x reader#patrick stump imagines#fall out boy#fob#from under the cork tree#pete wentz#joe trohman#andy hurley#AU#dance dance fob#dance dance mv
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