#I love shiro's face
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happy birthday to the boy with the biggest bleeding heart in the universe. keith kogane i love you
#happy birthday to the boy who cries when heâs overwhelmed and tells his friends he loves them and is honoured to serve with them#happy birthday to the boy who smiles softly at his friends in the sunlight#happy birthday to the boy who looked his mind controlled brother in the face and said with his voice cracking i love you shiro#happy birthday to the boy who who loves metaphors and is bad at them but uses them anyway to comfort his friends#happy birthday to the boy who has always given every inch of himself again and again and again#happy birthday to keith akira kogane#keith#keithtober#happy birthday keith#!!!
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What Did You Eat Yesterday? (ăăŽăä˝éŁăšă?), Chapter 143
by Fumi Yoshinaga
#what did you eat yesterday#kinou nani tabeta#fumi yoshinaga#manga#**#shiro's face kills me but i love it when he's caring towards kenji c:#also want to try this potato recipe!!!
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dont get me wrong i love me some good twinganes as much as the next guy but also i cant deny the appeal shiro kuron hostility has for me........ i think shiro having negative feelings abt his clone (and vice versa) is sooo fun. what if you looked in the mirror and hated what you saw. what if you stared at your reflection and it glared right back.
#kuron#shiro#shiro obviously struggles w a lot of trauma and propably self hate. so as much as i love the interpretations#where he sees kuron as his own person whos worthy of love. im a sucker for shiro only seeing himself in him.#all his fears and nightmares confirmed. a puppet for the galra wearing his face#kuron is a symbol of everything haggar did to him#and to kuron shiro is the representation of everything hes not<3 and i want that to piss him off<3#talking tag
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Why is Voltron on my mindâŚâŚ
#i wish lance killed himself in the second episode. it would have been the best show ever#remember when keith brought up how shiro wanted him to be black paladin and lance accused him of lying and taking advantage of shiroâs death#shiro like the one person keith loved in the world#also i will never understand how the fuck klancies fans thought they would be canon by s8. those men donât even like looking at each other..#also voltron illustrated the fact that tumblr will call anything a found family. those people were coworkers who hated each otherâs asses.#they were so glad that they would never have to see each otherâs faces post-canon
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#hunk garrett#vld#vld gifs#s1 ep: taking flight#he had every right to brag#I love their faces there esp Shiro's
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Out of Office | Yeseo (ft. Mashiro)
smut, 2.9k words
âWho brought all that cake?â You walk up to the cubicle, mouth full and still taking another bite.
âHm?â She continues typing a seemingly endless email.
âThe one in the break room.â
âOh, the intern.â Sheâs focused on the second monitor now, lost in some spreadsheet.
âYouâre the intern.â
âThe new intern.â
You shift your stance; raise a brow in anticipation.
âTheyâre in an onboarding meeting right now.â She tilts her head towards the conference rooms.
Through the blinds, though far, you can spot figures bathed in blue projector light. âHuh. alright.â
âAlso, I got hired last monthâcome on.â
âSure but youâre still under meââ You try, stumble through it. âYou were, under me, last week.â
âThat jokeâs not landing.â
âYeah, it isnât.â
The room in the distance lights up. Thereâs movement, a handshake? Theyâre standing around and chatting.
âSheâs your type.â She stops typing; looks up at you.
And you stop chewing. âShiro, what am I supposed to make of that?â
âJust saying.â Her eyelashes bat a faux pout. âHope I donât get replaced?âÂ
âCatching feelings, are we?â
âOh.â Tone breathy, thespian, and with a hand at her chest. âFrom our very first night.âÂ
A door opens at the end of the office space. You straighten up, finish whatâs left of your pastry, and shoot a look towards Mashiro while heading over to your desk.
From where you sit, thereâs not much to see. You listen to the shuffle of steps somewhere on the floor, to the casual chatter. Thereâs corporate laughterâmeasured, mechanicalâand a lilt to a voice you hadnât heard before. The sounds come and go. Close, then far, then close again: sheâs getting introduced to everyone.Â
Eventually: âoh, think we missed someone over on this corner?â Pretty platform heels clatter around to where you sit until finally revealing themselves. Sheâs a cheating five feet tall. Dark and elegant hair frames this darling, sweet look. Prettiest fucking cheeks on the planet. âHello! Iâm Kang Yeseo.â She extends a small hand. âPleasure to meet you.â
âPleasureâs all mine,â you manage, standing up and returning the gesture.
âOh, I see you found the pastry tray I brought.â She looks at the small plate by your keyboard. Her smile is beaming. âHope everything was to your liking!â
âYeahâyeah.â Your best is a nonplussed nod. âIt really is.â
You hear your boss call out over the divider wall. Says sheâs the new intern. Starts tomorrow. Ah, I see, you reply. Your head tilts when you realize. The calendar marks Friday. âWorking over the weekend?âÂ
âThey said itâd be easier to learn because of the slower pace. Canât say no to that!â She laughs. âIâll be shadowing someone.âÂ
You work tomorrow.
âGuess Iâll be seeing you in the morning, then.â
âOh, great! Weâll get to know each other fast!â Sheâs all verveâbegins to walk away from view before finishing her own sentence. âNice to meet you again. Gotta head back to the tour!âÂ
You collapse on your chair, processing. âNice to meet you, too.â
~~
Thereâs a narrative step you miss, trip over. Youâll have to pick up the pieces sometime. Theyâre probably tangled in the locks of her hair, the glint in her eyes, or that flashing, disarming smileâ
Okay, alright. Itâs not romance, not by a longshot, but you do see her twirling the ends of her locks every once in a while, like sheâs the one in love and, hey, sure.Â
Because you fuck the girl so well that sheâs consumed by the idea of you.
Mashiro strokes your ego over the week and Yeseo your cock, over the weekends. Thatâs your onboarding procedure, if anyone were to ask.Â
Shiro says youâll make Yeseo fall for you, that maybe you already have, that thereâs no way those university boys give her anything worthwhile when it comes to attention. Salaryman, Mashiro says, has the money, the apartment, the free time, and god that cock.
You stop Mashiroârecommend she go into acting. Say it suits her. She asks, at some point, which angles you think the camera would best capture. Her face is on the mattress, ass at a complete diagonal opposite.
âThis, right here.â Youâre making a frame right behind her with your fingers, then catch her gaze in the full length mirror over to your right. âThis is the one.â
âMm,â she hums. âI bet.â Mashiro reaches her arms back, face still on the duvet. Her palms land flat on her ass, and with a gripping pull, she spreads open.Â
Your arms fall to your sidesâthey settle, defeatedâand you think itâs amusing that the bed frame sits so low to the ground. It makes you kneel, though Mashiro already makes you kneel without having to ask, regardless of whatever piece of furniture sheâs propped up on. Itâs less skill, more innate talentâlike she was made for you, built, sculptedâbut, yes, Mashiro has the skill, too. Sheâs well practiced on what makes you practically melt. Youâve run your hands over that piece of art a million times and it still has you sighing your deepest sighs when your knees finally hit the ground.Â
With your palms replacing hersâass and cunt kept spread open and waitingâMashiro speaks through the reflection. âYou look mesmerized.âÂ
âI am.â You can hear the smile in her voice and smile back. Your hands get busy, kneading.
Like a pup thatâs excited to be played with, Mashiro wags it a little, to mess with you, because it throws your brain for a loop every single time. âTongue, baby.â She pushes her whole body back a bit, tone sultry. âCome on.â
âWhenâs the last time I made you cum?â You ask.
âEvery time,â she giggles out.
You give Mashiro a long, slow lick. Admire the luster. âNo, as inââ sheâs so close that youâre breathing her inââwhen did you stay over last?âÂ
Before she gets a chance to inhale a response, you get to work. Sheets scrunch in her fists. âAh,â Mashiro lets out gently. âItâs been more than a week.â
Your hands donât let go. Youâre pulling her onto your face and your tongue laps, laps, lapsâlips locked. Itâs, immediately, a mess. Spit, wetness. The taste is divine.
You take a second to breathe. âI missed you.â It comes out so, so low, like gravel, like the need to eat this woman out reverts you to only the most instinctual and primal.Â
Your fingers are leaving impressions on her pale skin, you realize. Youâre not even grabbing on that hard.
âI know you did.â She laughs.Â
You go back in; she moans. Itâs a whole thing. Your tongue runs flat from clit to rim and youâre unsure which one of you throbs the hardest.Â
But Mashiro turns, eventually, flips herself over, and pulls a pillow under her head for support. She wants to look at you, in the reflection, face to faceâloves to look at you when she cums. And youâll make her, every time.
âCould come over more often,â she says, kittenish, and you know exactly where itâs headed. âBut youâre always so busy.â
You tease a finger right over her folds. âUh huh.â Slip it in.
Her breath hitches when you curl it at the right spot. You love messing with each other like that.
âYou have a spare key, Shiro. Can come over any time.â Your lips are curled into a wicked smile, and you dive back in, lick her a couple more times, kiss her thighs, have her throw her head back in delicate bliss.Â
âAnd walk in on you two?â She pulls your head upâstares. âIâd be devastated."
âHeartbroken, Iâm sure.â Youâre holding her gaze and putting another finger in; her hips buck. Fuckâyou enjoy this as much as she does.Â
She bites her lip and her eyes go narrow when you hit that spot again, letting your face go. Itâs permission: make me, until my legs quiver, until I canât fucking take it anymore, please.
You slide in another, because youâre allowed, and frankly, because you enjoy the obscenity of it. Sheâs stretched out and you simply stare. In, out, a bit of a curl again, as much as three digits permit. Youâve heard Mashiro say worse, to be fair, curse out heaven and hell. Knowing that you could take her much further feeds your ego.Â
âBet you couldnât bear it,â youâre saying, straightening up, fingers still in her cunt. You stare at her pretty legs, folded and spread open, giving you all the damn room in the world. âWatching me fill her up with a load that youâd want for yourself.â
The little whimper when you slip your fingers out is as cute as it is profane. Youâd do anything for her, for less than that. To watch her unravel every time is enough of a reward.
âIs that what you do?â Mashiro catches her breath, finally. âPump the little thing full until she leaks?â
You settle your knees on the mattress, aligning your stiff cock, and nodding. Guilty as charged. You decide itâs best to have her cumming with your length inside her messy-wet folds. âYou get so slutty when youâre jealous.â
Your cock starts back on the path that your fingers just explored as she quips, âbet you donât even wash the bedding before itâs my turn.â Mashiroâs nodding along at your slow thrust. Sheâs all play, still, but your cockâs splitting her open bit by bit. Attentionâs divided, to say the least. âYouâre such a whore.â
âBaby,â you coo, proud because her gaze falters. Youâre halfway and sheâs already slipping a hand down to play with her clitâthough itâs not until you sink to the base with a firm push that you take her breath away. She does this eyes-shut exhale.Â
And no, itâs not romance here, either.
âOnly you get the bed.âÂ
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Itâs been a couple of Fridays since you last worked weekends, and any excuse is a good excuse for Yeseo. Company outing after work? Take her home. New to this part of town? Poor girl, youâll show her around (and take her home). Ah, too tired to walk to hers tonight, and yours is only one train stop away? The pair of jeans she has on today, by the wayâchristâbless casual Fridays. You do, in fact, take those home, too.Â
How impossibly fortunate. A straight flush. You have the girl cockdrunk for a whole fucking month. Not to say that she doesnât have you similarly obsessed. That much goes without saying.
And, again, thereâs some fill-in-the-blanks section that has to go unfinished or weâll never really get toâ
You both wake up at midnightâyes, midnight, because you had crashed on your sectional only six hours prior. There was actual work to be done this week, on top of the fact that Mashiro went home with you three out of those five, exhausting days. She gives you weekends off; calls it the babysitting gig. You tell her to not do that.
Now, Yeseoâs in the shower. The scene is cut-to, a tad jarring and sudden. Interior apartment, Saturday, zero hundred hours. You have the noise floor where itâs all ambient sound out in the living room, your kitchen appliances buzz, the aircon kicks in. Nice and quiet, until the figurative camera sends it down the hall and past your bedroom door. Wet white noise fades in. Rhythmic⌠clapping?Â
There arenât that many useful euphemisms from here on out. Everyone has read this script before.
The internâs against glass. Itâs a heavenly slope, really, the way her upper torso is flat on the shower door. With hands braced at either side of her tits, her lower back arches outâlegs tensed, tiptoedâand her ass angles out just so. Itâs plush, itâs deadly. Your hands are settled on that striking indent where her hips and waist meet while your own hips push, thrust, and press against her round, easy cheeks.Â
Fuckâ
Yeseo pushes back in kind. The tempo is practiced and well known to the both of you, though thereâs a key difference. The camera wouldnât pick up on it, not from the angle it would find itself at. And you yourself canât figure out if this right here is where youâll end itâwhere the scene cuts.
A little longer, youâre telling yourself.Â
See: contraceptivesâleft the whole pack back at the office. Itâs the whole reason why you decided to fall asleep in the first place. Yeseo said something about buying some right as you both stepped through the front door but your mouths sufficed for the subsequent half hour. Some dinner, that was.
And because thereâs no self-control, she didnât have to do much to persuade you into taking a shower before heading to the closest pharmacy, or gas station, or anywhere that happened to be open at this ungodly hour andâ
Again, no polite terminology here.Â
Youâve been fucking her raw for the past ten minutes. Her fertile arousal gathers at the base of your cock every time you piston in, in, inâso messy, smeared, depravedâand your thumbs leave flush-red marks whenever they press onto her smooth, luxury skin.
So you cum, naturally. Flood her womb. Itâs filthy, because Yeseo is at that point, tooâthe girl put a finger over her clit a minute ago and ran it in circles until her eyes went hazy, went dumb. Until her thus-far dulcet moans turned into half breaths and broken whimpers. Thereâs a âyesâ in there somewhere, a flash in the pan, brief and hissed, as the tension in her chest breaks into more cries of pleasure with your name intertwined.
You groan, then, slipping out only a moment after and holding your cock like itâs fucking expired. The feeling is an overstimulated frenzyâelectric, and still jolting. Out of all things, however, what fucks with you is not what you did, but how it looks: her figure shivers as she plants her heels back on shower tiles; hot and sticky white lands next to her feet.Â
It reeks of debaucheryâhasty, impatient. Yeseoâs cunt leaks and all you think about is dipping back in for seconds.
But the scene cuts. Shower steam continues to rise and, with it, your thoughts fade into the next.
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Sheâs reading something that youâre sure is not right. Perhaps itâs not wholly accurate. Itâs also noon now, for what itâs worth. the sleepâs polyphasicâa total blurâas it always tends to be over the Saturdays and the Sundays.Â
âSeventy-two hours,â Yeseo says. Sheâs sitting on your kitchen counter, eating grapes. Girl hasnât had a single piece of clothing on since the day before.
âYouâre kidding.âÂ
âSays it can be effective even five days after.â Her mouthâs full. âDamn.â
You close the fridge and walk over to her. âAre you reading an AI summary?âÂ
âWell, itâs summarizing the links below that, so.â She turns her phone towards you.Â
Levono-whatever-the-fuckâs the active ingredientâPlan B. The morning-after pill.
âUh huh,â you say, incredulous. Youâre also sweating, almost.
âWeâll get it Monday morning,â Yeseo ensures. âGrape?â
âCanât we head out right now?â
She feeds you the one, hovers another in front of your lips. âIâm doing a round of laundry.âÂ
The bunch that you bought this week happens to be seed-in.Â
âAnd that stops youââ You swallow. âHow?â
âThe condoms are in my duffle bag, the one that has the rest of my clothes?â
âAh,â you discern. âThe one you left at the office.â
âThe one I told you,â she asserts, âto get for me before heading out.â
Open your mouth. Youâre gullible by choice, you tell yourselfâYeseo feeds you the second.Â
She has one set of clothes, one, and it wonât be ready for another thirty minutes. It crosses your mind that you forgot the color of her underwear, at this point. Never properly memorized it. You figure it foreshadows whatâs left of the weekend; settle on that fate.
âWanna put on the movie I mentioned the other day?â She hops off the laminate and walks towards the couch. The edge of the counter is imprinted on her upper thighs and itâs safe to say youâll be having to replay the film some other day, at a time where thereâs at least one layer of fabric to dissuade you from the inevitable. Not like that ever does anything.
You hum. âNot a bad idea.â
Yeseo stands so casually in your living room, working the remote, nothing on. The curtains are pulled back and a noontide shine contours her shape as if the heavens were on a campaign to meddle with you at every possible turn. Your eyes are glued to each and every divot on her skin, to the curves and the lines that lead to them. Her hip cocks off to the right and it has your head tilting to the leftâcould get you dizzy just like that.
You try to determine where to start again, though walking over to her, itâs not much of a conscious decision. Your palm lands and unabashedly grabs the heft of her ass. No hesitation. It spills through your fingersâhas you hard in an instant.
âShould be fun,â she says, absentminded. With the way the selection box goes over and around and anywhere but any of the streaming apps, you know sheâs not quite paying attention to the TV, either.
You, regardless, still ask: âwhatâs it about, again?â
The answer to the next is no.
âDoes it matter?â
Superfluous, and somewhat of a spoiler, but this does snowball until the aforementioned Monday morning. Sunday will have you running the same scenes. The blocking will maybe be a bit different, though the outcomes are all the same: you suck at pulling out.Â
And youâll tell yourself itâs by choice.
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âSecond place: James!â
He was first in many things, but seemingly never the things that actually mattered.
1: He was only 4 when his parents stopped pretending to love him. His bedtime stories fell second to their own interests, and he was forced to face the dark alone.
2: Debate was a great extracurricular in his fatherâs eyes, but only if he got first place. Second place, according to his father, was a loserâs place. He got second that day. By then he had learned to not cry.
3: Even in the trial exam Shiro had brought to their middle school, James was second to Keith. It was frustrating, how his endless dedication and hard work seemed unable to surpass Keithâs raw talent.
4: When it was announced that Shiro and the rest of the crew had died, James had done everything in his power to keep Keith from spiralling. When Keith got expelled, James chased after him, clad in his sleep wear. It was pathetic. But he didnât cry. At least he didnât cry.
5: Maybe James was the foolish one, to think that Keith would settle after 6 years of war. To think that he wouldnât leave again. But Keith had more work to do in the stars, and James was duty bound to Earth. They parted, James gifting a bouquet of yellow chrysanthemums, pink camellias, forget me nots, his heart buried within the petals.
[side note, panel 4 does not align with my personal headcanons but i wanted 5 panels and this was the only thing i could come up with lol]
#NOT LANCE#jaith#james griffin#james voltron#keith kogane#keith voltron#even though hes not there actually its erm implied#voltron#voltron legendary defender#fanart#vld fanart#voltron fanart#shipping#ship art#doodle#sketch#illustration#character illustration#character art#my art#art
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Friends With Benefits ft Soshiro Hoshina
Soshiro just fucked your brains out and had the gall to ask you to bake him cookies afterwards.
You pant against the pillowcase, hands still gripping the sheets tight. "Excuse me??"
He smirks. "You heard me. Cookies. I want 'em."
You roll your eyes, wiping sweat off your brow and turning to look at him. "You're ridiculous, you know that Shiro?"
He grins. "What are friends for?"
You roll your eyes again at that word. Friends. What a strange word to use for whatever this was. You and Soshiro had been close ever since you joined the defense force together, always pushing each other to train harder and bantering with each other to no end. Then one night after everyone had gone to bed, you found yourself alone with your hand and he'd walked in on you to your shock and embarrassment. But he just smirked and offered to help and ever since then you've had this little arrangement for whenever one of you needed to blow off steam. It was convenient at first, but then you'd be minding your own business brushing your teeth or eating dinner- something unassuming- and you'd find yourself thinking about the way his neck looked when he swallowed or the way his back looked after you'd dug your nails into it. Then it wasn't even about the sexy things anymore, it was the way he absentmindedly started playing with your hair when he was bored or the way he chewed when he was eating your cookies. Right. He wanted you to make him cookies. You shake your head to snap yourself out of it.
You pull yourself out of his bed, groaning at the effort, and then throw on one of his oversized t-shirts. "If I burn myself, I expect you to kiss it better." You tell him, starting to preheat the oven.
He laughs. "If you burn yourself, I'll be shocked. You've made me so many batches of cookies before, you should be able to do it in your sleep."
You start pulling ingredients out of the fridge and say to him, "I bet one of these days you'll actually ask me to do it in my sleep too. You're shameless, you know that?"
He grins cheekily. "You just can't say no to me, I've got to take advantage of it where I can."
You roll your eyes again but start mixing up the cookie batter because, as he said, you just can't say no to him. He'd been your closest friend for so long, and to your surprise, he'd started to become something else to you too. But you couldn't let him find out about that. He'd never let you hear the end of it.
You place the bits of balled up dough onto a baking sheet and pop it into the oven, setting the timer.
"You're cooking dinner since I just did dessert. You know that's the deal." You poke him in the arm. He feigns being offended but he gets started cooking. You watch as he pulls on that familiar apron he always wears when he cooks you dinner. After you accidentally discovered he was a great cook by stealing a bite of his bento box at lunch one day, you'd forced him to cook for you frequently after that and he claimed that he wanted your baking as compensation.
It was hard to imagine life without him at this point. You sigh, earning a concerned look from him. He set his knife down on the cutting board. "What is it? C'mon, you don't make that face for nothing." He tucks a finger gently under your chin and props it up so you're meeting his gaze.
"I'm just hungry and you're slow." You lie.
He laughs slightly but he shakes his head at you in a knowing way. "You may be hungry, but I know that's not what you're really thinking about. I'm here when you wanna talk, okay?" He continues to cook, letting you have some space to think. He's too damn considerate for his own good. If he keeps this up, you could really be in love with him.
You fidget with your fingers. The kitchen starts to fill with wonderful smells and you inhale, letting the scent of his familiar cooking warm you. You close your eyes and try to relax as you listen to him hum to himself while he starts to fry things on the stove. You sense that he is looking over at you every couple minutes just to make sure you're doing okay and it drives you crazy. So damn considerate, you think to yourself again, frustrated.
Finally you sigh, exasperated and you open your eyes, about to say something when he presents you with a plate of food. Your eyes gleam and you happily accept. He watches you carefully as you eat and you try not to think too much about how his beautiful eyes are focused so intently on you.
"So-" He starts, but the oven timer beeps. You shoot up out of your chair and go to take the cookies out of the oven, thankful for the distraction. He looks like he wants to say something but the smell of cookies distracts him, and he starts crowding around you to get a view of the sweets.
"Hot. Okay?" You warn him, knowing that if you weren't there, he would've burned himself shoveling these things into his mouth.
He nods quickly, but you can tell he's impatient for the cookies. You laugh and poke the tip of his nose. He grins. "What was that for?"
"You're just like a little puppy. Wagging your tail, waiting for treats." You tease and he rolls his eyes at you, playfully yanking you towards him and ruffling your hair.
He realizes he has time to ask his question since he has to wait for the cookies to cool down, so he loosens his grip on you, it's just enough so he can face you properly but not enough that he can't feel your warmth on his skin. "So what's going on?" He asks finally.
You sigh. "Can't we just wait for the cookies in peace?"
He shakes his head no. He's let you have your time to think but now he wants to help.
You sigh again. Might as well get it over with. "What are we?" You ask, cautiously.
He blinks. "What do you mean?"
You rest your forehead in your palm, wondering how you're going to explain this to him.
"Like what am I to you?" You say again, unprepared for the sweat that's started to trickle down the back of your neck and the heat that's started to rise in your cheeks. The words that you've spilled into the air seem to want to crawl back down your throat and hide for dear life in your stomach.
He blinks again. "You're my best friend?"
Great. So now he's just bestfriend-zoned you. And since when were you best friends anyway?? This relationship of yours is escalating both too quickly and not quickly enough. You groan. You're in love with the sweetest, sexiest, smartest man alive and yet somehow he's an idiot when it comes to stuff like this. You're going to have to put it bluntly. Very bluntly.
"Soshiro. We fuck. I bake you cookies. We fuck. You text me all the time saying you miss me. We fuck. We share secrets and jokes with each other. We fuck, again. What in the hell are we? Lovers, idiots? Serious, unserious? Give it to me straight." Your words tumble out like they're falling down stairs, once they gain momentum you can't stop until you've hit the bottom. You don't realize just how desperately you need his answer until the chaotic mess that is your feelings crashes through your lips and lands at his feet.
Please answer me. Don't answer, don't tell me what you think. Ignore what I just said. Tell me what you're thinking. Don't tell me. I need to know. I don't want to know.
Your thoughts bound back and forth in your head like a tennis ball constantly changing sides on the court.
The silence in the air is so loud that it almost splits your skull. Your ears feel like they're bleeding from the lack of a response. You're spiraling. This is it. This is how we end.
He grabs your chin and forces you to look at him again. Your heart stops. You see his eyes. They're warm and light and they make you feel like everything is going to be okay. He finally smiles at you. Yeah. Everything's okay now.
You exhale softly, not even realizing you'd been holding your breath.
He cups your face in his hands and rubs your cheeks softly with his thumbs.
"Well how about we start with what you want to be? Can we start there?" He asks gently, as though you've got all the time in the world to answer.
You nod slowly. "I-I want to be more."
He smiles. "Okay. I can do that. How much more?"
You flush red.
"I see I'm going to have to take the lead on this one." He chuckles. "Okay, will you settle for being my girlfriend for now? Let's see where this thing goes, and see if we want to do more than just date, yeah?"
You nod again.
He kisses your cheek and it's not the rough, hungry, demanding kiss that you're used to. It's sweet and soft and you think you could do with a few more of these kisses. You tap your other cheek and he laughs but he leans in to kiss the other one too.
"Now, can I please have my cookies?" He teases.
You roll your eyes. "Most insufferable boyfriend ever." You shove a cookie in his mouth.
"But a happy boyfriend, nonetheless." He winks at you.
Yeah, you could get used to this.
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Always thinking about these pics and their cute backstory
So here Kato says something like: âActually, Mephisto loves magic and is practicing secretly.â

But here she explains: âEven when he occasionally succeeds, Mephisto is disappointed because people think he did it with magic. (I think she means his demonic powers)â

So Meph, the King of Time and Space, loves magic tricks but usually fails at them which is so funny and cute. Like the one thing that comes naturally to him he has trouble doing by human means. But when he DOES succeed in magic tricks everyone thinks he cheated using his powers LMAO! Shiroâs disbelief and Mephâs angry face are just so amazing 𤣠đ I love fun lore like this
#mephisto pheles#blue exorcist#shiro fujimoto#ao no exorcist#aoex#Melâs fandom stuff#Mel mutters#auto translate isnât working in the Twitter app#but yeah#blue exorcist spoilers
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Spoilers post canon
Kinda tired of the "Laios need Kabru to tell him to do literally anything in his king job post canon" like yes, Laios is extremely off putting when he talks about his special interest and fail to pick up social clue until they punch him in the face (Toshiro they'll never make me hate you but please learn some additionnal steps between "acting like you're still in your japanese household" and "I Will Break Your Face")
BUT
My boy is a good leader, autism be damned. He didn't even whisper a word about eating monster before the beginning of the serie because he knew it would be strange to other people. He only told Tenshiro about the Crimes⢠because he considered him his best friend (and Shiro is his friend ! The miscommunication is strong with these two but they do care about each other !). He told Kabru about eating monster because Kabru straight up told him "omgggg that's like, so interesting" while twirling his hair around his finger (that's one is on you Kabru, don't put yourself in your own PTSD nightmare for the bit please).
He is also observant of his party's personnality and strenght and know when he need to let someone else do the job (also why Kabru is his advisor, Laios know that Kabru is way more skilled in inter personnal relationship than him, especially when it's about people Laios doesn't know/care about like foreign dignitaries). Yes, outsider of his party are wary of him but he is still a stand up guy. And when he became a king, I have no doubt that his people will love him in the long run.
That being said, he absolutely needs Kabru ! That off putting motherfucker is very skilled and care about everything Laios cannot even force himself to give a fuck about. Alone they're good but lack something that would allow to them be good king. Together, they're unstoppable.
Anyway, Laios is an adult with his strenghts and weaknesses, but he is not a innocent little baby that need to be told how to say hi to people.
#thank you for coming to my ted talk#dunmeshi#dungeon meshi#delicious in dungeon#post canon#dungeon meshi spoilers#laios touden#laios dungeon meshi#kabru#shuro dunmeshi
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HELLOOOO ^^ i just read again ur jealous keith nsfw and i was just wondering if u still wrote for vld!!! need more jealous keith content plsđ¤˛đ¤˛ anyways i love ur writing!!! keep it up!!!<3

with gender-neutral reader.
genre: suggestive towards the cut
authorâs note: super duper freaking late on this anon. so, so sorry, but thanks for your request!! it is so hard to get my ass to write and itâs the first time iâve posted something in so long. (all 5 active keiffeine fans cheering rn.) some hcs are sort of repeats from the first partâjust think of it as a revision. ;P a little rushed towards the end!
reposting, plagiarizing, modifying, and translating is not allowed.
part one of jealous keith here!

⢠keith hates when he has moments of jealousy. he feels like heâs being ridiculous. he trusts you, and he knows that youâll never leave him, but he canât help it. the stupid voice in the back of his mind keeps feeding him false ideas and he just canât seem to quiet it down.
⢠this mostly occurs during diplomatic events, when aliens are chatting you up, making you laugh and smile. he feels his stomach coil uncomfortably. what are they saying? are they making you swoon with stupid jokes and witty pickup lines? do you think theyâre more attractive than he is?
⢠the thought of walking over, pulling you away with a half-assed excuse is tempting, but he forces himself not to. he doesnât want to look like some sort of pathetic, possessive boyfriend who couldnât stand not having his partnerâs attention on him.
⢠heâs very avoidant about it, as heâs not a fan of talking about all the jealousy stuff. if he thinks heâs ridiculous in his own mind, it would be even worse telling someone out loud. at some point, shiro asks him whatâs wrong, notices the way keithâs got a tight grip around his cup. to which keith respondsââitâs nothing.â
⢠at the end of the night, keithâs still noticeably tense even when you return to your shared room. the tension between you is thick and uncomfortable. keith avoids your eyes, jaw clenched as he takes off his paladin armor.
⢠you follow suit and start stripping to get ready for bed, too, but the silence is absolutely killing you.
⢠âkeith, are you alright?â you ask, turning your head to face him. youâre met with his naked back, muscles flexing with every movement. in any other scenario, the sight wouldâve turned you on, but you canât think of anything else but to resolve this awkwardness between you.
⢠âyeah, why wouldnât i be?â keith responds. itâs a little too quick, as if automatic. his voice is stiff and clipped, and it makes you bite your lip nervously.
⢠you turn away and slowly pull on a shirt. itâs silent again for a good minute until keith suddenly presses up against your back, hands wrapping around your middle. he pulls you closer so your back is pressed right up to his bare chest, the heat of his body melting through the fabric of your shirt.
⢠you suck in a breath when keith presses his lips to the back of your neck, trailing down slowly, ending at your shoulder. heâs silent, and then: âi love you.â itâs soft, quiet. thereâs a hint of nervousness to it that makes you borrow your eyebrows.
⢠âi love you, too,â you respond, cheeks growing warm while you turn your head just slightly to look at him over your shoulder. âyouâre sure youâre okay?â
⢠âjustâŚâ keith bites his bottom lip, choosing his words carefully. âjust wanna show you how much i love you.â
⢠he takes you to the bed, the rest of the night going by in a blur. keithâs on top of you and your lips clash in passionate, messy kisses. eventually, your clothes come off one by one, scattered all over the floor, with your legs hitched onto his hips. âyouâre mine, okay? no one elseâs.â keith grunts, hips snapping against yours, causing you to gasp. you almost see white for a split-second, voice caught in your throat so you nod instead.

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the art of tending
Keith has a lot of scars. Some are more visible than others, but Lance makes sure each one receives the proper care that it requires. In the morning, as he sweeps into the kitchen with languid stretching, he slides up to the counter beside his love. Ever the early-riser, Keith smiles at him as he scrambles eggs.Â
âGood morning, Lance.â Keith isnât one for pet names, which never mattersâ the way he says Lance is enough. It echoes in the crisp morning air, traveling out through the ajar windows.Â
Itâs too early for words, so Lance cradles Keithâs jawline in his hand. He relishes in the feeling of his wedding band pressing softly against Keithâs scarred cheek for a moment before pressing a kiss into its slight ridges. His husband hums, content.Â
They linger in mornings, now. And both of them are endlessly thankful for the ability to wake up slowly, together.Â
Throughout their days on Earth, teaching occupies a large sum of their time. The students at the Garrison are brilliant. Lance has a fondness for one girl in particular, a 16-year-old named Vidhi who loves the simulator and loves pranks even more. He scolds her, of course, in an attempt to not be obvious with his favorites. Still, she knows that she can always come to him. Itâs a source of pride for Lance.Â
As wonderful as they are, they can also be⌠challenging. Lance is grading papers when Keith storms into his empty classroom at lunchtime. He throws himself into the chair opposite Lance with a drawn-out huff, dramatically leaning forward on the desk.Â
âCarlo, again?â Lance doesnât even look up, continuing to work.Â
âHeâs skipping math. I asked him about it, and he said that heâd rather fly, and that he doesnât like the other kids. In less polite words,â Keith explains, balling up his hand in a fist. âI want to be there for him, I do, but he isnât ever there for himself. Itâs soââÂ
âOh, Keith,â Lance clucks his tongue, drawing a glare out of his beloved.Â
âDonât do that,â Keith complains. âJust say what you have to say.â
âCarlo is a trouble kid right? Always does what he wants? Kinda a lone wolf?â Lance levels an unimpressed look at Keith.Â
âYeah?â Keith raises an eyebrow, clearly confused and frustrated.
âSo, heâs like you, babe.â A range of emotions flash over Keithâs face. Indignation morphs into thoughtfulness before settling on realization.Â
âOh, shit.â He pushes back his bangs, eyes wide, and looks down at his hands with panic. âHow am I supposed to even start with him? Heâll see right through me, and I am not equipped to handle an emotionally unstable kid. This is a horribleââ
Lance grabs Keithâs hand, forcing him to meet his eyes. âThis is a wonderful idea. Who better to help him than a person who understands him? Who will treat him like an equal?â
âI donât know where to begin, Lance,â Keith whispers. Lance rubs his thumb over Keithâs knuckles.
âYes, you do.â He uses his free hand to turn around the frame on his desk. In it is a picture of the team, all smiling proudly while hugging one another. Lance taps the photo.Â
âShiro.â Keith follows his gesture, grabbing the photo and looking at it contemplatively.Â
âShiro,â Lance agrees, watching him take that information in. âYou donât have to be perfect, red. God knows Shiro wasnâtâ he was just as young as we are nowâ but if you can do what he did for you⌠thatâs powerful stuff.â
âYeah,â Keith mumbles, glancing back up at Lance. âOkay, yeah. I can try.â
âI know this is hard,â Lance tells him. âThere is no other person who could do this for Carlo, Keith. Not a one. Youâve got everything you need, and if you ever need help, you can always call him. You lived it first. Now pass it on.â
Keith stands abruptly and places the frame down on Lanceâs desk, determination set into every muscle of his frame. âIâll talk to him.â He swivels on his foot, turning to fast-walk out.Â
âUp-bup-bup! Youâre forgetting something!â Lance calls over.Â
âOh, yeah.â Keith grins, spins back to his partner, and draws him up into a kiss. Itâs as grateful as it is fleeting.Â
It leaves Lanceâs heart fizzing with energy as Keith dashes out, adding a new pep to his grading. Lance is always relieved when he can soothe the pain from Keithâs oldest scars, the ones on his mind.
Eventually, when they turn in for the night, Keith will wince at the pull of his aching muscles. Heâll twist in their bed, trying to get comfortable until Lance finally gestures for him to move in front. Then, with quiet and calming hands, Lance will rub out the soreness from a long day of training and hard work. He makes sure to gently pull aside Keithâs long hair when necessary, lets his fingers skirt over the hard lines of Keithâs back.Â
Keith will lean into his touch, as always. Theyâll talk, voices long and low, about everything. Their classes. Hearing from teammates. A hard workout. An annoying call from family. Even, in their most difficult moments, they might mention missing some aspects of the war.
Those kinds of discussions are only reserved for nighttime. When the air from the windows is chilled, the stars are up instead of around, and Lanceâs hands are tracing lines across Keithâs ribs and his shoulders. He maps out every scar from memory, pulls out every memory from each scar.Â
Over time, Lance will lose his ability to speak, capable of just monosyllabic words.Â
Keith will notice. He can never stop noticing. His eyes will wander over his shoulder, see his husbandâs lids droop, and, with the grace of a much less rugged man, will ease Lance slowly to lie down.Â
In a matter of seconds, Keith will wrap around Lance. Theyâll close their eyes, limbs tangled, hearts thudding slowly in time.Â
No âI love youâ needs to be said when every action, every tender caress and guiding word, leads them to the same place day after day.Â
#keith kogane#lance mcclain#lance voltron#voltron#klance#vld#vld keith#keith voltron#klance fanfic#bluemanticoncepts#postcanon klance#the art of tending; unraveling and remaking stronger ; loving in every sense of being#i love them#i will be for you what the world was not for me
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Shadow and Maria's Complex Relationship
FOR DISCLOSURE: this thread is going to be discussing the complexities of Shadow and Mariaâs relationship based on many different factors. Though I will be including the romantic interpretation (NOT a sexual one â I do not support nor condone sexualizing these two, nor most of the characters in Sonic, as they are almost all minors) as a potential, I will not be arguing to assign a definite label to their relationship â I will, in fact, be doing exactly the opposite (I am also not interested in engaging in shipping discourse over Sonic the Hedgehog characters). I would simply like to disclose that that will be discussed in case the topic upsets you and you would prefer to stop reading now. I accept this post may not be received well by some.
SPOILERS FOR SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS
So I've had to break out my Tumblr for this - my usual haunt is Twitter/Bluesky, but those don't really allow for longform posts. This is also a major departure from my usual FFXIV posting, so apologies to anyone who follows me for that.
Sonic x Shadow Generations recently dropped, alongside the short animations âDark Beginningsâ as well as the (non-canonical) manga âThe Jet Black Hedgehog: Shadow the Hedgehog.â With it, discourse surrounding Shadow and Mariaâs relationship has kicked up again, largely in two parties â that Shadow and Maria held a sibling relationship, or that Shadow and Maria held romantic feelings for one another (some people have also argued that Shadow is her uncle, or Maria is his mother, but I wonât be discussing those views). There are arguments for both drawn from a variety of sources â I will do my best to present both (if there are others I've missed, please feel free to comment and I will add them).
For siblings:
This Twitter post of artwork for Dark Beginnings has the following alt text: âShadow and Maria reach out for one another in an infinite abyss (as long-lost siblings would) with the Moon and the Space Colony ARK in the background."
The manual for Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) describes Maria as âlike a sister to Shadow.â I have also seen another screenshot of a different manual that states that Shadow as "like a brother to Maria," but I've been unable to find which manual it is. (EDIT: Itâs a Prima Games manual, not written by Sega)
Gerald refers to Shadow as âsonâ during the climax of SxSG.
For romantic:
Maria saying âI love youâ in the Japanese version of SxSG uses the kanji âai shiteru,â whilst her âI love youâ in the Japanese version of the manga uses âdaisuki.â Whilst it can be used for familial relations, it is apparently very uncommon for both of these to be used outside of romantic intent.
Shiro Maekawa â the original creator of Shadow and Maria â based them (or at least parts of them) off of a romance manga known as âPlease Save My Earthâ (with Maria sharing the Japanese voice actress for the female lead from the anime), and has frequently supported them together, often retweeting romantic art and posts of Shadow and Maria.
In a recent interview from Sega, Maria touching Shadowâs face in Dark Beginnings was equated to Beauty and the Beast.
For Tanabata â a Japanese festival celebrating the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi, and the separation of them as lovers â Sonic Channel posted artwork of Shadow and Maria reading the story beneath the stars. Sonic Channel has also published fanart for Valentineâs Day relating to Shadow and Maria (although they publish a lot of fanart).
Before I go any further, when the topic of Shadow and Maria in a romantic lens comes up, many of the same criticisms arise that I do not believe are fairly levied â namely accusations regarding their age, species, and familial ties. I would like to address â and debunk â these three before we go any further. Keep in mind while you read these â this is not meant to convince you that their relationship was one thing over another, but only to provide validity to a subjective point of view I feel is unfairly stigmatized.
âItâs incest because Shadow is Mariaâs brother/uncle(?).â
While there were notions of family stated by both Maria and Gerald, Shadow was grown in a tube with alien DNA and has zero blood relation to the Robotnik family. Whilst there are abstract labels of âlike a sisterâ or âsibling codingâ that are only ever applied in a meta sense, neither of them define their relationship in such a way within the lens of the universe. And it is not as if the topic never arises - in Shadow Generations, Maria herself likens young Abraham Tower as akin to her little brother, but she makes no such distinction with Shadow.
âSibling codingâ is ultimately a nothing statement, and unless a proper adoption is made, it does not magically turn romantic feelings towards the two involved into incest. Frames of reference are often informed by what young people are familiar with, and they sometimes lack the proper tools to acknowledge that their feelings towards each other are more complex than they first believe - to say that this is something that potentially occurred with Shadow and Maria is not outlandish, and not a concept unique to Sonic as a series.
Similar examples to this include Clive and Jill from Final Fantasy XVI (Jill is accepted into the Rosfield household and raised alongside Clive and his brother, only to later enter a romantic relationship with him as an adult), Nero and Kyrie from Devil May Cry (Nero is fostered by Kyrie's family and considers Kyrie a sister initially, only for her to become his love interest as adults) and Sidon and Yona from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Sidon grows up perceiving Yona as a sister, only to realize his feelings for her are more complex later on). None of these are incestuous relationships, nor is Shadow and Mariaâs were it to be romantic.
âItâs bestiality because Shadow is an animal.â
Bestiality is applicable to regular animals that do not hold human sentience of thought, as they are unable to consent to a relationship, like a dog or cat. Shadow is not this, nor are any of the anthropomorphic characters within the Sonic games - were you to change the anthropomorphic animals in Sonic into humans, basically nothing about the series' content would change. All of them are completely sound-minded beings that are essentially just people who look different. Shadow is not Mariaâs pet, he is her fully sentient friend that holds the same degree of thought as she does â given that Shadowâs entire arc is about finding his purpose in life, degrading him to simply a lab animal rather than acknowledging he is a person defeats that entire arc (something the manga also touches upon).
A lot of people also cite Sonic and Elise from Sonic â06 (namely the scene where Elise kisses the deceased Sonic) as a reason why Shadow and Maria should not be done - while I think itâs valid if you didnât like watching a human girl kissing Sonic the Hedgehog, I maintain that a good chunk of that disdain stemmed from two major reasons:
Elise was very poorly characterized in her game. She existed to constantly get kidnapped and be saved by Sonic, and so both the relationship and the kiss came off more like pandering than something earned.
Sonic '06 had a bizarrely realistic artstyle for the human characters, whilst all of the animal characters retained their cartoonish appearances. This clash of artstyles looked its worst when Elise kissed Sonic at the game's climax.
Maria, however, does not fall into these pitfalls. She does not exist to be purely a love interest for Shadow - sheâs certainly not someone for him to save, as the entire inciting event of Shadow's character is his inability to save her when she saves him.
For a frame of reference, Shadow is more akin to an alien from Star Wars â a setting where humans also exist. It is not bestiality for a Human to hold a relationship with a Twiâlek, as both races are fully anthropomorphic and sentient. On a similar note, Beauty and the Beast is not considered bestiality either, even though the Beast bears obvious animalistic traits. Some people have also entertained the notion of Rouge and Topaz from Sonic X, even though the latter is human. This is all the same principle, and none of it is bestiality.
âItâs creepy because Maria is young.â
Shadow â while said to be ageless â is not an adult, and to imply that he is one is a fundamental misunderstanding of Shadowâs character â whilst there are many instances where he demonstrates maturity on some levels, he has shown much immaturity since his inception in Sonic Adventure 2 (his desire to destroy the world out of revenge for Maria), and his most recent storyline in Generations involves his naĂŻve desire to change Maria and Geraldâs fates (or rather, an initial indifference to what it will bring). Not only that, but his time on the ARK was mired in confusion over the point of his existence â Maria was the one that helped him field through his confusion, and was arguably the more mature one between the two of them. We can safely say that Shadow is not an adult character, nor is he ever presented as one in the lens of the game.
As the closest thing Sonic likely has to an equal in both body and mind (Sonic holds his own immaturities similar to Shadow), he can likely be placed mentally close to his age of fifteen. This is reinforced by the leaked transcript of Sonic â06 that refers to Shadow as 15 (the red squared text in this image).
Maria has no canon age established in game material, but Sonic X lists her as 12. 15 and 12 is the same age gap as Sonic and Amy respectively.
In addition to that, many people have claimed that Shadow is over 50 years old, but this is only true of his chronological existence, not the time he has been conscious and aging. He spent 50 years stuck in cryosleep, and awoke exactly how he was when he was placed in there.
A similar example would be Aang and Katara from Avatar: The Last Airbender - Aang was frozen at the age of 12, and awoke 100 years later. Nobody, however, tried to claim that he was 112 years too old to kiss the 14 year old Katara, as Aang was physically and mentally still a 12 year old upon awakening - most people who watched the show were also actively rooting for these two characters to kiss, which they did at the show's finale. It's the same principle regarding Shadow - he is 50 chronologically, not 50 in mind or body.
If weâd like to really get into it, I would point out that nearly every character in the lens of Sonic is in and around Mariaâs age range (according to the Sonic Channel). As stated previously, Sonic is 15. Amy is 12, Knuckles is 16, Rouge is 18, Blaze and Silver are 14, etc. Nobody bats an eye at notions of romance between any of these people (not that Iâm saying they should inherently).
Romantic intent between minors is not inherently viewed as a bad thing - see the examples of Aang and Katara or Clive and Jill above, or for an in house example, consider the canonical (to Sonic X at least) relationship between the 8 year old Tails and Cosmo - yet for some reason when it comes to Shadow and Maria, a relationship is stigmatized.
To reiterate in the wake of the last point, my discussions of romantic intent ARE NOT SEXUAL IN NATURE. As I acknowledge these are minors, any notions of that are completely off the table, and I do not agree with anyone who would imply their relationship was a sexual one. I want to make that unmistakably clear.
My major takeaway from observing both the Sonic fanbase and those on Sonic Team seems to be that in western circles, Shadow and Maria as siblings is the popular perception, whilst in eastern circles, they are more commonly perceived romantically. But ultimately, Shadow and Mariaâs relationship seems to have many contradictory signals that makes it hard to pinpoint a concrete definition, especially in the most recent releases â and I believe that this is fully intentional.
Shiro Maekawa has stated in DMs has stated this regarding their relationship when asked if he saw them as siblings or love interests (translated from Japanese):
âI think they have a special bond that is unique to them that doesnât fall into either of those categories. Just my personal opinion.â
From the way that the two are written post-Sonic Adventure 2, this appears to be a sentiment that is fully carried forward â their relationship is more nuanced than a canonical label would make it. Maria was the only person who made Shadow feel loved, and Maria unquestionably loved him back. What kind of love that was is up to the viewer, especially given that Maria died when they were both young, before they even had a chance to expand upon their relationship, if that was ever on the table â not that they needed to, given that their bond seems to have transcended both labels. Maria was the only one who acknowledged Shadow as more than an experiment or a weapon, and Shadow was her rock in an environment where she was isolated away from her family and home. Maria was Shadow's person, and still remains that in death.
To disclose for me personally (in case it was not obvious), I have always interpreted their relationship as romantic - or at least having romantic implications - ever since playing Sonic Adventure 2 Battle and Shadow the Hedgehog when I was a kid. I have both a fiancĂŠ and a sibling, and the way they treat each other is far more evocative of how I treat the former than the latter (especially in Dark Beginnings â I do not imagine my sibling through a shoujo filter while I wistfully think about cuddling them in a field of flowers). I do not take the awkwardly placed alt text verbiage from the Sonic Twitter account, used to fake-argue with the Wendyâs Twitter account, as gospel for anything, and I think that treating it as a damning disproval is silly. Had she lived, I believed the complex feelings they held would have been identified as romantic down the line. The relationship always just read as too intimately charged for me to perceive as siblings (it still does especially in the wake of seeing how she touches and speaks to him), even before I had a serious relationship. I think that arguing the nitty gritty over Twitter alt text and translations is silly, as all it took for me to takeaway that the relationship was still romantic was to play the game, watch the animations, and read the manga for Shadow Generations - but that's just me.
That said, I will concur that if you are weirded out by romantic notions between the two of them, that is completely understandable, and I would never argue that you should not feel what you feel for yourself. The sibling viewpoint is also wholly valid an interpretation, with or without word from a meta source. Though she had her grandfather and later Abe, she was largely alone on the ARK away from a family that she clearly loved and missed, and itâs not unusual to presume that Shadow filled in the role of a brother for her. I will also acknowledge that many things I have not mentioned - such as Shadow blushing at Maria calling him cool, or her saying "I love you" in general - are not inherently indicative of romantic intent, and can be read as fully platonic interpretations, and I find those that try to state that the romantic interpretation is the objective one just as irritating as those that state the sibling interpretation is the objective.
My intent is only to dispute the idea that romantic interpretations, and the people who hold them, deserve to be scrutinized. The pairing is completely innocent, and the treatment people have received for believing them to be romantic is obscene. Sweeping blanket statements have been made to insult all who do (some going as far as to wish death and harm upon them), all just based on subjective viewpoints held by people who see them platonically. The fact that there is so much discourse surrounding this topic, and that there is evidence enough on both ends to make an argument, means that Sega has intentionally left the relationship up to interpretation - including the romantic take.
Everyone unclutch your pearls.
But with all that said, I will reiterate that this post was not meant to convince anyone of one thing or another, but rather that both interpretations of their relationship are valid, as it is essentially a secret third thing that transcends both labels and is special only to them. Strictly defining their relationship as âsiblingsâ or âlove interestsâ (even as someone who perceives them romantically, I would never want that to be definitively confirmed for this reason) is deconstructing what is perhaps the most nuanced part of a series that does not always tend to be terribly nuanced, and a definition matters far less than acknowledging what Maria means to Shadow in the present â he is who he is because of her, and because of that, he is now living a life for himself. Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) ended in a way that had Shadow let Maria go, and Shadow Generations ends with him carrying her forward with him after accepting her loss. She was, and will always be, the person who loved Shadow - however you define that love is up to you.
Nothing has ever been hard confirmed by Sega, no matter how much either side wants to pretend it has been.
In summary, both points of view regarding Shadow and Mariaâs relationship are simultaneously true and not true â it is a matter of interpretation according to the viewer what their feelings towards each other were, yet their relationship in the lens of what it is now after the tragedy of their existence (even before Maria died) is purposefully indefinable, and it should remain that way. Nobody should ever try to say that Shadow and Maria are definitively something - that goes for both points of view. I doubt it will, but I hope this goes towards removing the stigmas towards one of the more nuanced parts of this series, as nuance in Sonic the Hedgehog - frankly - does not come along very often, and it would be nice if that were encouraged rather than smothered.
Thank you for reading.
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you couldnât have known, and you couldnât have ever prepared yourself for it even if you did: the pull of eyes like stardust, the gravity of this moment, andâmost of allâthe intensity of nagiâs affections.
heâs so, so close. moonlight bathes him in its glow and renders you helpless to do anything but watch, just as youâve always done. you could count each eyelash, pick out each shade of light and love and inevitability in his eyes. they watch you as your hands cradle his face, spun from the softness of dreams and moonlight.
thereâs an old folktale your parents used to tell you, one about a moon-sent princess raised among mortals, only to fall in love with one of them and be torn away when her people came to reclaim her. thatâs sad, a younger had you thought. why did it have to take her?
but someone meant for the stars canât be held down by the earth. sometimes, you wonder if the stars might steal nagi away someday, to deliver him to the top of the world. heâs made of starlight, after allâbeautiful, transient, impossible. if that day ever came, you would be helpless to stop it.
you have always watched. you have only watched, but stillâstillâyou want this more than you ever would have thought.
nagiâs hands grasp your waist like a lifeline. time is frozen, stopping dust in the air but not your pounding heart. itâs unfair, really. unfair that he gets to look so unaffected, that you canât do the same, that this moment might never happen again if you flee now. you feel it beneath your fingers, then: a pulse, faint but rapid with the thump, thump, thump of a heart, just underneath the skin of his jaw. oh.
he presses his lips to your cheek. ârelax,â he murmurs into your skin, coaxing and comforting all the same. âitâs just me. donât be nervous.â
âiâm not nervous. you are.â
âthat was shaky.â he presses his forehead to yours. a whispery, amused murmur of your name is spoken into the night. âcâmon, breathe. donât want you passing out now.â
a small, disbelieving laugh escapes you. âthatâs rich coming from you, âshiro. youâd leave me here to drag you to bed?â
his eyes stare straight into yours, all consuming and ever reminding you of dust, and you think he might retaliateâbreak the spell of the moment. maybe you want him to. maybe you donât. it doesnât matter anyways, because he promises then, âi wonât.â
then he closes the gap with that all-consuming, steadfast love of hisâand itâs not that nerve-wracking after all. you sink into his kiss like itâs second-nature, holding on tight so that nothing could take him. the rest of the world falls away. you must be sick with affection, with how full your heart is.
the people could have their prodigal genius another day. for now, nagi seishiro could just be yours.
#blue lock#blue lock x reader#bllk#bllk x reader#nagi#nagi seishiro#nagi x reader#nagi seishiro x reader#iâm going to be ill ! no seriously i am going to be ill i never write kiss scenes im only built for pining sorry#credits to only us by deh for existing#went in with the aim of writing a kiss scene came out with three different aus in my head#the intention was first kiss but i think the execution landed more in the realm of fearing commitment#whoops
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Patience:~The gradeschool host is the naughty type!~

âź pairing: Kyoya Ootori x Reader âź summary: Tamaki gains an apprentice, but you are a little too knowledgeable on his true intentions âź what to expect:Â "Would he wait do you think?" "I think he would...when you have a look like that you find yourself to be incredibly...patient" âź warnings: none âź Part five | Part seven
When you enter the host club that day the last thing you expected to find was a literal child. Yet as you stepped through the doors to music room three there was one sat concerningly close to Tamaki and a guest. "What's going on?"
"Tamaki's got an apprentice" Kyoya recaps, eyes focussed on the scene unfolding. "How old is this...apprentice?" you hesitate to call the child that but struggled to find a better word. "Not old enough to be here" Haruhi points out.
Isnât it a bit strange, making Shiro observe him up close like that?â
He hums, âThere is a theory that people are considered more beautiful the closer they are viewed. Tamaki seems to live by that theory.â He says it like he has it memorized- which he probably does.
"Hmm is that why you always insist on sitting near me during club hours?" you joke, batting your eyelashes dramatically, to your surprise this seems to fluster Kyoya a little, or at least much as one can expect from him "I- Well- thats so i can get your consultation on things"
âYou look more like the carp that swim in my pond at home. Iâd never give false compliments like that!â
Both of your attention is drawn to Shiro, already running his little mouth.
âCarp?!â The guest cries out, an embarrassed blush flushing over her cheeks. Tamaki is quick to reach out and comfort her.
âOh, donât listen to him. Heâs just a kid- you know how kids are- they canât help but be honest.â
âOh, Tamaki.â You cringe at his statement and sigh.
âHonest?!â She shrieks, turning herself away from Tamaki, shedding tears.
âBut thatâs just his opinion! I wouldnât say you look like a carp, and even if you did, youâd be the most beautiful carp of them all!â Tamaki tries his hardest to console his guest, but it only results in further insulting.
âSo I am a carp!?â She gasps, shrieking once more. You have half a mind to cover your ears but only wince.
Tamaki, dumbfounded, âUh, no, thatâs not what I meant.â He sweats.
âTamaki, youâre an idiot!â An all too familiar phrase.
âNo, wait! Mermaid Princess!â Tamaki reaches for her, desperate.
Blank-faced, Shiro stands beside him, âMan, what a crybaby.â He scoffs, utterly unfazed by the whole ordeal.
Tamaki peeks at him over his shoulder, his eyes narrowed, and teeth bared, growling animalistically. How could such a young child have lost him a guest already?
Hikaru snickers, âSo howâs it going, boss?! Thatâs an adorable little apprentice youâve got there.â He finds it hard to withhold his laughter.
âHikaruâŚâ Hikaruâs attention only diverges when he hears his twinâs whining voice.
âDo you wish you had a little brother like Shiro?â In a split second, invisible to the naked eye, Hikaru sweeps Kaoru up in a tender embrace, cradling him against his body.
âDonât be silly. I could search the globe, and Iâd never find a better brother than you, Kaoru.â Hikaru presses his lips to the top of Kaoruâs head.
âHikaru.â Kaoru lets out in a breathy moan, his eyes hooded in his brotherâs embrace.
Two patrons pop up over their shoulder, âLook! Theyâre doing it!â
âItâs forbidden, brotherly love!â
Shiro stumbles back, grips the table, âTheyâre homos! And theyâre brothers! That makes this totally âinsectuousâ!â He grips his grade school uniform tightly with his other hand.
You appear behind him, âI think what you meant to say was incestuous.â You nod firmly.
Before he has a chance to reply, Shiro is firmly embraced by Honey.
âHey, Shiro-chan! You wanna have a piece of cake with me? Weâve got three kinds: chocolate, strawberry, and lime.â Honey dangles from Shiroâs shoulders, roughly similar in size.
Shiro roughly shoves him off, âHey, back off! What grade are you in, anyway?! Why are you wearing a high school uniform?â Shiro nearly shouts, irritated to no end.
A large shadow casts over them, âSomething wrong, Mitsukuni?â
Shiro looks up, and, to his horror, Mori stands before them.
Honey leaps toward Mori and wraps himself around him. âThatâs not fair! A little kid like you isnât supposed to have a cool, older friend like him!â
Truthfully, both are in the same class.
Shiro backpedals a little, unintentionally bumping into your leg, wipping around to stare up at you in shock. He stares at you for a moment as if analysing you, eyes landing on your pile of notes about the host club tucked under your arm.
"Are you some sort of super fan for these weirdo's or something"
Your jaw drops, what is intended to be a laugh instead comes out as a scoff, resisiting the urge to ball up your fists at a child. Kyoya's gaze frantically darts between the two of you, nerves rising as he recalls how you felt when your position was dismissed not too long ago by renge.
You let out a shaky breath, turning to look up to Kyoya "I can't deal with him, don't make me" you plead "You deal with them everyday" he nods to the other club members. You sigh, knowing he had you cornered.
âOkay, thatâs enough! I think Shiro should take care of the tea for us, donât you?â tamaki interrupts, nervously handing a tea tray to you to give to Shiro.
"Fine, but watch out it's heavy" you conceded, leaning down a little to offer the tray to him, which for a moment he seems to accept, wrapping his hands around the handles, however as soon as you let go the tea tray falls to the floor, shattering what is easily upwards of sis figures worth of ceramic.
"Itâs not my fault I dropped it. Itâs your fault 'cause youâre the one who made me take it in the first place.â
You quite nearly lost it at that one, about to lunge at the kid.
Before you can make any move, Kyoya wraps his arm around your torso and tugs you back, his strength preventing you from moving. You grunt and squirm, eager to give Shiro a piece of your mind.
âThatâs enough, y/n, if you're charged with assault you'll never gain citizenship and you would have to go homeâ his reasoning, although dramatic, is clear. You slump in his arms and let your features go blank with a deep sigh.
âIâm not here to carry tea sets- Iâm here to learn how to make women happy!â Shiroâs voice has reduced to nothing but a whiny, high-pitched tone to your ears.
âYou wonât get anywhere with that attitude. And I am not going to let you disrespect y/n. So!â Tamaki points his index finger in Shiroâs direction determinedly. âPut this brat in isolation!â
More than eager to comply, the twins are at his side, âYou got it, boss!â
An iron cage falls from the ceiling on chains and traps Shiro where he stands. âWhatâs going on here?! Whyâd you put me in a cage all of a sudden?!â
âYeah, and whereâd it come from? This is supposed to be a music room, right?â Haruhi questions aloud, tilting her head at the cage.
Shiro climbs onto the bars of the cage, âThis is no way to treat your loyal apprentice. Now let me out of this cage!â He demands irritatedly.
âNot until youâve learned your lesson. I made you my apprentice because I thought you were serious about becoming a host, but I guess I was wrong.â Tamaki sighs woefully, intending to draw a reaction from the grade school student.
âI am serious. Totally serious.â When Tamaki refuses to reply, unconvinced and sipping his tea, Shiro falls desperate.
âI want you to teach me how to make a woman happy!â
Still, nothing. No one is convinced. Especially not you as you sit near Kyoya on a love seat, boredly flipping the pages of a nearby book as he writes adjacent to you.
With a defeated cry, Shiro falls to his knees, gripping the bars tightly between his fists. This draws your head up to glance at him.
âIâm gonna run out of time. Please, wonât you teach me?â his tone is no longer demanding, only forlorn and pleading.
âYouâre a host because you like girls. You like bringing a smile to a girlâs face- thatâs why you do it, right?â
Shiroâs pleading manages to draw Tamakiâs attention, only earning a side glance.
âPlease, wonât you teach me how to be like you? Youâre a genius at it! Youâre the king!â
You look at tamaki, knowing that all anyone has to do was say the K word to convince him.
The titles Shiroâs given to Tamaki in his desperation calls the aforementioned king to his feet. He feels a sudden urge to teach him again; God could only know why.
âWell, you may be a brat, but I admire your desire to become a host, so Iâll teach you.â
This draws no reaction from Shiro.
âYou know, Shiro, you and I are so much alike.â Tamaki wraps himself in his own arms.
Haruhi appears, âYou poor kid.â You snicker at that.
Shiro straightens immediately, a smile stretched across his cheeks, âThen youâll help me become the kind of host that can make any woman happy?!â his tone is hopeful.
âOf course, making women happy is the sole purpose of being a host. If this is what you really want, Shiro, then you have to figure out how to use the material you already have.â
âWhat does that mean?â
At the opposite end of Shiroâs cell, Kyoya appears. Shiro stands with his back pressed to the bars in sheer terror at his appearance.
âYou see, here at the Ouran Host Club, our policy is to use our individual personality traits to meet the needs of our guests. For example, thereâs Tamaki, who is the princely type.â he nods over to the leader who is staring wistfully out of a window.
"the strong, silent type" he nods over to mori, who is holding up honey on his shoulders. "The boy lolita type" The twins soon slide in , attempting to steal the attention
"The little devil type" you attempt to hold back a laugh at the name, fogetting that was the label that had been given to the two of them. "And the cool type"
You once again look up to Kyoya, forgetting that he had a host type at all, he rarely ever actually saw clients. But then again he definitely fit the bill.
It makes you wonder what he would be like if he ever dropped the persona. All of the hosts had personas they played up during club hours, you knew that, but even when there were group hang outs with no clients, his never drops, maybe he relaxes a little, but theres always that wall.
It makes you wonder how much you know about him at all, what do you know about him that wasn't curated for your perception.
"Itâs all about variety. And now our group is complete with the addition of Haruhi, the natural."
The complete host club stands in front of Shiroâs cell, âIt would seem that right now we have a perfect blend of characteristics, so itâs going to be difficult to find a new type for Shiro.â
While you stand off in the distance behind them, watching from afar. It hasnât been much different from this before, but when you notice it, it feels a bit difficult. You fold your hands behind you and hang your head. Itâs not like this isnât expected.
âIf you go by his age, he should be the boy Lolita type.â
âBut Honey-Senpaiâs already got that covered.â
Tears streaking down his cheeks like a river, Honey turns to the club, âIs he gonna replace me?â he sniffles.
âOh, come on! Is that all youâve got?â
Your head snaps up at the unbodied voice. But when it clicks in your mind, all you can do is groan and fall clumsily onto the sofa behind you.
A powerful motor rumbles under the floor and shakes the ground. Renge rises on a platform as she does.
Renge sighs pensively, âSorry to interrupt, gentlemen, but whatâs with the lackluster character analysis? I must say, Iâm quite disappointed. I thought I taught you better.â she shrugs.
You laugh to yourself looking at the two of them, he brought this on himself.
âAlright then. How would you work Shiro into our collection of characters? He canât be the boy Lolita because Honeyâs already got that covered.â Tamaki lifts a sobbing Honey by his underarms to present him to Renge.
âYou just donât get it, do you? Now listen up! There are plenty of girls out there who have a thing for younger boys or boys with baby faces. These girls would be considered shota fans. Now, shota can be a fairly broad category, so itâs important to know that the genre can be broken down into many different smaller sub-categories. For example, shota fans with an interest in Lolita boys would favor a boy like Haninozuka-Senpai.â
Kyoyaâs pen moves furiously quick to record every word Renge says.
âBut this little boy is different. If I had to pick a character for him⌠Yes! Heâd be the naughty-boy type, without a doubt!â Rengeâs smirk and determined gaze ought to terrify Shiro further.
âThe naughty type?â He inquires curiously.
The cage rises off the ground and back into the ceiling.
âNow, to play up the naughty type, you have to wear shorts.â Renge crouches and points to Shiroâs uniform shorts, nodding, âOkay.â
She blasts her whistle again, âYouâve gotta have bumps and bruises! Give him a couple of scars!â
The twins are hunched by Shiro, covering him in bandages and marking him up with a pen.
The whistle, again.
âRun like a spoiled child! Make it reckless!â Shiro sprints on command.
âNow I want you to trip and make it big!â
Shiroâs foot catches on a taut rope with a yell, and he crashes to the ground with a loud thud, face first.
Renge bends near Shiro, her eyebrows furrowed, âAre you okay, little boy?â The character doesnât last long; she blows once more on her whistle. âNow give them your catchphrase!â
Shiro wipes his cheek with a far-off look in his eyes, âNo big deal, it was nothinâ.â
Renge coos, âThat was perfect! Absolutely perfect, Shiro!â She gushes.
Tamaki claps his hands together gently, âThat was outstanding. I never knew you were such a great coach, Renge.â
Renge laughs haughtily.
âOh, I never knew you were such a great coach, Renge.â Your face scrunches as you mock Tamaki, reaching for the teacup and saucer before you and taking a long sip.
Shiro stumbles to his feet, an alarmed expression crossing his features.
âUgh, Iâve had enough of you people!â He captures everyoneâs attention, including yours. You set your cup and saucer down as you observe.
Shiro practically shakes with frustration, âThis is so stupid- none of this is ever gonna help me make her happy!â
You can see the panic in his eyes; you stand, head tilting, âHer?â
Shiro breaks into a run for the door.
âShiro!â You call.
Oh. It all makes sense now, how did you not realise sooner.
âWait, Shiro! We havenât taught you how to apply the techniques youâve learned yet!â
The door slams, and heâs gone. Your shoulders drop. Renge climbs back onto her platform, descending into the floor.
Much to your absolute delight.
âI swear, younger boys are good for nothing. I went to all that trouble to coach him, and he quits.â
âI canât believe he ditched us because he didnât like the lesson. What a selfish little brat.â
âThere arenât many people whoâd enjoy that kind of lesson. But never mind that, did you hear what he said?â
You roll your eyes "You call yourself romantic experts, don't you see? didn't you hear what he said? This is about a girl!"
They stare back at you blankly, heads tilting to the side.
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âHow⌠on earth⌠did we let them talk us into this?â You grumble, picking at your skirt. Haruhi crosses her arms adjacent to you.
âItâll be okay, y/n-chan. It was so easy to sneak in, and wearing this uniform, I really look like Iâm in elementary school.â Honey peeks around the corner, dressed in a grade school uniform.
You and Haruhi, respectively, are dressed in middle school girlsâ uniforms. Haruhi wears a darkly colored wig, and your hair is styled neatly straight, clip-on bangs secured to your hairline on the center of your head. They nearly cover your eyebrows, two longer pieces framing your eyes. You look exponentially younger, it reminds you of when you first arrived in Japan.
âYeah, you do. I understand why they wanted you to wear an elementary school uniform. I mean, we are sneaking into an elementary school, and you totally fit in, Senpai.â
You and Haruhi stand on the opposite side of the doorway, Haruhi leaning on your shoulders.
âWhat I donât understand is why they made us dress up in middle school uniforms,â Haruhi grumbles.
"Why did we even bother with disguises? We stick out like a sore thumb!â You growl in a harsh whisper, the outfits not really doing much for your heights.
A pair of doors creak open as the remains of the host club observe the three of you.
âOh, thereâs a reason, a damn good reason,â Tamaki assures, more to himself than anything, adding to his slight delusion of having completely protective intentions.
âThis way, Haru-chan and y/n-chan!â Honey exclaims cheerfully, wrapping his arm around your own, as you, in turn, wrap your arm around Haruhiâs. The three of you trail along in a chain, you and Haruhi in your miniskirts that both of you try not to pay attention to.
âArenât they the cutest?â the twins exclaim.
���Oh, look at her in that miniskirt. Haruhi looks like a little doll!â Tamaki sighs.
Kyoya takes a moment to glance up from his book, catching you in the uniform as well. He can feel his lips tug upward, although the darkness shields his face, and that helps a little. You look youthful and optimistic, something he hasnât noticed from you in a long while, it reminded him of when the two of you first met.
He quickly caught that he was smiling, and he was smiling because you were seemingly happy. it was strange to him, well-it's not like he wasnts to see you miserable- but why was he getting happy that you were happy?
Maybe it was because you were his fiance and he has a level of responsibility for you, but that is strictly business, he has to remind himself that now. He could not understand. What was this feeling?
He doesnât stay silent for long. âSo basically, you just wanted to see her dressed up like that.â he accuses with a sly smirk.
âA fair reason, of course.â Kyoya nods to himself.
Honey pries open the door to a classroom, âThis is it. Shiro-chanâs classroom.â He creaks it open enough to fit inside. âWhen I was in elementary school, this was my classroom too!â he glides between desks excitedly.
You and Haruhi enter shortly after, marveling at the size of a mere elementary school classroom.
You place a hand on an empty desk, âThereâs nobody here.â you acknowledge aloud.
The club appears. âSo the kidâs classroom is empty, is it?â
The twins are the first to arrive, âThis sure takes me back.â They chorus, striding in casually with their hands tucked into their pockets.
âI wonder if doodles are still on my desk.â
âDoubtful, the school changes out the desks every year.â Kyoya voices from behind them.
âLetâs check out the cafeteria after this.â
âI wanna see the old gym.â
âGood idea, Kaoru!â
You roll your eyes as you realise the true reason why you were in uniform âHey! If youâre just gonna barge in here like that, then whyâd we wear these stupid disguises?â You whine.
âDonât worry about it.â Hikaru shrugs, his brother mirroring him.âThereâs no one in here to catch us.â Kaoru informs.
âThatâs my point!â you deadpan.
âAnd besides, who wouldnât want to see you in this adorable little uniform?â Kyoya tugs at your collar gently and playfully, kknowing that you probably hated everything about this situation.
âOf course you only compliment me when I am seething" Kyoya casts his eyes down, âI think you look fine.â He shrugs.âAh, I can see straight through your little 'disguiseâ plan, mister, I-â
Suddenly, footsteps echo in the hall outside. None of you miss it.
You grab Kyoya by his wrist and yank him down under a desk along with you. The other hosts duck in nearby desks with gasps.
What you didn't consider was that it is tight fit for even one person never mind two, resulting in you and Kyoya being closer than ever. Physically that is.
âIf the teacher finds us-â
â-weâll have a hard time explaining why we snuck in.â the twins voice their concerns.
"Shut up" you whisper yell from across the underside of the desks Kyoya smirks "mad are we-" You press a finger to his lips and give him a stern glare, âYouâre not very good at being quiet.â your voice is considerably quieter than his.
His eyes move down to your finger upon his lips, and so do yours. The two of you realising what exactly you were doing with a delay. blood rushing to both of your faces.
What happened next was peculiar to you, because it was not something you could describe. Suddenly you can feel you're heart thudding against your chest, your eyes lock as you feel yours almost melt in a way. Your mouth hangs open as if something is on the tip of your tongue but at the same time you can't form any thought of a word.
You linger for a moment before you notice the footsteps receding, breaking the sort of trance that held the two of you, your finger falls from his lips and your head snaps to the door. You quickly escape from your compromising position and head for the door.
The club groans exasperatedly as you peek out to watch the teacher turning the corner with no indication of catching the lot of you.
In your normal voice, âItâs alright, heâs gone. But you guys, we came here to get the scoop on Shiro, so what do you think we should do now?â You direct them back to the task at hand as they climb from their desks.
Kyoyaâs migrated to the other side of the room, where pictures are pinned to the wall along with Honey.
âWell, hereâs something interesting.â he captures the clubâs and your attention. You stride to stand near them, âWhatâd you find?â
Kyoya points to a picture of Shiro at a piano with a girl his age, looking cheerful.
A look you had only seen on him once, however you quickly realised that wasn't the only time you had seen that look today.
âHey, thatâs Shiro!â You smile, stepping closer and craning your neck upwards to get a closer look.
âSo heâs in the Classical Music Club.â Kyoya acknowledges.
âHe looks like heâs enjoying himself. Itâs nice to see him with a smile on his face. I had no idea he could look so sweet.â You hum, finding great comfort in knowing heâs in a club that makes him happy. Or, at least with someone that evokes that feeling.
Tamaki takes a moment longer to gaze at the photo.
âYeah.â
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You all find yourselves watching Shiro through a window in the room where the Classical Music Club congregates. He sits wistfully at a large window, far from the other children, peering out of the glass as he balances himself on the ledge.
âThere he is! Thereâs Shiro-chan!â Honey gasps.
He looks pensive, thoughtful. Someone would say almost grumpy but the best word you could place for it was forlorn.
âExcuse me, Takaoji?â the calling of his name only earns a side glance.
âIâm sorry, but have you been practicing the new piece teacher gave us?â
âThe new piece? Not really.â
âIf you want, I can show it to you. Do you wanna come play it with me?â
âNo thanks, you go ahead. After all, thereâs only one grand piano. You should use it, Kamishiro.â
The girl stares at him a moment, a little disappointed, before shrugging it off with a smile, âThank you! I will then! And if you want to join me, just let me know.â She hints.
As she begins to play, a soft smile stretches across Shiroâs face, and his eyes slip shut.
You and the club look on with intense curiosity. Although, Tamakiâs expression is solemn.
Just at that moment, a girl leaves the music room and is immediately approached by Tamaki.
âPardon me, mademoiselle.â He offers her a white rose, âIâve never seen a rose more lovely than you, my dear. Here, this is for you.â Tamakiâs ever-charming tactics prompt the girl into answering his questions.
âI was wondering if you could tell me anything about that young lady playing the piano. Do you know her?â his voice is gentle.
âThatâs Hina Kamishiro.â
âHer name is Hina?â Tamaki clarifies.
âThatâs right, but you better not fall in love with her.â
What a strange thing to say, especially for an elementary school girl.
Tamaki pushes further, âWhy?â
âDidnât you know? Hina has to move away soon. Her dad just got a new job in Germany, so they have to move there at the end of the week-â
âWhat do you think youâre doing?!â
Everyoneâs attention is drawn to an enraged Shiro, practically shaking with fury.
âI want you idiots to leave immediately!â He orders.
Tamaki decides heâs had enough of Shiroâs ungrateful attitude and his mysterious motives.
With his blonde fringe covering his eyes, he lifts Shiro off the ground and hauls him over his shoulder with little effort, not even blinking an eye.
âPut me down! What are you doing?!â
Much to Shiroâs dismay, Hina peeks out from the music room to watch this embarrassing display.
The rest of the club follows in suit, âLet me go! Just put me down! Where do you think-â
âItâs time to go, guys. Quit thrashing around.â Despite the circumstances, Tamakiâs tone is relaxed and unfazed.
As the group returns to the club room, Tamaki tosses Shiro down on the nearest sofa, the room shrouded in darkness.
Shiro grunts at the impact and promptly sits up, âWhat is your problem you, big idiot?!â
His fringe still covering his eyes, Tamaki turns to you and gestures to Shiro. You nod.
âIâm sorry, but youâre the idiot.â Shiro instantly shuts his mouth, staring at you with wide eyes.
âYou said that you wanted Tamaki to teach you how to make women happy. But thatâs not what you wanted, is it?â You point an accusing finger close to his chest.
âYou donât want to make all women happy; youâre concerned with the happiness of one woman in particular. Sheâs the only one you care about, Hina Kamishiro.â
âBut Iâm afraid thereâs nothing we can do to help you with that, Shiro.â you let your fingers drag across his chin before receding and allowing Tamaki to step in.
âListen, Shiro. I know that I told you, itâs the job of a host to make women happy. But when you care for someone, you must find the courage to express what is in your heart. You have to tell her how you feel about her!â
âYou didnât come to me looking to become a full-fledged host. You want to be a full-fledged man.â
Shiro leans forward and hangs his head, placing his hands over his knees, âIt doesnât matter anymore. Iâve run out of time. I just wanted to hear her play before she left for good. Thatâs all.â His bratty composure has wholly fallen, giving way to his longing, loving side.
âThat piece she played. Itâs Mozartâs Sonata in D major for two pianos, isnât it?â Tamaki pulls away a pale yellow curtain to reveal a grand piano in all its glory. He lifts open the lid and reveals the shining black and white slick keys like theyâre brand new.
âWait a minute, since when is there a grand piano in this room?â Haruhi drawls, confused.
âWell, this is a music room, after all-â
âSo why wouldnât it have a grand piano?â the twins ask as if itâs obvious.
âIt is a music room, after all.â Kyoya sips a cup of tea, seated across from Honey and Mori.
âIt is a music room.â Moriâs monotone voice is low and soothing.
âItâs always been there. We just had it covered up.â Honey shrugs as he swallows a bite of cake.
Tamaki poises his fingers over the keys and begins to flawlessly play the piece in question.
As usual, Tamaki seems to be putting no effort into his performance, his fingers gliding skillfully over the ivory keys like gentle feathers ticking the surface. Itâs a learned skill.
Shiro rises from his place on the sofa to watch in awe.
âAwesome.â he exhales breathlessly. He is certainly someone who can appreciate this sort of skill.
âFor the next week, you will spend your mornings, lunches, recesses, and free time after school in piano lessons with me.â
âBut, why?â
âYou wanted to be my apprentice, right? Besides, that young lady looked like she wanted nothing more than to play the piano with you.â
Itâs like watching a creature in its natural habitat- Tamaki on the piano.
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You and the hosts stand in two lines on either side of the doorway, welcoming your guest, âWelcome, princess, weâve been waiting.â
âI present to you, Shiro Takaojiâs piano recital.â Tamaki gives way to reveal Shiro sitting at a grand piano, an identical one just beside him with an empty, calling chair. Shiroâs face remains stoic as his gaze bores into the keys in front of him.
Hina hesitates in shock, her eyes wide and innocent as she processes her surroundings.
Tamaki pulls out the empty chair and gestures to the piano, âIf you please, princess.â
She finally puts the pieces together for herself.
âLetâs play together, Hina.â Shiro flashes her a genuine smile.
âOkay!â She agrees quickly, settling down beside him, and they both begin to play.
With fond expressions, you and the host club are the perfect audience.
You and Kyoya watch from a distance, even both of your somewhat cold exteriors melting at the sight of young love blooming. "It must be difficult, moving to the other side other side of the world so young"
You hum "It is." you mutter, not entirely sure whether or not he was referring to Hina, or you. "I just pray that Hina is good at german" you whisper, silence between the two of you. Kyoya knew your struggles when you moved to Ouran well, everyone did. It wasn't that you didn't know Japanese, but knowing it and using it are two different things. It didn't need to be restated.
"At least...Even if she isn't....she'll have someone waiting for her" now this was an odd, not in the context of Shiro and Hina, that made perfect sense, but the two of you did this a lot, talking about one thing when in reality you're talking about each other.
"Would he wait do you think?"
"I think he would...when you have a look like that you find yourself to be incredibly...patient"
Next time on patience 'Jungle pool SOS!'
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hey there!!! could you make headcanons for all the Voltron guys for when they realize that (she/her) reader is like actually someone they could date/ end up with? like they get turned on by something she did or something like that? you don't have to but thanks for reading anyway </3

Voltron Paladins realizing Reader is someone they could end up with!
req: yes words: 873 pairing: voltron x reader content: fluff a/n: I was actually planning on writing something similar so thanks for the ask anon! <3

Keith
Keith isnât interested in love (until he realizes he can date you) BUT FOR THE MOMENT HEâS NOT!
Both of you are still determining when you got close as well. You protected him once in battle, and since then, youâve just stuck together.
And he of course protects you when he can because he's grateful you saved his life.
So you guys became friends,,, that was news to Lance btw.
Slowly you let each other into your lives, and now you train together often.
You were never âbetterâ than him at fighting (you actually just made yourself lose sometimes) and Keith sometimes âlostâ to make you just a little happy (little did he know hehe)
But today? Oh, you werenât playing thatâs for sure. He was super confused at first, then he was impressed, and then he was turned on. Which is fair because you looked straight out of a magazine, the âhotâ sweaty and perfectly messy hair.
When did you get so hot?
And boom. He felt he was on earth again because realization hit him like a TRAIN.
You were his age, and you were hot, and you could totally be a thing. And wtf is wrong with Keith? He's never thought of you like this.
Yeah, so thatâs that.
And then he gets all awkward around you, and you guys haven't had a training session together since then. He always conveniently has something to do when you try to ask him.
Goddamnit.
Lance
Youâve been friends with him since the good old garrison days.
You grew to like the dorkâs presence
Youâve always known heâs flirty, thatâs just Lance.
Getting you flowers (sometimes), flirting with you in the hallways, and even when youâre fighting with the galra.
You always rolled your eyes, scoffed at him, or brushed him off but today?
Violence
You were so ready to mess with him too
You woke up with mischief on your mind
And mischief you created
BECAUSE BECAUSE BECAUSE
OK SO
Lance was flirting with you while fighting the galra
And he expected you to react normally but nooooo
You flirted back
AND THEN YOU WINK AT HIM
SHOOT A GALRA SOLDIER
AND LEAVE !???!!?!!!?!?!?!!?!?
Lance MALFUNCTIONS
Like lance.exe has STOPPED working
DECEASED
Keithâs snickering in the background! (And Shiro too but he wonât admit that, for Lanceâs sake)
âShut it.â is all Lance says for like 10 minutes
Youâre hot, Heâs hot, and you guys could end up together
Youâre a woman now
And you could have him ENTIRELY at his knees.
Hunk
Hunk misses earth
So much
He stops talking as much and wanders around the castle
He didn't think anyone noticed
But you did
And you felt SO bad for him
So when you stop at the mall to get teleduv lenses you seek away
And get the closest possible ingredients to make his favorite treat
Ice cream sandwiches (real)
Youâre testing weird white heavy cream adjacent substances and so much more all for him
You might get sick
Oh well
You sneak back and he gives you a weird âWhere were you?â look,
But you just ignore
And then you slave away in the kitchen and finally end up with something thatâs ice cream sandwich adjacentÂ
âWhatâre you making?â
âIce cream sandwichesâ
âOh for the team? You should have let me helpâ
âNoâ
Confused hunk
âItâs just for usâ and you hold up an ice cream sandwich for him
His face LIGHTS up and he gladly accepts it
Then you guys sit on the floor and just talk about life and how both of you feel
All night.
It's freaking adorable
He realises how much he adores you, and how he absolutely loves you and all of your little quirks
It doesnât even matter when the ice cream starts melting, heâd much rather focus on you and talk. Only occasionally taking bites when you do
Pidge
Pidge always knew you were datable
And an amazing person
But she started falling for you when the paladins were trying to tell her to not go find Matt
You stepped in a stood up for her, gaining Shiroâs support.
And then when she was ready to leave she saw you putting your stuff into your lion
âYou donât think Iâll leave you alone, do you?â
She knows itâs because someone will need to be there for her in case Matt is gone
But she doesnât complain
Itâs a silent brewing of love and appreciation
And sheâs so grateful to have you in her life
Shiro
When Keith was confused and stuck without Shiro, you stepped up and found him
He was surprised at first
But you took care of him and helped him out as he got better
You were there for him to lean on. Always.
Literally and figurativelyÂ
His appreciation turned into adoration and then his adoration turned into pure, genuine love
Once he was fully healthy again
Heâd try to pay it back to you
By protecting you when you went against any threats
ESPECIALLY when you were out of your lion
And then it just becomes a thing where you protect each other
Itâs adorable
He loves you and he protects you
And vice versa
Adorable, I say.


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