#I love the twins so much and I ended up waking at night to type this

[juusauce]

Secretly in Love (feat. Miya Twins)

"There is someone who sees your worth. Don't settle for the less." Ⓒjuusauce - do not copy, paste, or translate my works anywhere.

Word Count: 2K

'It's to hard to fall in love with someone who doesn't like you back.'

You were insulted when Osamu made an accidental joke about your body when asked if you two were together.

Insecurity got into your system. Osamu has a thing for women with large breasts. And you already know he has a thing for Tanaka Ryuunosuke's older sister, Saeko.

You swallow the lump in your throat while pretending to smile at them. However, Atsumu realized that you were going to cry. The wetness in your eyes was too obvious. He sighed inwardly as he heard how dick his twin brother was.

He has feelings for you, but he didn't pursue you since you were completely smitten by his brother.

As he balled his fist, his jaw clenched. He truly wanted to punch Osamu for hurting you, the lady he secretly loved. Instead of hurting him, he grabbed your wrist and dragged you into their garden, your favorite spot in their house.

Your tears began to fall as he let go of your hand. He tapped your back gently to relieve the ache. If only that could help. He doesn't know, but it could help you feel better right now.

“Cry as much as you want,” he whispered. He wrapped his arms around you and rubbed your back.

“How about the party?” You ruined their special day by crying in Atsumu's arms today. You consider it a crime to find solace in his arms.

“Don't worry about it. I hate parties anyway," he said.

He appeared to be having fun with his friends, but when he realized you were about to cry, he brought you here.

“I know that look, you are judging me,” he joked to lighten the atmosphere.

“You should be with your friends,” you pushed him softly.

“Y/N, I'm not leaving you. You already know that, hmm?" He stroked your cheeks. His hands on your skin feels so warm, and it soothes you.

"What are you doing?" I am not your responsibility. Your day should be spent with family and friends. Spend the day with happiness rather than a woman like me..." you said. You didn't have the courage to say the word "ugly" in front of him. He was displeased the last time you said it. He doesn't want you to belittle yourself. He is concerned about you and wants you to have faith in yourself. It is important to him that you recognize your own worth and value.

“A woman like you...” His eyes darkened as he brushed his thumb on your lips. “My brother is such an idiot for making you cry.” You feel his breath on your skin as he leans in closer. “You deserve better than that.”

You looked away to ease the awkwardness you felt earlier. You suddenly feel nervous because he has an idea about your feelings toward his twin.

“W-what a-are you talking about?” your voice shudder. You just laugh to hide your nervousness.

“Am I making you uncomfortable?” He genuinely asked.

You wanted to say yes, but you couldn't find the right word to say it. You don't want him to feel offended. After all, he helped you escape from that suffocating place. 

You eventually say 'thank you' to him. It might be a good idea to express your appreciation and acknowledge his efforts in helping you.

“You don't need to thank me. I just wanted you to be happy.”

“Why?” You wanted to ask him why he is so kind to you, even though you are too harsh on him sometimes. You wonder if he sees something in you that you don't see in yourself or if he simply cares about your well-being without any ulterior motives. Either way, his kindness touches you deeply.

“Why? " He said. You were uneasy because of his sudden silence and the way he looked away. The tension between you and him returned, as if the conversation had touched a sensitive nerve.

His throat bobbed as he swallowed.

“I don't know if I shall say this to you…” He trailed off. He took a deep breath before he looked at you in the eyes. You could sense that he was struggling to express himself, but you remained silent, waiting for him to continue. After a few moments of silence, he finally spoke up and revealed what was on his mind. 

Your heart was racing as you waited for him to continue. Finally, he said softly, “I've been hiding something from you, something I should have told you a long time ago.”

You gasped. You already sense that he might say the words that you've been dreading to hear. Your heart raced as you waited for him to continue, wondering what could be so important that he had kept it from you all this time.

He stood up, turned around, and brushed his hair. He mumbled something, but it was difficult to understand. He seemed too frustrated. Perhaps he requires some alone time to calm down and gather his thoughts before expressing himself clearly. When he's feeling more composed, you could ask him if he wants to talk about what's bothering him.

“Uhm,” he licked his lower lip before he looked at you straight in the eyes. 

Your breath was taken away for a brief moment as you met his gaze. Your heartbeat was erratic against your chest. You're worried he'll hear it because it was too loud. You attempted to relax by taking deep breaths, but this only increased your anxiety. You wondered if he could sense your nervousness and hoped he didn't.

He was too troubled. This couldn't be the right time to tell you about his feelings for you, but he couldn't help but feel the need to express his feelings for you, even if it meant risking your friendship.

“I've been,” he said, taking a deep breath. “I've been in love with you.” He waited for your response, hoping that you wouldn't feel uncomfortable or awkward around him after hearing his confession. He knew that he had taken a big risk, but he couldn't keep his feelings hidden any longer.

He frustratedly brushing his hair. “I know you didn't feel the same way, but I couldn't bear to hide it any longer.” He wasn't explaining his side to you; rather, he was convincing himself that he did the right thing.

His unexpected confession that night occupied your thoughts for nearly a week. It's been difficult for you to look at him the same way since that night, but you admire his honesty and courage in expressing his feelings. You hope that things will return to normal between the two of you with time.

“What's on your mind, busty?” You got irritated with the way Osamu called you names. You felt insulted. 

Anyway, it was your least important concern at the time. You were more concerned with how to tell his twin of your true feelings. You couldn't possibly reciprocate his feelings for you. You knew it was important to be honest with both of them, but you also didn't want to hurt anyone's feelings. It was a hard situation to handle, but you were determined to do so with care and sensitivity.

But what if you don't know how? You're afraid of risking your friendship with both of them. You've known them for a long time and don't want to squander it because of your feelings for Osamu. 

It's understandable to be concerned about risking your friendship, but it's necessary to acknowledge and address your feelings for Osamu. Ignoring them may result in further confusion and potential regret in the future. Consider consulting with a trusted friend or therapist for advice on how to handle this situation.

“Hey! Are you okay? " You jerked back when you felt his hand touch your forehead. It was an automatic reaction from your body.

“Uhm, y-yeah,” you bit your lower lip. You're too embarrassed because your voice shakes. You tried to compose yourself and take deep breaths to calm down, hoping that he didn't notice your nervousness.

“You sure?” You didn't reply at him and just get out of there.

You haven't seen the twins in a long time. You had no intention of seeing them. You're far too preoccupied. You couldn't tell them the truth without being distracted. But you don't have to suffer any longer. You must tell them, and if you do not, you may live to regret it for the rest of your life.

You once asked a friend for advice, but the outcome wasn't great. What might you expect if you asked your friend for some insightful advice? You were disappointed that she was unable to provide you with any sound advice. But you must confront them. You therefore prepare a meal for the three of you. They are getting closer, and your heart is beating fast. The hardest choice you've ever had to make in your life would be this one, but you're hoping everything will work out. You inhale deeply and tell yourself that you have given this some thought.

“You looked so tensed up,” Osamu beamed. “You should relax.” 

You noticed that Atsumu was too quiet during the entire dinner. You appreciate Osamu's concern but can't help but wonder what's on Atsumu's mind. You want to ask him if everything is okay.

You were about to open your mouth when he spoke.

“What do you want to say to us?” You gasped as your gaze met his. His eyes darkened, sending shivers up your spine. You couldn't hold a conversation. You were stuck at the moment. Your heart was pounding too hard against your chest.

“You want me to help you?” It sounded like he was challenging you. If this was just before, then maybe you already have a sarcastic reply to his question, but it isn't.

He flashed his annoying smirk. Honestly, he was too impatient. He was expecting that you will tell Osamu about your feelings, but it seemed that you were doubtful.

Osamu looked too confused. He wants to ask one of you, but before he could, Atsumu spoke.

“I shouldn't be here,” Your lips parted because you were startled. 

“I'm done,” You panicked when Atsumu rushed to leave the restaurant, thinking that you might have done something wrong. You quickly turned to the person next to you, hoping that they could shed some light on the situation.

Osamu just shrugged. 

You were too frustrated, but you stood and followed Atsumu. When you reached the parking area, you abruptly searched for him. You tried to catch your breath as you looked around, hoping to spot him somewhere nearby. The sound of your pounding heart filled your ears as you continued to search.

“Why are you here?” His deep voice sent shivers down your spine. 

Your breath caught in your throat as your gaze met his. You could feel your heartbeat. You'd never felt such a strong connection with anyone before, not even Osamu, and it was both thrilling and terrifying.

“You shouldn't be here. I left you both alone to talk. And perhaps you'll be his…” He paused. Before continuing, he licked his lower lip. “…his girl,” he gulped.

Your lips were parted. There were no words that could escape your mouth. It appeared to be too difficult to express your thoughts. You weren't sure what you were feeling right now. But one thing is certain: since the night he confessed to you, he has messed with your mind and heart.

He groaned. “Y/N, you already know how I felt for you, but still, you are messing with me.”

“I am so tempted to kiss you,” he said, brushing his thumb on your lips. The sudden touch from his took your breath away. 

You try to pull away, but he suddenly snakes his arm around your waist. "Please don't play with my feelings like this," you whisper, looking into his eyes.

“I'm not playing, baby,” he laughed, touching the tip of his nose to yours.

“So what's the deal right now? Are you already falling for me, hmm?” You felt your cheeks warm up as your heart pounded crazily against your chest. 

You're at a loss for words. You take a deep breath and try to relax, hoping for the right words to come to you. Perhaps it is best to simply be honest and speak from the heart.

“I-I'm not sure…” Your breathing became rough. “But one thing is certain: I couldn't get you out of my head.”

-end-

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Could I request Ellen, Ben, Wise, Belle, and Grace with a reader who can sleep anywhere anytime?

Alrighty I am back from being not being well mentally and physically but I'm fine now I just had a massive headache from the heat on a school day, even my classmates (Mostly the girls) was worried about me ANYWHO!

Pairings -> Ellen Joe, Ben Bigger, Wise, Belle, Grace Howard x Reader

Warnings -> None

Note -> Just reader sleeping anywhere at anytime

Genre -> Fluff

Ellen Joe

Twins

Literally twins on sleeping anywhere and at anytime

Like literally

You and her would be best sleeping buddies

Like you and her would sleep in the mansion, while cleaning, fighting, missions, anywhere!

Ellen likes that she has a similar person that sleeps like her at anytime

So she always seems to come with you as she knows that you would sleep at a random time while on a mission so she comes with you just in case

to protect and to sleep with you

I feel like this girl is a light sleeper so that's why she comes with you because I feel like she wakes up quickly after hearing noises that might sound like a threat or any danger

But you and her literally sleep buddies and no-one can tell me otherwise

Ben Bigger

This big guy would always know when you are about to fall asleep

Like I feel like hw would have a blanket, a pillow and other comfy stuff for you

He would even stay with you when you sleep which is so CUTE

Ben is the type of guy to protect you from Ethereal Creatures if you fell asleep during a mission or a fight

But in the end you are there waking up without a scratch on you while the poor guy has some injuries on his fur

but fear not you would tend those wounds and you and Ben will have a nap together

I BET HE IS SO SOFTT

like a pillow, you would lay on him while he snores which I bet he will

But you two (mostly Ben) deserves a well nap

Even though you mostly fall asleep every time and any time at anywhere

But Ben is glad you are getting sleep but is also worried for you for falling asleep a lot

But luckily this guy is there is protect you

Even when everyone is being loud

He would tell them to be quiet

Wise

Hmmmmm

I would feel like Wise is the type of guy to let this happen

But he would stay with you, like for example

If you are at his store and in his room upstairs and you would randomly fall asleep

He wouldn't mind as he would try to stay quiet while either working on his stuff on his computer or maybe read some stuff while he waits for you to wake up

Once you do he would say "Good morning sleepyhead" When it is night time

You would have some bed hair as he would fix it for you

But when you are out for a mission, he's bangboo is always going to make sure you are in a safe area to sleep

If you do he would stay by your side as the others would fight

Like I imagine his bangboo with a angry face as he spread his arm and legs out to shield you

CUTEE

But wise would be a good person to sleep with

Like he's quiet and he's very respectful for your personal bubble but when you want cuddles he would always cuddle you

And then you would be knocked out a few minutes after cuddling

Belle

This girl gives me the vibes of speaking too much to the point you would fall sleep

Then she would notice and then suddenly go quiet

And when she does, you would wake up and asked why she stopped talking

It's like her voice lullaby's you to sleep which she finds cute

She would obviously play with your hair while your head is on her lap

Her gentleness when she plays with your hair as she gives little humming tunes

You would wake to your hair either braided, in braided piggy tails or just out all messy from the bed hair

she would most definitely brush you that after you wake up

She just loves your hair, it always so soft and fluffy to play with

But sometimes she would fall asleep with you when playing with your hair

Grace Howard

She gives me vibes of night owl and that she goes to bed late

But she would always make sure you are in a safe place when you fall asleep so she can keep an eye on you

But when you two are on a mission she would protect you

Honestly she your shining knight while you are the sleeping beauty

But when you two are not in a hollow and she working in her little area for her babies aka machinery

She would always have a little corner for you to sleep whenever

There will always be pillows and blankets and your stuffed animals because why not

Grace is like always in mother mode when you walk off anywhere without her permission but she worry that you would sleep on the road or something like that

But she would always find you in the end somewhere in the work site asleep, either sitting up or slouching somewhere

She would always carry back to her work space and put you on her lap to caress your hair or face

Or she would put you back in your little napping area

-A<3

[midnight--sadness]

do u have hcs for pregnant gi-hun? or just in general the 457 dynamic while gi-hun is knocked up

yes, i do bc i think abt pregnant gihun more than i think abt my own grandma

i feel like my very first hc is that i think they're having twins!

gihun is the type of pregnant person who glows. his skin is smoother, his hair is shinier, his cheeks are flushed, he gains weight in all of the right places (cough ass tits thighs cough), he has virtually no stretch marks. its like he was made to be pregnant.

while his physical appearance improves, i think gihun would be an emotional wreck. he is already prone to outbursts and i think pregnancy would worsen it. he once stopped talking to inho for two days bc inho had to stay at work until late at night and didnt eat at home.

he talks to the babies all the time, non stop, even when he is only a few weeks along and not showing.

his weird pregnancy craving is a piece of white bread stuffed with apple jam and a shrimp dumpling. inho gags when he first makes it and tries to get gihun to eat something else but gihun loves it so much that inho ends up making it for him when gihun wakes it with a craving.

gihun is super relaxed bc he has been through this once with gayeong but inho is a stressed, protective mess. he barely lets gihun out of his sight, insists on going to every doctor's appointment and asks them to run every test and exam possible because he couldnt bear it if gihun got sick like his wife and he and the babies died again.

inho would decorate the nursery with soft pastels (pink, green, yellow, purple) and buy all kinds of toys to improve the babies' development.

on that note, he would read a million parentings books. gihun on the other hand is more of an "instinctual" person, convinced that he'll know what to do when he gets there.

the first person inho tells is junho because there are some concerns he doesnt feel good talking about to gihun. he confides in his brother his fears and junho assures him that everything will be fine and nothing will happen to gihun or the babies.

the first person gihun tells is inho of course. he cant keep a secret to save his life and he knows inho will be excited. when inho's reaction is to immediately be worried, he is a bit disappointed but he understands.

the good thing of having two babies is that gihun and inho dont have to fight over names and each pick one they like.

gihun LOVES using the pregnancy as an excuse for anything - he wants to sit on the couch watching trash tv all day? he wants to eat half the things on the dinner table? he wants to watch a sad movie despite knowing that he'll cry for an hour straight after it is over? he wants inho to skip work so they can cuddle in bed? well the babies want all of those things 🥰

what hcs do you guys have???

[writingseaslugs]

Octavinelle: When You're Sick

Favorite dorm here we go! This was fun to write and hmmmm I really wanna be taken care of by the Octrio. They can be good at it, I swear! As always, the intro is the same as Heartlabyul and Savanaclaw, so feel free to skip it if you’ve already read those parts.

Disclaimer: All characters in this series are aged up. For more information about my version of this world and the type of reader you can expect, please click the “Au Information” below!

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Octavinelle: When You’re Sick

The worst thing to ever happen to you while attending Night Raven College had to be, hands down, getting sick. You were alone in the dorm with only ghosts and Grim to keep you company, and as much as you loved them, they couldn’t take care of you when you became sick. This meant you had to make do and hope that everything was alright. Normally if you were under the weather, you’d just suck it up and go to class so as to not worry anyone. This time however, that wasn’t an option.

You woke up with every muscle in your body feeling sore and aching with even the slightest movement. Your stomach churned something fearsome and you had a runny nose and cough to boot. You had no idea what illness you had fallen to. Having so many symptoms…you could only assume it was the flu or something akin to that.

Still, there was no way you were making it to class like this. So begrudgingly you told Grim you weren’t feeling good and needed to rest, and to go to class and get your homework so you could do it later. The demon cat was grumpy about not having his henchman, but eventually gave in, leaving you alone to rest in your room and hope that whatever you had would go away.

Azul Ashengrotto

Azul is going to be concerned the moment he hears from Floyd and Jade that you’re home sick. He knows you tend to take care of others and neglect your own health, at least in the time he’s known you at the college, so he’s automatically assuming the worst. So he’s going to excuse himself from his own work at the lounge, pack up all his paperwork, and head over to your dorm. He needs to make sure his best customer, and sometimes best worker when you were strapped for cash, was okay and not actually dying, as Floyd so eloquently put it.

He’s not half bad at taking care of others oddly enough, though he is lacking in experience. It’s one of the many things he studied in his free time, so he at least knows what he’s doing. He’ll be calling the nurse anyway just to check in on you and make sure it’s nothing too serious. Once he gets that out of the way, he’s going to do his best in following directions and making sure you recover in the most timely manner possible.

Thankfully he does care for you, so he won’t be making any comments about how helping you out will come with a price later, like picking up shifts at the lounge. In fact, he’s very gentle with you and asks questions in a softer voice than normal. He even orders food from the lounge to be delivered so you can have something warm to eat that’s also delicious. He will be doing work on the side, especially the moment you fall asleep, so don’t be surprised if you wake up to pages turning.

Once you’re better it’s like a weight is lifted off his shoulders. He’ll be in a chipper mood as well, something the twins will notice right away. If you bring up wanting to repay him, he’ll just inform you that if he ever falls sick, you’ll be the one nursing him back to health. A good compromise in the end, and something you were already planning on doing for him.

Jade Leech

Jade won’t have too much of a reaction to finding out that you’re sick, other than a frown being placed on his lips. He finds out through Floyd when he’s complaining that his Shrimpy couldn’t come out and have fun since they were dying at home from some horrible, debilitating disease. Jade knows his brother is playing things up, but this does give Jade the little push he needs to go in and visit you to make sure you’re okay.

Thankfully Jade is one of the more competent boys when it comes to taking care of others. He’s already figured out exactly what was wrong with you and is grabbing some of the best medication from Sam’s, since the stuff the nurse has is “mediocre at best”. Since Jade is normally the one having to take care of Floyd when he’s sick, he knows all the things to do if you happen to be stubborn, especially with taking medication. 

He’s just very soft with you, showing you a genuine smile as you eat the soup he brings you, and playing with your hair. He doesn’t need to do much when taking care of you, trusting the medication to do all the work, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to want to leave your side. Just expect Floyd to be paying you a visit as well, even if you’re asleep, and waking you up. Where you have one twin, chances are you have both of them, but it’s all good since they’re both amazing at making you smile. Jade stays even after Floyd gets bored and heads back though, and he’s without a doubt skipping his shift at the lounge that night.

Jade is in a noticeably better mood once you’re better, but don’t be fooled. He’s going to be using this against you in an attempt to have you join him on one of his hikes. Saying something about the fresh air and moving your body will be good for you. He won’t force you, but he’s definitely going to be playing up that he’s so hurt if you decline. Just go with him, if you get tired the string bean of a man can and will carry you up a mountain.

Floyd Leech

Floyd doesn't even know how to react when he discovers you’re sick. He’s both mad and sad, all at the same time. People are going to be parting like the red sea the moment they see him walking down the hall with a scowl on his face. His shrimpy couldn’t possibly be sick, it wasn’t fair. He had so much planned to do with you today and now you couldn’t even leave your bed? He won’t stand for this and after pouting for half the day, Jade comments that he can simply visit you and maybe help you feel better. There goes the switch and suddenly Floyd is in an amazing mood as he ditches the rest of his classes and work just to go and visit you. 

Floyd isn’t half bad with taking care of others if he’s in the mood to do it. He is the one who takes care of Jade when he’s sick (which normally Jade gets sick right after Floyd). He’s not going to be talking to you in a super gentle voice, or babying you unless he finds it fun to do so. If you happen to get flustered by him doing so, then he’ll be more inclined to literally spoon feed you.

Floyd is just going to raid your medicine cabinets rather than going out anywhere, since it’s just the flu he assumes it’s not too bad. He’s also using your kitchen to cook you some meals and bringing them to you. He’ll be smiling brightly when you’re eating the food he made, and whenever you take the medicine. He feels so accomplished knowing that you’re getting better due to his efforts. There is a good chance he won’t be spending the entire day by your bed, since he’ll get bored, but he will be there on and off the entire time you’re sick.

You’re getting a good, healthy squeeze the moment you’re all better. Floyd is just over the moon and already telling you about all the things he has planned now that you’re no longer dying. Be nice and humor him, he has been going through a lot of emotions the entire time you’ve been sick. He just managed not to show you, but anytime he left the dorm, he was back to being grumpy and irritable, to suddenly depressed and closed off. He was really only smiling when taking care of you, so he deserves to squeeze you for a good while now that you’re no longer sick.

[bee-snail]

I had a vision

(redeemed) Daniel, David and Gwen !!! they are siblings, your honor

- Daniel's albino and David is ginger — absolute win in genetics right there

- cuddles forever (they didn't know how much they loved cuddling until they found each other, man. They didn't really have opportunities to do so before that because David grew up with Campbell (who's not exactly the cuddly type) and Gwen (who is absolutely not the cuddly type), and Daniel grew up in the damn Church of Xemüg)

- blankets are for the WEAK (and for Gwen) (she's strong but she needs the blanket) (honestly she'd end up hogging it in her sleep even if she didn't really need it)

- Gwen is very grumpy if awakened too early, and Daniel takes about an hour or two to fully wake up, regardless of whether he woke up early or late. David however wakes when the sun does and he's always immediately wide awake

- they have cute pajamas

- Daniel takes the longest to fall asleep and he finds himself strangely soothed by David's sleep talk. It's like a spoken, odd little lullaby

- both twins get bad nightmares from time to time. Somehow they always get them on the same night, even if they're far apart. twin telepathy or something.

- David plays with Daniel's hair when they're cuddling (so soft and silky!)

- David also plays with Gwen's hair when she's within reach (so curly and bouncy!!)

also this is very badly drawn. However I do think he'd grow his hair out because it lets him do more things to his own looks. He spent his entire life purified and the years after that were spent learning how Society truly works, how feelings are a part of you, and what he's actually like. Mentally, he was like seven years younger than David thanks to a life of purification, man.

He had to take time to explore himself, his looks, his hobbies, his sexuality, his gender; his true personality

It took him a while before he could genuinely pinpoint what "happiness" was, but now he definitely feels it. He loves his family (they love him too)

[heehappi]

My Heart Beats For U

❯ Pairings: Heeseung x fem! reader

❯ Tags: angst with happy ending

❯ Character: Reader who has a strong attachment to Ethan, Ethan who was Heeseung’s twins, and Heeseung who desperately in love with his brother’s girlfriend.

❯ A/N: Heeseung is NOT a third wheel, Ethan is mentioned but not much, reader has mild mental health issue.

❯ The number of chapters: 3

❯ Synopsis: 

You and your boyfriend's brother are eventually together. You like to unbutton his shirt at midnight and kiss the 20 cm long scar on his chest.

Because his heart belongs to your boyfriend.

Ethan, who died in a traffic accident, was your boyfriend. After that accident, his heart was transplanted into the body of his twin brother, Heeseung. So you seduced Heeseung, gathered all your thoughts to find ways to crawl into his bed. You don’t want and don’t allow that heart to love someone else other than you. It must belong to you…

…for good.

Chapter 1 - 2695 words

Heeseung and you have lived under the same roof for a year. One night, you suddenly wake up because of a loud peal of thunder. You look out the window, the lightning flashes and it starts raining heavily outside. You go to the kitchen to have some water. It’s a habit of you to glance at the wall clock in the kitchen.

It’s already half past eleven. And Heeseung hasn’t come back home yet. After the company was listed on the stock market, he had so many social events. He comes home later and later, sometimes he stays at the company overnight.

“Ding-dong”

When you’re just about to go back to your room, the doorbell rings. You walk towards the door and open it. Drunken Heeseung is standing there with a sexy woman, his arm draped around her shoulders, his body sticking to her. She wears a short, tight, black dress that hugs her perfect body perfectly. The woman hugs Heeseung tightly and pretends to be smiling towards you, her eyes filled with provocation.

“There was a party tonight. We had some little fun games. Mr.Lee might have drunk too much and insisted that I would take him home."

This is the fifth time this month that Heeseung was taken home with different girls. I wrap my arm around his waist, pull him out of her embrace, not forgetting to thank the woman.

“Thank you for helping him. I’ll take care of him now.” 

She is displeased, wants to say something but you shut the door just in time. You hate the repulsive perfume on her.

You assist Heeseung in getting back into your bedroom, help him lie on the bed, and take off his shoes. You nervously lean your head against his chest, listening to his heartbeat through his shirt before exhaling a sigh of relief.

Thankfully, his heart rate remained normal.

Heeseung has ignored the doctor’s repeated warnings that excessive drinking wasn’t recommended for his health, especially after that heart surgery. 

Just as you are about to stand up, Heeseung suddenly grabs your arm, flips you over, and traps you beneath him. He squeezes your wrist. There was no sign of inebriation when his dark eyes looked at you with obvious discomfort.

“Why don't you pretend to be drunk anymore?”. You smile.

Heeseung has been used to this type of party over the years. He has mastered controlling his alcohol intake, so there is no way that he gets drunk to the point of passing out. Your wrists are squeezed more tightly so that your eyes become red from pain. A tinge of sadness flickers in his eyes, his eyebrows frowning.

"Aren't you the least bit jealous? Aren't you very concerned about this heart? Aren't you afraid I'll have a change of heart that I will no longer love you?"

Heeseung said, grabbing your left hand and pressing it firmly on his chest. 

“Then you will?" You ask.

Pain and sadness welled up in his eyes.

"Y/N, is your heart made of stone?"

Then, he slams the door and leaves the house. He doesn’t return for the rest of the night. He no longer gently coaxes you like before. He even goes on a business trip without informing you.

That’s when you know this time he is really mad at you.

____________________

Ethan, Heeseung and you are college classmates. Ethan is a cheerful and cheery person, wherever he is, there will be laughter. However, his brother, Heeseung, is always cold and nonchalant. You and Ethan dated for 3 months until his final year, Ethan died due to a car accident. Meanwhile, Heeseung had a serious heart disease since birth. So basically, thanks to that accident, thanks to that heart transplant after it, he has lived like a normal person.

Truth be told, you knew that Heeseung liked you a long time ago. When you were a freshman, you accidentally read his diary.

Your name is written all over it.

Therefore, Heeseung - who always seems calm and indifferent - didn’t resist your seduction on the night he recovered from his illness. Even though he knew that you were acting drunk, he still let you sleep with him that night.

You wanted to make Heeseung love you because he has your boyfriend’s heart.

_____________________

On your birthday, you go to the training room to practice with your ensemble as usual.

“Did you argue with Heeseung?". Sunoo, your dance partner, asks you.

You don't have many friends, Sunoo is one of your few buddies.

You said perfunctorily. "No."

Sunoo shakes his head. "I don't believe it! It's been a long time since Heeseung came to the dance troupe. Before, regardless of how busy he was, he would always make time to see you rehearse. Every time he came, he brought a lot of food in case you were hungry. I can tell Heeseung loves you so much, Y/N.”

He pouted. "Moreover, today is your birthday! And Heeseung didn't come? This is too unusual!"

Sunoo still wants to chat more but the dance teacher calls him away. 

You have never cared about Heeseung's kindness towards you.

Your phone suddenly vibrates in your pocket. It is a message from Heeseung's assistant. 

“Mrs. Lee, I’ve made an appointment with the doctor for you at ten o'clock tomorrow morning. Please remember to come on time."

You pick up the phone and text back. "Okay, thank you."

You have stomach problems.

When Ethan passed away, you couldn't face reality so you didn't eat for many days.

Afterward, you ate too much, leading to gastritis. After Heeseung knew that, he found the best doctor in the country to treat you. He even changed himself from someone who didn't know how to cook to a nutritionist, always cooking various dishes and coaxing you to eat.

Now that you think back, it seems Heeseung has always treated you well.

When you had a stomach ache in the middle of the night, sweating profusely, he held you in his arms and rushed to the emergency room. When you had a fever, he stayed by your bedside to take care of you all day and night. When you went on business trips, no matter how late you came home, Heeseung was always waiting at the airport gate to pick you up.

Last year, on your birthday, he even flew back from abroad overnight to see your live performance. In front of thousands of spectators, he walked onto the stage, holding a bouquet of carnations. When he stood in front of you, all the lights suddenly turned off.

Then there was a "pop" sound. A bright beam of light from above clearly illuminated you and him. The corners of his eyes lifted into a smile. He gave you that bouquet of pale red carnations with both hands. "Y/N, happy birthday."

Heeseung’s romance is not much. But it's all for you.

You scroll down the message, then click on the chat box with Heeseung. It has been a month since the last message was received. Heeseung texted that he had something to do and wouldn't go home. You scroll up the chat box and re-read all the messages. Heeseung used to call you love, but then gradually changed to Y/N/L, both your first and last name. When did his attitude towards you change?

Maybe it was that time, Heeseung caught you video chatting with your best friend. You said you only saw him as a substitute lover, you never truly loved him, you just wanted to have his heart. After that day, Heeseung stopped smiling at you. After that day, he is often picked up by different girls when he is drunk.

You recall that one night, he kissed you like crazy, his eyes turned red, full of sadness mixed with angriness.

 "I have the same face as Ethan, now I even share the same heart with him, why can't you love me?"

That's right, Heeseung is so kind and gentle, why don't you love him?

_____________________

You finish the rehearsals in the evening. As soon as you walk out of the dance troupe, you run across Peter, the butler of the Lee family. He says that Heeseung's mother has something important to inform you and asks you to come with him to their house. 

Constructed midway up the mountain, their house is an old villa from the 1970s, nostalgic but no less unique. It's getting dark now, and the villa's glass windows let in a dazzling display of lights. This is the second time you’ve come here.

The first time was with Ethan. You still remember, when Ethan introduced you to his parents that you were his girlfriend, his father's face darkened, accompanied by his mother's disgusted eyes.

They didn’t want their son to marry below his station.

After getting out of the car, Peter takes you inside the house. Before entering the house, you took a deep breath, always feeling bored. After going through the hallway and into the living room, you finally see Heeseung after a month. He wears a neat suit and sits solemnly on the sofa. There is a girl about eighteen years old sitting next to him. The girl has long hair, wears a white dress, and smiles confidently.

When Heeseung’s mother notices you, she changes her attitude and walks over to hold your hand.

"You finally came."

She even pulls you to sit next to her, letting Heeseung and that girl sit across from you. Heeseung gives you a straight glance, with a surprised look as if he doesn't expect that you will come here.

Grasping your hands, Heeseung’s mother grins and says.

"Y/N, I called you here today because I have happy news to share with you."

Happy news?

You suspiciously look straight at Heeseung.

You haven’t processed what is going on until the female sitting next to Heeseung puts her arm around his and looks at him with her eyes full of love.

Heeseung's mother says.

"Let me introduce to you. This girl here is Hailey, she is Heeseung's fiancée. She returned from Australia to marry him."

The girl named Hailey also grins at you.

Heeseung's mother squeezes your hand, smiling sarcastically. "After all, Heeseung is still young and can't resist the temptation of true love. Today I called you here hoping that you would not bother Heeseung anymore."

You glanced at her. Her smirk made you hate her. You pull your hand out of hers, turn to look at Heeseung.

"Are you going to break up with me?"

Heeseung sits there quietly, lowering his eyes. A bright light shined down from above, making his eyes look deeper.

He ignores you.

With a sigh of relief, Heeseung’s mom requests. "Peter, let the guests out please."

The corner of Hailey’s eyes twitched slightly. She smiled and looked at you complacently.

"Miss Y/N, this way please." 

You reluctantly glanced at Heeseung, his expression was still as cold as before. You suddenly felt uncomfortable in your heart. 

Heeseung, do you really love me?

Peter keeps urging you to leave. You feel like you are tied with a rock under my feet, you are frozen, staring at Heeseung in confusion, emotions welling up.

Seeing you not moving, Peter reaches out and pulls you. As soon as his hand touches your arm, you finally lose control and scream at him.

"Don't touch me!"

Everyone is flabbergasted by how loud the scream is.

Things go quiet all of a sudden. They stare at you in shock, as if you are some kind of monster. The only one who seems calm is Heeseung, he looks at you sadly.

That's when you realize you were losing your grip.

You couldn't control your anxiety.

You don’t even dare to look at each person, just quickly murmur hastily "Sorry" before turning around and running out in panic. But after just a few steps, your wrist was gripped by someone. You feel like your heart stops beating for a second when your entire body is yanked backward. With both hands, Heeseung holds your face and kisses you desperately.

A film of agony appears in his eye, you can tell that he is on the verge of tears. He bites your lower lip rudely making you wince in pain. Then, with an inexplicable expression in his eyes, he slowly let you go. You taste the blood on your lip, smelling like rust. Your blood also lingers on his thin lip, bright red.

Hailey angrily stomps her feet and gets off the sofa.

"Heeseung, what are you doing!"

She sobs and hurries to Heeseung’s mom. "Auntie, look at them, do they have any shame?"

While comforting Hailey, Heeseung’s mother angrily scolded him. "Heeseung, are you crazy? Hailey is your fiancée."

With one hand, Heeseung loosens his tie and with the other, he pulls you closer to hug you tightly. His eyes instantly turn cold. 

"You are the one who chose Hailey as the fiancée you, not me. You all have already seen how I feel about this fucking marriage. From now on, don't you dare to bother Y/N anymore.”

Then, Heeseung takes hold of your hand firmly and drags you away, utterly ignoring the screams behind him.

____________________

The car runs smoothly on the road. Heeseung and you sit next to each other in the rear row. He seems to be purposefully avoiding you as his entire gaze is fixed out the car window.

Your head is lowered, your hands hang limply on your knees, you fiddle with your fingers. Sometimes, you look out the car window, the yellow street lights illuminate the road, the trees speed by on each side of the road.

The car slowly stops when the red light ahead is on.

Heeseung suddenly raises his voice after a month of cold war with you. "So… I don't contact you, then you won’t take the initiative to talk to me?"

You turn to look at him. A dim light shines in, lighting his sharp eyebrows and the gloom in his eyes. He doesn't look at you, he just looks forward at the road.

"I...". You want to say that was not true.

In fact, in the afternoon, you picked up your phone and kept opening his message box, wanting to ask if he was coming home tonight.

But after entering the text multiple times, it was finally deleted.

"Actually, this afternoon I..."

"That doesn't matter anymore.". Heeseung interrupts you.

The car passes through the intersection when the light turns green.

Heeseung tells the driver: "Pull over."

He turns his head away, fixes his eyes outside the window, and coldly orders. "Get out of the car."

You glance out the window, it is still very far from home.

Just as Heeseung is about to say something, he closes his eyes, his face filled with impatience. Turns out he's still angry with you.

____________________

You stand on the side of the road, watching his car drive off.

This is the first time he left you like this.

It’s 9 pm. You feel even more alone as you stroll aimlessly down the busy street, seeing busy people around and their happy grins. Then a couple catches your eyes. Each of them holds an ice cream in their hands, stands under the neon lights, and takes selfies with a grin on their lips.

You couldn't help but remember that summer evening of your last year of college, when Ethan and you stood under the street lights, both holding cups of milk tea and taking selfies, you and him also laughed like this.

You still clearly remember, at that time you unintentionally turned your head and vaguely caught a glimpse of Heeseung’s figure.

He stood there, alone.

His lonely figure was gradually swallowed by the darkness of the night.

-> chapter 2

[booasaur]

Any new upcoming series with w/w?

Lol, I had a whole answer typed up and almost completed last night, I could only remember a few upcoming shows but added a bunch of ongoing and recent with descriptions and then the post editor hiccuped and removed most of it so I angrily went to sleep instead.

But maybe that was for the best, because this morning a video of upcoming f/f shows in April came out so now I can add a few more.

There's Dead Ringers, that show with Rachel Weisz playing twin gynecologists and since it's a genderbent adaptation of an existing movie we already know it's gonna be super messy. It would be pretty wild for Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies to not have some wlw and luckily it does, the trailer itself reveals a couple. Tiny Beautiful Things, with Kathryn Hahn and Sarah Pidgeon (Leah in The Wilds) playing her younger self, apparently Kathryn Hahn's character's daughter is queer. Slip is a kinda scifi, where a bored wife cheats on her husband and realizes every time she has sex with someone, she wakes up married to them. The show's about her trying to get back to her original life, and there are a series of different husbands, but also a few wives (also, the first "replacement" husband is played by Boorman's actor from Willow!). There are also the upcoming Thai dramas Be Mine, Reverse 4 You, and 23.5, as previously mentioned.

In terms of returning series coming back, there's the Disney cartoon The Owl House, getting its final ep. Single Drunk Female's second season is returning soon. It has a bi lead, and she did have a female love interest but it was pretty temporary compared to the will they/won't she has with the main character male love interest. Her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor, also a very main character, is a lesbian, and she's married but her wife's actress is a regular on another show now so I dunno if she'll be back.

Welcome to Eden, a Spanish thriller about people trapped on an island with a cult, ended the first season on a major cliffhanger so it'll be exciting to see what happens now, though it feels like anyone could die so that's a bit nerve-wracking. It has a lot of different kinds of rep, f/f, m/m, trans, one of the gay guys is deaf too and it's a plot point that his boyfriend won't learn sign even though his friends have.

The Epix series From is a pretty well done horror series about people trapped in a town and who get hunted at night, it's more ominous and suspenseful than outright gory. It actually has three wlw, though one is mostly with one guy, the one who's engaged to a woman outside the town seems to be about to start a romance with another guy, and one is a teen who's crushing on the first woman, feels unrequited. I didn't know about any of them when I started, so they're a bonus, the show itself is rather compelling.

As for current shows, The Power (lol, get it, current) started last night on Prime, it's nice that after the misreading of Class of '07, this new show about girls does immediately have a wlw. Gap's already finished but it made such a splash, if you haven't watched, I'll mention it again. The other Thai drama, Show Me Love, is still airing. Fantasy Island is honestly kind of sweet, it feels like one of those '90s shows, episodic, bright colors and optimism, and great guest stars. One of the two leads, I'd say, or at least the second billed main, is queer.

We got our three firefighter shows, 9-1-1 with a solid (now) established relationship, Fire Country, a lesbian character but not much screentime, and of course Station 19, which is honestly winning me back in a huge way with their current storyline (if they land it).

Cop wlw update (why are there so many of them!): NCIS Hawai'i remains super cute, especially when Lucy is on, looks like Ayanna on Law & Order: Organized Crime got herself a new gf with a super hot voice, The Rookie: Feds still has Niecy Nash playing a super likable and bi lead. I couldn't stand the egregious copaganda in FBI: Most Wanted, and like, imagine how bad it'd have to be, when I can still watch all the rest of these shows, but Sheryll's still there, so. Sin Huellas (No Traces) has already finished but gets another mention for being as funny as it was, with a cute, hot couple at the center. Rabbit Hole's just started, but the initial antagonist/probable grudging ally's an FBI lady who within the first 10 minutes of the first ep dropped that she had a wife. Van der Valk has started its third season and though I'm gonna keep hoping Lucienne's INCREDIBLY hot ex from 2x03 returns, Lucienne, second billed, is plenty hot by herself. Ariana Guerra, who played the novitiate in Helstrom, has joined the second season of CSI: Vegas. Her character's bi and has a main character boyfriend but he seems like he'll most likely end up with a different character.

I'm not really going through these in any particular order, except combining the above two types, but let me just blow through the rest of the ongoing shows: the Canadian family comedy Run the Burbs has been quite sweet in how it's written the teen daughter, How I Met Your Father comes across as an old fashioned sitcom, except one of the characters is a lesbian. It's kind of fun in its familiarity and low stakes. I didn't expect to be as drawn into The Watchful Eye as I did, the trailer felt quite soapy and it was, at times, but all the nannies were great, and I ended up quite liking the f/f side couple. It's amazing what actual personalities can do. :o A Million Little Things is winding down its final season and Grace Park's character is engaged to Cameron Esposito's character so it feels pretty endgame at this point.

If you didn't watch or stopped watching Carnival Row because the main m/f relationship seemed so especially trite, you maaaay want to give it another look. I'm not nearly caught up with Bel-Air, but in the first season they wrote Ashley's sexuality really well, especially since she's so young. I'm sure you can't have missed my Perry Mason gifsets by now, but I can only reiterate what a great character Della Street is. One of the kids in Gotham Knights is bi (and her brother is trans!) but I'm not sure it's worth getting invested before cancellation. Unless the CW is only going to keep projects involving the Supernatural trio?

At this point, hoping everyone who's into wlw has at least tried Yellowjackets or is aware enough of it to know they don't want to try it. Las Pelotaris 1926 is a Spanish language historical drama about female athletes playing--well, the sport is basque pelota but if you need a reference point, it's like squash or racquetball. If you haven't yet caught up with RWBY, now would be an okay time. Lastly, I've still never watched any of Riverdale or even Choni clips, but its final season has just started and you know, I gotta respect the longevity of whatever they've been doing with them, however up and down they seem to have been, and perhaps this final season will be an up. From what I've seen on SM, they seem to get endgame soulmatey treatment more than any of the other ships and I can respect that.

Aside from the Thai dramas that might air after April and a few of the other shows that ended their seasons in March (or February in Gap's case), all of these have eps airing this month. After this year of cancellations, I think it's worth enjoying what we can, even as we acknowledge how much lead/main character rep and longevity we're losing. :o

[lv-iceprince]

hyunlix as parents if your request are open

Hi okay, technically, my requests were shut at the time you requested this but I cannot resist dude. I wrote this with poly hyunlix in mind but if anyone wants to request skz as parents headcanons please flood my inbox, I love this concept so so so so so much.

🧡✨angel baby~ hyunlix as parents

*~alexa play sunflower, vol 6 ~*

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ they parent best as a duo. no offense, but sometimes they lack common sense singular, but plural they are the best parents to ever exist

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ felix is fluffiest to his child, it's fact. he will be smug and tease you about how much you like him then put on the cutest baby voice ever when your daughter crawls past

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ their parenting style is like night and day, felix is the typical fun dad and hyunjin is the gentle dad who is severely one-eyed, he just likes knowing his angel is the prettiest in the world according to him

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ they aren't the type to be on parentok or anything but that doesn't prevent them from letting the other members know how much the parenting lifestyle has changed them

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ mommy hyunjin is a thing, he literally gave himself that job. he absolutely loves waking up through the night to her soft mewls and whiny cries. when they stop their crying and look up at him he realises just how much he loves her

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ his favourite nights are when you and felix are cuddling in bed and it's just him, the crickets, the faint buzz of the tv and his daughter

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ however, hyunjin expects fathers day gifts as compensation for his top tier parenting skills even when your baby is... well, a baby. he just forces you and felix to buy him gifts while he pretends it's from her

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ your daughter is hyunjin's twin in personality. when she's six hyunjin would have monthly "dates" where he takes her to get her nails done and gossip over a hot chocolate

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ felix needed some time to adjust to having someone else between the three of you but he really knows how to be a good parent. his family raised him well. even if he is the fun dad 80% of the time he is still very protective

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗seriously don't make his kid cry he will get his payback

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ all of you try to be as domestic as possible, having parent time together and finding new shared hobbies, having some adult alone time when you track down changbin to babysit and more. But this never really works, your life is just too chaotic

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ you never completely get along with each other, a good example of this was your daughter crying for daddy's paints and other daddy just tossed them to her which resulted in mommy daddy hyunjin losing his good paints and brushes

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ and whether he realises it or not hyunjin is a bad influence on his kid, she adopts his dramatic nature and his sass, she sides with him in any playful argument you have and he does the same for her. and sometimes, just sometimes, this frustrates the hell out of felix

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ but don't worry you can't spell family without all of you rubbing off on her personality

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ when your kid is grown don't expect hyunjin to ever take her to kindergarten, he won't. but on the days he is bullied into it he shows up like a typical starbucks mom: sunglasses onnnn, americano in his hand and gossiping with the other parents

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ with the amount of photos these guys take their phone space is non-existent, your child takes up their heart and their storage.

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ they're also the type to shove their phone in you face because "oh my god look at her!"

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗felix is the king of reading bedtime stories, you and hyunjin fall asleep before your daughter

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗all of you are still children at heart so you end up enjoying dress up or playtime more than your daughter

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗weekend baking is a must for felix, you used to enjoy that until he traded baking partners, he doesn't even let you and hyunjin step foot in the kitchen. it's his time with her

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ okay but like the cutest thing ever is when you all dance in the living room together and hyunjin invites your daughter to dance and she just stands on his feet and holds onto his hands as he sways with her...i'm devastated

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗ they won't rest until they have at least three more kids

[graveyardviolence]

helloooo I am here to interrogate u for lore abt arden, ur oc, because I recently found out abt ur minyard sibling au and i usually eat that shi up soooo, may I please know more about him???

YES??? hi whoever you are you’re in my good graces i love when ppl ask abt my ocs

Arden Kinsley Minyard, raised by one Joseph Alan Minyard. Tilda basically dropped them off at Joe’s door a couple days after giving birth and never looked back. Arden is in their senior year when Wymack is looking for people to scout. At first glance their file isn’t much to look at. Mediocre playing skills, pretty fast and adaptable but that’s all they seen to bring to the table. But when Wymack looks closer he just knows he cant ignore them. They’re a Minyard, and upon questioning the twins and nicky, one that nobody knew about.

Ardens dad, Joe, is in the air force (yes Arden is a military brat), so Arden is raised on an air force base. They move around frequently, never staying in one place for too long, and during Arden’s developmental years they stick around the south, until Arden is around 7 or so, when they begin to branch out more. It’s not until they’re fifteen, living in the north east, that an incident occurs that puts Joe in prison, leaving Arden to be taken in by their best friend’s family.

They run their mouth more than they play exy

they can mimic any move another player makes without a problem

He hates pickles and onions and other vegetables and throughout most of his childhood his dad had to blend vegetables to get them into his diet

He picks at the skin on his hand so he wears bandaids to keep from bleeding

He has severe insomnia and most nights he doesn’t sleep

He has fucked up red converse that he’s been wearing since he was twelve bc he never grew out of them

He smokes weed

he has a caffeine addiction

He’s prone to random bouts of nausea and will faint/pass out

He gets the allergy injection bc he’s almost deathly allergic to cats but a kitten chased him down and crawled up his leg when he was sixteen and he’s always had a bleeding heart for strays. He hates grocery shopping but bc of his photographic memory he’s always sent out to get them. He’s jumped out of a moving car because he was angry. He lies to people for fun. He’s considered the friendliest Minyard, which he finds outlandish. Robin becomes like his little sister. He enjoys arguing with Kevin, and loves watching his partner air everyone out. He’s got three lobe piercings in each ear, he’s got four tattoos and plans on getting more.

He’s the type to sit out when theres a thunderstorm and get soaked by the rain. He’s definitely been swimming while it was storming. He’s got a vertical labret piercing and a nose ring. he wants an eyebrow piercing. His relationship with his gender is shitty at best and detached at worst. They have sharp teeth. He’s got scars from falling and scraping his knees. He’s had to get stitches after splitting his head open. He’s terrified of undergoing surgery despite knowing getting top surgery would probably put him in a better spot mentally.

Every weekend he sends a letter to his dad updating him on everything that’s happened throughout the week. The first time he goes to Eden’s he gets so drunk he passes out. When he wakes up it’s the next morning and Aaron is flipping his shit bc he thinks Arden has alcohol poisoning. It’s the most fun Arden has had since his sophomore year Homecoming.

His relationship with the twins is tricky. He loves them. He doesn’t know who they are. He’d rather die than be separated from them. He sometimes wishes he’d never met them. Andrew is who he could be. Is everything he’s not, is everything he is. He doesn’t know how to talk to them, but he wants to. He wants, so much that it aches beneath his ribs. He aches for what they could’ve been and mourns something that’s never existed. He’ll defend them to the ends of the earth. He’ll fight for them always. They’re his.

He clings to Nicky and his brightness. He sits with Kevin and Neil and watches exy games despite not caring for the game because he knows it’s important to them. He holds Robin’s hand when she’s upset. He and Renee color in coloring pages together and hang them up on Abbie’s fridge. He and Alison watch drama series together and talk shit afterwards. He goes with Dan and Matt to watch new releases at movie theaters. He cant stand Jack and Sheena together or individually but occasionally they’ll all sit in the living room together and watch cartoons during the early hours of the day.

let me stop before this gets out of hand

[the-biggest-simp-in-the-land]

The brothers  Nsfw hcs 1 of 7

Minors DNI

Belphie

He has a choking kink. Change my mind.

He likes the reverse cowgirl position, you may be on top but he is still controlling you, like he holds your hips and controls the pace you go.

Helikes to edge you and overstimulate you.

He likes to keep his cock inside of you afterwards, he won't take it of or move in his sleep, and do not dare to try to get some friction, he will get mad if he wakes up and punished you.

Talking about punishments, he usually gags you and leaves you tied up with a vibrator on, touching that sweet spot of yours and leave to sleep. Letting you cum for hours, leaving you a crying, overstimulated mess.

He likes to degrade you, a lot, this man love talking about how much of a little slut you are.

The first time you two had sex it was sweet and romantic, it was almost out of character for him and of you were a virgin, well he is ten times more careful, handling you like you are made of glass.

After a few times you notice he was holding back with you and you ask him to let it all out, that's how you ended up on the situation you are. Now days most of you guys sex is not soft, not really extremely kinky, but still, more kinky than before. You still have soft sex sometimes if he is in a more… "I wanna take care of you" mood, instead of either "I'm sleepy but I want sex" or "I'm annoyed and awake" type of mood.

When he is annoyed is because he is either A) jealous B) someone woke him up from a nap C) You teased him all day. And when he is like that… well get ready for a long night.

He also likes to fuck you in your dreams, while he fucks you in real life, he thinks you look adorable when sleeping, so sweet for him, so innocent, so cute. 

He also likes to be woken up by blowjobs, it's a nice way to be woken up, what else can he say? 

He will try yo experiment with you but only if he has enough energy for that.

Also aftercare is nice, but normally you two just sleep after the session  like I said be gore, with him still inside you. There is normally some water and chips that he hid from Beel.

Talking about Beel, he sometimes joins if you hive him permission. I will dice more into it later with Beel, but you can say that they are opposits in bed. While one will degrade you  the other will praise you, but most of the time the person that speaks more is Belphie.

He will be such a sweetheart if you are having a bad day, being soft with you, praising, kissing and worshiping your body. It's a whole 180 from what you two normally do.

Soft Belphie happens in special occasions too… like when you did well on a test or it's your birthday, things like that.

You can tease him by wearing his clothes, talking a lot to Beel (he loves his twin  but sometimes he can get jelly), wearing your pijama in front of others, wearing a summer dress (idk how to explain that one), if you had a session and leaves with no panties or leave with his cum still inside you and go on with your day it will make him lose his mind, he also likes when you either a brat or extremely submissive ( he likes submissive girls because they are easier to control, but he also likes the fighting for dominance thing) and thighhighs. 

Thank you for reading.

From: your beloved author.

[nobodysdaydreams]

Hello! I hope you have an amazing morning/day/afternoon/night. I´ve read the latest chapter of your S.O.S fanfic and I wanted to say I am a big fan! I really like how every chapter is following each episode of the show with your own take/elaboration on certain scenes, for example when you added the conversation between Sticky and his aunt, which wasn´t in the show. And many many other scenes. Oh, and the whole backstory for Curtain and his former friends/colleagues, it is just ingenious. Truly a brilliant masterpiece. You are a very talented writer. :) I am very much looking forward to the next update. Oh and I can not express enough how I love the Oldest Siblings fanfic! You wrote each of the siblings perspectives so well! And alI the Benedict siblings angst and feels. I am thriving on that content. It is such a serotonin boost. :D

Also, speaking about Benedict siblings, I have a few headcanons about them, that have been floating around my mind for quite some time. These are absolutely not thorougly thought-out, just what my brain proposed to me one fine early morning at 3 am instead of letting me sleep *deep sigh*

This one is based on a dialogue between the children in a first chapter of the S.O.S when I think either Reynie or Sticky mentioned, that they have seen Nathaniel in his brother´s library organizing books, trying to put some kind of order to the chaos. Nathaniel would defininitely do that. It is in his nature. I think he would totally opt for Dewey decimal system. Nice, practical, efficient. But, I also like to think, he would make some changes to it quite frequently. Like one week the library would be organized by author A-Z, next week the other way around. Then weeks after that by genre, color, book height, subject etc. Poor Nicholas would kindly ask his twin to stop, but to no avail.

We know that each twin adopted a child. Nathaniel adopted SQ and Nicholas adopted Constance (although she declined, but it was legally approved as we have seen Nicholas holding the documents at the end of the first season) Their sister on the other hand would have a biological child, a daughter named Felicity about 13-14 years old. Sister´s spouse sadly doesn´t live with them anymore, (he either left them or passed away, I haven´t decided on that quite yet), Felicity doesn´t remerber her dad very much because it happened, when she was very young.

I think it goes without saying that both the sister and her daughter would be brilliant and would possess a great intellect like the brothers do. It just runs in the family.

Their sister would also suffer from narcoleptic episodes, her trigger would probably be intense sadness (as opposed to Nicholas´ trigger being joy). Felicity does not suffer from it though.

Sister introduces her daughter to her brothers. I can imagine that Nicholas would collapse from the rush of joy and happiness, eyes filled with tears all that, at the perspective of being an uncle, Nathaniel would immediately catch his brother on instinct. Only for him to collapse a few seconds after Nicholas, because of his vulnerability trigger and basically going through the same emotional experience. Their niece would tried to hold back a sob as she would take comfort in knowing that she had just met two father figures in her life (Both brothers would be an amazing uncles ). Meanwhile her mother falls asleep because if her own trigger. Felicity immediately takes action and puts a pillow under everyone´s heads to ensure comfort as she waits for them to wake up, It is a very emotional event for each party involved to say the least.

And that´s the end of mine take on the matter. I previously had more headcanons which were much more detailed, but I forgot to put them on paper or type them in my computer. Oh, well. Maybe they will come to me. Anyway, thank you for reading all that and I hope it wasn´t too long. I do apologize for my grammar and weird wording at times. English is not my native language.

Okay, first of all, I'm so sorry for the late reply to this message, but I hope it's a good one, because this ask means the world to me. 🥹💕

I came home exhausted from a long day of work and classes and logged into tumblr to this and it absolutely made my entire evening. I'm serious. I gotta hand to y'all. Just when I think that the comments I've gotten on my SOS fic can't get anymore heartwarming and incredible, you leave me this comment, which...I mean, first of all, do not apologize for your grammar and wording, your message was perfect. I'm sorry if I forget words or if this sounds weird, I'm pretty tired and kind of rambling, but please know that I am flattered by this. I have had people draw fan art based on my fic, make a personality quiz based on my fic, do chapter by chapter tumblr reviews of my fic, leave fabulously unhinged comments on fic, and message me just to tell me how much my fic means to them, and every time I am absolutely flattered and at a loss for words and say to myself that this is the highest honor I could ever receive and nothing will ever top this and yet you wonderful wonderful readers prove me wrong every single time. I mean...the account you sent this ask from is only following staff and looks like a new account, and if you wanted this to be anonymous, you presumably would have just sent your ask from a main and hit the anon button instead of making a throw away, so...

Did...did you get??? A tumblr??? Just to message me this??? I- I-just- 🥹💓💓💓

Luna, (I hope you don't mind if I call you that based on your username), thank you so much. I wish I had better words to describe how much your message and the messages of everyone else in this amazing fandom mean to me, but I just don't have the words to do it justice. Please know that I love your comment. I'm glad you enjoyed SOS and The Oldest Siblings (the lesser known SOS prequel that inspired my unhinged masterpiece, thank you for giving it some love🥰). I'm also glad you liked the backstory and added scenes. They wormed their way into my head and I figured "as long as their here, why not share them?" and I'm very glad I did. I'm also glad I decided to type out some scenes from the show. It's not all of it (that would be too much), but I was originally only going to include the content that I added to seasons 1 and 2 (because other wise I was just repeating stuff and the fic is crazy long anyway), but I eventually decided to include my own takes on most relevant (adult or SOS character focused) canon scenes from the show as well, because I realized that doing so helped the reader follow the timeline of events and kept up with and explained each character's motivation, which is important to do when you have this many characters. I'm also glad because now that the show is off Disney+, you have a place you can read the dialogue from some of the scenes (not all, but it's something. And all the dialogue and body movements are from the canon show for those scenes. All I add are extra lines at the beginning or end of scenes before or after "cuts" and internal character thoughts that explain their actions).

I love your head canons btw. The one about Nathaniel is very true. At least in my fic. He's a nervous organizer, and there's no way he could live in the chaos of the Benedict house without cleaning up a bit.

As for your head canons about the sister's child...I love it. I love the twist of her being her biological daughter and having narcolepsy. Also, depending on how old you head canon SQ (in my fic he's a bit older, but he's around 14-19), they're pretty close in age, and I know SQ and Constance would be great cousins to her!

Slight possible spoilers for future works, but I have toyed with the idea of the sister having a child as well. I can't give anymore away without spoiling stuff, but I think you might like what I decide to do with it. (If I can ever get to that point). I do want to apologize, I just went back to school, and that has been taking up a lot of my time. But I promise I'm still writing, and although I can't say when, the updates will come. And, while you are on tumblr, I have some mutuals who write some really great stuff you can read in the meantime. I won't annoy everyone by tagging them, but if you scroll through the blog @floorboardchompingfridays, you should be able to find some good ones.

Thank you again for this message. It made my entire day, and I hope you have a wonderful morning/afternoon/evening and remember take care of yourself. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

^This gif is me hugging all of you, btw.

[gamergirlboy]

January 2024 Game Diary

Dredge

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare

Fishing Vacation 

Quantum Break 

Nightmare Frames

Dredge

Dredge is a game I picked up in the winter sale of last year as part of the indie game kick that I’ve been on. I saw “horror” and “fishing” and was like yeah, that’s for me. I did like it quite a bit but I found the story bits a little… underwhelming. It wasn’t bad, just pretty typical for anyone who likes “ocean is full of horrors” type media. The NPCs are all foreboding with their talk of “things happening at night” and whatnot, and I was like cool, stuff happens, yeah it’s a horror game (I’ve played so much survival horror over the past few hours so I may be a bit desensitized). I did like the ship customizing a lot, and the drawings of all the fish I found were delightful. I also enjoyed plundering shipwrecks for treasure, although most of what I found was the same junk over and over. That did make the relics I found that much more exciting, so maybe that’s not a terrible thing. Stellar Basin was easily my favorite section, although it took me some time to figure out what I was meant to do, mostly because I didn’t figure out how ship upgrades worked until I had spent a few hours wandering around with the standard engine. The glowing fish and algae combined with the large creature looming underneath kept me intrigued enough to power through until I figured out how to keep the creature from attacking me. Overall I would say I liked it! It’s a neat little game that could’ve used more content, but for the price I would say it’s worth it if you’re looking for cozy horror. 7/10 

Alan Wake’s American Nightmare 

I became a bit of an Alan Wake superfan last year around February when I decided to play the first Alan Wake game on the assumption that the game was kind of bad but funny. I streamed it in discord to my friends and we enjoyed the dated expressions of the characters and the low budget Twin Peaks experience that the town of Bright Falls provided. It ended up having more points in its favor than I expected - it takes place in the Pacific Northwest - which works so well for me in terms of horror -, the characters are genuinely lovable and funny (Barry, not Alan really he is a bit of an asshole), and exploding the darkness with the flashlight was satisfying if not a bit tedious after a few hours. So I played this game, then Alan Wake 2, then Control… and now I love the Remedyverse, the universe that connects all these games. 

THIS game kind of sucks, but because this company apparently owns my ass now I played it anyway. It is short, and the premise of the game is you’re basically playing a monster of the week groundhog’s day episode. As someone who has watched X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Supernatural, I consider this trope tried and true. Alan Wake wakes up in Arizona and has to figure out how to defeat Mr. Scratch and escape the loop. Every character in the loop is a conventionally hot woman, one of which is hypnotized and actually tries to fuck Alan. It’s pretty crude and sexist, but unsurprising from an older game. It does manage to encapsulate the Remedy charm despite its shortcomings, with television sets and projectors spread out throughout the levels showing snuff films of Mr. Scratch himself committing evil deeds while negging Alan. This was easily my favorite part, and you can see how Remedy had begun experimenting with live-action film in video games long before Control and Alan Wake 2 came out. I think if you absolutely love the Remedyverse this game is worth playing, especially because you can pick it up for a few bucks in a sale. Is it a masterpiece? Absolutely not, but I don’t regret playing it. 5/10 

Fishing Vacation 

I bought this game for the same reason I bought Dredge - it was tagged as fishing and horror on steam. It was also $1.99, and somehow even shorter than AWAN. I had a good time playing this for the 2 hours it took me to get 4 out of 5 of the endings, but it really is a bite-sized game. In the style of a very simple gameboy advance game, you and a childhood friend of yours go to visit a fishing cabin that you used to visit as children. You go fishing. Weird things happen. Whether you find the three keys hidden in the lake and open the basement up or not changes the ending. It’s cute, it’s an alright game. If you feel like playing something a little weird for 20 minutes to an hour I’d say go for it. I don’t even feel comfortable giving it a rating because of its shortness, but I will say playing shorter games has been nice because it allows me to appreciate the tiny studios that produce them. There is a special type of creativity behind these microgames that I can appreciate. I played Iron Lung last year and while this game isn’t quite as good, I did enjoy the creepiness in the same medium I experienced games in as a young child. 

Nightmare Frames

I am new to point & click games. Last year I finished my very first p&c game, “The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow”, and I bought this game immediately after because I was craving more. This one did not disappoint me - the second time around anyway. I started playing it immediately after Hob’s but lost interest due to how different it was. A few months later I picked it up again when I was bored and found that it was actually a pretty solid game. I like p&c puzzles and these did not disappoint. The story is better than I expected, the character development is solid, and the visuals work well for me. It takes place in 1980s Hollywood, and funny enough you are playing as a writer named Alan who has become disillusioned with his career as a horror writer and craves fame. He resents the work he has done despite being beloved by many of the people he encounters. He wants more, and that desire ultimately leads him down a dark path. Would recommend to horror p&c fans, 8/10! 

Quantum Break 

This game is also kind of sort of in the Remedyverse (Remedy no longer owns the rights). I realized I had a code for it on my Humble account and figured if I already own it, I might as well give it a shot. It is an action game, with episodes of a real TV show slotted between each chapter. It’s kind of fun! It is very weird! I like the parkour, I like the romance between Jack and Beth, and the fact that it is a video game that feels exactly like a 2010s cop drama (I’m thinking of Bones) is neat. The episodes were well done for a video game for sure, but they did not especially capture me. I wanted to keep playing the game! The shooting and time powers Jack has were what I was enjoying, and I didn’t want to stop doing that to watch what was happening in the background. Also the graphics are more impressive than you’d expect. It really feels like Xbox put more stock into this than they should’ve (I could not get over how expensive looking this game is), because I really cannot fathom who this game was actually made for besides freaks like me who want to soak up every drop of the Remedyverse, but I liked it for what it is. I think because it’s so weird - the random Night Springs episodes for example, or the fact that it feels so much like you’re in a tv show - feels like it would not really appeal to the average gamer. It seems like a game that wants to be a lot of things. 

I would not spend $40 on it, but I would say it’s worth playing if you love all things Remedy. 6.5/10 

[sherrymagic]

CURRENT TAG GAME.

thank you so much @tswizzlesfan for the tag, i love these silly little games ♡♡♡

Current time: 00.57 as i start typing

Current activity: arguing with photoshop and its refusal to cooperate while also desperately searching for manga scans in a language i can comprehend

Currently thinking about: water, i'm so damn thirsty but if i drink anything at this time of the night i'll keep waking up to reach the bathroom every ten minutes so...

Current favorite song: i blame Starlympics and NeoMark tiktok edits for this, i've been having this one on repeat in my head for days to the point i can't even remember if any other song actually exists:

Currently reading: i've been stuck for about a year on the last 100 pages of Agatha Christie's autobiography, does it count? but the honest answer should mention this smutty yaoi manga my friend has suggested me that i'm currently devouring

Currently watching: Playboyy, Twins, Dead Friend Forever, Pit Babe, and at least seven other bl shows that i've temporarily dropped for no reason except that i've been too depressed to spend much time reading subtitles

Current favorite character: Nont from Playboyy is my baby idk literally any other character in the world can do whatever but HIM... i want him to do/have/be/murder anything he wants adbhjhafcbaukejdg

Current wip: i'm working on a couple of gifsets but chances are none of them will ever see the light of tumblr thanks to my unrealistic perfectionism! ✨️✨️

i assume most people have done this already, however today i'm choosing to bother tag YOU: @moonkhao @cciammi @srnileforme @pondsphuwin ♡ if don't want to do it and/or you've been tagged in this before please feel free to ignore me, happy holidays dear lovelies!!

[thenextbestidol]

Sleep meme!

Type of bed: Usually, Ruby sleeps on her bed, which is a single one. But she also has a simple futon that she is more than happy to use when MEM sleeps in her house, MEM has a better time sleeping on the bed, so Ruby lends her it and sleeps on the futon.

Number of blankets: Four. It might seem strange because where she lives is very warm and with that much number of blankets is warmer. But she doesn't feel that much heat and loves to curl up in multiple blankets, all that warmth makes it easier for her to sleep, which makes it difficult for her to wake up because she doesn't want to leave all that warm. But if she needs to wake up fastly, she just uses one, so that it isn't that difficult for her to get away from bed.

Number of pillows: Five, yes that it's much, but Ruby loves to be very comfortable on her head and neck, she uses four pillows for that purpose, this is because she still remembers how uncomfortable hospital beds were, especially pillows, so she tries to be as much comfortable as she can. The extra five is because she needs to hug something while sleeping, and thou she has many plushies, she prefers to have those as decoration, it's more comfortable to hug a pillow. If the pillow falls, she just uses one of the other four.

Type of clothing: She needs to get clean clothes before sleeping, she doesn’t feel comfortable using the same clothes she used throughout the day. Her clothing usually is long pants not too tight and a simple T-shirt, both of them with a fabric that is warmer and more comfortable than regular clothes. She also uses a sleeping beanie that has stars on it. Some of her clothes have also stars on them that shimmer when is dark, Ruby really likes the aesthetic. And she also has some twin pajamas that she uses rarely in match with Aqua.

Does it matter where they sleep?: Yes and no. As a kid and growing up, Ruby only slept on her bed (o the futon), despite sometimes being tired, she didn’t use any other place to sleep because it was uncomfortable for her (bad memories of her previous life when sleeping was very uncomfortable). Not the couch, the chair, or anything, much less when she was traveling. As someone who wants to know everything about everything, when traveling she had her nose stuck to the window, seeing the path, sometimes playing with Aqua to spot things and guess them. Now she knows pretty well how the city looks, but she still likes to see through the window, is funny to her. That changes once she starts to perform as an idol. Initially, she just slept on the way home after a performance, mostly because they end up really late when it is already her bedtime (plus, the exhaustion from performing), but once she starts to have more shows to go to and places to attend, having barely time to sleep her eight hours, not even sleeping six, she starts to sleep whenever she cans at any time she wants.

What do they do if they cannot fall asleep?: If Ruby is really anxious or stressed, she leaves the house and goes for a short walk. She doesn’t do that constantly because she knows how dangerous streets can be (especially for a young idol) and she doesn’t have a good sense of direction, it is her last resource if she can’t sleep. It helps her to distract and order her thoughts, she never goes that far thou. Normally what she does is listen to soft songs of her favorite idol groups, especially Old B-Komachi. It silences the thoughts in her head enough for her to start to feel tired and sleep, extra points if the songs have a lullaby version made by a fan. She falls asleep listening to the songs. If music doesn’t work, she takes a really long bath, relaxing and cleaning very consciously, cleaning really does help her to calm and feel less stressed. She is in the bath for up to an hour, is a very long bath, but it is the best she can do. But that does not always work by itself, and when she knows that just taking a bath is not going to help her that night, she starts to do some exercise so it doesn’t just distract her, but also tires her up more. Sometimes she even practices Old B-Komachi choreographies, especially the most demanding ones, after 30 minutes or an hour of doing so, she takes a not-too-long bath and then she goes to sleep while listening to the Idol songs.

Frequent dreams, nightmares: Ruby never has good dreams. Never. Why? Not clear, but she isn’t someone to have nice dreams (not even as Sarina), the best for her is to sleep in a black space and wake up. She never really cared about dreaming or wished to. Almost the same can be said about nightmares, she had plenty of them as a child, always the same dream, where she tried to reach Ai but she got farther and farther away each time. Ruby always being unable to catch her. Sometimes, she saw the face of the killer. Other times, she almost touched her mother, but then she started to cough and fell on her knees, losing the opportunity to grab her. After years of therapy (and by exhausting herself so much that she was too tired to dream), nightmares ceased, and her sleep went back to normal, just a black space. That was until she found Doctor Gorou’s corpse, and nightmares begin again, only this time it was not only her mother but her sensei too. Not even exhaustion can help with those ones. Other nightmares she might have is seeing the dead body of the doctor, or him not recognizing her, or him and Ai telling her that she only brings misfortune, she didn’t deserve to be born twice, not even once to start with. It was after those nightmares that she started to get out of the house to walk because neither music, baths, or exercise could help with that.

Deep slumber or naps?: Usually, deep slumber. She tries to do as many things as she can during the day that she really doesn’t want to take naps, neither needs to. She sleeps eight to nine hours at night, so in the morning and afternoon she has a lot of energy. Plus, it’s bad for beauty to not have a long sleep, and beauty it’s very important for her. But when she starts to have her days filled with many things to do and she sleeps just three hours a night, Ruby starts to sleep whenever she can, just because if she doesn’t, she is too tired to do anything. Any minute she can have of sleep is very much appreciated.

When do they sleep?: Before it was between 9 pm and 11 pm, depending on the day, she is more of a morning person so it’s at night that she sleeps, always the minimum 8 hours (9 if she cans). Now, with the tight schedule she has, it is somewhere around 2 am or 3 am. She is not very happy about that but there isn’t much she can do.

What could wake them up?: Aqua telling that he is going to eat her food if she doesn’t wake up, lmao. For real, an alarm, not necessarily that loud, all she needs is a sudden strong noise (any noise) and she will wake up in no time. (Getting out of bed and not falling asleep again is another thing, if it is nothing too important what woke her up, she just sleeps again). Another thing that works is someone waking her up, but that is a little more difficult.

Tagged by: @quickdeaths. Thank you!

Tagging: @slayingblades (Mitsuri), @foraltruism (Akane), @lielove, @rosemarylemont

[moonchild-things]

Chapter Seventeen: Formidable Opponents

Summary: Shōyō Hinata loves volleyball! There is no doubt that all he really thinks about is volleyball. His sister, however, isn’t the same way. Sakura is ready to start her first year of high school at Karasuno with her twin brother and doesn’t really want to do anything, unlike Shōyō. Though she can’t help it when she gets dragged into the antics of the volleyball club.

Word Count: 8792

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TO SAY THAT THE KARASUNO CROWS WERE fired up about their upcoming tournament was an understatement. After their game against Nekoma and their training camp, just about everyone had kicked it into high gear to start work on their practicing. They all worked to improve their spikes, blocks, and, of course, their receives.

Currently, Ukai was spiking balls at the team to work on their receives. "Follow-through when you block! Staring won't cut it!"

Shōyō grunted and got back onto his feet, "Sorry, Sir!"

"You must go after every ball as though it's your last!" He hit yet another ball at Shōyō, who tried his best but was unable to save it despite his dive. "'Cause if you don't, the ball you ignored will be the ball you cry over at the end of the game!"

Sakura laid out on the ground by the wall, a book in her hands. It seemed to be a literature book, most likely one that Takeda recommended to her at some point. She seemed to be a bit more invested in the book that she was reading than watching the boys practice. After all, she's seen the guys do this stuff all the time. So reading seemed like the ideal thing to pass the time. Though as she was reading her literature book, she thought back to the discussion that she had seen the night they all got back from the training camp.

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After the training camp and their journey back to Miyagi, the Karasuno team were all gathered around their coach and club advisor as they stood before them. Sakura was sitting behind Ukai and Takeda near the whiteboard, though she was still listening in on their conversation. Once again, it's not like she had much else to do. All she can do is just sit around and wait for the practice to end so she can head home with her brother.

"Everyone," Takeda clapped his hands, "well done playing against Nekoma today! So getting right down to business, the Inter-High preliminaries begin next month, starting June 2nd."

Ukai nodded his head, "Miyagi has no regional prelims, so we launch straight into prefectural. Only one team out of approximately 60 in a prefecture proceeds to the nationals. Lose once, that's all she wrote. If you want revenge against Nekoma you must by becoming first in Miyagi. Second won't cut it. Although there's the small issue of them pulling their own weight to represent Tokyo."

"Don't worry!" Tanaka called out, "I know they can do it!"

"Yeah, they were tough!" Nishinoya agreed as they huffed through their noses.

Endo nodded his head and smirked, "That cat captain doesn't seem to be the slacker type, he'll get his team there." Sitting beside him, Asahi didn't appear too happy to have his friend mention Kuroo yet again.

The team all talked about what's to come now that they have the preliminaries to look forward to. Soon enough their practices will have to ramp up quite a bit. They'll have to focus a lot more if they wish to make the cut for the tournaments after all, though it seems like Ukai would push them far enough to get there.

Sakura knew that going to the practices was going to annoy her quite a bit. Waking up in the morning is already a hassle. She hasn't even worked up the nerve to tell Shōyō that she'd rather sleep in and ride her bike to school on her own instead of watching his practice. On one hand, she doesn't like waking up so early. On the other hand, she quite likes getting to see how happy Shōyō gets that she's there. So it's a bit of a toss-up whether or not she would want to be involved in this. Though that's the usual internal debate that she has every once in a while. Nothing totally new for her.

They all started to clean up the gym now that they were finished with their practice and discussion. Eventually, Endo's phone rang, and he left with only a wave over his shoulder. The call dampened his mood far too much for him to even give them all a proper goodbye. It also caused him to leave early, to the chagrin of just about everyone else.

"Hey! Where does that stuck-up prick think he's going?" Tanaka, one of those more than annoyed to see him go, scoffed as they all watched Endo walk out with the phone plastered to his ear. Even though he waved at them while departing, he was more focused on his phone call. "We've still got cleaning to do!"

From the way that Endo's mood had suddenly changed, he could only assume that the call he got was not a pleasant one. Most likely having to do with his father. Asahi sighed, anxiety starting to build up in his chest for his friend. "I think you should just let him go for now." Asahi has more than enough knowledge of the Endo family to know the animosity between them. Joji's mother is an angel and Asahi likes her a lot. Joji and his mother also have a pretty good relationship together. It's Joji and his father who have the fractured relationship that Asahi is more than aware of. That's who he's worried about with Joji at the moment.

Nishinoya tilted his head questioningly, "Huh? Why?" If anything, he'd think Asahi would be the most curious about what Endo had become so worked up about enough to leave so suddenly.

"I'm not sure," Suga spoke up as he picked up a volleyball, also a bit apprehensive about their friend's sudden departure. "But I didn't like that expression on his face."

Shōyō jumped in after finishing his race with Kageyama. Who won that race isn't exactly clear since both of the boys would loudly declare themselves the winner. "Yeah, it kind of looked like he ate a whole lemon that was super sour."

"Leave him alone," Sakura rolled her eyes and yawned, "are you done? I want to get enough sleep tonight."

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The way that Endo left was suspicious to Sakura, but she wouldn't pry into his business. Unlike her twin, she can keep her nose out of places that she didn't need to be. If anything, she's more focused on how Shōyō is going to act now. After the other night, she knew that her brother was going to start pushing himself even further for the tournament. Oh, how she's looking forward to that.

It seemed like her brother was also lost in thought, most likely about the other day as well. He didn't receive the ball that was spiked at him which caused him to fall to the ground. "Nice one, Hinata-kun!" Ukai called, "Get back on your feet! One more!"

"Yes, Sir!" The boy shouted and hopped back to his feet like a spring, "Thank you, Sir!"

After a few more hours, practice finally came to a standstill. All the boys started to get their things together and wind down after such a productive practice. The only thing that was really missing was Endo and his annoying commentary or comments to his friends. It was quite a mystery where he was, really the only ones who knew where the blonde was were the third-years. Though it was obviously a personal issue, so it's not like they were just going to tell everyone where exactly Endo was. It was something they knew was a touchy subject.

Currently, Sakura was handing her brother a towel and water bottle. Meanwhile, she made some short, sarcastic comments towards Kageyama who was growing more than annoyed with her. "You're right, that is cool!" Nishinoya exclaimed, drawing the first-years attention to him, "That photo is huge!"

Tanaka nodded his head, "Right?"

Asahi approached them and bent down to take a look at the magazine that the libero was holding, "Let me see." Though he gasped once he got a good look at the photo that Nishinoya held up to him.

Shōyō, Sakura, and Kageyama walked over to the group that was sitting on the ground curiously. "What is it?" Shōyō asked, "What's up?"

"Looky." Tanaka held up his magazine to show the curious first-years, "These guys are this year's three to watch high school boys! They've made Ushiwaka from Shiratorizawa one of the three players to watch in this year's Nationals." Sakura peeked over his shoulder to get a good look at the photo. What stared back at her was a photo of one of the most intimidating boys she has ever seen. He has olive-colored eyes that were scowling at the camera with brown hair. To her, he appeared to be quite the intense type of guy. If she really concentrated, she could vaguely remember Ushijima being mentioned when she had gone to tour at Shiratorizawa. Though she didn't really think much of it since it was a school she didn't really intend on going to. Still, she thought that this Ushijima, the "miracle boy", was obviously quite a strict-looking guy.

Shōyō marveled at the photo and the school that the boy played at, "This is the school Kageyama didn't get into and imouto didn't go to."

Kageyama's eyes twitched, "Shut up!",

He disregarded him and tilted his head, "So, who's Ushiwaka?"

"Don't you know?" Tanaka asked.

Suga chuckled and explained, "The only player Hinata-kun cares about is the Tiny Giant."

"That's an understatement," Sakura mumbled and crossed her arms over her chest.

Tanaka shook his head, "Ushiwaka is… currently the hands-down the number 1 ace in the prefecture. Wakatoshi Ushijima."

Their captain also came over to take a look at what they were all fussing over. "Yeah, now this is what a real ace should look like." Daichi then glanced over at their own ace with a deadpan expression.

Asahi started to sweatdrop, "Hey, why are you looking at me?" Poor guy, Sakura thought as Nishinoya walked over to the bearded teen to pat him on the back in comfort.

Suga looked up at the younger setter of the team, "Kageyama, you tried to go to his school, right?"

"Let me guess!" Tanaka started to laugh. "You wanted to tell this Super High School Level ace 'Move faster, you klutzy shit!' to his face?"

Sakura snickered at both the thought that the setter would do that and Tanaka's impression of the gloomy king. Oh, she's certain that he would try to do that with his arrogant personality and all.

Kageyama bristled, "I would never!" He then turned and glared harshly at the sniggering girl beside him. Sakura just continued to laugh as her brown irises glittered in amusement.

Shōyō didn't seem to be paying that much attention around him. His large eyes solely looked over the photo and article that talked about Shiratorizawa and their star player. "We need to defeat them to play against Nekoma."

"Whoa there!" Ukai then walked on over to them all, "Shiratorizawa isn't the only good school team out there."

All of the boys then came to crowd around their coach. Suga asked him, "Do you mean last year's best four, Sir?"

"Obviously, but there are also other good teams this year." The old blonde said, pulling out a paper from his pocket. "Like Wakutani South, which has excellent defense and solidarity. Date Tech, the team summed up with the term 'Iron Wall'. Their team has higher blocks than any other. Isn't Date Tech the team we lost 2-0 to in the Prefectural Public Tournament this March?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at the description of Date Tech. Ah, the team that beat them and ended with two teammates leaving. Hopefully, they don't have a repeat of that. The last thing this team needs is for not only a loss, but also their teammates giving up again."Their second-year, Aone, is the one to look out for. Date Tech has always been a best four level team, but last year they ended up the best 16 tier in round three against the tournament winners, Shiratorizawa. That's why they aren't seeded this year. What this means is depended on their pairings it's possible to be matched against them in round one. Next up, is… oh, right. I'm told you held a practice game with them not long ago." Kageyama gasped at the mention of Aoba Johsai, "Their setter is Number 1 on their team for offensive power. He is also an excellent setter. He is possibly the best all-around top player in the prefecture. Toru Oikawa, the leader of Aoba Johsai."

"The Great King!" Shōyō bristled.

Sakura clicked her tongue at the reminder of the boy. His personality just rubbed her the wrong way. Sure, she can admit that he's a talented player and leader for his team. However, he was still a prick. His talent doesn't make up for the way that he annoys her so much.

"These are last year's best four."

Tanaka was growling at the reminder of the annoying team, especially Oikawa, "Damn!"

"Last, but obviously not least, Super High School Level ace, Wakatoshi Ushijima commanding Shiratorizawa. That's about it. I'll explain more details later." Suga and Daichi both had the same thought about how Ukai wasn't as much of a slob as they first thought. Their flowery expressions caught the attention of their coach, "Are you two thinking something rude about me right now?" Both boys shook their heads rapidly as Ukai got serious again, "Anyway, that's my personal prediction for this year's toughest four. That being said, if you keep staring up at the top, you'll get the rug pulled out from under you. No team in the tournament is there to lose. They are all there to win. All the while we're training with everything we've got, the others will be training with everything they've got as well. Previous winners and losers alike are all aiming for victory. Don't forget that. Also, do not allow them to call us 'The Clipped Crows' ever again!"

All the boys chorused together, "Yes, Sir!"

Sakura was a bit surprised, Wow, he can actually give good advice it seems. And it was extremely good advice. They shouldn't focus on their possible future opponents and lose sight of who they were facing first. If they did think about Shiratorizawa too much they might end up losing to Date Tech or Aoba Johsai because of it.

The door to the gym then suddenly burst open as Takeda came in. He started at the group in surprise. "You're all still here? Sorry I'm late! I was stuck in a meeting." He approached the group and pulled out a piece of paper with a bracket on it. "Anyway… I've got it! I've got the pairings for the Inter-High preliminaries!"

Everyone grew anxious and giddy to see just who was in their bracket for the tournament. They all quickly tried to peer at the paper, even Tsukishima seemed interested. Though Sakura wasn't that interested as she lazily blinked. She may have been interested in who they were playing but she wasn't the one actually on the team. It's not like she has any insight on the other teams anyway since she doesn't know much about them besides the basics.

Though their sharp eyes all saw just who they were up against for the first round. Of course, that wasn't the most alarming part, it was who they might possibly play in round two that really caught their attention. "If we make it through round one, and Date Tech does the same, we'll be matched against them in round two," Nishinoya observed.

"That's not all," Tsukishima drawled out, "Aoba Johsai is seeded in our block."

Shōyō and Kageyama froze as Tanaka groaned,"For real?"

"Didn't Ukai just say not to focus on the top?" Sakura rolled her eyes, drawing everyone's attention to her. She raised a lazy eyebrow at them, "So don't focus on it."

Daichi nodded his head at the younger girl, "We know."

After looking over the block and just who they were going to be playing against, everyone was getting their stuff together to leave. Though as they were finishing up getting their things, Tanaka spoke up, "Say, the rich boy didn't get to hear any of this." Something that everyone knew, but didn't know whether they should say anything. He scoffed, "Doubt it would matter though, he doesn't care enough about volleyball to really let it sink in."

Asahi huffed while pulling on his jacket, "He's just busy tonight." He didn't really like that his missing friend was constantly brought up. Endo has his own stuff to deal with at the moment, it certainly was going to cause enough stress on him even now with the tournament coming up. Asahi couldn't imagine what was going on with him. No doubt he's going to try and get Endo to talk about it to try and figure out what's best for him.

"Yeah, he'll probably be back tomorrow morning," Suga said, already seeing how Asahi was getting annoyed about the questioning of Endo's whereabouts. Truly, the setter is also worried about Endo, but he knows that it is touchy. Suga doesn't know everything about Endo, he's a bit of a secretive and mysterious person. Asahi is probably the only person that Endo is open to, and just about everyone knows that.

Tanaka tilted his head, "Where is he anyway?"

Asahi answered, "He's doing work with his father."

"What does his dad do?" Shōyō asked in curiosity.

Nishinoya pulled on his jacket, "He's a doctor or something, I think."

"He also owns a company with medical supplies." Asahi spoke once again, this time a little bit snippy as they all headed outside. Just thinking about all of this is starting to vex him. The situation that Endo is in always frustrated him. The fact that Endo has told him multiple times that he has little to no say in his life after high school is so upsetting to him. He understands that Endo is an heir to his parents' fortune and company, however, he'd think any parent would hear out what their child wants. Though not for Mr. Endo. It's his way or no other way, and that irritates Asahi far too much.

Still, he shouldn't think of that, for now, they have practice in the morning to rest. So he just started his trek home, even as the rest of his friends moved on to another topic to speak about. More specifically, they started discussing the tournament. Something that Asahi should be more focused on.

---

It was the next day, and Sakura was walking around the school campus heading to the boy's practice. She checked in with Shimada and her own club and found that they aren't really doing anything today. Shimada and Mori said that it would be okay for her to leave early, especially since Sakura had been talking about the tournament coming up for the team. All of her club members could tell that she was pretty anxious about it and maybe even a little excited. Yokoyama commented about how this may have been yet another time that they've witnessed emotion in the usual stoic girl. Sakura just rolled her eyes at that and headed out, more than willing to escape before they said anything else.

Just as she was heading towards the gym, she heard a boy ask, "What's with him?"

"Yikes…" His friend shuttered as they moved away from the intense boy who was glaring at nothing in particular.

Sakura turned to find that it was Kageyama who was scaring them. He was getting himself a drink from the vending machine

Sakura waltzed up to Kageyama as he started to drink his milk, "What did the vending machine do to you, King?"

Kageyama spun around to glare at who had just called him that, "Don't call me that!" Of course, it was Sakura who was smirking at him with her thin, pale lips. His glowering seemed to get even more intense now that he knew it was her.

"Whatever," She shrugged her shoulders, unaffected by his glare. Though she just sighed, staring up at him with a calculating gaze. "Look, I get that you're thinking about that stuck-up prick Oikawa. Honestly, I don't care what sort of grudge or whatever you have against him or he has against you. What I do care about is how well you play."

Kageyama huffed, "Why? Only hoping your brother will get to play? Stay on the court as long as he can?"

"Yes," she answered plainly, it's not like that was a secret by any means. "You and I both know that's all he's ever wanted. So I want to make sure that it happens. You just focus on playing your best, first win against Tokonami, then Date Tech, and so on. When you actually play against Aoba Johsai, then you can sulk about Oikawa."

The setter assessed what she was saying, and she was right. He shouldn't be thinking about Oikawa at the moment since they aren't playing him any time soon. He clicked his tongue, "You know, you're just as annoying as your brother."

Sakura shrugged her shoulders, "Whatever."

"...Though I guess it's good advice."

"Oh?" She smirked at his grumbling. Kageyama bristled, it seemed like he didn't mean for her to hear him say that. "Did you say I give good advice?"

Kageyama huffed harshly and had the urge to throw something at her. He really didn't like the fact that she smirked at him so smugly. Reminded him of that blonde, glasses-wearing bastard. A volleyball would be best, maybe his milk carton would do. However, it's still got plenty of milk in it, so it would be a waste. He settled for shouting at her, "Dumbass!"

"I'll take that as a thank you," Sakura smirked before walking past the annoyed boy. She took quite a bit of enjoyment from how irritated he is. He's quite easy to rile up.

---

"It was even more boring than I thought it would be," Endo told Asahi as they stood in their third-year classroom. Ever since the first minute of class, Endo had taken any second to complain to Asahi about the meeting with his father.

Asahi sighed, "I know. At least, you didn't have to actually talk during it."

Endo huffed while running a hand through his hair in frustration, "Still didn't stop some investor trying to talk with me. Like I wanted to talk to some old geezer about some company I want nothing to do with."

The meeting the other day was complete and utter bullshit to Endo. All he did was sit in the back and watch the deal that his father was trying to make. Sure, it wasn't something like being forced to interact with people. All he had to do was sit and watch. However, no matter what it was, he still had to deal with his father's stupid business. Still didn't stop some old guys from asking him questions. Of course, to keep the Endo family's image perfect, Endo just smiled dashingly and answered questions or spoke quickly with them. He would have much rather been at practice. Though his mother begged him to not make much of a fuss about it. Endo is certainly a mama's boy, so he did as she requested begrudgingly and only complained a bit. He couldn't really say no to his mother, not if she really wanted what was best for him. Or what she believed was the best for him.

As they lapsed into silence, Asahi turned his attention back to the bracket in front of him. Endo watched with sharp eyes as his friend stared down at the paper in front of him. He sighed sharply through his nose before grabbing the paper off of Asahi's desk. Asahi sputtered now that it was taken from him and Endo placed himself on the desk instead. "Stop staring at that paper." He said, now leaning against Asahi's desk to draw his attention to him, "I can smell your anxiety from miles away, you know."

"Eh!" Asahi gasped, "Don't do that!"

Endo rolled his eyes, "Really, Asahi, you're getting worked up over nothing! We have a different team, things will be better." He stuck his tongue out, "Besides who says that we'll play those goons. Maybe they'll lose in their first match."

Asahi deadpanned at him, "You know that won't happen."

"Oh, let me be optimistic if I want to!" Endo blew a raspberry at his best friend. Though Asahi did smile a little bit at Endo's silliness. Just what Endo was hoping to get out of him. The last thing he needs is to deal with a nervous Asahi. Having him constantly thinking about how he was shut out so much in their last match against Date Tech isn't good at all.

Their small libero then came out of nowhere and started yelling, "ASAHI! ENDO! GO! CLUB!"

The other third-years in the class jumped "What the…?"

"Like they're dogs?"

Now walking through the halls after a marching Nishinoya, Asahi rubbed the back of his head, "Nishinoya… it's okay now. I won't run away. I know that everyone's got my back now." The libero paused in his steps, giving Asahi his full attention. The ace had an intense look in his eyes, "I'll stand proud this time and I'll tell them I'm the ace of Karasuno!"

Endo smiled at the declaration and flashed them both a smirk, "Besides, you know I won't let him get away any time soon." He quipped, "He might have escaped me for a month, but not anymore!" He jumped up and grabbed Asahi by the shoulders, "he's not gonna skip out on us anymore!" Despite Endo not truly being that invested in the sport, he'll be damned if he lets Asahi get out of this again. There was no way that Asahi could run away from the sport, at least until they both graduate, then Endo will let Asahi go since they won't be on the team together.

---

It felt surprisingly nice to Endo to be back at practice. Missing the practice the other day had put a little bit of a damper on his mood. However, it was like a nice break. Still, he didn't have fun on said break, but it was like a good day just to rest he supposed. Of course, he was chewed out by all of his friends for missing yesterday. They questioned him quite a bit, Tanaka and Nishinoya were the loudest about it and wanted to know just what he had been doing.

Though he wanted to sound mysterious and secretive, so he told them only a little bit of what he did. For all they knew he was doing business with his father, though he didn't specify what kind of business. He kind of figured that they knew it has to do with the medical supplies stuff, but he tried to make it sound far more nefarious than what it was.

Sakura saw right through him and wasn't even interested in hearing about what he was doing. Although he tried his best to get her to be at least a little curious about his escapade outside of school. However, all she did was lazily blink at him and then roll her eyes. She sat herself down on the floor and started working on her school work.

Currently, he was standing beside Tanaka as they worked on some spiking practice. Kageyama was setting to them and at the moment he was setting to Asahi. Obviously, the ace of the team was able to hit a perfectly strong spike right over the net.

"Nice kill!"

Kageyama complimented him, "Nice, Azumane!"

"Azumane!" Ukai then called.

The ace turned to his coach, "Yes, Sir!"

"Are you good at back attacks?" He asked as Asahi became slightly unsure. "Hey! You guys come here a second!" The boys all gathered around their coach as he started to write a few things on the whiteboard. He explained a certain maneuver to them, one that consisted of a back attack, and turned to them once he was done, "And that's how it goes."

"First we need to find the right hitting height." Kageyama thought aloud.

Shōyō seemed to be a little unsure, "That looks complicated."

"I don't think we've tried something like that before," Endo said with a hand on his chin in thought.

"Let's try it." Asahi said standing up with a spark of determination, "Thank you for your help!"

Some time had passed, and the boys had all worked together on figuring out the few plays that Ukai had shown them. Putting them into fruition was a bit harder than anticipated. Especially since Endo may or may not have messed up a bit too much. Though he got over it eventually and figured out how to use them in play. Sakura, now finished with her homework, stared at the whiteboard in curiosity. Many of the plays that Ukai had written were a bit complicated. Well, perhaps they looked complicated to her since she's not an actual player. Takeda then approached Ukai who was standing beside the board that Sakura was studying.

"Ukai, you look tired," Takeda commented to the coach who did look a bit tired. The man had circles under his eyes and he was yawning a bit earlier. "You've been arriving right when practice starts every day. How are things at work?"

"Yeah, I specialized in retail all this time, but I've recently taken up a early morning crop tending, so I've been working nights at the store to compensate. After all, I can't let my family coddle me all the time."

Sparing a glance up at the coach, Sakura turned her attention away from the board for just a second with a bored voice, "You're actually responsible?"

"You-"

Takeda cut him off before Ukai could retort to Sakura, "Thank you so much!" He bowed deeply, "I'll bring you a bottle of sake some time!"

Ukai's eyes sparkled at the promise of alcohol, "You mean it?"

Sakura stored that in the back of her mind. If ever she needs to bribe him or something, alcohol is the way to go. Takeda looked over all of the plays Ukai wrote out. "Still there sure are a lot of attack patterns. Are we using all of these?"

"It depends. We need them to focus on the game in front of them." He said, "But we need to pay attention to all the games after this one too." They then watched Suga set a quick attack to Shōyō, which was hit perfectly, "That Hinata-Sugawara fast attack is starting to come together!"

On the court, Kageyama and Asahi were working together on their sets and spikes. Kageyama jumped up to his senpai with wide eyes, "Azumane, what did you think of that last toss? Was it too high or too low? What did you think?"

Asahi started to sweat at the intensity coming from the king, "Uh, well I'm okay wit-"

Kageyama insisted, "Nothing is too trivial! Don't hold back! I'll adjust!"

"Really?" Asahi said in apprehension, not totally prepared at the exuberant manner Kageyama was talking to him with. He scratched his chin, "Okay, then how about just a little higher? Oh, and also make it a little further from the net."

"Absolutely!" Kageyama exclaimed, "I would like to do another 10!"

"What?"

"Should we do more? Okay, let's do 20!"

Asahi shook his head rapidly, "No, no, that isn't what I meant."

"He's so aggressive," Endo laughed loudly at the worried expression on Asahi's face. He wasn't sure if he should go over there and save his big teddy bear or just let the first-year bother him. Either way, it's entertaining.

On the sidelines, Sakura snickered, "I've never seen him so worked up like this." Of course, she had to take a photo of him. For blackmail, obviously.

Kageyama still hadn't let up, "Do you mean you want to practice a different pattern?"

Though Asahi was saved when Daichi called out, "Hey, you guys! We've stayed late enough!"

"Yes, Sir!"

So all of the boys started their clean-up. Daichi reprimanded Kageyama and Shōyō for racing while mopping and Endo tossing stray balls at Suga. When clean-up was finally done, all the boys got their jackets, their school bags and headed out of the gym after saying goodbye to their advisor and coach.

It seemed like Kageyama and Shōyō were going to race once again. This time down the hill towards the shop at the bottom of the hill. All of the boys started heading down, laughing and sighing at the fact that even after practice the troublesome duo still had so much energy. Sakura stuck to the back of the group, her walking pace was far slower than the others, especially since they were so much taller. Curse these volleyball giants and their long legs.

She walked lazily besides really the only person she tolerated in the club and the person she may despise the most. Sakura doesn't have much of a problem being with Yamaguchi. Ever since their private talk the other day, she feels like she can be comfortable around him. She opened up a bit to him, and he was nice to her and didn't seem to want to push her own anyway. So she accepted him as a friend at this point. Tsukishima, obviously, was on a different level. She cannot tolerate him and his snarky comments most of the time. He's a bully, and she hates him for it. End of story.

"Oh, you guys can go ahead," Yamaguchi suddenly said as he paused in his steps, which caused his two friends to do the same. "I have somewhere to go before I head home."

Tsukishima raised an eyebrow at him, "You sure."

Yamaguchi nodded his head with a smile, a bit touched that Tsukishima was worried about him just a little. "Yeah, I'll be fine. See you guys tomorrow. Make sure you get plenty of rest, Tsukki." He smiled brightly and sweetly at him.

The blonde clicked his tongue, "Whatever, see you."

"Bye, Tadashi," Sakura said with a small smile.

The boy flushed slightly at the fact that she called him by his first name and smiled widely. "Bye, Sakura!" He really hasn't gotten used to the fact that Sakura and he are on first-name basis.

As he started his trek to whatever errand he had to run, Tsukishima and Sakura were left alone. Something that could go one of two ways. One, they could just stay silent and not speak to each other on their walk to the store. Or two, one of them was going to say something to the other just to rile them up. Of course, it was going to be the latter since Tsukishima was glancing at the girl from the corner of his eyes.

"It's weird."

Sakura sighed, a bit annoyed that he actually wanted to start a conversation with her. Though she'd humor him for now. "Weird?"

"That you actually made friends with Tadashi."

"Is it?" She raised an uninterested eyebrow, still not batting an eye at him, "Hm."

It seemed like pointing out the fact that she doesn't have many friends were getting to her. Tsukishima really was getting annoyed with how he couldn't annoy her. "Why do you always stay so late anyway? Don't you have anything better to do?"

She shrugged her small shoulders, "I guess not. It's far more entertaining watching you guys mess up during practice than just studying at home." She could tell that he was trying to rile her up. He was trying everything he could, it seemed. He was bringing up some sensitive topics for her but she wasn't going to take the bait. Ever since she stood up for herself during the gallery, Tsukishima has been poking and prodding at her a bit more lately. It was beyond annoying.

He scoffed, "I find it quite pathetic that you seem to have separation anxiety from your brother."

Sakkura could feel herself wanting to retaliate at that, but she kept her cool. Tsukishima watched as she took a deep breath through her nose and let it out through her mouth. Obviously, she was calming herself down before speaking. She only hummed in reply, trying to act like what he was saying wasn't actually getting to her. "Hn."

That topic didn't seem to bother her as Tsukishima had hoped. Though he wasn't going to give up on trying to rile her up. Instead, he tried something else. "So you turned down a scholarship to Shiratorizawa for what exactly?"

Sakura bristled slightly. Why was he trying so hard to annoy her this way? If only she had longer legs to speed walk away from him. Though his much taller stature would catch up with her easily. She huffed, "It's none of your business why I do what I do."

"I find it interesting that you seem to revolve your existence around your brother." He commented, already seeing that she was starting to boil over. His smug smirk graced his lips as his golden eyes started to glow in the dark, "You know, you really are just a clone of your brothers, a shadow."

"Yeah, like I haven't heard that before." Sakura scoffed at his attempt at offending her. Seriously, he should be a little more original. She paused and turned to face him completely. Her dull, brown eyes looked up at him as she crossed her arms over her chest. "Look, I didn't go to Shiratorizawa because I didn't think I'd fit in with those rich kids. Besides, it's better to go to a local school than one a bit farther away." She was telling the truth, at least half of it. A part of why she didn't go to the school was because of the distance, but also the fact that she'd be away from her family, more specifically her brother. So she isn't lying when she says the fact that it was too far away was a factor in her decision.

Tsukishima seemed to stare at her for a while, trying to gauge whether or not she was lying about it. He wouldn't put it past her to lie to him about something like this. Though her indifferent mask seemed to be keeping him from finding out if she was telling the truth or not. "Tch." He tsked before starting to walk off again, "I'm sure you're just trying to convince yourself of that."

Sakura glanced at him with her sharp brown eyes and followed after him, "Maybe I am. Maybe I'm not. You'll never know."

It was silent between them. The only sound was the distant shouts of the rest of the team at the bottom of the hill and their footsteps on the ground. Neither of them was looking at each other, more than content with ignoring each other. Though Tsukishima broke the silence again, "You're nothing like your brother." Obviously, Sakura rolled her eyes. "At this point, he'd be telling me his life story about exactly why he would or wouldn't."

Sakura let out a small chuckle at that, he wasn't wrong there. "Hm, Shōyō just likes to be dramatic most of the time. I'm not. It's not something you need to know, especially since we aren't friends." Her voice turned bitter at stating that fact. It's obvious that she was more than annoyed at the fact that Tsukishima wanted to know things about her, personal things. If he wasn't being such an ass about everything and a bit more sincere then perhaps she would be more inclined to talk to him about it at least a little. But he's just being a bully, so she's not going to give him anything.

"Hey, Tsukishima, Hinata-chan!" Tanaka called and held out a bag to them, "Daichi got us meat buns!"

Tsukishima took the bag from him before handing it to Sakura, "Oh, thanks."

"Hn," Sakura said and took her own meat bun out of the bag. If there is one thing that's good that comes from staying late with the volleyball club, it's the free food Daichi gets them from time to time.

Tanaka noticed their missing friend, "Isn't Yamaguchi with you guys?"

"He said he had an errand and went home," Tsukishima explained as he subtly watched Sakura walk over to her brother. He eyed her as she listened to her brother talks excitedly about something stupid or other. Though the way that her usually bored gaze turned amused and affectionate, gave him pause. Yeah, she wasn't like her brother. And Tsukishima wanted to know exactly why.

---

The days went by pretty quickly. At least, it felt really quick to Endo. Perhaps it was because he was having quite a lot of fun nowadays both at school and practice. True to his father's word, after the one meeting that he had gone to, none of them mentioned the company again. It was pure bliss. Sure, his father and he didn't talk all that much, but that's nothing new. Besides, his father is never usually home when he's there. Hideaki would usually stay at work quite late and leave really early in the morning, so it's not like either of them say that to each other that much. Still, it brightened Endo's week now that he didn't have to think about it at all.

Practicing was quite fun for Endo. All he focused on was trying to learn new attacks and such that Ukai had come up with. Sure, he's still not the best player on the team, and really is only good at his serves, but it didn't mean he didn't have any fun. All he can really do is get better, and having his friends there to cheer him on, and a new coach to teach them, it can only go up from here, right?

Though tomorrow was the day, the tournament starts tomorrow. Endo was quite excited about it, he wouldn't lie. Tournaments were so fun for him. Drama can come around from every corner when teams clash against each other. Besides, Endo doesn't get stressed at games or such. He can keep a cool head most of the time, the pressure doesn't really get to him. Most likely because he doesn't put too much worth into winning or losing. He could care less about who comes out on top, so that might be why he doesn't usually get so worked up about them. Still doesn't mean he wouldn't put in the work. After all, if he didn't he'd be letting his friends down.

"Well done, everyone!" Ukai called now that they finished practice. It was a bit earlier than usual since the last few rays of light were still gazing down on the ground even if they were dim. "Let's quit early and go home to rest up."

"Yes, Sir!"

"Okay, that's all-"

"One minute!" Takeda suddenly exclaimed, "Can I add one more comment from Shimizu and Sakura?"

All of the attention was now turned to the manager and the girl who was sitting on the ground. Sakura jumped at the fact that she was included in this and shook her head with a click of her tongue. She crossed her arms over her chest and shifted on her feet, "Well, it's more from Kiyoko-senpai, but whatever." The manager had approached her the other day and asked her to help with something that Kiyoko found in the closet. It seemed to be completely forgotten and abandoned, so it took some time to clean it up. Though Sakura has to say that she's quite… happy to see it. She actually couldn't wait to sit in the stands right behind it to cheer on her brother.

"I'm not that good at pep talks, so…" She trailed off and turned to head towards the ladder to the upper floor. She waved to the photographer, "Sakura, if you please."

The younger girl got up and followed her senpai, "Sure thing." The two girls climbed the ladder with Kiyoko carrying a black cloth with her. The team watched in anticipation to see just what the girls were going to do.

"What's that?" Nishinoya questioned what everyone was thinking.

They then flipped the banner over the edge to show the team. It was completely black with the kanji for "Fly" written boldly in white. All of the boys were in awe of it, since they never used it before.

"I didn't know we had this!"

Kiyoko looked down at them, a tad bit bashfully, "I found it while I was cleaning so I washed it."

Extremely motivated, Tanaka and Nishinoya both pumped their fists. Tanaka shouted, "Now I'm on fire!"

Nishinoya agreed on with rosy cheek, "I'm impressed, Kiyoko. You do good work!"

"Okay! It's time to get psych-"

"Not yet." Diachi cut them off, "I think… there's more."

"Y…" Kiyoko started now with everyone once again turning all of their attention to her.

All the boys were hanging off of her words, anticipating just what she would say, "'Y…'?"

She took a deep breath as her cheeks started to turn a rosy red, "You can do it."

It was silent. All of the boys were now processing what she had said. The only sound in the gym now was Kiyoko's sneakers on the ground as she ran off. It took a moment for them to understand what she had just done. Eventually, after a second, all of the upperclassmen break out of their stupor, only to start balling their eyes out.

"Shimizu…" Daichi started to sob, "has never done this before!"

Kageyama and Shōyō stared at him, "You too, Captain?"

"These people are dumbstruck," Tsukishima said, disturbed.

Yamaguchi started to sweat, "Usually, they're so boisterous."

Endo smiled with some tears in his eyes, "She's so kind."

Noticing that his sister was still standing up behind the banner, Shōyō jumped with his eyes sparkling, "Oh, Imouto! Say something too!"

The other orange-haired teen jumped now that everyone was looking up at her expectedly. Their teary eyes staring at her caused her to squirm a bit, "Huh? Why me? Um…" It took her a moment to figure out what to say. Much like Kiyoko, she also isn't good at pep talks. Sure, she's pretty good at hyping up her brother from time to time, but not an entire team. Plus, Shōyō understands Sakura far more than the others, so she didn't even have to say much for him to understand her support for him. So she flashed them a small, soft smile with a bit of uncertainty in her voice, "good luck?"

That certainly gave every boy a jolt, since they've never really seen her smile in such a manner. Only a few people have come close to seeing the corners of her lips lift up slightly in a smile. Though this time, while appearing a little unsure of herself, the smile was still far more genuine than anyone on the team has seen. Though the boys then broke out into even more cheers at the sight, which scared the poor girl just a little bit.

"Wait, what is this?" Tsukishima shouted, more than unnerved by how they reacted to Kiyoko and Sakura, "This is getting out of hand!"

Through his sniffles, Daichi shouted, "We're going to win round one!"

"Yessir!"

Nishinoya cried out, "Kiyoko! Sakura!"

"I have the strength of 100 men!" Tanaka screamed.

Despite the strange scene, Sakura was… excited. They were all pumped up for the tournament tomorrow, and she is no exception. The second tournament that her brother has ever been in and his odds look far better than in middle school. As she watched the team shout and freak out with each other down below, she truly couldn't help herself from smiling softly at them all. Yeah, things are looking pretty good for her brother.

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Yawning loudly, Sakura ran a hand through her slightly messy hair. Today was the day. Yet another important day for her brother since the first match for the tournament is today. Now, while she was tired, Sakura was also a bit energetic. It's kind of contagious between the twins. Sakura is usually able to control herself and keep herself cool and collected, but it just seemed like today was the day that she was willing to be more excited than usual.

"Can you believe it, imouto!" Shōyō exclaimed as he quickly put his bike away and seemed to be buzzing in place. "We're heading to the tournament today!"

"Yeah, it's great." Sakura smiled subtly at her brother's enthusiasm.

He jumped up and down like a rabbit, "You'll cheer us on, right?"

"Of course I will." She said almost offended that he would think she wouldn't, "Mainly just you though, I don't really care about the others."

Shōyō tilted his head. Even after all this time, Sakura still didn't seem like she liked the other guys. "Why not? Aren't you friends with any of the others?"

"Hm, no." She then thought about it for a moment before shrugging her shoulders. "Maybe Yamaguchi. Or Suga, Daichi and Asahi. Though that's it." There were only a few others that she tolerates. Perhaps the second-years, sans Tanaka and Nishinoya, though that's about it. The others were either too annoying or an asshole(*cough* Tsukishima *cough*). Though as a whole she'd cheer on the entire team. If they all succeed then that means Shōyō succeeds.

"Oh, I thought you'd-"

The twins then suddenly heard shouting from behind them and the ground started to rumble as Kageyama came racing up from behind him. He passed the two, picking up the wind around them and nearly knocking the twins over. Shōyō growled and quickly took off after him, "Why, you! Come back here, Kageyama!"

Sakura readjusted her uniform after it was messed up by the sprinting setter. She clicked her tongue but let it slide. For today, she could understand why they might have an unimaginable amount of energy. Though they usually are like this so perhaps she shouldn't let it slide. Oh, well.

Though it's not like she was going to race after them. She'd let them run to the club room while she continued her calm, lazy pace. Doing this not only allowed her to not exert any extra energy and contemplate things.

Ever since coming to Karasuno, she's had hope. A hope of her brother finally getting exactly what he wants. An opportunity to prove himself as a player. To show everyone that no matter how short he is, he's still an amazing player. All she wants is for him to prove himself and be the best that he can be. Joining Karasuno seems to have given him the opportunity to do so.

She knows that he has improved exponentially since middle school. He's refined his technique and has a team that can support him in the game and such. While she can support him from the sidelines and give him encouragement, he always needed an actual team to be on the court with him. Karasuno certainly is that team for him.

While she has to admit that some of his team members are annoying, they're talented. They're good enough to help her brother achieve his goal. Some of them get on her nerves, however, she'll look past it for the sake of Shōyō.

Sakura is proud of Shōyō. He's worked hard to get towards this. She knows that this is just one step towards winning as many games as he can. He'll stay on the court for as long as he can. That's all she hopes. Then he'll become just like the Tiny Giant, his idol.

Though, she sighed while getting closer to the club room. Finally turning the corner and seeing Shōyō and Kageyama talking about something, she watched them from her position. She didn't want him to lose. Even if it's a bit of a possibility. They are still a new team, the odds are stacked against them no matter how much they practice. Karasuno is going against other teams that are known to be far more put together. As a pessimist, she's not going to let go of the fact that they may lose. While Shōyō may not think it's possible, Sakura would be the realist of the two and not be too hopeful about everything going right for them.

The last thing she wants is to see her brother get upset after losing despite putting in so much work and having this new team. She'd hate to see that. Even if she's more than prepared for it happening.

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[sleepywisteriah]

Hello hello! Welcome to my blog!

Here you’ll find a bunch of random FFXIV screenshots I personally love, and anything else that’s also FFXIV related (SFW only).

This is also a personal blog so expect the odd off topic post here and there (this one included). 😅

I play as a Miqo’te called Urrorah Star (Pronounced as aurora) over on the Aether Data Centre despite being British, I enjoy it more because it’s more active than the European servers. I do have other characters dotted around but I rarely ever use them.

I mainly play on PS5 so I can be a little slow with things, typing especially, so I do apologise for any delays.

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About Urrorah

Urrorah has no memory of her past, all she remembers is waking up in hospital chambers early hours one morning, she noticed two figures in her chamber; a male and female miqo’te, both of which had claimed to her that they were her biological parents.

Once Urrorah had been sent home, this so callled ‘family’ of hers never treated her as such, she’s lost count of how many times they mistreated her. One night she decided enough was enough, packed her things and left, abandoning her village in hopes for a new start.

Upon arriving in Gridania she was welcomed by so many new people, she’d never experienced such kindness either. The scions had given her a place to call home. She had finally found her real family.

Urrorah was also lucky enough to find someone in particular who she holds very dear to her, but I t’s no secret that she’s completely smitten for one miqo’te in particular, Y’shtola. Ever since meeting each other, to the things Y’shtola’s done to protect their fellow scions, Urrorah will be in her debt for the rest of her life.

During the final events of ShadowBringers, Urrorah was injured during the fight with Emet Selch, resulting in her being left half blind due to all the light leaving her body, she had passed out not long after the whole ordeal.

Once she had awoken in her chamber, she was unable to see anything out of her right eye, not even the smallest traces of aether, even after countless healing magiks, for a fair while all she could feel was an excruciating burning sensation all around her right eye, it doesn’t bother her much nowadays but it’s still healing. Urrorah has since had trouble relaxing when strolling through the markets due to her half blindness.

Likes:

Being around Y’shtola and G’raha

Joking around with the twins

Sharing her adventurous tale with the youth

Being around all the scions

Meeting new faces

Hot chocolate

Cookies

Salmon (she’s likely to get super clingy if this is given to her often)

Head pats

Ear scritches

Dislikes:

Any surprise interaction to do with her right side (unless you want her to toss you over her shoulder, it’s only acceptable if she’s aware of your presence)

spicy food (especially after that one curry at Radz-at-Han)

Abandonment

Dishonesty

People grabbing her tail without permission

People yanking on her tail

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So yeah, that about sums that up! I ain’t no writing expert but you get the general idea. 😂 I am also open to any constructive criticism just please BE GENTLE!

I’m also on the lookout for moots to play/discuss FFXIV with! 😊

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*Edits: as of the end of January 2025, Urrorah is now engaged! I will be adding story for that below soon.

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More lore updates coming soon!~