#I'm having so much fun though

[nifflermini]

You're my safe space (Shoyo Hinata x Female Reader)

Consider this a bit of a sneak peek on the little AU I'd posted about a few days ago.

Dividers by @cafekitsune

My knees ached as I ran up the steep hill of my childhood, laughing as the orange-haired boy passed me with ease. "No fair! You've got volleyball legs!" I shouted after him, a special kind of breathy laugh being pulled from my lungs right along with the oxygen. The stars shimmered brightly above us as he reached the willow tree first, and let out a celebratory cheer while I collapsed on the ground laughing.

"YES! Last time we did this, I was a rotten egg!" He did a silly little victoy dance, and that just made me clutch my stomach in hysterics. I'd missed this side of us, the side that just chilled with each other. Well. Not chill. Obviously. But I mean like, the innocent, childish type of fun that I miss so much. I sucked in air as quickly as I could, the heavy summer air not even giving me an ounce of what I needed. Shoyo handed me his hand, with a good-natured smile, and I took it with a breathless laugh.

"Jeez, remember this place? We used to come here all the time in middle school." I asked, leaning against his chest as I tried to catch my breath. In the suburbs around the city, there was a park we'd used to wander off to when we needed to get away. It was way closer to our middle school than it was to Karasuno, which was in closer to the city.

"Yeah, I remember you lost your last tooth around riiiiiiiiiight here." He hummed, pointing to an exposed piece of bark where a branch had been snapped off. By my middle-school-first-year self. I remember I bet Sho that I could launch myself over the branch, and he bet against me. (I know, right? How dare he not have faith in my subpar jumping ability!) And it wasn't long until we fell into our natural rhythm of having enough trust in each other to just tell stuff to each other.

"So...last year of middle school, huh?" He asked softly, as we looked up at the stars smattered across the sky.

"Yeah... we graduate in a few weeks. How's that for time flying?" I sighed.

"Crazy, isn't it?" He replied, voice barely above a whisper. "I mean, I've known you for two years now." A laugh bubbled out of me and I shook my head.

"No way. It feels way longer than that." I laughed softly. "Wow. Are we old?" That caused him to plunge into a fit of giggled, which soon led me to the same fate. we both tried to shush each other, but that just made us both laugh even harder.

"We're not old!" He gasped, his pearly whites now on full display, making my heart stutter a second.

"Yeah, well there's only 3 more years left! Once high school's over..." I trailed off slightly, feeling a slight pressure interrupt the stutter in my chest. Sho easily spotted my hesitance, and sat up, leaning over me to obstruct my view of the stars, brown eyes curious yet knowing.

"Once high school's over..."?" He prompted, and my eyes quickly averted from his, my heart doing that weird flutter again.

"Well, once high school's over, that's it, right? I mean- I have to choose what I want to do, and I have so many dreams I want to fulfill, but like-" I felt a hot tear shoot down my cheek, and I let out a surprised chuckle, wiping it away with my thumb. "Wow. I'm sorry. It is not that bad, I promise." I laughed nervously waving my hands as if trying to dismiss the sudden feelings overwhelming me. I felt twin tears follow the beaten path while I tried to calm myself down. "I'm just- what if I'm running out of time? What if I'm doing everything wrong? What if I can't-" I soon felt a warm palm over my mouth, and- resisting the urge to lick it- I looked up at Sho, who stared at me with a stern look that really didn't fit his earlier playful demeanor.

"You're filling your own head with too many what ifs." He stated calmly, and my cheeks warmed. Yet again, he wasn't wrong.

"I-" He placed his finger over my lips, and once again, I resisted the urge to lick it. It's not my fault though. He's the one who keeps putting his fingers near my lips.

"Just shush for a second and think, okay? What do you want to do?" He asked. When I looked into his for the first time, I saw the same intensity I saw when he was playing volleyball, or when he came back from patrols. This time instead of being a dull little flame that flickered softly, this was a bonfire.

"I want to be an artist. I... I want to tell stories with my art." I whispered, as if telling some big secret. "I want to comfort people with the things I make. Help them find that little nook they can go to when nothing's going right. I want create something safe and fun." I looked away shyly. "Sorry. That probably sounds lame, doesn't it?" I felt my stomach flip as my widened eyes looked directly into those brown bonfires. Well- now they'd kind of shifted into controllable flames. Not tired, sparking coals but instead flickering little embers lit anew.

"No. That just sounds..." He trailed off, looking into my eye as if searching for the words he was looking for. "Just like you. Exactly like you." He said, voice hovering just above a whisper. My heart skipped a beat at how exposed he'd made me feel with those three simple words. Just like me? I suppose he would be the one who knows me best. He's my best friend, after all.

"Thanks Sho."

"No problem." He said, squeezing my shoulder as he usually would. What was interesting was the little stomach flip that accompanied our usual familiar touches. I briefly wondered if he felt it too as he turned away, groaning inwardly when my stomach fluttered as his fingertips brushed through the blades of grass to meet mine.

This cannot be happening.

So... how we feeling about this little preview? I'm not quite sure if this scene makes it into the actual story, (I'm only like, the prologue and a bit of the first chapter in, sorry!) but I'm having so much fun with this!

[sondheim-girly]

The next time someone complains about a weekend rehearsal I’m gonna bring up that time I had 23 hours of tech in one weekend

[cicadasides]

also i came up with a very cool tarot + playing card + dice system for a little journaling ttrpg so now that's taking over my brain :/

[aloeverawyvren]

breaking news: making gloves without a pattern is hard actually

[leavemetoplaythesims]

i'm playing subnautica for the first time seriously and i never got how scared people are while playing it but my god do i understand it now.

[golyadkin]

it's because i wouldn't let you kill the bounty hunter isn't it

[manny-jacinto]

BEST OF HOUSE OF THE DRAGON 02x04's TWEETS 

[wardingshout]

started playing ooc but couldn't stop thinking about la so here's ww :) it makes sense 👍

[royalarchivist]

Pac: Why is she sad? My god, she's devastated! Guaxinim?

Guaxinim: I think she wanted...

Gris: I want 100 reais.

Pac: She wants 100– [Laughs] She's sad because she wants 100 reais?

Guaxinim: [Innocently] You don't have 100 reais, do you?

Pac: [Laughs] I have negative 100 reais, Guaxinim. Gris, I'm just like you! I'm sad too.

Guaxinim: [Whispering to Gris] Cancel the plan, cancel the plan, go back to normal.

Pac: What do you mean? Wait, wait, wait– [Laughs] No no no–

First rule of passa tudo: make sure your target has money before trying to scam them! 😅 (Thank you to sebbs12 and disfrutalakia for double-checking my translations and transcript! The help is really appreciated!)

[Full Subtitle Transcript ↓ ]

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Pac: [Gasps in delight] Oi, Guaxinim!

Guaxinim: Oi!

Pac: How cool it is to see you here! Oi Gris!

Guaxinim: Look, how cute.

Pac: How cute you and Gris are here!

Gris: oi :( I'm so sad.

Pac: Why is she sad?

Guaxinim: I don't know, man.

Pac: My god, she's devastated! Guaxinim?

Guaxinim: I think she wanted...

Gris: I want 100 reais.

Pac: She wants 100– [Laughs] She's sad because she wants 100 reais?

Guaxinim: [Innocently] You don't have 100 reais, do you?

Pac: [Laughs] I have negative 100 reais, Guaxinim. Gris, I'm just like you! I'm sad too.

Guaxinim: [Whispering to Gris] Cancel the plan, cancel the plan, go back to normal.

Pac: What do you mean? Wait, wait, wait– [Laughs] No no no–

Guaxinim: [Laughing]

Gris: kkkkkk

Pac: I can't believe what you're doing with poor Gris to get money!

Gris: bom dia tio Pac [Good morning Tio Pac]

Pac: Bom dia, bom dia. [Laughs] Seriously, how is a crazy plan like this going to work, huh? Insanity!

Guaxinim: [Dancing with Gris] Muahaha! Muahahaha! We're the most badass evil duo, got it?

Pac: How incredible, man. You guys are great, you're even in sync! Did you guys already get 100 reais?

[spocks-kaathyra]

garak at stsf :))

[ai-no-kokuhaku]

so i just started playing DA:I so i am not very far + have not unlocked all of the romance options & companions but . but he is tempting me god help my soul

[sacrificialalt]

ID: A colored sketch of Pluto from Heaven Will Be Mine with a wide smile, though she's slightly covering this up with the Cradle's Grace sash hanging loosely around her frame. She's surrounded by messy starry and plant designs, and has both the veil of her ship-self and a laurel crown atop her head. End ID

The perfect princess of Cradle's Grace.

[buglaur]

my favourite posts from 2023

[somegrumpynerd]

A little animation I made of Dream and Nightmare for fun, it's pretty short and simple but not bad for my second go at animation I think ^^

The music is from here, I highly recommend listening to the full thing cause it's so beautiful!

Quick explanation for the song and a gif version under the cut

So when I was first dipping my toes into utmv stuff like a year ago, I made a slideshow for my sister with a bunch of au Sanses, let her guess what kinda vibe she thought they had and then gave her a list of names/ aus to see if she could figure out who was who (she did surprisingly well and I'm proud of her).

Well, when I first showed her pictures of Dream her immediate reaction was "this guy looks like he's from zelda" and it's just always stuck with me. Somewhere along the way I started headcanoning Dream playing some kind of instrument when they were kids and when I heard the pan flute version of zelda's lullaby everything kind of fell into place.

So here they are, having a little moment of peace finally, brothers together again c:

[cerise-on-top]

Hi!!

I really love your works and writing on cod! I really enjoy reading it! ❤

Can I request Konig, Nikolai, Rudy and Alejandro reacting to reader speaking to their native tongue?

Take all the time you need! ❤🐱

Hello, I'm glad I can write something people can enjoy! And of course you can, even if I'm not sure I understood this ask perfectly! I wrote it as reader speaking the native language of the lads with them, so I hope that's okay! If you wanted reader simply speaking their own native language, please let me know! Thank you for the request, this one was very fun to write for!

Alejandro, Rodolfo, Nikolai and König with an S/O who Speaks Their Language with Them

Alejandro: He’d definitely be surprised if it comes out of nowhere, but he’s anything but mad. He can speak English fluently, has no problems whatsoever with it, but if he can speak Spanish then he definitely won’t mind either. If you’re a beginner and it’s evident by how you stutter in Spanish, then he’ll be patient with you. He’ll speak slowly and clearly so you can follow while also getting a good feel for the intonations the language has. However, when he just wants to tease you a bit then he’ll speak the way he’d usually speak while also not shutting up either. Alejandro can be eloquent in Spanish if he tries, but he barely ever does, only when he wants to confuse you with words you’d likely only hear from people who are 100 years old. The more you look like you’re in despair, the more it cracks him up. He will apologize afterwards, though, and give you a kiss on the cheek. If your Spanish is already pretty good, however, and you just wanted to surprise him, then congratulations, he’s likely going to speak a whole lot more Spanish with you than before. Just because it’s a popular language doesn’t mean everyone speaks it, so when he wants to tell you something for your ears only while there are people around, he’ll say it in Spanish. It’s comfortable for him, getting to speak his mother tongue with you. He thinks in Spanish, so it’s a whole lot easier for him as well. Tells a lot more jokes in Spanish too, even though they’re some of the worst ones the language has to offer. While they may not be Ghost-level lame, they’re something else still. Come up with your own and he’ll be so proud of you, rewarding you with more awful puns he came up with. He’s just happy he gets to share his language with you.

Rodolfo: As soon as you come up to him somewhat timidly and strike up a conversation in Spanish he’ll be a bit surprised, but absolutely smitten. Since it’s obvious you’re still learning he’ll try to use “nicer” Spanish on you, so more words that aren’t just exclusive to his dialect, or Las Almas in general. Very supportive, he would never judge you for making grammar mistakes while speaking, taking a while to remember a word or mispronouncing something, it’s part of learning a language, after all. Might nudge you in the right direction or correct you gently, but he’d never mean it in a bad way, he just wants to help you. He’ll speak clearly to you, slowly as well, so you can learn from him. It’s not often he gets carried away, but sometimes hearing you speak Spanish is just so cute that he might chuckle a bit or be a bit more excited than usual. A very patient teacher, who can appreciate you trying to learn something new. Now, if your Spanish is already pretty good then he does like holding a conversation with you in Spanish every once in a while. It’s just nice to turn your brain off without having to translate every other word into another language since he, too, thinks in his native tongue. Soft petnames from time to time, or maybe just mixing English and Spanish together when he can’t think of the word immediately as well. Somehow, as soon as he knows you speak Spanish, he’ll believe you’ve taken an interest in the corresponding culture, so he’ll teach you more about Mexico if he can. Teaches you how to cook the food, the customs, what the people are like in general. While he may not be as connected to his culture as Alejandro, he does like talking about it from time to time.

Nikolai: The second you greet him with a cheerful privet he knows you’re in for something. You should have expected such from him as well, though. It’s a gamble with him, he’ll either speak more quickly than he usually does just to mess with you or he’ll hold a prim and proper conversation with you and it all depends on how playful he’s feeling that day. Overall, he’s pretty chill about it, though. You wanna know how to pronounce something? You wanna know what gender a noun has? What his neighbor was yelling about again? He’s got your back. You can ask him the most embarrassing questions a million times, he won’t mind. Besides, if you want to then you can come to Russia and experience everything there first hand. Nikolai knows all the good places in Russia that are suitable for someone who’s not usually there, so you won’t have to worry about anything either. If you want to hold a whole conversation about how tortoises have survived for millions of years, then you can. Besides, hearing you botch the pronunciation from time to time is just the most precious thing there is. Will smile a bit when you pronounce something incorrectly, but won’t ever outright mock you for it. As mentioned before, he just thinks it’s cute. And when you know Russian very well, then he still won’t speak it too often. Nikolai knows eight languages, he doesn’t always think in Russian, usually in English since that’s what most of his closest friends speak with him. If you really insist on speaking Russian with him, he will, but won’t think too much of it. Many people know the language, Russia is a big country, after all. If you want to, then you can spend some holidays there and he’ll show you around since there likely isn’t a better guide in the whole country than him. But he will not make a big fuss out of it.

König: German isn’t a very popular language due to its grammar, so you can imagine his surprise when you walked up to him with the most adorable Grüß Gott he’s ever heard. He could just squish you then and there, but he refrains from doing so and instead focuses on trying to have a meaningful conversation with you. Doesn’t matter if it’s good, doesn’t matter if you’re just asking him how he’s doing, a conversation is a conversation and you’re learning. Besides, you learning German, especially if it’s just because of him, does move him just a bit. Might not always initiate a conversation in German with you because what if you’re not in the mood? But you can always just talk to him in German, he doesn’t mind it at all. Though, he might not be the best person to learn German from since he uses regional words that people his age use. While he does try to speak high German with you, he does not really care much for it, so his dialect slips in every once in a while. But hey, at the very least you get to learn his dialect. As soon as he hears you call someone Hawara he becomes oddly proud of himself, thinking he’s doing well as a teacher even if he barely does anything. He loves Austria, so if you really want to see it, he’s more than happy to take you home, show you Vienna, Styria and Lower Austria and make you try some good old Brettljause. If you already know German, then chances are you’ll only know high German, which is alright too, but please know that from time to time, König will speak his dialect with you, which you might not always understand. He barks quite a bit when he speaks too, making it a bit harder to understand him as well. However, he’s always more than happy to play translator for you and teach you words no one uses anymore, such as hal. Austrian words are a must know for you, therefore you’ll learn fairly early on what a Seidl or an Erdapfl is.

[dawnthefluffyduck]

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