#Idk if I should be flattered or what cause that's kinda funny but also hmm

[chocobje]

erm, what the peak? Love your artstyle

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[talinexa]

Sparring Partner - One-Shot (High School-ish!AU)

IDK I had this thought earlier and just wanted to write it. Where everyone’s ages are kinda how they are in KH3 at the end? IDK I just wanted the BBS characters to be the same age group as the other trio characters who make appearances. AND even though it takes place in our world, keyblades are still a thing because I’m the writer and I said so and I get to decide which elements to crossover! (Y’all don’t let me write A/N’s late at night what is up with me?)

“Hey Aqua?”

Aqua and I turned to see a tall young man with powerfully built muscles standing in her doorway. “Hey Terra. What’s up?”

“Oh. Sorry. Didn’t realize you had a friend over. I was wonder if you… never mind.”

“Oh this is Igni. My friend from school. Well. Actually we met at Dad’s dojo before we knew we went to the same school. We’re just working on a craft. Igni, this is my brother, Terra,” Aqua said to me. They had the same eyes—vibrant blue. And probably the same hair if Aqua stopped dyeing hers blue.

I waved. “Hi Terra.”

“Hello.” He barely glanced at me—then did a double take. “You met Aqua at the dojo? You’re a fighter?”

“Heck yeah.” I leaned back on my hands, crossing my ankles where they dangled off Aqua’s bed. “I’ve been going to that dojo since I was really small. But Aqua was always a class ahead of me since technically I started late up till I advanced enough and skipped one—which was why we didn’t meet till the summer before high school. But we got our Marks at just about the same time.” I smirked at him. “I recognize you, by the way. You’re the boy in the framed picture on the wall of the dojo. But you were a lot younger then.” I didn’t mention that I also recognized him from the pictures in their house. Aqua had at least half-a-dozen pictures of her family in her bedroom alone. But that felt creepy to say so I defaulted to the dojo—a slightly more public space.

“Yeah. I was about twelve,” Terra said quietly.

“Well you haven’t changed enough that I couldn’t recognize you,” I said. “It’s a pleasure to finally meet you. Aqua talks about you and Ventus all the time.” I giggled and Aqua rolled her eyes.

“Nice to meet you too. Aqua’s mentioned your name a lot.”

“Funny that I went four years without meeting you.”

“Yeah… I spend a lot of time at work or behind-the-scenes at the dojo. Sometimes I teach the beginner classes.”

“Fun!” I exclaimed.

Terra cleared his throat and scratched the back of his head. “Thanks,” he muttered.

“Were you wondering if I wanted to spar out back?” Aqua asked. “‘Cause if you’re looking for a sparring partner, Ven—”

“I’ll do it!” I volunteered.

“Ig,” Aqua sighed. “You’re too eager. It’s gonna get you hurt.”

I shrugged. “Just the way I am, Aqua,” I said.

Terra shook his head. “It’s okay. I wasn’t looking for a sparring partner. But thanks for the eager offer. Maybe one day I’ll take you up on it. You said you got your Mark right?”

I beamed. “Yes sir! Eraqus almost didn’t grant it to me because I’m too eager and my defense is weak because I’m more of an offense fighter, but I pulled through on defense, surprisingly, and passed. On my second try. My first graduation exam was a disaster but we don’t talk about that.”

Aqua started laughing. “How long did your nose bleed, Igni?”

“Ssshhh!” I hissed sarcastically.

Terra shrugged, leaning against Aqua’s doorframe. “Don’t worry. I didn’t pass my first time either. For almost the same reasons. Too offensive. Not defensive enough. Poor balance between the two.”

I smiled. “We’d be a train wreck against each other,” I said.

“Terra, what were you wondering about again?” Aqua asked. “To get back on subject.”

“Oh yeah. You seen Ven? He didn’t come into the dojo today when he was supposed to.”

Aqua glanced at her keyblade in the corner of her room and back to her brother. “I think he was going to Sora’s,” she said. “Something about a biology project?”

Terra sighed. “Ohhh. Right. I remember now. Thanks.” He nodded and left.

“Welcome!” Aqua called.

I waited for a moment in silence while Aqua went back to her beading.

“Your brother is a looker,” I said.

Aqua snorted. “Igni!” she protested.

“What? Just stating facts!”

“Please never say that again.”

“Okay I won’t. But I figured it should be said at least once because dang.”

Aqua gave me a look that was amused but uncomfortable. She shook her head and went back to her beading. I couldn’t help but snicker before focusing on my own craft. Aqua was the better craftswoman but I had fun keeping my hands busy and listening to her Alt Music playlist. Mostly Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and Imagine Dragons. Which was great because I liked the same groups.

“Hey Aqua?” I asked quietly.

“Yeah?”

“What’s... what’s up with Ventus?”

“What do you mean?”

“Like, what’s his relationship to you and what’s his life situation? It’s like, I know he’s your family because you talk about him all the time, but... that’s literally all I know.”

Aqua sighed and set her beading down. “Ven is Terra’s and my first-cousin-once-removed. His grandfather is our uncle---Uncle Xehanort is quite a bit older than our dad---but his parents died a long time ago. There was an accident. He lived with Uncle Xehanort from age eight to twelve but then... there was another accident that nearly killed him and Uncle Xehanort brought him to live with us to keep him safer. He’s been with us ever since. He’s basically our brother.”

“Hmm. Poor Ventus,” I said. “Thanks for telling me. I’ve been confused for a while now.”

“Yeah,” Aqua said, picking up her craft again. I took a deep breath and picked up my own.

*****

I spun my keyblade around, stretching out my wrists and hands, also trying to stretch my arms and back before attacking my training dummy. Eraqus, Aqua and Terra’s father, was pacing the dojo. It was practice hour. I’d graduated his program at the same time as Aqua—back at the beginning of the summer after graduating high school—so I didn’t go to the dojo for class anymore. Just to practice with my keyblade.

I had an hour to practice before the beginner’s class came in. A bunch of kids flooding the floor. Half of whom would quit this dojo before they were twelve. If not more than half.

“Hyah!” I shouted, swinging my weapon—

CLANG!

My keyblade rung off another’s.

“Oh gosh, sorry!” I exclaimed.

Terra’s smile greeted me. It was a gentle smile. “Don’t be. Not your fault. I swung sloppily,” he said. “But since we’ve crossed blades, would you care to spar?”

“I would. But don’t you teach the kiddie class?”

“Yeah. So what?”

“Isn’t that in like an hour? You’ll be tired if you go against me,” I teased.

He smirked. “You think you’re that good an opponent?”

“I got my Mark about the same time that your sister did. I should hope so,” I said. Terra bounced his eyebrows and the smile turned into more of a mischievous smirk.

“Well, might as well try,” he said.

“I’ll go easy on you,” I joked.

“Ha!”

We moved away from the practice dummies to the middle of the sparring floor. Eraqus glanced at us and adjusted his pacing route. I nodded to him. He nodded back. There was a small grin on his face too. “Good luck,” Eraqus said to his son. “Igni is one of the most gifted students I’ve trained in years.”

I smiled. “You flatter me, Master Eraqus. You’re just saying that to intimidate him.”

I swung my keyblade. Terra blocked expertly. He didn’t even deflect. He just blocked. Stopped my swing dead. The only other person in the dojo who had ever dead-stopped my swing was Riku. Even Master Eraqus had deflected and parried my attacks the whole twice I’d ever sparred against him. I took a deep breath, steadying myself.

Terra smiled. “You okay?” he asked quietly.

“Dandy. I’ve fought against Riku before,” I said.

Terra nodded. “A worthy opponent. He’s a good fighter.”

“Yeah.”

He shoved me off and swung his—much longer, much bigger—keyblade at me. I managed to dodge, but only barely.

Holy crap he was a strong fighter. I could feel the breeze of the keyblade flutter my shirt. I smiled. Time to pull a Ventus—I’d sparred against the kid before and he was fast. Even though I was two years ahead of Ven in training, he was so fast it was hard to beat him, despite his backhand grip.

I grabbed my keyblade with both hands and swung as strong as I could.

Terra smirked as he deflected it rather than blocked.

He smacked me with the flat of his blade—making me stumble. I ducked under his next swing and elbowed him in the gut before snapping upright and following with a kick that slammed him against the wall. He panted, chin dropped to his chest. “Yield,” I said, pressing my keyblade to his chin and lifting his head with it.

He smirked. “You are good,” he said.

I shrugged and bounced an eyebrow. “I like to hope so.”

He smacked my blade away from him with his own before taking an offensive swing at me—that I blocked but my arms shook from the force of doing so. He was strong.

“But not good enough,” he teased.

“Oh. Bring it on,” I said quietly, shoving him off and swinging at him myself.

We sparred for a few more minutes, knocking over two training dummies and nearly smashing into Sora and Ventus attacking the same dummy. But Terra hooked my keyblade with his and yanked me away from the younger boys.

I ended up smashing into his chest and dropping my keyblade. I managed to scoop it up and parry his next swipe, but only barely. His keyblade grazed my arm. I winced and hissed in frustration as my shirt tore and my arm started bleeding. I clenched my jaw as fire shot up my arm.

“Yowch,” I muttered.

“Are you alright?” Terra asked.

I stripped off my wrap fighting shirt, catching my necklaces—a silver crown and a silver star—and threw it off to the side so I was just in my sports bra and tank top that I wore underneath the wrap shirt since the ties on the wrap tended to come undone and the shirt was so loose on me that if the wrap on the front shifted I didn’t want anyone to look at my sports bra.

“Fine,” I said, spinning my blade and planting one hand on the side of it to block he downward swing.

“You’re bleeding,” he said.

“I’m fine,” I insisted. “I’ve been cut sparring before. Usually by Aqua.”

“Let’s stop,” Terra said, dropping his keyblade completely. “Here. Let me, uh...” He jogged off to the back rooms of the dojo.

Ventus and Sora came rushing over to me. “Igni! Are you okay?!” Ventus demanded. I smiled and ruffled his hair the same way I’d seen Aqua do so. He peered past my hand and arm with wide blue eyes.

“I’m fine, Ven. Just a scratch. A tiny graze. A flesh wound.”

“You’re bleeding,” Sora said.

“I know. It’s okay.” I ignored the flaring pain in my injured arm and put on my brave face.

Terra reappeared at the door to the back offices. “Igni. C’mere,” he said, beckoning me.

I smiled at Sora and Ven again. “I’m fine. Promise.”

As I crossed the dojo floor to Terra, I snatched my torn, slightly bloodstained shirt. I’d have to patch it up. Again. Maybe Aqua would let me borrow her sewing machine. That would make quick work of it...

Terra wrapped his warm, callused hand around my wrist and pulled me back into a room labelled, Instructor’s Office. Inside was a desk, a computer, a couple chairs, a smartphone, and a First Aid kit on top of the desk. Terra sat me down in one of the chairs and immediately set about cleaning and bandaging my wound.

“Terra, I’m really okay,” I said.

“No you’re not. And I can’t let you drive home in good conscience while one of your arms is bleeding.”

“Terra—”

“Listen, Aqua would kill me if I didn’t at least patch you up before letting you drive yourself home.”

I sighed. He had a point. “Fair enough,” I relented.

He could wrap his hand around my upper arm with no space between his thumb and fingers. Not because I had skinny arms—I didn’t—but because he had pretty big hands. For their size, he was nimble enough with them to gently wrap my arm and tie the bandage without hurting me.

“There,” he said quietly, tying off the bandage. “That should do it for now. Make sure to change it and clean it often—”

“Terra. I know how to handle injuries like this. This isn’t my first time.”

“Right. Sorry.”

I shrugged with my uninjured shoulder. “It’s fine. Don’t worry about it. But I really oughtta get home. Take some painkillers or something because it’s starting to throb.” Liar, I thought. It’s been throbbing since the moment you realized you were injured.

I shut that part of my brain up and pushed myself to my feet with my good arm. “Thanks, Terra. I appreciate it.”

He shrugged. “No problem.” He took my hand as I moved to leave and kissed my knuckles. “Forgive me for hurting you.”

“You’re forgiven,” I said. “You have nothing to apologize for. It happens.”

He gave my hand a squeeze and dropped it. “Thank you. But I do. I hurt my sister’s best friend. That’s inexcusable.”

“I would disagree. Accidents happen, Terra. Don’t worry yourself too much over it.” I waved with my good arm, slung my wrap shirt on like a jacket, grabbed my keyblade, gathered my stuff from the cubby I always put it in, and headed out to my car.

*****

Terra plopped onto Aqua’s bed. “I’m sorry,” he said.

Aqua looked up from the college club website she was browsing. “Fooorrr... what?” she asked.

“Igni and I sparred at the dojo today. She didn’t dodge fast enough and I grazed her arm. She said she was okay but her eyes were watering. I don’t think she even noticed.”

“She noticed. She just ignored it. She gets smacked around a lot and puts a brave face on to ignore the pain. But what are you apologizing to me for?”

“She’s your best friend and I hurt her.”

Aqua shrugged. “Did you apologize to her?”

“Yeah.”

“Then there’s no need to apologize to me.”

“But... there’s more to it than... just that.”

“What do you mean?” Aqua’s eyebrows lowered.

Terra sighed. “I think she’s pretty and incredibly capable and would like to ask her out sometime. To get to know her better. But I don’t want you to think I’m trying to steal your best friend from you.”

Aqua blinked. “I don’t. Go ahead. She’d be delighted.”

Terra nodded and stood up. “Thank you, Aqua.”

“No problem. Hey, before you ask her out, take this.” She reached over to her desk and picked up the charm she’d made. “For luck. There’s one for me and Ven too.”

Terra accepted it. “Thanks.”

“My pleasure. Now go ask her out!”

Terra snickered and looked down. “Yeah... yeah okay.” A smile spread up his face and he left his sister’s room. “Worth a shot, right?”

[emperor-lover]

Hey I love your scenarios. Can I please request a guanlin college au? Thank you!!

Thank you for loving my writing!! ❤❤ Sorry this took so long, i’m in the midst of all my final assignments and midterms at uni right now, but here you go!! It’s a bit more friendship with a hint of potential future relationship so maybe i’ll do a part 2 sometime later on if you’d like? Enjoy! 

Kuanlin college!AU (that kinda wasnt a college au, idk i got a bit sidetracked by basketball lmao)  ALSO HAPPY BDAY KUANLIN BBY HOPE UR SWEET SIXTEENTH IS LOVELY LIKE U KIDDO

he’s well known around campus as THE international student 

like a guy who appeared from a manga/manhwa, he has godly features and proportions

just a very perfect looking human

He’s also the guy that still seems to be having a growth spurt because you swear he’s taller than he was a month ago

Has a keen interest in languages, so he’s doing a double degree in Korean and English

People’s first impression of him are always that he’s this really cool guy

He has this signature outfit of a bomber jacket and ripped jeans

and sunglasses

Everyone’s eyes are always drawn to him immediately

“he looks like a celebrity!”

as soon as he took off his sunglasses and sat down, he gave everyone this cute gummy smile and introduced himself 

Despite his fashionable attire, he’s rather introverted and sticks to the same group of friends

The first time you met was in class at the start of your first year

you were running late because you had gotten lost because there had been a mistake in the timetable

you had made it in the correct building but it was seriously like a maze

and there was like 2 minutes left until the lecture would start but you were still so lost

1 minute to go and you were about to give up

when Kuanlin strolls past you leisurely

He’s about to turn the corner when he glances back at you

“um…”

you glanced over at the sound of his voice

“…if you’re looking for the lecture room for korean, it’s over this way…”

You thanked him in relief and followed him around 2 more corners before making it to a seat just in time for the lecture begin

After the lecture was over you spotted him leaving and you had rushed over to him

“Hey, thank you so much for showing me where this room was, you’re a life saver!”

He had looked away and you saw a slight pink flush light up his cheeks

“Happy to help.”

Your resolution when you were beginning college was to make lots of new friends so you decided, hey why not start now

“I’m Y/N by the way, it’s nice to meet you!”

As you introduced yourself, the two of you walked in step with each other

Turns out you do almost all the same papers as he does

The two of you end up just having this sort of silent seating plan

Like it randomly started one day and since then the two of you have always sat next to each other

Round mid semester exam time, the two of you would study together in the library

You’d take turns buying each other coffees

Kuanlin has remembered your coffee order in one go, much to your surprise

He gives off a very innocent vibe despite his mature appearance

He also tends to be very focused, and will always keep his emotions in check

Unlike you, because during exam time, u were streeeeesssed out

A complete contrast to Kuanlin’s very calm soul

The only times he breaks free from the calm is when he finds something funny

Like he’ll break out into this cute breathy laughter that’s super adorable

Because he’s an international student, he struggled to settle in at first at college

but after joining a few clubs and being introduced and meeting lots of nice people, Kuanlin really thrives in the college life

There is this really prestigious basketball team at your college - “Wanna One” and every semester they participate in a tournament against other college teams

Wanna One’s biggest rival is a team called “Mnet” (lol mnet, what a punny bball team name)

It’s such an intense competition as the winning club gets a huge benefit

like helping funding for national and overseas tournaments, helping paying off college tuition fees, getting more exposure to professional basketball scouters etc 

It’s tough though because Mnet is a team that tends to play dirty and will try to dramatise anything so the other team will get fouled (can y’all tell im having way too much fun with this)

A few of your friends, and friends of friends are in Wanna One

So you went to the tournament to cheer them on

You noticed from the crowd that there’s a new but familiar face in the team

The arrival of the new maknae, the hidden ace, Lai Kuanlin

No one outside of W1, as well as yourself had ever seen him play basketball before

so everyone’s a bit worried because the stakes on the game are so high

but those worries were all put to rest as soon as Kuanlin stepped on the court

The star shooter of the match, he didn’t miss a single hoop and ended up being the player who raked in the most points helping W1 claim victory

After the game, you, Wanna One and all their friends went to a karaoke place to celebrate

You were sandwiched between Daehwi and Jisung who were singing their hearts out to some girl group songs

Everyone’s laughing and having a good time

But then you noticed Kuanlin surrounded by all these girls/new found admirers

And although he looked slightly flattered by the situation he also looked very uncomfortable due to the sudden attention on him

You weren’t too sure if you should intervene or not, and just as you decided you were going to say something, Jisung shoved the microphone into your face forcing you to sing with them

After many more songs, you decided this would be a good time to go outside to get some fresh air and a break from all the ruckus

“Y/N? what are you doing out here?”

Kuanlin was sitting on a bench outside the karaoke place

“I thought I’d take a break from the noise, it was getting stuffy in there…what about you, you’re the star of the night, you should be in there celebrating with the others!”

“Same as you, the craziness was getting to me”

You gave a light pat on the back, “Things wont be that normal for you anymore, you’re practically a celebrity!”

Kuanlin had just hmm-ed in response, getting lost in his thoughts again

After that day, you didn’t see Kuanlin as often anymore, which surprised you

it was weird and out of character of him to not have him showing up to classes

and there was always one empty seat next to you, which made your heart ache a bit?

you felt sad that you hadn’t been able to see him at all recently, and he had been extremely slow in replying to any of your messages

Turns out this applied to all your friends in W1 too

You found out eventually that they were preparing for the big national tournament in the coming month, so they were too exhausted to go to class

Videos were popping up on snapchat and facebook of them practising late into the night/morning

sometimes only getting 1 hour of sleep every night, maybe less

you were so shocked, your friends were being overworked like crazy by their coaches, but they just kept smiling and saying that they’re happy

Your birthday comes round, and you decided that you were just going to have a small gathering because all your friends were busy

You sat in the dorm corridor with a small group of your close friends

As you blew out the candles to your cake, you couldn’t help feel upset that none of the boys had been able to make it, or even respond to your invitation

You knew that they’re incredibly busy, so you’re annoyed at yourself for blaming them

You forced a smile onto your face and thanked your friends who had showed up, and after digging into the cake, you all retreated back into your rooms

The clock on your desk ticks away, and as it hits 11.59pm, you sigh

For some reason you had wished that at least Kuanlin could’ve turned up for your birthday

You had stopped denying that you missed him dearly

you missed his voice and his laugh

and his friendship

you also missed that warm fuzzy feeling in your stomach whenever he smiled at you

A few tears roll down your cheek and you wipe them away angrily

Why are you getting so worked up over a boy? 

A boy who is just a friend

Just a friend who bought you multiple coffees

and took notes for you in class that week when you were sick

and accompanied you on late night walks to McDonalds

A sharp knock on your door echoes through your room

Looking at the clock, it’s 3am, and you realise you fell asleep

who tf would be knocking at 3am tho

It’s saturday night, so you’re scared it’s some drunk person causing a scene so you stay in your room

Another knock, but this time a voice rings clearly with it

“Y/N? Are you awake?”

You go over to the door, and after a bit of hesitation you open it

Kuanlin is standing there, holding a present and looking apologetic

“Surprise! Happy Birthday Y/N!”

“You’re three hours late.” you turn your back on him and return to your room with him following behind

“Oh cmon, dont be like that, haven’t you missed me?? Me and the guys are sorry that we couldn’t make it earlier…”

silence

“Y/N? did you hear me?”

He turned on the light and looked at your face clearly

“oh…Y/N, are you crying??”

You shake your head angrily but there’s no denying the tears running down your face

Kuanlin is so concerned, and pulls you into a hug

“Hey, hey, hey it’s alright, what’s made you so upset?”

You hug him back, clinging to him, your anger evaporating at the close proximity

instead your heart is now pounding at an insane speed and you can feel the cheeks starting to heat up

“I just…I’ve just really missed you, you idiot”

you try to disengage yourself from the hug and hide your face but Kuanlin just wipes away your tears gently with his thumbs before pulling you closer and patting your hair

“I missed you too Y/N, a lot.”

He pulls away slightly and hands you the present

“The basketball season is drawing to a close, so we get to go on a break for a few weeks, I just thought I’d come let you know in person and give you this at the same time.”

His face is tinged with pink and he scratches the back of his neck in embarrassment.

After unwrapping it you see it’s a beautifully and intricately designed necklace

You marvel over it as it sits delicately in the palm of your hand

He’s still nervously looking at you trying to assess your reaction

“UH…if you don’t like it, there’s an exchange card in the gift box, so if you don’t want it you can change it to something nicer at the shop just in case you -”

“Kuanlin, it’s beautiful, i really love it”

“YOU DO?”

this boy had spent hours at that shop trying to find that freaking necklace

and every single member of W1 had seen it and reassured him that you’d like it

but he was still nervous af the poor kid

He took a deep breath to try calm himself down as he took the necklace from your hand and signalled for you to turn round

you did and he gently pushed your hair to the side

his fingertips brushed your neck as he put the necklace on you and you couldn’t help but shiver

Suddenly his arms wrapped round your waist and you were enveloped by his warm body

“Y/N…Happy belated Birthday.”

After Kuanlin left that night, you lay in bed replaying the scene over and over in your head

Something about your relationship with him was different now, but in a good way

Playing with the necklace still hanging round your neck, you smiled to yourself

Who knows how things will go from here, but right now all you can think about is the next time you’ll see Kuanlin and how much you liked being in his embrace

huhuhu i always struggle to end my AUs and they turn out extra mushy, im sorry! I’m going to try really hard to do at least one update a week, but because my final exams are coming up real quick I can’t promise anything! Remember, if you’ve sent in a request, I will put them up on my masterlist as soon as I’ve seen them, so you can check if I’ve received them/if i’m working on them there! Once again, thanks for reading!! xo