#Mei got pictures of themselves as well

[smiley1angry]

Warnings: English is not my first language so excuse my grammar mistakes

Trigger warning: mention of pregnancy, mention of death, little angst , a little age gap

Contains : this is a modern au where Sukuna is a sorcerer in Jujutsu High

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡

The moonlight peaked out of the curtains in the big shared bedroom. The tv was on silent only the screen was on, a romantic movie of course, that’s why it was on mute, he hated the sloppy and lovely dovely scenes and monologues. His big muscled body was laid on the soft mattress shirtless ,only having a thin blanket on his waist. The man hummed in curiosity, he stared at his wife who was currently laying aganist his side while she held a laptop on her lap.

“Oh! I remember this one!” she pointed at the screen where an old high school picture popped up, it was her on the picture and other three classmates of hers “ After taking this picture I met you and your… brother “ she mumbled the last part slowly turning around her head back to see the male’s reaction to the mention of his brother but her husband just gave her a nod go continue.

“You just returned from your mission with Jin. I have only heard of you by that time but never really seen you before in person “ the h/c woman began to speak while a light smile appeared on her face “ You weren’t that annoying back then…” the pink haired man remarked making Y/N groan “ I am definitely not annoying! I’m just moody!” she corrected Sukuna and rolled her eyes at the man. “ Same thing”

Back then everything was a bit different especially between them, Y/N was just a student while Sukuna was already a sorcerer by the time. She was young and lively, a bunch of joy, everyone adored her especially her classmates. The other students, Utahime and Mei Mei had warned her about the Itadori twins especially about the older one. Tattoos covered his body and face, piercings in his ear while his face expression wasn’t the friendliest. When that famous picture was taken the twis had just returned from a mission.

Y/N was sitting on a bench with Shoko, both of them having a cigarette between their lips as the boys was already introducing themselves to Jin and Sukuna. The young brother was extremely happy and excited to finally meet the soon to be sorcerers yet Sukuna wasn’t very touched by the moment, he just groaned and rolled his eyes at everything they said especially when Gojo started talking.

Y/N noticed Sukuna’s behavior and it made her curious why he gotta act out of the line when the others was just being friendly “ Hey Shoko… why is that tattooed guy acting so bitchy?” she asked Shoko while puffed out the smoke “ No idea but i would been doing the same if Satoru start yapping…” Shoko replied with a chuckle and both of them continued staring at the group until Sukuna had noticed the eyes on him, he got extremely pissed so he walked over the girl table “ Something got in your eyes princess? Your eyes almost fell out” the man said with a smirk on his lip and stood in front of Y/N crossed arm. “ Actually… yes , a bitch got in my eyes and standing in front of me” she smiled sweetly while and irk mark had popped up on Sukuna’s forehead. And just like that, they always stick together, Y/N loved to annoy him and Sukuna loved making Y/N laugh. At the second meeting they started dating and at the end of the year Sukuna had proposed to Y/N, at the time she was 19 while he 23, yet they could never regret anything.

“ Like I said… you were annoying back then as well” he said with an eye roll as Y/N finished her speech of the past. Sukuna let out a sigh and started stroking her soft hair as a light smile appeared on his lips “ You are just saying this because you were already crazy in love with me!” she laughed and skipped to the other picture, she stopped laughing, she was quite and felt Sukuna’s heartbeat going faster. It was a picture of Sukuna and the 2 years old Yuji laying on the couch , as a fluffy blanket was on the top of both of them.

It was a day after Jin’s funeral, Y/N could see Yuji’s puffy cheek from hours of crying on the picture, Sukuna was in the same state as his nephew, but he stayed strong in front of Yuji, he needed to stay strong. “ I think we should stop…” Y/N suggested and put her laptop on the side so she could turn towards Sukuna slowly stroking his cheek. The man got man by the picture, since Jin’s death he still blame’s himself of everything what happened “ It’s fine… it’s just… pisses me off” Sukuna mutured leaning into her touch “ It wasn’t your fault, Sukuna. You had no choice “ she whispered softly getting on the top of him, sitting in his lap while she slowly stroked his knuckles “ I could’ve save him… that’s was pisses me off the must… yet I choose to save myself instead, I knew Jin wasn’t even close to my level yet… Big brothers always protects their young siblings… but I faild” Sukuna confessed squeezing his fists together and closed his eyes while greeting his teeth “ and now that brat is all alone” he whispered and slowly got up laying Y/N down on the shared bed.

“ Yuji grew up with you just amazing, he loves you and cares for you deeply, Jin was never mad at you and I believe your brother is really proud of you, look at you, Yuji is already 16, a strong kid just like you, a replica of you is on the way, and you have me, since high school “ Y/N chuckled softly and watched as Sukuna during her speech rolled her shirt up and started stroking her 7 months old pregnant belly, at each strokes he got little kicks in answer. The man stayed quiet and focused on her pregnant belly seeing as his son got excited by his affection.

“ You always know how to calm me down aren’t you?” He whispered and laid his head on her chest so she could have a better view of her round belly “ That’s because I know you for such a long time, and you are my everything “ she whispered and kissed his head softly. She slowly closed her eyes and relaxed until his touch. Back then he was a maniac, a crazy lunatic who started unnecessary fights with everyone, but right now he just wants to be enough for his wife and unborn child.

[revserrayyu]

2.7 Penacony thoughts [part 1]

**Spoiler warning** for everything up until we finish our little shopping trip with Fugue. At the time of writing this, I’ve already finished all of the 2.7 story and may reference events that happen a bit later, so just be wary of that.

As much as I believe Sunday to be an intelligent man, I thought there was no way the people of Penacony wouldn’t recognize his handsome face and pierced wing just because of a simple outfit change, but call me a fool since he manages to leisurely waltz through the dreamscape undetected thanks to the power of Harmony so he can fiddle with everyone’s minds to help disguise himself.

Knowing now that Wonweek was just Sunday’s older self disguised, this moment doesn’t feel as comical as it did upon first experiencing it, but he sounded so calm and sincere here that I have no doubt Sunday would actually say this to a real pepeshi, and for that I love him.

Everyone say thank you to Jade for setting our angel free. A part of me wished we would see more of his rescue other than just the same 2.3 scene in a flashback, but oh well. Guess she really just freed him from his chains and disappeared among a sea of butterflies. Oh, wrong quantum character, tee-hee~

Breaking news: red text is still powerful enough to make me pause and send subtle fear into my heart, no matter how silly the situation appears.

He said the thing.

This was honestly so cute to hear about. Yeah he tells us it was one of his first failures but just picturing a young Sunday trying to fly is adorable. I read his character stories before starting the quest (which means I was spoiled about him joining the Express) and his first one also showed that playful side to him and while I know it’s mainly because he was a child when writing that letter but it made him feel more human to me. He seemed so closed off and seemingly perfect as a npc but now I feel like we’re getting to see more of his true emotions since he doesn’t have this huge pressure of being the Oak Family head anymore and I love that for him.

Out of all the possible disguises he could’ve possibly chosen, he decided on a lady intellitron. At least this shows how believable his disguise is to others.

For a moment I thought Sunday managed to fool Welt and slipped away unnoticed, which would’ve been quite a surprise, but thankfully Welt managed to pick up on the suspicious vibes this angel was giving off. Sunday admits he has no ill intent but Welt decides to make doubly sure of that by keeping a close eye on him throughout the remainder of this story.

I originally thought that part of Robin’s deal with Jade would be that the siblings could no longer see each other again, but since they did cross paths later on, I suppose I could rule that out, even if Sunday was still disguised. For fun, let’s just say she gave up her voice in exchange, since none of her lines were actually spoken (which I assume is due to the voice actor strike still going on.)

I wish I had the HI3 knowledge to know what happened to our dear grandpa. I seriously need to dive into some lore.. maybe watch a couple videos. Eventually.

Behold! All the Tingyun eidolons everyone received while pulling for Sunday! This is around the time I realized that Tingyun’s voice actor did indeed get switched. I know from the 2.7 livestream that Fugue had Anya listed instead of Laci, which didn’t seem too outlandish to me at first, considering the characters themselves had different names, but to replace the old va completely with Tingyun’s four star form too? Eh, that doesn’t really sit right with me. I get Tingyun and Fugue are essentially the same person, but they’re different enough that they could’ve made it work with both. If Ruan Mei could rework the girl’s body and give her more tails, I could believe her voice got messed up a little during whatever experiments she endured so we could have two different actors.

Again, I’m just gonna assume the replacement was due to the strike and I’m gonna believe that to be the reason why Himeko, Dan Heng & Stelle (& maybe Caelus, I dunno) didn’t speak either. Still a shame since I love hearing them whenever the story updates, but I can imagine their voices in my head if I try hard enough. Anyways, I’m sure Remembrance has gotta be one other paths influencing Amphoreus; as for the last one, who knows. Place your bets.

Can’t blame Wonweek for passing out after witnessing this while tuning. Evil and controlled Tingyun is on par with a nightmare.

His efforts weren’t in vain though because all the Tingyun eidolons did some fancy showcase and allowed the gorgeous Fugue to finally make her grand return! Or grand debut I guess since this is technically our first time meeting this version of her. Confusion aside, I seriously love this updated design for her. She’s so elegant! And now with the fire element and even more tails she literal became a Ninetales

Waking up with now memories is giving me Promised Neverland flashbacks and I’m suddenly so sad for our girl. And I know she’s constantly referred to as “Tingyun” throughout the entire story by other characters and even the text, but I’m still gonna call her Fugue.

Everyone say thank you to Ruan Mei for saving our pretty fox lady. Ain’t this fun? Knowing that someone like her and Jade, two characters people openly dislike, managed to both bring back another beloved character? Jokes on y’all because I’ve always enjoyed these ladies and now I can appreciate them even more~

I can’t hear “traveling merchant” and not think of Luocha. Just the mere thought of him makes me nervous, especially now since we learned at the end of 2.5 that his coffin contained a piece of Tayzzyronth’s body and if our mad scientist manages to get that in her possession I fear what else she’ll cook up in this lab.

After the sad flashbacks, we take Fugue on a little shopping trip to lighten the mood and we assist picking out gifts for Fu Xuan, Jung Yuan and Bailu and it was at this moment where I thought “oh no, she doesn’t remember Yukong?!” and started to freak out. Thankfully I worried for nothing as our beloved ace pilot shows up in person later once we meet up with Himeko again on the Radiant Feldspar.

Once again this whole reunion giving me Promised Neverland vibes, especially ch181 with knowing deep within your heart that you know these new people somehow from a past that you can’t quite remember as vividly as them but they still make you feel safe and complete. I really do wonder when Phantylia took control, or if we possibly never knew the old Tingyun at all and she was controlled by Phantylia from the moment we met. The story quest was a long time ago, so if there were any hints, the odds that I’ve forgotten are high.

It does warm my heart to hear her call us benefactors again. Whether it be a Phantylia thing or an old Tingyun thing to call us that, it just feels right coming from her.

To be honest, the 2.7 story didn’t feel all that long when compared to the last couple patches, but I’m gonna cut it short here and finish the rest in another two posts. Probably.

[skellebonez]

Happy (LATE) Birthday Lupin!

So. It took me a little extra time, but I finally got your birthday fic done @lunar-wandering! I hope this is funny, I had way too much fun imagining this in my head.

“We TOLD you this would FUN Red Son!” MK said while letting out a wheezing laugh.

“That depends on your definition of fun, NOODLE BOY,” Red Son said in exasperation, attempting to right his jackal hood from its skewed position. “… but I will admit. This has been an… ENJOYABLE way to spend the weekend thus far.”

“SUCESS!” Mei and MK shouted, unable to resist the urge to jump up and give each other a high five. The day had turned out better than expected, all things considered.

Somehow, by some sheer stroke of luck, MK and Mei had managed to convince Red Son to join them at a local convention that had moved to the city of Wàn Qiān Chéng. They’d always WANTED to come to this convention, but it had been just far enough before MK gained his powers to make it less worth trying to travel to (and asking for a day off from Pigsy). But, of course, immediately after his powers?

Convention moved.

It barely took them half an hour to get to it now, and that was attempting to drive normally! With his staff or cloud or Red Son’s fire it would be trivial. Mei did mention she could fly her jet, but as far as they knew it would be impossible for them to actually land it on the roof of the convention hall.

They’d been a little lost on exactly what to cosplay for a while. They wanted to go a group cosplay, preferably a trio or at least a duo who would be normally seen with the third character (or at least would be HILARIOUS if they were seen together). But that problem was solved pretty quickly when they managed to gain the interest of their friends. While Sandy had to sit the convention out (poor Mo needed to go to the vet), it didn’t take long for Pigsy to show interest in bringing his food truck and for Tang to invite himself along by proxy. Granted, they wouldn’t be joining them inside the con. Unlike…

“I have to admit,” Macaque said with a chuckle. “This has been pretty fun. It’s like putting on a play without all the stress of making sure it goes perfectly.”

“It’s so nice to walk around and have NO ONE know who I am!” Sun Wukong exclaimed with a tired and excited chuckle. “They only know who I’m cosplaying!”

Ah yes. The cosplays.

They’d gone over exceptionally well! To be fair they were cosplaying a group of characters from a very popular game, but they liked to think that people genuinely liked the quality of their cosplays. Who knew Sun Wukong and Macaque were THAT good at sewing? Making the armor and props was easy with Sun Wukong and MK’s powers (and given how complicated their outfits were and the fact they weren’t entering any cosplay competitions they were so grateful for not having to make THOSE), but the monkeys were DETERMINED to at least make the costumes themselves.

And boy did that pay off.

They honestly expected the two of them to be the most popular out of the group, but they really underestimated the power of a popular duo.

Mei and Red Son as Tighnari and Cyno were the spotlight stealers, especially with Mei’s mechanical ears that moved back and forth.

MK was decently popular as Aether, but not as much as the rest of his group. He wasn’t complaining though, this meant that he could act as the hype man for any one of them who was requested for pictures!

Sun Wukong and Macaque were almost as popular as Mei and Red Son, their Neuvillette and Furina cosplays gaining so many requests for Furina to be doing something goofy with Neuvillette looking on in confusion or annoyance. Something VERY easy for the two monkey demons to do!

All in all, it was a fantastic day at the convention.

But damn did they need a break.

That’s how they all found themselves outside the convention all in the garden attached to it. It was less busy than expected outside, probably because of the cold, but everyone except Red Son was pretty got in their costumes and could use the cooling off anyway (and Red was warm enough normally so the exposed midriff of his costume didn’t bother him even a little bit once outside).

They were enjoying a late lunch, separated from everyone in a nice secluded part of the garden surrounded by bushes and some early blooming flowers. Mei had Sun Wukong summon them up a tea set with his hair, insisting they all eat in costume while she filmed them. A slightly odd request, but she had been filming the day for a con vlog she was intending to upload later so it wasn’t THAT odd.

“Can we please take our costumes off for a minute now?” Red Son asked once they had finished their food, stretching so hard they could hear his back pop. “This hood is heavier than it looks and I’d like my scalp to be able to BREATHE for a moment.”

“Just one more thing!” Mei said, giggling wildly as she stood up and practically vibrated in excitement. “There’s this Genshin meme going around and I want us to do it!”

“Oh… Oh my gosh that’s why you had us eat in costume,” Macaque said slowly, piecing everything together. “It’s for the CALM parts of the video and why you had Wukong SAY THAT mid lunch.”

“You’re an evil genius,” Sun Wukong said, staring at the dragon girl in awe. “You tricked me so good! I’m supposed to be the trickster!”

“Hehehe,” Mei chuckled, rubbing her hands together. “You got it! Now, I have a plan for how this is going to go, a few actually, and I’ll edit the video together with the second and third parts based on what goes best. I need all of us to look horrified at Macaque for a moment while Wukong says the next line, then all of us are going to look at Wukong when he says the last one. Then the real fun begins. The first one is going to be Macaque dancing alone, then everyone except Wukong joins in, and then it’s all of us!”

“Oh oh,” MK shouted in excitement, waving his hands. “PLEASE let me break dance, I want to break dance SO BAD.”

“Only if you also moonwalk in at least on of these takes.”

“DONE!”

“What about me?” Macaque asked. “If I’m starting this what I do has to be good.”

“Fortnite default dance.”

“Diabolical, I’m in!”

“I assume I’m not joining in on the dancing until the last one?” Sun Wukong asked.

“Yeah,” Mei agreed with a nod. “Look as horrified at the rest of us as you want, but do whatever funny dance moves you can do for the last one. Maybe the worm.”

“I always wanted to be a worm at least once.”

“I assume I am being dragged into this mess?” Red Son asked with a sigh. “What do you wish for me to do?”

“Hear me out,” Mei said with a shaky chuckle. “I don’t care what you do for the drafts of the second segment. But for the last one, please. PLEASE stand close enough to my phone your feet are cut off so no one can see your fire and use it to slide you across the screen in a T pose as you slowly spin around.”

There was a beat of silence as everyone waited for Red Son to react, staring at him in anxious excitement.

“That… is the dumbest thing I have ever heard,” Red Son said slowly. “I love it.”

“LET’S GOOOOO!” Mei yelled, hurriedly checking her camera to make sure it was still good before sitting down. “Ok, ok, whenever you’re ready Wukong.”

The Monkey King smiled, almost unable to get rid of his smile and take on the neutral face of the character he was dressed as, but slightly more horrified as he looked at Macaque.

“We now turn to the ~Oratrice Mecanique d'Analyse Cardinale~!”

~

“Looks like everyone’s having fun at the convention,” Tang said, slurping up another bite of noodles, the last in his bowl, as he scrolled through Mei’s feed on his phone. “Mei’s posting memes.”

He sat on a stool outside the open back door to Pigsy’s food truck, bowl of the chef’s ever famous noodles sitting on a folding table set out in front of him. They were parked across the street from the convention hall everyone else was inside of, Pigsy working hard inside to prep food while Tang ate an excessively late lunch, right beside a park.

It was almost TOO good, prime real estate for a food truck to be parked in, and they had slightly underestimated how popular they would be compared to the simple ice cream food trucks that seemed to take over all the space at the convention center proper.

… why were there even 6 of those? Well, that didn’t matter.

Apparently when people are extremely hungry, they would actually cross the street for something that looks good.

“I still think you would have had more fun goin in with them,” Pigsy said as he fixed up a new batch of fresh jiaozi for when the next batch of hungry con goers comes up to his food truck. “You’re dressed as that… Piedmon character and you’re not even helping, you’re just eating my food.”

“It’s PAIMON. And I’m free advertising!” Tang protested with a smirk, taking a big slurp of broth to make the point even more clear. Pigsy couldn’t help but snort in both mocking indignation and amusement as he did this. “Who can possibly resist coming to a food truck when someone looks THIS satisfied with the food?”

“People who see the ‘opening at 6 pm’ sign on the closed awning,” Pigsy rebutted with a chuckle. “And since we’re not opening until 6, why don’t you show me what Mei is posting whole I finish folding these up.”

“Oh, it’s GOOD,” Tang said, barely holding in a chuckle as he went over to the open door and held up his phone. “If people knew the adults with the trio were it would blow up even more!” Pigsy stared at the screen, face slowly scrunching up in both amusement and confusion.

“OK, I get the dancing and all, but…”

“But?”

“Why are they asking for judgement from a bird?”

Nothing could have been better advertisement for the food truck than Tang immediately bursting out into laughter, holding his chest as he slowly lowered himself to the ground and started wheezing.

[what-a-creative-user-nana]

LMK ep 4 Review

Major Lmk spoiler under cut <3

Banger introo i Love

xD Pigsy ranting abt a carrot???? "a BEEautiful CaRRoT" v

Also TANG <33

Lol i love that Tang's a pessimist xDD

HOLD ON HOL UP xDDD ThIS v

(im so sorry) GFJQEYGMEA

UhhH This Creepy LADy vv

UHH TANG STAY AWAY FROM HER

Also: This rando w/ the fierce LasHEss

Lol- B got RejEcTed by Tang <3333

UH PIG WHAT ARE YOU DOING v

THERE ARE DISGUSTING VEGGIES THERE PIGS R U DUMb???????

Tang *looks at the veggies*- Are you blind?

LooK In mY ~exClusiVe WaRES~-WOman?? Sthu v

SHE'S SHADY PIGSY U IDIOT

UGH PIGS NOW LOOK WHAT YOU DID!! YOU GOT TANG CAPTURED!! v

YOU OWE HIM ~Free Noodles for life~

YUSS Mei the VIdeO Game Queen Pt. 2 +SAndy!!! v

Mk: GUYSSSSS!! PIGSY'S MISSING!! v

Mk: HE DIDNT OPEN THE SHOP THIS MORNING! v

D-Does he really open eVeRyDay??

This: ??? v

Mk: Oh, and I just realized now.. Tang is also missing.

WHY DID HE SAY IT LIKE THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL!!! IT'S TANG!

Mk to Mei: Uh, how did you get these videoes? v

Mei: Oh, I attached cameras to you a while back. *says it like it's no biggie* v

We stan a protective quEEN

Uh, Speaking of Queen--- IS THAT THE SPIDER QUEEN THAT IVE HEARD SO MUCH ABT v

i KNEW she was shady- Also Mk: AAH SCARY NIGHTMARE HOLE!!

I just love Mk in this one

Mk: EW, A SPIDER DEMON? C'MON NO! eW, yuck- I hate spiders HATE HATE!! WITH THEIR EYES-AND FEET AND HAIRY BUTTS v

Can relateee

*Deep voice*- OPERATION: Safe-Tang-And-Pigsy-From-The-Nightmare-Hole™ v

ThIS GANGGG vv

Pedestrians beTTER RUN BC THE SANDY-CAT-DRAGON-BURST SQUAD IS ON THE WAYY

UH, FORGETTING ABT THE PIG 4 A SEC SOMEONE SAVE TANG AAAHHHH v

WELL, SQ, HOW U GON GET FAME BY KILLING PIGS AND TANGG???

XDDDD I SHOULD NOT BE LAUGHING BUT WHEN SQ SAID "~Dinner~" I IMMEDIATELY THOUGHT "Heh, roast pig" WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME XDDSUGFUGMEIUG

Back to THE RESCUE SQUAD- YEAHAHH v

Uh, wow they.. uh.. just let themselves in- UM MK, MEI THAT"S NOT A VERY SAFE POSITION v

UH- LOSER! SHUT UPP v you areNOT ALL THAT

UUUUGHH TANGGG!! WHY WOULD U TELL HER MK's COMING!! Like ILY BUT you gotta learn to SHUT UP ;n; v

Tang: Don't worry, Pigsy. Mk's far too smart to fall for one of her traps!

*Meanwhile with Mk* v

Me w/ spiders: v

Mk: This place is full of WEBS AND HORROR (can relatee)

:OO ANgsty Nightmare FUEL???? v

Her: ~Don't tell me you're scared of SPIDERS!~ *gets all up in his face*

Me: BACK OFFFF

<YES THIS IS ALL PIGSY'S FAULT IHSFHAHHHHHHHHHH WHY U DUMBB>

OPERATION- Save-Mk-From-The-Nightmare-Hole™ v

<SQ: Hah, you're the kid Monkie King chose?

Mk: No, I'm the Monkie MANN>

I SHRIEKED- GET AWAY FROM HIMM vvvv

HAHAH THE SQUAD'S GONNA KILL YOUUUUu

<YAY RESCUE SQUAD SAVES THE DAY (heyy that rhymedd-ishh)>

Th-THis Picture is going on my Wallpaper RN~~ v

OPERATION- Rescue-Tang-And-Pigsy? v

YEAH! SUCCESS! (With absolutely no trauma to take home for later!!)

*Angry screaming at the sky*- SHE'S GONNA COME BACKKK!?!?!?!

Alrighty! I've hit my pic-limit soo I'm outie! Til next time~

[shadowqueen402]

Missing Girls!? (A Prim and Proper Problems fic)

Been a while since I've made small fics of @kayssweetdreams's Prim and Proper Problems fic! Anyways, here is another one. This time, one of my oc's extended relatives appear! Read on to see which one! Anyways, this fic takes place after Kaylo and Yuri were brought back to normal.

Thanks to Kuro's and Shiro's brave act, Yuri and Kaylo were brought back to their normal selves. After taking the time to get adjusted to their surroundings, the two now found themselves looking through everything that was collected from Madame Prim's office with the help of Leo, Emma, Mei and Aria.

"How long was Madame Prim trying to make girls go to her school?" Kaylo asked. She was stunned to see the list of names of the girls from all around the world, Timeville included. "Look at all of these people that she targeted!"

"Especially since she was using fake cash," Mei pointed out, frowning at the suitcase before she went back to sorting through the documents. Her eyes then landed on something. "Uh, you guys?"

"What is it, Mei?" Yuri asked. "What did you find?"

"You all may want to take a look at these." Mei placed two documents onto the table for Kaylo, Yuri, Leo, Emma, and Aria to see.

On the table was two missing person reports.

They both had a picture of a girl who appeared to be around the age of four. One had curly, golden blonde hair, fair skin, and aqua green eyes. The other had straight, black hair that was in a low ponytail, tanned skin, and brown eyes.

"Apparently, Madame Prim was keeping these two missing person reports," Aria said, not wanting to believe this. "But why? Kaylo? Yuri? Mei? Emma? Leo? Do these girls look familiar to you?"

Kaylo, Mei, Leo, Emma, and Yuri eyed the missing little girls' photos. "Yeah, they do look familiar," Emma said. "Not sure why…"

"Too bad there's no name on these missing reports," Mei said. "But there's something about them that is even more suspicious… I can't put my finger on what…"

"Well, we can't just hand these over to the police just yet," Leo said. "We don't know who these girls are. If only there was a way to identify them…"

Suddenly, Aria had an idea. "I know who can help with this," She said. "He's a relative of mine that lives in Scotland. He's coming over to visit me and my parents in Timeville. He'll know what to do."

Kaylo, Mei, Leo, Emma, and Yuri looked at each other. They haven't met Aria's relative yet, but considering with what has happened, they were really out of options.

Later on, the five friends were standing outside of Aria's apartment when the sound of a motorcycle was heard getting louder and louder. A black and blue motorcycle pulled up and parked. The driver pulled off his helmet, revealing a remarkably handsome man with chocolate brown hair and striking orange eyes.

"How's my little cousin doing?" The man said to Aria with a smile. Aria ran up to the man and hugged him, to which he returned the hug.

"Yuri, Mei, Kaylo, Leo, Emma, meet my older cousin," Aria said to the three. "Ethan, meet my friends. From left to right are Yuri, Mei, Leo, Emma, and Kaylo."

"You have a cousin?" Kaylo asked, stunned. Nevertheless, she and the others took turns shaking Ethan's hand. "It's nice to meet you, Ethan."

"Always a pleasure," Ethan said before turning to Aria. "I got your text, Aria. It sounded rather…troubling. What's going on?"

"It's rather a long story." Aria frowned. "But we're dealing with a woman by the name of Madame Prim. She had the audacity to brainwash Kaylo and Yuri into being perfect. Just today, we found out that she had two missing person reports."

"Madame Prim…?" Ethan crossed his arms and frowned. "Wasn't she that crazy lady that tried to marry Uncle Roy? The same one that made you, Aunt Esme, and Uncle Roy move here?"

"That's the one." Aria nodded as she handed the missing person reports to Ethan. "Anyways, we don't know who these girls are as there's no name on either of the reports. But Emma says they look familiar to her. Not to mention, Mei suspects that there's something suspicious about them. Do you think you can see if you can identify them?"

"I sure can," Ethan said with a nod as he took them from Aria. "This won't take long. All I need is a computer and I'll be able to find out who these girls are."

"There's a laptop on my desk up in my room," Aria replied, handing him the keys to her apartment. "The password should be there."

Ethan nodded and went inside. Kaylo, Yuri, Leo, Emma, and Mei all turned to Aria. "We really didn't know that you had a cousin," Leo said.

"Three, actually," Aria corrected. "Ethan happens to be the oldest. He works as a tech expert for the police back in Scotland. So he knows exactly what he's doing."

Fifteen minutes had passed. Ethan then exited out of Aria's apartment with both the missing person reports…and two pictures. "It took some time, but I was able to identify who the girls are," He explained. "The blonde-haired girl is named Delancey Stewart. And the black-haired girl is named Delilah Kane. According to the missing person reports, these two girls went missing back in the year of 2012."

Ethan then handed Leo and Emma the two photos. "I was able to use AI in order to age the girls in the photos to what they would look like as fifteen year old teenagers. You may want to see these."

The group took a good look at the photos and gasped in shock. The girls were the same Delilah and Delancey that they saw back in Timeville High when Madame Prim came. "It's Delilah and Delancey!" Yuri cried. "The same two girls that framed me and Kaylo for assaulting them and stealing from them! We saw them both at Timeville High and at PPP, Madame Prim's boarding school!"

"Wait, if they're missing, then why isn't anyone looking for them?" Leo asked, his eyebrows furrowing in confusion.

"Remember how Aria revealed that Mei felt there was something suspicious about the missing person reports?" Ethan had a very serious look on his face. "Turns out, she had every right to be suspicious. Before identifying the girls, I took a closer look at the reports and noticed that something was really off: not only were their names edited off, but they both haven't been properly filed."

"So, in other words, nobody actually knew that Delilah and Delancey were missing people," Emma said.

"That's right," Ethan said. "Knowing Madame Prim, she either stole these reports from the police station that they were meant to be sent to or someone stole them for her. Either way, it makes me wonder if she's done this stunt to other parents… I'd be devastated and angered if that happened to my cousin, Aria."

"So what do we do now?" Leo asked.

"I would highly suggest that you all talk to the one person that tried to have these reports filed," Ethan said. "I think she may be familiar to you. A certain Misere Au Bonheir… Anyways, I've got to take this all down to the police station before I visit Uncle Roy and Aunt Esme. You all be careful now."

Ethan got onto his motorcycle and rode off.

"Guess we have to talk to Misere," Yuri said. "But how did she know that the two girls were missing?"

Kaylo belongs to @kayssweetdreams

Mei belongs to @sundove88

Aria, Ethan, Roy, and Esme belong to me.

[xfireforged]

lewis tan, pansexual, cismale +  he/him, fighter «—◦—→ well met, matai zhang the godling born child of hephaestus. it’s been 32 years and now they have answered the song in their veins. can he change the course of history with their athleticism, confidence, + determination? or will their strong-will, restlessness + stubbornness, hinder them? only time will tell before this godling’s name is sung into myth and legend!

name: matai zhang

nicknames: tai, the viper

date of birth: july 31st

age: 32

astrological sign: leo

face claim: lewis tan

godly parent: hephaestus

height: 6'4

dominant hand: ambidextrous - had been right-handed but has trained enough with his left hand to be able to use it just as well.

education level: high school diploma (much to the chagrin of his step-father)

occupation: two-time light heavyweight title mma fighter

parents: hephaestus (biological father), kai zhang (step-father), juan zhang ( biological mother)

siblings: min zhang (older brother), mei chen nee zhang (older sister)

pets: blaze (4 yo brindle male boerboel), ember (5 yo rottweiler)

sexual orientation. pansexual, homoromantic

sexual position. top-verse, dominant

clothing style: athleisure, comfortable but can dress up with the classics, too

prominent features: he's got a scar above his left eye that has caused a break in his left brow

what were they doing when they hear the song of their godling blood? he was actually in the middle of his third title fight when he heard the song of his godling blood... it threw him off enough that his opponent got the better of him and he had to tap out.

class: fighter

From the moment that he had been born, Matai felt as though there was nothing he could do right to please his father. The product of an affair, one that was kept quiet thanks to his father’s money and connections, Matai had been treated like the black sheep of the man’s three children – while his eldest brother was the golden child and his sister was the perfect daughter, he was seen as a shadow and a blemish on his father’s legacy because he didn’t care to fit into the mold that his father had wanted for him – and his father often punished him for it. Still, though, his father wanted to protect his precious reputation, ensure that everyone saw him as the perfect businessman with the picture-perfect family, that didn’t mean that everything was like that behind closed doors. And, frankly? Matai was sick of it.

It got to the point where Matai was angry and fed up with his father, angry and fed up for the way that he tried to squeeze his children into a mold, and soon his anger began to seep into his personal life. An angry teenager, it was a gym teacher that had noticed his aggression and decided that the best course of action was to funnel that anger and outrage into something more productive – and that’s how Matai was first-introduced to competitive fighting. Sure, he had taken martial arts classes as a young kid – his father wanted to ensure that his children knew how to defend themselves, given the nature of the family business – but joining the wrestling team and the boxing club helped to alleviate his anger. Not only that, though, but he proved to be a natural.

This, of course, was not something that his father was content with. How dare his son involve himself in such a dangerous sport? How dare he put himself in harm’s way and ruin his reputation as a Zhang? He thought it an insult and that Matai was blatantly disrespecting the legacy that he had been trying to build but Matai? Matai couldn’t give two shits. By the time that he was eighteen years old, he had finally had enough of the constant let-downs, the constant comparisons to his “perfect” older brother and the constant expectations that his father placed upon him, and so he left. Crashing on the couch of a couple of friends’, Matai decided that he didn’t need his family and when his father cut him off? He thought it was good riddance. After all, he didn’t want the man’s money. Not when it came with all of these strings attached.

The money would’ve been helpful, though, with him getting on his feet, but luckily he had found a way to make some money – underground fighting. It wasn’t the safest of things, really, but Matai was confident enough in his ability, at least at that point, to be able to go for a few rounds before being knocked out. And the more that he competed, the better and better he got. Eventually he became known as someone that you didn’t want to mess with in the circuit, someone that you could always bet on and get paid, and soon his competitors and fans alike were beginning to dub him the “Viper” of fighting because of his quick strikes and wicked precision. And it wasn’t long before he began to get the attention of an MMA coach that wanted to add another talented fighter to his roster. And Matai, a kid that was in desperate need of money and yearned for the chance to make it big and spit in the face of his father’s legacy? Well, he was quick to agree.

Of course, his fighting style was sloppy compared to that of the professional fighters, but with his coach’s training and diligence, he was able to improve his style to the point where his coach was comfortable signing him up for a fight. And though he lost his first fight, it went all three rounds and he kept it from being a total knockout, or even a tapout, victory – and soon people began to whisper about the new rookie. More fighters were interested in fighting against him, seeing what he had, and slowly but surely, he made a name for himself. He wasn’t a rookie anymore, and by the time he turned twenty-nine, he was well-known in the MMA community and people would cheer for the Viper, to see if one of his precise strikes would take down an opponent or not.

He didn’t get his first title until he was thirty, in the Light Heavyweight division, but he has held his position as the champion for two years now. And for once, when people called out his name, he knows it’s not because of something his father did or because of the weight his father’s name carried – but since it was because of him.  It was only an added bonus that he knew that his father was, no doubt, pissed that the Zhang name was being tarnished by the increase in popularity of his fighting. It added to the fire that burned with him, a fuel that kept his drive to fight and get better and better, and he knew that he needed to prove that he wasn’t just a fluke. Of course, during his third title fight, he wound up having to tap out – but only because he had heard the song of his blood in the middle of the fight and his opponent took advantage of the opportunity to get him into a choke hold. It’s not something he’d proud of, but Matai… Well, Matai knew that if he hadn’t been for that, he would’ve had three belts.

Still, finding out that your biological father was a God, a God that was practically ostracized by his own family, was something that Matai felt hit close to home and with his knowledge in martial arts, he figured that he could make some good use of his skillset and to fight back a mysterious evil. While he wasn’t particularly happy to leave his career when he was right at the top of it, he knew that this was bigger than him and he packed up his bags to head to camp. Part of him is curious as to just how well adept his peers will be, and if any of them have any fighting capabilities like he already possesses, but he figures that at the end of the day… They’re all in this together and what he may lack, others will pick up and vice versa.

Fighting in a team is not something he’s got a lot of experience with, though. But there's a first time for everything, right?

[elianaroselight]

@winterpower98 I hope you are ready to kick off your new year with this final snipe from me. (At least for 2021 😉)

The Finale!

DATE PT 3

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As Bai and Beng near the festival area, Beng pulls them to the side of a building, out of everyone's veiw. "Forgive me, princess. I almost forgot to transform?" Bai looks at her father confused as he closes his eyes to focus. "Transform? Oh!" She gasps as she watches him change into his human form. She could easily see the resemblances between herself and her Baba. There was no doubt in her mind about that now.

He grins at her surprised face. "No worries. It is still me, lily." She giggles. "I know. I just wasn't expecting it. Now I understand the boots." Beng laughs. "Yeah. Didn't think I should walk around barefoot as a human." He holds his arm out for her to grab before they made their way into the festival. There were fathers and their daughters dancing in the dance area, getting food or already eating from different stands and even some standing to the sides laughing as they drink their alcoholic beverages. Bai He was a little overwhelmed.

Nearby, Macaque, disguised as a human while dressed in a deep reddish purple tangzhuang suit with silver designs of the Moon and monkies on the top, turned his head towards Beng and Bai He. Just enough to see them in his peripheral, but not enough to give him away. He takes a deep and drinks more of his coffee, (which had notes of hazelnut and mango). Next to him, Mei peeks over his shoulder to watch the new arrivals.

She was wearing a Jade green cheongsam with a black, long and flowy underskirt. Embroidered on it were a silver dragon and underneath was a peach tree holding two monkeys. One monkie was golden and the other a rich purple. There were also silver trimmings detailing the edges. Her hair was pulled up into a bun with two decorative hair pins, one with a peach design the other with a mango. Macaque had gotten flustered when he had seen the outfit and refused to say anything about it outside of 'Its beautiful.'

"Wow. They really knew someone who can sew." Mac hears Mei say softly and he chuckles. "Finish your tea, Jade. We have a job to do, remember?" She pouts slightly. "Fine. But we are going to have fun, too." She says in a very final manner that tells him he has no way of getting out of it. He was starting to regret asking her for help with this.

Beng decided to walk the stands with his daughter first, buying her dinner. When they went to sit down, he made sure to pull the chair out for his little girl. He meant it when he said he wanted to treat her like a princess. Bai He was giggling and smiling widely. She truly felt special and Beng couldn't be more pleased. They laughed and joked as they ate, which gave plenty of opportunities for Mei and Mac to discreetly snap some photos before getting some food themselves.

As Beng and Bai were finishing, Beng reached into his pocket and pulled out a tiny satchel. He sets it in front of Bai to open. She looks at him curiously. "Is this for me?" Beng nods a soft smile on his face. She delicately opens it and reaches in to pull out a necklace. Attached to the soft twine was a wooden carving with a red bead on one side and a blue on the other side. As she looked closer, she realized it was a carving of a gibbon holding a pear. The pear was painted with liquid gold and there was a painted heart on the chest of the Monkie. Tucked in the ear of the wooden gibbon had been carved a lily. As if the gibbon had tucked it to protect it as it gathered the pear.

She gasps softly and looks at her Baba. She knew he carved; she had been told about the wooden monkie statue already. Beng chuckled softly. "Baba? Did... Did you carve this?" He nods. "Yes, my sweet lily. I did. For you. It is symbolic of who you are, what you are and what you like. But also a way of connecting you to your mother and I. Just as I have carved and painted gold the courting jewelry your mama and I wear, so too, have I carved and painted gold the necklace that you now hold. No matter where we are in the world. In this one, in Heaven or in Yama's Domain. No matter what we look like and whether we remember it or not, we are connected to each other. Okay?"

Bai nods, wiping away tears that had slipped from her eyes. He smiles softly and pulls her into his lap, holding her close while she gathers herself. Bai leans in and hold the necklace close while listening to her Baba's soft purrs. After a few minutes, she has collected herself enough to sit up and kiss her Baba on the cheek. Beng grins and hugs her close, purrs growing in intensity for a moment, leading to Bai He giggling. Finally he let's go and ties the necklace on for her. She grins happily. "Come on, Baba. Let's go dance." "Gladly, my little lily."

He helps her up and gets pulled to the dance floor by his daughter. He can't help but laugh. It was almost as if nothing had ever happened to her. That she had always been with him and it was good to see her come into her old self a little more. When they arrive, he takes her in his arms and they start to dance to the music. He could stay like this forever. Only way to make it even more perfect, was his amazing wife dancing with them.

Less than 2 minutes later, a large shadow covers the two of them and they look up to see a group of 4 burley demons looking down at them. The one in the front, the leader looks at Bai He in particular. "You. You are that Bone Demon's girl aren't you!?" He growls loudly, causing Bai He to gasp. She looked ready to run in absolute terror, but was pulled close to someone. It took her a moment to realize she was in her baba's arms and he was growling loudly. She clings to him and looks up at his face.

His eyes, normally full of softness, love and joy, were hard. Almost steely. Even the blue of his iris had someone how hardened and looked deadly. She could see his teeth slowly reverting back to his fangs as he bared them threateningly at the four. He was holding her so gently and yet could feel the tenseness and strength he held. He was like a bow string. Ready to snap at a moments notice. He was watching all four of them and yet held the eyes of the leader, challenging him.

"Don't you DARE! Touch my daughter. If you try, I promise you will not be the ones to come out of this alive." The leader laughs. "Oh yeah? And why should we believe that, Little Man?" Beng mouth quirks up a slight bit. "Mess around and you'll find out exactly why Sun Wukong made me one of his generals." That got the demons to stop. They did not want to mess with the infamous Monkie King. Let alone anyone tied to him. So the fact that this demon transformed human was claiming to be one of his generals, which not many actually tried to do, said alot about the power of the the demon. The leader growled and turned around, leaving the party behind. His posse follows suit, watching their backs to make sure the demon wasn't following them.

Beng watched them leave for a minute or two before taking a deep breath and nuzzling his daughter's head to comfort them both. Bai He nuzzles back, a soft purr eminating from her. She chirps softly, without realizing at first, too concerned about feeling safe. Beng pauses before breaking out into a wide grin, chirping back. This was what led to Bai realizing what she was doing as she immediately chirped back at his call. She grins happily, remembering the conversations about chirping she had with MK and Mei.

Beng sways them gently to the music, chirping and purring happily with his daughter in his arms. Bai He was so glad he baba was there. She hadn't felt so safe in public as she had right then and there. She didn't have to be afraid of being attacked ever again. Not if her mama and baba had anything to say about it, (not including the rest of her family, of course).

Macaque looked at Mei. After watching (and filming) that whole interaction, he was glad Bai He was in safe hands and couldn't help but feel the desire to protect his own daughter. He listens to his brother and niece purring and chirping at one another and before he could stop it, a soft chirp of his own came out of his mouth. Mei looks at him surprised as she responds softly herself. After a moment of looking at each other, Mei pulls her grumpy old man into a hug, smiling happily and enjoying his warmth. Mac sighs and let's himself smile softly especially as Mei wasn't able to see it.

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Ba stood in the doorway of the house, clutching her heart. She had heard Beng and Bai walking towards the house and went to go meet them. She wasn't expecting (but honestly, probably should've) to see her husband gently carrying their precious daughter in his arms with smiles on their faces and Bai He clutching the necklace Beng had worked so hard to make whole trying to not fall asleep. Ba could hear purrs coming from them both and could help but join them.

Beng grins at his wife and kisses her gently before handing Bai over. Ba takes Bai He to her room and helps her change while Beng worked to remove the shoes he wore all evening. By the time Beng walked into his daughter's room, Ba had already laid their baby girl down and was tucking her in. Bai He looks towards the doorway and sees her baba standing there. She chirps for him and reaches out. Ba blinks away the surprise and watches as Beng comes closer, still looking human. He bends down and kisses his daughter's forehead.

"Sleep well, my little lily." She nods slightly with a soft smile and gives a noise of affirmation. She looks at her mama. "Mama?" "Yes, sweet pea?" "Do you have a human form too?" Ba nods her head, a bit confused as to the question. "Yes I do, why do you ask?" Bai He yawns, snuggling into her pillow more. "I wanna see it sometime. To see.... How much I look like you..." Bai He falls asleep as she finishes talking.

Ba looks at Beng shocked. She hadn't even thought about how Bai He hadn't seen her human form yet or even the possibility of her wanting to see their relation physically. She had to admit, it was tough to when one was in their constant human form and the other wasn't. She had some things to think about now. But, before that. She looks at Beng, smiling softly as she receives one back. They lean in and give each other a sweet kiss, happy to be reunited as a family.

[dejwritesarchived]

( &. MUSE ) — a mini series.

characters: nanami kento

pairings: nanami kento & (black coded) reader, ??? x (black coded) reader

tropes: au, artist!nanami, college au, luxury, best friends to lovers,

warning: profanity, smut, alcohol usage, nudity mentioned,

in which he's the engaged artist with a muse who's not his fiance.

𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: this series really my child right here. anyway, this series jumps from present time (successful artist!nanami & successful reader) & past time (college!nanami & college!reader). reader is implied to be black. hope you guys enjoy it. when i say this is a mini series i honestly think once i post all the chapters i do have written..idk when i'll even update lol.

THE TASTE OF EXPENSIVE CHAMPAGNE slid down your throat as you walked around the huge and well-decorated gala. The soft music was supposed to help people gravitate towards the art pieces that were created by your close friend Nanami was playing softly in the hall. Your lip gloss stained the glass as you stared at one painting, you remembered it was one of the first paintings he created when you guys were freshmen in college. You only remembered it due to the fact that Gojo kicked water on it by accident messing it up and Nanami had to turn it in as it and actually got a good grade on it.

You felt someone grab your shoulder turning you around and you saw your friend Shoko, your face lit up seeing her. You haven't seen her in person in so long due to how busy you both were. With her becoming a doctor and you becoming a fashion designer, it was quite hard to sit down for coffee despite living in the same city. You opened your mouth to greet her, but she simply grabbed a hold of your wrist and dragged you through one crowd. They were crowded around one specific painting, which could hear the compliments as you were pushing your way through the crowd. You also could hear two familiar voices loud as ever making jokes.

"Oh my god! I can't believe he displayed this. With his damn fiance being here."

"He's definitely not getting sex for a week straight, poor Nanami."

"Y/N is going to freak out when she sees he displayed this."

When you finally reached the front of the crowd, you were now standing next to your other long-time college friends Mei Mei and Utahime. Utahime had let out a stressed-out sigh as she grabbed another glass of champagne from a passing waiter. Mei Mei was trying so hard not to let out her laughter at the situation and the two who were making jokes Geto and Gojo. As you looked at the painting, your eyes grew big staring at it. You nearly dropped your glass of champagne on the floor seeing the reflection of yourself in the painting.

It was you. You were the painting. You didn't even think Nanami finished the drawing considering he did it out of boredom after you two had sex like a month ago. But to your friends, they probably assumed he did this painting when you two were in college. Considering that you and Nanami were quite close back then.

When the two jokesters themselves saw you, they would walk up to you with a smirk. You simply rolled your eyes. "We didn't even think you were coming, you said you weren't coming actually," Gojo explained.

"My schedule cleared up quite quickly and I wanted to surprise you guys...surprise!" You sarcastically said, your eyes still burned into the painting.

"Well, to make you feel better..at least he painted a cute picture of you," Mei Mei nudged your shoulder with a small smile.

"She's naked." Geto pointed out. "I don't even want to ask how he even got that type of picture. I knew you and Kento were close but didn't think you were like his muse." He took a sip of his alcohol.

"Okay, she's naked. You guys acting like you haven't seen a pair of tits before, she's practically imitating the same pose Rose did in Titanic." Utahime found herself explaining.

"And we should just pray no one notices it's you, but us. Just don't stand directly next to the painting." Gojo put his hand on your shoulders giving you that advice as if that helped the situation.

"I hope you know how to fight to cause if his fiancé sees this-" You cut Geto's words off.

"Fiancé?" You questioned, you felt your eye twitch hearing that word.

You didn't know he had a fiance. He didn't mention a fiancé a month ago.

"Yeah, he's engaged now. He's been engaged for about five months now," Shoko tucked her hair out her face. She was confused about why you didn't know. After all, as Geto mentioned earlier, you and Nanami were close when you guys were in college. She would have thought that you would be the first to know.

You felt like you were about to have a freaking panic attack. Your chest felt like it was caving in and it was getting harder to breathe. You opened your mouth to excuse yourself, but someone on the main stage interrupted your escape.

"Ladies and Gentlemen please take your seats as dinner will be served before the art auction."

You felt Gojo tug at your hand, "Let's go, Nanami sat us at a table together."

You let Gojo guide you to the table that was meant for you guys. Which was front and center, you assumed he had to make sure his friends get the best table right after his family and his fiancé's family. You still felt sick to your stomach even thinking that he had a fiancé. As you sat at the table, you were lost in your own thoughts as your friends caught up on life around you. You felt someone nudge you, since you were sandwiched between Gojo and Geto you just knew it was either one of them.

"You okay?" Geto leaned over whispering in your ear.

You would simply nod, "Yes, I just need to make sure no one buys that damn painting." You said motioning to the painting with you on it. You didn't need some creep having a painting of you in their house, you would prefer it be in the comfort of your own home since obviously, it wasn't in Nanami's.

Gojo would lean forward, "I'm going to buy it." He said.

"I'm not playing with you, you white-haired asshole," You said through gritted teeth.

Gojo simply mocked you playfully. He still hasn't changed since college.

Shoko would shake her head, it felt just like when they were in college all over again. They just were missing Nanami.

Mei Mei who was known for mingling with the top businessmen in the city would lean back in her seat. The woman oozed sex appeal and could cause anyone to just hand over their credit cards, so the rich atmosphere around her turned her on quite a bit. She knew that it was going to be challenging trying to outbid the number of rich men in this room.

"Listen, you're going have to worry about the other rich men in here. Gojo isn't the only competition, even though I think he wants the damn painting to spite you," Mei Mei said.

"Why can't you just ask Nanami to take it down, after all, it is you," Gojo suggested.

"I don't think it works like that, obviously multiple people had to show interest in that painting for him to choose it to auction it off. My opinion is that I don't even think Nanami knows it's up for auction. Unless Nanami changed completely since college, I highly doubt he'll sell off such a personal piece." Utahime explained as she took a sip of her water.

It was personal, for sure.

"What? You don't think the fiancé already knew about the painting and just selling away the trash, no offense [Y/N]," Geto said holding his hands up in defense.

You would simply shake your head at that statement. Your teeth chewing at your bottom lip thinking about the outcome of that. Maybe his fiancé knew about you and Nanami having sex and was using this to humiliate you or something.

"That could be true," Shoko said.

"So, what's the plan for tonight?" Mei Mei questioned.

"We're making sure [Y/N] get that damn painting," Gojo affirmed.

"You guys don't have to do this, this is my mess. Practically between Nanami and I," You said rubbing at your temple.

"Nope, we're helping you get that painting [Y/N]. Now stop being stubborn." Shoko responded causing your lips to form an 'o' shape and you would just accept defeat.

"Wow, it feels like old times again," Geto said as he had a smile on his face.

"You're so corny," Utahime said letting out a laugh.

"You guys love it though," Geto said.

AS THE NIGHT WENT ON, THE GROUP OF FRIENDS BUTTERING IT UP WITH the rich elite crowd trying to get them to not bid at all on the painting of you, you did feel like you were in college again. You guys always found yourself in a situation where everyone pitched in to help. When Shoko had a pregnancy scare, you all sat in the waiting room waiting for her pregnancy test results. When Geto got arrested, you guys got him out with a quickness. Which consisted of you flashing a cop your boobs. You guys egged a guy car who broke Utahime's heart. It was a countless amount of memories you guys had and you just were happy to have them help you out with this situation.

You excused yourself to go fix your makeup for a minute, just as you were leaving the bathroom you were nearly knocked over by a large figure. As you stumbled back in your Tom Ford high heels, you felt the person grab a hold of you from falling back. Expecting to fall right on your ass, but the person caught you. When you glanced up to thank the person, your eyes met with his brown ones. You remembered those eyes like they were yesterday. You yanked your arm away, your hand reaching up and slapping him harshly on the face. The sound echoed the halls and you honestly felt so much better doing that. Even though the sharp pain stung the inside of your palm.

It took 28-year-old Nanami Kento by shock when your hand slapped him across the face. His face turning red from the sudden impact by you and he didn't know rather to be confused or shocked at what just happened. Afraid that the press would see the exchange that was about to happen, he grabbed a hold of your forearm leading you back into the women's bathroom. He quickly checked each stall to make sure it was empty and he sooner went to lock the door.

Your arms folded across your chest as you practically glared at him. You wanted to give him another slap across the face because of this whole situation. The fact that it was a naked portrait of you about to be auctioned off and you just found out tonight and the fact that he was engaged just built some type of rage inside of you.

"Listen [Y/N], I can explain," Nanami said as he took a step forward, which you took one back.

You didn't even want him to touch you at this moment. "What is there to talk about Nanami? The fact that my naked portrait is about to be sold to some rich white man or the fact that we slept together a month ago or maybe, the most interesting talking point...the fact that you're fucking engaged," You angrily yelled.

"Keep your voice down, I don't need anyone hearing this," Nanami responded. He grabbed at his tie loosening it up. "Just let me explain, please."

You looked at him up and down, taking in his attire for tonight. If you weren't so upset at him, you would have complimented how good he looked. The nicely tailored black and white suit fit his tall figure well. With his signature, blonde hair gelled back and an expensive Rolex watch to add to it.

"Explain how a portrait like that got up there or the fact that you've been engaged for five months." You said through gritted teeth, trying to keep your voice down. "If my math is correct, we slept together a month ago Nanami. You were engaged."

Nanami knew that. You didn't have to keep reminding him of his mistake. Which he didn't even know if that mistake was actually a mistake. He couldn't help it that after he graduated from college and everyone went their separate ways, you stayed sitting in his mind. When he started a new drawing, he saw you. When he started a new clay sculpture, he saw you. When he started a painting piece, he saw you. He didn't know how to explain it.

"Listen, I'm sorry. My fiancé and I got into that night and when I saw you were in town, I just couldn't stop thinking about us when we were in college." Nanami explained, he took another step but this time you found yourself stuck.

It wasn't a secret that Nanami and you were extremely close in college. Even though you didn't even put a label on what you were in college, you guys were closed. Late-night runs to get snacks when you were up studying. Drunken quickies in the bathroom of a nightclub you and your friends went to. It was quite adventurous. But, you guys weren't young like that anymore. You were all established in your careers and had a reputation to keep. Especially him, considering he was one of the richest artists out at the moment and engaged.

You looked at him as he took your hands, his thumb rubbing against your knuckles to calm you down. "I'm sorry [Y/N], I'll remove the painting and give it to you if that makes you feel better. I'm not even sure how it even got on the auction list in the first place," Nanami said.

He was sure it was his fiancé that did it. The woman could be cruel at times. She knew how to hit below the belt.

You felt a bit calm now, but the fact that he was engaged still didn't sit right with you. Him comforting you as close as this wasn't good, he knew just how weak you could get for him. You tugged your hand out of his grasp, "Could you just get the painting sent to my penthouse?" You took a step back, checked yourself in the mirror, and saw that your makeup and dress were okay. You walked by Nanami unlocking the door, you turned to look at him.

"I think it's best if we cut ties with each other," You simply said before exiting the bathroom.

To your shock, you saw your friends standing near the door waiting. You felt like crying, but you refused to cry over this situation. "It's all handled, he's going to send the painting to my place." You huffed as you took a step forward.

Gojo opened his mouth to speak, but the door opened again and Nanami stepped out also.

"I didn't know about the portrait, it's getting taken down right now as I speak," Nanami said.

Shoko looked at him and then at you, "Mhmm, okay. Well, we're going back to enjoying your free food and alcohol." she linked arms with you and walked away.

"You guys could at least buy one of my pieces," Nanami rolled his eyes following behind his group of friends.

"Now why would we do that after your fiancé was about to auction off a piece with [Y/N] in it?" Utahime questioned.

"Plus, we all already have a piece of your art in our place and since you don't take commissions, I'm good on buying anymore art," Gojo responded.

That was true. His first customer ever was this group of people in front of him. Which he knew that [Y/N] had brought the most out of everyone, that's why he appreciated you the most. But with the cold shoulder, you were giving him, he doubts your friendship would even be the same.

You watched as a group of workers took down the painting of you and you felt a huge weight get taken off your shoulder.

"Babbbbe, did someone already buy that painting?"

You all heard, the group of friends turned around and saw a woman with brunette colored hair and light blue eyes. You eyed her up and down taking in each and every one of her features. You couldn't hate, the woman was gorgeous. She had on a custom Versace dress with matching high heels, her brunette hair was in some loose curls that traveled down her back nicely. Other than the custom Versace dress that caught your eyes, the diamond ring on her wedding finger nearly caused steam to blow out of your ears.

Shoko notices how you tensed up, she only gave your hand a squeeze hoping you would calm down.

"Yes, somebody brought it already," Nanami responded feeling his fiancé Serena grab a hold of his arm.

"Who?" She questioned.

"It doesn't matter right now, just know somebody brought it," Nanami responded wanting to move on from the conversation. He tried to make eye contact with you, but it seemed like you were avoiding it.

"Good, that was one of my least favorite pieces anyway." Serena boasted as she finished off her drink and placed it on the table next to where she stood.

Utahime head cocked to the side, she glanced at her group of friends wondering if they heard what she just heard. Geto looked at her shaking his head, "Not here." He mouthed to her.

"Oh my god, are these your friends from college?" Serena asked Nanami.

"Yes," Nanami said as he watched his college friends force a smile on their faces. "This is Gojo, Geto, Mei Mei, Utahime, [Y/N], and Shoko." He pointed to each one.

Serena would simply shake her head, trying to mentally remember everyone's names as if she cared. Then her eyes fell on you, she knew exactly who you were. The one in the painting. The one in all of Nanami's work that had a person in it. It caused her blood to boil, but she could never tell Nanami that. Her hand went up to caress Nanami's chest, purposely showing off the diamond ring on her perfectly manicured finger.

You took notice of what was going on. You looked at Serena if only she knew. If only she knew that a month ago he had you bent over your damn vanity. But, you guess that didn't matter in the end. After all, she was the one that had the ring.

"Serena, let's go uhhh..greet our other guests," Nanami suggested causing Serena to smile.

She was happy to be whisked away from his friends. She couldn't relate to any of them and didn't care to relate to any of them. "It was nice meeting you all," She said giving each of you a fake smile before Nanami took her hand to walk away.

"Nice to meet you too Sarah," Gojo said waving.

"It's Serena." She corrected.

"Okay Sabrina," Gojo responded giving her a smile before the duo disappeared into the crowd.

The group let out snickers at Gojo's behavior. You would let out a dramatic sigh, "Do we have to stay here all night? I want to go home, I got what I wanted plus some." You found yourself whining.

"Yes, we're here to support Nanami and that's what we're going to do. Even if his fiancé clearly hates us," Geto said.

The rest of them gave him a look. "Was it that obvious that she hated us?" Shoko asked.

"I mean obviously, she didn't even bother to get to know us. Then she was flaunting off her ring to taunt [Y/N]." Mei Mei said. "Then with Gojo purposely messing up her name.." Her voice trails off.

"We're going have such horrible seats at the wedding." Gojo laughed.

Everything was always a joke to this man. You didn't really understand how he was the CEO of his family company with the behavior he displayed in public and in private. But then you remembered Gojo wasn't dumb, he actually graduated with honors.

"Well, at least [Y/N] got the painting and we were able to see each other. Plus Nanami for like five minutes." Utahime said. She was trying to find the good in the situation.

You would nod in agreement. Although you decided to wipe your hands of Nanami for good, you did enjoy seeing all your other friends tonight. You forgot how it felt being around them. As a waiter brought glasses of champagne up to you guys, you all took one.

"Can we end tonight wonderfully though? Just one last time for old times." Gojo smirked as he held onto his glass.

"As long as we're not helping carry you back to your personal driver, that's cool with me." Mei Mei said.

"Or about to fight cause Geto was hooking up with someone's wife in the bathroom," You added.

"If it makes any of you guys feel better, I am on a road of celibacy. These women don't deserve what I'm packing at the moment," Geto added causing a bunch of laughs from the women of the friend group. "What? You don't believe me?"

"Can we just toast and get it over it?" Shoko asked trying to refrain from her laughing.

Geto rolled his eyes at his friends before holding his glass up.

"To me being the hottest one in the friend group!" Gojo yelled as he clinked his glass with everyone else's.

The group of adults didn't even have time to argue against what he said, they just toasted to that and guzzled down the alcohol in the glass. Attempting to make tonight a night like the ones during your college days.

[kayssweetdreams]

Maestro Hiccups 2 Nightmares Unleashed Part 33

When the group woke up, they found themselves somewhere dark and cold. Emma hugged herself as she tried to keep warm in the desolate place, and tried to find the others. "Leo? Mei? Rebecca? Trisha Jane? Where are you guys?" She called out. "Emma! Over here!" Leo's voice yelled out. Emma looked to see Leo and the others, near what looked to be the bars of a cage. "W-Where are we?" She asked. "I...Don't know." Leo said.

"Hello? Is someone there? I'm not going to hurt you, I swear." Said a familiar voice "Lance?! Is that you?!" Mei asked into the darkness. "Yes dear Lotus, It is me, So you've found yourself in Wizeman's dungeon too I see." The negative maestro said. "Thank Goodness you're alright! But, if you're here, and you still have the hiccups...does that mean that." Rebecca was cut off by Lance's "Yes child, I'm afraid that Timeville didn't prepare, for the entire town is slowly becoming a living nightmare. But if we don't escape soon, the result won't be so great, because this world, and ours, will suffer a worse fate." He said

The Children paled "What do you mean Lance?" Leo asked. "If there is enough fear, then the red Ideya will slip, and with it away from Visitors, it'll find its way to Wizeman's grip. Should he gain enough power, then a great threat will loom, as The Night Dimension and the Waking world, will be under Wizeman's doom." He said.

Mei let out a gasp "WHAT?! Wizeman's gonna take over the real world?!" She yelled out "Yes, That he will do, But he still needs the red Ideya to break through." Lance said "We can't let that happen, The good news is that we actually have your cure! But the bad news is all of our friends are locked inside of another Nightopia that belongs to Kaylo...one with chains on the door. And I think that something is TRAPPING her in there..." Trisha Jane said.

Lance narrowed his eyes "I knew Wizeman had a trick to play, That Nightopia isn't real, but it's convincing her to stay. If one of you have the cure, You'll need to free your friend. Then and only then, can you win in the end" He said. "Yeah, but we actually have to get out of here first..." Rebecca said.

"These are Coma Cages, They leave you comatose, like the Lucid Liquid, if you had more than one dose. The only way out is through a Nightmaren Key...unfortunately, I don't exactly have one on me." The negative maestro says. "Well, Sooner or later, A nightmaren IS going to come down here and when they do, We can snag the key." Trisha Jane said.

Meanwhile, Somewhere else in Nightmare...

Owl, Kuro, Marina and Aria had snuck into Wizeman's castle, through a secret entrance (thanks to a little...help from a second level) and were now looking for a way to turn the inside of a Nightopia, into a Nightmaren arena. "There has to be SOMETHING! Wizeman is the God of Nightmares, shouldn't he have some kind of book of spells or something?!" Marina yelled out.

"I'm sure that there's something, Hoo...we just need to be patient, and be careful..." Owl said. Kuro grazed over the texts, when he saw a moving picture on a scroll that read "The inside of the Comatose Cages" and he saw his friends! The little Negati let out a little squeak that got everyone's attention "Kuro? What is it?" Aria asked.

Kuro held up the scroll, and the three of them gasped in surprise "It's Lance and the Kids!" Marina exclaimed "Reala must have trapped them in there." Owl said. "Well, We have to find them them!" Aria said determined "But how? We don't even know where we are now." Marina asked.

Owl then closed his eyes and let out a soft, but long "Hoo..." and another scroll began to come into view. This one had small blinking dots on them, as well as some moving dots, and Lines and levels "It's a map! Now we can see where we're going! C'mon!" Aria said, as the gang left to find their friends, and the Negative Maestro...

Mei and Marina belong to @sundove88

Rebecca belongs to @thehypercutstudios/@thehyperrequiem

Trisha Jane Belongs to @lovelyteng

Aria belongs to @shadowqueen402

[joyaphoria]

the five chances you give him (5)

pairing: suna x f!reader

note: this is the last chapter! i hope you all enjoyed :)

summary: suna knew that he was doing something wrong, but he refused to acknowledge it. therefore, you slowly dropped five major hints for him, hoping that he would notice them and take action to fix your broken relationship. suna really did notice them, he just didn’t figure out in time that you were actually going to leave.

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© 𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢

part five: rin became rintaro; then it became suna

"oh baby... nobody said that it was going to be easy." mei cooed, her voice softer than usual. she repeatedly kissed the top of your head as you cried into her lap.

"i k-know but.." you spoke through your sobs, snot along your sleeves. "i-i really hoped t-that he would ch-change.."

it's been just over two months since you've started changing your behaviour around rin, but he didn't seem to react to it—no, he may have changed, but only a bit. it wasn't enough.

you knew that this was unavoidable, and that it had to be done. the longer it takes for you to get this over with, the longer it will take for you to get over it.

so when mei sent you home that night, she reassured you that it will all be worth it in the end, and that you will find someone better.

but the fact that he was waiting for you at the same table that you used to wait at, every single night, didn't help at all.

"where were you?" he asked, his voice laced with concern.

you stood there for a second with your shoes still on, and folded over with laughter.

his heart flutters. whens the last time you laughed in front of him?

"sorry," you sniffled through the laughter, the aftermath from crying earlier doing you no justice. "it's just that i used to sit in that same chair, waiting for you to come home, you know?"

hesitating for a moment, he decided on getting up and walking over to you, although he didn't know what to do.

"y/n." he's looking down at you now, resisting the urge to reach out and take hold of your hands.

"rintarou."

now that caught both of you off guard.

it slipped out without a second thought on your end, and you were visibly shocked.

as was suna, except he was more afraid than anything else. he knew what this meant—he was no longer rin to you, but rintarou.

he should be grateful though, because he knew what eventually might come next. he knew that it wouldn't be rintarou for long, and that as soon as it changes, it would be over; everything would be over.

"were you crying?" he whispers, reaching out to wipe at your tear stained cheeks. except you wouldn't let him, grabbing his wrist in time. God—mei would be so proud; as would that kind lady from the cafe.

"why should you care?" you spat, letting go of his wrist to remove your shoes.

"because im your boyfriend." he said, although you didn't miss the quiver in his voice from that last word, as if he wasn't so sure anymore.

you move past him and head straight for the bathroom; but suna didn't miss it. he heard what you mumbled on your way out—and it had him slumped against the wall (when you were out of sight, that is)

his fists are clenched and his heart is beating a little too fast, but he can't get his mind off of what you said.

"yea, well not for long"

five words, and yet they seemed to foreshadow his future.

-

there were two possible reasons that you could be waking him up at 10 in the morning.

you were either waking him up to tell him that it was over, and that you were leaving, or that it was over, and that he had to leave.

turns out there was a third reason.

"do you have practice today?" you asked, your voice a whisper.

"yeah.. why?" he got up into a sitting position, rubbing the sleep from his eyes. its been a while since you last entered this room, moving all your things to the guest room.

"oh. nevermind." you make a gesture to leave but he panics and grabs your arm. this could be an opportunity, and he wasn't about to lose it.

"i could um.. take the day off." he nods his head.

"are you sure?" when he nods his head yet again, your features soften.

"okay, well get dressed. i feel like going to a theme park."

you leave the room before he has a chance to answer, but he complies anyways.

his mind wanders to the picture that he broke in the heat of the moment awhile back—the one where you were both smiling at an amusement park, kids laughing in the bakground.

-

"let's go on that one!" you exclaim, pointing at the rollercoaster.

a soft grin takes over your face—and while it may not be your typical energetic one, at least it was still there.

now, suna wasn't a big fan of rollercoasters. he prefered to have you go on them, while he took the photos, but today's been the first time in a while that he's actually seen you happy, and he wanted to keep it that way.

you've been here all day, and it was already pretty dark, so they might be closing soon anyways.

when the cart had finally come back around, you and rin got on, with a guy slipping in on your side.

"you guys here together?" he asked, looking over you to make eye contact with suna.

you nodded, and he chuckled.

"im here with my girlfriend, but she doesn't like roller coasters as much as i do."

now you and him are making small talk, and suna is resisting the urge to tell the guy to shut up, and to go back to his own girlfriend.

when the ride finally starts, he feels relieved, even slipping his hand into your own.

your hand tenses, and he looks up to find a look of guilt soaked into your features.

he quickly unravels his hand from yours, settling it into his lap and looking away. he got too carried away to remember that a day of rides and fun wasnt enough to fix his mistakes.

as the ride starts climbing upwards, fear pumps through his veins.

he shuts his eyes, dreading the fall.

when it finally came, he opened his eyes and hugged himself to keep from screaming.

he looks over to you, and his heart does that thing again—it flutters.

with your hands in the air, your screams adorning his ears, he fell in love. all over again.

the moonlight caressed your pretty features as your eyes shut in pure bliss, and suna found tears falling out of his own.

the tears fell but he didn't sob—not once. you didn't look his way either—not once.

instead he looked away, quickly wiping the tears before someone could catch him. he missed this; he missed you.

when you two got off the ride later, he wonders if you would ever go to another theme park with him.

-

when you decide to leave, suna finds an employee walking around the park with a polaroid camera.

he asks him to take a picture of you, and places it in his wallet. he can't break it this time.

suna misses the look of guilt that slips past your face, as if it were never there.

-

when the car pulls into the parking lot, and you both get out, suna realizes that you weren't walking beside him.

he panics and turns around, where he finds you smiling. tears in your eyes.

"thank you for today, suna."

he freezes. he can't move anymore. he can't think.

"don't be silly. let's go inside." he's walking again, but when he doesn't hear a second set of footsteps, the tears wash over him.

"why aren't you coming?" his voice cracks as the tears stream down his face.

"i'm going to mei's. it's-it's over." you smile, wiping continuously at your eyes.

"y/n please, we can talk about this." he's running over to you, taking hold of your shoulders as he bends down to make eye contact. "we're fixable, okay? i promise we are." he doesn't make move to wipe away the tears that are falling.

you wipe away his tears, pulling him into a hug. "i'm so sorry."

he wraps his arms around you and holds you tight, afraid of having you slip out of his grasp. "please, don't leave me. i'll do anything, just give me another chance. i need you."

you wriggle out of his arms, and his fists clench at his sides.

"i gave you chances. i gave you too many. i have to go."

you're running now, and he can't decide if he should run after you or not. has he not caused you enough pain?

instead, he falls to his knees and cries.

that was it. he lost you—he lost everything.

the polaroid picture was burning a hole through his wallet.

-

when he finally musters up the courage to check the guest room a few days later, he sees all your things packed up in boxes.

you had it all planned out, didn't you?

-

when mei comes later that day to pick up your things, she finds suna curled into a ball on the guest room floor.

"suna. wake up."

his eyes open slowly, and she finds them red, his eyebags puffy and cheeks tear-stained.

"is y/n gonna come back?" he asks, his voice nothing more than a whisper.

mei shakes her head, and suna cries again.

she looks away, thanking the heavens that she wasn't in a relationship. she couldn't help but pity him as she collected her best friend's things, suna's sobs as a sort of background noise.

she couldn't be surprised—the lost of your entire world was enough to make any grown man cry.

-

heartbreak isn’t easy, but suna’s heart hurts without you. where he sleeps, where he bathes, it all reeks of your touch.

you’re everywhere here, all memories playing back to him like a movie. he’s reminded of you, and recovering addicts don’t test themselves; they dont stay around said addiction to see if they can restrain themselves.

and so suna moves out, running from the place that you’ve drenched in your presence.

he leaves the polaroid picture on the table.

[cc-writesfor2dcharacters]

Hi how are you doing? Can I request Yuji, Megumi, Inumaki, Gojo and Nanami ( if it's too much you can reduce to whatever boys you prefer ) reacting to their ( gender-neutral or a female ) s/o's cursed techniques similar to magical girl. Like they need to transform, their attack are very cutesy, and etc. Sorry and it's okay if you can't do it or my request is confusing.

A/N: Sure! This one was kinda challenging to write since I haven't watched any magical girl anime for so long and it was hard to describe how will they transform. But, I hope you enjoy and like this one! <33 Cheers to my first request!!!

Here are the JJK boys reacting to their S/O who has a cursed technique similar to a magical girl:

Itadori Yuji

Oh, this boy was in awe, I swear. He literally had heart eyes when he first saw your technique. He stood there, frozen, as he watched you transform into like a goddess he usually sees in fantasy comics and anime he watches. The necklace you have is the one that activates your technique. After he blinked, you were already in this pretty ballerina form and you were glowing like a real goddess. You approached the cursed spirit as fast as you could so you could get momentum. You channeled your cursed energy into your right foot and kicked the cursed spirit, causing it to fly away due to the heavy impact of both your cursed energy and the technique. And, when you blew a kiss to that grade 1 cursed spirit, bubbles were sent throughout the area. Yuji gasped in admiration for you. He thought, “How could someone as cute as Y/N be this strong?” as your bubbles trapped the grade 1 cursed spirit. Yuji forgot that you guys were fighting two grade 1 cursed spirits. And, the one he was supposed to beat attacked him from behind. He had let his guard down and was on the defense side as he was avoiding the cursed spirit’s attack. But, he was still checking out on you, and he pouted thinking how that costume is actually not fit for fighting. Sukuna had to eventually wake Yuji up from his daydream. “Brat! Stop looking at your girl’s ass and focus. If you die, I die.” But, when he was about to finish that cursed spirit off, you already did the work for him. He was trying to cheer you up since your technique wears off the energy in your body. So, you were immediately exhausted after that fight. On the train, as you were sleeping on his shoulder, he took your hand and compared it to his. He caressed your hair and kissed your forehead. He whispered to you, “Oh, Y/N, your technique made me realized I should be more protective around you. You’re still fragile, but I’ll be here for you every step of the way.” And Sukuna had to interrupt his moment and laughed, “Brat, it’s a matter of time until that girl surpasses you. She’s hot and will become stronger. Ha! Never seen that technique in my years. So, watch out for your girl.” Yuji had to slap the side of his face to make him shut up. Every now and then, when you two have a mission, he secretly wishes you’ll activate your technique. But, you learned your lesson not to since he gets distracted.

Fushiguro Megumi

You were aware that Megumi wanted to see you transform and use your technique when you heard Nobara talk about how cool you looked. So, that’s why on your mission, he asked if you could bring your sword since you two will be fighting plenty of low-grade cursed spirits. He said he wanted to finish the mission as soon as he could, but he just wanted to see what Nobara saw. When you two got to the place, you two were not aware that a grade 1 cursed spirit would be here. He released his Nue to fend off the lower grade cursed spirits. You knew you two were in trouble, that’s why, you did the stance to activate your technique, your katana in front of your face as you held it tightly, and a strong wind blew throughout the area causing the grade 1 cursed spirit to be pushed back a little. As soon as Megumi’s attention turned to you, his eyes widened to see you with wings, and your skirt became shorter. You knew where he was looking, and this boy forgot about the shikigami he released. He wants this to be finished now, so you did it for him. You ran to the cursed spirit, and with your katana bursting with cursed energy alongside the wind you collected, you easily took off the cursed spirit’s head, causing it to disintegrate into thin air. When you came down from the air, you didn’t know what was going on in his head. “An angel.” You gulped as you heard those words from him. He didn’t realize that he said his thoughts out loud, so he felt kind of shy at the moment. It was loud enough for you to hear, causing you to blush. You helped him get up from the ground and he wiped off his butt. “Thank you for saving me, Y/N. I-I was distracted.” He shyly looked away from you, as a blush crept on his face. “Come on, I’ve been wanting to take you out on a date that’s why I wanted to finish this quickly.” All of a sudden, he grabbed your hand as you started to walk off. He’s a man of few words and wasn’t a fan of PDA. But, he’s been like this ever since he saw your technique. He told you that he was both terrified and in love with you. And, that’s probably one of the best compliments you’ve gotten from him so far.

Inumaki Toge

He was assigned to accompany you on your promotion mission. He knew about the technique you have, which is why you were recommended by Mei-Mei to become a grade 2 sorcerer. He wished you good luck by giving you a thumbs up and a light pat on the head. It was his way of telling you that he’ll be looking out for you in case you struggle. The cursed spirit was fast, and you could feel its bloodlust. You didn’t hesitate to activate your technique. It was rushing towards you, so you immediately took out the device you use in order to activate my technique. You imbued the device with a fair amount of cursed energy, enough to defeat this cursed spirit. It was taking its time to activate, and you caught a glimpse of Inumaki unzipping the zipper that covered his mouth. But, you wanted to prove to him that you’re worthy to be a grade 2 sorcerer. And, right in time, the device sent a blinding light causing both Inumaki and the cursed spirit to flinch. You were transformed with fairy wings, and a sparkly dress. He accidentally said, “Wow.” and he was caught off guard. Your eyes widened in surprise to hear him use his voice not for techniques or for his safe words. He alerted you and screamed, “Behind you!” You pointed the light to the cursed spirit, red lights in the form of little hearts came out. The light pierced the cursed spirit’s body with small holes. To finish it off, you slowly flapped your wings to send off beautiful but poisonous dust. And, the cursed energy within you bursts even more as the cursed spirit still wouldn’t die. When you eventually finished it off, you fell to the ground, breathless. You’ve never wasted your cursed energy that much before. It’s just that a part of you wanted to prove to your boyfriend that you can be relied on. He ran towards you and cupped your face. Using his free hand, he did a sign language which translated into You did really well, Y/N. I’m proud of you, remember that. You’re so strong and beautiful. I love you. Tears almost fell out of your eyes as he appreciated you. You hugged him and he hugged you back even tighter. He noticed that your wings were starting to fade and accidentally spoke again and said, “No!” He adorably pouted at you, and you comforted him. “You really liked my technique, huh? Even if I wanted to show you, it might hurt you.” He did another sign language which translated to You were so cute. I just want to wrap you in my arms. You smiled so widely and stood up. You helped him get up, “Then let’s go back and cuddle.” He has never been that excited before.

Gojo Satoru

He was being a little bit of an asshole to you when he found out about your technique. Being born from a family of sorcerers, who secluded themselves from the jujutsu world, he instantly fell in love with you when you two first met. And he was the first one outside of your family to know of your technique. But, the two of you are in for a mission, well it was a solo mission for you, but he tagged along just to see you use your technique over and over again. There have been numerous grade 3 and 4 cursed spirits running around. When you two arrived at the place, you were both shocked to see almost 50 of them, who varied in size, speed, and strength. You were a little scared, and when you were about to back down, Gojo held your back to stop you from going backward and said, “Show me that technique as beautiful as you.” You don’t know what he did to you, but you immediately obeyed. That’s when he stepped back and put his hands in his pocket. He even sat down and had his chin resting on his palm as he watched you. It’s always fun for him to see you and your technique, it was like a show. You snapped your fingers two times to make you transform. Darkness started to envelop the sky, and you knew so well that Gojo is smirking as he will see you in a cute short skirt, and a golden corset. When the darkness faded, you raised your hand like you were pointing a gun in the sky. That’s when you sent lightning on every cursed spirit there was, and electrocuted them. He started to activate his infinity so your lightning wouldn't affect him. His jaw dropped (the picture is the reference) as he stared at you and watched the cursed spirit struggle from your lightning. This is always a pleasant sight for Gojo to watch. There were no people other than him who pointed their hands like a gun to use their technique. It fascinates him and makes him love you even more. It ended sooner than you expected. You were about to remove your technique and Gojo stopped you. “No can do, baby girl. You finished your mission in the blink of an eye, and I haven’t fully enjoyed you in this cute get-up.” He whined as he nuzzled his face into your neck. “You’re always so cool to watch.” He complimented you. It was rare to hear that coming from the "Strongest". But, with you he will shower you with every compliment there is in the world. The reason for that is to see you smile, and well, to persuade you to use your technique later so he could fanboy on his own girlfriend.

Nanami Kento

He was always calm and collected, but he couldn't stop thinking about the first time he saw you use your technique. When you transformed into somewhat of a cat, with cat ears and tail, and you were sparkling like the stars. He thought that you were the cutest human being there is to exist. That technique gives you speed and great mobility. Your nails become like claws and it can rip apart a cursed spirit in an instant. Like Yuji, he was in awe but was still aware of other lower grade cursed spirits lingering around the vicinity. He killed all the cursed spirits so easily just to check if you were still in your cat form. Lucky for him, he saw you scratched the grade 2 cursed spirit from its head all the way to its feet. You perfectly controlled your cursed energy, and the big cursed spirit was killed in an instant. He thought, "Y/N's so cute but that technique's dangerous." He noticed that you were limping a little bit, but that was when you sprained your ankle from jumping too high. He thought it was a casualty from your technique, and that made him worry about you. "Next time don't use your technique, love. It hurts you." He said with his tone filled with worry for you. You laughed at him and replied, "Kento, I jumped too high and landed badly. So, it was my fault, not my technique." He fixed his glasses as he looked away from you. He was trying to hide as you noticed that he blushed a little. "I see. Then, can you use that again so I can see?" He shyly asked and that made you laugh even more. "And why do you want to see it?" You mischievously smiled at him as you crossed your arms. "Because it was cute. But, you're beautiful even in your human form." He flatly answered, but the blush on his face didn't fade. "You're cute when you're flustered like this." You spent the night teasing him about what happened. And, starting from that day, he always argues with Gojo to have him go with you on your mission. He just makes the "It's too dangerous for her" excuse. But, Gojo knows how cute you really are when using that technique, and Kento's just being a protective boyfriend. Up to this day, he won’t admit how he falls in love with you, even more, when he sees you transform.

[cyborg-squid]

i have some minor qualms with Lostbelt 5′s despctions of the Twelve Olympians (I feel there are some cooler things they could have done with them) but having the Gods be nothing more than malfunctioning robots is incredibly :chefskiss: .

It’s kind of honestly why I’d rather no more (since Artemis and Apollo are already present) of the Olympians be summonable in FGO since like... it’s hard to say quite right, but the story’s not about them? Not the story of FGO, but the story of Greece, and even the story of Olympus itself. The heroes and monsters the gods birth, or empower, or bless, or curse, or condemn, and the wars between the gods but fought by their mortal champions, it’s about those, it’s about them, they’re the true heart of Greek myth, in my opinion, rather than the Olympians themselves. 

It’s further hard to explain, but I was thinking about this before with like... the sort of design contrasts and evolutions of the Greek myth characters, going as far back to the original Fate Stay Night, where you have Hercules and Medea in very sorta ‘traditional’ fantasy outfits, even if they don’t look particularly ‘Greek’. And you see this as well with Chiron, Atalanta, and Achilles in Apocrypha, and it’s actually Achilles’ ascenscions in FGO in which you can kinda see the evolution, going from a more fantasy style battle armor in his second ascenscion (in line with the style, imo, of Hektor, Chiron, Hercules, and Medea) to a tokusatsu show sort of look in his third ascenscion. You can see this too with Atalante Alter’s third ascenscion, which is kinda ridiculous, but you can see how an artist might arrive at that point if they started from from trying to ‘cyberize’ a boar pelt being worn on the shoulder, ya know? A lot of more recent Greek Servants lean more into the sci-fi/robot side of things (look at mecha-pilot Odysseus and Saint Seiya Caenis!), but I don’t think this sort of disconnect in design styles is a bad thing, as long as an appropriate distance is kept from the sort of ‘source’ of them, the Olympians.

And this has also got me thinking about Chinese mythology so far in Fate (which I’ll admit to not being super familiar with) which has a similar yet distinct robots and heaven mixing. But it seems to operate pretty differently in that there’s a lot less direct interaction and a lot more of, what I’d call, building off of what came before. Xiang Yu is a cyborg built from the literal remains of Prince Nezha, who in turn had been created by a Taoist sage. Lu Bu might himself be some sort of robot and Red Hare is literally a robot (or similar... thing) in the shape of a horse. Chen Gong is the inheritor of ancient Magecraft secrets that he was unable to make use of until he met Lu Bu. Both Shi Huang Di’s bodies, their large mechanical one and their Zhenren, are ‘inherited’, their palace form being built off mechanical remains like Xiang Yu, and their Zhenren body being manufactured after analyzing Yu Mei-Ren. Even Yu Mei-Ren, one of the fabled Zhenrens, doesn’t know much of her own origins and doesn’t really have any ‘answers’. All these different parts of these character backstories really work together, especially in the advanced tech SIN Lostbelt, to paint this really vivid picture of a type of Magecraft and heroes built on ruins and tools of the past, but not dependent on ‘gods’ in order to make them work. 

[bnha-more-like-bnh-gay]

More Izucrew headcannons:

They have the rich kid squad (Momo, Iida, Todoroki) and often go on shopping trips using Todoroki’s fathers card, we all know this. Momo offered to just make the clothes, but Todoroki said no

Izuku and Shouto are really good at treating burns...

Shinsou regularly does shots of espresso like one would do regular shots. He just lines them up. Sometimes he will use sugar, sometimes he won’t.

They all ask Izuku to analyze them while fighting fairly often, and then they all work on special attacks

They all help Shinsou with his quirk, testing its limits, duration, etc. The first time Izuku offered, he may or may not have cried

Momo makes everyone weighted blankets

Aoyama reminds everyone to take care of themselves as much as Iida or Momo. He tells them that they need to get rest, drink water, and take care of their mental health in order to shine like him

Izuku recorded as much as he could when m*neta was being a perverted wench, and sent it to Nezu. M*neta was promptly expelled

They all try and get bakugou moved to another class, because every time he comes near izuku outside of training, he still gets scared

Todoroki, Aoyama, shinsou, tokoyami, and izuku have Reddit

They all have a bunch of stuffed animals, and if one of them is having a bad day, they will gather all of the stuffed animals have a cuddle pile in mountain of plushies

Nezu has favorites. His favorites are the izucrew

They help Momo make moderations to her hero suit, because like,,,,,,,, no.

They sneak a large array of animals into the dorms; including, but not limited to cats, dogs, bunnies, and snakes

The vent gremlins include shinsou, izuku, todoroki, tsu, and tokoyami

Izuku and ochako have started keeping lists of good comebacks

Izuku and ochako have also started keeping track of how often todoroki and tsu accidentally roast people

Tsu and tokoyami have started keeping a list of all the times izuku, shinsou, and todoroki say worrying things and think they are completely normal. These things include, but are not limited to jokes about their trauma, insomnia and lack of sleep, fathers, and bullies)

They have all spray painted “endeavor sucks” on the side of his agency. Todoroki has several pictures of it, and claims that that was his favorite day ever

Ochako and Iida have offered to track izukus dad down, and have a “talk” with him

Mei hangs out with them a lot and they all experiment and make support items and gadgets a lot. Izuku and Mei ramble on about what kind of items might be good for other classmates, or hero’s.

Shoji also hangs out with them sometimes, and joins in the cuddle piles. Izuku, tsu, and Aoyama like to hide in his arms

They help Mei get materials power loader won’t let her have. This has caused a lot of trouble, but Nezu likes to watch the chaos and always lets them off the hook. Aizawa wants a raise. So does power loader.

They all learn sign language so that they could communicate easier with Mic, and think it’d be better for hero work if they could communicate more with civilians, and communicate silently with each other.

Tokoyami and izuku tried to sacrifice mineta and endeavors souls. Tokoyami tried to sacrifice bakugous as well

They’re all very kind and considerate towards everyone, so they know what people like/how they act/how to help them/etc. So, when someone is being rude to someone in the crew, they go out of their way to not do the things they’d normally do. Oh, bakugou called Hitoshi a villain? Okay, he’s not getting any spicy foods that he asks demands for when they go shopping. Oh, bakugou called izuku useless again? Okay, let’s use up all the hot water, and tape over his favorite show. Etc.

One time, someone called Hitoshi a villain in front of the crew and has not been seen sense... nobody called Hitoshi a villain after that.

People often call izuku’s very attentive and intense analysis creepy, and it makes him think of middle school. The crew makes sure to reassure him that it’s not creepy and that they appreciate all that they’ve learned from it, which is why they ask him to analyze their quirks. They also “talk to” the individual who made Izuku feel bad.

In general, they’ll defend each other tooth and nail, we all know this. Iida tried to kill someone, and todoroki was ready to fight a police officer to defend all of their actions. We love to see it.

Todoroki gets Uraraka’s parents out of debt using who’s credit card? Endeavor’s. Endeavor’s credit card

Jirou also hangs out with the izucrew a lot, as they are slowly but surely collecting all of the emos. All of them. They all swap playlists

Tokoyami, Uraraka, Aoyama, and shinsou all compare izuku to a bunny.

Uraraka, izuku, todoroki, and tokoyami all work in the occult at times. Todoroki originally got in to spite his dad, but now he’s really into it. Shinsou likes to watch the chaos, but does not wish to partake at this time.

Again, there will be more as I have izucrew brain rot right now. Have a good day!

[leafsgarbage]

it was you (pt.2 to twydlm)| m.a.

A/N: Ask and you shall receive! I’m so glad you all ended up liking part one. It was supposed to be a drabble actually but I ended up kinda word vomiting all over the place. I never officially wrote a part 2 to that, and whereas part 1 was already written for me (I just fixed some wording and added scenes that would give insight to the relationship) this is completely from scratch. Hope its ok!

Warnings: Drinking, poor Atsumu is kinda depressed

Genre: Angst, Fluff

Word Count: 3,285

Pairing: Atsumu x reader

Song Recommendation for this fic: affection- BETWEEN FRIENDS

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pt.1 pt.3 pt.3.1

It was the way you kissed him goodbye everyday he left for work. It was they way you would tackle him in hugs when he got back everyday. It was the way you would cook dinner and tell him all about your dreams (or nightmares) you had the night before. (Sometimes you would forget what you dreamt last night). It was the way you never judged him for being himself. It was the way you put him first, always. 

It was the way you loved him.

God, he had never felt someone care for him as much as you did. He was the most important person to you and Atsumu was over the moon he could be that for you. You took care of him, always made sure he was well fed and happy. He was so happy with you. How could he not be when you loved him the way you did?

There were about three things that were the most important to Atsumu: you, family, and volleyball. This is in no particular order, these were just the things he couldn’t live without.

In all honesty, he should have known that you knew about his new feelings. You always did know him so well which is one of the many things he loved about you. He didn’t mean to fall in love with someone else, he never even wanted to. It was just something that happened over time and once he realized it, it was too late.

He tries to convince himself that it is better this way. That you deserve so much more than some half-assed love when you gave him everything. You deserve someone who gives back the same energy you did, but he’s bitter because for a long time, he did that. He always went above and beyond for you because he loved you so much and he never wanted to make you feel as though he took your love for granted.

But in the end, that’s exactly what he did. 

There’s still traces of you all around the house: the pictures you left, his clothes that you would steal when you missed him, your matching mugs, your side of the bed. You were everywhere and yet nowhere to be seen. 

Atsumu hasn’t had to live without you since your first year of high school. He doesn’t know how to. He never imagined that he would have to. You were always there. Always. Whether it be his games, practices, at home, you were always always always somewhere.

He should have distanced himself the first time he felt that little beat skip in his chest when he met her for the first time. There were so many things that would have been the right thing, but he didn’t

“Guys, can you all come here please.” All the Jackals rounded up around their coach and a woman who was standing next to him. “This is my niece Mei, and she will help managing the team for a while, at least until the Adlers game as I’ll be busy with you all.”

 The woman bows before the team and introduces herself. “I will do my best, please take care of me!” The Jackals all agree together then they start to talk to her.

Hinata and Bokuto jump up to her and introduce themselves to her. “Mei-Senpai!!” Hinata yells out. “You’re so cool, you just came back from Europe?”

She nods eagerly, telling him all about her trip around the continent and the beautiful places she’d seen and food she had tried. 

Atsumu has been dying to go on a trip with you, and hearing all of these amazing things make him beyond excited to go away with you. He was so lost in his thoughts he didn’t see Mei approach him.

“You’re Miya Atsumu right?” He turns to face her and sees this beautiful and ethereal person. His heart stops. Just for a moment, but it is noticeable enough for him.

He coughs and nods. “Yea that’s me. Do I know ya or somethin’?” Atsumu raises his eyebrows to try and be intimidating.

Mei isn’t fazed in the slightest, and instead she laughs at him. “No, we don’t, but my little brother loves you and he would kill me if I didn’t get your autograph.” She holds out a pen and the clipboard with a blank sheet of paper.

“Oh,” He says, but then he’s back. “Anything for my fans.” Atsumu smiles and asks Mei for his name to write down a little note for him and signs his name. He is also a high school volleyball player at Inarizaki. “Tell him that I’ll cheer him on.”

She smiles back at him. “Thank you so much, he’s gonna love it. I’m pretty sure he’s gonna put this on his wall.” Mei chuckles looking at the paper.

Atsumu grins, “If he does, send me a picture yea?” The two banter for a bit until Atsumu has to go to practice with the team.

Sakusa shows Atsumu his phone and Atsumu sees a picture that you sent Sakusa. It’s of you at Atsumu’s favorite restaurant, and your text reads:

Show this to Tsum to make him jealous

Atsumu was extremely jealous, but he was also giddy for how pretty you looked in that picture. You were wearing his favorite turtle neck, some loose jeans, black boots, and a beige coat. Stunning as always. 

Another text popped up on Sakusa’s phone from you

Also don’t tell him, but I’m bringing him some lunch at the gym, so don’t let him go out to eat.

He smiled as Sakusa went to put his phone back on the bench. You were always taking care of him, and he loved seeing you in the gym, especially during games and you’d wear his jersey. He thinks about the kids you’ll have and how they should wear his jersey too. Immediately he starts to think about asking coach to get their jersey making people to make little jerseys for babies and toddlers.

Their practice starts and Atsumu puts a pin in this idea. He is serving after all. 

After they finish their game, Atsumu is a sweaty mess, still a little sour Omi’s side beat him. Sakusa makes a funny face at Atsumu to tease him and Atsumu glares. “I’ll fight ya Omi-Omi! Don’t think that just because I like ya I won’t do it. I’ll beat ya next time.” 

Sakusa laughs from the other side of the gym and Atsumu grumbles. “Towel?” Almost out of nowhere, Mei appears, a warm towel in hand.

“Thank you Mei.” He sighs while she pats him down. She’s staring right at him and he’s looking back at her. Its only for a moment, but it feels so surreal. She’s got these big blue eyes and a smile that sends waves of shock through him.

He recalls feeling this way when he first met you.

She’s about to say something, but Atsumu turns to a familiar voice. “Is Tsum here or in the locker rooms? I can wait for him he-”

Almost immediately he’s running in your direction. “Y/N!” You smile at him, putting down his food and opening your arms for him. He scoops you up into his arms and spins you. “God, I missed ya.” 

You chuckle at him and smile. “You saw me this morning Tsum.”

“Is it bad I want to see my fiancé 24/8?” He tells you.

“That doesn’t even-”

Mei comes up behind Atsumu with his towel in hand. “I think you’re sister got all the brains in the womb Atsumu.” She gives him his towel and shakes your hand. “It’s so nice to meet you Miya-san.” 

While Atsumu thought Mei was genuinely confused, Bokuto immediately felt as if she knew who you really were, and that was disheartening.

You cough out a laugh and shake her hand. “I’m not actually Miya yet, I’m Tsum’s fiancé, Y/N. It’s very nice to meet you.”

Mei puts her hands over her mouth shaking her head and bows. “I’m so sorry Y/N, I’m so embarrassed.” She gets back up. “It’s just... I knew Atsumu had a twin, but wasn’t sure.”

Bullshit. Bokuto thinks to himself.

You pat her shoulders and brush it off. “Don’t worry about it. Although I’m not sure how you haven’t heard about the Miya twins.” Mei bows one more time before leaving the two to chat.

She goes up to Bokuto and hands him a towel as well, but not offering to pat him down like she did with Tsum-Tsum. Okayyyy. Bokuto thought. “Bokuto-san,” Mei called. Bo didn’t really like her calling him that because they weren’t close and it sounded weird coming from someone who wasn’t Akashi. “How long has Atsumu been with Y/N?”

Bokuto has to think about this for a second, because he himself doesn’t remember. “Hey Omi, do you know how long Tsum-Tsum and Y/N-san have been together?” Sakusa stares at Bokuto confused wondering why he was curious. “Mei wanted to know.” She silently cursed the silly spiker for involving more people in this. 

Sakusa tilts his head up and looks down at their new manager pointedly. He doesn’t have many people that he tolerates (the 3 Jackals being the exception), and worse people he genuinely likes: you being one of them (he loves the Jackals but he’d rather die than say that out loud). So he’s on edge when she asks. “Since their second-year of high school.”

“Oh wow, that is a long time.” She states. “Did they both go to Inarizaki?”

The D1 athlete stares her down more and she feels small under his gaze, but Bokuto is happy to answer the question, forgetting all about his earlier suspicions. “No, no, no. Y/N-san went to Shiratorizawa.” The owl tells her, but then he ponders. “I wonder why she’s not with Ushiwaka then. From what I remember they were pretty good friends. Hey! Omi, is that why you guys are close.”

“Ushiwaka is denser than a brick.” You say walking up to them with your arm around a rabid Atsumu ready to pounce on his teammate for asking that. “I would know because I called him one and he said, ‘Y/n-san, I cannot possibly be denser than a brick, didn’t you learn in science?’” In your best Ushijima voice.

Kiyoomi chuckled and Bokuto howled at your story, meanwhile Atsumu held you closer, glad that you only had eyes for him. “Now stop trying to get Y/N with other guys! Or I won’t set t’ya anymore Bo! She’s mine aright?” Bokuto nods.

Just as you’re about to ask, Hinata comes jumping on your back and you begin to fall. However, Sakusa pulls you out from under Hinata before you fall and stands you upright. Meanwhile Hinata hits the ground with a thud. “Ow.”

“Y/N ARE YA OKAY?” Atsumu all but screeches and pulls you to him. 

You hold him and assure him that you’re alright while Bo picks up Hinata. “Shoyo, you gotta be a little more careful.” You tell the spiker.

He nods but smiles at you. “I’ve missed you Y/n-san! The coach held me up to talk about the quicks Atsumu.”

“Aright Shoyo let’s get to work! Bye babe. I love you.” Tsum kisses your cheek and leaves with Hinata, excited to work on their quick.

That was probably that last time you had a good day with everybody. From then on, Tsumu and Mei grew closer. It was easy since they spent so much time together already. 

It was almost inevitable.

Almost.

And that’s why Atsumu blames himself for everything that’s happened. He could’ve avoided it. He should have. But he didn’t. If he did then you’d still be here and you’d be married. 

It was your wedding day after all. 

To make matters worse, Atsumu had never seen a prettier day than today. He went out to get the mail downstairs, then outside to grab a coffee in the shop next door. The breeze was heavenly and the sun was shining brightly as animals of every kind passed by. (He’s exaggerating but that’s how he feels). Everything was perfect. 

Your wedding dress stood in his closet still. One day, he was going through your shared closet looking for anything you left of yours to comfort him. He wanted to bask in your scent, your clothes making him believe that you were still there. But he wishes he never looked because all he found was your wedding dress. Untouched, unworn, and it smelled nothing like you.

He completely lost it and fell to his knees in pain and sheer hatred. He hates himself more than anything. He doesn’t even resent Mei, it was all his fault. In his mind, he should have known better. He should have listened to his brothers advice from months ago.

“So let me get this straight,” Osamu continues to clean some dirty dishes as Onigiri Miya closed for the day. “You got a new manager, realized you had the hots for her, didn’t distance yourself or anything, and now you think you’re in love with her.” Atsumu nods sadly before his twin continues. “AND you want to cancel the wedding.”

“Postpone.” The older twin corrects. “I-I don’t know Samu. It’s not fair to Y/N that I’m having these second thoughts. And its not that I don’t love her, I love her so much, but it feels like this thing I feel with Mei is getting bigger than what I-”

Osamu shakes his head. “Then stop it.” He tells him bluntly. “Stop hanging around her. I know she’s your manager for the time being, but stop going out to eat with her. Stop offering your help when she asks. Stop talking to her. Stop everything right now before you really feel the repercussions.”

Atsumu nods and agrees with his brother. “You’re right ‘Samu. I’m gonna stop, this week, I’m going to stop and continue with the wedding plans.” 

If anyone knew Atsumu better than you, it was Osamu (rightfully so). He had a feeling it would be a lot harder said than done, so he contacted Sakusa to please keep this on the low and watch over his brother. The athlete was disappointed to say the least, but he didn’t do this for Atsumu, he did it for you, and how heartbroken he knew you’d be if Atsumu left you.

As Atsumu promised he kept his distance. At first. Then, Mei came up to him with her big sad eyes asking him why he was avoiding her, and he couldn’t help but comfort her. 

Sakusa was hot on his tail though, he was sharp. “Miya,” Atsumu was taken aback because he never called him by his last name. It was too confusing if they all hung out with him and Osamu. “Run some drills with me.” That was Omi. Direct and to the point. 

The setter caught up to Sakusa and asked him what kind of plays he wanted to go over, but Sakusa stopped in his tracks once he knew they were far enough from everyone else.

“I’m gonna say this once.” He tells him. “Stop whatever it is you’re doing with Mei, or I’ll tell Y/N.” Atsumu is stunned, but listening nonetheless. “You more than anyone know she does not deserve this. Now let’s go drill.”

Needless to say, Sakusa’s words worked. For about a week.

The more you tell Atsumu he can’t have, the more he wants it. You knew that about him very well.

After you left him, Atsumu was in shock for a while, and it never really settled in. So, in his mind he thought he was ready to be with Mei.

When he asked her out, she was beyond excited and they went to a restaurant together. He subconsciously chose one you two had never been to before.

The whole dinner was excruciatingly long and Atsumu found himself nitpicking at everything she did. 

It was the way she was so loud during dinner. It was the way she would tuck her napkin in her shirt rather than her lap. It was the way she couldn’t help but talk with her mouth open. It was the way she wanted to talk his ear off all the time, not allowing him to speak. It was the way she never asked him about his day. It was they way she would occasionally touch his hand and smile at him.

It was the way she wasn’t you. 

Dinner ended and he ended things with Mei as soon as they started. What he thought was love was actually just an infatuation with someone who was so different to you. He was so curious about her, and maybe he did like her, but it never stemmed past that. Never grew to this big love like he thought.

And he realized this too late.

It’s about eight o’clock at night and Atsumu is opening up his second bottle of whiskey, drunk out of his mind and not in the good way. He’s falling all over the place pushing things over, but he doesn’t even care anymore. He stopped caring about anything a while ago, ever since he lost you.

He was definitely out of his mind because he grabbed his phone and out of habit called you. He didn’t really think it was gonna work, you blocked him long ago, but to his surprise it goes through. 

It rings for a couple seconds until you answer. “Hello?”

Your voice alone made him sober up as much as he could. He didn’t say anything for a while and you called out again. “Y/N.”

You take a second to yourself before answering. “What is it Atsumu.” He hates the way you don’t use his nickname anymore, it’s painful.

“I miss ya, Y/N.” He cries into the phone. “I miss ya so much it hurts. I miss yer laugh, I miss yer clothes in our room, I miss yer cooking, I miss everything about ya.”

Your heart breaks at hearing how desperate he sounds, but you also don’t want to give in. You have been working so hard to get over him and he’s ruining it in one phone call. “Atsumu I really don’t think you should call me-”

“Come home.” He pleas. “Please come home.”

It is so easy to visualize his  lip quivering and his eyes blurring with tears and snot coming out of his nose. You would normally laugh at him and his little kid face, but how could you when you were in the same boat. 

Atsumu composes himself as much as you can. “I love you.” At this point you’re full on sobbing into the phone and it hurts him to hear you in pain. “And I’m sorry that I ever doubted how much I love you. I’m sorry I ever thought for even a second that there could ever be someone else. I know it took me a while, but I realized so quickly that you’re the only one I’ll ever want ever. Please Y/N please just give me one more chance. I still want to give you forever. I still want you to be my forever.” While some of his words were slurred, you still understood everything. 

“Why didn’t you say this before.”

He sighs into the phone. “Because my brother’s right.” He tells you. “I’m the biggest idiot, dumbass, whatever, on the face of this planet.”  

“I don’t have it in me to forgive you right now, and I don’t know when I can.”

“I’ll wait. I’ll do whatever just give me a month, and-and- if ya still don’t want anything to do with me, I’ll leave ya alone. I promise ya.”

“Ok.”

A/N: AHHHHH. Oh gosh this is hecking long and literally took me all day. Hope you guys enjoy. Pt2. to “A bet” is coming maybe sometime tomorrow or Sunday. In the meantime, do y’all want a pt.3????

If there are any errors please let me know!

Requests

[mefiman]

Hamato Family’s First Visit to the Hidden City

Story request by @rottmntrulesall. Hope you enjoy the story, bud! ^^

"C'mon, everyone! Hurry up!" Michelangelo's impatience was obvious in his excitement. He and his siblings were finally going to show their dad's relatives for the first time to the Hidden City for two reasons; one: to view the many wonders of the other world and two: to have a formal, proper meeting with Draxum's parents. The latter part had instilled some unease into the Hamato siblings, especially Saki who was wary about stepping foot into a mysterious world and was about to see for himself the father and mother of the "monster" who altered his younger brother many years ago.

"Are you sure this place is safe?" Hamato Kenji asked. Raphael glanced at his uncle, understanding his uncle's concerns. "We've been there a lot, Uncle Kenji! We did encounter a few dangers there before but other than that, the people there don't usually attack humans unless provoked." Raph assured his uncle.

"There are a lot of places to visit like the many resorts and spas if you want to have a massage and ooh, Señor Hueso's Run of the Mill Pizza where they make one of the best pizzas! I know the manager of that place, we're amigos~" Leonardo took the chance to quip in.

"I can't wait to see Grandpa Mons again! Wait till you guys meet him yourselves, he's the nicest, sweetest grandpa you'll ever meet! He's still as strong as he's gentle!" Mikey said happily.

"I wonder if Grandma Chemia has some wicked new inventions to show me!" Donatello exclaimed.

"This would be my first time seeing my grandparents, Arachne..." Ariadne whispered to her best friend, Arachne.

"You've never seen them before?" Her friend asked.

"Once when I was a baby... I haven't seen them for years." The yokai femme told Arachne.

"Alright, kids, you've shown us all that you're excited to bring us to visit the Hidden City, Mikey, can you open the portal now?" Splinter asked.

"Sure, Dad!" Mikey got to work quickly.

Draxum felt a tinge of anxiety inside himself. He could not recall the last time he visited his creators ever since he moved out of home to pursue his alchemy researching, away from his parents' constant arguments, half of which is about their preferred methods of raising him. It was a surprise how those two still manage to live under the same roof despite their obvious clashing personalities. He guessed that they tolerated each other just for his sake. His parents had never produced any more offspring after him and one of Arachne’s parents...

"Hey, are you okay, Dad?" A female voice asked him. Draxum jolted from his pondering to find that his daughter, Poison Ivy asking him out of concern. He just gave a small smile as he ran his clawed hands over her helmet. "Am fine, just thinking about your grandparents." He assured her. He marveled how Ivy much had grown from the last time he scientifically created her with his and Lou Jitsu's DNAs; she being so tiny as a developed newborn infant growing in a liquid chamber to a young lady around the boys' ages. From what he knew later on, Splinter raised her along with the Turtles. Ivy had lived her life at first as a normal human teenager until her yokai genes started appearing. The initial discovery of her origins did shake her world but over time, she had learnt to accept and use them to assist her brothers in their adventures. She was intelligent like Draxum and his mother with his father's gentle, mature nature as well as Splinter/Lou's sassiness. She loved to study on botany and coincidently, her powers involved using vines and summoning plant like monsters at will. She recently revealed her sexuality preference as a lesbian and had a girlfriend who is a fellow classmate and witch trainee/apprentice in disguise. Both her creators and siblings were happy for her. As of now, she was cradling her younger sister, Venus de Milo was giggling and squealing as April, Ariadne and Arachne cooed and tickled her belly.

The group watched Mikey draw a symbol on the wall at an alley. Once the symbol was drawn, an open portal revealed. The Hamato siblings' mouths went ajar, not believing what they just saw. "if you think that's mind blowing, you haven't seen nothing yet!" Mikey grinned. His three other brothers and the three girls each took hold of one of their Hamato uncles and aunts's hands. The moment they all jumped into that portal, they found themselves staring at a massive part of a what seemed to be a huge city. The sky above was unlike Earth's skies; instead it was orange with some brown. The architecture of the buildings there were monster shaped with some tall, castle like structures far away from the city. There were a lot of people of all shapes, sizes, colors and appearances walking, running, passing by each other, buying their needs or doing their usual business trades. The Turtle family allowed their Hamato relatives to take in their first view around them. Saki's eyes were bulging out of his sockets, he could not believe for his life what he was seeing. Anthropomorphic, mostly consisting of animal, everyday objects, monstrous and supernatural like individuals roamed every part of the streets around him, he felt as if he was having a strange dream that defied logic! Nori on the other hand, looked right and left, taking in interesting sights that captured her attention. Underneath a calm façade, Kenji was freaking out internally at the new, foreign view. Hiroki was squealing in delight similar to a child had just discovered a world made of toys and sweets. Her twin, Hikari was a bit calmer than his sister, feeling a thrill of danger running through his veins. Last but not least, the youngest Hamato sibling, Mei's stance looked poker face yet she looked around to see if there were any Gothic like people that she can interact with. The Turtles and the girls grinned, seeing the reactions of the others.

"What do you think? Surreal, huh?" They ask.

"Amazing.."

"Fascinating..."

"I can't believe what I'm seeing..."

"Someone please tell me that I'm dreaming..." Saki mumbled, still not believing.

"No, you're not," Draxum replied, going straight to the point with an indifferent expression. "May we please hurry to my parents' house, I bet they're waiting for our arrival..."

"Oh yeah!" Mikey clapped both his hands once. "Lead the way, Draxy!"

Draxum sighed as he took the lead of the group. Along the way, there were a few whispers around and behind Draxum coming from the city people but Splinter and Ivy took hold of both his hands and gave a comforting, assuring squeeze, making him feel better. Ariadne gave her uncle a comforting hand on to his shoulder. They were soon out of the main city square to a further distance into the woods. They had to climb up a hill for a while until they reached a big mansion residing there.

"We are here at last. My childhood home..." Draxum said, looking at the grassy, serene valley below, reminiscing the times where he as a little one ran galloping around the field, cartwheeling with glee among the flowers and his sire teaching him the basics on how to defend himself the predator way. Both father and son spend their days in the early years, sparring with each other...

"Draxum, my son!" The former alchemist warrior villain snapped out of his memories to find himself being engulfed into the arms of none other than his dear, loving old father, Monsrage who brought his only son into a crushing bear hug which knocked the wind out of his lungs. "How have you been, my little baby boy? It's rare that you visit us but it's so wonderful to see you bring your family along! How delightful!" the older yokai gushed, his bushy tail wagging with unlimited enthusiasm like an excited puppy. Monsrage was rather huge and muscular with perked up, pointy ears, silky straight black hair unchanged through time and a fairly long beard to match. Like Draxum before, he wore a battle mask. He had a significant dark upperlip. His body had different shades of blue just like his son, Draxum when he was armored. Monsrage's eyes were the same like Draxum's. His feet in particular, was a noticeable difference. Unlike his wife and son, his feet were shaped like a lion's paws, fitting for him coming from a predator species.

"Father, it's great to see you... but can you please let go now? I can't breathe..." Draxum choked out, being smothered by his sire's busty chest. Monsrage immediately loosened his grip, apologizing profusely while checking to see if he had accidently broken any of his son's bones. Draxum shook his head, smiling a little. His sire had never changed all these years, still a concerned worrywart. And he bet his mother had not either...

Chemia on the other hand, was greeting the rest of the visitors with feverish energy. She was a redhead with shades of pink for her skin colour and her ears, long and drooped. Her eyes had a little twinkle in them, a part of her eccentric personality and plump, red lips. Like her husband, she wore a mask. Donnie, April, Arachne and Ivy were given a whirlwind hug the moment they came in front of her. Monsrage went back to the mansion with his son to give the new visitors, the Hamatos, April, and Arachne a warm greeting as well as welcome his beloved grandchildren with his signature bear hug and proceed to pepper their faces with smooches which they were delighted to have especially Mikey, Ariadne, Ivy and Venus. Monsrage and Chemia ushered them all into their humble abode. The Hamatos were initially skeptical about meeting Draxum's family but they were soon warmed up to them. Later on, the mansion was filled with guffaws of laughter as Monsrage showed them all baby pictures of his son which embarrased the poor warrior scientist. Donnie, April and Ivy were treated to Grandma Chemia's latest creations. Monsrage himself had a blast, playing with Venus and sparring with the Turtles and the girls. Arachne was delighted to meet her grandparents as a young adolescent, telling them about her achievements, adventures and that her own parents are doing well. The Hamatos became comfortable talking with Draxum's parents over some snack delicacies. Overall, everyone had a wonderful time at the Hidden City.

I had fun writing this! Was tiring but oh so worth it.

The Hamato siblings (minus Lou/Splinter) and Venus de Milo belong to @rottmntrulesall while Ariadne and Arachne are the OCs of @mikeykawaii/@mikey-ho. Monsrage, Chemia and Poison Ivy along with the mention of the witch girlfriend belong to me, @mefiman. I hope you don’t mind me incorporating your girls into this story, @mikeykawaii but I’ve been dying to add them in, especially Ari meeting her grandparents! ^^ 

[strange-lace]

Misunderstandings

I HAVE FINALL MADE CONTENT FOR MY SPIDER MONKIE AU! And SURPRISE, it’s angst!

Despite his best efforts, MK knew that he was a terrifying image to humans when he dropped his glamor. He loomed over most people due to his size, lower body plated with a dark exoskeleton with long legs which were sharp enough to impale someone without much effort. MK had tried to make it look less intimidating by painting bright little doodles all over his lower body. Soft and precise strokes decorated his exoskeleton with a couple of noticeably lower quality, lines shaky and uneven as if done by a beginner. Yet they were the ones he treasured the most. Particularly the large purple and orange hourglass symbol dead center on his spider abdomen.

"Am I doing this right sweetie?" She asked, long black hair pinned back to keep it clean yet it was still stained with streaks of paint. The same can be said for her worn robe, the faded fabrics speckled with rainbow flecks of paint. Her lips were pursed in concentration as the paintbrush shook in her hands.

It was certainly an image of the feared Spider Queen that few had the luxury of seeing and living to remember it, MK being one of them.

"Yeah mom, you're doing great. Try focusing on where you want the brush to go instead, it'll help smooth out your strokes," he suggested, having to contort a slight bit to see what she was doing. She followed his advice and happily finished the symbol.

"There! Now everyone will know to fear my little spiderling the moment they lay their eyes on him," Spider Queen cooed, putting the paintbrush away to pat MK on the head, accidentally staining his dark hair with the purple and orange paint which had gotten on her hands.

MK held a brief smile at the memory before letting out a sigh. 

Unfortunately, bright colors and cutesy symbols could only do so much against the large collective fear of demons, especially big ones with fangs and multiple legs. Which he was unfortunate enough to find out when fighting a demon who's whole speciality was glamor magic and could see right through him.

"That must be uncomfortable, squeezing yourself into such a small form. How about I give you a chance to stretch your legs for a while?" The demon said mockingly and before MK knew it, he was enveloped in a cloud of shimmering dust. Suddenly, everything was a lot smaller to him and MK was left to clumsily stumble as his two legs became eight without warning. He squinted as the world was now a lot brighter through his four eyes, colors even more vivid than before to the point it nearly gave him a headache.

Yet it all only registered to MK when he heard people start screaming about a giant spider demon.

“Oh no…” He whispered to himself, wincing as his vision cleared only to see civilians running away from him. And while he understood why, it still felt like a stab to his heart to see people terrified of him. The hurt quickly became panic once he hit what felt like a blockade to his magic, preventing him from re-activating his glamor.

MK was stuck like this for the time being.

“This can’t get any worse,” he hissed, freely skittering through the now empty streets now that he wasn’t at risk of accidentally stepping on someone. He was instantly proven wrong when he heard the twin sound of motors headed right him and MK had to dodge quickly to avoid getting hit by Mei’s bike head on and from Pigsy’s truck from crashing into one of his legs.

It just got worse.

"Alright demon, might be best to give up now-!" Mei froze mid-boast, face going pale underneath her helmet. She was soon joined by Pigsy, Sandy, and Tang who looked at what had her so shaken and their own confusion quickly transformed into their own individual shows of shock. Pigsy looked genuinely sick, Tang didn’t seem to be breathing with wide eyes behind his glasses, and Sandy’s entire being seemed to bristle as if to make himself look even bigger out of self-defense.

It dawned on MK once he saw they were all staring at the staff still clenched in his clawed hand.

That he was still holding while in his true form. Which wouldn’t look out of place as part of the Spider Queen’s forces, skin now covered in purple fur and eyes a dizzying bright green. And was still wearing his easily recognizable orange and purple jacket and headband now draped around his neck from the chaos.

MK now realizes that this did not paint a good picture in his favor.

“I… can explain,” he stuttered, wincing at the sound of his own voice: hoarse and deeper to his own ears.

He had no way of explaining this.

“What did you do to my boy?” Pigsy was the first to break the silence, eerily calm yet everyone could tell that his rake was close to snapping with how tight his grip was. Following behind him, everyone else’s shock and horror morphed into rage and MK felt his stomach tighten further and further in fear. Tang’s eyes were hidden behind the glare of his glasses with a stillness to him that made you fear he would strike at any moment before you could react. Sandy’s entire demeanor had changed in a way that made MK understand Pigsy’s past descriptions as him being a feared warrior.

And Mei?

Well Mei’s entire being was wreathed in green and vibrating with barely restrained wrath.

MK stumbled back on his eight legs, feeling incredibly small in the face of his family’s anger despite towering over them.

They didn’t know it was him. As far as they knew, he was just another demon.

He didn’t know if this was better or worse for him.

“We will not repeat ourselves, demon: What did you do to our kid?” Tang demanded with a glare as sharp as knives. MK soon found himself surrounded, breath turning shorter and shorter as his family came closer and looked ready to tear him apart if it meant getting the answers they wanted. Yet he could only see the image of the calabash copies of his family and mentor pouncing at him to prevent him from escaping, countless nightmares of them successfully trapping them in his “perfect” world weighing on his spine.

So it was only natural that he panicked when they all descended upon him as he remained silent, throat closed up in sheer anxiety. It had happened so fast but before MK knew it, he had bound them all in web cocoons without even meaning to. 

Yet he took the opportunity while they were struggling to free themselves to go for the most logical course of action according to his panic-ridden brain: run away, far and fast. He didn’t even know where he was going, all MK knew was that he had to make himself scarce around the city until he could finally use his glamor again. If he wasn't sick from panic, he could almost laugh at the image of himself struggling to balance all eight of his spider legs on the staff as he pogoed through the city.

So it shouldn’t really have surprised to find himself on the beach of Flowering Fruit Mountain, the monkeys scattering away in fear at the sight of him as he created a small crater in the sand.

The following silence was deafening, allowing his thoughts to continue to run wild without anything to focus on. He only faintly realized that tears were running down his face as the mountain breeze gently blew against him, as if trying to offer its own form of comfort as he spiraled. 

MK couldn't stop seeing the faces of his loved ones, his family, as they looked at him with such hatred and rage. He tried to keep reminding himself that it was only because they didn't know it was him, as far as they knew he was a random powerful demon who managed to get their hands on the staff. But tell that to his heart, which felt like it was genuinely breaking into pieces. The pain was enough to put MK to his knees, choking on his tears and grip on the staff tight enough to make the joints of his exoskeleton-plated hands ache.

"Kid? You here kid?" MK didn't even think, he found himself scrambling towards the familiar voice of the Monkey King, desperate for comfort. Sun Wukong grunted as he found his arms now full of a panicked spider demon but was able to adjust his footing before he could lose his balance. He let out a sigh of relief, no longer struggling to hold since he had lifted far heavier people in his long life. Questions died on his tongue as the sound of muffled sobs entered his ears, his successor’s face buried in his fur as if wanting nothing more than to hide from the world.

“What happened bud? You wanna talk about it?” MK was silent for a moment before he gave a garbled response in the Monkey King’s fur. “Sorry, what was that?”

“A demon messed with my glamor, leaving me stuck like this and they saw me. They didn’t know it was me and they saw the staff and they thought… they hated me,” he rambled, a fresh round of tears leaving his four eyes. Wukong remained silent but silently walked towards his home, MK still in his arms.

“Oh kid, I’m so sorry. You know that they wouldn’t be that way if they knew that it’s you. But that definitely explains why Pigsy called me, threatening to eviscerate me the moment he saw me if anything had happened to you,” Wukong gave a smile at the wheezy chuckle MK let out at the image of his boss and father figure calling the Monkey King just to rip into him. Yeah, that sounded like Pigsy alright. “I think I can fix up whatever that demon did to your glamor. Then you can hang out here for a while, if you want, before going back home. That sound good bud?”

“Yeah… sounds great Monkey King,” MK answered before letting out a yawn, now left exhausted now that the anxiety and panic has leaked from his system with the presence of his other father figure mentor there to comfort him. Wukong gave a chuckle, gently placing MK down on his couch and putting on Monkey King: The Animated Series without a second thought. Seemingly realizing that he was no danger to them or their king, the monkeys quickly began to use MK as their personal jungle gym without any fear. That seemed to do the trick, as he was now chuckling at the sight of the little monkey’s looking at the doodles on his exoskeleton with curiosity.

Wukong watched the scene before him with a warm look in his eyes before it quickly hardened as he slipped out of his home for a moment. Pulling out his phone, he gave a deep sigh to calm himself before tapping to call a very specific number.

“Sun Wukong, to what do I owe the pleasure?” A velvety voice answered upon the third ring.

“A demon severely messed up the kid and I figured you’d like to… return the favor,” he answered, voice dead serious.

The line went silent, the echoes of enraged hissing barely audible in the background.

“What did they do to my baby?” Any hint of playfulness was gone in the voice, the Spider Queen enraged to know that someone had harmed her son in such a way to make the Monkey King willing to contact her.

“Messed with his glamor and the others saw him, nearly attacked him thinking he was a demon that had managed to get the staff. He’s fine physically but he’s an emotional mess. All the kid was able to tell me was that they specialize in glamor magic. Think you can work off that?”

“Of course I can, what do you take me for?! But… is he alright?” Wukong smiled, almost quipping about her getting soft over the years but she could very easily call him a hypocrite.

“I have him with me and have everything under control. Just do what you do best S.Q. and I’ll keep in touch, ‘kay?” Everything about him was casual yet the look in the Monkey King’s eyes was nothing but fire that promised he would have burned whoever harmed his kid without mercy, if he wasn’t “retired”.

“Of course, might as well make use of your “retirement” after all. I’ll make sure to make our… displeasure to that foolish demon evident for the both of us. Take care of my spiderling Wukong, otherwise I will figure out a way to make you mortal to end you.” Despite her tone, Spider Queen was only half serious since she knew ending the Monkey King would make MK upset with her. And the last thing she wanted to do was lose her spiderling after searching for him for so long.

“Sure you will S.Q., I totally believe that. But until later, see ya!” Wukong said before hanging up, satisfied but antsy which was typical after every occasion he spoke with the Spider Queen. Walking back inside, he couldn’t help but smile at the sight of MK now fast asleep with the monkey’s cuddled around him.

Totally worth it.