#Riddle continued them even after his overblot because they were a good way to talk to his dorm mates

[litrary-nath]

A personal headcanon I have is that unbirthday parties aren't actually supposed to be that common in Heartslabyul. None of the previous headwardens had them half as often as Riddle does.

But Riddle used them as a loophole against his mother's rules about not eating sweets, Trey used them as an excuse to stress bake and feed Riddle sweets and Cater used them to distract Riddle and upload the pictures on Magicam, so regular unbirthday parties just became a thing.

By the time Riddle passes on the housewarden title to Aeduece they'll be used to the obnoxious amount of parties Heartslabyul hosts and continue the new tradition because they just don't know otherwise.

[ryker-writes]

If you're still doing sibling angst, could I request Riddle with a disowned sibling? ^^ like maybe they're the exact opposite of Riddle (Lazy, doesn't follow rules, talks back to their mom) and because of that Riddle also thought lowly of them. Only to see them at NRC after they cut ties. Maybe also how he would treat them after his overblot? 👀

Yes darling! The people love the sibling angst! Now it's Riddle's turn >:D

Request rules and Masterlists

Riddle as a sibling (Broken relationship)

the Rosehearts family was a very strict family to live in

ever since you were a kid, your mother had fully planned out you and your brothers life

every second of every day was meant to help you towards the future she planned

and on top of that you had to listen to every rule your mother put in place

she always said that if either one of you failed to follow her rules and her plans, she wouldn't love you anymore

Riddle was very good at following these rules and he was a natural hard worker

You however, were the opposite of him

you hated all the rules and strict plan

how could Riddle just go along with it really?

it was always incredibly stressful and it felt like there was constant suffocating pressure

so one day, you just gave up following the rules and listening to your mom

she hated it when she would ask you something and you told her "no"

and somewhere inside, you hoped Riddle would do the same

but Riddle would never do that

even while your mother screamed at you for disobeying, he stood by and did everything she asked

she told him that you were a prime example of everything she didn't want in a child

she called you all sorts of names before disowning you and kicking you out

you never went back there after that

your mom was not someone you ever cared to see again

but you did worry slightly about Riddle and how he would turn out

would he end up just like her?

or would he eventually speak back and stand up to her?

only time would tell

thankfully, you were able to tell when you got into Night Raven College

Riddle was the housewarden of Heartslabyul

the dorm known for strict rules

that didn't bode well

sure enough, you heard some first year Heartslabyul students talking about how strict the rules in their dorm were

Riddle had ended up just like your mother

still, you had hoped that maybe he hadn't become as bad as her

so when you saw him in the halls you decided to greet him and maybe start up a conversation

but as soon as his attention was on you, his expression turned sour

instead of saying hello or something when first speaking to you, he immediately started commenting on your uniform and how it doesn't go along with NRC rules

it wasn't too bad until he added

"I see you're still a disrespectful deviant. You really should know that you'd better serve society if you just listen for once."

yeah...that told you all you needed to know

he acts exactly like your mother and he thinks of you in the same way she does

you couldn't put yourself through that again, so you left

you didn't interact with Riddle after that

it's sad that things turned out this way, but it wasn't something you had to deal with

you just continued to live your life, your way

and things were fine

lately, there were a lot of Heartslabyul students walking around with collars on

Riddle's unique magic

they broke the rather ridiculous rules, and now they had to suffer

you felt for them, you really did

but there was nothing you could do to help them

days later you heard about what happened

someone stood up to Riddle and he overblotted

you were surprised of course

overblots were so rare and can kill someone

Riddle was fine, but you knew he would likely receive a long lecture from your mother

still, you carried on living your normal life

but Riddle started lingering around you more

and then one day, he talked to you

"I've come to realize that not all of the rules are necessary and don't always need to be followed. So I've come to apologize. I'm...sorry for how I've treated you, and I'm sorry for everything that happened at home."

your relationship with Riddle started to get better after that

he wouldn't criticize you for when you didn't follow minor rules

however if it was a bigger more important rule he will urge you to follow, but hesitates to enforce it

he's still learning what classifies as a rule that's not super important so give him some time

he want's to try and fix the relationship between you two

and he confides in you that he too gets tired of your mother sometimes

at least he has more freedom at Night Raven College

Riddle even started inviting you to unbirthday parties and introduced you to all the hedgehogs

An extra thought for all of you:

when Ace stood up to Riddle, he couldn't help but think of you

Ace called all his rules ridiculous and talked back to Riddle, just like you did to your mother

he could clearly remember the day you fully rebelled against your mom and what followed after

he couldn't let that happen again

and then he overblotted

[curatoroffiction]

What You’ve Hidden Part 2

This is a continuation of a story I started writing in response to a post made here. (Which is where you’ll find Part 1 of this story) This is based off of @underqualified-human’s post on their “? Yuu AU” concept, and was really fun to write! I definitely love harassing Crowley. I know I write a lot of anti-Crowley propaganda, but I fuckin’ love his character. He’s such a slimeball and I love it. XD Storytime stops before Idia’s chapter because it hasn’t been released to the English version yet.

----- Story is reader-insert, gender-neutral, and is also a continuation of an existing chunk of story I already wrote. The boys discuss how much they really know the Ramshackle Prefect. That is, until the prefect arrives on the scene and begins to explain themself.

----- The conversation quickly moved from a lighthearted conversation about the Ramshackle prefect to a cautious journey embarking through the group's delicate notions of trust.

"I don't buy it - ___ can't lie. They're too honest." Ruggie shrugs. He's never seen you lie in a way that mattered. You were always so straightforward with him and everyone else in Savannaclaw, even when it probably would've benefitted you to lie. "They're not a goody two-shoes, but they sure aren't about to pull off a scheme."

Jamil on the other hand is now rethinking everything he knows about you. "On the contrary, I've found them to be quite.. Crafty, when they needed to be." He shakes his head thinking back to how you so easily would sneak out of containment prior to his overblot. How you could escape and even collect help. He starts connecting the dots on how you always seem to know just where to look or who to talk to in order to collect help. One could say it's fate, but it was hard for him to believe in fate after meeting you.

"... They *are* capable of lying.. Lying well, at that.." Riddle murmurs, not comfortable with the conversation's route, but incapable of stopping himself from treading into these waters as people talk more about it. "When Ace and Deuce want something kept hidden, they're very good at hiding things from people." His brow furrows as he thinks on the last dorm inspection.

"Well that at least tells us they're loyal to their friends!" Kalim smiles big, refusing to fret. "And that's all I need to know to enjoy their company."

"Are they loyal to their friends? Or are they just loyal to their resources?" Azul once again steers the conversation into the depths.

"Friends! If they were just looking for power, they wouldn't have helped Ace and Deuce when they got in trouble with you, right?" Kalim cocks his head to the side, looking to Azul with genuine confusion. It wasn't hard to imagine what motivated you in his eyes.

"Mmm.. I'm not so sure about that." Jade starts delving into this thought exercise. "Through those two, ___ got a chance to interact with Riddle, which dragged him into their scuffle with Leona - Which was the primary reason it wasn't a disaster. Leona helped with Azul, Azul helped with Jamil, Jamil helped with Vil, and so on..." Many of the dormleaders had never heard of the intertwining threads of their interactions with the prefect, or how perfectly it all seemed to meld together.

This starts to garner some genuine concern, causing even Malleus and Kalim to think on the coincidental nature. It's a little too perfect.

The guys are quiet as they feel themselves consumed with the idea that you might actually be a complete stranger. Someone who has come so close to them all, snaking your way in with ulterior motives. However, they each process the concept very differently.

Riddle just flat out refuses to believe it. He thinks Azul's being paranoid and that you'd have no real reason to lie to him. And even if his overblot put you off from him, you'd have no real reason to lie to Ace and Deuce. No, Azul's the one being paranoid here, and he won't get dragged down with it.

Trey feels like it's a nonsense consideration. Even if you weren't genuine when you first met everyone here, you surely warmed up with time - Isn't that just how being a social person works? No one puts all their cards out on the table without reason. He's got no reason to doubt you.

Leona on the other hand, lets his mind dance on the edge of the idea. He'd seen firsthand how you can change your tune if you need or want to. You're not above forcing people's hands, but.. You also don't really subscribe to the "Work smarter not harder" mantra that it really takes to scheme. You put too much effort into the things you do to be someone who isn't, on some level, genuine. Still, he underestimated you once, and doesn't make mistakes like that twice.

Ruggie on the other OTHER hand figures there's no reason to worry. Hell, he's fake as hell when he wants to be. As far as he's concerned, everyone's got a grift, and it'd be nice to hear you had one too. Even if your friendship was founded on a lie, he doesn't care. You've never treated him like he owed you, and you saved his life from Leona lashing out at him. As far as he's concerned, that makes you someone worthy of respect at the least.

Jade himself doesn't really care either which way. He likes you and is amused by you, but whether you value him as a friend or not matters very little to him. If he wants to deal with you, he will. He doesn't need an invitation or prior rapport. Still, he likes to think he knows you well. Even if he doesn't know your real name, he knows how to poke and prod you to get desired responses, and at the end of the day, isn't that enough?

Kalim's bothered by the prospect. He shakes his head outright refusing to even consider a world where you were disingenuous. Still, his mind thinks on Jamil. Someone he's held dear to his heart since he was a very young child was able to fool him and use him and control him. ... He doesn't like the idea that there could be secrets you keep from him. Still, if you do have secrets, maybe there's a good reason for it. Maybe you're afraid? Or you just need a safe place to open up? Maybe he just needs to be a better friend.

Jamil furrows his brow in thought. He'd overlooked you once, only to be surprised, and much like Leona, he doesn't make that mistake twice. But unlike Leona, he has to care as far as Kalim's wellbeing is concerned. He doesn't think you'd ever do anything to hurt Kalim, considering you once tracked him down to give him treasure that Kalim tried to sneak to you. If you were in it for the money, you'd have never done that. Plus, there were plenty of times that you could have hurt Kalim by now and you didn't. If you were some kind of physical threat, you'd have struck by now. But if it's a power grab, what kind of power triumphs over money?

Vil's not intensely bothered by the idea of you using every tool in your arsenal to collect strength. If you really were so quietly calculated, it'd be something to applaude. A fake smile here, a warm grin there, you're bound to make useful connections. It's no surprise to him that you were able to make useful connections that echoed forward. He finds himself annoyed with Azul's persistence on the matter, figuring that Azul himself has been bothered by this and is now trying to make it everyone else's problem. People often try to project their insecurities onto the people around them.

Rook on the other hand is delighted at the prospect. If you suddenly showed yourself to have a side that even he couldn't see coming, what a rush that would give! Maybe he should poke and prod you more. Maybe he needs to test the waters and see what really makes you tick? People often let the most real facets of themselves surface under pressure..

Idia already had like 20 fears centered around dealing with people going into this conversation - Most of which had to do with them lying to him already. This machiavelean web of social warfare that Azul is painting just gives him a headache. It's like when the business man thinks he's onto something in boardgame club and just won't relent. Idia may not have a high social self esteem, but he knows Azul well enough to not let this get under his skin. At least, that's what he tells himself. It's hard to not be bothered by the idea, but he won't get taken for one of Azul's wild rides.

Ortho's only bothered by this line of conversation because it implies that you could lie in a way that tricks his censors - And that just isn't like you at all! But any attempt to protect your good name is just met with Azul shrugging and saying 'Anything is possible, I suppose.'

Malleus is the only one who is really torn asunder by this conversation. At first, he was offended that anyone could think that way about you, being your fiercest protector in the matter, but then it hit him that you've always been a bit weird. You've never been scared of him - Was that an act? How could he ever really know? He knew he wasn't just a means to an end, but he had no clue if you befriended him genuinely or not. Did you really not know who he was when you met? Or was that a ploy? Whatever the case could be, he's gutted at the idea that you could be anything less than a friend.

Lilia isn't bothered by the idea. He pretends to be someone he isn't all the time. It's good fun! Even people who've spent their lives hiding their true selves in favor of a false self give away truths. He is, however, bothered by the dark look on Malleus' face coupled by the thunder of the rolling clouds outside. "I mean, everyone has something to hide, don't they, Azul?" His tone is more pointed, as though he'd uncover Azul's secrets for all to see if he answers incorrectly.

A shiver runs down Azul's spine at Lilia's sharper gaze, surprising him with the reaction. ".... Yes, but when someone knows all of our secrets, shouldn't we get to know at least SOME of their's?" He looks to the others to back him up, but isn't getting much help.

He can't be the only one bothered by this, right?

---

The group is deep in thought when you arrive. You step into the room and all eyes are on you. Grim gulps from your shoulder, looking at all the staring eyes. Even he can't ignore the palpable energy of the room. ".. Did we miss somethin'?" He asks tentatively.

Azul takes the lead, snaking his way beside you with a big smile. "Of course not! We were just discussing how we don't seem to know anything about you, ___. Tell us about yourself?"

You take a glance around the room, which seems to confirm Azul's claim that the room is waiting for you to talk about yourself. "...." You blink. ".. What do you wanna know?"

"Well, your name, where's it come from? What's it mean? Tell us about it."

Your eyes narrow as you look at the businessman, who laughs off your suspicions. With Azul, there's always an angle. They must've had a bet about your name. Your eyes relax as you look around the room of your friends. Riddle looks annoyed with the octopus man. Trey gives a quiet shrug like 'I dunno why this guy is being weird'. Leona looks more annoyed with Azul than he does with you, but Ruggie seems interested in hearing you explain your answer. Azul is frevently awaiting an answer, Jade making his biggest creepiest smile to the side as his eyes won't budge from you. Kalim looks somewhere between distressed and excited. Jamil looks like he's trying his hardest to look indifferent, but you know by the way he glances at you that he's invested in your answer.

Vil actually moves to shoo Azul away from your shoulder as he takes over the conversation. "Azul's been 'kind' enough to express that we don't know much about you or where you came from. You came here so abruptly, and you had so little to your name in ways of protection. It's still an amazing mystery to us as to how you adapted so well." Quite the improv actor, Vil smoothly transitions you into the conversation with the grace of a socialite. While he's not bothered by the idea of you being cunning and cutthroat, he IS bothered by the idea that Azul might slip up and make it appear as though the entire group is worried. Besides, any chance to get to know you better is a gift.

Rook smiles delightedly as Vil takes over. If there's anything you're hiding, they'll surely be able to sense it. "Ah yes, Trickster, you fascinate with how otherworldly you are! Please tell us more about yourself. How DID you acclimate so well?"

Idia feels sick to his stomach. More social nonsense is piling up. And on the one day Ortho convinced him to come in-person to one of these meetings. He can't just check out and play a game as things are heating up, so he's stuck just looking visually awkward and avoiding your gaze. Ortho looks determined, but happy to see you. He waved when you first came in, which signaled everyone that you were there in the first place. Now that things are getting weird, he's just excited to have a chance to monitor your vitals while you're under questioning, so he can prove to the others that you're not lying.

If you're lying, he'll know.

Malleus looks like he's stuck in his own head and upset over something. Deep in thought - When he finally looks to you, his eyes melt a little and the storm temporarily relaxes. Lilia's more concerned with how strong Malleus' reaction to this than whatever you could possibly hide from them. He does find it amusing that he could scare Azul with just a judgemental glance though, and files that away as something fun to do if the young octopus man's antics cause Malleus or you grief. He's got thousands of years of judgemental dad looks stashed away for such an occasion.

"Well, uh.." You're not sure what question to answer, so you just answer Vil's because he's less creepy about it. "I just did what I could to survive. I'm as surprised as anyone that I've been able to last this long." And it's true - Everything you've done has been on the fly. Ever since arriving in Wonderland, you've found yourself in increasingly strange circumstances. You shrug, sorry that you don't have a better answer.

"But surely, you must have had something - Skills you've relied on, plans you've laid out. Things that helped you survive through the messes you've encountered?" This time, it's Rook speaking up, trying to coax more out of you.

"Not really, no. I showed up and had a flaming monster thrown at me, I held him up by the scruff of his neck and Crowley dubbed me as his handler. I was given a job as a janitor, and I'd have done it just fine, but Grim wasn't having it and threw a fit. We got in trouble for it and got a bigger workload with Ace. Then he dragged Deuce into the mess and we all got expelled.." You recount your first week here at Night Raven College.

No one ever really heard the story of what happened when you got here before.

You were a janitor? Crowley didn't let you be a student? But you came through the mirror! You couldn't even go home! The frustration of the fear that you're anything but genuine slowly bubbles away as they begin to find themselves annoyed with Crowley and his handling of the situation.

"If I got expelled, Crowley was gonna throw me out, and I had nothing, so I had to do what he told me to in order to stick around. We went to the mines, fought an overblot monster that seemed ancient, and got a magestone to replace the one we broke. From there, I was pretty ride or die for Ace and Deuce." You shrug.

Azul isn't having it though. "That explains why you got involved when they had trouble with Riddle, by why did you get involved when Savanaclaw was scheming?" He won't forget that you've somehow endeared everyone here to you.

"Crowley showed up at my door and told me to figure out why students were getting hurt. When I told him 'Nah', he blackmailed me with my food budget."

The room's stunned to silence.

".... Crowley.. *blackmailed* you?" Riddle's the first to speak up, and he's appalled and pissed. That whole ordeal was incredibly dangerous! He knew Crowley was slimy from time to time, but you didn't even have magic! That goes against several regulations!

"With your food budget no less.." Trey looks disturbed. Ruggie's big grin from earlier is gone.

You shrugged once again, desensitized to the idea. "I didn't want to get involved, but then I had to."

None of them can sense a lie off of you, but they're all listening attentively. They need to know more. How do the threads of fate connect you to them?

"What about after that? You didn't really need to help Ace and Deuce when Azul's plans came to fruition." Jade now speaks up, curious. "Surely, if you were scraping to survive at that point, it would have been easier to just ignore and let them fall to their own stupidity. It would even be a great lesson for them, yes?"

"I wasn't gonna get involved that time either - You're right, they deserved a lesson. Even Grim got in trouble there, but I was so tired at that point."

"So what happened??" Kalim asks eagerly, moving closer to listen, like his ears can't hear you if he can't see you well enough.

"Crowley again. Said faculty couldn't get involved because Azul wasn't technically breaking any rules, and he needed the problem fixed. Once again, I told him no and he threatened my housing security."

Malleus' eyes narrow. The storm outside is slowly building again, but this time for a very different reason. Azul feels sheepish. At every turn, you were being threatened and forced into involving yourself in the lives of the other students. So then why were you still so friendly? Ortho's eyes have gotten frustrated at the idea of what you're telling them. He's visibly upset. Rook is stone silent as you have every ounce of his attention.

"And with Jamil..?" Ruggie jabs a thumb in the direction of the long-haired boy from the sands.

"Crowley told me I had to keep the school's heating running while everyone was away, and I barely was able to remind him to get me food for the winter break. Even then, he held it as a reward I had to earn. He gave me a cellphone in case there was an emergency, but the damn thing was on the worst possible plan, and he never picked up when I called him. Kalim invited us to the dorm for a feast, and Grim and I were so hungry that I decided to let him treat us. When we got there, we got roped into everything.."

"But you escaped. You could have just stayed away at that point." Jamil finally speaks up, remembering the events. He's embarrassed by his actions, but he needs to know why you came back.

You throw a thumb towards Azul. "Yeah, but I only escaped because I accidentally flew the magic carpet into Octavinelle, and Azul made me take him back because he had his own agenda. I didn't wanna be indebted to him for the damage the carpet did, and I didn't trust him enough to return the carpet safely, so I begrudgingly obliged and got roped into bullshit again."

Azul looks embarrassed as once again the attention's all on him. This conversation is more exposing him for his shady bullshit than you for yours.

Luckily, he's saved by Vil speaking up once again; "With my.. incident - You were pushed into it by Crowley again, yes?"

"Yeah. Your troupe needed a place to stay, and my dorm was the only one equipped for it. I wanted to stay as far out of your way as possible, but it was kind of impossible when I was named as the manager and you knew where I slept. You whipped everyone into shape, and even pushed me to do my best, lest I find my snacks.. uh.."

"Tampered with as punishment." Jamil nods, remembering the spell Vil had been using. You were in a tough situation, and once again you made the call that allowed you your best chance of survival.

---

Before you can explain anything further, a familiar voice can be heard.

---

"Hello my gracious students! Thank you all for coming to this meeting!" Crowley has finally arrived. Half an hour late. He opens his eyes from his delight to find several people staring at him with malice. He blinks and gulps down his nerves. "... I seem to have missed something." ----- If you like stories like this, check out the rest of my collection in my Masterlist on my profile, or check out my stuff on AO3! https://archiveofourown.org/users/CuratorOfFiction

[gogolstoelicker]

Dorm leaders with a Razor!MC

a/n: totally lost the pookie who asked for this but if by some miracle yk its you, pls dont beat me up for taking so long </3 /j

also if tumblr did smth weird with the bullet points again, point ur guns at the app

its one week before my exams so im using my adrealine for smth!!

You are generally good-natured person who considers your wolf pack your family and becomes enraged if they are hurt by other parties. You love your wolf family but dislike the fact that you aren't fully like them. You considered the few humans you do encounter to be your friends and are willing to protect them from danger if it means sacrificing your and your pack's dinner for the night. You are a quick thinker. You are also honest and forthright due to your limited exposure to human life. You are not used to speaking and only speak in short phrases and words, finding it troublesome, but you continue nonetheless.

Riddle

my mans stopping you like this to take a look at your uniform

pookie, youre a lil messy rn -he said this in anger, I'm just giving you the nicer version

its ok, he helped you clean up a lil after!!

u absolutely trying not to mess up the collar and tie up bcs its so uncomfortable:😢😔

it always goes back to the messy version as soon as hes out of sight or its half the day already

he wont find out (i lied he absolutely did)

he can always count on u to tell him the truth should your friends ever do smth bad

"broke. chair." while pointing at ace and deuece

they have tears in their eyes as riddle approach them

honestly some of ur behaviour makes him go⁉️

fr thought u were a beastman or smth

then found out youre just a human whos lived with wolves their whole life

FUCKEKEKE REMEMBER THAT TIME IN HIS OVERBLOT WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABT PARENTS

u being an orphan as he goes on with his speech: /JOKE

ace beats his ass up for u its ok

him trying to figure out how they didnt try to eat u🤔

he didnt try to stop u but that wont mean he wont go😅😅

ALSO eat ur veggies pls

hes chasing u around heartslabyul trying to make u eat a wee bit of carrots

Leona

"veggies:( bad:(" "so real"

^ur real time convo

whenever youre given food with veggies, u pass it off to leona

leona then pass it to ruggie who then muched it off

he absolutely told u to give ruggie any veggies btw (free food for the man‼️)

ruggie is forever happy to receive free food

he actually thought u were a beastman too because of your scent

"r u a jack kinnie?" he would ask (he didnt ask it like that)

turns out you just got raised by them

idk savanaclaw might be an ok? place for u? considering most of them r beastman there

like its not even surprising to see u practicing with them every morning anymore

ruggie dragged both u and leona by the collar to practice btw

"im all the way in ramshackle" leona surprise adopted u to savanaclaw, dont resist /J

u surprisingly get along well with him‼️‼️

leona acting like he doesnt care abt the youngsters👴🙄 (hes failing)

he totally didnt take a nap with you in his usual spots, no who did that?? pft not him

no he did NOT save u from accidentally getting hurt by your friend's troubles btw no

also, he did not mind that you do not talk much

the less words the better for him!! he encourages this (he got beat up later by the people who thinks otherwise)

Azul

youre so simple, azul actually had a great time

"pls sign this contract to save ur friends" "ok:)"

well youre homeless now (not rlly u have a home in savanaclaw)

yk those super villains laughing evilly everytime their plans r going so well?? thats azul

he didnt even need to put many efforts in trying to trick u, u just go thumbs up at him

he does not feel bad btw

he does not care if youre a beastman or not. a business opportunity is all you'll ever be to him

maybe a friend too but you'll need to unlock friendship level 10 for that

can wolves swim underwater, im sayign yes for plot reasons

anyways u came back from trying to get the painting(?) picture (?) like a wet dog

im saying nonsense rn i think i need sleep its almost 1am

he threw his head back 90° to laugh dramatically at how u reminded him of a wet dog

this is a joke, do not come for me

honestly he had to drag u away from the lounge once bcs u tried catching the fishes in the aquarium

"MF LEAVE MY FISHES TF ALONE IF U WANT TO LIVE" is what he wouldve said if hes not a professional businessman

he is a professional guys do not worry💯

honestly, he is pretty ? that you had trouble speaking

after finding out its bcs youve been isolated from the human things, he kind of goes🤔

the business in his head is controlling him before he can stop them😖🫣

would u like a potion from him to help u with that problem<33

honestly head empty rn

Kalim

rhey all thought you were a beastman and he is not an exception

is def surprised bcs ur ass howled one time at a full moon

he witnessed that, he had the front row seat as witness

he lets u do ur thing its ok

even asked u if its family tradition HELP /J

"oh man u have such fluffy hair"

he said before trying to touch it and realising its literally tangled all over

him and jamil whos right next to him

were u raised in a barn??

kalim assumed theres no hairbrush in ramshackle

u dont have to worry bro, kalim is more than happy to stock u up with some hairbrush

"oh its nothing much dont worry😊🙏‼️" the literal gold handles on the hairbrush:

u dont have to worry abt not speaking much, he speaks enough for the both of u

he spoke such strange things u dont understand him sometimes

u just nod along and gave him thumbs up

its like sun and moon but the moon is confused /j

if youre sleeping outside, he will join u btw

he brought his pillows and blanket out to have a small sleepover with u

jamil had a mini heart attack when he went to wake kalim up in the morning to see hes missing from his bed

Vil

vil when be sees u

yk how yall lived in pomefiore for a bit after the idia thing??

yeah he polished u up so much bro

u came into the dorm looking like someone abandoned u so youe only option was to live in the jungle with the help of ur jungle friends and have survived through the way of the mammals since u were an infant

and u came out looking like a brand new person

u came out of the dorm looking like u got new skin that its literally shining under light, ur hair softer and no longer tangled and no more eyebags and u smell like flowers

vil wiping his forehead after a job well done😊🙏

also he was pretty shocked when he found out u were pretty isolated from the human norms or whatever

he did try his best to break you bad habits, like literally running in mud

he also helped u with like speaking problems?

he got u a whole dictionary in case u dont know the word bro

also fix ur uniform for ueach time u try to loosen it up because its too suffocating for u

if u try to loosen it up one more time, he'll add the veggies in ur plate

he absolutely does makes u eat ur veggies

he'll tie u down a chair and make u eat them even

/j he wouldnt. he have rook to help him with that

Idia

him after he fixed ur dorm with the greatest and newest updated quality just for u to sleep outside

he gets it, youve been raised this way

but he just fixed it for u bro😢😢cant u at least sleep in there

grim sleeps in diff rooms every day bcs of the upgrade and u did this?? /j

oh well at least the outside kind of looks better now too he guess....

u dont even use the tv, u dont know how it works

"people in there real?" "? no ?"

he beats u in every video games ever because u literally could not keep up with technology

hes slaying everyone and youre wondering how to make ur character walk the way u wanted them to

u accidentally drowned somehow in the video game

he feels a tad bit bad for u

he cant bond much with u because like

hes quiet, youre quiet

hes a modern dude, u dont even know whats a phone

he likes video games, u prolly like hunting for food

if you two r in a room together, the only people who r talking r literally the wind

"whoosh whoosh whoosh🌬" whoosh whoosh🌪

Malleus

he spoke enough for the both of u (its abt gargoyles)

he actually spoke so much confusing words for u

u looked at him like 😃🫨 (ur head is spinning and u r dying)

u can always ask him if u dont understand tho

he will explain in another paragraph but its ok, at least u understand now

barely actually

ur brain hurts and its fried from talking to him since he use big words

he did try to use simpler words for u!!

oh u two can kind of bond i think

youre both not familiar with technology so it will work well

u know those faces grandparents make when looking through new technologies

like the eyes squinting and eyebrows furrowed look with thag confused look

yeah thats the both of u

u both try to figure it out together (it did not work out)

yall asked lilia for help

peepaw is into the trends, he can help the both of u dont worry!!

he saw how messy you could be sometimes and went damn

he'll fix u up with magic its ok

show me funny things, magic man

anyways its a habit of his to fix anything in ur appearance whenever u have ur nighty walks

like u have this dirt on ur white uniform? say no more.

theres a damned branch in ur hair (dont ask how u got that) and its tangled in ur hair?? he got u pookie

part of ur clothes r literally ripped off because god's knows what youve been doing in your free time??? u dont even need to ask bbg

[606nox]

Heartslabyul x subnatica

Deuce x subnatica reader

Btw yall I forgot to say that in every single one of these that I will write the reader is always around the same age as them because the og subnatica player is canon like at least 21 but not here just has to say that

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Deuce is trying to turn his life around so he tries to stay out of rumors or drama because "good students don't listen to drama right?". But even so he couldn't help but notice you from the opening ceremonie and not only that but he also remembers that you were magicless. He wishes you good luck he had heard the nrc can be mean to people with magic so what about people without. He feels really bad for you but he can't really help you either. So when he meet you he was honestly a little interested in learning about you after all theirs never been a case of a magicless person in the history of twisted wonderland so why wouldn't he. At first when he met you he was reminded of this old delinquent friends at first he had no reason to think so but it just felt that way. But was pleasently surprised that you were really nice and friendly but you just really didn't like ace running away from his punishment. And were very fast for a normal human ? But he didn't question it to much and it's not like its was any of his business anyways you two barely know each other. After you guys broke the chandelier deuce was the first to rush off into the cave which worried you a bit even if you didn't know him that well you still were wanted to make sure that no one got hurt. Which is why you ran into the cave dragging ace and grim with you. But the moment you guys found the stone you needed a blot monster appeared. And everyone else was freaking out but you just kinda stood their and and was like "ugh not again". Deuce then tried to pull you out of it's way because he knows that you don't have magic. You follow him out and you all make a game plan . Which you end up having to improvise. The blot ramed into the tree but soon the plan had to go out the window. You were to the side where you couldn't get hurt originally but ace,grim and deuce were clearly struggling to which you remembered a little something you had the stasis rifle. So you began to charge the rifle and while it was charging you yelled at the blot monster.

"Hey over here".

"Hey what do you think your doing".

"Yeah deuces right".

You shoot at the monster it was fully paralyzed "ok do what you guys gotta do ". Ace and deuce shot their magic and you shot the stasis rifle for a while until you got tired of the back and forth and got out you repulsion canon and threw a whole bolder at it. To everyones surprised it just died and honestly everyone was just like FINALLY. After you head back and you officially become a student deuce congratutes you and grim is pretty much jumping around the place talking about how hes the best. After he didn't expect you to stick around but he was happy you did but something weird happened while fighting riddles overblot you seemed vicious Dispite your normally chill friendly behavior it's one thing to be scared but this wasn't fear this was more like a reaction a violent one but you still seemed to be in at least a little control of your body because you weren't going for riddle himself but for his blot monster. You used your repulsion canon and threw a table at him and you continued to switch between repulsion and stasis. You even lonched riddle into a bush after taking the tree from him but even then you never actually hurt him only his blot monster after awhile everything was decently normal. You would hangout with ace and deuce. Deuce would try to help you study but he doesn't even know what's going on with half of the stuff you ask him to help with even if you end up helping him understand it. He is almost like a puppy after everything you've done he thinks your so cool and admires you. Hes even asked if you can teach him some of the moves you've used.

Deuce fell in love with you when yall were fighting riddles overblot monster he just couldn't help but admire you. You were magicless but still tried to help and also were brave and fierce you also held your ground while still being nice and polite and he really admired that about you. But that doesn't mean he realized he had a crush on you well it was more like denial because he was scared to lose your friendship so he tried to keep it to himself of course tho ace noticed and teases him a blot but ace does have too say that deuce did a good job hiding but ace knows him to well. But after deuce confirmed that it was in fact true ace tries to wing man for deuce but it never quite works because you can tell that something's up and just tell him to be himself. Eventually he confesses with a little help with his confidence boosted he asks trey for some advice and helps quite a bit well more then the others. Which is why when he confessed he brought you your favorite dessert. He wasn't expecting you to answer so fast but you automatically said yes and after he can't help but help but be giddy he's just so happy that you feel the same. Right after the confession as soon as he can he gets nervous but also happy and calls his mom up to tell her about you and his mom is so happy for him but deuce also asks her what to do now that he's in a relationship with you and his mom just tells him to be kind , patient and to just spend time with you eventually after awhile in the relationship he gets comfy. But sometimes when he's hanging out with you he can't help but think about what happened to you when riddle overblotted you seemed almost vicious ready to snap at any moment which honestly really consered him even if you two weren't dating at the time. He wanted to ask you but trusted that when you wanted to talk about it you would. But one day you two somehow get on the topic of riddles overblot and deuce decided that he would ask but if you didn't wanna answer you didn't have too

Oh yeah his overblot was really stressful.

Yeah it was but I have a question for you

Yeah what is it.

What happened to you during that if you don't want to answer you don't have too.

Oh that uuummm well that a bit of a story but if you wanna I'll tell you.

Yes please do tell

Well for around a year of my life I was crashed on a planet that was only water I had to fight to survive and had to fight giant leviathans it was very traumatizing but I did what I had to do to survive

That I just can't imagine it I'm sorry that something like that had happened to you.

But it's ok now

Are you sure?

The best I can be

[holdontwstistakingovermymind]

MC's Neverending Sleep Overs

Hello I am back again. I decided to continue the little sleep over post. Make it big. This is like, before the relationship of Polyam!Mc. They aren't dating yet but it's flirtatious.

I hope you enjoyed! Idk how I feel about the flow, but I want to write a more platonic version and a more romantic version.

If you liked this and are able to, please consider contributing to my Ko-fi! No pressure though.

♡

In the beginning the dorm was a lot more empty than you felt comfortable with.

Yeah, sure, you liked your space. In fact, one could say you were ecstatic to learn you got to have your own space despite quite literally showing up out of no where. However, that's all you can actually keep up with in such a large dormitory.

Besides your room, the small bathroom you use, and the living area -all of which had seen better days- the rest of the house started off as a mystery to you. One you were a bit to scared to actually solve

(^This was mostly due to your fear of what you may find hidden behind the many doors of Ramshackle, as well as your desperate desire to avoid the ghosts at all costs.)

It didn't remain that way for very long though, as soon you were being joined by the first years of Heartslabyul, who were starting to be thrown out of their own dorm at an alarming rate.

Ace pretty much spent his first two weeks sleeping on the dorm's ratty old couch, sometimes having to fight Deuce for the position whenever the other began to rebel.

When Cater (or one of the Caters, you weren't ever too sure of who you were talking to at first) started showing up just to "check in" on the freshmen, you knew things had to change.

"Stop showing up at my dorm uninvited!"

No one actually acknowledges your rage, but you let it slide. There's a lot going on and honestly you're more concerned with learning potions then keeping Ace from stealing your good blankets.

And besides, with all the time you invested in making the tart for the dorm leader, be should be out of your hair soon enough, right?

That's what you were thinking, up until Riddle overblots.

In those moments you don't think you'll be making it back to the dorm period.

Fortunately you were wrong, but the event was so jarring that nightmare begin to haunt you everytime you drift off.

You quickly come to miss Ace and Deuce's presence.

And you learn quickly that they miss yours as well! Both for varying reasons, of course, but it quickly returns to that familiar state before Riddle's breakdown. One where you couldn't shake them even if you tried.

Cater comes by a lot more now too. At first he used to make up an excuse to stop by -then crash- but he gave up on that excuse rather quickly. He definitely sleeps in his dorm uniform half the time.

^Or at least, whatever he is wearing. Definitely the type to sleep in jeans whenever he's feeling too tired to get pajamas on

Trey visits with food (and Riddle, occasionally. He's still a little embarrassed about the whole rampage overblot thing) but doesn't find himself joining in the sleepover often.

When he does though he always makes everyone clean up their messes. What a king.

Jack is the next to join your merry band.

He doesn't often spend the night -only coming over when needed- and he's usually gone before you wake up.

He might be your favorite tbh.

(Around this time you also start to get the occasional visit from the tweels and Kalim. They never stay, but both parties are far too nosey to ignore such a large gathering)

It stays this way for a while whilst you attempt to sort out the whole issue with Leona.

Riddle only starts joining the crew after the whole savanaclaw incident.

This is mostly because his shame has kinda melted away since he's no longer the only one who has lost control. Also because Leona has no shame and immediately claims your couch afterwards. Rip.

From here it really just spirals.

The most common visitors are usually the first years.

Epel comes to escape Vil, Deuce and Ace have just decided your dorm is their home, and Jack tends to show up out of fear someone is going to do something stupid. He's usually right.

(Sebek is the odd man out here. He'll come over during the day but he's got a stick up his ass most the time.)

Rook and Vil do not sleep over. However, Rook will usually join in the morning to get (you) ready. Probably video chats with Vil the whole time. Epel is in hell.

Idia doesn't come over ever but Ortho does on occasion. You'd think people would be calmer with the android child around but for some reason that just creates more chaos.

Lilia has a habit of just sleeping places and it scares nearly everyone. Malleus finds it funny.

Crowley occasionally shows up to look for people because your dorm has become the Lost and Found for students.

Azul never comes into your room and has only stayed the the night maybe once or twice. Never at the same time as Leona though and he's usually incredibly nervous.

The tweels will come into your room and they will go through your stuff. They have no care whatsoever.

Everyone else is fairly respectful. But Pomefiore and Diasomnia are full of judgy brats that will subtly question your home. Thankv goodness most of them are not everyday visitors.

Jamil and Deuce seem like the type that will just start cleaning absentmindedly when they start to recognize some place as one they like to be in. Which you are incredibly thankful for. Deuce especially since he was not helpful at first.

Kalim always likes to try and make every night less of a sleep over and more of a slumber party. This is never good.

^ Reasons why: 1) Ruggie has been banned from playing Simon says because everytime he is Simon he makes people copy him, so that they lose. 2) Sebek always throws a hissy fit at the commotion whilst his emo dorm stands in the corner watching the chaos 3) Floyd has bitten someone during twister 4) MC has broken down crying at midnight multiple times because they just want to sleep and now the music club is doing karaoke.

But when everyone leaves for vacation, admittedly you do miss the chaos.

Oh well just gives Grim more room to bug you

[sukiitoru]

Hello<3 i hope you're having a great day!

Can I request for twisted wonderland about overblot students (separately) who after having their mental breakdowns explain to the reader why they overblotted, they look at him in the eyes and just go "lol same😀😀😀", because they've having similar struggles in their own world

Hello, dear I'm having a good day i hope your day is great as well thank you for your amazing request i had alot of fun writing this one i hope you enjoy it 💙

I made mc a little affectionate in this i hope you don't mind

My requests are still open if you want to request something thank you so much for reading this

Mc is non-binary pronounce is they/them

Fandom: twisted wonderland

Type: angst at the start then fluff

Shared struggles

Riddle Rosehearts

Trey continued to be a concerned mom and took care care of riddle for the rest of the day

The boy was back in his room trey making him some snacks

Mc wanted to check on riddle worried for the boy he did have an overblot

Mc was too nervous to go so they had to ask permission from trey

Trey allowed mc to visit riddle knowing mc they would help riddle feel better

They were nervous to even go near the room they never really talked to riddle after all

A soft knock was heard on riddle's door the male in question was reading a book lifting his head up slightly

"come in trey i told you don't knock it's not necessary i know it's yo-" riddle says getting interrupted by seeing mc's face his face getting a little red remembering how mc saw him have a bit of a hissy fit earlier today

The male quickly went back to reading his book trying to not show how his face

"riddle? I wanted to check up on you i hope your doing better?" Mc asked softly coming inside the room and closing the door softly standing next to riddle's bed

"i am alright thank you for asking you can leave now rule 343 says that no one should interrupt the afternoon reading time" riddle says still looking at his book jumping a little when mc sat down at his bed and looked at him with concerned eyes

"this might be a little weird but can i ask you what happened to make you overbolt? I understand of you don't want to answer but I wanted to try and help you i went through my own fair share of trouble in my life" mc explained fidgeting with their hands looking down getting mentally prepared for rejection

"i....when i was a child my mother didn't allow to do alot of things you could say.....i had to be perfect in every way possible i couldn't enjoy things that liked i couldn't be with people i loved i believed all the things she did was right and that it was for my own good.....but it wasn't....." The male started to explain tearing up remembering his rough childhood

"I'm disappointed in both myself and my mother aren't mothers supposed do what's good for their children then why......" The boy started to sob quietly mc looking at him with sad understanding eyes before taking hold of his hand gently

The boy looked up seeing the soft look on mc's face looking down at mc's hand holding his softly making him sob even more

"i understand what your going through my father was very strict i was never allowed to go outside have friends eat sweets i know how terrible your feeling right now but your not alone me and the others will be here for you" mc says tearing up a little remembering their childhood and how strict their parents was

"you can talk to me whenever you feel stuck or wonder about anything i know it's hard but we can go through this together don't ever forget that riddle" mc says softly pulling riddle into a hug the male clinging into the back of their uniform sobbing on their shoulder

"it's okay your not alone anymore i promise you" mc says rubbing Ribble's back gently

The door of riddle's room opened softly trey appearing behind the door peaking his head in

He smiles softly at the sight he knew it was good to send mc for riddle they have a good heart he knew it

Tray is now sure that riddle will be better he's not alone anymore mc will make sure of it they'll go through this together

Mc doesn't regret being in this strange place anymore they're glad to having the chance to meet riddle

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Leona Kingscholar

Leona was still in the nurse's office the others left he was too lazy to get up it was only him and mc who was taking a nap

The guards came and took his very clingy niece who was crying all the way out and waving at him

He sat there bored out of his mind staring at the little human's face

Leona wondered how they could be so peaceful when he was in the bed next to them

Weren't they scared he might get up and eat them he didn't understand this human at all

He continued to think about this human and their strange words the human stirred their eyes opening softly

"hmm...." Mc yawns softly opening their eyes to meet with bright green eyes staring at them

"rise and shine herbivore did you like your nap" Leona says sarcastically resting his head on his palm staring at mc

"Leona are you feeling better why are you still here" mc says softly yawning softly sitting up and rubbed their eye gently

"I'm too lazy to get up herbivore" Leona sighed staring as mc got up from their bed and got into his bed yawning softly

"move i wanna lay down" mc says in a sleepy voice shocking Leona who moved back anyway making space for mc to lay down

Mc layed down yawning again before staring at Leona with sleepy eyes making the male yawn softly as well

"are you feeling better?" Mc asked in a soft voice the male getting sleepy but answering anyways

"i suppose nothing hurts why are you on my bed tho you might kick me in your sleep and your bed is completely comfortable to sleep in" Leona argued yawning staring at mc with his green eyes

Mc didn't move and continued to stare at Leona before moving the hand to gently caress Leona's hair

"did you overbolt because you were overlooked by your family? Because your not the oldest?" Mc asked softly staring at Leona the male's eyes showing shock for a second before going back to normal

"because i was second means that no matter what I'll never be king no matter how strong or smart i get no matter how much better i am then him it doesn't matter....." Leona started spilling his feelings out starting to feel angry again

Leona got interrupted by a hand resting on his cheek his eyes met with mc's shock appearing in his eyes at the unfamiliar touch

"i....i understand how your feeling...... I'm the second child in the family my parents didn't expect much from me they appeared to care more about my sibling than me but you don't have to be first to prove to them how special you are" mc started smiling softly at the male who leaned into their touch without noticing

"your family does care about you they really do but you'll have to prove yourself being grumpy all the time and hating your brother won't fix anything" mc continued in a soft voice rubbing Leona's cheek gently

"hmmm.....your not so bad herbivore maybe your as dumb as i thought you were" Leona mumbled yawning softly nuzzling into mc's hand wrapping his arm around their waist and closing his eyes to take a nap

"hm... Don't sleep without me Leonaa" mc whines pinching Leona's cheek the male grumbling after

After a while they both feel into deep sleep not noticing the figure who chuckled at both of them before closing the door an running off planning to use the scene as black mail for the two

Most importantly of all Leona will prove himself he won't be so jealous anymore..... maybe a little bit but he doesn't have to tell anyone

He's glad this human is around they're helpful and a nice sleeping buddy

Leona smiles softly in his sleep having good dreams after a long time

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Azul Ashengrotto

After the monstro lounge was closed mc wanted to make a short visit to azul

Grim was being a child and whined about mc leaving him

Mc had to leave grim with ace and duce a glare from riddle quickly shut him up

Mc quickly thanked the three before leaving to visit Octavinelle meeting the twins on their way

The twins greeted mc and told them that azul was in his office to which mc quickly thanked them and went on their way to visit azul

Mc went to the office knocking gently on the door before pecking their head in through the door and going inside

The knock on the door surprised the male who was focused on his work gently saying come in and a head of a certain little prefect peaked in through the door

"azul? Are you busy i hope I'm not bothering you?" Mc says softly with a concerned face

"no I'm not busy you can come in" azul says going back to his work mc quickly went in and closed the door gently behind them

"umm are you feeling better? I know yesterday was hard.... I'm sorry it was kinda my fault" mc says softly looking down at their feet fidgeting with their hands

The male looked up and the perfect who looked very tired like him dark circles around their eyes their cheeks red probably from running all the way here

"don't apologize it's not your fault it's mine....i was tricking people i regret it now....i apologize for my mistake " Azul says looking down at his hands tightly gripping the pen in his hand

Mc looked up at the male he looked tired his figure was resting on the desk his face pale dark circles around his eyes paper filling his desk

"No it's wasn't your fault it kinda is but don't apologize please it was my plan that drove you into overbolting " mc says quickly moving to stand next to Azul's chair putting their hands on his shoulder

"...why..... why are you so nice to me even after all i did?" Azul asked lifting his head to look at mc who nervously looking away from him

"because i understand your struggles you were bullied when you were younger weren't you?" Mc asked in a soft voice nervously looking away from azul the male staring at mc

"i suppose they made fun of me because because i was different i hated it I did make them regret it after but......" Azul started tearing up a little before taking a deep breath looking away from mc

"azul.......i....i was bullied too as a child....i know it's hard...." Mc says softly hugging the male gently making azul tear up hugging them back gently

"but that doesn't mean that you have to take revenge your different now you should forget about the past and move on" mc says softly holding the male softly

They understood the feeling of being bullied they grew up being bullied it was hard to deal with but they moved on they learned to accept themselves just the way they were

"you can tell me.....you don't have to keep these feelings to your self i like you just the way you are we like you how you are" mc says rubbing Azul's head gently the male clinging more into them

"thank you truly i... I'm really glad your here with me" azul says smiling at mc gently mc smiled at him patting his head

Mc took hold of Azul's hand pulling him up and out of the office

"let's get some fresh air the weather is nice outside" mc says pulling azul outside the male following them smiling softly

He's understands now he doesn't have to change himself he's not perfect but he's fine just the way he is

This prefect is something different he's glad they're here with him

The twins look at eachother and smile at the sight of their friend

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Jamil Viper

Jamil was kinda being fussed over by kalim he didn't let male move

Kalim felt very sorry for his friend he didn't jamil felt that way at all they both sat down and let their feelings out to eachother

Kalim apologized a million times almost crying Jamil quickly stopped him and told him he forgave him

Mc as usual wanted to check up on both kalim and Jamil they both looked very tired the day after at school

They probably looked tired from all the crying and sleepless nights kalim told mc that he couldn't sleep for a few days worried about Jamil

Mc went to Scarabia to visit the two going to Jamil's room finding them both siting together

"Jamil, kalim hey you two i hope I'm not bothering you" Mc asked entering the room jamil was reading a book kalim doing his homework and writing in his notebook

"mc! Your not bothering us i was doing my homework and Jamil is reading a book come here sit I'll go get us tea" kalim says excitedly getting up and running off to make tea even with jamil telling him he'll do it

"he sure is excited as usual" mc chuckled softly sitting down next to Jamil the male sighing softly at kalim's loud voice disappearing down the hall

"yea he's back to his usual loud self how are you mc? What brings you here if you don't mind me asking?" Jamil asked closing his book gently setting it down and starting at mc

"i wanted to check up on you and Kalim you both looked really tired the others are worried about you both tho i see that Kalim is better how are you feeling now?" Mc asked looking at Jamil curiously

"i am feeling better i suppose me and Kalim talked about it" jamil says tracing his hands on the cover of the book

"i see that's good to hear I've honestly understand how you're feeling i had to take care of someone like you do with Kalim our families were connected many years ago with marriage but now it isn't necessary anymore tho i didn't have to do it i did take care of them it was hard to do but i did it they're taking care of themselves now" mc explained smiling softly at the memories Jamil's eyes opened in a shock for a moment before going back to normal

"you....you know how stressful it is to take care of someone especially Kalim" Jamil sighed finally feeling relatable to someone

"yes it was really tiring sometimes my friend was even clinger then Kalim you can't imagine how much of a hard time i had taking care of them getting food poisoning every week" mc sighed gently resting their head on the table looking at Jamil

"yes it is very hard to deal with but i do not regret it really I'm glad me and Kalim talked about it" Jamil says resting his head on the table looking at mc

Mc chuckles gently pushing the hair from Jamil's face to behind his ear pinching his cheek gently after

"you know i could help you with Kalim I'm good at most things I don't mind helping you both at all and you should let him become a little independent you know?" Mc says softly their hand still on Jamil's cheek tracing shapes gently

"i suppose you are right....... maybe you could help me only when your free your plate is already full with everything" Jamil says softly liking the feeling of their hand on his cheek closing his eyes gently

"I'm backkkkkkk" Kalim yells going into the room with a tea tray mc lifting their head greeting Kalim their hand still on Jamil's cheek the male didn't move and greeted Kalim in a sleepy voice

"what were you both doing? jamil are you sleepy? Are you feeling sick? Are you okay?" Kalim quickly asked setting down the tea tray on the table and fussing over the male who still didn't move from his spot

"he's resting for a little Kalim he's fine tho how about we lower out voices a little so he won't get a headache?" Mc asked gently shushing the male who stopped talking and started to drink his tea pushing the tea tray towards jamil and mc

Mc moved their hand away from Jamil's cheek and started to pour two cups of tea Jamil grumbling softly moving his head up a tea cup being set Infront of him

"tea will help drink some then you can take a nap and I'll rub your cheek more come on Jamil" mc says softly the male sighing before getting up to drink his tea

Mc was happily chatting with Kalim the male even more bright now that Jamil was feeling better

Jamil felt happy staring at mc and Kalim talk maybe he was jealous of Kalim before but he knows mc cares about them both equally so he's glad

They spend the rest of the day chatting and drinking tea then mc reading the two males a book and taking a nap together

Jamil was happy finally someone understood his feelings and will help him he's glad they're around

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Vil Schoenheit

The male in question locked himself up in his room which worried Epel and Rook

So they called their therapist dear lovely mc the best therapist of them all

Mc and vil weren't that close really but mc understood his feelings so they didn't want to pressure him too much

Both Epel and Rook knocked on his room many times Neige even came to visit him then went home when vil absolutely refused to leave his room

Epel and Rook told mc they would hear him crying at night which worried them to no end he never cried Infront of them

Mc went to vil's room knocking gently on the door still no answer but they won't get up easily

"vil it's me can't you open the door? I just want to talk" mc says knowing that vil can hear them through the door sitting down with their back against the door when vil didn't open the door

"you know vil back home where i came from i....i was a model and all the other models would get a better spotlight then me i was always jealous because i thought i was better well you know what i did i started modeling different things i became more friendly with the people around me and then i had the spotlight i was the main model in my agency" mc explained leaning their head back against the door

"i thought i will feel better but I didn't......i just continued to think that i was never good enough i doubt you feel like that but i learned to love myself just the way i am Neige isn't a rival to you he isn't better then you" mc continued on saying smiling gently when they heard the sound of someone shuffling then resting on the door

"i think your perfect just the way you are vil Rook Epel and me think your better in your field Neige is good at looking innocent like an angel your better at looking like the fairest of them all if i do say so myself " Mc says softly chuckling when they heard the sound of the door opening

Mc got up from the floor and went inside the room it was a little bit of a mess they closed the door behind them

Vil was standing Infront on his mirror his hair a mess dark circles under his eyes he was wearing dark purple pajamas unlike his usual uniform

Mc went behind vil resting both of their hands on vil's shoulder looking at the mirror Infront of them smiling at vil

"you look tired but still beautiful nonetheless vil" mc says softly the male smiling slightly at them

"I'm always beautiful.....but thank you for everything" vil says in a soft voice mc smiling gently at the male

"come on let's get you fixed up you beautiful fairy" mc says pulling vil to sit down putting a face mask on his face and brushing his hair gently

"your hair is so pretty when it's all down vil what do you think?" Mc says patting vil's head the male humming in agreement softly staring at mc brushing his hair gently pulling it into a bun

"show me your hands vil" mc asked holding their hands out for vil the male placing his hands softly in mc's

"your nail polish looks really dead vil i suppose i can help with you with that too do you mind letting me know where you keep your nail polishe?" Mc asked vil pointing towards a drawer mc pulled out a few shades of purple and red

Mc started to paint vil's nails softly vil watching them with shining eyes the whole time

"there we go let me take that mask off now do you mind me doing your makeup?" Mc asked taking the face mask off vil's face and throwing it in the trash

" I don't mind it your make-up is always good so I'm sure you'll mine good too" vil says softly looking at his nails which he liked alot

"Thanks deary now you want purple as usual right?" Mc asked softly putting primer under vil's eyes to hide his eye bags

"yea can you add some red in the middle too?" Vil asked mc hummed softly saying of course and starting with the eyeshadow

Mc used the lighter shade of purple on all of the eye layering it with the darker shades in the middle then the red and then the eyeliner

They finished the makeup with a soft red chapstick not to make it too much with the red lipstick

"now go change into your clothes I'll clean your room then we can go out on a walk and we'll eat some fruit that will help your skin okay?" Mc says softly pulling vil up pushing him towards his changing room

Mc cleaned the room making the bed and cleaning his desk throwing away the used paper towels

"I'm done" vil says out in his dorm clothes sitting down for mc to do his hair

After mc finished getting him ready they both stand infront of the mirror vil admiring the make-up and his hair

"thank you truly" vil says softly giving mc a kiss on the forehead after mc smiling at vil then pulling him out of his room

Rook and Epel were very happy to see vil back to normal showering him with compliments

Vil was feeling better now this was one of the best things happening in his life he might have to hire mc to do his make-up everyday

He's glad this human is around he will never forget what they did for him

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Thanks you all so much for reading this all support is highly appreciated 💙

This writing is mine please don't repost copy or claim as your own

[angelizs]

[Valentine's first spring - Riddle Rosehearts]

Summary: Autumn passes by, with winter following closely. You stay, keeping his heart safe. You stay, and Riddle craves you more than anything in this world.

Notes: gn!reader, fluff with a bit of angst, riddle's mother is it's own warning, wrote this in like an hour while listening to Valentine by Laufey and First Love/Late Spring by Mitski

The wall was red. Not too vivid, to not hurt the eyes to look at, but not quite light enough to be pink. Riddle remembers clearly, the hours of staring at it, locked in his bedroom, marked it in his memory, burnt a hole and stayed at the back of his mind. Sometimes, if he closes his eyes long enough, he feels as if he's staring at that wall again.

As a child it felt agonizing. He stared and stared and stared, trying to will his brain to keep quiet for a little while, to stop thinking. He never managed to do that, not like the other kids, who always looked so cheerful, without a care in the world, only thinking about the present moment. Riddle wasn't like them, he never was. His brain didn't look at the wall and wondered about what the next episode of a cartoon would be or what sweet he would eat next or what prank he'd pull with his friends.

No, he wasn't like these misbehaving brats, his mother told him so. He thought about the exercise he couldn't get right and his mother's disappointed frown. What should he do to be better? He didn't want to be burden, the least he could do was get a simple exercise right. Other times he would think about the high grade he got on his latest test. His mother looked pleased then. Not happy, she was never happy, not around him. Perhaps if he only put more effort into studying, if he followed the rules, if he did everything as she told him to, perhaps then she would smile and tell him he did a good job. She loved him, she told him so. It just didn't feel like it, sometimes.

After meeting Trey and Che'nya, he stopped looking at the wall for a while. He was happy, he couldn't stand that reddish color anymore, nor his stray thoughts. He met a blue sky and green on the streets and the world was full of color. He bid the wall goodbye for good. 

Even so, he missed staring at it when his free time was taken away from him. Back when he still could, his mind would rest a little and he could pretend he was doing it out of his own free will, not because he didn't have any game to play or any non academical book to read or any candy to snack. The books were nowhere as comforting as that familiar red shade. His chest ached. He wondered if that was what love felt like.

After his overblot, Riddle was lost. He was thankful for your help, for you stopping him from commiting even more mistakes and making him see how he was doing things wrong. Still, he couldn't help but resent you a little for opening his eyes, forcing him to leave the comfortable zone he was in.

He was taught to follow the rules, since it was the right thing. Naturally, everyone should do the same. Have their mother's never taught them how to behave? Riddle could do the job, put everyone in line, make Heartslabyul follow proudly in the Queen of Hearts' steps.

But the rules weren't always right, human nature was a complicated thing, there would always be exceptions. He couldn't expect everyone to act like him when they weren't brought up the same way. He should have been more considerate to their feelings, stopped to hear their justifications before collaring them mercilessly. 

Riddle had never wanted to be a tyrant. He only ever had wanted to be a good ruler, someone his subordinates can count on.

He continued to be lost as he stared, alone, at the cooking book's instructions. Trey was so kind to lend it to him, even after all the mess he had made, even after everything he had put him through. He still smiled at Riddle and tried to help, in his own way.

Riddle wanted to cry, then. He wanted to apologize over and over, to thank Trey until he couldn't talk anymore, to ask why didn't he stop him sooner, why did no one tell him he was wrong, why did his mother mislead him so? He felt like a child, so small and pathetic. A lost child, at that. He refused to let the tears fall and only thanked Trey politely with a strained voice. From his firend's pitying smile, he could tell Trey saw through his façade easily, but didn't comment on it, letting him save the last bits of his dignity.

Wallowing in self pity wouldn't fix his mistakes nor get the tart done. He should get started as soon as possible and follow all the steps perfectly to bring a most satisfactory result. Although he couldn't find the measures for the secret oyster sauce Trey had told him about. 

There's a sudden noise at the kitchen's door as someone enters, surprising him. Riddle turns around, not expecting any company, much less yours.

"Prefect. Have you forgotten something here?"

"No, I didn't. I wanted to see you, actually."

There's dread in his gut and his hands tremble slightly. He's not sure how to act after the stunt he pulled, after he had put you in danger on your first week, after he broke down crying in front of everyone. Perhaps you're here to demand a better apology or to mock him. So be it, he'll take it all gracefully.

"Oh? What for?"

"I want to help."

There's a soft smile on your face, determination shining in your eyes as you roll up the sleeves of your uniform and look around for an apron.

"Excuse me?"

"You're excused." Your smile turns into a playful grin and you let out a victorious sound as you put on the apron you found laying on the corner. 

He's baffled. What were you talking about? Ace made it very clear he should do this alone to prove he was truly sorry for his past actions.

"I'm... not sure if I understand."

"Well, it's just that I didn't want to leave you alone after... uh... everything." You make a motion in the air with your hands, as if it would be enough to sumarize the whole disaster that had transpired. "You don't have to isolate yourself, you know. You can count on us if things get too tough."

There's a strange lump on his throat and he swears he has stopped breathing. What were you talking about? Why were you being so kind to him, of all people? You haven't even known each other for that long and he has only caused you trouble the whole time.

"Also, I had a lot of fun baking with the guys! I want you to have fun too! The more, the merrier, and all that."

You walk to his side in order to look at the book, all smiles and confidence in a pink apron. He stares at you in shock, scooting away as soon as your elbow makes contact with his. He feels tingles on the place, as if your touch could burn. You pay him no mind, reading carefully the list of ingredients. 

"Alright, sounds easy enough. Let's get started, then!"

"Wait. You don't have to do this. I don't need your pity, prefect, I can handle myself just fine."

Riddle wants to slap himself as soon as the words are out of his mouth, but he couldn't let you help. He needed to this alone, that's how he's always done things. Your stare makes him want to scream in frustration. He doesn't understand it, it isn't the disappointed one his mother gave him, nor the pitiful one from his dormmates. If he looked long enough, he would have concluded it was an understanding stare, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

"I don't pity you, Riddle. You knew what you were doing and you deserved to hear those things from Ace."

His breath hitches and he's never felt so ashamed before. It feels worse than a slap, to have the truth thrown at him like this. His actions mocking him, his own faults tightening the collar around his neck.

"Still, I can see you truly regret it. And it doesn't feel right to just leave you alone. Don't get me wrong, you're not my charity project or anything. It's just... I understand how hard it is to start again, to try to be better. And it's so much harder when you feel like no one is by your side."

Like an open book, Riddle feels you can read every line from his being, that his thoughts are yours to pick apart. Is he so obvious? He feels rooted in place, a poor fool waiting to receive his sentence at your mercy.

"You're not a bad person, Riddle. I can see that. So, let's start again, together."

Your smile looks too much like the light at the end of the tunnel, like some sort of salvation. His chest expands and contracts again as his breathing resumes, he gulps the dryness out of his throat and blinks firmly, holding the tears in. Suddenly, he doesn't feel as lost as before.

You extend your hand at him, expectantly. How could he deny that? Sparkles fly on his skin as your hands touch, the gentle feeling like nothing he's ever felt before. How did you manage to make him feel like he's floating, like everything will be alright, like there's a shock running through every single bone of his body?

"Come on, we've got a tart to do!"

"Yes. Let's do this." He can't control his facial muscles, a little smile forming on it's own.

Only after both of you had gathered all the ingredients did he remember something.

"There's just one more thing."

"Yes?" Your attention focuses solely on him, head tilted slightly and he feels at the top of the world to have you looking at him like that.

"We don't have any oyster sauce."

The cute inquisitive expression falls from your face, a carefully neutral one taking it's place, making him fidget on his spot, worried he might have done something wrong. He truly didn't want to ruin things with you, not when everything has started to feel right again.

"Why would we need any?"

"Trey has told me it's an unlisted secret ingredient that all the finest bakers use..."

He watches, mesmerized, as your expression cracks, a giggle leaving your lips, followed by another and another until you're full out laughing, eyes crinkled so hard they're almost closed, teeth exposed and chest heaving, pure joy flowing through you. It's the most beautiful sound he's ever heard.

Still, he's not sure if he should feel hurt or offended that you're laughing at him. He settles on confusion, not wanting to jump into conclusions.

Once you've calmed down enough to speak again you explain, between giggles sweeter than sugar, that it was only a joke Trey had pulled on you as well. 

The embarrassment creeps up his spine and makes his face blush, cheeks warming up. He would have been mad, had it happened a few days ago. And yet. Your happiness is contagious, making a laugh break out from him, joining the chorus with your melody. 

It feels so silly, laughing together in the kitchen like that, but he's not lost anymore. The air is comfortable once more and it feels sweet on his tongue, it feels like home.

As the time passes, you grow on him, you make a place for yourself in his life, to the point he can't remember how he's ever lived before you.

You study together, you listen to all his explanations attentively, he answers any questions you might have, you make sure he's taking breaks. You take him on walks around the campus, hand clasped in his. You rope him into snack runs, sharing with him a piece of whatever you're having.

You give him hugs without asking anything in return, your arms open and oh so inviting, so alluring. You tousle his hair when you're feeling playful, fixing it gently when he complains. You give him a kiss on the cheek when you're proud of one of his accomplishments, loudly congratulating him.

He's never had this before. No one has been this affectionate with him, so openly and unashamed. No one has treated him like he's precious, like you do. 

Riddle craves you. He has never desired something so fiercely before. He has never had the chance. 

The next best thing he could compare the feeling to was to a strawberry tart. Not any strawberry tart, but Trey's parents' bakery's strawberry tart. Whenever he gazed at the window he would see it on display, the red color calling to him. His mouth salivated just thinking about how it would taste should he take a bite of it, the sweetness exploding on his tongue. Maybe he could satiate the aching whitin him, fill that empty hole and feel happy. Then, his mother's voice would play on his head, reprimanding him for even thinking of consuming that amount of sugar. He'd look away, ashamed, but the red strawberries would always pull his eyes to them again, like a magnet.

Whenever he saw you, he felt the same ache on his chest, but stronger. A yearning to see your smile, to feel your warm hands against his, taste the most delicious red from your lips. Just from having your attention on him it felt like lady bugs dancing on his stomach, making his heart accelerate, face flushing. He craves you, more than any strawberry tart in the world.

It scares him. He's never felt like this, never felt this strongly for anyone. He's still young and sorting his life out, he doesn't even know what he wants to become without his mother's overbearing demands. He's figuring himself out, getting lost in the maze of his feelings. He's always acted older than his age, always complied to his mother's desires, and now he feels younger than ever and he's scared.

Riddle wants you to like him back, desperately so. Still, he can't bear to imagine you saying you love him. The thought leaves him breathless, his chest aches and aches and aches for you and he doesn't know what he'd do without you.

Autumn passes by, with winter following closely. You stay, keeping his heart safe. You stay, and Riddle craves you more than anything in this world.

The fresh breeze of spring brings forth the scent of the flowers scattered across the garden. Riddle can hear birds singing at the distance and the sun's warmth settles pleasantly on his skin, warming up his bones. It's as if the flora has come to life, buzzing in excitement for the season.

There's nothing prettier than your smile directed at him, nothing else that could make him feel like he's lost control of his heartbeat.

Your hands are behind your back and you have a spring in your step as you stop right in front of him. You ask him to extend his hand and he does so, watching intently as one your hands takes his and brings it to your lips, tenderly pressing a feather light kiss on the back of it. His eyes are blown out, his lips drying and heart running wildly.

"These are for you."

A bouquet of flowers in red shades is given to him, your other hand making contact and holding his. A smile blooms on his face, stretching his red cheeks as a loving sigh leaves his mouth. 

"Thank you. They are lovely."

"Just like you." You wink playfully, sticking your tongue out a bit and letting go of his hands. He has to stop himself from reaching out again, missing your warmth terribly.

Riddle clears his throat and motions at the other side of the small round table he's set up. "Please, have a seat."

You do as he says, admiring the decorations he's prepared. Between the red and white roses of the garden, the two of you share a cup of milk tea and a strawberry tart. The conversation flows naturally, telling each other how your days have been and how things are going. Riddle could listen to you all day, every story you have to share captures his interest as easily as you've captured his heart.

It's such a domestic scene, the two of you. Riddle thinks that's what love must feel like. Like a warm embrace, or like the sweetness of the tart melting on his tongue, or like your smile. Not like a red wall and a disappointed frown.

The sun sets in a hue of reds, the sunlight creating a dream like atmosphere between yourselves. The way your relaxed face reflects the colors makes Riddle feel full of affection. He's content, he realises. He wishes he could share a million other moments like this with you, a million other springs.

"It's beautiful." You comment, breathless. You're not looking at the sunset anymore, though. Your gaze is on him and only him, as if he's the most important thing in the world. "You're beautiful." Your voice is filled with sincerity and something else, something that makes his heart ache with yearning, something that makes him want to hear you say that again and again.

It feels so much like a confession.

He can't help but blush, red like his hair. He's never had this before, he's not sure how to react. So, he blurts out the first thing he thinks of, the truth slipping from his lips.

"You're beautiful too."

It feels like a promise.

You look surprised, eyebrows rising and mouth opening. He's surprised too. And then you laugh, honey dripping from the sound. You look pleased as you take his hand in yours, lacing your fingers and squeezing it gently. 

The table is small, small enough for you to lay your elbows against it and come closer to his face, for your other hand to cup his red cheek and bring his face closer to yours. Riddle is lost in the moment, closing his eyes and tilting his head, his free hand resting against your shoulder. 

As your lips press together, Riddle feels elated. His fingers tremble and grip harder onto you, not wanting to let you go. The kiss is slow and so tender, so sweet. He can taste the strawberries on your tongue, can feel your thumb caressing his cheek. You deepen the kiss and he lets out a whimper from deep within, a sound filled with sheer want. He lingers over this moment, wanting to commit it to memory, carve it on his soul.

You pull back, separating your lips. Riddle chases after you, wanting more, needing more. You giggle and nuzzle your noses together, such an innocent act that it feels more intimate, somehow. You've got his heart on your hands and you hold onto it with the utmost care, so much so that he can't feel himself ever regreting this. If he could, he'd like to kiss you, and only one, for the rest of his life.

"Riddle." The way you say his name is soft, not breaking the moment. "Will you be my valentine?"

He opens his eyes and traces every inch of your face, his hand moving to the back of your neck and pulling you closer. He gives you a chaste kiss, trying to satisfy his craving enough to be able to get the words out from his throat without choking on it.

"I'd love to, if you'll have me."

Your answering smile is exactly what he needs. Your lips connect again, it feels a lot like love.

Masterlist

[kimbap-r0ll]

HELLO HELLO I WANT TO REQUEST A RIDDLE SCENARIO, the reader is very very sad bc she feels like she doesnt fit riddles perfect future dream life bc she's not perfect like him and feels insecure so riddle hits with

 "My dream wouldn’t be complete without you in it."

THANKS FOR THE HARD WOOORK

Thank you for the request! Yes I love angsty stories so much :) I went ahead and made this gender neutral for now too btw!

“My dream wouldn’t be complete without you in it.” Riddle x gn!reader

You were sorted into Heartslabyul, a house that was notorious for the crazy rules it had. The previous housewardens had been relaxed with these rules but for some reason, it seemed that the current one wanted to be a dictator when it came to the queen’s laws. He would use his unique magic to enforce them and scare the first years, which you opposed when you first heard your boyfriend was going to become a housewarden. The two of you had started dating in the middle of your first years and he was already climbing the ranks by the second. 

You knew in your heart that he would be a model leader, except he was too strict. Even if he had you and Trey, it would only do so much to lessen the iron grip he had on all of the students.  

“No I will not be letting you off the hook simply because this was your first time, it’s the middle of the year and you should have memorized all the rules by now,” was his excuse to off your head for three days. The rule that you broke? It was drinking green tea instead of peppermint tea in the evening.

But he didn’t seem that upset after your clumsy mistake. He continued to hold your hand as you two walked in the hallways, and he would give you presents here and there. It was all very sweet of him, but you couldn’t help but see the large wall between the two of you. He was the top of his classes, the dorm leader that memorized all 810 rules, and he had the looks that made your heartbeat rise. Meanwhile with you, you were fairly average in your classes and you could only memorize at most 150 of those rules, they were all so specific to be honest. Sometimes it felt like you were losing him because of how “inferior” you felt next to him. It felt like you didn’t belong with him, especially when some students began to whisper “I can’t believe they’re dating him” or “his partner’s the complete opposite” and things like that. The pressure was becoming unbearable as the year went on for you, but Riddle didn’t notice any of it. 

Even after the overblot incident he had, he was still harping students over the rules. Though he used his unique magic much less, he still had no problem pointing out all of the mistakes the students made. He was perfect. He was smart.

He was almost unreachable to you. 

You felt like he deserved better, someone with the same brain as him. What good would it be for him to be around someone that just dragged him down? You weren’t sure how to approach him about this, but you had to tell him that perhaps it would be better for the two of you to just go separate ways. This thought began to gnaw at you more and more, and because of this you started to hang around him less. The two of you only talked for a few minutes a day and you began to avoid him in the hallways. 

Riddle didn’t like this, and he was confused at what was going on. Had he done something wrong? Was something bothering you? Well, of course something was, but what was it?

He tried to greet you at breakfast, walking in a brisk pace towards you but as soon as the two of you met each other’s glances, you jumped up from your seat and fled from the dining hall. 

“Y-y/n, wait!” he shouted, soon running after you. 

You were so busy in your thought that you didn’t notice the Savanaclaw student walking right in front of you and before you could turn around to Riddle and tell him to go away, you collided with the student. 

“Ah, I’m sorry!” you squeaked, realizing that you and the tray you were holding were on the floor and the Savanaclaw’s toast had also fallen. 

“Watch where you’re going you dumbass,” he spat, “unless you want to fight, is that what you want?!” You weren’t sure why so many people in that dorm were confrontational, but you quickly apologized again. He wasn’t having it though and grabbed you by the collar of your shirt. 

“You know what, I was feeling sour this morning and you just had to ruin it even further. Why don’t you go get me another one?”

You bit your lower lip, not wanting to encourage him to punch you but before you could say anything more Riddle butted in. 

“I think that’s enough from you,” he said, crossing his arms and standing right next to him. 

“Who are you supposed to be?” the Savanaclaw asked, not letting you go. 

“Housewarden of Heartslabyul, you should know this by now,” Riddle replied. 

“So what? Get lost, you couldn’t beat me even if you were a dorm leader,” the student seemed adamant to beat you up. You looked at Riddle with pleading eyes.

“Drop them, they didn’t do much harm. Besides, it was just a piece of toast, what are you, spoiled so much you can’t afford to get another slice yourself?” Riddle put a hand on your shoulder while glaring at the student. 

“I’m ashamed we have so many brash students in this prestigious school, is Leona letting you off the hook with this behavior?”

“Don’t bring Savanaclaw into this.” “I am just stating the fact, you’re disrupting the entire dining hall with this.” “Why do you care?”

“Because the person you’re holding indecently is my partner.” “That’s it? All of this high and mighty talk because you like this idiot?”

That stung you a bit. 

“If you call y/n anything more,” Riddle’s eyes turned dark. “I will see to it you won’t use your magic for a week.” “You couldn’t do that, you and I are in different houses!” “You are breaking school rules by harassing this student, and dorm leaders are encouraged to cooperate with school rules as a whole, thus there would be no issue. Now let them go.”

You were finally dropped by the larger student as he grumbled away. You weakly looked at Riddle who was still glaring at the other student. 

“S-sorry,” you mumbled, but he turned you around so you could fully face him. HIs eyes were a piercing blue, and they seemed to look right into you. It was like he could see all of your imperfections, all of your flaws.

“Don’t apologize y/n,” he replied, smiling. “At least you aren’t hurt are you?”

“Yeah I’m fine.”

The two of you headed out into the hallways, there was still some time before the first class started, and he had wanted to talk to you. 

“I feel as though there is something you are hiding from me, is this true?” he asked, looking at you with that same analyzing gaze. You froze.

“Don’t be afraid to talk to me, I’ll listen,” he continued. 

“...I feel like I don’t belong with you,” you blurted out. His eyes went wide, and you couldn’t stop yourself from continuing. “I feel like you’re so perfect, it’s like seeing an art piece at a museum, or like watching a celebrity. Then there’s me, a clumsy, average student who can’t even fight for themself at the dining hall! I feel like,” you bit your lip. You held back tears. You couldn’t keep going. 

“Y/n,” he gently placed a hand on your shoulder. “Is this true?”

You nodded. There was silence. 

“What’s your dream?”

This question brought you to a halt. What was he saying all of a sudden? Was he going to mock you for wanting to become something other than the greatest magician or so? You weren’t even sure if you were going to go on to magic university but here he was. 

“I don’t know, I don’t have any goals,” you say, looking at the ground.

“Well,” Riddle stepped a bit closer to you, you couldn’t meet his gaze again.

"My dream wouldn’t be complete without you in it."

You quickly looked at him, your eyes wide this time and a soft blush creeping up your face. He smiled, taking your hands this time. 

“I love you, no matter what your performance in your academics are. I admire you for your talents and flaws, and you were the one that helped me the most when I overblotted. I learned so many important lessons from you, and I look up to you y/n. You’re special, I can’t imagine being with anyone else.”

The tears rolled down your cheeks, his gloved hand gently wiped them away. He kissed you on your hands before asking, “so, shall we head to our first class?”

You smiled at him, “Sure, we can do that.”

He held your hand in his, walking next to you in the hallway. Riddle might be the definition of perfect, but in his eyes, you were. 

The classroom was near empty, Riddle always wanted to be early so this was nothing new to the two of you. As both of you sat down, he didn’t let go of your hand. You couldn’t help but smile again at how happy you were to be with him. Perhaps a dream where you and Riddle were together was your dream too.

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Hi! I was wondering if you do requests cuz I came upon this blog and was like hm this blog is pretty interesting. Your writing and stories so far are amazing I’m in love with them. I was wondering if you could write a story where the fem reader turns into a child and what the twst boys would do. Everyone causing different shenanigans. Anyways I hope you will be able to write this. Goodbye!!! *Anon* Out :)

Ohmaigawd Anon, you’ve made my entire week! Thank you for liking my stories! I’ve never felt this happy :’)

Anyway, yes! I do take requests! And thank you for requesting this story. I’m sorry it took me awhile to finish this but I hope this story is up to your standards! Thank you again and have a lovely day!! 

What if you became a baby? (Ft. Grim, All the Dorm Leaders, Ace, Deuce, Epel and Jack)

“Ugh… I’m so tired….” You groaned in the cafeteria. You held up a hand to support your head. Grim was beside you, laying down face first onto the table.

“Well… Nothing special happened today…” He said making you glare at him.

“Today? How about this whole month? The Magical Shift tournament was just last week! First of all, we had to go on this ‘student-hunt’ to protect the top players of Magical Shift. Then we had to find out whoever was causing all of this chaos by injuring said top players. And once we did, Leona-senpai got overblotted and we had to stop him. Also, you hit me!” You exclaimed at Grim.

“Come on, it wasn’t that bad...” Grim turned to face you, only to meet with your glare.

“You hit me. In. The. Head.” With each word, you leaned in closer to the furball. “You made me unconscious for a day.” You looked at him with eyes that stared into his soul. Grim took a gulp.

“A-Ah… That did happen, didn’t it? Hehehehe.” Grim laughed nervously. You just sighed and patted his head. “I couldn’t blame you… I understand you want to show off, but please, be more careful.” You said and he nodded.

“And don’t go complaining how life is boring for you, because for me, I think I’ve had enough for this month.” You went back to your normal position and sighed. “You know? I would give anything for me to do my own stuff without a care in the world.”

“What? Like a baby?” Grim asked.

“You know what? I wouldn’t mind being a baby again, even if it’s just for a day.” You shrugged and you stood up as the bell rung. “But we all know that won’t happen. It’s not possible! Now come on Grim, let’s go back to our dorm.” You said as you picked up the creature in your arms and started to walk away from the cafeteria.

“Ughhh, why did Professor Trein had to give us assignments on a Friday?” Ace grumbled as he, Deuce, Jack and Epel were practicing their magic in the field.

“Well, we have the next two days off, so it’s better for us to work on our magic than laze around doing nothing.” Deuce replied.

“Yeah, let’s just get this spell over and done with.” Epel said. “Wait, what spell was it again?”

“A youth spell. The spell is said to reverse time on an object, making them younger.” Jack commented. “We’re going to use this apple as a test subject.”

“Wait, how much time does the spell reverse?” Epel asked.

“If I’m not mistaken, probably a few days.” Deuce answered.

“What if we all casted at the same time? Would that make the apple turn back into a seed?” Ace suggested.

“I don’t know but we could try!”

“No! What if something goes wrong?” Jack was hesitant to this idea. Who knows what could happen if they misfire? Or even worse, casted the wrong spell?

“It won’t! Trust me!” Ace said proudly.

“…. Alright, just this once.” Jack gave in.

“Ready? On the count of three we cast the spell together.” Ace said as the four of them readied their pens.

“1, 2, 3!” Four blasts from 4 directions were headed towards the apple in the middle. The blasts collided with each other and hit the apple, but, the spell was too strong, it bounced off from the apple in another direction.

“AHH! IT’S OUT OF CONTROL!”

“I-Is that (Y/N)?”

“It is! (Y/N)! LOOK OUT!”

You were walking with Grim back to your humble Ramshackle Dorm, when you heard shouts for you to duck and look out were heard. You turned to see a spell was heading straight towards you, in order to save Grim who was still in your arms, you threw the creature onto the floor, making him bump his head on the way. The spell hits you shortly after.

“Fgnaaaa! Why did you do that for?” Grim sat up and rubbed his head. When he turned to look at you, you were gone.

“(Y/N)? (Y/N)?!” Grim looked around frantically, searching for you. But then he heard a small giggle.

“Ah! Goo Ga!!” A (E/C) colored, (H/C) colored toddler was trying to grab onto his tail. The toddler was wearing a baby version of the school uniform.

“Fgnaaa! Who is this kid?” Grim said as he brought you closer to his face.

“Grim!! Are you okay?!” Deuce asked as he arrived, Jack, Epel and Ace followed shortly after. Grim was focused on the other first-years, leaving you with no attention and you decided to crawl away.

“I am, but I don’t know where (Y/N) went.” Grim said to the first-years. “Anyway, what was that blast? Did you guys miss fired a spell?”

“Umm, I guess you could say so.” Epel looked at the ground sheepishly.

“I told you guys that it wasn’t a good idea.” Jack growled to the others.

“Oh? You eventually agreed to the idea! Now it’s our fault?” Ace retorted back. Before they could start arguing again, Grim stopped them.

“Wait, what spell did you guys miss fire?”

“It was a youth spell, we wanted to see what would happen if we stacked our spells together.” Deuce explained to Grim. “It hit the apple, but it also went off in this direction, specifically (Y/N)’s direction.”

“Oh no, this is bad.” Grim paled.

“What why?”

“If you guys miss fired a strong de-aging spell and I saw a toddler with (E/C) eyes and (H/C) colored hair. That means-“ Grim stated but was cut off by Epel.

“The spell hit (Y/N)! She must’ve turned into a baby!”

“We have to fix this! But Grim, where is the baby?” Jack asked Grim frantically.

“What do you mean? She’s right her- WHERE IS SHE?” Grim exclaimed as he looked at his tail only to find out that you were gone. Everyone panicked slightly but Jack snapped everyone out of it.

“She must’ve wondered off! Ace, Deuce, go find Professor Trein and ask him how to undo the spell. Epel, me and Grim will go look for baby (Y/N).”

“We’ll meet up at Professor Trein’s class later!” Ace shouted as he and Deuce ran off to find the Magic History teacher.

“Let’s better start searching for her, who knows where she could be now.” Jack said as Epel and Grim nodded. And so, the search for you had begun.

You were wondering around the hallway, crawling along the huge lockers, just exploring this whole school. As you wondered, you heard chatter coming from one of the rooms and since you were a baby, your interest is easily piqued. So, you decided to go into the room, unnoticed.

The Dorm Leaders were having a meeting. The meeting was held in a room which just so happened to be the exact same room you entered. Which is why you heard noises of people talking.

“Now, everyone, welcome to today’s Dorm Leader meeting. We will be discussing about last week’s Magical Shift tournament.” Azul started.

“I am pleased to announce that ticket sales and as well as sales in general had an increase of 12 percent compared to last year.” The other dorm leaders nod in agreement.

“Yes, this year’s Magift Tournament was quite the eye opener. Never would I have seen so many events happen leading up to the tournament.” Said Malleus.

“But it was quite the tournament nevertheless, thank god all the problems were fixed before the actual event.” Said Vil.

“And it’s all thanks to Riddle, Cater, Jack, Ace and Deuce, right?” Kalim asked cheerfully.

“Not quite. (Y/N) and Grim did a lot more and they also accompanied us in solving the mystery.” Riddle replied calmly. “Without them, we wouldn’t even have a tournament at all.”

“Ah! We should totally invite (Y/N) to our dorm leader meetings next time! Well, since she is technically a dorm leader.” Kalim suggested.

“If it’s okay with the principal, then do as you please.” Vil said, looking at Crowley.

“I wouldn’t mind either way.” Leona shrugged.

“Same here.” Idia spoke through his phone.

“Ah, well, I’ll ask (L/N)-san her thoughts on this invitation when I see her, now then, onto our next topic.” Crowley continued the meeting with a new topic.

You were actually close behind Crowley, for you saw his cape. You thought that it was a very comfortable blanket and so you crawled beneath it, letting the cape engulf you. Feeling the softness of the cape, you let out a cute squeal of delight. As soon as you did though, everyone in the meeting room froze.

“U-Um, you all heard that right?” Idia asked his fellow dorm leaders and everyone nodded.

“Where did that sound come from?” Asked Kalim.

“I think it came from Crowley.” Leona replied, looking at the headmaster.

“Leona-san is right, it seems like it came from Headmaster’s direction.” Malleus said as he also turned to look at Crowley. Everyone then looked at him with suspicious looks, as if he had stolen something.

“N-Now! Let’s be rational, there aren’t any babies on school campus!” Crowley said, for he was panicking inside because he had heard the sound quite loud and clearly too. And it was at this time you decided to let out another sound.

“Goo Ga!!”

“Alright Crowley, out with it! Did you or did you not bring a kid?” Leona asked the headmaster.

“No! I DON’T EVEN KNOW ANY TODDLERS!” Crowley defended himself. As he did so, Kalim took this chance to inspect Crowley, to find the object that could’ve made that sound. A phone perhaps? A ringtone? Anything! But when he got to his back, you decided to move around, therefore making it seem like Crowley’s cape was moving by itself. Kalim paled as he saw this, he thought it was a ghost.

“h-heADMASTER’S CAPE IS MOVING ON IT’S OWN!” Kalim yelled out in surprise. All the dorm leaders and Crowley turned to look at Kalim.

“So, headmaster, you’ve brought ghosts into today’s meeting?” Malleus asked Crowley with a raised brow.

“N-No! I didn’t!”

“Then explain your cape!” Kalim retorted back.

“Thank god I didn’t leave my room to witness this.” Idia mumbled to himself.

“There is no way I have brought ghosts to our meeting!” Crowley exclaimed. “It must be the wind, see for yourselves!” And he snatched his cape away from you, leaving you exposed to all the dorm leaders. You didn’t know what was happening, one second you were underneath a comfy blanket and the next, 7 pairs of eyes were on you. (I ain’t counting Idia’s eyes :’) ) You were confused.

“A…. A BABY? WHOSE JOKE IS THIS?” Crowley shouted, in the meantime, his shouting had scared you and you started to cry.

“Great going teach, you’ve made it cry.” Leona said, rubbing his temples.

“What?! How is this my fault?” Crowley looked back at Leona.

“Well, if you hadn’t shouted, we wouldn’t be in this mess!”

“Don’t put all the blame on headmaster!”

“So, who is to blame?!”

And so, began the fight between each of the dorm leaders and Crowley. Not far away, Jack, Epel and Grim heard the commotion and decided to see what was happening.

You eventually stopped crying as you felt tired. You took a small yawn and decided to nap on the table. The dorm leaders were still fighting though. It was until Vil saw you fell asleep and shushed the other dorm leaders and Crowley.

“Look, it’s gone to sleep.” Vil whispered and everyone stopped to see you asleep on the table. Jack, Epel and Grim poked their heads in to see the exact same thing.

“Ah! There she is!” Grim exclaimed and the dorm leaders looked at him.

“She?” Azul asked.

“Yes, a she.” Epel said as he slowly went up to you and picked you up.

“But there is only one female student in this school.” Vil stated. As all the dorm leaders widen their eyes.

“You mean?” They asked.

“Yes, this is (Y/N).” Jack replied.

“……….. A-Ah.” It has come to their realization that the toddler was you, and they all had a slight blush on their faces.

So, Jack, Epel and Grim went to Professor Trein’s classroom and got a lecture from the teacher.

What was it about? Oh, the usual. Never combine spells. Ever.

The professor casted a spell on you, saying that it’ll work but it’s going to take a few hours. So Ace and Deuce decided to bring you back to your dorm and have Grim take care of you. It was fairly easy since you were asleep all the way.

After a few hours, it was night time and you were back to normal, but you woke up with a headache.

“Ugh… What happened? I feel like I went on an adventure today.” You asked.

“Yanno, remember when you said you wouldn’t mind being a baby for a day?” Grim asked you.

“Yes, I remember that.” You said, rubbing your head.

“That’s exactly what happened, now, can we go eat? I’m starving.” Grim answered your question and jumped into your arms for you to carry him.

“Eh? Um, sure I guess, let’s go.” You said and took him to eat at the cafeteria.

When you arrived, you sat with your friends asking about what had happened. They hesitantly explained the story to you and you slowly took it all in. When you did, you smacked Ace, Deuce, Jack and Epel on their heads for their carelessness, and with that, you forgave them for making you into a toddler.

However, after that day, the dorm leaders were paying a lot more attention to you. Asking if you need anything or just walked you to class in general. You were absolutely dumbfounded at this new attitude of the dorm leaders, but, you would be lying to yourself if you say you didn’t enjoy it one bit.

[thatringboy]

Sea of Thieves - TWST AU

Based off of @ihavebecomeapenguin‘s Role Swap AU where the First year gang and their respective dorm heads all swap years! This is my second attempt at writing this fic, so I hope you enjoy!

Word count: 2,130 (another record???)

Warnings: Cursing, fight scenes, Azul Angst because this is chapter three

Getting the leader of Savanaclaw to agree with their plan was easy enough for Yuu Prefect. Jack seemed to have the idea in his head that he was obligated to help the Ramshackle student because of how the recent overblot incident went down. Yuu didn’t dislike the help they were receiving, but Jack’s insistence that they slept in his dorm while Yuu fought to get Ramshackle back from the Octavinelle leaders was a little much.

However, convincing their new friend Leona would be a much more difficult ordeal.

“That has got to be the stupidest plan I’ve ever heard.”

“Well I don’t see you coming up with any ideas! I’ve only got a few hours left!” Yuu leaned against the door as Leona flipped the page on his magazine.

“It’s not really my problem, Herbivore.” He sighed and adjusted how he laid on his bed. “What could I do?”

Yuu stood up straight. “What’s wrong with you? You were all up for raiding the vault before, what’s changed now?”

Leona shut the magazine and tossed it aside, crossing his arms and sitting deeper into his pillows. “I don’t know, maybe I’m just tired of getting my ass handed to me by walking sushi!”

Grim snorted on Yuu’s shoulder, but the Prefect was not amused. “It’s a shame, really,” they began, “Think about how people will react when they hear that the second prince of the Afterglow Savanna turned his back on his friend. What would your nephew think of that?”

Yuu knew they struck a chord deep within Leona. He was on his feet in an instant and if looks could kill, Yuu would be dead where they stood. The beastman scowled at the human before him. “Fine, but we do this my way. Your plans suck.”

Yuu’s face formed a mischievous smile. Azul Ashengrotto had crossed a line and by the Seven there would be hell to pay. Oh yes, everything was coming together nicely.

~~~

Riddle paced back and forth and twiddled his thumbs while Trey cleaned his glasses again.

“I have a bad feeling about this--”

“You always have a bad feeling.” Trey put his glasses back on.

“No, seriously! What if Trappola-Senpai finds out that we’re gone? What if we’re too late? What if Leona doesn’t agree to help the Prefect? What if we’re caught out of bed? What if--”

Trey held up a hand. “Riddle, please. Everything is gonna be ok. Just breathe and let the chips fall where they may. Speaking of which...”

The mirror to Savanaclaw lit up and four people stepped out. Leona and Yuu approached the Heartslabyul first years while Ruggie and Jack hung back, already filled in.

As Yuu explained the plan, Riddle’s nervousness slipped away. That is, until his part in the operation was explained.

“You want us to do what?” Riddle’s eyebrows shot up.

Leona smirked. “What, you scared or something?”

“N-No!” He turned bright red. “I just don’t know if I have the skills to pull this off.”

Trey put a hand on his shoulder. “You’ll do fine.”

“Thank you, Trey.”

Grim gagged, the anemone on his head wobbling. “Ew! Get a room, you two!”

Leona reached over and flicked the blue appendage. “Shut up, be glad they’re here.”

Yuu rolled their eyes. “So, then everyone knows their parts? Good, then we can get going. The sooner we finish this, the better.”

The first years nodded and passed around the potion that would allow them to breathe underwater. Jack and Ruggie disappeared back into their dorm’s mirror while Yuu and company approached the dark mirror.

In a second, they found themselves in the Coral Sea near the Alantica Memorial Museum. As per usual, a merman guard was posted outside the door. The group looked around for the infamous Leech twins and swam towards the building when they saw that the coast was clear.

Yuu might have had their iconic resting bitch face plastered for their friends to see, but the fact that no one had tried to stop them yet worried the Prefect. Trey swam ahead of the group and approached the guard while the others took cover behind a rock. Yuu could hear Trey spit out a convincing lie about wanting to explore the Museum, only to be denied by the guard. Of course, this was expected and Trey struck up a conversation between the guard, giving a small signal that it was okay for his friends to make a break for the door.

They swam behind the guard while he was distracted and pulled at the entrance, only to discover that it was locked. Leona rolled his eyes and pushed up his sleeve, activating his Unique Magic.

“I am hunger, I am thirst, I am that which steals your tomorrow. Now kneel before me, Kings Roar.”

The door handle turned to sand and he pulled the door open, earning a glare from Riddle. They swam inside the door while Trey continued to keep the attention of the guard. Yuu had to admit Trey’s ability to lie on cue was unsettling, but not unwelcomed.

Finding the picture Yuu risked their dorm for wasn’t a hard task. However, they’d forgotten that the only other reasonable person was still outside sweet talking the guard, so you can imagine how Yuu felt when Riddle took his magic pen and smashed the glass casing around the photo without a second thought.

An alarm went off somewhere in the building and it occurred to Yuu that the last time they were here, there were two guards. A Merman in armor swam around the corner and almost called for backup, but Leona gave him a swift kick to the head and knocked him out.

Maybe hanging around with himbos isn’t such a bad thing. Yuu thought to themself. They almost laughed at the mental image of calling Leona a himbo, but remained focused on the situation at hand. The four swam back out of the Museum and signaled for Trey to wrap up the conversation that he was way too invested in.

They made their escape and began to swim back to the mirror spot, but two dark shadows in the water blocked their path. The Leech brothers eyed the photo in Riddle’s hand with amusement and smiled, calculated toothy grins. Floyd’s voice ripped through the cold water and sent chills down the spines of the first years.

“That doesn’t belong to you, Shrimpy-Chan~”

~~~

Azul watched the first years sneak through the mirror and instructed the twins to give them an hour to retrieve the photo. What he hadn’t seen was the Savanaclaw leadership watching him from their respective mirror.

The Octomer returned to the Mostro Lounge and felt that the establishment lack a certain atmosphere, but then remembered that the Leech twins were off preparing to collect on his most recent contract. He kept himself busy and waved the twins off when they departed, but found his tasks boring when they left.

The Lounge didn’t open for a few minutes, but Azul could see a line forming outside. He grabbed a first year from Scarabia that he had enslaved was helping out that day and positioned him to be the host. The doors opened and Azul noticed that a large amount of customers were from Savanaclaw, but thought nothing of it.

He returned to the VIP room and checked his phone for messages before sitting down behind his large desk. Azul looked over the papers on his desk and noticed that jade had dropped off collateral on a recent contract. Azul spun around in his chair like a supervillain - which he privately enjoyed doing - and stood to open his vault. He had barley cracked the door open when a first year from his own dorm stepped into the VIP room looking distressed.

“What could possibly be so important that you come in here unannounced?”

“It’s a mad house out there, Senpai!” The first year was out of breath,

“Excuse m--”

“There’s too many of them, we can’t keep serving them!”

“Show me.”

Azul followed the first year out to the Lounge’s restaurant area and stopped. Those students from Savanaclaw who were crowding the door? They had taken up every seat! They were yelling and cursing out his waiters and throwing glasses and sending back food they deemed inedible! And of course, the smug faces of Ruggie Bucchi and Jack Howl leaned against the door frame without a care in the world.

“Mister Howl, what is the meaning of this?” Azul tried his hardest not to scream in frustration.

“That’s Howl-Senpai to you, tentacles!” Ruggie snickered.

“I haven’t the slightest idea what you mean.” Jack had a smug expression.

Someone called Azul’s name from the kitchen and yelled that they needed assistance. Jack’s smile turned sinister. “That sounds urgent, you wouldn’t want to upset your customers, would you?”

Azul’s face burned red as he struggled not to explode on them. After all, he had a reputation; one bad day couldn’t ruin that. But he did find it suspicious that this happened as soon as the twins had left. Azul returned to the kitchen and kept his eye on the Savanaclaw leaders until he stepped behind the swinging door, narrowly running into a Heartslabyul student carrying a tray of tea.

Once he was gone, Jack nodded to Ruggie and the second year made a break for the VIP room. Phase one was complete.

~~~

If this was any other circumstance, Yuu would say that the eels swimming around them was majestic. However, in this moment, Yuu struggled not to show fear.

“What should we do with the little Shrimpy and Koebe-Chan and Lionfish and their little friends, Jade?” Floyd’s nicknames for them made Riddle flush.

“I don’t know, what if you gave them a squeeze?” Jade swam a little too close to Leona and almost got slashed across the face by long nails. Yuu looked to the Heartslabyul duo and nodded. The two had their pens out in a flash and went back to back. This part of the plan required concentration and almost perfect timing. If one of them messed up, they may just become fish food.

Floyd caught on to what they were doing. “Hah! What, is little Koebe-Chan going hit me with his little necklaces?”

Riddle turned even more red, but surprisingly didn’t lash out. Yuu looked over for a second and noticed that Trey was holding his hand to keep him calm. Yuu turned their attention back to Jade as Leona swiped at him again. Leona attempted to fire a bolt of magic at him, but Jade was too quick, easily avoiding and laughing at the attempt.

Yuu grabbed Leona’s sleeve. “Floyd’s magic! We can’t touch them!”

Leona swung his head around, smacking Grim in the face with his ponytail, and snarled at Trey and Riddle. “Hurry up, goddamnit!”

Riddle broke his concentration and glared at Leona. “I’m doing my best you useless pussy!”

Trey and Yuu made eye contact and knew that the plan was falling apart. Trey rolled his eyes and pointed his wand at Floyd. “Oh for the Seven!”

He activated his Unique Magic and suddenly Floyd’s smile fell. His multi colored eyes widened with rage and Trey gulped. “Riddle, now!”

Riddle spun around and pointed his pen at Floyd as well. “Don’t tell me what to do! Off with your head!”

The all too familiar clicking sound could be heard and Floyd grabbed at his neck. Riddle’s iconic neck lock was holding onto the merman and based on the violent thrashing from Floyd, it wasn’t budging. Floyd glared daggers into Riddle and lunged at him with a loud shriek, but Leona had crossed the distance between them and booted him in the side of the head.

“Floyd!” Jade rushed to his brother’s side and was relieved that Floyd was only knocked unconscious. He looked at the first years and down at the neck brace on his twin. “Just... go.”

They didn’t hesitate to swim back to the mirror spot and teleport back to Night Raven College. When they had finally caught their breath from swimming so fast, Riddle look down at his hands.

“I.... I just used my magic to harm an upperclassman. Leona, you kicked an upperclassman in the head!”

“Yeah and I’ll do it again.” Leona picked between his teeth with his pinky finger. Yuu looked at Trey. “So, how did you do that? The plan was for you two to cast that combo spell that Crowley showed you.”

Trey rubbed the back of his neck. “Well, I panicked and realized that my Doodle Suite might have been able to make Floyd-Senpai’s shield just not work.”

“Genius, even for a human like you!” Grim jumped onto the green haired boy’s shoulder with a smile.

“Thank you?”

“Don’t take that as a compliment!” Riddle squinted his eyes at Grim. Leona pulled out his phone and was amazed that it wasn’t dead. “So, Jack and Ruggie-Senpai should be done by now, should we head over to the Lounge?”

Yuu sighed and realized how tired they were. “Let’s.”

~~~

When he managed to get the last beastman out of his restaurant, Azul almost collapsed against the door. He got to his feet and almost stumbled back to the VIP room, but stopped dead in his tracks. His blood turned to ice and his glasses fell off his face. Azul made an undignified sound and spun around, discarding his glasses in his haste. He tore down the hall back to the Lounge, leaving the VIP room and the open, empty vault within.

Azul threw open the doors to the Lounge and saw Ruggie leaning against a wall, cleaning out his teeth with a toothpick.

“What have you done?!” Azul’s voice was nothing more than a hushed whisper.

Ruggie ignored him. “You know, I tried takoyaki for the first time today, it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be.”

Azul turned a furious red. “You mangy beast! Where are they?!”

“Is that any way to talk to a classmate, Azul-kun?” Jack stepped out from behind a corner, a large stack of yellow papers in his hands. “I thought that you would have more tact.”

The Octavinelle student glared daggers into Jack’s soul. It was a little unsettling. The beastmen could just feel the anger seething out of him. Footsteps could be heard approaching the three.

“I can’t wait to see the look on that Octo-punk’s face when we give him the stupid photo!”

“I’ve never said anything bad against an upperclassman before, but I hope he looses it!”

“Like how you lost it with Floyd?”

“Shut up, or I’ll forcefully remove that anemone myself, you little beast!”

The first years turned the corner Jack was standing behind and stopped. Yuu held up a preemptive hand to stop any wise comments about Azul’s clearly enraged behaviour. With their other hand, they held out the photograph. “Here, so you can’t say we didn’t pull through our end of the deal.”

Azul just stared at the photo and began to laugh softly. “You... You think you’ve won? You steal my contracts, you destroy my Lounge and you bring me my photo to rub it in, huh? I see the twins have failed yet again.”

“Yet again?” Called a voice from down the hall. The students present turned their heads to see the human forms of the Leech brothers coming their way. Floyd still had Riddle’s neck lock on and held an ice pack to his temple.

Jade’s eyes looked Azul up and down. “It seems you’re the one who failed here.”

Azul scoffed. “Oh please, I gave you one task: keep them from returning the photo to me! You couldn’t even do that!”

Floyd stood up taller and took the ice pack away from his head. “You know, I don’t like that tone you’ve got. Makes me want to squeeze it out of you.”

Azul seemed to mentally backpedal. “Well, what I meant to say was--”

Jack waved the contracts in the air to get the mermen’s attention. “Do you want these or not?”

Azul’s anger turned to desperation. “Yes! Hand them over this instant!”

“No I don’t think I will.” Jack sneered. Yuu realized that he was just toying with Azul. They almost felt bad for the second year dorm head, but at the same time, he had enslaved over two hundred students simply because they wanted a cheat sheet for finals. Jack looked over the documents in his hand and passed them to Leona. “Do what you want, I just wanted to see him squirm.”

Leona gladly took the contracts and Yuu realized what he was about to do. They made no move to stop him, but Jade’s eyes opened uncharacteristically large.

“I am hunger, I am thirst, I am that which steals your tomorrow. Now kneel before me, Kings Roar!” 

The golden contracts crumbled into sand between his fingers. Azul shrieked again and fell to his knees, watching as Leona kicked the pile of sand at his feet to solidify that the papers were gone. Yuu looked to Grim and saw that the anemone on his head was gone, however the next sound Azul made got them to return their focus on the situation.

“You... you monsters!” Azul slowly got to his feet.

“Yeah what?” Grim grinned. “You gotta be a bit more specific.”

Leona rolled his eyes and turned to go. “C’mon, I’ve got practice to get to. I don’t wanna throw a pity party for that mess.”

Riddle raised his pen and the neck brace around Floyd vanished. He rubbed his neck and smiled at Riddle. “Thank you, Koebe-chan! No hard feelings for trying to eat you?”

Riddle made a disgusted face that Trey snorted at. Azul watched them start to leave with horror in his eyes. “No, wait! Fix this mess! Grim, I helped you pass your exam!”

“You also used me as a sponge!”

Floyd pursed his lips and crossed his arms. “You’re acting pretty lame right now, you know that right?”

Jade nodded and shrugged his shoulders. “Desperation isn’t a good look for you.”

Azul looked around for something, anything to make the situation better. Yuu sighed. “Azul, you did this to yourself. Now, if you excuse us--”

Azul got to his feet with a strange expression on his face. “Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait! I can turn this around! Just watch, I’m not boring at all!”

The door to the Mostro Lounge creaked open and a timid looking Scarabia student stepped out, patting his head where Yuu assumed an anemone had been resting. Azul reached out his hand and a small ball of light flew out of the chest of the poor student and into Azul’s. He stood up with a crazed smile and looked around the group as the Scarabia boy collapsed.

“See?! I may not be what I once was, but I am still leagues above you all!”

Leona groaned and spun around on his heels. “Okay, now you’re taking this too far--”

He was interrupted by Azul’s laugh and a snap of the second year’s fingers. Ruggie pushed Leona down and the ball of light Yuu assumed was Ruggie’s magic flew to Azul. Jack pulled out his staff and growled as he watched Ruggie faint.

“You’ll pay for that, Ashengrotto.” He snarled.

Azul’s laugh grew dark and menacing. “Oh really, Jack-Senpai?”  the title oozing off of his tongue like poison. “Why don’t you just lighten up and Dance with me!”

Jack dropped the staff and became rigid, but soon regained control of his body. Azul turned to Floyd, who’s eyebrows were furrowed in concentration. All of the commotion had drawn the attention of the other Octavinelle dorm residents, all of which fell prey to Azul’s greedy glare.

Yuu watched in horror as Azul absorbed the magic of every student who had unknowingly stepped into their worst nightmare, but it wasn’t over. Yuu looked Azul up and down and saw his purple gem becoming more clouded by the second.

Riddle noticed this too and raised his pen to stop the nonsense, but Trey tackled him out of Azul’s line of sight. It occurred to Yuu that if Azul got is hands on the magic of their friends, the fight would turn from bad to ugly.

Of course, as per usual, the coming tide was already among them. Jade dashed to put himself between the first years and the crazed Azul, but got smacked to the side by a large black tentacle that had formed from Azul’s cane.

The overblotting version of Azul stood over the first years, but while their friends saw the anger in those cold blue eyes, Yuu recognized loneliness and fear. This was by far the worst case of overblotting Yuu had seen when comparing the Heartslabyul and Savanaclaw incident together, and they had no idea what to do now.

[cherripeach]

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Dorm Leaders Pt.1

Riddle Rosehearts 

Now, this porcupine is a tough cookie. To get into a relationship with him, you would have to be from one of two cases either you are like Trey in which you have known each other for years and are really close or you happen to be someone like the MC who completely changes his world for him and makes him see a different perspective.  

In a relationship, the baby is absolutely wrapped around your finger if you give him just the tiniest bit of physical affection: hugs, kisses, hand holding, anything. Everything just makes him fall more in love with you and become more attached. However, the baby will also get very fussy if this physical affection is not kept in private or at least only seen by his close friends. Do not be stopped by this or anything that comes out of his mouth because truthfully he adores your attention. Also try to keep the physical affections with others to a minimum because no one wants a magic-sealing collar nor do they want a tiny chihuahua coming after them.

Dates include the obvious teatime at four o’clock and taking care of his hedgehogs. Riddle definitely appreciates your attendance and efforts with any of his interests as he will try to do the same with yours. On dates he will try to act as cool as possible but even he needs to be led by the hand sometimes. 

While fights might moderately happen especially over something neither of you will give up, he has learned to keep his calm toward those he cares for in order not to lose them. Please do not get mad at the child for some habit that he has; if you want to confront any issue with him the best way to do it is to talk about it rationally and try your best to not get overly upset with him. Yelling is a big no-no; please do not yell at this small child because either he will start yelling or he will start crying because the most important person in his life is yelling at him basically telling him that he is a terrible person. 

Please do not leave this baby. Riddle has huge abandonment issues, so please just give him the attention that he wants, and everything will be fine

If you are not doing well at any class and are either in his grade or the grade below (or even the grades above), please allow him to help you. This baby craves being of use to you, so if he helps you and you do well, he will feel absolutely blessed. He just wants you to depend on him as much as possible even if it is through school work or something small. 

In conclusion, please allow this baby to help you, and please give him physical affection. 

Leona Kingscholar

For a true, long-lasting relationship with Leona, you have to desire to become a close friend with him before even starting to date. He has the tallest and strongest walls around his heart that allow him to shield everyone from all of his feelings and emotions other than his anger. Please get to know this one truly with a brave heart and a kind soul and a determined mindset. Once one of you realizes your feelings for each other and starts your advances, the other will as well and everything is a slippery slope after. However, do not get swayed by his cockiness and reserved personality because it will surely be worth everything in the end. 

At the beginning of the relationship, there will be many ups and downs on both parts; the man has no problem not communicating and not even putting an effort into anything, but if you are not swayed by this and keep coming back to him, he will crack. Allow him the time to process the fact that he finally can call you his and that he has to put an effort into your relationship, and he will be the best man he can be.

After the beginning of your relationship, this kitty will become all the more touchy because of his dependence on you and your affection. Once his walls are cracked, he expects the daily cuddle and hug and kiss you give him. If possible he will never let you out of his arms, but with Ruggie keeping track of him it is very unlikely to happen. 

Most dates are in his room because he dislikes putting too much of an effort into something that he will not appreciate in the end. There will be the odd date in the gardens while Leona naps and you do whatever you came there for until he drags you to nap with him. 

You can tell him no when he drags you to cuddle, but please be careful with how you say it. If you want to distance yourself from him or he believes you are trying to, he will give you space; however, this space is because he believes you do not love you. He loves you, please, give him the attention he needs; he just wants to cuddle and love you. He does not want to make you upset, and this scaredy cat will do anything to make sure you stay with him. 

Fights are fun. Yelling is common even with small quarrels, and for the large fights it might become slightly physical depending on if you give up or if you keep heating the fight up.  Please do not be deterred and continue to love this cat because even if he becomes defensive and is mad at you for a while, he still loves you. He may give you the silent treatment for several days, but just like cats he will continue to want your attention and will not stray too far from your side. He might even mess up a couple of your things to get your attention on him.

Please keep your attention on him as much as possible. He is a huge baby and wants your eyes and affections for just himself. Besides, nothing good comes from when he sees you giving others your attention, unless that was your aim. If you are paying more attention to someone else in public, he will wrap his arm and maybe his tail around you just saying that he wants your attention very subtly.

A softy, no matter what he says. He just wants to be with you and enjoy his time with you.

Enjoy this big cat because, honestly, he will do whatever you want to keep his relationship with you.

Azul Ashengrotto

You probably met Azul a little bit before his overblot or after it because otherwise you were probably involved or witnessed his bullying, and we do not condone bullying in this household. Azul would not have realized how important you are to him before his overblot because all he cared about was his contracts and proving those who bullied him wrong. After his blot and calming down and realizing his wrong ways, he will become more cognizant of what he cared about and would probably understand what you mean to him. At the beginning of the relationship, he would most likely not care about his needs of telling you his emotions or getting your affection since he is afraid of you leaving.

Take care of the boy and give him your affections. He will try to distract you at first, especially in public, but if you are determined enough he will give in to you and let you hug and cuddle him. Just because he seems uncomfortable, does not mean that he is. The blush on his face is only there because he has never done anything like this with anyone before. 

After he is used to your affections, he becomes dependent on them. If he does not get exactly four of your bear hugs a day at eight in the morning, thirty minutes past noon, four in the afternoon, and exactly eight twelve, he will not survive the day. He craves your affection in private and will beg on his knees if he cannot have it. Even though he will not do this in public, this is not to say that your relationship is fake but that he just finds more comfort in private where he does not have to hide his problems or his desires from you. 

Dates will either be completely mapped out or sporadic; dates could range from beach trips and going to a theme park to regular drinks at the lounge and study dates. Azul wants your relationship and outlook on him to be the best any person could ask out of their partner; he wants to spoil you so that you continue to love him and depend on him. Help plan the dates and maybe even pay for some of it if he keeps on insisting that he has everything and that he just wants to spoil you. Spoil him, he wants it too. 

Good luck stopping him from crying when he sees you giving others your attention for a long time. He understands that he does not take up all of your time, but he is so anxious that you will leave him for someone else. Talk to him about it, promise him that you will not leave him. He is just worried; do not judge him for being worried that you will leave him. Also very greedy for your affections. 

Very few big fights will happen with Azul, this sweetheart will only be able to give you the silent treatment for a couple of days before he needs your attention again so any major fight usually is dismissed. Azul would break out crying if you start yelling at him, so please don’t. Also he does not like yelling at you either because you are too important for him to get incredibly angry at for something that might not matter in a couple of months. He also understands the pressure and disarray that one’s emotions get when getting yelled at by someone they love. 

He is obviously very insecure, so please tread lightly on his insecurities as he would do the same with you. Help him understand his worth because otherwise he tries to find out through being the “perfect” boyfriend of yours. 

Please treat this boy gently. Handle with care. He does not want to offend you in any way but he always wants your attention. Communication and determination is key with this one.

Have a nice day!

[shuuenmei]

the hunter and the hunted

BEFORE WE BEGIN:

This piece will be involving a portion of how the Savanaclaw chapter will turn out and it’s potentially long with a slightly stilted chronology.

Without further ado, Here we go!

“You seem too calm over the recent string of incidents targeting potentially good Magift players.”

Cater Diamond can’t help but stare at the unofficial Ramshackle prefect as the words utter out of her mouth.

What are they trying to do by saying this?

Are they buying time to ensure their escape out of Savanaclaw?

Cater turned towards the Savanaclaw students surrounding them and even those close to Leona-kun.

To his surprise, the demeanor in some of the students changed.

Almost as if... as if they’ve gotten afraid.

Yuu-chan kept talking. “Normally, people would have some fear that they’ll be targeted next once they learn the pattern to the attacks. And yet... none of you show even a little bit of panic of the situation and don’t try to cooperate with someone to put the incidents to a stop.”

Yuu-chan tilted their head a little to the right, a hand under their chin. “...Almost as if you actually knew who the perpetrator was, but you let them continue and act as their accomplice to the scheme.”

The moment the words left their lips, several students started running after them.

“OI! YOU LOT!” Leona-kun tried calling for them, but to no avail, as the group of students started charging after Yuu-chan.

Ace-chan, Deuce-chan, and Gri-chan are too exhausted to move, while Shiro, the infamous rascal white cat familiar that Yuu-chan miraculously won over to a point the cat chose them as it’s new master, stood calmly next to them.

Before any of the students could reach to Yuu-chan, there was a glow coming from Yuu-chan’s new bracelet.

A bracelet he noticed that they started wearing, claiming that it’s a gift from Lilia-chan.

A runic wall was formed and blow the attackers back.

Before he could comprehend what just happened, Yuu-chan raised their right arm to the sky, the hands opened.

“O thunder, heed my call!”

As soon as Yuu-chan said the chant, the unmistakable crackling of static electricity resounded and flowed throughout the field.

Every single Savanaclaw student in the vicinity unceremoniously fell on their knees.

Some struggled to rise, but to no avail, as the static kept them down.

Almost as if they were struck by lightning.

“Cater-senpai, let’s go.”

They lifted up his arm with ease (He knew that they did some equivalent of fencing back at their home but experiencing how strong their arm was is surprising)

“Run!”

They called and they ran ahead, not looking back.

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Once they escaped Savanaclaw and gone straight to Heartslabyul, Ace-chan and Deuce-chan both let themselves fall to the ground, sitting and out of breath.

While Cater had his hands on his knees.

“What the hell... was that...” Ace panted.

“Fnaahh... we could’ve been toast if that didn’t happen...” Gri-chan huffed.

When Cater had collected himself and steady his own breath, he decided to ask.

“Say Yuu-chan? What did you do?”

The prefect, who didn’t look out of wear, blinked at him. Ace-chan, Deuce-chan and Gri-chan now looked at them. Shiro now on Yuu-chan’s shoulder.

“You’re magicless right? I can excuse the bracelet as Lilia-chan giving the bracelet a teeny defensive magic spell for yourself, but that doesn’t explain what you did next.”

Hey, he might not be the smartest, but he knows enough that it would be fishy if a magicless kid can suddenly use magic.

For their part, Yuu-chan looked thoughtful. “It might be easier to show you instead.”

Saying that, Yuu-chan rummaged at the pocket of her hood jacket (Scarabia themed, since Kalim-kun heard about how Lilia-chan bought them a Diasomnia themed hoodie from Mister S’s Mystery Shop. Kalim-kun really spoiled Yuu-chan as if Yuu-chan is like his baby sibling or something.)

Yuu-chan took out a hand sized rock. He couldn’t help but look flabbergasted at what they are doing for bringing out a rock.

That look was put to an end when they spoke what is unmistakably a magical chant.

“Dripping Water.”

He can now see the glow of what seemed to be a runic letter, the rock changed form to water that cascaded down the ground they stood on.

Gri-chan jumped. Exclaiming in surprise. “Fnah!”

Ace-chan and Deuce-chan stood before the water made contact to the ground.

“That was close...” Deuce-chan exhaled a sigh.

Ace-chan, however, scrutinized the ground.

He knelt down and then picked something up.

Cater noticed that it was a rock with a runic letter carved on it. Though the rock’s now scattered to little pebbles save for the one with the runes carved.

“...Say Yuu? Where did you get your Mana from?” Ace-chan decided to ask.

Mana is another word for magical reserves for magicians. Most magicians have their own magical reserves in their own body once they are born and awaken their ability to use magic.

A magicless person from another world suddenly gaining a magical reserve of their own just sound impossible unless something unordinary happens.

“It’s not my Mana.” Yuu-chan replied. And spoke. “In the olden days, people once used to request the world to lend them their magic.”

Olden days?

Wait-

“So you’re 100% magicless, but the source of mana came from elsewhere.”

Yuu-chan blinked at him. Nodding. “Yep.”

They explained. “What I did was simply carve a runic letter to a medium I would use, in this case, a rock, and all I need to do is chant the spell I needed to use corresponding to the rune.”

They took out a folded paper from the pocket of their pants and chanted. “Sun Flower.”

A glow of runic letters was formed and this time, a miniature sun shaped flower burst out of the paper, staying firm with the paper acting as soil.

Deuce-chan had been staring at Yuu-chan wide-eyed. “What was that you were saying... Sail... Fiola?”

Gri-chan furrowed his brows. “I remember Yuu saying something like Eala Aka earlier...”

Oh.

He didn’t notice it before but now that he heard Deuce-chan and Gri-chan spell out the words, he now knew what language Yuu-chan had been using for their runes.

“You speak Alician?”

He might not be from the Rose Kingdom, but Alician got covered once in Trein-sensei’s classes.

Only Riddle-kun knew how to speak and understand the language well enough in Heartslabyul.

...Maybe because of his super scary education mama.

“You knew what Alician is?” Yuu-chan wondered.

“It’s an old Rose Kingdom language, but it’s only covered when you’re a second year. But not much records are found about it so not a lot of people use it for runes and magic.”

Well, Riddle-kun DID tell him last week that he had to pick up his old notes for Alician again once Trein-sensei brought it up in history class to brush up his skills in the language.

Yuu-chan nodded at him.

“Seriously, who taught you how to speak “Alician”?”

“Oh, Lilia-san taught me.”

...What.

“Lilia-san also had been teaching me how to apply runic magic by asking the world to lend their mana to me as well.”

...What.

Gri-chan took that moment to exclaim. “Wait!” He now looked up to Yuu-chan. “So you mean all those times you’ve been telling me that you’re off studying with Lilia tutoring you, Lilia is teaching you on how to use magic!?”

“What.” Ace-chan and Deuce-chan simultaneously utter out in a flat tone.

“Pretty much.” Yuu-chan admitted, turning to the Adeuce duo and monster cat. “None of you asked about what I actually would be studying with Lilia-san so I never really talked about it.”

“You should’ve talked about it, we’re your pals aren’t we!?” Ace had a mock like betrayed look on his face.

“I doubt you’d be interested.” Yuu-chan admitted. Adding. “Even if you did, Lilia-san told me that the world’s Mana and the Mana in magicians don’t mix naturally, so a magician using them too much is the equivalent of getting an allergy to normal people. And that doesn’t sound like something you’d willingly learn as someone whose naturally born with magic.”

They all blanched at the thought.

“Alright, never mind.”

Gri-chan only tilt his head in wonder. “What are allergies?”

“You know how Lyle starts sneezing and wheezing like no tomorrow when he smell a whiff of the flower pollen in the botanical gardens and start having rashes on his skin last week?”

Gri-chan paled at Yuu-chan’s explanation.

“Yikes, I don’t wanna experience that.”

Yuu-chan shrugged. “Besides, with how I was never born with any mana at all,” Yuu-chan looked as the flower they were holding slowly wilts, and disintegrates along with the paper.

“This is a perfectly safe method to use magic for someone magicless like I am.”

They stare as the pieces of paper crumble down into small dusty pieces.

“...So how did you get Lilia-chan to actually agree to teach you?” Cater questioned them.

At the question, he noted how they reached for their neck, as if a phantom pain still existed there.

“It’s Lilia-san who suggested it to me first. I just took his offer since...”

Ah.

He gets it now.

Ace-chan and Deuce-chan screaming over Yuu-chan’s fallen body with Gri-chan running for them shortly after they brought Riddle-kun back to his senses from his overblot.

Their school uniform and hood sweater dyed in bloody red.

Lan-Lan, Trey and some of the Heartslabyul students screaming at the Headmaster to get help for Yuu-chan-

He supposed when you’re in a near death experience, you’re bound to not let yourself be in that position anymore.

“And the bracelet?” Ace-chan questioned this time.

“This?” Yuu-chan rolled the sleeves of their hood jacket and shirt, showing off an antique looking bracelet with letters engraved on it.

“Lilia-san gave this to me as a target practice based on what I learned from him. It’s a rune that I applied based on whether or not any physical and/or magical attacks are coming my way.”

“...That sounds like an overkill and just thinking too much, don’t you think?”

Yuu-chan gave Ace-chan a grin. “I’d like to call myself well-prepared.”

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“Aaahhhhh!!!!”

Gri-chan suddenly shouted out loud. Surprising the other students.

“I- I know who has that unique magic!”

Yuu-chan frowned, eyebrows furrowed. “...It’s that Savanaclaw student Ruggie, isn’t it?”

Cater paled, recalling what Yuu-chan accused the rest of Savanaclaw for doing yesterday.

He’d forgotten all about it from his panic yesterday!

“Yuu-chan... you suspected Savanaclaw as a whole are behind this since the start?”

Riddle-kun’s eyes widened. “Wha- is it true!?”

“Totes! Riddle-kun! Yuu-chan said something about how the Savanaclaw students are too calm in the face of this whole mess of problems of students getting caught in accidents that injure them yesterday!”

Yuu-chan shook their head. “It’s just a guess I made based on their reactions and mood they had at the time Cater-senpai. I’m only saying that as a bluff so we can escape.”

“...Actually, Yuu’s on the mark on this one.” Kalim-kun spoke up. He placed a hand under his chin, pondering.

“I looked up a bit on who got hit by the accident. Among all the students I know and checked on who are known to be injured...”

Beside him, Jamil-kun’s eyes widened, he supposed Jamil-kun also knew who the students were as he revealed. “None of the victims are from Savanaclaw.”

As the realization hits, the other students begin to murmur.

“Now that they said it...”

“Yeah, I heard from my pal in class D about who got targeted but none of the kids he named are from Savanaclaw...”

“Then...”

“...I think it’s still too early to tell whether or not are Savanaclaw as a whole were actually behind this.” Yuu-chan utter out. Then suggesting. “If we want to get the confirmation that they really are behind this, we should interrogate one of them first.”

Riddle-kun cleared his throat. “That’s true. Assumptions and deductions can turn moot without a legitimate proof.”

“...So what class is Ruggie-san in?” Yuu-chan wondered.

“Oh! Ruggie’s in 2-B!”

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Yuu felt panic when the weight on her wrist is gone.

She rolled her sleeves up and saw that the bracelet she had to defend herself is gone.

She couldn’t have dropped it back in 2-B didn’t she-

“Sorry senpai, you go ahead! I need to get something I dropped!”

She ran ahead with Shiro on her shoulder, not waiting to hear for their replies and Grim choosing to go with Riddle and Cater.

She can’t lose that bracelet so soon, not when Lilia-san gave her that bracelet as a gift and as one of her few means of defense-

She returned back to the class, asking if any of the students saw a bracelet on the ground.

And the students told her no.

So she left the class and decided to look around the halls.

It was when she was about to make her way to turn right that Shiro mewed, pulling on her ear with his bite, the pain was enough for her to escape the haze of her own panic.

And she looked in front of her.

A group of beastmen students stood a good distance in front of her.

She saw the telltale of the Savanaclaw dorm vest at their uniform.

And their gazes turn to her, as if they planned to hunt.

Why did they-

She then recalled how Ruggie stole Riddle-san and Cater-senpai’s magical pens without anyone noticing before panic hits her when she realized that her bracelet has gone missing.

She exhaled a quiet sigh as the realization hits.

She’s been trapped.

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“Ah, you’re not getting this back though~.”

Ace felt dread running his veins once Ruggie Bucchi took out an old looking bracelet from his pocket.

He may have only seen it several times but he recognized that bracelet anywhere.

“This? Lilia-san gave this to me as a target practice based on what I learned from him. It’s a rune that I applied based on whether or not any physical and/or magical attacks are coming my way.”

Ace stepped forward but the Hyena beastman is already steps ahead of him and left before Ace could catch him.

He gritted his teeth and soon vented his frustration to the nearest tree.

“Dammit!”

“Ace, what are you doing!?” Deuce exclaimed.

“...It’s a trap.” He answered. Soon elaborating once he saw Deuce and Grim’s questioning gaze. “He stole Yuu’s defense rune infused bracelet to trap Yuu so all of us can get off their trail.”

“Fnah!? He did-”

Ace took out his phone and decided to give calling Yuu a shot, hoping that he could get an answer.

Ring.

Ring.

Ring.

“Ace?”

“Yuu, where the hell are you?”

“Wha-”

“Just answer me, will you!?”

“...I’m at the library with Morgan and Shiro.”

“Library? Aight. Just stay put there, got it!?”

“Huh... sure.”

He ended the call.

“Was that Yuu?” Deuce wondered.

“...Yeah, he’s okay.”

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“Your friends are quite worried sick for you from the sound of it.” Morgan, the librarian of Night Raven College spoke to her.

She shrugged in response.

She hadn’t really given it a thought but ever since that fight with an overblotted Riddle, Ace, Deuce and Grim had been sticking close to her and didn’t let her go all by herself unless she has another company.

If they’re not around, Mel, Lyle or Kasper comes with her.

Heck, they only let her go to her lessons with Lilia because those were the only days that Lando tagged along with her.

Sure, they lighten up their vigilant watch on her once Shiro proves to be capably good for a familiar so she was able to go by her own self, and she figured that whatever happened after she passed out in the aftermath of that fight terrified them enough that they decided to keep watch on her.

But it’s honestly suffocating. Just a bit.

Either way.

She managed to escape from them with some of the other runes she had in hand and was thankful she had the mind to place a rune on her shoes and clothes with other functions in mind since they really helped as she and Shiro evade the group of Savanaclaw students chasing after them.

She did include a rune that prevents the bracelet from being destroyed in any form, but she failed to account the possibility that someone can steal it.

If she can get the bracelet back, or if she gets another new bracelet, she’s going to have to apply a runic mechanism that would prevent it from being stolen again.

Morgan simply nodded at her. “Now, please explain why are you running in the library and requested that I “hide” you from the rowdy Savanaclaw students coming in and making a ruckus in the library. For the record, I don’t care if the library is currently empty, all I care about is the fact that they look like they’re about to damage the property and peace of my library.”

...Well.

For as long as she knew the librarian, Morgan took their job as librarian seriously and will not tolerate people causing a ruckus in it.

...Or damaging the books and furniture in it.

...Morgan is otherwise relaxed and fun to talk to, if you aren’t notorious enough to be put on Morgan’s personal blacklist.

“...It’s a long story.”

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“Ruggie, I heard you got chased around by those Heartslabyul kids in the afternoon.” Leona starts pleasantly, before his grin morphed to a scowl.

“That’s why I told you to not leave a single evidence, you fool!”

Ruggie’s ears drooped down at the sight of Leona’s scowl. “Th- that’s not it! There’s some circumstances there...” And then he continued. “But they haven’t gotten their hands on any of the evidence so don’t worry about it!”

Leona scoffed. “Yeah, all but that kid from Ramshackle.”

Ah, yes. The kid who figured out that they’re the ones behind the whole thing simply from observing the body language and expressions of everyone in Savanaclaw during that time they came here with the Heartslabyul people.

He had to admit that the kid got guts and smarts to be able to figure it out from their body language.

But what surprised him more was what the kid did following his claim and accusation.

Leona has an inkling suspicion at what caused the magicless kid to suddenly be able to use magic, since it’s nigh impossible for a magicless person to have magic overnight.

He inspected the rocks that the kid sneakily dropped all around the arena to shock them all as they made their escape. The rocks are carved with runes.

But what runes are used, he doesn’t know.

He maybe best at Ancient Incantations but that doesn’t mean that he knows every single rune out there.

Or the ancient languages used for the runes.

That’s why he asked Ruggie to steal something from the kid if he could and hinged on a plan that with how the kid suspected him and the rest of Savanaclaw, the kid would follow the Heartslabyul kids again to investigate the incidents, Joe, Amare and Talib will gather some of the other students they can trust and be on standby near Ruggie’s class to see if the group comes by and then surround the kid to keep their mouth shut.

From what he heard, though, the kid managed to escape in spite of falling into the trap.

“Did you managed to snatch something?” He decided to ask Ruggie.

“Here ya go Leona-san!” Ruggie obliged, grinning at him and handed over something from his pocket.

An old looking bracelet that doesn’t seem so odd to be on the hands of that Lilia, knowing his odd fascination with traveling.

Runes are carved onto the wooden parts of the bracelet.

He still couldn’t recognize the language used in the runes yet. But he still needs to test it out.

“Ruggie, try shooting magic at me.”

“Eh? Sure... if you say so.”

Ruggie readied his magic pen and shoot an icicle his way.

A rune engraved wall formed out of air before the icicle could reach him and put Ruggie’s attack to a halt, the icicle propelling back to Ruggie’s direction.

Ruggie dodged to his right. “What was that for Leona-san!?”

“I knew something’s fishy.” Leona looked back at the bracelet. He decided to use his unique magic on the bracelet next, but instead of the bracelet disintegrating, the same runic wall circled around the bracelet, preventing it from getting destroyed in the first place.

“The kid’s 100% magicless. They just use a method of using and channeling magic that is so old that nobody except the faeries use it in this present day.”

It was covered by Trein once when he talked about the history of magic when he was a first year or so, but because the method is so old, nobody considered that anybody would try to use it.

The only reason faeries can use the method is because they are naturally more in tune with nature than a majority of the magicians.

He initially thought that Crowley taught the kid, with Crowley being in charge of the kid’s stay here and all, but the bracelet said otherwise.

He still smelled a whiff of Lilia’s scent on the bracelet, even if the bracelet mostly reek of the kid’s scent at this point. And nothing of the crow on it.

And the bracelet is engraved with the non-verbal application of the runes meant for defensive purposes.

He supposed that it’s a good idea that the kid’s escaped.

That would have put everyone in Savanaclaw under Diasomnia’s radar otherwise, especially if Lilia’s already fond enough of the kid to consider them one of his own and teach the kid how to use the world’s Mana to channel magic.

“So what do we do about it Leona-san?”

Leona’s lips curve to a grin. “We wait for the right moment to hunt the kid and bring them to our territory.”

For the record, Yuu (Rei) only finally revealed what she identify as after the Magift tournament. So everyone else sans those in the know still think that Yuu (Rei) is a guy.

Yuu (Rei) doesn’t mind revealing it if people asked her about it, like Kalim and Lilia, but otherwise, she’ll keep quiet about it. If you don’t ask her, she won’t answer.

This piece is written to give a view on how the method of formalcraft works in this fic.

So yes, Mana allergies are a thing.

Yuu (Rei) might have her knowledge of the original Disney movies to back up for at times, but this time in Savanaclaw, her knowledge and savvy-ness backfired on her as Yuu (Rei) being savvy enough ended up making her a target by the Savanaclaw students since she nearly figured them out as culprits and believe that she now knows too much of their plans.

As for the language Alician, it’s not a made up language I had, but rather, it’s inspired by the band “Alice Schach and the Magic Orchestra”, who used the language for their songs.

My personal favorite song of the band is “FEHLT”, which is also included in the rhythm game Deemo. (I like the version used for the Diverse System album, AD Piano VII, more. Though both versions are equally good in their own right).

That’s it for now.

See you next time!

[bluerosewritings]

Duel Rules | Riddle x Stubborn!Reader

[Originally uploaded to ‘The Hearts Mirror’ on Wattpad]

Your stubbornness had started off as an admirable quality to Riddle. While other students were grumbling about the Queen of Hearts' rules, you were determined to follow them, almost to a fault. Sure, you weren't as big of a rule abider as Riddle but you'd set your mind on upholding what you believed to be the values of Heartslabyul and Riddle respected you for that.

The only issue was when you came across a rule you didn't agree with. Not matter what, if you didn't want to follow it, you would never follow it, and it drove Riddle insane. Even post-overblot, your dorm head was still shocked at how adamantly against you were at following rules 39, 176 and 590. Especially rule 590.

That was how you had once again been called to the dorm lounge long after it had been deserted by the other students, sitting across from Riddle who was massaging the bridge of his nose. A frustrated sigh escaped his lips as he briefly looked up at you, wondering how in the of Twisted Wonderland the two of you managed to keep finding yourselves together like this.

"(y/n)-"

You cut him off. "It wasn't my fault."

Riddle couldn't stop his eyebrow from twitching. "It wasn't your fault?"

You nodded.

"So the fact that your roommate is currently in the infirmary after a magic duel from a shot multiple people, including myself, saw you cast... is not your fault?" Riddle said, finally looking you in the eye. His expression was a hardened glare, though you could tell there was something else behind it as well.

"Look, he started it," you explained, "he said some pretty stupid stuff and said if I won a duel against him, he would keep his mouth shut - if I lost, he got to tell everyone and I took his place in Azul's contract. Not my fault."

Riddle shook his head. "Even though you broke the rules of the duel?"

The accusation made you shift in your seat. Riddle knew logically you couldn't deny it - it was a miracle that the headmaster had agreed to let him deal with the issue, even if he was your dorm head. While duels typically weren't allowed on school grounds, rule 590 of the Queen of Hearts was something of a loophole, where as long as only non-elemental magic was used a duel was allowed. During your duel, however, you had cast wind magic, causing your opponent to be pushed backwards. You'd intended just to scare him but he instead tripped and fell down on his arm at a not so nice angle, luckily managing not to break it but unfortunately it was still pretty battered.

"...He shouldn't have been acting like an idiot." you eventually replied, receiving another unhappy look from Riddle. "Look, he was going to use elemental magic on me too, okay? I had no choice!"

"And you know that, how?"

"Because he was bragging about it to his friends in broad daylight like an idiot."

"If you knew that, then you should've come to me. In fact, why didn't you?" Riddle crossed his arms, confusion now showing on his face. "I usually mediate all your duels. So why—"

"B-Because I don't want to keep dragging you into my messes!" You say.

A pout forms on Riddle's face. While you'd usually consider it cute, you knew it meant he didn't believe your lie. You internally cursed yourself for not thinking of a better excuse.

"(y/n)," Riddle's voice grew sterner, "why didn't you talk to me?"

You mumbled under your breath. Riddle gave out another frustrated sigh.

"(y/n)."

"...because then he'd have known."

Riddle furrowed his brows. "Known? Known what?"

"That we're dating."

Riddle blinked, unsure of how to reply. "Why would you talking to me make him know... that?"

"That was the secret." You told him. "He said he knew we were... y'know. But I could tell he wasn't 100% sure, so I played it off and tried to keep away."

Well, that explained your lack of presence being made up by late-night texts, then.

"I mean, I still don't see why we have to hide us," you continued, "since you shouldn't care about what your mother thinks after what she did to you! But... you don't want that, so... I had to break the rule. I... I'm sorry."

Riddle froze. "Huh? Could you... repeat that?"

"Repeat what?" You feigned innocence, knowing exactly what he meant.

Riddle wasn't going to give up so easily, however. "The last thing you said."

"I had to break the rule."

"After that."

"...I'm... sorry." A blush spread across your cheeks. You didn't exactly mean your words - you were sorry, yes, but really for worrying Riddle rather than for standing your ground. You were pretty sure Riddle knew it too.

It didn't matter. Your apology and your expression caused Riddle to soften. He stood up from the lounge's "throne" couch and made his way over to you. Using your bodies to shield your hands from any unlikely late-night visitors, Riddle intertwined his fingers with yours, giving your hand a light squeeze. As the two of you rarely made any contact, the action caused a light red to spread across both your cheeks.

"Thank you, (y/n)." Riddle said. "However, this does not mean I approve of you going around and disrespecting not only the school's rules but also the Queen of Hearts' rules. Understand?"

You huff. "Even though they're so pointless?"

Riddle raised an eyebrow. "Does that make rule 2 pointless as well?"

"Of course not! Scones without fruit tea is unforgivable." You argued, shocked Riddle would even suggest the idea.

Riddle sighed, though you saw the corners of his mouth twitch. "Then you need to follow the other rules, too. You can't just do what you think is right concerning rules - I think what happened to me should be proof enough of that."

The thought of Riddle's overblot sent a cold feeling down your spine. "I would never... get that far. I promise."

Riddle smiled. "I know; I wouldn't let you. Not that you'd let yourself get 'there' either."

"Thank you." You whispered. You dropped your voice even lower. "...I love you."

"I love you, too." Riddle replied, words so quiet you had to read his lips.

His lips... before you could stop yourself, you placed your lips on his, clutching his hands. Secrecy temporarily forgotten, Riddle loosened his grip on one of your hands to move his to the back of your head, adjusting the angle of your head so he could kiss you deeper. The kiss likely lasted no more than thirty seconds, but like every time you touched, it felt like a thousand years.

For the millionth time, you cursed Riddle's mother and the fear she'd pushed into her son that caused the two of you to keep your relationship on the down-low. You couldn't help yourself - you wanted more. You dove you head closer to his again, only your aim was off, causing the two of you to bump noses.

Riddle let out a cry of pain as you cursed your bad luck, using your free hand to massage your nose. Once the pain subsided, you and Riddle caught each other's eyes. Laughter started coming out of Riddle as he had to look away, your pout too cute for him to handle at the moment.

"I'm getting better!" You insisted. "It's just dark in here, that's all."

"Of course." Riddle complied.

He brought his free hand away from the back of your head and began to caress your cheek. You leaned into his palm, though your pout still remained. Riddle giggled and placed a quick, chaste kiss against your lips. Like always, he adored the look of surprise bliss that decorated your face.

You missed the heat when he eventually pulled his hand away. Your hand felt empty without his to hold.

You were happy you could still look into his eyes. "(y/n), even if someone is threatening to reveal our relationship, if anything like that happens again, make sure to come to me. Understand?"

You frowned. On one hand, you were happy he was willing to risk your relationship to keep you out of trouble; on the other hand, you didn't like the implication that you couldn't handle your own problems. It may have ended badly this time, but that didn't mean it would always end somewhat tragically.

But one look into Riddle's worried eyes and you knew you couldn't say no. "...Okay. I promise."

The tension seemed to literally fly off Riddle's shoulders. "Thank you, (y/n)."

He placed a kiss on your cheek and smiled. "I'm expecting a five hundred sentence essay on your self-reflection about the school rules and rule 590 in my room by tomorrow night, as well as a written apology to who you injured."

"Wha- Riddle!?" You turned, too stunned to grab his arm as he walked off. "That's unfair! Riddle!"

The red-head chuckled, looking back at you with a smirk. "Would you rather it was off with your head?"

No, you didn't. It didn't stop you from grumbling about it however.

Riddle chuckled. "Be glad I'm making you drop it off in my room instead of in front of everyone. Good night, (y/n)."

Riddle left, leaving you alone in the lounge. You let out a frustrated sigh, even though you were getting off leniently. And why was he making you drop off the essay to his room specifically, instead of just letting you just hand it to him whenever? And at night! He-

Oh. Alone. A blush invaded your cheeks. Maybe it wasn't such a bad idea after all.

[messier-jin]

The Other Side

Song fic. 

Characters: Ava Iwao (OC), Azul Ashengrotto, Jade Leech, Floyd Leech. 

Words: 1569

Notes: This idea came up while listening to this cover of The Other Side. Ava is basically my version of our dear main character Yuu. This story is taking place little before the Scarabia Episode. Bonus information, Ava is bad at taking decision, so she always orders two drinks because it avoids her the dilemma of choosing.

Please also note that English is not my first language, sorry for any grammatical mistakes.

Ever since Ava sang that day, Azul wanted to get her to sing for Monstro Lounge. That day, after the overblot disaster that happened to him, she went to the piano and sang heavenly to prove him wrong with his "you don't even a beautiful voice" comment when he lured her to sign a contract with him. And she did prove him wrong… Belting, high notes, playing the piano…

She dared to prove him wrong in front of the whole Lounge, sitting at the piano which was usually used as a mere decoration. And what he did not miss was people's reaction: Ace and Deuce were smiling proudly, Grim was already cheering, Jack's ears were standing straight in attention, Jade seemed mesmerized, Floyd had a huge smile and even asked for more… And the clients of the Lounge kept their eyes on her, captivated, and applauded once she ended her performance. A real siren, even if she was only human. And Ava looked so happy, as if playing the piano and singing on the happy beat was what made her the happiest in this world. As if this place was where she was meant to be.

This was when Azul decided he had to make her sing for Monstro Lounge. She would attract more customers for sure, and she would be just were she belonged and was the happiest. A big win-win situation, right?

So why was she refusing each time he made the proposal to her? Was it because of the whole contract incident that made she could not trust him? Sadly, he could not give her wrong for being cautious, after what he did to her. Yet, he was not planning on giving up.

Today again, Ava came to have a drink - or rather two - at Monstro Lounge. It became her way to take a break from Grim's mess. She let him at the Heartslabyul Dorm (with Riddle's permission, of course) with Ace and Deuce, and she came here and ordered something.

"A milk latte and a chocolate sundae, I suppose," Jade said when he saw Ava sitting down at the counter. This is another habit she took, to sit there so she could talk with the twins. "Yes, please," the brunette smiled, before looking around her. "Is it me or is it less busy than usual?"

"It is," Jade replied while preparing her usual drinks. Ava was about to talk again, but she was cut short by a sudden weight on her back. She laughed a little, knowing perfectly where – or rather from who – this weight was coming from.

"Hello, Floyd," she noted, looking up towards the hyper eel, before feeling arms wrapped themselves around her small shape. "Little Shrimpy is back ~" he sang as a reply. He let himself fall on the chair next to Ava and kept his arms around her while Jade settled the two drinks in front of her.

"Thanks, Jade," Ava smiled. She shuffled a little to free her arms from Floyd's iron grip. She got strangely used to it, enough to know how to free herself from it… Somehow. The girl grabbed her milk latte, breathed in its sweet aroma and finally drank a few sips.

"Floyd, we are within working hours."

This voice… That was Azul suddenly coming up to the counter. Ava sighed, knowing perfectly why he was leaving his VIP room to come here. When they come across each other at school, she always smiles at him and is even down for a little chat, to talk about anything. But at Monstro Lounge, it was another story, because she knew what he wanted.

"But I want to hang out with Shrimpy," Floyd pouted. He tightened his grip around the brown girl, gaining a little squeak out of her. There he was, going into his 'not in the mood' mode. The teal haired balanced his legs back and forth, like a child, not moving from his spot. Azul sighed before looking over Jade, this glance alone enough to make him know what he wanted.

Jade managed to undo his brother’s iron grip on Ava and took a grumbling Floyd away in the kitchen. Ava looked away from Azul who sat down where her eel friend was seconds ago. “I know what you want, and the answer is still ‘no’,” she said before he could ask anything.

“The twins seem quite fond of you, I’m sure they would love to have you working here,” he commented. “You won’t have me by using them,” she cut him, “plus, pretty sure they’re fonder of the fun my clumsiness can bring them.” Ava went back to drinking her milk latte, avoiding any kind of eye contact. His eyes with his talk were a deadly combo. After all, this was how he won so many contracts in the past. The brunette knew better to look into his eyes when he was asking for anything.

From the corner of her eyes, she saw Azul take her chocolate sundae to drink a few sips out of it. “Hey!” This was enough to make her finally look his way. “You sure love sweet drinks,” he commented, putting ‘his’ glass back on the table.

It was already too late when she realized her mistake. ‘Can’t believe I fell for this,’ she thought.

Azul kept his eyes on brunette, patiently waiting. Feeling nervous under his gaze, Ava let out a long sigh. “Look, Azul, I know how you told me you were going to tone down with the contracts and shady business, but it doesn’t change the fact I don’t want to work under you,” she explained, “being part of a mafia isn’t really my thing.” Even if she said this last part with a joking tone, she was still half-serious with it.

“Dear, I’m not going to chase you down eternally,” Azul added, “but I do think this offer would benefit us both.”

“First, it feels like I’m being chase down, and second, sorry, but I’m good, busy enough already with trying to survive in this school,” the girl noted in a nervous laugh. Ever since she arrived, she went through three overblot incidents, dealing with a monster cat who refuses to cooperate, dealing with Master Raven not being of any help with returning her home, thinking her head would be literally chomped at some point, being punched by an angry overblot Dorm Leader, having a Magical Shift’s disk smashed into her head, being chased away from her own dorm and around in the sea… So ‘survive’ really was the word.

“Talking about that, we could help you with the surviving part.”

“I’m not searching for bodyguards…”

“I am sure people would come just to listen to your voice and would recognize your talent.”

“I don’t seek recognition either.”

“But you would have fun singing.”

“I can already do that anywhere.”

“And some free food and drinks from the Lounge.”

“You won’t buy me with food, as much as I love it.”

“Financial independence from the headmaster.”

Ava stopped. She had nothing to reply to this point, mainly because this was what she wanted: independence from the headmaster. He always cried about how generous he was to help her, but at the same time used this ‘help’ to make her do anything he wanted. Actually, she thought before about taking a part-time job at Sam’s shop to be a little more independent.

The young lady looked away before looking at Azul again. That smirk on his face… He knew he just found the right string to pull. Sure, he had a beautiful smile, but his smirk made her want to punch him right in the face. 

“This is what you seek, am I right?” The silver haired asked. The lack of reply from Ava was saying everything. “If you accept to perform a few songs to attract more customers, I will make sure to pay you for your work, I promise.”

…

“Being freer does sound nice, isn’t it?” He continued. “I see only winning points for you. Money, freedom, fun, being yourself… I think it is a deal worth making, but as I said, I’m not going to chase you down any longer. So, I will leave it up to you.”

A confident smile on his face, Azul extended his hand to the perplexed girl who just stared at it, trying to take a decision without falling in a trap. And at last, a sigh…

“I’m not signing anything with you.”

“It was not my attention.”

“And I’m not going to help you with anything illegal or deal-related things.”

“I was not asking you to.”

“And I have a troublesome cat to take care of, so I won’t work every day.”

“How does only the weekends at first sound like?”

“Will my pay be real money, though?”

“I would not dare to lie.”

“Can’t you give me a straight answer to this?” Ava sighed. She could not believe she was really doing this. But she finally took Azul’s hand to shake it. This was the cost of being financially independent from the Raven Headmaster. She felt Azul’s fingers wrap themselves back around her hand. Why did she feel like she fell back into a trap?

“You do know it is illegal to work without contracts, don’t you?”

“Oh my god, Azul!”

And so started Ava’s part-time job as a singer for Monstro Lounge.

[twistedlymad]

Welcome Home, Dearest Friend. (Ft. Everyone!)

You guys have waited for this for some time now and I truly, sincerely apologize to everyone.

To be honest, it took me three days to write this, I normally wouldn’t have taken this long but I had a bit of the writer’s block that prevented me from thinking of anything. For the first day, I was just staring at my laptop while I had an internal argument with my brain, forcing asking it to please work with me and deliver the long awaited sequel to my fic ‘It’s Time We Go Home.’

But here it is! I do hope the sequel meets everyone’s expectations! I hope you all enjoy it, thank you so much for requesting and waiting for this fic. I hope everyone has a lovely day!

You feel the cold air of the night hit your face and breeze through your hair as you flew in the sky. You took a deep breath, welcoming fresh air into your lungs and exhaling it out shortly after. At that moment, you had a good overview of the prestigious school that is Night Raven College.

Yes, you were back at the place that you so desperately wanted to leave a few months ago thanks to your best friends going to pick you up from your supposed ‘home’.

And you couldn’t be more thankful that they did.

“I missed everyone.” You said, tightening your grip on Ace.

“Yeah, we missed you too.” Ace replied to you as he focused on his flying.

“We all did.” Deuce added on, taking a glance at you. You gave him a smile before you all landed in front of your beloved Ramshackle Dorm. You got off the broom and proceeded to walk towards your dorm, however, you stopped yourself from entering.

“(Y/N)? What’s wrong?” Deuce asked you.

“Does… Anyone else know?” You turned to your friends, making them raise an eyebrow at you.

“Know? Know of what?” Ace asked.

“That I’ve returned.” You said, looking at them. They all shook their heads no.

“Only Headmaster Crowley knows that we went to try to persuade you, since we asked for his permission to do so.” Deuce said.

“Ah… Is that so?” You said, looking at the ground.

None of you moved, everyone just stayed deep in thought. It was as if time had suddenly froze.

Truth be told, you were feeling slightly anxious. You had just left behind your biological parents and family to be with a family that treats you better than them. Maybe it was because of your moral values and how you were taught to always love your family. But, you still were slightly unsure who was your true family.

The boys certainly took notice of your hesitation. They shared glances with each other for they were afraid that you would suddenly change your mind and want to go back to your ‘home’. They sincerely hoped that you wouldn’t do so, as it wasn’t easy living without you.

Suddenly, someone was laughing out loud. You looked up from the ground to see Ace laughing out loud.

“Ace? What’s so funny?” You asked.

“Ahaha, nothing, it’s just that… Remember the huge search party?” Ace said after calming down from his fit of laughter.

“Oh yeah! It was so chaotic!” Deuce said with a smile on his face.

“Search party?” You were confused, why was there a search party?

“We thought something bad happened to you when we found out you were missing, so, we had this giant search party just to look for you.” Deuce answered.

“It started when…” And Ace told you what had happened during your absence.

When they first found out that you were gone, Ace, Deuce and Grim searched high and low for you, afraid that something might’ve happened to you. When the other students, dorm leaders and vice dorm leaders caught wind of the news, a huge search party had been held in hopes of finding you. Everyone was worried and wanted to find you as soon as possible.

It wasn’t long before Crowley inspected the matter, after all, he couldn’t have his school in such a messy state. When he saw what everyone was doing, he assumed everyone was running around in his school without a purpose. But, something seemed off to him.

After all, it’s not like Riddle would run around carelessly, nor would Azul even run in the first place.

Leona awake and running? At this time? He should be taking his nap right now!

Kalim and Jamil flying on his magical carpet? Kalim never brings out his magical carpet out from his dorm!

Why is Vil searching in trash cans? Rook as well? Didn’t they swear to never even be a meter near a trash can?

Idia is out of his room?! AND climbing trees?!

Is… Malleus panicking?! But, he’s always seen with a calm expression all the time!

All in all, it wasn’t like them to act this way. Well, it wasn’t like them to act this way on a normal day. This made the headmaster so confused, he thought he was in an alternate universe.

That was, until Crowley managed to hear the words coming out from their mouth. It was a name. A very specific name indeed.

“(Y/N)!!” “(Y/N) Where are you?!” “(Y/N)!! This isn’t funny!!”

Crowley then understood everything and yelled everyone to stop what they were doing. Of course, everyone heard the loud voice of the headmaster and immediately stopped.

“Headmaster, not to be rude but, we’re trying to find (Y/N) right now.” Ace said to the headmaster.

“Everyone… You don’t have to.” Crowley said, dropping his head slightly.

“What? No, headmaster, you don’t understand!” Deuce said.

“(Y/N)’s gone!!” Grim continued, panic evident in his voice.

“No, (Y/N) isn’t gone.” Crowley stated calmly. He knew the students can’t really handle what he was going to say to them.

“Headmaster, what are you saying?” Riddle asked the caped figure.

“(Y/N)… Has gone back home.” Crowley said in a low voice.

“No, I’m certain he/she’s been kidnapped or something! If he/she went home, he/she would tell us yanno?!” Grim argued back.

“Yeah, it’s not like (Y/N) to not tell us if he/she’s going home!” Epel agreed with the furball. Your friends started to voice out their agreements as well.

“(Y/N) didn’t tell you all because he/she didn’t want to worry all of you. That’s why he/she left without a notice or a trace.” Crowley said.

“B-But!” Grim tried to protest, he couldn’t believe his ears after all. The one who accepted him, took care of him and loved him was gone? It couldn’t be true… right?

“(Y/N) is back in her home and that is final. Now, go back to your classes.” Crowley said before retreating back to his office.

Everyone was in shock. You left without anyone noticing nor even saying goodbye? They were kind of disappointed, but they knew if it was your wish to do so, so be it.

“Come on Grim, let’s get to class.” Ace said to the furball as everyone was leaving.

“Y-Yeah… Class…” Grim replied in a low and soft tone. He’s still in shock after all. As much as he wanted to believe Crowley was joking and that you were actually in Ramshackle Dorm, he knew it wasn’t true as Crowley would be panicking if you were actually gone. But, he wasn’t, so that must’ve meant that what Crowley had said was the truth. He felt like as if he had been slapped and brought back to reality.

And so, everyone carried on with their lives.

Or… At least tried to.

Inside, they knew that you accepted you as a piece of their world. (Hi, I’m very subtle with my references yes? UwU) Your presence was so strong, they couldn’t have ever imagined living without you. Yet here they are, living without you.

They tried to not have their true feelings show up on their faces. They tried going on about their daily lives without a care. They tried to not let your absence disturb their mood whatsoever.

Believe me Reader-san, they tried very hard. But, it wasn’t working. No matter how much they try, they feel a void in their hearts.

A void… Only you could fill.

Over time, their moods began to deteriorate.

The dorm leaders will be seen with their heads buried deep in their work, trying to distract themselves from your absence, even Kalim has gone silent. They didn’t want to be bothered at all by your absence. But, no matter how focused they were, they couldn’t do it. They knew they had built a good relationship with you since their overblottings. You always had little chats with the dorm leaders whenever you manage to catch them alone. You would always put a small smile on their faces whenever you started to have small talks with them and you would always smile back to them. They treasured your relationship with them dearly, after all, they were dorm leaders, not everyone who approached them was as willing as you. When they invited you to either have tea or just to chat with them, you accepted without any hesitation at all. They were glad that you weren’t scared of them even after seeing how dangerous and powerful they can get, especially during their overblottings. They were glad, that you were there to snap them out of their state, they were glad that they got to live safe and sound because of you.

Now, without you, they fear they can never have those quaint little walks and talks anymore.

The vice dorm leaders and upperclassmen are doing their best to support their respective dorm leaders. But, no matter how hard they tried to cheer their dorm leaders up, nothing works. They too had a strong relationship with you, thanks to their respective dorm leaders, they also spent a lot of time with you whenever you came to their dorms for tea or just to hang out with their first years. You would also lend a hand to them whenever they needed it, let it be taking care of the dorm leaders or the other residents of the dorms, you were always happy and ready to help them. And also, thanks to them, you learned quite the set of skills in cooking! You couldn’t help it, the vice dorm leaders are always seen in the kitchen, prepping for food for their dorms, the smell and looks of the food lured you in and you started to help them instead. Of course, you get to taste test the final products.

With that being said, they too felt a little moody without you around. After all, you’ve helped them so much.

Your best friends, the first years, they had it bad. Sure, for the first two days Ace, Deuce, Epel, Jack and Sebek went on their merry way, with Ace and Deuce fighting over everything, Epel trying to be silent but he secretly wants to join in on the fights, Jack trying to separate the fight and Sebek was worried for Malleus instead of helping to separate the two quarrelling Heartslabyul first years. But then, they began to notice that it wasn’t the same without you. Jokes weren’t as funny anymore, classes were more boring than usual, activities and outings weren’t as exciting and fun as they used to be. After classes, your friends would immediately go back to their respective dorms instead of hang around on campus. They would be so much more silent and gloomy those days and like their dorm leaders, they distracted themselves with work. But, every time they would still think of you. How could they not? Almost everything reminded them of you. The wind that would gently breeze through your hair, the notes that you gave to them while they fell asleep in Trein’s classes, the potions that you messed up during Crewel’s classes.

To them, you were literally a piece of their world. (I’ll stop now :’) ) And without you, their world is incomplete.

Grim, the creature you loved dearly and took care of had it the worst. To him, you were the reason why he was even able to be at this prestigious college in the first place. Heck, you gave him more things than anyone ever did in his entire life! You cared for him with all your heart and so did he! So, why didn’t you tell him, the one who loved you the most, about your departure? WHY?! Why did you exclude him from something so important to you?! He was heartbroken at first, he should’ve noticed your change in attitude a few days ago but why didn’t he? He was disappointed in himself for not noticing and for not caring enough. Every day, after classes, he would immediately come to Ramshackle Dorm and sit in front of the building, looking at the door, wishing, hoping that it would open once again with you on the other side, your smile greeting him as it always did first thing in the morning and receiving a hug from you like any other day. He wanted more than anything to tell you that he loved and cared for you before you left.

But, it was too late now, wasn’t it?

Everyone’s mood didn’t go unnoticed by Crowley of course. He knew how your departure had affected his students, because it had also affected him too. You see, Crowley treated you like his very own child. When he let you and Grim stay at Ramshackle Dorm, you gave him a smile that melted his heart immediately. He knew he must protect you since you had no magic after all and in order to survive in Twisted Wonderland, one must at least know the basics of magic right?

He provided you with shelter, food and clothing, like any parent would. And you looked to him as if he was your father as well! You actually loved to have tea with him and tell him all sorts of stories you went through involving you and his students. He treated you as family and you did as well. So, your absence has also affected him gravely.

At last, no one could take it anymore.

On the third day of your departure, Ace and Deuce walked past Ramshackle Dorm after classes one day to find Grim at his spot, looking at the door again. Once they saw his expression, they felt slightly angered. They couldn’t bear to see the creature so broken.

“I can’t take this anymore!!” Ace suddenly yelled out. Deuce and Grim turned to look at him.

“Ace…” Deuce said.

“I can’t live like this… It’s… It’s not like us!” Ace said.

“You’re right… We need (Y/N) back.” Deuce replied, deep in thought.

“How do we do that?” Ace asked as he went to pick up the gloomy furball.

“Fgnaaaaa, it’s not like (Y/N) would want to come back even if we found her.” Grim said, but Ace and Deuce ignored him, they could at least try to get you back right?

“Why don’t we ask Headmaster for any options?” Deuce said.

“Well, we could give it a try.” Ace said. “Come on Grim, we can’t give up hope yet.” And so, the three of them set off to find the Headmaster.

“You… Want to get (Y/N) back?” Crowley asked the two students and one creature that stood in front of him.

“Yes, we would like to try.” Deuce said.

“… You do know it was (Y/N)’s wish to return home right?” Crowley asked again.

“We are aware.” Deuce replied again.

“What if (Y/N) doesn’t want to come back?”

“Look! No matter what happens, we would like to try! And even if (Y/N) doesn’t want to come back, as long as he/she’s happy, we’ll be satisfied!” Ace said with a loud voice, lowering his head. Deuce and Grim doing the same.

“We… just want to know (Y/N)’s happy back home.” The three of them said at the same time.

This… Shocked Crowley. Never has he seen any students at Night Raven College doing this much for a student who couldn’t even use magic. He was truly touched. The headmaster suddenly stood up, making the three first years jump a little.

“Right, go grab a broom and meet me in the field.” Crowley said.

“… And that’s how we arrived in your world.” Ace said. You were flabbergasted, everyone felt that way about you? You silently scolded yourself for not leaving a note or notice informing them about your departure, but most of all, you couldn’t help but feel like you were guilty of making them feel that way. You were so sorry to everyone.

“So… How did you guys find me?” You asked the trio.

“You took the ghost camera with you right?” Ace said with a smile.

“The camera emits magical energy. Since you said your world didn’t have magic, we felt the magic emitting off from the camera and found your home right away.” Deuce continued. You were shocked, the camera itself emitted magic energy and you didn’t know at all.

“But… We… Wanted to ask.” Ace spoke up.

“Why… Were you crying?” Grim asked. You looked at everyone as you took a gulp.

“Ah… You saw… Well…” You started and told what had happened after going back ‘home’.

After hearing the reason why you were silently crying in your room when they went to your room, Ace, Deuce and Grim could feel their blood boiling. How dare they do that to you? You weren’t a slave! You were someone special! Someone that matters and needs love! Someone that they care for with their hearts!

“Hah… I don’t think they even noticed I was gone anyway. Heck, they probably were glad that I was gone.” You said, ending your side of the story. You looked up to see your friends looking at you in worry.

“But, believe me, I remembered you guys every single moment when I was ‘home’. I’m so sorry for leaving in the first place, I didn’t mean to make you guys feel that way. I’m so sorry.” You said, looking down and letting tears fall out from your eyes.

“(Y/N)…” Ace, Deuce and Grim said, before reaching out to hug you.

“It’s okay, you don’t need to apologize, as long as you’re happy, we’re happy.” Deuce said.

“Yeah, we couldn’t bear to see the one that brought smiles upon our faces be sad.” Ace continued.

“Thanks you guys…” You smiled and hugged them back.

After a few seconds, you guys pulled away from the hug.

“Come on, let’s go in, I’m pretty tired.” You said, walking up to Ramshackle Dorm’s main door and opening it.

Only to find a group of people waiting inside. No, wait. They were everyone you ever knew at Night Raven College!

The dorm leaders, Riddle, Leona, Azul, Kalim, Vil, Idia and Malleus.

The upperclassmen and vice dorm leaders, Trey, Cater, Ruggie, Jade, Floyd, Jamil, Rook, Lilia and Silver.

Your best friends, Jack, Epel and Sebek.

Even the staff, Crowley, Crewel, Trein, Vargas and Sam.

Even little Ortho!

“(Y/N)!!!” The group except the staff rushed to you and tackled you, Ace, Deuce and Grim in a hug.

“Welcome home, (Y/N)!!” Everyone said to you while hugging you. You smiled with tears in your eyes before saying a response to them.

“Yeah, I’m home.”