#WHY aren't there ten of her
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if you write a book with a cool idea but you do a bad job of it somebody should get to just take your exact idea and try again but better. actually wait even if you do a good job and it makes me want to read another take on the exact thing somebody should get to do that too
#hard sci fi writers are usually awful at the writing part#i've been saying for years that hard sci fi writers should get romance writers to do their character stuff#unfortunately i like the physics stuff but also good characterization and plot#wait i just realized by ''romance writers'' i mean courtney milan specifically#WHY aren't there ten of her#honestly if she were interested in it she could write amazing sci fi all on her own she's so diligent w research#don't read her older books read her newest stuff and you'll see what i mean she's genuinely one of the best writers not doing literary rn
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Learning Curve Hall-of-Famer right here. Tuvok making Chell clean the transporter room with the equivalent of a toothbrush as, I assume, a punishment of some sort & Harry coming out of left field with a 'You missed a spot <3' just to kick him while he's down. Harry, the man's gonna be there LITERALLY all day. Absolute bastards these Starfleet types <- said with love
#learning curve#Tuvok confiscating the Bajoran earring is obviously bad but his entire method of training is also just so ... it's a Lot#He's such a drill sargent v_v It's moments like these that make me think he and Harry would well together in the mirrorverse#B'Elanna: ?? But he'll be at it for hours! / Kim: (knowing that's the point) : ) .....#B'Elanna: Well good luck! / Harry: You missed a spot : )#Tuvok: Ten laps around the ship in increased gravity. Ten more laps if you talk back to me. Twenty. Thirty. Forty.#Twenty six hours scrubbing the floor as punishment. No stopping for water. I expect you to improve daily or I will consider this a failure.#Also Tuvok: I just don't understand why they aren't responding well to my training....hmm.... / Neelix: ................ : ) Um.#People like to focus on Tuvok as a good mentor or father figure but I really think that's only to very select and specific people about#select & specific things - this rigidity and lack of compassion and inability to understand others and general#vibe of being uncaring is also part of his personality#Like what Neelix said: 'That's the problem - you have no feeling for me but you have feelings against me' <- That sort of vibe#<- And also the fact that he's very close with Janeway despite (or perhaps because of) this is another interest component of them#Janeway who at the start of the show stated explictly that she was comfortable with her distance as Captain (which hints that she's not#like say - Pike. Who wants to get to know his crew intimately)#Idk I just think it's interesting!#Janeway & Tuvok as colder than other Human/Vulcan pairs is something that intrigues me. Janeway being comfortable with distance from others#and heavily segmenting her personal vs private lives and Tuvok who is the most quintessential Vulcan also being the closest to her for the#longest time (They've been friends 20 years prior to the show's opening)#There's no component of their relationship which demands Tuvok be more Human which is something I /WISH/....we EXPLORED more....the#Janeway-Tuvok friendship....it's SO telling that other Main Vulcan-Human pairs are like the most delved into relationships on screen but#Tuvok & Janeway's relationship is paid lip service but never REALLY is any time devoted to it explicitly. I wonder why that IS.
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Tag drop: Dorian Pavus
#dorian pavus. [ he says we're alike. too much pride. once i would have been overjoyed to hear him say that. now I'm not certain. ]#dorian pavus: ic. [ you find joy in it not shame. it shows. / why be ashamed? power should be respected. not swept under the carpet. ]#dorian pavus: inquiries. [ stop talking like you're waiting for applause. / what? there's no applause? ]#dorian pavus: countenance. [ i'm here to set things right. also? to look dashing. that part's less difficult. ]#dorian pavus: introspection. [ selfish i suppose. not to want to spend my entire life screaming on the inside. ]#dorian pavus: meta. [ you inspired me with your marvelous antics. youâre shaping the world. how could i aspire to do any less? ]#dorian pavus: little notes. [ living a lie. it festers inside you like poison. you have to fight for whatâs in your heart. ]#dorian pavus: etc. [ you can't call me pampered. nobody's peeled a grape for me in weeks. ]#dorian pavus: magic. [ don't your spells whisper things to you? what is and could be? music in the mind of strange faraway places? ]#dorian pavus: inquisition. [ we're going to get lost and starve to death. aren't we? a glorious end for the inquisition. ]#dorian pavus: tevinter. [ despite appearances. we care deeply. about everything. we have no reserve. not in war and not in love. ]#dorian pavus: felix. [ even in illness he was the best of us. with him around you knew things could be better. ]#dorian pavus: gereon. [ we used to talk about how we could make real change in the imperium. then he gave up. he stopped trying. ]#dorian pavus: halward. [ i only wanted what was best for you. / no. you wanted the best for you. your fucking legacy. ]#dorian pavus: aquinea. [ her blame was cold and smothering. never spoken but always present. he couldn't face that. not yet. ]#dorian pavus: inquisitor. [ you have too many people asking you for everything under the sun. i won't be one of them. ]#dorian pavus: solas. [ you startled me. you're always so... nondescript. / please speak up. i cannot hear you over your outfit. ]#dorian pavus: varric. [ what do you think sparkler? ten royals says the next thing we run into farts fire. / taken i win either way. ]#dorian pavus: cullen. [ gloat all you like. i have this one. / are you sassing me commander? i didn't know you had it in you. ]#dorian pavus: cassandra. [ blue scarf? why would i be wearing such a thing? / It's a painting. work with me. it'll be fantastic. ]#dorian pavus: cole. [ you say you're handsome all the time. am i? i can't tell. / you're all right. might want to rethink the hats. ]#dorian pavus: vivienne. [ i received a letter the other day dorian. / truly? it's nice to know you have friends. ]#dorian pavus: blackwall. [ point is. you should let yourself off the hook. i know bad men and you're not one. ]#dorian pavus: sera. [ you magic me: i'll put three arrows in your eye. / now we can live together in peace and harmony. ]#dorian pavus: bull. [ no qunari would accept a tevinter mage unless it was a ruse. when should i expect a knife in the back? ]#dorian pavus: corypheus. [ one of yours? / one of mine? like a pet? a giant darkspawn hamster with aspirations of godhood? ]
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YEAHHHH!!!! I FINALLY DID IT!!!!! I COMPLETED THE NATIONAL DEX!!!
#Tuuw talks#I know I don't talk about it much but I love love love Magearna#She's one of my top ten favorite PokĂŠmon ever#Look at her!!!! OMG she's so gorgeous!!!#I'm not considering it a living national dex yet because I don't have a Koraidon - I borrowed from someone else to get the entry#The very last PokĂŠmon I needed was a trumbeak and I only today realized I could use the gts...#Also. Why didn't anyone tell me the Paldean PokĂŠmon aren't needed for this. AFTER I added all of them!!!
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I'm too sleepy to think about this properly but like... Of all the characters, Cami would be the most against Eak dating Owynn, due to all the awful shit he's done. But if we add to this the fact that Goldami is canon in the AU, I feel like there's a lot of potential to explore her feelings about her own past and future with Golden.
#FHS: Farewell Despair Highschool#the question being#does cami forgive herself enough to date golden again? does she feel like she did something wrong or blame the situation on owynn?#since he orchestrated the whole killing game that put her in that situation in the first place#and what if golden doesn't forgive her or want her back? does her sadness over that lead to her being more bitter towards eak?#because if she doesn't deserve forgiveness- owynn deserves it ten times less. so why is eak giving him the chance?#newflash: a bunch of 18 year olds with massive trauma stuck together on island with no outside contact aren't coping well
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The universe saw fit to gift my grandmother with a lovely case of covid for Christmas because of course it fucking did, so the past few days have been, uh...
Busy.
#personal#she's not in the hospital- she did end up going to urgent care on the 25th but they sent her home.#she did not TELL US she was going to urgent care we found out via whatsapp from my aunt#who'd been trying to coordinate a family zoom call and was informed by my granddad 'later. we're#at the hospital now'.#why did they not call and ask us to drive given that we live TEN MINUTES AWAY and granddad shouldn't be driving at the best of times?#that i could not tell you. something about 'not wanting to inconvenience-' which is insane#dad and i have been going up to try and get everything we can done for them since then#nana's been granddad's caretaker since he got diagnosed but anyone who's had covid can tell you it takes fucking EVERYTHING out of you#to just fucking walk around. im off work till the 9th thank god so i can be there as often as required but even so...#I have a sense that i should probably be freaking the fuck out but mostly im just... calm? it's not a happy calm idk what emotion this is#but it definitely isn't positive- but im not panicking. i feel like new bad info does not surprise me anymore it's just kind of a grit-your-#teeth-and-adjust-to-handle-shit deal. like. 'mm. god shits in our collective dinner once again. figures.'#there's no point in flying off the handle just figuring out how to fix things. im not happy but im... steady i guess?#im resigned and bitter and optimistic until im given proof not to be but mostly what i am is tired. not physically just-#my brain feels like a wrung out dishcloth. i keep trying to write because i know it'll make me happy if i can but its not working.#i keep writing paragraphs of shit that aren't matching up with what i want and if somebody gives me some meaningless platitude about#how maybe it's a sign it should be there and to try and incorporate it ill rip their face off. shut. up.
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#mondaiji#problem children are coming from another world aren't they?#black rabbit#kuro usagi#she's so cute#I love her determined little face#this show is so good!#why did it only get ten episodes?
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i've been in a state of "if one more minor thing happens i'm going to fucking snap" for about five to six months now and i just haven't been able to. like logistically i should be burnt out, transmogrified into a beast, and/or dead, but none of that is an option for me. you know?
#personal#vent#i thought shit with my stepmom was actually getting better bc i'll finally be gone soon but nope#she's still either scrutinizing my every move and decision#or telling me what to do with my health and my body and telling me to go to a doctor when she never talks to me#and she ignores my suffering and scrutinizes me for the symptoms of illness she's telling me to seek help for#when doctors have done absolutely nothing to help me up until this point#but most of her time is spent questioning my every move#how many hours i work. why i dont work more hours and make more money and why i stopped working two jobs#why did i purchase new bedding for my place? why did i purchase pots for my place? why aren't i moved into my new place yet?#i didn't clean my french press the way she wanted me to. i set my drink on the counter for ten minutes and to her the world is on fire#because im ruining her vision of a perfect and tidy household when OUR FUCKING COUNTERS ARENT ATTACHED#AND OUR WALLS ARENT PAINTED#AND OUR FLOORBOARDS ARE COMING UP#AND I HAVE NO FIRE ALARM AND NO VENT AND NO CLOSET DOOR AND NO OUTLET COVERS IN MY ROOM#BECAUSE OF THE CHOICES YOU HAVE MADE THAT HAVE RUINED ALL OF OUR LIVES ESPECIALLY MY DADS#WHO BY THE WAY YOU ARE INCREDIBLY CRUEL TO FOR THE MAN YOU HAVE BEEN ENGAGED TO FOR OVER A DECADE#she only wants to spend time with her fucking girlfriend which is fine. whatever. but my dad isn't your fucking indentured servant#who is supposed to construct everything in the house and clean everything and do your bidding all the fucking time#why are you so fucking mean to us#i know you hate me but if you hate him why are you still here#the only reason im not at the bottle of the sibling food chain is because my brother managed to be slightly more of a disappointment#but im still pretty fucking low on the list of how much my family cares about me#im done im so fuvcking done im literally out of here in like two days but it wont be over#because ill still be coming over for dinner and i have no idea if she's going to treat my dad any better once im gone#and the past year has been fucking killing him and im being made to feel that that is my fault#jesus christ.#and i cannot express any rage or frustration to them because nothing fucking works they DONT FUCKING UNDERSTAND OR CARE ABOUT ANYTHING#because i didnt graduate early and i didnt move out at 18#im going to have a fucking aneurysm i cant do this
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AU where Bruce and Talia get married and Ra'd just... hangs around
He finds Wayne Manorâs version of the mother-in-law suite and refuses to leave
He had LoA meetings there for a while, but Bruce kept spying on them ("Itâs my house!") so confidential information isn't discussed there, but everything else is fair game
Alfred's cookies means the League book club is suddenly very popular
None of the kids can bring friends home without having to explain "Yeah that's my (step)grandpa wearing the dramatic robes cursing my dad for stopping him from killing the mayor. Yeah the ninjas are his too. Same with the endangered animals wandering around the house. No it's actually pretty calm today"
Alfred starts cooking larger amounts of food because thereâs always a ninja or two (or ten) hanging around, and heâs determined to be a good host ("Why is there a cake tonight?" "Itâs Bob's birthday, Master Bruce " "Ninja Bob? Damn I forgot to get him a gift.")
Ra's always spoils his grandkids rotten, of course, but in the weirdest ways possible. Mainly pets. Bruce does not appreciate this.
When Cass shows up, she and Ra's have a staring contest for an hour straight. No one's quite sure what happened, and no one really wants to know
And his shenanigans aren't confined to private either! If there's a gala, he's there, and he does not care about social etiquette. That man makes headlines way more often than not ("'Wayne FIL Has Bodyguards Attack Socialite For Wearing Fur'." "That fur comes from an endangered fox; how else was I supposed to react?")
Ra's likes to match gala outfits with Talia, Talia likes to match with Bruce and Damian (and whatever kids consider her their mom), and the other kids like to join in on the joke, meaning the entire family is matching except for Dick, who refuses out of spite (a picture of them all together quickly becomes a meme format)
The Halloween gala is filled with people in ninja "costumes"
The Court of Owls tries to assassinate Ra's once, not because of the League of Assassins thing, just because he got on the nerves of one too many members. Taking them down is one of the few times Ra's and Dick get along, and it freaks everyone out so much they're determined to never let it happen again
The family is divided on whether they find him and his shenanigans amusing or not. Talia, Jason and Duke do. Bruce and Dick don't. No one's quite sure about Cass, and Damian won't say either way. Tim starts a mini war with Ra's, with the casualties ending up as 2 chandeliers, 5 computers, 4 antique vases, at least 7 League plots, the microwave and Timâs spleen
He does manage to find the Lazarus Pit infecting Gothamâs water supply and isolate it. So. That's nice.
#ra's al ghul#batman#batfam#al ghul family#bruce wayne#alfred pennyworth#talia al ghul#cassandra cain#damian wayne#dick grayson#jason todd#duke thomas#tim drake#as in every au tim finds a way to lose his spleen#league of assassins#brutalia#(minor)#ras al ghul
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Kinktember Day 9: Spa
Newjeans Danielle x male reader smut
words: 7,422 Kinktember Masterlist
"My client, did you see her come in?" you ask.
"No, why? Is she famous or something?"
"Well, that would explain the secrecy, and it would also explain a woman barely twenty having cash to burn at a place like this," you whisper to the colleague who is far too jealous of how you just got requested by name because that usually means big tips for a good service.
"Did you get her name?"
"Supposed to be a secret." Your answer dissatisfies her, and she throws you a side-eye. "Okay. Okay. Danielle something... Marsh?"
"Shut up!" She hits you on the shoulder. "No fucking way. Let me take this one and you can have my next ten VIP bookings."
"Sorry, but she asked for me by name," you tell her. She mutters an obscenity under her breath. "Want to tell me what I'm getting into here?"
And then the girl spews out a jumble of ramblings about K-pop this and K-pop thatâthe kind of reaction that only the truly obsessed can have. Millions of views on this, charting on that, really fucking popular is the gist of it. So basically the whole planet Earth knows who this Danielle is. Well, shit. No pressure or anything. "Get in there already, do your best work and maybe get me an autograph."
A few forceful pushes out of the staff room and you find Danielle where you left her, her cleansing mask still on her face, sitting in that long white robe. You step barefoot over the soft wood, heat rising from underneath it.
As you draw near, you ask, "Miss Marsh, are we ready to begin?"
"Dani, please," her voice says from beneath the mask. It's hard not to be intimated after being hit with the fact that the woman before you is world-renowned. Though from here, she looks like any other delicate young woman. Her feet are small. Bare, tiny and arched, they hang just a few inches from the floor, and they are as perfectly still as the rest of her. "No need to be formal, I'm here to relax."
"Then let me start by offering you a drink." The bottle pops as you twist it. The label is adorned in cursive. "Bottled at source, premium mineral water." Your arm raises the bottle so she can see the brand clearly.
"Is it magical water?" There is a playful lilt in her voice, "Maybe it has some healing powers?"
"Guaranteed to nourish the soul and unclog those emotional pores," you deadpan.
The facemask stretches with Dani's wide smile, and she lightly chuckles. "That's good, laughter is good for the soul."
"Right." You pour from a height and a theatrical stream flows. When the flute is halfway, you stop the flow and pass it to her hands, which take it gently.
"What? You don't even hold the glass for me? Put it to my lips and tilt?" It's another tease, the joke stretching on her grin, but now it is her hands holding the flute, her fingers long and smooth around the stem.
"I serve, not control."
"Those don't have to always be exclusive." She laughs, and the sound makes you feel something. "But I appreciate the intention. I hear you're the best in the business."
"I'll let you be the judge, Miss Marsh. Now, allow me to remove that mask. I have raised the temperature in here to help open the pores, and I would like to begin with a facial."
"I do love a facial." Danielle smiles to herself. "And again, please, just Dani is fine."
You step over behind her, where her head tilts back against the chair, her long hair cascading below, shimmering in the moist air. Lightly, you place the tips of your fingers along her jawline, finding the edge of the mask and gently lifting it upwards. She doesn't flinch at all, and you watch the wet mask give way to her face. Even upside down, Danielle is indeed beautiful.
With her sun-kissed hair, radiant skin, and effortless, elegant beauty. She is, in summation of all her parts: perfect. The image the word calls up has always been fuzzy around the edges, an abstract idea more than a specific concrete thing, because real people aren't like this. That's what you believed until you laid eyes on her.
"You take good care of your skin, MissâSorryâDani."
"Thank you," she says simply, no joke this time. Your fingers ghost over her chin and then trace to her cheekbones, moving lightly to test her texture, all so smooth.
"First, I shall cleanse away any impurities," you say and lean down to examine her face. Even when you are so close, there is nothing for your scrutinyâno visible crevice, no blemishes, despite there being not a trace of make-up. It's all-natural.
There's a light whisper on her lips, one that you barely make out, "Good luck with that."
You tilt your head as you reach over for a fresh sponge, run it under hot water until it is filled, squeeze out the excess, and slowly drag a path of heat across her forehead. As your other hand holds the sheet over her neck to catch stray water, your first-hand works in large strokes from above, rinsing her skin with each successive pass.
As you focus, she leans back into the chair, and a soft hum escapes her lips. "Feels nice already," she murmurs.
You say nothing, working her in silence. Her eyelids are closed, her lips slightly parted, and she remains so still that, if not for the sound of her breaths, she could be easily mistaken as unconscious. This silence has a tranquillity and familiarity to it, one that feels like home, and without thinking, you are smiling.
She stays just the same as you begin to exfoliate her, brushing across her face in ever-widening circles. It's with such tenderness that her cheeks take a pink tint as she grows hotter and she smiles as you rub in gentle swirls, one spot, then the next.
Time passes in silence as you finish the exfoliation and apply all manner of natural, topical lotions, toners, and peels to Dani. When her skin is primed, you press your fingers against her skin and, starting at her forehead, you massage her face to a rhythm of long, soothing strokes. You enjoy touching her, you admit, which isn't exactly right for a professional, but since you have no outward reaction from her, you assume it isn't the end of the world.
Throughout it all, she keeps her eyes shut. Over time you move around her face, applying more pressure in some spots than others. She shifts and sighs, soft exhalations of her warm breath tickling your arm, yet otherwise doesn't move an inch. Her shoulders relax against the leather of the seat. "You really know what you're doing," she says, with a smirk. You pull her skin with your fingertips, moving them in large circles as it comes to an end. Finally, you tap your fingers gently over her skin to soothe.
"Now, your body, Dani."
Her eyes crack open, but slowly. "Are we moving?"
"I'll wash your skin over there, but the massage will be in the next room. Now, I'll need you toâ"
Dani doesn't let you finish your sentence before she rocks forward in her seat and pushes herself to a stand. She's facing away from you and puts her hands in front of her, then she throws the robe back off her shoulders and lets it slide off her arms to the floor in one quick motion.
"Good," she says. "I was for too hot in that thing anyway."
Of course, as a professional, you would never gasp in surprise, yet, at the sight of her ass, the muscles tight, small, and round, the curves of her waist so thin, hair over her shoulders threatening to hide her slender back and those long slim legs, you manage to just barely gulp.
Too hot, she certainly is, you want to tell her and not just in the sense that perspiration coats her skin. Tiny beads of sweat that, as your eyes crawl over her, are in the process of running downwards. This glistening on her flesh is hypnotic. The curve of her ass, the slight tilt of her hips forward, the way the base of her spine leads downward, right down to a crack between herâ
Focus. You remind yourself you have a job to do.
"In the far corner. The stone pool. Please, stand by the edge." It takes a second before Dani's head bobs, and then she slinks forward, slow and catlike. Her stride, and every motion of her muscles beneath her flesh that accompanies it, are mesmerising. And with every sway of her hips, you love her tight body more.
She pauses, a foot by the edge, and looks down into the water. Steam rises and envelops her form in a pale white that hugs her curves.
"Please, step in," you say as you walk over to her side and take her hand. Now, you catch a glimpse of her profile, and her chest, small, round and perky, and as you avert your eyes to guide her down the step, you tell her, "Watch your step now, go from stone to stone until you stand in the middle just there."
"Got it," Dani says. She steps with confidence and the hot water reaches quickly above her ankles and then halfway up her calves. With each careful move down the next step she gasps, soft and light. The water splashes with her movement and then swallows her up to the upper thigh.
"Please, take a seat there, on the wide stone." You reach to help steady her as she sinks down, her knees bending as she perches down so the water is at her hips as she sits.
"I just sit?"
"Yes, Dani, and I will bathe you." You step into the pool until the hot flowing water covers your knees, and then you stand behind her. You reach for a sponge, submerge it, and watch it fill, then draw it out and over her lower back and drag a large circle across her soft skin. "How's the water? Feel okay?"
"Great. Wow." She goes quiet as you work up and down her back, long, relaxing, soothing strokes until all the tension has left her shoulders. "That's wonderful," she says.
You clean her shoulders and then down her arms, the sponge dipping under the surface, and caressing her in a movement that feels like worship. With a slow rhythm, you run the sponge over her shoulders and around her neck, and finally, reaching over her, down to her chest. She shifts back as you do, resting herself against your legs. You run it over her chest a few times before coming up again to her shoulders.
"So soft..." her voice says, almost a breathy moan, and you catch a hint of it. Maybe she realises how it sounds because she soon goes quiet. Next, you work downwards, to her tight, toned stomach. Slowly you make sure you cleanse every part of her body. All while her back rests on you and her breathing is warm and pleasant.
"Miss, I mean Dani, can you stand now? We need to get you clean." You prompt, a hand on her shoulder.
"Sure." Dani snaps out of it. She stretches and cracks her neck before rising, leaning forward for a moment. When she rises, ripples run out in all directions and your eyes drift over her ass. It looks plump, perky, perfect. Then you sponge it, giving purpose to your stare. You push it down, over her cheeks and Dani shivers.
You repeat your slow, languid movements. Wipe away any trace of imperfection from her hips and thighs and then when you make her slowly step out of the pool, you work down her bit by bit. Finally, she stands on the edge of the pool, looking down at you, towering over you in her naked glory. She presents to you her foot and you hold her ankle to steady it and clean each digit, scrubbing between the toes.
"You can take the towel, on the peg, Dani."
"You do it." Dani doesn't move at all, keeping her eyes on you, staring into your eyes and through you.
You cautiously nod and then climb from the pool. You keep eye contact and wrap the towel around her small, wet frame. In your arms, she feels so fragile. You rub her down, first her legs. Long strokes, left and right. Each, in turn, both legs. Then you bring the towel up. When you wrap it over her hip and move upwards along her torso, Dani presses herself to you.
"You really know how to put someone at ease," she mutters.
You nod silently in return, and finish drying her shoulders, down her arms, back up, and down her back. You remain stoic as the heat between you builds, and she turns around without prompting. You wrap her again and bring the towel all the way down. Then over her rear. Soft, short circular motions with your palm.
"The table in the next room, Dani. Start by lying on your front, you can use the towel on the table to cover yourself. Once I see you settled in, I'll join you."
She laughs quietly and starts her slow walk to the door. You take your own towel, drying your legs, the water has soaked into the front of your shorts from where she leant against you.
She's on the bed. The towel, provided for her decency, is in a pile on the floor.
"Dani, the towel..."
"I'm fine, I want it off. I want everything off. Is that a problem for you?" There's this undeniably confident quality to her like the universe just has to be as it is because she likes it that way.
"Not a problem," you tell her. "It does tend to get in the way."
You're close to the bed now, looking down at her, still so perfectly nude. So vulnerable and relaxed, and not a drop of shame in her eyes. She gives you a look that says she's in charge, and that she's been waiting for this, and now it's finally going to happen. And that smile is impossible to refuse. "You could join me if it helps. Make it feel more like an equal partnership."
"Missâ Iâ"
"I'm joking," she winks. Danielle bunches her hair by her head and turns her head to the side as she rests.
The first of your oils, imported, rich and infused, drip with a consistency thick as honey over her. You watch it roll from the top of her back and run down her spine. Its warmth makes her twitch gently.
Slowly you reach out, press your hands into her skin and drag them from top to bottom, following the oil, making sure you cover her.
She hums in delight.
With great care, you begin your work. Fingers sink in, and your thumbs feel her muscles. Stroking and rubbing, from the top of her back, your fingers coax and prod at the flesh beneath. Pressing it back and forth, at times as gentle as a summer breeze and then as hard as a hammer.
There are knots in her back, beneath the tender surface. You find them easily and work at them to relax, coax them into submission, untying the muscles until they go soft. She gasps at your touch as you release them. Her body responds to you in the sweetest ways. With the smallest of whispers, the little fluttering breaths, and with her skin taking on a pink glow.
When the last knot goes soft, she writhes in response, and a content, relaxed murmur comes out of her.
"Oh god, that's it, don't stop," she says, the first words to come from her for a while.
"You were very tight." You reach across, add a small amount of more oil and start working back upwards. One stroke at a time. Up her neck. Over her shoulders. She trembles when you go deep into her flesh and reaches out to grasp at something, anything, and finds the edge of the table, holding herself steady. Her arms now, you lift them one by one, prying them from her grip and then holding and rubbing and pulling to coax the stiffness out.
Oil over her legs, next. Slowly you run your hands over the outside and inside and rub them into her skin, kneading it into her. Danielle keeps her mouth firmly shut the whole time. No jokes. Nothing funny. You lean down to her, focusing on her thigh that refuses to let go. Bending down, you push into her. As you feel her tension drain, you are rewarded with another quiet hiss.
You place the oil upon her feet and work it into her soles with a finger, an instant trigger, she cackles as her foot recoils at your touch. "Sorry, that's a bit ticklish," she tells you, apologetically.
Her feet go still and she inhales deeply as you set back to your task, much to the quiet amusement of Danielle. It's the slowest you have ever worked on a client, with long, dragging strokes to make sure she really enjoys it. Each is careful, so careful, to pull and tease. "Keep working it all the way up, all the way up my legs," she orders, quietly. "Nice and slow. Can you do that?"
You agree.
You hear Danielle sigh as you move your hands slowly up her calf. So soft and firm at the same time as she breathes so gently. A trace of laughter, an easy smile. You work her in the same manner, up her thigh, as slow and relaxing as before, massaging deep and heavy. Danielle begins to roll her hips as you grip the flesh at the top of her thighs and dig in.
"Higher, please, just for me." Danielle makes a little hum to accompany the instruction. You obey, knowing where this is leading. You take the oil, and let it pour lightly onto the peak of her cheek, it threatens to roll away so you capture it in your palm, a firm squeeze of her rear, a spread of oily warmth. She shivers and pushes up her hips in silent encouragement.
Your hands trail along, smooth and oily, each touch brings more shivers. Her legs part slightly, a slow squirm of her hips. Your fingers glide on her tight, round cheeks; running across, back and forth as she breathes deep. You press deeper with each sweep and listen as her gasps become a little louder, and her body moves a little more. She bends her arm, reaching back, as you watch it shake. Her nails claw onto the side of the bed.
The more you tease her with your touch, the harder she grips and the more she parts her legs. You've known the perfection of her body, just by seeing it, but this feeling confirms it.
Your hand wanders with long, oily strokes as you glide up her back, tracing the curves of her slim back up, all the way to her neck. There, you hold her as you lean in. "You can turn over now. Let's work out your front," you say, and Dani nods in agreement.
She smiles, though she remains silent, slowly, with such care, turning onto her side, then twisting to face you, her face flush, eyes drowsy, her mouth agape. She rests upon her back, arms by her sides, legs flat against the bed, open, as you gaze into her eyes.
You apply the oil with long slow strokes down her stomach, feeling her as she flinches, watching the dimples at her waist appear then vanish with her body's twists, with every flexing of her muscles. When you trace up, her flat, beautiful chest, and slowly slide a finger beneath her small pert breast, Dani takes a deep, quick, raspy breath, then says, "They didn't lie when the reviews said you have the best hands in the world."
Your oil-covered thumbs graze upon her nipple, soft at first, gentle in pressure, but this becomes firmer, building and rising, faster. Round and round it swirls, and this delight sends Danielle's breath to hitches and sharp, shallow pants. As she squirms in delight, her legs twist, rubbing and clenching. Her teeth bite down on her lips. The flesh of her body glistens.
One hand reaches, down a thigh then back up, across her stomach and down the other. Repeated in pattern as the other thumb never ceases on her pert nipple. Dani's eyes go blank as your touch continues, circling, teasing, stroking and grabbing. Her body responds and you are delighted to witness every tremor and gasp as it arches. And finally, for the first time, a full-blooded moan rings free.
Your hand goes lower. Deeper into the pit of her thigh as she spreads her legs wide. You seek out the inevitable and when you reach her crotch, you watch her tense up. And when the touch slides between her pussy's folds, and against her clit, there's an immediate reaction, her body jumping as you make the slightest flick of motion with your middle finger. You lift and let a trail of oil roll down her slit and back down to her rear.
"I wasn't really joking before," she gasps. "You should be naked. It would make this whole experience better." Dani tilts her head, fixes her drowsy gaze onto you, and holds the stare for what feels like a hundred heartbeats. "Don't you think that's fair? The way things are going?"
You hold the eye contact and consider this, a sudden lump in your throat making any immediate reply a struggle. Her eyes don't move from yours. Even her chest barely heaves with her short, fast panting.
"Go on, I want you naked. I'm going to feel so, so empty otherwise..."
That's all it takes.
How could you deny her?
Your hands, still covered in the hot oil, reach for the buttons at your collar. You slip them in order from the top and release one after another. Danielle's lips twitch, and her teeth rake them to a shine. Your clothing drops to the floor. Bared. It feels so wrong, and unprofessional, yet Dani looks on and gapes with a hungry, dark delight.
"Nervous now?" Her eyebrow twitches up.
"Never," you bluff.
Danielle's mouth stays open wide, and her breaths get caught and flicker as your touch returns to the same spot as before. Gentle, light touches flutter with your fingertips, drawing the tips of your fingers back and forth, back and forth, over her clit. You watch as her eyes widen, how her legs straighten out and she starts to kick her feet with the faintest hint of frustration as you tease.
"I paid for a deep massage." She emphasises the adjective, dragging the syllable out like a whine. "This teasing is bad for my heart," she whispers.
Her arm rises, then reaches for your chest and trails its way downward. The pressure of her finger, nails lightly scratching at your skin, trailing down to the waistline and then she wraps her slender fingers around you. It's hard. Incredibly so.
"And I'll show you how generous I can be with a tip."
She licks her lips slowly and sensually as her eyes meet yours with a mischievous gleam.
You grunt, pressing down with your fingertip, and then without a second thought, push it inside of her. Danielle throws her head back in silent bliss.
"Holy shit," she mumbles in a muffled, muted moan. "Don't hold back." You circle inside her slowly with one finger, letting the oil's moisture guide you. Then, adding a second digit, you delve back into her, pushing in deep and making sure she can feel it all the way inside as the palm of your hand pushes against her crotch.
Dani rolls her head to one side as you work, staring you right in the eyes and biting down on her lip as she throbs and you press down inside of her, moving in all sorts of subtle directions that are impossible for her to guess. With that, she moans again and there's a little grunt from deep within her. Her fist twists around you and she gets bolder with her touch.
You build it into some sort of rhythm and she moves, each time, reacting so well with your own thrusts. When she's relaxed enough for it, you introduce another finger.
"Iâ You canâ Go a little bit faster," she pleas. Stretched wider, Dani starts to grow even more restless. This time, instead of small, languid strokes, your whole hand works, fingers rubbing and swirling, thumb finding her clit to massage it with purpose, building, always building, until she is shuddering under you, every single time, tensing and twitching with every change in direction.
"Come onâmore," she pleads, bucking up against your hand, so slick with arousal.
She's barely jerking your cock, not even intentionally, just the jolts through her body causing the occasional twist of her grip or slide of her palm. You let it just rest in the loose curl of her grip and focus on doing what she commands, twisting your hand, gripping and stroking, tugging in circles and holding inside. The quivering gets worse and worse. And her breath grows heavier.
You keep working her relentlessly, as she squeals a drawn-out curse. Dani nearly loses control. She grips you hard, tightens her fist around you in spasm, a pained wince on her face, as she curls her toes so hard.
"Don't stop. Don't stop. Don't stop." It's the only thing she says, no jokes, no banter, as her eyes roll back, mouth agape as if the wind's been knocked from her, and a final, body-length spasm overtakes her. Her whole body. Back arched off the table, eyes pinched shut. It lasts for the longest time, almost impossible to sustain, you watch with an odd mix of terror and wonder. Her hair is a mess. Her naked, stretched-out limbs, glisten in the warm light.
It takes her a good half minute to fall back down, her lungs now sucking in the air as if there were none at all. One leg quivers. Her breaths slow, her eyes open again and you're holding her stare, her cheeks a faint scarlet, strands of hair plastered across her forehead.
More oil. More rubbing. From tension to relaxation again. Slowly she softens and you turn her whole body limp beneath your hands. All while you barely manage to hold yourself back from ravishing her. She keeps her eyes fixed upon you, so you force a smile, ignoring the ache clenched in her fist. You could kiss those lips, right now. Taste them. How soft and smooth would she feel pressed against you? What noises would come out of her?
You'd be forgiven for letting your imagination run wild with desire, but not forgiven for taking this service in any direction that Danielle didn't command.
She watches your thoughts as they float by, and seems to be considering the same. Then she smirks, and just with a look, reassures you that it's going to happen, and it's going to happen just exactly the way she wants it.
You're working your slick hands over her midriff, and have been for a minute or two, waiting for instruction. You work slightly up her body, perilously close to taking some initiative, but then she speaks, "That was... unexpected."
"Was it? Seemed to be your plan all along."
"Planned to tease. Planned to be touched. But did not expect it to be that good." She shakes her head softly, her cheek touching her shoulder as she stares with a fuzzy, dreamy look that is impossible to decipher. She has a cute, beautiful way of pouting her lips that's fascinating, you're struck still, hypnotised by the sight and the motion. "A few more would be perfect."
"You have me booked for another hour, and the client gets what the client wants."
Dani laughs. A light, melodious chime. "I know what I want," she tells you, gently rocking her palm over your cock. "I'm incredibly hard to fully satisfy, you better get to work."
Dani releases you from her grasp, and turns back over to her front, stretching out once more and looking back at you over her shoulder, holding a stare as she parts her legs. This stare could kill a man if his heart were too weak, and though your heartbeat quickens, your mind focuses on your purpose.
Your hands glide over her oil-coated thighs, wet and glistening. Dani rests her head back down and you are unable to stop your gaze from wandering along her spine, the gentle dimple above her ass, the two tight round cheeks below and the line bisecting between them. Up over her ass, you caress, then you slip and stroke in the valley, this, she clearly enjoys, judging from how her butt rises to greet your touch, her hips rolling once more.
Lower now. Lower and lower, until once again, your finger meets her lower lips and she hisses an inwards breath and tenses. Her body is so reactive to every touch. It makes this so easy, so rewarding, so deeply arousing. You are confident you can build her up, high, and crash her down in waves, for hours, until the sun breaks.
Two fingers again, to begin, that same twist and swirl to coax her towards delirium. Her quiet huffs and suppressed moans fill the air. With a heavy push, you dive in deeper, to watch as her whole body, muscle by muscle, starts to become lost in the sensation. And when you curl your fingers down and grind the heel of your hand over her clit, Dani absolutely loses it. She bites the sheets, body tight, hands trying to grab the far edge of the bed to give something to hold onto.
Her feet kick uselessly and a series of incomprehensible phrases fill her breath and break apart on the way out of her. Though you don't quite understand them, you grasp the meaning. This is what she wants you to do right now, to see how high you can bring her.
Her whole body starts trembling again. Tingling, quivering, shivering. It's one constant shake and her moans are louder, and longer. She struggles to breathe out a scream. Sweat begins to mix in the oil, and she lets out another unintelligible mess of words as you pull away. Dani collapses back into a quivering heap, gasping for air and stretching her hands out as if reaching out to the void, reaching out, grasping for something in the dark.
She lies there, spent, breathing deep. Her entire body is hot and burning as her muscles relax. Each breath is a moan, and her thighs clamp tightly together as if the feeling of nothing after being so worked up is torturous to endure.
Your fingers are soaked in her creamy fluids, it drips down onto the bed below. Yet somehow, this isn't over. No. There's a single goal, right in the back of your mind, that's never stopped clawing. If only you could taste her. Sink your face between her firm ass cheeks and tease her with your tongue and suck and devour her, the entirety of her.
Maybe you could ask. Or maybe you could just start kissing her lower back, your nose rubbing against her tailbone, working to the left, towards her hip and tease, trailing your lips ever lower to a spot just over the peak of her butt, until she wants your tongue to dive right in.
The thought is interrupted by her blessing, "Again. Another. However you want," her words stumble upon each other, a raspy, spent quality to her. "Whatever you want."
You kneel at the very end of the bed, lean over and take her hips and you lift them up with an abrupt strength that earns her immediate interest, judging by her sudden gasp. You put her on her knees, ass in the air. Beneath it, her lips shine and spread. You're going to drown in her. You lean over, planting kisses along her body until they land right where your fingers had been, right along her soaked pussy.
The taste is so sweet. Dani whimpers as her body twitches. Your lips part her, and your tongue stretches and laps her up with an unshakeable excitement. Dani tastes amazing, like every inch of her, hot and rich and so unbelievably delicate. She is desireâconcentrated and distilled into the female form. Your mouth descends, kissing every tiny spot you can reach, your lips closing, sucking the sticky warmth into your mouth. You might spend the rest of eternity here, savouring her juices.
Each rough lick gives Dani a small burst of pleasure. This is perhaps not the most elegant approach, but you wouldn't dream of stopping and so you continue, over and over, eager to return Dani to her previous, tranced bliss. So wet and sweet and smooth as velvet, your tongue flattens over her clit.
Dani cums twice like this. Ass in the air, your face in her cunt, two more delicious releases and you lap up both. They come accompanied by Dani's musical screams and moans and swearing and mumbles and complete incoherence. Every part of her body tenses. Every movement becomes forced, with less control, until every part of her, quivering and shaking, is taken by a rapture. Her throat chokes off her moans and breathy whimpers, and then she becomes lost for a time, struggling to remember to breathe, caught up in the overwhelming, and unstoppable waves.
"Enough, enough," Dani chokes out, and so you stand back, watching as she twists back into a flat position on her back again, her hips shaking with the effort. She trembles for a while longer before lying perfectly still on the table. As you gaze at her, she still appears ethereal, unattainable. She gazes up at you with lidded eyes and the drowsy content smile that rests upon her lipsâshe is a goddess. Even after all those body-racking orgasms, she settles into that same elegant grace that makes you question what makes her mortal.
Dani raises a hand and curls a beckoning finger, "Come here."
And you come to her, to her smile that draws you in, a moth to a flame and the moth will burn, not the flame, it will never tire, it will consume anything. She takes you in her hand, hard and throbbing under her delicate touch, and yet so helpless against it. With a pull, Dani draws you inâto consume.
She parts those pretty, pink, curled lips and then looks up into your eyes and sighs as her warm breath runs across your length. Danielle curls her tongue to the underside of your head and engulfs it. She doesn't raise her head from where it rests, instead making you clamber up to her, so you put a knee on the wooden frame and a hand next to her shoulder. The heat grows, and Dani is swirling her tongue over your tip, making you twitch and throb in her grasp, a slave to her touch.
You're pushing forward, leaning over her, as her mouth opens wide and lets you in, then, all at once, tightens. Her tongue and lips stretch around your thickness and then enclose you, sealing tight. She makes a point of looking you in the eye, holding your stare, a curl at the corner of her mouth that only further sets a tremble to your loins. She pulls, slow, agonising and without hurry, her mouth holds tight and sucks back.
You pull out of her, an inch, and she stays clamped tight and as she draws away, she uses the time to slowly slide her tongue along and around your crown and against the sensitive underside. Once Danielle has pulled right off with a wet smack, the warmth of her breath covers your cock once more. She flicks her tongue against your tip, first as a long, sweeping, lingering brush, then a rapid flick that teases.
"Dani, fuck," you groan.
"That's the idea," she whispers, right against you, her warm, panting breath driving you crazy, her own burning desire barely contained. "Get down there and do me. Right now."
Then, in one fluid movement, her hands find her legs. She grips behind her knees and pulls her thighs up and back. She spreads her legs wide, with her feet in the air.
"Fuck me. I mean it," she states firmly, fixing you with that stern gaze. Her words send a flaming arrow directly to light the most basic of your instincts.
She has presented everything to you and wants to give even more. You can think of nothing else but ploughing her into the table until your vision fades to white. It takes only seconds and you find yourself over her, between those slim legs. You put a hand on each thigh and spread her.
Cock bearing down on her leaking cunt, you lower your body until she has all of your weight on top of her. Her hips squirm under your pressure, and she drags your arm tighter around herself until she finds exactly what she's been looking for. A rub between her folds as your length slips against her, up and down.
"Mmm, yes," she giggles, "put it in, all of it."
In an almost unconscious action, you place the head of your cock against her opening. Her wetness provides no friction, and Dani uses her nails to scratch your back impatiently. Slowly you flex forward. Every inch. So warm, so fucking hot. Tighter than anything.
"Oh, yes," is all Dani has to say as her breath cuts short. You feel the intense squeeze, you have no doubt this is a step beyond the pleasure your fingers gave her, and her entire body tightens, and she pulls you in, deep and full. Her eyes grow wide and her fingers dig into you as you draw back and drive in once more.
Another moan, her pitch gets deeper, this one drawn out from her very core. You hear it right in her chest, from the depth of her lungs, before it squeals free, right into your ear. "Worth every penny." Her words are thick and drawled, hard to make out, she can't seem to decide whether she wants to open her mouth or close it and keep it shut.
She wraps her arms tight around your neck and pulls you in deeper, you push her legs higher, folding her body up and it only makes things tighter, a thrill she clearly relishes.
You roll forward, holding her close to you, giving you a better purchase with her feet held up so high. Dani groans as you bite and suck at the soft skin along her neck. Your thrusts are still slow, so damnably slow. You push, and fill, and wait. Over and over, it's a cruel torment to both of you.
"Ah, come on. Give it to me, hard," Dani says, raking nails on your neck. She turns her head. Finds your mouth. Seals her lips against yours. Teeth nibble and then her tongue penetrates your mouth. Her hips start to rise and drop. Her sex grabs at you, pleading to pound her.
So you let go of your iron self-restraint and fuck her. Fuck her good.
Your tempo grows more powerful. Her walls squeeze and pull and writhe with a desperate need. It's tight, so, so tight, the way she envelops you, the slick warmth around you. Each stroke sends a shudder through her. Another ripple follows and with it, her high, pitchy wails. Dani's never been so loud, so demanding that her pleasure be delivered.
Number five is close, you can feel her body going rigid, the quivering, twitching, curling of her toes, the growing tension, you go faster, a force building within, trying to rush her to the inevitable. Dani screams, moaning incoherently, her eyes screw tight as you throw yourself into her with such ferocity, like an animal, with no regard for pace, or rhythm. Pure, unrelenting pleasure.
She grips so hard on your shoulder, and then her other hand goes back, over her head, gripping the edge of the table in white-knuckled desperation. "I'm... cumming," Dani spits through a clenched jaw, unable to even form her tongue around the word.
Her orgasm feels more powerful this time, so much more; it flows through her and you can't help but stare. Watching the way the pink blossom blooms on her face and how the rest of her pales. One orgasm into another, you think, it's difficult to discern. You're in no rush. No race. Instead, you delight in the absolute loss of control you see in Danielle's face and you feed off it.
Her mouth forms a soundless scream and she reaches up and sinks her nails into your chest and drags them across, not breaking the skin, but hard enough to leave marks. It feels amazing. All the more so watching Danielle break herself, willingly.
"Holy shit..." Danielle pants then sucks air into her empty lungs.
Her little, flexible body, pinned beneath yours, seems incapable of even the tiniest motion, save the trembles.
Through gritted teeth, she says, "I wantâ I want a facial. My face. Cum."
This is the single sexiest thing she could have possibly said at that moment. For all the time you've spent watching that pretty doll-like face contort in a hundred different ways, you want nothing more than to see it coated with your lust. To paint every last bit of that sweetness on her lips, on her cheeksâeverywhere. To witness that brief moment, after climax where she is confused and awash with bliss and trying to remember how to breathe, and it's interrupted by a load of your cum. You want it.
You round the table, standing over her head, lowering down and watching her eyes spark with anticipation. Danielle knows how bad you want it, how close it is, and you watch, enraptured by the way she tilts her head up and licks her lips. Her little, eager tongue.
Dani wraps her fingers around you and strokes and pumps fast, pulling, urging you to completion, teasing you to spill over her, onto those pretty, dainty features. Your skin feels alive, like static and pinpricks and pure lightning, like your nerves have come to the surface. Pent-up energy coils low, threatening to snap. You cannot resist her anymore.
It all unfurls in a glorious, explosive instant. Blinding. A shiver climbs up your spine, spreading to every limb in one long spasm. A long, raw growl in your throat as you shoot thick and hard, some on her face, and some overshooting onto her chest. Dani gasps a cute little "Oh" and then starts to giggle as the second rope lands right over her perfect little features. And then another, this time across the bridge of her nose and her cheek and down her lips. Her tongue collects whatever it can.
Dani's small hand keeps a hard grip and keeps coaxing, even as you feel like you have nothing to give, with it all painting her face, still, she jerks up and down, until you are empty, trembling and drained. Still, she goes, forcing you through painful shivers, laughing the whole time until the pain becomes too much, and your hands take hers and pull.
You prop yourself against the table, looking down at the mess you made. Dani's happily laughing to herself, licking up what she can. "You'll need to clean me again now, won't you? Sponge away all your dirty filth," she giggles.
Her giggle is intoxicating. Loving. It warms you right through. You wish you could bottle up her laughter.
"Need a minute," you grunt, and there's so much pride on her cum-strewn face.
"Aw, need time for recovery?" Dani quips. "I'll just lay here, all messy and defiled. Waiting to be tended to. Enjoy the sight of me, of your filthy cum all over my sweet, innocent face, until you get the strength to lift me. Really, don't rush, I love this feeling."
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I love the idea of the "Disney Princess", simply because the public's idea of a Disney Princess and Disney's idea of a Disney Princess don't actually match up.
Because to the public, a Disney Princess is a type of character in Disney movies. And to Disney, "Disney Princess" is a specific brand with specific characters.
The Disney Princess brand was set up in 2001 after the head of Disney Consumer Products went to a Disney on Ice show, saw hundreds of little girls in generic princess halloween costumes, and went "Wait, why the hell don't we sell Princess dresses?"
Rather than trying to give a dozen movies, many over a decade old, their own individual marketing pushes, they come up with the overarching Disney Princess brand, and launched it featuring ten initial characters:
Snow White, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Esmerelda, and Tinkerbell.
Esmerelda was soon dropped, probably because Hunchback is a pretty dark Disney movie; and later so was Tinkerbell because they'd started production on her own line of straight-to-DVD movies, leaving the line with eight Princesses.
And now here's the clever part of the branding: when they release a new movie with a new Princess, they don't immediately fold her into the Disney Princess brand. That would cannibalise sales from the movie-specific merchandise. So they wait a year or two for merchandise sales to slow down, before having an official coronation ceremony to add the new Princess to the group.
(And presumably they cab recycle unsold merch under the Disney Princess brand.)
So Tiana got added in 2010, Rapunzel in 2012, Merida became the first Pixar entry in 2013, Moana took three years to be inducted in 2019, and the most recent is Raya in 2022.
So that's the official Disney Princess lineup: Snow White, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty), Cinderella, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana and Raya.
Now I know what you're thinking: there's a pair of very famous names missing there.
And like I said before: they wait for the merchandise sales to slow down before bringing new characters under the umbrella. Moana seems to have been quite popular, taking three years for Disney marketing to feel comfortable folding her into the brand.
But Frozen still sells like fuckin' hotcakes, even a decade later.
So we have a funny scenario where the two most popular Disney Princesses aren't actually Official Disney Princesses because they're too popular.
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false start | lewis hamilton social media au
pairing: lewis hamilton x fem swimmer reader
some people are getting a bit too ahead of themselves
MASTERLIST | TIP JAR
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espn: the 2024 paris olympics kick off tomorrow and we'll be keeping a close eye on the pool. and despite being one of the biggest names in the sport and the fiance of seven-time f1 world champion lewis hamilton, we don't predict to see y/n y/ln on the podium this summer.
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user1: when will y'all learn?
user2: i swear they did this back in 2021, saying she wasn't good enough any more and then BAM she won double gold and they were suspiciously quiet after
user3: i hope she dunks on their heads again
charles_leclerc: STOP UNDERRATING HER I SWEAR TO FUCK
user4: bro hasn't even started as lewis' teammate and he's already ready to throw down for y/n
charles_leclerc: i have been a fan of the queen since before i even started in f1 - no one disrespects her in front of me
user5: espn better be shaking in their boots after that
lewishamilton: đ
user6: the king has spoken
user7: it's an emoji babe
user8: real lewis fans know that this is worth a thousand words
user9: the picture with the double gold is going to hit like crack i fear
user10: best believe i know that they'll tag espn just to be messy
user11: i'm sat. i'm so sat. the cinema workers have told me she doesn't compete for a couple days but i'm simply so sat
yourusername: âł
user12: OKAY SLAY
user13: i need these golds like i need air
user14: okay queen i need you to run back the celebration from last olympics
user15: time to become an honourary aussie for a couple weeks to support y/n
user16: LET'S FUCKING GO KANGAROOS
user17: run me my passport australia
user18: when will lewis get his australian citizenship
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lewishamilton: go get em'
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user22: gIVE ME ONE CHANCE PLEASE GOD PLEASE
user23: sorry to everyone else at the games, but the hottest couple has arrived
user24: tiktok girls PSA: if i don't have ten alchemy edits of them on my desk by tomorrow morning THERE WILL BE ISSUES
yourusername: for you sir, anything
yourusername: ugh your ⨠title ⨠is so hot
lewishamilton: let's win and then put it to good use đ
landnorris: do you people mind?
yourusername: why are you always in our business? don't you have your own little guppy to follow around in paris?
lewishamilton: he's just lonely? or not? i can't keep up with his relationship drama
landonorris: EXCUSE ME?
yourusername: you're excused? we've been together for like eight years we aren't used to whatever drama you've gotten yourself into
lewishamilton: eight years, six months and 237 days :P
user25: first espn and now lando? they're not holding back this summer
user26: fucking around and finding out is what summer 2024 is all about
georgerussell63: good luck y/n !!!
yourusername: thank you georgie :)
georgerussell63: and i checked, i don't think there's any gb swimmers in your events (other than the relays) so you'll have my full support
yourusername: thanks?
lewishamilton: he's a little confused but he's got the spirit
user27: i need y/n to win and come to the paddock with her medal for zandvoort
user28: i am seeing it and i need it to happen
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olympics: never in doubt, y/n y/ln takes gold in the 100m backstroke final!
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user29: RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
user30: suck on that espn
user31: espn admin come outside rn please i jUST WANNA TALK
lewishamilton: @espn KEEP MY (soon to be) WIFE'S NAME OUT YOUR FUCKING MOUTH
yourusername: that was so hot
lewishamilton: you wiping the floor with the whole pool was so hot
lewishamilton: but then again you're hot doing literally anything
yourusername: says you mr model
lewishamilton: i got a few things i wanna model for you ...
yourusername: is it my gold medal and nothing else ?
lewishamilton: how did you know ???
user32: so winning a gold medal really does make you horny on main
user33: some of us lived through them with no PR managers, this is tame
user34: they're one couple where it really wouldn't surprise me if something got leaked
yourusername: can confirm it tastes as sweet as it did in tokyo
oscarpiastri: could you hear me cheering? i was so loud :)
yourusername: funnily enough, no
oscarpiastri: oh :(
yourusername: but i felt it in my spirit!
oscarpiastri: good :) because i think i have slightly deafened your husband đ¤ˇââď¸
lewishamilton: my ears are still ringing but i'll take it because you were supporting y/n
yourusername: awwww you cuties
user35: yall saying that kimi antonelli is lewis' grid kid but it's clearly oscar
user36: if i watched lewis put yellow and green glitter on oscar's face on live tv it's not a conversation to start with
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yourusername: gold in both 100m and 200m backstroke is more than i could've ever dreamed coming into these games, thank you to my family, friends and wonderful fiance for their support. and to the others, you know who you are, be careful on all those false starts you keep making ;)
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user38: where are you ? LET'S BE HAVING YOU !!!
user39: her winning the golds regardless isn't enough i need a gun
espn: ... i'm sorry?
lewishamilton: YOU SHOULD BE
espn: sir, i am just an intern who posts what i am given
yourusername: well now you're making me feel bad
espn: i can give you my boss' email?
lewishamilton: YES PLEASE LET ME AT EM
user40: bullying works?
lewishamilton: i'm so so so so so so proud and so so so glad that everything lined up for me to be there and witness your excellence in person đđž
yourusername: i love you so much and couldn't have done it without you, all those facetime dates and missed anniversaries are worth it in the end
yourusername: although i am looking forward to following you around the world again for a bit
user41: thank fuck you're not retiring ????
yourusername: who said that ??? @espn was it you again??
espn: not this time i swear!
yourusername: i can confirm that i am not retiring, us terrorising all the youngsters in our sport is kind of our whole bit
lewishamilton: although some people could learn to walk away - cough @fernandoalo_oficial
yourusername: really?
lewishamilton: beef waits for no one
fernandoalo_oficial: well i personally was cheering on y/n, you can choke
user42: how does y/n look so good even after racing?
yourusername: getting laid well and often đđź
lewishamilton: you're welcome
yourusername: i love you đĽ°
lewishamilton: i love you more
fin.
note: hope you guys enjoyed!! swimming is always my favourite olympic sport (i also swam for ten years so that's probably why lol)
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Infinite Rewind
Gojo Satoru x reader
Synopsis: Instead of dying, you are sent 13 years in the past, but this isn't your face. "Let's cut the shit." The white-haired kid grins. "Who are you and what're you doing in Suguru's body?"
Part two: Rewound Infinitely
Word Count: 18.1k
(Warnings: slight yandere, death, murder, inaccurate Tokyo geography, blood, violence, mild gore, obsession, unhealthy relationships, child abuse/neglect, time looping(?), fem!reader) Ageless blogs that try to follow me will be blocked
First, you saw a monster.Â
It was big and horribleânasty teeth. You heard screaming. People. Running as fast as they could away from the creatures. Pain.Â
And then, you saw a bright, clear sky.Â
The sun was blaring down at you. It was so hot. Wasn't it December? How was the sun out at night?Â
"Hey, you good?"Â
A girl is looking at you. Short brown hair. A high schooler, judging by the uniform. How is she wearing all black when the weather is so hot?Â
When you don't respond, her eyes squint.Â
"Suguru, are you okay?"Â
That's not your name; your mouth moves faster than your brain.
"I-I'm fine." That wasn't your voice. It was deeper. More masculine. What the fuck happened to your voice?Â
The girl gives you another strange look but you're too busy freaking out over your new voice. Your hands are different too. A completely different skin tone, larger.Â
And then you're fumbling with your pockets, clothes you know you didn't buy. The girl is calling for you again but you're too busy pulling out a fucking flip-phone and looking into the black screen, the only thing you have for a mirror.Â
Purple eyes stare back. These aren't your eyes. This isn't your nose. This isn't your hair. This isn't your face. You blink. He does too. You open your mouth. So does he. You pinch your cheek. In the reflection, he winces.Â
Oh, you just fucking bodysnatched someone.Â
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Ten minutes later, you conclude that your name is Geto Suguru, you are a 16-year-old boy, the year is 2006, and you attend a religious academy.Â
"You're finally acting normally again." The girl-newly discovered as Ieiri- says. "No more weirdness."Â
You don't blame her, considering you grabbed her by the shoulders, asking ridiculous questions like: what year is it, who am I, why am I here, who are you, am I dead, is this Hell, etc. For a teenage girl, she took your outburst well.Â
"Sorry," you say and by now you've gotten used to your voice, "it must have been the stress from studying."Â
She just hums, continuing to walk beside you. Though, Ieiri had a point. You were definitely calmer, and it was mostly because you figured it out.Â
You were dreaming.Â
You were lucid dreaming, to be more precise. Your brain was conjuring up a weird setting and you just happened to be placed in another person's body. You heard about this happening before. You were just so freaked out because this was the first time anything like this had happened to you.Â
An impulsive part of you wants to tell Ieiri that this is just a dream, but you've heard weird things happen after a lucid dreamer tries to break the illusion. It's best if you just let it just play out and see where this goes.Â
âExcited?âÂ
âHm?â You ask. And Shoko rolls her eyes.Â
âFor the mission you have this evening. Special grade. Sounds scary.â She says, her sarcasm evident.Â
Mission? Special grade? You donât know what those words mean but it sounds like a school field trip. Shoko takes your hesitance as something else.Â
âAh,â she says, âso you forgot.âÂ
âI didnât.â You reply on instinct.Â
âI expected this from Satoru, not you. You should stop hanging out with him, heâs starting to rub off on you.â
You give a sheepish laugh, and itâs enough to quell her questions.Â
She leads you into the school, all through the winding halls and through an office door. You couldnât be more grateful, itâs not like you would have known where to go. Itâs a teachers room. Two people are already inside.Â
âWait, for once, Iâm early?â The boy with sunglasses asks, voice dripping with amusement. Heâs leaning dangerously on a chair. You stare at him. Youâve never seen someone with white hair before. It canât be real.Â
âHe forgot.â Shoko pipes up and the boy cackles.Â
âThatâs hilarious. Iâm starting to rub off on you.â Ah, this must be Satoru.Â
You give a nervous smile. âHaha, yeah.âÂ
The boy stops rocking in the chair. Three pairs of eyes look at you. Your uniform feels itchy.
âGojo, stop making such a ruckus.â The man, presumably his teacher, gruffs. "You two got the briefing yesterday. Do your job and for the last time do not leave your assistant manager behind again."Â
Gojo groans, and you delve into more confusion. Before you can say anything, the kid is hopping out of his seat before lazily striding out the door. Shoko and the teacher look at you expectantly.Â
Oh, you were supposed to follow him.Â
Not wanting to make a scene, you catch up to Gojo. He's tall, his footsteps are long and wide. But you're tall now too, so it's easy to keep up with him. This new body of yours has a lot of pros.Â
"Yaga's so annoying," Gojo suddenly says, "constantly nagging us like that. It's not our fault the assistants can't keep up."Â
What should you say? You clear your throat.Â
"He just wants what's best for us."Â
Wrong answer.Â
"Where'd that come from?" He snorts. How charming. "I know you agree with me. You're just tryna' act like the nicer one, again. It's starting to get a little old."Â
Is that how 16 year-olds talk? Rude, but also strangely off-putting, like he can see straight through you. Or more accurately, he can see straight through Suguru. How close are these two, anyway?Â
Why did any of these questions even matter? This is a dream! You need to wake up already.Â
On the campus grounds, a sleek black car waits outside for you two. Along with a miffed man in a black suit. This must be a very rich school for a field trip to have a chauffeur. Where were you two going again?
Gojo hops in the back, taking one of the window seats. You take the other. In your own body, you would've fit nicely. But Suguru's legs are long, and the spacious car feels cramped. You should've taken the passenger seat. How do tall people live like this?Â
The ride is quiet. Out the corner of your eye, you catch Satoru type away on his flip phone. A moment later, yours beeps. You still have no idea how to use Suguru's phone or his password, so you ignore his message. Satoru groans.Â
Quickly, you learn that Satoru has a very low attention span. When looking out the window gets boring, he bugs the chauffeur. When the chauffeur ignores him, he starts bugging you.Â
"Hey heyyyy," Satoru says, "when this is all over, we should go to that new ice cream place. Like you said, we should."Â
You look at him. "Uh, sure." You say.Â
"And you should pay for it, 'cuz you said you owed me last time."Â
Fine, whatever. "Sure thing."Â
He grins. You can't see his glasses, and it makes his smile even more unnerving. This kid.Â
This doesn't feel like a normal field trip at all. Why did you stop in front of some rackety house that looked as though it were about to collapse? You turn back to the only adult in the vicinity, but he's out too. He takes out a lighter and a cigarette. In front of impressionable children, too. Wonderful.Â
"I'll wait out here." He says, though his tone is uncaring. "Since we're out in the country, there's no need for a veil. Do your best."Â
Veil? What? Gojo's already going off again and you've already decided to be his chaperone, so you follow. You reluctantly trail behind him. Feet crunch the leaves. The house grows bleaker and bleaker.Â
"Okay, I have a plan!" Gojo exclaims when he gets through the squeaky door. He's so loud, can't he be quieter? "I check upstairs and you check the ground floor and the basement. Got it?"Â
Check the house? Were he and Suguru electricians in training or something? That still wouldn't explain why a grown man decided to drop off two teenagers in front of a creepy mansion. And why in God's name did Gojo want to split up?
"I-I don't think that's a good idea," you say, "shouldn't we try to stick together?" Or, better yet, leave.Â
He clicks his tongue. "Ugh, you're so lame. Not like Suguru at all."Â
Wait, what did he say? You're about to call out to him when he climbs up the stairs, disappearing from view. Unbelievable.Â
This kid was starting to get on your nerves. Enough, you were leaving. You could have a nice dream where you met and fell in love with Zendaya, not babysitting some teenager, whilst possessing another person's body. You were going to wait outside with the man and hope your dream finally came to an end.Â
Except, you couldn't go outside. The door was gone.Â
It-it was right behind you, right? The entrance was right behind you. You couldn't have gotten turned around so quickly? What the hell happened? Or maybe you had gotten turned around? Considering how distracting that Gojo kid was, you might not have realized it.Â
You look around the house. Looks like it'd been abandoned for a while. There's dirt on the shelves. Chairs were toppled over and left to rot. The wooden floorboards dangerously creaked beneath you. Just what had happened here?Â
There's no patio door. No door leading to the outside. At the same time, you hadn't explored everything yet. Each door led to a room. The only door that didn't, led to a basement. And no, you weren't going down there.Â
When you got back to where you started, you noticed something had changed.Â
There was a person. Seated right at the base of the stairs?Â
Gojo? Was he done with urban exploring? Maybe he knew the way out. He stands up, reaching to his full height, then higher, then higher.Â
Gojo was tall, but this thing was taller. Gojo was human. This thing wasn't.Â
What the fuck you can only mouth because your voice is stuck in your throat when it takes a shaky step towards you. It's a black husk of a figure, too skinny but too tall and twitching fingers. You don't know how you could've mistaken this for the kid.Â
Another step. You're running, back into the house, leaping over the fallen shelves and creaky floorboards. It gives chase, and you can hear it groan behind you. It's deep and rumbly and terrifying. It just motivates you to go faster.Â
It's slower than you. That's good, but it seems to realize this. You can barely celebrate your advantage before something heavy is smashed into your back, sending you toppling to the floor. You and wooden chair crash on the ground.Â
It hurts.Â
Everything hurts.Â
Dreams aren't supposed to hurt. Because this wasn't a dream.Â
This was real. You were stuck in the year 2006, stuck in another person's body, about to get mauled by a monster.Â
You were going to die.Â
You aren't even fighting anymore. How pathetic is that? The shock numbs your body as the thing grows closer and closer, all you can do is reach your hands up, protecting your face.Â
And then the creature explodes.Â
An implosion. It's skin and bones twist in a way no one should. There's a shriek, something wrong and high and inhuman before it's gone. Like it never existed in the first place.Â
After all that, he's still smiling. Like the cat that just caught the mouse.Â
"I guess we're not pretending anymore, are we?" Gojo asks, stretching his arms. "That's good. That game was starting to get a little boring, anyways. Now, then."Â
He folds his glasses, tucking it on his uniform. Blue, his eyes are. As blue as a clear sky.Â
"Let's cut the shit." The white-haired kid grins. "Who are you, and what're you doing in Suguru's body?"
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Contrary to your belief, Gojo Satoru is a good listener.Â
There's never an interruption. Not even once. Every once in a while, he nods, a hand on his chin. It's probably because he can't interrupt. You just keep going on and on. Word vomit.Â
He only speaks when you pause to catch your breath. "So you are from the year 2017, and you went back in time to body-snatch someone. I had a feeling your technique had something to do with possession."Â
You look at him warily. "Wait, you knew this entire time?"Â
You two hadn't moved from your earlier spot. You were still sprawled on the floor, still feeling the adrenaline surge through you. Gojo had transitioned to squatting on the floor. He scratches his neck, still so casual.Â
"I have good eyes. Don't worry about it." He shrugs. "Anyway, you seem pretty harmless, and as annoying as it is not having Suguru around, I doubt killing you would do any good." Why is he being so nonchalant about murder? Is this kid really sixteen?
"I think we gotta' just wait around until your technique reactivates." Gojo whistles. "2017. That's like a decade away. I wonder what happened for your technique to show up."Â
You blink, trying to remember the date.Â
"It was Christmas Eve..." You glance at him. "And then I was here."Â
He thinks for a moment. "Yeah, I got nothing." Of course.Â
He sighs, before sprawling on the dirty floor, belly up. You grimace at his antics but choose to keep your mouth shut.Â
He doesn't seem very worried. At the most, he looks mildly inconvenienced. Why isn't he worried about his friend?Â
When you ask him, he just snorts.Â
"Sorry, but you're not that scary. Besides, I don't have to worry about Suguru. He's strong."Â
Well, that's nice to know, but one other thing still bothers you.Â
"You speak so casually to me," you mutter, "You know I'm older than you, right? I'm 22."Â
He laughs. "22? Damn. You're old, man."Â
"That isn't old!" You argue. "You have no concept of age since you're just a teenager."Â And why did he assume you were a man? Oh right, you were trapped in a teenage boyâs body. Of course.
"I mean, technically, I'm older than you, right?" Gojo ponders with a grin. "If you're 22 in 2017, that makes you whatâ11 in 2006?"Â
You say nothing because you have a feeling that if you continue to argue with him, he'll just drag you down to his insanity.Â
"Technique, you've said that a couple of times." You look at him. "That's what you call your 'powers', right? Does Geto have one too?"Â
"Yeah," Gojo says, "but you can't use it. You have zero cursed energy. Honestly, it's at the same level as a plant. A bit lower than regular humans. It's a little impressive, actually." For one second, could he stop being so condescending?Â
"What's his technique?" You ignore his comments. "Could it be related to how I got here?"Â
He gives you a look over. "I doubt that, but Suguru's technique is curse manipulation. Uh, you remember that thing you saw earlier." You nod. "Yeah, he can control and absorb them."Â
He sounds pretty awesome. You look at your hands. Not your hands. Geto's hands. They're paler than yours, and a lot longer. This isn't your body. Your soul can feel it. You can feel the guilt too.Â
'I'd give it back if I could,' you think, 'I just don't know how.'Â
Gojo's getting up. He stretches. He was lying on the ground but you can't see a speck of dirt on his uniform.Â
"Okay, then. No use mopping around." He grins down at you. "Maybe Yaga can do something about you. Let's get you back to jujutsu tech."Â
You blink up at him. His hand is outstretched, reaching out to you. He's still grinning that insufferable grin but his eyes have slightly melted.Â
"Okay." You say, barely touching his fingertips. "Let's-"Â
And then Gojo's gone. And then, you're standing. And then it's cold.Â
You're wearing a coat; weren't you wearing a uniform before? There's no clear sky. It's nearly dusk.Â
You were standing on the sidewalk, where people bustled all around you. You fumble through your jackets, putting out a phone. An actual iphone. You flick on the screen.Â
December 24th, 2017, 7:06.
Holy shit, you were back.Â
Was it because you touched Gojo? That makes no sense, but how could you explain anything else that happened so far? God. You rake a hand through your hair. Your hand. Your hair. You can't believe how much you missed yourself. It felt so good to be back.Â
Your mind is spinning, you had no idea what the fuck just happened.
For now, you just wanted to turn your mind off and grab a drink.Â
You know there was a bar not too far from your location. Along the way, you pass by the bustling town. There's a couple walking side by side, giggling over something you couldn't hear. Right, it's the 24th. You remember your empty bed with no one to share it with, and you cement your desire to drown yourself in alcohol today.Â
Your self-pitying session is almost how you nearly miss him. His shoulder brushes past you. You're about to apologize when you hear his voice. It's familiar.Â
It used to be your voice.Â
It's all there. Black hair, but it's longer this time around. Of course it is, he's had years to grow it out. He's tall, he must've grown since highschool. His broad back is the only thing you see, you're almost afraid to reach out to him.Â
"Suguru...?"Â
He halts in his tracks. When he turns around, it's like looking into a fractured past. He looks older, no longer a youthful teenager. You should have paid more attention to his eyes, how scrutinizing they were, how condescending his fake smile was. All that you could think of was that it was actually him.Â
"Do I know you?" He tilts his head. "Apologies, but my girls and I are quite busy."Â
You don't notice the two young ladies beside him until Geto points them out. Teenagers, maybe just around the age when you first met him. He was a father now.Â
You're so swept up by the emotions that you barely notice they've continued walking. You stumble behind, ducking behind the alleyway they went into.Â
"Wait! Geto!" You call. "Please! We need to talk!" You still needed your answers. You didn't know care how desperate you came off as.Â
In hindsight, you should have noticed that they looked more annoyed than worried about a stranger chasing them across the street.Â
The one with the ponytail scoffs. "This one talks an awful lot. How annoying."Â
Geto sighs. He leaves his daughters, finally standing in front of you. This is what you wanted, right? A chance to talk to him.Â
Still, you can't help but feel wrongness within you. His smile is off.Â
"Most monkeys are just that, unfortunately." You don't move. You can't. Not when he places a hand on your skull. "I suppose it'd be humane to put this one out of its misery."Â
Geto Suguru crushes your skull. And then you die.Â
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Again. You died again.Â
This is the second time Geto has killed you. Fuck, you should've realized.Â
"Back again, Greeny?" Gojo asks.Â
He and Suguru were sitting outside in the grass. Satoru's holding up a few playing cards. You look at Suguru's hands and find yourself doing the same.Â
Not again.Â
"What year is it?" You ask warily. "And what did you just call me?"Â
Gojo grins with teeth. You remember he compared you to a plant before, didn't he? He's so clever with nicknames; someone should give him an award.Â
"Welcome back to 2006!" Gojo beams. "It's only been a couple of days since you left. And why are you so grumpy? I'm the one who just lost a player."Â
You weren't grumpy, you were pissed. You figured out what's been going on with you, and it's all because of the asshole you're possessing right now.
The look on his face when he killed you. Like you were nothing more than an animal. A monkey. Now, you feel a lot less guilty about possessing his body.Â
At least you figured out two things. You know how your technique works. Whenever someone kills you, you are sent back in time to take over their body. But you can go back whenever you touch Gojo, or perhaps just another sorcerer.Â
Secondly, you have access to Geto's memories.Â
It didn't happen the first time you died. It must have been because the kill wasn't direct (from Getos curse, rather than himself), but milliseconds after Geto split your skull in two, your brain was overwhelmed by his past, his present, as well as his future.Â
Geto was set to die on December 24th, 2017. At the hands of his best friend, Gojo Satoru.Â
Fuck him. Let the bastard die. You didn't give a shit.Â
You reach over to touch Gojo's arm, ready to leave. He pulls back with a snicker. Ugh, the brat must've figured out your technique, too.Â
"Stop messing around." You tell him. "I need to go back to my timeline."Â
"Sure, sure," he says as though speaking to a time traveler is just another Tuesday. "But first, finish the game with me."Â
"No." You tell him before leaning out even further. He isn't moving away anymore, but you still can't reach him. Fuck, he must've activated his technique.Â
Despite your annoyance, you decide to keep the future away from Gojo's ears. He doesn't need to know that he'll be the one to kill Suguru. He shouldn't. Not at his age. He's just a kid.Â
"Just one game! I promise!" He pleads. "Then I'll let you go. Suguru never lets me beat him, I want an easy opponent to boost my ego."Â
You roll your eyes, but you settle down, picking up the cards. You already know the rules; you have Geto's memories, after all.Â
It's silent, save for Gojo's humming. When you place down your King of hearts, you ask:
"Hey, is my cursed energy different at all?" You ask.
"Not really." He squints. "Wait, it has grown a little. Aw, Greeny sprouted!"Â
So, every time you die, your cursed energy increases. That, or your cursed energy, increases every time you time travel. It doesn't matter either way. Does this mean you can use Geto's technique now? It couldn't hurt to try, right?Â
There's a demon-no, they're called curses you know that now- floating beside you, just a little ways away. Small. Barely fourth grade. You stick your hand out, calling out Geto's power. There's a pull, a rush of energy.Â
A blue ball drops into your hand.Â
"Holy shit." Gojo leans forward. "So you can use his techniques." Surprisingly, there's no wariness in his voice. Just awe.Â
"Yeah." You breathe before glancing up at him. "Shouldn't you be focused on your cards?"Â
He shrugs, tossing the cards away. "What cards?"Â
You sigh before staring at the ball. Well, you captured the curse. All that's left to do is swallow it, right? You can do that. You open your mouth. Gojo is still staring. You scowl.Â
"Look away."Â
He rolls his eyes. "It's not like I haven't seen you do this before. Well, not you, the guy that you bodysnatched."Â
Ass, you keep that in your head as you hold your breath. You swallow the ball down.Â
Instantly, you choke.Â
It's horrible. Like a rotten carcass on the highway, oozing blood and oil and pus. You start dry-heaving, suffocating, spit dribbles down your chin. Nothing comes out. You've already absorbed it. The taste of a cursed spirit no one knows. Like swallowing a rag that was used to wipe up vomit and shit. Exorcised. Ingested. Exorcised. Ingested. Exorcised. Ingested. Exorcised. Ingested.Â
"Is it really that bad?" Gojo observes you. "That guy swallows them down, no problem."Â
Because Suguru was used to this taste. He was used to the responsibility. The hoarding mass of distraught absorbing a curse comes with. It was a disgusting art. Something he'd perfected to mask for years. Until he couldn't take it anymore.Â
Fuck, you might have lost your mind, too, if you kept having to eat this. To protect people who were happy you failed.Â
You snapped out of it. Suguru's memories were affecting your own. That's probably a sign that you need to get out of here. No way would you be sympathizing with someone so monstrous.Â
"Hopefully, I never do that again." You slowly recover, wiping your spit away with your hand. You lean back on your hands, exhausted.Â
"Something I've always wondered." You call out to Gojo. "What did Suguru ever think about someone possessing his body."Â
Gojo laughed. "Funny thing. He never knew."Â
"What?" You look at him. "No gaps in his memory? Nothing?"Â
"Nope," Gojo said, "he remembered what happened in the house, but he thinks he did everything. And then he said something weird."Â
You perk up at that. "What did he say?"Â
Gojo tilts his head. Then, he shrugs.Â
"I forgot." Typical.Â
You pinch your nose bridge. "So, did you tell anyone else about...this?"Â You gesture to yourself.Â
"Wait, you're supposed to be a secret?" You look at him in alarm. "In my defense, I didn't know, but I haven't gotten the chance to tell anyone. After the mission, Suguru and I went to the arcade, and then I kinda' forgot about it."Â
Well, at least Gojo's arrogance works in your favor sometimes. You can't let anyone know, especially anyone connected to the higher-ups. From Geto's memories, you know they don't like anything new. It's best to stay under their radar.Â
"Good, well, from now on, we're keeping it a secret. Got it?"Â
"What are you two keeping a secret?" A new voice pops up. You jump.Â
You know himâat least from Geto's memories. Haibara beams at you. He looks so alive in the sunlight, smiling and with bright eyes.
He'll be dead within a year or so.Â
Gojo takes advantage of your shock. "The bodysnatcher wants me to promise that I won't tell anyone that a curse-user is possessing Suguru's body."Â
"What the hell? You just promised that you wouldn't tell anyone!"Â
"Uh, technically, I didn't promise anything yet." Gojo retaliates. "But okay, fiiiiine. I won't tell anyone....except for Haibara." You groan.Â
"What's going on?" Haibara's smile fades. "Wait, Gojo, is this not Geto? Is this person actually a curse-user!?"Â
"I'm not a curse-user." You correct. "I'm not a sorcerer either, for the record."Â
"You just used a curse technique to travel back in time to take over someone's body." Gojo enunciates. "Sounds like a sorcerer to me."Â
"Wait, you're a time-traveler, Mr. Not-Geto?" Haibara asks and you are genuinely impressed he's able to keep up.Â
"The nameâs Greeny, Haibara." Gojo supplements. Haibara nods, still a bit unsure.Â
"So...do we fight Greeny?"Â
"It's not my name." You get ignored.Â
"Nah, it's all good. Greeny's harmless. Just a weakling, donât worry about it."Â Rude, but you donât think youâd want Gojo to take you as much of a threat, not after knowing what he can do.
"Oh, okay!" Haibara instantly relaxes. The kid's really trusting, huh?Â
"Okay, fine, but no one else can know, got it, Gojo?" This promise doesn't matter. It's not like you're planning on returning to the past anytime soon. As soon as you return to the present, you are leaving Tokyo and escaping the night parade of 100 demons. Fuck that. You don't want to die again.Â
He waves you off. "Yeah, yeah."
He's so insufferable. You don't know who's worse: the genocidal maniac or this brat.Â
"Give me your hand. I want to go home."Â
Haibara looks confused. "Wait, why does Greeny need your hand?"Â
"It's how the curse technique works," Gojo explains. "Greeny gets sent back in time, and then my true-love's touch sends him careening forward into the future." You frown at his comment, but he turns to you before you can say anything.Â
"Which reminds me, Greeny: ever figure out how your technique works?"Â
No way are you telling a kid that their best friend killed you....twice. Instead, you just shrug.Â
"Haven't figured it out yet."Â
Gojo stares at you. "Huh." He responds. "Well, if you ever figure it out, lemme' know."Â
Sure you will. You hold up your hand. Gojo, finally holds his own up. Out of the corner of your eye, Haibara waves. And then you're back in your own body, on December 24th, 2017, 7:06 pm.
You waste no time. You push at the crowd, squeezing through the hoards of people. You need to get out. You need to leave before the death parade starts, before you're trapped in that terrifying cycle of death again.Â
You need to leave.Â
Exorcised. Ingested.Â
No no no. Shut up. This wasn't you. This was Geto's memories.Â
Exorcised. Ingested. Â
You need to leave.Â
Exorcised. Ingested.Â
You need to survive.Â
The taste of a cursed spirit no one knows.Â
You stop, right there in the middle of the sidewalk. People glare, cursing as they move around you. They don't know this place will be a bloodbath in a matter of minutes. They'd all die. But you could stop it.Â
If only if you hadn't accessed Geto's memories. If only if you hadn't eaten that damn curse. If only if you hadn't sympathized with a murderer. Maybe you'd have the courage to escape your future.Â
But you'd felt that taste. Horrible. If you eat enough, you could go insane. If you were lonely enough, that would do it too.Â
The taste of a cursed spirit no one knows. No one except for you.Â
At 8:06 the screams start. The monsters come out to play their song. You close your eyes, forgive Suguru, and you die once more.Â
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For once, when you open your eyes, Gojo isnât there with you.Â
Youâre still on the campus of Jujutsu tech. Suguru was just about to grab his soda from the vending machine. You finish his job. The can feels cold. It feels refreshing on your tongue. Itâs a momentary distraction to the fact that you have no clue what youâre doing.Â
You understand your cursed technique, but you still struggle with the application. Fuck, what did you do? You were utterly fucked. Youâre playing a dangerous game. If you died- if Geto died- here, what would even happen?Â
 The worst part is that you canât even think of the hypothetical because thereâs no other choice. You needed to do this. To not only save the people in Tokyo from the Night Parade, but to also save Geto Suguru. The man who has killed you three times now.Â
Getoâs dissent starts to worsen at Riko Amanaiâs death. If you could prevent that from happening, you could probably change history. But Getoâs true fracture begins with the curses themselves. They were rotting him from the inside.
You grimace, but you have to do it. You have to eat every single curse that Geto couldnât swallow down himself.Â
One was coming up. In less than an hour, Yaga will call you and Gojo for a mission. Itâll be a special-grade grave-type curse. Dispatching it will be simple, but Geto would be the one to exorcise it, ingesting the screams of all that the curse devoured. You needed to prepare yourself for that.Â
Maybe you should save some of this soda to wash the taste off later.Â
âGeto!â Someone cheers, you jump, but Haibaraâs already poking his head around the wall. He grins.Â
âHey! Oh, youâre not Geto, arenât you?â He tilts his head. âGreeny?âÂ
âKeep your voice down,â you whisper, âwait, you can recognize me?âÂ
He nods, after checking to make sure no oneâs around, he says, âyeah, your eyes are different? Itâs hard to explain.â He tells you.Â
Huh. Interesting.Â
âYouâve been gone a while.â Haibara beams. âItâs been a few weeks. Iâm glad youâre back, Gojo was starting to get cranky.âÂ
Itâs probably because he had no one to mess with. Poor him. He has all your sympathies. Ass.Â
âIâm glad to return as his punching back.â You mutter.Â
Haibara shyly shuffles his feet.Â
âSo, are you really from the future?â He asks. âWas Gojo telling the truth?âÂ
You nod. âHaibara, you havenât told anyone, right?âÂ
âOf course not!â He instantly says. âNot a soul. Not even Nanami, and I tell him everything! Your secretâs safe with me.âÂ
âAnd Gojo, too! I know he doesnât look very trustworthy, but me and him have kept it under wraps.âÂ
Reluctantly, you canât help but agree with the kid. Gojo is annoying, but so far, he hasnât done anything super harmful.Â
âSo anyway, Greeny.â He clears his throat. âConsidering youâre from the future and all. Would you mind telling me what my future will be like?âÂ
You blink at him. He takes it as a sign to continue. âNothing much! I just wanna know what Iâll be doing in 2017. Will I finally be a grade 1 sorcerer?âÂ
You think of Getoâs final memories of Haibara. A child burying another child.Â
âSorry,â you lie through your teeth, âbut I didnât know you in my future. Again, Iâm not really a sorcerer.âÂ
Haibara nods, disappointed but still very excitable. He asks you about other things about the future, and you try to answer to the best of your ability, but you canât shake off his dead glass eyes, staring at you from the morgue.Â
âAnother thing, we should have a code word.â Haibara exclaims.Â
You blink. âA code word?âÂ
âIf we ever meet in the future,â he explains, âyâknow, in 'Groundhogâs day', he has to keep explaining whatâs happening repeatedly? In order to prevent that, we should have a secret word between eachother so I instantly know who you are.âÂ
Not the same exact situation, but it sounds like exactly something a child would come up with. You indulge him anyway.Â
âOkay, what did you have in mind?âÂ
âWell, it canât be anything too crazy, or we might attract unwanted attention.â Haibara puts a hand on his chin in serious thought. You smile.Â
âGot it! If you ever see me, just yell âbrocolli headâ really really loudly. Then Iâll know.â Haibara chirps.Â
âWait, why broccoli head?â
âBecause broccoli heads are green!â Haibara chirps happily.
Youâre starting to learn itâs best not to question his logic.
You nod, very amused. âSure thing, Haibara.â Â
Someone calls out his name. He jumps before he waves to you. You watch as he joins with Nanami. They talk about something you canât hear. Haibara laughs and you decide it would be a shame if his laugh was lost to death.Â
Gojo finds you eventually. You canât hide from him forever. You were walking into the school when he caught up with you. Heâd ran there. His breath was slightly ragged.Â
âGreeny, couldnât get enough last time, huh?â You shoot him a look.Â
âWhat are you talking about? Doesnât matter, we need to go, the missions coming up.âÂ
Gojoâs smile dips ever so slightly. âHowâd you know about that?âÂ
Itâs probably not a good idea to tell the guy's best friend that youâre possessing that youâve unlocked his memories.Â
âHaibara told me.âÂ
âAh,â He replies, âletâs go then.âÂ
The car ride is different this time around. Less tension. You arenât as confused. Gojo is seated quietly beside you, watching the scenery go by. The assistant is too preoccupied with belting the radio to notice Gojo's words.Â
âFigured it out yet?â He asks. âYour technique.âÂ
He's persistent about that answer, isn't he? You're sure the only reason Gojo cooperates with you is because he thinks you're inhabiting Suguru's on accident. How would he react if he knew you were doing it intentionally? It's best not to get on the strongestsâ bad side.Â
âOh, not really, but I think itâs random. I canât seem to find a set pattern. Maybe Suguru calls out to me, somehow?âÂ
âMaybe.â Gojo replies. His time is flat. Anxiety flips through your stomach.Â
âYouâre different this time around,â Gojo says.Â
âAm I?â You ask. âI guess Iâm just more determined today.âÂ
He gives you a look over. "Oh yeah? What for?"Â
"The curse. I'll exorcise it, today."Â
You don't know how you wanted Gojo to react to that, but you're still disappointed when he turns back to the window.Â
"Do whatever, Greeny."Â
In the end, you do swallow the curse. You manage to hold your gags in this time.Â
It's worse than before. It makes sense. This curse was first-grade. Stronger. In terms of taste, it was like curdled blood and mold. You were so grateful for that soda.Â
Gojo only watches with a tilted head.Â
"You're getting better at that."
You give a weak grin.Â
"Practice makes perfect," you reply, "do you think I'll get strong enough to absorb a special grade soon?"Â
He doesn't like your question. You can see it in his stiff expression.Â
"Maybe. Why do you want to swallow up curses, anyway? Last time you were here, you were practically begging to go back."Â
His response wasn't exactly hostile but far from his usual playful attitude. You knew you'd have to confront this eventually. Despite how nonchalant he acted, it's clear Satrou doesn't enjoy watching someone prance around in his friend's body like this. If he starts to dislike you, it could rupture your entire plan. You need his cooperation, more than anything, to save Suguru.Â
A little bit of the truth. Just a bit. It can't hurt, can it?
"Curses taste horrible," you say, looking at the ground. You can still taste the remnants of it, "it's the worst thing in the world. I can't even explain how wrong it feels to eat one. I thought...while I'm in his body...I could maybe help Suguru a little. I could ingest the curses in his stead, so that way, he still gets to absorb it." But it'll lessen the trauma it has on his mental state.Â
You can't see how Gojo feels about that. Those glasses of his cover everything. But you know he's staring at you. The six eyes are taking you apart, observing you whole.Â
"Did you know Suguru in the future?" He asks.Â
"I didn't." The man that killed you. The man that will keep killing you. And you'd forgive him each time.Â
Another beat of silence.
Finally, he just sighs. "You're the kind of person who'll jump in front of a truck to save a kitten, right?"Â
You give a sheepish laugh.
"That isn't a compliment, by the way. You're just really reckless. And maybe stupid, Greeny."Â His tone isn't mean.Â
"My name still isn't Greeny." You tell him.Â
"Oh yeah, what's your name, then?" He's reverted back to that teasing lilt, and it almost makes you relax if you don't note the curiosity underneath.Â
So far, you've been lax giving away information regarding the future, but you don't think you should continue that. What if you're too careless and the future changes in a way you didn't intend? A name, personal information, that could be way too dangerous.Â
"Actually, just call me Greeny. I like that name a lot better."Â
"You complained about it all the time, though?" Gojo argues.Â
"It's starting to grow on me." You grin. "Grow? Get it, because you compared me to a plant and-"
"Stop stop, you really are an old man." Gojo groans. You just grin wider. Then, you grimace.
âI can still taste it.â You complain. âIâd kill for a cigarette right now.â
âI caught our assistant manager smoking a while back,â Satoru suggests. âMaybe you could go and beg him for one.â
You toss him a look. âSuguru doesnât smoke, and Iâm not giving a teenager a nicotine addiction.â You have found lighters inside Suguruâs pockets, but you have a feeling it isnât for his own cravings.
"Hey, could you do me a favor?"Â
He gives a wordless hum.
"Maybe after this, could you take Suguru out to a cafe'? I can taste the aftertaste of the curse." You shudder. "Just get him something to wash it down."Â
Also, Suguru couldn't go back to his dorm after this. Suguru dissented because of his fractured relationship with everyone, not just with Satoru. You'd try to bridge the gap between him and his peers as much as you can. You go through Suguru's flip phone, asking Shoko if she wants to join the two.Â
When you're done with that, you snap the phone closed.Â
"Okay, I'm done here. You two have fun, okay?" You raise your hand.Â
Gojo just huffs, amused. "Sure sure. By the way, someone wanted to thank you."Â
You blink at that. "What?"Â
He shakes his head. "Don't worry about it."
He gives you a high-five, and then you're back in 2017 in your own body.Â
Temporarily. So far you figured out that you get sent back an hour before the night parade happens. 8:06. Considering you have a couple more minutes to kill before youâre killed, you reach into your pocket for that cigarette youâve been craving. You pick the first out of the box, cherry burns just out of corner of your eye.
You notice things now. The children giggled to their parents. Old couples gingerly held hands with sweet smiles. You'd save them, but first, you need to save Suguru.Â
And do really do that, you'd have to save Riko.Â
Easier said than done. You could go back in time, but you can't really control when to go back in time. It's been random, but your trips are typically two days away from each other. You can work with that.Â
But in order to get to Riko's death, you'd have to die...a lot. Absorbing curses made Suguru lose his mind, but how well would you fare with dying over and over again?Â
"Hungry?"Â
Someone looms over you. A woman. She's pretty, with short hair and bangs. In her hand, she holds a bag of chips.Â
"The vending machine gave me an extra." She gives a laugh. She kind of sounds like you. "Would you like one?"Â
"Oh." You take it. "Thanks."Â
"Don't mention it." She trots off into the crowd. You watch her.
A stranger's act of kindness. She didn't even know what would happen to her soon. You grip the bag, it crinkles in your grasp.Â
It didn't matter how well you'd fare with dying over and over again. You'd get over it. So many innocent people depended on you. You can't just abandon them like this.Â
You're the kind of person who'll jump in front of a truck to save a kitten, right? It's aggravating how accurate he is, honestly.Â
The screams start up again, and you forgive Suguru.Â
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It takes a few cycles to finally reach the day Amanai Riko is assassinated. Whenever you deem yourself too early, you often accompany Gojo on a mission and exorcise a special-grade curse. Your overall plan is working, bit by bit. Each time you return, Suguru's memories swarm you. Each curse he remembers as less painful.Â
It's why you get worried when you get there a little too late.Â
"Something wrong?" Riko asks.Â
You've stopped in the middle of the hallway, and of course, they're looking at you strangely. You know this place. Tengen's barrier is just an elevator ride away. Suguru, Riko, and Miss Kuroi were all almost there.
Fushiguro Toji has already arrived.Â
In the first timeline, Geto leads the girls all the way down to Tengen's barrier. He puts his trust in Gojo. Of course, he would. They're the strongest. And in the end, Gojo does kill Toji.Â
But the kill comes too late. Riko still dies, and the fracturing happens.Â
You thought you'd have more time. If you had arrived a bit earlier, you could have fought with Gojo, and the chances of defeating Toji would have significantly increased.Â
What do you do?
"What's the matter?" Miss Kuroi asks. She's supposed to die today, too.Â
"Sorry, ladies." You smile. "But I need to go back for him."Â
You don't answer their calls, running back up the hallway. The sun's bright, shimmering beautifully in the sky.
It contradicts the blood dripping all over the stone floor.Â
Gojo's lifeless body is draped across the rubble. It's a horrifying sight. Eyes that were once like the sky are just this empty blue. A dead sea. He isn't breathing. You know, if you touched his wrist, you wouldn't feel a heartbeat.Â
"Hate to break it to ya', but the Gojo kid's dead." Toji's right behind you. You can feel him grinning.Â
You know Gojo isn't dead. At least, he won't be dead for a while, but seeing the boy who used to tease you, annoy the shit out of you, laugh at you, be so....it made you freeze. Falter.Â
You were wasting time.Â
"Sorceror killer." You say after a minute. You almost can't bring yourself to turn, to look at him. The man who kills Gojo. The man who could've killed Suguru, but chose not to. "You certainly live up to your name."Â
Toji's grin widens. The only man in the world with zero cursed energy. It'd be awe-inspiring if it weren't so terrifying.Â
It's funny. You weren't afraid of dying, not anymore. You were afraid of failing. Failing when you were so close, when victory was just a blink away.Â
"The flyheads." You mention to the swarms of curses all around you. "That's really smart." It gives you an idea or two.Â
You have Suguru's memories, but they aren't always concrete. You just have snippets. A general idea of what happened within a certain event. It makes sense. Humans can't remember everything.Â
But regarding the memories of Suguru and Fushiguro, everything is crystal clear. It's almost like you were there when it happened.Â
It also means that you know Suguru, at this current level, won't be able to defeat Fushiguro.Â
But Suguru doesn't need to beat the sorcerer killer; he just needs to hold him off.Â
Currently, Suguru's body contains 368 curses: 3 special grades, 24 grade ones, 33 grade twos, 103 grade threes, and 205 fourth grades.Â
You release all 368 of them.Â
In another timeline, these curses would look to you as something to devour. Today, these curses have a new target.Â
It won't stop Fushiguro. You're not dumb enough to think that. But it should give you time. Hopefully, it'll be enough time.Â
Your knees hurt when you collapse next to the corpse. Gojo's so beautiful, even when he's dead.Â
"Gojo." You shake him. Nothing happens. "You need to wake up. Gojo."Â
Nothing happens. You don't know what caused Gojo to become the strongest, Suguru wasn't there. For once, you are blind to the past.Â
"Riko needs you. Wake up. You-you need to go and save her and Miss Kuroi."Â
His body's so cold, and you know he's dead because when you touch his skin, you don't wake up in the present. You push against his body, and he falls limply right back to place. You're sure this sight will haunt you for the rest of your life.Â
"Satoru." You beg. "It's Greeny. Please, please, please wake up."
 Nothing happens.Â
Everything happens.Â
The brightest blue you've ever seen. It's heavenly. A glow that warms and chills your skin. It takes a while for you to see again. When you do, Satoru is standing.Â
Somehow, his eyes are even brighter. You don't think you're looking at a teenage boy anymore.Â
You're sitting in front of God.Â
"Greeny." he states, voice flat. "You're late."Â
You manage to smile.
"Sorry."Â
Youâve seen Satoru fight before. Heâs always calm, body relaxed as he practically floats in the air. Those fights differed from Suguruâs memoriesâpost Satoruâs awakening. Thereâs always this twinge of desperation. An aftertaste of bloodlust.
But seeing it for yourself is something else entirely. Even with Suguruâs heightened senses, you still canât follow him. Heâs barely a mirage. One milisecond you can see a blue flash, the next you see nothing.
It's barely a fight. Not this time around. Fushiguro is completely unmatched. There's a flash of purple. And then, it's over.Â
Fushiguro is in shambles. You didn't realize he was human until he started to bleed and shatter. Parentage over labor. It's sobering, in a way.Â
Satoru's mouth moves. You're too far away to hear anything. They stand there for a few more seconds until Fushiguro slumps. Then, he falls.
You wonder when you got so desensitized to death.Â
Gojo stands there. You should let him compress, but the clock is ticking. You need to do one more thing before you can let Suguru go.Â
"You need to go." You say when you're close to him. He doesn't acknowledge you. "Riko's about to enter Tengen's barrier."Â
He looks at you right then. His eyes. They're so bright, but they're strangely lifeless. Like he can't process you, your words.Â
"I can see you now," he says, "it was so foggy before, but now, you're crystal clear."Â
Six eyes look at you. You don't think you're hiding behind Suguru's face anymore.Â
You clear your throat.Â
"Gojo." You remind him. "Riko. You need to stop her."Â
He blinks back into focus, rising from his high.Â
"Oh," he says after a moment, "right."Â
You stop him before he can walk any further. You hold out your hand.Â
"You and Suguru."Â
For the first time in a while, Gojo hesitates to send you back. You wait a couple seconds longer.Â
"Yeah," he finally says.
His skin still feels cold.Â
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This death is a lot more painful than the others.Â
The curse that's holding you is more intelligent than its predecessors. It keeps you alive, tearing at your skin, feasting on your flesh. Blood is everywhere. You scream until it rips out your vocal cords. It's almost a mercy to just die.Â
You forgive Suguru.Â
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Time skips a lot faster now.Â
You stand in 2006, four months after the death of Fushiguro Toji. It takes a second for Geto's memories to kick in. What you see makes you nearly cry in relief.Â
Gojo and Geto made it in time. You can still remember the tears spilling down Riko's cheeks, the smile on her face when Geto asked her if she wanted to go back. They were safe. They were home, with each other.Â
You did it. You actually managed to pull it off.Â
But you can't celebrate, not yet. From what you can gather from Suguru's memories, Geto defects after four years. You've just held off the eventual.Â
It's nearly the middle of December. The air feels a bit chillier. You stay on that bench where Suguru once occupied. He was finishing his lunch. Usually, he'd eat with Satoru, but Satoru wasn't on campus these days.Â
Right, you weren't finished with your work, yet. There was still one other issue. Suguru went on missions alone these days. Swallowing curses, letting them fester and rot in his body. It's isolating and grueling work. You might have been able to help him with the absorption, but your aide won't be enough to prevent his eventual downfall.Â
You'll have to deal with his natural isolation. To do that, Suguru will have to make friends with people who aren't Satoru.Â
Suguru does have friends, but he's the closest to Satoru. Considering Satoru is getting busier each passing day, Suguru needs to broaden his horizons a bit.Â
It's a good thing this school is filled with such colorful characters.Â
Haibara and Nanami were sitting in the back of the school. From Geto's memories, their dynamic was interesting. Haibara was definitely more outgoing than the two, but Nanami seemed to have a good head on his shoulders. They looked out for each other, in that way.Â
Ah, Shoko was there, too. You haven't seen her since your first day. Her hair's grown longer. It lightly brushes her shoulders now. The cigarette in her hand burns a cherry red.Â
Your reaction is rooted in Suguru's instinct than anything on your part. You reach out, taking the cigarette and stomping on the embers.Â
"You shouldn't smoke in front of kids." You tell her, hoping she didn't read too much into your action.
Shoko scoffs, but to your satisfaction, she doesn't take out another one.Â
"We're just one year below you." Nanami retaliates, but he looks more at ease now that the cigarette's out.Â
"Did you finish lunch already, Geto?" Haibara asks kindly, then he takes a closer look. "Greeny?"Â
You suck air through your teeth, giving Haibara a scathing look. Instead of looking exasperated, Nanami looks confused.Â
"What's Greeny?" Nanami asks, and Haibara weakly laughs.Â
"It's-uh-my new nickname for the tree that's growing over there!" He wildly points to something just behind you. "'Cuz it's so...green!"
"Of course." You note the hint of affection laced within his tone.Â
"When'd you get back?" Haibara recovers with eagerness.Â
"Recently." You grin. "Nice to see you again."Â
"You saw him this morning," Nanami interjects, and you shrug. When he frowns, you know you pulled off a perfect Suguru impression.Â
Suguru melds into the conversation perfectly. Haibara says something funny, Shoko and Suguru agree, Nanami disagrees. It's a lovely little cycle that ends when Nanami grumbles and picks himself up to go. Shoko starts to follow suit when you stop her.Â
"Your hair's nice." You tell her.Â
She hums, grabbing a strand to study it. You can see hints of dark circles beginning to form under her eyes. She looked livelier when you first met her. Curses have been popping up left and right since Fushiguro's death. Everyone is overworked, but Shoko looks like she's getting the brunt of it. She's one of the only people who can use RCT on others, and there aren't many healers on her level. All of the strongests share one thing in common it seems.Â
"Pretty soon, it'll be longer than yours," Shoko replies. You smile in response.Â
"Where are you going?" You ask.Â
"Dorm," she replies, "I'm behind on paperwork."Â
You had a feeling she always was. You gave a look of sympathy, but misery loves company.Â
"I have some work too," You 'remember' the piles of papers lodged on Suguru's desk, "Maybe we can do it together later. The cafe right next to campus? It'll be my treat."Â
She looks at Suguru. Her eyes are a pretty color.Â
"Sure." She shrugs. "see you then."Â
You feel your heart thump twice in your chest and decide that your work here is done.Â
Haibara stares at Shoko's disappearing back. The forehead flick comes from both you and Suguru.Â
"That hurt." Haibara whines.Â
Good, you inwardly think.Â
"Sorry." You tell him. He rubs his head, and you wonder if this is how kicking a puppy feels like.Â
Luckily for you, Haibara recovers quickly.Â
"You've been gone for a while." Haibara tilts his head. "What happened?"Â
You can't exactly control your technique, it's more like it has a mind of its own, placing you exactly where you need to be placed. Instead of answering, you sigh, leaning against the wall.Â
"Timeline gimmicks." You tell him tiredly. "It's hard to explain."Â He frowns, but he takes it as an answer.
"Do you know when Gojo's coming back?" You ask. "I think it's time for me to go back again."Â
In previous time travels, you and Haibara tried to see if any physical contact would be enough to send you back. No matter how many times you two high-fived, shook hands, or even held hands. Nothing worked. Only Gojo Satoru could activate your technique. It must have something to do with the amount of cursed energy another person has.Â
âHe should be getting back later this evening.â Haibara muses. âBut Iâll be happy to keep you company!â
It's nice to hear him chatter. If you'd let him, he'd go one and one. But you like hearing him talk about his sister. Apparently, sheâs also a sorcerer, and his affection for her makes you smile.
"You remind me a lot of her, actually." He tells you. "Even though, y'know, you're a man." It's enough to get a laugh out of you.Â
âDo you have anyone in your family who can see curses?â Haibaracasks.
âNo,â you answer honestly, âat least, not that I can tell. My dad never spoke of curses or strange powers when I was growing up.â
You think he would have said something; after all, you two were too close to have secrets from each other. Your father was a single man, who took to raising you himself after your mother passed away. He often said you had her laugh.
âMaybe youâre one of a kind,â Haibara suggests.
You agree with him.
Gojo finds you before you can find him. He comes up to you with a grin and a wave.
âHey, long time.â
His sunglasses are tilted down. You can see his eyes. Theyâve lost the mania he had in his fight with Fushiguro. Youâre relieved at that. You still canât shake off that strange thing he said to you.
Wordlessly, you raise your hand. Satoru frowned.
âYou wanna leave so soon? You just got here.â
âIâve been here for hours,â you tell him, âalso, you arenât very concerned that someone is using your best friendâs body as a puppet.â
âHeâs been through worse,â Satoru tells you off with a wave. Some friend.
âLetâs go to the arcade,â he suggests.
âDo that with Suguru.â You tell him. âIâm not hanging out with a high schooler.â
âRight right, my bad. I keep forgetting youâre an old man, Greeny.â
â22 is not old,â you say with exasperation, âdidnât your birthday just pass? Youâre just five years away. Iâll see your attitude change, then.â
He grows quiet. You feel like you messed up somewhere.
âHow did you know about my birthday?â
Fuck, you keep forgetting about keeping Suguruâs memories a secret. It takes everything within you to just relax.
âHaibara told me,â you say, âblabbermouth. You know him.â
âOh.â Gojo replies. âHuh.â
You shuffle your feet. Distantly, you wonder what shoe size Suguru wears.
âHow did your mission go?â
âHorrible,â heâs instantly back to his usual self, whiny and complaint, âand the curse was so ugly too. It was oozing goo everywhere.â
You frown. âSounds gross. But you won, right?â
He doesnât even answer. You secretly admire his sheer confidence. You certainly werenât that when you were at his age.
âHowâs Amanai and Miss Kuroi?â You ask.
âSafe.â He tells you. âThe higher-ups werenât really happy with us after that; pretty sure all these sudden missions are punishments.â He frowns. âBut theyâre fine. Miss Kuroi officially adopted her, so sheâs a Kuroi now, too.â
You smiled. You already knew all that, but itâs nice to hear it.
âYou saved them,â he says.
You laugh, âI didnât do a thing.â You tell him. âYou and Suguru did all the heavy lifting. I just caused some property damage.â
âYou did.â He replies. âI donât know how, but things always manage to work out whenever youâre around.â
You donât like how he phrases that, but you donât react.
âYou think so? Maybe Iâm lucky.â Itâs supposed to be a joke of some kind. Neither of you laugh.
âYou really donât know us in the future?â He asks.
Maybe you shouldâve asked Shoko if you could have a cigarette.
âI really didn't,â you say, âHonest, IâI have no idea whatâs happening. Iâm just as lost as you. Hopefully, I can figure out how to control my technique, and you wonât have to see me again.â
You never stopped feeling guilty for doing this to Suguru. Controlling him. Forcing him to laugh with his friends, make decisions based on your feelings rather than his. But youâre so close. You promise yourself that once you fix everything, youâll never cause someone this much pain again. No matter how many times they kill you.
Satoruâs fists tighten. He looks even more upset at your response.
âThatâs not what Iââ He cuts himself off. You wait. Satoru says nothing more.
âYouâre annoying.â He tells you in the end. Itâs clean and cut, but it sounds like him. More confident, less wavery. âAnd stupid too.â
You canât help but smile.
âThank you. Am I done entertaining you now? Can I go?â He grumbles, holding up his hand.
âYeah, sure, Greeny.â
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You forgive Suguru.
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Somethingâs wrong.
You can feel it. Somethingâs wrong.
You look through Getoâs memories. Thereâs nothing. Everythingâs going as it should be. Everything looks perfect. Then, why do you feel so wrong?
Currently, Suguru was finishing excorcising a curse. You absorb it, swallowing down the remnant like itâs a pile of rusted nails but even the disgusting taste isnât enough to wash away the feeling of dread.
The walls of the hospital was empty. The auxillary managers had already cleared everyone out by the time Suguru had walked in. Maybe it was the silence that added to your stress?
You walk out. Nothing changes. One of the managers comes up to you with a clipboard.
âThe curse was exorcised.â Suguru tells them. âIt wasnât first grade, it was special grade. It was still disposed of.â
He curses, scribbling something down on his clipboard.
âThe wrong information again.â He hisses to himself. âIf we keep doing this, someone will die. We need more people, weâre way too stretched out.â
Those words are familiar. Hold on.
âWait, what day is it?â You ask the frazzled-looking manager.
Offhandedly, he responds. He says the date so casually, and yet his mere words feel like a bear trap, tightening on your leg.
No. You should have had more time. Why werenât you given more time?
Nanami and Haibara have probably already been dispatched. You go through Suguruâs phone, finding Haibaraâs contact. It doesnât go through. Nanami doesnât pick up either.
You wonât make it in time. Even using Suguruâs curses, you wonât be able to reach them until itâs too late. Suguruâs memory of that day is muddled and dark, but Haibaraâs dead corpse laying on the examination table. The pieces of him that Nanami could bring back.
You wouldnât be fast enough.
He picks up on the second ring.
â...Whatâs up?â
âItâs Haibara.â You spit the words out as fast as you can. âSatoru, you need to go and get him right now, he isnât going to make itââ
ââGreeny?â The exhaustion in Gojoâs voice is gone. You can hear something rustle behind him.
âSatoru, listen to me.â You beg. âHaibara and Nanami were just dispatched on a mission, but Yu isnât going to survive it. It wasnât a second-grade curse; it was a first grade. Please, you have to go and save him before it kills him.â
Itâs silent. It feels like hours have passed when you know itâs just three seconds.
âWeâll talk later, Greeny.â The line clicks.
Youâve lost the trust of the strongest.
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The future has changed when you get to campus. Haibaraâs status is still alive. Barely. But heâs still there. Shokoâs currently taking care of him.
Nanami remains quiet the entire time since he returned with Haibaraâs battered body. The only thing you can think of to offer comfort is to pat his shoulder. He barely even registers it. Itâs more for you than for him. Youâre self-soothing, taking care of something else, so you donât have to recognize your own panic.
If Haibara dies, right here, on this day, everything can change. Everything can go back to the way it was in your original timeline. Haibara, with his sunshine, smiles, and bright eyes. His death is so important, and you canât even think of him right now.
Gojo Satoru knows youâve been deceiving him.
This is bad. So very bad. If he starts to suspect that you know more than you let on, he might deem you enough of a threat to kill, regardless of whether or not youâre in Suguruâs body. Itâs not like that hasnât stopped him before.
Gojo Satoru is selfless. Heâs selfless enough to kill his best friend, if he thinks it will save everyone.
But if Gojo kills Geto here and now, would that really be bad?
Youâd lose your path to the past, but the threat to your life would be over. Even if you did die in Suguruâs body, at least the people of Tokyo will be spared the Death Parade. Youâll still get what you want. And it will be much easier than your current plan.
Nanami shuffles behind you and you instantly snap out of it. That wasnât you. It couldnât have been you. That same lack of apathy when Fushiguro died in front of you.
It seems like dying over and over again caused you to lose bits of your humanity.
Shoko comes out. Nanami stands up, a tall ball of nervous energy. Shoko removes her mask. Her dark circles have grown even more prominent. Sheâs only 17.
âHeâs still alive.â Nanami sags. âBut he isnât responsive. Iâve done all that I can.â
She looks at Nanami, and then she canât anymore.
âIâm sorry.â
âDonât,â Nanami rasps, the most emotion youâve ever seen from him, âdonât apologize. It was my fault. I shouldâve taken better care of him.â
You swallow. It wasnât his fault, you wish you could tell him that it was yours.
You wonder what Haibaraâs younger sister looked like. A spitting image of him, perhaps. Shorter. Darker hair, bigger eyes. Their smiles would look identical. What would she look like when sheâs told her brother died doing the profession he forbade her from doing?
You canât do that to her. You canât be the reason she loses her brother the second time.
Youâre not sure if a God is even out there. How could there be? What kind of entity would do something like this to you? Still, you sit on that bench, right outside the room where Haibaraâs body lay, and you pray for a God.
Gojoâs footsteps stop right in front of you.
Itâs hard to get the words out. For a minute, he just stands there.
âDid you exorcise it?â You finally ask.
âYeah.â
You lift your head up to look at him. Even in his school uniform, heâs regal to look at. Like a warrior of the sun, blessed by the moon, sent to vanquish beasts and monsters.
Now, his blood-soaked sword is pointed at you.
Make it quick. You can only think. Just make it quick.
âNot here.â You say.
Nanami was still shaking. Shoko was right beside him. So you stand, you drag yourself away from Haibaraâs fading presence, and Gojo follows behind.
It shouldnât be this pretty outside. The sun is bright, and the sky is clear. There should be rain. Enough rain to drown the Earth.
âI figured out your technique a while ago, yâknow.â You donât look at him. You canât. âDying. Death activates your technique. Each time you die, youâre sent back 12 years in the past.â
You grip the fabric of your uniform until your knuckles turn white. Satoruâs cruel enough to continue.
âBut I never got why your soul kept possessing Suguruâs body. It always felt kindaâ random. Unless he was the one who was killing you. Over and over again.â
âGojo. Stop.â You beg.
âThatâs how your CT works. Every time youâre murdered, you go back in time so you can kill them when theyâre at their most emotionally vulnerable moment. Itâs a pretty powerful technique, all things considered. I might not even stand a chance against it. Assisted suicide, never expected that from you of all people.
But you never do. Each time Suguru kills you, you just come back and try to save him and everyone else your hands can reach. I canât get why you did that.â
He steps in front of you so you can see him. The God that he is.
âLetâs cut the shit, Greeny. Tell me what future is so bad youâre willing to die over and over again to prevent it.â
The worst outcome you could have ever thought of was standing right in front of you.
Satoru was demanding to know his future.
And...you couldnât.
Youâre taking in a shaky breath. Itâs not enough oxygen. The sky was close to crumbling, and you still couldnât breathe.
âThereâs nothing to know.â You try. âThereâs nothing, Iâm fixing itââ
ââby Suguru killing you, or is this considering killing yourself, now?â
âYou donât understand.â Your voice is cracking, so high-pitched that even Suguruâs vocal cords canât keep up. âYou donât get it. You canât.â
âThen help me understand.â His voice is as ragged as yours, he steps closer, you step back. âTell me why my friend would do something like this to someone.â
It clicks right then. Satoruâs anger isnât directed at you.
No, itâs directed at Suguru.
Itâs even worse than you thought.
âHeâhe was better than me. He was supposed to be the best out of all of us. I wanna deny it all that I can butâbut I can see the proof right here in front of me. AndâAnd I donâtââ His voice breaks too much to continue.Â
Youâre breaking, too. How many times have you been doing this, over and over again? All alone, with no one to support you. To comfort you.
The words are right there, threatening to bubble out. Itâd be so easy to tell Satoru everything.
And maybe you wouldâve, but then you looked at him.
Despite how disingenuous Satoru acted, you knew he was kind. The kindest person youâve ever met. Heâd sit there and listen, and heâd break every bone in his body to help. Thatâs just how he was.
Satoru was selfless, he was selfless enough to kill his best friend here and now if it meant heâd save the millions in Tokyo.
You canât put another burden on the strongest.
You canât do that to a kid.
âItâit isnât him.â You manage to spit out. âHe isnât doing it on purpose. Itâs not his fault.
Itâs the curses. They were too much for him; they overtook his body. Suguru couldnât control them anymore.â
He says nothing. Itâs like youâve put a spell on Gojo somehow, freezing him in place. Satoru canât do anything but stare at the talking puppet thatâs his best friend.
âHe lost so many people.â You continue. âRiko, Miss Kuroi, Haibara. He couldnât take it. It was too much. His body succumbed to the curses, and they took over Shinjuku. Thatâs how I keep...â
Itâs okay to lie like this, you justify to yourself. Because the Suguru, you knowâthe one with fake smiles, beady eyes, and a broken expressionâisnât the one that Satoru knows. Theyâre two completely different people. Yearsâtimelinesâapart from each other. They arenât the same.
Even then, you forgave both Sugurus a lifetime ago.
Youâd get on your knees if you know that would make a difference. Youâd plead and beg and cry if it would get Satoru to drop it. In the end, you can only stare at him.
âAll Iâm asking is that you trust me.â You whisper. âBelieve that Iâm making this right. Please, Satoru?â
His eyes. You canât tell what heâs thinking. Heâs gone quiet and dull. The same look he had when he fully awakened his technique. The day he became God.
But heâs not a God. Godâs donât cry.
He leans ever so closely until his head rests on your shoulder. His body shakes.
âYouâll save him, right?â He asks. Gone, is his aura of confidence and resilience. Heâs nothing more than a shell. If you feel something stain Suguruâs uniform, you say nothing about it.
You smile anyway.
âI will.â You tell the truth. âI will save him.â
You think of something morbidly funny.
âIâll die trying.â
His shoulders shake with quiet, genuine laughter, the kind thatâs wet and sticks to the top of your mouth.
âThatâs fucked up, Greeny.â He whispers.
You hum, reaching up to pat him on the back. It takes another minute before he gathers himself up. His eyes are shiny. Satoru blinks it away.
âHaibara will be okay.â He says with such conviction. âIâll take care of him. Iâll take care of Suguru, too.â
He doesnât get it, not yet. He doesnât understand that Shoko and Satoru and Haibara and Nanami need him. Heâll get it soon, though. You managed to put Suguru on the right path.
For now, itâs all you can do.Â
âI know you will.âÂ
He scoffs, right then.Â
âYouâre really annoying, you know that? Next time, donât piss me off like that. Just tell it to me straight.âÂ
Rely on me. Lean on me.
âIâm sorry,â you say and you truly are, âI wonât leave you in the dark from now on. I guess I just forgot that I had a friend in 2006.âÂ
His eyes get a little brighter. âItâs actually 2007ââÂ
âShut up.â He laughs and it sounds like him again.Â
You reach out your hand and his grin fades, the tiniest bit. He mirrors you, regardless.��
This time, you hesitate.
âYou should learn how to be selfish every once in a while.â You tell him. âI wonât fault you if youâre selfish. I donât think anyone will.
He doesnât answer that, but his touch is finally warm.
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It hurts. It hurts so much. Blood seeps into the pavement. You can hear the curse laughing. It sounds like him.
You forgive Suguru.Â
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Itâs today.Â
You can feel it. You donât even have to look at the date to know.
The catalyst for December 24th, 2017.
Suguruâs already dressed. Youâre currently standing in front of a shotty mirror, watching your reflection.
He looks tired. His smileâs a bit muted. You notice a scar you hadnât seen before. An unregistered special grade curse, Suguruâs memory gives.
Heâs different from when you saw him a year ago, but thereâs still a spark in his eye. You cling to that hope, as hard as you can.
You step out of the room. It isnât Suguruâs. Heâd rented accommodations with an older woman and her son for the mission. Their place smelled like home. It made your stomach turn.
She smiles when she sees you coming down stairs. She looks kind; she has the eyes of a mother. Youâll never understand how a person who raised children could do something like this to another.
âMr. Geto.â She chirps. âIâm so glad youâre awake! Would you like anything to eat?â
âNo, Iâm fine.â Better get this done sooner than later. âI should be heading back now, anyways.â
Suguru had already absorbed the curse tormenting the village last night. You can feel the sticky aftertaste in your mouth. He should have left the village yesterday, but the people were insistent he stayed one last day as thanks, feeding him all they could.
Now, itâs obvious that it was a way to butter him up for today.
Her smile grows a bit nervous. She shuffles her feet a bit.
âIf it isn't too much.â She starts. âThe head of our village asked if you could look at something.â Her eyes darken into disgust.
You fight to keep your smile.
âOf course. Please, lead the way.â
Itâs worse than you ever could have imagined.
Youâve seen this play out so many times in Suguruâs memories. He reminisces about this moment a lot. Because of that, you knew this scene too, like the back of your hand.
And yet, seeing two children huddled together on the floor. Nothing could prepare you for that.
The village head is saying something. The woman who Suguru roomed with is yelling at the scared kids, but you canât hear any of that.
Their clothes were dirty and ripped. Their cheeks were hollow, and they looked like they hadnât eaten for days. Himikoâs eye looks swollen.
The twins.
The first time you saw them, they stepped aside and let Geto kill you. Thereâs something oddly poetic about you being on the other side.
They tremble as they continue to look at you, flinch whenever that woman raises her voice. They must think Suguruâs here to kill them.
Theyâre too young to think like that. Theyâre too young to see the horrors of this world so soon.
Itâs a mistake to look towards the end of their cell. Dirty water and dog food.
How could a human do this to them? How could a mother do this to them?
You feel red. It coarses through your blood, your veins, your soul. It feels like thereâs lava right underneath your skin. Shuddering, tittering anger.
Thereâs more than enough fire to burn down an entire village.
âSuguru,â you think to your companion, your tormentor, âI think Iâm starting to get it now.â
You reach for the bars of the cell. The twins shrink away.
âAh! Mr. Geto, you musnât get too close to themââ
âIâll take them.â
âWhat?â The head of the village asks.
âThe children.â You straighten yourself up. âIâll take them off your hands.â
Itâs pointless to do anything to these people. Theyâre delusional enough to think that theyâre in the right. By torturing these children, theyâre protecting their own. Itâs fear. Thatâs all it ever was. Even without a curse, itâll fester on and on until this village is nothing but abandoned homes. Thereâs no point to punish these people any further.
If you look at the adults a bit too long, youâre afraid of what youâd do, even without Suguruâs interference. Instead, you focus on Himiko and Nanako, looking into their wary gazes. Their hands are so tiny. You could protect them with your own.
When you got out of this backward village, youâd find them something to eat.
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You go to Shoko first.
She looks surprised to see the twins. You canât imagine why. Still, her voice is calm when she speaks to them, setting both of them up in the clinic room. Since you got them into the car, Nanako and Himiko seemed to calm down. Himiko even told you the name of her doll.
A little while later, Yaga comes for a visit. Heâs the principal now. Usually, his voice is filled with gruff, but heâs oddly gentle when he speaks to them. Nanako cracks a shy smile.
You canât escape the âweâll talk laterâ look he gives you. Inwardly, you sympathize with Suguru. But a harsh lecture is better than being branded a murderer.
He hasnât come by, yet. With the twins aided for, you decide to go find him yourself.
Walking through campus feels a little nostalgic. The grounds of the infamous jujutsu technical college are a bright green. Itâs summer again. Youâve met so many colorful characters since your time here. Youâve only seen snippets, mere seconds of their lives, and yet it feels like an entire lifetime.
Heâs sitting on a bench when you finally see him, nursing a drink. He doesnât acknowledge you. You have to roll your eyes at his childish behavior, plopping down beside him.
âHey.â You say first.
âHeard you adopted two kids,â Satoru says, âNever thought Suguru would be a teen mom, but here we are.â
You laugh, light and breathless. The sky is so pretty today.
âI donât think heâd have it any other way, personally.â You respond.
He reminisces on your words.
âThis happened before too?â He asked.
It did. It was a lot less of a happy ending, however.
âYeah,â you say regardless, âhe took good care of them last time. Heâll do the same in this timeline too. Iâm sure of it.â
And this time, heâd have help. Shoko, Satoru, his teachers. Theyâd all be there for him. Suguruâs memories havenât changed yet, but you know the future you step into will be a different one.
âIn any case, Iâm glad I got to see jujutsu tech one last time. Itâs a beautiful campus.â
âYou act like youâre leaving,â Satoru says, uncaring. âYouâll just come back again next month. Or next year.â
You play with your fingers.
âI...wonât be doing that from now on.â
He pauses. Then, he looks at you.
âWhat?â
You canât gauge his reaction, but he doesnât look happy. You find this a bit hard to swallow.
âI fixed the future.â You smile at him. âI finally did it. Suguru wonât break. Himiko and Nanako wonât lose their father. You wonât lose a friend, anymore. Thereâs no reason for me to keep coming back. Youâre all free.â
You phrased the last part as a joke, but Satoru isnât laughing.
âWait, youâre leaving? Youâre...leaving leaving.â
You nod. âI canât believe it either.â You still canât believe you accomplished everything you set out to do. A task that seemed so impossible, now youâre standing on the other side of it.
It wasnât truly over. Not really, but you were able to get Suguru through the worst of it. Now, you were sure Satoru and Shoko would take up your mantel, pushing Suguru through the finish line. Just like heâll do to them.
Satoruâs quiet.
âYou seem happy.â He notes.
âWell, I did just save everyone, I think I deserve to feel a little good about myself.â
For a moment, you want to ask if itâll be okay to visit everyone in the future. To see how Shoko and Suguru and Satoru are doing as adults. You stop yourself. Of course, they wouldnât want to see you. You needed to stop being so greedy.
This, was more than enough.
âWill you at least tell me your name?â Satoru asks.
âYou know I canât do that.â You tell him with a smile.
âRight right.â He laughs, it sounds hollow. âTime travel, bullshit. Makes sense.â
âIâll miss you.â You tell him.
He straightens himself up.
âIâll miss you too, old man.â He responds. âYou were a lottaâ fun to mess with.â
For once, you arenât offended by the old manâ, comment. If anything, it feels somber.
âCan I ask for some advice?â He suddenly asks. âYâknow what they say, ask the old and wise or whatever.â Okay, now he was starting to push it.
âWhat is it?â
Itâs his turn to shuffle with his fingers.
âWhat would you do if...thereâs something you really want, but no matter how fast you run, you just canât catch up to it?â
You glance at him. He looks earnest. Did something like that even exist for Satoru?
âSomething I canât catch up to?â You ponder out loud. âI guess Iâd have to make a big enough ruckus to where it has no choice but to look back.â
He frowns. âThat makes no sense. Youâre growing senile.â
You laugh. Youâll miss this brat.
You wish you could stay more. You wish you could ask about Haibara, and Shoko, and Nanami, but the clock is ticking.
Suguruâs getting impatient.
âBye, Satoru.â You reach out your hand.
He scrutinizes it, before clasping it within his own.
âYeah, Greeny.â
Within a blink, youâre back again in the middle of Shinjuku. December 24th, 7:06 pm.
Itâs the same as always. People bustle around you. Childrenâs laughter. Everything always repeats itself, but you donât think you can ever get sick of it. Youâll savor this peace for as long as you can.
You reach into your pocket, flicking out a lighter and the first cigarette of the box. You donât know why you always chose this one. Despite outmaneuvering time itself, perhaps itâs within human nature to follow whatâs written stone.
Youâve relived this hour so many times that you can list everything that happens. Down to the exact minute. 7:08- a little girl wearing a red dress walks by. 7:09- a lady with short hair catches your eyes and smiles. 7:14-an old man and woman bicker with each other as they pass you by. 7:21- A little dog sniffs the bench you sit on. 7:34- Two schoolchildren run past you, babbling. 7:45- five construction workers grumble out their grievances. 7:58- a businessman talks loudly on the phone.
You wait. You sit on a bench and wait until 8:06.
Five seconds after 8:06. Twenty seconds after 8:06.
The clock clicks to 8:07.
You were expecting to feel something else. Celebration. Elation. You half-expected to cause a scene and jump for joy right there in the streets of Shinjuku.
None of that comes. Thereâs just a feeling of relief. A weight presses you down, and you slump in your seat.
It was over.
It was finally over.
How long do you stay like that? Hours? Days? When you feel like you can finally breathe again, itâs only 8:12. Time travel warped your sense of time.
You stand up, stretch, feel your bones crack and pop. In the second timeline, you wanted to get a drink to drown your misery of nearly getting killed by a curse and being alone on December 24th. It felt like a lifetime ago when being single was the worst of your problems.
Honestly, youâd stay celibate for the rest of your life if it meant you wouldnât have to go through that ever again.
Tomorrow, youâll decompress and devolve into hysteria over what happened.
Next week, youâll check yourself into therapy.
Today, you decide to go home and sleep for a couple hundred years.
You must look like a zombie with the way you wobble down the street. Physically, your body is perfectly fine. Youâve suffered no bruises or cuts. Even the numerous times youâve been killed leaves nothing on your skin.
Mentally, youâre in shambles. The indomitable human spirit within you is snuffed out.
The stairs to your flat is your last enemy that you must vanquish before you can reunite with your adoring bed. You cling onto the railing with dazed eyes. You donât see the curse until youâre right before it.
Distantly, you wonder how often youâve passed a curse and didnât even realize it. Itâs almost instinct to reach out with your hand, intent on absorbing it.
Nothing happens. You remember you arenât Suguru anymore.
Itâs a grotesque-looking thing. No eyes, too many hands, a gaping mouth. It turns and looks at you.
Strange. Itsâ smile mirrors the one in the abandoned house.
Adrenaline. You feel it coarse through your veins, meld into your bones, explode in your skin. Youâre stumbling back, nearly tripping down the steps in your haste to get away.
It screeches. Loud and clear and angry and you can almost feel its teeth chomp on your leg, ripping your muscles and skin to mere tatters.
Youâve died before. Youâve been skinned alive before. Youâve been eaten before. Yet, it all amounts to nothing compared to the fear you feel at the thought of the curse catching you.
It canât have been nothing more than a third grade. If you were taller, larger, special-grade, you could have killed it immediately. But you werenât, not anymore, you were at the same level as a plant. Useless. Helpless.
A dead man stumbling, tripping, running.
The streets were quiet. You supposed that meant thereâd be fewer casualties. But it didnât make you feel any better. And even if there were people around, no one would have been able to help you.
Your brain isnât working as clearly. Fear is the only thing that guides you. Youâre reduced to a rat scampering through a maze. Sooner or later, that rodent reaches a dead end.
The alleyway was blocked off. You felt the rough brick wall scrape your hands and even the feeling of your raw skin couldnât assuage your heart pumping in your throat. When you whirled your head back, it was right there, and you knew you were dead.
Again.
It might kill you, if itâs feeling generous. It might cut your legs off and watch you bleed, if its feeling kind. It might eat you, if itâs a decent curse.
It shouldnât be happening. You fixed it. You were supposed to have fixed everything. But clearly you didn't. There must have been some piece of the puzzle that you forgot. You need to go back. You need to fix things, but why do you need to why can't he just leave you aloneâ
You donât see what happens. One moment, the curse is there. The next it isnât.
âThose things are so annoying.â The newcomer complains.
No, not new. You know him.
You blink. He grins. Itâs kind. A toothy smile that warms.
âYou alright?â He asks in sympathy. âCurses are pretty scary, arenât they? Are you hurt?â
Itâs him. You werenât in 2006. You were in the present, here and now, and he was here with you.
He actually made it.
âMaâam?â He asks.
It wasnât intentional. You just blurted it out, the promise you made to him. It was a decade for him. Mere hours for you.
âUm, broccoli head...?â And then you instantly regret it.
Haibara Yu takes a minute, eyes squinting like you just grew a new head.
Then, he gasps.
âGreeny?â
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A few minutes later, youâre seated at a restaurant. Haibara has not shut up.
ââIâI canât believe it? Itâs actually you! I thought Iâd never see you again âcuz Gojo said you werenât gonna be around anymore, andâand then suddenly you pop up outtaâ nowhereânot that Iâm complainingâ butââ
ââHaibara.â You interrupt. âPlease, slow down.â
He stops himself, right when the server comes with drinks. He shoots the waiter a smile, and then heâs back on you.
âSorry.â He scratches the back of his neck. âIâI got a little excited. And nervous. Itâs just...well, I didnât expect you to be a girl.â
That might have been your fault. Both Haibara and Gojo kept referring to you as a man, so you decided to roll with it. Earlier, you would have justified it by insisting the less they know about you, the better. Now, you just think you were being petty.
âSo, how youâve been? A whole decade...â You murmur to yourself.
âFine! But what about you?â Haibara asks, concern etched into his eyes. âWhereâd you go?â
Wow, he was actually worried for you. Despite being in Suguruâs body, you didnât really feel like part of the group Shoko, Gojo, Nanami, and Haibara were part of. You felt like an outsider, being somewhere you didnât belong. It's because you were an outsider. Nevertheless, itâs nice to know one person missed you.
âThis might be a little hard to believe, but I just came back to 2017 two hours ago.â
Haibara gapes.
âWait, so to you, that whole thing happened, today?â You nod. He leans back in his chair.
âHoly fuck.â You laugh at his awe.
âThanks for saving me, by the way.â You change the topic. âFrom the curse.â
He waves it off. âI was just paying my debt. From what you did for me all those years ago.â
Ah, Gojo must have told him. Oddly enough, Haibara doesn't seem all that perturbed that he shouldnât exist currently. At the same time, it feels just like Haibara.
Heâs different from when he was younger. Taller. The baby fat is gone. His face is more built, just like the rest of his body. His eyes are less round, but they havenât lost the spark. A few scars here and there, but heâs all in one piece.
You werenât able to see what he looked like as an adult from Suguruâs memories, heâd never grown up. But now, you can see it for yourself. You can see the active change you made in his life, to his life.
âHaibaraââ
âYuââ He says seriously. âMy friends call me Yu.â
A smile twitches on your lips.
âTell me about everyone.â You scoot your chair closer. âYou, Suguru. How is everyone doing?â
He perks up at that, clearly delighted to be talking.
âGreat! Everyoneâs doing great! You should totally come visit the school, sometime. Theyâd love to see you. Uh, even if they donât technically know you, but Iâm sure theyâll love to meet you!â He rambles, and itâs nice to know he hasnât changed from his younger self.
âLetâs see, Kentoâs teaching the first years. I teach the second yearsââ
ââYouâre a teacher?â
He nods. âWe all are! Except for Shoko, but she has her own thing going on. Anyway, Mimiko and Nanako have become second-grade semi-sorcerors. Isnât that incredible? Iâm just a first grade semi-sorceror, and at their young ages too! But Suguru wasnât surprised, he kept saying his girls were prodigies. Oh! You probably want to know about Suguru too, right?â
You nod. Even if you hadnât done anything, you donât think that would have stopped his enthusiasm.
âHeâs a teacher too! At least, for right now. Yagaâs been wanting to retire, and there have been talks of Suguru becoming the next principal. Principal Geto has a ring to it, right? Oh, and Shoko is currently planning the wedding. Youâll definitely be invited, of course! She said I could bring a plus-one. Oh, andââ
It goes on like that for hours, you think. Not that you mind. You listen to Yu babble on and on about his friends, his students. He talks about Nanamiâs recent baking addiction, Shokoâs new office cat, Suguruâs favorite tea pot. Itâs a never-ending surge of information.
Eventually, you catch on to the fact that heâs deliberately leaving someone out.
"Yu?" You interrupt him while he's talking about the prank the fourth year pulled on Nanami. "What about Satoru? What's he up to?"Â
Maybe you were overthinking things. Haibara likes to talk; perhaps he forgot to exclude someone else's story in his rants. But then, he grimaces. For the first time in this entire conversation, Haibara is reluctant to talk.Â
"Satoru is..." He winces, and your hands turn into fists.Â
No. No. You were supposed to save everyone. Why hadn't you saved everyone?Â
A warm hand grips your own. You'd been shaking.Â
Yu gives a soft smile, and you remember he's no longer younger than you.Â
"He's not dead." He assures you, but his smile fades. He straightens himself up, and his hand pulls away.Â
"Satoru defected from Jujutsu tech. We don't know where he is."Â
What? You must have misheard him wrong. Satoru wouldn't do that. That's not like him. This is some sick joke.
But there's no teasing grin on Haibara. His face is grave. You hate it more than anything.Â
"It happened when he was a fourth year. No one really knows what happened. Suguru refuses to say anything about it, but I think he's just as confused as the rest of us. It came outta nowhere."Â
Yeah, it definitely came out of nowhere. It's so random. Why would Satoru do that? The last time you saw him, he was so happy. He was smiling; he teased you. What happened? It made no sense.Â
"So, you haven't seen him for nine years?" You ask. "Not even a glimpse?"Â
Yu shakes his head. "Nothing but his residuals. That's how we know he's still alive."Â
Nothing computes in your brain. None of it made any sense. You saved Suguru. That was supposed to make everyone happy, including Satoru. Why would he turn around and do this? Defecting made no sense.
"We've actually been tasked to execute him. Since heâs been branded a curse user, all four of us. " Yu laughs with no humor. "Isn't that insane? I don't think any one of us could even fathom doing that, even if it were possible."Â
It wasn't possible. Gojo was the strongest. Nothing could go toe to toe with him. Once he put his mind to something, no one could stop him.
But maybe you could.Â
You're shutting that idea down immediately. You were done. You were done with dying and time-travel and strange powers. You wanted it all to be over. It'd be so easy to thank Haibara for the nice meal, to go home and sleep this entire day off. Satoru dug his own grave, he can go lay in it. You weren't responsible for someone else's actions. You wouldnât. You canât do that another time.
You're the kind of person who'll jump in front of a truck to save a kitten, right?
You hate that brat so much.Â
You close your eyes. Take in a breath. Then, you open them.Â
"Haibara?" You ask. "Did Gojo tell you how my technique worked?"Â
He shakes his head. You grimace because convincing him might take a while.
"Okay, well, I'll need you to do a tiny favor for me."
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"What the fuck is wrong with you?"
"Oh, you're back already?" Satoru says casually, turning back to gaze at you. "I just left today. How did you convince Haibara to snap your neck? That guy cries after killing a mosquito.â
Youâd caught him just as he was leaving campus. Yuâs body was less athletic than Suguruâs. Your breath was slightly ragged, pulled down by minor exhaustion.
It doesnât weigh down your frustration for Gojo Satoru. The biggest pain in your ass youâve ever met.
âShut up.â You snap. âJust answer the question.â
âWe havenât seen each other for a year and thatâs how you react?â Satoru ignores you. âThatâs mean, Greeny. How âbout we discuss my treason over steak. Haibara can pay.â
âSatoru.â You beg, âWhy are you doing this? Whatâs the point? Why is everyone happy with their life except for you?â
That seems to get him. His posture stiffens ever so slightly. You can see him work his jaw. He finally drops his act.
âYou didnât have to come back, yâknow.â He murmurs quietly. âYou couldâve just stayed in the future. Like you said, Greeny, everyoneâs happy with their life. 4 outtaâ five. Thatâs a passing grade.â
For once, you wish you could possess him. You wished you could open his brain and peer into his memories until he finally made sense.
âI could never leave you behind like that.â You say the truth just as quietly. âIâll die a thousand more deaths than do that.â
He smiles. It looks genuine as it looks painful.
âYeah, I know. I know you, Greeny. Always gottaâ play hero.â He gives a bitter laugh. âThatâs why I defected.â
You stare at him. Heâs a fourth-year now, even taller than before. You arenât equal to him anymore in this body, now youâre starting to think you never were.
âSatoru.â You start because what heâs saying canât be the truth. Your heart broke and broke. âDidâdid you leaveâdid you leave everyone for a decade just so Iâd come back? Why would you do that to yourself?â
He doesnât say anything. Then, he steps forward, just a bit.
âItâs your fault,â Satoru says like itâs instinct to blame you for his actions, âthis was your idea.â
Whatâs he talking about? And then memories of the two of you sitting on that bench just outside of campus.
What would you do if...thereâs something you really want, but no matter how fast you run, you just canât catch up to it? So thatâs what he meant. You were an idiot.
âThatâs not fair, Satoru,â you say regardless, âIâI neverâI couldnât expect youâd do this.â
âWhat choice did I fucking have, Greeny?â Thereâs rapid steps and heâs in front of you, desperate and wild. âYouâyou just left me here. You left me alone and I couldnât even look for you because I know nothing about you. Your face, your eyes, your hair, not even your fucking name! Howâs that fair?â
Itâs true. Itâs all true. As much as you tried to claim you tried to make everyone happy, you only focused on Suguru. And Suguruâs happiness enlisted space from the strongest. In a different timeline, things would be different between them. A button he never left behind. Words Satoru never said. That timeline held too much pain and suffering, so you scrubbed it from history. In this rendition, everything was changed. Suguru had Shoko. Yu had Kento. Who did Satoru have?
You saved Suguru in this timeline. But to save him, you neglected Satoru.
Satoru must have known. He must have known you intentionally distanced Suguru from him, but he allowed it anyway. Satoruâs selfless like that. Too giving. Too Godlike.
But heâs selfish too. Purposefully demeaning himself so he could get one more glimpse of you, uncaring if you went through hell for his sake. Too taking. Too human.
Once, you told him that if he was selfish, just once, you wouldnât fault him. What a liar you are.
You forgive Satoru.
âIâm sorry.â Haibaraâs voice is like your own. You step closer. His infinity lets you in. âIâm sorry Satoru. I didnât mean to leave you alone.â
Itâs hard to wrap him in a hug. The bratâs too big. He sinks into your touch like a tiger, filled with dangerous claws, retracted just for your sake. He shakes the tiniest bit; even now, heâs keeping himself as a pinnacle. If you hear a sniffle or two, you donât comment on it.
Itâs why your heart breaks to tell him the truth.
âI canât give you my name.â You whisper in his ear. He pulls back. He doesnât look at you.
âYeah, I know. I know. time-travel bullshitââ
âFor now.â You add. âI canât do that for now.â
Three pairs of eyes look at you. Youâre not hiding behind Haibara anymore. Youâre not trying to.
âDecember 24th, 2017. 8:06. Tokyo Skytree.â You look at him. âCan you wait until then?â
For you, itâd only be an hour. For Satoru, itâd be a decade.
You expect him to reject it, to yell at you. You decide if he wants to be selfish; youâd let him.
âIf you donât show up, Iâll turn evil.â You laugh. His grin widens and heâs back again. âIâm serious. Iâll take over the world. Iâll throw the biggest temper tantrum ever.â
âYouâre such a brat.â Thereâs no hostility in your tone. âI will. I promise.â
âIâll save you,â You promise in your head because heâs too prideful to hear it.
âIs it still possible for you to go back?â You ask, the wariness present again. âThe higher ups havenât taken any action against you, right?â
He shakes his head.
âI think Yaga might yell at me, but other than that.â He shrugs. âTheyâll decide itâs teen rebellion and sweep it under the rug.â
You laugh again. Satoru shoots you a toothy grin.
When you reach out a hand, Satoru mirrors you. He clasps your hand in his. For once, you wonder how theyâll feel on your own.
âSee yaâ later, Greeny.â
A blink. Satoruâs gone. Your hand is empty, and youâre standing in the streets of Shinjuku once again.
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December 24th, 2017. 8:06, at the top of the Tokyo Skytree.
Why did you decide on that date and time for all the places? You were so fucking stupid. You needed to stop being so poetic.
Itâs already 7:12 when youâre desperately waving down a taxi. The driver looks disinterested when you blubber out the location. When he tells you itâll cost extra because Sumida City isnât part of his route, youâre more than happy to fork over the money.
Itâs already 7:35 when you stumble through the interiors of Tokyo Skytree town. Itâs crowded. Fuck, itâs December 24th, of course people would be out and about.
At 7:44, you finally reach the observational building. And then you hit upon a snag.
Itâs closed.
Renovations, the sign reads, accompanied by an irritatingly cute drawing of a cat, please come visit us next week.
Would this excuse be enough to satisfy Satoru? Youâre only human. Surely heâd understand if you couldnât make it because the entire building was shut down.
Or wait. Was this Satoruâs doing?
You look up at the tower. Lights were still on and flickering. No crowds. No people. No prying eyes.
Let it be known that youâve never trespassed before, until you met Gojo Satoru.
With a guilty conscious, you step over the line. You justify it by convincing yourself you were saving the world because you know Satoru wasnât joking a decade ago.
The elevators still worked. Thank God. Yet another hint heâs paving the way for you. You made the location, but it feels like youâre a mouse stuck in a human-designed maze. Even though you set up the game, heâs still managed to rig it.
You land on the first deck at 7:52. At 7:56, you reach the second observational deck.
Itâs empty. Youâve never seen the skytree so empty before. Not a single soul is here except for you. Your footsteps echo across the floor. Were you early?
Out the corner of your eye, thereâs a post-it note stuck on the window. A hand-drawn arrow. Up ahead, thereâs another one.
You follow the next, and then the next. All the time you donât know how to feel about him doing all of this just for an encounter. Something bubbles in your stomach. Youâre pushing it down.
You follow the post-its until thereâs one placed right on top of a door.
Authorized personnel only. Why does this brat continue to test you?
But itâs already 8:03; youâre far too deep to complain.
A service elevator greets you. If you press the button, itâll take you all the way up to the broadcast equipment, the top of the Tokyo Skytree.
Itâs different from the past two elevator rides. The service elevator isnât all that polished. The wheels squeak a little too dangerously at times. Itâs slower, too.
Thatâs bad, because now youâre starting to think.
That familiar feeling boils within your stomach, again. Youâre anxious. Itâs strange to say, but meeting Satoru through Suguru, meeting Satoru through Yu, it felt like you had a protective shell around yourself. You were free from his judgement, only invoking curiosity.
If you show yourself to him, how would he react? What would he say? Would he get angry that you made him wait a decade for such a blunder? Even worse, what if he doesnât get angry?
What ifâwhat if heâs disappointed by you?
Cold feet. It freezes your toes. You want to go back. You want the elevator to go back down, you want to go home and hide away.
But you promised Satoru. He deserves answers.
Pathetic answers are better than no answers at all.
Instead of your soul being protected by a sorcerer's body, itâs protected by your own. Youâd steel yourself for whatever comes next. You could melt after.
Itâs windy up here. Thatâs the first thing you notice. Icy wind cuts at your face and your eyes squint so they donât dry out so quickly. Itâs colder, too; your jacket is nice protection, but nothing helps your vulnerable hands.
But the view. Oh, what a view.
The sea of twinkling lights shines from the city. The sun has set, leaving Tokyo to do nothing but shine. Sheâs gorgeous like sheâs picked the stars from the sky, burying them within her own soul. You could stay there forever, if she let you.
Itâs 8:09. Satoru was late.
Or maybe he just wasnât planning to show up.
You lean away from the railing. Itâs just like him to make huge gestures and at the last moment, ditch everything. The balloon in your lungs deflates ever so slightly.
And then, you can feel hands.
Around your shoulders, caging you in. Large and warm despite the icy air. You know these hands. Theyâre familiar, even a decade later. His chest presses up against your back. His face settles in the crook of your neck.
His laugh tickles your ear, and you arenât so cold anymore.
âCaught ya, Greeny.â
(âDid something happen to you, back there in the house?â
"Hm?" Suguru asked.
They were wading through long grass and overgrown weeds. Satoru glances at his friend. Suguru looks fine. His cursed energy has gone back to normal. That's probably good.
"You were just acting weird," Satoru said, "I mean you fell on your ass in front of a curse. Embarrassing."
Suguru huffed, a red hue across his cheeks. "Shut up, don't remind me."
'So he remembered,' Satoru thinks, 'didn't expect that.'
They're almost to the car when Suguru speaks again.
"Actually, I did feel a little strange," he says, "I felt like I wasn't really all there. There was this voice, guiding me along."
"Really?" Satoru shivers. "That sounds creepy."
So the entity within Suguru was a bad thing after all. He should try to get rid of it if it ever comes back. It might take a complex spell or something-
"Not really." Suguru said. "It's hard to explain, but it felt....nice."
"Nice?" Satoru echoes.
"Yeah."
And then it's quiet again.)
Part two: Rewound Infinitely
#yandere#yandere jjk#yandere gojo satoru#x reader#gojo satoru x reader#gojo satoru x you#time travel fix it#a crumbling storyline#platonic haibara x reader#dark content#f!reader#implied romance#tw:blood/violence#tw: child abuse#unrequited feelings#ambiguous ending#BUT its a positive one
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"I'm bored n' horny." Toji abruptly stands up and pulls his shirt off. Tossing it onto the living room floor.
Satoru glances up from his switch. "Why jerk off when she's gonna be awake in a couple hours? She's just tired from work, and complained it was kicking her ass earlier." Satoru's cock aches at the thought of being between your legs. Imagines your plush soaking wet cunt dripping his cum clouding his mind.
Toji snorts, "Why wait when I can stick my dick in our princess's mouth right now? Then I'll fuck her back to sleep." Toji's cock had been persistently hard, his large balls aching.
Pre-cum smearing inside his sweatpants. Adding to the how uncomfortable they are. Pushing his sweatpants down kicking them next to his shirt.
Suguru pauses his game, standing up. "I'm eating her pussy out, once she cums then I'll let one of you have a turn." He sets his controller down. Pulling his hair back into a ponytail, his cock straining against his gym shorts. Which were comfortable moments ago.
Satoru states, "I'm next. Dying for another taste sweetheart tastes so goood." Drawing out the last word with a groan. Lost in the thought of your sleepy moans and gorgeous body trembling.
Suguru follows Toji towards your bedroom with Satoru in tow. Satoru fantasizes. "Hope she's just as reactive asleep as she is awake." He fondles his cock through his sweatpants. "Love it when she's loud and her pussy is messy."
Toji informs Suguru and Satoru, "She is, fuck she's whinier when she's sleepy. Gonna wake up fast n' be a demanding beautiful brat." Easing your door open. Your dimly lit wax warmer casts a golden glow onto the bed and around your room.
Toji continues "We can hold her down fuck her and stuff her mouth if she gets mouthy." They could make out you're on your back, sprawled out. The perfect position for them to use your sleeping body to get off.
Suguru adds, "Afterwards we can stuff her belly with some food, and tuck her back into bed." He eases the blanket off your naked body. Dropping it onto the floor.
Satoru chimes in, "I'll cuddle her while I'm playing Stardew valley." Satoru picks up the vibrator you left out. Turning it on, climbing onto your bed. "Sweetheart busted a nut and fell asleep." Satoru swirls the toy on your clit. You moan, parting your lips enough for Toji to slip his thumb past.
Toji suggests, "Maybe we aren't enough for her, we should step it up n' break her beautiful cunt." He kneels on the bed, guiding his cock to your warm mouth. Groaning when he glides his cock past your lips.
Suguru snags the underwear crumbled up by your body. "Her panties are so messy." He smells them groaning, "Smells so fucking good." Toji grabs your jaw, holding your head still, spit smearing from his fingers onto you.
"Even in her sleep, she's a good fuckin' slut." Satoru dips his head, sucking on your nipple. Flicking it with his tongue. Adding more pressure to your clit, swirling it faster. You tremble, moaning around Toji's cock as he fucks part of his cock into your mouth.
Toji holds out his hand. "Don't hog her panties, you've stolen ten of them. Let me get that one." Suguru passes them.
âYouâre both perverted thieves.â
âYou won't stop buying them for her, she too many. And Sug n I will give them back clean when we get bored of them." Toji holds it up to his nose takingna long deep breaths, then licking it. Sticking part of your panties into his mouth and sucking on it.
You open your eyes, relaxing your mouth more. Cupping Toji's balls, massaging them. Spreading your legs for Suguru, grabbing his bun, knocking it loose. He nudges his tongue past your lips, groaning. Your soaking wet cunt clenching from the vibrations.
Satoru pulls away from your sensitive nipple with a soft pop. Grinning at Toji, "Nasty fucker sucking her dirty panties like its candy." Toji loudly groans, then pulls them out to respond.
"Our Mamaâs soaking wet cunt is candy. She has been givin' me a sweet tooth. Canât help myself." Suguru kisses your lips, moaning, gliding his tongue past, making out, and tongue fucking your tight cunt.
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Periodically, I remember how absolutely fucked up the necromancers in TLT are meant to look. Like, necromancy does an absolute number on people physically.
Harrow is "rather small and feeble".
Necromantic Ianthe is "the starved shadow" of her non-necromantic twin.
Our first description of Palamedes is "a rangy, underfed young man" who is "gaunt".
Silas is "knife-faced...He had a necromancer build."
Ianthe parodies make-over scenes in House novels with "if the heroâs a necromancer itâll be described like, âHis frailty made his unearthly handsomeness all the more ephemeral'"
Jod acknowledges to Wake that even small children with aptitude would look odd to non-House eyes: "âI have access to any number of cute pictures of necromantic toddlers with their first bone. They donât make for fat-cheeked roly-poly babies, but theyâve got a certain something."
In As Yet Unsent, Judith brags about her previous physical fitness: "I could run a kilometre in ten minutes, which was among the fastest for my adept group in the junior reserves." Which is about double the time you might expect for a physically fit woman her age.
In non-necromancer-friendly New Rho, Harrow's body is mistaken for a child's and has to be explained as a result of starvation and trauma to seem plausible: "Pyrrha explained without missing a beat that what with everything Nona had gone through she had been ill and still didnât eat very much, which was why she was so knobbly and undergrown. The nice lady said that yes, many of the children had problems like that, but it was still hard to imagine Nona was anywhere over fourteen, wasnât it?"
Tamsyn Muir's descriptions of the Canaan House gang on Tumblr back this up: "Judith is somewhat less completely scrawny than other necromancers on the cast, though she should be less built than Marta is", Palamedes is "seriously underfed" and "bony", Harrow is "scrawny".
And that's just what I can think of off the top of my head - I'm sure there's more.
Anyway, necromancers aren't slender in a conventionally attractive way, they're gaunt in a concerning way...and probably the only reason no one instantly clocked that Coronabeth wasn't a necromancer was because they all just thought it was par for the course that a Third House princess would have had a lot of plastic surgery flesh magic.
#the locked tomb#tlt#And that's not even getting into the other fun and exciting aspects of necromantic health like unusual cancers and recurrent miscarriages#The joy of the death of the author of course is that you can draw or imagine characters any way you please
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Head in the Clouds IV
Barcelona FemenĂ x Teen!Reader
Summary: Your first few months in Barcelona
On the second to last match of the season at Chelsea, you get hurt.
You go to ground instantly and clutch at your leg, shrieking and rolling around on the floor. Your girlfriend is at your side instantly, holding your hand and whispering in your ear.
You tear your hamstring on the second to last match.
Alexia, Marta and Patri watch the replay of it happening a week later after they're told that Barcelona are signing you.
"Is it going to be healed in time?" Patri asks," It looked bad."
"She didn't need surgery and the doctors have given her around ten weeks. She'll be ready in time for the first match of the season."
"She's kind of young," Marta voices her thoughts next.
"So are a lot of our players."
"But they're from La Masia. They've been playing our style of football since they were kids. How do you know she'll do well?"
"We know," The staff respond," She's a great player and Lyon wanted her too. Be happy we snapped her up first."
Alexia sighs. "And what about schoolwork? She's English, right? Is she sticking with an English school or one of ours?"
"Her dad's Spanish," The staff member says," She speaks Spanish too."
Alexia, Marta and Patri frown as PaĂąos walks in nearly ten minutes late.
"What did I miss?"
You don't feature much in their minds until your arrival in Barcelona months later.
A lot of the team are still riding the high of being World Cup winners so you largely go unnoticed for the first few days.
Alexia watches you from a distance though.
The staff said your father was Spanish yet she doesn't recognise you in the slightest. Clearly, you haven't been called up for the Spain youth teams yet so maybe you aren't quite as talented as the club seems to think you are.
You're on the tail end of your rehab so you're not in full training yet and no one's quite seen your skills.
You're not the only new member of the team and with everyone else in training, you fade into the background a bit.
"She looks familiar," Irene notes one day as she watches you pass slowly with one of the trainers.
"Does she? I don't recognise her," Alexia replies.
"No. I'm sure that I know her from somewhere."
It's not until weeks later that Irene knows how she recognises you.
She knows your father is Spanish, most of the team know by now but, like everyone else, she'd assumed that he was Catalan.
So, when Aitana addresses you in Catalan one day and you don't respond, it piques interest.
"You don't speak Catalan?"
"Why would I speak Catalan?"
"Because of your dad?"
"Oh! Papa is Basque so we speak that!"
"L/n?" Irene repeats your last name and you turn to look at her. "Your father doesn't happen to be one of the L/n's from Legazpi?"
"He is! How did you know that?"
A little bubble of laughter escapes Irene. "They used to live next door to me when I was a kid."
"Wow! That's so cool!"
It's another week or so before you join everyone else in training and that's when you make your mark.
You're a natural on the ball, easily cutting through everyone to bury it in the net. You receive passes expertly, bringing the ball down and turning to shoot in the next moment.
Most of all, you look like you're having fun. You look like the kids on the schoolyard do. You look like Alexia felt the first time she watched the men play at Camp Nou with her father.
You have talent, that much is certain.
But talent in training is different to talent in a match.
Since the revelation that you're Basque like her, Irene sticks close to you.
You enjoy her company. With your grandparents across the country, it's nice to speak Basque with someone and Irene's wife and son are so nice and sweet and you find yourself over at her place all the time.
It's at the same time, that Lucy and Keira seem to remember that you're English. It's fun to speak to people in English that understand your slang and Lucy in particular seems to light up when you mention that you've played for the England youth team a few times.
With you fully healed from your injury and the first match of the season coming up, you find yourself subbed on at the same time as Alexia.
She doesn't have high hopes with this being the first match of the season and the team getting back into the rhythm but she can't help but watch as you receive the ball in the midfield.
She expects you to be shut down quickly and pass it off but you avoid everyone that tries to take you down, even neatly leaping over a slide tackle.
You go one on one with the goalkeeper before chipping it over.
Alexia has never quite seen something like that before, especially from one so young.
You get another goal a moment later, nutmegging the keeper on your way and then complete your hattrick with ease with a worldie from outside the box.
A game that would have ordinarily ended 2-1 to Barcelona ends 5-1 because of three perfect goals from you.
You're a talent, Alexia thinks as you rock happily back and forth on your feet as you wait for your Nana and Granddad to come down from the stands.
You're better than a talent and Alexia can see you easily skipping the rest of the youth teams to make it into the senior teams.
She can imagine how easy it would be to link up with you for Spain, delivering pass after pass so you can kick it in easily.
She makes eye contact with Lucy across the pitch and the smirk tells Alexia everything she needs to know.
Lucy wants you for England.
"This is my granddad!" You tell Alexia, holding the hands of an older man with a receding hairline but a face marked with a life well lived and an older woman with a stern look and a walking stick," And my Nana!"
Your Nana says something but it's not the English that Alexia expects.
Her stomach sinks.
"Was that Swedish I heard?" Frido asks, seemingly appearing out of nowhere.
"Yes!" You say, gesturing to your Nana," She's from Sweden! We speak it at home together."
A thoughtful look appears on Frido's face and Alexia's eyes narrow.
No.
This can't be happening.
The most promising youngster Alexia has seen in years, can't be eligible to play for three different countries.
It's just not possible yet it's the position Alexia finds herself in now.
It's hours later that Olga wakes up to the sound of drilling in the middle of the night. She's got an early morning train to Madrid for work and groans as she's woken up, dragging herself out of bed and wandering down to the basement where the sound is coming from.
Alexia looks manic and Olga's mouth hangs open.
A conspiracy theory style board is screwed into the wall with pieces of string connecting pictures to you in the very centre.
"Ale?" She asks, not willing to believe her eyes," What is this?"
"A family tree!" Alexia replies almost too happily to not be tinged with the edge of sleep deprivation.
"Okay. Why do you have it?"
"I told you about that kid, right? Y/n L/N? Well turns out if she doesn't want to play for Spain then she's got two more countries she can play for! I'm just checking that she's not eligible for anyone else!"
"Alexia...What the hell?! Go to bed!"
"In a minute," Alexia says dismissively," I'm just working out whether any of her parents were adopted or not."
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