#ZenYuki Valentine's 2022

[nokaru]

Happy late Valentine’s day! Come get your kisses <33

@zenyuki-festival-2021

Finally a proper ZenYuki Valentine’s from me ahah. Got inspired by the new official art/LaLa cover and i simply couldn’t hold myself back anymore! Just look at these cutiessss

[batgirlsay]

“This love is brave and wild This is a state of grace This is the worthwhile fight These are the hands of fate

Some days I actually forget That this is really something One smile from you and that is it”

-State of Grace, Taylor Swift and Really Something, Aaron Sprinkle (for Week 1: Words of Affirmation by @zenyuki-festival-2021)

[zenyuki-festival]

ZenYuki Valentine's 2022

We're celebrating Valentine's Day a little early this year, and we're doing so with ZenYuki in mind! ZenYuki Valentine's will run from January 17th through February 14th, 2022, a five week event leading us all the way up to Valentine's Day! It's theme is the Five Love Languages! Any amount of submissions throughout a given week is wonderful, whether it is one from a participant for the week or whether, someone chooses to do a different thing each day. Even if your submission is running a little late (or very late) it will still be counted. So, fill as many or as little of the prompts as you want to, as we count down to Valentine's Day together, with this beloved ship. Make sure to @ ZenYuki Festival with your submissions in their posts, and to use ZenYuki Valentine's in one of your first five tags. Weekly prompts down below:

Week One: Words Of Affirmation Week Two: Acts Of Service Week Three: Receiving Gifts Week Four: Quality Time Week Five: Physical Touch

The event theme with the wonderful prompts that fill it up were brainstormed by Muselover1901! So, be sure to thank her for these lovely prompts.

[randowwriter]

On Overheard Prayers (In Part) And If Dying Weren’t In The Cards

@batgirlsay I told you once a poem was long, but it wasn’t even close to the length of this poem, whoops. XD I think this might be my longest fanpoem to date, at around eight hundred words. It even has dialogue! I still have zero idea if you’re a fan of Yona of the Dawn, though I know you’ve liked some of the art and stuff I’ve shared/reblogged of it on here, but here’s a Zeno X Kaya fanpoem, though other than it’s length, I’ll give the warning that it is painfully sad.  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14119238/1/On-Overheard-Prayers-In-Part-And-If-Dying-Weren-t-In-The-Cards

[nokaru]

Baking time! <3

@zenyuki-festival-2021

Week Four: Quality Time just two cuties baking a pie or something together :) They invaded and overtook the castle’s kitchen for a bit to have some chill and silly fun. It’s messy, but oh well. Oh and yes MATCHING APRONS!

[batgirlsay]

Expressions of Love, Dancing, and Distance

A Zenyuki Valentine’s Playlist (for Week 5 by @zenyuki-festival-2021)

I had some distance themed songs compiled after making last year’s Zen playlists and I wasn’t sure where to place them in this month’s themes, so this playlist represents the Week 5 theme of physical closeness (mostly represented by dancing) and also the classic winter Lilias distance themes.

Starlight (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift Stay Young, Go Dancing- Death Cab for Cutie I Remember Everything- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae) Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift Little Wanderer- Death Cab for Cutie All at Once- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae) My Favorite Dream- Mae

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

Starlight (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift

Oh my, what a marvelous tune It was the best night, never would forget how he moved The whole place was dressed to the nines And we were dancing Like we're made of starlight Like we dream impossible dreams

Stay Young, Go Dancing- Death Cab for Cutie

Life is sweet In the belly of the beast And with her song in your heart It can never bring you down

Cause when she sings, I hear a symphony And I'm swallowed in sound as it echoes through me I'm renewed, oh, how I feel alive And through winter's advancing, we'll stay young, go dancing

I Remember Everything- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae)

Seems like only yesterday I was falling for you I remember everything and it’s coming back so clearly Time stands still for a minute

I remember every melody in my ear I remember holding you but holding back

Forever Winter (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift

He spends most of his flights getting pulled down by gravity I call just checking up on him He's up, 3 AM pacing He says, "It's not just a phase I'm in"

All this time I didn't know You were breaking down I'd fall to pieces on the floor If you weren't around

I'll be summer sun for you forever Forever winter if you go

Little Wanderer- Death Cab for Cutie

You sent a photo out your window of Tokyo Told me you were doing fine You said the cherry blossoms were blooming And that I was on your mind

You’re my wanderer, little wanderer Off across the sea Won’t you wander back to me

Always fall asleep when you’re waking I count the hours on my hands Doing the math to the time zone you’re at Is an unseen part of the plan

But if you’ll be my bluebird returning Then I’ll be your evergreen Standing tall on your horizon Guiding you home to me

And I hope your absence makes us grow fonder I hope we always feel the same When our eyes meet past security, we embrace in the baggage claim When we kiss in the baggage claim

All at Once- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae)

To say that it was obvious is wrong I never even knew I could feel this much To say you went and planned it all along No, you never meant to take my breath away

The two of us went walking both alone I caught a glimpse and ever since, hand in hand, on and on How’d I know you’d be the one? Now I’ll never waste another day

My Favorite Dream- Mae

You are the cool wind that frees my bones And I'm so reckless when you call to me But when you're gone and I feel so alone

And there she goes at the speed of sound Oh there she goes to pull me back around

I can still remember that cold evening when we first met You had your mark on me you know you did And every note and word you sang to me Have never made their way out of my head When you're away they keep me hanging on But in our world you're only there, here until you're gone

And there she goes I still remember when you first saw me You had the mark, oh the mark of your melody I love and hate the way you're making me You make me feel like this was just another dream

[nokaru]

When your gf is really passionate about growing flowers AND loves you a lot

@zenyuki-festival-2021

Week Three: Receiving Gifts lets goooo. Shirayuki growing flowers (that are not medical herbs) in her free time, reading all about their meanings and gifting them to Zen and all her friends is my favourite headcanon. She’s got lot of pretty flowers and lot of love so Zen is basically drowning in them at the end of the day.

flowers are my passion but Im too tired to do them properly :,)

okay sooo 

Lily for purity, Sunflower for admiration and loyalty, Baby Breath for everlasting love, English Rose for gratitude and grace, and my all time favourite Camellia for longing <3 the rest is just doodles lmao

[batgirlsay]

Expressions of Love, Kindness, and Encouragement

A Zenyuki Valentine’s Playlist (for Weeks 1 and 2 by @zenyuki-festival-2021​)

I tried a lot of different strategies for this month’s playlists… eventually rediscovering Dave’s Midnight Television and old Mae stuff after his latest livestream so the one long playlist became three smaller playlists (with a classic long Mae song at the end of each). (The three playlists also ended up being chronological again: from beginnings to present time together to reminiscing.)  This one focuses on the themes for Weeks 1 and 2, mostly words of affirmation through confessions of love as analogies and acts of service through chivalry.

Begin Again (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift Something So Sweet- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae) State of Grace (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift Sense You Make- Steff and the Articles Really Something- Aaron Sprinkle Bloom- Mae

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut (and I may post a few separate lyric mash-up posts for each playlist):

Begin Again (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift

I walk to you You pull my chair out and help me in And you don't know how nice that is, but I do And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end But on a Wеdnesday in a café, I watched it begin again

Something So Sweet- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae)

I’ve been buzzing on your love Just like a honeybee I don’t know how you do it Something so sweet now I’m used to it You’re my garden in the park Every flower a beautiful remark So much color all the day long 

State of Grace (Taylor’s Version)- Taylor Swift

And I never saw you coming And I'll never be the same You come around and the armor falls

Pierce the room like a cannonball Now all we know is don’t let go Mosaic broken hearts

But this love is brave and wild This is a state of grace This is the worthwhile fight These are the hands of fate

Sense You Make- Steff and the Articles

How much sense you make to me Like the wind blew you so perfectly Like you have the only key You fell into the song that I was singing all the time

Really Something- Aaron Sprinkle

Some days I actually forget That this is really something One smile from you and that is it

Bloom- Mae

Riding on my wave these sails are open I've been rolling on a wind that's never been mine And all that night I'm floating With the other ships

I remember when we came together we were just a beacon for the lonely Yeah, when I've lost my way I walked around it Yeah, but the bloom of hope it keeps repairing We watched the sun set fire to the sky that day We warmed up to so many things we never could have made And it comes to this

I'll search for you and find you These questions are just answers on the other side of clarity Oh, hearts may break to make more room Yeah, but love will find a way to bloom

[batgirlsay]

“Would you take a walk with me? I'll give you all I've got, just spare me your time And I promise you won't want to leave I know these roots could break the ground And in the meantime, our leaves will turn But rest assured, we'll get through anything

And these have been the kindest days That I've known since I met you”

-Just Let Go, Mae and The Kindest Days, Aaron Sprinkle (for Week 4: Quality Time by @zenyuki-festival-2021​​​)

[batgirlsay]

Expressions of Love, Time, and Treasure

A Zenyuki Valentine’s Playlist (for Weeks 3 and 4 by @zenyuki-festival-2021)

This playlist focuses on the themes for Weeks 3 and 4, mostly about spending quality time together (including a museum date!) and receiving physical or abstract gifts like pictures, songs, and photos. (If I remember correctly, love over time was the original prompt Dave used for the Midnight Television album, so those songs fit well here too!)

Just Let Go- Mae Museum- Kitsch Club (Louie Zong and Quinne Larsen) Time Flies- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae) The Kindest Days- Aaron Sprinkle 192 Days- Eisley Stay for a Lifetime- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae) Our Love is a Painted Picture- Mae

Summary lyrics are cited after the cut:

Just Let Go- Mae

We've got all night just to make it all right Would you take a walk with me? I'll give you all I've got, just spare me your time And I promise you won't want to leave

There's an old oak tree We can swing and sway Throw our guards away

I'll take you out of harm's way And like these branches that shelter the rain We can lay here in our own shade

I know these roots could break the ground And in the meantime, our leaves will turn But rest assured, we'll get through anything

Museum- Kitsch Club

I wanna take you to a museum All the things inside, we're gonna see 'em I wanna take you to a museum Learning lots of facts Eating lots of snacks In a museum

I wanna hold your hand I wanna read a plaque I wanna look at stuff we don't understand

Time Flies- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae)

It feels just like forever I can’t remember when You weren’t part of my story I won't go back there again

I see that when time flies My life full of your love I still can’t get enough

So do all of your business And make all of your plans I’ll be here waiting for you I’ll do anything I can

In the moment where we wanna be It’s right here waiting

The Kindest Days- Aaron Sprinkle

You've been holding me like a bird In your heart and you've kept it guarded

You right in front of me Now I can clearly see You standing next to me My loneliness has finally found an ending

And these have been the kindest days That I've known since I met you

192 Days- Eisley

I've spent over one hundred and ninety two days loving you And honestly it feels no more than a day or three So it's for you hon I write this song and make it old fashioned

You look so fair in the loving moonlight I'll stand beside you, take a photograph Preserve the memory of you and me and our love

Darling child, you are my honey bee Don't you fly away from me Stay right here, I've been stung by you

And I'll battle through any sticky sap Or corner we're pushed into For I know our love is truer Than the blue feathers of the blue birds above

Stay for a Lifetime- Midnight Television (from Dave Elkins of Mae)

Time and again Whenever I choose There’s no choice at all There is only you

I can only give ‘til you take me I will learn to play with this fire I’ll be here to stay for a lifetime

You don’t have to say Another word The things that you need I’ll keep them coming

Our Love is a Painted Picture- Mae

Our love is a painted picture I’ve been working on for years But every single one, when I think it’s done The impression disappears

And if a month is a day in the life that’s waiting for an open gate It occurred to me insecurities are mounting up and making fate But then again I see Beginnings of the map for me Yeah, it can seem like there are too many answers And it can feel like there’s just pain All at once to find There was never any rain

[batgirlsay]

“I walk to you You pull my chair out and help me in And you don’t know how nice that is, but I do

And you throw your head back laughing like a little kid Thinking all love ever does is break and burn and end But on a Wednesday in a café, I watched it begin again”

-Begin Again, Taylor Swift (for Week 2: Acts of Service by @zenyuki-festival-2021​​)

[zenyuki-festival]

For Each Other

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14029726/1/For-Each-Other (My oneshot for Week Two of ZenYuki Valentine's 2022.) <3  (Submitted by sctwilightvampwolfgal on fanfiction.net)

[zenyuki-festival]

Looking Out (For You)

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14028703/1/Looking-Out-For-You (ZenYuki Valentine’s 2022, Week Two fanpoem!) <3  (Submitted by sctwilightvampwolfgal on fanfiction.net)

[zenyuki-festival]

Little Signs Like Stars (That Point To Our Future) chapter one Words Of Affirmation

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14025125/1/Little-Signs-Like-Stars-That-Point-To-Our-Future (So, here's the first chapter of a multichapter fic I am writing for ZenYuki Valentine's 2022. So, I've always wanted to write more of a multichapter fic that continues with each of the prompts of an event, and I think I tried writing one years ago and a fandom or so ago, and it didn't get finished. Whoops. So, hopefully, I can finish this pretty fluffy and sometimes hurt/comfort-y multichapter fic during this event.) So, it's a happy ZenYuki engagement fic. So hopefully you enjoy, It might end up feeling more like a connected oneshot collection by the end, since I'm usually writing oneshots (or poems), so hopefully it still somehow feels multichapter-y by the end. <3 (Submitted by sctwilightvampwolfgal on fanfiction.net)

[zenyuki-festival]

Little Signs Like Stars (That Point To Our Future) chapter two Acts Of Service

Here we go, chapter two to start off this week. <3 It's almost as long as chapter one! <3  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14025125/2/Little-Signs-Like-Stars-That-Point-To-Our-Future

(Submitted by sctwilightvampwolfgal on fanfiction.net)

[zenyuki-festival]

Beyond Inspiration

My oneshot submission is here! <3 <3 <3 I hope you enjoy! <3  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14026548/1/Beyond-Inspiration