#also I need to figure out what everyone is wearing hm I should do that soon

[sexynetra]

WIP WEDNESDAY

The people have been reacting well to cunty dame so have some more :)

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All this to say – Nicky leaving was putting a major crimp in Dame’s lifestyle. She plucked a glass of champagne off a tray, taking a long sip and surveying the room from her perch near the window. Tia and Kam were deep in conversation next to the food table, while Nicky �� as the guest of honor — was in the middle of the room, surrounded by a gaggle of their coworkers.

Kam walked over a moment later, a small plate of hors d’œuvres in hand. “So, are you planning to go talk to your girlfriend?” She asked conversationally.

Dame rolled her eyes, plucking a canapé off of her best friend’s plate and popping it into her mouth. “Nicky’s not my girlfriend.”

“Try telling her that,” Kam retorted, giving Nicky a polite wave and a smile. Nicky smiled back at her before turning her gaze to Dame, smile softening.

“She knows,” Dame said. “I’ve told her. I’m not the girlfriend type. It’s just a bit of fun, nothing more.”

“Yeah well, the trail of brokenhearted girls you leave behind shows that well enough,” Kam shoved her playfully.

Dame pursed her lips to hide her smile. “You’re just jealous,” she teased, finishing off her champagne flute and stepping forward to greet Nicky who had made her way over.

Dame leaned over, placing a ghost of a kiss on each of her cheeks. “Nicky,” she murmured. “Lovely party. Shame it's goodbye.”

“It doesn’t have to be. You could come back to Paris with me.” Nicky looked up at her hopefully.

Dame plucked another flute of champagne off the tray of a passing server, letting out a noncommittal hum as she looked away, meeting eyes with the Spanish woman who worked in reception, flashing her a wink and a smile. “Better not, I’m quite enjoying London,” she said flippantly.

[totally-here]

dpxdc twins au except it's no-pulse flavored

Bart’s new roommate looks a lot like Tim. 

Like, suspiciously like Tim. 

Danny’s the same height, has the same shape of nose, same shade of hair, and even frowns like him. He would have been a perfect copy if he acted more like Tim, but Danny definitely holds himself looser than Bart’s ever seen Tim. 

But he still has his face. So, obviously, Bart has to investigate. Maybe he’s a clone, or a shapeshifter, or maybe one of the Gotham rogues decided to get facial reconstruction surgery to look like him, and this was all a ploy. 

Okay, probably not that last one. Bart doesn’t think Tim’s enemies know his identity. 

Anyway, investigation! Bart’ll figure this out himself, and deal with it if Danny needs to be dealt with. And the investigation will start right after he comes up with an excuse as to why he’s back in their third floor apartment when he passed Danny in the hallway a few seconds before. 

Danny stares at him, and Bart stares back. 

“Must’ve been a doppelganger!” Bart blurts out. 

Danny’s silent for a second before nodding enthusiastically and noting that everyone's supposed to have like seven in the world anyway and wow what a wild coincidence that there’s one in their building. 

Bart extends the same courtesy when a week later he walks in on Danny with an iced over pan on the stove. Danny says they should really get their freezer checked out and Bart agrees and asks if he can use the ice for a painting study. 

(They never get their freezer checked.)

Bart finds that Danny’s great at setting up fun things for him to draw, whether he knows it or not. Like the ice, or his collection of rocks, his astronomy textbooks with the pretty covers, his gestures as he rants about his classes, the excited glint in his eyes when he’s talking about his next repair project and how his eyes almost look like they glow in the right light. 

Hm. A good portion of his sketchbook is drawings of Danny, and yet he’s still having trouble with getting the right blue for his eyes. At first glance they’re Tim’s shade of blue, but when he keeps looking they seem to get lighter. Maybe greener?

He should probably stop staring into his friend’s eyes. 

Well, maybe not. Danny doesn’t seem to mind. 

Just like he doesn’t mind when they started regularly sitting very close on the couch, or falling asleep together, or Bart borrowing some of his jackets, or-

Okay, Bart’s kinda seeing a pattern. He and Danny should really have a conversation about if this is platonic behavior or not. 

But not right now, because Bart brought Danny across the river to raid Wally’s board game closet in Keystone. 

And Wally, who’s used to this, just passes by them with a, “Hey Bart, hey Tim.”

“Danny, not Tim,” Danny replies almost absent mindedly, then looks back at Wally, who’s also staring at him now. “Wait, you know Tim?”

“OhmyGod I was supposed to investigate!” Bart says, face palming. It just slipped his mind! And Danny was distracting him with his pretty face that he totally wears better than Tim!

“You know him too?” Danny asks. But he doesn’t look suspicious of them, more amused. 

“How do you know him?” Wally squints at Danny, eyes briefly catching Bart’s in question. 

“He’s my twin,” Danny answers easily. “The Drakes only wanted one kid, so they gave me to their friends the Fentons, who wanted a second one.” He shrugs and goes back to digging around the closet. “Tim and I were always in contact, though. Letters and phone calls and texting, you know?” 

He says it all so casually while Wally and Bart are sharing increasingly concerned looks behind his back. 

Do the Waynes know about Danny? Has Tim never brought him up? Why? Does Danny know about Red Robin? Does Tim-

“Holy shit does this mean Tim has ice powers too!?” 

Or: Tim and Danny are twins. Through a series of coincidences, the first people to find out that aren’t Fentons or Drakes are the flashes.

(This post was brought to you by me recently finishing the 1995 Impulse run, and wanting an excuse to share this panel:

Look they both got called twinks clearly they're soulmates)

[yanmuffins]

waiter! waiter! more phineas and ferb reader pls!

I wonder how the batfam would react once they catch reader inventions on a random tuesday, like, "hm, what a nice day to look out on the window and HOLY SHIT WHY IS THERE A GIANT ROBOT SPITING FIRE WHILE RIDING A ROLLERCOASTER IN MY BACKYARD???"

the events that would follow this incident would be funny and exasperating, me thinks

also, wouldn't it be funnier if Perry the Platypus was part of the JL? and like, no one knows his identity but Superman, and neither of them are willing to talk about it-

I know it would be very unlikely, since everyone there would have enough neurons to recognize a platypus with and without a hat, but for the sake of shit and giggles, just think of how funny that would be

welp, I needed to get that outta ma chest, I hope I at least made you laugh a little, because seriously this is one of the best ideas I've seen in this tag and I can't stop thinking and giggling about it

Stay well!

context.

first: i was not expecting this concept to be so popular!! the responses i've gotten from everyone are so amazing!!  ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝) thank you for the ask, anon!! it always makes my day.

i am formally announcing that i will be turning phineas and ferb reader into a fic now. it's too good a concept to pass up. something more light-hearted to work between the other fics i'm writing.

batfamily finding out about reader's whacky inventions would be an event. it so wholeheartedly shatters the image they had of reader to the point they just have to sit with what the hell just happened for a while before they even consider what to do about you next. still so many things that don't make sense. their newest case is how the fuck did we go this long without finding out (Y/N) has been building mechas in our backyard and why are those things always gone when it's convenient.

then the realizations just start dropping on them like an anvil on a looney tunes character. and they kinda feel like shit, cause how did they not notice? really puts into perspective how they've neglected you all this time. so many stunts you pulled right under their nose, on their backyard, their garage, throughout gotham and metropolis. ok, were out there being creative and amazing and you sure know how to spend the wayne family money, they'll give you that, but it was so irresponsible of you! who knows what could've gone wrong. you're not like them! you're a civilian with no training, the only regular teenager in the family, you're the last person who should be exposing themselves doing all that.

bruce goes off on you, screaming about how could you be so reckless, you did all of this behind his back– what? what do you mean he gave his permission? and he is floored, devastated, blood pressure up, when you remind him of every instance you dropped by his office with a document for him to sign or to ask for permission, with proof as you pull out every paper he put his signature without a second look.

and that, ladies and gentlemen, is when reader's dynamic with the batfam does a complete 180 and their little yandere antennae start going off. no more whacky cartoonish shenanigans. at least not without proper supervision. they know you're not a fan of this new arrangement, but you gotta understand they let you go unchecked for way too long! they'll drown you in family activities so you don't even have to worry about it. who wants to build a teleportation machine, anyway? just join them for family movie night.

as for perry, that is going to take them a while longer to figure out. bruce just can't stand another insane discovery, so when batman sees an intelligent platypus wearing a fedora and walking on two feet on justice league headquarters (if we're going by the idea that he's a part of JL), he's just going to think "my kid has a pet platypus. huh."

oh, consider:

dick: "damian, you knew all this time?! our sibling could've gotten into serious trouble! why didn't you tell us about this?"

damian: stares into the camera like he's in the office.

[theminecraftbee]

The moon has fully set over the horizon. The howling over the server has stopped. Four Hermits sit in a circle, staring just slightly away from each other, as to not be caught staring. Joe is miserably trying to wring mud out of his puppet. Stress isn't bothering about the mud at all but is despairing at how shredded her jumper is. Somehow, Zedaph has only lost a shoe, which is more concerning than any of the prior people. Xisuma is deliberately not checking himself. The damning lack of helmet on his head, though, means he can't avoid feeling how he underwent the same terrible transformation as everyone else.

"So," he says, finally.

"I could use pants," Joe says, finally giving up on washing out his puppet, and, ah. Yes. Those are pretty well destroyed, aren't they? Xisuma looks away politely, feeling his face heat up. It heats up more when he realizes everyone can see it, gosh, he's–he's not so sure how he feels about that–

"I think we all need pants. Look at us," Stress says, and if Xisuma can be looking away any harder, he sure is now. Wait, she said 'all', does that include... Oh, oh dear.

"Well I don't know about you, but I still have perfectly serviceable pants," Zedaph says imperiously.

"You know, if anything, that's weirder, given the way we were all giant wolves traipsing around in the night just now. Which is strange itself! However, wolves don't normally wear pants, so really, the fact the only article of clothing you've lost is your shoes is less miraculous and more actively impossible!" Joe responds.

"Well you're actively impossible," mutters Zedaph.

"My god, it was real," Xisuma says.

"Well, I mean, I sort of figured it had to be, what with the four of us being all covered in mud and tired and your helmet being gone and all that," Stress says.

"It was real," Xisuma says.

The four of them sit in silence a little longer. The sun continues its steady march upwards into the sky. It's April; the day is longer than the night, by now, so they aren't wasting but so much time compared to the time the moon was up. The time the moon was up feels a bit more like a dream than anything else, too; distantly, Xisuma wonders if this is what spiders feel like when they become angry during the night, or what drives the undead from the ground. It's a disquieting thought, and he'd literally lived in a skeleton!

"So," Joe says. "So. Which one of us is going to yell at Zedaph for biting us?"

"Rude!" Zedaph says. "Very rude, I'm not the one that bit you! You bit me! Xisuma bit me, actually, you all saw him!"

"What? No, I didn't!" Xisuma says. "Gosh, if I were a werewolf, don't you think you'd know by now?"

"Hm. Suspicious," Zedaph says.

"No?" Xisuma says.

"I mean, I'd try to claim it was my fault, what with being a monster and all, but I'm actually a different sort of beastie normally," Stress says. "Being all doggy is new for me. I should show Iskall. Hey, do you think I should bite Iskall?"

"Yes," Zedaph says.

"No," Xisuma says.

"I'll split the difference and say maybe," Joe says. "Also, since we're arguing about it anyway, I'll say that I think I'd remember if I bit someone, although maybe I wouldn't. It's been a weird night. Maybe I should just go ahead and get everyone apology gifts instead?"

"Please don't," Zedaph says.

"Aww, but I like his gifts," Stress says.

"Honestly, yeah, I was–no, Zedaph is right, it'd be too distracting," Xisuma says, thinking of many of the, er, gifts he's gotten from Joe in the past. "Besides, it's not your fault. But if none of us bit anyone, then why on earth are we all werewolves no–oh no."

"That was ominous?" Joe says.

"Oh. Ohhhhhh," Zedaph says. "Whoops."

"It was supposed to be a joke about investment bankers," Xisuma says.

"Wait, what, do you really think the silly name turned us into werewolves?" Stress says.

"I had other season plans, Xisuma!" Joe says.

"Hey, does that make me a sheep in wolf's clothing that's also a wolf that turns into a sheep that turns into a wolf? If so, neat," Zedaph says.

"Do you know how annoying it will be to get a werewolf puppet?" Joe says.

"Gosh, I absolutely have to bite Iskall now," Stress says.

Xisuma, for a moment, considers putting a stop to it. If it really is the silly name, the collective, the hats and the howls–if it really is the collective weight of story bearing down on all of them–then really, it's still so early that it would be very easy to stop.

Xisuma considers the competition the rest of the shopping district poses, and how easy it will be to move as a collective when they're also a pack.

Also, he hasn't actually been a wolf before. That's one mob he hasn't done!

"You should bite Iskall. I want to know what it does," Xisuma says, deciding that he's quite bored with being responsible and that if someone wants to stop it, it will have to be not him. "But, er, first, in the meantime, do you think he or Doc is better to ask for a helmet that'll grow to fit my muzzle instead of nearly trapping my skull?"

"Hm," Stress says. "Well, Iskall is pretty good at head electronics."

"Yeah, but Doc is a better choice for abominations against nature!" Joe says.

"What about me? I like abominations," Zedaph says.

"It's okay, Zedaph, it's just you don't make many helmets, is all," Xisuma says. "We'll run around being abominations of nature, gosh, most full moons together. Is that good enough?"

"Fine," Zedaph says. "I'm bringing the snacks. I have sheep, and I've always wanted to try cannibalism."

"I guess werewolves wouldn't have to worry about prions," Joe says, nodding.

"Well, if you're going to get Doc, I'm going to go bite Iskall. I know I don't got fangs right now but it'll be very funny either way," Stress says.

"Have fun!" Xisuma says, and even though he's still red, and no one has pants but Zedaph, and he feels vaguely sick without his helmet, he also feels something close to pure delight. Gosh. Werewolves, huh? What a concept, having a little pack. He'll have to make the most of it; they've already seen his face anyway, and not one of them have commented or looked him in the eyes. Clearly, it won't matter so much if Doc takes a while with the helmet.

[milaisreading]

Isagi sister y/n x Sae? She was in love with y/n for a long time and he was planning to confess to her. While all this time y/n was thinking that Sae was gay for Shidou after she saw their matches together. When he confessed to her, y/n told him that isn't he is gay for Shidou.

🌱🩷: I was supposed to be studying this morning, but your idea was funny so I had to write it. Thanks for the request!

Warnings: Reader uses she/her. Requests are open

⚽️Blue Lock belongs to Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura ⚽️

"Hmmm..." Sae muttered as he looked at the screen of his phone. Over the past few days that was how most people could find him, just sitting and looking at his phone. From time to time, his expressions would change, but that was only if you looked at him fast enough. A lot of people might say it was pre-final game jitters, but whoever knew Sae enough knew that wasn't true. Rin, Isagi, and Shidou would sometimes ask if je was ok, but all they would get is a short nod from him.

'I hope he won't be acting weird tonight. We really need to have his head in the game if we want to win the World cup.' Rin sighed as he received another short nod from Sae.

"What's up with Undereyelashes senior? Did you two have another fight?" Shidou snickered, earning an annoyed look from Rin. But, before the younger could yell back at him, Isagi stepped in between them. They didn't need all of this hours before their final game with Germany!

"Just calm down everyone. Let's leave Sae-san alone for now."

'Be honest when confessing, and also be smooth about it?' Sae frowned as he read through the guide.

'I hate these internet advice sites.' Sae groaned, putting the phone away and rubbing his eyes. He was tired, very tired from all the training, but also from keeping all these emotions under wrap for the past few months. Sae Itoshi wasn't someone who saw himself falling in love with anyone, heck, he never saw himself having a crush! But, here he was, hours before his final game at the World cup, he was busy figuring out a way to confess his feelings for (Y/n).

'This is ridiculous. I should have done this before the game. But, only if I win tonight will I see myself worthy of her.' Sae shook his head as a blush spread across his face.

"I will take a walk." The rehead muttered to himself as he walked out of the room Rin  Shidou, and he shared.

"Are you not nervous? The final game kept mom, dad, and I up all night." The older Itoshi froze in his footsteps as he heard the voice of the one person that's been haunting his thoughts for the past months.

'(Y/n)...' Sae gulped as he observed her and Yoichi's interaction.

"I was nervous days prior, now I am just numb to everything." Yoichi shrugged his shoulders as (Y/n) poked his cheek.

'Wish she would do that to me-Is that Yoichi's jersey she is wearing?!' Sae gulped as he noticed the familiar clothing item, which caused a weird wave of jealousy to hit him.

"Hm?" Feeling eyes on them, (Y/n) turned to look at Sae, and gave him a smile and wave.

"Sae-san! Ready for the game later?!"

Yoichi looked back as well, noticing the blush on the older's cheeks.

"You finally got out of your room?"

"Finally?" (Y/n) asked in confusion, but instead of getting an answer, the boy turned around and quickly walked away.

"Maybe he is nervous?" (Y/n) suggested, watching in sadness as Yoichi chuckled a little.

"Hard to imagine. He basically breaths football." He answered back, earning a nod from (Y/n).

'I think he might be panicking because him and Shidou are in the same team again. After all, I know all to well how it feels to be close to someone you love, but can't tell them that.' She thought as her expression fell a little.

'I wish he liked me like I like him. But, Shidou is the one he wants.'

"Let's go and get some food. I can't play on an empty stomach." Yoichi said as he pulled (Y/n) towards the exit.

"Sure..."

'Maybe,in another life he would like me back.'

Meanwhile, Sae was having a small breakdown in the bathroom.

'That smile... shit, it's so cute! She is so sweet and caring, how can one not fall for her.' Sae thought as he washed his face, hoping the cold water might help his blush.

"That smile, the voice, the eyes, everything is way too ethereal about her. I need to get this off of my chest as soon as possible." Sae took a few deep breaths.

"Shit, get your head into the game, Sae. You can't embarrass yourself in front of (Y/n) tonight."

A few hours later, the game was about to start. The stadium had a special euphoria haunting it, something neither the Japanese or German team felt before. Was it because it's the final game? Was it the loud cheers from the Japanese fans? They didn't know, but they definitely enjoyed it... some more than the others.

"Sae-chan! Ready for the game? You finally got off your high horse?!" Sae flinched as Shidou jumped on his back and yelled into his ear.

"Get off!" Sae yelled, shoving Shidou off of his back and looked back to where (Y/n) was sitting (he had to beg Yoichi to tell him where her seat was). Sending her a small wave, the girl returned it, then she looked back to where Yoichi was.

"YO-CHAN, DO YOUR BEST!!"

Sae sighed dreamily as he heard her yell, ignoring the small jealousy he felt for Yoichi at the moment.

'I wish she would cheer me on like that.'

"I WILL!!" Yoichi was heard yelling back, looking away from Kaiser for a moment.

"Hmm? Who is that? Your girlfriend?" Sae froze for a moment as he heard Kaiser's voice, then looked at the blonde, who had an amused smirk as he stared back at (Y/n).

'Don't look at her, you creep.' The redhead narrowed his eyes and walked over to where Kaiser and Yoichi were.

"Eww! That's my older sister, you dumbass." The blue-eyed boy cringed, which only amused Kaiser more.

"Even better, then. Hope the cutie will not faint from all the magnificent goals she is about to witness from me."

Hearing his words Yoichi recovered from his disgust and sent a warning glare in Kaiser's direction.

"Stay away from her."

"And if I don't?" Kaiser challenged as Sae arrived at Yoichi's side.

"Just shut up. The game is about to start."

Although his voice sounded monotone, that was far from what he felt inside.

It was a tiring 95 minutes of the game. With Sae, Rin, and Yoichi scoring on one side, and Kaiser and Ness on the other, but they made it. Neither the players or the fans could believe it. Japan actually won the Cup. The players of the Japanese team collapsed on the ground after Yoichi scored the final goal, too tired and excited to do much, while the fans were the ones erupting in screams of joy and crying.

"YOICHI!! YOU DID IT!!" The said boy laughed a little as (Y/n) ran up to give him a tight hug, tears streaming down her own face.

"I am so proud of you!" She cried out as Yoichi hugged her back.

"Thanks... without you and our parents' support I wouldn't be here." The boy said back as they separated.

"You are too humble." She pouted, but before she could say anything else, Sae interrupted the conversation.

"(Y/n), can I talk to you for a moment?" The boy asked, looking oddly nervous to the two siblings.

"Sure." She nodded her head as Sae led them to a more private area, or at least a spot where there were no cameras.

"What did you need? And congrats on winning! Your goal earlier was amazing!!" (Y/n) said, which boosted Sae's ego even more up.

"Thanks, glad that you liked it. But, I called you here to talk about something else."

"What is it?" (Y/n) wandered, part of her wanting to ask why he was with her, when he could be celebrating with Shidou.

'Maybe he needs dating advice?' She mused.

"I wanted to tell you this for a while now... I really like- I mean, love, I really love you."

(Y/n)'s eyes widened in shock and her face turned red as Sae continued.

"You are always so calm and kind to others, you were even kind to me after I acted like a jerk the first time we met. I am not really one to fall in love, I never imagined myself in this position, but I am glad that it is you who I fell for."

"Sae... wait, so... so you don't like Shidou-san?" She asked, trying to process everything. Sae stopped talking and looked at the girl in bewilderment.

"Why would I like him of all people?"

"It's just... you both look so close. And your interactions during the U-20 match, I thought that you like him..." (Y/n) admitted, nervously playing with her fingers. Sae was pretty much speechless for a good 2 minutes, ignoring everyone around himself as he sighed.

"I only love you. Shidou is a friend, I will admit that, but I don't see hin as anything more." Sae spoke as he took her hands into his. (Y/n) got more flustered as she avoided Sae's eyes for a moment, but eventually spoke up as well.

"I.... I love you as well. I have for a while now." She stuttered out while looking up at Sae. The boy felt a variety of emotions hit him, but the one that stood out the most was happiness. Pure, utter happiness.

"That makes you mine, from now on. And I will be yours." He said, kissing the embarrassed girl on the cheek.

"I am glad then." She laughed a little.

[milkteasweetheart]

『just like heaven, chapter 1, part 2』

this part contains riddle’s dream sequence. 

housewardens x reader

author’s note: i depict nrc as an actual college, so first years are 18, second years 19, etc.

summary: crowley has the bright idea of a bonding experience, specifically in the form of a dream potion.

characters: (riddle rosehearts), leona kingscholar, azul ashengrotto, jamil viper, vil schoenheit, idia shroud, malleus draconia / platonic mentions: dire crowley (ew), grim

genre: romance, fluff, smidge of angst

warnings: female reader, reader is yuu, reader is around ace and deuce’s height, sappy, marriage, mentions of potential children, some suggestive themes

「dream scene: rose colored reverie」

This Riddle looked strange. Well not really, he was just wearing a cutesy outfit with a red, fluffy cardigan and black corduroy pants. On top of it was a frilly apron. Was he taller?

The Dream Riddle took off Dream (Y/N)’s coat and hat with another chaste kiss, and the two  moved into the living room. Everything was a bit blurry except for her face. Huh. “Have you eaten, my love? I know you work too hard without taking breaks.” Dream (Y/N) caressed Riddle’s cheek. Azul was subtly rubbing his hands together like a cartoon villain, raising concern within everyone.

Idia is about to draw blood from the way he’s biting his cheek, trying to prevent laughter. Normie loser! How corny can a person’s dreams get?

「Idia: At least have a cool dream! LMFAO」 (He will admit this version of the prefect looks nice, but she always does- who said that.)

Dream Riddle nods. “I’m ready to go if you are. Where are we going this late, though?” He tilts his head. (Y/N) chuckles with a clearly enamoured expression. “It’s a surprise. I know you’ll like it.” And with a kiss on the tip of his nose, the scene changes with a disorienting distortion.

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They’re now standing on the outside of a cafe. Riddle considers curling up into a ball. There has to be a reason his beloved hedgehogs do it. The hedgehogs… that he and the prefect take care of…

Jamil feels pity for Riddle who is currently making a quiet impression of a red balloon being emptied of air. Thankfully his own dream won’t be as bad… at least he thinks so.

The cafe is beautiful, too perfect with checkered floors, lacy curtains and velvet couches. Dream (Y/N) is currently feeding Riddle a forkful of the most delectable looking strawberry tart with an adoring expression. The strawberries are so red and shining it hurts her eyes. She considers addressing this, but decides to have pity on Riddle who has gone through with sitting on the floor and hiding his head. Leona does the opposite.

“Hah. Feels like my teeth are going to rot in my mouth at this rate.” Leona is trying to goad Riddle into digging his grave deeper. Might as well make the most of this dumb experience, right? He is totally not trying to distract himself from the looming threat of his dream being revealed, which is coincidentally in the same genre. Riddle shakes with embarrassment. (Y/N) notes Malleus staring at her dream counterpart from his position before the cash register.

“Ah, I think it’s quite amusing- adorable. Dreams often reflect what their creator wants, and can’t get.” For a merfolk Azul is cattier than Leona. Vil is a bit too smug too. At least his dreams are sophisticated.

Idia notices Jamil and Malleus aren’t exactly invested in this story. Well, nothing interesting is currently happening, but he must push his introvertedness in the corner to save his life.

Jamil’s a bit scary, but won’t smite him out of existence like Malleus could. “Hey…” Idia flinches a bit when he turns to look at him. “Hm?” No backing down now, Idia. “This is like, super cringe right? This is probably the worst we’ll see, but the others one are gonna be boring as hell, right? Maybe we should figure out a way to get out?” Jamil thinks about it, and crushes Idia’s hope into dust. “I need a break from Scarabia anyway. I don’t mind it here.” He also has to see Azul’s inevitable doom.

「Idia: Just say you want me dead…」

[jmvore]

warning(s) » giving Jimin a blowjob in your office, being caught by your assistant. a/n » Thank you @/saradika for the divider(s)! Yes the middle photo is a AI photo.

Okay, imagine Jimin sitting outside your office as your assistant left to get your coffee. It is lunchtime, his favorite time because he gets to spend it with you. Although, right now, he has a dilemma. He is trying to keep his hard-on from being seen as your co-workers walk by.

He can see inside your office because you keep the blinds open whenever you’re with a client so others can see inside (in case something happens).

He’s trying his best to figure out what it could have been. Maybe it was the lace bralette he knew you were wearing underneath your blouse with the pretty lace thong to match. Perhaps it was seeing you in your element and helping others in need. Or, it could have been the suit you decided to wear (it is one of his favorites!) Damn, or maybe it was simply because it’s you and you’re so hot and sexy, and fuck Jimin has no clue how he was able to get you.

However, he thanks the moon goddess (let’s be honest, god is a woman).

He's trying his best to get it to go down but he feels like he’s about to going to go feral if he doesn’t touch you soon. Jimin sighs, glancing at the clock above the coffee machine in the breakroom before pulling out his phone.

Maybe he should order something.

"I'll call you if I have any updates." Your door swings open and your client swiftly walks out as you wave goodbye. Jimin’s eyes sparkle as soon as they land on you, smile widen when you step next to him to greet him with a kiss on the cheek. The office is so use to your PDA that no one even bats an eyes when it happens.

“hey petal. lunch time already?”

He nods, taking your hand to let tug him inside of your office. It only takes you seconds to pull your blinds close as your lips immediately latch to his. He moans into it and walks you back toward your desk. He lifts you to get you to sit on it but you growl when you almost knock the folders and computer on the floor.

“Careful, Petal.”

“Sorry, darling.” He gasps the moment you start kissing down his neck to make your way to his chest. “f-fuck. right now?”

“I missed you.”

"I missed you to but you have a client after our lunch break-"

"I do." You chuckle, seeing how flustered he's becoming. "Do you not want it?"

"I do! Fuck, I do I just don't want to get you in trouble."

"Oh, don't worry about that, Sugar." You wink as you notice his breath hitching the second you grab his cock through his pants. "You just worry about cumming for me."

"Shit..." He nods, unbuttoning your blouse to see your breast sitting so pretty in your bra. God, he wants to mark you so everyone will know what the two of you were doing but he also doesn’t want people to see how gorgeous you look with his marks.

“Petal?”

“Hm?” He tugs you into his chest to kiss you again as you giggle into his lips. “What’s wrong?”

“Nothing. I’m starving.” Your voice so soft but sultry and velvety, he finds himself melting. You continue to rub him through his pants as you nibble on his earring, his body involuntarily shuttering from the feeling.

"You're going to be the death of me.” He whines when you finally stick your hand in his slacks to continue to lazily stroke him. He closes his eyes before opening them to see you looking at him with so much love and admiration. His heart is going to burst!

“What did you want to eat?” You ask, getting down on your knees to unbutton his pants. They’re on the floor in a instant as you mouth at his cock through his underwear as he hisses.

“I-I don’t know.“

“You don’t know?” You tease, practically ripping his boxers down his legs to see his cock sitting so pretty against his abdomen. “Or you can’t think right now?”

Jimin whines when you roll your tongue from the tip of his cock to his balls and back. Eyes rolling to the back of his head as he widens his legs for you to fit in. His mind can’t think of food when your mouth feels so good teasing him.

“You know what I want to eat?”

He shakes his head because no, he doesn’t. He has a clue but you’re practically ruining him right now so he'll give you anything you want.

“No?”

“No…” He shakes his head again, earning a little chuckle from you as you kiss your way up his body. He’s hyper aware that you’re still in your office, neither of you locked the door because, so what? Is it unprofessional? Sure but maybe they should learn to knock before entering. "W-What did you want to eat?"

"You." You grin the moment suck the tip again and Jimin knows he's not going to last much longer. The sad part, you're literally teasing him. "I going to make you cum down my throat, baby. You want that? You're going to be good for me and do that?"

"Fuck Yes," He groans, places his hand on the side of your face, careful not to mess up your makeup more than you have as he leans in for another kiss.

God, he loves kissing you.

“I want you so fucking bad.”

“I know you do Petal. We'll have to wait for that.” You start to stroke his cock as his head falls back against the leather seat. You’re going to be the death of him. “We don't have much time."

“Shit...”

You smirk, immediately taking his cock in your mouth. It’s so wet and warm, he feels himself melting into the chair as your mouth works it's magic. He knows he can relax to let you take care of him. Although, he feels the urge to buck his hips but he stops himself when he takes your hand in his.

“So fucking good...” He whimpers, feeling the way your tongue swirls around the tip. How you suck the pre-cum out of it and how deep you take him. He can feel himself hitting the back of your throat and it felt like heaven. That’s the only thing he can think of when he thinks about sex with you. “You’re going to make me cum…”

“Yeah?” You grin, releasing him from your mouth but you continue to jack him off. You press your forehead against his as you keep eye contact, seeing the moment his eyes glaze over. “You’re gonna cum, petal? Gonna cum all over my tits and mark them as yours?”

“I am… god, I’m so close… please, please!”

“Or do you wanna cum down my throat? Want me to swallow everything you give me?”

Jimin chest heaves the closer he gets to his orgasm. Both options sound fucking phenomenal and he can’t think of which one he wants to do more.

Hell, he can’t think of anything at all, to be honest.

“I’m cumming…” His head falls back against the chair as one hand grips the arm of the chair, the other grips your wrist to get you to slow down. Especially once you put your mouth on the tip to suck off everything he’s given you. “S-sensitive.”

You smile and lean forward to drown him in your love. He kisses you back, holding you as close as he can. This time he can taste himself as you swap cum and saliva, hearing him moan your name.

Once you pull away, he faintly opens his eyes just as he sees you swallow the rest.

“Fuck…” Jimin breathing grows heavy but he finally comes down from his high once lean back.

"Good?"

"Amazing."

You stand to your feet to go grab his pants but what you don’t expect to see is your assistant, standing with her eyes wide at the door.

“Binna?" You clear your throat as she glances up at you, her eyes widening in surprise. She looks between you and the back of Jimin's head, noticing he hasn't turned around either. "Can I help you?”

“I got your c-coffee- shit…” She scurries to close the door and you know you’re going to have to talk to her.

“I think we scarred the poor girl,” Jimin chuckles but you frown, knowing there’s more to it than that.

You also wonder how much the others heard since she had the door open.

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(Day 18, D&D. I know very little about Dungeons and Dragons but this should be fun. TaronxBuggy Modern AU. Massive big shout out to @be-not-afraid-gg for assisting me with my D&D questions because I don't know much about it)

Buggy tapped his pencil against the table as he frowned at the paper in front of him. When Sunny brought up game night he figured board games, but what kind of game had you filling out a form? He had heard about Dungeons & Dragon but didn't really know what it was.

Sunny was sitting at the head of the table, wearing a big grin as she looked at everyone. Taron kept leaning over to help Buggy while Crocodile and Mihawk enjoyed wine. At least Taron was with him and there was food. According to Crocodile, the game night wasn't just to make his wife happy but to also have some sort of team building. Buggy still didn't understand.

"I have something easy planned for tonight, Buggy, since it's your first time." Sunny told him as she opened a bag of dice and carefully poured them on the table. The die were pretty and he picked one up, noticing the shimmering blend of green and gold colors. "Croc had them made for me."

"Huh." He set it down and looked across the table again. He didn't see a board to move characters around on. "So... What do the dice do?"

"You roll for initiatives." She told him as Taron got up to get the two of them a beer. "There's a lot of explaining that will have to happen first, but don't worry, we will all be patient with you." She looked pointedly at her husband and his boyfriend. "Right? We are going to help Buggy understand so this is a fun experience for him."

"Of course, darling." Croc shrugged as he sipped his drink. "This will be fun for everyone."

"We will ensure it's fun for everyone, Miss Sunny." Mihawk added as he looked over at Buggy. Why didn't Buggy believe him?

"Good!" Sunny was beaming when Taron came back with drinks. "This is going to be fun!"

~

Fun, Buggy learned, was subjective.

At least Sunny was entertaining in the way she carried the story along. The character making was fun. Buggy was told he could be a pirate, which he was happy about, even if Croc and Mihawk were also pirates. Taron was a warlock which Buggy didn't quite get but he went with it.

"Okay, Buggy, roll." Sunny said as she passed him the d20 die. "Let's see what happens."

He wasn't sure what that meant still and they were an hour into playing. He glanced at Taron before holding it out to them but they gently pushed his hand away.

"Just roll it, sweetheart."

"I wanted you to blow on them for luck."

"This isn't gambling, fool." Crocodile sighed. Sunny made a face at her husband and he barely winced. Buggy heard a thump and wondered if she kicked him under the table. Taron shook their head before grabbing Buggy's wrist, kissed one of his fingers, then gently blew on the d20. He grinned at Croc before dropping the die and letting it roll.

"Wow."

"Hm."

"..."

Buggy looked at the three of them as Taron grinned. "Good job, sweetheart. You got a 20."

"Oh, okay, that's... Good?" He asked as Sunny nodded and Croc got up to get another drink. Taron kissed Buggy's cheek before leaning back in their chair with their beer. "What does that mean?"

"Means you're going to do well at this." Sunny told him as her husband came back, giving her a kiss on the cheek before he sat back down. She smiled at him before looking at Buggy. "How are you feeling about it so far? Do you want a break or should we continue?"

Buggy looked at the other three. He wasn't sure. Were they even interested in continuing? Taron had their hand on his back, rubbing slowly, which was nice, but he nodded at Sunny.

"Y'know, let's keep going and see where this takes us."

~

Honestly Buggy... Had fun. There were a few times where Croc and Mihawk got into a heated argument over something involving the game while Sunny just looked pleased with herself. Taron was content to enjoy the snacks and beer while Buggy considered what he needed to do next against the latest thing Sunny threw at them.

"Okay, Taron's character is knocked out, the other two had their voices stolen because they won't stop arguing. What do you want to do, Buggy?" Sunny asked as she shot her husband and his boyfriend an annoyed look. "It's on you to save everyone."

"Don't fuck it up." Croc warned, ignoring Sunny's pout at him.

"This is supposed to be fun, you know." She told him as Buggy tried to think of what to do. They were up against some kind of spirit that so far seemed to be unable to be defeated. He didn't know what to do.

"Ignore him, Buggy." Mihawk said as he sipped his wine. "He's just mad Sunny praised you and not him."

"What?!" Crocodile hissed. "Watch your mouth-"

"Make me."

"Okay, you know what, let's call it a night." Taron said loudly as they stood up. "Clearly you two are pent up and frankly I don't want to see you make out." They turned to Sunny. "Wonderful campaign as always, Sunny. We should continue it next weekend."

"Sounds good!" Sunny grinned as the two men glared at each other. Buggy made a face. He didn't want it to end but when he checked his phone he was surprised to see the time.

"It's past midnight?!"

"Yea! We were having so much fun time flew by." She said as she got up from the table to take away some of the dishes. "Did you have fun, Buggy?"

He frowned, thinking on it for a moment. He actually did. It wasn't as horrible of an experience as he thought it would be. It was fun. He wanted to do it again.

"Can we do it next weekend?" He asked. Her face lit up and she nodded.

"Of course!"

"Perfect." Taron handed Buggy his jacket. "We can bring dinner. Thanks for hosting." They looked at Crocodile and Mihawk. They were still glaring at each other from across the table. "Don't break any of the furniture you two."

Sunny walked them to the door and bud them good night. Taron walked Buggy to the car before giving him a kiss on the cheek.

"Did you really have fun?" They asked.

"Yea, wasn't so bad." He shrugged. "Went better than I thought." He glanced up at the house. "Do... Those three normally act up like that?"

"Oh, yea." Taron said as they unlocked the car door. "Sort of foreplay. Croc and Mihawk will get some of that energy out on each other before involving Sunny."

Buggy turned red and stared at them. "How do you know this?!"

"She told me." Taron told him. "But also told me she wants us all to hang out and get along which is why this happened. I could see that she was happy that you asked to do it again. I know she really appreciates it."

"Oh, well... Gotta get those two their voices back and wake you up." Buggy said smugly. "Unless I can wake your character up it's a kiss."

"Guess we'll have to find out, won't we?" Taron chuckled. "Let's go home, sweetheart, and you can kiss me all you want."

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Liam Evans Main Story: Chapter 24 (Crazy Love)

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Regardless of how much tears Liam shed, tomorrow would still come without change.

The performance period of “Hamlet” went on night after night, it was a hot topic in all of England.

And so, on the day after the final performance — it was exactly one month since I joined Crown.

The end of my job as a “fairytale writer”.

…

The clattering of the keys on my typewriter resonated through my room.

My report was a story of my love and sorrows during the time spent together with Liam.

All the memories were still vivid in my mind, and yet so incredibly endearing.

(... This should be fine. Let’s deliver this report to Victor in the palace.)

…

The palace’s Grim Reaper softened his gemstone-like eyes when he saw me.

Victor: You’re here to submit your report, Miss Kate?

Kate: Yes. This is the report I wrote about my observations of Liam Evans during my time as a fairytale writer.

Kate: However, this report has yet to be concluded.

Victor: … What do you mean?

Kate: Would it be possible for you to allow me to continue working as a fairytale writer?

Victor: Is it because of that boy (Liam)?

Kate: W-When we first met, one of the conditions I had for you was that I’d be allowed to return to my original life.

(That’s why I became a fairytale writer for a month.)

Kate: My current request contradicts the one I made back then, and besides, love is one of the reasons—

Victor: Kate. Love or not, everyone is free to care for one another and I think that's really powerful.

Kate: Victor…

Victor: I’ve concluded that Crown and the cursed people need you.

Victor: And so, I… as well as Her Majesty, would like to make a proposal. Will you stay and continue being our fairytale writer?

(...!)

Kate: Y-Yes, I’d love to. Thank you so much!

Victor: I should be thanking you instead.

Victor: … Well then, let's do this once again. Welcome to “Crown”, the villains' lair.

Victor: Alrighty! That’s enough with the serious talk.

Victor: Goodness, the serious look on your face rubbed off on me.

Kate: S-Sorry…

Victor: Specially for our serious yet lovely Kate, we are having a dinner party tonight!

Victor: Come on, clap. *seal clapping* YAY!

I clapped as told, and cocked my head in puzzlement.

Kate: A… dinner party?

Victor: YES! Think of it as a “please continue to look out for Crown, Kate” dinner party!

Kate: Fufufu, I see. Thank you.

(Hm? Hold on.)

(Does this mean Victor expected that I would stay?)

— As expected of the palace’s Grim Reaper. His abilities shouldn't be underestimated.

Victor: All the members of Crown know about the dinner party, have fun!

Victor: Well then, we must get you ready for the party. — Come on, all of you. Come in.

With a snap of Victor’s fingers, servants came pouring in through the door.

They were carrying loads of dresses, shoes, and jewellery.

Kate: Victor!

Victor: I’ve always wanted to give you a dress, so I bought you everything in a corner of Harrods.

Victor: Ahh, of course, this was all bought using a little pocket money I earned outside my official court duties. You can be rest assured about that.

(... I don’t even know where to start.)

Victor: Alright, Miss Kate. Which dress would you like to wear tonight?

All of the colourful dresses looked amazing to me, however—

(Liam will definitely like whichever dress I choose myself.)

Kate: I’ll choose this dress, then. It's simple, yet beautiful.

Victor: … Ahh, I was also thinking that this dress especially suits you.

The moment I chose a dress, two servants escorted me out of the room; one on either side of me.

Kate: Whoa…!

Victor: Off you go now. See you at tonight’s dinner, Kate.

Victor’s lips formed into a sneaky smile as Kate’s figure disappeared.

Victor: I’m sorry for lying to you, Kate. How very evil of me.

Victor: But that's what makes me a worthy member of Crown. … Ahaha.

…

While Kate was becoming Victor’s plaything, Liam and Harrison were at the train station.

Harrison: — Mission complete.

Liam: …

Harrison: … Hey.

Liam: …

Harrison: Hey, Liam.

Liam: Whoa! Sorry, Harry! I was spacing out while we’re on a mission.

Harrison: It’s fine, we already got the evidence we need about the illegal trades. … You were spacing out because of Kate, weren’t you?

Liam: How did you know?

Harrison: Your face is like an open book, it’d be concerning if I couldn't figure it out.

Harrison: *sigh* Just say it. I’ll listen to you for 5 minutes because that depressed look on your face is annoying.

Liam: … Today is Kate’s last day as a fairytale writer.

Harrison: Ah, yeah. I heard from her that she’s leaving the castle tonight.

Liam: … What?

Liam: Kate is leaving tonight…?

Harrison: Yeah. Victor’s having a dinner party tonight to thank Kate for her efforts or something.

Liam: I- I didn’t know—

Harrison: He hid the truth from you because he didn't know how you would take it, or you might slip into depression.

Harrison: That’s why he told Kate to not tell you until the very last minute. I mean, that’s just my guess.

Liam: That’s not…

Harrison: …

Harrison: Look, Liam. Kate did great. She never once gave up on you, no matter what.

Harrison: She reached out her hand to you like a fool, smiling brightly next to you.

Harrison: But you shouldn't take for granted that she'll forever be with you, you know?

Liam: That’s not what I think at all…!

Harrison: If that's the case—

Harrison: Let me make this clear to you. If you want something, reach out for it yourself. You have the freedom to do so.

Liam: Then…

Liam: … What about Kate’s freedom and happiness?

Liam: Crown isn’t a group of heroes fighting for justice. Will she really be happy in this sort of environment…?

Liam: Besides, Kate used to work at the post office. I’m sure she has friends there.

Liam: Meanwhile, I have nothing. Kate and I are two worlds apart. A-And yet, if I tie her down because of my selfishness—

Harrison: … Hey.

Harrison: Why do you get to decide what’s freedom and happiness for Kate? That’s selfish.

Liam: … What.

Harrison: That girl is no weakling, nor is she an idiot.

Harrison: You should let her listen to your feelings and make the decision herself.

Harrison: You know her character better than anyone else. She’s the woman you’re in love with.

Liam: …

Liam: … Thanks. Thanks, Harry!

Liam: I- I have to get to Kate!

Harrison: Huh? Hey, Liam, wait—

With the agility of a cat, Liam pushed his way through the crowd of people boarding the steam train and ran off.

Harrison: No way, is he leaving me here even though we’re going back to the same place?

Harrison: …

Harrison: … Geez, I’m not used to being this meddlesome.

…

Tonight, the usually quiet Castle seemed more lively.

Kate: Wow…!

(There’s meat, fish, and desserts. What a lavish feast!)

(He even invited a live orchestra…)

While I was admiring the extravagant dishes on the dining table and enjoying the beautiful music in the background, I felt a tap on my shoulder.

Ellis: Good evening, Kate. … You look especially beautiful tonight.

Elbert: … Al. Does Kate look beautiful tonight?

Alfons: You’re asking that at this time in front of the lady, very unromantic.

Alfons: I believe it's a tie this time.

Elbert: A tie. … That’s too difficult.

Jude: Why are the servants here? They must've mistaken this place for their living quarters.

Kate: I asked Victor to invite all the members of Crown here tonight. Should I not have done that…?

Jude: Are you going to chase them away if I say no? Do whatever you want.

Kate: Okay! Thanks, Jude.

Jude: … Tch, you’re so noisy.

Roger: Haha. You’ve gotten used to dealing with Jude, little lady. Good job.

It now felt rather comforting to see the uniqueness of everyone at Crown.

One month ago, I never would've dared to imagined that such a day would come.

Ellis: Hm?

Ellis: Victor is performing magic tricks by himself, and where are Harrison and Liam…?

William: They went to complete a mission. They should be returning soon.

(... Right.)

(I made the decision of staying and continuing my work as a fairytale writer, without discussing it with Liam.)

(What will Liam think when he hears about my decision? Will he be happy? Or…)

What Liam and I had between us wasn't as simple as like versus dislike.

No matter what Liam felt about me, he would hesitate to reach out for me.

All his life, Liam had been stripped of the right to have a purpose. He was trampled on and had no freedom to be himself.

I knew that Liam would have difficulty reaching for what he truly wanted.

(I don’t want a lot.)

(All I want is to stay by Liam's side, that alone is enough to make me happy.)

My feelings were most definitely not a lie, but there was a certain burning desire in my heart that I couldn't get over.

(I’m fine if it’ll only happen “someday”. It doesn't matter when that “someday” will be.)

(It’d make me so happy if someday, Liam would want me…)

I wanted him to touch my hair, body, and heart as he wished. I wanted him to take all of me.

(I’m being so selfish.)

(Before meeting Liam, I never knew I had this side of me.)

— But there was no going back to how things were before I met Liam.

(I want to see him as soon as possible.)

Elbert: … The song changed.

Roger: It’s time to dance — come, little lady. It’d be a big waste for you to be a wallflower.

Roger: You’ll be my dance partner. … What do you say?

Roger pulled me closer by the waist, taking me by surprise.

(R-Roger?)

And in that instant, someone brushed Roger’s hand off me.

Liam: … *pant*... *pant*...

Liam: … *pant*... Roger, you tried to touch Kate because you heard me coming, didn't you?

Roger: Heh.

Roger: Catch you later, little lady. I feel like getting a beer. Join me, Jude.

Jude: Hah? Why me? Go drink alone if you want, quack.

I knew from the sweet smell of vanilla that it was Liam standing there, panting next to my shoulder.

Our eyes met, and Liam got down on his knees in a captivatingly beautiful way.

Liam: Kate. I’m really, really, sorry for being late.

He held out the bouquet of pink modern roses he hid behind his back.

When I received it, a fresh and sweet scent tickled my nostrils.

Kate: This is…

Liam: All this time, I’ve been thinking a lot about things like your happiness and freedom.

Liam: But the more I thought about it… I realised that, to you, I’ll only be a shadow at your feet.

Kate: L… Liam…

Liam: Shadows never disappear. That’s why, I wanted to just tell you “bye bye, be well”.

(...)

Liam: That really was what I wanted to say. I told myself that I could do it, because acting is what I’m good at.

Liam: But… but…

Liam ran his hand through his hair in frustration.

Liam: But, I’m sorry… I can’t.

Thump. Thump. My heart started pounding loudly in my chest.

(I don’t expect much.)

(Although that was what I’ve been thinking…)

I held my breath and looked into his eyes, not wanting to wait even another second to hear him continue speaking.

Liam: Kate. Back then, I couldn’t take your hand.

– Flashback Start –

Liam: I couldn’t take your hand back then.

Liam: But…

Kate: You don’t have to force yourself to say something. When you’re ready, you can tell me.

Liam: … Tell you?

Kate: Yes. Things like… what’s on your mind, what’s making you happy, or what’s hurting you.

– Flashback End –

(Is he about to tell me what he couldn’t say that night?)

Liam: I couldn’t bring myself to reach for your hand that you so desperately held out to me.

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Ensemble - 104: Impatience

Subaru: Over here!?

[Read on my blog for the best viewing experience with Oi~ssu ♪]

Location: 2nd Floor Passage

Subaru: Over here!?

…Not there either. Damn you Ukki, where are you? Come on out, your parents would cry if they saw you like this! I'm also almost on the verge of crying!

Crap, the DreamFes will seriously start in just a little bit! I'm starting to hear instruments and singing voices, I don't have the time to be doing this either!

No, I can't become weak-willed! I'm gonna save Ukki and go back to the stage where the transfer student is waiting!

And then Trickstar will win the DDD!

Dreams should be big! Limitless! I won't give up until the moment I have grasped it all!

…I'm strangely high spirited, if I do say so myself.

You get hyped up when you run around, don't you? My whole body is warming up ☆

Ah, this isn't the time to be enjoying myself. At this rate I'll seriously run out of time, I have to hurry! Where are you, Ukki?

Oh, I got a message from Sakuma-senpai.

Ahaha, I guess senpai's bad with smartphones and the like? All his words are slurred[1] together like one long word! How cute ♪

Hm? When it's slurred like this it's hard to read… Hmmm?

Hmm. The general rules of the DDD state that you have to be a unit to participate. A unit needs to have a minimum of two members to exist…?

In other words, if the minimum two members are not present on the stage, they won't be recognized as a unit and will be failed?

Wah, crap! Trickstar right now only has the transfer student, one person, on stage!

This means that if I don't go back on stage we'll automatically fail, right?

Ahhh, why can't things go well on both sides! What should I do now?

In the worst case I'll have to give up on Ukki and return to the stage! Losing before even having a chance to fight is just too much!

Shit! Those guys from Knights, especially Sakuma-senpai's little brother! I thought he was awfully generous, the reason he told me all that was all for this?

Those guys are aiming for a win by default! If I don't get to the stage like this, they will win without having to spend any effort!

Those guys are so cunning! I just can't stomach it! I'll make sure to turn this adversity on its head! I'll make both Knights and the president admit defeat!

I'm gonna do my best ☆

Izumi: You over there, you're being noisy!

Unlike normal S1s, the DDD doesn't require students to watch from their classrooms, right?

Everyone has blended in with the normal audience and is watching outside, so just why are you wandering around inside the school building?

How irritating… You're an eyesore, so go away. I'm in a bad mood right now, so who knows what I could do to you.

Subaru: (Wah, what's with this guy? This doesn't look good!)

(This is our first meeting, right? Why does he so obviously throw his malice at me full blast?)

(No, I can't back down now! Time's precious, right now I need to try my utter best to find Ukki!)

Uhm, excuse me! Have you seen Ukki anywhere around here?

Izumi: Ukki…? What? A monkey? If it's a monkey you're searching for then you just have to look in a mirror, you're wearing a really dumb face.

Rather than that… Ah! Hmm…?

I thought I'd seen your face somewhere before. You're Yuu-kun's acquaintance, Trickstar's Subaru Akehoshi, right?

Can you afford to loaf around in a place like this? Trickstar's first opponent is Knights, isn't it? If you don't give it all you've got it won't even be a challenge, you know?

Even if I'm not there, everyone in Knights is an outstanding idol individually.

And even though we joined together only out of self-interest, our skill is top-class in this school.

Being unaware of their own situation, the foolish and idiotic Trickstar… For real, I wonder just what Yuu-kun likes so much about these guys.

Subaru: … …

When you're saying Yuu-kun, do you mean Ukki?

I somehow figured it out. You're the good-for-nothing guy in Knights who confined Ukki somewhere, aren't you?

Where did you hide Ukki, give him back! I won't hesitate to punch you to get Ukki back depending on your answer!

He's my friend! He's my precious comrade!

Izumi: Hmm. How immature, so annoying!

Hey, this isn't a game. Idols are merchandise… If you do something stupid it won't end if you just blame it on youthfulness.

You have to think rationally and calmly. Is it better for Yuu-kun's future to be a part of Knights or Trickstar?

Even a child would know which is better. Why can't either you nor Yuu-kun understand that?

Subaru: Shut up! I don't care, so just bring out Ukki! You seaweed-head!

Which one is better and which road to take all depends on Ukki! He should decide that for himself!

If Ukki himself thinks he doesn't want to walk side to side with us anymore, I'll respect that! I'd even cheer him on, but that isn't the case, is it?!

If you're ignoring his will and forcing him to listen to what you're saying…! I won't forgive that! I will protect the light in his soul!

We, Trickstar, will become the place where his smile can blossom!

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P5R: Rebel Girl (A FeMC Story/P5R Rework) Chapter 207: Fools Rush In

Ren awoke the next morning. She was in her room, like she’d been in since after midterms, but something seemed a bit off. She looked down and noticed she was still wearing the clothes she had on yesterday. “Morning,” Sojiro said. Ren glanced at the doorway to see him. "You fell asleep at Yoshizawa’s house. I picked you up and drove you back here while you were sleeping.”

“Oh…” Ren said, embarrassed.

“You feeling alright?” Sojiro asked.

Ren yawned. “Just a bit exhausted.”

“Well, hopefully not too exhausted,” Sojiro said. “You still have school.”

“I’ll be fine,” Ren said. “But I’ll take it easy.”

Sojiro smirked. “That’s the spirit. Well, I’ll let you get to it then.” Sojrio left, letting Ren fix herself up. Once she was ready, she had breakfast, and then headed to school.

On the way, the Phantom Thieves group chat went off.

Makoto: I probably should have mentioned this earlier, but there was a lot of touch and go.

Makoto: But I have a girlfriend now.

Ann: Really?

Makoto: Yes.

Ann: Way to go!

Ryuji: Congrats!

Futaba: WOOT!

Yusuke: Congratulations.

Sumire: Way to go!

Jose: Nice!

Makoto: And she’s living with me.

Lena: Wait, huh?

Haru: That seems a little fast.

Makoto: Well, there’s some extenuating circumstances.

Makoto: She didn’t have a happy home life, so I asked my sister, and she said she could stay with us.

Lena: I see.

Jose: And her parents were OK with that?

Makoto: Yeah. They were fine with it.

Yusuke: That…doesn’t sound better than them not being OK with it.

Makoto: It's not great.

Ren: Well, I’m sure things are better now.

Makto: They are.

Makoto: But the last thing I need to mention is that she knows I’m a Phantom Thief.

Futaba: What?!

Makoto: Well, she wanted to do something Sunday, since we don’t have school, but we had planned to go back to my sister’s palace, so I couldn’t.

Makoto: But I couldn’t lie to her either. So I just told her.

Ren: Do you trust her?

Makoto: Of course.

Ren: Then I think it’s fine.

Makoto: Are you sure?

Ren: Positive.

Ren: After all, she’s not the first to know.

Sumire: That’s right. Kisa also knows.

Sumire: She talked to us when we visited your father’s grave.

Ann: Yeah, and I had to tell Shiho.

Haru: Plus, I think Hiroki knows as well.

Ren: So you’re in good company.

Makoto: Thanks everyone.

Ren: No problem.

Ren: And congrats again.

Makoto: Thanks.

On her way to class, she was stopped by Miss Kawakami. “Oh hey! Perfect timing.” She glanced around. She whispered. “If it’s alright, I’d like to talk with you outside of school. Does tonight work?”

“Uh, tonight should be fine,” Ren said.

Kawakami nodded. “Good. We’re still meeting at the cafe?” Ren thought about it, and concluded it made the most sense. She nodded. “Good. See you in class.” She walked off.

At lunch, Ren rushed out of her seat. She met up with Sumire. “Hey…” she said.

Sumire giggled. “Hello there, sleepyhead.”

Ren smiled, embarrassed. “Um, I’m sorry that I fell asleep…”

“It’s fine,” Sumire said. “It didn’t come as a total surprise. In fact, I kind of expected it.”

Ren was confused. “You did?” Sumire nodded. “You worked yourself rugged back in the palace. Sometimes, whenever Kasmui and I practiced super hard, we’d fall asleep soon after.”

“Huh,” Ren noted.

“I figured you needed something like that,” Sumire said. “I know palaces are always exhausting, but…”

“Right…” Ren agreed.

Sumire chuckled. “And I know you well enough that you might not relax as much as you needed to.”

Ren rolled her eyes. “I’m not THAT self-destructive.”

“Perhaps,” Sumire responded. “But I didn’t want to take that chance. Besides,” she grasped her cheeks, “it was worth it to snuggle up against you for the evening.” She gave Ren a kiss.

Ren smiled, flushed red. “I agree. It was worth it.”

Sumire let go. “Hm hm,” she giggled.

Ren paused. “I…wouldn’t mind doing something like that again.”

“Me either,” Sumire said.

“Maybe after your next gymnastics performance?” Ren wondered.

“Hm hm,” Sumire chuckled. “Silly Ren. We don’t need an excuse.”

“Oh…” Ren said.

“But,” Sumire continued, “I think I’d like that. So, mark it down for the 20th of December.”

Ren chuckled. “Deal.” They spent the rest of their lunch together eating and chatting, before giving each other a kiss, and heading back to class.

The rest of the day progressed as normal. Once school was over for the day, Ren was heading out when she saw Yumeko approach her. “Hey…”

“Uh…hi,” Ren said. Yumeko seemed a little nervous. “Is…everything alright?”

“Yeah…” Yumeko said. “Um, do you want to come over?”

Ren was a little surprised. “Depends…” “I-I just want to talk!” Yumeko explained. “Plus…we could get to know each other better.”

“Hmmm,” Ren said. “OK then.”

Yumeko lit up. “Really?!” Ren nodded. “Let’s go!” Yumeko took Ren and rushed off. While guiding Ren to her house, she noticed Ren yawning. “Are you feeling OK?”

“Yeah,” Ren answered. “Just a little tired.

“Oh!” Yumeko responded. “Well, we could put this off…?”

Ren smiled. “I’m fine. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t be doing this. Yumeko sighed, while Ren giggled.

Once they arrived, Yumeko opened the door and let Ren in. “Uncle Yuuto! I’m home!”

A man with short hair, and a small, two-sided mustache, wearing a pink polo shirt, cargo shorts, socks, and watch approached. “Hello Yumeko! How are yo- Oh! I see you brought a friend over.”

“Uh-huh,” Yumeko nodded.

“Well…” Yuuto said. “While it’s nice to see you have friends, I wish you would have given me a call. Ringo’s here.”

“It’s fine,” Yumeko said, looking slightly upset.

Yuuto seemed confused. “Um, I know you’re OK with it, but…”

“I can come by later,” Ren said.

“Oh no, it’s fine, “ Yuuto insisted. “Just scurry on over to Yumeko’s room and talk about boys or whatever…”

“Yes…” Ren said. “Boys…That’s what we’re talking about.”

“Honey?! Everything OK out there?!” Another voice shouted.

“Yes Ringo!” Yuuto shouted. “Yumeko just brought a friend over!”

“Oh!” Ringo replied. “Did they hear that?!”

“If I heard it, they heard it!” Yuuto sniped back.

“I see!” Ringo shouted back.

Ren had a puzzled look on her face. “Are…you dating another man?”

“Please don’t tell anyone,” Yuuto said.

Ren smiled. “It’s OK. Us gays have to stick together.”

Yuuto was surprised. “Oh! Yumeko, is this your way of-?”

“Nope!” Yumeko said. “She’s already dating someone for starters.”

“I see,” Yuuto said.

Ren chuckled. “I’m just here to give friendly advice.”

“I see,” Yuuto said. “Well, take care you two!”

“You got it!” Ren said.

“Thanks Uncle Yuuto,” Yumeko said. They scampered off into Yumeko’s room. Once they got situated, Yumeko sighed. “I can’t believe I did it again.”

Ren was puzzled. “Um, well, for what it’s worth, your uncle seems like a nice guy.”

Yumeko smiled. “He’s amazing. But, well, he’s not open about that aspect of his life to many people. And I just opened it for him.”

“Well, you knew I’d be fine with it,” Ren said. “But it wouldn’t hurt to be more careful in the future.”

“Ugh!” Yumeko said, flopping down on her bed. “I feel so hopeless.”

“That’s not true,” Ren assured her. “You’re getting better every day.”

“Hmmmm,” Yumeko grunted.

“It’s true,” Ren said.

“Hmmm,” Yumeko groaned. “Maybe you’re right. In fact, that’s kind of why I asked you here.” Ren grew curious. “I feel like…maybe it’s time that I just lay it all on the line, you know.”

Ren was impressed. “Yumeko, that's great.”

“BUT!” she interjected. “I still feel unprepared. I know I have to do it sometime, and I want to do it sooner than later, but I can’t help but wait until the perfect moment, you know…”

Ren grew serious. “Not…really…” Yumeko was confused. “I mean, nothing is perfect. If it were, I wouldn’t have gotten arrested for a crime I didn’t commit, and you’d still have a mom.” Yumeko pouted. “But I find that it’s worth it to try and make the best out of a bad situation. Moving here wasn’t my idea, but it was the best thing that could ever happen to me. So maybe instead of waiting for perfect, you make something better than perfect despite the mess.”

Yumeko was stunned. “Huh. I guess all this time, I was so obsessed with the idea of capturing ‘perfect’ that I lost sight of what was real, huh. Hm hm. It’s amazing what can happen when you think things through with others.”

Ren giggled. “I know, right? And don’t worry, I’ll still be in your corner if this doesn't turn out perfect.”

Yumeko smiled. “I think I need that more than anything. I mean, I think me and uncle Yuuto needed each other when mom died, despite both of us being distraught. I think we needed people who could understand the pain, and a perfect person couldn’t, but a person like uncle Yuuto was perfect for the situation. But knowing it and hearing it out loud are two different things, so talking through it is nice. So…thanks.” Ren smirked at her. “Well, with that all settled, do you want to stay for dinner?” Yumeko asked.

Ren chuckled. “Actually, I have other plans.” Yumeko pouted. “But I wouldn’t mind a raincheck on the offer.”

Yumeko lit up. “Yeah! That’d be great!”

Ren nodded. “Thanks. But I do have some time, so if I may, I’d like to properly apologize to your uncle.”

“Oh,” Yumeko said. “I think we can do that.” Yumeko led Ren down to meet her uncle and his boyfriend. Upon arrival, Ren noticed that Ringo had messy light gold hair, pink sunglasses, a Hawaiian shirt, and jean

Ren bowed to them. “Sorry,” she said. “I know this isn’t an easy thing to let others in on.”

“Oh don’t worry too much,” Yuuto said. “I should have been more trusting in Yumeko.”

“No…” Yumeko said. “I forgot… I’m just…” she sighed.

Ren smiled. “She’s a little…inside her own head. You know how it can be.”

“Yeah,” Yuuto said. “But she’s a good kid.”

Yumeko smiled. “Thanks…” she pouted.

Ringo interjected. “You know, you can talk to either of us if you need something.”

“I know…” Yumeko responded. “But…”

“I think Yumeko also needs help from someone her own age, don’t you think?” Yuuto said. Yumeko nodded. “But Ringo is right. You can come to us if you need something.”

Ren looked at Yumeko. “Maybe you should talk to them a little. I mean, I’m sure they felt what you’re feeling now. Besides, your uncle knows what you’ve been through better than anyone.”

“You think it’s alright?” Yumeko asked.

“I think so,” Ren said.

Yumeko sighed. She took a deep breath. “Um, well, there’s this boy I like…”

“Oh?” Yuuto siad.

Yumeko’s face soured. “But…I think I may have ruined things. I acted irrationally, and honestly got really scary and aggressive at times, but it’s just because I’m scared.” She looked at her hands. “I..I don’t want to be my father, but I’m afraid he may be in there somewhere. So I tried going in the opposite direction as him, but it turned into a loop almost.”

She sighed. “Truth is, the only reason I’m not still at my worst is because of the Phantom Thieves.” Yuuto and Ringo were stunned. “Once they stole my heart, I grew a sense of clarity. And after making friends with Ren, I’m getting a little better, but I still make mistakes, and I feel so stressed about the mistakes I’ve made, or might make.”

Yuuto and Ringo were still stunned. Ringo looked at Yuuto. Yuuto nodded, approached his niece, and gave her a hug. “Sweetie… I know your mother’s death was hard for you. But I want you to know that you are not a monster. You are a wounded animal lashing out until you can be sure you have help. I was the same way.” Yumeko was surprised by this admission.

Yuuto continued. “After your mom died, whenever I could, I’d go out and drink. And when I drank, I became unstable and got mad at anyone who talked to me. No one could stop me from being belligerent. No one until Ringo, that is. He managed to calm me down, and we got to talking. Once I told him about what happened, and where I was, he understood. One thing led to another, and, well, you know the rest.” Yumeko smiled. “The point is that despite everything, love still dots this world. And if you love him, and he loves you in return, he will understand. Like we do.”

“Yeah,” Ringo added. “It’s not our worst moments that define us. I haven’t been in your life for as long as your uncle has, but I can tell you have a strong will, and a strong sense of who you are. You just have to channel it.”

“He’s right,” Ren continued. “I know it can be scary, but I know you can do it. And even if things don’t go your way, we’re here for you.”

Yuuto smiled. “Truer words were ever spoken.”

Yumeko smiled. “Thank you everyone.”

Charity-Yumeko Mogami: Rank 4

Ren said goodbye, as she needed to head out. But she knew that this unconventional family would help each other.

She arrived at Leblanc. Sojiro looked at her confused. “Uhhh, did you forget that you live with me now?”

Ren chuckled. “No. I just need to meet a friend here.”

“I see,” Sojiro said. “Do you want me to close early?”

“I’d prefer it,” Ren answered.

“Very well,” Sojiro said. “Maybe I can surprise Kokoro or something.”

“Maybe,” Ren giggled. Sojiro smiled back. He closed up and left Ren in the cafe. A little while later, Kawakami showed up. Ren opened the door for her. “Hello,” she said.

“Hello,” Kawakami replied. She entered.

As Ren was closing the door, she asked “Do you want something to eat?”

Kawakami turned to Ren as she was making her way behind the counter. “I can make it,” she said.

Ren was a little surprised. “Are you sure?”

Kawakami nodded. “I mean, I know how to do it. Besides, it’s the least I can do after everything you’ve done for me.”

Ren shrugged. “Well, if you insist.” She took a seat at the booth, while Kawakami whipped up some curry and coffee for them.

Once it was ready, Kawakami set it down. She sat down as well. “Itadakimasu!”

“Itadakimasu!” Rensaid, joining in. They started eating. “Hm hm. You certainly know your stuff.”

“Well, I try,” Kawakami said. They ate a little more. “So, um, the reason I wanted to talk to you…” Ren looked at her, intently. “I wanted to say thank you. For everything.”

Ren was a little stunned by the sincerity. “I mean, I just lent you an ear. But I know that can mean a lot. So, you’re welcome…?”

“Well, like you said, even if you just heard me out, that means a lot to me,” Kawakami said. “I mean, I made you my emergency contact for the hospital for goodness sake. That aside, your kindness showed through despite you having no reason to be kind to me.”

“I mean, no one needs a reason to be kind,” Ren replied.

Kawakami smiled, and rolled her eyes. “I mean…I sort of wrote you off as a troublemaker when you first showed up. But you’re completely different. So, I’m sorry.”

Ren was surprised by this apology. “Well, I can’t say that that’s entirely inaccurate, but there is more to people than at first glance.”

“You don’t have to tell me,” Kawakami said. “But because of you, I managed to stand up for myself for the first time in a long time. I broke free from the darkness surrounding me, and I started making it up in ways that really matter. And also, I started dating someone amazing. All because of you.”

“Well, I can’t take all the credit,” Ren said, smiling nervously, and taking a sip of her coffee.

Kawakami glared at her. “I think you can. Isn’t that right, Miss Phantom Thief?” Ren did a spit take. She then wiped her mouth, and then the table. Kawakami chuckled. “Don’t worry, I won’t say a word.”

“How’d you know?” Ren asked.

“Well…you seemed really sure that The Phantom Thieves would help me,” Kawakami said. “I wasn’t too sure, just based on my closeness with Kamoshida. Granted, I think they might have if it wasn’t you, but it being you makes it even better in my opinion.”

“How come?” Ren asked.

“It was very hard for me to trust some unknown entity,” Kawakami said. “Especially given my circumstances. But I’m glad I took a chance on you, and that it seemed to work out. Because of you, I can trust again, I can love again, I can live again. Thank you.” Ren smiled back.

I am thou, thou art I

Thou hast turned a vow into a blood oath.

Thy bond shall become the wings of rebellion and break the yoke of thy heart.

Thou hast awakened to the ultimate secret of the Temperance, granting thee infinite power…

Temperance-Sadayo Kawakami: Rank 10

“Now…” Kawakami continued, “having said that, I am still your teacher, and I still want you to succeed in school. BUT, since you’re a Phantom Thief as well, I'd be willing to help out in any way possible. Oh, and one more thing.” Ren leaned in. “Give ‘em Hell!” Ren chuckled. They finished their coffee and curry, and Kawkami left. Ren opted to do the dishes, and then headed home herself.

[skayafair]

Is Cassius suited to be a leader?

I wonder whose bright idea at Vincula it was to make Cassius the leader.

Don't get me wrong, they're my (and I'm pretty sure everyone else's) favourite character, it's impossible not to like them. But what I ADORE is them having some very real shortcomings, and these shortcomings aren't very compatible with leadership.

The leader should keep their cool at any situation, stay level-headed about any problem (at least on the outside), and they DON'T act on impulse of jump straight into danger. It's just irresponsible - the leader is the decision-maker for the whole team, the one who plans and solves issus. If the team loses its head - who's gonna do all the work?

Ok, they have Greg to get them out of trouble. I think I need an art with Cass wearing "I get myself into trouble" shirt and Greg wearing "I'm getting everyone's asses out of trouble" one… hm. But still! Well, let's start from the beginning. First of all, it became clear to me in season 1 that Vincula, probably, didn't really have all that much budget and the Breach was a little experimental side-project of theirs, so they couldn't go for some super pro scientists. I mean Lizzie is… err alright, but Alyx sounds VERY young? And a physicist looks like a really important role for exploring new worlds?.. Plus, super pro scientists would have most likely rejected the proposal since they all treasure their lives pretty much, thanks a lot, and have their own research going. They are used to sitting at the tables for that, mostly, or ok, being in the wild, but with as many safety precoutions as possible. I mean, look at Silas. Classic and understandable. So Vincula needed not only people with paranormal experience, but also some desperate poor unfortunate souls who'd be ready to risk anything - to have a chance to escape, to prove something to themselves, just earn enough money to live happily for some years maybe… or naive, young ones who'd be happy to go through danger if it means something bright and great on the other side. In any case, they needed people who could take the risk, this had to be the main requirement.

Well, THIS one Cassus meets to an exessive degree.

Then, they are active, hate stalling - which is good for Vincula, the team should have the drive and someone to provide it. They are also overflowing with responsibility for others, and I LOVE how this is starting to play out by the end of season 2, I'll expand on this later. So Cass will make sure the team doesn't lose anyone as much as it's humanly possible, good. They also keep their physical form in check, which is important if you want to send someone to an expedition. And last but not least, they are a biologist - sounds logical for a biotech company to appoint a biologist as the head of the team, especially if they are SO ready to dive head-first into anything just to see and learn and study and are brimming with enthusiasm.

Oh, and did I mention Cassius (and, therefore, the whole team) should be easy to manipulate since Vincula has a lever over them?

Looks good!

Except nearly every point of this list is a double-edged sword.

First of all, the responsibility. Oh yes, Cass is filled with it to the brink, no doubts here. The problem is, it doesn't extend to their own safety, only for the others. Which can easily lead to the team losing their head, both literally and figuratively, in the middle of the mission. It's a good thing, I guess, that Cass doesn't do much actual planning. They were right back in the worm cave when they told Silas they don't have a plan because no one knows what's coming at them anyway. And Vincula gives the team some guidelines on what to do. So what role does Cassius play here at all?..

To me it looks like they are the inspiration for the breachers, said driving force, someone to push forward. Little did Vincula know Cass is just as good at pushing back and not moving an inch forward if they decide so...

Anyway, this CAN actually work, with one condition. There has to be TWO heads. One embodying the ideals, the driving force, inspiring others to follow them, the charismatic one. Cass checks all the boxes. And the other one - cautios, calculating, level-headed, not constricted by black-and-white thinking, the planner, because even in the most unknown conditions there should be SOME course of action prepared. The grey cardinal, so to say. And... this place is vacant in breachers team. Ok HAS been vacant up until later in S2. Which is why they were unbalanced for a looong time. I'm surprised they've lost only one member before getting to Breach 4. Greg tries his best to be the voice of reason and Silas warnes agains the worst possible outcomes but they are often batted away. Cassius doesn't take them as seriously as they should, and this results in casualties.

But anyway, back to the safety responsibility not being extended to Cassius themselves. To me this screams some really serius issues which are bound to backfire, and in a potentially highly dangerous unpredictable environment I'd want my people to be as mentally stable as possible. Alright, to be fair this can probably be only said about Greg and J out of the whole team. Maybe Alyx, I'm not so sure about her, being succeptible to all the hallucinations. And it DOES backfire mutiple times! Cass constantly charges right into action which results into them being hurt. This can't be good for the team's spirit. Cassius glues them together, and it's a very important role. If they are lost, the team will fall apart. Cassius seems to not realize this, and this is a fatal flaw for a leader in my eyes.

This one also leads to another thing - they are hot-headed and impulsive. It's the dark side of their drive: they hate to sit still and want to move forward, but this can lead to carelessness. The breachers had to make effort to convince them to listen to Lizzie when she spotted the acid Nessie and they didn't know it was there yet. What if the team didn't manage? And after they did, OF COURSE Cass had to volunteer to get the water. Because they see themself as totally disposable, meaning nothing. Goes very well with their sort of self-centeredness and coarseness in social situations, yep. Damn I love how this character is built because it all makes so much sense and fits so well together! *_*

So, we already established that lack of self-preservation a.k.a. responsibility for their own safety, especially paired with their hot temper, takes from Cass' ability to be a good leader.

Being very driven also showed its dark side.

Next, the lever thing. Cass complies so far, but they aren't the one to be obedient, and they are getting closer and closer to the breaking point when all the threats won't matter if they put the team and other worlds safety on the line. Vincula and Yanus seemed to miss the fact that Cass will give themselves up in a blink of an eye if it means others will be safe and sound. Which also means don't back this person into a corner. At best they will stand their ground like a rock, at worst they'll start biting back, and this will hurt. That, or do something stupid that will undermine the whole mission and will take some budget to cover the losses at the very least.

Right, about "something stupid". Cass is emotional. They are the beating living heart of the team, but also impulsive and hot-headed, as I mentioned. And they CAN let their emotions take the better of them. Not in any case, they have to be exposed to a considerable pressure for that, but one can't break the heart and expect it to keep pumping the blood for the whole body to keep moving. Also, partly due to their iself-worth issues, they aren't really that well-versed in social situations which creates conflicts. Cass is charismatic and seems to be able to pull even a tree into a friendly conversation if they want to, but this just barely saves them as the glue of the team. Others correct them from time to time, and Cass is already pretty self-conscious about themselves being not very sensitive to others. It's not a bad thing on its own but not very fitting for a leader, is it?

Now, let's follow this emotional thread back to the responsibility. I mentioned that Cassius is overflowing with it, and it's actually not very good. First of all, they grew too attached to the team, so they won't be able to make some cold-blooded decisions which may be necessary in dangerous environment. Ok, the team likes to think for themselves so they just decide collectively. Good.

But - and this is my favourite thing that picked up the most in the end of season 2 - Cassius doesn't manage to bear the weight of this responsibility because of how attached they are to everyone and their perfectionism in this department. The responsibility has already transformed into a full-blown anxiety, dragging Cass down and feeding to their other insecurities. Cassius is breaking underneath it all. They took up this job and role - and they don't really manage. They are still going to carry on with it bacause of the responsibility and their strong principles, but they are already crumbling down. And starting to make fatal mistakes.

I didn't listen to S3 yet and I'm VERY curious how they are going to handle the loss of Greg. It's good Silas is being taken seriously now and sort of co-regulates with Cass, helping to manage their emotions, cooling them down when necessary and supporting at their lowest - they both are gradually coming to that co-leadership model, mutually growing personality-wise, and I really like how slowly and naturally it was being established throughout the seasons, - but for the sake of Cass' own mental well-being I wish it happened earlier. By the look of it this loss is going to hit hard. Hope I won't be disappointed.

This last point - losing the battle in being the leader who keeps everyine safe, like an Atlas holding the sky, - is my favourite developement of the whole season, I think, because I don't see it all that often, but it's INTERESTING. Come on! True, I don't consume THAT much media, but I'd say it's not too little either, and this kind of character developement is rare. Because it means you'd have to let your best piece break and then what? Leave them? Restore? Set them up to the darker path? Turn into a villain? So many possibilities! But it's a risk, because what if the audience won't like losing their favourite? At least that's how I see the reasoning.

I can only think of two other examples with very similar qualities, character traits and positions being led a similar path - it's Arcane's Vi and Shiro from Voltron the Legendary Defender. They are both charismatic, glue/link everyone together, have this easy air around them - it's impossible not to feel good in their presence, same with Cass. Vi can also be pretty rough or crude at times. All are fighters. At the same time all three share the same leadership anxiety. They have big things to accomplish, people depending on them, either by their own miscalculated decision or by lack of other options, and don't really know how to approach this. Shiro didn't ask for a bunch of kids to lead into a full-blown war, he has a PTSD and ends up bringing quite a number of serious problems. Vi flings herself into the conflict between two city parts because her sister is in the center of it, but she drags a lot of people into it and makes a ton of mistakes. And so does Cass - they lead the breachers but clearly underestimated the risks and their own mental stamina. All three aren't going to give up, even when they really want to. All are broken by their decisions in various ways. This all is so raw and alive. I wish more creative teams explored this way of character developement.

And I'm looking forward to learning where Cass is headed, of course - now with those new losses and newfound strengths. Just... as soon as I pump up the courage because as much as I love it, heavy emotional stuff is, well, heavy.

By the way, I love how the podcast is structured - there are hints in the begining that start to make sense later, both Cassius' lines (mysterious so far, it's only clear they have amnesia and are talking to someone or somethig powerful? or, rather, influential?) and the backwards order of the worlds in the book Silas translates. So I think I'll just relisten to both seasons before I begin S3.

[stacywaters]

Coffee and Violets (SUGA) CH5 - Not Quite a Date

"No, no this won't work either."

You're currently at your apartment going through every article of clothing you own. Hoseok never told you what you should wear to this not quite a date.

It's a fancy restaurant, sure, but it's also just a meeting between two friends. You guys are just going to be talking about music, so you should stay casual, right? And if you dress too formally and he doesn't, then it'll be embarrassing and show that you were in fact greatly looking forward to this.

You decide on a simple black dress that goes to your knees. It's sleeveless, but you figure you'll only be gone for about an hour. The meeting will be over before the sun even starts to set, so you won't need to bring a jacket.

The restaurant isn't far from your apartment so you decide to walk. Arriving at the building, you're astounded by the atmosphere. Tall and wide windows peer into the room and gloss over the tables. You leave the comfort of the awning and stroll into the restaurant. A thick red doormat covers the entryway and warm, moody lighting fills the room.

"Hello Ma'am. Have you made a reservation?"

"Umm.... I'm here to meet someone?" You say with apprehension in your tone.

"Ah. What is the party name?"

Shoot. Hoseok never told me what to say! "Well, I'm here to meet someone named Yoongi.... I think?"

"That'll be right this way."

You follow him through the busy restaurant and begin to feel self conscious. Everyone here is decked out in expensive jewelry, velvety outfits and hair that must have been professionally styled. You don't fit in at all, with your hair lightly brushed and only some makeup on.

Your feelings only get worse when you find yourself at his table. He's wearing what almost looks to be a suit. he looks stunning, and for a minute you can almost imagine that this really is a date, before looking down at your attire and being reminded of the harsh reality.

"Ah, this is a bit embarrassing." You say as you sit down, "You look so nice and I'm here in what could be considered a nightgown. Ah- not to say you look nice, er,. you do look nice but I mean-"

He interrupts with his soft laughing, "Thank you, but to be honest? These are actually just my pajamas."

What kind of a person owns pajamas like that? You think to yourself. An awkward silence forms between the two of you. Finally, he breaks the silence.

"So, how was your day?" He asks you.

"It was good, and you?" You ask, desperately avoiding eye contact.

"It was pretty stressful all day, but it's better now." You can't help but look up, only to be met by his intoxicating brown eyes. Was that... a flirt? It couldn't be, he's just talking about how he's happy to be done with work for the weekend.

Despite your own awkwardness, Yoongi was able to continue the conversation smoothly. Your guys' laughter died down as you stared off onto the empty plates and glasses on the table.

"So, Hoseok told me you needed help with music?" Yoongi asked.

"Ah, yeah. I wanted to find some new music for my cafe."

"Do you have any specific genre in mind?"

"Well, the cafes I usually go to have jazz music playing. However I'm quite fond of piano music... I guess it's kind of close to me since my mom always played the piano when I was a kid."

"I play piano" he says and smiles gently.

"Really? It's such a pretty instrument. I'd love to hear you play sometime"

He rolls up his sleeve to check the time on his watch.

"Hm... it's only 5:00 pm, do you want to come over to my apartment to hear me play? Like- I can play a few styles to give you a better idea of what you're looking for..."

"Okay! Ah but first-" You try to ask him if he wants to split the bill only to see him walking over and paying for it himself. Taking Hoseok's advice, you stand idly behind Yoongi and try to just have a good time.

You two walk out of the restaurant together. The sky is painted in scarlet and orange. The walk together was silent, from the beginning to the entryway to his apartment.

When you come inside, he leads you to the main room with a brown piano at the center of it. He sits down and begins to play. Soft notes envelop the silence, swinging in a way unique to the jazz style.

When the song ends, you clap profusely and smile.

"That was amazing! How long have you been playing for?"

"Thank you, I've been playing since I was fairly young." He responds, turning away to hide his face. "Would you um... like to sit down?" He clears room on the piano bench for you to sit.

He plays a few more songs and you sway along to the rhythm. You close your eyes and sink into the comfort of his playing. After a while of discussing, you guys decided that he would record a few performances for you to play at the cafe. He also suggested making a playlist of similar music for you. You agreed.

"I might even be able to perform at the cafe eventually. If you want!- that is." He says.

"That would be wonderful, Yoongi." You smile.

You check your phone to find it 8:00pm. Shoot, did you really just spend three hours here talking about music?

"Oh it's late, I really should get going. Thank you for today. I had a great time, you were a lot of help." You turn to open the door and leave when a hand grabs your wrist.

"I can uh, walk you home."

"No no! Don't worry about it, you've already done so much."

"It's fine, I enjoy walks at nighttime. I usually don't sleep until late anyways. Plus, I'd worry if you- Hoseok would hate me if I let you walk home in the dark." A blush spreads through his face as he tries to cover up how much he cares about you. You feel a warmth on your face as well.

Walking home you feel chills run down your arms. You'd worn a sleeveless dress this evening, not thinking you'd end up staying so long. A warmth envelops you and you welcome it, until you realize. Yoongi gently draped his jacket over your shoulders. He stays quiet. You blush and turn around to look at him. Despite the low lighting, you can still see him. Though he tries not to show it, he looks incredibly flustered. Even more than you.

Next Chapter?

[yukinarinn]

Can you do a Rantaro x brave and savage fem reader smut with fluff where we're secretly the ultimate agent spy to stop the killing game. We became friends and he finds out quickly but promise not to tell anyone (also when he flirts with us, we flirt back, flustering him) then Y/N defeats the mastermind, everyone of us survives, after we left then we confess our feelings, smut starts and ends with us cuddling

I don’t know if you’ll like this but I tried my best! I know it’s been a month, but I had struggles of what I should write here. I didn’t really have ideas but I finally finished it! I hope you will still enjoy it <3

cw: swearing, mentions of future foundation, nsfw, praise, vanilla sex, reader gets very vulnerable at the end, past relationship trauma, unprotected sex

I woke up sitting on a chair, resting my head on the desk. My vision was still blurry and I could barely see anything after opening my eyes, until I figure out that I’m in a strange classroom, I jump out of the chair and my eyes widened. I can remember that I was going to school and someone took me with them in a car, and somehow I woke up here.

I look around and nothing useful I can see. Then I heard a squeaky voice, confused I looked around once again and I saw a surveillance camera. The voice came from there.

“It’s been a long time, isn’t it? everyone please gather to the gym, RIGHT NOW!” the transmission ended. What the fuck, was that actually a bear? he said everyone, which means, I’m not the only one here? I tried to find that gym, dammit, this school was huge.

I found a door, and above it, it says “gym” which I suppose this is where I should go. I open the door slowly and I saw a bunch of students looking at me, I came closer to them looking at them too until a specific student started to talk.

“Why are you fucking staring at me, I’m too hot and you wanna do the dirty with me and I don’t know??” the girl yelled at me.

“Says you” I rolled my eyes.

The girl wears a modified pink sailor uniform and a skirt that matches with the uniform. Her collar exposing her cleavage, lacking the cover on her chest. Gloves, black heeled-boots with gold buttons and bluckles on them. Black straps connected with gold rings attached to her white socks, gold ring covering her blue ribbon around her collar. She wears a black choker, and two smaller black collars that resemble barbed wire made out of rubber around her neck. On her uniform’s collar, she wears a pin of the mouse mascot from.. I suppose, Niko Niko Happy. Damn.

“Are you alright, dumbass?” She pointed at me.

“I was just.. analyzing you?” I replied to her, somehow turned out in a question.

“What are you bitch, a detective?! anyways, I’m Miu Iruma! Ultimate Inventor and the biggest genius girl in the world, I mean the only!” She gave me a smirk.

“Calling me a bitch, hm? interesting” I smirked at Miu back.

I talked to everyone else from here, some of them were weird really. But it’s not like I would stay here with them for so long, besides, while talking to them I figured it out that I might be the Ultimate Agent Spy. I need proof for that though, but if that’s true I could escape with everyone from this school. And to do that, I shouldn’t tell them my Ultimate, since my clothes I’m wearing right now aren’t even looking so “elegant” for an agent like me.

As I said, I made an introduction with everyone. Shuichi was interesting tho since he’s a detective. He reminds me of my friend. But one specific guy remains and honestly got my attention from the beginning. He’s talking to Shuichi, maybe I should come at them.

“I didn’t talk to you yet” I said, the green haired boy turned around confused and looks into my eyes.

“So suddenly” He chuckles and I roll my eyes playfully. “I’m Rantaro Amami, what about you?” He asked in his deep voice, damn that was really deep.

“You didn’t tell me your talent?” I questioned him. I mean, everyone else did that!

“Same goes to you, nobody knows your talent. I can’t remember my ultimate talent though, but I promise, I’m not a bad guy, nice to meet you!” He says smiling at me, he was cute for someone like him who doesn’t know his own talent and.. acts suspiciously by saying he’s not a bad guy?

“I’m.. the Ultimate Idol” As I see, I’m wearing a normal sailor uniform with blue skirt that has some sparks on it, and my socks are pink with gold glitter, so he should believe me. Even though I don’t even know why I wear this thing.

“If you weren’t wearing this, I wouldn’t believe you” Rantaro said, smirking. He looked at how I look and smirked to himself, it made me blush. I didn’t want to lie to him but I think it’s for the best. For someone like Rantaro, he would found out who I am quickly. He seems intelligent.

Even tho I did say Rantaro seems very intelligent and could find out my ultimate talent, Shuichi is looking at me very intense, like he knows that something is off with me. I mean, yes, he’s a detective after all. So I should just go.

“I think I should go” I said quickly as I began walking faster to the gym’s door but someone stopped me.

“Where are you going, miss??” I turned around and I saw that half white and half black bear talking to me, soon appearing other.. five bears? “Whatever! let’s get straight to the point! Long time no see guys” the bear said. Everyone got confused and I was the only one who actually get what he wants to say.

“Long time no see.. huh..” I mumbled to myself.

“If you know something, fucking tell us!” Miu said, I ignored her shitty comment and I just looked at the bear.

“I’m not ready for this.. it’ll be so cruel, I’m gonna puke already!!” A pink bear talked.

“Shut your mouth, Monophanie! I’m gonna tell you guys that I’m the headmaster of this high school also named The Ultimate Academy for Gifted Juveniles, nice to FUCKING meet ya!” He said so excited already.

“H-Headmaster…? but we don’t even know your name, bear-“ Kaede said.

“I’m not a teddy bear, or a bear, or whatever the fuck? I’m Monokuma!”

Monokuma.. I just sighed thinking it’ll happen again. I wonder if they remember anything because I somehow do now, and I’m just not surprised that Monokuma came back. In fact, I’m not even scared anymore.

I gave a look to everyone and I smirked at the thought that I know something they don’t. You know, in this shitty situation you couldn’t be like that, but I find it very sad that the story is repeating itself for the third time.

“Monokuma, are you trying to say that we’re in a killing game?” I asked him politely.

“WHAT THE FUCK?” Kaito screamed.

“Silent. Let’s him speak” I said.

The bear looks away for some seconds and finally turned and looked at me, without saying anything for like 1 minute.

“Uhh… well. yes, kinda?” He said unsure and I just smiled. He knows what I know, that’s why he acts like he doesn’t know me. If I’m truly an agent spy, I should have all the informations in my room since I’m basically a participant in this killing game and have a special talent. With such a talent, even the mastermind can’t took away the information I should know, that’s just my ultimate.

“What are you talking about, y/n?” Kaede asked me.

“Don’t worry, it was pretty dangerous before. But not when I’m here” I said smiling at her. It’s confusing that I’m involved too in this because I can save everyone from this situation, but whatever. “Anyways Monokuma, tell them. Or I will!” I said to him giving him a wide smile.

“U-uhh..” He stutters. “Yeah, you’re all in a killing game! 16 talented students y’know? that will kill each other and everytime a murder happens, you’ll have a class trial and there you find the blackened. But remember that if you vote the wrong one, all of you will be executed. And if you vote right, only the blackened will be” Monokuma said looking at me carefully.

“W-what?” Maki said and I could tell she was mad.

“It can’t be! I wanna get home already!” Tsumugi said, she looked scared.. but also suspicious. I can’t tell why, but something’s off with this girl.

“Wait!” I turn around and I saw Rantaro. Yeah, I think it’s time for him to say something. “16 Students? But we’re 17, what is that supposed to mean?” He said confused and I chuckled.

“That’s because I’m the one that won’t play this shitty game! I’m not a participant actually” I told all of them, they won’t find out what I’m trying to say so I guess it’s okay, they’re all confused anyways.

“What do you mean?” Shuichi asked me.

“I need to check something really important, I’ll go to my room!” I said and ran to the door. And when I was outside, I could see you can’t actually escape from here, interesting. Then I saw the rooms and went there. I checked the names of everyone and found Rantaro’s room, then mines. I opened the door thinking at the green-haired boy, he’s so mysterious.. and kinda hot. Sure, he looks like a playboy but he doesn’t remember his own talent, or he’s just like me.

I went in my room and I saw what I wanted. Papers full of useful informations I think, a laptop, familiar photos on the wall and somewhere on here an interesting tablet. Maybe I can find Rantaro’s ultimate talent. I picked up the tablet and I noticed that it isn’t the same as the one Monokuma gave to us earlier. I checked it, it has information about all of us, even mines. If someone finds this tablet I don’t know what I will do but I hope this won’t be the case.

“Hmm.. if here’s informations about the 16 students, I should look for Rantaro’s” I told to myself and pressed his picture icon. When I saw it, I smirked.

“Ultimate adventurer.. ultimate survivor, huh?”

I looked then at some photos that were on the wall, they were from the previous murders that happened in Hope’s Peak Academy. I didn’t want to remember that right now, it’s still pretty traumatic for me. So I left the room for some fresh air thinking about Rantaro’s talent.

Unfortunately, I saw him in front of his door’s room. His ultimate talent.. is so special in its own way, he can quickly find out who I truly am, he’ll ruin everything! I gotta keep an eye on him though, I should get along with him first just in case.

With quick steps I come closer to him.

“Hey.. Rantaro?” I said awkwardly, I guess his eyes widened not knowing who’s behind him, then he turns around and gave me a smile quickly.

“A-ah.. um, you didn’t tell me your name yet!” He said, his hand scratching his back of the neck.

“I’m Y/N L/N! you remembered my talent and not my name?” I chuckled and he blushes.

“Heh, I wasn’t paying attention to that sadly, but more on your body~” Rantaro said with a smirk, trying so hard to cover his blush from his adorable face.

“You’re hot too. But it’s so early to flirt with me, or are you that desperate?”

“I w-wasn’t flirting! I thought you look cute” He tried not to stutter which made me smile, I thought he’s dominant.

“Based on your looks, despite the fact I thought you’re a playboy, I also thought you’re dominant but oh well..” I rolled my eyes playfully.

“You don’t know me enough!” He said with a serious look on his face, I ignored that tho. It was so funny not to.

“Whatever, wanna hang out?” I asked him.

“S-sure” He said stuttering.

I gotta admit, Rantaro is adorable and I even felt the urge to hug him! he’s so cute when he blushes and stutters! and the fact that he’s next to me.. I forgot about why I actually want him around me, I want him around me for another reason. I’d love to have a friend like him, it’s just that I don’t want to be alone anymore and he makes me feel happy, even Byakuya couldn’t make me feel this way when we were on Towa City trying to find Makoto’s little sister. I realise that I know him for only one day and I wanted to be some sassy talented girl who helps everyone escape, but Rantaro can wake up something inside me.

I went to my room when he told me he wants to go to sleep, I closed the door and I smiled like an idiot. I jumped into the bed and covered myself with a blanket thinking about what happened today, falling asleep with a wide smile on my face.

~~~

I woke up, yawning, and got up from the bed searching for my so called idol uniform and went to the dining hall since Kaito told us to meet there every morning from now on. I opened the dining hall’s door and everyone looked at me, except Rantaro and Kaede. They were talking to each other and Rantaro seemed concerned about something.

I decided to go take my food and sit on a chair, I was looking at him this whole time without him noticing that. Only Kaede gave me some suspicious looks while talking to him at the same time. I did hear him talking about the ultimate hunt before he walked away, though. So I followed him quickly, what if he thinks I AM the ultimate hunt? that’s impossible!

“Rantaro, wait!” I yelled and he turned around to face me. “Why did you leave? you didn’t even eat something” I said concerned.

“That’s not the problem, don’t worry sweety, I’m gonna end this killing game myself” He said smiling.

Sweety… huh…

“You can’t end it! do you know how dangerous can it be?” I said, not knowing what to say anymore because my job is to end this killing game, NOT HIM.

“Let’s hang out and lemme show you something in the library, okay?”

I looked at him confused, but I accepted and went there. He showed me a hidden door behind some bookcase, I wasn’t surprised. In fact, I only smirked. It’s my job to end this and I can tell it’ll be easy.

“I knew you’ll smirk or something like that” He sighed.

“Huh? do you really think I’m the ultimate hunt?”

“What? No! but to tell you the truth.. I’m the ultimate survivor and you know that very well, because of this “talent” I got a survivor perk and there I can also see your real talent, Mrs Agent spy~” He chuckled.

“Yeah.. since I’m an agent, I would know your talent from the very beginning” I sighed.

“Don’t worry, dear, I won’t tell anyone. But I can be helpful in ending this shit too!”

“No worries, you’re hot enough to not let you do anything” I said smirking. He blushed, how cute!

“Y-yeah.. but I want to help, I’m the ultimate survivor after all!”

“Yes, but there you were forced to play that game, now you just have to wait, Mr Ultimate Aventurer”

“Haha, for someone like you, I knew you will find also my first talent!” He chuckles and turned to face the bookcase where the door is hidden. “Oh, and by the way, I didn’t actually sleep last night but I’m pretty sure you did. Monokuma told us to gather to the gym again and he said that if a murder doesn’t occur in 3 days he’ll kill us all”

“I don’t really care, since I’m here to help you all” I said and I sighed. I wanted to go to my room because I don’t have to do anything here yet, and I walked away.

“Y/n, are you okay?” Rantaro asked and I saw he was worried about me.

“I’m fine.. and if it makes you feel better…” I said and I kissed one of his cheeks and I just disappeared the next second, I didn’t want to give him any explanation and I went quickly to my room.

~~~~~

Days passed, and nothing much happened. I was happy since Rantaro was always around me and I think I catched feelings for him, kinda. But it’s not the moment for something like that. Besides, I don’t know if he likes me back and I’m sure he doesn’t so I’ll just forget it.

Yesterday, I saw Shuichi and Kaede talking in a classroom near the basement and they were.. uhh.. suspicious, but I ignored it.

I was thinking, if I can go to the library and look at that hidden door once again, the person who controls Monokuma should be there and it’s nighttime, so I should hurry.

I went to the basement looking for the library, once I opened the library door I saw Rantaro who moved the bookcase, and then an annoying loud sound started to show up.

“Shit!” I covered my ears and I watched what was happening there, a camera took a picture of him and he noticed that which made him look and get closer to it but I saw something else up there.. a shotball was rolling on the books. I knew what’ll happen and I get scared.

“Rantaro! Be careful!” I screamed, but he didn’t notice me. The shotball didn’t actually touch him in any way but I can tell he was so confused since he looked at it so intense. More than that, someone who was inside the hidden door opened it and positioned themselved right behind Rantaro with another shotball, they were actually gonna kill him.

My eyes widened and I picked up the knife from my pocket, I knew they were the mastermind, so I’m going to end this!

I ran fast to them and stabbed them numerous times, Rantaro also turned around because that loud sound ended. He was in shock and I was too.. the person I stabbed was Tsumugi Shirogane.

I left the body on the ground. And I picked my Future Foundation phone, smirking.

“Togami, Naegi, I did it!” I said with a smirk. Everyone quickly gathered here, they were pretty confused and some of them, like Himiko and… Kokichi, started crying.

“I can understand Himiko, but you?” I pointed my finger at Kokichi. He smirked and turns around.

“Got me! that was fake crying!!” He laughed.

I sighed, and once we were out of this school and this entire place, I smiled to myself. I actually didn’t believe I could defeat the mastermind that easily, since Byakuya told me that most likely I won’t be able to do it. Rantaro asked me if I want to come to his house and I accepted. I’ll definitely forget about that selfish blonde fuck.

I entered his.. mansion basically, I knew he was rich so it was to be expected. It was so beautiful inside, the light grey colour everywhere and while analyizing his house, his hand touched my shoulder. It reminded me of something that I have to do.

“You really love my house, don’t you?” He said smirking which made me turn all red, he noticed that and came closer to me. “Hmm.. want to come and stay in my room for a while?”

I nodded in excitement and he opened the room’s door for me, telling me to come in and so I did. I suddenly turned to him not knowing how to start, I was actually going to confess my feelings for him. But I was so afraid of rejection and ignorance.

“Something happened? you’re not that.. savage anymore” He said confused.

“I-I.. know! I never was! I was just faking it-“ He came closer to me and I whined.

“Faking? you seem shy, is my sweetie actually a shy little girl?” He whispered into my ear those words, I bit my bottom lip. He knew that the brave, savage woman wasn’t me.

“Y-your little girl.. how so?” I groaned as he was pulling me closer to him.

“I did notice something, but I’ll let you say it for me” He smiles innocently, but I could tell that behind this cute smile hides something. I knew what was he trying to say, but I just couldn’t find my words.

“I’m scared to tell you.. what I feel. But fine, I admired you from the very beginning and I considered you were an interesting person and.. those days when we spend time together I felt like something I can’t describe, maybe because I fell in love once and that was with an idiot? I don’t know. But I like you, a lot. So please, I-“

He cut me off by kissing me roughly and I kissed back, I moaned in his mouth when he squeezed one of my breast. That feeling…

“Why were you so scared, darling? it was obvious that I reciprocate feelings” He broke that wonderful kiss.

“Because… Byakuya treated me like shit” I wanted to be honest with Rantaro, he’s the only one I trust anyways.

“Do you mean Togami? are you his ex girlfriend?” I nodded and I grabbed him by his shirt to kiss him once again, I didn’t want to talk about that dumbass.

He groaned as my knee was between his legs, I could feel that bulge in his pants. And when I thought I was the dominant here, he pushed me to the bed gently. I looked everywhere but not at him.

“Come on, look at me! or I won’t give you what you want”

I looked at him with puppy eyes, still not be able to look at him properly and I was kinda shaking. Then he gets on top of me, pushing my back into the bed.

“So to understand, you really want me inside you? how naughty” He chuckles and I blush slightly.

He was biting my neck, leaving soft and cute marks on it. I moaned as I felt how his hand squeezed my thigh. We were looking at each other, my eyes begging him for his touch.

“Are you that sensitive? cute~” Rantaro kissed my lips, biting my bottom lip for entrance and I let him slid his tongue into my mouth and explore it.

I was feeling.. loved. He wanted me to make me feel good, there’s no reason I can be a sassy wannabe woman around him, when this man is now on top of me. I feel loved, I feel appreciated and nobody else could make me feel this way, not even Byakuya.

“Is my princess already wet for me?” He asked in a deep voice.

“O-only for you..” I said stuttering.

“I didn’t expect you to be this shy, I guess that’s an advantage for me”

Rantaro rubbed his dick against my entrance, then he pushed it inside me slowly and I moaned softly as he started thrusting slowly.

“Does it feel good, y/n?” He asked in his husky voice as he thrusts roughly this time and I moan in pleasure, closing my eyes and I nodded a yes.

“Y-yes.. Ah!~” He shuts me up with another thrust as his eyes never broke the eye contact with mines.

“You take me so well, you’re so warm..” His praises made me wetter, his dick throbbing inside me and I knew he was close too.

With one last thrusts and a loud moan from me, he buries his face into my chest as he cums inside me, biting my lip as I feel the warm cum painting my walls.

We both breathed heavily, and surprisingly, he hugged me. It was so comfy.

“No one could treat you better than me” He said cuddling me and kissing my forehead. I smiled.

“I.. I love you!” I said embarrased, I didn’t actually say this to anyone. Rantaro blushes and smiles innocently while he played with my hair.

“I love you too, y/n~”

[ranhaitanisgf]

Hello so glad to see you write for Shinichiro!! Could I have some headcanons of spending the day as Shinichiro’s s/o with Shinichiro, Mikey, and Emma? Maybe having a picnic or going to the mall together? Just some fluffy Sano family time!

spending a day with shinichiro sano (feat. emma & manjiro sano): headcanons

[𖤐] hii anon; thank you for requesting this!! it was so cute and fluffy to write i kinda melted a little bit when i was writing this aaaa, i hope you like it!! <333

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✂︎ honestly, the day was supposed to be just a casual date with shinichiro; going to the mall and doing some window shopping and maybe buying a few things, then going to the food court to get some food before riding to the riverside to watch the sunset. nothing really out there, but just spending time with him was enough for you, so you didn’t really need any sort of fancy date.

✂︎ at least, that was the original plan. you weren’t sure how you had ended up taking emma and mikey along with the two of you, but frankly, you didn’t really mind. there’s probably a lot of other people who would have some...thoughts, if their boyfriend’s little siblings tagged along on their date, but emma and mikey were always such sweethearts, (to you at least) so you actually thought it was a nice change of pace.

✂︎ hm, well, now that you think about it, the both of them coming wasn’t really supposed to happen in the first place. it was pretty nice weather out, so you and shinichiro had decided to walk to the mall instead of taking his bike. the both of you had figured it would be a nice change of pace and that the fresh air would do both of you some good, but you two were so wrapped up in your conversation with each other that you didn’t even notice the steps following you two. it wasn’t until you were almost at the mall that you and shinichiro had realized emma and mikey had tagged along.

“what were you thinking of buying, (y/n)?”

“hm, i’m not really too sure yet, maybe some-”

“i can’t believe that didn’t see us the entire walk!! we’re just that stealthy, emma!”

“what the hell-”

✂︎ and just like that, your date was crashed by the two little kids who had followed you on your way to the mall. according to emma, the only reason she was here was because she was trying to stop mikey, but by the time she finally was able to pull him back, she didn’t know how to get back home, so she just decided to follow you. according to mikey, he had followed you two because...well, just because he wanted to.

✂︎ mikey’s response earned him a punch on the head from shinichiro, who started yelling about how he can’t just crash his date, ‘just because he wants to’.

✂︎ it was obvious from his body language that shinichiro was feeling pretty exasperated from all this, and you can’t really blame him. i mean, who would expect for their little brother to purposefully follow him while he goes on a date?

“sorry about this (y/n), i should’ve noticed they were following us sooner. if you don’t mind, i can run them back real quick while you go look at some shops, how’s that?”

“...hm, actually, if it doesn’t bother you, how about we just take them with us? i don’t really mind that they came along; i really like emma and mikey, and if we take them with us, then you don’t have to go all the way back. is that alright with you?”

“are you sure, (y/n)? mikey can be a little troublemaker sometimes-”

“hey, shut up!! am not!!”

“yes you are!!”

“i’m sure it’s fine, now both of you stop yelling at each other, people are staring!!”

✂︎ gonna be honest here, the two of you looked like a family when you walked into the mall. mikey was sitting on shinichiro’s shoulders while shinichiro kept a firm grip on his legs, and emma was holding your much bigger hand in her smaller one, looking around a bit curiously.

✂︎ as you all walk around, looking at the different shops, there’s going to be a lot of commentary about literally everything from mikey. he’s going to be commentating on everything he sees, whether it’s clothing or a food stand that he wants to go try, his commentary will just be endless.

“do girls really wear that sort of thing??”

“woah, that looks super cool!”

“can we get the dorayaki that’s over there, (y/n)-nii?!”

✂︎ you’ll probably start to notice emma’s longing glances at some of the things that she sees in the windows. she won’t really say anything about it, but you can tell that it’s something she wants, so you’ll go into a couple of the stores with her, asking what it is that she wants. she’ll definitely be surprised at first, but she’ll get really excited that you’re willing to get stuff for her and will show you the things that she thinks are pretty. she’ll probably start talking about how she wants to be able to wear all of the cute stuff she saw in some of the other windows someday, so you just ruffle her hair and tell her that when the time comes, you’ll definitely buy it for her.

✂︎ your actions don’t go unnoticed by shinichiro, so he’ll just be waiting for you outside the store with mikey, looking at you with a small smile on his face. he doesn’t know why, but whenever he sees you getting along with her and mikey, it just warms his heart and reminds him of how much he loves you and how much he wants to be with you for the rest of his life.

“stop staring at (y/n)-nii, it’s weird.”

“wha- i wasn’t-!”

“yes you were! i saw you!!”

“be quiet mikey, i’m trying to have my moment!”

✂︎ ah, well, he actually does know why his heart skips a beat whenever he sees you smiling and getting along with emma and mikey, but he’ll save that for later.

✂︎ when you and emma walk out of the store, the giddy smile on her face makes shinichiro smile down at her before turning his gaze to you, who was looking at her with a giant grin on your face as well.

“let’s go look at some more places?”

“definitely!!”

✂︎ emma is a lot more vocal from that point onward, pointing out all the different things in the shops that she thinks would look best on you. she actually has a pretty good fashion sense, so you ended up buying some of the stuff that she suggested.

✂︎ she’ll even have you try on all the clothing that she picked out for you so that you can show shinichiro, (she whispers to you it’s so that he’s struck with love when he sees you). her plan definitely worked though; when you came out of the dressing room in the clothes she had picked out for you, shinichiro was wordless for a few moments, so captivated by you that he doesn’t even know what it is he should say. he’ll probably stutter out some words after a few moments, the broken sentence resembling that of a compliment, but you’re not quite sure since it’s all pretty broken up.

“wow, uh, you look, uh...wow, you’re very...wow…”

“shinichiro-nii, can’t you think of anything else?! i thought you were supposed to be their boyfriend!! you’re making my plan fail!!”

✂︎ mikey will probably be more interested in going to the food court, and will be asking every five minutes when you guys can be finished with window shopping so that he can eat because he’s absolutely starving, (it’s a lie, he just wants dorayaki).

✂︎ you’ll probably tell shinichiro that he should probably get some new clothing as well, with emma chiming in that his taste in clothes is kinda boring and that he should spice up his wardrobe, (he feels very wounded by this and puts a hand to his heart as if he’s been fatally shot). with that, the four of you will start to look for new clothes for shinichiro. it’s quite the serious mission, so the three of you will be closely examining him whenever he steps outside of the dressing rooms. it’s also like you three are judges at a fashion show, and if you could, you would all be holding up numbers that were rating his outfits, (the employees are fairly amused by all of this).

✂︎ after you all finally find some new clothes for shinichiro, you’ll be making your final stop at the food court, the place mikey has been pestering you about going to for the entire time you were there. he immediately dragged you all over to the dorayaki place, eagerly asking if he could get one. really though, how could you say no to those eyes?

✂︎ after getting everyone something to eat, you’ll all be sitting down, emma and mikey chomping down and their food, and you and shinichiro resting your feet after all the walking you had just done.

“remind me to never bring you to the mall on a date again.”

“what, you didn’t have fun?”

“no! no, that’s not it, i just...my wallet feels lighter than before…”

“you’re so dramatic sometimes, i swear.”

“but you love me.”

“...yes.”

✂︎ by the time you all are done with your food and are exiting the mall, it’s dark out, and emma and mikey are barely able to keep their eyes open, meaning that for the walk home, you were carrying emma on your back and shinichiro was carrying mikey. the walk back was rather peaceful, but what you enjoyed the most was the whispered conversation you were keeping up with your boyfriend, who was complaining about how mikey was drooling on his neck and he could feel it dripping down to his shoulder.

✂︎ after putting both the kids in their respective bedrooms and tucking them in, the two of you just crash on shinichiro’s bed, tired from all the events that had happened that day. you really had to admit though, it was times like these that you would always remember the most. the way he looked like when he was beside you, his eyes already closed as he rested his head on your arm. god, he looked so pretty…

“hmm, what do you think you’re doing?”

“just fixing the hair of my beautiful boyfriend, that’s all.”

“i see...carry on then.”

✂︎ neither of you bothered to change out of your clothes into pajamas, just deciding to leave them on and stay in each other’s embrace. in your opinion, there was truly no better way to end a day than to have shinichiro on your arms, his head fixed into the crook of your shoulder as he peppers kisses all over your neck and jaw.

“love you so much (y/n)...”

“mhm, i love you too.”

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[hoodie-prince-kid]

woe. mostly-comprehensive-not-properly-formatted Tauro dialogue compilation be upon ye

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[Finding the Fifth Sage]

Are you thinking about the floating Ring Ruin? I am as well. It has been on our minds for some time. Wh-what? The Zelda who appeared after the Upheaval was a creation of the Demon King? And the real Princess Zelda still hasn't been found? But… How can this be true? But if she was an impostor the whole time… that would mean…The real reason she ordered us to close off the floating Ring Ruin was… Because the Demon King saw it as a threat! Isn't that right?! That only means one thing. We should investigate the floating Ring Ruin immediately! Knowledge is tugging on the line! Time to reel in some results! It's just… Hmm. There's one problem. We still need to determine how to conduct the survey. It's clear that the interior of this Ring Ruin is hollow. Sadly, there doesn't seem to be an entrance. If the contents of the other Ring Ruins are any indication… There should be a /stone slab inside engraved with Zonai script/. First, we should look for a way to /confirm that there's a stone slab inside/. However, we also don't want to damage these precious ruins… Oh, pardon me. I was lost in thought. I'd better hurry and tell everyone about this so we can open up the ruins.

Huh? It looked like you disappeared into the ring… But that can't be right. Ah, forget I said anything. I must have imagined it. (What about this image?) What's this you've got? Huh? Could it… could it really be… Paya! Calip! Look at this! … Right! Let me see what I can decipher. Hmm… [Zonai text] That's all I can make out. There's some lettering I can't figure out before "southeast", but "/Mineru/" seems to be someone's name. Aha! The inscriptions are telling us all sorts of essential information! What's the matter? Hm? Ah! You're right! Paya knows her stuff. This should be read as "/dragon land/…/southeast/." Fantastic work, Paya! Oho, Calip! Great catch! The /Zonai ruins in Faron/! There's a good chance that's exactly what this is pointing us at. That's our Calip! Fantastic work! That… this inscription is pointing us toward Faron's /Zonai Ruins/? Ah. "Fantastic work," you mean? Link, when we put together the script on this stone slab and translate it… We get definite mentions of the Sage Mineru, the Demon King, and someone with the same name as Princess Zelda. Something related to all three of them must be waiting at the Zonai Ruins in southeast Hyrule! We've landed a real catch here! Thank you for your help. Truly. Now, we've no time to dawdle. There's research to be done! Calip! Will you join me? Very good! With that settled, let's be off to the /Zonai Ruins/ in /Faron!/ First we head /southwest/… We'll establish a base in the /Popla Foothills/, at the /Skyview Tower by the ruins/. In search of new discoveries… WE MAKE FOR FARON!

Aha! You came after all. I figured you would after you made that breakthrough at the Ring Ruins. But listen to this! I've already got a whopper of a discovery on my hook here! Here, look at this. It's a Zonai mural, complete with intact text. The style is unmistakable. It's nothing short of miraculous that it's still here and basically intact! Which, come to think of it, might be ascribable to the Zonai's advanced technology. I've got a fair bit of knowledge of the script, so I just had a try at deciphering it. But some of it still eludes me. Maybe it's a poem? Or some kind of… /code/, perhaps? Here, I'll read it out loud so we can both get on the same page. This first part says, "Wear the electric garb hidden at long-necked dragons along the wide-mouthed forest serpent." What do you make of "forest serpent" and "dragons" there? To me, it calls to mind the tall pillars /found around these ruins/ designed to look like dragons. "Forest serpent" though… I haven't seen any designs like that. What am I missing? What other "wide-mouthed forest serpent" is there? Maybe…hmm. The "forest serpent" bit does remind me of a song that compared the /Dracozu River/ to a forest dragon. But anyway, there's more to this code. I'll keep reading. Next, it says… "offer a Zonai charge to the altar at the tail." I'm pretty sure I got that right, but I have no idea what it means. What in the world is a Zonai charge? And where is this tail with an altar? If we can crack all the riddles in this code, I'm sure that even greater discoveries await us! There's one other thing I'm curious about. I should've mentioned this, but I found one more Zonai relic at the back of these ruins. Judging from the shape, I think there's something inside, but I can't get it to open. Can't crack the code… Can't get the box open… This just isn't my day.

[Other]

[Comment on lack of clothing]

Feeling bold, are we? Trust me, I understand. If I could run around in nothing but my unmentionables, I just might. But there's a certain amount of decorum required in my field. Especially when Paya is around. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother so much with clothing. Better to feel the breeze on my skin while I work! It warms my heart to see I've found a kindred spirit in you, Link.

[Ancient Hero Armor]

The hero? The ANCIENT hero?! … Oh, wait. You're Link. For a moment, I thought the ancient hero had been resurrected! That is quite the getup. I'd love to try it on, myself.

[Post-Main Quest]

I knew there'd be something big tucked away in that floating Ring Ruin, but this was bigger than I imagined.

[Meeting for the first time]

The /Ring Ruins/ are the most intruiging ruins I've researched. Especially this one, the way part of it /floats/ up there. You had the foresight to focus on all of these special ruins and invite the survey team to take a look right away. I'm impressed, Chief Paya! We thought it was to protect the villagers from harm. This ruin does look like it could crash down at any moment. That's what Paya and I suspect at least. It's clear that the /floating Ring Ruin/ that we were forbidden to explore is a unique and incredibly valuable find. Several more Ring Ruins with such a shape have fallen down around the village. Most have broken apart in some way. What's fascinating is that a stone slab with writing was found at each site. Deciphering the text showed that each slab contains rather interesting content, including mention of "sages." There's still so much we don't understand… I think that perhaps the ruin floating in the air also has a slab that makes mention of the sages! I can't investigate, as that would go directly against Princess Zelda's direct orders. If only I could meet with her again, I'm sure I could persuade her to change her mind. In any case, I'm having trouble squaring your story about Princess Zelda with the Princess Zelda we met. If everything is all right, why won't she just show herself?

That whole story about Princess Zelda had me reeling, so I never introduced myself properly.

it's incomplete because i cant find a few things (because i would have to reset the game which i might do tomorrow tbh) but guess what i spent the past hour and a half doing