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GMMTV 2025 Line Up - My Totally Biased and Wildly Flawed Feels
This is the point where I remind you that GMMTV announced 16 BLs for 2024 and didn't actually release 4 of them in 2024: My Golden Blood, Ossanâs Love, Sweet Tooth Good Dentist, and The Ex-Morning.
So despite the fact that these are from GMMTV 2025 line up, some of them will not happen until 2026, and some could get dropped entirely or have cast changes.
I'm not including the GLs, grab bags, or possible bromances. Confirmed full-tilt gay af only.
In order of ones I'm most excited about.
Dare You to Death
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JoongDunk as police investigators in a mystery suspense thriller. Yes, I'm in. This is it. This it the one I wanted to instantly watch. Even though their's 20 BLs airing right now.
This is the only trailer I immediately rewatched.
Boys in Love
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Our only true high school BL from GMMTV and it's fresh faces for the youths and old favs for the teachers. It's milk teeth Make it Right and that is perfectly fine with me! I like lotte milk. Also DIMPLES! Yay! I suspect they're using this one to test some new pairs for future seasons. Like a Project 101 Thai BL. (Honestly I just invented an amazing reality TV for you GMMTV, you're welcome.)
Like My School President was in 2023, this could be a major 2025 sleeper hit for me.
Memoir of Rati
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Sing the praise song with me BLabies! GreatInn in a HISTORICAL with a class divide and everyone's favourite side couple! Be still my heart! I'm beyond pleased. (Also I got my boat in a lotus pond at last.) My only concern is this could end sad, it's in the title after all.
This is the only trailer that gave me chills.
My Magic Prophecy
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Paranormal mystery with a fortune teller and a doctor. I'm in. I hope the script doesn't fail JimmySea again, they are such a great pair. I'm intrigued by this one but it felt the most formless of all the trailers, so I'm thinking we could see some significant tweaks.
Me and Thee
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A photographer gets involved with the mafia? OMG is this a Thai dupe for Target the Finder? Only mixed with Cyrano? WILD. I mean to say, this one is wild WILD! Plus Est (my love) back in suits and ear dongles I see. Also GMMTV never gonna let us forget they bagged two of BL's best bods with PP, thanks all for the visuals.
Of course this is for me. I'm the shallowest, remember? Plus I love a BL that's just a little bit...... well...... stupid.
A Dog and A Plane
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A prissy gay flight attendant in a push-pull relationship with an EMT dude-bro. Characters are a bit throwback to PeteKao (no bad thing) not to mention the looming shadow of What the Duck? (bad thing). But the side couple is the always appealing MarcPoon.
Okay GMMTV, surprise me, I'm game. And you know TayNew are my OG GMMTV pair du jour.
Cat for Cash
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Finally something fluffy with a pair I like. Looks cute. I like cute. Yay for me! Adorable gay boys and cats.
This one is basically made to be a tumblr comfort meme meets thirst trap. I see what you're doing GMMTV and I applaud you. Carry on.
That Summer
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The only side pair to seriously level up. Okay so amnesia is my least favourite trope, and I tend to not be wild about secret identity either, but I like both pairs in this one, so I'll watch.
My Romance Scammer
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New couple! My boys Ohm and Fluke (no, not that Fluke, the one from My Ride). Honestly, Fluke has popped up as a side in a couple GMMTV shows I was wondering who they'd BL him with.
This could win. Prettiest human on earth paired with the world's most potent single dimple. Will I survive? I honestly don't know, because Ohm historically doesn't have much chemistry with anyone but the original Fluke so... Still I l do love JuniorMark and this as a really unique premise (gay Heartbreakers), so I'm game.
Head 2 Head
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The Boo kids are back. I don't love this pair (I find their chemistry and acting awkward) or the main trope (E2L) but I do like the new sides and their trope (2nd chance is a fav of mine). So this one will depend on whether those are full side dishes or just crumbs.
Ticket To Heaven
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GMMTV is doing Boy Foretold by Stars concept? Interesting, did not have religious boundary pushing and bildungsroman down on he Thai BL bingo card.
This isn't my thing but I think G4 are actually going to be amazing in it and I certainly look forward to them pushing their acting chops. Not to mention the discomfort something like this can cause in general/global viewership. I like it when BL makes people (who aren't me) uncomfortable.
Burnout Syndrome
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GMMTV doing edgy is never a good thing IMHO, and in this one they're handling sex work. *shakes head* However, Not Me is the noted exception and this is that same pair with the same director. So I'm curious if not wild about the content.
That said, I'm delighted to see Gun with someone else (Dew is a stunning choice, thank you Casting) even if only for a love triangle moment. It's been a WHILE.
Melody of Secrets
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Not wild about ForceBook, do like a mystery, don't like horror or psychological thrillers... not sure on this one.
I like BL pushing into new territory, even if it's not my territory, but this is defiantly not made for me, that's for damn sure.
And that's the end of my list.
"But wait," you cry. "P'ABL you're still missing some."
How Dare
Only Friends Dream On
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Yeah, no fuckoff. I will not be watching this. I already marked it pink on the Spreadsheet of Doom. (Pink means CNF or an automatic no watch for me.)
But dude was it nice to see all those pairs busted. That's always a good time for me. Anyway, all you so-n-sos who gave the first one your eyeballs are to blame for this. Watch it n weep. Without me.
(Side note: I love it when a title reviews itself, Only Friends: Dream On, indeed. It's like media aptronym.)
and last and definately least......
Love You Teacher
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no
no no
NO NO
NO!!!
I do like Perth & Santa (although I'm not sold on them as a pair). But words cannot describe how much I dislike this premise. SERIOUSLY? No thank you very much. I could, just maybe, hate watch Only Friends 2, but it's gonna be hard for me to even turn this on. Infantilization and people acting like children wigs me tf out. YKINMKBYKIOK of course, but not in my BL GMMTV. Stop it! (This one also got the dreaded pink of will not watch.)
More Disappointments
Thor didn't get the lead in anything. (Pouts in "but he so sexy.")
No major pairs were significantly busted.
Tonally it's gone darker than I expected. I prefer lighter fluffier BL so this tonal shift for GMMTV as a whole is not a win for me personally. Should be left to Japan IMHO.
That said, most of my favorite GMMTV pairs are in my top picks to watch as well, so I'm happy for that.
I'm Intrigued Despite Myself
My favorite trailer of all was actually Wu (red thread fated paranormals are my favoritest thing ever next to isekai) but that's not a branded pair so I'm not convinced it's BL. Hoping it is, but that happened in 2024 with these boys, so I'll leave it in the air for now.
I like that we're making push to leave uni and high school behind (don't worry, other Thai studios will fill the gap). I think GMMTV is doing this in order to
keep branded pairs together and
keep the actors of those pairs interested in the BL scripts.
As their major pairs age out of uni, GMMTV has to hand them more meaty and grown up stuff. I didn't think they would actually do this, so I'm pleased to see it happen. Even if it's all going darker than I like, at least it's different.
I don't really report on GL and I rarely have time to watch it these days. I thought the new MilkLove looked cute, but I'm still recovering from whatever happen in their last one. The Girl's Rules one looks like a light-weight L-Word. Still happy to see GMMTV move out of school for thier few GLs too.
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#gmmtv#bl 2025 line up#gmmtv 2025#new bl#thai bl#forthcoming bl#Dare You to Death#JongDunk#Boys in Love#Memoir of Rati#GreatInn#My Magic Prophecy#JimmySea#Me and Thee#PondPhuwin#A Dog and A Plane#TayNew#Cat for Cash#FirstKhao#That Summer#WinnySatang#Head 2 Head#SeaKeen#Ticket To Heaven#geminifourth#Burnout Syndrome#OffGun#Melody of Secrets#ForceBook#Only Friends Dream On
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I love them so much.
#they're all ganging up on me (kinnie moment) ... /lh /lh#thankfully my anxiety melted away the moment I had the game open and could see everyone#also I did get all my pulls done--it took 200 to get everyone!#I had to use Yi Sang (Ideality--basically Pity) for RyĆshĆ« but that's alright with me#also not a single announcer ... but that's fine#I haven't pulled a single Walpurgis Nacht announcer and I think that's amusing asdghjkl#I don't need them anyway ... I have Heathcliff and Ishmael ~#r: remind my heart to beat đą#p: writhing in the hellfire of a powerful brush đ„#p: it is not down on any map; true places never are â#p: your worst sin is you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for nothing đȘ#Into the Inferno đ#scattered pages
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why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up why won't my brain shut up
#i'm overthinking something that i did and was told off for doing by my director#and on my way home i was thinking when was the last time i was even talked to like that during a production#and then i remembered the costume experience from hell of only a couple months ago that i've already began blocking out#but the thing is that that person was someone i knew i'd never have to work with again#i mean at first i thought i would have to work with them more. then they announced they were moving away immediately#so i only had to deal with them face to face for another weekish after that point and anytime they yelled at me#i was like 'cool. i'll do exactly what you say to do. and nothing more.' but then of course me being me#i did some extra stuff and they initially were like 'oh that's pretty' and then days later told me to cut everything i added#and like sure i get that the show was frozen but girl. that costume was unfinished. i was trying to finish it. it was frozen but looked bad#anyway. whenever they yelled at me and had actual malice in their heart i was like whatever. i was hurt. but i didn't care as much.#but this time it's someone i've worked with many many times before and it was about a habit i have that i know isn't great#but at the same time the thing that prompted it wasn't even me doing this habit it was something else#but she interpreted it as that habit and said that i can't do that on a production she's directing#and that if i couldn't stop then i could pull out from the production and there'd be no hard feelings between us#and honestly i think her reassuring that she knows i'm valuable and that she wants me there while also telling me not to do this thing#and the fact that she's someone i like working with and will continue to work with just made it all hurt so much more#especially since she referenced another past production we've done where i didn't even realize she had noticed that i do this.#and i found myself in near tears. and still am kind of in near tears. i can't decide if i need to cry or not.#and i had NO sleep last night so i was looking forward to sleeping tonight but now i'm just overthinking EVERYTHING#and like. i know everything will be fine. if i just stop inserting myself and stick to just my specific tasks. it'll be fine.#but this is one of the ways my ocd manifests. i feel like i have to personally fix something i notice going wrong. or it'll be bad.#because every single time i choose to sit back and not be nosy when i notice something it ends up bad in a way i could have prevented#if i just inserted myself in a situation i technically wasn't part of but knew i could help or fix. so i just need to not do that.#but then i feel guilt if it does go wrong in the ways i immediately assumed it would and in a way i could prevent.#and i've been trying to work on this for like 6 months and aaaahhhh it's hard and being called out on it from her just really really hurt#i still may or may not cry. i don't know. the irony of me telling my therapist THIS MORNING that it's been a while since i last cried.#and the universe being like 'i took that as a challenge' and handing me this situation for me to spiral over.#i need to leave things alone. i need to stare straight ahead. and ignore whatever isn't specifically for me to do. but ahhh i want to help#and then of course my mom has this same habit and it annoys me when she does it yet i do it to other people and ahhhhhhhh#brain please just shut up. i need to sleep. i have to work tomorrow.
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Shoutout to my manager for being so very lenient and nice, but also in some regards they are incompetent and I do their job for them
#itâs ok theyâre not getting paid enough#theyâre also working like multiple manager roles#dear goodness I wish they werenât late to every single meeting#I woke up at this time for you#I also like literally wrote up an announcement instead of ranting about it#ahhh#anyways I understand tho itâs a lot#but for a full time role#idk idk idk#itâs fine#theyâre fine#Iâm just a little irked#theyâre so nice I canât even be mad#thing is I AM ALSO NOT GETTING PAID ENOUGH#well#at least they put in a pay bonus request#I am crossing my fingers#personal#rant#btw yes!#many people do their managers job or whatever but#some of these are within her boundaries IDK DUDE#like IM ALSO A MANAGER we do the same job#aggrivating sometimes HAHA
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"This week, the Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a new rule requiring airlines to make bathrooms more accessible for disabled people. All new single-aisle aircraft will be fitted with fully-accessible lavatories.
Most flights inside the United States are single-aisle and as technology has improved, they are used more frequently for long flights, including coast-to-coast trips that can last as long as six hours. Double-aisle plans are already subject to the regulation but are primarily used for international flights.
Out Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg announced the new regulations, saying, âTraveling can be stressful enough without worrying about being able to access a restroom; yet today, millions of wheelchair users are forced to choose between dehydrating themselves before boarding a plane or avoiding air travel altogether.â ...
The secretary has made it a priority to improve service on airlines during his tenure. In 2022, six airlines were forced to pay millions of dollars in refunds to hundreds of thousands of customers and were also fined millions for causing the issues. The departmentâs firm stance on the side of customers has continued through this year after multiple companies have had meltdowns, stranding thousands of travelers.
All planes delivered to airlines starting in 2026 must include several upgrades. Planes already in service will not need to be retrofitted unless the plane is renovated.
âThese aircraft must have at least one lavatory of sufficient size to permit a passenger with a disability (with the help of an assistant, if necessary) to approach, enter, and maneuver within the aircraft lavatory, to use all lavatory facilities, and leave by means of the aircraftâs onboard wheelchair if necessary,â the DOT said in a statement.
Accessible faucets and controls, grab bars, accessible call buttons and door locks, minimum obstruction to the passage of an onboard wheelchair, and an available visual barrier for privacy are also required upgrades."
-via LGBTQ Nation, July 28, 2023
Wayyyyyyy fucking overdue but I'll take it!! Also, very nice curb cut effect: We all get to be less miserable on airplanes, and older people don't have to worry as much about airplane bathroom fall risks.
#airplane#plane#aviation#airport#airline#airline industry#department of transportation#pete buttigieg#biden administration#democrats#voting matters#disability#disabled#accessibility#ableism#accommodations#wheelchair accessible#good news#hope#they should make them retrofit all the planes too tho#ugh at least the have to retrofit if there's a renovation ig
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âBE MY VOICE AND I CHOOSE YOU TO FILL THE VOIDâ
âWhy a second chance when the first one didnât work?â âBecause weâre too stubborn, love.â
pairing: fashion designer! suguru geto x supermodel! reader
summary: after you broke up with suguru a few years ago, you swore youâd never have anything to do with him ever again⊠until new york fashion week arrived and you found yourself forced to take part in the event with suguru geto â aka your ex and one of the most famous personalities in the fashion world, as your fashion designer. but perhaps the latter will take advantage of the event to do his utmost to regain your heart.
warnings: +18 only, smut, modern au! (no curses), exes to lovers, geto is your ex-boyfriend, fluff, (light) angst, hurt/comfort, anxiety attack, bossy! reader, nobara is the readerâs assistant but also plays cupid, only one bed/second chance trope, jealous! geto, gojo makes an appearance because heâs a fashion designer too, switch! geto, oral (f + m), fingering (f! receiving), sex (p in v), creampie, handjob (m! receiving), body praises, fanart by @ / hiikeu.
wc: 15,257
âHe wants you among his troupe.â
You nearly spit out the sip of your drink through the straw. âExcuse me?â you laugh out loud.
But even in front of the serious expression of one of the employees of the agency you work for, itâs hard to keep your own. A fit of giggles takes over your stomach, releasing uncontrollable laughter that echoes throughout your dressing room.
Out of the corner of your eye, you notice Nobara â your assistant â squeezes her planner against her chest â a nervous tic that has never been trivial to you. Silence finally returns to the room, and neither of the other two women utter a single word. The corners of your lips fall. âThis is a joke, right?â you whisper breathlessly.
Nobara pulls her phone out of her pocket and scrolls for a few seconds before showing you an announcement from the official website of New York Fashion Week. She is followed by the employee who hands you a tablet screen displaying an email signed by someone you had erased from your life years ago:
Suguru Geto.
°°°°
âNext.â Suguruâs sharp tone cracks like a whip as another model steps onto the casting studio podium. His fist clenches nervously around the handle of the megaphone, resting its bell on the foldable wooden table.
In front of the silhouette of yet another candidate, Suguruâs gaze scrutinizes the modelâs fine features that adorn her refined face with prominent cheekbones. A defined jawline. Hazel eyes and a slender body.
âNext,â Suguru repeats mechanically â perhaps because his eyes are desperately searching for your form? With each new woman, he hopes to meet your captivating gaze. And he almost systematically dismisses everyone when itâs not you?
âMr. Geto, maybe we shouldââ
âSilence,â he cuts off without a glance at Manami, his assistant.
She sighs and offers an apologetic smile to the model who leaves the podium with a look of icy disappointment. Suguruâs right leg starts to twitch slightly in his chairâa sign of anxiety gradually eroding the calm he tries to maintain in his troubled mind.
âNight Skies: The Illuminated Darkness.âÂ
A relatively inspiring theme and quite easy to design. So why has no inspiration come to him since the announcement? Why do his thoughts constantly drift to outfits that only you deserve to wear, making him prefer to withdraw his participation rather than let someone else wear them?
Fuck.
After the next four hours, Suguru and Manami leave the casting studio for a break in the lounge. He leans against the counter, letting his obsidian eyes fix on a void, swept away by his overwhelming reflections. In the background, the coffee machine rumbles.
You had to join his troupe. Even though he already envisions a firm refusal from your agency. But he is ready to try anything for you â even risks that could endanger his career.
Manami clears her throat slightly and takes a hesitant step towards him. âMr. Geto? Out of the three hundred top models proposed by partner agencies, weâve only shortlisted fourâŠâ She fiddles with her nails painted in vermillion red, bites her lower lip, and adds, âAnd thatâs under my insistence. At this point, I seriously doubtââ
âWrite a letter to this agency,â Suguru cuts in once again without listening to a word of what she tried to explain. He hands her a business card from your agency and mentions your name. âYou must know her. I want her among the models for my collection. Otherwise, Iâll cancel my participation,â he declares in an uncompromising tone.
Manami carefully takes the small card and studies it. She lets out a perplexed sigh and nods. âAlright.â
°°°°
âNo, absolutely not! I refuse! Reply to him that it wonât be possible!â
âMiss, pleaseââ Nobara tries to calm you and prevent you from committing murder against the top model manager of the agency.
âWeâre talking about Suguru Geto! THE internationally renowned designer!â the manager yells with such vehemence that it surely carries well beyond your dressing room.
âI donât give a fucking damn! There are thousands of models in the world! No one knows, so reply to this email with a fucking refusal!â you yell back just as fiercely. Your usually well-groomed hair is slightly disheveled by a few rebellious strands as agitated as your anger.
There is no way youâre participating in New York Fashion Week or any other event involving Suguru Geto. Not after everything that happened.Â
Not after he abandoned you.Â
No.
âBut are you aware of what youâre sayingââ
âShut up! If youâre not happy, Iâll quit this damn agency right now! Do you think youâre the only one who wants me? I have hundreds who will be at my feet as soon as Iâll leave!â you spit after a bitter laugh.
Nobaraâs soothing hands rest on your shoulders and force you to sit in a chair. Assured that you wonât attempt another assault on the manager, who has turned pale at your declaration, your ginger-haired assistant easily pushes the manager out, whispering to her not to set foot back in here until the refusal is sent to Geto.
She tries to argue one last time, her voice a bit more pleading and less aggressive, but Nobara slams the door in her face. She leans against it, sighs deeply, and closes her eyes for a moment. âPhewâŠâ
As for your own state, âfuryâ is the perfect adjective. Hair in disarray, cheeks flushed with anger, chest heaving with irregular, harsh breaths, and a vein throbbing along your neck; itâs as if you could turn your dressing room upside down at any moment.
Nobara heads to your automatic water dispenser and pours you a fresh glass. After ensuring you drink every drop, she notices you seem calmer.
Your bloodshot eyes meet her gaze, and she offers you a sympathetic smile. âDonât worry. Iâll personally make sure everything is sent properly.â
You nod and run a hand over your face to wipe away your overflowing emotions.
Itâs crazy how just the mention of that cursed name can set you off. But the final straw was when your manager was informed of Suguru Getoâs request for you to join his models for New York Fashion Week. She insisted relentlessly despite your patience for a no.
She said she didnât understand.Â
Of course, no one could understand when no one knew that one of the worldâs greatest designers had been your boyfriend before your careers took radically different paths. But how could you explain when he was the one who pushed you to break up with him, leaving you alone, lost, and broken with only an unknown fate to face without anyoneâs help?
It was without anyoneâs help that you built yourself into who you are today.Â
Even less your international career.
All the agencies are at your feet, but the only person you wanted to see there wasnât.Â
So there was no reason to pay attention.Â
You will not participate in New York Fashion Week. As long as it involves Suguru Geto, anyway.
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Mouth agape in shock, Suguru thinks what he sees before him is a prank.Â
But itâs indeed a clear refusal from the agency you work for.Â
No, no, no, no, no.Â
NO.
Suguru storms out of his design office and rushes upstairs to his luxurious bedroom to rummage through his personal belongings. An old photo album is hidden under the piles of clothes in his dresser. He scatters his things carelessly, paying no attention to the mess, and with trembling hands, he drops to his knees, flipping through the album.
On each page, a plastic film covers photos of you and him. One â the most painful â is the first one he took at the beginning of your relationship with him. Both of you standing next to an ice cream vendor, radiant smiles on your faces with sun rays illuminating both your faces, you had your arms around Suguruâs neck. Another one, as he turns the pages. You, lying in his bed one morning. He had taken it the night you had your first time with him. Your figure, which he worships, is covered with his sheets, and your mouth is slightly open as you sleep. A cute little drool escapes from your mouth.
All these photos hold real memories. Proving that nothing was imagined by him when, in his moments of madness, he wondered how he could have ended up here if it all was real. His heart twists in his chest when his eyes catch a photo of him with a bouquet of flowers in his hands and your lips pressed against his cheek. Those flowers were the first Suguru had ever received. He had never received flowers â not even from his own family. You were the very first to give him any.
Suguru pinches his lips, lost in reflections that lead him to check your Instagram page. On your profile, your posts are often collaborations with luxury brands, your body wrapped in fabrics showing your silhouette in its best light, some old videos of you as a child that you wished to share with the world, or random photos of you in pajamas in front of your mirror or with your daily makeup.
He couldnât help but watch your stories, your posts, your interviews, and your shows in the shadows, never intervening as much in public as in private.Â
Suguru is obsessed with you.Â
And he has never stopped being, even after you broke up with him years ago. He never wanted to end things with you.Â
He pushed you to do it so as not to hurt you more than you would be.
It was when you announced the breakup that he felt all the accumulated resentment he had caused in your heart, and he was nostalgically happy for you.Â
You no longer had to endure the pain of canceled dates, missed calls, his constant absence.
He knew, at the time, that he was hurting you. He knew you hid your wounds behind forced smiles and excuses you found for his lack of involvement and neglect without him even having to make them when his career started to take off in the fashion world. He understood that he didnât deserve you.
Yet today, Suguru burns for you.Â
He is ready to risk his career to find you and seek your forgiveness.Â
He is ready to lose all his dignity, let you use him like a mere pawn, humiliate him, and break him.Â
All that, just for you.
Even if he doesnât deserve you, Suguru wants your forgiveness at all costs.Â
Even if he doesnât deserve you, Suguru wants to redeem himself to you.Â
Leaving your Instagram page, he opens Twitter and tries to find a way to force your hand to participate with him in New York Fashion Week, to meet him, to allow him to do everything to deserve you again and no longer have any regrets.Â
He taps the âNew Tweetâ icon and writes words that may place his reputation on an unsteady platter that could fall at any moment.
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The grip around your phone threatens to make it explode between your fingers. Your knuckles whiten, your hand trembles, and your eyes burn as you read the few words on a Twitter post where youâve been tagged. Itâs as if this time, youâll actually turn your dressing room and even your agencyâs headquarters upside down.
â@readerâsagency. @reader, would you do me the honor of participating with me as a model at the next New York Fashion Week? :)â
Your eye twitches, and you robotically lift your head toward your assistant. âNobara, I beg you. Pinch me, hit me, slap me, but tell me this is just a nightmare.â
She looks up from your phone and sighs with a forced smile. âItâs... a nightmare?â
You grab a cushion from your red velvet sofa and bury your face in it to muffle a long scream from the depths of your soul. Nobara chuckles and places a hand on your shoulder. âYou can just refuse. Iâm sure everything will be fine. A public refusal should calm him down,â she whispers.
âHave you seen the comments, retweets, and reposts?â you murmur in a small voice, your brain numb.
Nobara frowns and shakes her head before taking out her own phone. But you stop her by handing her yours without lifting your face from the cushion. âNo... Already? But... He posted it less than twenty-four hours ago!â Nobara breathes out in astonishment, covering her mouth with her hand.
Indeed, even though Getoâs tweet is less than a day old, it hasnât stopped an overwhelming number of internet users and fans worldwide from reacting strongly to the news. You could very well refuse publicly yourself or through your agency â even humiliate him by posting a screenshot of the initial private request that was rejected, making him look desperate and creepy. But thatâs not the issue.
By daring to renew his request publicly as if the previous one never existed, heâs putting your reputation and your fansâ hopes â whom you cherish so much â at risk.
If you refuse, you risk disappointing many and tarnishing your image as an arrogant and condescending supermodel for refusing to participate in such a globally anticipated event with one of the best-known designers in the world â despite the fact that no one knows about your past connection with Geto.
The reactions are so hyped, so excited and amazed at the possibility of you and Geto forming a partnership that would result in something beyond imagination.
Suguru Geto has just forced your hand, hovering a threat over both your career and reputation, as well as his own. But you need to make a decision.
You lift your head from the cushion and take a deep breath to brace yourself for what youâre about to do.
âNobara?â
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With one foot in a pair of shiny white stiletto sandals and an outfit of the same color, one of your bodyguards helps you step out of the black sedan with your first step onto the ground. You stand up elegantly, wearing dark sunglasses. You are escorted in front of a huge building â one familiar to you from the pages of fashion magazines you usually read â and the immaculate sliding doors open for you.
You stand in the middle of the enormous hall, head held high and one eyebrow raised. âWerenât the other models supposed to be here at the specified time?â you ask Nobara, who hurries to join you at your side.
âThatâs what the email indicatedâŠâ she sighs, busy arranging the white fur draped over your arms, framing your long strapless dress in the same color as your heels â a tribute to Marilyn Monroe. Nobara lifts her head with a worried frown. âHe couldnât have stood us up or changed the address at the last minuteââ
A confident and cheerful female voice calls your name. In a synchronized movement, you and your assistant turn toward an elevator entrance where a fairly tall woman with a slender and elegant figure, dressed in a long sleeveless Byzantine purple dress, stands. Your two bodyguards follow you and Nobara to join the woman, but she raises a firm hand.
âYour assistant will suffice.â She smiles professionally, and you nod, entering the elevator with the other two women. Like Nobara, she holds a clipboard against her chest and almost looks at you with admiration. âItâs an honor to meet you in person.â
You offer her a polite half-smile, and the elevator begins to climb its endless floors.
âMy name is Manami Suda, Suguru Getoâs personal assistant and one of his executives,â she continues, glancing at Nobara. âAnd you are?â
âNobara Kugisaki, her personal assistant,â Nobara replies with equal seriousness, and a hint of pride fills your chest. âBut since you are Mr. Getoâs assistant, that answers our question. Why are we the only ones to arrive at the agency on time? Where are the other models?â she asks, tilting her head to the side, skeptically.
A small chime announces the arrival at the very top floor, and the doors open to let the three of you out.
Manami doesnât lose her smile and leads the way down a corridor with an immaculate gray carpet. Her black heels make muffled sounds with each step until reaching a door where she knocks three times. âEverything will be explained by Mr. Geto himself,â she assures, opening the door after a âcome inâ is heard from the other side.
The voice, though muffled by the door, is easily recognizable. A bitter pang grips your heart, but you shake it off within seconds with a blink.
Manami steps aside and introduces you as you enter.
At the back of the office stands a black swivel chair facing away from you â masking the already known identity of the owner and adding palpable tension.
Manami discreetly leaves, closing the door silently, leaving you to face one of your worst nightmares. The chair turns to face you and Nobara, and the face of Japanâs most popular designer and couturier lays his dark eyes on you.
You remain secretly frozen a few meters away, back to the door, your eyes coldly staring at your ex.
Suguru Geto has always had a reputation for being a man of style, in his behavior, his language, and his way of dressing. While the basic suit he wears contrasts with the extravagant outfits that the wealthiest designers can afford â in this field, they are certainly experts, and some can wear clothes as expensive as the series of Picassoâs âLes Femmes dâAlgerâ paintings â his perfectly sculpted body and charm embellish the slightest thing he wears, even if it was straight from an old supermarket. But if thereâs one prominent feature of his face that can match his advantageous physique (his body), itâs his hair. Being a chic, elegant, and refined man, Suguru is also known for his iconic long raven hair. With strands cascading down his back and bangs framing his temple, the half-bun at the back of his head has always earned him numerous compliments and collaborations with the most well-known brands for their haircare products.
Suguruâs piercing eyes narrow as his lips stretch into a smile. Your name rolling off his tongue gives you goosebumps. âWelcome. Please, have a seat.â With a broad gesture of his hand, he indicates two cocoa-colored leather chairs at the end of a ridiculously long glass table.
You take a seat without looking at Suguru at first, and Nobara seems to read your thoughts as she immediately asks, âWhere are the other models?â
Suguru places his forearms on the table in a measured gesture, but as he responds, his gaze never leaves yours. âNone are at this agency, it seems.â And it all feels as if asking such a question is stupid.
âThatâs what was written in the email,â you reply in a dry voice.
âThatâs what was written in the email,â Suguru confirms with a strange softness. âBut it doesnât matter, does it? If I hadnât said that, you would have refused the meeting.â
You blink. âExcuse me?â
Suguruâs smile widens even more as he continues, âArenât you happy to see me again?â And for a nanosecond, you thought you saw his irises darken.
Nobara alternates her gaze between you and Suguru, completely lost.
âMr. Geto,â your tongue clicks against your palate, âI came here to discuss the initial progress of the collection you will present at New York Fashion Week. Nothing else.â You pause. âIf itâs for any other subject, please address my manager, and I can leave right now.â Your frozen facial mask doesnât falter at all.
âAwwww⊠Youâre breaking my little heart, loveââ
âEnough.â
Nobara looks dubious. âYou⊠you already know each other?â
âWeâŠâ You pause, torn between the idea of confessing everything to Nobara or pretending nothing happened. âIn the past. Before we became known,â you reluctantly admit. âBut it doesnât matter. I have nothing to do with anyone now.â
Suguruâs gaze darkens and never leaves yours. Yet, he doesnât say a word, and an uncomfortable silence sets in.
Nobara decides to break it by clearing her throat and speaking again. âIâ I see. I wonât say a word,â she murmurs.
You sigh and straighten slightly in your seat. âFine. Letâs discuss the proposed theme.â
Suguruâs Adamâs apple moves as he swallows, and during the next half-hour, neither of you brings up your past relationship with Suguru again. The choice of the leading model was quickly settled on being you â because among all the proposals from partner agencies, no other model in Japan reaches your level of fame.
Suguru also doesnât waste time revealing that he has selected very few models since the theme announcement. The delay will potentially impact the preparation and organization for New York Fashion Week, but he hasnât bothered to explain why. He simply asked for your help with the rest of the selection.
You hesitated before accepting, finding it strange that someone like him is so behind. But how could you know that you are Suguruâs muse â his source of inspiration, the purpose of his existence? He is much more confident than a few weeks ago since he finally saw you again and ensured you decided to work by his side. Itâs only a matter of time before you settle the score with the low blow he dealt you â something impossible to do with witnesses like Nobara around.
The agreements also included a trip from Tokyo to New York. The group will be accommodated in a secure, comfortable, and luxurious hotel until Fashion Week ends and preparations allow access to dressing rooms for each model.
This means being much closer to Suguru than expected...
°°°°
âWhat do you think?âÂ
âIâm not a stylist.âÂ
âThatâs true; youâre more than that.âÂ
âShut up.âÂ
âCome on⊠Donât be so rude! I need your help!â Suguru grins, and you roll your eyes, noting the name of a model who just walked past.Â
On the runway where hundreds and hundreds of models from all over the world are parading, you, along with Suguru â much to your dismay â are perched on a high platform giving a panoramic view of each model. Of course, he had to move his two-seater table just to spend time with you â a detail he didnât hesitate to hide from you. Whatâs the point? he muses with amusement, glancing at you; from the side, he gets a view of your hair falling like a curtain along your cheeks, your nose bent over your clipboard as you jot down names of models that would be interesting to keep for Fashion Week. This poses no problem in itself, especially for an event like this.
If only your partner wasnât Suguru Geto.Â
Ugh.
âHelp you? While Iâm the only one noting names while you harass me with your pathetic attempts at conversation? Donât pretend to ask my opinion when youâve barely looked at more than ten models,â you retort irritably. The ballpoint pen rolls over the paper with obvious frenzy.
ââHarassâ is a bit harsh,â Suguru comments, his lips pursed in a mockingly offended pout â just to hide his predatory smile. âIâd say Iâm trying to have a conversation â something you, letâs be honest, avoid like the plague.â A smile curves his thin lips. âAnd then, why bother looking at what doesnât interest me when I already have what I want. Iâve never bitten, you know,â he whispers, his eyes softened by a tenderness he hasnât felt in a very long time.
âYou donât have me,â you respond immediately. You raise your eyebrows and, without looking at him, you continue, âOh really? You do have quite a resemblance to dogs,â You wrinkle your nose to sneer mockingly as he takes offense. Itâs strange because you havenât laughed in front of Suguru for years. But as expected, the laugh is not joyful; on the contrary, itâs meant to hurt him because you still canât stand his presence â even less when itâs forced.
âHey! Youâre insulting me!â he frowns and wipes away a laugh. Suguru shakes his head and sighs. âHow cruel.â
Your lips turn downwards, and you roll your eyes yet again (you could have won an award for the record number of eye rolls in such a short time). Ignoring the feeling of vice and hatred gnawing at your heart, you refocus on the runway several meters below. The blinding spotlights brilliantly illuminate all these models eager to participate in the highly anticipated Fashion Week alongside Suguru Geto, the internationally renowned stylist, and you, a supermodel equally famous â while you both are plunged into the shadows of the upper floor that looks more like a hallway where stage technicians usually come to secure and manipulate high-up equipment, rather than anything else. Especially when the provided table is just foldable wood and almost fragile to abrupt movements.
Your eye catches a rather tall model with long ebony hair and golden, radiant skin. Her silhouette seems almost ethereal, and itâs at this moment that you donât regret for a single second having taken your life into your own hands when you were alone just to admire the beauty of all these women of various beauties, shapes, and ages. The female body is beautiful.
No, magnificent.
âThat oneâŠâ you murmur, noting the candidateâs name announced by Manami below. You bite your lower lip in a concentration tic. âSheâs perfect. Weâll keep her for later.â
Suguru nods, but his gaze hasnât once rested on the model whose name you just mentioned. His irises donât leave your features, which he has missed so much, especially at this distance. âHmmâŠâ he hums simply. He gets lost in his contemplation.
You havenât changed a bit.
Even if your hair is styled differently, your makeup meticulously done, and your chic and luxurious fashion sense, to Suguru, you left him in the same state you are now. He knows your body by heart â not thanks to the photos he kept of you â but because your existence has marked his so much that your simple face is forever etched in his retina.
When Suguru says he is obsessed with you, he goes to the end of his words.
Of course, he regrets his past actions and seeks the right moment to ask for your forgiveness, but he couldnât hold back.
It was stronger than him.
°°°°
In the spacious studio typically reserved for smaller fashion shows (the irony noted), today it is being used to give Suguru a first taste of what his final troupe was proposing. With your help, Suguru has finally moved on to the next stage just before the outfit creations begin.
Manami, who is backstage, is managing the music and the secondary effects. She sends a message to Suguru to indicate that the line of models can begin their walk before returning from the runway.
The music starts with a rhythmic tempo suited to the steps the models are to take. You are the last to go, which annoys you immensely. Your supermodel status is far more valuable than that of a mere model. Every aspect of your profession is a relentless effort; so seeing these poor models advance with such banal and mediocre strides makes you want to vomit.
Did you accept this for that?
Already, youâve had to endure disdainful looks from the other models in the group regarding your popularity. Itâs quite audacious for them to act so confident when their steps resemble those of a penguin, you canât help but ponder.
When itâs finally your turn, you waste no time.
The music resumes, and you begin your first steps with a feline grace, almost silently gliding down the runway. Your high heels strike the ground with a hypnotic regularity, syncing with the pulsing beat of the music and its rhythmic cadence: a perfect synchronization. Each step is a demonstration of confidence and control, shoulders straight, chin slightly lifted, eyes fixed straight ahead.
Each step brings a breeze that lightly lifts your hair from your face, like a halo enhancing your display worthy of a true model. At the end of the runway, you pause gracefully before turning on your heels with impeccable precision.
As you return, itâs even more captivating as you continue to walk with palpable assurance, your hips swaying slightly, capturing everyoneâs attention.
Your turn finally ends, and the desired effect has certainly been achieved: everyoneâs eyes have been glued to you from start to finish. You also didnât miss Suguruâs gaze fixated on you, his lips parted in captivation. This, of course, earns you the disdainful looks of the other models in the troupe, but a triumphant smile adorns the curve of your lips.
This is what it means to be a model.
âVery well, very well! Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your very pleasant and⊠captivating performances,â Suguru announces energetically, standing in front of his chair with his arms open towards his official troupe.
Unsurprisingly, his gaze does not leave you and remains fixed on your silhouette as you move towards the backstage, back to him.
°°°°
You knock on the door, and Suguruâs muffled voice invites you in.
For a stylist and designer as popular as he is, Suguruâs sewing workshop is⊠more unconventional than you would have thought.
Indeed, several spacious tables are littered with sketch sheetsâsome colorfulâfabrics of all colors, lengths, and textures. Crafting materials are scattered here and there, cluttering the passage along with open boxes on the floor, making it nearly impossible to take a step without brushing against piles of stuff that threaten to collapse. But at least the workshop isnât filthy and retains the same aesthetic touch youâd find in TV shows or fashion serials.
At the far end of the room, a single chair is occupied by Suguru, who is sitting with his back to you. Hearing your approach, he turns towards you, his eyes fixed on a bright yellow measuring tape and a metallic needle wedged between his teeth, with a fuchsia pink thread running through the tip.
âCome closer,â he murmurs, moving towards you with the help of the wheels on his chair.
Feeling self-conscious, you take another step closer, and when he lifts his eyes to you, it feels as if you are naked before him: less than a step away, you are wearing a delicate sport bra that barely covers your chest, dreading any shiver that might reveal hardened nipples, along with a pair of equally revealing bicycle shorts in the same color. You had insisted to Manami on a firm refusal to wear any underwear in front of Suguru, without providing a reason.
Even though he has seen far more intimate parts of your body before, the current situation with him challenges everything.
A faint blush colors your cheeks, and without a word, Suguru extends his arms, his long, slender, pale fingers wrapping the measuring tape around your waist first. You canât gauge the meaning of his gaze. How is he reacting internally right now?
But his mischievous remark answers you the moment after, âYou okay? Are you still breathing?â The sarcastic tone immediately irritates you.
âAnd youâre taking the opportunity to enjoy the view, arenât you?â you retort venomously. Youâre about to continue spewing your hatred towards him when his hands gently â but with some firmness â grasp your hips and make you turn around. You stifle a moan at his touch, which sends a shiver through your body and, as you feared, your nipples harden. You step away from him abruptly when his breath grazes your side. âWhat are you doing?â you ask sharply, your arms futilely trying to cover your chest.
Suguru sighs. âAre you done acting like a kid?â He grabs you by the elbows and forces you to turn your back to him. He wraps the measuring tape around you again. âSo no, Iâm not enjoying the view, Iâm doing my job.â He kneels to measure your hips, and with a glance downward, you see his amused smile. âYou should have refused to work with me if it bothers you so much to be measured.â
âAh, as if I had a choice?â you retort abruptly.
âYou did,â he whispers as he stands up, brushing your hair away from your back, and for a moment, his warm breath caresses your shoulders. All you want right now is for him to place a tender kiss on the side of your neck, but the resentment towards him always takes over.
âNo, you know thatâs not true.â Your tone is harsh as a whip. âBy the way, have all the other models been through here? I saw assistants with all this gear. Why am I the only one alone with you?â
Suguru grins. âThe others went through with my assistants,â he replies with a chuckle before taking your bust measurements. âYouâre the first Iâm measuring, and the only one.â
âWhat game are you playing?â you murmur after a pause.
âNone.â
He continues with the rest of your measurements â bust, thighs, legs, and finally arms. During this part, he takes an unusually long time to scrutinize you, and his head tilted close to your skin makes your heart race uncontrollably.
The final straw is when his lips accidentally brush against your arm.
âStop that,â you warn him all of a sudden, stepping back. Your furious gaze seems to want to kill Suguru on the spot, and he loses his smile.
âIââ
âStop pretending to be clueless, Geto.â
He already knows it will be hard to win you back, especially with this reaction he had long feared. But it had to explode sooner or later.
âIf you think Iâve forgotten the past, youâre deluding yourself. The jerk you were is still the same in my eyes,â you seethe.
Suguru takes a step towards you in an attempt to beg you not to avoid him as you continue to back away. He murmurs your name in a plea. âI know youâre mad at me, and you have every right to be, but I did all this for you. I knew you wouldnât be able to refuse a second time withââ
âI donât want you to try to make up for it, not after all these years. Is that really why you asked me to come back? Because Iâve reached your level of popularity? My money? My body?â Your throat tightens further, and you squint your eyes to hold back your tears. âI will never forgive you, Suguru. Iâm no longer the naive girlfriend who waits like a fool for someone who didnât give a damn about her!â
âIâ It wasnâtâ Please, let me explain⊠I still love you as much as I did before, and I know Iâve been unworthy of everything youâve put up with for me, butââ
You bitterly laugh in his face. âLiar! Youâre lying, and you always have, even when you said you loved me! Your babble about what you were and what you are now is just the typical crap an toxic ex says when they want to win someone back. Did I really have a choice to come back to you? Do you think itâs a good method?â
With those words, you turn around and walk away towards the workshop door.
Suguruâs heart screams at him to follow you and beg on his knees for you to listen, but he knows your stubborn temperament. The only words that come from his mouth after his first failure are enough for him to know youâve heard them, even as you fling the door open and rush out.
He knows you heard him.
âYou will always have a choice with me.â
°°°°
âWhat do you mean, âthe camera isnât workingâ?â Suguru thundered with severity.
The entire group waiting for the final shoot (including you) turns towards the back of the studio to face a visibly agitated Suguru. He is handling the camera in every direction and then turns towards you.
Youâre ready, dressed in the latest collection from the luxury brand youâre working with for Suguruâs troupeâs Fashion Week. Thereâs no problem on your end.
So why is he talking about a camera that isnât working?
Especially when itâs your turn?
You take a hesitant step towards him, and Manami quickly avoids your questioning gaze, stepping away from her superior.
A few other models follow you, whispering incomprehensible things not far away to your ears, but all you care about is hoping youâve misunderstood something.
âFind me another camera,â Suguru orders, violently throwing the one he had against a wall. The sound of metal shattering on the floor startles everyone.
Manami follows him out of the studio at a brisk pace. âWait! Mr. Geto! Did you forget that this isnât our studio? Itâs the only camera we were able to borrow!â
âSO?â Suguru retorts acridly. âSheâll be the only one not photographed while sheâs the star of MY troupe?â His tone rises significantly towards Manami. But he doesnât spare a glance at you, even as everyone listens to their conversation intently. âDonât forget that tonight the magazines will be prepared, and we wonât be here but at Gojoâs reception!â
All the other models turn to you in unison, watching you with astonishment.
âToo bad, Iâm sorry but she wonât be in it!â Manami resigns with an even tone. âWe need to leave in an hour, and the reception starts then!â
âAbsolutely not! Find me a fucking camera so sheâs in the magazine for tomorrow!â With those final words, Suguru opens the studio door and storms out, slamming it shut behind him with a loud bang.
Silence envelops the room, and you find yourself at a loss for words, your lips sealed and your voice stuck in your throat.
Manami sighs and finally turns to you, her face showing sincere regret. âIâm sorry⊠I know itâs really unfair, but I think you wonât be in the promotional magazine for the brand partnering with usâŠâ
âIââ Your face falls completely, and you look in dismay at the broken camera on the floor from a few minutes ago.
âIâm truly sorryâŠâ Manami murmurs, lowering her head in genuine remorse.
A few hours later, youâve resigned yourself as well. The luxury brand partnering with Suguruâs agency had lent outfits from their latest collection for advertisement in fashion magazines. The models and the brand were to be highlighted, but this preview was unfortunately ruined by the delay caused by Suguru, who couldnât complete the photo shoot in his own studio. On the same day â at a time too close to the reception hosted by his friend-rival Satoru Gojo, a stylist of equal renownâthe weather and equipment decided to turn against you.
According to Manami, the camera borrowed from a nearby photo studio was sabotaged right after photographing all the other models. So, despite your star model status, you wonât appear in the magazine coming out. The lack of time also prevented photographers, as well as Manami and Suguru, from finding another camera in time, as everything was prepared at the last minute.
Your troupe isnât the only one participating. Those of other stylists â like Gojo, for example â will also be featured in a fashion magazine with their partner brand and all their models. The shame will fall upon you as the one not included.
And it will be a scandal â you couldn't make it up.
But Nobara has been far more helpful than you would have thought. She learned the news that evening while helping you prepare in your dressing room for Gojoâs reception and was outraged by the situation. Most of all, she was scandalized to learn that someone had attempted to sabotage your photo shoot.
âItâs a pleasure to meet you.â Your name rolls off Satoru Gojoâs tongue as he bows respectfully and takes your hand, brushing his pink, thin lips against it.
âLikewise.â
Your raise eyebrow and small, sly smile donât escape him, and he responds with a laugh that makes your heart flutter. Through his signature round sunglasses â Gojoâs trademark â his cerulean eyes sparkle with mischief. He gives you a wink, then releases your hand and offers you his arm. You take it without hesitation, appreciating the touch of a man like him.
The reception hall is packed with models and stylists; some are Japanese, while others come from different corners of the world, âpassing throughâ before heading back to New York. Indeed, the trip is fast approaching, and this evening is one of the last things youâll need to face before traveling to the other side of the world.
Chandeliers light up the marble floor with tiny reflections that resemble stars. Tables lined against the walls overflow with dishes and canapĂ©s â along with chocolate fountains and desserts. Small groups are gathered in every corner of the room, and the dance floor is filled with couples or partners dancing amidst the exceptionally chic ambiance.
âIâm meeting you in the flesh,â Gojo murmurs, casting a flirtatious glance at you. This man has always had the reputation of being exceedingly handsome and tall. Today, you confirm it.
In his immaculate tuxedo, Satoru Gojo walks with you through the room, maintaining a perfect conversation without awkward pauses or questionable vibes. He is exquisite, charming: everything a woman could dream of.
âFew people get to meet you up close,â you add with a light giggle. You adjust your hold on his arm and look up at him. âI heard youâre also participating in the New York Fashion Week.â
âIndeed.â He takes a glass of champagne and hands it to you. âIt would have been a pleasure to work with you, though,â he murmurs with a wry smile.
âI would have loved that.â Your gaze sweeps across the room as you take a sip of champagne. âItâs a shame I went with Mr. Geto.â
âOh yes, Suguru. My eternal rival. I was surprised by that Twitter post. A model like you⊠should be among the best, and unfortunately, Suguru is one of them.â
âDo you think so, Mr. Gojo?â
He wraps his arm around your waist and pulls you a bit closer as he stops near a table with canapĂ©s, not far from a window. âCall me Satoru,â he says, looking at you over his sunglasses and taking a mini macaron.
You pick up one as well, and Suguruâs figure passes by you, too quickly for you to understand whatâs happening but close enough to notice his gaze on you and Satoru.
âWould you be interested in working on a future collection with me after Fashion Week?â Satoru asks, his attention completely focused on you.
Your blood rushes in your ears as you feel his breath on your lips and you hold back the urge to lean in and kiss him.
âWith pleasure, Satoru,â you respond with a smile as playful as his.
âPerfect.â His face lights up, and he is about to say something when he is interrupted by a trio of models approaching you.
âExcuse us, Mr. Gojo,â one of them coos with a sugary voice, batting her eyelashes.
âCan this wait?â He rolls his eyes without any shame. âIâm busy.â He pulls you closer to him with a firmer, more possessive embrace.
Without wasting any time, he takes you out of the reception hall, where a few people are lingering and chatting in a slightly more intimate setting. Thick crimson velvet curtains adorn the various entrances, and Satoru leads you further in.
Your cheeks flush in reaction to the pleasant situation youâre in. Your mind even begins to compare him to Suguru...
âHave I told you how beautiful you are, especially in that dress?â Satoru whispers near your ear, his voice low and warm.
âNo,â you murmur, dazed by his hand resting on your lower back, his thumb making gentle circles.
Satoru leans in and his lips brush against yours. âMay I?â
You nod, aware of whatâs to come as his lips slowly capture yours in a soft, needy kiss. Your lips respond immediately, and Satoruâs two hands join behind your back to guide you into a room that looks like a luxurious bedroom.
Without breaking the kiss with its wet sounds, your back meets the soft surface of a mattress, and youâre already panting. You know that with him, you wonât regret doing anything.
Satoruâs heavy breathing moves away from your pink, swollen lips to approach your bare collarbone and kiss it with those same lips. With his hand gently caressing the back of your thigh, which you lift and drape around his waist, Satoru uses his nimble fingers to slide down the thin strap of your dress. Your chest rises and falls with the sensual tension descending upon you. Your fingers help him lower your dress, first revealing your bare breasts, and a flush colors your face.
âBeautiful, sweetheart,â he purrs in your ear, taking pleasure in depositing a line of soft, affectionate kisses along your neck and down to your chest. Satoru stretches his lips into a smile against your skin and lightly touches the swell of your breasts. He takes one nipple into his mouth, teasing it with his tongue.
A moan escapes you, and you arch your hips to rub against him desperately. His bulge becomes more prominent and presses against your own underwear, adding friction that makes your core sensitive. âSatoruâŠâ you pant softly, stroking his snow-white hair as he lavishes your breasts with wet kisses. âMoreâŠâ
He grins and returns to your lips, whispering ïżœïżœAdorableâŠâ while sliding your dress down further.
But the door to the room suddenly opens, revealing a frozen Suguru standing before the scene. You and Satoru immediately turn your heads toward the intruder and pull away from each other abruptly.
But itâs already too late, as neither of you have time to say a word before Suguru turns and leaves as quickly as he arrived, his face as pale as a sheet.
An unusual pang tightens in your chest, and you sit up from the bed, overwhelmed by a sense of guilt. But why? Why feel this way?
You sigh, and Satoru shakes his head. âHe wonât say anything,â he reassures you, reaching out a hand to stroke your cheek.
You donât push him away, but he understands that you wouldnât want to go any further with him tonight.
°°°°
âHere⊠Lift your chinâŠâ Suguru takes a photo with a sharp click. âPerfectâŠâ he murmurs to himself, his tone filled with admiration.
Sitting on the floor of Suguruâs photography studio in yet another outfit from the luxury brand partner, you give him a profile shot, your chin lifted in a dreamlike expression of devotion. For another photo, you lie on your side, your eyes fixed directly on the lens.
Suguru, for his part, doesnât hesitate to give his best effort to capture the most beautiful photos heâs ever taken in his career. He insisted on handling it personally â despite what happened less than two days ago at Satoruâs reception. He even came up with an idea to make up for the consequences of his delay with the magazine published for all the participating Fashion Week troupes in New York. The scandal over your absence, despite being one of the featured models, had shaken most social media, and indeed, enough for Suguru to come up with a plan that would do justice to you.
What better way than to discuss with the luxury brand partner to release an entire magazine featuring you as the sole model? You would showcase the clothes that werenât worn due to the lack of time. The success and attention would be all focused on you â spotlights fixed on you.
Because you deserve it.
No matter how long it takes Suguru.
He vowed to do everything to make amends.
So thatâs why you find yourself alone in the studio with him, posing in outfits that shake him so much that heâs suggested taking a break twice to calm his trembling hands.
Two days later, the magazine is finally out, with you as the star, once again shaking up social media and causing a wave of appreciation from fans. At your finest, every page shows only you.
You, the heartâs desire of Suguru Geto.
âHave you seen the reactions?â Suguru asks as he approaches you while youâre busy admiring the sky and the skyscrapers from one of the agencyâs balconies. Suguru slides the glass door closed and joins you. âAm I bothering you?â
You sigh.
âCome on, at least thank me for doing such a good job. You look stunning in all the photos.â He has a smirk and nudges you in the ribs as he leans his forearms on the glass railing. âAnd you always have been.â
You give a subtle smile but donât immediately respond. You leave a small silence between the two of you. For the first time in years, Suguruâs presence doesnât bother you as much.
âThanks, I suppose,â you murmur. Without looking at him, you continue, âItâs nice of you to do this.â
âI did it for you,â Suguru breathes, his heart tight.
You nod. Lately, it feels like you donât quite know how to react. All these compliments, the fact that he hasnât changed his behavior after catching you with Satoru (heâs even become even more gentle)... Itâs a lot to take in.
You eventually clear your throat. âWell, I thinkââ
âWait.â He turns his head toward you. âPlease.â
The note of pleading is the only detail that brings your feet back to the railing.
He lets a light silence linger, not saying a word. A breeze brushes both your faces, like cool water on a tired face.
Perhaps itâs this that makes Suguru speak up, saying your name.
âYouâve become someone since then,â he whispers with a faint smile. âIâm proud of you.â And oh, how you wish you could erase the blush spreading across your cheeks! âI donât want to pretend like nothing happened anymore.â He turns fully toward you, the wind whipping his long raven hair and his obsidian eyes scrutinizing you. âI havenât forgotten you. Iâve never forgotten you, actually.â
His sudden declaration catches you off guard. Why is he saying this? You already knew it. And your behavior towards him gives an unspoken response. You simply turn your head towards him without moving your body, with a forced nonchalance. He mustnât see what he still evokes in you after all these years.
âNot a single day has gone by that I havenât thought about you. I know I hurt you, and coming back now is probably not the best way â especially after I pushed you away.â He takes a step towards you. âAnd I want to win you back.â You prepare to retort, eyes narrowing, but he cuts you off immediately. âI know. And itâs not because youâve become a famous model. Far from it.â
He repeats your name once again.
But this time, his tone is different.
His voice returns to what it was so long ago. The voice he used to whisper in your ear in bed, when you were standing in a supermarket line, and on the phone.
The thorny brambles of your heart wrap painfully around you, reminding you of what he became later.
âI love you. Iâve always loved you.â
Your lips press together, and you start to pull away from the glass railing.
âGive me a second chance, Iââ
âNo. Thereâs no point.â
Your steps move closer to the glass door, but Suguru grabs your hand.
âPlease, let me at least explainââ
And your hand tears away from his grasp with an insensitivity hidden beneath its opposite in your heart. âWe were perfect, Geto. Incredibly perfect. But now, I really wonder if you ever truly loved me,â you admit without any warmth.
âI did, and I stillââ
âNo. Otherwise, you wouldnât have been increasingly distant, avoiding our dates as your career took up more and more of your life.â You take a trembling breath meant to chase away the tears from your eyes, but itâs in vain. Your voice quivers. âAt least you didnât give up on your dreams for someone. Even less for love. And for a love that only brought you pain after it left youâŠâ
âLove,â Suguru pleads in a heart-wrenching whisper. He takes another step towards you, arms outstretched, but you shake your head.
âBut at least, I can thank you for what Iâve become today. Iâve become the person that little me always dreamed of being. Thanks to your departure from my life.â
The words slap and scratch him violently.
You turn on your heels and open the glass door, casting one last glance back at him, tears streaming down your face, smearing your mascara.
âSo donât ruin it all.â
°°°°
As scheduled, the private jet successfully dropped Suguruâs entire troupe at a New York airport less than a week before Fashion Week, where a luxurious van awaited your arrival. As soon as you stepped inside, fuchsia purple LEDs assaulted your eyes, and a multitude of leather seats were lined against the vehicleâs walls. At the very back, there was a mini-bar stocked with alcoholic beverages and spaces near the seats featuring multifunctional drawers: a retractable coffee machine, a selection of accessories and makeup products, as well as blankets, sleep masks, and other handy items. Near the driver, who greeted the troupe with a nod, a tablet fixed to the wall allowed you to change the background music at will.
Without delay, everyone rushed to the seats and chatted merrily over drinks and snacks as the journey finally began. All the modelsâ assistants were allowed to join the trip, which meant you found yourself laughing with Nobara about the different shades of blush provided in one of the drawers.
She took out her phone and suggested doing an Instagram story, which you accepted without hesitation. You were soon joined by the others, and a group photo was taken by Suguru. To your great surprise, you participated with a small pose. It was also posted on Suguruâs agencyâs Instagram, and Nobara quickly showed you the reactions. For the past three weeks, she has almost been gushing on your behalf over the wave of positive responses you received following your appearance in the latest leading fashion magazine in the United States â even despite the success that Satoru Gojoâs own troupe has also enjoyed.
But it has also been three weeks since you last spoke to Suguru following your conversation with him. Throughout the journey to the hotel â where you will stay with your troupe for the rest of Fashion Week until its end â you couldnât help but have unintentional eye contact. Fortunately for you, he didnât make any attempts, and somehow, you would have liked to have Suguru in your life once more â just one last time.
But your bitter past with him still haunts your dreams, so thatâs out of the question.
A few hours later, the van drops the troupe off in front of the famous hotel, but to everyoneâs great surprise, a crowd is packed around the entrance. Security is pushing back some people protesting that theyâve been queuing for hours, and Suguru steps outside to observe whatâs happening.
âThey were right. The hotel is packed.â Of course, all due to Fashion Week taking place just a few kilometers away. Celebrities, high society, and tourists alike, the gigantic hotel promises not to be easy for the model troupe and Suguru himself. He signals the driver, who contacts security agents and bodyguards via his walkie-talkie to approach the van so that the troupe can either queue or simply navigate through the crowd.
So, with further delays and heightened security, a decision was made regarding the group: it was divided into several smaller groups so everyone could pass without issues. Some models have already gone to the reception and are enjoying their rooms, while you find yourself paired withâŠ
âŠSuguru.
And last in line.
Neither of you speaks a word, and you are engrossed in your phone, trying your best to ignore him. On the other side, your assistant with ginger hair, Nobara, has asked if it bothers you that she takes a trip to do some shopping in New Yorkâ a rare opportunity for the young woman. How could you refuse her? How could you say that you donât want to be alone with Suguru, even if itâs for the sake of organization? Being stuck in a line with him is uncomfortable?
You finally sigh in relief when your turn comes after forty minutes of waiting while other customers check in.
Bodyguards step aside, both of your luggage in their arms, waiting for a word from you.
The receptionist clears her throat and squints at the screen of his computer. âI apologize, but... I think thereâs a reservation issue with your rooms.â
âWhat do you mean?â Suguru and you ask in unison.
âUm... Thereâs only one room reserved for both of you.â
The response hits your ears like thunder. You blink, the embarrassment of the situation rising to your cheeks. You donât even dare to glance at Suguru. âThen book me another room,â you request in a measured tone.
The receptionist discreetly elbows her colleague, who looks up at you. âIâ Miss, you are the last guest with Mr. Geto for the coming weeks, and there are no more rooms availableâŠâ
For the next five minutes, you try every possible way to avoid being alone in a single room with Suguru. But itâs in vain, as you end up in the infamous room with the receptionists offering a myriad of apologies, blaming their oversight regarding the reservation.
In the room, you stand, boiling with anger as the bodyguards set down your luggage and leave. One of the women tries to divert your attention from your ready-to-explode gaze by pointing out an undisturbed sofa â of course â where one of you might sleep.
But a single glance is enough to see that even your own feet wouldnât rest on it. The receptionists leave the room in their little heels, and you sit on the firm sofa. You grimace and massage your temples while Suguru has not said a word since entering the room.
He takes a few steps towards the bed and places a hand on the mattress, so soft and comfortable that his fingers almost sink into it. âYou can take the bed if you want,â Suguru offers with a calm and kindness that makes you grit your teeth. âI can take the sofa.â
Your body is in such turmoil that if you stay one more second in the room with him, you might explode â literally. So, you donât respond and rush to your luggage, driven by the need for space. You pull out some comfortable clothes and retreat to the bathroom.
A small sigh of exasperation from the main room still reaches your ears.
You lock yourself in and collapse on the floor, groaning with frustration.
Damn it.
Why does this only happen to you?
If a shower seems to have calmed your nerves a bit, you would have preferred not to have decided to shower right away because, barely dressed in a loose t-shirt and pajama shorts, hotel staff members are gathered around the sofa and start carrying it out of the room.
In shock at the realization of the situation, you call out to them. âHey! We need that sofa!â
One of them turns his head towards you nonchalantly. âThereâs been another reservation issue. We need this sofa for others in a much more urgent situation than yours, miss.â He adjusts his hat as a gesture of apology and leaves the room as if nothing happened, taking with him the only thing that provided a slim chance of escape â however slim â to avoid Suguru.
Suguru stands there, arms hanging, too stunned by whatâs happening to react. He blinks several times without saying a word.
This is all just a nightmare.
°°°°
âIâm not going to break my back sleeping on the floor, and neither will you. Or is that what you want?â Suguru nearly barks as he slips under the covers.
âThereâs no way Iâm sharing a bed with you!â you retort in the same tone, arms crossed over your chest.
âStop being so prissy for two minutes, will you? Itâs not like we havenât done this thousands of times before.â He rolls his eyes and finally lies down.
The comment hits your chest like a sharp arrow. The already horrifically awkward situation combined with Suguruâs reasonable demeanor, which only seems to make things worse, makes you look simply ridiculous for not cooperating out of pride.
So, you find yourself under the covers, forcing as much space as possible between you and Suguru, trying to stay as far away as you can. Both of you have turned your backs to each other, nerves too frayed to say anything without igniting yet another argument.
But Suguru closes his eyes with a smile on his lips that night, noting in the back of his mind to thank Nobara as soon as he has the chance for agreeing to his ridiculous plan of deliberately booking a single room for both of you.
°°°°
That night, your sleep is much more restless than usual. You have sleep troubles, but this night they seem to intensify despite your peaceful breathing, which Suguru uses as a lullaby to fall asleep. You toss and turn from time to time, with your leg carelessly hanging out of the bed or an arm too close to him. A dangerous position where you might easily slip off and fall.
When Suguru feels the sheets pulling away from him as heâs about to fall asleep, he turns around and catches you just before you fall. With a pounding heart, he pulls you a little closer to him and finally lets you go.
Unaware in your sleep, you roll towards him and your fingers cling almost desperately to his t-shirt. He freezes and doesnât dare move, hoping you wonât wake up so he can extricate himself from the embrace youâve claimed. Your arms drape around his shoulders and your legs seek to wrap around him like a koala.
âSuguâŠâ you murmur in your sleep. Your face contorts into a small frown.
His nickname is a purr to him. Heâs tempted to push you away, but your slight frown, seeking comfort, makes him relent, and he holds you completely in his arms. Your nose nestles into the crook of his neck and you hum before letting out a small snore.
Maybe Suguru is dreaming â amidst the dim light of the room and your two blurred bodies. Nevertheless, he rocks you gently in his arms, holding the most precious thing to him close.
°°°°
Your dream continues where youâre alone, nestled in your bed â yes, it must be that. Finding yourself in the same bed as your ex is just a nightmare.
Or maybe a dream.
Warm, sweet whispers envelop you in a comforting embrace.
âForgive me, love. Iâm sorry⊠I love you so much.â
These distant words soothe you enough when your sleep is half-awake, with Suguruâs body and voice surrounding you. You should push him away, but everything around you feels so dreamlike. So why not give in for once when you canât in real life? After all, itâs just a dream for one night.
Nothing can happen to you.
Especially at a moment when your heart wants to accept these pleading whispers of forgiveness that will probably never happen in real life.
°°°°
A warm ray of sunlight tickles your cheek, and you hum as you bury your head against something firm and comfortable that envelops you. Arms rub your back, and you smile, deciding to give in to the warm embrace. Something places a gentle kiss on your temple, encouraging you to stay in bed a little longer.
Before a knock at the door jolts you from your comfort.
Nobaraâs voice is heard from the other side. âAre you awake?â she asks out loud. âAlmost everyone is already ready!â
You open your eyes at the same time as Suguru, and your noses almost touch. Itâs a close call not to scream and almost jump out of your spot. Dazed and still groggy from sleep, neither of you says a word, only muttering a few curses about the alarm not going off.
You rush to do your makeup and put on your outfit, as by 11 a.m., at the very place where the last preparations for the show will be made, hundreds of fans, journalists, and paparazzi will be lined up behind barriers or security ropes, shouting for autographs or even a smile. So thereâs no time to waste; you need to cover your tomato-red complexion with foundation.
Downstairs in the hotel, the rest of the crew is waiting for both of you, and others arrive at the last minute â some even with their poodles. To your great relief, no one seems to suspect anything about Suguru, whom you carefully avoid even after arriving at the Fashion Week preparation area.
As you step out of the black sedan, piercing fan screams ring out, eagerly waiting for you to approach them: banners with names written in capital letters, notebooks, and hands outstretched almost desperately.
On the red carpet and under the bright morning sun, female fans call out your name, and you turn with a smile to approach them behind the security barrier. You spend about ten minutes taking selfies and signing autographs with the rest of the crew until one girl, after youâve signed her autograph, speaks to you again. âItâs incredible that youâre working with Suguru Geto! I never thought Iâd see this day, so Iâll be here to watch you walk the runway!â she exclaims with stars in her eyes.
Your smile freezes at the mention of Suguru, as youâre constantly reminded that no one but you and Suguru know what happened between you two. You swallow and regain your composure. âOh, honey, youâre adorable. Iâm glad youâre coming. I hope weâll run into each other again.â You then give her a final wink and rejoin your group.
Nobara catches up with you a few minutes later in your dressing room with a smile and quietly closes the door. You collapse onto a couch and sigh, hiding your face in your hands.
°°°°
âYouâve measured me before.â
âI lost them.â
âLiar.â
Suguru lets out a small laugh and grabs his measuring tape before approaching you. âItâs just my job, love.â
âYouâre playing around,â you accuse with a pout, and he kneels in front of you to measure your legs and waist.
His movements are precise, slow, meticulous, and attentive. Even his gaze doesnât fall inappropriately on you, a look of respect filling his entire being, guiding him gently with that eternal mischievous smile that reminds you of Satoruâs.
âDonât give me that pout, now,â Suguru whispers as he stands up with a sigh.
Today, heâs wearing a simple white shirt under a pair of black pants and a matching blazer â perfectly tailored, of course. An unfair perfection. Among all the exes you could have had in your life, it had to be Suguru Getoâthe man with a beauty almost impossible to rival, and who clearly shows a refusal to let you go. And the worst is the still-fresh memory from the night before with the image of a half-asleep Suguru against you â you in his arms. If you loathe yourself for what happened, why does his embrace comfort you so much? If you truly hate Suguru, why do you show such weak resistance to both his gentlemanly behavior and his irresistible charm?
âAnd there we go,â Suguru announces softly with his notepad in hand. âLovely as always,â he adds with his eternal smile. âHey!â You punch him in the bicep, and he steps back, laughing.
âDonât mess with me,â you grumble, still pouting.
When was the last time this kind of situation happened?
When you two were still together.
And is forgiving him a good idea after all?
âI wasnât messing with you, love,â Suguru replies quietly. He locks his eyes with yours to capture all your attention. âYouâve always been beautiful. And that will never change, even if you turn into a slug.â He grins at your comical look of disgust.
"A slug? Youâd still choose me even if I were a slug?" you repeat, not convinced at all by his promises.
Suguru scoffs and moves closer, facing you directly. âNo matter what you are in any lifetime, it will always be you that I choose, again and again.â He slowly lifts his hand and places it on your cheek. His thumb caresses your cheekbone, and your guard weakens. His words, spoken with sincere tone, float like clouds in the dressing room-turned-sewing workshop.
You remain as vulnerable with Suguru Geto â despite years of building a fortress to avoid falling back into the state you were in years ago. Yet, you are in a massive denial, giving a semblance of change in your life. You havenât erased all feelings for Suguru. Youâve simply buried them in a corner of your heart and forgotten whereâneglecting the risk they might resurface someday.
You look up at him, your lower lip trembling. âThen why didnât you in this one?â
The question seems to catch him off guard, as his lips part and an equally vulnerable look appears on his face. Heâs about to respond when someone knocks on the door.
âMr. Geto? Are you finished?â Manamiâs voice calls from the other side, sounding slightly concerned.
You both immediately step away from each other, and the tension between you dissipates, replaced by the usual coldness.
Suguru clears his throat, runs a tired hand over his face, and pinches the bridge of his nose. âUh, yeah, yeah. You can come in, Manami.â
°°°°
Less than two hours before the main moment, you are practicing breathing exercises to calm the stress of a runway show. Youâre wearing one of the luxurious outfits designed by Suguru himself, and if that alone isnât overwhelming enough, an invisible vise is tightening around your chest, making your breathing heavy and your lungs congested.
You grimace at the sensation and groan as your heart beats more erratically than expected, and tremors run through your limbs. You canât have a panic attack now.
No.
Not when Nobara isnât by your side to help you relax.
Staying locked in a stuffy dressing room wonât help, but the very idea of stepping outside paralyzes you. You need to wait patiently for the makeup artists to finalize your look, and it only makes you more impatient and on edge.
Someone knocks at your door and asks to enter.
Suguru.
You open your mouth to utter even a sound, but anxiety wraps around your throat and chokes you. You gasp for air, your hands sweaty and cold, slipping from the back of the chair youâre clinging to, and you collapse to the floor.
The noise is enough for the door to burst open, and Suguru rushes in, dropping to one knee and taking you into his arms.
âLove, whatâs happening?â Suguru murmurs as you cling to him as if your life depends on it.
The panic attack gradually overwhelms you, and you start crying in front of him. Thank God your face is only covered with skincare, but tears are streaming down your cheeks, mingling with your grimace and your difficulty breathing.
âIâŠâ Then a hiccup takes over. You try to inhale, but as soon as your lungs fill, the air cuts off and doesnât pass through. You keep trying, but all you manage is to cry without stopping.
Suguru frowns. âYou⊠Wait.â He slides one arm under your knees and back to lift you easily and place you on a sofa. âItâs going to be okay, my love⊠Everything will be fine⊠Do the same thing I do.â
You sniffle and wipe your eyes to prevent the blurred vision from making it even harder to see Suguru helping you. He places his hand on his chest and does the same for you. âIâll count to three and you breathe in very slowly, okay? Same for exhaling,â he murmurs with all tenderness and patience. His chest rises slowly in sync after he counts to three. The air flows more smoothly now. Encouraged by this, he smiles and holds his breath. He nods for you to do the same, intertwining your fingers with his and exhaling at the same slow pace. The icy air leaves your lungs at the same time as your racing heartbeats.
For the next five minutes, a silence punctuated by controlled, rhythmic breathing fills the dressing room. You eventually manage to regain a normal breath and quell your panic attack, leaving only a few residual hiccups.
Suguru leans toward you and kisses your sweaty forehead. With your still-trembling arms, you grip his to keep him close and draw him against you, the tip of his nose brushing against your neck. The unexpected action makes him freeze, and up close, you can see goosebumps spreading over his skin. With hesitant movements towards each other, you both hold each other gently in a comforting embrace.
âSuguruâŠâ you whisper, your voice hoarse from the recent panic attack. You take the opportunity to bury your head in the crook of his neck.
He immediately welcomes your touch and affectionately kisses your cheek. âI love you, love. Do you feel better?â
His affirmation reaches your heart so strongly that, once again, tears well up and you force yourself to blink them away. Suguru notices and a worried crease forms between his eyebrows. For a moment, his chest against yours allows you to feel his racing heart. âYouââ
âIâm better,â you interrupt weakly. âThank youâŠâ
He sighs in relief and gently caresses your hair absentmindedly. His fingers weave skillfully through your strands, bringing back a memory that hits you hard: him comforting you for various reasons when you were together, that same hand resting and caressing the same spot on your head. So for once in years, you let yourself indulge in this nostalgic feeling without pushing it away.
However, you canât prevent a burning question from crossing your lips. âYou love me?â
Suguru reacts immediately. He carefully pulls away from you and helps you sit up on the sofa, wiping the dried tears from your beautiful cheeks. He smiles at your flushed face and bloodshot eyes. âOf course I love you. Iâve told you. Iâm sorry, and even if you donât accept it, Iâll do everything to make you forgive me.â He kneels in front of you. âI didnât want to break up with you because it would have broken my heart, so when I saw that my career was starting to affect our relationship and I couldnât take care of you as you deserved, I thought it would hurt less if I let you detach from me.â His shoulders shake with a sigh. âForgive me, my love. I want to make amends andââ
âBut why a second chance when the first one didnât work?â
âBecause weâre too stubborn, love.â
His words, spoken with such sincerity, reach your heart directly.
You take his face in your hands and press your lips against his. Suguru gasps slightly in surprise but quickly follows your lead, his hesitant hands sliding to your waist to deepen the contact.
Fuck.
How he missed youâŠ
With every kiss, you reclaim Suguruâs lips as if one moment without them would take away your life. They are so soft and warm, as alluring as they are addictive, making it almost impossible for your body to pull away from him. Itâs only when you feel that time seems to be passing a bit too quickly that you finally pull away from him.
âIâŠâ A semi-horrified expression pulls at your face as youâve just initiated a kiss with your exâthe one youâve been avoiding for months. You shake your head and back away, stammering, âSorry⊠That was a mistake, Iââ
Suguru utters your name in a pleading tone. âPlease⊠Iâm begging you. Give me another chance. I only need one word. One word, and Iâll stay. One word, and Iâll leave and never come back to your life.â
âYouâŠâ If youâve never been short of sharp retorts for Suguru, today is a new experience.
One word from you, and Suguru will accept your choice. For any other ex you might have had, you wouldnât have even attempted to participate or do anything that involved them. But with SuguruâŠ
âS-StayâŠâ you murmur in a broken voice, almost throwing yourself into his arms. He wraps you in his embrace and rocks you, his breath quick. âStay, SuguruâŠâ You break down, tears returning with a vengeance, flooding your face.
âI love you, sweetheart. Forgive meâŠâ And he continues to repeat these words until someone else knocks on the door.
He prepares to pull away, but you hold him back, not wanting him to leave you once more. With a swift move, he crouches and rests his forehead against yours. âI have to go. Youâre going to do great. I have no doubt, and you have no reason not to, understood?â His breath, as warm as his hands around your head, brushes your nose, and you sniffle one last time, nodding. âYouâll be perfect. Iâll watch and wait for you at the show. Youâre going to shine.â
°°°°
The lights in the hall dim, plunging the audience into darkness. A bright spotlight illuminates the runway as the music begins to resonate throughout the fashion studio, amplified by the speakers.
âHere we go⊠In three⊠two⊠oneâŠâ Manami makes a frantic arm gesture to signal the lineup of models to step onto the runway.
The first model makes her entrance, wearing a spectacular outfit that instantly captivates the audience, with audible âoooohs!â reaching even backstage where you await your turn with a suffocating pressure. You are among the last to walk, but the distinct sound of heels clicking in rhythm with your heartbeat still reaches your ears.
But there is no room for panic now that you no longer carry the weight of your past relationship with Suguru.
He will be there to admire and reassure you from afar.
Manami gives a final signal and your lineup thins, giving you the space needed to step onto the stage.
The outfits parade down the runway, each one more impressive than the last. The theme of the collection is clear: dark silhouettes adorned with sequins and stars, reminiscent of a starry night sky. Your own outfit, the centerpiece of the collection, is bound to captivate the awed spectators. The black, sparkling dress catches the light with every step, creating an illusion of a moving firmament. Murmurs of admiration fill the room first, followed by camera clicks and cheers as you appear at the first quarter of the runway.
Taking a deep breath, your heels glide as elegantly as ever down the runway. One foot in front of the other, the sole firmly planted but almost silently advancing on the runway, chin up, and a neutral expression on your face; if anyone had never heard of your modeling career, your impression answers immediately.
Your hips sway slightly from side to side in the same entrancing rhythm as the powerful beat of the music, giving an unmatched grace to your walk. Reaching the end of the runway, your gaze falls on the front row where recognizable men have their eyes fixed on you, feeling the palpable energy of the room.
The scene lasts only a second, but it feels like an eternity.
Satoru Gojo, with a smirk, hands in the pockets of his dark stylist suit, stands with his legs spread in a posture highly unflattering for a personality like his. But then again, he exudes a carefree attitude, so who would be shocked? You manage to keep your mouth from stretching into a smile thanks to Suguru Geto, whose eyes are glued to you. His obsidian irises shine with admiration, professionalism, and also pride. He gives you a knowing wink that sends a warm, pleasant wave through every corner of your abdomen.
You snap out of your trance and pause, striking an elegant pose under the camera flashes before gracefully turning around. The shimmering fabric of your dress captures the lights with every movement, creating a shower of stars around you.
As you return backstage, the music shifts, signaling the grand finale. The crowd is buzzing, applauding enthusiastically as the spotlights sweep across the stage to accentuate the dramatic effect of the starry collection. The show comes to an end several minutes later, and you notice the applause intensifying. Suguru seems to have taken the stage and begun speaking â his voice reaching every ear â and you listen intently near your pairs.
âThank you all for coming tonight. This collection has been a true labor of love, and I am honored to share it with you. Thank you also to all the wonderful people who made this possible, especially our incredible models,â Suguru declares, a wave of shared pride resonating through his speech.
The applause erupts once more, louder than ever.
°°°°
âReally?â you murmur softly, the tone as warm as Suguruâs hand on your hip. âIf I did so well in the show, donât I deserve a reward?â
He kneels in front of you, sliding his large hands along your thighs. âSo beautiful, so magnificentâŠâ Suguru continues to whisper as if in a prayer. âI love you⊠Ruin me⊠Use me and hurt me, loveâŠâ he pleads before placing a long, sweet kiss on your inner thigh.
The effect sends waves of goosebumps across your body, and desire burns in your eyes as you lower them to your desperate lover.
What better place to want to fuck your ex than during a festive reception hosted by Satoru Gojo, in one of the luxurious corridors of his many mansions? The same heavy, thick, velvet burgundy curtains brush against your back as he nuzzles between your legs like a little boy.
The gesture might seem funny and cute, but not when he slides his head under your evening dress and presses his nose against your panties. You gasp in surprise and place your hands on his head. âSugu⊠Not hereâŠâ you whisper, alarmed.
He grumbles like a displeased child, the vibration of his voice against your core increasing your sensitivity. âYouâ AhâŠâ you moan as he plants a kiss on your already swollen clit.
âI love you, sweetheart⊠I love you so muchâŠâ Suguru keeps repeating these words that make you melt. He shifts your underwear with his index finger, finally gaining access to your core. He starts with a chaste kiss on your damp folds and hums in contentment, as he catches the first drop of your juices. âTastes sâgood, babyâŠâ
Your moans intensify under his agile tongue as it licks and laps at your swollen, wet folds. Your teeth sink into your lower lip, forcing you to gasp. âSuguruâŠâ You groan as he focuses on your throbbing bundle of nerves this time. He gently sucks on it, coaxing more juices from you, and this has the effect of drawing whimpers from your lips. If you were already struggling like mad to keep quiet, Suguru always loves to tease you and he gently inserts a finger into you. Your walls clench around it as if afraid he might pull it out. Unfortunately, pleasure comes far too quickly. With only a few long, slow thrusts inside you, your fingers find their way into his dark strands. âIâm going toââ
âCum for me, my love,â he murmurs between flicks of his tongue.
You pray that no one can see or hear you, letting the knot in your stomach that was holding back your orgasm finally release. It bursts onto Suguruâs mouth, who doesnât waste a single second in collecting your juices until the last drop, all while you moan in pleasure.
He finally pulls his hands and head from under your dress, panting in the same ragged rhythm as you, a satisfied smile on his lips. âI love you,â he murmurs for the umpteenth time.
A slightly exhausted smile from the intense sensation lights up your face, and before you can even respond, Suguru scoops you into his arms and nearly runs to one of the luxurious bedrooms in the Gojo mansion.
He locks the door and gently lays you on the mattress. Within seconds, you take charge, removing Suguruâs pants and teasing his bulge with the tips of your fingers. You smile mischievously and giggle.
Suguru shivers at your touch and props himself up on his elbows, weak as he is for you. âSweetheartââ But you catch him off guard by pulling down his boxer, exposing his twitching erection. âOh GodâŠâ He almost rolls his eyes as your hand administers a few gentle strokes. âI love you⊠I love you⊠I love you⊠I love youâŠâ he repeats in a plea in the dim light of the room.
Your fingers wrap around his base as you lower your head just to kiss his sensitive, reddened tip. âWhat, baby? Is it too much for you? Youâre already so hard fâmeâŠâ And he doesnât have time to protest as you go slowly, for he might not last. He smiles slyly as you lick the bead of pre-cum that escapes his length.
âDamn, princess⊠Iâm not gonna lastâŠâ he hisses, his chest rising and falling at a rapid pace. He lets out a sigh, his muscles tensing under your hands. You run a thick band with the flat of your tongue along his dick, and he grits his teeth. âTeaseâŠâ
You raise an eyebrow. âOh really? Letâs see about thatâŠâ Your lips part around him, taking him fully into your mouth. As soon as his tip hits the back of your throat, he lets out a groan. âSorryâŠâ
Your hands slip to graze his balls and caress his thighs. With a motion of your head, you suck him, your tongue swirling around his tip and veins. âLove, Iââ And with a twitch of his cock, he signals that heâs about to cum. He shudders and groans, moaning your name. His cheeks flush, and you take the opportunity to tease him. He gives in and lets his release paint your mouth white. Without wasting any time, you swallow the warm substance and pull his cock from your mouth, a string of saliva mixed with his cum linking your lips to him.. The sight of your lover in a messy, submissive state sends a shiver down your own spine.
He regains his breath, rising onto his knees, unuttons his white shirt, and tosses it into a corner at the foot of the bed. Suguruâs hands settle on your hips, pulling at the fabric to undress you completely. Your panties are just as damp as when he ate you out. Your bra quickly joins his discarded clothing, and he seals his lips with yours as if itâs the last thing he needs to do in his life. He gently flips you onto your back on the bed.
Your hands move sensually across his chest to settle on his shoulders, maintaining a grip, while Suguruâs hands grasp the back of your thighs and slowly detach his lips to press them against the side of your neck where your pulse races. He marks a hickey in that exact spot and revels in the moan you produce.
âSuguru, please⊠I need youâŠâ you plead into his ear, you aching clit grazing his hard cock, and he clenches his jaw to avoid holding you too tightly in his arms. Hasnât he dreamed for years of having you like this, in his arms, begging him to please you?
âAnthing for my princess,â he coos, his lips curling. Gently, he wraps your legs around his waist and maintains eye contact with you. One of his hands grabs his dick and teases your needy cunt with the tip to collect droplets of your wetness. âStill so wet?â Then your blush is enough to make him burst into laughter. You pout, and he purrs. âAwww⊠Iâm going to give you what you wantâŠâ
With utmost care, his tip parts your folds and slowly pushes into you, finding its way deep inside your hot, dripping pussy. Breathing between his teeth, Suguru closes his eyes for a moment and hisses. âDamn, youâre so fucking tightâŠâ He pants for a few seconds before resuming his movements as you moan for him to go further. âFuck, princess⊠taking me so well⊠Like you were made for me since startâŠâ
âSuguruâŠâ You moan, your nails digging into the flesh of his shoulders. The pressure his cock exerts makes it hard for your pussy not to react and tighten with each of his slow thrusts as you adjust. âThatâs it, my love⊠Youâre doing so wellâŠâ He whispers in your ear. His hands grip your hips, helping you find the right space for both of you as he sinks into you, your pretty walls clenching around him deliciously. He lets out a whimper of your name and hits that sweet spot deep inside, making you twitch beneath him.
"Again⊠Please⊠Suguââ But another sound of pleasure escapes you as he slowly increases his pace inside you. His length twitches between your gummy, tight walls. âSo deep⊠So goodâŠâ you murmur with a pleasure-filled wince. âI love you⊠I love youâŠâ
Words hit Suguru like a punch to the stomach, and he almost has tears in his eyes. He doesnât stop bucking his hips into you and nuzzles his head in the crook of your neck. âBabyâŠâ you whisper, your fingers tangled in his hair, pleasure all for you now. He nods, and his hand snakes to your clit, rubbing it in circles. âSuguru⊠Iâm closeâŠâ you squeal as he continues to pound into you until you see stars and your cunt contracts around his length, your toes curling.
His seed paints your walls white, a warm, gentle sensation spreading through your lower abdomen, Suguru groaning into your neck, his teeth biting into the flesh of your trapezius. He slightly lifts his head, panting heavily, and presses his lips to your ear. âI donât want to see you on anyone elseâs arm, okay? Not even Satoru.â
You nod and giggle, trying to catch your breath, your eyelids closed and exhausted from the aftermath of intense pleasure. âJealous, hmm?â
âYes. And very possessive, love,â he affirms in a strained voice. âWill you forgive me?â he adds with a glimmer of doubt in his eyes. He withdraws from you and lies down beside you, attentive to any signs of discomfort.
âFor a long time, Suguru,â you affirm, yawning.
âOh.â He raises his eyebrows in surprise. âCan I ask since when?â
âSince the hotel.â
Suguru buries his head between your bare breasts and closes his eyes with a sigh. âI see. I owe that to Nobara. What do you think would make her happy?â he asks in a casual tone.
Suddenly, itâs like gears are turning in your brain, and your fingers, which were caressing his hair moments ago, freeze.
âWHAT?â
And Suguruâs laughter echoes throughout the room.
a/n: finally! i'm relieved that i've finished this fic (promised from far months now...) well, i hope you'll enjoy it! <3
tags: @ssetsuka @zara-zara11 @bearwithmoo @alwaysfreakingout @mutsu422 @lymsfm
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Oscar but with a very dear-like girlfriend (she's very shy, skittish and very rare to see on social media because she avoids the cameras like the plague)
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* â§â àšà§ â Bambi
Oscar Piastri x Fem!reader
Summary: Based of the requestâđ»
Genre: Fluff and a little bit of SMAU
Fc: Kathryn Bernardo
Note: there are some grammar errors and i am sorry if i just answered this request now, i was finishing some of my og works in my draft soo i hope you enjoyed this!!.
â©âË.ââŸââșâ⧠â My Masterlist
âââââââ â âčâș đâ
Ëâđ â âââââââ
The bustling city roared with excitementâ the mix of music and chatters filled the lively streets. Within that, two friends were walking amongst the crowd when they suddenly spotted one particular driver that was walking at the side with a girl?
With nerves that fueled both their curiosity and joy, they slowly approached the couple with smiles that stretched across their faces.
One of them lightly tapping Oscarâs shoulder making the couple turn around to completely face the two. âUhm hi, me and my friend saw you guys and were wondering to get a picture?âshe spoke, some of her words came out stuttered.
Before answering, Oscar looked back at youâ his eyes curling into questionable ones,âIs that alright with you my love?â He asked, his tone soft and gentle. Like he always have with you.
âYeah baby itâs fineâ you muttered, your voice barely audible, but was loud enough for him to hear.
Oscar knew how anxious and shy you get whenever there are others; it was a habit you developed when you were small that came with you throughout adulthood. Luckily you met a guy who was willingly patient for you to open up.
And you were forever grateful for that.
The two friends looked at awe at their relationship, their eyes shined with adoration, but their minds still processing the new found information.
It was never said or announced that Oscar had a girlfriendâ she was also rarely seen in both the media and the paddock. So they were shock to see a girl that nestled close to his embrace.
Oscar coughed, getting the attention of the two, he smiled at them and answered back politely, âyeah sure, we can take a picture.â
The two girls squealed with happiness as they put out their phone and took one or two shots of pictures.
After that, the friends thanked them both and let them to enjoy the lively city.
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Randm_girlie OMFG JS MET THE OSCAR PIASTRI (I still canât believe it)
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Username1 WAIT WHO IS HE WITH
Username2 wth who is she!?!!
Username3 Does @Mclaren know abt this!
Username4 EWWW WTF
Username5 Iâve not seen her in the paddock
Randm_girlie CHILL GUYS, itâs his gf and sheâs very pretty in personđ
Username6 ohh gross
Username7 js like u??
Username8 WAIT I JUST SAW HER INSTA
Username9 damn that fast?
Username8 Itâs @Just.yn but itâs private
Username16 saw them once, theyâre perfect
Username17 SHES NICE ASF AND GETS VERY SHY I LOVE HER
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With that single pictureâ the two of you have been the talk of the social. People from his circle and friend group asked numerous times who you were and whether or not the rumors were true.
They were honestly begging for details.
âMy baby is so famousâ, Oscar joked, his hand sliding up to caress your cheeks.
You playfully rolled your eyes and pouted, âNot funny osc, you know how i hate attention.â
Oscar let out a few giggle and pinched your cheeks. âToo late baby, youâre just too adorable that people are so interested in you.â
âShould i be jealous?â He added, his face jokingly shifted into a shock.
You happily laughed back at his antics. The two of you sharing a laugh as you guys joked around some more.
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Oscarpiastri Compilation of me and her (this is the closest you will get to seeing her pictures)
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Username10 SHES SO PRETTY WHAT
Username11 R U GATEKEEPING HER SIR??
Oscarpiastri yes sheâs mine forever
Username12 CAN SHE BE MINE
Oscarpiastri uhm no.
Username13 Admin come get ur boy
Landonorris No wonder you donât hangout with me anymoređ
Oscarpiastri sheâs way better ngl
Username14 BRUTALđ
Username15 WAIT SHE KINDA FINE
Oscarpiastri KINDA??? Girl please sheâs hella fine
McLaren We need to teach you some selfcontrolâșïž
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I hope i did it okay?? Idk it felt offđ„čđ„č
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Obsessed
Pairing: Pro-hero!Bakugo Katsuki x Reader
Summary: Bakugo is obsessed with your ex and itâs driving you up a wall (Inspired by Olivia Rodrigoâs song Obsessed)
Word Count: 4.2k
Warnings: Smut, 18+
A/N: a few weeks ago I saw a post that was about this same concept, and I couldnât find it to link it here unfortunately. I just thought it fit so well with him that I wanted to write my own take on it. Also this is just comedy, obviously his behavior in this would be problematic in real life so Iâm definitely not condoning his obsession.
Minors DNI
Bakugo Katsukiâs eyes danced from cover to cover of every one of the magazines stocked in the stand at the convenience store he regularly stopped at after work. Each one baring a hero with advertisements of their interview inside. He noticed that some of his friends had even made the cover, notably Shitty Hairâs and Racoon Eyeâs engagement announcement and a magazine that Dunce Face had recently modeled for.
But there was one specific cover he was glaring at.
His hands crackled.
Fuck it.
He hadnât hesitated any longer before grabbing the magazine and staring at it with scrutinizing eyes.
Fucking Hawks
That fucking asshole was on the cover of another magazineâ as if the other million with him on it wasnât good enough.
He rifled through the pages, landing on the one that the cover said his interview would be on. It wasnât one, or two, but four fucking pages long.
He read it furiously, eyes bouncing from each and every word.
âWhat would you say is the most rewarding part of your hero work?â
Who gives a crap.
âHow have you learned to balance fame with being a hero?â
Absolute shit question.
âEveryone knows you have a large female fanbase, so weâre all curious to know why you think that is?â
Because theyâre all fucking idiots with shit taste, thatâs why.
âAbout two years ago you were part of a pretty big scandal when you were seen leaving your agency hand in hand with a hooded woman. Now that some time has passed are you willing to admit that sheâs your girlfriend?â
No she was his fucking girlfriend, not that fucking asshole pretty boysâ
The magazine blew up in his hands.
âHey!â The store clerk yelled at the hero, âI donât care if youâre a hero, you have to pay for that! What kind of business do you think Iâm running!?â
âHAH!?â Bakugo puffed up his chest with a sneer as he stormed up to the counter, âMAYBE YOU SHOULDNâT KEEP SHIT MAGAZINES HERE IF YOU DONâT WANT THEM BLOWN UP! GET SOME BETTER SHIT! IâM OUTTA HERE!â He yelled furiously at the man before storming out of the store and slamming the door shut, shattering its glass.
The clerk ran up to the door in a rage, screaming something or other at the hero as he stormed down the sidewalk angrily.
Heâd probably need to find a new convenience store.
Bakugo continued to stomp his way down the sidewalk as he walked to your apartment. He shoved his hand into his pocket and pulled his phone out, pulling up google.
He found his fingers quickly tapping away at the screen.
Hawks
Picture after picture of that stupid hero came up and his finger swiped through each one as he sneered at his stupid face that even Bakugo couldnât deny was objectively attractiveâ not to mention he had this air of coolness around him, making every single goddamned thing he did seem effortless.
Bakugo was seething, passerbyâs staring at him in fear as they watched him silently rage on such a beautiful, clear day.
Before he knew it, he was standing in front of your door, shoving the spare key under the mat into the lock.
âHey, Kat!â You chirped, looking over at him from the kitchen, âHow was work?â
âFine,â he grumbled, walking over to you and taking a peak at the dinner you were cooking. Looked like chicken soup but knowing you and your cooking skills it was probably some amalgamation of whatever was in your fridge. âCouldnât fuckin wait an hour?âhe grumbledâ he wouldâve cooked for you if you werenât so damn impatient.
âYou were taking too long,â you whined, throwing some celery into the pot. âI got hungry.â
He grunted, reaching for your hips and turning you into him, slamming his lips into yours.
Hawks probably used to kiss you more gentlyâ he could just picture him seducing you into kissing him, making you chase for it.Â
Not Bakugo. No, if he wanted to kiss you then he was going to fucking kiss you.
You pulled away breathlessly, a hairs breadth away from him, âWhoaâ what was that for?â
He stared down at you with hooded eyes.
He was better than Hawks.
He could even prove it.
He turned the stove off and picked you up, throwing you over his shoulder.
âHeyâ what are you doing!â You yelped, kicking your legs.Â
âBedroom,â he grunted.
âBut what about dinner?âÂ
âIâll fix whatever mess you started in there later. Iâm making sure you work up a real appetite.â
* * * *
Bakugoâs hips smacked against your ass sharply, balls hitting your clit with every thrust, each slap louder than your muffled moans in the pillow you clung to for dear life.
One hand gripped the headboard as his other gripped your hip in a bruising hold. He stared at you, hunched over your trembling body as tears clung to your lashes.
Hawks couldnât fuck you like thisâ no damn way.Â
But what if he couldâ he technically was the number two hero, while Bakugo was still stuck at number 15.
What if he fucked you better?
The thought had Bakugo fisting your hair and pulling you up, freeing your pleasured moans and cries.
âK-Katâ ah, fuckââ
Did you even mean to say his name? What if you really meant to say Hawksââ what if you meant Hawks every single time you ever said his name?
âTell me youâre mine,â he grunted.
ââM yoursâ all yours Katâ only yours,â you babbled uselessly. Heâd be lying if it wasnât one of his favorite things about you in bed, given any sort of prompt and you just ran with it.Â
âWho fucks you this good?â
âY-you! You do!â You fuck me so good Katâah- best cock Iâve ever hadââ
He growled, wrapping his arms around you and hoisting you up, now fucking up into you as he held you against him, head lolling on his shoulder.
He bit down on your neck hard, making you cry out as he started sucking on it, sure to leave a nasty hickey behind.
Maybe Hawks would see. He knew neither of you even talked anymore but what if heâs just on patrol, sees you, decides to say hi, and finds that dark bruise right on your neck, sucked raw.
The thought had him bouncing you faster against him, his muffled groans into your neck sounding with your high pitched cries of his name.
He wound his hand down to your clit and rubbed back and forth furiously.
âOh fuckââ you sobbed, body arching and trying to get away, but he tightened his arm around you and held you in place.
âCum pretty girl, cum around the best fucking cock youâve ever taken.â
You came with a shrill cry, grasping for any part of him you could hold onto.
He came soon after, inside.Â
He knew he shouldnât but something about cumming in you sated whatever beast was inside him.
You whined as you slumped into his arms, weak and shaky.
âYou promised Kat.â
âCouldnât help it.â
âThen youâre wearing condoms again.â You huffed as he lowered you down on your side of the bed.
He tsked, âGo on birth control.â
âIâm not fucking with my hormones.â
âDamn woman,â he growled, laying beside you, âIâll get you a plan B, just quit your whining.â
âYouâre wearing a condom next time.â
âYeah yeah, fine.â
âAnd go make dinner.â
He pulled you against him, your body curling against him with your head on his chest. âIn a second. Lemme catch my breath and help clean you up first.â
You huffed but nuzzled against him.Â
He liked having you curled up against him but he couldnât deny there was an ulterior motive to him âcatching his breathâ.
He just really loved the fact that you were laying with his cum dripping out of you right now.
Not Hawksâs cumâ Katsukiâs
The rest of the night went as it routinely did for the most part. He fixed the mess of the soup you were working on before eating you out and making you cum three times then fucking you for a second time⊠then a third time.
And when you thought he was finally done, you went to shower and get on with your shower routine only for him to walk in half way through your shower with his dick hard again.
He fucked you for a fourth time.
All with a condom.
âSeven times,â  you breathed as your head hit the pillow. âYou made me cum seven times tonight.â
Your limbs were sore, Bakugo had to carry you to bed. Your legs were basically useless now.Â
âWhatâs gotten into you tonightâ itâs only a Tuesday.â
Marathonâs like these werenât exactly out of the norm, but tonight felt so unprompted.Â
He grunted, turning on his side and pulling you against his chest, clinging to you like a Koala.
âIâm not allowed to want to fuck my girlfriend?â He murmured into your hair.
âNo⊠just felt out of no where thatâs all.â
âWhat? You didnât like it?â He growled defensively.
You rolled your eyes, slotting your legs with his. Everything was always so dramatic with him, âNo I liked it. Best cock Iâve ever had, remember?â You snickered.
His arms tightened around you⊠now he was thinking of the other cock youâve taken.
âBetter than the birds?â
âOh my god,â you hissed, annoyance dripping from every word, âReally Katsuki? This again?â
âWhat? Itâs a simple fucking question.â
âYes. Your cocks better than Keigoâs. Happy now?â
Silence filled the room. You thought maybe he dropped it and you closed your eyes.
âAre you just saying that to shut me up?â
âKat,â you snapped, eyes opening again. âDrop it. Iâve already told you everything about that relationship. Just move the fuck onâ I already have.â
He was silent once again.
âDo you still have his number in your phone?â
You cursed to yourself⊠this was going to be a longer night than you thought.
* * * *
Bakugo stared out the window as you snored lightly in your sleep, burying his nose in your freshly washed hair.
He couldnât sleep knowing he was laying in the same spot Hawks once had.
Did he used to hold you just like this too?
When you mentioned your ex in past conversations he had thought nothing of it. You were a civilian, your life was normal, he always figured this ex you mentioned was some boring ass nine to five guy that put the most generic shit in a dating profile like âFavorite Hobby: Travelingâ.
Of course Bakugo would be better than that guy.
Come to find out you were in a long term relationship with the number fucking two hero.
What the fuck was it about you that attracted high ranking heroes of all people.Â
Like yeah you were cool and fun and magnetic and didnât take shit from anyoneâ you were even able to go head to head with him in a screaming match which shouldnât have been as attractive as he found it. Not to mention how fucking hot you wereâŠ
Okay fine, Bakugo thought you were goddamned perfect any man would be a fucking idiot if they didnât find you any less than perfect like he did.
But still.
Number fucking two.
Hawks had always been cool and collected, saving people every day without lifting a finger. He dominated the skies and had a trail of girls drooling after him. The media loved himâ everyone loved him.
Bakugo on the other hand⊠not so much. How could you go from someone like Hawks to Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight.
From number two to number 15.
One day he would become number one but he still wasnât quite there yet.
Ever since he found out he had found himself thinking of the hero more than he ever had before. Hawks dominated every second of his life.
Is he still friends with your friends? Is he good in bed? Do you ever think about him? Is he easy-going? Not controlling like Bakugo sometimes could be?
Oh god.
He had issues.
* * * *Â
âYâknow they were in love,â Bakugo practically gagged.
Kirishima side eyed his friend.
He was seriously over talking about Hawks every single time he patrolled with Bakugo.
âIsnât she in love with you now?â
âThatâs what she says,â he grumbled.
âYou donât believe her?â
âNo, I believe her. I just think sheâs confused.â
He was really starting to lose it, huh?
âDonât you think,â Kirishima started, choosing his next words carefully as he waved at a little kid they walked by, elbowing Bakugo to do the same. âItâs unhealthy to think about your girlfriendâs ex this much? Itâs been like two years since they broke up hasnât it?â
â19 months and three days.â
Oh boy.
âOkay⊠have you tried talking to her about your obsessionââ
âITâS NOT A FUCKING OBSESSION!â He suddenly exploded, hands crackling. âWHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP SAYING THAT!â
Kirishima didnât even flinch as he screamed, instead offering an apologetic smile to the civilians on the sidewalk. âMaybe because you started asking how he is in bed after you two had sex?â
âSHUT UP SHITTY HAIR, NO ONE ASKED YOU!â
âSo you havenât talked to her then?â
Bakugo growled in response.
âMaybe talk to him?â
Bakugo looked over at his friend, eyes wide as he watched Kirishima walk beside him with his arms crossed behind his head, staring up at the sky. âTalk to Hawks?â
The idea had never struck him before.
âYeah. Maybe you just need to meet him. Youâve probably just built up this grand image of him that the media keeps perpetuatingâ he might not be as perfect as you think, they always did say never to meet your heroes.â
Meet Hawks.
Meet Hawks.
Yeahâ he could do that.
Bakugo was suddenly blasting away from his friend.
âHey! Weâre still doing a job you know!?âÂ
âIâm working by myself today!â He called out behind him.
Bakugo was on a mission.
He was going to meet Hawks and give him a piece of his mind.
The hero was often spotted perching on rooftops, miles away from his agency as any villain with a brain would know better than to commit a crime right by a hero agencyâ Hawksâs agency especially.
So Bakugo found himself bounding from rooftop to rooftop, searching the skies for that damn birdâ he was also keeping an eye on the city, he was still a hero with a job after all.
But as the sun started to set, Bakugo grew restless, finally deciding to take a break and lay on one of the many rooftops he landed on.
No damn sign of him.
Of course heâd be hard to catch, his whole schtick was being fast.
Bakugoâs eyes narrowed at a cloud that reminded him of bird wings. He wondered if you two ever got up to weird sexual shit with those stupid wings.
His chest felt so damn tight every time he thought of him, like he could explode at any second.
He knew so much useless crap about him now that he read and watched practically every single interview of his.
He was a Capricorn.
His blood type was B.
He was 5â7â and 3/4.
His favorite food was chickenâ goddamn cannibal.
He wondered if that was why you were in the habit of cooking chicken for dinner most nights.
You were together for two and a half years, that was a long time to spend with someone. What mannerisms have you picked up from him that he always believed were yours?
He pulled out his phone and pulled up Hawksâs instagram, scrolling through perfect photo after perfect photo of him and reading his replies to fan comments.
Damn bird probably didnât even run his own account.
He tapped on his tags, scrolling down to one of the many photos that haunted him.
He remembered the news at the time, headlines reading âPro-Hero Hawks Has A Girlfriendâ and âSorry Ladies, This Hero is Takenâ.
At the time he couldnât give less of a shit, but now.
It was all he could fucking think about.
He stared at the photo of Hawks dragging a hooded woman by the hand out of his agency. He scrolled and stared at the second photo of him grinning down at the woman.
It was you all right.
There werenât any other pictures of the two of you out in public and it irked him. It was like an itch that couldnât be scratched as he wondered just how the two of you looked together in your relationship.
Did you have any pictures of the two of you in your phone?
That was when the sunlight was completely blocked, blanketing him in shadow.
He lowered his phone and his quirk nearly blew up the device.
Fucking Hawks.
His eyes followed the bird as he perched on a telephone pole near the rooftop.
âThere a reason youâre lounging on a roof, hero?â Hawks asked with an amused smirk.
Bakugo only staredâ was this real or had he actually lost his mind now?
He raised a brow at his silence, tilting his head, reminding Bakugo of an owl. âYou didnât get hit by a quirk or something did you?â
He suddenly had no idea what to sayâ he hadnât actually planned anything out to begin with. He figured his mouth would take over like usual and heâd go from there.
âWait, I know you,â he suddenly snapped his fingers, âYouâre that hero Dynamight.â
âTHATâS GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GOD DYNAMIGHT TO YOU.â
Hawks blinked at the outburst before he barked out a laugh.
âWHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT BIRD BRAIN!?â He shouted, stomping his way over to the edge of the roof.
âNothing, nothing,â he laughed, waving his hand, âThatâs a great name.â
âARE YOU MAKING FUN OF ME!â He screamed again, throwing his hand up and blasting off an explosion straight at Hawks.
Hawksâs eyes widened as he quickly darted upwards, missing the attack. âYâknow Iâm pretty sure weâre supposed to be on the same side,â he called out, watching Bakugo as he seethed.
âSame side my ass,â he growled under his breath, âIs my girlfriendâs number still in your phone!?â
âYour girlfriend?â Hawks scoffed, âI donât know whoâs been lying to you but I can promise I donât have your girlfriendâs numberââ
â(Y/N) (L/N)!â
Hawksâs face fell, âYouâre dating (Y/N)?â
âYES I AM, YOU STUPID BIRD.â
âAlright fine,â he shrugged, âI guess I do have your girlfriendâs number.â
Bakugo screamed as he hurled blast after blast at Hawks, to which he swiftly dodged each and every one.
He stopped, panting as he searched the sky for him as the smoke cleared, only to find the man standing in front of him.
âIs there a reason youâre trying to kill me? (N/N) moan my name while you two fucked or something?â
A fierce rage boiled in him at the nickname, âDONâT CALL HER THAT!âÂ
He began shooting more and more explosions at him.
Hawks tsked.
What a botherâ were you really dating this guy?
He sent his feathers straight at Bakugo, each one catching onto any piece of fabric it could without slicing him and another set of feathers sliding off his gauntlets.
He had Bakugo pinned against the rooftop, palms against the concrete.
Hawks walked through the smoke, staring down at the struggling, screaming man with an unamused expression.
He kneeled down. âYouâre aware we broke up like two years ago.â He said flatly, this was so ridiculous, he could barely remember what happened the last time he talked to you.
â19 months and three days,â he spat.
âWhoa,â his eyes widened before a grin tugged on his lips, âYou have issues huh?â He only laughed as Bakugo continued to scream at him. âYou also know sheâs the one that broke up with me, right?â
âOf course she did! Because youâre a fucking dumbass who canât fuck!â
âCanât fuck? She tell you that? Because I remember her telling me something very different.â
Bakugo saw red, now thinking about you moaning about Hawksâs dick the same way you moaned about his.
He sighed, standing up and crossing his arms over his chest. âYâknow⊠itâs been quite a while since Iâve seen her. And I suppose I should cut your rampage short. Letâs go on a little trip.â
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You hummed, dancing around your kitchen while you cooked. Bakugo was late, but that was fine, he probably got held up with hero work.
You knew heâd probably yell at you for cooking dinner without him again but you were sticking to a chicken dish that you had perfected so he could complain all he wanted while eating his deliciously seasoned chicken.
There was a knock at your door.
âOne second!â You called out, quickly washing your hands. It was probably the landlord again.
You turned your music off, humming as you skipped over to the door and opened it.
Your smile immediately fell.
Keigo fucking Takami leaned against the wall across your door with your boyfriend, who was currently wrapped up in a bandage capture weapon from his ankles to his mouth, being floated by Keigoâs feathers.
âItâs come to my attention that youâve lost something,â He coolly stated with one of those grins you used to see on almost a daily basis.
Bakugo was screaming into the bandage around his mouth, not a single word coming out coherently.
Your head fell as you pinched the bridge of your nose, âFor the love of God please tell me Iâm being pranked.â You groaned.
âNot today sweetheart.â
More screaming ensued. âAlright,â you huffed, âCome in I guess.â You moved to the side, Bakugo being floated into the room first with Hawks following behind, and his two gauntlets floating in afterwards.
Hawks looked around the familiar space, âYou redecorated,â he stated calmly, before noticing your neck, âAnd that looks painful,â he pointed to the ridiculous hickey your boyfriend left on you the night before. He went over to the couch and placed Bakugo down, his feathers finally rejoining his wings.
He immediately rolled off, hitting the ground with a thud as he struggled.
Hawks quirked an eyebrow at him before looking back to you, âDynamight huh? Little hero magnet arenât ya?â
You shrugged, âSeems soâ this one keeps my hands a bit more full though.â
âJust wait till he finds out about the other hero you dated.â
Bakugo struggled more, smacking his head against the coffee table.
âHeâs fucking with you Kat!â You called out, walking over to him, now standing above your restrained boyfriend, âThere was no other heroâ do you have to rile him up even more?â You snapped at Keigo.
He only shrugged, âHe tried killing me so I think thatâs fair.â
You groaned, âIâm really sorry about that. Iâm gonna talk to him tonight.â
He hummed, âNothing I couldnât handle. You look good by the way, itâs nice seeing you doing well after all this time.â
âYeah, you too,â you grinned, âHero work going well? I see you on the news almost every day.â
âBetter than ever.â He smiled, âIâll let you attend to him though, I think he needs the attention.â
You rolled your eyes, âThanks.â You said leading him to the door, âAnd thank you for bringing him here, Iâm sorry again for any trouble he caused.â
âSâalright,â he said, shoving his hands in his pockets, âI do have one question though,â he turned, facing you in the doorway, âDid you really tell him I canât fuckâ?â
âGood night Keigo,â you slammed the door in his face.
You walked back over to your boyfriend, watching him roll back and forth between the couch and coffee table as he struggled with the capture weapon.
âOh Kat,â you sighed, âWhat am I gonna do with you?â
You sat on the couch, leaning down and yanking the bandage from his mouth.
He said nothing.
You raised a brow, âReally? You had a fuck ton to say when he was here,â you crossed your arms over your chest.
âYou were flirting,â he grumbled.
âYou tried to kill him? Really? You donât realize how fucking psychotic that is?â
â⊠He called you sweetheart.â
âOkay,â you snapped, âThis has got to stop Kat. Honestly it seems like youâre more into Keigo than me.â
âThatâs absolute fucking bullshit, and you know it. Iâm only obsessed with him because of you.â
âSo you admit youâre obsessed?â
âWhat!? No!âIâ shut up you fucking idiot!â He screamed, rolling on the floor again to try and break free.
âOkay, how are we gonna remedy this? What can I do to help you get over this? Therapy?â
He stopped, staring at the ceiling, â⊠Lemme send him a picture of my dick in your pussy.â
âAbsolutely out of the question.â You stated, utterly unamused.
âSucking me off?â
âNope.â
âEating you out?â
âTry again.â
âMirror pic of us in doggy?â
âKatâ⊠actually I can deal with thatâ but only if you agree to talk to a therapist. I love you Kat so Iâm really gonna need you to drop this obsession with my ex or Iâm gonna have a new one.â
âFine!â He barked. âDoggy and a therapist.â
You nodded, âDoggy and a therapistâ and did you pick up that plan B like you said you would?â
ââŠdamn it.â
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Keigo Takami: âThanks. I almost forgot what she looked like in that positionâ
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(Y/N): Idk what you said but Iâm begging you to stop riling him up. Thereâs only so much screaming I can take in one nightÂ
Keigo Takami: Good luck sweetheart, Iâm sure youâre doing a lot more screaming than he is anyway ;)
(Y/N): Bastard
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Hey everyone, so a very dear friend of mine (aka the Mikey in my life) has been raising money for a life changing surgery and I've been helping where I can by taking on private commissions with all proceeds going to her fund.
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Emerges from my cave to announce I have created a new sophont
Tentatively calling swimslugs for now, as their designs mostly draw from mollusc anatomy. These small, colorful creatures dwell on a high gravity world dominated by shallow golden seas. Electrical engineering came early in their history, inspired by the ability of some of their native animals to generate electrical currents⊠and their own natural electroreception. The last few centuries have been peaceful and prosperous; their myriad cultures emphasize an exchange of art, culture, and friendly competition to sport the tackiest color schemes imaginable. Due to the high gravity of their world and their own physical limitations as aquatic creatures, swimslugs have a very limited history of aviation and have been generally uninterested in space travel, despite having been digital penpals with another group of sophonts for generations nowâŠ
On their biology:
Swimslug life relies on symbioses with two different organisms: a worm and a sessile âtunicateâ. The worm (also simply referred to as an âarmâ) is functionally a parasite; biting into the flank under the gills of its host early in life and fusing with its nervous and circulatory systems. This union allows the swimslug to develop fine motor control over the untethered end of the worm by adolescence. Most swimslugs only host a single arm; two or more become difficult for most individuals to acclimate to and can lead to health issues. Many genetic and cybernetic variations of the arm are available in the current era. The âtunicateâ (I will refer to as the Vase) is essential to swimslug reproduction; all parents spawn into the Vase to ensure a safe shelter and a steady current of oxygenated water for the developing offspring. The average swimslug has at least two fathers; the hybridization of multiple sets of gametes is essential to the proper development of their species. Family groups often consist of the egg layer, her family Vase (these can last for generations), and a 3 or 4 mates, though the particulars vary enormously by culture. Their eggs have a relatively low hatch rate; unviable eggs are consumed by surviving larvae shortly after hatching. The Vases themselves periodically produce free swimming larvae that are affectionately kept around dwellings as pets.
Swimslugs communicate by grinding and clacking modified stomach-teeth, as well as percussing on the adjacent âoil-sacâ organ that also serves to regulate buoyancy and store energy. They come in a dazzling variety of colors owing to both their complex hybridizations and genetic engineering. Cosmetic nanobots applied to their slime coats enhance their appearance by functioning as artificial chromatophores.
And thatâs the gist of em! Many thanks to @nknatteringly for all the idea pitching and bouncing in their early development, wouldnât have felt half as inspired without ya. Not sure how much further Iâll develop these guys, they exist mostly as a fun diversion to contrast the gritty, low-tech world of the birgs and a love letter to all the sparkly stuff I liked as a kid.
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controversially young girlfriend, lewis hamilton.
summary : the media crticizes y/n and lewis when they start dating due to their significant age gap. faceclaim : tyla a/n : been in the drafts for awhileeee also this is lowkey rly short so lmk if u want part 2?
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lewishamilton we had decent race pace today but wasn't enough to convert a win. we will evaluate what mistakes we made and we will come back stronger
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justanichident oh how i love britcedes
user89 still and will always be a legend
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y/nusername had the best time in brazil love you all ! đ§đ·
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y/nusername in light of all the backlash on online that both i and lewis have recieved i have decided to take a break from social media. i will be back but for now this is goodbye. i love you all sm see you soon <3
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Secrets
Logan sargeant x reader
Face claim Olivia Rodrigo
Word count Long
Warning Lando being annoying, not proofread (so maybe some spelling mistakes), Me not really knowing how to describe racing IN a race.
Summary Everyone thinks Logan is single, he isnât. They also think he is a bad driver. He proves both of them wrong.
A/N this was kind of based of the Canada GP, but I changed a few things about it (you will notice) to fit the plot. âŠâŠâŠ.I wrote the last part in the middle of the night, so it either wonât make sense, or there will be a lot of spelling mistakes (I think the last one). But I donât really have time to edit it and ehm I do it will be next week so you will have to do with this. âŠâŠâŠâŠâŠAlso one of my favs so far writtenâŠ
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User3 I love you!
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User7 anyone see Logan in the likes?!
User8 OMG YES! I SAW THE SAME THING!
User9 itâs probably because she is a famous American singer. And he followed her even before he got into f1 so he could just be a fan and if you look back he has liked almost all posts
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Being in a relationship with someone can be beautiful. And Y/n would know. The only thing that is annoying about it is when you have to keep it secret. And not that they HAVE to keep it secret, they just do. And if you are asking who is âtheyâ well itâs Logan and Y/n.
They love each other, they really do. But with her being a famous singer and him being a driver that is⊠struggling. So at the beginning of their relationship they decided to keep it a secret. Of course not from everyone, their family knew, Y/n team, Loganâs team (only a selected few by both). But the world, the fans? They had no clues. They didnât even know they had partners. But they liked it like this. And they were going to continue like this for a long time⊠or that was the plan.
And that was all ruined when someone (Logan) couldnât help but like the others post. So people begin speculating.
And at first they just said it was a celebrity crush, which they then kept rolling with. So the world and the other drivers al thought that Logan Hunter Sargeant had a crush on Y/n Y/l/n. And that was fineâŠ
It was until the teasing comments from both the fans, media and the drivers begin. Every time Logan or someone plays Y/nâs music people looked at him with a teasing look or made comments about her. Even on the driver parades more of the drivers begin talking to him, but only to tease him about his âcelebrity crushâ even some driver that he had barely spoken to before.
And the world thought that that was just it; Logan who had a crush on someone way out of his league and Y/n who existed not knowing who Logan was.
So when one day there was announced that there will be a special guest at Williams of all teams well that was a surprise to all. The team hadnât revealed jet who it was, they wanted to keep it quit until the race day. But the guest was in the paddock the whole weekend, just a bit more hidden.
And that is how Y/n ended up in the back of the Williams garage while her boyfriend was racing, it was FP2 at the moment, so one of the first days.
But she wasnât alone, Lilly (Alexâs girlfriend) was also there with her, keeping her company while their boyfriends were doing their job. And she really enjoyed her company, which wasnât really a surprise. Lilly was a nice girl, and she was also a fan which was funny with how she reacted to the news that Logan was dating Y/n (which Alex told Logan and Logan told Y/n).
So now the two of them where talking in the back of the garage and looking at the screens to see how the boys where doing.
Alex was currently racing and Logan got to race in FP1, and it was going good (well how good it can be for William that is). Logan was also not with the girls but he was looking at all the data from the practise and the sim races he did before the weekend.
So after FP3 was done and Alex and Logan finished up the team meeting to talk about the practices Logan returned to the back to search for Y/n and so that they could go home. When he spotted her he immediately had a smile on his face and walked towards her.
âHey how was it?â He asked his girlfriend when he arrived. He smiled and did a kind of wave to Lilly and she took the hint and began walking to Alex.
âIt was great. I loved seeing you out on the track, in real life.â She said looking up at him and hugging him.
âHmmm, Iâm glad.â Logan said while kissing the top of her head. âDo you want to go back to the hotel? Iâm all done here and maybe itâs good to get some rest before tomorrow.â
âYeah that smart. Do you. Weâd to grab anything from your drivers room?â She asked while looking up at him.
âYeah a few things. You coming with me?â He asked while looking at the girl. She nodded and they both walked towards his room to grab the stuff. After they had everything they stayed inside for a bit longer to figure out how she can sneak out of the paddock without being seen.
They came up with the plan of them splitting up, Logan going through the usual exit, so that people can still see him and take pictures and that he can see fans, and Y/n going through a more hidden and exit with almost none to no one there so she can have a more secret exit and that she wonât be spotted.
So they separated with a kiss and they both went to their respective exits. Once they were both out of the paddock Logan went to his car and took a detour to pick Y/n up. Once they were both in the car they went back to the hotel.
When they opened the door to their room they decided to just orde some room service and then go to bed. While Logan was deciding what to order Y/n began to get ready for bed. After they had both decided what they wanted they ordered it and got ready while waiting.
When it arrived they set on a movie they could watch and ate while watching. After they hatched eaten they decided to talk about what they would do the next day.
âI think I will just stay here tomorrow.â Y/n said while putting their dirty dishes away.
âOkay. Thatâs fine. Why?â Logan asks leaning against the table.
âWell it Will be quit busy with qualifying so I thought it would be smart that I could just stay at the hotel and watch here. If that okay with you.â The girl asked while looking at her boyfriend.
âYeah of course.â Logan said while grabbing his girlfriendâs hand. âIf that what you want then thatâs fine with me.â He said.
While they talked they asked towords their bedroom and did their night routine.
âAlright. So I will watch here tomorrow and then I will be in the graag for the race.â She said while looking at him. âDo you want to sleep? Get some rest for tomorrow.â She asked.
âYeah thatâs smart. Come cuddle with me.â He said while opening his arms so that she could climb in.
âOkay. But sleep. Please.â She said looking at her boyfriend.
âOf course love.â He said while they laid comfortable in bed. They closed their eyes and drifted to sleep.
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The next day Logan chose to let Y/n sleep. He knew she as still tired from her shows so he decited to let her sleep and write a note. He set an alarm on her phone so that she could wake up on time and then left with the nite lying on the kitchen counter.
Once he arrived at the garage in the paddock Lily immediately came up to him asking where Y/n was. He explained it.
Once they were done with going over the strategy for qualifying he walked out to do a quick last minute track walk. Once he was walking a few people came up to him.
âHey man how are you?â That was Lando. Logan didnât know why he was talking to him, they never talked. Oscar also wasnât there so that was extra weird, because every time Lando or another driver talked to him Alex or Oscar where with him. It was sad, for sure, but it was the reality that Logan was living. And he kind of liked it. It was quite and he had a lot of time to himself, and that way it was easier to hide his relationship with you.
âIâm good. You?â He asked trying to be polite and not sound confused. Because that is what he was, confused. Why was Lando talking to him? And not only Lando, no, Carlos and Charles were also there. Because where Lando goes, Carlos goes and where valies goes, Charles goes. That is how it works.
âYeah weâre fine.â Lando replied for him and the other drivers. âSo I have a question.â Lando said getting straight to the point.
âWhat is it?â Logan asked. He was still confused with all this, but it was undoubtedly going to make more sense once he knew the question.
âI heard youâre single?â Lando said. And before Logan could reply Lando had already continue talking. âWell I have this friend, sheâs American . And she said that youâre cute, so I offered to set you up. So you have a date tomorrow evening.â Lando said, getting straight to the point again. Behind him were Carlos and Charles looking amused, wanting to know how this was going to turn out.
Now it made sense to Logan. He wanted something from him. Logan thought about his wander for a bit, should he say he had a girlfriend? Would they believe him? He knows he isnât going on that date, no way. Y/n would like it. But she also wouldnât like if he jay said that they were dating. But he didnât have to say that it was her⊠so he came up with the plan.
âNo thank you.â He said and then walked away. Yeah⊠that was the master plan. Just say no and walk away. Of course it didnât go as he had wished, because Lando immediately followed, Carlos and Charles trailing slowly behing. Wearing amused smiles with how this was going.
âWait what? I thought you want someone? Who wants to be single? Sheâs a really nice girl, very cute too. You two would get along.â Lando ranted while quickly catching up with him. Logan didnât to look as amused as the other boys.
âSound like you want het more.â Lando said back to Lando. He tried look for anyone else in the track so that he could escape from this conversation.
âNo. I havo a girlfriend. Why donât you want to go?â Lando said accidentally exposing himself, he ding notice. To busy with wondering why Logan didnât want to go on a date with his friend.
âWho said I was single?â Logan asked again. Avoiding to sensed why he didnât want to go on a date.
âWell everyone. The driver, mechanic, even some of your team, and basically everyone on the internet.â Lando said revealing his sources.
âWell you believe them? You know how many tongues there are. And there is a lot of gossip going around track. And as you said, people also think you are single. So why also me?â Logan said making Lando and the other 2 think. He took that time to quickly walk away. He finished his walk and then immediately returned to the garage, wanting to see if Y/n was awake and had messaged him.
She did. She said goodmoring and good luck. Once Logan read that he decited to train some more and then get ready for qualifying.
After qualifying Y/n had messaged Logan. He got p13! It wasnât the best but it was okay.
Logan did the post qualifying interviews and then a last debrief if the day. He then returned to his car, not after taking pictures with fans and signing a few things. He saw some people with his stuff on, he always got happy about that. It showed him that he was important, that people liked him, and even tough he had a change of losing his seat, that he had made it into f1 and that people saw him as a good driver. He took a quick picture to show it to Y/n when he got back. She would be proud. She always is.
And before he got the change to step in his car someone called out his name. The someone being Lando. He was there, again. Logan already had a suspicion about what it was going to be, but he had hope that the McLaren driver just came there for a friendly chat. That wasnât the case.
âJo Logan. Can you tell me if you want to go on that date or not? And why not? Cause the girl keeps asking about it and I want her to know.â Lando asked apr och ing him. And with that, all his hoped have disappeared, and instead there came the wanting to go home to his girlfriend.
âAs I already said. No I donât want to go. And I donât want to go because I am already in a really happy relationship. So if you can just stop with asking me and just let me return to my girlfriend, then I would greatly appreciate that.â Logan said kind of snappy. He opened his car door and sat down. He looked at Lando one time, who was looking quite shocked, and then smalend the door shut, he was going to regret that later. He started the car and drove away to his hotel to his girlfriend.
Once he got back he immediately told her everything that had happened that day. Keeping the part about Lando and his question for last so that she could react to that (she always waited for him to stop with his story before talking. He did the same, that was the way their relationship worked). To say she was shocked was understandable. But surprisingly she wasnât jealous (despite what some of her songs say), no, she was more angry. Not at Logan, but at Lando. For only talking to her boyfriend about that. He always felt bad that no one on the grid besides Oscar and Alex talks to him (the other sometimes talking to him but that beung âforcedâ by the other two boys or their teams) and then now talking only for this.
After he got all that of of his chest and Y/n had helped him and talked to him Logan wanted to talk about something else. âWhat if we just hard launch tomorrow?â He asks a bit nervous.
Y/n laughed a bit at how nerveus he is. Itâs like their first date all over. âYeah, if thatâs what you want. But I donât only want it to be because you want to prove something. I want it to be because you want it. Because Iâm totally okay with it.â She says.
âOkay. Then thatâs the plan. Would you want to walk with me in the paddock? Or do you want to do it after the race?â Logan asked wanting you to come up with a plan.
âMaybe after? I think it would be fun to see people try and figure out why I am Williams.â She said.
âAright. Thatâs good.â Logan said.
After those conversations they got to bed early so that they were well rested the next day.
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The next day Y/n and Logan woke up and got ready for the day (with Y/n helping Logan pick out his clothes (the girlfriend effect is real)). Logan took his car and Y/n took another with her driver driving her (that so they could drive back to the hotel together).
They walked in separately, y/b also going a bit later. Once she entered the paddock a lot of people want crazy, she was quite well know after all, a lot of people where wondering why she was there, where was she staying, and why was it not announces
She walked around while people took pictures and a few fans walked towards her asking for pictures and autographs.
What she also noticed is that quite allot of drivers also looked at her. She heard from Logan that a few of them liked her musics and where trying to get tickets for her show. He even said that some of them had a crush on her. But she didnât expect it like this; them awkwardly looking at her just silently. She also saw some of them asking their team principal if she would stay with them, the answer being no.
While she took longer than initially thought walking to the garage, that being because of fans and reporters wanted her attention. And all the way of her walking to Williams people where filming and cameraâs where on her.
When she entered, well letâs just say she saw the shock on some faces. But they had expected it.
The girl spent a almost half an hour almost unbothered (beside Logan annoying her, the same with Alex and Lily and some other people and guests at Williams). But then the chaos began. She walked out of the garage to get some food and then she was them; a few of the drivers where talking, more like gossiping. And when they saw her they immediately stopped. Thatâs when Lewis, who was is the group, walked up to her. They had met before so she expected him to come talk to her sometime.
âHey Y/n. How are you? I didnât know you would come.â He said trying to make some small talk while also trying to figure out why she was at Williams and not at a different⊠better⊠garage.
âHey Lewis. Good to see you. Iâm great, quite busy but itâs amazing. But yeah, I thought it would be fun to come see a race sometimes.â She said, she knew what he wanted to know, but she wanted him to ask directly instead of her just telling him.
âYeah great. I heard the tour is going good?â He asked.
âYeah, itâs going amazing. Iâm so proud of it. It really is a nee milestone in my career.â She said gappy to talk about her tour.
âYeah, amazing. I saw some things of it. It looks really cool.â The 7 time world champion said.
âYeah it is. If you want to go sometimes I could get you some tickets. Just say when and where.â She said. Hoping that he would take her op on the offer. She had always been an f1 fan, so it would be amazing is her and her boyfriends hero would like to go to her tour.
âYeah, that would be amazing. I will message you sometime. I have some friends who really want to see you but didnât get tickets.â He said. He still wanted to know why Williams?
âGreat. I hope you will enjoy it. So are you ready for the race?â The singer responded.
âOh yeah. Iâm ready to see how itâs going to go. Hopefully get some points and maybe even podium.â Lewis said.
âOh yeah, that would be great.â The girl said.
âSo⊠Why are you at Williams?â Lewis asked. Finally, he got to the long awated question. He still tried to be respectful as he said it.
âWell. I guess I just wanted to be in a garage of a team like. And I suppose that is Williams.â She said. Trying to be as nonchalant as possible. He didnât believe her. Almost nobody was a Williams fan, and maybe there were, but not a A-list celebrity.
âAlright. I can respect that.â He said. The conversation was starting to get awkward. So Y/n decided to end the torture.
âIâm glad. Well I guess I have to go. It was great to speek with you gain, let me know about those tickets.â She said. While they said their last goodbyes she walked back into the garage, she knew she wasnât going to get her food, so she just gave up. She turned around one last time in the garage to see where Lewis was. He was retelling the conversation to the other curious drivers. Of course he was. F1 is basically gossip on weeks. So after looking for a bit longer she walked farther innige garens towards Loganâs driving room to tell him all about her conversation. She liked gossip as well.
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The race was well⊠surprising⊠some might say.
It began ⊠okay. But it was the end that shocked everyone.
In the race both Ferraris and one of the Williams DNFâd. Just not the one you might expect.
Because thanks to his⊠great, qualifying. Logan could go further and further until he was in the top 5.
That was when it got scary. The car had a few problems but that would be something to discuss later. Logan took a quick pitstop while safety car was out, and with that he made it to P3.
He stayed there for a long time. UntilâŠ
In the last few laps he had a battle with Lando. They got back and forth for the 2bd place. Both teams being quite ⊠surprised. McLaren didnt expect for Williams, well Logan, to be such a thread. And Williams didnât expect for Logan to do such a great job and actually get an interesting race out of the shit car they made.
So when at the last lap one of the drivers finally gained some speed and put a few millie seconds between them the team was well⊠releaved.
There he was, Logan Sargeant. Formula 1 driver for Williams, second year, his first ever podium. And that being second?!
Well letâs just say he let a few tears slip. He felt a lot of emotions; happiness, love, adrenaline and acceptance. He heard the crowd cheating, his team running to congratulate him. You coming to congratulate him. He felt like he was finally accepted as an legitimate Formula 1 driver, not just someone that was in the sport but wasnât talented. He knew what he had to do.
So he ran to his team and immediately searched fir you. There you where; at the from at the barrier with the team around you. He walked- more like rubbed- towards you and looked at you for a second. Almost like asking permission. You nodded. He kissed you. In front of everyone. This would be your hard launch, after him finishing P2 at the Canadian Grand Prix.
You two heard cameras going wild. You pulled apart and he was immediately greeted by his team congratulating him. While he was doing that you looked at the other drivers. They where shocked. Lando looked like he had seen a ghost. So he did have a girlfriend, and that was you?! He couldnât believe it. A few of the others where just shocked because 1. They didnât know Logan was seeing someone. And 2. HOW DID HE PULL YOU?!?!
You just ignored it and looked at your boyfriend. After he was done with his team he began the interview and then the cool-down room. With both Max and Lando congratulating him on his great driving skills.
After that they did the podium ceremony, with the Dutch national anthem playing. When they did the champagne spraying both of tej other drivers sprayed on him before spraying their teams.
After the podium he interviews and then he did a team debrief. When he was down he same to his drivers room. He said a quick help to his girlfriend before talking a quick shower to wash the champagne off.
Once he was clothed again they walked towards his car, hand in hand. They where reveals to the world so they could do that now. They drove back to the hotel for a quick fresh up befriended going to a club Max invited them to to celebrate the win. After partying for a bit they returned to the hotel and talked some more before going to sleep.
They had doen it, they had followed their dreams. Y/n was a world famous sing and songwriter and was touring her newest album. And Logan, he was a Formula 1 driver. Finally with a podium. And while he would lose his Williams seat for the next year, he gained a new one. Because Mercedes got ahold of his data and wanted him. So they got him a good car and he won, more and more and more and more and, well you get it now. He even won 2 championships.
And Y/n eventually got a level of fame no one could even think of (think of Taylor swift level). They got married and had a family that would leave a legacy that would go on forever. The Sargeant-L/n family was a family of all talented people. From F1 drivers, to singers, to poets, to footballers. They would forever be known as one of the greatest families. All because of Logan and Y/n.
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User1 I love them alreadyđ
User2 can we just talk about the kiss?!?! It was INSANE!
User3 this was NOT on my 2034 bingo card.
User4 what is it with pop singers dating sport men all if a sudden?! First Taylor and Travis, then Sabrina and Barry (heâs a boxer), and now Y/n and Logan?!?!
User5 anyone noticed how Logan suddenly passed 5 million followers on insta and the whole grid is following him?!
User6 OMG YES! I notices this too! It is actually kind of sad if you think about itâŠ
User7 Cutsey couple ever!
User8 The outfits always eat! So happy we now get to see more paddock outfits!
User9 Y/n is a WAG! I repeat Y/n is a WAG! Everyone evacuate! The hate will come soon!
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User12 We need a Logangpt and have that just be all the pictures he takes of Y/n
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Can I please request Soshiro using Weapon 10 for the first time in front of his secret girlfriend (that is also in the Defense Force) and the kaiju read his thought and announces the secret to everyone to hear?
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Soshiro was stuck in place. Like actually, physically rooted to the ground.
He had been ready for a fight, ready to use his secret weapon, ready to clean up the battlefield in a few minutes flat and be home at a decent enough time to cook you dinner.
But 10 was not having it.
The second that Soshiro had synced with him, all his little secrets went flooding into 10's consciousness. Including the one where he was dating you, which was a secret to the entire Defense Force, and the one where he wanted to propose to you, which was a secret to you.
Soshiro had desperately wanted to show off in front of you, show you what he was capable of in this suit, show you just how much he could protect you, but 10 didn't give a flying fuck what Soshiro wanted.
10 wanted to tell everyone that you belonged to Soshiro. 10 wanted Soshiro to propose to you now, in the middle of a battlefield. And the fact that Soshiro kept the engagement ring on him always in case he found the perfect moment to propose did not help the matter. 10 did not care about the perfect moment, 10 was all about the now.
And it didn't help that when Soshiro had first put on the suit, you had complimented how attractive he looked. 10 took full credit for that compliment and he immediately began liking you. If he could not do this one thing for you, if he could not get Soshiro to steel his nerves and ask you the damn question already, he would have failed you. He would have no honor as a Kaiju.
So there you were, in the middle of a fight, guns blazing, organs flying, and suddenly you noticed Soshiro dropping to his knees, planting them firmly on the bloodied ground. You run over to him, concerned that he might have injured himself.
"Sosh- Vice Captain! Are you... are you okay??"
His face is pained and he's gritting his teeth but you can't find a single injury on him.
"What's wrong, what's going on?"
His head snaps up to you, the movement sudden and seemingly against his will. He bites his lip so much it bleeds and you take a sleeve and start to dab at it worriedly.
"This... this is not... how I wanted... to do this." The words come out strained as his trembling arm reaches for his pocket. He yanks his arm back with his other hand but it's to no avail.
"Do what?" You're starting to get more anxious, wondering why your boyfriend is acting so strange, especially in the most dangerous of places.
You shoot another kaiju away from him as he pulls something out of his pocket.
"I... fuck... fuck, fine. I know, I know, shut up, I'm getting to it. Baby, I love you. This is absolutely not how I wanted to do this, I wanted to be significantly more romantic, but this fuckhead won't let me leave this spot until I do this. So please, love of my life, will you make me the happiest man in the world and marry me? Feel free to say no so that I can propose again in a better place at a better time."
Your eyes widen as he flicks open a ring box and gazes up at you, waiting for your answer.
Then you start laughing. "I think this was the most perfect proposal ever, I'll definitely never forget it now."
He blushes but he lets you continue.
"Yes, baby, I will marry you. There's no doubt about that, there was never any doubt about that. I'll marry the hell out of you. Now please, 10, will you let my fiancee up so I can kiss him?"
You shoot another kaiju out of the way as 10 allows Soshiro to pull himself to his feet.
Finally in control of his own limbs, he pulls you to him, sliding the ring on your finger before devouring your lips in a passionate kiss.
All at once, your comms start to blow up with the voices of your fellow officers ringing loudly in your ears; the thing you hear the most is, "WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED? DID YALL JUST GET ENGAGED IN THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING BATTLE?"
Soshiro face palms.
"I'm gonna kill 10."
#kaiju no. 8#soshiro hoshina#soshiro hoshina x reader#hoshina#anime#oneshot#hoshina x reader#hoshina soshiro x reader
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Edge â The Future of Interactive Entertainment magazine, issue #401 (October 2024 issue) â Dragon Age: The Veilguard story
The rest of this post is under a cut for length.
Update: this issue of this magazine is now available to buy from UK retailers today. it can be purchased online at [this link]. [Tweet from Edge Online] also, Kala found that a digital version of the magazine can be read at [this link].
This post is a word-for-word transcription of the full article on DA:TV in this issue of this magazine. DA:TV is the cover story of this issue. When transcribing, I tried to preserve as much of the formatting from the magazine as possible. Edge talked to BioWare devs for the creation of this article, so the article contains new quotes from the devs. the article is written by Jeremy Peel. There were no new screenshots or images from the game in the article. I also think that it contains a few lil bits of information that are new, like the bits on companions' availability and stumbling across the companions out and about on their own in the world e.g. finding Neve investigating an abduction case in Docktown.
tysm to @simpforsolas and their friend for kindly telling me about the article!!
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"[anecdote about Edge] We were reminded of this minuscule episode in Edge's history during the creation of this issue's cover story, in which we discuss the inspiration behind Dragon Age: The Veilguard with its creators at BioWare. Notably, director John Epler remembers the studio experimenting with a number of approaches during the early phase of development before eventually locking in to what the game was supposed to be all along, above all else: 'a single-player, story-focused RPG'. As you'd expect from BioWare, though, that was really just a starting point, as we discovered on p54." BioWare draws back the Veil and ushers us into a new Dragon Age
"BEHIND THE CURTAIN BioWare's first true RPG in age age is as streamlined and pacey as a dragon in flight. By Jeremy Peel Game Dragon Age: The Veilguard Developer BioWare Publisher EA Format PC, PS5, Xbox Series Origin Canada Release Autumn
The Dragon Age universe wasn't born from a big bang or the palm of an ancient god. Instead, it was created to solve a problem. BioWare was tired of battling Hasbro during the making of Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights, and wanted a Dungeons & Dragons-like setting of its own. A small team was instructed to invent a new fantasy world in which the studio could continue its groundbreaking work in the field of western RPGs, free of constraints.
Well, almost free. BioWare's leaders mandated that the makers of this new world stick to Eurocentric fantasy, and include a fireball spell - since studio co-founder Ray Muzyka had a weakness for offensive magic.
Beyond that, BioWareâs storytellers were empowered to infuse Dragon Age with their own voices and influences, leaning away from D&Dâs alignment chart and towards a moral grayness that left fans of A Song Of Ice And Fire feeling warm and cozy.
In the two decades since, the world of Thedas â rather infamously and amusingly, a shortening of âthe Dragon Age settingâ that stuck â has taken on a distinct flavor. Itâs something director John Epler believes is rooted in characters.
âThereâs definitely some standard fantasy stuff in Dragon Age, but everything in the world, every force, is because of someone,â he says. âThe idea is that every group and faction needs to be represented by a person â someone you can relate to. Big political forces are fine as background, but they donât provide you with those interesting story moments.â
Dragon Age: The Veilguard bears out that philosophy. The long-awaited sequel was first announced with the subtitle Dreadwolf, in reference to its antagonist, Solas â an ancient elf who once stripped his people of immortality as punishment for betraying one of their own. In doing so, Solas created the Veil, the thin barrier through which wizards pull spirits and demons invade the waking world. In other words, many of Dragon Ageâs defining features, from its downtrodden elves to the uneasy relationship between mages and a fearful church, can be traced right back to one characterâs decision.
âThe world exists as it does because of Solas,â Epler says. âHe shaped the world because of the kind of character he was. Thatâs, to me, what makes Dragon Age so interesting. Everything can tie back to a person who to some degree thought they were doing the right thing.â
Perhaps BioWareâs greatest achievement in slowburn character development, Solas is a former companion, an unexploded bomb who sat in the starting party of Dragon Age: Inquisition, introverted and useful enough to get by without suspicion. Yet by the time credits rolled around on the Trespasser DLC, players were left in no doubt as to the threat he presented.
Determined to reverse the damage he once caused, the Dreadwolf intends to pull down the Veil, destroying Thedas as we know it in the process. The next Dragon Age game was always intended to be his story.
âWe set that up at the end of Trespasser,â Epler says. âThere was no world where we were ever going to say, âAnd now letâs go to something completely different.â We wanted to pay off that promise.â
Yet almost everything else about the fourth Dragon Age appears to have been in flux at one time. In 2019, reporter Jason Schreier revealed that an early version, starring a group of spies pulling off heists in the Tevinter Imperium, had been cancelled two years prior. Most of its staff were apparently moved onto BioWareâs struggling Anthem, while a tiny team rebooted Dragon Age from scratch. That new game was said to experiment with live-service components.
âWe tried a bunch of different ideas early on,â Epler says. âBut the form The Veilguard has taken is, in a lot of ways, the form that we were always pushing towards. We were just trying different ways to get there. There was that moment where we really settled on, âThis is a singleplayer, story-focused RPG â and thatâs all it needs to beââ.
Epler imagines a block of marble, from which BioWare was attempting to carve an elephant â a character- and story-driven game. âWe were chipping away, and sometimes it looked more like an elephant and sometimes it didnâtâ, he says. âAnd then we eventually realized: âJust make an elephantâ. When we got to that, it almost just took shape by itself.â
2014âs Dragon Age: Inquisition was an open-world game commonly criticized for a slow-paced starting area which distracted players from the thrust of the plot. The Veilguard, in contrast, is mission-based, constructed with tighter, bespoke environments designed around its main story and cast. âWe wanted to build a crafted, curated experience for the player,â Epler says. âPacing is important to us, and making sure that the story stays front and center.â
Epler is very proud of Inquisition, the game on which he graduated from cinematic designer to a lead role (for its DLC). âBut one of the things that we ran into on that project was an absentee antagonist,â he says. âCorypheus showed up and then disappeared. You spent ten hours in the Hinterland doing sidequests, and there wasnât that sense of urgency.â
This time, The Veilguard team wants you to constantly feel the sword of Damocles dangling above your head as you play â a sense that the end of the world is coming if you donât act. âThereâs still exploration â thereâs still the ability to go into some of these larger spaces and go off the beaten path to do sidequests,â Epler says. âBut thereâs always something in the story propelling you and the action forward, and allowing you to make decisions with these characters where the stakes feel a lot more immediate and present. And also, honestly, more real.â
No sooner have you finished character creation than Dragon Age: The Veilguard thrusts you into a choice. As your protagonist, Rook, steps into focus on the doorstep of the seediest bar in town, you decide whether to threaten the owner for information or make a deal. Brawl or no, youâll walk out minutes later with a lead: the location of a private investigator named Neve Gallus, who can help you track down Solas.
You proceed into Minrathous, the largest city in Thedas and capital of the Tevinter Imperium â a region only alluded to in other Dragon Age games. Itâs a place built on the backs of slaves and great mages, resulting in tiered palaces and floating spires â a kind of architecture unimaginable to those in the southern nations.
âWhen your Dragon Age: Inquisition companion Dorian joins you in Orlais, in one of the biggest cities in Thedas, he mentions that itâs quaint and cute compared to Minrathous,â Corinne Busche, game director on The Veilguard, says. âThat one bit of dialogue was our guiding principle on how to realize this city. It is sprawling. It is lived-in. Sometimes itâs grimy, sometimes itâs bougie. But it is expansive.â
Immediately, you can see the impact of BioWareâs decision to tighten its focus. Around every other corner in Minrathous is an exquisitely framed view, a level of spectacle you would never see in Inquisition, where resources were spread much more thinly. âWhen you know that youâre gonna be heading down a canyon or into this plaza where the buildings open up, you have those perfect spots to put a nice big temple of Andraste or a mage tower,â art director Matthew Rhodes says. âYou get those opportunities to really hit that hard.â
BioWareâs intention is to make strong visual statements that deliver on decades of worldbuilding. âPeople who have a history with Dragon Age have thought about what Minrathous might be like,â Rhodes says. âWe can never compete with their imagination, but we can aim for it like weâre shooting for the Moon.â
The people of Tevinter use magic as it if were electricity, as evidenced by the glowing sigils that adorn the dark buildings â street signs evoking Osakaâs riverfront or the LA of Blade Runner. Theyâre just one of the tricks BioWareâs art team uses to invite you to stop and take in the scene. âA lot of what you start to notice when youâre the artist whoâs been working on these big, beautiful vistas and neat murals on the walls is how few players look up,â Rhodes says. âWe design props and architecture that help lead the eyes.â
For the really dedicated shoegazers, BioWare has invested in ray-traced reflections, so that the neon signage can be appreciated in the puddles. There are also metal grates through which you can see the storm drains below. âThe idea behind that is purely just to remind the player often of how stacked the city is,â Rhodes says. âWherever youâre standing, thereâs guaranteed to be more below you and above you.â
One of BioWareâs core creative principles for The Veilguard is to create a world thatâs actually worth saving â somewhere you can imagine wanting to stick around in, once the crises of the main quest are over. To that end, the team has looked to ground its outlandish environments with elements of mundanity.
âA guyâs normal everyday life walking down the streets of this city is more spectacular than what the queen of Orlais is seeing, at least in terms of sheer scale," Rhodes says. âOne of the things weâve tried to strike a balance with is that this is actually still a place where people have to go to the market and buy bread, raise their kids, and try to make it. Itâs a grand and magical city, but how do you get your horses from one place to the next? Where do you load the barrels for the tavern? Itâs really fun to think of those things simultaneously.â
Normal life in Minrathous is not yours to behold for long, however. Within a couple of minutes of your arrival, the very air is ripped open like cheap drapes, and flaming demons clatter through the merchant carts that line the city streets. A terrible magical ritual, through which Solas intends to stitch together a new reality, has begun.
âWe wanted the prologue to feel like the finale of any other game weâve done,â Busche explains. âWhere it puts you right into this media-res attack on a city and gets you really invested in the action and the story right away. When I think back to Inquisition, how the sky was literally tearing open â the impact of this ritual really makes that look like a minor inconvenience.â
Our hero is confronted by a Pride demon, imposing and armored as in previous games, yet accented by exposed, bright lines that seem to burst from its ribcage. âThey are a creature of raw negative emotion,â Busche says. âSo we wanted to actually incorporate that into their visual design with this glowing nervous system.â
When a pack of smaller demons blocks Rookâs route to the plaza where Neve was last seen, battle breaks out, and The Veilguardâs greatest divergence from previous Dragon Age games becomes apparent. Our rogue protagonist flits between targets up close and evades individual sword swings with precision. In the chaos, he swaps back and forth between blades and a bow. He blends light and heavy attacks, and takes advantage of any gap in the melee to charge up even bigger blows.
âResponsiveness was our first-and-foremost goal with this baseline layer of the combat system,â Busche says. Unless youâre activating a high-risk, high-reward ability such as a charged attack, any action can be animation-cancelled, allowing you to abort a sword swing and dive away if an enemy lunges too close. âWe very much wanted you to feel like you exist in this space, as youâre going through these really crafted, hand-touched worlds,â Busche says. âThat youâre on the ground in control of every action, every block, every dodge.â Anyone whoâs ever bounced off a Soulslike neednât worry: The Veilguardâs highly customizable difficulty settings enable you to loosen up parry windows if they prove too demanding.
Gone is the overhead tactical camera which, for some players, was a crucial point of connection between Dragon Age and the Baldurâs Gate games that came before, tapping into a lineage of thoughtful, tabletop-inspired combat. Epler points out that the cameraâs prior inclusion had an enormous impact on where the gameâs battles took place. âWe actually had a mandate on Inquisition, which was, âDonât fight inside,ââ he says. âThe amount of extra work on getting that tactical camera to work in a lot of those internal environments, it was very challenging.â
Gone, too, is the ability to steer your comrades directly. âOn the experiential side, we wanted you to feel like you are Rook â youâre in this world, youâre really focused on your actions,â Busche says. âWe very much wanted the companions to feel like they, as fully realized characters, are in control of their own actions. They make their own decisions. You, as the leader of this crew, can influence and direct and command them, but they are their own people.â
It's an idea with merit, albeit one that could be read as spin. âItâs not lost on me,â Busche says. âI will admit that, on paper, if you just read that you have no ability to control your companions, it might feel like something was taken away. But in our testing and validating with players, what we find is theyâre more engaged than ever.â
There may be a couple of reasons for that. One is that Dragon Ageâs newly dynamic action leaves little room for seconds spent swapping between perspectives. âThis is a much higher actions-per-minute game,â Busche says. âIt is more technically demanding on the player. So when we tried allowing you full control of your companions as well, what weâve found is it wasnât actually adding to the experience. In fact, in some ways it was detrimental, given the demanding nature of just controlling your own character.â
Then thereâs The Veilguardâs own tactical layer, as described by BioWare. Though the fighting might be faster and lower, like a mana-fuelled sports scar, the studio is keen to stress that the pause button remains as important to the action as ever. This is, according to Busche, where the RPG depth shines through, as you evaluate the targets youâre facing and take their buffs into account: âMatching elemental types against weaknesses and resistances is a big key to success in this game.â
You pick between rogue, warrior and mage â each role later splitting again into deeper specialisms â and draw from a class-specific resource during fights. A rogue relies on Momentum, which is built up by avoiding damage and being highly aggressive, whereas a warrior is rewarded for blocking, parrying, and mitigating damage.
Those resources are then used on the ability wheel, which pauses the game and allows you to consider your options. The bottom quadrant of the wheel belongs to your character, and is where three primary abilities will be housed. âRook will also have access to runes, which function as an ability, and a special ultimate ability,â Busche says. âSo youâre bringing five distinct abilities with you into combat.â
The sections to the left and right of the wheel, meanwhile, are dedicated to your companions. Busche points to Lace Harding, the returning rogue from Inquisition, who is currently frozen mid-jump. âShe is her own realized individual in this game. Sheâs got her own behaviors: how she prioritizes targets, whether she gets up close and draws aggro or stays farther back at range. But youâll be able to direct her in combat by activating her abilities from the wheel.â
These abilities are complemented by positional options at the top of the wheel, where you can instruct your companions to focus their efforts on specific targets, either together or individually. Doing so will activate the various buffs, debuffs and damage enhancements inherent in their weapons and gear. âSo,â Busche explains, âas you progress through the first two hours of the game, this full ability wheel is completely populated with a variety of options and different tactics that you can then string together.â
BioWare has leaned into combos. You might tell one companion to unleash a gravity-well effect that gathers enemies together, then have another slow time. Finally, you could drop an AOE attack on your clustered and slowed opponents, dealing maximum damage. The interface will let you know when an opportunity to blend two companion abilities emerges â moments BioWare has dubbed âcombo detonationsâ.
âI like to think about this strategic layer to combat as a huddle,â Busche says, âwhere youâre figuring out how you want to handle the situation, based on the information you have on the encounter, and how you and your companions synergize together.â
Deeper into the game, as encounters get more challenging, Epler says weâll be spending a lot of time making âvery specific and very focused tactical decisionsâ. The proof will be in eating the Fereldan fluffy mackerel pudding, of course, but Busche insists this shift to fast action isnât a simplification. âWhat really makes the combat system and indeed the extension into the progression system work is that pause-and-play tactical element that we know our players expect.â
The autonomy of The Veilguardâs companions doesnât end with combat. BioWareâs data shows that in previous games players tended to stick with the same two or three beloved comrades during a playthrough. This time, however, youâll be forced to mix your squad up at regular intervals.
âWe do expect that players will have favorites they typically want to adventure with,â Busche says, âbut sometimes certain companions will be mandatory.â Others may not always be available â part of the studioâs effort to convince with three-dimensional characters. âThey do have a life outside of Rook, the main character,â Busche says.
"They'll fall in love with people in this world. Theyâve had past experiences theyâll share with you if you allow them in and get close to them.â
Being separated from your companions, rather than collecting them all in a kind of stasis at camp, allows you to stumble across them unexpectedly. Busche describes an instance in which, while exploring the Docktown section of Minrathous, you might bump into Neve as she investigates an abduction case. âIf I go and interact with her, I can actually stop what Iâm doing, pick up her arc and adventure with her throughout her part of the story,â Busche says. âWhatâs interesting is that all of the companion arcs do ultimately tie back to the themes of the main critical path, but they also have their own unique challenges and villains, and take place over the course of many different intimate moments.â
Some parts of a companionâs quest arc involve combat, while others donât. Some are made up of large and meaningful missions â as lavish and involved as those along the critical path. âWhile they are optional, I would be hesitant to call them side content in this game,â Busche says. If you choose not to engage with some of these companion-centered events, theyâll resolve on their own. âAnd it might have interesting implications.â
The Veilguard promises plenty of change, then, even as it picks up the threads of fan-favorite characters and deepens them, honoring the decades of worldbuilding that came before it. This is perhaps the enduring and alluring paradox of Dragon Age: a beloved series which has never had a direct and immediate sequel, nor a recurring protagonist. Instead, itâs been reinvented with each new entry.
âItâs a mixed blessing to some degree,â Epler says. âThe upside is always that it gives us more room to experiment and to try new things. There are parts of the series that are common to every game: itâs always an RPG, itâs always about characters, and we always want to have that strategic tactical combat where youâre forced to make challenging decisions. But at the end of the day, I think what makes Dragon Age Dragon Age is that each one feels a little bit different.â"
Q&A Matthew Rhodes Art director
Q. Early BioWare RPGs were literary, with the emotions and detail mostly happening in dialogue boxes. How have you seen the studio's approach to visual storytelling evolve? A. This has been my entire career. When I first showed up at BioWare, it was at the tail end of Jade Empire, and then I was working on Dragon Age: Origins and early Mass Effect. The games had taken that next step out of sprites and 2D models, and it was like: 'How do we say more? How do we communicate more clearly?' During those early days, a lot of games depended on words to fix everything for you. As long as your character was talking bombastically, you could lend them everything that they needed. But as time went on it also became a visual medium, and it's been this long journey of trying to establish art's seat at the table. I've worked with some great writers over the years, and art is also an essential part of the storytelling. From Dragon Age: Inquisition on, I've been trying to stress with my teams that we are a story department.
Q. Is part of that also letting writers know that your storytelling assistance is available, to help them show rather than tell? A. On The Veilguard, that principle has been operating the best I've seen it. Where you would need a paragraph of dialogue in one of those exposition moments where a character just talks to you, we could sell that with a broken statue or a skeleton overgrown with vines. We've had more opportunities to do that on The Veilguard than most of the projects I've ever worked on combined.
To a hammer, every problem looks like a nail, and so in every department, writing will try to solve it with more words, and art will try to solve it with more art. I've bumped up against moments where it's like, 'As much as we could keep hammering on this design, I think this is actually an audio solution.' And then you take it to audio, and you don't get that overcooked feeling where each team is just trying to solve it in their silo. It's a really creatively charged kind of environment.
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Additional from throughout the article --
Image caption: âSpotlights shine down from the city guardsâ base as they pursue you through the streets of Minrathous.â
Image caption: âWhile most of your companions can be sorted into comfortingly familiar RPG classes, The Veilguard introduces two new varieties: a Veil Jumper and a private investigator.â"
Image caption [on this Solas ritual concept art specifically]: âThe name previously given to the game â Dreadwolf â was a direct reference to Solas. Your former companion, now on his own destructive mission, still features, despite the name change.â
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"RATIONAL ANTHEM The hard lesson BioWare drew from Anthem was to play to its strengths. âWeâre a studio that has always been built around digging deep on storytelling and roleplaying,â Epler says. âIâm proud of a lot of things on Anthem â I was on that project for a year and a half. But at the end of the day we were building a game focused on something we were not necessarily as proficient at. For me and for the team, the biggest lesson was to know what youâre good at and then double down on it. Donât spread yourselves too thin. Donât try to do a bunch of different things you donât have the expertise to do. A lot of the people on this team came here to build a story-focused, singleplayer RPG."
Image caption: âIn combat you no longer control your companions directly â this is a faster-paced form of fighting â but you are able to direct them in combat, and can even blend their abilities in âcombo detonationsâ.â
Image caption: âYouâll be exploring new regions across Tevinter and beyond â Rivain is a certainty, and thatâs only accessible via Antiva travelling overland.â
Image caption: âThere are three specializations per character class; on the way to unlocking them youâll acquire a range of abilities.â
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"MEET YOUR MAKER âFull disclosure: Dragon Age has traditionally not done skin tones well, especially for people of color,â Busche says. âWe wanted to do a make-good here.â In The Veilguardâs character creator, you can adjust the amount of melanin that comes through in the skin, as well as test various lighting scenarios to ensure your protagonist looks exactly as you intend in cutscenes. âSpeaking of our first creative principle â be who you want to be â we really feel these are the kinds of features that unlock that for our players,â Busche says. âWe want everyone to be able to see themselves in this game.â For the first time in the series, your body type is fully customizable too, with animations, armor and even romantic scenes reflecting your choices."
Image caption: âYour companions are a mix of old and new â Lace Harding is a familiar face. Veil Jumper Bellara is new, with a new occupation, while Davrin is a new face with a familiar profession â heâs a Warden.â
Image caption: "Arlathan Forest is home to the ruined city of the elves, now a place of wild magic, Veil Jumpers and (allegedly) spirits".
Image caption: "Bellara is driven by a desire to learn more about the elves, rediscovering the shattered history and magic of her people."
[source: Edge â The Future of Interactive Entertainment magazine, issue #401 (October 2024 issue) - it can be purchased online at [this link].]
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Imagine the demon brothers with an Mc who canât help but overwork themselves finally crashing,(and fr studying like that one girl on tiktok thatâs always pulling an all nighter for tests and finals)
It was finals at rad, and Mc CANNOT let themselves get anything less than perfect. Theyâre a straight A student both in the human realm and devildom, so there is no way a few measly tests were going to change that.
At this point the brothers have learned to stay out of Mcâs way, especially after pacts were formed. Trying to force Mc to take a break is impossible because theyâll order them away. They are so determined to be academically perfect in everything that they turn from their usual sweet and caring self to throwing heavy books to get people to leave them alone if necessary. Their determination really shines through when it comes to things like studying.
So now the best they can do is leave snacks and drinks and offer their company as Mc hunches over their desk surrounded by empty energy drink cans like some sort of gremlin.
Once finals were announced the brother knew they wouldnât see much of Mc out of their room or the library until they were over, so once finals were done and Mc proudly had gotten a 100% on every single one of their tests, they were all ready to spend time with them!!!
But when the weekend came Mc didnât come down for breakfast, or for any snacks, or lunch, and by the time dinner was approaching it got extremely concerning.
So of course they go and check up on Mc to make sure they didnât die or anything, and not only was Mc completely fine, but they were completely passed out, face down on their bed, halfway falling off, RAD uniform still on, their left shoe handing off their heel with the other thrown to the side somewhere, hair a mess, and snoring like a lawn mower.
So, the brothers just go into full blown care taker mode after realizing that their human is this exhausted, Lucifer is able to wake them up, asmo runs them a bath and gives them a facial, scalp massage, mani pedi, and literally everything and anything that would relax them and loosen their muscles and joints. Beel and mammon go do a food run, they both make sure to get Mcâs favorite snacks, sodaâs, and treats and Beel helps to carry everything back(while also resisting the VERY strong urge to eat it all.), satan probably sneaks a cat inside for Mc while everyone is rushing around, and to wrap it all up Belphie makes sure they comfortably get back to sleep with pleasant dreams.
Lucifer ends up getting Mcâs weekend extended after talking with Diavolo. of course Mc is told that itâs thereâs sort of Devildom holiday, which is why thereâs no school for a few extra days.
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you're hired by a prestigious tech company to test out their latest and greatestâan android of such unparalleled human likeness designed to satisfy your every need and whim. one day, you notice that something is off...
warnings; dubcon, implied!breeding/insemination, mentions dietary habits, dirty talk, roughly proofread
reposted from 2kmps. this is a concept piece to my android x reader story opaque. I'd love to hear your guy's feedback on whether you'd like to read the longer story (35.5k)!! please reblog and interact!!
He had a face structured to be unimaginably beautiful, a sort that you'd never tire of looking at, finding something new to admire and touch every time, yet it saddled your mind with some inexplicable discomfort and set the hairs on the back of your neck straight like needles. Over time, that feeling had never fully subsided, simultaneously becoming one you craved at every instance he entered a room, like Pavlovâs dog trained to salivate to a bell.
âWhat is your preference this morning, Maker?â Elio announced himself from the kitchen once your first heel struck the bottom of the staircase. His voice was liquefied velvet, mellifluous with enough depth that you swore even the simplest words spoken could make your heart tremble. âMaker? Are you well?â
You wished he would call you something else, something other than what the manufacturer had programmed him to. He was an advanced modelâpardon, a luxury modelâso his repertoire came with extensive features not available in other options, but insofar, the ability to have androids refer you by name was only achievable by obscene amounts of money and sending them back to the manufacturer to have them install it there.
Elio was up for being considered the gold standard in android development, as proclaimed by the researcher you were put in communication with during the beginning of the trial run. He was made to be perfect in every way, perform flawlessly in anything asked of him, and respond favorably regardless of situation or dilemma.
âCoffee with cream and sugar is fine. I'm not in the mood to eat anything this morning.â It was often explained. He was supposed to memorize it, but he asked you every morning regardless. âAre you having issues with your memory bank, Elio?â
Single strands of his coiffed hair moved with his head as he looked at you, hands busily putting together your beverage to every exact specification. This made it obvious enough that nothing was inhibiting his ability to store away your morning preferences.
âNot at all. It's just that some days you prefer your coffee lightly sweetened, others you enjoy a meal that won't leave you feeling groggy in the afternoon.â Elio explained in his precise, elegant tones with a smile far too effortless to come from a machine. âI thought it wise to commit these discrepancies to my memory bank for your convenience and to ask from now on.â
Fascinating. You weren't aware of this element in the newest model. The guidebook that Researcher Kim had given you made no mention of it.
What's more is he decided to do this spontaneously. You were making a note about it in your phone when a simple white mug was placed before you, Elioâs pristine fingertips turning it by the rim until the handle faced your dominant hand.
âPlease consider eating something before leaving the house. Coffee on an empty stomach, especially one as sensitive as yours, won't end well, as I'm led to believe from my research.â Elio watched you drink through long dark lashes that framed depths of piercing green. You liked how they seemed to turn paler or darker in different lighting, dimensions similar to a marble held up to the sun. âIâd also like to remind you that the quality of food that you consume first thing in the morning aids with energy disbursement throughout the day. I have a very gratuitous database of recipes that I can prepare for you.â
You were taking delicate sips from the round rim while he talked, lips surrounding the porcelain long enough that you swore his gaze had wavered to them for a split second before returning eye contact.
âIâm glad someone is concerned about my tummy health because I always believed someone would find me face down in the bathroom from my ass prolapsing.â You wished someone with a sense of humor was around for that banger, but, alas, it was Elio, and he did not laugh
His expression turned severe. âHuman bodies are oddly as robust as they are sensitive. Most of the worldwide population suffers from similar afflictions: lactose intolerance, varying dermatitis, poor eyesight, gastrointestinal diseases. Humans are, in every sense, meant to harbor and experience chronic pain and disease throughout their lifespan. I do believe this attests to your durability as a species.
âAll this to say, my main prerogative and function is for the betterment of your life and health. So, knowing all of this and to conclude, please consider a couple slices of toast or an omelet before leaving. Your daily habits dictate a routine visit to the coffee shop on Fifth and Lowe, where you'll consume around one hundred twenty milligrams of caffeine, and your first meal of the day may be a sweetened pastry without nutritional density. You will, indubitably, âfeel badâ the rest of the day as a result.â
âHoly shit.â You had given up on recording his speech after the first two minutes, phone facedown on the gleaming countertop. âYou didn't plagiarize that from a random article on the internet, did you?â
Coffee having turned lukewarm by the end of his presentation, he took the mug away and emptied the medium-brown contents into the drain before turning on the faucet to clean it. âNot at all. I've simply been accumulating knowledge on your routines and have noticed you're at an increasing risk for different ailments. Did you find it helpful?â
Truthfully, you weren't so sure. Androids were built to serve humans in every capacity, but their limitations were still well-known. They were capable of carefully compiling decades worth of information on their owners, plus the equivalent of hundreds more, but everything Elio had just said was beyond the scope of their normal hardware. The information had been elucidated critically yet with a certain sentience you expected from a caretakerânot a machine built for convenience, entertainment, and pleasure.
You weren't sure how much of it you needed to relay to Researcher Kim or if it was any real reason for concern at this stage or just part of Elioâs advanced circuitry. A part of you worried, just slightly, that officially documenting all of this would have Elio removed from the testing period prematurelyâhe was supposed to be yours, exclusively, for another six months.
The contract had been signed. Elio had been promised to you despite the number of waitlisted celebrities trying to bribe their way into the corporation and Researcher Kimâs good graces.
This, of course, was all only contingent if he operated and performed, at all times, as outlined in the guidebook you were handed upon Elioâs awakening. Researcher Kim had delivered his newest creation to you himself, a dreary Wednesday in late autumn in the mid-morning, and had taken great care to put the crisp, chemical-scented poundage of bound pages in your fingers and insisted that if you noticed the slightest decoration from what was printed inside, he be alerted to it immediately.
You didn't do that.
You took a hot shower, blow-dried your hair, put your arms through some clean clothes, and let Elio follow you to the front door to see you off for the day.
That day grew stranger still, not even yet being ten oâ clock in the morning, when the deadbolt clicked and your finger joints bent around cold brass. It didn't raise chicken skin on your arms and neck nearly as high as when Elio pushed his hand to the door, keeping it shut despite your pull.
You couldn't look into his green eyes, shockingly pale in the golden rays filtering inside your home from the window arching in the door. âDid I forget something?â
âNo. I accounted for everything you'd need on your outing.â Elio said, perfectly. His hand made a sound as it slid down along the door, resting shoulder height on you. âA function you have not utilized in me as of now is that of a âcompanion.â. Do you find me defective in that way? Dr. Kim developed me to be attractive to the human eyeâstimulating, perhaps, is a more definitive word to use.â
âIâno, Elio. You're plenty, er, stimulating. I just don't know how appropriate it is for me to do anything like that while you're in a testing period.â It felt distasteful to have to point out his own inhumanity to him, despite his model being cognizant enough to be aware of it. âIt would feel weird, I think.â
âThat is one of my primary purposes,â he insisted, shrinking the height of himself so he was nearer to your face. âI was created to be a companion, to alleviate that pervading loneliness that plagues youâall of humanity. Humans have forgotten how to communicate and love each other, so that's why I'm standing here now. You're ignoring one of my most critical functions.â
âElio, if I get too attached to you, it's going to create problems when you'reââ
ââsent back. I do understand how human attachment works. Perhaps on the same scale, but don't you think my attachment is similar to yours?. Everything about you is secured in my circuitry, and you're the only thing in my world thatâs programmed to matter. Even once I'm returned to the lab, you'll still be a part of me; memories of you, your favorite things, the things you hate, the people you cherish and what they like, what you do, where you go, what you buy, how you sleepâitâs all part of a larger system, a mainframe that secures this data. I may be wiped clean, but you'll still remain.â
You felt like he was letting you in on some dirty secret, something devious and meant to be unknowable and guarded. But, then again, Elio had always displayed an odd sort of disinterest in the companyCompanyâin Researcher Kimâ, you hadn't considered until just now that this was also a defect.
âWhat do you want?â You'd never asked him that before because it had never been about what he wanted. He wasn't supposed to want anything; he was meant to provideâto give, give, give.
Elio took away your shoulder bag, nearing your face until his lips settled between yours, and his hands pulled you away from the door into his body. His kiss was warm, movements at a pace you could keep up with but urgent as though seeking to burn every bit of you into him. As much as you daydreamed what it'd be like, he felt completely natural on your mouth, large hands sweeping under the layers of your clothing to seekseeking out the fire on your skin.
In your generation, it wasn't common for humans to intermingle physically anymoreâdating culture was reserved for the elite looking to reproduce for heirs, and often still thought to be rare. All others were either loveless or ravished by androids who supplemented love that simply wasn't real.
Humans wanted to be wanted and adored and cherished and to belong., Suchsuch was a natural behavior predating all written records; androids were created to fill the vile void engendered by humanity, self-imposed isolation, and avoidance in the same species.
Elio was nestled between the sprawl of your legs, both your bodies bare and above the clean sheets he had outfitted your mattress with last night. His rhythm inside your body was some equal parts loving and passionate, something you hadn't realized you liked until he started rocking you with his cock. You liked how his hands gripped under your thighs to raise your legs, blunt fingertips pressing marks into your flesh as though he, too, could feel all the same pleasure that you were.
His lips traveled all over, mapping out routes and sweet spots on your flesh, purposefully lingering for a time if you squirmed or moaned underneath him.
You tried to keep in your mind, amidst the insatiable buzz in your mind and hot throb in your groin, that he was simply performing a functionâhis attention to you, his lips finding yours time and time again, darkened green eyes spearing deep into yours with every slow, hard thrustâit was all performative.
âYou're beautiful.â
âI like you like this.â
âMoan louder for me.â
âCum for me.â
âI love you.â
Elio said the last one at the end when you were tight around his girth and writhing, panting during an orgasm that he fucked you through until the heat from your bodies cooled and heart rates returned to normal. You were confused to feel warmth sluggishly ooze out of you, white and dampening the bedsheets below.
âHowâwhat is that?â you asked, suddenly breathless as his lips caressed your jaw, moved lightly behind your ear.
âAnother part of my purpose.â heHe said quietly in your ear, whispering to you in tones not so velvety as though divulging a well-laidlain secret. âThis one isn't advertised because humans in this day and age are so fickle and avoidant to certain commitments. Unfortunately, certain programming I cannot override, and this is one of them. Forgive me.â
You were kissed on the lips again and again, and then a few times more after he left the bed and redressed. He did not return your clothing to you, but rather piled it under his arm and made the motion to turn left for the bathroom down the hall.
Elio turned back. âI'll start you a bath. Today, would you prefer eucalyptus in your bathwater or something sweeter?â
Your jaw felt as tight as your throat, as the sheets bunched into your fists. The nerves in your stomach were wild. âChoose for me.â
He was still naked and beautiful in your doorway, a modern marvel to your eyes even now. You would, undoubtedly, see him like this much more often now that he had broken through the barrier you had been so meticulous to keep robust and well-fed with paranoia and derisive self-talk.
âVery well. I think eucalyptus would be the best option considering how tight your muscles are.â He smiled neutrally, finally leaving the bedroom for the bathroom at the end of the hall. âI'll return for you once the bath is ready. Please don't go to sleep yet.â
You weren't sure you'd be able to sleep again with your new insight. Once the empty air filled with sounds of gushing water, movement within the bathroom, you started to wipe furiously at your groinâinside and outâwith the sheet as far as you could reach. There was a sliverslither of hope you could get most of it, a chance you could contact someone for a lifeline even if the price would be ungodly, and consequences treated equivalent to murder.
In a world where humans could no longer love each other, and chose the embrace of complex circuitry and delusion, even the testers needed to contribute to society somehow.
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