#also this has been sitting in my drafts for so long bc i couldn't decide if the scene with taylor adds to this or not

[girldadbuckley]

S04E05: Buck Begins // S04E14: Survivors

[blackholesun321]

New One Piece AU dropped focusing around Zoro and Mihawk! You shall be subjected to it.

TW: Long Ask

Okay, so basically, this au has a long title but I dubbed it Child of the Sword. It started off with Zoro being able to see the spirits of the swords since in One Piece, swords are sentient and are possessed in a way. Only Zoro can see these spirits and talks to them all the time. At first, he didn't realize others couldn't see them. My friend and I played around with this a lot, and now's it's developed into a whole thing.

When Kuina died, Zoro's anger and grief erupted and Zoro discovered he was the incarnation of the Ancient Weapon: Ares. Created by the war god Asura. The sensei makes Zoro swear to never use his power in public unless it was life or death. Zoro goes on to see Kuina's spirit tied to Wado Ichimonji. During the shells town arc, Morgan is extra cruel bc he is Morgan, and when Zoro is tied in the courtyard he has the swordsman whipped on the back, marring and littering Zoro's back with scars. Zoro's honor is in shambles when Luffy shows up and helps him. During Baratie, Zoro fights Mihawk and loses, ending up with the scar on his chest. After Zoro promises to never fail, he whipsers "Finally a worthy scar" and Mihawk overhears. Mihawk almost noted how Zoro always seemed to be looking at things that aren't there.

So naturally, the warlord decides to kidnap Zoro instead of Luffy (yes I am mashing up OPLA and the anime, fight me). The Straw hats go on the free Nami from Arlong then make plans to get Zoro back from Mihawk. Zoro is less than pleased to be kidnapped by the strongest swordsman. Mihawk brings Zoro with him to meet with Shanks about Luffy's bounty poster and Shanks convinces Mihawk to give Zoro back to the Straw Hats, but before that happens, Mihawk and Zoro end up talking about Zoro's special abilities. Mihawk comes to the realization of what Zoro is and keeps it to himself.

During the two year time skip, Zoro reunites with Mihawk (even though he never stopped talking with the warlord after being dropped off ((begrudgingly)) at lougetown). Mihawk trains Zoro in the way of the sword AND helps him to realize his full potential.

This is all I have for now, but I have ideas for Dressrosa and Wano. :D

FUCK YEAH ASKS AGAIN! I’ve been ignoring the rest of my wings au ask gotta go finish those up lol just kinda sitting in my drafts. Anyways.

Oh fuck yeah again! I love the guy can see spirits no one else can mixed with reincarnation trope my little Bleach nerd heart is swooning.

But yesss constantly talking to air and technically he doesn’t need to but the swords haven’t told him that because it’s funny. And he’s just this ball of angst plus weirdo probably crazy guy who talks to his swords— so he’d be even more ostracized then in canon yeah the mentality Ill are stigmatized and treated poorly in all universes. Expect he not mentally ill I mean if we don’t count the Kuina trauma ™️ probably which is what gives Ironjaw the gaul and to whip him as well as tie him up to suffer dehydration and probably heat stroke so fun.

Maybe Kuina tags along in the form of wado-ichumongi? Maybe he can talk to her sometimes? Idk I just want him to be constantly fighting and loosing to a preteen girl that lives in his sword, I think that would be funny.

Mihawk please! Mihawk that’s kidnapping! Mihawk you’ve kidnapped a child. Because of course he has and did because Zoro=interesting equals if I leave him alone he could die and with the looks of his crew probably will die. Ugh guess I have to steal him.

You know he shows up at that beach eyeliner on, lip gloss applied and cunting it up to shore and with Zoro trying to stab him every other step. Shanks is very worried and weirded out. But also laughs his ass off because of course this is how Mihawk acquires a kid. But also he’s like Mihawk seriously no bad we don’t kidnap… Whitebeards the exception not the rule!

[juminsamore]

Xiao...

Since i love angst. The 2.7 quest got me thinking. What if Xiao was somewhere he can't hear you?

medium length ig?

tw: death, blood

Xiao let's you know he'll be away. As always tell you to call him if you need him.

Little did he know he wouldn't be able to hear you...

During the week Xiao was away you decide to take on a few commissions to keep you busy

The first few days the commissions were pretty easy.

This day though. The commissions were a bit difficult. Fighting treasure hoarders. hilichurls and lastly a ruin hunter.

Running and dodging its bullets you stop for a quick breath. Not noticing it was charging at you with its melee attack. It sends you flying when it hit you. hitting the wall full force your vision gets a bit blurry. Looking down at where it hit you, you see a large gash.

Slowly getting up you look up as it comes at you with its drilling charge. "XIAO!!!" you scream as you push yourself to the ground just missing the attack. You look around and don't see him. Big mistake as the hunter starts slashing. slash you scream as the first slash hits you. "XIA-" slash the second slash also hits you and sends you flying again. you're bleeding profusely.

"XIAO!!" Still no sight of Xiao 'Has he abandoned me? no, he wouldn't do that you think to yourself. 

You try to crawl into a small cave before it can attack once again. slash as you get closer to the cave it cuts your leg blood rushing out, you let out a blood-curdling scream. You manage to make it in at the last second before it can do its final attack. Sobbing as you try and put pressure on every injury you have. "Xiao, Xiao, Xiao please I need you" you keep repeating his name hoping he comes. Your body starts to feel numb. your breath slower and your vision fuzzy. voice barely audible but you don't stop calling his name "Xiao...." letting out his name one last time with your last breath. He never showed.

2 days later

Xiao finally makes it back to Wangshu Inn. He's disappointed when he doesn't see you, he expected to see you helping around and running into his arms when you saw him. He noticed people giving him apologetic looks as he walked up to Verr. He's confused on why. "Where's Y/N?" he asks Verr whose eyes start to water immediately "I'm sorry... Xiao" she tried to stop her sobs "Y/N...is no longer with us."

Xiao is confused by what she means "What do you mean by that?" he asks angrily glaring at Verr. "They...they were found in a cave... deceased. The people who found them said they heard Y/N calling your name before finding her too late" Xiao's blood runs cold. Surely this had to be false right? You wouldn't- You were strong- wait, you called out to him.... why couldn't he hear you? was it because of the chasm? 

Verr turns around to pick something up and turns back to him handing the objects to him "Here you go...Their belongings" snapping him out of his thoughts. It was you're weapon and vision that no longer glowed. 

Teleporting away to your favorite location in Liyue. He drops to his knees hugging the items close. Tears slowly rolled down his cheeks. "I'm sorry y/n. I've failed you." he starts to cry harder punching the ground. "I'm sorry my love. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have left. I'm sorry please call out my name once more... please." After that day the yaksha was seen less often than ever. He was colder than ever as well. In the rare moments' people would see him he'd always have a longing look in his eyes as if hoping to hear something. 

ahhhh, it's been sitting in my drafts for a good month now.chubby reader is tagged bc I'm chubby so 😙

[reverie-starlight]

{lover- m. atsumu}

I was listening to lover and I got inspired... this song makes me feel all kinds of lonely. Like- there's lonely, and then there's the kind of lonely I feel while listening to Lover.

Please enjoy this! I had fun writing it. I even made a special header for it cause this has literally been months in the making. I used the lover logo and everything hehe.

Reader: Gender Neutral!

Warnings: some language and alcohol consumption by reader, like one (1) dirty joke. slightly suggestive, but very very briefly in a couple spots. this is one of the fluffiest things I've ever written and I blame Taylor Swift for making me soft. not proof read.

Character: Miya Atsumu (you have no idea how long this has been sitting in my drafts under the name (lover- unspecified hq character) because I couldn't decide between Akaashi, Atsumu or Suna. Of course Atsumu prevailed bc I am in love with him.)

Word Count: idk but it’s long... definitely closer to 2k?

Synopsis: A collection of moments from when you and Atsumu navigate having your own home and living together for the first time.

Notes: The way this is set up isn't going to match the song 100%, I just chose some stand out lyrics, so it's a songfic, but not really. It isn't the whole song. And these moments aren't like, in sequence or anything, it's basically drabbles based on whatever I thought of for the chosen lyric.

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we could leave the christmas lights up 'til january

this is our place, we make the rules

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, you were able to sit down on the sofa and admire your handiwork. You curled up against your boyfriend's side and smiled at what had been accomplished.

For the past week and a half, you and Atsumu had been busy moving into your new shared home. It was an apartment, and it was already a million times better than your previous living arrangements. You were living together now and it was surreal.

And what's more was that it was yours. You weren't just spending the night, you weren't visiting- it was your shared home with someone you cared for so deeply. It was your place, and both of you were free to do as you pleased with it.

"You know," you started off quietly, not wanting to disrupt the peace but also wanting to get this thought off of your mind. "We could potentially put up the Christmas decorations around the apartment one day after work this week. We're not running on anyone else's schedule anymore. We can literally put them up whenever we want."

Your boyfriend peered down at you and smiled. It wasn't one of his usual arrogant grins reserved for the court, or one of the teasing smirks that he used when he wanted to get on your nerves. This one was softer. It matched the look in his eyes and you knew it meant he was as happy as you were.

Tired from helping you move around furniture all day, but very happy.

"That's true. And that also means we wouldn't have to rush to take 'em down within a socially acceptable timeframe. 'Samu was always a stickler for that." He slightly shifted so that he could look at the one storage box that had been left out for the time being. In black marker it read Holiday Decorations- they had come from your old apartment.

You felt bad leaving your friend without any decorations at all, but since you paid for them (and Osamu refused to give his brother their shared box) you took yours with you.

"That is also true." You sighed and looked around the newly finished living room. A comfortable silence took over once again.

"So were ya thinking tomorrow after you get home, or..." Atsumu trailed off.

Home. He must've said sentences similar to that a million times over the course of your relationship, however it was always referring to a different place with people who weren't him. The weight of it was different now. Home was with him, and though it felt like that even before moving in together, home- as in the physical place you now lived- was also with him.

"That sounds perfect." you grinned up at him.

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have I known you 20 seconds, or 20 years?

The only way to describe this moment was pure.

Lying face-to-face in bed with your lover, not talking at all, just admiring each other. Sometimes he would brush away a strand of hair from your face and follow up with caressing your cheek. Talking wasn't needed. You were at a point in your relationship with Atsumu where silences didn't need to be filled with meaningless small talk.

You had an understanding of each other now and it ran so deep that you wondered how you hadn't known this man your whole life. In the grand scheme of your time on this planet, you had only known him for a small part of it.

It baffled you, in all honesty, how you knew he would be your forever.

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can I go where you go?

can we always be this close forever and ever?

When he first brought up the prospect of living together, you were a bit hesitant.

You knew there was no need to be, considering you had been together for years, but you were scared of change and you really loved how things were going. Moving in together was bound to cause more petty arguments until you could both navigate the new dynamics that it was bound to bring to your relationship.

And if you were being really honest, you were worried that you wouldn't necessarily have your own space- your room would now be shared, you had to be mindful of how you decorated the place so it would be to both of your likings... you were scared that moving in with someone (who wasn't just your roommate) would take away some of the joys of independence.

But once you got settled and used to living together?

You never wanted to be apart from him again.

Laughter rang through the kitchen as he flung some flour at you. It was one in the morning and the two of you decided it would be a good idea to make cookies.

"Okay, okay! I yield! Just stop!" He laughed as you were about to crack an egg over his head.

You set the egg down and pretended to be done with your attacks. Walking over to the sink to wash your hands as he put the cookies in the oven, you silently filled up a small cup with water.

"Alright, I'm gonna go change-" he was cut off by a splash of water in his face.

You grinned at him and started backing away as he wiped a hand over his face. He noticed you trying to sneak away and lunged at you.

"Oh no, you're not getting away that easy," he laughed, chasing you around the kitchen.

Yeah, you wouldn't trade living with him for the world.

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take me out, and take me home

You were drunk.

You had gone out with a group of your friends to celebrate a birthday and you were lucky enough to not be playing designated driver. You were going to offer but Atsumu suggested that he take that role on instead since he had practice the next day and didn't want to go in with a hangover.

("Plus," he said, "You always offer and you deserve to have some fun, too.")

You seldom drank when you went out with friends, usually just preferring to watch over them and make sure they were safe. Even Atsumu had only ever seen you drunk a handful of times, and never in a public setting with loud music and other drunk people involved. But tonight you decided that as long as he was there to keep you from doing something stupid, you could let loose. He had no idea what was in store.

So when you stumbled up to him and interrupted his conversation with one of your friend's boyfriends (who also opted to stay sober), he couldn't help but laugh a bit. You tried to lean on the bar beside you but missed it, causing your boyfriend to quickly catch you before you could drop to the ground. You bounced back quick from the embarrassment, using his hands on your waist to your advantage.

"Hey, handsome," you tried to flirt, putting your arms around his neck, "can I buy you a drink?"

He stared at you for a second before smirking. If he knew one thing about you when you got drunk, it was that your confidence could easily be turned into clinginess or shyness depending on how he responded to whatever advances you made.

He whispered something in your ear that made you flush. Then you were hiding your face in his neck as he laughed at you even more, patting your side.

"'Tsumu, c'mon, let me be the flirt in this relationship for once," you mumbled against him.

He rubbed your back comfortingly and said "I'm very sorry, baby, you can flirt with me all you want on the car ride home, kay?"

You nodded and brought your face out of hiding.

He checked his phone for the time. "We should get going, actually, it's getting pretty late. Is that alright with you, sweetheart?"

You nodded and jumped on him, making him scramble to catch you once again. "Take me home, lover."

And when he did eventually get you home, after saying bye to your friends, and a car ride full of your flirting, he realized had to carry you the whole way up. Sleepiness was taking over and you were getting sappy- his favourite part.

He sat you down on the bathroom counter, washing your face and brushing your teeth for you with the softest look in his eyes as you rambled on about all the reasons you loved him. He listened to you speak with a fond smile, small hums of acknowledgement leaving his mouth and his chest swelling with love.

"And, I'm just so proud of you, baby, you're amazing." You finished your slurred rant with a bright smile and a sloppy kiss to his forehead.

He giggled a bit and hugged you tightly before pulling away to look into your eyes. "You have no idea how much I love you. How grateful I am for you," he ran his hands up and down your sides and smiled when you squirmed. "Now let's get you into bed, sleepy." He peppered you with a few kisses before taking you to your shared bed and lying you down.

He always wanted to be the one who brought you home.

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and i'm highly suspicious that everyone who sees you wants you

i've loved you three summers now honey, but i want 'em all

He had taken you as his plus one to an event he was obligated to attend. It was some sort of banquet- you weren't really clear on all the details but you did know that it was a big deal for Atsumu. There was going to be a lot of potential sponsors for him and his teammates, so you wanted to make sure that you weren't being anything less than perfect so you wouldn't attach a negative image to him. (He told you that there was nothing to worry about, that nothing you could do or say would ever be so bad, but you worried anyway.)

You really were trying to be calm and collected.

But this girl, the daughter of a potential sponsor, was seriously pushing your limits.

The entire night she had been eying him, just waiting for you to leave his side- glaring at you then smiling at Atsumu if he happened to look over. You were not having it, obviously, and you tried to make it clear that she had no chance.

But she was persistent.

"I mean, come on, I can get my dad to sponsor you so easily- I have a lot of sway with him, you know? There’s just one condition you’d have to meet," you heard her say as you were walking out of the bathroom and back to his side.

You rolled your eyes. You knew your boyfriend was attractive- it wasn't unusual for people to try to flirt with him before realizing he wasn't single- and you knew you had nothing to worry about. He was so loyal and loving and he would never even entertain the thought of betraying you like that.

But sometimes he could be a bit dense.

He definitely wasn't the playboy flirt the media often made him out to be. In fact, you even made the first move before you started dating. He hadn't realized you were flirting at all until you made it clear to him.

So you didn't hold it against him when you heard him being friendly with the girl who now had a hand on his arm. You walked up beside him and looped your arm through his free one. He immediately turned and smiled at you, then tried to introduce the girl. 

“Oh, hey baby, there ya are. This is-” he widened his eyes at you in panic as he realized he forgot her name and you had to fight back the smile that was making its way onto your face. He quickly turned to face the girl to make it seem like he directed that last sentence at her. “My partner, (L/n) (Y/n).” 

She didn’t remove her hand from his arm and only seemed to latch onto him tighter at your arrival.

The girl faked a smile towards you. “Hi,” it was obviously cold, and if Atsumu hadn’t noticed her behavior before, he was definitely catching on now.

He pulled his arm out of her grasp and moved closer to you. “She was just telling me about how ‘er father’s company could be a potential sponsor. What were ya saying before about me having to meet a condition?” 

She flushed but didn’t lose any confidence. “Well, I was going to say the condition was buying me dinner... would you be interested, Atsumu?”

Your eyes widened at her use of his first name and he frowned. “Uh... definitely not. Please call me Miya. We’re not close, and we’re never going to be. Thank you for your sponsorship offer, but I think your condition is a little too impossible for me to meet. I have a partner and the least ya could do is respect that.”

With that said, he moved his hand into yours and tugged you along behind him. You stuck your tongue out at the girl as you passed her, not feeling bad at the embarrassed look on her face one bit.

Once you were out on the balcony, he apologized for not realizing she was flirting sooner. 

“’Tsum, it’s all good. Once you did realize it, you shut it down immediately. You did nothing wrong.” 

He nodded but you could still tell he felt guilty. You grabbed his hand and squeezed it so he would look at you. “If you feel bad about getting hit on a lot when I’m around, or flirted with despite this relationship being public knowledge, please don’t. I trust you and I know that you would never break that. It can be frustrating, and maybe some days I feel more insecure than others, but at the end of the day? We go home together. We’re a team, okay? I love you.”

Atsumu looked at you like you just hung the stars in the sky. “I love you so much.” He wanted to hug you, pick you up, kiss you- show you how much your words reassured him and how grateful he was for you. 

But there were still people on the other side of the door who would be eager to call the two of you out for being unprofessional at one of his work events. So instead he settled for placing a quick kiss on your hand.

He glanced through the doorway and then stood up. “How mad do you think my publicity rep would be with me if people saw us leaving early again?”

“He’d be pissed. You’ve been so good tonight.”

“And you’ve been perfect. Just like I said you’d be. I think we can risk a few articles, right?”

You sighed, but smiled up at him anyway. “One of these days we’ll see a work party through to the end, but today is not that day.” 

The two of you giggled and snuck out of the party, not caring one bit about the affronted looks of old businessmen or the teasing glances of his teammates.

The next morning, his phone was blowing up with angry messages from his managers and some snarky texts from his brother. He shut off his phone and rolled over to fall back asleep with you in his arms. 

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and you'll save all your dirtiest jokes for me

“Baby, I lied, I have another one,” said Atsumu as he walked up to where you sat on the couch. 

You groaned. Your boyfriend had been telling you bad jokes all morning, obviously trying to get on your nerves, and you finally managed to get him to stop.

Or so you thought.

“Atsumu, I swear, it’s only been twenty minutes-”

“Just listen! I think you’ll like this one.”

You sighed. “Fine. Go ahead.”

He dramatically cleared his throat and stood up a little straighter. “Now this may seem corny but you make me-”

“Atsumu,” you cut him off when you realized where the joke was going. 

“Knock knock,” he said, as if he anticipated you’d cut him off.

“Who’s there?” you couldn’t have sounded more done with him if you tried.

“Al.”

“Al who?”

“Al give you a kiss if you just open this stupid door!” The smile he gave you reminded you of a puppy after doing a trick- proud and looking for a positive response.

You pulled him down by the collar of his shirt and kissed him.

“You’re lucky that one was cute- it made up for that other one.”

His smile widened. “Speaking of that one-”

“Oh fine, have your way.” You tried and failed to sound annoyed as you put your arms out for him. 

He laughed and picked you up, running to your shared room.

You had to admit- you were happy that you were the only one he directed those types of jokes to.

And even if they were lame, you still loved him with everything you had.

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you're my, my, my, my lover

[moon-lv3r]

internship ~🔫

🦋 category: one-shot, fluff?

🦋 characters: chiba

🦋 summary: while working, you met a boy with an internship

🦋 warnings: nil

🦋 notes:

some bad writing since this belonged to last year and i only just finished it. IT WAS A DRAFT ON MY WATTPAD BEFORE I MOVED HERE OK

idk when will i post it on wattpad bc i have to settle some shit on there

eh i wasn't sure how to end it so excuse the shit ending

Working in architecture wasn't always easy. Having to squeeze your brains out for designs was hell. "Y/n! Get this done!" Your boss boomed. You were just hired recently after passing your internship for goodness sake.

"Yes sir," you replied, mentally rolling your eyes. He was an unreasonable man and you dreaded the thought of him being in your days for the foreseeable future.

"Also," your boss continued. "There's a new intern today, take care of him, don't get weirded out by his appearance."

"Uh... Sure?" You replied. Now why would you ever get weirded out by someone's appearance? It wasn't like he was going to be dressed as an animal, right?

You entered your office and waited for the new person to arrive. You wondered how he would look like. Was he going to be a handsome guy? You simply couldn't wait.

While waiting, you decided to squeeze your brains out for ideas. No luck. A knock on your door distracted you for a second. Could it be the new intern? You motioned for him to come in, the first thing that you noticed about him was his eyes.

Or rather, the lack of eyes. It was covered by his long bangs, you wondered how he was able to see anything aside from his million of hair strands. "Uh hi, I'm f/n, nice to meet you... Mr..."

"Chiba Ryuunosuke," he finished. "Nice to meet you too."

There was an empty seat beside you so you motioned for him to sit there and updated him on what he would have to do. After that, you showed him around. He was rather quiet as you walked around. He barely said anything, only nodded as a response to your questions.

"You could help me with this design," you said. "I need some help."

"Sure," he replied. You handed the documents to him and he looked through them, already getting ideas in his mind. Impressive.

You hoped that he would pass his internship, you could really do well with a partner like him. After hours of you coming up with simple sketches before giving up and continuing on your other work, Chiba handed you something.

"Is this good enough?" He asked as you looked at his sketch. He definitely looked at your thrown away drawings and used some of his own ideas to alter them. It was almost impressive. The way he had combined both of your ideas, you liked it. Chiba should get hired, the both of you would make amazing partners and the work he would produce could certainly be amazing and please the eyes of your annoying boss.

"This is amazing!" You replied, smiling up at him. "I'll hand this to the boss, don't worry you'll get the credit."

"I just looked at yours and used some of my ideas that's all," Chiba replied. So he's humble as well. You already like this new intern and it hasn't even been a full day since you laid eyes on him.

You handed the design to your boss and told him how you and, mainly, Chiba designed it. He was impressed by Chiba and told you to look after him more, as he has the potential to become a great designer for future bulidings.

"I will!" You replied and headed back to your office and told Chiba what the boss said. He seemed rather happy and offered a small smile in return. It was a rare sight to see your boss being so happy and not trying to intimate a grumpy cat.

Over time, you and Chiba started to talk more and more, though it was mainly you doing the talking. You found Chiba's presence rather enjoyable and loved having him around. And over time, you may or may not have developed some romantic feelings for Chiba Ryuunosuke. You never told him though, for the sake of staying professional. Besides, he probably didn't return it, he never talked much, that was a sign. Right?

"Y/n," said Chiba. "Today is your birthday right?" He asked. This was about a year and a half after the both of you started working together. You were surprised that he knew your birthday, you never talked about it much and didn't really care about it. It was just another day to you, nothing much.

"Yeah why?" You asked. Chiba rubbed the back of his neck for a second before saying anything.

"I was hoping that we could go out," he said. "As a celebration and... A thank you for helping me in this company."

Oh... Nothing special. Well at least its better than nothing right? Without any hesitation, you agreed to his offer and the both of you agreed on where to have lunch, since today was a half day anyway. Why not make a good use out of it? This would be your first time spending some time with Chiba that wouldn't be work related and you were beyond excited for it. You waited for this moment for way too long.

You could barely focus on your job for the remaining hours, only managing to get half of your work done. Chiba was well, Chiba, he offered to help you finish yours and boy was he efficient. You mentally scolded yourself for letting your feelings take over and lose your professionalism over a boy. This was very unlike you. You had improved in your job over time and this was essentially the first time that you had slipped up since then, it was unforgivable.

"Y/n, are you ok?" Chiba asked.

"Yeah I am fine," you replied. "Let's get our work done as soon as we can!"

Chiba nodded in response and got back to work. Thank goodness your work for the day was simple and nothing complicated. You were getting rather excited over this small thing which wasn't even a date. Way too excited. You managed to finish up every last piece of your work and so did Chiba. Once you made sure that everything was good to go, you and Chiba left.

The both of you made your way towards a nearby cafe to have your lunch. You paid for your own serving and Chiba paid for his. He ordered surprising little as well. A cup of coffee and a bowl of noodles. You ordered a cup of tea and the same noodles as Chiba, alongside a dessert. The date was quiet but you didn't mind it, Chiba was mostly looking down so you could admire him without being afraid of him catching you in the act. You wondered how his eyes looked like.

"Y/n, are you not hungry?" Chiba asked, after noticing that you barely took a bite of your food. He looked up from his meal to face you.

"Sorry I got distracted, thinking about work," you quickly replied. Chiba merely nodded.

"I admire your work attitude," he added.

"I think your's even better," you replied. "You literally helped me on your first day! It was an internship too!"

"I... erm... well," Chiba mumbled. "I thought that I should make a good impression since the lack of my eyes does otherwise..."

"Oh don't worry," you reassured. "You look good, it's quite attractive if you ask me."

Now why did you say that? Dang it. Hopefully he doesn't react too weirdly to that.

"You're fairly attractive too," Chiba complimented. This time, he looked back down at his meal... Was he shy? Well if that was the case, he wasn't the only one, you were kinda shy too. But not to the point where you can't even say a syllabus. Your heart was beating as fast as it possibly could because you were feeling nervous about this whole thing.

The both of you continued your meal in slience. It was well, obviously awkward. Chiba seemed nervous as well, his head barely looked up at you, leaving you wondering what was going on. Clearly he was hiding something, doesn't take a genius to realise that. You quickly finished your meal so that the day would be able to progress into something less boring. You wanted to see if Chiba had anything special in store for you, which you hoped there was.

"Do you... Want to leave?" Chiba asked the moment he finished his meal.

"Sure!" You quickly replied. "A walk in the park?"

Chiba nodded and the both of you headed off in the direction of the park. You tried to strike up some small talk but it didn't really lead anywhere, Chiba seemed way too shy for his own good. You enjoyed talking to people though, so this wasn't that bad, you could just start up a random topic and hope that it would get Chiba talking. That should work, right? He couldn't be that quiet. This would be a good time for you to know him better as well.

"So Chiba," you began. "What high-school did you go to?"

"Kunugigaoka," he replied with a small smile. That school must have met a lot to him.

You managed to make the small talk last, thank goodness it was less awkward now. He seemed really passionate about the things he enjoyed. It was adorable.

The more the both of you walked, the more you felt like someone was watching the both of you. It was a creepy feeling and you started to be even more aware of your surroundings, Chiba didn't seem to think the same way. He looked more relaxed. "Chiba," you nudged. "I have the feeling that somebody is watching us."

Chiba stopped in his tracks and looked around, "don't worry, we are safe. I know some self defense skills."

"Alright," you replied. His self defense skills better be good. Maybe you could ask him for some lessons. Chiba looked around for a while more, still keeping his seemingly relaxed expression. He definitely knew something that you don't but it doesn't seem to be that serious, or at least you hoped it wasn't. What if he was planning to rob you? That can't be the case, you weren't even rich, though you wished you were.

"Erm y/n?" Chiba mumbled. You could barely hear him.

"Something wrong?" You replied. "You can tell me anything. I won't judge."

"I uh...," Chiba mumbled. "Kinda like you..."

"Kinda?" You repeated. "That's... Nice."

"You don't like me?" Chiba asked, his expression visibly upset. "Sorry for—"

"Chiba, I do like you," you quickly blurted out before he finished his sentence. His eyes seemed to gleam as he turned to face you. His lips curled itself into a wide smile and you could only assume that his eyes had the same elated expression. You never saw his eyes, so you could only guess. Though you were pretty sure that your guess was right.

"Really?" asked the boy with overgrown bangs with curiosity and uncertainty.

You laughed for a second as you tried to make eye contact with him, hopefully you did. You couldn't tell, his eyes never revealed the answers you desperately needed.

"I didn't know that you would feel the same way," Chiba replied. "Since... My hair usually drives people away. Since they can't see my eyes but my eyes drives them away too."

You let out a soft chuckle which left the poor boy confused. "So you think that I would be scared? Come on, it's just hair, who would be scared?"

Chiba shrugged, "people did think that it was a bit weird. It doesn't help that I don't really talk to others as well."

"That's their problem," you replied. "You're fun person to have around!"

Chiba seemed to take the compliment well as you could see the edge of his lips slowly turn into a smile. His hand slowly brushed his hair aside, finally allowing you to catch a glimpse of his eye that many deemed terribly scary. "You have pretty eyes," You responded in awe. "I'm not lying."

Chiba seemed surprised at your words as his mouth opened in surprised. He stared at you for a second, at a complete and total loss of words. "Thank you," he finally uttered, smiling. A bit of his eye could be seen through the gaps of his hair and you grinned at the sight of it. You really loved his eyes.

  The rest of the date went well. Chiba didn't talk much due to his shy nature but you hadn't mind, he still looked as though he was enjoying it, and you had asked if he was uncomfortable a few times. The date wasn't entirely silent, he did talk a few times when he mustered up the courage to talk to you. It seems that he was afraid to talk to you, which you found funny. You were really friendly so there wasn't much to be afraid about. But then again, people were upset about his eyes so people really can be scared over anything that exist.

  The same feeling of being watched still loomed over you but you still enjoyed the date nonetheless. It had ended with the both of you watching a movie since you two had gotten tired of the constant walking and also needed some more entertainment other that watching people walk about. It was a boring sight, but you wouldn't mind watching Chiba walk up and about.

  You would never find out about the fact that the day before, Chiba had confessed to his old classmates about him liking someone from work and some of them, worked overnight to find out all they could about you and made Chiba ask you out. They were hiding out, watching how the date went. Chiba himself only realised they followed him when you mentioned the feeling of being watched and he turned to see the hair, or the lack of hair, watching the both of you. That one particular stalker was crazy over girls. You were right about Kunugigaoka being special.

Why would it not?