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coffeewithheroes · 4 years ago

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Hiya, nice to meet you V! Do you know the Tiktok trend that goes like, “why can’t friends just kiss each other?” If you do, would you mind doing some headcanons about how Iwaizumi and other characters of your choosing would react? tysm!!💕

a/n: nice to meet you anon! i’ve seen that trend before and omg i love it so much! i just love the friends to lovers troupe in general :) never be able to get over it i swear🤧

really went all out on my first answered request, hehe!

“why can’t friends just kiss each other?” ⪼ haikyuu hcs

IWAIZUMI

💌 Iwaizumi would probably already know about the trend, seeing as he’s got tiktok obsessed oikawa as a best friend.

💌 oikawa would probs tease Iwa about how you might use it on him one day, which earns him a good wack.

💌 luv you tooru get well soon

💌 might secretly hope that you make a move on him, but doesn’t get his hopes too high. there’s a chance that you’re not even interested in Tiktok impossible, or you’d rather confess to him the traditional way, OR, you might not even like him. again, impossible

💌 lucky for him, you LIVE for trends like these :)

💌 you’ll probably be at his house or something, thanking the stars above that Iwaizumi has finally granted you a break from studying, as well as the opportunity to make your move!

💌 you pull out your phone, and search for the sound, heart beat so loud you hope he can’t hear.

💌 remember to breathe, baby. because it’s go time.

💌 you press play.

💌 at this point, Iwa looks up from his own device, and has that “wait, what?” look on his face.

💌 you’re laughing at him to hide the sudden waves of embarrassment.

💌 not to worry dear, your efforts were not in vain.

💌 Iwaizumi is honestly so frigging happy that you did this. he can’t help but think about how cute you are.

💌 “you’re so stupid, you know that?” and yet, the opposite comes out of his mouth.

💌 but again, must i remind you not to worry?

💌 the next few moments are absolute heaven - Iwaizumi pulls your face towards his, and kisses you hard.

💌 damn, he’s been waiting for this.

OSAMU

💌 this would be something neither of you are expecting-

💌 it’s actually atsumu who set up the entire thing lmaooo

💌 the three of you usually walk home together after volleyball practice, but atsumu had faked being sick and went home early, leaving just osamu and yourself.

💌 whilst walking, you get a message from atsumu, a video.

💌 and you play it out loud of course, not expecting it to be something like this:

💌 “why can’t friends just kiss each other?”

💌 cue the awkward stares and silent curses of atsumu‘s name.

💌 you want to think of something, anything to say that will get osamu’s mind away from the words he just heard.

💌 but unlucky for us, our brains always run out on us when we need ‘em most, right?

💌 in the end, it’s osamu who breaks the silence.

💌 “well, why can’t we?”

💌 “there’s no rule against it...”

💌 “should we...”

💌 “I’m okay with it if you are?”

💌 the kiss is one of those which start off as simple pecks, but get all crazy after that 😳

💌 you know you can’t get too carried away though, being in the middle of the street and all.

💌 osamu takes you to his house instead of dropping you home, and atsumu can’t help but smirk victoriously at the sight of your bruised lips.

💌 looks like you got a lil’ bit carried away after all

💌 instead of thanking his matchmaker brother, you opt for giving him the finger.

💌 osamu’s pretty content with that solution too, so it’s all good!

TSUKISHIMA

💌 your mind immediately wanders to Tsukishima the moment you discover this Tiktok sound.

💌 things will either go really well, or really bad. and of course, you’re hoping for the latter.

💌 tsukishima’s a smart dude, and will immediately notice something is up the moment you pull out your phone and start grinning ear to ear.

💌 “what are you doing?” he really doesn’t waste time.

💌 “hey, do a tiktok with me.”

💌 “absolutely not.”

💌 but he doesn’t stop you when you set up your camera and press the three second countdown.

💌 when the question pops up, tsukishima is lowkey shocked

💌 like, what did i just hear? 👁👄👁

💌 you’re laughing your ass off at his reaction, but tsukishima wouldn’t be tsukishima if he allowed others to openly laugh at him in his presence or at all for that matter

💌 he gives you one of those “shut up” kisses :)

💌 and suddenly, the tables have turned, and he’s the one who’s making fun of your reaction!

BOKUTO

💌 bokuto’s actually the one who introduces you to the trend

💌 the hilarious thing is, he didn’t even mean it as a confession, he just wanted to show you one video which he found particularly cute!

💌 he’s super excited about it, so while he’s taking a break during practice, he whips out his phone from his bag, and shows you the video.

💌 it gets your heart pumping QUICKLY fr-

💌 you’re not actually sure how to react tbh. you know that there’s a chance bokuto was just showing it to you because he thought it was cute, not because he was indirecting the fact that the two of you should actually kiss.

💌 but my guy akaashi has got your back :D

💌 “bokuto-san, does that mean you would like to kiss y/n as well, seeing as she’s your friend?”

💌 “...hey, hey, hey! dude, you’re right!”

💌 bokuto does not hesitate-

💌 pulls you towards him, then tilts his head just right so that he can kiss you.

💌 it’s over in an instant, there’s literally no time to react.

💌 he isn’t trying even a little bit to hide the smile on his face.

💌 “i’ll give you more later, i have to go back to practice now, yeah?”

HOSHIUMI

💌 another one who knows his way around Tiktok - chances are, he found the trend before you did.

💌 hoping that you’ll understand why he’s calling it his new favourite trend, and get the hint that likes you and wants you to confess that way!!

💌 spoiler alert: you’re going to do it.

💌 the whole thing goes down during one of your weekend sleepovers.

💌 it’s three am, both of you are dead tired, and you’ve decided that you want a kiss before you head to sleep.

💌 loud enough for him to hear, not loud enough for his parents to wake up, you play the sound.

💌 “what? you— y/n!!”

💌 this cutie can’t even form words, he’s that happy!

💌 does not waste any more time trying to speak - he’s sure that you’d rather be kissing him.

💌 and you would :)

💌 hoshiumi starts off by placing kisses all over your face and neck, purposely avoiding your lips.

💌 because that’s his final prize, of course!

💌 it feels like forever has passed, before your lips finally touch his.

💌 it’s amazing, it’s sweet, it’s heartwarming, it’s all the synonyms which you can possibly come up with for those three words.

💌 the two of you fall asleep, legs tangled and all.

💌 his parents most likely have at least heard of tiktok. don’t know the trend specifically, but know that their son has finally managed to get himself a beautiful girlfriend! ❤️

KUROO

💌 here we go,,

💌 this whole situation is like a total accident.

💌 you were just scrolling through your for you page like we all do, when you came across the original video.

💌 “why can’t friends just kiss?”

💌 kuroo’s head turns so fast when he hears it.

💌 hasn’t seen the trend himself, but thank you to the man who made it, you’ve given kuroo an opportunity to kiss his crush 🙏

💌 “you know, that man is talking sense.”

💌 he’s smirking, he’s wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive manner, and you’re trying to keep it together.

💌 don’t freak out, don’t freak out, don’t freak out

💌 “maybe we should kiss. like right now, and prove that friends are indeed allowed to kiss?”

💌 you’d like that, wouldn’t you? :))

💌 and so, when he leans in, you do absolutely nothing to stop him!

OIKAWA

💌 flipping heck, he’s so pretty

💌 soo...

💌 do 👏 this 👏 trend 👏 with 👏 him 👏 please 👏 and 👏 thank you............👏

💌 oikawa absolutely adores Tiktok, so you can bet your ass he knows about it.

💌 of course, doing something like this takes GUTS. confessing to anyone is a pretty difficult thing to do, especially with a good friend!

💌 you decide to confide in Iwaizumi in the matter, you know you can trust him not to say anything until after the big day.

💌 someone you can’t trust with a secret as big as this, is Matsukawa.

💌 accidentally overheard the convo between you and Iwaizumi, and thought it would be hilarious to accidentally spill the tea to his majesty.

💌 who is absolutely excited, by the way.

💌 when the big day arrives, you’re nervous as hell, and so is he.

💌 things go wrong, oh so wrong.

💌 oikawa’s sitting beside you on the couch. as soon as you take your eyes away from the tv and start paying attention to your phone, he starts watching.

💌 you don’t actually notice, too busy trying to calm yourself down.

💌 and then...

💌 before you even get to press play on the sound, oikawa is turning your head and pressing his lips against yours.

💌 it’s one of those simple, yet expertly executed kisses, the kind which makes you unable to open your eyes for a few seconds.

💌 “you uh...didn’t play the sound.”

💌 “you didn’t give me a chance to, idiot.”

💌 he’s just silly like that but i think i speak for everything when i say we wuv him sm 🥺

USHIJIMA

💌 Ushijima takes volleyball seriously, and he takes his studies seriously too.

💌 he’s been tutoring you for about one and a half hours now, and what the hell you’re so tired.

💌 but according to waka-baby, you haven’t done enough to deserve a break!

💌 (it’s true, you’ve only done about 3 questions since the topic is so boring lol)

💌 BUT THAT IS MOST DEFINITELY NOT THE POINT!

💌 begging and grovelling doesn’t work on Ushijima. and that’s when you think - what about Tiktoks?

💌 specifically the trend which has friends becoming lovers through a kiss after a single question.

💌 when Ushijima goes up to the counter to ask for more coffee, you take out your phone and quickly search for the sound.

💌 he’s not impressed by your choice to do this, but he forgets about that once he hears those sweet, sweet words.

💌 stays silent at first, as if in deep thought.

💌 “if i agree to this, will you get some work done?”

💌 “how about you agree to this, because you like me?”

💌 you used confidence! it was super effective!

💌 ushijima allows you to kiss him, and to him, your smile is brighter than the freaking sun.

💌 “lets get back to work.”

💌 but you and him both know that neither of you will be able to concentrate now :)

ATSUMU

💌 osamu’s the one who shows you the Tiktok. passed it on through kita, who’s just knowledgeable about everything??

💌 but are you sure you want to do this?

💌 h e c k y e s ☐ f r i c k n o ☒

💌 just kidding!!

💌 after showing you the video, osamu, the better twin, enlightened you about the fact that atsumu was planning to do the trend on you!

💌 cute, awh 🥺

💌 unlucky for him, you beat him to it! sorry not sorry

💌 you make your move the day before he wanted to make his.

💌 you play the sound, lowkey excited to see atsumu’s look of surprise.

💌 but...there isn’t one?

💌 what’s? going?? on???

💌 “‘you got played baby girl. ‘samu showed you the trend on purpose, and lied about me wanting to do the trend. all so that you’d be the first to admit that you like me.”

💌 he’s a little kid stuck in a teenager’s body, please forgive him.

💌 gives you one kiss for the sake of the video, and about twenty for messing around with you :))

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peepingtoad · 5 years ago

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THE POSITIVE & NEGATIVE; Mun & Muse - Meme.

fill out & repost ♥ This meme definitely favors canons more, but I hope OC’s still can make it somehow work with their own lore, and lil’ fandom of friends & mutuals. Multi-Muses pick the muse you are the most invested in atm.

My muse is: canon / oc / au / canon-divergent / fandomless /

Is your character popular in the fandom? YES / NO / 50-50 (There’s a lot of love and a lot of hate, but I think many are actually pretty neutral on him too!)

Is your character considered hot™ in the fandom? YES / NO / 50-50 (I’d say he may be an... acquired taste? Of course a lot of people I know here find him sexie so it’s hard to say for certain, heh. We may just be the weirdos of the fandom :P )

Is your character considered strong in the fandom? YES / NO

Are they underrated? YES / NO (Not in terms of ability, but underrated for just how complex and multi-layered he is, I’d say)

Were they relevant for the main story? YES / NO.

Were they relevant for the main character? YES / NO /

Are they widely known in their world? YES / NO.

How’s their reputation? GOOD / BAD / NEUTRAL (I honestly think he’s a man of many reputations, both in canon and in fandom :’D)

How strictly do you follow canon? — I’m very much a ‘use the bones of what we got in canon and do my best to flesh them out’ kinda roleplayer. There are some things that can be taken too easily at face value that I see fit to build upon. For example, I think Jiraiya’s feelings on the prophecy and his relationship with Konoha is something that could be too easily played off as simplistic, or like they were immovable constants. But that’s unrealistic for a man of his years and many experiences, so I try to put myself in his emotional setting at various points in his life, and trace how his feelings and behaviours change, if that makes sense?

I try to avoid saying that any of the writing was straight up wrong because it’s disrespectful to the creator. But especially for Jiraiya, who had such a significant role to play in the narrative that it sometimes took precedence over his actual character, I do find some of his actions, and the way some interactions were handled in the canon to be a little OOC... so I’ll work with it and try to spin it in a way that I feel fits how he was characterised.

Basically, I’d say that I follow canon, but I like to enrich it in areas that were lacking detail or a nuanced view that took in all the surrounding events of the time. After Jiraiya’s canon death, of course, that’s when more divergence comes in to my portrayal... otherwise I wouldn’t be able to play any post-war scenarios! But the essence of his character is the same, which I try to keep as close to canon as possible.

SELL YOUR MUSE! Aka try to list everything, which makes your muse interesting in your opinion to make them spicy for your mutuals. — A man of many experiences! You can bet that any topic that comes up, he’ll have some sort of amusing anecdote to share, or be able simply to talk shit about it. He's seen so much, and has a sensitive soul enough that he’ll give anyone a chance; he’s very open-minded and non-judgemental, and honestly is a humanitarian that wants to help those in need. Might leave your muse a little baffled as to how he could hold the status of ‘legend’, only to show it when they least expect it. You never quite know what you’re going to get with him: he’s generous and selfless, yet has many vices that seem selfish at times; he’s both a lover and a fearsome fighter; he’s immensely resilient at the same time as incredibly vulerable and damaged; he’s a himbo and a bit of a jock with the soul of a poet. Love him with no restraint and invite his love in return, and you’ll get not only a lover, but a devotee. Wears his heart on his sleeve... or does he? Chip away at him and find out!

Now the OPPOSITE, list everything why your muse could not be so interesting (even if you may not agree, what does the fandom perhaps think?). — The pervy, flirty, jokey schtick could get grating, or come across as disingenuous. In romantic situations, he’ll keep quiet about putting a label on whatever it is, and beneath his overall sweetness and devotion there may be an underlying reek of commitment issues and a fear of admitting he is afraid. He also has a habit of deflecting negativity in general, and playing things off as if they don’t matter or they’re a joke, making him actually rather a difficult person to get to know the heart of. One might feel as if they’re getting nowhere with him...

... Either that, or they get the complete opposite. Yes, as equally as he can be guarded, he can overshare like crazy, and has a tendency to become codependent with those he gets attached to, which is inconsistent with his free-spirited nature, and how adept he is at keeping others at arm’s length from his less sunny side. This inconsistency might make him seem unreliable—if the fact he’s always off who-knows-where doesn’t do the trick already.

What inspired you to rp your muse? — I’ve been a big fan of the Sannin ever since I first read the Deadlock, but being a very young person at the time I perhaps couldn’t relate enough to people who had experienced so much to do them justice in my teenage fic-writing endeavours, so I remained on the sidelines enjoying content by other people (there may also have been a little bit of ‘what the fuck, why do I dig the old dude so much’ denial in there haha). I’ve picked up and dropped my obsession with the series several times over the years, and my love for those three seemed to grow each time. They really are ‘the lost generation’, and as the sole survivors—alongside having a huge impact on the plot, how the shinobi world is shaped, and the three main protagonists—there’s a lot of juicy material there, a lot of emotional background, along with decades of history that basically goes untapped in the canon.

Anyway, I digress. Coming to the Naruto RPC for the first time around this time 2 years ago at the age of 25, I made this blog and my Deidara one on a whim, but focused on the latter at first. Villains were always comfortable territory for me in my other RP experiences, and I think it made me doubt that I could possibly do someone who is frankly a lovely guy any justice, no matter how much I loved him. I even had the intention of making him fully Akatsuki/Missing-Nin AU at first. Yeah. That’s how stuck in my villain/anti-hero zone I was! But, I think in the end, the fact he actually isn’t a two-dimensional typical ‘hero’ was something I chewed over and realised would be incredibly enriching to write, worth stepping out of my comfort zone for. And being a little more mature and less angst-ridden myself by that point, I found I could resonate with his feelings and ideals in a way that I know I couldn’t have as a teen... but I was still tentative.

Anyway, after leaving his blog empty for a bit (with its placeholder URL ‘frogdaddy’, which sadly got hoarded by someone else), I cosplayed the old bastard, along with my partner as Orochimaru. We’d been stanning that particular ship and talking about how great the Sannin are in general for quite some time by that point, but being casually in character for fun while drunk off my tits at a boat party, was a bit of an epiphanic moment. Not long after that, I threw myself right into writing this chaotic-good old bastard with gusto, and here I still am :’)

What keeps your inspiration going? — Taking breaks to recharge as and when I need to. Seriously. The death of all my other blogs has been pressure (mostly from myself) to be there and force myself to put out regular content, so I went into this not thinking that way and it’s really helped!

Of course, there’s also the fact that there simply seems to be no shortage of areas I can delve into with this guy. Again, it’s his age and all the missing years in canon... but I think it’s also how much love he has and his genuine eagerness to engage with others that makes him one of the most naturally bountiful muses I’ve played. Because honestly? Most of my villain muses wanted people to just fuck off :’D this guy is open to everything.

That aside, I guess I just gel with him more than I ever expected to. I’ve changed a lot as a person and gained more confidence since various areas of my life got better, and I really just vibed with this chill, funny, romantic, pervy, big-hearted energy. I enjoy angst, but my real love is peppering the serious and heartbreaking with romance and comedy—and isn’t that just befitting of him? Writing through his eyes also helps to keep my outlook positive, so that keeps me stuck on him as much as the seemingly limitless content potential.

And this is without even going into my cross-fandom AU ideas I have on the back-burner. Honestly, they’re there but I want to put a real effort into them while keeping his essence the same, which for some, involves brushing up on my lore!

Some more personal questions for the mun.

Give your mutuals some insight about the way you are in some matters, which could lead them to get more comfortable with you or perhaps not.

Do you think you give your character justice? YES / NO.

Do you frequently write headcanons? YES / NO.

Do you sometimes write drabbles? YES / NO / RARELY. (depends on whether I get a flash of inspiration—which mostly comes with random asks that happen to stir up an idea for a scene, such as this one (NSFW warning))

Do you think a lot about your Muse during the day? YES / NO.

Are you confident in your portrayal? YES / NO.

Are you confident in your writing? YES / NO.

Are you a sensitive person? YES / 50-50 /NO. (I tend not to take things personally but am also very passionate—call it my innate Leo-ness!)

Do you accept criticism well about your portrayal? — Hmmm. I haven’t actually had any critique on my portrayal, so I’m not sure haha! I’d say if it’s constructive, then I’ll take it into account and consider it, especially if it’s a case where it helps me realise I’ve perhaps not gotten across what I intended to very well. But I’m also quite fond of my portrayal in its essence, so I may end up just thanking the person for their opinion and carry on as usual :P

Do you like questions, which help you explore your character? — Absolutely! I’ve had some wonderful ones recently and it’s exactly the kick I need to get ideas out, some of which I’ve had on the back-burner but not had a framework within which to write it without it getting derailed. I definitely appreciate a question that will keep me at least a little on-topic, otherwise if I go off on my own volition I really tend to... well, go off! Even if a question is a similar topic to something I’ve already done, it’s a good exercise for me to go back to the similar headcanon and see if I can build further on it, deviate, and link it to show what past thoughts I’ve been working with. A great way of keeping some consistency in my portrayal while making improvements, I find! And then of course I’ve had some questions that are entirely new morsels for thought, and it leads me to something new and fresh, which I greatly appreciate.

Basically, any questions at all, fire away! I may take a while but I will get to them eventually!

If someone disagrees to a headcanon of yours, do you want to know why? — Yeah. I mean I think it’s just polite to present a reason as to why not, instead of just being like ‘this is wrong/a bad take’ or whatever. Source material is down to personal interpretation, so if I draw different ideas from it to another person after discussion, then we can simply agree to disagree on it.

If someone disagrees with your portrayal, how would you take it? — They are welcome to disagree with me I guess? So long as they’re respectful and don’t then treat me as if my interpretation is ‘AU’ or talk about ‘canon Jiraiya’ as if he’s obviously a different entity to my own, then disagree away. But if prompted enough, know that I will most likely defend my portrayal with what I consider to be justification from the source material :P I did pay close attention to it, after all, and I do consider my portrayal to align well with it.

If someone really hates your character, how do you take it? — Depends on the nature of it and the conduct, really? Like, people are allowed to dislike characters. I myself find a couple of characters pretty annoying or don’t particularly care for them (granted, usually it’s in a love-to-hate or simply a ‘this character doesn’t interest me’ way), but that doesn’t affect how I behave towards the RPer of a character. It’s just manners, really. People tend to RP characters because they like them, so why would you take negativity right to their doorstep, in this space they’ve made as an expression of enjoyment for, and to develop said character?

There’s been some people who admitted to me that they didn’t care much for Jiraiya, but then began to like him more with my portrayal and that’s more than fine; I take it as the highest compliment in fact. It’s also the kind of open-minded attitude I like to have with portrayals of characters I don’t necessarily like or have much interest in, because by and large, people do tend to add more depth and nuance than the busy and character-packed canon allowed.

However, if it’s the type of hate that’s got its own devoted circle of bitter bitches, who seem to use so much energy hating a character... then please, don’t engage me. Doesn’t matter who the character is, don’t expect me to follow/keep following your negative ass if it’s constant on the dash—and if the target character is any of the Sannin then frankly I’ll have probably blocked/blacklisted in a heartbeat. The ‘critical’ views of them tend to diminish them as humans, diminish the context and events that surrounded their choices, and in a way that I find is a gross double standard compared to what people will allow other (read: young, attractive, fandom faves, ‘babies’ or ‘beans’) to get away with and excuse the behaviours of. I don’t need that kinda negative energy sullying my hobby, nor do I need moral superiority that isn’t applied consistently across the board.

Are you okay with people pointing out your grammatical errors? — Absolutely! I meticulously fret and check, and cringe when I get a reply and happen to spot errors while rereading what I wrote before it! I edit a lot but don’t always pick up on errors, so I’m more than happy to have it pointed out. Chances are, I’ll be far more brutal to myself about it than anyone else would be!

Do you think you are easy going as a mun? — Overall, yeah. I’m not possessive or clingy (I don’t think) and don’t expect the world from people, nor for them to focus on or favour me or be super fast. I just expect the same respect in return. Having said that, I will express it when I don’t like something or it makes me uncomfortable, provided we’re familiar enough, because if we’re strangers I’d feel like I was coming across as entitled to your energy and emotional labour. I do my best to be diplomatic about it though, and rest assured it doesn’t mean I’m forever mad at you or turned off in any way just because I have a small grievance. I just find that being honest with each other rather than letting things pile up and fester makes a friendship more solid, and basically more genuine and long-lasting.

That’s about it, congrats for filling out!

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noahsfreckles · 6 years ago

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Keeping Secrets from Strangers (4)

So this is happening. 💕💕

I start my hair once I get home. I try not to stain my whole bathroom. I decide to only do half up my hair instead of my whole head just Incase I don't like it and want to cut it off. I go back to my room once everything is setting and I just have to wait to wash it out.

I carefully grab my phone and look at my notifications. 2 new texts from Jamey🐱 2 new tweets from J. 2 new texts from Lexi🤪

I open the tweets first;

@browneyedboy: my friends are so embarrassing @browneyedboy: wishing someone could know the real me

Lexi🤪: did you do it? Lexi🤪: send me pics ASAP!!

Jamey🐱: hey I'm back what's up? Jamey🐱: are you dyeing your hair? Jamey🐱: I should wash my hair lol text me when you can 😎

I smile a little at Jamey's texts. I text back Lexi and Jamey.

Mia to Lexi: it's setting so it will be a while Mia to Lexi: I only did half my hair in case I hate it and want to cut it off

Mia to Jamey: hey 🤓 Mia to Jamey: did you wash your hair? lol

Lexi🤪: good idea. What did the parental say?

Mia: they're not home yet you know they won't care

Lexi🤪: well I wanna see it when you're done

Mia: you'll be the first to see it besides me Mia: omg Lexi I got whistled at today by some cute guys well at least I think the other one was cute he was hiding

Lexi🤪: what I want all the details I'm calling you!!

Lexi🤪 calling: answer / decline.

I answer and put it on speaker phone because of my hair.

"I want details missy!" Yells as I answer.

I just laughing, "calm down and I will."

"Sorry."

"Well I was going to Sally's to get the dye and two guys were standing out by the gym, you know that's over on Main Street. And one of them whistled at me so I turned and looked at them, one of them was hiding behind the one who whistled. I smiled and waved and went in Sally's."

"Yeah."

"So when I came out they weren't that far away from the Jeep so I whistled at the one who whistled at me cause he was the only one not in the their Jeep yet. I laughed a little at how fast he turned around and waved at him, then I left and went to Starbs."

"That's all?"

"No!"

"Well tell me more!"

"I am! So I look behind me and I see their Jeep behind me following so I pull into Starbucks and park cause I didn't know if I wanted to go in or the drive-thru, so they go in the drive-thru and order so I decide to go through the drive-thru too. I pull in behind them and I order my stuff, pulling up to the window, the barista said that it was already paid for by the guys in the Jeep. So I pull up next to them in the parking lot cause they parked and the one who whistled at me, Kyle."

"Oh she got a name."

"Oh shush.

"Kyle rolled his window down and we started talking and I said thanks for paying and he said his friend did, and his friend was kinda ignoring me."

"What was he doing?"

"He said he was looking for something in the backseat, his name was Jason. And then they randomly started arguing about something I couldn't really hear so I said I better get going back home. Kyle turned back around and says okay, hope to see you around and then he winks!"

"Damn I can't leave you alone for five seconds and guys try to steal you!" She jokingly says.

"No guys are trying to steal me away."

"Uh huh first Jamey and now Kyle."

"Neither of them are trying to steal me. Jamey and are just friends, if that and I just met Kyle and probably would never see him around again."

"Mhmm sure. You know where Kyle works out and gets Starbucks after. But his friend was really weird."

"Yeah I wonder what's up with that?"

"Maybe he knew you and didn't want you to know or he could have been famous and didn't want you to freak out on them."

"Hmm maybe we do live in LA and I was near the more expensive part of the city. I bet that was it."

"Totally."

"I wonder who it was."

"Noah," Lexi says and starts laughing.

"I hate you. It wasn't Noah."

"I bet it was and he didn't want you to see him and freak out on him and ask for his hand in marriage and to want him to impregnate you and have beautiful lil Noahs and Mias running around."

"I really hate you," I say then we start laughing. "And for the record I don't want his hand in marriage."

"But you want him to impregnate you! I knew you were obsessed with Noah's sexy body."

"You didn't let me finish," I whine.

"Okay finish."

"I don't want his hand in marriage but I wouldn't mind getting freaky with him."

"I knew it!" Lexi about screams.

"Oh shit I gotta wash out my hair!"

"Bye. Send me pics!"

"I will, bye."

We both hang up and I go wash it out. I blow dry it out and curl it a little. I love it. I take some pics and post them on my socials but send Lexi and Jamey pics first.

Lexi🤪: omg girl I love it!! 💕💕💕

Jamey🐱: ohh I like it. 😍💕

I blush a little at Jamey's text.

Mia to Lexi: thanks. 💋💋

Mia to Jamey: thanks. 😍

Jamey🐱: wanna finish our game? And yes I washed my hair in while shower, my friend said I smelled

Mia: sure ��😂

Jamey🐱: what made you dye your hair?

Mia: I wanted to try something new and was googling pics and saw a pic of a girl with pink hair and I wanted pink hair and I have pink hair now.

Jamey🐱: I wish I could do something with my hair. It's out of control.

Mia: why can't you?

Jamey🐱: my mom won't let me

Mia: oh that sucks 😕

Jamey🐱: maybe this summer I can

Mia: what do you wanna do?

Jamey🐱: I don't know maybe just cut it some. My curls are crazy.

Mia: would you ever dye it?

Jamey🐱: probably not. I love my hair. And I get to ask three questions in a row like you. 😋

Mia: deal.

Jamey🐱: fave color? Number? What did you do today besides dyeing your hair?

Mia: probably blue, like a baby blue, 13, yes I know it's unlucky but it's been lucky for me and I went to Sally Beauty and went to Starbuck. You?

Jamey🐱: well you know I went to the gym with my friend then we went to Tropical Smoothie Cafe and got our power shakes.

Mia: sounds fun.

Jamey🐱: what are you doing for the rest of the night?

Mia: probably order some food and watch Netflix. You?

Jamey🐱: probably the same but hopefully texting a pretty girl 😎

Mia: oh a girl? Tell me about her.

Jamey🐱: well I think she's pretty. She's like to steal my kitty, tease me, and text me too.

Mia: she sounds great. What makes her pretty?

Jamey🐱: her heart, sense of humor, and her face.

Mia: what does she look like?

Jamey🐱: well she has blonde and recently dyed pink hair and she has brown eyes.

Mia: she sounds really familiar

Jamey🐱: hmm I wonder why 🤔

Mia: do I know her?

Jamey🐱: she's in your mirror right now 😮

Mia: you're a dork.

Jamey🐱: I know. 🤓

Mia: thank you ☺️

Jamey🐱: you are very welcome. 😎

Mia to Lexi: Jamey is flirting me. And I like it.

Lexi🤪: what's he saying?!

I send a screenshot of mine and Jamey's conversation to Lexi.

Lexi🤪: aww he likes you. Lexi🤪: do we know what he looks like? Other than the brown hair?

Mia: no should I ask? I don't want to scare him away. 😕

Lexi🤪: yes just bring it up casually and don't just ask him for a pic

Jamey🐱: Stuvi says meow meow

Mia: tell Stuvi meow meow back.

Jamey🐱: now he's sniffing my phone. What did you say to him?

Mia: I asked him for a selfie.

Jamey🐱: that explains it, well he can't really take one but I can. Is that okay? Jamey🐱: I don't know really how to say this but I um think it's kinda bad that I know what you look like but you have no idea what I look like cause my display picture is of Stuvi and kinda my hair and I'll shut up now and show you.

Mia: wow Jamey.

Jamey🐱: good or bad wow? 😕

Mia: good wow I promise. Wow as in that's a lot and I didn't mind not know what you look like. It gives you some mystery but I would like to know who I'm talking to when I'm talking to you.

Jamey🐱: okay good wow. Jamey🐱:

I don't say anything for a moment as I look at the picture of Jamey. He kinda looks familiar but I can't place it since I can't see his whole face.

Jamey🐱: Mia? 😕

Mia: sorry I was staring at something. 😲

Jamey🐱: something good I hope.

Mia: something very good 🙂

Jamey🐱: thanks 😊

Mia: you're welcome 🙂

Mia to Lexi: he won't send one 😕 I'll try again later.

Lexi🤪: good luck 🍀

Jamey🐱: wanna watch a movie?

Mia: how?

Jamey🐱: we start the same movie at the same time and if we need to pause it we tell the other person.

Mia: what movie? I have Hulu, Netflix, and amazon prime.

Jamey🐱: TATBILB. 😋

Mia: very funny Jamey.

Jamey🐱: I know 😂😂😂

Mia: how about The Incredibles 2?

Jamey🐱: yes I love Jack Jack.

Mia: me too.

Jamey🐱: I'm ready when you are.

Mia: one Mia: two Mia: three

We both hit play and start watching the movie. And that's how we spend the rest of the night. Watching movies together and eating our take out 'together'.

#noah centineo #noah centineo fanfic #noah centineo x orginal character #sierra burgess is a loser #sbial #to all the boys i've loved before #the fosters #jamey #peter kavinsky #keeping secrets from strangers #noah centineo fanfiction

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idealisticrealism · 7 years ago

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Blindspot 3x02 recap

Aka the one where the team has to get their groove back

Ah, man. I always intend to do these straight after the ep but then damn life always gets in the way and now suddenly somehow it’s about 12 hours until the new episode airs… let’s see how quickly I can smash through this one then, huh? (Answer: not very quickly lol)

As usual, many thoughts to be found beneath the cut.

Look I’m not really a fan of hunters or white men who are overly attached to their weapons, but murdering a couple of dudes just because they stumbled upon your shady militant business seems a lil bit rough tbh

Ugh Weller is cooking for his lady he’s such a cutie pie and ugh Jane slept so deeply, when was the last time she slept well?? But ugh they’re really settling back into being around each other and HE COMPLIMENTS HER HAIR and tbh I like it best when it’s the classic ‘Jane Doe’ short look but this is super cute (and better than the wavy hair from last ep). And wow I feel like we’re burning through a lot of topics in this brief scene bc now they’re talking about how Jane disappearing pretty much bankrupted Weller (man, that’d have to add some guilt to the pile), and then it comes up that Jane is now vegan and tbh I have a slight problem with this new fact. Like okay being vegan is fine, but firstly they already had at least dinner together the night before, so this kinda should have already come up, right? And secondly I kinda feel like her being vegan now is just a somewhat clumsy way of the writers showing how these two have both ‘changed’ and ‘don’t really know each other like they used to’. I honestly expected her to be joking, and for that little joke to actually demonstrate that while they’re not exactly the same as they were, they also haven’t radically changed. But nevermind, I guess. It provided the necessary setup for Weller’s question about any other surprises-- following which Jane says nothing about the passports and cash she’d hidden-- which is what the writers really wanted to get out of this scene anyway.

Poor Stuart, Patterson really does not like sharing her lab. But technically he’s right, it is his lab too. And omg he and Zapata giving Patterson shit about her app is priceless. I think it might have been unintentional on his part but Zapata sure ran with it and I am loving her sly grin rn lol. But aw Patterson why you gotta growl at lil puppy Stuart so much?? He doesn’t have the tattoo solving experience you have, and plus, I seem to remember you obsessing over certain specific tattoos and getting distracted from the rest… though maybe the David experience put a stop to that, I guess, and you subconsciously don’t want Stuart to head down that same path. And then lol Weller strides in and tells Patterson he wants to solve one specific tattoo today and ooooh she is pissed, whereas Zapata’s having more fun rn than she did in her entire year at the CIA. I knew you missed this, girl. And then Weller says he solved part of the tatt and she’s immediately like ‘excuse me? By yourself?’ and looks doubtful (and also possibly concerned? It’s not something dodgy is it??). But omg “I’m not just a handsome face, Tasha” hahahaha. And yeah yeah we know about Roman and Berlin, though it’s news that there’s a specific sequence to these tattoos and that Roman is supposedly trying to help save the world. And now the team is crackin’ and ugh Patterson to Stuart “What a math whiz you are” and on one hand it’s funny but on the other c’mon mate, go easy on him. He’s barely more than a baby. Anyway ten she pulls some wizardy stuff with the tattoo and they figure out that it marks a spot up near the finger lakes. But then Jane realises that it may connect with the pre-existing tattoo in the same spot-- the left breast, apparently, thanks Stuart (next time answer a little slower, buddy) and omg she gives him this tiny, amused (but not mocking) smile as she repeats ‘left chest area’ and ugh I’m so glad to see someone being sweet to Stuart.

So the team updates Reade on the sitch, which feels a lil weird, and he’s hesitant to let them rush out and blindly follow the tattoos like Weller wants to, bc he’s worried about them being manipulated again, and oooh Weller gets all grumpy about it. Boys, boys, play nice. Jane gently convinces Reade into it, while Weller continues to grump. Dude, I don’t particularly think Reade should be in charge, but the fact of the matter is that he IS in charge, so you should be watching your tone. It doesn’t matter that you have inside info that this is a time-sensitive situation, that is still not a respectful way to address a superior officer. And then lol they go out and search for hours until Reade tries to make them go home “I don’t wanna just quit”/“it’s not quitting if it’s an order”. Lol poor guy, it’s like dealing with a bunch of headstrong kids some of the time. And then suddenly a satellite literally crash-lands right near them, and is pretty much immediately descended on by a bunch of military-esque guys. Notice that Weller is calling the shots again? Old habits die hard, I guess. Poor Reade….

Stuart is still obsessed with that same tattoo and PAtterson is still annoyed by it. Reade and Weller walk in with a chorus of ‘so what have you got?’ and again, Weller, time to back down, buddy. This ain’t your team anymore. Lol “we’re not following hunches”/“We just followed Weller’s hunch…” ugh poor beleaguered Stuart. He just can’t catch a break. And sigh, looks like Rich won’t be helping out this ep. Bummer. Ooooohhh but Reade gives the orders and then calls Weller into his office, who definitely has an odd look on his face as he looks at their reversed positions either side of the desk. And omg Reade brings up the tattoo and Weller’s all ‘oh yeah I was right about that’. Uh excuse me??? I’m not even on this team and even I don’t like your tone one bit, you insolent little preteen! Come on, Weller, this level of juvenile pettiness should be below you. After all, Reade is raising a very valid question about how it was that he just happened to solve the tattoo on the very day that the satellite fell-- which means he’s onto you, buddy. I’d be treading with a little more care and a little less jerkishness, if I were you….

Oh hi Sydney! Oh man when was this filmed??? I stg if they were there when I was there in September…. But oooh damn Roman is getting into some deep stuff here at this support group. Oh hey! I know that guy, he was in an ep of Timeless. And I think possibly in some Aussie ad? Idk. And yep, I don’t care if it’s my native accent, hearing it in an American show is always freakin weird. At least he’s a legit Aussie and not putting on a terrible fake accent haha. And ok I know he’s not but it kind of feels like he’s almost hitting on Roman haha? But in actuality I’m pretty sure Roman has orchestrated this whole thing. Also this dude lives in The Rocks??? He must be loaded, wow. And lol, it’s never too early for a beer in Australia, unless of course you’re me, in which case ‘never’ is too early for a beer haha.

Oooh boy, Stuart, it’s probably not a good idea to literally take the words out of Patterson’s mouth. She really does love briefing the team and showing how smart she is, which in this case involves her having figured out who the satellite belonged to. The representatives of ProtechSat arrive, though are greatly confused since they’re not missing a satellite-- at least, until they see the one in the lab. “Oh, this is for sure ours” hahaha. And then they proceed to have very restrained freakouts and make multiple phone calls as they realise exactly which satellite it was and what it did, while the team gets more and more impatient waiting for answers “getting a little suspicious here guys”/”lotta red flags” hahaha I love the sass in this team. And then lolll the whole ‘We’re from the DOD” exchange and the explaining of the acronyms is priceless. Turns out, though, that the US has a missile shield thingy via a network of satellites, and now with the black box from the crashed one, someone could technically turn it off. Lol at Tasha’s “great, now I have to make a phone call” haha. And Stuart suddenly gets the company name and damn I love this show’s subtle humour. Uh oh, apparently North Korea is priming their missiles, which means possible nuclear war. Geez, high stakes or what. Oh hold up, as long as a single satellite in the network stays functional, the shield stays in place. Who wants to bet that they stop the bad guys just as it counts down to one or two satellites left?? And then lol “stuart’s got something” “Really??” damn Patterson, be nice lol

Stuart has discovered the situation with the hunters, which leads them to a trail cam that shows the ringleader’s face-- and Jane knows him. She worked with him doing K&R, and knows several of his aliases. Reade is immediately thinking of the ramifications of her previous work, but Zapata and Patterson both immediately jump to her defense. Aw, my girls! And then Weller’s all grumpy again over this discovery and tbh I don’t understand why?? As far as I recall, he didn’t ever directly ask her what she’d been doing while she was gone, and rescuing kidnapping victims certainly doesn’t seem like a bad thing?? Like, so what if she worked with some questionable people for the greater good? Geez, Weller, you’re more hormonal in a single day than many girls are throughout their entire teenage years. Chill out, son.

Back in the motherland, these rather similar looking dudes are bonding over more beers, and ugh Roman is telling him the truth about Shepherd and Jane. “Half the time I want my sister back, half the time I want to kill her”--- who wants to bet that that’s going to be a running theme of the season lol? And then haha “you’re next beer’s going to be a water” uh mate he’s American, the beer he’s used to practically IS water loll

Jane finds Weller in the locker room to apologise, which imo isn’t warranted, but whatever. And he says that she ‘did what she had to do’ and I LOVE that she corrects him and tells him that she did it bc she WANTED to? That’s right, girl, don’t let him alter your narrative to fit his views. And then he judges her about people she may or may not have killed/let die and dude. Duuuude. You’re being an assssss. Good thing Patterson has found some info on their bad guy. Sidenote, but I think the writers managed to slip in a subtle dig about gun control in there and I’m super impressed? Anyhow Patterson shows them the guy’s safehouses she found, which Jane is immediately able to narrow down to one based on her skills and her personal knowledge of the guy. Nice work, honey! And then they bust in there and oooh “this is for Paris”-- ok I need that backstory right now, please and thank you. We see some Korean guys in a car who have apparently already discovered that their contact is blown, but they apparently have an ace up their sleeve. Uh oh….

Oooh Zapata is ranting to Patterson about ‘Assistant Director Reade’ and man it’s weird hearing her use his title. Patterson tries to highlight things from his perspective (with another lil jab from Tasha about her app making it in there haha) and then tells her she might just need to figure out a new balance, likening it to her own ‘friends who hate each other’ thing with Stuart, and Zapata’s all ‘yeah no he definitely doesn’t know that that’s what you are’ and Patterson suddenly feels all bad. As you should, honey, coz you’ve been kinda mean to him this whole time. But aww she says she’ll be better and fix things and ugh I love seeing my babies listen to each other and work to improve themselves. Of course all her good intentions do kind of go out the window when she discovers that Stuart is back to using their processing power on his pet tattoo, and advances on him so suddenly that he literally knocks stuff off his desk in his haste to back away. Ugh the poor kid is terrified of her, despite being practically twice her height haha. She does make a good point that the nukes are all still live and the threat is far from neutralised, though. And lol she refers to the hacker as a he and the ProtechSat guy pipes up in the background “Or she!” and Patterson is all, “Exactly, women can be hackers too, Stuart!” and omg I shouldn’t laugh but the poor guy is so flustered rn and totally scared of her, and Zapata is in the background with her face in her hand hahahaha.

Oooh Reade comes in and diffuses the situation by being completely oblivious to it haha, just as he misses the sass Tasha directs his way. Then he goes in to interrogate the dude they caught and lol when he suggests he’s the hacker the dude is all “Do I look like a nerd?” Ouch man, didn’t you know anyone can be a hacker? Lol. And then “is that the good Korea, or the bad one?” okay I kinda like this guy haha, can we see more of him? Weller is definitely less impressed, taking the opportunity to shame Jane a little more for her past career choices, and dude you better get down off of that high horse before you FALL off of it. You’re hardly one with any right to be throwing stones here. But at she stands her ground, and he backs off a little. You go, Jane.

Oooh Reade is getting a pep talk from Hirst; she thinks he’s overcompensating now that the team is back. Well, that’s probably true. But on the other hand, certain members of his team (*cough* Weller *cough*) are also being prigs. Speaking of people who are being butts today, the bad dude (who is a butt) gets a visit from Jane (who has a nice butt) and there’s lots of sass being thrown around-- “I liked you better when you were unaffiliated” “Funny, I never liked you at all” hahaha yaaaassss my queeeeennnn. Oooh but hold on, he knew about her bounty? And didn’t act on it, due to a mysterious person called Clem telling him not to touch her. Wow, Clem must be powerful. They’re probably a dude, too, but just saying I have an Aunty Clem and though she’s a 5ft nutritionist with a pixie cut and giant glasses, I could totally see her as a mastermind/commander figure haha. I guess they already did the ‘Surprise! This character you’ve been hearing about is actually a woman!’ reveal with Shepherd tho. But anyhow based on Jane’s chat with her old work buddy, there may be a leak in the team-- and of course the first suspect is the ProtechSat guy who happens to be a POC. Original. It’s only when he has an alibi--- sidenote, why was he at the hospital overnight I really wanna know-- that anyone even remembers that oh yeah, he has a colleague who has also been there the whole time, and who they now know had the means to frame him. But I mean she’s a pretty white lady, so who could blame them for not suspecting her til now? (#me #Icould) Aaand now the innocent lil white lady just killed two poor dudes and is about to give the baddies the means to nuke the whole country. Good work, team.

Back by the bay, the beardy boys are bonding beautifully. Poor Aussie dude just really wants to make sure Roman isn’t a risk to himself-- but he doesn’t realise that he’s the one at risk. Roman deliberately targeted him, drugged him and is about to kill him. And ughhh the poor guy is all ‘I don’t wanna die’ and Roman seems to almost regret that he has to do it bc he seems to genuinely like him and duuuude just don’t do it! Don’t kill him! Be a better person!

The ProtechSat guy helped them figure out where the hacker chick is, which I’m super satisfied by bc the guy that they wrongly accused has now just helped save their asses. And Jeller are racing there, and Jane tells Weller she loves him, but it’s with a look of almost trepidation on her face, like when a dog thinks you’re mad at them so they’ll come up and lick your hand and try to be extra cute and lovable. At least Weller immediately says it back, then reassures her that he’s not mad at her, but at Roman for orchestrating all this, and tells her that they can’t let him drive them apart. Mmmm-hmmmm, this is the time when you mention that you ALSO have something to confess, boy! But nope, looks like we’re not free of the hypocrisy yet. Anyhow the team dashes into the building (awkwardly hiding their guns from all the kiddies), guided by Patterson to the planetarium where they find a dead Marcy. Also the voiceover narrating about asteroids and meteorites sounds very much like it’s an analogy for this show’s characters… meanwhile the team is suddenly being shot at, a (male or female, thanks guys) hacker is shutting down all the satellites, Patterson is yelling… it’s just like old times. And finally the team functions like old times, and Reade and Tasha manage to cover Jeller long enough for them to go and take out the hacker and his guards in a kickass lil showdown-- leaving them with two satellites playing Atlas and holding the whole thing together. Lol at Reade losing his comms and being like ‘So did we win or did we get nuked?’ haha. And then awwww the team’s all gathered back at the lab and Reade is giving a lil speech and I’m so proud of them. Also no drinking in the lab is a new rule-- I feel like this was somehow put in place because of Rich haha.

Aw, damn, Roman really killed him. Well, that sucks. But he needed his identity or whatever, so fine. But omg it’s hilarious watching Luke pretend to ‘learn’ how to speak with his own native accent haha. Also when are they going to explain the absence of the scar???

Oh boy. Weller is cooking tofu sticks, which is not going at all well, but it’s a sweet gesture. And yet again I kind of expect Jane to say she was joking about the whole vegan thing, idk why lol. But ugh he’s all ‘I’m trying so hard’ and I really do feel bad for him rn. He’s scared that bc there’s so much about her now that he wasn’t part of, that it will mean he’ll never really have her back or something. But um dude, literally everyone else in the world is with someone who has years of experiences that don’t include them?? Like with her memory wipe, her entire existence is pretty much only like 4 years long at this point, and she was with you for 2 and a half of those. Most people are with someone who lived twenty or more years before knowing them. So I suggest you reassess a bit here, buddy. But then again I know you’re only scared of losing her again, which is probably a fear you’ll carry forever (which as we know, is a situation I am displeased with the writers about). But ugh Jane basically suggests going out on a date which is cute, and Weller’s all ‘no go we’re broke’, and she’s all ‘well actually’ and shows him her giant stash’o’cash. And it’s one of those bittersweet moments bc yes she kept it from him but she was keeping it for an emergency, and had likely planned to tell him once she had realised how dire things had gotten financially. Thankfully Weller decides to focus on the positive, and well, they don’t make it to that date….

Awww Tasha shows up at Reade’s apartment and there’s sass and it’s cute and he apologises and then she’s all oooohhh you’re on a date?? But NO OMG he has a GIRLFRIEND and she looks VERY FAMILIAR and ooooohhhhhhhhhh boyyyyyyyy this is gonna get awkwardddddddddddd

Meanwhile Patterson is repeatedly calling Stuart to try to apologise and explain her recent behaviour which I really approve of and appreciate, and ugh she tells him he’s good at his job and ugh she’s actually gone to his apartment to see him but oh shit the door is busted in and please tell me he just went back to the lab to work late please please please oh shit oh nooooooooooooooo. Stuarttttttttttttt!! Oh my baby this is so unfair, you deserved so much better…. (Also poor Patterson ugh)

#Blindspot #Blindspot recap #Jeller #Nooooo Stuarttttt #:((((

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adiseaselikeyouspreads · 8 years ago

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Sidney’s got a new boyfriend. At first that’s just another whispered rumor, thrown in among all the ‘Voorhees is a fame-hungry liar who posts online so he’ll have people attack him for attention’ and ‘Voorhees is a major queer who forced Dmitri into making out with him’ bullshit he’s forced to overhear, a rumor that makes a lump grow in his throat. But then he sees her with him walking into school. Christian Lyons with his arm around Sidney’s waist.

His heart sinks into his stomach. He’d almost forgotten how much losing Sidney hurt, caught up in the excitement about Dmitri and Regan thinking he’s worthy of any attention at all.

And the excitement of the party, but he doesn’t want to dwell on that too long. He’s still unsure how much of that night was his drunken imagination, how many dances he really had, if Dmitri Morozova actually shoved his tongue down -

It really wasn’t important.

He wonders, briefly, if Sidney is doing this to emphasise she no longer cares about him. After all, it hasn’t been that long since the incident at the national park. Maybe she’s showing off her capability to move on.

(And to actually get people to like her, but that’s a different issue entirely.)

Sidney doesn’t acknowledge him when she and Christian walk by, hips pressed together, his hand in her front pocket.

Eugh. He bets they make out in the halls, too.

Okay, that was the wrong thing to think. The images of Sidney being touched by someone else make him feel...weird. Not as bad as he thought he would feel, but - not exactly jealous, but some sort of stomach-flippy anxious. Maybe envy is the right word. He wishes he had someone who would still touch him at all.

Then his mind floats back to Dmitri and Regan, and he groans.

He couldn’t exactly deny what had happened, but he could explain it. Dmitri was near-obsessed with entertaining the crowd, and sure, he hadn’t given anyone else the same treatment, but he hadn’t landed on many other people, either. And anyway, what could be more amusing than embarrassing the geeky kid? But then there was Regan, infinitely harder to read...

None of this changed the fact that Sidney had moved on.

It’s dumb, but he wishes she had talked to him. Just some sort of heads up. Hey, by the way, I’ve got a new guy I’m seeing and he’s totally cooler than you. See you Monday. As if. They hadn’t as much as exchanged a single glance since they’d both gotten back to school. Not a text, nor a snapchat, nor even a liked tweet. Sidney is probably doing what everyone else is doing and wishing he didn’t exist and cause trouble for the entire goddamn world.

Fuck, he’s not ready to face the day anymore.

He goes through his classes in a daze, barely even registering anything he writes down or is told. Third period is a rare blip on his internal radar, Mr. Beltrami’s custom “Mr. Joon-ho, good morning” earning an actual nod back from Jason. It’s the most he’s given anyone all day.

He’s so distracted that he barely even notices when Dmitri clatters loudly into the seat next to him, melodramatic sigh barely audible over the bell for passing period. Jason notices Dmitri making hand-talky motions, mocking Mr. Beltrami’s custom opening instructions, but doesn’t really register that he’s supposed to laugh until it’s over and Dmitri says, “Oh, man. Did I strike one of your Bellfarming loving nerves?”

“What?” Jason replies, refocusing his eyes on Dmitri’s face.

“I mean, you don’t even crack a smile. Gawsh.” Dmitri pulls a dramatic face, acquiring many chins in the process. “I didn’t do something, did I?”

“No,” Jason says, honestly. “I mean, I’m just…”

“Totally whacked out, bro. Did you light up before class or something?” Dmitri laughs, sharp giggles that break through the casual conversation of the rest of the students.

Jason shakes his head, curling and uncurling his fingers. He wonders if Dmitri would understand if he said my ex is moving on and I’m not ready to do the same yet as if anyone would even look at me like that because every girl thinks I’m a murder magnet and no one wants to be killer bait so to answer your question no I am not high and yes I do very much want to cry right now.

He shakes his head again, more emphatically this time.

Dmitri squints at him, nods thoughtfully. “Okay, I get it. Not feelin’ it today, whatever. You had a big weekend, no big deal. Everyone needs time to recover from shit like that.” Dmitri turns back to his computer, seemingly satisfied to let Jason be for now.

And then his mind is back on the party, blending with thoughts of Sidney, wondering if she would’ve been jealous if she’d seen the way he’d played spin the bottle, if she’d be impressed by his beer pong skills. Maybe if she had seen him socialising with other human beings who weren’t reporters as if he wasn’t a freak, she’d realise that maybe the thing they’d had going was worth some sort of shot.

What is he saying? He hasn’t even tried to reach out.

Pathetic.

He should be happy for her. That she’s getting to move on and return to a relatively normal high school experience, and not almost dying every week. Sure, weathering this thing alone just kind of really sucks. But that doesn’t mean he should wish it on her, too.

The day’s only half over and he already wishes he could go to bed and never worry about getting up.

When the bell rings, he very slowly packs up to leave. Before he knows it, he’s the only kid left in the classroom, and he’s staring at his blank computer screen.

Mr. Beltrami startles him by drumming his fingers on the desk.

Jason looks up quickly, and then his eyes dart to the door, then to the clock. How long has he been spacing out?

“I hear Ms. Cunningham has a new boyfriend,” Beltrami says, clearly lacking any kind of tact or sympathy. Jason winces. Great. Yes, that’s exactly what he wants to talk about right now.

He doesn’t respond, which is the first time he’s really done anything even mildly disrespectful to Mr. Beltrami. Instead he puts his USB into his bag.

“That must be hard to deal with,” he presses, pushing his palm flat against the desk, now, leaning his hip against it. Jason looks down at his shoes.

“Yeah. I mean, it came as a surprise. We didn’t break up long ago. But...” He shrugs. There’s nothing he can do about it.

“She doesn’t know what she’s missing out on.” Beltrami states, oddly matter-of-fact.

Jason clears his throat uncomfortably. Okay? That’s weird. “I- I’m pretty sure she does. I mean. I’m all over the news, still.” He stands up and pushes in his chair, walking towards the door.

“You’re a great kid, Jason,” Beltrami says as he follows.

“T-thanks?” He doesn’t feel particularly keen on accepting that compliment. On his way out, he bumps the door stop out of place, making Beltrami have to stop to catch the door. Maybe on purpose. Just maybe.

Lunch is lonely. Dmitri and Regan are sitting with their cool friends today. Jason can’t tell if that’s because Dmitri is respecting that he’s in a bad place or if he finally shattered the illusion and Dmitri’s decided he’s not cool or fun or interesting. He wouldn’t be wrong.

Jason listens to a cheer up playlist and, unsurprisingly, fails to cheer up. So he tosses out the trash from his lunch and decides to go grab his books, early. Maybe he can sit outside his next class for the rest of lunch. It won’t be long until A lunch ends anyway.

He goes to his locker and stares blankly at the slightly rusted screws on the back surface, wondering just what they’re screwed into because it’s better than wondering about anything else right now.

Shaking off that mental fog, he reaches for one of his textbooks, only to have his locker door slammed shut. He pulls his hand back before it can get caught and yelps, bracing for a stab wound almost on instinct.

One doesn’t come. Instead he just hears someone impatiently clearing their throat.

Peeking an eye open, he sees that it’s Christian, leaning up against the locker, partially blocking him off. Jason tries to peer over his shoulder to see if there’s anyone down the hall. Being cornered and alone hasn’t exactly panned out well for him, recently.

“You’re Sidney’s ex boyfriend, right?” He asks, a crooked smirk quirking his lips. The smile doesn’t reach his eyes.

“I, uh, y- Hi?” Jason offers. Christian looks him over, like he’s appraising him, and Jason squares his shoulders, like he’s got something to prove.

“Don’t know what she saw in you,” he comments neutrally, like that’s a normal and totally polite thing to say.

“Is… this your first time introducing yourself to someone?” Jason asks, despite his better judgement.

That earns him a quick flicker of a glare. Jason holds his backpack strap like a lifeline.

“I understand you and Sidney left off pretty suddenly.”

Understatement, Jason thinks.

“So?” He asks, instead of that.

“So you might still have feelings for her. I wanted to tell you to get over them.”

“Uh?”

“She’s mine now, so don’t even think about her.”

“Uh.” He creases his brow and feels anger bubble in his chest a little. “Did Sidney send you to talk to me?”

“No. She doesn’t want me anywhere near you. I took things into my own hands.”

“You probably shouldn’t be doing things behind her back. That’s, like, relationship 101.”

The collar of his shirt gets grabbed.

“You implying I don’t know how to treat my girlfriend?”

“L...lil’ bit?”

Christian laughs, quiet, but it’s harsh on Jason’s ears anyway. Something about the way he smiles is unsettling, the way it’s more like he’s baring his teeth than anything else. “As if you would know. She dropped you so fast that you might as well have been skydiving. She was probably waiting the entire time just to dump you, waiting for some excuse so she could feel less guilty about leaving someone so pitiful alone.” Christian shoves Jason backwards so his head bangs against the locker, and he curses under his breath. That makes Christian smile again.

With some hesitation, Jason manages “I don’t think-”

“It doesn’t matter what you think,” Christian interrupts, fist pressed against Jason’s collarbone, uncomfortable proximity. “Just stay away from Sidney and out of my line of sight. Because you can be damn well certain if I even suspect your ass is looking in the direction of my girl, you’ll see me when I’m really pissed.”

“And I wouldn’t like you when you’re angry, right?” Jason says, instantly cringing at himself when Christian’s eyes go from cold to sub-arctic.

Christian scoffs and drops Jason’s collar. He wipes his knuckles off on his shirt like Jason is diseased.

“Yeah. Let’s say that.”

The bell rings, and Christian looks up to the source of the sound, indifferent. “Guess I’ll see you later, Voorhees. Try not to get yourself killed this week.”

Fuck you too, Jason thinks as he watches Christian’s back retreating, dorky-ass faux leather jacket blending into the slowly growing crowd of people flowing in from lunch. Jason curses under his breath as he opens his locker to gather his things again, half expecting some other asshole to shove him into it. But his biohazard aura is back in effect, and everyone gives him space.

He isn’t even upset about Sidney moving on anymore. He’s annoyed that she’d moved on to someone like that.

Jason spends the rest of the day mulling over what Sidney saw in this guy. He gets in trouble multiple times in English for zoning out and most of math is spent jotting down ideas for what the appeal was.

Pros:

Nice hair

Good jawline

Pretty eyes if you like murder

His fashion sense is ok i guess but he needs better pleather

Cons:

Really rude (maybe he’s nice to her?)

Possessive (like all hell)

Edgy

Violent (? or is it just me?)

Jealous (even though Sid and I haven’t talked in weeks and he should know that)

REALLY rude

Like honestly what the fuck

whatever

He thinks it’s pretty comprehensive.

When he gets home, he heads to his room without even saying hello to his parents and flops onto his bed.

A boyfriend.

Christian Lyons.

Goddamnit.

Burying his face in his pillow, he doesn’t even consider trying to do the homework that is rapidly piling up on his desk, doesn’t even begin to entertain the thought of editing his script, or even just getting up and watching some of his favourite movies. He just wants to lie here, face down, letting his breath heat his face and suffocating slowly.

He doesn’t know how long he’s been lying there when there’s a rhythmic taptaptap from the direction of his window.

It snaps him out of his stupor, making him leap up and whip his head around, searching the room for threats. Was it another killer? Someone coming to his home, this time? He hadn’t heard the window open, but could he have just missed it? Surely he would’ve noticed, would’ve been able to do something about it.

He scans his room one more time when the second taptaptap makes his head whip around to the window.

Holy fuck.

Jason walks over and opens the window, letting a bored looking Dmitri poke his head in, hands pressed flat against the windowsill.

“Dude, this tree is like right next to your window. You should, like, get that fixed.” He starts trying to push his way inside, but Jason gently puts a hand on his shoulder (holy fuck he’s touching Dmitri Morozova instead of the other way around, this feels wrong, this shouldn’t be happening, why is Dmitri in his window) to stop him.

“What are you doing here? My parents -”

“What? Voorhees, you’re afraid of your parents? Aw. Every day you’re cuter. I’m here because you seemed stressed as all hell today and I think I have the perfect solution. Now let me inside so I can show you, you dingus.”

“Dmitri,” Jason says, keeping his voice measured even though he feels like he has the right to yell, “you have to realise how trying to sneak into my house looks after three murder attempts.”

Dmitri goes huh, smooths out his hair.

“Guess I didn’t think about that. Well, it’s no biggie. You can frisk me. No murder weapons on this boy.” He pats his chest and sides down with one hand to emphasise this point.

“I’ll...pass on that, thanks.”

“Seriously? I mean, the offer is always open for y-”

“Pleasejustgetinhere,” Jason says hurriedly, backing away from the window. Dmitri rolls his eyes as if Jason is being the ridiculous one and climbs through the window, surprisingly agile despite not being an athlete. Then again, theatre kids had to do some weird shit.

“Ooh, cute room,” Dmitri says, looking around admiringly. “Look at all these posters! Oh, wow, Voorhees, these are some genuine vintages! How’d you get these?”

“You...care about this stuff?” Jason asks, scratching the back of his neck nervously as Dmitri grins at him.

“Yeah! I mean, Regan mentioned it, but I like horror movies too. I mean, not as much as you - I don’t know if that’s even possible - but a lot, anyways.” He gives Jason a smug look, as if he’s incredibly proud of this fact. “It’s pretty interesting, too, to see how the cases in the movies play out versus the ones in real life, you know? But enough of that!”

Dmitri does a little hand flourish before shoving his hand into his jacket and pulling out a copy of Whispering Corridors, which Jason hadn’t been able to find anywhere except on Amazon, but his mother hadn’t let him get it unless it was with his own money, which he had approximately none of.

“You mentioned not being able to get this movie,” Dmitri says, smug look turning smugger by the second, “so I thought my endless cash and I could help you out. Yeah. We put the fun in funds.”

“Oh my God,” Jason breathes, taking the movie from Dmitri reverentially. “Dmitri, I...Seriously, thank you so much, I…”

“Shhhh.” Dmitri presses a finger to Jason’s lips. “No words now. Just set up this sweet-ass movie and we can watch it together. Oh, by the way, even though I watch a lot of horror movies, I’m like, ridiculously jumpy. So if we’re going to watch this you’re going to have to accept me choking the blood out of your arms.”

Jason nods, too amazed to consider the ramifications of his decision, and grabs his laptop off his desk. He puts the movie in and settles down on his bed. Dmitri plops next to him and leans against him ever-so-slightly.

Dmitri hadn’t been kidding when he said he was jumpy. The first time a scare chord strums, his hands fly to Jason’s arm and his body presses up against Jason in ways that are more than a little awkward. Dmitri even goes so far as to lean his head on Jason’s shoulder during a calm moment. Jason tries to focus on the movie, and usually succeeds, until something happens again and Dmitri does his little horrified gasp and grips Jason’s nonexistent biceps as hard as he can.

It turns out that’s pretty hard. Jason might not have any muscle, but he’d been right about Dmitri having at least a few.

Maybe even more than he’d expected. Seriously, he’s probably going to bruise.

When the movie ends, Dmitri lets out a shaky exhale and laughs nervously.

“Wow. That was good, but…”

“You were pretty scared,” Jason laughs back, managing not to stutter for once.

Dmitri nods, not letting go of his grip on Jason’s arm. “That’s one way to put it. Goddamn. Next time I pick the movie!”

Jason doesn’t feel like pointing out that he didn’t exactly invite Dmitri over here and just nods.

Dmitri sighs and rests his head against Jason’s shoulder again.

“Uh...Dmitri, are…” Jason swallows hard, moves his shoulder up a little, which displaces Dmitri ever so slightly. Dmitri looks up at him, eyes half-lidded, expression inquisitive. It makes Jason’s heart do a weird hopscotch routine, for whatever reason. “Are you still scared, or…?”

Dmitri’s eyes flicker down at where he’s still got his hands around Jason’s upper arm, and he makes a little noise of comprehension. “Ah...Yeah, a little. It was pretty freaky.”

“Right,” Jason agrees, throat dry when Dmitri looks at him again.

“I bet your short is going to be as good as that!” Dmitri enthuses, squeezing Jason’s arm again and giving a toothy smile. “Oh, man, I’m so excited. I bet Sellgummy is going to love it, too.” Then his expression falls and he clenches his jaw. “Unlike mine. That guy has it out for me, I swear.”

“Well...I mean...I don’t think teachers, really, actually, hate their students...Maybe he just thinks you could do better.” As Jason says that, Dmitri gives him an annoyed glare, and Jason quickly adds, “I mean obviously, I - I think your pieces are amazing. You’re amazing, Dmitri, both in front of and behind the camera, you’re…”

Dmitri mulls that over for a few seconds before nodding. A little smile plays over his lips. “You’re way too nice to me, Jason. Such a nice change of pace…”

Jason then notices how close their faces are. So close that Dmitri’s breath tickles his skin. He opens his mouth to say something, to point out that Dmitri should probably go because it’s getting late and the curfew will be in effect soon, to ask if he can read Dmitri’s script later, anything. Nothing comes out except a nervous little ‘uh’, and Dmitri seems to tilt his head slightly and press against Jason harder like he’s getting closer and Jesus Christ what the-

“Jason?” There’s a knock on the door as his mother calls his name. “You didn’t come down for dinner, so I thought I’d bring it to you. It’s your favourite, spaghetti - lots of oregano!”

“Shit,” Jason hisses, “Be right there, mom! I’m...I’m not decent!” Then he slams his laptop shut and jerks away from Dmitri, who makes an offended noise.

“You need to hide,” Jason whispers, urgent, as he puts his laptop back on his desk.

“Where?” Dmitri whispers back, awfully blasé about the entire situation, as if he’s been in it a million times before. Which, now that Jason thinks about it, is incredibly likely.

“Here,” Jason instructs quietly, opening his closet door and gesturing frantically inside. Dmitri rolls his eyes again, which he only seems to do when Jason is being reasonable, and walks inside, pushing aside coats and shirts to make space. Before Jason shuts the door, Dmitri stage whispers, “Oh, wow! This shirt is cute! Voorhees, where’d you-” but Jason cuts him off by closing the closet and knowing instantly he’s going to pay for it as soon as he can let Dmitri out.

He walks to his bedroom door and opens it. His mother is waiting patiently, even though she looks a little baffled, and holding a plate of noodles. Jason smiles politely as he takes it from her, muttering “thanks so much” as he does, but she doesn’t leave as soon as her mission is complete.

Of course not. Things would be too easy that way.

Instead, she says “Jason, honey, is your window open?” as she peers around Jason to get a look at his room.

“Uh.” Shit. “Yeah, I...Needed fresh air.”

“Close that, honey. Bugs will get in.”

“Or worse,” Jason mutters. His mother looks at him sharply.

“You can’t have that attitude, honey. All of this will pass.” But then she straightens out her shirt uneasily and adds, “But, if you’re worried, your father and I have been discussing the possibility of you staying home for college.”

He can’t believe what he’s hearing. “What? No, I...Mom, I’m a junior. It barely matters until next year anyway.”

“I know, I know. But preparing for these things is always wise.” She puts a hand on his shoulder, giving Jason a look that borders on pitying. “Especially with the rise of on-campus murders, and your...status.”

You can say it, mom. I’m sharkbait, Jason thinks, but the look on her face makes him reconsider.

“I’m thinking about it,” he assures her.

“Good. We just want what is best for you. To make sure that you are in an alright place and safe as you can be before you are far away from us.”

“I… If worst comes to worst, I’ll just go to community college for a year or something.” He really hates the idea of it. His parents are nice enough, most of the time, but he feels smothered. And after everything, he really would rather not stay in this town for longer than necessary.

“Sounds like a plan. Now eat up, before it gets cold, habibi.” She kisses the top of his head and he sighs. Closing the door behind her is a great relief and he slumps against it for a second.

Then he hears a somewhat agitated, “Can I come out now?” from inside the closet.

“Shit,” Jason murmurs to himself as he sets his plate down on his desk and frees Dmitri. “Sorry about that.”

“Eh, don’t worry about it,” Dmitri says, despite still seeming a little put off, now. “It gave me a chance to come out of the closet,” he laughs, raising his hands over his head and all but twirling around Jason. Jason laughs, a little, more forced than anything.

“My mom can be a little-”

“She sounded nice!” Dmitri interjects, headed for the window. “But I should go now. Getting late and I need my beauty sleep.” He grins, wide, half climbing out when he pauses. “Oh, and keep the DVD! You can think of me when you watch it!” Another lightning quick wink before he’s scaling down the tree outside the window.

Friday comes and goes, much less eventful. He sees Sidney and Christian in the hallway a few times and does his best not to tear himself up over it. It doesn’t go great. At least no one else seems as intent on torturing him by talking about it when he’s around.

Saturday morning, his mom and dad both head to work and Jason spends the majority of the afternoon sitting on the couch with his laptop, trying to find the will to work on his script. That doesn’t go so great, either. His brain seems intent on sticking him in a creative slump.

After dinner, which consists of a handful of chips, he gives up and decides to watch television.

And has to skip over a million murder programs before deciding on some cheesy ghost show. It’s all goofy and fake, but he can use a little goofy and fake. He treats himself to a couple cheap boxed brownies and lets himself be whisked away to ghostland.

A good hour into the marathon, this Overreacting Camera Trio is in a new location when Jason starts to hear murmured conversation. He figures it’s some gimmick. They’ll notice, or play back the recording and freak out any second now. Bring out the spirit box!

Except, they don’t. The moment passes and they move on to some other room, but the talking’s still happening.

Oh.

Jason mutes the T.V.

Yep, that’s definitely voices coming from upstairs. Two of them. He swallows and stands, trying not to make any noise. They sound like they might be arguing. He hears some shuffling and the upper level creaks, a door opens.

If he called the cops, would they even come? Would they wait, to give the killer a chance?

Maybe it’s just Dmitri again. But he has his phone number. And who would the second person be?

Either way, he’s grabbing a knife from the kitchen. He holds the handle in his hand, then slowly makes for the front door.

Footsteps from the stairway, between the kitchen and the door, start down, fast. Jason curses under his breath and dives back into the kitchen, behind the counter.

He hears whoever it is jump the last flight and grunt as they land, hard.

“I know you’re here, Voorhees,” comes Christian’s voice. “I heard your stupid show.”

Another set of footsteps comes down the stairs, slower.

“Christian, let’s just go,” Sidney says, sounding nervous. “You probably scared him already. Maybe he left.”

“I didn’t hear any doors open.” Jason hears Christian pull open the shoe closet as he talks. “He’s just hiding.”

“We- we should just go. Come on.”

“Come on out, Jason. I just wanna talk.”

Okay. Okay, so his ex-girlfriend and her new, aggressive boyfriend broke into his house.

He stays tucked behind the counter, mind racing. What could they want? Sidney wants to go. She didn’t want to come here. Christian’s idea. Did he just want to threaten him more?

He takes a slow, deep breath, and thinks. Did he do anything to prompt this? Was it the looking at Sidney in the hallway, yesterday? That’s bullshit. He wonders if he could make it to the back door without being spotted.

He tries, sneaking, keeping low to the ground. The old tile floor squeaks and in a split second a gunshot goes off. Jason’s ears are ringing. Sidney yells. There’s a few seconds of silence. The bullet’s in the floor.

“Relax, babe, they’re just blanks,” Christian states, after seemingly taking a moment to even himself out. Jason is just staring and shaking. Christian comes over and hauls Jason up off the floor. Jason barely has the energy to struggle, but grips Christian’s wrist regardless.

“What is your problem?” He squeaks out. Christian responds by turning around and pressing Jason’s back to the lower cabinets, making him easier to keep pinned.

“Christian, you’re not- you’re not going to hurt him, are you?” Sidney asks, stepping forward. Jason looks at her, sees that she’s near tears again.

“She’s got some hang ups about you, Joon-ho,” Christian states, blatantly ignoring Sidney.

“And that’s my fault?” Jason asks, voice cracking.

“Lil’ bit.”

Jason might have walked into that one.

“Christian, look,” Sidney interjects. “I can talk to him, we can work this out without all this. Just put the gun down and-”

“We’re talking. We’re being civil,” Christian insists, waving the gun around a little. “Besides, I don’t want you alone with him.”

“You have some major issues, man.” Jason cringes when his back gets pressed harder against the counter.

“The only issue I got’s you.”

“I haven’t even done anything to you!”

“You’re on the news every night. How’s my girl supposed to move on if she has to hear about you constantly? You’re pathetic anyways.”

Jason struggles in his grip, trying to break out.

“Probably shouldn’t have made it this long, really,” Christian continues. “That’s the problem with our world. Little worms like you keep making it, somehow.”

“What are you even talking about?” Jason rasps, struggling a little more. He hates that his wriggling probably proves Christian’s point, in his mind.

“At this rate it’ll be senior prom and Sidney will still be thinking about you.” Christian sounds angrier, now, looks more aggressive by the second.

“Christian, stop it!” Sidney pleads.

“Who knows why? I mean, I guess it’s true some girls like charity cases. But being near you, that’s a death sentence, huh?” Christian cocks his head, examines Jason critically.

“You’ve scared him enough, Christian! You’re scaring me! Put the gun down!” Sidney grabs his shoulder, and he shrugs her off roughly, baring his teeth.

“Fine. Okay. Take the damn thing.” He shoves the gun into her hands, then looks down at Jason’s. “I got what I need right here,” he continues, prying open Jason’s fingers to take the kitchen knife. Jason tries to push Christian’s hand away, but Christian is either alarmingly strong or Jason alarmingly weak, because his best resistance only earns him maybe a two second struggle.

“Maybe I should finish what those other guys started,” Christian murmurs, holding the knife to Jason’s throat, sharp steel, and all Jason can think is that if anyone has to see him die it shouldn’t be Sidney, she didn’t deserve everything he’d brought on her. He wants to tell Christian this, tell him to send Sidney out before he slits Jason’s throat, anything to spare her from yet another tragedy brought on by Jason merely existing.

They’d all been right. He didn’t deserve to be alive.

The edge of the blade presses into his throat and he feels blood well up and as he opens his mouth to urge Christian to wait there’s a gunshot, then another, cracking through the silence like thunder, like an earthquake, like God. Christian makes a surprised noise, somewhere between a whimper and a moan, and drops the knife to the floor with a clatter.

“You...You said they were blanks,” Sidney breathes, eyes welling with tears again.

Christian makes a wet wheezing sound as he backs away from Jason, turning from him with difficulty.

“Idiot,” Christian hisses, and Jason sees the blood leaking out of Christian’s back, down his legs. “Y...you fucking two-timing…”

“Christian, you told me they were blanks,” she insists, sniffling, hands shaking as she wipes her face. “It was...was just supposed to scare you, it was never...Christian, you said…”

“Aren’t you going to finish the job, Joon-ho?” Christian rasps, turning over his shoulder to face Jason. “G-go ahead. A...At least then you’d have done something for yourself.”

Jason shakes his head, dumbfounded.

Christian scoffs, coughs up phlegm and blood onto Jason’s kitchen floor. “Fuck, you got me good, babe. I-I didn’t think you had the balls.”

Sidney sobs, covering her mouth with one hand. Christian drops to one knee, entire body trembling.

“S...So? You gonna call an ambulance?” Christian’s voice is wavery. He drops again, onto his chest this time, so he’s lying on the floor, crumpled in on himself. There’s so much blood, Jason is suddenly worried about the possibility that they’ll never be able to wash it away.

“No need.”

Sidney gasps and Jason whips around at the metallic voice, one Jason has grown oddly accustomed to. The Plague Doctor is in his fucking kitchen doorway. Must've snuck in using all the noise as cover.

“What’re you doing here?!” Jason cries.

“Sidney,” the Plague Doctor says, ignoring Jason entirely as they step over Christian to reach her, “hand me the gun.”

She holds it out to them, hands still trembling badly. They take it from her, turn it over in their hands, and then point it at Christian.

“Of course,” Christian growls. “And I almost thought...thought that you were lying about this fucker, Voorhees. So now what? Y-you kill me? Why? This kid has had too many fucking chances, too many close calls. He didn't deserve them then and he sure as fuck doesn’t n-now. Why even bother? S...someone will get him eventually. Is your hard-on for the twerp that b-”

The shot is sudden, through the head, an explosion of brain matter and skull pieces and blood and life, spilled onto the ceramic tiles. Christian Lyons has been opened up on Jason’s floor, all those sensitive bits encased by bone exposed, all the marrow and hopes and dreams and bloodlust there, shattered. Jason’s ears are ringing and his heart is jackrabbiting and he's vaguely aware that Sidney is crying but his focus is centred on the masked figure in front of him, so sheltered and secure in their anonymity.

Jason has never hated anyone more.

“What the fuck have you done?” he asks, hands white-knuckling the counter behind him so he doesn't fall, his knees are jelly and if he were to succumb to gravity they'd be soaked in Christian’s grey matter.

“I put him out of his misery.”

“You acted as judge and jury, that's what you did!” Jason’s voice rises in volume as he talks, entire body shaking, everything unstable. “How could you?! He hadn't killed anyone yet! He was injured! He could’ve learned his goddamn lesson, he was only seventeen, you bastard!”

The Plague Doctor stares at him. Or at least it seems that way. It's impossible to tell behind their mask.

“Tell me, Jason,” they reply, voice even. “Who the hell was going to teach him that lesson? Who was going to punish him? No one would care. He would be encouraged, subtly, told what he was doing was brave. After all, he was eliminating the competition. That's just Darwinism at work, isn't it? Tell me. Who would stop him from getting access to a gun? I’d bet you his father knew he took it, didn't care. His little boy is growing into a man. Even better that it be some loser. Go on. Tell me who would’ve made him regret what he wanted to do. Tell me who wouldn’t have fueled his revenge fantasies, who would've stopped him from climbing into your window and killing you while you slept. And why stop with you? There's a world of weaklings that deserve to get their throats slit out there. Tell me, Jason. Because if you have an answer, I really want to know what it is.”

“Fuck you,” Jason says, bordering on tears. “Fuck everything you've ever done for me. You don't get to play God, no matter how fucked everything is.”

“I’m not playing God, I’m playing exterminator.”

“Stop with the one-liners! This isn’t a fucking movie! You just shot a kid in the head in my kitchen!”

He pushes off the counter and moves into the Plague Doctor’s personal space. He should probably be afraid, but he isn’t.

The mask doesn’t flinch, obviously. Jason wishes he could see their expression.

After a few seconds of silence, they speak again.

“It’s unfortunate that we can’t see eye-to-eye.”

“That’d be a lot easier if you weren’t hiding behind the mask! You’re a coward just like the rest of them. It’s real easy to spew bullshit when you feel safe. You feel like a hero? Running around killing kids? Rushing in to ‘save the day?’ What the fuck are you doing in my house anyways?!”

“I heard gunshots.”

“What were you doing near my house?!”

A pause. “Let’s face it, Jason. You’re a murder magnet.”

“So you just-” Jason makes a frustrated noise and goes to grab the phone.

The Plague Doctor takes that as their cue to leave.

They take the gun with them.

#a disease like you spreads #adlys #chapter 4 #gif /#glitch /

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tigrerramon · 8 years ago

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Hey look @meetmyinnerdemons I finally did it ^^

1. Who was the last person you held hands with?

My mother. She likes to use me as a walking stick on our strolls.

2. Are you outgoing or shy?

I’m probably the shyest person you’ll ever meet tbh.

3. Who are you looking forward to seeing?

All of my friends! I love to be around them ^^

4. Are you easy to get along with?

I suppose so? After you’ll break trough my first inner wall, of course. And if you don’t mind keeping the conversation going by yourself pretty much all the time.

5. If you were drunk would the person you like take care of you?

The part about “person I like” confuses me a bit, but I don’t see any reason why anyone would take care of me anyhow, so I guess no.

6. What kind of people are you attracted to?

Either smarter, nicer and more outgoing than I am (which are actually rather easy to find ^^’) or nerds and losers as miserable as me (which are a lil’ bit more difficult to spot XP).

7. Do you think you’ll be in a relationship two months from now?

Bwahahahahaha!!! X’DDD

...Oh wait, you were asking seriously?

8. Who from the opposite gender is on your mind?

Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson, but they’re on my mind 24/7. As for real people... no one.

9. Does talking about sex make you uncomfortable?

Yup, actually. What do you know, I have the mind and maturity of an 8-year-old, of course I’m going to be uncomfortable.

10. Who was the last person you had a deep conversation with?

My mother, I think.

11. What does the most recent text that you sent say?

“Good night (^^)/”

12. What are your 5 favorite songs right now?

In no particular order:

Zinogre Theme [Intense Symphonic Metal Cover] by FalKKonE

Adrenalize by In This Moment

Dear You -Cry- by Yuduki (the original and -Hope- versions could’ve also been there, but I decided to put this one on the list, since it’s probably my fave Dear You so far)

Magia by Kalafina

Lone Digger by Caravan Palace (DON’T JUDGE MEEEEEEEEE)

13. Do you like it when people play with your hair?

I kind of don’t have a choice X’D Really tho, I don’t mind.

14. Do you believe in luck and miracles?

If the fact that I’m still alive and well doesn’t prove it’s existence, then I don’t know what does X’D

15. What good thing happened this summer?

Asagao Academy: Normal Boots Club and Monser Hunter Generations were probably the best things to happen.

16. Would you kiss the last person you kissed again?

You mean, to never kiss anyone? Sure, why not.

17. Do you think there is life on other planets?

Maybe, maybe not. I don’t have much hope for that tho.

18. Do you still talk to your first crush?

I was never talking to them in the first place, so X’D

19. Do you like bubble baths?

Waste of my precious time and water. I prefer quick showers.

20. Do you like your neighbors?

I don’t even know them.

21. What are you bad habits?

Fiddling with my hair and fingers, talking to myself, leaving dirty dishes in my room/sink, tapping my foot on the floor, drumming my fingers, biting at my nails, dozing off at random, giggling for no fucking reason in the middle of the conversation, procrastinating...

22. Where would you like to travel?

Either Scandinavia or Canada. Maybe Australia too.

23. Do you have trust issues?

I’m way too trusting, if anything. Does that count?

24. Favorite part of your daily routine?

Coming back from dinner, laying down in my bed and checking YouTube/Tumblr/Facebook/Twitter/whatever.

25. What part of your body are you most uncomfortable with?

All of it, but if I had to choose, I’d say belly =,=

26. What do you do when you wake up?

I used to check Tumblr notifications when my mobile was still working, now I just kind of... Lay there... Trying to get to my senses.

27. Do you wish your skin was lighter or darker?

I’m perfectly comfortable with the tone of my skin, thank you very much.

28. Who are you most comfortable around?

My father and one of my childhood friends - the only one that hadn’t leave me behind (^^)/

29. Have any of your ex’s told you they regret breaking up?

I’ve never been in a relationship, and I don’t think that I ever will.

30. Do you ever want to get married?

Not really, no.

31. If your hair long enough for a pony tail?

Ya bet!

(ps. Why is there an “if” in the beggining of the question?)

32. Which celebrities would you have a threesome with?

None =)

33. Spell your name with your chin.

WQjkkjtrlkrfdjkaZ - welp, close enough XD

34. Do you play sports? What sports?

Nope, sorry. I’m a lazy fatass wasting my whole life on the couch.

35. Would you rather live without TV or music?

TV, easly. I’ve stopped watching it three years ago anyway.

36. Have you ever liked someone and never told them?

Oh, if it was only once...

37. What do you say during awkward silences?

I try not to speak in those situations, but I often start blushing and giggling uncontrollably against my will.

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

They truly love me and want to be with me no matter what. This is pretty much my only requirement. For extra flavor, they might also be intelligent and patient with me.

39. What are your favorite stores to shop in?

Empik and other bookstores. ‘Cause we’re talking shopping, like, in the broad sense, right? Right?

40. What do you want to do after high school?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-

41. Do you believe everyone deserves a second chance?

Of course!

42. If you’re being extremely quiet what does it mean?

Being extremely quiet is pretty much my natural state, but if you mean exeptionally quiet even for my standards, then it means that my anxiety and self loathing are probably stiking back. Or I’m just in a bad mood/overwhelmed and need a moment. One of the two.

43. Do you smile at strangers?

Sometimes, if they strike me as nice.

44. Trip to outer space or bottom of the ocean?

Outer space, it’s less claustrofobic. At least a little bit.

45. What makes you get out of bed in the morning?

Elementary sense of duty. That’s when I have school. At the weekends and breaks it’s usually the grotesque and outright GROSS nightmares that I have when I sleep for too long. Seriously, some of them work better than a gallon of thick, black coffee mixed with RedBull and a bag of sugar. Ugh.

46. What are you paranoid about?

Failure, making a fool out of myself, being ridiculed and made fun of, being used, all of my friends leaving me behind and forgetting about me, future in general...

47. Have you ever been high?

No.

48. Have you ever been drunk?

No.

49. Have you done anything recently that you hope nobody finds out about?

No, fortunately :D

50. What was the colour of the last hoodie you wore?

I’m wearing one right now, and it’s... *sigh* ...pink. I freakin’ hate it, but it’s just so comfy...

51. Ever wished you were someone else?

Oh hell yes, time and time again...

52. One thing you wish you could change about yourself?

E V E R Y T H I N G

53. Favourite makeup brand?

??? I don’t do makeup. Ever.

54. Favourite store?

Didn’t I answer this one already in point 39?

55. Favourite blog?

Piwnica Prezydenta Internetu (The President’s of the Internet Basement), Przyczajona Logika Ukryty Słownik (Crouching Logic Hidden Dictionary), Niezatapialna Armada Kolonasa Waazona (Kolonas Waazon’s Unsinkable Armada)

...But you don’t care about those, do you? No, of course not. You meant Tumblr blogs, didn’t you? Oh well. there are some good blogs on here too, like Sameshack, Skylordlysander, Maxa-postrophe, Zaby’s Mind and, of course, Adventures in Lurning.

(No I’m not going to tag any of this people I’m not crazy)

56. Favourite colour?

Still purple, still black.

57. Favourite food?

Four cheese pizza. I’m ready to kill and die for one at any time, anywhere.

58. Last thing you ate?

Haribo gummybears. Yummy~

59. First thing you ate this morning?

A homemade hot dog.

60. Ever won a competition? For what?

There was some sort of scientific contest in the elementary school? Something about nature and the enviorment, anyway. I’ve no idea how I did it, but I did.

61. Been suspended/expelled? For what?

Nnnnnope. I’m generally not a troublemaker.

62. Been arrested? For what?

Nnnnnope. I’m generally not a criminal.

63. Ever been in love?

Yeah, once. Although, when I look at it now, it seems more like a deep, intense, unhealthy fascination and obsession with a person rather than love... Poor guy.

64. Tell us the story of your first kiss?

There was none. The end.

65. Are you hungry right now?

I’m always hungry.

66. Do you like your tumblr friends more than your real friends?

No way!

67. Facebook or Twitter?

Facebook, even tho it’s a total mess.

68. Twitter or Tumblr?

Tumblr. You see, it’s an easy choice because I’m addicted

69. Are you watching tv right now?

Nope.

70. Names of your best friends?

Wiktoria is my bestest friend since elementary uwu And yes, we have the same name. Funny, isn’t it?

71. Craving something? What?

... Too far?

72. What colour are your towels?

Blue, yellow, pink, white and striped with a fuckton of others.

72. How many pillows do you sleep with?

Three, two big + one small.

73. Do you sleep with stuffed animals?

Not anymore.

74. How many stuffed animals do you think you have?

In my room there are four - a bear, a duck, a snake and a Pikachu. I used to have a lot more tho. They are still in the attic.

75. Favourite animal?

Owl, especially Eurasian Eagle Owl <3 Idk man, they’re just so cool~

76. What colour is your underwear?

Cream

77. Chocolate or Vanilla?

Vanilla. Chocolate is overrated.

78. Favourite ice cream flavour?

Cheesecake and lemon <3

79. What colour shirt are you wearing?

I’ve just changed, so now it’s red.

80. What colour pants?

Cream with blue and red patterns.

81. Favourite tv show?

Sherlock, South Park, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Free!, Steven Universe, My Little Pony.... Oh, what? WHAT?!

82. Favourite movie?

Monty Python And The Holy Grail - say what you want about it, but it’s one of the few comedies on which I’m laughing trough the entire thing every time I watch it and I absolutely love it <3

83. Mean Girls or Mean Girls 2?

I’ve never watched any of those, sorry ^^’

84. Mean Girls or 21 Jump Street?

Never watched 21 Jump Street either.

85. Favourite character from Mean Girls?

Why the hell are you so obsessed with Mean Girls?!

86. Favourite character from Finding Nemo?

Gill was pretty cool, I guess.

87. First person you talked to today?

My mother.

88. Last person you talked to today?

My father. He made a margheritta candle for me from the leftover wax I hadn’t thrown out yet. No, really - the candle legitimately looks like a top of a marheritta pizza. Only it smells like orange, raspberry and vanilla...

89. Name a person you hate?

Every single person that was bullying me for the six years before I started high school. I know it’s petty, but I still hate every single one of those motherfuckers.

90. Name a person you love?

My parents, for starters.

91. Is there anyone you want to punch in the face right now?

The entire Mag publishing house for delaying Wings of Fire: The Dark Secret for another four months =,= It was supposed to be out almost half a year ago, dammit!

92. In a fight with someone?

No, fortunatelly. I hate fighting. (AndI’m not very good at it either XD)

93. How many sweatpants do you have?

Around 6, I believe.

94. How many sweaters/hoodies do you have?

9 or 10.

95. Last movie you watched?

Harry Potter and The Deadly Hollows, pt. 1 - I haven’t watched it all the way trough, however. At one point my parents has thrown me out of the room, because I was constantly comparing it to the original, explaining background and unintentionally spoiling later scenes XD Don’t watch adaptations of things that I like with me. Ever.

96. Favourite actress?

I don’t have one.

97. Favourite actor?

I don’t have one either ^^’

98. Do you tan a lot?

Not really. I just burn, usually.

99. Have any pets?

A lovely dog and a small pack of chickens, whih I consider to be pets too <3

100. How are you feeling?

Mostly relaxed, although kind of tense. Better than yesterday, at least.

101. Do you type fast?

Fast enough not to drive pepole that I text with insane.

102. Do you regret anything from your past?

*breaths in*

B O I

103. Can you spell well?

Well enough, but I still make stupid mistakes every now and then.

104. Do you miss anyone from your past?

My cousins, best friend from childhood and one particular friend from elementary/middle school.

105. Ever been to a bonfire party?

Yep, yep, yep!

106. Ever broken someone’s heart?

Never!

107. Have you ever been on a horse?

Yeah, and I still remember some of the basics of riding it ^^

108. What should you be doing?

Getting pissed at Mofftiss while watching The Final Problem, but ehhh... I’m kinda scared ;^;

109. Is something irritating you right now?

My father flashing a flashlight right into my eyes trough my room’s window. He’s just an asshole like that.

110. Have you ever liked someone so much it hurt?

Yeah, once or twice.

111. Writing or drawing?

I hardly do any of those anymore, but I’ve always felt more confident with writing.

112. Who was the last person you cried in front of?

Oh my, uh... I think it would be my entire fucking polish group at school. This was probably the most embarassing thing that I did this school year...

113. What was your childhood nickname?

I didn’t really have any? ;^; Everyone was always calling my by my real name.

114. Have you ever been out of your province/state?

Yeah, pretty much every year since I was eight.

115. Do you play the Wii?

No, sadly ;^; I’d love to try it someday tho, I’ve heard that it had some good games.

116. Are you listening to music right now?

Yup, to the Ace Attorney series soundtrack. It never gets old.

117. Do you like chicken noodle soup?

A lot.

118. Do you like Chinese food?

I like the noodles, but I don’t think that I’ve ever tried anything else? I probably should...

119. Favourite book?

Gaaaah, so many to choose from! Uh, um... Jurassic Park? It’s nostalgic at least ;^;

120. Are you afraid of the dark?

A little bit, especially if I’m not at home.

121. Are you mean?

Way more that I would like to be.

122. Is cheating ever okay?

Nope.

123. Can you keep white shoes clean?

Not to save my life X’D I have a peculiar talent to get dirty all the goddamn time.

124. Do you believe in love at first sight?

No way in hell. It’s weak, stupid, unrealistic, juvenile and lazy.

125. Do you believe in true love?

Absolutely. I’ll most likely never find it, but I know that there are people who did.

126. Are you currently bored?

And why do you think I’m answering those questions?

127. What makes you happy?

Peace and quiet at home, my friends giving me some of their precious time anywhere at any time.

128. Would you change your name?

Why would I? It’s not that bad. My surname is way worse.

129. What your zodiac sign?

Virgo

130. Do you like subway?

Never was in any. If you’re talking about the restaurant tho... Nnnnope, still wasn’t in any. Oh well.

131. Your best friend of the opposite sex likes you, what do you do?

Pretend that I don’t know and nothing has happened, while simultaneously screaming and absolutely panicking on the inside.

132. LGBTQ+ right supporter?

YES, DEFINITELY!

133. Favourite lyrics right now?

The crowd wears a dress of hypocrisy

Am I decieving?

Am I being decieved?

Does it even have any...

...impact on the future?

(Jekyll & Hyde - Hatsune Miku and IA)

134. Can you count to one million?

If I was really, really bored, then I think I could.

135. Dumbest lie you ever told?

“Yes, mom, this year I’m going to work hard.”

136. Do you sleep with your doors open or closed?

Closed. I don’t want my dog to get in in the middle of the night and wake me up (and believe me, he does that).

137. How tall are you?

About 170 cm.

138. Curly or Straight hair?

Straight, it’s easier to take care of.

139. Brunette or Blonde?

Indifferent, but let’s say brunette.

140. Summer or Winter?

Summer! I don’t have to do anything!

141. Night or Day?

Night. I love to sleep.

142. Favourite month?

July - the holidays has just begun and I have the time for literally everything <3

143. Are you a vegetarian?

No, I love my meat way too much <3

144. Dark, milk or white chocolate?

White, even tho it technically isn’t even chocolate anymore.

145. Tea or Coffee?

Tea. I can drink it anytime I want without consequences.

146. Was today a good day?

It was okay.

147. Mars or Snickers?

Mars, I hate the nuts getting between my teeth =,=

148. What’s your favourite quote?

It varies, but in this very moment, I think that this one speaks to me the most:

Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

~ H. P. Lovecraft

(Just try to guess what is my biggest problem right now)

149. Do you believe in ghosts?

No.

150. Get the closest book next to you, open it somewhere, what’s the first line

(Translating translation, sorry)

“Glory has leaped forward with bared teeth and catched the nearest spear.”

I still won’t tag anyone since I don’t want to get into people’s hair for no good reason

#this is oficially an ask meme account now #holy molly that was a lot of questions #but it was fun #morda tig

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