#and now i feel like a mini celebrity with a following of people so excited to see what i make next

[ohgreat-moretapes]

Hey Tim, how many asks do you get daily?

Usually between 3-10. Y'all are definitely keeping me busy (in the best way) haha. <3

Just a heads up it's gotten to the point where I'm realistically not gonna be able to answer absolutely all of them, even if I posted every day, but I wanna be clear I read every single one and they automatically give me the biggest hit of serotonin.

Your guys' support and interest have made such a massive positive difference in my life... Thank you

-Tim

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(OOC Olea speaking: Also I wanna take this opportunity to say I read every single one of your tags and comments and they make me so unbelievably happy ;;;v;;; <3 there is nothing I love more than getting to see peoples reactions to my art/writing. Everything from an "oh neat" to an "OH MY GOD SJFJFKS" just makes my day. Truly. If you're a regular reblogger and are on the fence about writing something in the tags, this is your sign. It gives me so much motivation and makes me immediately wanna write my next post :D)

[omegaversecurse]

Chapter 3 of Teyvat Tales of a Creator God!

I know things suck so bad rn- so I'm uploading a surprise chapter early for y'all!

I awoke to the feeling of my hair being played with. My eyes fluttered open, and I saw Kaeya’s face looking at me fondly. I smiled softly, before our cute moment was interrupted by the sound of a knock. 

“Yes?” I asked, slightly annoyed, and Barbara and Rosaria opened the door. 

“Oh!” Barbara said, her face almost glowing red, while Rosaria snickered. My eyebrows furrowed in confusion, before my face went as red as Barbara as I realized how it looked to have Kaeya in my bed. 

“No- no- we didn’t- we didn’t… I’m going to shut up now…” I said embarrassed. Rosaria smirked and said,

”I didn’t expect our divine creator to be so vulnerable to Kaeya’s seduction techniques,”

My face burned from the blush, 

”What can I say, I’m simply irresistible,” Kaeya said with a wink. Barbara looked like she was about to faint, and I probably didn’t look much better. Kaeya looked over to me and softened, 

“Hey, you good?” He questioned, 

“Yeah… just embarrassed,” I said. Barbara, seemingly recovered from the shock of seeing her divine creator in bed with someone, said

”Well now that you’re awake, We have your outfit for the day, Liyue’s delegates will come at around lunch, the honorary knight should be with them,”

I smiled at her as Kaeya took the outfit from Barbara, with a quick bow, she exited seemingly in a hurry. Rosaria sighed and followed after her. 

Kaeya, gave me the outfit, and said,

“If you need any help let me know,” he said, and led me to the bathroom to change. 

As I took off the covering, I gasped in shock at the beauty of the gown. It was an anemo green, and glittered as it caught the light. I stripped down and put it on, as I realized I would need help tying up the corset. The bottom of the gown was golden, and covered in golden mini wind wheel asters. I couldn’t resist giving the gown a little twirl, and I laughed as I felt like a princess. 

After the brief moment of celebration, I exited the bathroom, and asked Kaeya for help tying the corset. He smiled, and helped lace me up. Despite the horror stories of too tight corsets, it wasn’t uncomfortable at all. 

“Do you need help with your hair?” He asked, I nodded, and he grabbed a brush and began getting out the knots that arise from sleeping outside for several days. He started braiding my hair, in a loose four stranded braid,

“The four strands are meant to represent the four winds,” he commented, before putting a wind wheel aster clip that matched the bottom of the dress to keep it secure. 

After he finished I turned to him, and he asked

”Are you ready?”

I sighed and nodded, ready for a long day. He held my hand as he led me out of the cathedral, where everyone was waiting for me to arrive. And I mean everyone, all the vision holders in Mondstat were here, from Albedo to Venti. Kaeya once again pulled out my chair, and pushed me in when I sat down. He then sat at my right side. As I scanned the crowd, they all stared at me with varying levels of curiosity. 

I grabbed some fruit to eat, as well as some fried eggs and pancakes. The pancakes reminded me of Noelles specialty dish, and I noticed her beam when I grabbed them. As I ate, I tried to be on my best manners, knowing several people were watching me eat. I also made sure to eat slower in order to ensure everyone got a chance to eat. I didn’t want to make the same mistake as yesterday. 

Once I finished, making sure that everyone else was done eating, the nuns started to take our plates. 

Klee stood up eagerly and said, ���Can we give gifts now!” Almost yelling from excitement. 

Albedo put a hand on her shoulder and told her to use inside voices. Klee nodded seriously before saying in a whisper yell, “can we give gifts now,” I looked to Kaeya in confusion, mouthing “gifts?” To him. He nodded and said, “The people of Mondstat have prepared gifts for your return,”

I smiled at Klee and said, “I’d love to open gifts Klee,” who was practically vibrating from excitement. 

I was led over to the front of the church, and sat down on the chair (throne?) provided, Kaeya standing on my right side.

”Me first! Me first!” Klee said, dragging her and Albedo to the front. 

“Your grace, me and Klee have prepared a gift for your enjoyment, we hope you appreciate it,” 

“It’s your very own Dodoco! He’s friends with my Dodoco and they go on adventures together!”

I gasped at the cuteness, “Thank you so much Klee and Albedo, I love it!” I gave my new plush a big hug and a kiss on the forehead. I sat my Dodoco next to me for safekeeping, as the next person came forward to give me my gift. 

“Your Grace, I, famed astrologer Mona Megistus, give you this gift of a light box, simply put a candle in the box, and it will project a image of the night sky that appeared the night of your arrival,”

I smiled again, and gave Mona my thanks. The line continued and I received gift after gift from the assembled crowd. Some of the highlights included a TCG deck from Diona, a wind glider from Amber, and a set of beautiful ornate knives from Rosaria. 

Finally it was Venti’s turn, and he looked quite nervous when approaching me. “Your Grace, a lyre attuned to the four winds, if you ever need help, merely play it and one of us will come to your aid,” I smiled at Venti, even if it was tight, and said thanks. He looked rather relieved that I accepted his gift, and moved to join the others at the pews. 

The nuns and Kaeya moved to help pack up all the gifts, but when I moved to help them, Kaeya put his hand on my shoulder and told me “we got this,” I pursed my lips and sat back down, feeling awkward I wasn’t doing anything to help. 

They finished packing up, and a knight entered the Cathedral. “Grandmaster Jean, the Liyue delegation has arrived,” my eyebrows raised in shock, clearly the gift giving took more time than I thought. 

Everyone assembled to the sides of the cathedral in a practiced motion, although Bennett did stumble while getting there. Kaeya returned to standing on my right side. A knock was heard on the doors of the Cathedral, and two nuns worked to open the heavy doors. 

Xiao, Keqing and the Traveler walked in, with Paimon floating in excitedly. They all kneel before me, except Paimon who gave a curtsey. “Your grace,” Jean said, “May I present the Liyue delegation, your escorts to taking you to the Celestial Palace,” I nodded a little confused at the ‘Celestial Palace’ business, but figured this wasn’t the place to question it. “Standing before you is Adeptus Xiao, the last Yaksha of Liyue Harbor, Lady Keqing of the Liyue Qixing, and the Honorary Knight of Mondstat,” 

“Mh-hm” Paimon said a little annoyed at being left out,

”And Paimon, the Traveler’s guide to Teyvat,” Jean finished, Paimon nodded, satisfied. 

“Uh- Hi- Nice to meet you guys,” I said, a little unsure of how to continue. 

“It’s nice to meet you too! Paimon’s very excited to go adventuring with you!” I nod, and Kaeya steps forward,

“I am Kaeya, the Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonius, and the first Mondstat Retainer of the Divine One,” 

Kaeya then offered his hand out to me, and helped me up from the chair, I unfortunately stumbled a little bit while getting up. Kaeya luckily caught me, but I felt pretty embarrassed that I just stumbled over my two left feet in front of everybody. Kaeya guided me out of the Cathedral, with everyone giving me well wishes as I exited. 

Walking through Mondstat was a fever dream, as crowds were gathered around us to be able to see me leave. However they were being held back to the sides by ribbons blocking off the center of the walkway. It felt like we were a part of the Disneyland Parade, and I felt uncomfortable with everyone staring at me. Xiao didn’t look much better. 

As we finally crossed the bridge to exit Mondstat, with the Pigeons once again flying around me like they would a Disney Princess, Kaeya turned back and asked me “Are you alright?”

I nodded and said, “Just, a lot of people staring, I wasn’t expecting such a reception,” 

Paimon paused, and told me “Why not? You’re the super duper most important person in all of Teyvat! Of course everyone would want to see you!”

I cringed, and told her “I don’t know about that, I’m no one special,” the entire group stopped to look at me, surprised at my response,

”Your Grace,” Keqing said, “You are the Divine Creator of Teyvat, the One Who Guides the World, there is no one more important than you,” 

I looked away, blushing, feeling very awkward and unsure on how to explain how I’m a normal person. This all still felt like a dream to be honest. Xiao started looking at me contemplatively, as if seeing me in a new light. 

The group continued past Springvale, and further away from the city. Once we reached Stone Gate, the sun was going down and my feet were killing me. 

“We should make camp,” Xiao said, and I almost passed out in relief. Traveler brought out her teapot, and we all touched it to enter. 

Entering the teapot, I didn’t know what to expect. It looked exactly like how I decorated, and that was a bad thing. Mismatched furniture and bits and bobs left over from primogem farming furniture sets. 

“I uh- added some beds so we could sleep, I hope you’re not offended,” Lumine said,

”Of course not,” I said, “Believe me anything you do in this space is an improvement,” 

She nodded, and showed me to a room with a nice fancy bed, and the picture of Paimon from the event with Albedo. 

“I’ll keep watch first,” Xiao said, and Keqing nodded and offered to go second, and Lumine chimed in saying she’ll go third. 

“When is my turn?” I asked,

”Oh your grace, you won’t need to keep watch, you need to rest,” Keqing told me,

”Still I feel bad, if you’re all keeping watch and I just sleep,”

”You need to regain your strength, there is a long way to go to get to the harbor,” Xiao said gruffly. I blinked and realizing I wasn’t going to change their mind, I nodded and yawned. 

“There should be clothes in the dresser,” Lumine said, “we’ll leave you to change,” as everyone left I grabbed Kaeya’s wrist and asked

”could you help me with the corset?” He nodded, and shut the door so we could have some privacy. 

“So uh- what’s the Celestial Palace?” I asked, as he was undoing the knot of my corset. He paused his motions for a second before answering,

”It’s a palace for you to reside, during the Archon War Liyue won the right to have it within its borders,”

“Ah okay…”

“If you don’t mind me asking, do you remember the archon war?” 

“The archon war? No- I don’t remember it, wasn’t aware I was supposed to,” 

“Hmmm…”

”What’s wrong,” I asked. 

“Nothing- the last time you were seen was before the Archon War, before the… incident, so it makes sense you won’t remember it, it must’ve taken a while to regain your strength enough to descend,”

I paused, incident? I didn’t know what he was talking about, and frankly I was too afraid to ask. I didn’t want to reveal much about my lack of knowledge, mainly because I was still afraid of being labeled an imposter. 

Kaeya finished unlacing my corset, and then asked me, “Do you want me to stay again tonight?”

I nodded and said, “If it’s not too much trouble,” he smiled at me, pulled out some pajamas from the dresser, and then told me “I’ll wait outside, tell me when you're done changing,”

I finished changing and poked my head out of the room, seeing Kaeya talking with Lumine. 

“I’m staying with her tonight, it helps her sleep better,” I blushed at this, kind of embarrassed that I needed a cuddle buddy to sleep. 

Lumine noticed me first, and smiled and waved at me, Kaeya turned to see me, and said,

“You ready?” I nodded, and he followed me into the bedroom, and untucked the covers for me to climb in, before climbing in after me. I fell asleep pretty quickly, my head on Kaeya’s chest and his arm around me. 

It was about midnight when we heard a commotion. A crash and an inhuman screech. Kaeya was already out of the bed when I lifted my head, sword in hand,

”Stay here, I’ll guard the door,” and with that he left, shutting the door behind him. My hands shook scared not only for me, but for the people with me. 

“It’s you-” an inhuman voice said. I turned and saw an Abyss Lector.

I backed up, and tripped over a blanket. My butt hitting the floor with a thud, I continued backing up pushing myself up against the wall as the lector approached, hyperventilating as he reached towards me. I squeezed my eyes shut, turning my head away as the hand got closer and closer, as a long sharp nail traced itself against my face. 

A crash was heard, and I opened my eyes to see Xiao lunging at the the abyss herald, the door next to me slammed open and Lumine and Kaeya came running in. They cornered the abyss mage, ready to use their elemental powers to attack him.

 “I’ll be back” the abyss herald said, staring straight at me, before leaving through a portal behind him. 

Kaeya immediately came to my side, and asked me “are you alright”

I nodded, still shaken up by the attack.

”No thanks to you,” Xiao said bitterly,

“Do you have something to say?” Kaeya said, turning to face Xiao. 

“You left her alone when the Abyss Order was attacking, she could’ve been taken or killed, you’re clearly not worthy of being a retainer,”

“I was outside the door to prevent anyone from coming in, it’s not like I straight up abandoned her,” 

“You might as well, you reek of abyssal taint, I stayed silent because I trusted her Grace’s choice, but considering your actions tonight, I fully believe you did this on purpose,” Xiao spat out.

Kaeya was red with anger, but before he could respond Keqing and Paimon entered. 

“All clear, the Abyss Order has left the premises,” Keqing said

”Uh… Did we interrupt a moment?” Paimon said, sensing the tension between Kaeya and Xiao. 

“No- just a minor disagreement,” Kaeya responded, clearly shaken up by the aggression and accusations from Xiao. 

“I should dispose of you right here-”

“Woah woah woah- No one’s disposing of anyone, Xiao, I trust Kaeya, he’s put his life on the line for me before, there was no way to know that the Abyss Lector could get in here,”

“Your Grace, he is not to be trusted, he clearly is associated with the abyss,” 

“Enough- you don’t need to trust Kaeya nor like Kaeya, but I trust Kaeya enough to make him my retainer,” I said, standing up, “You’re attempts to undermine me aren’t appreciated”

Xiao scowled and disappeared, clearly frustrated by my decision. 

“Wow- that was intense!” Paimon said, and Lumine and I facepalmed at that. Lumine and Keqing started leaving, and Kaeya followed them.

I grabbed his wrist and asked, “You’re leaving?” 

“I think that’s for the best…” Kaeya said without looking me in the eyes. He then exited and shut the door behind him.

I spent a good minute or so staring at the door, feeling dejected at Kaeya’s rejection. I eventually turned to the bed and tried to sleep, but I couldn’t as I tossed and turned, both shaken up by the fight, Xiao’s reaction, and Kaeya’s disappointment. 

[avatar-anna]

Baby Said

inspired by baby said by maneskin. enjoy!!

Harry shoved his way through the crowd of sweaty bodies, muttering apologies and ignoring dirty looks until he was sufficiently close enough to the stage. He felt out of place amongst all the black clothes and heavy eyeliner. He'd opted for light wash jeans and a t-shirt that said, But daddy I love him, in bold red letters, though the "him" had been scratched out for "her."

There was an excited buzz in the club. Dance music pumped through the speakers while stage hands set up for the upcoming performance. It was dark, a little smelly, and the air was thick with smoke, but Harry couldn't have been happier to be jostled around and poked by elbows. He waited patiently for the band to make their appearance, smiling warmly at anyone he made eye contact with, though when a woman gave him a look that was perhaps more than a flirtatious smile, he quickly averted his gaze.

Before long, the club music died down, and people began to make their way onto the stage. Harry got pushed around a little as the crowd surged forward and began to cheer, but he managed to hold his ground. He smiled as his gaze snagged on a particular member of the band, butterflies erupting in his belly when she winked at him as she slung the strap of her bass guitar around her neck. He couldn't help but look her up and down, admiring the leather mini skirt and what could only be described as a matching bra, scraps of leather covering her just so, and strings of it wrapping around her torso. The way she dressed was harsh and in your face and inherently sexual, a celebration of her body. Harry thought she looked like an angel.

The frontman of the band gave a quick introduction, then counted up from five, and the first song began.

If the pushing was intense before, it was pure chaos now. Everyone fed off the music from the band, writhing together and yet completely out of synch. It was madness, but a good kind of madness that was fun and made you want to be part of it.

The band was good, better than good, but Harry only had eyes for one person. Her.

His eyes followed her every move as Y/n moved about the stage, his heart fluttered every time she came to his side of the stage, and flushed when she played to other people in the crowd, winking at them and giving them flirty smiles. Harry knew he shouldn't have felt like that, but he couldn't help it.

The concert was electric, absolutely electrifying. Harry could feel the music right down to his bones, he blushed when he felt the bassist's eyes on him as the lead singer sang particular lyrics. During one song, she surveyed the crowd, a mischievous glint in her eye. Then, she looked down to where Harry was standing and raised her eyebrow. When he raised his own brows at her, she reached down, grabbed Harry by the collar of his shirt, and kissed him. The crowd around them cheered, but all his senses zeroed in on the feeling of Y/n's lips sliding against his. Her teeth dug into his bottom lip, but that only made him lean into the kiss more.

It was like she'd completely forgotten about the concert she was performing. Her hands were in Harry's hair in seconds, pulling and tugging as if she was going to drag him onstage. He'd gotten so lost in the taste of tequila on her tongue, he might've let her, but she eventually pulled away to continue the band's set, but not before whispering, "Love the shirt, handsome," in his ear.

Harry took that as his cue to make his way backstage. He usually stayed and watched most of Y/n's sets, but when she whispered a flirty remark in his ear, he knew it was time to go.

Leaving the pit was much easier than shoving his way to the front. People in the crowd were eager to take his place, swallowing up the path he made as he left the steadily growing mosh pit. Cool air hit Harry's skin once he left the throngs of dancers, though he still felt the heat of her touch from when she kissed him, and more surged into his belly at the thought of what came next.

Harry made his way backstage and to the little green room, which was considerably easy seeing as they were in a club rather than a stadium. Y/n typically had her own dressing room because she was the only girl in the band, but this club was too small, the band's green room tonight looked like the manager's office repurposed.

But he sat down anyway, his fingers tapping his knees with anxious anticipation. Harry could hear the base pumping from here as the band went from one song to the next. He knew the setlist by now; knew the part where they introduced themselves, the crowd favorite, the closing song, and the encore. He knew each segment of the set like he was up there himself, knew almost down to the minute when Y/n would burst through the doors of the green room with her bandmates.

When they did, Harry stood up, greeting each member of the band and clapping them on the back and congratulating them on another great show. He made sure to give them attention before his focus zeroed in on Y/n, because when it was all said and done, he just wanted to be with her.

Y/n was the last one to come in, her chest glistening with sweat and bangs sticking to her forehead. But she had a big smile on her face when her eyes landed on Harry. Before he could say a word, she grabbed his hand and pulled him out of the green room. Y/n dragged him back out through the club until they were eventually outside in an alley. She pushed him up against the wall and kissed him, her hands immediately reaching into his hair and tugging on it.

"You were amazing tonight," Harry breathed, resting his hand on her waist.

"Always play my best when you're here," she said. They kissed a little more, Y/n nipping at Harry's bottom lip while he reached beneath her tiny skirt. "Do you really have to go?"

"I wish I didn't," he mumbled against her jaw. "But I have my own tour to get back to, you know."

"Don't go," Y/n whined. "Think of all the fun we've had while you were here."

Since Harry was on his break from tour, he joined Y/n on hers. Every day was a new adventure in a new city. Y/n's band was more underground, so they played smaller venues than Harry did, and they were rowdier, and the audience was definitely different than his. But it was fun being in the middle of it all. Harry loved watching live music, and he loved watching Y/n perform more than anything. Now that it was time to go, both of them were having a hard time saying goodbye.

"My tour is almost over, and then after that, I'm all yours," he said. "And tonight, I'm all yours. So let's make it count, yeah?"

Y/n grinned and ran her hands beneath Harry's shirt, her nails scratching down his torso. "You gonna let me have my way with you?"

Leaning his head against hers, Harry grinned and said, "I'm kind of hoping that you do. Been waiting all night, actually."

"Let's go back to the hotel, then. We're not starting tonight in a dirty alley."

On the ride back to the hotel, Y/n was all over Harry, leaning against him across the backseat and practically attacking his neck and jaw. He knew he was going to be littered with hickeys by the time the car pulled up to the hotel, but he didn't mind. He loved Y/n too much that he didn't really care if he was photographed with hickeys on his neck from time to time.

If Harry had been wearing a tie, Y/n would've dragged him up to her hotel room with it in her hands. So she settled for hooking a finger into the collar of his t-shirt and hauling into the elevator. Since they started dating, Y/n had always been the more direct of the two, the one to take charge. Harry didn't mind one bit, more than happy to take orders as well as give them. He liked the idea that his girlfriend was so into him that she just had to pin him up against a wall or on the bed and kiss him stupid. Y/n was confident and sexy both on and off the stage, and he couldn't get enough.

Later that night, they were still up, laying in bed and talking about whatever popped into their heads. Y/n's hand combed through Harry's hair, her touch a lot gentler than it had been an hour ago.

"I don't think I quite got the message across because your tongue was down my throat almost the second you stepped offstage," he said, laughing when Y/n told him to shut up. "But you were incredible tonight. All of you were."

"Thank you, baby."

Harry leaned forward and kissed her temple. "And you looked incredible too."

"Yeah? Too bad you won't be at the next show. Had something real special planned just for you."

"Don't do that," Harry groaned, imagining what she might wear for her next show. Or wouldn't wear. She was always pushing the envelope in terms of her onstage outfits, most of which had Harry on his knees for her by the end of the night. "Don't make me want to cancel my next shows so I can watch you perform."

"Mm...Fine. But only if you get between my legs again, and one more time to wake me up in the morning."

"That's what you want?" Harry asked, but he was already moving.

"That's what I want."

Harry kissed her once before pushing her legs up on the hotel bed. "Your wish is my command."

Y/n gasped, her hand reaching to grab his hair by the root to pull him where she wanted, but he didn't give in quite just yet. He kissed her thigh, sucking a little mark of his own into her skin. Y/n's grip was tight, guiding Harry to where she wanted him, just how he liked it.

[cuddleyhoney]

the birthday boy!

john wick x reader fanfic

It's his birthday! ---

(third person pov)

John was a very recluse man, he never shared much information about his personal life let alone sharing his birthday with people. But when the two of you started dating you brought up how you loved autumn and with that small topic of conversation John mentioned his birthday was in the fall! Months passed and his birthday was coming up. John subconsciously hoped that you wouldn't forget his birthday... With all the abandonment and trauma he has gone through he really wished for some type of remembrance from you about him, maybe a present or a card....

You had a lot in mind for his "party" and you had only a week to plan everything for him. John was shy so you thought to keep it a small get-together with a few other of his guy friends and some of your friends to visit. You quickly ran to the bakery the next morning to receive an adorable cake and some special brownies just for John! You then would keep the treats hidden in the kitchen where he would never find them! He went above and beyond to ensure your happiness and made you feel cherished and deeply cared for, prompting you to wish that John could experience the same level of love and appreciation.

The following morning, just two days before the special event, John seemed unusually reserved. He cast furtive, nervous glances while going about his routine tasks, whether it was filling up the dog's food bowl or discussing plans for the upcoming week. You couldn't help but feel completely clueless about what was going on in his mind. That night, as you snuggled up close to him, you couldn't contain a secret smile as you contemplated the elaborate plans you had in store.

( now in first pov )

The day of the event. I woke up early, finding John still in peaceful slumber. I swiftly collected my last-minute packages from the front doorstep and carefully placed them into adorable gift bags.

I donned a playful selkie-themed outfit and hurried to the supermarket to pick up some balloons, all part of my plan to surprise the birthday celebrant, with a mischievous grin on my face.

Around 1 hour later, John had awakened and showered. Luckily I had already gotten dressed and did my makeup. I remained downstairs, meticulously arranging the balloons and birthday cake with the intention of creating a cozy morning for just the two of us. As I sat at our kitchen island, my anticipation grew, creating a sense of nervous excitement. After what felt like an eternity, about two minutes passed before I finally heard the familiar sound of his footsteps descending the stairs. Without a moment's hesitation, I rushed up to him, our beloved dog accompanying me, and joyfully exclaimed, "Happy Birthday, my dear little muffin!" The astonishment on his face was priceless.

Later in the day, we gathered for a mini celebration, joined by a select group of his friends and mine. We enjoyed a delightful spread of cake, engaged in some entertaining board games, and even indulged in some spirited karaoke. John's bashful demeanor revealed his genuine surprise and the fact that he had absolutely no inkling that this entire celebration had been meticulously planned just for him.

-- the end :3 I hope this is enjoyed lolz

[saltnsugarbear]

100 followers banquet!

hi hi hello!!

after some thought I've decided I wanted to do a mini celebration!

I'm not going to be doing a prompt specific celebration just because I personally find prompts difficult to work with so here's the guidelines!

- if you give me a general idea, I can write a blurb!

- please be patient! I work full time closing shifts so I just ask that you please please be patient with me

- take a look at my rules and boundaries and lists I have for who I'm willing to write for!

- Do I have anything else? I don't think I have anything else?

- This'll be running from tomorrow (the 18th) all the way to the 28th!

- I'm also just willing to talk headcanons, chat, talk about bad blood! carmy, boxer! lip or brand new au I'm working on, cam boy! lip

- but this is all for fun I'm so excited to keep rolling with you guys <3

I just want to prattle off some thank yous to a bunch of people:

first to my beloved maggie, the first person I ever sent anything to in their askbox in all of my time as a fic reader. gave me so much courage you are so beloved by me, if maggie has no fans I'm dead <3

to olive! just,,, my actual day one. the person I would send my most depraved thoughts to, who inspired me to make my blog, and just has been so delightful. I'm so grateful to my olive for chatting with me for just so many months on anon! she continues to inspire me, and I'm so glad I put so many asks in her inbox she's so beloved by me (she won't let me retire, please I haven't seen my wife and kids in two weeks /j)

to my moon!!! I feel like they are my other day one I love my moon she's so beloved by me. I feel the need to say thank you to them because I remember seeing them when I first started posting fics, and they continue to be one of my biggest supporters! moon, you are so loved by me, I love talking with you. You're my absolute beloved <3

and all my bearblr mutuals! I don't get to interact and chat with you guys as much as I'd like, but I love every one of you!! I've bounced around so many of your blogs and you're all so beloved by me! I have so much love for my bearblr mutuals and writers <3 you guys just continue to inspire me so much

and I just want to say thank you to just,,,,, everyone who has ever liked or reblogged or anything on one of my fics even if that's the only post they've ever seen of mine. it just all means so much to me. I can truthfully say I was very uncertain about starting this blog and what it would mean and how it would do but I think it will prove to be one of the greatest things I've ever decided to do?

bearblr continues to just be so kind to me. You're all so beloved by me <3

I'm so glad I made the choice to start posting on here I'm just

head in hands /pos

I'm in such a positive spot right now, which is so awesome, and I feel so loved by my bearblr mutuals and friends and,,

just feel very good and I'm going to start crying cause I'm a bit emotional all week already so

thank you guys <3

[chronically-ghosted]

i am chronically ghosted . . . except by you all! All 100 of you! 🤍

the little things are so important to me so i wanted to say thank you to you all for getting me to this mini-milestone of 100 followers! i started this blog exactly ten (yes 10!!) days ago as a way to write more freely about my Ped-rangement and reblog every single gifset of Dieter Bravo at least twenty times. Never in the world would i have expected such a positive response!

i've met some truly incredible people because of this blog and I honestly can say my life is better with you in it.

Thank you thank you thank you to everyone who's ever reblogged, liked, or left a comment on one of my fics. I really do read every single one and when i'm done, i fold them up and put them near my heart 🤍🤍🤍

to say thank you, i'm doing a little celebration for anyone who wants to participate:

psychography: writing while haunted! pick a pedro boy of your choosing and a prompt from this list and i'll write a little drabble! (please specify if you'd like smut to be present or not!)

[i'll be accepting prompts between now and sept. 4]

séance: hold hands and speak into the beyond! send me an ask from one of these questions, or anything else you'd like to know!

ectoplasm: exercise the manifestation of spirits! send me a pedro boy and i'll share of my favorite fics of them - love love love gushing about other authors!

ouji board: the spirit moves the board - not you! i'll make a moodboard or icon of any pedro boy of your choosing!

this week i post the FINAL chapter of recovery road! i can't believe we're almost done! 😭 i'm so excited for you all to see how natalie and dieter's story ends!

after the last chapter goes live, i'm going to take a break from series for a bit and focus on smaller works, including oneshots or requests!

and if you're seeing this and you're very confused, i write fanfiction for pedro pascal characters! Here's my masterlist and if you like what you see, feel free to sign up for my taglist so you know when i post things!

part of what i love the most about fandom is the community, so as part of this i wanna call out some blogs who kick a large amount of ass 🤍

@suzdin @butchmandalorian @kteague (this blog is like 90% the cause of my pedr-ovtion) @gracie7209 @trulybetty @northernwindd @dilf-din @gnpwdrnwhiskey @sp00kymulderr @daddy-dins-girl @theywhowriteandknowthings

[letmeoutofthebasementt]

what if i say san’s fs is my girl crush too 👀 woah that was an insane reading. i kinda felt such an heavy energy from her but then sun did rise ☀️ 

1- “Leo moon”

one of my favorite tarot readers also said his fs is gemini sun and leo moon and it perfect with san being cancer sun and gemini moon! the way she’s being a complex person and changing quickly gives off a gemini vibe too haha 

2- “Her appearance is definitely unique.”

i often see this for san fs readings! Readers often say she’s so pretty but in a unique way (a uniqueness she doesn’t like but she’s still confident in her looks) so people find her intimated. i loved your take!

3- her being a workaholic and probably have a lot of jobs give off entj vibe to me. it’s the perfect match for san’s mbti too. san is a workaholic as well, i feel like it’ll be a reason for him to get closer to her more. they can understand each other, encourage or comfort each other. 

4- you think she’s probably changing job right now. so far we have actress-writer-content creator for her. so it wouldn’t be a surprise if she’s pursuing a new career now to add here. indeed a workaholic. but it seems like she’s not coming from a wealthy family, and she was kinda pushed to be successful since she was a kid, so i can totally see why she keeps want to work. obviously, she doesn’t want to go back to 0. i relate to that feeling. literally GO GIRL

5- this is literally a woman profile i could draw beside san. i have been his fan since 2019, and based of his personality and life style, i always thought he would be with someone who can be an inspiration for him, someone he will respect (and the others will respect too,) a hard worker, cool, mature (i always thought he would go with an older person tho 3-5 years old gap), maybe a foreigner as san doesn’t seems to care about it, but definitely someone popular (probably a celebrity but can have different jobs tho.)

6- the family issues are always there. poor girl.  but everything has a reason in life right. she’ll get the biggest love from san. im happy for her

now your reading is one of my favorites! it’s very close to the readings my favorite tarot readers did here. im excited to see your future readings now 🤍

So, just to make sure this is all true, I drew some follow up confirmation cards. So yes, she’s ENTJ. I got a no on her being a Leo moon though. Maybe a water moon? I’m not sure. The vibes are there but the cards are saying she isn’t. I did a follow-up with another card for that. Either she’s an undeveloped Leo moon or her moon is in the fifth house, giving it that Leo quality, or on the cusp of Leo. That’s what I’m getting. Though I’m getting she IS a Gemini sun.

Granted these cards don’t give specifics, but some cards can indicate yes and no. So I’m going off of that and card meanings here.

But yeah, I’m glad you liked it! And I always get oddly proud when people analyze my readings and kind of point out what they liked the most. I dunno. But I definitely want to make this into a mini series now. Like a non-invasive FS series for Ateez and maybe some others. Never thought I’d end up doing FS readings but how the tables have turned

[melodygatesauthor]

Weekly Update - 06/26/2023

I know I'm late with the update this week haha. PLEASE PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE UPDATE FOR - A BIT DODGY -

Updates Below the Cut:

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Long/Chaptered Fic Updates

A Bit Dodgy - I had a feeling my job would be picking up soon and I'd be so busy that I would have to start prioritizing certain works. That being said, A Bit Dodgy (or A Bit Doggy for that one anon who stole my heart) is going to be on a temporary hiatus until 07/31/2023. I just have so much going on and where this isn't the fic that's inspiring me the most right now, I'm moving to prioritize the ones that are inspiring me the most.

I just have to follow the shiny thing (or so the ADHD in my brain is telling me) Plus I really wanna get some of my mini-series banged out soon!

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Mini-series Updates

Blue = should be posted this week

Pink = In progress actively (working on but will not be posted this week)

Red = Backburner Fic (not working on this week - will work on a later date)

The Fractured Moon - currently working on These Fractured Knights (TFM Bonus Chapters) 🫣😏 - No new updates this week though.

Feeling You Can't Fight - New Chapter this week, was supposed to be coming out tomorrow but that's not happening haha. (I HOPE to post the new chapter this week but we shall see lol)

Not a Doctor - I’ve been asked by a few people, and I personally have been considering it for a while, doing a part 2 to this fic! It won’t be coming out this week, but it’s in the works! (Still in the planning stages)

Worth the Risk - taking a small step back from this for now. It’s not at the top of my inspiration list so I’m moving it down the line temporarily. - will work on a later date

The Good Doctors - idea by @burnincrown - Dr. Marc Spector - It's going to be a long time in the works, and it will probably replace TFM when that one is done. In development - Work on it a different week

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Requests Updates

As a reminder, once these requests are finished, my requests will be closed for good. You can see the post explaining that here. Thank you again for the support and understanding!

If your request is in blue, that means I'm going to try to work on it this week (06/26-07/02). If it's in pink, I'm going to try to work on it a different week. It's taking me a while to get into the headspace for some of them so thank you for your patience. Green means it's scheduled for release!

1k Celebration - I still have 7 drabbles to write and 2 that have been written that just need to be edited and released!

Moon Boys X f!Reader by @simpforbritgents

Asking for something like Feeling Flustered where the moon boys are doing guided phone sex. (This one has been started!)

Marc Spector X f!Reader by @blueflowerhat

Marc shower sex based on AI prompt.

Nathan Bateman X f!Reader by @campingwiththecharmings

This is the prompt that hit me like a Nathan-shaped mac truck! -> “if you don’t like my teasing why are you moaning”

Nathan Bateman X f!Reader by Anon

Cam girl reader x Nathan - Nathan turns to a cam girl, he's been kinda stalking her. (Excited hehe)

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That's all for now guys! I love you all and thank you so much for all the support you continue to give no matter what. You're amazing <3

[sardonic-sprite]

Y'ALL I FEEL LIKE I'VE CRACKED A CODE

Ok ok ok so maybe I'm just dumb for not processing this before but let me celebrate and explain because I've never felt this excited about like "planning" shit before.

Ok SO everyone has heard of character arcs, right? And I think most people understand that the arc and growth of the main character is directly tied to the plot beats of the story and vice versa, yes?

Now here’s the thing, bc for me, it just like... it wasn't clicking, this whole thing about "lies" and "misbeliefs" and "aha moments" and just how they interrelate. Honestly, now that I finally get it I really don't know how I was so confused or why I'm so excited now, but I still am excited so I'm continuing on and hoping maybe this helps someone.

But anyway, what FINALLY clicked and what literally slingshotted me into figuring out my character arc (the literal most frustrating thing holding me back lately) was that character arc and showing growth connects to plot and moving the story in your character's attitude about what they're doing.

Let me explain.

There are a couple of points in the story where your MC makes a huge, plot-driving decision. These points are roughly Accepting the Call to Adventure, the Midpoint, and the Aha Moment. Now, I was getting messed up how these differed and how they related to the character arc, until I realized it's about the attitude.

Take your protagonist at the very opening of your story. They're going about their daily life. Here comes the Call to Adventure. They probably don't want to do it at first, do they? So then Something Happens and they decide they really don't have a choice, apparently. So they Accept the Call and begin the quest or training for the death battle or whatever. They go along until BOOM Something Else Happens, something that makes the quest or the death match personal. (This is the Midpoint) Now they're the one driving the car, that Something that Happened at the beginning no longer matters, they will finish the quest or battle now even without that motivation. Except... they fail. Miserably. Fall flat on their fucking face. And probably the villain is laughing. So your hero despairs. What went wrong? They had every reason to succeed, the motivation, the training... and then comes the Aha Moment. MC realizes that they were going about the quest or the battle all wrong. And why is that? Well because of the misbelief they've had since before the story began! They realize that that’s what was wrong the whole time, say "AHA!" and pick themselves up because now they know the right way to fight the battle or right path to take on their quest, and this time they succeed. The bad guy falls, everyone is happy, the end.

That's like every story ever, right? Close enough anyway. But that pesky misbelief isn't corrected until the very very end so why the fuck was your character doong anything close to right before then?

Because it was not the motivation holding them back it was the misbelief, the methodology.

Here's an example.

Let's take Big Hero 6. For now we're going to gloss past the mini arc where Tadashi takes Hiro from botfighter to engineer and start after the fire. Hiro is living his life, day to day, and it is absolutely miserable. He is totally lost in his grief, he believes there's no end to this pain.

Something Happens. Baymax wakes up and finds the lone microbot, follows it, and they discover the microbot factory and the Masked Man. Now the game has changed. Hiro really does not have a choice, he has to Do Something.

So what does he Do? Goes to the police, and that's useless. So he takes a little more initiative and sets up Baymax's first suit, going to investigate again. But he's half-assing stuff.

Now More Stuff Happens. Masked Man attacks Hiro personally, as well as his friends, and tries to kill them. They also think they realize who he is, and that it must now be TRUE that MM set the fire and indirectly killed Tadashi. It's. Fucking. Personal. Hiro WANTS to take this guy down.

So with actual fervor they track MM to the island, confront him, and... fail. Because. Well a lot of reasons, but we're talking about character arcs rn so essentially the crucial reason they fail is because Hiro wanted to take revenge, to cause more pain. The others weren't ok with that, so MM/Calahagn gets away and Hiro and Baymax fly off alone. Here is your angsty "darkest moment" scene. And then, right on its heels and facilitated by Baymax and Tadashi, is the Aha Moment. Hiro comes to realize that he failed not because he wasn't skilled or wasn't motivated, but because he was going about it wrong. His methods were off. He was acting under the belief that pain doesn't stop. But now he can see that yes, it can, healing can happen, you can get better. So he makes a new plan, a plan acting on the new belief, the truth, that people can heal and lessen pain, and this time he succeeds because he fixed his method by correcting his misbelief.

That was a lot, but you see how Hiro's growth is shown not just by his actions, but by his attitude surrounding those actions. For him and for almost every hero, there's a journey that goes from

I'm living my life and I will do nothing (at the beginning)

To Something Happened and I must do something (accepting the call)

To Something Else Happened and now it's personal, so I want to do this thing (midpoint)

To Oh my God I Was Doing it Wrong, now I'm going to Do It Right (aha)

I guess basically what I'm saying is that your character's MOTIVATION to Do The Thing can be and often is very different from the character's ATTITUDE about doing the thing. And either one can make for a compelling character arc.

Hopefully some amount of that made kind of sense. I mentally said it far better in the shower lmao, but this was a huge Aha Moment for me so I wanted to share it in hopes that maybe it helps some you.

[theheadlessgroom]

"I know the feeling," Randall smiled lightly as they walked together, hands casually pushed into his pockets as he followed her gaze up to all the neon signs, flashing advertisements for everything from soft drinks to cigarettes, offering directions to mini-markets and laundromats. "Feels like I was a kid, everything was just...quieter, somehow. Less busy."

Maybe he was looking at it all through rose-tinted glasses, but he felt like the city was just a lot less crazy when he was younger. He used to be able to go down to the mini-mart and buy himself at least a Coke with his allowance and window-shop with little issue, but nowadays, he felt like he had to fight through a sea of people, to say nothing of the strings of cars he had to wait for.

And in some ways, things felt a lot cozier-there were more mom and pop shops around when he was a boy, businesses run by several generations. Now, those seemed few and far between, being replaced by chain stores and other big businesses-progress was progress, he knew, and he supposed a lot of good money flowed through them, but still, he couldn't help but long for those easier days.

"Have you, uh, e-ever been to this restaurant?" he asked Emily as they walked, their destination now in his sights-it was, again, one of the few family-run businesses left in this particular neck of the woods, a hole-in-the-wall place that wasn't terribly fancy, but that didn't matter to the Paces any. His parents had gone on their first date there, and they'd celebrated many a birthday and anniversary there since he was born, and so he was excited to bring Emily to it, on the off-chance she hadn't dined there before.

@beatingheart-bride

Why is she so cold? Randall half-wondered to himself, as he listened to her with a tender smile: He couldn't help but notice this as he held her hand, wishing for nothing more than to warm her with everything he had. He hated to think this poor woman was cold, even in the summer, and so he found himself taking her hands the way a lover might, hoping he could chase away the chill.

"I...I'm glad you came in last night," he smiled, giving her hand a little squeeze. "I...I know how you feel, in a way; my life, it's...been pretty lonely too lately, it's been very, uh...monotonous, I guess is the word. I get up, I go to work, I go to bed...rinse and repeat. And so for you to come along and just...shake up my whole world, it feels like? It's wonderful."

He didn't know what compelled her to come into the shop last night. He didn't know what drew her in put them on one another's path, nor did he knew what about himself it was that so attracted her, but he wasn't about to question it, as he finished shyly, and yet completely earnestly, "I'm...I'm very excited for tomorrow night too-there's no one I'd rather spend an evening out with than you."

[harrysfolklore]

part 3 of babysitter!yn? i love that concept a lot

HERE IT IS !! i really hope you like it, i really enjoy writing this series <3 next part will be about coachella and the release of harry’s house !!

PREVIOUS PARTS | SUPPORT ME

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yourinstagram makeup is on because i’m finally watching a love on tour show from the audience. i might cry

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yourbff slayyyy🔥

glenne_azoff I’ll finally have a dance partner

yourbrother i can’t believe you toured with harry styles for 3 months but never watched a show

↳ yourinstagram i was there babysitting our nephew, in case you forgot

harrystyles You have no idea of how excited I am x

↳ yourinstagram 🥺🥺🥺🤍

↳ jefezoff Whipped. Both of you

↳ yourinstagram uGh jeffrey

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harrystyles Thank you for 42 special nights. It’s been a privilege to play for you the last few months. To the band, the crew, and everyone working on this tour, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. The energy you brought to this one has left me feeling completely overwhelmed with joy.

To the fans, and everyone who came to see these shows, I thank you. You made them everything they were, and I’ve never felt so genuinely supported. I can’t say it enough, you’re unbelievable.

This tour felt like the celebration of coming back together. I won’t ever forget it. Thank you all so much for the love, I’ll see you very soon. Treat people with kindness. Goodbye for now. I love you all. H

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harryfan1 MY BABYYY IM GOING TO MISS YOU

yourinstagram i never thought this tour would change my life 🤍

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harryfan2 I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

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pillowpersonpp Personal hype man of Love on Tour

Having baby boy on tour wouldn’t have been possible without your help @yourinstagram 🍼❤️ Thank you endlessly

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harryfan1 awww so adorable

jefezoff Mini you ❤️

yourinstagram thank YOU and mitchy for trusting me and bringing me along, this was one of the best experiences in my entire life 🤍

↳ harryfan2 she really has the dream job

harrystyles Fake news. Baby boy says he wasn’t satisfied with his baby sitter.

↳ yourinstagram OH SHUT UP

↳ harryfan3 they’re besties i love them

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harrystyles From all our late night talking to those secret art gallery dates, I’m so happy my friends needed a nanny on tour x

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harryfan1 UMM HARRY??

harryfan2 IM SO CONFUSED RIGHT NOW

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harrykarma SO MANY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW

was harry hacked? did he post in the wrong account? DOES HE HAVE A GIRLFRIEND NOW ?? WHOS THE GIRL IN THE PIC ??

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harryfan1 i swear i’m going insane

harryfan2 i mean we knew he had a private account

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↳ harryfan1 he has 176 posts im 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

harryfan4 y’all stop respect his privacy

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yourinstagram i’m going to murder harry styles

STOP SENDING ME FOLLOW REQUESTS !!

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yourbff GIRL

jefezoff My worst fear came true

↳ yourinstagram he posts without my supervision and this happens.. istg he’s the one who needs a babysitter

mitchrowland Give the boy a break, he was trying to be romantic

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yrrahseltys How many times do I have to apologize 🙁

↳ yourinstagram log out of that account pls you’re making me nervous

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[mikeyelistsukasa]

How about a idol/famous? (Idk) au where Mitsuba, Kou, and Teru who loves to spoil their shy s/o to death, but they have a hard time smiling due to their past? And they will try anything to make their s/o smile no matter what, so they went to this random event where they finally smiled for the first time (hopefully this made sense 🥲)

(ALSO I LOVED THE DRAWINGS YOU MADE 🥺💖)

I can’t believe i needed a month for it. Mitsuba’s is so short because i lost the files for him 6TIMES i struggled w the request so i had to change it a bit so sorry abt that.not proofread

How the hell did u two end up together ??????

Srsly HOW

Ohhhhh you were sakura’s/tsukasa’s/kou’s friend how classssiccc🙄

Anyway-

Since we talk about Mitsuba it’s obvious that he would first say some nasty remarks every time he saw you sad

But that didn’t help(well obviously what did you expect)

Thats why he tried ACTUALLY offered to listen to your struggles

Wdym u don’t need noone to talk??? Then stop being sad>:(

Buying your favourites also didn’t help you awe :(

So he decided to do something he thought he would never do

Bring you to his favourite secret place

„Can i finally open my eyes?“

You say in a exhausting voice

„Not yet so stop nagging“

You mentally rolled your eyes

„Alright we are here“

„Finally! It’s about….time“

„I introduce you! My hiding spot✨“

„Mitsuba…this…this is amazing!“

„Ofc its amazing! My taste in places was always…beautiful…“

His mind was empty when he saw your face.your smile.

It was so beautiful!

„Thank you mitsuba! You’re the best“

After you gave him a small kiss on the cheek he promised himself one thing

He’d promise to make you smile like that more often

Now you two together make more sense 🤝

He also found out about by someone else (aka yashiro or teru)

This poor boy was kind of nervous approaching you

You thought he was nervous to talk to you because he found out who you are but-

That wasn’t the case

Like AT ALL

its just that he is sorta shy around new people(mostly girls)

And you kind of looked sad so he thought maybe it was a bad timing to approach you

You were relieved that it wasn’t the first thing you thought

As you two started talking more and more you two developed feelings for eachother

You liked how kou gave his best to make you smile

You two enjoyed baking together

But one day

You felt comfortable enough around him to reveal yourself as an idol/singer

The exorcist was too stunned to speak

This dude started treating you like you’re a queen and he went back to his shy self

Like a celebrity? Hanging out with HIM?

„Im probably dreaming“

*pinch*

…

He wasn’t dreaming at all

His crush a celebrity wow

Lord have mercy when you two started dating

Him being a bit insecure always thought that you don’t like being with him

Thats why he was bringing you lots of gift in some hopes

„S/o-san/kun! I baked you these heart shaped mini cakes! Please take them!!!“

„Oh thank you kou you didn’t had to…“

T-T mission failed you didn’t smile

More like the opposite you looked even more depressed

Its not that you didn’t like the gift its just it feels as if he made you these just because of who you are

God were you wrong

He came home disappointed when suddenly his brother teru popped up

„Yo kou. Look ive got 2 tickets from a secret admirer at school. Probably another fan.I don’t feel like going so i thought maybe you might want them?“

💡💡💡

„YES PLEASE GIVE ME“

„Haha calm down here“

It was 2 tickets for a… carnival?

Nonetheless he thought it was worth a shot

He looked at the data of the tickets and asked you if you could come to *address* at *idk insert some time*

You messaged back with a yes since you got curious on why he wants to see you so badly.

You dressed up not too fancy and went on your way

„Hey! So where are we going?“

„TO Aaaaaaa CARNIVAL!“

„Carn-? Woah hey no need to pull im coming im coming“

You two only took one step into the carnival and your eyes were already glowing from excitement

„Woah…“

„Follow me!“

Lets just say you had lots of fun on all those rides

Kou even won you a huge white rabbit! How adorable

Before you guys went home you two decided to go on the ferry wheel

When you two got on top of it you were able to see everything from up there.

Thats when you smile.

„Look! It’s that trashy ride that made me throw up hahahah…“

It felt like the whole time froze when he saw your smile

I mean you were so happy what else could you want more other than being on a top of a ferry wheel with your beloved one and a huge stuffed animal.

You looked into kou‘s direction

„thank you kou. I owe you one“

That smile was weak but it was a genuine soft smile

„I-uh uhm well no wait- it’s alright no problem hah-„

He will definitely cook teru his favourite meal after this ends

You two met at cooking class(let’s pretend tbhk has this)

„S/o L/n and teru minamoto“

Suddenly you felt like everyone was staring at you

Which they were

„Hey! Im teru nice to meet you. Im gonna be your partner for today. Im bad at cooking though so i will just try to assist you“

„I- uhm no Worries“

He cant be THAT bad at cooking right?

„WHY IS THE OVEN TURNED ON SUCH A HIGH DEGREE IT BURNED THE BUNS“

„Ah sorry my bad haha“

„why you little-„

*death stares around the room*

„Hah its alright we can make new ones“

It was fun to hangout with you so he decided to secretly keep having contact with you

*cough cough cuz of fans cough*

As much as he enjoyed your company he noticed that he never saw you genuinely smile.

He did question at least once

„Hey um are you alright?“

If you won’t tell him he would be concerned on what is going on but won’t push you into telling him

He is honestly the only one that won’t put lots of effort into making you smile

Buuut he will try eventually

But to no luck just like the other two

But one day one of his fans gave him 2 tickets to a show to look at the dolphins. As a thank you for helping them yesterday

The two tickets were meant for him and his brother kou and well

The thing is kou has detention

„i warned him. You will get caught in the girls bathroom eventually“

He laughed to himself remembering the scene

Thats when it hit him that he could invite you

You ofc not having anything to do exept be prepared for the next concert agreed

You didn’t know the tickets were given to him

So you eventually took your seats and waited for the show to start.

It was fun. But not fun enough to make you smile

He already lost all his hopes while standing in a line with you to pet the dolphins

Thats when a miracle happened

You smiled to yourself when the dolphin made a sound from your touch

„Do you think he likes it teru?“

„Hm? Oh yeah i gue𝚜𝚜...’’

Woah

So is that how you like when you smile?

Ngl this made the boy blush a little

Its like he fell for you again.

He sat down next to you to pet the dolphin with you.

“You know…”

“?”

“You should smile more often.it looks good on you sweetheart”

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Thank you for your request sorry it took so long🥲 have a nice day and visit again!

[kpop]

K-Pop Spotlight: PURPLE KISS

This week, we’re highlighting PURPLE KISS to celebrate the release of their latest mini-album, “HIDE & SEEK,” and new single, Zombie. We caught up with the girl group to chat about their first comeback, personal aesthetics, and some very important seasonal topics. Check out our full interview below!

Tell us about your new mini-album HIDE & SEEK, and what it was like preparing for your first comeback.

Dosie: HIDE & SEEK is an album that raises questions about PURPLE KISS’ hidden identity. It follows the discovery of who we are without lies and shows the process in the purest form! Perhaps because it’s our first comeback, we were more nervous, and we worked hard in various ways to show you a better performance than when we debuted.

Ireh: Since it’s our first comeback, we wanted to show you how much we’ve grown compared to our debut.

Na Go Eun: We prepared the comeback with excitement to hurry back on stage and meet PLORY again.

Chaein: Our break was not short, and I kept thinking of our PLORY who were waiting for us and couldn’t wait to have a comeback.

Yuki: I was excited, nervous, and burdened at the same time. I had a lot of worries, but every time that happened, the members, managers, and family raised my self-esteem, and I was able to have fun while preparing for it.

Park Ji Eun: We prepared harder because we wanted to show PLORY everything as soon as possible, and we worked hard to become a more fitting image than when we first debuted.

How would you describe the differences between preparing for your debut and preparing for this comeback? Are you feeling more confident on stage these days?

Ireh: I think I knew what to practice and figure out what is important to prepare efficiently than when I debuted without knowing anything. That’s why I gained more confidence.

Swan: When I debuted, I didn’t know the specific ways to prepare because everything was new, but after making a comeback with some experience, I was able to prepare and practice much better, especially with things such as finding the camera or making facial expressions.

Chaein: I practiced more stage lives than when we debuted. I think I gained more confidence after debuting.

Yuki: I was busy running around because I had a lot to prepare and do in a small amount of time. While monitoring myself on the screen, I felt that the number of times I missed the camera decreased, my facial expressions improved, and I was definitely getting better.

Park Ji Eun: As the number of times we stood on the stage increased, I gradually developed tricks and worked on them by monitoring the stage. I’m working hard to show you a better performance.

Na Go Eun: I think I’ve gotten the hang of it more than when we debuted. I had time to reflect on myself by saying, “Oh, this is a bit disappointing.” And thanks to PLORY’s love and support, I gained a lot of confidence and am working hard.

Who and/or what influences your overall aesthetic—from your music to your style to your fashion sense?

Swan: I think in terms of music, movies, books, and visible things around me, or even my diary, are influences. When I’m trying to focus and make an actual piece of work, I usually look for movies and research for ideas.

Ireh: I don’t think there’s one clear influence for me. Right now, I think the members who live with me have a lot of influence on me.

Na Go Eun: I think it’s the internet. Ideas come to mind while looking at various places and people.

Chaein: I really like to read magazines, so I tend to look at a lot of clothes and trends in magazines.

Dosie: I usually get a lot of inspiration from colors and things in daily life. I base my nail art and fashion styles on colors or moods that I like. I think it’s similar musically.

Yuki: I tend to find my style by watching videos of models on YouTube.

Park Ji Eun: I think I look at magazines and articles, refer to our many seniors, and look at trendy or classic things to find out what suits me.

What brings you the most joy lately outside of PURPLE KISS?

Swan: We have a new car! There is a place in the car to charge my cell phone.

Ireh: Other than PURPLE KISS, I can’t think of anything else. These days, thanks to the members, schedules, stages, and PLORY, I think everything is fun.

Na Go Eun: These days, almost everything is fun because of the PURPLE KISS, but I’m enjoying watching Street Woman Fighter in between meals because it’s so cool.

Chaein: I’m most happy when I take a shower after our schedules.

Yuki: When I lie down on my bed after work.

Dosie: I think it’s fun because we can meet the fans often.

Park Ji Eun: Meeting fans through video calls!

If you starred in a monster movie, who would be the villain, and what role would each of you play?

Swan: I would be a villain like Harley Quinn and float between the east and the west like the Korean Robin Hood to become a righteous and wonderful villain with all the team members.

Ireh: The villains can be the bad zombies, and the members and I will play the role of good zombies that are friendly and close to people.

Na Go Eun: I want to be a captain-like hero and help people, or just become an attractive villain.

Chaein: I’m scared of many things, so even if I can’t play a big role, I’ll play a role that can handle timid attacks.

Dosie: I personally want to play the role of a hacker who controls everything from behind, but I think it would actually be really scary to really go up against a villain.

Yuki: I’m not actually really that smart, but in a movie, I’d want to be a character that’s like a smart advisor, haha.

Park Ji Eun: I’m not sure who would be the villain, but I want to play the role of a villain that only superheroes can hate.

What’s your favorite autumn activity and food/beverage?

Swan: For activities, I like catching fallen leaves and writing short phrases and storing them, sort of like scrapbooking, and for food and beverage, I like pears and bubble tea!

Ireh: It’s not something you can only do in the fall, but for activities, painting and for food, sweet potatoes.

Na Go Eun: I like to take walks. For drinks, earl grey tea!

Chaein: For me, taking a walk at night! And for food, it’s ice cream 😙

Yuki: I like solo strolls! For food, it’s soup! Warm food since the weather is getting cold 👏

Dosie: In autumn, I also like to have solo strolls, go to exhibitions, and visit cafes. And for food, autumn reminds me of sujebi (Korean traditional hand-pulled dough soup)!

Park Ji Eun: I like going to the Han River and watching movies at home for activities. For food and beverages, I like persimmons and smoothies.

Want more from PURPLE KISS? Check out their new mini-album HIDE & SEEK and the video for “Zombie” here.

This interview has been condensed for clarity.

[ronkeyroo]

FALLS OUT OF OBLIVION// Its...muh birthday ;A;

Folks, hey!!!!

I know i’ve been absent for awhile again, im going through a mini hiatus to take care of my mental & physical health while taking social media at an easier, slower pace before coming back full force ;; Its been so tough for me to reach out to people due to the intensity of it all, which is why it might still take me a bit to get back to unanswered messages right away, BUT!!! Despite that, i’ve got some good news to share!

Today im celebrating my 24th birthday!!! And that means I GET TO SHARE IN THE JOY AND OPEN A FUN, SMALL ART EVENT FOR YOU FOLKS! :’D I haven't even been a year on tumblr and yet i’ve already met so many wonderful, exciting and creative friends & mutuals in my short time here...You’ve all been such a tender presence in my life, I want to treat you back for all of the fun times and memories we’ve had together, as for me that is the greatest gift i could ever ask for ♥ I’ve already been working on a few things for a couple of wonderful people (👀) But i want the rest to join in as well, so if we’re mutuals, feel free to submit over your preferred OC’s (Can be either personal, or fandom related ocs! Furry/humanoid, everything works!) for a small birthday party adventure I’ll be drawing! 

(For my non mutual, dear followers who’s been hyping me over, supporting, and enjoying my art - You have so much of my love as well so please also feel free to send in suggestions of something you like that you’d love to see from me in the future! Realistically, i wont be able to get to ALL of them, but i will have a nice little mine of ideas to pick from when I’m feeling the artsy mood ♥)

Regardless, Thank you all so so much for everyone who’s been such a tender, loving and kind person to me...I know we didn't get to speak much the past months with how much i’ve been struggling, but you still reside in my thoughts as well as my heart ;_;) And once I sort myself out, im coming back to ya’ll BIG TIME to catch up from where we left off! 

Eheheh...For now, before me and my loved ones head out to celebrate, i’ll spam you with some good ol’ content I finally got the time to finish 👀✨

See you when i’m back, and stay awesome!!! 💖

[helpimhyperfixating]

Photos and Crushes - Cowboy AU Jotaro x Reader P2

Part 1  |  Part 2  |  Part 3

Word Count: 11488

“I’m not coming here again, that is clear.” Jotaro grumbled as he dusted his jacket off. You were standing beside him, giggling a little as you watched his disgruntled look.

The sun was setting and all the children had just left, finally giving Jotaro some respite.

“Ahw.” You pouted playfully, helping him dust off his back a bit. Jotaro sighed and rolled his eyes at your fake sadness, just grabbing your wrist and starting to drag you away from the church with him as you waved back at the nun, darkness slowly starting to set in.

Jotaro soon released your wrist and the two of you were now walking side by side.

“Thank you for today.”

“Hm?” Jotaro hummed, pretending to not know what you were talking about.

“For everything you did. Putting up with the children, helping cheer them up. And especially... with those riders, of course.” You bashfully glanced at him through your eyelashes, only looking at him from the corner of your eyes.

“It’s fine.” Jotaro grunted and you almost couldn’t understand him with how heavy the grumble in his voice was.

“No, really. You saved me again.” You stopped him with a hand on his arm and Jotaro turned around to look at you with a questioning look. “How can I make it up to you? I feel like merely a drink isn’t good enough this time.” You chuckled sweetly at your own callback and Jotaro felt his throat close up a bit, wanting to clear it but not wanting to come across as awkward.

“Come riding with me tomorrow.”

It was a simple sentence but neither of you knew how flustered the other was with those mere words hanging in the air.

“Alright. I’d love to.” You spoke after a bit, finally having found your courage to answer while holding a mini panic attack and celebration inside your head and chest.

Jotaro on the other hand was having a small existential crisis.

Both of you were lost in your own heads as you continued walking and quickly, the fork in the road where you split up came. You cleared your throat and turned to him. “I’ll, uh, see you tomorrow then?” You questioned and Jotaro nodded.

“I’ll come by at nine.” He spoke, oozing his usual calm and stoic confidant look. You nodded a little shyly and quickly stood on your tiptoes, pressing a kiss to his cheek before taking off in the direction of your home, not looking back even once.

Jotaro swallowed heavily as he watched you run away, still feeling the phantom feeling of your lips on his cheek. And then he nearly clocked a dude right in the face when they swung an arm around his shoulder, surprising him.

Joseph screamed like a little girl as he ducked out of the way of the fist.

“Gramps!” Jotaro called out, exasperated.

“Honestly, Joseph, you need to learn how to read someone’s body language.” Caesar sighed. Seemingly appearing out of nowhere as he now stood to Jotaro’s right, Joseph righting himself and putting his arm back around his grandson from the left.

“You two are back in town?” Jotaro questioned, mostly aimed at Caesar as he pulled his grandfather’s arm off of himself and actively ignored him.

“We never left.”

“Yes we’re back.”

Caesar was quick to shut down Joseph’s attempt at a prank and the man pouted.

“How have you put up with him for all these years?” Jotaro questioned, pointing his thumb back to his grandfather.

“It honestly is a mystery to me as well.” Caesar spoke as Joseph let out an offended noise.

“Well screw you too! Here I was, just trying to be happy for my grandson for finding the love of his life, and I get this thrown at me!”

Jotaro actively tried to ignore that statement as he left the two behind and started walking the last leg to his house.

“Joseph, let me talk to your grandson for a bit.” Caesar patted Joseph’s shoulder and - while the man was pouting - he nodded and motioned Caesar to go.

Jotaro immediately noticed the Italian man walking up beside him and pulled his hat down over his eyes a bit. “You haven’t told her yet, have you?” The silence was answer enough and Caesar hummed a bit. “You know what I said before. And, if what we just saw was any indication, she returns your feelings.”

Jotaro once again didn’t say a thing and instead sped up a bit. But Caesar knew he was thinking about his words.

“Oi, Caesar! It’s my turn to talk to my grandson now!” Joseph called out from behind but Caesar was quick to shush him, pushing the older Joestar into another street to take a different route to the Kujo household and give the young man some peace of mind to think.

Tomorrow was a big day after all.

- - - -

A knocking on your door made you jump up from where you had anxiously been sitting. Nearly tripping on your way to the door, you managed to catch yourself in time and just opened the door.

There stood Jotaro, looking the same as ever and you sent him a quick smile.

“Good morning.”

“Morning.” Jotaro greeted back and he could see you excitedly bouncing, making him chuckle softly as he took a step to the side, giving you a good view of the pitch black horse that was hitched right outside your door.

“Jojo!” You exclaimed happily, running over to the gigantic animal. It was one of the biggest and strongest horses you had seen, an almost blue sheen to its black coat when the sun hit it right.

Upon hearing his name, the horse’s ears turned towards you and you walked up to stand beside it, gently petting its neck.

“Sometimes I think you like him more than me.” Jotaro joked as he walked up behind you after having closed your door that you stupidly left open in your excitement.

“I mean, he is a strong competition but no, I think you still win.” You tilted your head back to look at him and grinned, making Jotaro flick your forehead.

“Let’s go.” He spoke and placed his hands on your waist. The action surprised you and you quickly turned your head away from Jotaro so he couldn’t see your blush at the sudden close contact.

He lifted you without trouble, holding you high enough so that you could swing a leg over the large horse and sit down on the saddle.

“Scoot forward.” Jotaro instructed and you did as he asked while he untied the reins, throwing them back over the neck of the horse before taking hold of the saddle horn and back of the saddle while putting his foot in the stirrup, pulling himself up and swinging his leg over the horse’s back with grace.

Jotaro eased into the saddle, his hand that he used to grab the saddle horn now holding onto the reins, running under your arm and slightly pressed into your side.

Jotaro’s other arm suddenly snuck around your waist, pulling you back just a tiny bit so that your back was pressed into Jotaro’s chest. “Is this more comfortable?” He leaned forward a bit, softly saying that in your ear and making a shudder rack through your body, feeling his breath hit the shell of your ear. God, it was too early to get like this already.

“Y-Yeah.” You let out, clearing your throat as inconspicuously as possible afterwards.

Jotaro just hummed a bit, silently appreciating the cute little stutter in your voice while he let go of your waist, instead moving his hand so that he could hold the reins with both hands now.

Letting out two short clicking noises as he pulled the reins to the left side, Jotaro made Jojo turn, followed up by a small kick into the horse’s belly, urging the beast to start walking.

He almost immediately started up, a steady and confident stride in his steps yet perfectly in tune to the rider on his back.

You knew that Jotaro and Jojo had a good connection, the man having taken care of the animal ever since it was a foal. It still surprised you every day you saw the horse however, of how well trained he was. With its size, it could most likely trample everything in its path, yet he was the definition of a gentle giant.

It was your personal belief that the reason for that was because Jotaro had always doted on the animal. He had never admitted to it but you knew that despite the hardass, asshole attitude he had, he loved this horse.

“Relax a bit, you’re completely stiff.” Jotaro suddenly spoke up from behind you and you realised you had been lost in thought.

“Oh, sorry.” You quietly spoke, shuffling your butt a tiny bit to get a little more comfortable in the saddle. You might be a bit cramped and pushed to the front, but it was a lot better than sitting behind the saddle on the rump of the horse. Not only was there not a comfortable saddle back there, Jotaro’s massive frame also made it so that you could never properly look around. The two of you had tried that once the very first time, but after that it was always ‘you in front, Jotaro behind you’. Not that you rode with Jotaro too often. In fact, in the two years you knew him, it had only happened a handful of times. And yet, here you now sat.

“I thought I said relax.” Jotaro suddenly grumbled from behind, wrapping his arm back around your waist and pulling you back so that you were fully leaning against his chest. Instantly, you could feel yourself start to blush heavily as you began to properly sway with the movements of the horse, your back pressed against Jotaro.

“Sorry, uh, I was a bit lost in thought.” You tried to excuse yourself, the awkward smile on your face that he couldn’t see turning into surprise when Jotaro put his chin on the top of your head. In response to you he said nothing, only humming a bit, which you felt vibrate a little on your head.

You could feel Jotaro turn his head left and right as he looked both ways before crossing the street, lifting his head from yours once you reached the other side and spurring the horse into a light trot.

Jojo’s hooves pounded satisfyingly on the dirt road, the horse’s trot a comfortable ride despite his large size.

At the end of the street, Jotaro went right and you both passed the small church.

The sister just so happened to be outside, cleaning the steps and now looking up to see the two young people ride by. You noticed her as well, sending a smile and a wave while Jotaro subtly nodded, almost impossible to see for the nun who stood so far away. Yet still she smiled warmly and waved back, her look turning a bit more knowing as the horse passed by. She could almost smell what was blooming between those two from where she stood.

After a few minutes of a relaxed trot, you two were almost out of town when,

“JOTARO!”

The loud yet faraway shout made you lift your head up and look around while Jotaro gritted his teeth and pointedly refused to look anywhere but right in front of himself.

“Hey! Jotaro!”

At that, the man sitting behind you spurred his horse into a canter, holding you up against himself as he stood up in the stirrups slightly so that the animal beneath you could properly move.

Jotaro just noped the fuck out the moment he heard his grandfather’s voice. Whatever he wanted, it could wait. He had let his mother know he would most likely be gone most of the day if not all day with his horse and he was sure his mother would have told the old man as well. Right now, he was fairly certain that Joseph had seen you sitting in front and if he was allowed to talk to you, he’d definitely do everything he could to embarrass Jotaro. And no way was he letting that happen.

Running away when you were on horse and the pursuer on foot made it almost too easy and Jotaro looked back briefly, seeing the old man stand in the middle of the road, looking defeated as he became smaller and smaller while the pair on horseback left the town.

As soon as he thought you were far enough away, Jotaro slowed Jojo back into a trot and then back into a step, settling back into the saddle with you and unwrapping his left arm from your waist.

Or at least, that was the plan until his hand got snagged in your belt loop. Confused at first, he tugged just a little firmer, accidentally tugging at you while he felt something digging into the side of his hand, piercing through his skin.

“Oh!” You exclaimed in a bit of surprise when Jotaro nearly tugged you forward into the saddle.

Jotaro swallowed before he looked down over your shoulder as to what had happened, having no choice but to rest his wrist against your hipbone.

Somehow, he had trapped two of his fingers in your belt, and now the prong of your belt buckle had just straight up embedded itself into the side of the palm of his hand.

“Shit, sorry.” Jotaro quickly apologised as he tried to twist his hand out, but the prong punctured into his hand refrained him from moving without it digging painfully into his hand.

“No, it’s okay, just- here-“ Your delicate fingers wrapped around his, stopping him from squirming as you then pressed his hand flat into your stomach, using the clearer view to see how you could untangle him. “Who was that anyway?”

“My grandfather.” Jotaro answered as he felt himself blush, feeling the soft expanse of your stomach beneath his hand - even if it still was covered up with your shirt - was enough to make the boy flustered.

When you untangled his fingers, the prong still inside his hand, Jotaro couldn’t keep himself from softly squeezing your stomach. Just a small twitch of his fingers, digging the pads down just a little bit. It felt wrong to do morally but... god, he wanted to be able to keep doing that. Maybe Caesar was right. He had been doubting whether or not he should use today to confess but-

Unknowingly, in his thoughts, Jotaro squeezed again. While you hadn’t noticed the first time, you did now.

The man stopped breathing for a second, afraid he had overstepped and that you’d be mad, but you merely quietly apologised for hurting him, slowly and carefully sliding his hand off the prong, some blood dripping from the small puncture wound in his hand.

Jotaro moved his hand to the side so he wouldn’t bleed on either your clothes or his saddle, simultaneously looking away to the right to hide his raging blush as he gently pulled on the reins to make Jojo stop walking.

He got himself stuck and then impulsively touched you when you pressed his hand into your stomach, yet you were too oblivious to notice. Granted, you were the one to place his hand there, but still. Your mind was just so focused on helping him that you didn’t even notice the world around you. You were so sweet and selfless.

Of course Jotaro couldn’t have helped but fall head over heels for you.

Procuring a handkerchief from somewhere within your pocket, you grasped Jotaro’s hand again and gently wrapped it up.

The man shifted a little in the saddle behind you as you tied the knot and he cleared his throat. “Thanks.”

“No problem, uhm- oh! We stopped.” You only just now noticed and Jotaro turned his head back forward so he could look down on you. God, you really were oblivious, making his heart tighten fondly in his chest. “Anyways, why’d you run away from your grandpa?”

“Because I know him and if I stopped, we would have never left town.” Jotaro explained, and, in a way, he was not lying. For, if his grandfather had teased him and you, Jotaro might have just gotten cold feet and turned around with a ruined mood.

With a small sigh to shake that thought off, Jotaro spurred Jojo back into walking, the horse’s firm steps easily and quickly bringing them up and down the uneven terrain of the planes.

“So, where are we going?” You spoke up after a bit.

“The forest right outside the planes.”

You gasped at that and twisted your body around to look at Jotaro with a massive smile. “Really?!” He merely hummed in affirmation and an excited laugh burst from your throat, with you slinging your arms around Jotaro in a giddy hug.

“Hey, don’t be reckless, I have to ride.” Jotaro chastised you, but really it was just because he could feel his cheeks flame up, his heart beating sporadically at feeling your chest pressed against his and your arms around him.

At that you pulled back (Jotaro managing just in time to steel his expression), a sly look on your face. “Jojo is a competent enough horse, he can steer himself.”

“Tch.”

“That is a subtle way of me saying you raised him well, mister.” Your voice turned a little softer, an almost proud undertone shining through that made a small blush appear on the brooding man’s cheeks at your compliment.

“S-Shut up.”

“Make me.”

Ohhh, that was the wrong thing to say for Jotaro. His breathing became a bit laboured as he immediately thought of all the ways he could in fact shut you up while you turned to sit straight again. His hands holding the reigns squeezed hard and to make sure you wouldn’t notice, he released his left hand and instead placed it on his thigh, bunching the fabric there and squeezing tightly while his right hand that was still in your view was completely lax, just nonchalantly holding the reigns.

“If I want to compliment you I will, there’s nothing you can do about it.” You finished your statement after a second or two and Jotaro released his thigh. Of course, this was you he was talking about. Little old oblivious and innocent you who had no idea what effects simple words from you had on him.

“Compliment those who want it.” Was his gruff response but inside he wanted to kick himself. He did want your compliments, he was just shit at accepting them.

“I sure will.” You smiled slyly and suddenly leaned forward, leaving the warmth of Jotaro’s chest as you hovered your upper body over the neck of the horse you were sat on. “Jojo, you’re such a good boy! So strong and pretty! Yes you are! Yes!” You cooed at the animal, now affectionately patting and slapping the horse’s neck, getting a snort and happy turning of the ears in return.

“Don’t praise him so much, he’ll get spoiled.” Jotaro’s voice piped up from behind you, sounding a little disgruntled.

“You said to compliment those who want it. And besides, what can I say, I got a lot of love to give.” You shrugged with a small smile as you sat back up, twisting backwards in the saddle just a little so you could look at Jotaro.

“Well, put it elsewhere.”

“Like with you?” You teased and Jotaro turned his head to the side, tilting it down a little so his hat would obstruct your view of his face, though you saw the slight pout he sported.

“If it keeps you from turning my horse into a brat.” He responded, making you laugh lightly.

Now he had to accept your compliments, whether he wanted to or not.

- - - -

It took about an hour and a half of riding to cross the planes, switching between a step and a trot every now and then to speed the process up just a little bit.

The view was beautiful of course, some wild animals roaming around through nature. At one point a herd of wild horses had ran past, much to your awe and delight.

But still you were more than excited to get to the forest. You hadn’t been there in so long due to how far away it was, even on horseback, and now couldn’t wait.

Right now, Jojo was slowly climbing a small hill, huffing and snorting a bit as Jotaro needed to keep the reigns taut. It was steep and one of the few things the horse was still fussy about doing, especially now that he had two people on his back. Jotaro had to keep a firm and steady hand to keep him in check, making his arms tightly sit against your sides to do so, even squeezing a bit in order to keep the reigns steady.

You knew that was the reason for it of course, but still, you couldn’t help but blush at feeling his arms so tightly against you, caging you in and keeping you steady while his chin leaned on your shoulder, his hot breath fanning past your cheek as he looked down over you at what he was doing.

Finally, you reached the top of the hill. Jotaro let up on the tight squeeze of his arms at your sides and only now you suddenly noticed how his thighs had been squeezing as well, his knees pressed against your legs. “Sorry.” He mumbled and you cleared your throat.

“No it’s okay, you needed to.”

Jotaro hummed a bit at that and suddenly leaned forward, pressing his chest into your back and pushing you down as he gave the side of Jojo’s neck a few approving slaps for climbing the hill.

He had attempted to lean a bit around you but that proved futile as he pushed you down with him all the same.

Sitting back up together, you opened and closed your mouth like a fish, not knowing what to say, but all of those thoughts were thrown out the window when you saw the forest, the landscape having been hidden behind the hill before.

Your sudden gasp slightly scared Jotaro, afraid it was because of him pushing you down and that he fucked up, but when he saw you turn around to look at him with that giant smile and sparkle in your eye, he knew it was fine.

“Do you want to take us there?” He asked all of a sudden and you furrowed your brow in confusion.

When you didn’t get the hint because you were looking back at him, Jotaro playfully rolled his eyes and grabbed your right hand, making you snap your head forward to see his large hand enveloping yours, leading it over to the reigns he was still loosely holding in his left before wrapping your hand around the leather.

“R-Really?” You asked back at him, genuinely taken aback. You didn’t expect Jotaro to so easily give you the reigns to the horse he cared so much about. He was completely calm and relaxed, a small hint of a smile playing on his lips as he urged you to take it with your other hand as well, as if it was no big deal. He just handed you the control and trusted you with barely a word. “Are you sure?”

“Yes. Just use both hands, he’s a strong horse.” Jotaro answered from behind, his voice a little more soft than you were used to and you felt yourself start to blush again.

Bringing your other hand up, you gripped the reigns with both hands, making Jotaro let go with his left as well, completely leaving you in control.

Jotaro gently nudged his heels and Jojo started stepping again.

Almost immediately after getting moving, a pair of hands landed on your waist and you looked down to see Jotaro was holding onto you like that, his hands on your waist so he wouldn’t fall.

In all honesty, you highly doubted he would fall at all, ever. But you couldn’t fault him for just wanting to hang on, so you didn’t say anything, instead just silently musing about how nice and warm and big his hands were.

Jotaro, at the same time, was musing about how small and soft you felt while he was holding you, trying to calm down his beating heart from making the bold move to hold you like this.

A curve in the road was coming up and you pulled the reigns to the right softly, only for Jojo to keep going forward, seemingly not heeding your signal at all.

You tried again, a little firmer this time, but still nothing. “He- He’s not turning.” You spoke with a small voice, feeling embarrassment wash over you. All you had been given were reigns and you couldn’t even make a simple turn to the right correctly?

Jotaro, hearing you and sensing your distress, gave your waist a small squeeze. “It’s alright.” He spoke but you felt disappointed in yourself. “Jojo’s not an easy horse.”

“Somehow I don’t believe that.” Your lips were curved down a bit and when you pulled on the reigns to try and get him to stop, Jojo wouldn’t even do that. A small noise left you and Jotaro was quick to grab hold of the reigns as well, pulling firmly with one hand and getting the horse to stop.

You let go of the reigns and buried your face in your hands while Jotaro let go as well, bringing his hand back to his side and leaning it on his leg as he looked at the back of your neck, his other hand still on your waist. “I’m sorry.” Your apology was a bit muffled but a soft look chased away the usual frown that Jotaro wore at your words.

“There’s no need to be. Jojo is stubborn and it takes practice to ride him.”

“I have not ever seen him be stubborn. He is literally the sweetest horse I know.” You said, lifting your head from your hands and looking back at Jotaro. For the first time you noticed the uncharacteristically soft look on his face and you suddenly felt a lot better already.

“That’s because you’ve only ever seen him with me.” At that you raised an eyebrow, a faint smile returning to your lips, much to Jotaro’s delight.

“Oh so he is only so sweet when you’re around, huh?” You remarked, getting a soft snort from Jotaro. “See, I told you you trained him well.” You then said softly and a warm feeling spread through the man’s chest.

“Want to try again? I’ll help.”

Nodding, you turned back around in the saddle and grabbed hold of the reins a little hesitantly.

“With Jojo it is important to keep your elbows pressed into your sides at all times.” He gently cupped your elbows and pushed them into your sides. Jojo, who had hung his head low to graze a bit at a small patch of grass, was forced to raise his head now that the reins went a little taut.

With your elbows in place, Jotaro shuffled a little bit more back before sliding you back up against him, his chest pressing against you and allowing you to feel the muscle even through the clothing in between.

Bringing his arms around yours, Jotaro grasped hold of your hands, enveloping them with his own and holding onto the reins that way. His head was leaned forward and his cheek almost pressed against yours as he looked over your shoulder.

“Be confident but don’t suddenly tug.” He explained as he showed exactly what he meant, pulling his - and by extension your - hand outward to the right, gentle but firm.

Almost immediately, Jojo started turning on his axis, Jotaro giving a small nudge in the stallion’s belly to get him to start moving again when he was pointed in the right direction.

“He knows you’re the one doing it, he just has a soft spot for you.” You remarked, but Jotaro happily noted the sweet lilt in your voice, showing you were no longer that hung up about the whole thing.

Still, he couldn’t help but want to cheer you up even more. “If we are being honest, I think he has a soft spot for you too. Not many can approach him like you do. Not even my grandfather can.”

“Really?”

“Mhm.” Jotaro hummed affirmatively. “He gets huffy when they do. But not with you.” He leaned sideways to the right a little bit as he said that last sentence, allowing him to turn his head left to properly look at you and bring his point home.

Your eyes were a bit wide as you looked at him before a smile split your face. Jotaro had the sudden urge to press a kiss to your temple but refrained himself, sitting straight in the saddle again and focusing back on the reins and how his hands sat over yours.

Suddenly kicking into the belly of the beast, Jotaro spurred his horse into a trot when you reached the bottom of the large hill, much to your surprise. “Try turning.” Jotaro spoke over the sound of the hooves.

His hands were still over yours, giving you some confidence but still, you tried pulling the reins left, Jotaro guiding you a bit as he helped pull firmer, showing you exactly how hard you needed to work the reins to get Jojo to turn.

In a steady trot, you started to zig-zag on the road. After the fifth turn, Jotaro was no longer helping with pulling the reins and he let go, returning his hands to holding onto your waist.

Jojo was powerfully trotting to the left and you now tried to steer him back to the middle of the path, without even the semblance of Jotaro helping doing it. And, without a fuss or huff, Jojo turned - just as smoothly as he did when Jotaro was the one in control.

A wave of pride flushed through your chest and Jotaro watched as you guided Jojo the rest of the way to the forest.

Once you were about fifteen meters away, you pulled the reins and Jojo slowed down to a step.

“Well done.” Jotaro praised you before looking around a bit. “Stop here.” He said after a few meters and you pulled the reins, bringing the horse to a stop.

Reaching his hand around you again, Jotaro grabbed hold of the saddle horn before swinging his left leg over the animal and dismounting, holding his arms up for you moments after.

You put the reins behind the horn before scooting back in the saddle and swinging your left leg over Jojo as well, only, different from Jotaro, you swung it over his neck so that you were sitting sideways in the saddle. This allowed Jotaro to grab you by the waist and lift you off, gently placing you on the ground.

Once he was sure you were steady, he stepped up to the side of Jojo and patted his neck a few times before swinging the reins over the animal’s head so that he could lead him.

Taking hold of the leather reins in his left hand, Jotaro expectantly turned back to face you and you smiled, realising what he meant.

You skipped up to beside him and stood next to him, ready to enter the forest for the first time in like three years.

Jojo had a different plan however as he suddenly stepped sideways, walking from Jotaro’s left side, over to the right, where you stood - forcing Jotaro to switch the reins behind his back from his left hand to his right - and nudging your shoulder with his head.

“Oh!” You called out in surprise as you were thrown forward a bit by the powerful nudge before turning around. Placing your hand on the nose of the animal, you gently scratched his forehead and neck, Jotaro smirking at you from the side.

“I told you he likes you.”

- - - -

Jotaro watched as you ran around the forest in awe.

Months ago, he had heard you talk about the last time you went to the forest. The sparkle and longing in your eyes as you did showed him how much you loved the collection of trees and he vowed back then to take you to one one day.

And he had to admit you were right, it was really pretty. Though, his eyes were mainly focused on you, not the forest.

With his left hand still holding onto Jojo’s lead, Jotaro followed with his horse as you frolicked through the trees, looking at every bush and plant as if it was your first time seeing green.

“Y/N, don’t stray too far!” He called out when he had to lead his horse around a closer cluster of trees that the large animal he was leading couldn’t fit through.

Walking around, Jotaro looked to where you had been, only to see you nowhere in sight. “Y/N?”

Walking forward, he looked around with furrowed brows, slight worry eating away at him in the pit of his stomach. Where did you go? He called your name once more, once again with no answer.

Suddenly, a pinecone hit him right on the nose, making him curse loudly.

“Oh no! I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to, I-!” Jotaro slowly raised his head up, following the sound of your voice to see you sitting in between the branches of a tree, your hand guiltily slapped in front of your mouth. Quietly muttering, “I didn’t meant to.”

“Ouch.” He pointedly spoke, holding direct eye contact with you and you quickly climbed out of the tree, jumping down the last bit by hanging off a branch and dropping a way too large drop for Jotaro’s liking before rushing over.

“I didn’t mean to hit you in the face, I just wanted to get you by surprise.” You apologised as you took his face into your hands, checking him over and gently running your thumb over the bridge of his nose where a very tiny chafe now marred the side.

“You’re shit at throwing things, you should know that by now.” Jotaro said and raised his eyebrow.

“Yeah...” You admitted with your head hung low before looking up at him through your lashes, looking a little bit like a kicked puppy. “Are you okay?”

“Y/N, I’ve been hit with a lot worse than a pinecone, especially with your weak throw.” He grabbed both your wrists, though he did not pull your hands away from his face, just simply holding you; Jojo’s leash now just hanging on his arm.

“Oi, now you’re just being mean.” You pouted and the corner of Jotaro’s mouth quirked up.

“I think I am allowed to. You assaulted me.”

“I said I was sorry!”

“But are you?”

“Yes!” You nearly shrieked out, Jotaro cocking his head a little to the side as he looked at you.

All of a sudden, you realised how close to each other you were standing, your nose mere centimeters from touching his.

Jotaro saw you visibly start as you pulled back a bit, an awkward smile on your face as you cleared your throat.

You took a step back, letting go of his face and bringing your arms down, though Jotaro was still holding your wrists.

“Well, at least you’re okay.” You smiled a bit while Jotaro looked at you, closing his eyes a second later as he released your wrists.

“You are a real problem sometimes, you know that?”

“Yeah, I think I do.” You giggled softly and Jotaro huffed in amusement.

“I’ll just have to keep an eye on you.”

With that, he grabbed hold of your left hand, pulling you to his side before starting to walk forward, having re-gripped the reins in his left so he could lead Jojo along.

Your eyes were slightly wide, a light blush on your face as you were dragged along with him.

Walking in step with the man next to you, your eyes were stuck between looking around and constantly honing back in on him. You couldn’t help it.

His hand was so confidently holding yours, a firm grip while he led you along through the forest.

Opting to just take it as it is, you went to look around again, a small blush on your cheeks while your eyes trailed up to the canopy of the trees, seeing two birds sitting side by side.

Suddenly, you tripped over a branch that got stuck between your feet, saved only by Jotaro’s hold on you as he quickly reacted and pulled your arm up, keeping you from face planting on the forest floor.

“T-Thanks.” You breathed out as you used his hand and arm to clumsily get yourself back on your feet.

Jotaro merely grunted in response but suddenly interlaced his fingers with yours, giving your hand a small squeeze. “Try not to trip again.”

You looked up at him in surprise but he was looking forward, his ears a slight red hue while most of his face was shadowed by his hat.

Opting to just stay silent, you looked around at the forest, simultaneously relishing inside your head as to how nicely Jotaro’s hand fit around yours, his fingers tightening and re-gripping your hand once.

Coming from all around, the sounds of the forest calmed your beating heart. Jojo’s hooves softly stomping on the forest floor - paired with your and Jotaro’s footsteps - birds chirping and singing to each other, the wind rushing through the canopies, rustling the leaves of the trees.

You thought that maybe you’d be disappointed when you came back here after years. That the memories you made as a younger you would have overblown and made things way more fantasised and pretty than it actually was; that couldn’t be further from the truth.

Silently, Jotaro watched you as you looked around. Your face was stuck in a constant state of awe, a happy glint in your eye that would not leave as you took in the forest around you, amazed and perplexed.

His heart was absolutely hammering in his chest as he couldn’t keep his eyes off of you. He didn’t know if it was a conscious action on your part, but whenever you would see something that caught your attention, your fingers would twitch in excitement, giving his hand the gentlest of squeezes that made him way more flustered than he’d like to admit.

God, Jotaro had it down bad for you, and he didn’t know if he could keep his feelings in for much longer.

He had a hunch that you liked him back, but he wasn’t sure. And on the off chance that you didn’t like him back, was it worth the risk losing your friendship as it was now?

As he let his eyes drift to the side and away from you, he suddenly spotted something.

“Y/N.” He uttered your name as a mere whisper, making you turn your head with a questioning look as he brought his left hand to his lips, making a shushing motion.

Turning to his left, he quickly wrapped Jojo’s reins around a thick tree branch sticking out, leaving his horse tied down as he then quietly walked forward, taking you with him by the hand he was still holding you with. You got the hint to remain quiet and followed him as stealthily as possible.

Sneaking around trees, Jotaro made you crouch down low as he continued to lead you with him. Right up until you both sat down behind a fallen over log.

Once more motioning you to keep quiet, Jotaro lifted his hand and pointed a little bit to the right. You followed his arm to where he was pointing, only to see a cluster of wild deer standing there, grazing.

A small quiet gasp left you as you saw them and you turned to look at Jotaro, a giant smile on your face that made his heart skip a beat. He squeezed your hand in response and you tightly gripped his’ back while you looked at the animals again.

Just feeling you so tightly hold on, your shoulder touching his as you were crouched behind the fallen over log, there was nowhere else that Jotaro would rather be.

“Did you know fawns do not have a detectable smell? That way predators cannot smell and find them.” Jotaro quietly spoke up, having leaned a bit more into you to whisper that into your ear so that the deer would not get alerted by your presences.

“Really?” You questioned, almost with childlike wonder, and Jotaro nodded, the corners of his mouth quirking up ever so slightly, showing how content he was. “What else?” You questioned, hoping he knew more.

“Well, some deer have been seen eating infant birds, which is uncanny since deer are primarily herbivores.” Jotaro said that with a little hesitancy. He just said the first thing that came to mind, realising only once he said it how gruesome what he actually said was. But you were quick to put him at ease.

“Oh that’s nasty. I thought they were the nice animals.” You joked a bit as you turned back to watching the deer.

Reassured by your words, Jotaro continued. “Some mothers digest their foetuses if times are hard and she is malnourished.” By now, he was not looking at the deer at all anymore. Just watching your expressions as you looked at the animals and your reactions to the information he gave you. Wanting to see you react to his words, to him.

“How hard would surviving have to be if you need to resort to... that.” Jotaro watched as your brows furrowed a bit, your lips turning downwards some as you showed compassion for those deer that you most likely would never even cross paths with. “What else?” Your whisper was barely audible but Jotaro did hear and swallowed a bit nervously. Oh god, why was he nervous?

“Well, deer practice both polygamy as well as monogamy.” His eyes drifted down to your hands still entwined together, drifting back up after to see your reaction.

“Huh, I thought the bucks would just... get whatever female they can have.” You spoke, still looking entranced by the animals further ahead.

“No. Some- some mate for life.”

His words were accompanied by a soft squeeze of your hand and with that, you finally turned back to look at Jotaro. And right then and there he decided that; yes, it was worth it.

“Y/N.” He started as he turned to his right, now fully facing you, making you turn your body slightly toward him as well while he had his head tilted down, burning holes into the log to his left as he questioned himself. Was he really just gonna do it?

“Jotaro?” You questioned after a minute of silence.

Jotaro looked at the forest floor for a second longer before abruptly raising his head. “I’m in love with you.”

Blinking twice, it took a second before you recoiled a bit in shock, Jotaro looking right into your eyes as he said that, looking the most serious he could and only then did the words he spoke actually sink in. “...What?” You questioned with a breathless voice, your eyes wide.

“You heard me. I don’t want to say it again.” Jotaro leaned forward and grabbed your other hand as well, his eyes darting down to it and back up to your eyes.

He gently tugged you towards himself, placing your hand on his side before letting go and putting his left hand on the side of your face, his right still entwined with yours. Slowly, he started leaning in, searching your eyes to see what you were thinking.

“Jotaro?” You whispered softly, an unsure tone in your voice.

“Stop me if you don’t want it.” He quietly said back before leaning in fully, softly connecting his lips with yours as he closed his eyes.

Your eyes were wide as your brain tried to catch up with what was happening. But then, your eyes just fluttered closed and tentatively, you leaned into him, kissing back.

Feeling you kiss back, a massive weight got lifted from Jotaro’s shoulders and he wasted no time, eagerly sliding his hand from your jaw to the back of your head so he could pull you closer, deepening the kiss sweetly as he tilted his head a bit.

He had waited so long for this, and it was everything he had imagined it would be so many times. It was addicting. You were addicting. But this was one addiction he did not want to stop.

Your lips were just so soft and warm and the feeling of kissing you after all this time made that nervous flutter in his chest into a fire. With his hand still holding yours he squeezed softly, his lips continuing to move with yours before you squeezed back, making Jotaro hum a bit.

Slowly, the two of you broke apart, Jotaro returning his hand back to cupping your cheek, very gently running his thumb over your cheekbone as he took in your flushed face.

For the first time ever, a deep red blush was visible to you on his face as well, and just the thought of him blushing so much over you caused your own blush to burn even brighter.

The two of you just looked at each other in silence for a bit, stunned and letting sink in what actually just happened.

“Did you ever realise I was sweet on you?” Jotaro questioned after a bit and you shook your head, though your heart skipped a beat at his words. “You really are oblivious then.” He spoke but there was a small smile on his face, his thumb still rubbing back and forth. “Everyone else seemed to see it, even the brats you teach. But I guess it worked out for the best.” With that he lifted his right hand, turning it so that the back of your hand was facing him as he brought it up to his mouth. He didn’t outright press a kiss to it, just simply holding it there against his lips, but you felt butterflies crashing around in your stomach at the action.

“I-I’m sorry then.” You apologised but Jotaro clicked his tongue, bringing your hands down and finally untangling them as he instead brought it up to cradle your head, his eyes piercing into yours.

“Don’t ever apologise. I don’t want you to change, you don’t have to. Understood?”

You nodded a small nod, lost in his eyes as he wouldn’t look away.

“Good.” He fell into a small silence as his face shifted to appear a little warmer again. “Can- I kiss you again?”

“Yeah.” You smiled shyly and Jotaro’s gaze drifted down to your lips, slowly leaning forward-

Several thumps echoed through the forest and both your heads shot up to see the entire herd of deer suddenly springing and running away, rapidly moving in the direction of you and Jotaro before rushing past to the right, huffing and grunting slightly as they ran.

“W-Why did they do that?” You asked, having a hunch you did not like as the both of you quickly got up onto your feet properly.

“Something must have spooked them.” Jotaro remarked, scanning the tree line and you looked up at him with worry. “Let’s go, come on.”

You were about to start moving when harsh barks and growls echoed from behind you two, further into the forest.

Your eyes widened in fear but Jotaro wasted no time in grabbing your hand as he started running through the forest, back to where he left Jojo.

More barks sounded, getting louder as you ran and Jotaro whistled loudly, warning Jojo to get ready as the two of you ran towards the horse.

As soon as you reached the large animal, a howl sounded behind yourself and you gasped, starting to look behind you but not getting the chance to as Jotaro picked you up by your hips and lifted you onto the saddle.

Having a good view and vantage point now, you easily saw the pack of wolves running through the trees towards you while Jotaro quickly untangled the reins, throwing them over his horse’s neck before putting his foot into the stirrup.

“Jojo, go!” Jotaro shouted out, his left leg barely over the animal’s back as he pulled the reins to the right, the horse immediately reacting as all his muscles - that had been tensed in preparation - were now being utilised, the animal shooting forward as if an arrow out of a bow while Jotaro only still hung on the side.

And right on time, as the wolves reached you the moment Jojo began running, leaving them going in pursuit while Jotaro finished slinging his leg over the saddle, jamming his other foot into the stirrup.

The man behind you immediately stood up in the stirrups as Jojo accelerated into a gallop in just a few seconds. With his right arm around your waist, Jotaro lifted you up with him as well, holding you pressed firmly against his chest since you didn’t have the stirrups to stand in.

Leaning forward over the neck of the horse, you could feel Jotaro’s breath against your ear, the man’s warm chest pressed firmly against your back as he held you up and simultaneously tilted forward, providing as little air resistance as possible to run.

Horse hooves galloped over the dirt, the sounds heavy and thundering as Jojo ran at full speed through the forest, dodging trees left and right, branches breaking as the horse barrelled through underbrush.

The wolves growled and barked hard, nipping at the larger animal’s side when they could. “Come on, Jojo!” Jotaro shouted, the horse pushing just a bit harder and gaining on the canines.

Bursting through even more bushes, a thick fallen over tree suddenly blocked the way. Without missing a beat, Jojo vaulted over it, all the noise momentarily seemed to cease as you flew through the air, right up until the stallion crashed back onto the forest floor. Immediately, Jojo rushed on, sprinting ahead while the wolves jumped over the log as well, still in pursuit.

Wind rushed past, trees still being dodged left and right by the horse right up until he reached the edge of the forest, breaking through brush and running out, back onto the plains, the loud barks and growls of the wolves going in pursuit slowly dwindling and decreasing the farther away from the forest you got - the canines no longer finding it worth it to waste their energy by going in pursuit.

Jotaro chanced a glance behind as you continued to gallop away, seeing the wolves slow down and stop, just watching as you all ran away, becoming smaller and smaller with each second.

- - - -

After what felt like forever, Jotaro finally pulled on the reins, slowing Jojo into a canter before going into a trot and then a step, sitting back down in the saddle, bringing you down with him as well and finally letting go of his arm around your waist.

His breathing was slightly heavy as he pulled once more, coming to a complete stop.

Slightly turning around in the saddle and looking behind himself once more, there was no sign of the wolves and Jotaro let out a deep sigh, turning forward again and lifting his hat from his head to run a hand through his hair before putting it back on.

Putting one hand on your waist, Jotaro leaned forward and patted Jojo’s neck, calming the animal down as he praised it.

“That was, uh- that was- yeah, that was.” You concluded, just shortly laughing at the end, more to get rid of the nerves and adrenalin that had been shooting through your body than anything else.

“It was.” Jotaro chuckled softly as you looked back at him, just huffing a laugh of your own as you turned to look forward again, instead slumping back into Jotaro, leaning against him as you let out a deep sigh; Jotaro automatically placing his hands on your hips to hold you.

“It could’ve gone quite wrong had you and Jojo not been as fast as you were.” You took in a deep breath before sitting up straight again, figuring to not put all your weight on the man behind you. “I forgot that was the reason why my dad always carried a massive rifle when we used to go there.” You said but heard Jotaro ‘tch’ behind you as he let you go.

A disagreeing rumble sounded from in his chest. “There’s no need to shoot innocent animals just because they are hungry or feel threatened.”

“Thinking like that will easily get you into trouble, partner.” A new voice said, making you and Jotaro snap to attention, seeing a man with another rider behind him - both of them carrying rifles - walking up from behind, putting you both on high alert.

A snarl developed on Jotaro’s face as he crossed eyes with the man up front. “You. What do you want?”

Your eyes were slightly wide as you recognised him. He was the leader of the group of riders who had come to rob the church yesterday...

The man’s eyes glided from Jotaro, down to you, and back up while he circled around, and Jotaro didn’t like it one bit, snaking his right arm around your waist and discreetly yet protectively pulling you closer.

Looking behind himself from the corner of his eye, Jotaro took note of the other rider - he had hung back and was now walking his horse to stand behind Jojo - though his main focus remained on the man from yesterday.

“Well what kind of greeting is that? I see you still haven’t learnt some manners, boy. But then again, why would you?” The man from before grinned and Jotaro narrowed his eyes. While his friend was just a few meters behind, this outlaw was standing about seven meters away in front. “Do you have any guesses as to why we’re here?”

“...”

Jotaro didn’t say anything as he sized the other man up, a dangerous glare on his face, borderline scowl.

Seeing as Jotaro wasn’t answering, the man took it upon himself to do so, a suddenly dangerous aura around him, masked by mock politeness. “Let me get straight to the point then. You know what you did with your little stunt yesterday?” He cocked his head, trying to incite a physical response though he got none. “You humiliated me. Hurt my pride.” He placed his hand on his chest as if in hurt, looking down for a second before snapping his eyes open and staring into Jotaro’s eyes with an almost deranged look. “And I care about my pride. So I think I’ll hurt something you care about.”

Your eyes widened as the world seemed to slow down, the man pulling his revolver up and pointing it at straight you, the sound of a gun cocking behind yourselves as well.

Yet Jotaro was faster, signaling Jojo and making the horse spring into action on the command.

The giant black stallion bucked backward and slammed his hind legs into the rider standing behind himself, causing the man to be roughly kicked out of the saddle, instantly taken out of the fight by the harsh impact of the giant animal’s hooves on his temple and torso, his horse scaring and sprinting away simultaneously.

A gunshot sounded at the same time, a bullet whizzing just over your and Jotaro’s heads.

The leader had aimed for your head but due to Jojo bucking, you and Jotaro had leaned down, the bullet shooting past where your heads had just been.

Jojo landed back on all four of his legs and Jotaro kicked his belly, urging him to go, but the outlaw was quicker than Jotaro expected, him having already reloaded before the horse could even start to run.

You felt Jotaro’s hand on your waist tighten as he yanked you aside to the right just when a gunshot sounded.

Attempting to shield himself with his left arm, Jotaro let out a short shout in pain as the bullet seared through his flesh, shooting straight through the middle of his forearm and embedding itself right underneath his left clavicle.

“Jotaro!!” You called out in fear and Jotaro gritted his teeth, growling slightly as he let go of your waist after pulling you back up, yanking the reins to the left to make Jojo turn while he grabbed his gun from behind his back, aiming it at the man.

Said man had his gun pointed at Jotaro in a similar fashion, once more resulting in a stand off between the two.

“What’re you gonna do now that there ain’t no sheriff to come to your aid?” The outlaw smirked but Jotaro calmly stared down the barrel of the gun.

“Don’t need one.”

With that, he fired his gun while simultaneously making Jojo prance up, confusing the gang member enough to make his bullet go wide, only for the man to yelp as Jotaro’s bullet shot into his gun, making him drop the thing.

You fell back into Jotaro when the stallion suddenly got up on his hind legs, the young man letting out a pained grunt as you did, right before Jojo fell back down on all fours.

Jotaro wasted no time in slinging his right arm around your waist again to hold you, kicking his heels to make Jojo storm forward where Jotaro gave a signal for his horse to turn left with his foot, yanking his right leg out of the stirrup to instead harshly kick the outlaw out of his saddle.

Yelling in anger and pain as he fell, he was abruptly silenced as he got the wind knocked out of him by landing on the ground, his horse panicking and running away quick and fast.

With a groan he tilted his head up, seeing his gun lay on the ground not far from him and he quickly made a lunge for it, grabbing it with both hands yet freezing as he heard the heavy hoof-falls behind him step once, twice, before stopping. Looking over his shoulder, he saw Jotaro high atop his horse, a threatening image with the man’s only reassurance being the iron in his hands.

Jotaro, calm as could be, just simply drifted his eyes to the gun, acknowledging it before looking back into the eyes of the outlaw with a cold look.

“Try it. Let’s see who’s the fastest gun.”

The man’s breath hitched. There was no doubt or hesitation in Jotaro, his threatening glare pointed down as he challenged him

Everything seemed to quiet down and freeze for a second, the stare off between the two feeling like an eternity yet lasting no more than two seconds. But with nothing to lose, the outlaw suddenly hardened his stare and abruptly rolled onto his back, providing a dodging movement as he simultaneously brought his gun up, ready to fire haphazardly.

Yet Jotaro was two steps ahead of him, his gun already brought up, aimed, and the trigger pulled before the outlaw had even the chance to put his finger on it.

Jotaro’s bullet immediately shot through both of the man’s hands at the same time, since he was still holding his gun with both hands. His scream of pain echoed over the plains as he dropped his gun, unable to hold it any longer. Blood started bubbling from the wounds and he shakily brought his hands up to his face, stifled yells and pained noises leaving him as he snapped his head up with a venomous glare.

The glare dissipated into eyes widened in fear the moment Jotaro walked Jojo up next to the outlaw and stared directly down at him. There was a cold rage in his eyes that made the man’s breath hitch. “Never threaten her again.”

With that, Jotaro pointed his gun down and shot twice, one in each foot, not a single speck of remorse in him as the man screamed in pain before passing out from it.

- - - -

Jotaro was sitting on the ground with you in front of him.

“You’re so stupid.” You choked out, tears in your eyes as you slammed the bloodied cloth in your hand onto the dried grass.

“Y/N-“

“No!”

Jotaro shut up at that. He couldn’t recall if you had ever raised your voice at him, and now he just stared into your eyes, the tears you were holding back making them glassy while his eyebrows creased in worry, feeling as if he had to say at least something.

“...I can’t see you getting hurt.” He softly said, attempting to grab your hand, but that set you off.

“Oh, so that means I have to see you getting hurt?!” You called out and Jotaro stopped himself.

You were starting to get more and more upset and he needed to calm you down. Doing just that, Jotaro - not thinking clearly due to the pain and not knowing what else to do - just grabbed you by the back of your head with his right hand and pulled you towards himself, slamming his lips against yours, shutting you up.

Tears were now streaming down your face as he kissed you, a small sob leaving you and muffled by his mouth as you placed your left hand on his neck, feeling his warm skin under your palm as you just gave in.

Feeling you do that, Jotaro tentatively broke the kiss, pulling back only slightly before he placed his forehead to yours, you now trying to stifle your crying.

“Hey.” He softly spoke to try and get your attention and you opened your eyes, looking up to look into his. “I’m alright. The bullet didn’t even fully go into my chest, you know that, you pulled it out.”

“I-It was only halfway in.” You sniffled out with a nasally voice, Jotaro petting the back of your hair as he nodded briefly, the feeling a bit strange as he still held his forehead to yours.

“Exactly. So you don’t have to worry.”

“But your arm-!”

“-Will heal.” Jotaro finished for you, finally leaning back. “Right now let’s just get home.”

You sniffled once more and wiped the tears from your face with the fabric of your sleeve, your hands and wrists too stained with blood to use for that. “Once we’re back in town you’re going to a doctor.” You spoke out with a bit of a hoarse voice and Jotaro snorted softly in amusement, a slight smile on his face as he used his thumb to wipe away a last tear that you missed.

“I figured.”

You took a deep breath to reign in and steel your emotions, releasing it again as you focused back on his arm. His trenchcoat was partly off and you had rolled up his sleeve of the shirt he wore underneath it, still unnerved by the see-through hole that you knew sat underneath the improvised bandage, blood staining it from the profusely bleeding wound in his arm. “Don’t ever get into a fight on my behalf again.” You spoke as you picked up the cloth you had thrown into the grass earlier, starting to try and wipe away the blood you had accidentally got onto his neck.

‘It’s one of the only reasons I ever get into a fight.’ He thought to himself but instead shook his head slightly. “No promises.”

- - - -

With only slight effort Jotaro had gotten back into the saddle, you climbing into it yourself for the first time ever now that Jotaro wasn’t there to lift you before you could. He managed to get on behind you with one arm, grabbing hold of your hip afterwards given how you had already taken the reins.

Neither of you spoke much the entire ride back, yet every now and then, Jotaro would softly squeeze the hand on your hip. Comforting you even in silence.

Riding back into town, you immediately made way for the doctor’s, Jotaro rolling his eyes behind you at your stubbornness. If you had your eyes set on helping people, there really was no changing your mind.

“Y/N, you go to the sheriff’s and report what happened like we discussed.” Jotaro said to you as he carefully dismounted, making sure not to use his left side too much.

“What? No, I wanna go in with you.” You protested, looking a little hurt and Jotaro reached his good hand up to grab yours still on the reins.

“I’ll be fine. Those guys won’t stay there knocked out forever and you know it. You can come back after you’ve gone and reported it.” He said before slapping his horse’s neck twice. “C’mon, Jojo, go.”

With that, the horse started gently trotting and you looked back at Jotaro as you went further down the street. Concerned for the man as his figure got smaller and smaller before you saw it enter the doctor’s office.

Unfortunately, the sheriff’s was almost on the other side of town, so it might take a lot longer to come back than you would have liked.

- - - -

“Hello sheriff Miller.” You smiled a small awkward smile while the sheriff shot up from his seat, his eyebrows raised.

“What happened, darling? You’re covered in blood!” He walked forward, taking hold of your upper arm as he looked you over.

“Uhm, well you see, me and Jotaro- uh, Kujo, Jotaro Kujo, I mean - we were out riding when that gang from yesterday approached us. Two of them at least. And, well- let’s just say things got ugly...”

“Are you both alright?” The sheriff immediately asked and you swallowed.

“Sort of. Jotaro got shot.” You teared up a bit but shook your head when the sheriff placed his hand on your shoulder. “But he’s at the doctor now and I came here to say that the two men who attacked us are knocked out on the road to the forest to the north of here. Almost directly next to the forest.”

“They’re knocked out?” At that the sheriff raised his eyebrows and you nodded.

“One got kicked by a horse, the other got shot.” You said but quickly held your hand up when the sheriff furrowed his eyebrows. “U-Uh, but only in his hands and feet! Jotaro didn’t kill him! It was all in self defence! Really!” You frantically called out while sheriff Miller straightened up, looking down at you with a stern expression.

- - - -

“The guy and the gang he was a part of apparently have a bounty on their heads, so you won’t see any consequences for shooting a man.”

You were walking side by side with Jotaro, you on his left, and Jojo having to be on his right so he could lead his horse with his good hand.

Jotaro hummed in response to you as you walked the road back to your home, Jotaro insisting that he escort you there.

His arm was now in a sling, the wounds nicely and cleanly stitched and wrapped up and you felt a lot better seeing that - even though he lost quite some blood - he was walking as if totally fine.

You just wished things could have gone differently. This day took a nosedive from being one of the best in your life, over to one of the worst, with someone you care deeply about being shot. Oh god, you confessed to Jotaro. And he confessed to you. You totally forgot in all the chaos. What if-

“What are you thinking about?”

“Eh?” You snapped out of your thoughts, looking to your right to see Jotaro looking down at you curiously. “Oh, just... today.”

“Mhm.” He hummed, looking forward again, as if contemplating it.

“I just... I’m sorry.” You whispered and Jotaro turned to you with a raised eyebrow.

“Why are you apologising?”

“Because you got hurt and-“

“Is it your fault I got shot?”

“W-Well, no, not exactly I guess-“

Jotaro stopped walking and instead turned to you, taking hold of your chin and turning your head towards himself. “Exactly.” Your eyes were so innocent and you looked like you felt so guilty despite what he said, making Jotaro slowly blink and sigh as he closed his eyes briefly.

A quick glance into the street showed it was rather empty, and Jotaro snaked his good arm around your waist, pulling you into himself.

“Y/N-“

Just deciding ‘fuck it’, Jotaro wasted no more time with idle talk and slotted his lips over yours.

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@stingray-sins

[lovetorn]

soccer game [roommate!dream au]

pairing: dream x f!reader

summary: roommate!dream watches your college soccer game

w/c: 1.3k+

a/n: turning this into a mini blurb series maybe? if people want it? lmk guys!! enjoy this :)

roommate!dream masterlist

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“Is he here?” Your best friend, Niki, asks. You shake your head, looking at the bleachers, unable to spot your 6’3” roommate, Dream.

“He probably won’t even come. I only mentioned it last night and I heard Sapnap telling him they had plans with the team today, so I don’t know,” You say, tightening the laces of your soccer boots. You ignore the looks Niki gives you.

Your coach clears his throat and after he catches the attention of the rest of the team, he begins.

“Ok, this is our biggest game of the season. We have to win,” He says and there are multiple cheers from your teammates in reply.

He reads out the team list and soon enough, the referee is blowing his whistle. You stand from your spot in the team circle and shield your eyes from the sun to try and search the crowd for Dream. With no luck, you sigh and run onto the field to take your position.

You look over your team, clad in black and white, and then over to the other team who are in red. The first half goes by fairly quickly, despite it being 45 minutes long. The score is 9-7 to the other team and your teammates are starting to get annoyed by their dirty plays.

As you run off the field, you hear someone call your name. You turn to the right and see Dream, dressed in a white hoodie, black jeans, and socks and slides. You roll your eyes at his choice of footwear and grab your water bottle before you jog over to him. Breathing heavily, you stop in front of him.

“You came!” You exclaim, smiling brightly at him, ignoring the way your chest warms at the sight of Dream wearing your team’s colours. Dream nods, his hair falling in his eyes. You almost reach up and brush it to the side but he beats you to it.

“I did! The plans with the team fell through and there was nothing to do so, here I am,” He smiles. The idea that you were a second option makes your stomach flip, but he’s here. You smile up at him, your hand moving to rest on your forehead to block out the setting winter sun.

“Well, thanks for coming—I know it’s not as exciting as your team,” You take a sip of your water bottle. “But at least you actually came”

“And you’re actually pretty alright at soccer,” Dream teases, flicking your forehead. You scrunch up your nose and slap his hand away.

“Yeah, thanks.” You joke, swinging your arm that holds your bottle, back and forth.

Dream laughs. “No! I didn’t mean it sarcastically—I knew you were good at this but—ugh.” His head lands in his palms and you squint at him. The tips of his ears are red and when he pulls his face away, his cheeks are tinted pink. You choose not to comment.

“I got it, Dream,” You laugh, taking a few steps backwards. “Listen, I gotta go...” You throw your thumb over your shoulder.

“Yes! Sorry. See you after the game?” He asks as you turn around, giving him a thumbs-up behind you. Your gaze drops to your boots as you return to your team who are all standing, ready for the whistle.

“Whose that?” A girl in your team asks, pointing at Dream’s retreating figure. You turn to look back at him, your eyes following his broad shoulders.

“My roommate.”

“Is he single?” She giggles.

You nearly choke, but scoff and laugh it off. “Very.” You don’t miss the way she shares a look with another girl and the pair start giggling together.

You brush off the odd feeling in your chest and glance over your shoulder until you find the blonde again. He sits in the middle of the bleachers, his hands on his knees and his gaze on you. Your eyes widen and you face your team again. You suddenly feel self-conscious in your uniform and start noticing all the areas that are slightly too tight. Pulling at your shorts, you place your water bottle back with your bag and rejoin the team before the referee blows his whistle indicating the second half.

You exhale slowly, ready for the next 45 minutes of intense gameplay. Taking your position on the field, your eyes fall in the direction of Dream. You nearly miss the sound of the starting whistle and the other team kicking off.

Sprinting up the field, you take the ball off of a blonde girl in red and dribble it towards the goal. You pass it across the middle and Niki kicks it at the goal. Although, the goalie is too quick and stops it before it can hit the back of the net. You groan and look at the sky.

You jog backwards to watch the goalie kick the ball into the air and feel a pair of eyes on you and immediately become hyper-aware of them. Dream’s gaze is distracting—but nonetheless, you run up the field, again, and call for the ball before kicking it into the net. This time, the goal lands and the referee blows his whistle to mark a goal. Your eyes widen and you throw your arms in the air, laughing. Your teammates run towards you, giving you high-fives and side hugs, before moving back into their starting positions.

You stop yourself from glancing at Dream, but you’re too excited. Your eyes meet his and you notice his bright smile. He gives you a thumbs up and you roll your eyes playfully, grinning back at him. The vibrancy of green eyes watching your every move keeps you on your toes.

The game continues like this for a while—your team scoring goal after goal and only letting in 2 from the other team. The game rolls to a close and you’re exhausted. Your coach subbed you off in the middle of the half and then put you back on with 10 minutes left—which is when you scored your second goal of the game. The adrenaline that coursed through your veins is wearing off now and the full extent of your tiredness is hitting you.

The whistle is blown to signal the end of the game and then you’re cheering again. 14-11 to your team.

After celebrating with your team, most of the crowd had dispersed from the bleachers and the other team left. You grab your bag and water bottle from its spot on the ground next to the bench and laugh at something Niki says.

You hear your name, deep and loud, and lift your head to see Dream, again. You bid Niki goodbye and make your way towards the blonde.

“Why are you still here?” You laugh, falling into step beside him. You notice he's walking towards the car park.

Dream digs around in his pocket before he replies. “Need a lift home?” He smiles, dangling his keys next to his head.

You giggle and nod, shoving him lightly. "I would love one." His hoodie under your fingertips is worn, and the intention behind him wearing it causes your heart to race slightly.

“Did you like the game? I know it drags on forever and it’s boring at times but—”

Dream mumbles your name. “I really enjoyed it, it was fun,” He then says, his face dusted pink. “And you were really good.”

You almost don’t hear the last part, but as soon as you catch it, you feel your cheeks heat up. “Oh, uh, thanks, Dream.”

The silence that hangs in the air is comfortable, but an underlying vehemence leaves your head buzzing and your skin on fire.

"Maybe I'm your lucky charm," He grins cheekily, his voice back to usual with a hint of cockiness. "Since you only scored goals when I was there."

You roll your eyes. "Shut up."