#and thus I realize how much demon slayer things I've been working on

[asirensrage]

Word Tag Game

I'm jumping in on the word tag game of @residentdormouse and the open tag.

My words: One, Two, Three, Four, Five Your words: Ball, Never, Crush, Mist and Seven. (that's right, we're jumping around).

soft tagging: @rey-of-luke @residentdormouse @bardic-tales @ninjasawakenedmystar @arrthurpendragon @chickensarentcheap and anyone else who wants to join.

One

She sends him dreams of bells and foxes, of children laughing as they chase her tails, and she whispers to him the protection she’s given to the child demon sleeping in his home. One she offers because of his kindness, because of the love his students have for him even now. A repayment of the gifts he has left for her. 

She leaves before he wakes.

Two

She couldn’t stand him. It wasn’t that he was a dick or some egotistical asshole, he was just so…nice. It drove her crazy. No matter what she’s seen thrown at him, he responded kindly. There’s never been a moment that he even looked vulnerable and his incessant cheeriness was impossible to deal with in the mornings. She preferred to deal with Sanemi of all people because he never wanted to talk first thing in the morning and the two of them could sit in silence until they were forced to their classrooms to deal with whatever insanity the students brought that day.

Three

The two of them end up lying on the couch, still kissing as their hands roam. It feels like being a teenager again. Something new and exciting, that feels really fucking great. He doesn’t want it to stop and he can only imagine what it will be like when Kate is with them. His brain short circuits a bit at the thought of the three of them together.

Four

“Dauntless wouldn’t just let someone get hurt,” he finally says. 

“Apparently they do, and they do a shit job looking out for the people under their protection. What’s your name again?”

“It’s Four,” he says.

“Oh.” I blink. It’s that guy.

“Oh?” Four glares at Eric. “What have you told her?”

“Nothing,” he says. 

“I’ve barely spoken to him, chill out. Listen, Zero, the bigger problem is that you obviously aren’t focused on your job, or at least don’t think people like me are worth your notice. I suggest you work on that and whatever other issues you have that make you think that’s okay.” I look over at Eric. “Where’s this med bay?” He motions me forward and I stride past Four. “Pompous ass,” I mutter.

Five

Five steps later and I swerved quickly with surprising ease to avoid crashing into Billy. “Woah,” I clutched the coffees close. He gave me a smirk but it didn’t look like it fully reached his eyes. He looked exhausted. “Are you okay?” 

“Why, you wanna play doctor?  What would Ted think?” He blew me a kiss.

“Maybe undertaker. You look like you’re part of the walking dead,” I said.