#annnnd im done!!

[meatexe]

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[npdflowey]

FAVORITE BABYGIRL IS HOME!!!!! it took only. 74 pulls. only </3

i keep forgetting to change the canvas size sooo the pic is only 1900x1500 pixels rip

[uselessvaldemarsimp]

"less-cannon-accurate" annnnd there it is, thanks for letting us know that the author of that "route" treats Valdemar being aroace just as an inconvenient little detail to be discarded. what a shame

DISCLAIMER: i am not aroace! this is simply my opinion, take what i say with a grain of salt

here’s what i have to say:

is valdemar good aroace representation in the first place?

i dont think so! their orientation was announced in a, correct me if im wrong, comment section of an instagram post, and no where else! the fact that they and vulgora, villains, are the only nonbinary characters that use they/them exclusively, and the fact that valdemar, again, a villain, is the only aroace character in the entire game, is simply overall bad representation! a villain being aroace isn’t inherently bad representation, but all other things considered in this specific situation, the creators seem to view aroace people as inhumane freaks! yikes!

is this an excuse to erase said gender and sexuality?

not really, no!

is the valdemar dorian route by ronelle otieno good aroace representation despite this?

i think so! it’s done very well in my opinion, being an integral part of their character, not explicitly stated but shown through their actions and storytelling, it honestly makes valdemar seem a little more human, the way that their orientation is shown. i think ronelle otieno took something that was a poorly done afterthought and made it into good representation

can aroace people partake in sex and romance?

yes! this is a pretty obvious fact that most people are aware of by now

since that’s the case, is the inclusion of sex and/or romance when engaging with an aroace character an erasure of their sexuality?

not inherently! again, aroace people Can partake in these things, despite what some people may think!

HOWEVER, is deviating from canon with an aroace character who has been explicitly stated to not have an interest in sex and romance an erasure of their sexuality?

honestly, this is where things get tricky, but i think i have a way of thinking about it:

do actions = attraction?

i dont think so! i think people can kiss whoever they want, have sex with whoever they want, give flowers to whoever they want, without it being a direct show of their orientation. therefore, while it may be deviating from canon, it isn’t an inherent erasure of the characters sexuality. an erasure of aroace sexuality would be having that character specifically show or state that they are romantically and/or sexually attracted to someone. that’s where we begin having issues! if you have a problem with deviating from canon, that’s an entirely different thing, and i suggest you never interact with fandoms ever! for your own sanity.

people swap the sexualities of characters all the time, why is it such an issue when people do it with aroace characters, or queer characters in general?

lack of representation! if all these different flavors of queer were normalized, as they should be, people wouldn’t have so much of an issue with playing around with characters sexualities, but because representation is spare, people cling onto these aspects of these characters for dear life, even if the representation isn’t good representation

so what should people be fighting for?

more representation! instead of hanging onto characters who’s orientation is already a badly done, arguably acephobic afterthought, maybe the best course of action is to make an effort to create more aro and/or ace representation in general!

at the end of the day, is this all that big of a deal?

not really! you are the the captain of your own ship. you can choose to interact with things, or dont! wasting energy arguing over something that wont change is not worth your precious time. using that energy to create and promote Good representation is probably a better use of ones energy.

i highly encourage aroace people, especially those who have read the dorian route, to share their opinions. i dont intend to speak For or Over aroace people, im just a stranger on the internet who has thought a lot about things that dont really matter a whole lot in the grand scheme of things

[husky-studies]

What is with this little gremlin I have to babysit-?

Concept: Blade had to take care of teen!reader (who kafka picked up after a mission cus they keep calling her mommy /hj) who acts like a little gremlin and he had to make sure reader doesn't end up blowing up an aeon or something.

Character(s): Blade, mentions of Kafka and Silver Wolf

Warning(s): none, this is platonic btw

Note(s): SOMEONE PLEASE REQUEST IM DESPERATE ON WRITING SOME RANDOM THINGS HAPPENING TO THE HSR CHARACTERS WITH THE READER

-Okay first of all, you lucky ass being a random teenager just walking by and had the thought to call kafka mommy/mom/mother when you see her to the point she brings you back

-second of all now you have blade (balde) as your babysitter, have fun tormenting him with your shenanigans

-"Where are you parents." "Kafka is my mom" ~you two when you first met probably

-you probably call him Baldie because you saw Silver Wolf making a typo when texting with him

-at first Blade didn't think much, you're just a teenager. What can you do? Blow up and aeon and their followers?

-yes. Yes you can.

-when that happens for the first time he genuinely panicked because HOW TF R U DOING THAT?! Kafka is gonna be happy but he DOES NOT WANT TO DEAL WITH AN ARMY OF ANGRY FOLLOWERS ALONE RIGHT NOW

-When that whole shenanigan is done, he's going to carry you like a sack of potatoes and carry you back to the headquarters...and give you an earful for doing that

-but is that going to stop you? Absolutely not

-"kid..what is that" "Nothing you need to worry about :)" "I swear if thats a nuk- i know that face. No." ~Blade when he saw you bringing in some boxes

-ALSO yk that Blade got captured in the Xianzhou Loufu right? YEAH YOU BEING THE ABSOLUTE GREMLIN YOU DECIDED TO BREAK HIM FREE

-In the most destructive way possible...

-"GENERAL JING YUAN! WHAT HAPPENED?!" "A teen nuked him" "Wait what-"

-Also the fight with Jing Yuan:

"What are you youngster up to? This isnt a place to hang out" "AND THIS ISNT A PLACE TO KEEP BALDE IN. LET HIM GOOOOOOO"

-annnnd you started nuking the place, the room is filled with explosives and your whines to let Blade go

-did you succeed? Hopefully, now you can continue to torment him /hj

Extra:

-now the astral express is confused when Jing Yuan told them to keep an eye out for a teen with nukes

Tag(s): @mitzukitsuna (for the idea :])

[areislol]

hi i ask if you could write genshin males or females babysitting klee or qiqi

xiao, dainsleif, diluc x reader

ft— xiao, dainsleif, diluc(+ klee and qiqi) warnings— nothing really, either than some mentions of some dead animals, not proof-read, rushed for dilucs part so it’s quite bad. a/n— pls don't mention how there's the "ft" characters and then another one on top... anyways, this idea is very adorable :) im not really good at writing for females although i've done them in the past so i didn't add any here, also zhongli will be in part 2(i decided to cut him out and add him in part 2) oh yes and also for dainsleif’s part, he isn’t babysitting qiqi or klee, just a random baby so keep that in mind! diluc and reader miiiight be dating, might.

recommend listening to: shinunoga e-wa, sped up(w headphones!!) + yume utsutsu - lamp + heaven knows im miserable now - the smiths(sped up)

xiao x reader

xiao isn’t the type to babysit, at all. he has seen what babies are capable of, and he does not want anything to do with them.

sometimes xiao just thinks to himself, how could anybody in teyvat  be in a room or be anywhere with those things?!

and yes, xiao calls them, babies, things.

as i stated before, xiao isn’t the type to babysit. he just.. doesn’t find the fun in taking care of literal demons, and he’s too busy “purging” demons and such.

buuuut... when it comes to you.... he would do anything for you. EVEN BABYSIT THE BABY WITH/FOR YOU!!!

(you’re so lucky i envy you)

so basically, you was walking around liyue harbor when someone suddenly jumps in front of you, and the man introduces himself as baizhu. he explains to you that his little helper was sick and nobody would help him babysit her and he asked you if you would take the spot and you straight away say yes! baizhu was extremely grateful, he said that he ‘would repay you’ in mora, food or whatever you wanted.

you didn’t mind a bit of payment, you just wished him well and baizhu left to go somewhere.

now you’ve seen what babies are like. they wail, scream and refuse to eat whatever their mom(or parent) gave him. but they’re only a baby, are they meant act to like a grown up?

you were kind of afraid of taking care of this baby, like what if the baby grips onto your finger and squeeze the shit out of it?!?! and what’ll happen if they never let you go?!?!

you sigh before smacking your forehead with your hand, what were you going to do now? ...... ask for help?

that’s exactly what you’re going to do! ask someone for help, and who would that person be? it would be none other than... xiao.

you knew xiao wouldn’t turn down your offer/help, as he has never turned down anything you asked him. so off you went, skipping as you went to the wangshu inn.

you walked up the stairs and went to the balcony, a cold breeze hit your face, you felt relaxed and calm. you rested your arms on the railing and called out for xiao

“xia-” but before you could even say xiao’s name, he just appeared in front of you. arms crossed, while staring at you. but when his eye meets yours he quickly looks away, a dark red tint appears on his cheeks—which slowly appears on his ears. annnnd he fails to cover his blush.

you don’t understand why he hid his face upon eye contact so you move towards your left and take a peek to see xiao’s face but to no avail.

so you decide to walk towards him and you whisper to xiao “xiao? are you okay? you’re red. are you perhaps.. blushing??” you say. and xiao could swear he could just see you smirking, even if he couldn’t literally see you.

“i-im okay!! it’s just, a bit cold.” xiao mutters while covering his face with his hands. god, why did you have to be so cute?! you could barely make out what he said. you just smile and pry his hands away from his face, you reach to grab his chin softly and turn his head to look at you.

“you don’t have to hide your face from me~ you’re so cute! anyways, could you help me with something?” you say while looking everywhere BUT xiao. xiao was flustered from your act. but so were you. this was so not.. you. but you just felt so confident from his flustered state and decided to make a move which made your heart race as you and xiao’s face was only a few inches apart.

“uh, sure..” xiao says. he’s looking right at you, even though you aren’t looking back at him he still finds you flustered cute <3

but of course since you’re not looking at him you miss the soft look he has when staring at you, a faint smile appearing on his face. god and his EYES!!! hearts are appearing in his eyes.. replacing his pupils. DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU’RE DOING TO HIMMM (*´□`)<

but anyways, after having to calm down a blushing xiao you both walked your way to your friend’s house, and occasionally your and xiao’s hand brushes against each other, and sometimes when you don’t feel it xiao’s just thankful that you didn’t notice and is just red as hell. but when you do notice, you turn your head to face xiao and you can clearly see xiao whip his head away as soon as he sees you looking at him.

and that just makes you smile <3 and you tease him for that!!

“xiaoo~ were you trying to hold hands with me?” you say while smirking cuz ur feeling confident today 💪 and xiao just REFUSES to face you, he just says “no..” softly and crosses his arms.

buuuuut the truth is, xiao does wants to hold hands with you. that’s why his hands is always inching closer to yours when walking but he alwaaays pulls away the second his hand touches yours.

but yes, you can finally see your friend’s house and you point over to where her house stood and grabbed xiao’s hand and just ran towards the house.

you walked towards your friend’s house while your hand is holding his, and you don’t even care about it, you just want this damn door to open up because it wasn’t contributing with you for some reason!

and you couldn’t see nor realize how poor xiao was blushing profusely.

you’re still struggling to open the door and xiao notices you struggling and decided to help you because.. it was kind of getting awkward...

xiao just puts his hands on top of yours to stop you from trying to open the door and possibly even breaking the door.

you stop and xiao just... grabs the key from you and slips it right into the keyhole, and after 3 hard turns, the door finally opens.

and you’re very grateful for xiao’s help, if it wasn’t for xiao it would’ve been the night already LMAO

anyways, you and xiao step inside of the house and the house interior was actually quite pleasing to see. it was clean and majority of the furniture's color was... green

(honestly what can we even say, he’s just a green lovin’ guy)

the house was relatively and the little girl(qiqi) was nowhere to be seen. you and xiao walk around a bit, careful not to knock anything down(that was mostly you) and try to find the little helper’s of his that was sick.

eventually you two would find her tucked in bed with a wet towel on her forehead. you and xiao made sure to walk slowly and not make a sound, so she didn’t wake up

thankfully, she didn’t wake up. you walked up to where qiqi slept and you touched the towel—it was cold.

you carefully grabbed the towel off her forehead and walk to where the bathroom was and it only took you around 10 seconds to find the bathroom. you turned on the tap to cold and let the water run through the towel, after you were done you squeezed out the water from the towel and walk over to where qiqi was

you carefully lay down the towel on top of qiqi’s forehead and you suddenly hear a small (relief) sigh. you smiled at the girl before turning to xiao who was just staring at you the whole entire time.

xiao really wanted to help you, you know? while seeing you walk over to the bathroom to do whatever he itched to just grab that towel from your hand and just say ‘let me do whatever you need to do, i want to help.’, he wanted to help you but as usual, he was too shy.

he just looked at you like a lost puppy, wanting to follow you around like one(hehe)

after staring at xiao you get up and walk over where xiao was(he was standing up against a wall and just staring at you <3) and you gestured for him to get down or just crouch down a bit

he looked at you confused but he could never say no to you, so he obliged. after a few seconds you started to pat his head and ruffle his hair and oh boy, xiao was blushing, a whole lot.

you noticed how sad looking xiao was and you knew that he loved it when you ruffled or patted his hair. he never told anyone(neither did you) and always refused to let you touch his hair but deep inside he absolutely loves it and craves it every. single. day. andddd he has been letting you touch his hair without making a fuss about it lately, weird isn’t it?

actually, he has been pestering you about this. about you touching his hair.

“when will you do that thing again?” “do it now... please?”

so yes, here you are patting his head while smiling cuz he’s so cute <3 and xiao’s just blushing and smiling like a mad man.

after a few minutes, you kind of stop patting his head because you feel like someone’s watching you. definenetly.

xiao just kind of bobs his head up, nudging you, basically telling you to keep going and you can tell that he’s pouting, you can see it although you can’t actually see him pouting.

you sigh and pat his head before turning around because you can’t just shake this feeling of someone staring at you off.

and that’s when you find who was staring at you. the little girl, qiqi

you stop in your tracks and stare at qiqi back, you laugh nervously and nudge xiao “xiao, qiqi is looking at usss” you say while smiling and not moving your mouth(through your teeth??).

xiao stops pouting and looks up at qiqi and screams internally. has she been watching us the whole time? did she see me....

xiao snaps out of his trance and clears his throat, he gets up and walks up to qiqi, “are you okay? head hurts or anything?” xiao asks while staring at her, cheeks still red from embarrassment but also from enjoyment.

“qiqi is okay... head hurts a bit..” qiqi says looking dazed and pointing to her head. xiao nods and looks at you, since xiao knew nothing about taking care of children(but he’s willing for you, like what if you and him have children together?!?!) and you nod back while going to the kitchen.

xiao slowly picked up qiqi, carrying her to the living room where you were and was very careful not to drop qiqi. you were looking around in the cabinets to find any headache medicine or pain killers and you finally found some.

you grabbed a cup and filled it with water from the sink, you walked over to where xiao and qiqi was, you shook qiqi slowly and she looked down at you, her eyes were quite droopy, maybe she was sleepy?

you decided to make this quick so that she could get her rest. you told her to open her mouth and she did. you popped one small pill in her mouth and gave her the cup to drink the water, xiao had to hold the cup to make sure that qiqi didn’t spill any water.

after qiqi succeeded in swallowing the pill and you told xiao to bring qiqi to her room and let her rest, xiao nodded and went to the room.

i feel like xiao would kind of be mean-ish to qiqi(because he’s not good with children) but when she looks hurt or looks like she’s about to tear up he just changes the way he talks and what he says. for example: “why are you not taking your medicine? it’s not even that big!” (that’s what she said)(IM JUST KIDDING PLS DONT CANCEL ME BC QIQI IS A CHILD AND I JUST SAID THAT JOKE)) and qiqi could just look down, obviously sad that xiao just kind of yelled at her

and then xiao notices her expressions and says “i-i mean! you’re a strong girl so you can obviously take it! right y/n? strong enough to be a yaksha like me, so uh, take the medicine alright?” and you nod. he’s just trying his best to not make qiqi or any child sad or cry.

xiao’s having a mini panic attack because he really does not want to see qiqi (or any child really) cry. aaaand he calms down when he sees that qiqi is fine and taking her medicine well although her face seems to scrunch up ever so often. 

(give him a pat on his back cuz he’s sulking right now)

moving on, xiao’s a little bit (very) overprotective, he won’t admit it though.

qiqi isn’t the one to walk around aimlessly and attract monsters and such(she started to avoid doing that since hutao was always on the lookout for her and practiclly followed where ever she went when she wasn’t with baizhu or others)

so xiao doesn’t really need to worry about qiqi’s safety, and yours too.

if qiqi somehow does wander away because she saw something interesting and you too, followed her because she needed to be safe, xiao would be F.R.E.A.K.I.N.G out.

(f-r-eeee-ak, f-r-eeee-ak 😩)

xiao’s running everywhere to find you both, frantically. and once he does find you two he scolds you and qiqi and tells you to “never do that again” and “don’t run off without telling me”. but it was really hard for xiao to raise his voice at you(and qiqi).

you and qiqi both apologize and xiao just sighs, forgiving you both.

the rest of the day was normal, you and xiao both took very good care of qiqi and fed her medicine when it was time.

xiao had to stay beside your and qiqi’s side the entire time cuzzz he doesn’t want you two running off again(but he trusts you both so it doesn’t really affect how he wants to stay by your side anyways)

when you and xiao are cooking dinner for qiqi, xiao tries to help out as much as possible. xiao isn’t a terrible cook but he still struggled with some of the basics so he mostly relies on you to cook. but if you are a terrible cook or a beginner you two try not to mess up the dinner.

but if you REAALLLYY suck then you might have to grab some cooking books or ask the grandma next door to help you both with the cooking.

but overall the dinner was actually really nice!! qiqi even said so.

and after a 30 minutes you put qiqi to bed. you really wanted to kiss her forehead and say goodnight but you didn’t know if that would make her uncomfortable or not so you just tucked her in and said goodnight.

once you close the door slowly and carefully you went over to xiao and thanked him.

“thank you for helping me with taking care of qiqi, without you i don’t think i would’ve lasted a day!” you say with your hands behind your back. xiao stares at you and you slowly but surely, see a pure red tint on his cheeks.

xiao turns his head where only you can see his (side)face covered by his hair, “no need to thank me.” xiao says bluntly.

you snicker before grabbing his arm and “hugging” it, you smile while unlocking the door and stepping outside, xiao following in your footsteps.

“xiao? were you blushing back then~” you say staring at him

he doesn’t look at you. only glancing at you out of the corner of his eye but quickly avert gaze once he realizes that you’re looking at him.

“no. i was not. you were seeing things” he says while avoiding eye contact with you. “was i really now?” you say.

“yes.” xiao replies, still avoiding eye contact.

he’s so stubborn, he’ll never change will he?

dainsleif x reader

dain knows absolutely nothing about children, since he was the knight captain(in khaenri'ah) he had no time to take care of any child or even interact with any.

and dain still had no interactions with children, that was until now.

you were just minding your business, walking around the small shops in Mondstadt when you turn around and is suddenly face to face with someone you knew!

she was a stranger, yes, but you saw her often while roaming about in Mondstadt and you two would exchange smiles and waves. sometimes she would be carrying her child, sometimes not.

and on this particular day she was. she looked absolutely tired, droopy eyes, eye bags, an overall sad and tired look.

the moment you laid eyes on her you felt your hairs go up, was it her face that made you feel uneasy? or was it the child staring into your soul, mouth agape and a bit of drool coming out of his mouth that made you shiver?

(er, anyways,) you greet her and made sure that everything was okay, when she answered and said she was fine but needed a favor from you, you immediately perk up.

i mean, who wouldn’t? the poor lady looked absolutely stressed and exhausted

“i was hoping if you could maybe look after my child... just for today! you don’t have to say yes.” she says while bobbing the baby up and down, softly patting his back.

you stare at the mother and her baby, you weren’t sure if you could babysit this baby, you had no history of babysitting at all!! but the look on her face, the way her eyes were screaming “please say yes!!” made you agree

and boy was the mother in joy when you agreed, it made smile, even.

the mother carefully places the baby in your arms and you allow the mother to do so.

she kisses the babies’ forehead and was she relieved. she thanked you and walked away. and now you are stuck with a sleeping baby.

(what do you do now!?!?)

you had a mini heart attack but nobody noticed cuz.. would anyone really when you’re standing there, holding a baby awkwardly and with a face like this: :) ???

you snap out of your thoughts and collect yourself.

you decided to just walk around and wait until the baby awoke where you would i guess, do babysitting stuff and then return the baby to its’ mother, that was your plan until you thought of someone, someone who might just be able to help you.

you grin while thinking of the baby pulling dainsleif’s hair and him just.. taking it.

you giggle to yourself and turn around(now tell me why that sounds.. so... ew..), walking to stormterror’s lair. now yes, stormterror’s lair is dangerous and there are a whole bunch of hilichurls but that was one of the only places that you knew dainsleif frequented.

(so why not? 🤷)

when you arrive at stormterror’s lair you squinted to see if you could make out dainsleif’s figure but to no avail.

you sigh to yourself, i can’t believe im doing this right now..

annnddd after a few hours minutes walking(not running cuz u still got that baby with you) around and trying to find dainsleif you FINALLY find him, literally standing up and looking at... nothing.

(he was staring at the flowers growing out of the ground okay?!?!)

you yell out his name, waving your hands to grab his attention, while speed walking towards him and it worked! although you just screamng his name woul’ve been enough.

dainsleif sees something in your arms but he can’t quite make of what it is. was it a basket of food? flowers? dainsleif squinted but he still coudln’t see anything.

dain turned his head around just to be immediately met with your face, which scared him.

(im just kidding y’all..)

dain turned his head around and sees you speed walking towards him, waving your hands like maniac and screaming out his name

you’re just screaming out his name and his face is just literally nonchalant and in his head he’s just saying “i can hear you. no need to yell 😒 ”

but once you’re right in front of him he’s just immediately questioning you, “are you okay? did something happen?” “you didn’t... do something to kaeya again.. did you?”

you’re panting and putting your palm up as a sign to let you talk and give you a minute, when you jut up and look at dainsleif with a “really?” type of face, did he really just assume that you did something bad to kaeya again?!

anyways, you shake your head and take a deep breath before speaking, “no, i didn’t do anything. but i do need your help, could you maybe like...” dainsleif’s just nodding his head and waiting for your answer, “help me babysit this.. baby?” you say while smiling awkwardly while holding the baby up to show him the child.

dainsleif’s just looking back and fourth between you and the baby you’re holding

honestly, he does not know what to say. what do you even say in this situation(for someone who has never even held a baby before)?

now you’re taking second thoughts. i mean, what were you thinking? of course he isn’t going to help you!(not in a bad way)

you sigh in defeat and you’re just about to turn around and walk back to wherever(and walk very slooowwwly so that dainsleif feels bad for you) when all of the sudden dainsleif grabs your arm, which obviously stops you from almost walking away.

“ill help. i just don’t know.. how to babysit.” dainsleif mutters while looking at anything but you.

you smile softly and put your hand over his, “it’s fine, we can do this together, ‘kay?”

dainsleif.exe has stopped working

yes, dainsleif froze and you can’t really catch his attention, no matter how hard you try. waving your hands, jumping while doing so and so much more but he will just not budge.

but afterwards you do manage to catch his attention annnd you two are now off <3(you two are holding hands btw, you skipping and dainsleif is just walking but being pulled by you, and when you turn around all you can see is a grumpy face but what you really dont see is that faint smile appearing. oh and when you turn back around he’s smiling like a mad man but he doesn’t really care if anybody sees it. 🤭)

fast forward. you and dainsleif are finally at town. and everyone is giving you two weird looks, mainly looking at dainsleif.

he was literally quite wearing something so... extraordinary and unique. he was definenetly the elephant in the room(town??)

dainsleif stood there awkwardly while still holding your hand, you on the other hand didn’t even notice the stares, too focused on what to do now

where should we stay? what do we feed the baby? at exactly what time will the woman be coming back?

you shake your head to get rid of all the thoughts. “dainsleif, lets go to uhm, my place yeah?” you say, looking at dainsleif sheepishly.

dainsleif nods, you tighten your hold on dainsleif and you two start to make a move on.

you felt embarrassed. embarrassed for having to walk to the town and then going back to your home which was a 10-15 minute walk.

(you basically went there for nothing!!!)

you sigh, looking down at your feet, subconsciously squeezing dainsleifs’ hand.

dainsleif turns his head and looks at you, he cocks his head. “you alright y/n?”

“yea im fine. im just..” dainsleif silently and patiently waits for you to finish your sentence

“im sorry for bringing you to the town and then you know.. going back.” you say shyly, turning your head away to avoid looking at dainsleif but you could still feel his gaze on you. and that made you even more flustered.

dainsleif chuckles, “it’s fine, i don’t understand why you’re so upset about it. but really, it’s fine” he says softly.

still avoiding eye contact, you nod

and after a few minutes you two finally arrive at your home, you open the door and step inside, dainsleif following you.

“make yourself at home, as always” you mutter, taking off your shoes and moving towards your room.

dainsleif does the same, only does he walk around your lounge room and plop down on your couch.

he sighs and puts his head back, his head perfectly resting on the back of the couch.

you were in your room, carefully setting the baby down, you quickly walk over to where dainsleif was and gestured for him to come with you.

“dainsleif! come!” you whispered, dainsleif opens one of his eyes and gets up almost immediately

he follows you to your room and is worried, only a little bit(since you weren’t screaming hysterically or anything), once you both were in your room he asks “is everything alright?” to which you reply “yea, just wanted you here with me, don’t like being alone you know?”

dainsleif.exe has stopped working #2

anyways, lets get to the babysitting part.

so let me just fill you in some background info, now he, dainsleif is not a professional babysitter so he doesn’t know how to deal with this... or know what to do.

he has never held a baby, took care of one, BASICALLY NEVER INTERACTED WITH ONE

so this is his first time and he’s not the best at babysitting, i’ll say that.

but babysitting with you sparked something in him that he never knew he’d ever feel.

(wanting to have a family with you but... you do know how babies are made right? 🙈 *hint hint to maybe a smut fic*)

and oh boy, seeing you with this baby, seeing you taking care the baby, seeing you worry and getting distressed when the baby almost falls over brings out his caring side, a loving and nurturing side.

(lmao dad instincts, although he isn’t one... yet.

(someone pls request me father! genshin men?? *hint hint*)

now he isn’t particularly good with children, but he tries his very best!!

he’s quite awkward when holding the baby. literally like this.

but after a few tries and examples from you he finally gets the hold of it

and he will literally ask you if he could hold the baby again, and again.

helps you cook!! he knows so many dishes, many from Khaenri'ah, although some of the ingredients remain, majority of them have vanished due to... you know.

you have to teach him how to spoon feed the baby, otherwise he’ll just be (nicely) shoving the spoon into the babys’ mouth.

dainsleif will be eyeing you and the baby like a hawk. and goes into a full on protective dad mode when you and the baby goes outside.

he’ll be either glued right by your side or watching you from maybe a few feet away. he will not go more than 3 feet.

and when you make flower crowns for dainsleif and the baby he can’t help but feel like tearing up, he wants to experience this feeling with you forever.

he really just wants a family, a family where he can take care of them and protect them, give them all his love and teach them things that are not taught in this era. sing them Khaenri'a(h)n lullabies that his mother had sung to him when he was still young.

oh how he longed for that.

(but that’s okay!! your wish is my command.)

dainsleif is always staring at you lovingly, whenever and where ever. just like when you were making the flower crowns.

the baby gripping on your clothes and making weird, babbling sounds

your brows furrowed, you were concentrating hard. but it’s really hard to when someone is staring at you so deeply.

dain’s pupils are practically heart-shaped now.

but his trance was soon cut off when you yell his name, once he finally comes back to reality he sees you walking over to him while holding the baby

you sit down beside him, you put the baby down in between you and dainsleif and place the flower crown on his head and once you set it down nicely, you scooch backwards to see your masterpiece and wow, how handsome dainsleif looks <3

you’re in awe when you see him touch the flower crown carefully, he looks so cute(damn, hand in marriage please?)

once it starts to get dark, dainsleif is quick to bring you and the baby inside and close the door shut.

you decide that it’s time to shower and you hand the baby over to dainsleif, you and him being careful not to drop the baby.

“what do i do?” “you just.. hold it, play with it! it’ll be quick.”

dain nods and moves to the couch, sitting down on the couch he holds the baby up to where the babys’ face is on the same level as dain’s.

his brow furrows, this baby.. is so cute.

looking right and left he makes sure that nobody is watching him and in a heartbeat he pulls the baby to his chest, hugging him.

dainsleif sighs, the baby was so soft, and so huggable..

(dain wishes to hold and hug the baby forever!)

while still hugging the bay, you have already finished showering and step out of the bathroom, you hair still a bit wet.

you walk over to where the lounge room was and see dainsleif holdng the baby close, your heart melted at the sight.

you smile while walking over to dainsleif, where you passed him and sat down right beside him, dainsleif could sense your presence and immediately stopped hugging the baby.

he coughs and looks over at you who is raising and eyebrow while smirking.

dainsleif turns red and turns his head away in attempt of hiding his blush.

you laugh while grabbing the baby who was now sucking its’ thumb, you poke its’ cheek and look at dainsleif who was now looking right back at you.

“cute, isn’t he?” “mhm.. very.” suddenly you remember that you have to wash the baby and got up, dainsleif is a bit stunned by this but he quickly calms down after you say that “you need to wash the baby”

after washing the baby, you dry him and put his clothes on(the one he wore today you’d have to tell the woman to change his clothes asap)

you grab the baby and hold him, you walk to the living room, but you don’t see dainsleif. you furrow your brows, wasn’t he just there though?

you then walk over to your room to where you see dainsleif curled up in your room, you smile gently and walk over to dainsleif, you and the baby yawn. you blink your eyes lazily and put the baby on the bed right next to dainsleif, pulling the covers over dainsleif and the baby, you closed the lights and slept right beside the baby.

you look at dainsleif who was now sound asleep, you smile again, you notice that one of his arms was near his head which was not far away from you.

you decide to hold his hand, while sleeping. you put your hand over his and hold his hand, you close your eyes and feel that the grip has tighten.

you and dainsleif both went to sleep with a smile on your face.

(oh and the woman came up yesterday to pick up the baby and thanked you both. you and dainsleif said your “no worries” and closed the door. and you kissed dainsleif on the cheek which froze him. dainsleif.exe has stopped one again. you giggle and grab his arm, “c’mon, lets go”)

diluc x reader

i think we all know that klee absolutely despises diluc.

like have you seen and heard what she thinks about diluc??

....

but other than that i think they’re both fine, either than klee literally refusing to even stand right NEXT to him, like if you grab her and plop her right next to diluc for whatever reason(photos or something) she’ll be out in the speed of light, one blink and she’s gone, just like that.

and diluc just stands there and takes it, no, he ALWAYS takes it.

no matter how hard klee hits(a small smack) him or how much she avoids him, eyes him, anything, he’ll always take it.

just stands there, sits there looking like nothing’s happening like R U OKAY BABE??

anyways... you’re sitting down on a stool in Angel’s Share, cheek resting on your palm watching diluc cleaning up the glasses and cups.

it was quiet, no customers were around, no hearing any gossips and rumours, just pure silence.

just you and diluc. you(and diluc) always cherished moments like this, no one in the tavern, hearing the crickets coming from outside, the dim lights, hearing the children’s mother call their children to come back into the house and of course the wind.

it was such a pleasant sound, along with feeling

the wind seeping through the opening of the door, it was a nice cold feeling.

alright now were getting off track.

so while diluc is fixing up the bottles of wine and placing the cups into their racks you clear your throat which catches diluc’s attention, he turns around and raises his eyebrow as if waiting for you to talk

(as you literally just cleared your throat which means you wanted to speak or say something...)

you look up at him and smile sheepishly, “can we go home now?”

diluc sighs and looks at his (non-existent) watch “suppose so.”

the walk back was quite nice actually, no uncomfortable silence or anything.

must’ve been how you kept on asking him out of pocket questions to ease the tension!

fast forward, you two reach each others home and you both sigh in relief, it was a long walk back.

diluc unlocked the house and stepped inside, you following right behind him.

taking of your shoes you and diluc went separate ways, diluc went to his room to do his work, supposedly writing letters and inviting special quests and so so.

you, immediately went to the shower. you felt extremely dirty with the clothes you were wearing, just a t-shirt and some pants(or whatever you desire) was enough to make you feel all sweaty and eugh.

taking a shower was one of the best things that has happened to you today. you always took a shower but one this felt different, no idea why though.

after the shower you dried yourself off and put your pjs on, walking out the room you walked over to where you and diluc slept, if you were thinking that diluc would be in bed, you were wrong.

the bed was still made, no person in it with the covers over them messily. you pouted while taking your slippers off, guess you’re going to sleep alone tonight.

plopping down on your bed dramatically you pulled the covers over your lower face, your heart ached. it has been the fourth time this week where diluc did not sleep with you, rather, he was doing his work, which is understandable but really? the fourth time?

you switched the lamp off and closed your eyes, hoping that tomorrow morning you’ll feel someone's arm holding you in tightly, not letting you go.

after a few hours diluc finally finished all his work. he stood up from his chair and stretched, he stopped suddenly, it was quiet. diluc tried to listen to any sound, any voices of you but to no avail.

did she go to sleep already?

diluc opened the door, stepping out of it he felt a gush of cold wind, he shuddered.

a warm shower would be nice now.

diluc walked up the stairs, going inside the room that you both share he finds your figure laying peacefully on the bed (snoring or not).

he softly smiles, walking over to you he kneels down to face your face, “im sorry y/n. please forgive me.” he whispers before kissing you on your forehead.

diluc gets up and walks over to your shared wardrobe and gets out his pjs, but before he leaves he quickly kneels down again and kisses you on the lips. “love you.”

after closing the door he makes his way to the shower and does his thing.

once done showering he makes to slowly and as quietly as he could, walk over to your shared bedroom, opening the door slowly he steps inside and makes his way over to the bed.

he stops to admire your sleeping face, and then just goes to the other side, slips into bed and turns to face your back.

and he’s so disappointed that he can’t see your face but that’s okay.

he kisses your jaw and murmurs another “i love you” before wrapping an arm around you, pulling you closer to him.

and while falling asleep he has a smile on his face <3

(so many ily’s i swear he’s so cuteee :( )

anyways, in the morning you and diluc are eating breakfast on the table when adelinde knocks on the wall and comes into the room where she announces that someone was outside wanting to talk to you.

raising your eyebrow you put down your utensils and look at diluc who is also, raising an eyebrow.

you get up from your chair, you nod at adelinde as she escorts you towards the door, diluc was following your figure, curious of who this person was and why they wanted to meet you.

on your way out of the house, once at the door you find yourself facing an older woman, no older than 30.

she was holding a child, presumably hers

“hello, you called for me?” you asked, “yes! y/n right? i was wondering if you could take care of my precious c/n over here..” she murmurs while looking down, smiling at the child

your eyes follow hers, you wondered “why would she want me to look after her child? it’s not like i put up a poster or ad..”

she must’ve known what you were thinking because the second you looked up, she was staring right back at you

“well.. nobody would help me.. not even my own family. a few people told me to go find a person named y/n, you. of course! you don’t have to agree.. but it would such a miracle is you agreed!”

staring at the woman, you gulped.

without thinking you muttered a “sure” and the second you said that the woman placed the baby in your arms, waved at you and said goodbye.

just then diluc came up behind you and tapped you on your shoulder, before he could ask anything he spotted the baby in your arms.

adelinde moved out of the way and left

“uhh, so basically...” you start while bobbing the baby up and down as it started to choke on its sobs.

you told diluc the whole story and he’s just standing there, taking in the information your spilling out of your mouth

“well.. what do we do now?” he says

(timeskip cuz)

walking around the plaza was quite nice, everyone was eyeing you and diluc down like you two were husband and wife(not really a bad thing...)

you and diluc took turns holding the baby but the baby liked to be held by diluc as he (reluctantly) let the baby play with his hair

(AND MYGOSSHHH WAS IT SUCH A PRETTY SIGHT...>!!!)

but yes. people were looking at you and diluc and you were starting to feel uncomfortable due to all the stares you(and diluc) were earning.

diluc took notice of that and decided to go to a secluded place, well, a place where no people went really.

sitting down on the steps, you sighed heavily.

“would you like me to hold the baby?” “yes please.”

diluc carefully grabbed the baby from your arms and held it, once again letting the baby play and yank his hair

suddenly, a red clothed girl is suddenly in your sight

“klee?” you ask, standing up to see if it was really her

i mean, who are you kidding? who else would be a small little elf and wear a bright red dress? the one and only klee obvi!!

“klee is here!! i missed you so much y/n!! and-” before she could even run up to you and squeeze the living hell out of you she stops when noticing diluc.

“oh... maybe klee will just go now..” she says bitterly while turning around and proceeding to walk a couple steps before being stopped by you

“no klee- please, it’s just diluc and me! aaand a baby. would you like to see her?” you say while placing a hand on her shoulder, klee then turns around and happily replies with you “yes!”

running towards diluc(reluctantly, and with you urging her too), she points at the child in dilucs hand, diluc kneels down and shows her the child who is still playing with diluc’s hair.

klees eyes sparkled, klee must really like babies huh?

“eeee!” she shrieks and starts to pull the childs cheek, strangely she doesn’t cry.

you kneel down next to klee and smile, it was nice seeing her act so happy. well she was but only when she was bombing places or something related to that.

diluc was also a bit happy(he would never admit that though) as klee didn’t run away from him or give him the dirties, although she.. a little bit though!

anyways, the rest of the day was klee just talking to the child and trying to teach them how to “bomb lakes for fried fish” but obviously you and diluc don’t allow her.

but basically the whole day was you and diluc babysitting both klee and the child

and at the end of the day you two are tired as hell, you two chasing down klee, trying to prevent klee from starting any trouble or bombing any place.

i can just imagine you, holding the baby, and diluc running and reaching out to klee when she pulls out one of her bombs and prepares to throw it in a lake

(just tryna make you see some vivid images!! ykyk)

and klee just basically spent all of diluc’s mora on food. “y/n! can we get that pleaasee?? pretty please??” she asks while swaying side to side and giving you those cute, and darn adorable puppy dog eyes.

even when you and diluc are tired and your legs are both not working she’ll be dragging you to some place she found.

and of course you both didn’t mind(a bit), she was a child after all. adventurous, curious, all of those stuff.

but of course you had to care for the child too.

sometimes klee would offer to take care of them but you and diluc would always firmly say “no.”

she was too young and with her energetic-ness it could scare the child.

although you and diluc would feel bad when she said “no” slowly and sadly while turning away, sulking. but there was nothing you could do!

well.. maybe..

so you two decided to let her hold the child!! and she was, so so happy.

“i’ve always wanted a little sister!! she’s so cute!” she yelled excitedly when being handed the baby.

at the end of the day, you, diluc, the child and klee are all resting together in his house.

you and diluc are sitting down, your head on his shoulder while he’s holding the child, klee sitting in your lap and her hands holding the childs.

such a domestic sight <3

but really, babysitting both the child and klee was over all exhausting. the child crying and screaming when it didnt get fed at a specific time, klee dragging you and diluc to places and you two trying to stop her from releasing her bombs

while it was overwhelming, you two still enjoyed it at the end of the day.

(at the end the woman comes to pick up her child and thanks you two, giving you 1000 mora as a thank you gift. klee goes back to where ever she goes, and... by a miracle, klee says goodbye to diluc!! which is a start!! diluc is shocked when she says goodbye, first time ikik, and you just smile softly at him, kissing his cheek before going up to shower, with him snapping back to realty and him smiling like a mad man before coming up to get you. then they lived happily ever after.)

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another note: as i stated before, diluc’s part was kind of rushed as i really wanted to get this out and start on my (spoiler) christmas fic. i will start on my reqs and other fics i have in mind once i’ve finished with the christmas fic :) also new fandoms(if you can call them out) are coming out after this post so yea! stay tuned <3 and please enjoy this!

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Socket Wrench: Chapt. 3

Sooooo this chapter ended up being kinda lengthy ngl. Im REALLY tryna build that tension between DK and the reader but also make it kinda awkward cause they just met but they can't help but like take jabs and flirt back and forth with each other cause they've gotten a bit comfortable with one another. ANYWHO, enjoy! Maybe 3-4 more chapters after this annnnd then it shall be COMPLETE lol.

ALSO, Chapter 2 found here

ok, I'm done fr. enjoy :D

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Chapter 3: Blow dice, Kiss tires

“So we ambush them at the end of this road?” You question making sure you got all the details right as Peach nods sternly. 

The plan was to use the carts to try and get to Bowser before he even knew it and not only save Luigi but the Mushroom and Jungle Kingdoms from being attacked. If he was coming to the Princess he wasn't going to just stop there, he’d take over everything. The next step was to prepare, and quickly. Luckily, the garage wasn't too far, and based on what you’d learned from your last time being there, they could build their carts easily, and you'd be able to finish yours with that kind of tech. 

“Let's make moves then.” You hum, leading the way to the garage, DK close behind. 

There were a few things that needed to be addressed but you kept your mouth shut, trying not to think about how well this whole plan would play out. Worse comes to worse, you die here or even one of them gets hurt and the plan goes to shit. You sigh heavily, gaining even more of DK’s attention as if he wasn't burning holes into you every time he thought he could catch a glance at you while you walked. 

“You look tense,” He begins, following you to your bike once the garage is opened, trying to get you to break your silence. 

“I'm kind of freaking out, but it's fine.” You admit, trying to shake your nerves off as you place the tires onto the bike you crafted, the model and color of the rims contrasting nicely with the overall build.

“You're gonna be fine, just stick close to me, and no worries.”He offers, voice raised an octave

“With how you got your shit rocked earlier? I’ll take my chances.” You shoot back jokingly as he laughs sarcastically at the jab. 

“Very funny.” He responds, watching you work in awe. You moved so quickly yet so precisely. He had hardly noticed you placing the final details before hopping on and revving it. 

“Perfect.” You whisper out, jutting your head for him to come closer. 

“Kiss 'em.” You chuckle, motioning towards the tires. 

“What? Why?” He laughed back, trying to figure out where you were trying to go with this. 

“For luck, it's like blowing dice right?” You question, revving the engine again.

“I need all the luck I can get pretty boy. So how about this, you kiss my tire and I’ll kiss yours. Deal?” You joke, seeing him shake his head as you hop off the bike, a flustered look on his face. 

“I'm just messing with you, let me change and I'll be back to help with the rest of the karts.” You gulp, patting DK’s shoulder before heading off. 

He shakes his head, making his way to his own kart. Kiss the tires? Weird request but you did ask nicely. Though, he was more reeling over you calling him ‘pretty boy’ more than anything. 

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Not much time had passed when you returned, a biking suit matching your motorcycle much like how the Princesses matched her own. Guess great minds thought alike. 

“Looks nice, yeah? You should take a picture, it'll last longer.” You hum, catching DK eyeballing you a little bit longer than usual. He smirks at your statement, watching you fix your boots.

 You pause for a moment, motioning for him to come closer, which he has absolutely no problem doing. Before he can even process what you were trying to do, your fingers are already adjusting his tie with a soft smile. 

“Now we both look nice.” You hum, driving forward and leaving him somewhat slack-jawed

It was about time for you all to leave, the bike and karts aline revving to prepare for the battle ahead. You sigh, rolling your bike next to the Princess as she smiles back at you, happy to have another woman on the team. Girlbossing alone gets exhausting after a bit. You rev your bike and dart out, eager to get to where you needed to as Peach follows next to you.

You hadn’t been able to ride a kart on your own yet, but damn did it feel nice speeding on these foreign roads, the wind blowing your braids back, the ponytail you once had discarded for your usual down look. You were so caught up in your own head you hadn't noticed Peach trying to get your attention.

“So, did they make you duel too?” She jokes, keeping up the conversation. You giggle in response

“Fortunately for me no, I wouldn't have won that fight. DK seems to know what he's doing. I just proved myself by working on the karts. It was fairly simple to understand.” You explain, a prideful look splayed over your features.

“I see. Soooo, that's why you two are on good terms, or maybe?” She side-eyes you, smirking but you quickly shut it down. 

“Oh stop! He just showed me around the kingdom and the garage…and we talked.” You explain, reminiscing over the eye contact and light touches. Hell, even the quick interaction from the garage. How stupid was that to ask him to ‘kiss the tires’ jesussssss. 

“Wait no! Listen, he's a prince and I'm some random girl from Brooklyn. Besides I mean I'm sure he's got plenty of fans drooling over him. Honestly, I don't know how to feel, he's such a dork.” You giggle, trying not to steal a glance at him and failing. Looks like a quiet conversation with Mario surprisingly. 

“Honestly, I wouldn't mind staying here with him. He may seem like a showoff, which is very true but he's a sweetheart under it all. I actually think he wants me to stay too.” You explain, that same hotness crawling up your spine and into your face.

It wasn't long before Mario drove up beside her, also striking up a conversation while you lean back and take his previous place next to DK. The silence seemed to drag on as you both looked at each other simultaneously, only to look away and clear your throat. There's definitely tension here, awkward, flirty, or otherwise and god was it suffocating. 

“How's it riding?” He chokes out, trying to cover up his embarrassment. 

“Oh, um it's perfect! I’ve never built my own bike before.” You giggle, adjusting the way you were sitting, catching his eyes again. 

“I'd hope so, otherwise that kiss was for nothing.” He quips, avoiding your gaze with that stupid boyish grin. 

He actually did it for you?

“You…really?” You sigh, heart beating out of your chest as your face feels as if it's gonna melt from how hot it is. 

“Yeah, I figured why not. The fact that you suggested it was cute.” He admits, seeing you tuck your bottom lip between your teeth. 

“Didn't think you’d take me seriously, I didn't even follow through with the deal.” You hum, finally gaining the courage to look at him

“I know, you can make it up to me later.” He chuckles, the statement laced with something suggestive.

You speed up, seeing the ramp come to an end, DK catching up behind you as you begin following down Rainbow Road. There wasn't much left to cover before you made it to your destination, and anxiety eats away at you.  It wasn't hard for DK to tell so he sped up just to catch up to you, wanting to keep you from isolating yourself. 

“The crease on your forehead is gonna be permanent if you keep looking like that.” DK jokes, poking the spot as you smile into the touch a bit, pulling away just before he could notice. 

“I know, I know. Just nervous.” You admit, a heavy sigh filling the air. 

“I get it. A lot has happened to you so far. Like I said, just stay close.” He hums, shooting you a smile you so desperately needed to see. 

You giggle a bit, shaking your head. 

“Hey, I got a question about that duel earlier.” You add, seeing his interest spike. He loves answering questions you had for him, and it seemed he was comfortable enough to ramble on and on about whatever the next topic led to. And you were happy to listen. 

“You have a theme song? That's actually hilarious, but kinda cute.” You joke, as his face seems to flush and he clears his throat. 

“I-I didn't think you were paying attention to that.” He admits, trying to avoid your teasing gaze. 

“Ohhhh I paid quite a lot of attention to your showing off, saw you flex, kiss your muscles, pop your pecs, and thrust the air back to back…You’re quite the showoff aren't you?” You taunt, a laugh escaping your throat. 

He’s cute when he’s embarrassed, hand gripping the wheel for dear life and he looks elsewhere.

“Ohhh don't get shy now. Your fans adored it, and I'll admit, watching you fight was pretty fun. You play dirty though.” You explain, noticing his once embarrassed expression warp into a flirty smile.

“First of all, I'm like, the most UN-SHY person you’ll ever meet. And second, you just admitted to liking the show, so I must be doing something right huh? I bet you liked me playing ‘dirty’ huh?” He bites back, watching you freeze up.  

It was your turn to be shy now. 

“Y-You… I never said-....shut up and drive boy.” You sputter, trying to hide the fact that you may or may not have exposed yourself. He laughs in response, shaking his head at how you could dish it out but not take it. Despite the moment being nice, something was wrong….If this Bowser was any kind of smart, he would have insight into your plan and come up with some kind of counterattack.

And sure enough, there was a brigade of soldiers from who you could only assume was Bowser. “It's an ambush!” Peach calls as you speed up on your bike, trying to figure out the best strategy. 

The rest of the army speeds up as well and war ensues upon the road ahead, shells and banana peels flying from either end, anyone bound to get caught in the crossfire. You dodge a red shell, using one of the other koopas as a projectile, tossing the shell over your shoulder and passing one to the princess. 

You managed to get separated from the main group, a gang of 4 hot on your tail as you try to lose them, slamming on your breaks as they speed past and you make a U-Turn, heading back to the group. 

The sound of screeching tired and angry shouting fills your ears all before a loud boom shakes the road, making you lose balance off your bike and fall off. The blast was looser than you expected, the wave sending you backward and leaving your ears ringing. The world spins as you try to regain balance, a sense of panic taking over as you hear Peach call for Mario and sure enough falling into the water below, was Mario and DK. 

Your feet move on their own, your books padding against the road as you try to dodge debris and dive in after them. DK was almost immediately knocked unconscious by a tire that had fallen, leaving you and Mario to swim after him to pull him back to the surface. You’re 

gasping for air, trying to catch your breath as you choke on the salty ocean water.

 “Find something to float on!” You cough out, grabbing onto whatever you could while DK chokes out the water he swallowed.

“You saved my life.” He huffs, more surprised that Mario did but grateful you helped as well.

"Yeah well, I won't tell anyone," Mario responds, hoping for a lil camaraderie.

"Good please don't," Gk responds, seeing you snicker and shake your head. The moment was unfortunately cut short as the three of you found yourselves scrambling to get away from an eel that was hellbent on swallowing you whole. 

-Meanwhile-

Peach speeds down the remainder of the road to get back to her kingdom. The plan had obviously failed and as far she knew, you Mario, and DK were as good as gone. The Kong army had been captured and scooped away to be held as prisoners by Bowser. There was almost no time to evacuate the kingdom but she was quick and concise in her decision, rushing any of her citizens to safety before preparing to face Bowser alone. 

The ground shook and trembled as his floating castle hovered overhead. It was now or never, if she could at least keep him occupied here and keep her subjects safe, she’d fight til the end. She was surrounded now with Toad by her side as she held her weapon defensively. 

-at the bottom of the FUCKING ocean-

You're pacing now, trying to see if this eel had an exit. Hell if it wasn't gonna open from the front your best bet was the back, but after walking for so long you figured there was no use. Your head is pounding and your clothes are soaked. It's dark and cold and you're trying to figure out how this whole ordeal would be explained to your dad when you never came home.

You sigh heavily, holding your head in your hands, peeling off the soaked biking jacket, and dropping it beside DK’s busted kart. Pausing for a moment, hearing footsteps approach you and of course, DK decides you look like you need some company. 

“How’re you holding up?” He asks, standing beside you as you sigh heavily and shake your head no.

“Why did you dive in after us? You could have gone with the princess to help her-”

“And leave you here to drown? Yeah right. I know it wasn't the smartest but it's like my body moved on its own.” You admit hands clenched at your sides. 

“I guess I've grown a lot more attached to you than I thought.” You hum, seeing his eyes soften at your frantic state. 

“Attached how?” He presses, hoping you'd be the first to confess the growing feelings in the pit of your stomach just so he could have a chance to confess and make it less awkward.

“I-...I don’t know, I just think we’ve grown closer as friends so far.” The word is bitter on your tongue and damn does your chest ache when his lips press in a line and he nods slowly. Ouch.

“Yeah, yeah totally me too.” He hisses out, rocking back and forth a bit to try and clear the tension.

“…”

“....”

“Any ideas? You huff out, forcing yourself to talk away from the situation despite feeling every bone in your body tell you not to. 

Bits of swallowed Rainbow Road illuminate the area as Mario shakes his head, nothing coming to mind. Your hands shake as you pace again, Mario and DK’s eyes following your panicked state. 

“Everything was going so well, I shouldn't have let you guys down there and separated from the group I-I could have done something.” You ramble, chest rising and falling quicker with every word you ramble. 

“Hey, it's not your fault…IT'S HIS!” DK points, Making the Italian furrow his brows. 

An argument was sure to ensue now, insults being thrown back and forth while you contemplate your existence. You tried to devise a plan but nothing was coming to mind. The sound of bickering was getting louder and it sure as hell wasn’t helping your situation. 

“At least you’ll die without your father thinking you’re a joke.” DK huffs, looking more defeated than anything. 

At the end of the day, he was probably acting how he did because he wanted his father's approval. You knew that feeling too well…Back home the only thing you wanted was for your dad to acknowledge how hard you work. You stopped eventually, realizing that you should be proud of yourself regardless of what he or others think. He settled for the same old 9-5 he hated and you followed your heart and dreams. If anything that was far more commendable. 

“My dad thinks I'm a joke too,” Mario confirms, the air thick for a moment as DK breathes heavily going to speak again. 

“Yeah well….YOUR DAD'S RIGHT!” He shoots back, making you pinch the bridge of your nose as they continue to bicker back and forth. 

“ALRIGHT GIRLS.” You interrupt, scowl present as they take the hint to stop. 

Arguing wasn't going to solve anything.

“We all have daddy issues, fantastic. Now can we figure out how to get out of here and prove them wrong?” You question, a brow raised as you look between the two of them. 

“There has to be a way out...it's not rocket science.” You chuckle, realization hitting you.

“Wait wait….your kart. Follow me!” You interrupt, booking it to the discharged kart with one lone rocket looking like a glimmering beacon of hope. The three of you share a look. 

Let's get this shit.

[konstya]

annnnd you're done. idk where youd work but maybe the pm if im in the pm(or the sheep? if we make it so that it was around the time it was still around)

((okqy maybe not the sheep thay just makes it skk))

ARGJHANRMAJFN I LOVE IT!!!! AND IM IN LOVE WITH YOU’nn’nnnk$:&/!;!!!!!

[greatprotector-if]

Hi! I'm the same dimples anon (the one that asked ab Galens dimples, not the one who suffered the tragic fate of mispelling the word in the ask XD) I've actually sent a few asks and your answers have always been amazing! It's great to see how well you connect and understand to your characters!!!

Annnnd I've been dying to ask since I saw the 'Ro's with a (badly) singing MC"- what about an MC who dances? Like since we're meant to be a guard I imagine we wouldn't really dance at balls or stuff?

But what ab when we think we're in private, alone near the castle walls at night, and theres music comng up from a tavern, and it starts raining (im thinking monsoon vibes) and it's like.. no one is gonna catch us, right?

And then the RO's do >:D

HELLO WELCOME BACK DIMPLES ANON!!! GRAHH I LOVE DANCING this is so cute

Kallias - They want in!! They sneak up on MC and start dancing with them. You're right, MC wouldn't really be able to dance at balls (much to Kallias' disappointment) and so Kallias would take this opportunity to give them the dance of their life.

Galen - There's something so mesmerizing about watching someone dance in the rain like no one else is watching. Galen feels their heart rate pick up. They feel awkward and a little bit creepy just watching, and they want to leave MC to their privacy, but they're also a little bit worried about them being out in this weather lol. They don't want them to catch a cold. They'd wait until MC's done and then they'd come over with an umbrella (not that it'd help much at this point) and tell them to get inside, dry off, and get warm.

V - They hate being out in the rain. Really hate it. Some conflicting feelings crop up as they watch MC. They're a little bit enchanted? Just a little? But also they hate rain? But also they're kind of glad they came out because then they got to catch MC dancing? But also ew gross why do they feel that? They don't interrupt, but they watch for a little while, and their heart pangs.

[finstel]

hello im finley,fin

tw eyes bright colors !!!,

I have 2 Blogs called

morpheus-the-sandman,and 00-theguardians-00

my fav fandom : welcome home!!!

Idk what to add morebut thats all for now if you want you can ask me some random questions here about me and idk

Anyway heres my fursona ref wich isnt done yet there are coming more pages

Annnnd my wh sonas ref!

[arshem]

thank u @archonfurina for the tag + questions! this was a v fun way for me to secretly pass time at work <3

‧₊˚ ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚ soft ask game ‧₊˚ ˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚

01. a character you love.

Lee Gyu-Hyuk. i think about him every day. i listen to songs that make me think of him and make lil music videos in my head. he is... what can i even say ㅠㅠ very vague general non-spoiler spoilers, but everyone in Buried Stars Game ™ has their issues and Gyu-Hyuk is no exception, but he works so hard to take care of others and he's so kind and caring IT DRIVES ME CRAZY ACTUALLY hahahaha i am SO normal about him...

02. your favourite food from your culture.

i have been pondering this for days and i just dont know TT i dont want to act like because i'm from the US i have no culture but also it's hard for me to figure out what our cultural foods are. umm i guess i really like pumpkin pie? also pizza my beloved. i know pizza is not exactly an american thing but also. the way we do it is, so. i shall count it. pizza my beloved

03. what your dream apartment / room / house is like.

ooh okay. it's definitely gotten a bit smaller as i've gotten older, but it'd be nice to have more room than i've got now. not to go toooo wild but i'd love a 3 bed 2 bath single level house with a garage/shed and a porch?? with enough room for both me + my partner to have nice pc setups. also barely related but... i want a nice desk so bad 😭 my dad had one that's sitting unused in my mom's house and i dont have room for it at my apartment but it's so nice and sturdy and i journal a ton and would fucking LOVE to have an actually nice space to do it

04. your personal style or aesthetic.

tried thinking about this on my own and could NOT come up with an answer, so i asked my sisters for their input and i got "stinking cute" and "turbo punk with pop overtones" so take those how you will

05. a happy memory.

when i was a teenager, most thursdays i would go to a roller skating rink with a few friends. we'd skate for hours and pester the dj to play marina and the diamonds songs. then afterwards we'd go to the huge 24-hour grocery store across the street and buy ice cream and/or doughnuts and we'd sit in the car eating and talking for hours.

06. your favourite way(s) to spend time.

i am. such a homebody. i like doing all sorts of things but i honestly love just being at home with my partner and playing video games. oh. also i love eating. it is a hobby <3

07. story behind your url / title / quote / description / icon.

cryborgs i believe kinda came from VIXX's "Error" mv, not any type of direct reference, but just the vibe. my blog title is a slightly weirdly translated line from We Best Love, a bl drama that infected my brain for a while in 2021 (i still love it ok im not over it). i never know what to put in my description so i usually just put the media i'm currently watching/playing but also i dont update it so it's almost always wrong 💀 annnnd my icon is my beloved Han Do-Yoon from Buried Stars Game ™...... i love him.....

08. something that comforts you or brings you joy.

i dont watch it regularly anymore, but Running Man. regardless of what bad things are going on, i know i can turn on an old ep and be happy for 1.3 hours. it's gotten me through so much school stress, family issues, and general mental unwellness, it'll always have a place in my heart.

09. what you're looking forward to.

i started writing this a week ago and the thing i was looking forward to already passed soo um,. i really don't have anything too notable right now? i am looking forward to being done with my 6pm meeting -_-

10. something else that's important to you.

hmmmmmm i have this brain problem where sometimes i get pedantic about the meaning of words so right now i am like, "important" ?? what is it,,,, for somethign to be "important" .... anyways i think journaling is something that probably fits the bill? it's something i enjoy doing and i really like having a written record of things to look back on, and being able to see how i felt about things in the moment they were happening. i also journal about video games a lot and it's so fun to look back at the times Before big twists and reveals... ah my innocence...

[quietbluejay]

Ashes of Prospero 2

ah lukas i love this kind of cut as you'll know if you've ever read any of my writing huh you know i kind of want to see dreadwing and lukas interacting now lukas: I feel a 🎵 song 🎵 coming on!

He's got a point

also lmao Izzakar does have enough arrogance to match ye stereotypical eldar

ah, lukas tbh im not really charmed by the battle

is this a video game fight or something??

man imagine you've been stuck in a maze for 10k years after the space wolves attack you randomly and genocide your people and then you finally get out and there's more space wolves that immediately attack you

you know what au where it's iskander who gets stuck in his head with him or well, past!iskander, i think present!iskander would successfully nom his soul or something it'd be really nice if he had to confront the fact that the Prosperans and the TS were basically like a lot of the people the SW have gone to bat for in the intervening time

oooof

ah yep that's the TS isn't it

lukas providing us with comic relief

oh hahaha "psyber-raven" psyker/cyber

"valgar": go there lukas: into the portal?? "valgar": go there "so how'd you know it was a daemon" "it looked happy to see me"

izzakar has been getting more and more insulting the longer this has gone on i'm half expecting him to call njal a clod next this really has been his no-good very bad week just when you think everything's as bad as it can get it gets worse like 6 times in a row for him, rip

why are there birds i guess tzeentch

this is what the third time Njal has let Izzakar take the driver's seat? this get-along body is going pretty well

sadly there's only like 55 pages left in this book, so I think we only have time to get "enemies to uneasy allies" okay they found the time-lost space wolves

yeah

so Bjorn really was a surprise tool that helped us later

you forget to cherish it

rip Njal in all ways but physical he is getting a headache oh boy Lukas got captured by mini daemons and they're going to give him as a present to Magnus Njal: btw Fulgrim also went full daemon Izzakar: somehow that doesn't surprise me lmao Bulveye: what happened to the Imperium??? Njal: Horus. Horus happened Bulveye: oh dear i may have made a critical error annnd Izzakar is going back into his body aw he's planning on seeing if he can put together some other dudes also stuck in the maze and then going after the current TS

annnnd the penny drops

wait Bjorn's been around since then. You're saying he never explained this?

Bulveye: I may have done a whoopsie daisy and back to Lukas who gets to meet his jailers

oh no! how will lukas the trickster get out of this terrible predicament! find out next time!

(it cut away back to the other dudes) and now we return to Lukas who gets to meet the disco primarch!

lukas is straight up pulling this book into a different genre and i respect that

you know what would be an incredible crossover would be lazuli meeting lukas

unfortunately for lukas, he has incurable smartass disease lukas: well it's good to have goals (what he actually says lol)

so Magnus can't steal it because

instead of a second heart lukas has a grenade that's uh. that's something. okay this should not have worked magnus can see into his mind so it was just a random piece of parchment and lukas bluffed his way through this [press x to doubt] magnus was literally looking into his mind and reading his character to offer him stuff

and now back to the get-along duo

so Izzakar stays to close the portal from the inside

cop-out!

Njal can't deal with this and has to just stand there for a second

and i just have a little more to go but I hit image limit

[yerekanescio]

I think tumblr would appreciate my liveblogging so. I liveblog very sporadically I have lots of thoughts but also forget to talk a lot lol, either way Im just sharing random highlights of what i DID say. mmm I am currently on Turnabout Goodbyes, here’s random content from previous stuff:

Turnabout Sisters:

(I was unable to liveblog the entire rest of it but just know I felt insane and also Redd White is my favorite. I want to choke him out.)

Steel Samurai Case:

I had opinions.

Annnnd Turnabout Goodbyes, SO FAR IM NOT DONE don’t spoil mme

[dykeskeleton]

statz for 2day

ate a lil more to prep for a long fast since i haven’t done one in a while. had a cup of coffee w sweetener and oat milk (20) before i officially broke my fast at 19h with overnight oats (320) and half a banana (46), then a cup of green tea w sweetener and oat milk (13)

lunch was a mealprepped chicken caesar wrap (205) strawberries (30) grapes (54) and a strawberry monster ultra (10) and then i had to work

once i was done w work i had a mealprepped beef and broccoli bowl (312) and a coke zero which im still sipping on. i should’ve had one of my lower cal options but i really didn’t feel like having salad or chicken again :’(

then i made myself a lil dessert with strawberry halo top (90) more strawberries (10) and choco sauce (24) which was super yummy, ive been kinda obsessed w strawbs lately idk if it’s bc of valentine’s day coming up so my entire ig feed is choco covered strawberry recipes

total cals was 1134- kinda wanna go work out but idk yet…i’m sleepy and cold and kinda just wanna hang out on the couch tonight but we’ll see

annnnd i just started my 32 hour fast!! it will probably be closer to 40 hours since 32hrs from now will be midnight lol but just in case i wanted to set it a little lower. tbh im really excited for it

[charbles]

good afternoon, everyone! :]

plans today include trying to get through the requests in my inbox, annnnd POTENTIALLY new vanny and malhare art

im hoping to get at least 3 requests done today, thats my goal!

anyway! have a lovely day everyone!!!

[vixenday]

LEAFPOOL DESIGN!!!

this is my new leafpool design for the ask warrior jaypaw ask blog!! woah

she has the TNR ear cut!! hc that she got spayed, however it failed (which is a possible thing, only one of the tubes successfully tied).

as for others im working on, i have the body build sketch for the 4 leaders done!!

i want the different clans to have different sorts of body types (firestar is a former kittypet so hes just Round). thunderclan though tends to have longer fur, narrower ears, and furry, wide tails.

riverclan has strong hind legs for swiming, and lanky tails and front legs for dynamics. their paws are big both for swimming and catching fish. they have shorter fur than thunderclan (but longer than wind and shadowclan) because if youre swimming all of the time, youd freeze to death getting out of a cold river with wet fur.

shadowclan is buff and muscular, and tends to have shorter fur (though blackstar is a lot more extreme than other shadowclan cats). they have either a more triangular or square shaped sort of build, and tend to have larger chests.

onestar, and windclan, has very long legs with small paws, long thin tails, narrow heads, and wide eyes and large ears. their chest and stomach is small and thin, and their fur tends to be spikey-er.

annnnd then a list of all the ones i have yet to do (im doing major characters first)

[kudzucataclysm]

27, 28, 4 for the weird writer ask meme

4 - What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

iiiiii have no idea :o i dont think i have that sort of perception towards lone words…

27 - Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

Francis by all means, but this is largely due to the fact that she is mean/problematic on purpose and she unfortunately just reacts in a way that is always trying to prove to whoever wants to try to connect to her that she SUCKS and that shes EVIL and NOT WORTH CARING ABOUT. she's purposefully molded this abrasive personality that repels others and its kinda difficult getting into her head specifically vv' but i'll have to admit that its an entertaining sort of brain exercise when it comes to writing her hehe

28 - Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

oooo this is hard…it's a toss up between desmond and azelfafage!!! dez becuz with his character im challenging that shittily done trope of 'too good for this world walking doormat' who just takes shit…dez eventually gets pushed to the breaking point in the story and his overall character arc throught arc 1 is pretty intense! like hes no longer taking shit from people but also the things he goes through doesnt change the fact that he's a kid who very much loves the world and wants to help people!! hes a good noodle annnnd other secret stuff i cant divulge yet! i just have sm fun writing this kid :3

now azel is a different ball game cuz he's the type of villain who just…is evil becuz he CAN be. like pffft his backstory isnt all that sad (basic neglect. you dont lock sociopathic sibling-eating babies in a room for a vast majority of their relatively short baby-hoods) but he just does the shit he does cuz he knows he has the power and lack of empathy to do so. its just on a whim and to me thats FUN! like screw sob-worthy backstories for the villain in this case, azel's a megalomaniac and enjoys doing bad shit to humankind and to me, thats kinda interesting to the point where i wanna dig deeper into his character even more :D