#anyway you can unlock more heads but they also barely have any customization and also they belong to actual named NPCs
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Anyway while I'm talking about it (relatively speaking), I got a bone to pick with No Man's Sky's character customization. For the Traveller race, specifically. You start off with 7 distinct heads, with little further customization beyond getting to pick the color (and, on some of them, the eye type). And, looking at those 7 (in the top row), you can clearly see shared traits.
But then the random spawning Travellers in the bottom row use different heads, mashed together from those same bits and pieces, but in ways we as players don't get to do. Which, idk. I wish we got the same kind of customization as random one-off encounters. (these are grabbed from various screencaps across the Wiki and Reddit, don't have exact credits for each one)
#dark rambles#dark plays no man's sky#I know I've seen a screencap with the first head as base + the cat nose but I haven't been able to find it since#but like. that would be so cute. kitty cat.#anyway you can unlock more heads but they also barely have any customization and also they belong to actual named NPCs#which just makes me feel like a copycat of them tbh.#anyway the only part of the bottom row I haven't been able to find are those big ears but maybe Cathead and Deer have them behind their eye#ack editing on mobile to add that there are 3 more starter heads I excluded#bc they offer No further customization and don't get mixed with any other heads#I guess because all three are robotic/completely distinct
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Bide Thy Tongue || Alistair & Mercy
LOCATION: The Sugar Pot TIMING: Recent PARTIES: Alistair & Mercy (@disengagedspirit) SUMMARY: Mercy comes to Apologize, and Alistair gives her information.
It had been a while since Mercy had ventured out to Alistiar, but the way she had left things wasnât sitting well with her. Sure, her good Christian days were over considering she could no longer pray nor ask for forgiveness. But it wasnât for trying. No, instead, sheâd have to face the man, she felt like she had judged so harshly, in person, and apologize on her own. A hard thing she had come to find out when navigating life without a higher power to guide her.
So, once more, with the use of Magistra Google, Mercy found herself winding down the familiar path she had taken not so long ago hoping that Alistair would be present. And when she arrived, rather than entering on her own, she wrapped lightly on the door with her knuckles and lowered her head; hands now clasped in front of her and ready to admit her judgy ways and issue the man an apology.
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The days since the eclipse were bleeding into one another, and Alistairâs ability to differentiate night and day was getting harder as a result. Well, not that he couldnât tell, itâs that he just didnât care. So heâd not come in when the shop was open lately, and instead would show up at night to do the ordering and virtual inventory counts. It was inefficient, and Melody was getting annoyed, but at least he was getting his job done. He was typing away on the work laptop when someone knocked on the front of the shop.
Alistair frowned, all the lights were off except for the glow of the laptop in the back of the room. They knew he was closed. He let out a sigh, then headed for the front of the shop, Brutus getting up from his dog bed to lead the way for his owner. He unlocked the door and opened it a hair, enough to hear the person on the other side. âWhoâs there?â He asked, expression hardened and wary.
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Standing quietly, Mercy waited, until she heard the sounds of footsteps followed by seeing Alistair coming to the door. When he had unlocked it and barely pushed it forward, much like she did when people would visit Caleb, Mercy stepped back slightly and took in a slow, quivering breath, âTis I. Mercy Williams. I have come to apologize for my previous actions, when you were only trying to show me kindness. May I enter your place of business?â
Mercy would respect whatever his wishes were. She wasnât there to judge, only to apologize. But she also wasnât there to beg. Something, even in her former life she had rarely been known to do. She had simply wanted to sit down with him and explain herself and allow him to further explain himself. He had given her a chance, and she knew second chances were only, but by the grace of the bestower.
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When the voice sounded out, Alistair recognized her immediately. When she spoke her name, he nodded his head slowly. Why was she here? She had every right to leave and never speak to him again, yet she did so anyway. He frowned as she spoke, apologizing and asking to enter. Alistair narrowed his gaze, suspicious for a moment. She was asking for entry, which confirmed some suspicions heâd previously had. âRight.â he replied before taking a step back to allow her to come in. âCome on in, then.â He muttered, ushering her inside with a wave of his hand.Â
âYou have no reason to want to be near me. In fact if you were to meet any other necromancer, I would advise you to stay away from them.â He told her as he closed the door to his shop, locking behind himself so no one else would come in outside business hours. âDonât want any customers at this hour,â he explained to her after the lock clicked.Â
âSo do you have questions or something?â He asked, awkwardly stood in the middle of his shop with a hand shoved in his pants pocket, the other wrapped around Brutusâs lead. âI can answer them, itâll give you an idea of what youâd be up against if you came into contact with a necromancer. If you have questions about what you are, Iâm not sure I have a good view on things. Better than learning from a prejudiced slayer, though I suppose.â he mused, brows furrowing before he walked back over to where his laptop was, sitting down in front of it. âCome, sit.âÂ
Mercy stepped inside upon his allowance. She had felt ashamed for her actions toward him. Upon her arrival in Wickedâs Rest, he had been the second person she had interacted with; Caleb being the first. And he warned her of the dangers that lurked around town, âI hath come to offer my apologies for how I treated thee. I must profess that is reason enough to want to be near thee.â
The vampire watched as Alistair locked up once more. Mercy knew it was inconsiderate to visit him at this hour. It was late and inappropriate to be visiting someone, when they had no proper warning of her intentions, but the times were different. She was different, and making an appearance during the daylight hour would have been nearly impossible for her, âThankee for accommodating my request at this late hour in the day.â She lowered her head.
Pondering his question and the inquiry of necromancers, Mercy thought for a moment. She wasnât sure what to ask him. All of this was still untouched territory for her, but she was here, and it would be rude to waste his time, âNay. If I am being truly honest, I only came to apologize, but I will not pass on the opportunity to learn more of theseâŠnecromancers.â She moved to the small table and took a seat across from him, âWhatever knowledge can be spared by thee, I would be grateful.â
As the woman stepped inside, Alistair frowned. She had no reason to return knowing what she did, no reason to want to come anywhere near him. âI understand why you reacted the way you did,â he responded plainly. âI could exert total control over you, you have every reason to fear me.â When she gave her true intentions, Alistair nodded slowly. âMost necromancers would keep their information to themselves, especially to an undead.â He spoke, sitting across from the woman with a curious expression on his face.Â
He let out a tired sigh, knowing that she had the right to know whatever he could tell her. âA simple spell can exert total control over you for a few minutes, a more complex spell can last days, even weeks if theyâre skilled enough and have the proper ingredients.â He crossed a leg over the other, keeping his hands clasped together. âIâve used such a spell before, I will be honest. One to save someone elseâs life, once to save my own.â He sighed, shaking his head. âYou have every right to be afraid, and you should be. I could kill you before you had time to register what was happening.â His tone was serious. âThere are other necromancers around, but I donât really know them. I donât like them.âÂ
He turned his head to the side, lost in thought for a moment. âI come from a powerful family of necromancers from the Scottish Highlands, we were trained to be the best. I was the best. But I didnât want it. I left Scotland, came to New York. I was tracked down. People donât like necromancers, and I understand why.â He shrugged his shoulders, turning his gaze back to the woman in front of him. âYou canât really defend yourself against a necromancer, you just have to pray that you can be faster than the spell they cast.â He explained in a serious manner, unseeing eyes fixed on hers.Â
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Mercy listened intently as he spoke and explained what necromancers could do, but with each passing moment, she could feel a pit of worry forming in her stomach. Growing up in a time of accusations that could result in a noose around your neck or worse had left Mercy fearful. Even after all the years she spent underground, but now, learning that there were people who could control her with magic and even end her undead life had worried her even more.
Alistair had been kind in her inquiry explaining himself and the things that were possible. Things that she might have doubted in another lifetime, but not here. Not now. She had already witnessed way too much in a short amount of time. This time period, more advanced in so many ways, had left her feeling lonelier than ever, despite having Caleb around, âI can only thank thee for being truthful when I understand such confessions could put thee at risk for divulging secret information. I shall heed thy warning. Have you any questions for me?â
The conversation the pair had previously shared had resulted in Mercy telling about her past, and though she had spilled quite a bit of useful information, Alistair did not seem as though he had intended on threatening her or her life. She did, afterall return back to his place of business to apologize, giving him the opportunity to harm her if he had pleased.Â
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It was in times like this that Alistair wished that they could see the expression on Mercyâs face. It was a lot for a person to take in. It was even more when said person could easily be under his control. âYou have every right to be afraid of me.â He told her, letting his head drop down a bit as he felt a pang of shame for what he was. âKnow that unless you actively tried to kill me or someone else, I wouldnât use it.â He held his hands up, showing he meant no harm. âBut I understand if this is knowledge youâd rather not have on me.â He scratched the back of his neck, feeling uncomfortable.Â
Then, Mercy asked if he had any questions for him. But if she wanted to tell him what life was like when she was from, then sheâd talk about it. It wasnât for Alistair to pry on. âCanât say that I do.â He spoke instead, giving a forced smile as he crossed one leg over the other, trying to appear relaxed instead of on edge. The last thing she needed was for a necromancer to lose their cool around her.Â
âIn truth, I know much about your kind. Your aversion to sunlight, namely your weaknesses.â He raised a brow as he looked back up at her with unseeing eyes. âThatâs how I was brought up. Know who Iâm able to control, who Iâm able to bring under my heel.â He turned away, a snarl on his lips. âThatâs what you have to worry about, the necromancers who act the way that they should. Not me. Theyâre out there, and theyâre dangerous, you understand me?â He really wanted to make that point known, thinking back to the time heâd controlled Zofia without so much as a thought. The time that heâd almost been killed by a bezkost, and that hunter had sounded disgusted with his actions. It was to save himself, why didnât people understand that?Â
He sighed, leaning back in his seat. âIf you feel a need to leave, I get it.â Alistair said instead, arms still crossed firmly over his chest. âYou donât need to force yourself to stay. Youâve apologized when you didnât need to. All I ask is that you be careful about whatâs out there.â
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Mercy was trying to wrap her head around the dangers of being around him, but she had been painted a limited picture of what witchcraft really was. And until she had found herself in the situation of feeding on blood to survive, Mercy hadnât truly believed that witches existed. The Salem Witch Trials had been a lot of false claims made by angry people. Political in nature. So it had been hard for her to believe the side of the innocent, when the accused were being unfairly executed at the hands of sinister men and women with their own personal motives; much like her ex-best friend had.
âThankee for the warning. I shall heed thy advice.â Mercy could tell that Alistair was uncomfortable. That he wasnât supposed to speak of such things around her, and the slight snarl she caught as he turned his head was sign enough that she should probably take her leave. He knew what she was and what she could do. Knew more about the abomination she had become than even more so than she did. But it did seem she had one more person on her side, even if it was a dangerous ally at best.
Standing up, she bowed her head once more, as if he could see her, âI shall take my leave then. I thank thee for thy time and understanding. Again my sincerest apologies for any offense taken by mine actions. Good day, Sir.â Mercy turned and quietly left the shop leaving nothing but the bell over the door to signal her exit.
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Alistair sat where he was for a long moment, trying to decipher the motive the girl would have for seeking him out. Of course, it was always important to know what could get you when you least expect it. Since when had they grown so soft towards the undead? Since when did they care what happened to them? Who was the cause, and why? Alistair got up from their seat and walked over to the door, locking it. They let out an annoyed sigh and walked back to their seat, what they were doing there at work in the first place long since forgotten.Â
âI need to stop giving them a pass,â they muttered to themselves, holding onto the crystal pendant they wore around their neck. Mercy was polite but naive. It would have been easy to snuff her out as plain as day. But they didnât do it. Just like they hadnât with Zofia. Something was deeply wrong with them, and it sunk into their core, festering. If their family ever found out what theyâd become, theyâd be done for. Alistair frowned at the thought, reminding themselves that as long as they were safe in Maine, the McKenzie family wouldnât come for them. They were safe, but for how long?
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Had a ton of fun last night playing the newest No Man's Sky expedition, Aquarius. Decided that since it was focused on their new fishing ability and items, this was clearly an expedition the shark-headed character I'd created during the previous expedition should undertake. Since I know one of the common rewards in expeditions is generally more inventory slots, I had him grab the pretty custom solar starship he'd put together but not done anything with yet. Threw what I could at in terms in additional storage space and technology before sending him into the expedition.
It didn't take very long to get him off the starter planet and into space, and hen on to the next star system, after which summoning the anomaly was unlocked. I'd put in enough time identifying all the fauna on a couple of planets for nanites that he was able to purchase his solar starship back right away; didn't bother getting his multitool, as it was just a barely-modified-yet Atlas Staff and he could just claim that for free again at the quicksilver vendor.
Still loving things like the new space station designs, which sometimes turn out spectacularly well. Also the new world flora/fauna items from the Worlds Part I update, which I'm always delighted to see.
The fishing expedition was fairly straightforward and reasonably fun; nice simple mechanics on how it all worked. The skiff is marginally disappointing - it's a static item rather than something movable like an exocraft, but at least it gives you a way to summon a (relatively) stable surface to fish from anywhere. I say relatively because it does pitch and yaw in strong seas; it was weirdly amusing to pull back into 3rd person view and watch my character sliding around on the deck as it moved. Also, while the skiff has a reasonably generous 60 slots of cold storage for your catch during the expedition, it has a measly 10 once you're finished. And that can only be accessed from the skiff; it doesn't cross-connect to, say, your nutrient processor. Have fun inventory juggling even more for any fish-based cooking!
One of the quests during the expedition required catching fish that can only be caught during storms. Also most of the goals required being out fishing for long enough that you'd have to live through multiple storms anyway, unless you were very lucky about which cold and/or hot planets you did those particular ones on. What I hit on doing, after I'd built my quest-required underwater base, was to build a small fishing hut structure that rose up above the water (thankfully the power hotspot I'd found to build the base at was right at the foot of a seamount that rose most of the way to the surface). You can stand in the hut and be considered indoors and out of any weather by the game, yet still be able to cast your line through an open archway into the water. I eventually realized it'd work even better with a bit of an overhang above the arch, so I could move right up to it and still be considered to be under a roof. Had a lot of fun building a couple of different shelters this way, the other on a hot planet perched on the edge of a tiny island overlooking a drop off to deep water.
Will I spend much time fishing in future? Eh. It doesn't really grip me. But it's nice to have the option, and does give me one more reason to build bases in or beside water. And one more feature to make sure my water-side bases incorporate.
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A Pirate's Life for Me

Cover Art Done By: @fridaydev-draws and @friday-dsv (Dreamsmp x reader) Pirate Au! Love Interests: C!Wilbur, C!Techno, C!Dream, C!Sapnap, C!Quackity, and C!Schlatt
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Salt burned your lungs as you tossed open your window with a loud bang, the seagulls perching on your flower boxes screeched in protest and flew from your window. âFucking sky rats get the fuck out of here you heathens!â You snarled out the window shaking your fist at the bothersome birds, the sounds of the ocean crashing on the shore filled your ears as well as the chatter of the dock workers. You let the breeze blow back your hair and you heard someone calling your name from down below.
âGood morning (Y/n)!â You glanced below you and grinned,
âMorning Eret!â They waved back enthusiastically their dress spilling around their ankles, a basket of fruit was balanced on his hip. âOpening early today? I'm sure your patrons would be happy to start their drunken stupor early,â She held a hand to his mouth snickering and you shot them a look.
âIf that gets more money in my pocket then so be it, I won't complain too much.â You shrugged, âWill I still see you later tonight?â
âAlways do dove, how can I resist a drink from my favorite bartender.â
âYou canât itâs my charm.â
âWill the both of you shut the fuck up!â Another manâs voice growled from another open window, âItâs too early for your bullshit.â You saw Eret click his tongue but smiled up at you despite the man's protests,
âIâm heading to the market anyway. These fruits wonât sell themselves, I'll see you later.â
âSee you soon!â You closed your windows once more, but not before urging your daisies to grow one last time. You tossed open the curtains allowing light to spill into your cozy home, a small carpet was in the middle of your room. It was a deep red and the pattern was made of gold yarn, aside from that everything in your residency was made of dark wood. Your shelves were littered with books and empty cups, and your old worn journal sat open on your desk. It was filled with childhood memories and you continued to write in it to this day, it was easier then, things were simple and everything was innocent and new to you. Now your days were filled with sea fairing idiots who liked to drink themselves stupid, but you could handle yourself, you always kept your father's dagger on your thigh at all times. Those who were frequent customers knew not to mess with you and those who were new learned their lesson within the first ten minutes of meeting you. You inherited the bar from your father, a kindhearted man who died a few years before today, leaving you with the bar and the dagger you had on your hip. You fished through your closet pulling out your clothes for the day, your dress was a gorgeous light coffee color and came down to your ankles. The bottom was flared and had dark brown panels on the sides, it faded inward to a light green then back to the coffee color. The corset around your waist was a dark brown with light green trim, you tied it tight with a small huff making sure your waist was sinched perfectly. The sleeves came down to your elbows allowing you to move your arms freely while making drinks. The top of the dress ended just below your collarbone, you strapped your dagger to your thigh before lacing up your knee-high black boots.
You thought back to your tavern downstairs, you were fortunate enough that you werenât running this entire operation yourself. You ended up hiring help and they were like family and you knew they saw you as such as well. Most of the girls didnât have a family of their own so you gave them room and board, also money, of course, you werenât a terrible boss! You opened the door to your room, you watched Cecil, the tavernâs mascot trot out of Juniperâs room. The border collie liked to switch up which rooms he stayed in protecting every one of your girls when you couldnât be there for them.
The first of your girls was Adelaide or Addie, she was one of the first to fall under your care. She was around your age, a motherly type, sheep hybrid, who cared for the girls, and always gave the drunk patrons with mommy issues a shoulder to cry on. Her long brown hair always hung down her back, she typically worked tables, served food and drinks, and always got a generous tip from patrons.
The next girl was Judas, a squid-enderman hybrid who was taller than you could ever wish to be, although intimidating you couldnât meet a kinder woman. A jack of all trades the woman helped out wherever she could, black-ish purple hair curled around her shoulders and some people came specifically to hear her sing. Her voice was like rich velvet and lured men and women in like a siren.
Juniper was after Judas, a demon hybrid who was naive but youâd be a fool to underestimate her. She worked beside you at the bar, she can make some mean fruity drinks, Eret always preferred her drinks over yours. Freckles adorned her face and shoulders, her light brown hair curled down to her middle back, purple horns sprouted from the top of her head. You wanted to adorn it with gold jewelry and you were saving up to gift some to her.
Yeti was a human woman like yourself, she didnât bother with those who were rude or obnoxious. She kept to herself only really talking when she was spoken to or when there was an opportunity to crack a rare joke. She typically stayed on the sidelines, out of the scenes and Yeti liked to help Judas decorate her sets.
Zig was a kind young adult, they got along with everyone who came inside the tavern. Soft emerald eyes drew people in, and they tried to make sure tensions within the bar didnât rise and start a fight. There would always be one or two thatâs just natural, but one look at Zig and his magic words and they seemed to disperse, not wanting to hurt the kidâs feelings.
Vendetta was the tallest member of the group you had taken in, she was stunningly beautiful and didn't take shit from anybody. She was a guard dog if you will, making sure no one fucked with any of the girls in your tavern. While Zig did their best to keep people under control sometimes they couldnât win. Thatâs when Ven would step in and âkindlyâ escort them off the premises with or without force.
The youngest member here was Luvena. She was a moo-bloom hybrid with soft brown hair that sprouted flowers, her cow ears would twitch when she was excited and followed Addie around like she was her daughter. Addie took her under her wing and was training her to be a perfect little waitress, absolutely warming customersâ hearts. Luvena also loved to give out flowers, she was a fan favorite bringing new life into the tavern.
Cecil barked seeing his mama and scampered over to you, you poured food into his bowl as Juniper wandered into the hallway. Her head rested on the doorframe as she gave you a tried wave, âMorning (Y/n).â
âMorning Juni, Weâre opening a little early today. Take your time Iâm not expecting a big rush of bar patrons this early.â You assured her and she gave a sleepy nod,
âIâll be down as soon as Venâs out of the shower.â She yawned, âThis beauty doesnât come naturally.â
âHardly darling youâre gorgeous just the way you are.â You reassured with a wink, Juniper flushed a little, happily laughing beside you.
âJust go wake the others will you, you flirt!â
Tossing your head back you gave a happy laugh heading down the hallway to make sure everyone was awake and ready to go for later. Addie and Luvena shared a room so she was in charge of waking up the youngest member of the tavern. Judas was already awake making breakfast for everyone when you headed downstairs, Zig was sitting on the counter beside her, they were the designated taste tester.
âGood morning Miss (Y/n)!â Zig chirped, the young adult hummed fondly, âSleep okay?â
âAbsolutely. What about you both? Thank you for making breakfast Judas.â You hummed fondly and Judas had a shy smile on her face.
âI slept well thank you.â Judas hummed softly, âAlso itâs my pleasure. Want to make sure everyoneâs healthy and alright.â She let out a little squeak as you wrapped your arms around her body, you barely came up to her chest,
âJudas please marry me,â You complained, âYour breakfast is always heavenly and you care for everyone. Please be my wife.â
â(Y/n)! Please.â She sputtered face turning a dark purple, Zig made a noise of protest and held his hand in the air.
âIf she wonât marry you I will!â
âZig! Iâd be honored!â
Their entire face lit up with excitement and they hopped off the table to hug you tightly, you hugged them back and pressed a fond kiss to the top of their head. âI got to open up the tavern, you mind setting the table for me Zig?â
âSure Miss!â
You sent Judas a kiss in the air which her face burned at, quickly going back to her cooking. You smiled eagerly and unlocked the door to the tavern, you shoved a bucket in front of the door to keep it open. The salty ocean air wafted through your nostrils and your eyes sparkled wondrously.
Today is going to be a good day.
Almost immediately a particular bastard caught your eye,
âYouâre here early.â You mused raising an eyebrow,
âHeard you were opening early today sweetcheeks,â His voice was a low baritone, rough from years of smoking and drinking. Horns curled around his fluffy ears that stood out against his gruff exterior, he was a ram hybrid at its finest. âFigured Iâd take the opportunity to get a special drink from my special girl,â He mused looking you up and down drinking in your figure. You scoffed at the retired man, he dressed like he was cosplaying captain jack sparrow, the gunâs in his belt just added to his costume and so did his large ruffled shirt, he was never one to forget his gold jewelry.
âWhereâs Quackity?â You ignored him sitting him at his usual table, he frowned but you knew he was taking it as an opportunity to stare at your ass. He slid into the stool and put his feet up on the table, his boots were muddy but you could only control him so much. He was too much of a regular to get scared off by your threats and scolding.
âHeâll be in at his normal time. Heâs not much of a day drinker, although canât say Iâm complaining. Having all your attention on me and all, considering Iâm the only one in here. That being said, Iâll have my usual sweetcheeks.â
âStop calling me that,â You scolded with a certain fondness that was reserved for the man. âYouâre lucky youâre my favorite regular Schlatt,â you gave his ears a fond pinch and he bleated. He sent you a scalding look as you walked away, although the look soon fell as he got a good look at your ass once again.
âIâm your only regular sugar tits!â
âSchlatt feet off the table.â Addie criticized whacking his boots with a rolled-up menu, he rolled his eyes but dropped his feet to the floor. âYou should know this by now, we go through this every day.â
âYeah, yeah little lamb Iâm on it. Judas here?â
âSheâs always here,â She huffed spreading the menu down on the table. âDo you want your usual or something different? Should I get Quackityâs drink ready too?â
âNah just stick with mine, for now, tell Judas Iâd like to see her.â
Addie clicked her tongue and placed her hand on her hip, âfine. But if youâre just going to grossly flirt with her as you do with (y/n), then keep it to yourself.â
âYouâre not the boss of me. Just because you look like an old hag-â The way she glared at him sent a chill down his spine, âshit babe take a joke will you.â
Eventually, people began to file into the tavern, as the morning faded into the afternoon and then into the evening. The tavern was bustling with life, Judasâs elegant voice traveled through the crowds and her voices seemed to float above the voices. Quackity joined Schlatt by his side seemingly irritated by a conversation they were having, Schlatt was about five drinks in at this point, which was much less than his usual, and Quackity on his second.
âWhat are they talking about?â Luvena asked swinging her legs as she sat on the bar beside you. Her moobloom ears twitching every so often as she tried to eavesdrop on their conversation,
âVena itâs impolite to eavesdrop.â You scolded bopping her on the head lightly, she whined and rubbed the top of her head.
âI wasnât!â She argued as you rolled your eyes, you looked over at the two men to find Quackity looking over at you. His hand was raised in the air, one finger was up summoning you to get him another drink.
âIâll be back, why donât you talk to Ven while Iâm gone. Sheâll keep an eye on you.â
âI donât need a babysitter!â
âGood thing she doesnât want to babysit your ass either, now shoo.â You motioned her to hop off the bar and she did so with a long, dramatic sigh. You looked over at Ven who gave you a silent nod, letting you know sheâd watch out for the youngest member of your band of misfits. Meanwhile, you grabbed Quackity another drink and walked over to the two men at the table, âSomeone order a drink?â
âAye! Mamacita! Fancy seeing you here.â Quackity purred a bright smile spreading across his face seeing that you were the one to deliver his drink,
âHey Big Q,â You greeted placing the drink in front of him, âYou doing okay?â
âBetter now that an angel walked into my sight,â He flirted and you rolled your eyes. âWhat? Itâs true! You always brighten my day you know? Ow!â Schlatt hit his ex-first mate over the head,
âTake a breath lover boy. Thanks for the drink sugar tits.â
âYouâre welcome, what were the both of you talking about if I may ask.â You hummed grabbing some of Schlattâs empty glasses, an uncharacteristic frown came over both their faces. âOh? Touchy subject?â
âDonât worry about it, sweetheart. Just dishing out some old problems, most of which are better left unsaid.â He aimed that statement at Quackity, his jaw seemed clenched and Quackityâs brow furrowed in annoyance.
âWell I just want to remind the both of you,â You passed the tray of empty glasses over to Addie as she walked by, she took them swiftly. You grabbed the side of both their heads and pressed them against your chest, not that you knew but both menâs flushed to the tips of their ears. âNo physical fights are allowed in this tavern. If one starts I wonât hesitate to kick your fucking asses. Got it?â They looked over your chest and locked eyes with one another, after years on the sea they could read one anotherâs facial expressions rather easily and at that moment they shared the same thought,
âThey should fight more often.â
âI said, got it?â
âYes maâam,â The repeated simultaneously as you pulled away,
âThatâs what I like to hear-â
â(Y/n)!â Vendettaâs velvety voice called out from behind you, you turned and saw a group of newcomers file into your bar. Your body tensed momentarily,
Pirates.
Schlatt turned his head to follow your gaze and he tensed from behind you, âfuck me.â He growled and Quackity raised an eyebrow at his captain, he turned to look over his shoulder and his face lit up.
âSapnap!â
The pirate who had a white bandana tied around his forehead glanced over at him and a smile lit up across his features. âQuackity? Is that you?â
âMy man!â He stood up from his chair heading over to wrap the man in a hug, âI havenât seen you in years, man.â You zoned out of their conversation eyes locking with a few of the other pirates who walked into the tavern. Vendetta and Addie both greeted them, but everyone who was under your care knew to keep their guard up around pirates. From what you could gather there seemed to be two crews, a crew of what only seemed to be two, Sapnap was included. The fire demon was still talking with Quackity, while the other man took in the view of the tavern, he had shaggy blonde hair, and had a few scars across his face. A porcelain mask sat on top of his head, a forest green cloak was around his shoulders, his hood was lowered around his neck. A sword was strapped tight against his hip and there was another dagger that seemed to be tucked against his side. His eyes gazed towards you and he winked teasingly with a coy smile, you scoffed looking over at Addie.
âSeat those two gentlemen yeah? Be careful, Iâll tell Ven and Yeti to keep an eye.â Addie looked at you, concern written on her soft features but she nodded. While Addie departed, you noticed Ven talking with the other group. Luvena was hiding behind Vendettaâs long legs, although a tall blonde boy seemed very keen on talking to her. You smoothed out your dress and moved towards the group of three, you eyed them up casually. The blonde looked to be around Luvenaâs age, he had a shit-eating grin on his face and his uniform matched that of the second tallest in the group. The second tallest was clad in a light blue jacket with large golden buttons on the red collar. He had a cream-frilled shirt underneath and a black belt holding up his brown slacks, those were tucked into black boots. On his back seemed to be a guitar and was the only one of them not holding a weapon, but you knew better than to assume with pirates. His curly brown hair seemed to bounce every time he talked, he seemed to be the ringleader but there was no doubt that the real ringleader was the hybrid standing beside him. He was taller, on par with Vendetta in height, he had long pink hair that was tied in a ponytail on top of his head. A few pieces framed his face elegantly, there was no doubt he was the captain of the little crew that was in your tavern. He had a white shirt on with a deep low cut âVâ it showed off a good portion of his scared chest, around his shoulders sat a deep red jacket but his arms were outside of it and crossed over his chest. He seemed content on letting his second in command do all the talking, his red eyes were the only ones to meet yours. His head tilted upwards and before Vendetta could stop him he walked over towards you,
âYou own the tavern?â His voice was a low monotone and it sent an array of pleasant chills up your spine.
âI do,â You raised an eyebrow crossing your arms over your chest, âNames (Y/n). You are?â
âCaptain Technoblade of the ship Odyssey, I was hoping you had a few rooms and a table available. My brothers and I are pretty exhausted, weâve been sailing all night.â
Brothers, they certainly didnât all look alike, but then again you certainly had a mix of girls in your care. Your tongue swiped against the top row of your teeth, âWhy donât you and your brothers take a seat at the bar for now. Juniper will be happy to serve you, Iâll see if we have some free rooms available.â
âThank you, once you return Iâll introduce them to you if youâd like,â Technoblade bowed his head before turning back to get his brotherâs attention.
âIâd like that thank you.â You gave a nod motioning for Vendetta to follow you as you slid behind the bar with Juniper, Judas had also taken a spot sitting on the bar. You figured youâd let her know as well, considering she was another adult figure in the group. You knew either Juniper or Judas would fill in Addie considering the three were close. âVen, can they be trusted?â
âNot too sure about the masked man, the one Quackity seems to be familiar with seems decent enough. Heâs a fire demon though, could smell him from miles away, we all just need to be cautious.â
âAgreed,â Juniper added tapping her finger on her chin. âWe should just try to curb all fighting if at all possible, what did the captain of the other group ask you?â
âThey want a room, Iâm about to check to see if we have availability. Thoughts on that?â
Judas let out a low hum her eyes followed both sets of pirate groups around the tavern, âI say if we have availability let them stay. They seem harmless so long as we donât mess with them, which weâd never do.â
âPlus I can always stay awake to keep an eye on them.â Vendetta tapped her nails against the table,
âYou sure.â
âAs if Iâd let anything happen to any of you, youâre my family.â
You all smiled softly, and you noticed Judasâs eyes widen, âZig! Get that out of your mouth this instant!â She shot up from her spot and over to the person in question. The three of you laughed fondly at the nonsense, meanwhile, Juniper saw the three brothers sit at her bar. She moved away from you to greet them, you immediately could tell she was taken with the second eldest brother.
He seemed to be an absolute lady killer.
Vendetta ruffled your hair before going back to stand at her place by the door to keep the peace. You headed up the stairs to the rafters to check on the extra rooms you had, âExcuse me?â You tensed visibly turning around to face the man in all green. His eyes were mesmerizing, a fierce jade green to contrast his cloak, âDo you happen to have two rooms available?â The man held up two fingers to clarify his request,
âDo you usually start introductions with a blatant request like that?â
He chuckled a smile spreading across his lips, âIâm Dream and you gorgeous?â
â(Y/n), itâs your lucky day Iâm about to check and see if any are available. My tavern is a hot commodity tonight.â
âWell, I can see why,â he spoke and you raised an eyebrow and tilted your head to the side.
âOh?â
âIt has the hottest owner around. Word spreads fast.â
You couldnât believe this man was making your cheeks burn, he chuckled softly taking a step towards your figure. âOh really, word spreads that fast on the open sea, Captian?â It was his turn to turn light pink, but he covered it up quickly with a chuckle.
âTouchĂ©.â
âIâll get on that room for you and your friend. Take a seat, for now, this part is for guests and staff only you know?â
âSo I have you all to myself?â He cheekily mused, he stepped towards you and before you knew it you were pinned against a wall. His hand suddenly brushed against your cheek, it was cold in comparison to your warm cheek. You felt Dreamâs thumb brush against your cheek slowly, âYou know...being on the open sea alone does something to a person.â
âOh, Iâm sure.â You mused pushing your forehead back against Dreamâs, âAll alone with only your crew with you.â Taking his other hand within your own you slid it up to your hip, you saw his entire face turn red as he stared down at your chest. âYouâre probably missing a little love in your life, arenât you Dreamy?â He nodded dumbly, his eyes still not leaving your chest,
Perfect. You werenât going to let some pirate boy get the better of you.
He let out a grunt of pain as you spun him around and pressed his head into the wall with your elbow, your other hand has his pinned behind his back. âThis hallway is for staff and guests only,â You purred in his ear before letting him go and swinging your hips before heading up the stairs fully. From behind you, Dreamâs face was a deep, dark red and he had to clear his throat. Dream wasnât going to let you go after that, I mean look at you, tough and able to hold your own, it awakened something inside him.
After checking up on the rooms you headed back down into the main hall, three-room keys in your hand. Glancing over at the scene in front of you, you saw Juniper dancing in the middle of the tavern the flirtatious brother at her side. Judas was sitting beside Schatt and Quackity at the bar, Addie was tending to Technoblade and the blonde at their little table. Dream and Sapnap were whispering to one another in the corner but still seemed to be enjoying the show. Vendetta was smiling softly by the door, beside her were Luvena and Zig both playing various instruments. You noticed Eret was also amongst the crowd, she had a brilliant grin on his face, it was flushed pink with alcohol and you smiled to yourself.
It was peaceful, and for a moment you forget half the patrons were scoundrels or pirates.
That was until the man dancing with Juniper locked eyes with you, his eyes lit up and he spun Juniper off into Addieâs arms. She giggled snuggling into the mother sheepâs arms, you heard a distressed âJuni! Iâm holding glasses!â Before your vision was overtaken by the handsome flirt.
âHello love,â He hummed, âMay I offer you a dance?â
You were about to refuse but you saw Yeti, who finally made her appearance as it was getting closer to Judasâs set, giving you a big thumbs up âIâd be honored.â You responded taking his hand within your own, he pulled you out onto the dance floor and you felt his other hand politely hover on the small of your back. He allowed you to lean into his touch as he began to elegantly spin you around the dance floor, you were almost embarrassed to say felt like a princess. âMaybe I could get your name?â You asked above the music, âSince it seems youâre my dance partner this evening?â
âWilbur Soot my love.â He hummed proudly, âThe first mate of the ship Odysseus at your service. Plus I play music on the side.â
âWell now you need to play for us,â Wilbur twirled you around in a circle,
âMaybe one day. If you give me your name?â
â(Y/n) (L/n).â
âBeautiful name for a beautiful woman.â
âI was right.â You commented biting the bottom of your lip trying not to smile,
âAbout what?â
âYou.â
âAh? Already talking about me I see? Is my manliness and gentlemanly qualities that renowned?â
âNot exactly.â He picked you up slightly and pulled you into a low dip, âI was right in thinking you a nothing but a flirty playboy.â Wilbur almost dropped you, you squawked grabbing onto his neck. He began to laugh as you clung to his chest,
âAlright love. You caught me red-handed.â
Wilbur set you on your feet hands on your lower back, you were pulled close to his chest. âCan I buy you a drink?â
âI get them for free hon. I own the place.â
âOh...oh.â He paled a little, âI didnât fuck up our chances of getting a room did I?â
âNah lucky for you and your brothers, I have you covered, same with your buddies over there.â You motioned to Dream and Quackityâs friend, Wilburâs face paled as he felt the chilled room key get placed in his palm. âWhatâs your little brotherâs name?â
âTommy.â
âTell them both we serve breakfast free from 7 am to 10 am.â He nodded as you walked past, Wilbur meanwhile turned to look at Technoblade. It seemed he had his red eyes on the couple the entire time they were dancing. He held up a room key, it was labeled 205; Technoblade nodded his head before leaning back and talking to Addie once more. âDream!â You called throwing a hand up into the air, instead of Dream, Sapnap looked up he nudged Dream with his elbow. The man was now wearing his mask, but at least you could tell he was looking at you,
âWell hello, darlinâ you must be (Y/n). Name's Sapnap. Dream told me about you, so you have good news for us I hope?â
âPleasure, I'm sure he told you all about me,â He nodded, his eyes taking in your body especially your ass. âGot you both a room key, your neighbors. Across from the other crew of pirates. Just donât fight and we wonât have any problems.â
âYou mean those jackasses are staying?â Sapnap complained loudly, looking over your shoulder at the other crew members.
âYou both didnât think you were the only patrons, did you? This is a business after all.â You, tossed the keys their way, Dream caught it with ease and Sapnap fumbled it only a little bit. After they were in their hands, you waved them off with a flutter of your palm you turned around to go speak with Judas about her set but before you could take a step you saw Schlatt stumbling up from his seat. âAh shit,â You knew what was about to happen, you werenât paying attention to the ram hybrid so who knew how many drinks in he was. You felt responsible, for a while you and Judas had been trying to help Schlatt with his addiction. You couldnât help but wonder what exactly set him off for him to get this drunk, Quackity caught him in his arms with a grumble. The man was a drunken mess, and as you approached you could hear his slurred speech and could practically smell the alcohol on his breath. âSchlatt,â You spoke carefully and as soon as you got close Schlatt detached himself from Quackity and lunged at you. His head was buried in his chest, he almost purred like he was very happy to be there, you rolled your eyes and ran your fingers through his hair. You were mindful of his horns but he seemed pretty eager for you to touch them,
â(Y/n).â He whined although it was muffled against your ample chest, âWhy do pirates have to fuck everything up?â
âWhat are you on about Schlatt? No one likes pirates.â
âTheyâre gonna take you away from me, sugar. Youâre my safe space, this tavern is my safe space.â You sighed listening to his drunken ramblings, you grabbed his horns and pulled him away from your chest.
âThis is my life Schlatt, Iâm not going anywhere trust me. Plus my family is here, they need me. So try not to worry okay?â You slicked back the hair on his forehead before planting a fond kiss there, everyone in the tavern narrowed their eyes at the scene. Even your girls were green with envy, at the sight of their lovely boss kissing someone who wasnât them. He leaned against your lips eyes fluttering closed,
âWell, well, well if it isnât Captian Schlatt? Or ex-captain if I remember correctly.â
âWhat?â
You turned your head and felt Schlattâs arms wrap around your waist and held you close to his chest. The touch was protective and you felt your heart skip a beat, why was he protecting you, and why did you actually feel protected?
âHas the drinking finally caught up to you? Or was it the fact that you lost your so-â
Was that Dream's voice?
âShut the fuck up.â He snarled and you were shoved behind him into Quackityâs arms, you felt less protected. âIâm not that person anymore and you fucking know that,â Vendetta came to stand beside the both of you a hand was placed on your shoulder protectively. You knew she was desperately wanted to step in and you held up a hand to stop her.
âThis isnât goodâŠâ Quackity murmured, âTheyâre going to fight. Schlattâs going to get himself fucking killed.â
âCalm yourself. We wonât let it get that far.â Ven grumbled eyeing you waiting for your signal. But you were lost in the conversation or argument, the two were having, you couldnât believe Schlatt was a pirate. He was so...he just didnât...he was a drunk okay? That didnât exactly shout feared pirate to you!
âOh, are you sure? I remember that look, thatâs the look youâd get before you stomped someoneâs lights out. No wonder your son disappeared under mysterious circumstances-â Dream was shoved against one of the poles holding up the building. He grunted and Schlattâs arm was pulled back ready to punch, but his arm was stopped by smaller hands,
âPardon me Mr. Schlatt but you know how we feel about fighting in our tavern.â Addie bubbled, she had a smile on her face but it wasnât kind, it was full of warning.
âGet the fuck off me, sheepie. This doesnât fucking concern you.â Schlatt shoved her away and as soon as his skin made contact with her body he made a sound of distress.
â(Y/n)...â Addie murmured quietly, your fatherâs dagger was embedded in Schlattâs arm,
âFucking hell you bitch!â He snarled baring his teeth, you glared at him twisting the dagger he yelled in agony.
âTouch one of my girls again and next time this dagger is going right into your back.â You ripped the dagger out, splattering the floor with blood. He grabbed his arm tightly and looked at you with slight betrayal in his yellow eyes. âI mean it Schlatt, Quackity take him home.â The man nodded looking at you longingly, he muttered a quiet âSorryâ before escorting him out of your tavern. âYou,â You glared harshly over at Dream, âGo to your room.â
âYouâre not my mother.â
âThen find another play to stay.â You spat, he turned away and you looked over at Addie, âAre you alright?â Your voice turned tender as you cupped her cheeks. She nuzzled against your palms and nodded her head,
âIâm fine. You didnât need to-â
âYes, I did. No one messes with you. With any of you on my watch.â
The sheep hybrid made a little sound as her bottom lip trembled, she wrapped you in a tight hug which you accepted without hesitance. Judas walked over next and wrapped you both in her arms, pretty soon you were surrounded by your girls and Zig.
All of them had the same mindset: comforting both you and Addie.
It was good to be loved.
Wilbur watched the scene curiously and glanced over at Technoblade who stood up from his chair.
âI think thatâs our cue to leave for the night.â He looked over at his first mate, Wilbur nodded in agreement grabbing his guitar from the chair beside Technoblade.
âThey...Techno were they talking about Tubbo.â Tommy whispered to his brother, his brow furrowing in concern as they all climbed the steps up to their room, âYou donât think-â
âIt just might be Tommy.â Technoblade tilted his head to the side, âGuess thatâll be something we ask him when we get back to the ship tomorrow.â
âWell, this trip is going to be way more fun than I thought.â Wilbur snickered lighting a cigarette, taking a long drag, before letting the smoke curl out of his mouth and up into the rafters. ~~~
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humans are space orcs (with magic!) *skillz to pay the billz pt 1*
5wow i have been gone for a hot minute but i think iâm gonna tryn write more on here, but schoolâs starting up again soon so weâll see how that actually goes. anyway, without further ado, here is another short story or sum, based on how some people can cook, and how some absolutely cannot
also i had to resist so hard from writing thatâs what she said at the end so i will have to console myself with writing it up here.
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The VIV Narrtor was docked at a WayCenter Station for repairs after a gamma burst from a neutron star had fried nearly all the sensors. As it was the humans had decided to designated this as their âvacationâ and had put their money together and were renting a small abode for the duration of the repairs. Not wanting to miss out on any possible research, Drerzii had insisted that he and Tygeria rent the room across the street from the humans.Â
And so Tygeria found herself the windowsill with a pair of âbinocularsâ as the humans called it, in her hand. Currently the humans werenât doing much, in fact it appeared that only one of them was up and active. Uhris, clad only in his undergarments, was in the sustenance preparation room, making ready the pot of dark, steaming liquid that the humans drank every morning. She and Drerzii had suspected it to be either some sort of religious ceremony or a necessity of their species, much like how the dular always had to eat from a plant native to their planet before they ate anything else or they would die. However, neither of them had mustered the courage to ask the humans. If it was indeed a private matter, it might not be appreciated if they suspected they were being studied so thoroughly. And an angry human was not something Tygeria wanted to see.Â
As she observed, the rest of the humans slowly arose from their slumber, except for Taurus. Being the largest of them all, Tygeria suspected that he likely needed more rest than the rest of them in order to move his mass around. She noted her thoughts on a holotablet.Â
When she resumed her observations, she noted that Uhris was preparing sustenance, and quite a large amount. He must be feeding the entire group. It was strange she thought, since his records didnât indicate that he had been trained in sustenance preparation, but he seemed quite adept in his actions. Perhaps he had trained in secret, hoping one day to be employed as a sustenance prepare. These âchefsâ apparently were quite coveted in any group.Â
The group spent most of the morning hours indoors, but what they were doing exactly Tygeria couldnât say exactly. They were certainly enjoying themselves at the very least. Around midday Uhris and Enara walked out of the building. Tygeria leaned forward, her interested piqued. âDrerzii, Drerzii! Theyâre headed this way.â Her carapace tingled with mixed fear and excitement. Theyâd been found out. Surely the humans would be angry at being spied on. Drerzii rose from his resting state.Â
âMy dear Tygeria, you surely must be mistaken. The humans-â He stopped as he peered out the window, âOh. Youâre quite right Tygeria. But do calm yourself, I doubt they mean us any harm. Likely their simply curious. Their speciesâ natural inclement is towards curiosity rather than violence; however, I suppose we should be prepared. There, I have a clear line of communication to command should anything happen.âÂ
Tygeria appreciated his actions, but her carapace still tingled. A minute later there was a knock on the door. She walked quickly across the room and opened the door. Uhris and Enara stood in the entryway.Â
Uhris switched his hand from scratching the back of his head to giving them a little wave. âUh hey. Anne pointed out that you guys were staying across the street from us, and we all agreed that we couldnât just let you guys stay here.â It was exactly as Tygeria feared, the humans were angry about being spied on. Drerziiâs flashing colors echoed her fear. âSo we- Drerzii you okay? Youâre putting on a whole light show my dude.â
âOh, yes, Iâm quite fine. For the time being at least.â
âErm, yeah, whatever that means. Anyway, weâre about to have lunch, so we wanted to know if you guys wanted to join us. We might do something later, but we havenât decided what yet.â
Tygeria lowered her head so it was on eye-level with the human. It didnât make much of a difference to her, what with her infrared vision, but apparently it was a human gesture. âYou donât intend us any harm?â
The two humans looked on in confusion. âN-no? I mean why would we want to hurt you? We just wanted to know if you wanted to eat with us, but if you donât thatâs fine too.â
Tygeria was taken aback. Did they not know? âBecause we were obs-â
âOf course we would be delighted to enjoy you for a meal. I unfortunately am unable to consume at the current moment, but I would be delighted to participate in your fellowship.â
âOh. Great, well you guys can head on over then. Enara and I are just going to get some groceries, but weâll be back in just a few minutes. The doorâs unlocked so just head right inâ
And so the humans headed off toward the provisions center of the station while Tygeria and Drerzii made their way to the humans rooms. Upon entering the room they were met with ferocious laughter. The terrifying sound of mirth coming from all three of the humans. Taurus, who apparently was in the middle of a story glanced over towards the door, his predatory eyes moving by pure instinct. He motioned with his hand. âCome on over guys, I was just telling them about when I managed to get a screw jammed up my nose.â It took a few minutes of recap for Tygeria and Drerzii to understand the situation, but it was incomprehnsible why the humans found it so funny.
Uhris and Enara arrived shortly after the story was finished. Both had bags filled with consumables in both hands. Taurus hooted from across the room âUwu, yâall look like a couple, walking in with your groceries.â
Uhris breathed heavily through his nose, what Tygeria believed was called a âsnort.â âIf I was Jason maybe weâd be a couple.â At that comment Jason started coughing and Enaraâs face grew red. Perhaps, Tygeria thought, this has something to do with them âlikingâ each other.
âAnyway, weâre going to get started on lunch. Yâall just sit tight. Also Tygeria you should be able to eat this, we got food thatâs edible for you too.â She clicked her thanks.
It was very considerate that the humans would use sustenance that she would be able to ingest as well. She was, however, concerned. Among her kind she was known to have rather specific preferences. However she couldnât risk offending the humans by not eating any sustenance they prepared. But as they worked in the kitchen, her olfactory senses began to tingle. The smells of whatever it was they were making piqued her curiosity. How could one prepare food so that it would have such a smell? Was this some form of communication between human. Perhaps it was just a byproduct of whatever processes they were using to prepare the sustenance.Â
She peered over to see both Uhris and Enara moving efficiently through the kitchen, handing each others utensils and ingredients as they worked. Occasionally one of them would take a small utensil and taste some of the sustenance, then make a small adjustment to the ratios of ingredients. Sometimes they would ask each others opinions or hand something off to the other. Tygeria was astonished at the ease with which they hurried through their movements. Uhris placed his creation in the heating unit and turned to the rest of them. âAlright, so this should take just a few minutes to bake, and then weâll be good to go.â
Taurus set out dishes for everyone to eat on, except for Drerzii, who had declined on account of his metabolic processes not being in service for the time being. Once Uhris had deemed the time to be right, he carefully pulled the sustenance from the heating chamber and placed it upon the table. Enara came from the kitchen and placed what she had prepared next to Uhrisâ. âJust wait for it to cool down and then go ahead and dig in.â
With a laugh Jason raised his hand, âSo what exactly is it that weâre eating.â
Uhris bared his teeth, then quickly changed his expression to be less frightening for Tygeria and Drerzii. âWhat we have here is a magherita flatbread, made completely by hand, with non-native ingredients. I subbed uthara for tomatoes for both the garnish and the sauce, and used tehari cream instead of cheese. And the crust is, actually I donât know what it is, it just said it could be substituted on my holotablet. But Enara, tell them what you made.â
âWhat we have here is a fruit salad, also made with ânon-nativeâ ingredients, as Uhri put it. And I put in some of the spices they had at the compound for some added flavor.â
Jason laughed, âSo basically weâre having alien pizza and alien fruit salad? This is really gonna be the test guys.â With that he took out the first section of the âflatbreadâ and took a bite. His eyes opened wide and he made a sound deep in his throat. With a mouth full of food he said, âOh yeah, thish ish the sh*t you guys.âÂ
What exactly that meant, Tygeria wasnât sure, but the rest of the humans began consuming the sustenance, and so Tygeria took one of the squares and took a bite of it herself. Her carapace tingled with delight. The flavors burst in her mouth, sweet and salty combining perfectly. She hummed with delight, this was beyond what she would have imagined the humans to be capable of. She then took a portion of the âfruit saladâ and ate some of that as well. It complimented the flatbread in a way that she didnât know was even possible. She quickly secured another few servings, making sure she would have enough for later on. She would have to savor the taste whenever she had the chance. But she couldnât help but to hum even more as she continued to feed on it.Â
âWell it looks like we have one very happy customer.â Uhri said.
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The rest of the day the group simply stayed indoors and talked about a myriad of subjects. Enaraâs skill in the kitchen had come about simply because she liked to cook as a past time. It was, as she said, âA pleasure to see my work put smiles on faces. And even better if I can make the food healthy.â Uhri had apparently worked in his familyâs business of making food for special events, something called catering, and had picked up his skills from his years helping around the kitchen. He volunteered to make another meal for dinner, but before he could start Anne stopped him.Â
She stepped into the kitchen and turned to him âItâs been a while since Iâve made anything for anyone else, but Iâd like to try to make something for you guys.â
Uhri shrugged, âKnock yourself out.â Tygeria was startled by this. Why would Anne hit herself so hard as to knock her unconscious? She was about to raise her concern when Uhri spoke, âI didnât mean it literally. Itâs a human saying, kind of like good luck, or go right ahead.âÂ
She hummed her acknowledgement, but was still confused as to why anyone would say this.Â
Taurus paused, âWait Anne, I didnât know you could cook.â
âWell I did live by myself for two years in college. And I got sick of instant ramen after the first semester, so I had to learn.âÂ
This made sense to Tygeria, humans apparently had to fend for themselves once they reached a certain age. Their parents would assist but for the most part they were on their own. Next to her Drerzii trumpeted with delight. âWhy, Tygeria I have been fastidiously taking notes of this whole occasion, and I would like to mull over them with you later. We can see what our thoughts are, but this entire time has been so enlightening.â
A few short minutes later Anne huffed out of the kitchen a steaming platter in her hands. The smell coming from it was just as strong as the one coming from the earlier dishes, but not quite so delectable in nature. Anne plopped it down in the middle of the table and introduced the dish. âItâs a bean casserole, or at least as close as I could get to one with what we have.â
Jason was again the first one to take a bite. He slowly pulled his utensil out of his mouth. Anne beamed, âSo, what do you think?â
Jason shook slightly, âItâs definitely something else. Youâve got a real flavor there Iâll tell you that.â He timidly placed another portion in his mouth, shutting his eyes as he did so.Â
The others began to eat, and had similar reactions. Slow, and usually taking a drink of water after every bite they had. It was a completely different reaction to what they had before. Before she could take a bite, Drerzii whispered in her ear, âTell me what it tastes like.âÂ
So she put a large portion on her plate, and another large portion in her mouth. If it was anything like the bliss she had tasted earlier she would have to start eating the humans food more often. Unfortunately, it was nothing like what she had eaten earlier. It was as if whatever the flavor was meant to be had become evil and was attacking her mouth. And the way it felt, it was incredibly dry, parching her mouth. She quickly grabbed a cup of water and downed it, trying to suppress the taste and texture. She turned to Drerzii and spoke quietly, not wanting to offend Anne, âItâs awful. I would not recommend trying it.â She looked back to see Anne staring directly at her. Her predatory hearing must have heard Tygeriaâs report.Â
âIs it actually that bad? I know I might have fudged some of the spices, but was it actually that bad?âÂ
Tygeria started to panic. How could she tell the human that it was possibly the worst thing she had ever tasted? Humans were easily offended when it came to things they made themselves. It wouldnât do for her to insult the food. But she could thing of no other honest alternative. Right as she was about to confirm, Taurus spoke. âTo be honest Anne, itâs not great. Itâs pretty dry and you overdid it with the flavoring. But trust me itâs not as bad as my grandmothers cooking. That was a culinary nightmare. I can at least eat this.âÂ
Anne nodded, liquid gathering at the bottoms of her eyes. Tygeria tilted her head, she had heard that liquid spilled from humans eyes when they got emotional, and the action even had a name. So she asked, âAre you going to cry?â
Instantly Anne stood straight, and shook her head. âThrow the food away. Iâll just go out and grab something pre-made.â With that she dashed out the door.Â
âDid I say something wrong?â
âI mean, yeah, you arenât really supposed to ask people if theyâre going to cry.â Taurus said, âBut at least we donât have to finish the food. God it was disgusting, I thought I was going to throw up.âÂ
Enara struck him on the shoulder. âDonât say that, she tried her best.â
âI mean am I wrong?â
Enara raised her hand as if to cuff him again, but slowly let her arm down. âNo, not really, it was pretty terrible. Iâm going to go find her, but letâs do try to cheer her up when she comes back.â And with that Enara rose and left the room. As soon as she had Uhris spat out a slimy, semi-chewed portion of the food. âThat shit was nasty, I couldnât bring myself to swallow.â
Tygeria wondered how any human could take the risk of attempting to prepare sustenance of the potential for disaster was this, this massacre of the tastebuds.
#HUMANS ARE WEIRD#humans and aliens#humans are space orcs#humans in space#humans are space australians#humans#space#Aliens#space story#humans are crazy
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Blueberry Muffins - Chapter 1a

*Warning Adult Content* Â
Awkward Encounter - Part 1 - Wren -
"Welcome, Alpha Kristen. We are honored to have you here," our Alpha said with a smile, walking next to the tall she-wolf.
Today we had a neighboring pack visiting. They were going to renew a treaty of alliance between our packs, especially since the current alphas would be stepping down soon. Along with them were Alpha Kristen's son and his soon-to-be Beta but the Beta wasn't around. I think I'd seen him at one point but he must've gone off somewhere else. Our Alpha's son and his future beta and gamma were with the group too. My eyes were immediately drawn to the Alpha's son. He was so handsome. Beautiful curly hair, tanned skin and bright brown eyes that always made me swoon a little.Â
He felt my eyes on him and turned his head briefly. He smiled at me, sending a wink. Since I'd given up on my mate, I decided to date anyone that I could. Erin's mate had unfortunately died before he could meet them. He'd felt the bond sever one day out of the blue. We'd been friends for a few years beforehand and I'd always found him attractive. A couple of months later, we decided to start dating. He was amazing. It had already been a year and I couldn't be happier. He was a very passionate man and fun to be around. I waved to him, deciding to head off to work now.Â
Since I couldn't become a warrior with my wolf form, I decided to open my own cafe. It did pretty well and I enjoyed the work, so at least I was happy with what I got. I knew my parents worried I was unhappy but I wasn't. Life dealt me a bad hand but I was making the best of it. They didn't have to worry but they did anyway. I wished I could reassure them. When I told them I was dating Erin, they'd been happy to know I wasn't lonely. They probably hoped Erin and I would mate. Since both of us were mate-less at the moment, we had already discussed mating anyway. It was rare to mate with someone other than your fated mate but we couldn't really do anything else.Â
A few minutes of walking took me to my cafe. I unlocked the doors, heading into the back to start making the items I'd sell today. I was starting late today but I'd prepared some of the recipes already so I could finish quickly today. I hummed to myself as I worked, hearing the door open again.
"Morning, boss," a voice chirped.
"Farah, I'm back here," I called back, hunched over some dough.
The young girl walked into the kitchen, a smile on her face.Â
"Need any help, boss man?" she asked me, heading over to grab an apron.
"No, I'm fine. Can you open up, though? And stock the display case, please. I have some finished items over there," I told her, pointing to a cooling shelf unit.
She quickly got to work, bouncing around. She was fresh out of high school but an extremely hard worker. She'd been a part-timer here before but she decided to come on full-time, thank goodness. I loved to have her around. I wasn't old or anything, barely twenty-three but she still made me feel more lively. Plus, she was one of my closest friends nowadays. She was an omega as well, so we kind of bonded over being the runts of the pack, so to speak.
An hour later we started to get customers, mostly regulars. Our pack made up most of the town we lived in. There were few humans, nor were there many visitors, so business was usually from people we knew well. I decided to man the counter after a little while, watching Farah go around and take orders. One of the part-timers also moved between the tables, while another full-time worker was in the back making sure food kept coming. It was a small business but it was home.
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itâs the thought that counts, tendĆ satori
1.6k words of fluff; gn!reader
synopsis: tendĆ doesnât understand the excitement surrounding valentineâs day until he decides to celebrate it with you.
notes: i havenât finished the manga but iâm making timeskip content :D thank u rissie (@sugas-cookie) for beta-ing mwah <3
TendĆâs come to learn that Valentineâs day brings waves of purchases made by eager youth preparing to confess their affections, frantic lovers whoâd completely forgotten about the occasion, and other last-minute shoppers looking for gifts to give their loved ones. This year is no different; the orders pile up so quickly he can barely keep up with them.
Heâs not complainingânot when his bills are getting paidâhe just doesnât understand why everyone lets themselves get carried away by the Valentine rush. At the root of it all, itâs blatant commercialism, another scheme by society to run your bank account dry through obligatory benevolence, so why play into it? Well, as long as it keeps him in business, he supposes heâll keep his critiques to himself.
âDonât you think youâre being a little cynical?â you say when he shares his thoughts, the gentle smile on your lips showing you mean no harm. âI think the idea behind Valentineâs day is charming.â
He brushes his thumb over your cheek, humming in response. âWhyâs that?â
âIsnât it sweet when someone puts time and effort into something just for you?â you gush. TendĆ watches your gaze turn dreamy as your mind wanders off into the clouds. âLike making chocolates for the person you like.â
âThatâs what I do for a living, darling.â
âYou like all of your customers?â
âOf course; they give me money, after all.â
You laugh, swatting his arm lightly. âI guess itâs hard to romanticize something you do as work.â
Youâre not wrong. At some point, itâs expected for your job to lose its magic, no matter how passionate you are about it in the beginning. Chocolate has long lost its allure to TendĆ, and now he spends day in and day out pouring it into molds and hurrying to shape it before it hardens beyond salvation. Itâs become a chore for him, and even just catching a whiff of a candy bar sends his brain into the stress of work mode.
âWhat do you think about when you make chocolate, Satori?â you ask, interrupting his thoughts.
âWhat an odd question,â he remarks, clicking his tongue like a fussy mother hen. âI think about what I have to do to make it look presentable, of course. And then I count down the minutes until I come home to you.â He beams, proud of his response.
But pride turns to dismay when he catches a glint of disappointment in your eyes. His expression falls as he pulls you closer. âWhatâs the matter?â
You shake your head. âNothing, nothing. Would you ever make me Valentineâs day chocolates?â
He tilts his head in surprise, then kisses your forehead. âIâd make you chocolate any day; all you have to do is ask.â
You seem to drop the matter, although he swears you sigh, âItâs not the same.â
He spends the next couple of days convincing himself heâd only imagined it, but something about your tone and attitude makes it stick in his brain. Whether youâd said it or not, there was clearly something behind your first question.
He asks you about it over dinner: âIs there a reason you want Valentine-themed chocolates in particular?â
âYouâve been thinking about that?â You laugh a little, surprised. âItâs not the Valentine theme I want; just the knowledge that youâre thinking of me on that day.â
He pesters you to elaborateâheâs always thinking of you, donât you know that?âbut you dodge his questions, leaving him in the dark once more.
Since you wonât give him any answers, heâll just look for them on his own.
He texts Ushijima that night: âWhy do you buy chocolate for the one you love?â
âBecause they like it,â comes the reply. Itâs simple, straightforward, but itâs not what heâs looking for.
He texts Semi the same question. The response is the length of a school essay, explaining the motivations of love in depths only a poet could reach, but itâs still not enough.
At work, your question echoes in his mind: What do you think about when you make chocolate, Satori?
What was he supposed to think about aside from the process? His customers?
He looks again at the order heâs making. Itâs one he expects every yearâit comes a week before Valentineâs, by a man whose wife adores chocolate covered strawberries. TendĆ remembers it not only because of its consistency, but also because itâs always preceded by an order by the aforementioned wife, who asks for milk chocolate filled with raspberry crĂ©me that her husband is so fond of.
He wonders why they order the same thing at the same time every year. Thereâs no surprise in it, so whatâs the point? Had he been in the husbandâs place and you in the wifeâs, heâd make sure to buy you something different every year, each present more extravagant than the last. Heâd make sure that youâd always have something to look forward to in your married life.
A cheery little tune takes form beneath his breath as he pictures a life with you: silver bands around your fingers, lazy mornings on your days off, walks along the Seine.
He sweeps the excess chocolate off the molds in one clean stroke, sighing dreamily. You would buy a bigger, better apartment once youâd saved up enough, or even move to a quiet little cottage in the countryside.
His thoughts wander through the clouds as he mindlessly flits from one project to the next, forgetting to count the hours until his duty for today is through.
Lately, some of TendĆâs usual customers have been dropping by to say the same thing: thereâs something different about his work these days. Itâs not negative; on the contrary, actually, the qualityâs spiked. But he canât figure out what heâs been doing differently for the life of him.
It weighs on his mind from the time he clocks in to when he clocks out. Heâs been using the same ingredients, the same equipment, so what was it?
His answer arrives in the form of the Chocolate Strawberry man, on the very eve of Valentineâs.
The man enthusiastically shakes Satoriâs hand and thanks Him for his work, his hands warm and clammy from excitement despite the biting Parisian air.
âMy wife would have liked to come along as well, but sheâs preoccupied with the baby,â the man explains. âShe wants you to know how much she enjoys your work, though. We look forward to it every year.â
âThen why not buy it off-season, when itâs cheaper?â TendĆ asks. The man looks surprised, prompting him to continue. âWith all due respect, you order the same thing every year, anyway, so why wait?â
The man laughs at the sincere look of curiosity in the chocolatierâs eyes, patting him on the shoulder, like a father to his son. âWhy wait until birthdays to buy a cake? Why wait until Christmas to exchange gifts and set up the tree? Itâs old advice, but itâs good: itâs always the thought that counts.â With one last pat on the back and an affectionate chuckle, the man wishes TendĆ a good nightââEnjoy tomorrow with your loved ones.â
The stores are packed with the usual extremely last minute rush on Valentineâs morning, and for the first time, TendĆ Satori is part of that crowd.
His arms are filled with the goodies heâd woken up early to buy: heavily discounted candies in tacky packages, a cheesy card, a bouquet, an offensively pink stuffed bear, crumpled foil balloons. (Heâd made chocolates for you too; those were waiting in the fridge at home.) If it was an authentic Valentineâs experience you wanted, he decided, then it was an authentic Valentineâs experience youâd get.
Heâd sent you out to pick up a cake across the city just before heâd left that morning, so the apartment is still empty when he returns. He checks his watchâonly half an hour at most until youâd come back. Setting the bear on the counter, he gives it a determined grin.
âThink I can set everything up in fifteen?â
Heâs just barely managed tying the balloons closed when he hears the knob on the front door jiggle as you unlock it.
âIâm home!â Your shoes thud to the floor, joined by TendĆâs footsteps as he hurries to help you with the cake. You thank him when he takes it out of your hands and leads you to the dining table while you chatter away. âBoy, did you see how many people are out there? Itâs like all of Paris decided to run their errands this morning. Itâs a miracle I got the cake here in one pieceâwhatâs all this?â
TendĆ grins, proudly motioning to his handiwork. The bouquet sits in the center of the table, surrounded by neatly arranged dishes of your favorite foods. The plush bear sits at the head, the card and candies tucked into its paws. Balloons reading âHappy Valentineâsâ are tied to your chairs, gently swaying to and fro in greeting.
âDo you like it?â he asks. âI figured you wanted to do something for Valentineâs, but all the restaurants are booked so I had to improviseââ
You cut him off with a kiss, and another, then another. âI love it! I love you and I loveââyou wave at the roomââall of this.â Another kiss to his cheek. âThank you for thinking of me, Satori.â
He laughs as you hug him, squeezing as tight as you can. He thinks back to the strawberry manâs remark, âItâs the thought that counts.â And maybe, just a little, heâs starting to understand that thereâs more to Valentineâs than business.
As you prepare the cake and gush over the bear, he pats the pocket of his jacket. The pretty little velvet box would have to wait until after lunch.
postscript: heyyy <3 i stopped writing for like three months srry LMAO but im back in business baby !! if i try hard enough and school stops kicking my ass maybe iâll start posting twice a month ahaha ... unless?
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Impossible
A/N: If you follow me on main you might know Iâve been obsessed with Impossible by Nothing But Thieves, so I tried to use it to write a fic. It definitely deserves a listen if you wanna have that playing in the background while you read. This is a best friends to lovers fic starting off a lil angsty but it ends well.
Word count: 4358
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Love it stings, and then it laughs
At every beat of my battered heart
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Something was wrong.
You couldnât tell what it was just yet, but the way Mat was texting you wasnât normal. He wanted to talk, he tried to keep the conversation going, but the texts were empty of content. It was so unlike Mat that you didnât realise how worried you were until you tasted blood in your mouth from the way you bit your lip.
He was a ray of sunshine and a dork, always throwing jokes around and acting like an idiot. Seeing Mat sad was a rare occurrence.
You didnât know what put him in that state but you guessed he needed something to distract himself, so you decided to call him.
âAlright, whatâs up with you?â You spoke as soon as Mat picked up the phone. There was a sigh on the other end of the line and a ruffling noise before you heard him.
âNothing,â He replied weakly, trying to hide a sniffle by putting the phone away from his face. You picked up on it anyway.
âMat?â Your voice softened and your heart squeezed. âAre you okay?â
âI donât know,â He admitted, unable to give you a better answer as he lay on his bed without moving, tears streaming down his cheeks.
You took it as a clear no. The only times Mat ever called you to cry were after hockey games he lost, and that was only if he was too far for you to be with him. Whenever he played at home you came to see him and stayed to celebrate or cheer him up depending on the outcome.
âWhere are you?â There was no need to ask if he needed you, the answer was obvious, you just had to ask where you had to go.
âHome,â
âIâm coming over, hold on, okay?â You slid into your sneakers as quick as you could, too rushed to undo the laces and put them on properly.
âOkay,â He whispered so low you barely heard him.
He went quiet on the phone and you hung up after promising him youâd be there in no time. You lived close enough to him that you could walk, driving was pointless unless you had a lot to carry. Mat had made you pick this apartment on purpose when you moved to New York, he argued that heâd be close if you ever needed anything, and you had never been more glad to be there.
He was your best friend in school when times were simpler, and he somehow remained your best friend when his hockey career began. Things were different with the distance, but you were the little bit of home he could stay attached to. He had been ecstatic to find out you were joining him in New York after your degree so that you could work on a masters.
Anthony had quickly become one of your best friends too, and you all got along well with Matâs girlfriend. Lena wasnât as part of the group as you thought she would be when you first met her, but you didnât mind it too much. You liked spending time with just Mat and Tito, she was nice but always calm and calculated. It didnât fit with the spontaneous crackhead energy you shared with the boys.
You often wondered why Mat always reached out to you rather than her. You could understand when he went to Tito, he understood him when it came to hockey and guy things you couldnât wrap your head around, but you spent endless nights questioning where you fit in the middle of that. Mat never let you feel left out, no matter how invested he was in his relationship he always made time for you.
âIâm here,â You called out when you unlocked the door. You had a spare key from the moment you arrived, officially because he needed someone to have it in case he got locked out, unofficially because he wanted you to be able to come over whenever you wanted. âHey,â You found him in his bedroom, dried tears on his cheeks as he looked at you with heartbreak written all over his face. âWhat happened?â
âLenaâs been cheating on me for four months,â Mat whispered, his eyes falling shut as he dug his teeth into his lip to stop himself from crying again. He had been rehearsing the words in his head since you called so that he could tell you, but they still tore at his heart.
âOh my god,â You sat on the edge of the bed and leaned over to engulf him in a hug. That at least explained why he called you. He needed comfort, and as sweet as Tito was he was also fiercely protective, you knew heâd go rip her apart if he found out now. Matâs chest shook with small sobs while one of his arms wrapped around you, clinging to you for dear life. âShit Mat, Iâm so sorry,â
âI was- I was just going to surprise her,â He cried against your shoulder, tears beginning to soak your shirt. âAnd I found them,â
âCome here,â You breathed out as you slid onto the bed more comfortably, letting Mat curl himself against you. You had held him while he cried before, but you had never seen him look that small. âYou deserve so much better,â
âI just-â He hiccuped. âI canât believe sheâs been doing this for so long,â
âI know⊠I donât even know what to say,â
âFour years,â His words were so choked you barely understood them. He was the most broken you had ever seen him and your heart fell apart for him. No one should have to go through that, but it angered you more than anything that someone as sweet as Mat had to be the one to suffer from it. âI trusted her,â
âI know you did,â You nodded, gently running your fingers through his hair in a way you hoped would soothe him. On some particularly quiet nights at home when you were drunk with no one but him and Tito he liked to rest his head in your lap to make you play with his hair. It wasnât something Lena really did for him, he had told you one day, but he never let himself be that close to you when people were around in case pictures circulated and she became unbelievably jealous again.
They had a fight about it once, and you wished you realised how horrible she was back then. She played it off on insecurities when it was pure misplaced jealousy, and you could now add hypocrisy to that. Mat was a good boyfriend, reassuring her and talking to you about it to make sure youâd know not to be too touchy when she was around.
It should have clicked in your head that she didnât belong with him at all when he was forced to hide his affection for you and any other woman in his life. Tito might have been a bit smarter than you about it, he never even tried to take a liking to her while you made efforts to get along with her for Matâs sake.
âI donât want to fall in love ever again.â He sniffled against your shoulder, only calming down for a second before his sobs became louder.
There was nothing you could do except hold him through the rest of the night.
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Somebody told me and I think theyâre right
There is a change on its way tonight
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It took a few months for Mat to feel better. He kept blaming himself, trying to find where he went wrong, and it took many pep talks from you to remind him that he was worth more than that. None of it was his fault, Lena was a heartless liar using him, and she didnât deserve all of the tears he shed over her.
Tito helped too, joining your efforts as soon as he found out. Between the both of you Mat got plenty of encouragement and love, it was at least enough for him to appear fine to everyone else around him. Only you and Tito got his late night phone calls and texts when he got in his head and began blaming himself for everything that ever went wrong in his life.
Girls were still flirting with him, some of them asking him out on dates, but he turned them all away without a care. You thought he might get into a bit of a fuckboy phase to take his mind off things, but even that didnât happen.
Neither you or Tito pushed it, he needed patience.
âYouâre in love with him,â Tito accused you one night. He was the only one still sitting at the table you had secured in the bar for the rest of the team and their significant others. There was enough space that everyone was standing and mingling around the room. You were practically filling the whole bar anyway, there werenât many other customers.
âThat obvious, uh?â You gave him a weak smile, glancing in Matâs direction.
âYouâve only been giving him all of your time and attention for the past year,â He shrugged. âI figured it out after I saw you turn down three dates the first month you were here,â
âNice catch, I barely had it figured out for myself then,â You admitted, taking a weight off your shoulders. You had never been able to confess your feelings for Mat to anyone before. It shouldnât have come as a surprise that Tito was the one to figure it out. âI just donât want him to know yet,â
âWhy not?â
âBecause heâs too scared to fall for anyone again, or I would have told him already,â You saw him down the rest of his drink and laugh loudly at something one of his friends said, and that sound alone made a smile appear on your lips.
âHe trusts you though,â Tito brought you back to the conversation. He had spent enough time with you to know, and he wished the two of you could see things as clearly as he did.
âNot to let himself love me as more than just a friend,â You sighed, your heart squeezing at the thought. âI know what heâs going through, well, not to that extent, but yeah, I know the kind of trust issues that come with it,â You had spent a long time getting over an ex who only cheated with a kiss, and you had barely been with him for six months back then. You could only imagine what it did to Mat to find out his girlfriend of four years lied to his face for four months straight.
âI honestly believe he already has feelings for you, he just wonât act on them just yet,â
âMaybe⊠Either way, all I can do is wait until he notices,â You could still give him time. You didnât blame him for keeping his distance, as much as it hurt you had seen the damage his last relationship had done to him and you were willing to wait. You couldnât see yourself falling for anyone else, Mat was the only one in your heart.
âMat might act like an idiot all the time but he pays attention to people, he knows how much you care about him,â Tito assured you. You didnât see it, but Mat was always looking at you and turning to you for everything. You were more than just his best friend and it was painfully obvious.
Mat wasnât doing it subconsciously either. He was all too aware of your feelings for him, and he fought with himself trying to repress his own for a long time.
You were his best friend back home, but ever since you came to New York you had become so much more than that. Even when his relationship still held up you were the person he shared everything with. You and Tito were his favorite people, he constantly hung out with you without realising what you truly meant to him. Tito was like a brother but it was different with you.
Accepting his feelings for you while getting over his ex was a lot to handle, but he eventually got there. There was only so much patience you could have, he was scared it would wear off before he grew the balls to jump in and tell you the truth.
He could see you sitting with Tito while he was out there drinking, and he couldnât help but walk over. There was no way for him to enjoy his night unless you did too.
âCome on, youâre missing out on all the fun,â He cheerfully grabbed your hand and pulled you up from the table, motioning for Tito to join.
âSomeoneâs drunk,â You chuckled when he wrapped an arm around you and pulled you into his chest. Drunk Mat was always extra needy.
âOnly a little,â He grinned down at you.
His loud laugh echoed through the room when you took the opportunity to tickle his sides, and he jumped away from you with a squeal. It was the most beautiful sound, one you had missed for a whole month when he never let himself be truly carefree.
âSee! This is why I can never bring you to work related stuff!â He tried to retaliate but you blocked his hands, wriggling around until he gave up and put his arm around your waist.
âWhy, because I always make sure we have a good time when weâre out?â You laughed at the memories of all the stupid things you had done together when he was supposed to act professional. Granted, trying to see which one of you could catch the most olives in their mouth while the other threw them hadnât been your smartest idea, but that dinner had been boring and the backlash had been worth it.
âMore like because he canât focus on shit if youâre around,â Tito muttered and you bit your lip in response, wondering if that was really the case. Mat was just Mat around you, but was he different when you werenât there?
âSomething like that,â The brown haired giant remained oblivious to his best friendâs words, too drunk and excited to notice. âBut now you need a drink!â
âIâm driving you home, dumbass,â You laughed and resisted his grip while he tried to drag you towards the bar.
âWe can uber!â Matâs face lit up like the idea made him a genius, and you had a hard time not turning into a puddle at the sight. He was so cute it was unfair.
âAnd leave my car here? I donât think so,â
âTito, help me,â Mat looked to his friend, puppy eyes at their finest, to convince him.
âI only had one beer, I can drive,â The man sighed, rolling his eyes at Matâs behaviour. It was the best compromise so that you wouldnât have to leave your car and Mat could get his way.
If he could anything that might finally get you two together heâd do it. He was sick of watching you like this when you should obviously be a couple. As stupid as it was, he hoped the alcohol would help you loosen up and get closer. Mat hadnât been with anyone in a long time and he was obviously lonely, there was a solid chance youâd at least be cuddling by the end of the night.
âYou donât have to,â You tried to ignore the hand that tugged on your arm, making sure Tito was okay with not drinking for the rest of the night. You promised youâd drive, you didnât want to ruin his fun.
âI donât really want to drink more, youâre good, go,â He gave you a gentle push, and a second later you were stumbling after Mat because he often forgot how strong his grip was.
âTwo shots of tequila and a rum and coke please,â He asked a little louder than he needed to, but the bartender clearly didnât mind. The guys tipped well when they were out, and since the whole team was filling the bar you knew the whole staff was happily making more money than on regular nights.
âYou really think you should be drinking tequila?â You laughed at his state, knowing he was only about to get worse. You didnât mind it, he was always closer when drunk, clinging to you like a baby, and there was nothing you craved more than his hugs.
âNope, thatâs all for you,â He handed a bill to the bartender to pay for the drinks. âYou need to catch up,â
âYouâre going to be the reason I die one of these days,â
âPromise Iâll make sure you get home in one piece,â His lips pressed against your temple and you melted into him. Heâd always make sure you were safe.
You didnât know what to do with the mixed signals you got from him. Tito was right, you were almost sure he had feelings for you, but you wondered if he would ever act on them or if he would only want to keep you as a friend. You could only have your hopes up for so long.
The shots were placed down in front of you before you could let yourself overthink things more, and you took both with a grimace under Matâs stare.
He was trying his best not to let himself ruin a potential relationship with you. He knew he loved you, but getting with you before he was ready would be a mistake. You were more than a rebound and you deserved to be treated right. Mat couldnât be the one for you until he fixed himself, but knowing that gave him the energy to be better. He let himself slip into the depth of the love he felt for you, allowing himself to fall a little further every day until he was so in love with you he knew he could never go back.
The night ended as predicted, you and Mat were so drunk you laughed constantly and could barely walk, Tito tried his best to be patient as he helped you both to the car.
âGuys,â He groaned as you stopped once again, doubling over into a fit of laughter at something he didnât understand. He was mostly amused but had to act serious for either of you to listen to him. âCome on, hop in,â
âThanks Tito,â You gave him a big hug while Mat opened the carâs door.
âYeah yeah,â He rubbed your back with a chuckle. âGet in there and hug Mat,â He guided you to the backseat where Mat already was, leaving the passenger seat empty.
âTito said I should hug you,â You leaned over to him and rested your head on his shoulder as you did so.
He only hummed in response, wrapping his arms around you while Tito started the car. It would be a short drive to Matâs place, and the three of you knew thereâd be no need to drive to yours. Titoâs car was at Matâs because you had picked them up there to come to the bar, so heâd be able to drive home and leave your car where youâd spend the night.
Getting up to Matâs apartment was surprisingly easy. Your energy had died down in the car and you were both just dying to get in bed. Tito had to fight a little to get you both to drink water while you complained you were hungry, so he promised to make you food if you both just went to bed.
âAlright, everyone comfy?â Tito had to stop himself from rolling his eyes when he found you settled under the covers together. Mat was shirtless and you were in one of his t-shirts, you couldnât look more like a couple. âHere,â He let you both sit up against the headboard before handing you plates.
âYouâre âe âestâ Mat dug in and spoke with his mouth half full of his sandwich. You nodded after him, looking up at the blue eyed man.
âDrink some more water before you fall asleep, okay?â He chuckled as he thought that soon enough all of your nights would look like this. You might have thought that Mat needed more time but Tito could see he didnât, he had already let himself fall for you, you just had to let it happen.
.
I could drown myself in someone like you
I could dive so deep I never come out
.
Dinner at Matâs was common, but a homemade dinner at Matâs wasnât. You didnât hide your surprise when you smelled chocolate brownies baking in the oven as you walked in on a Friday night. Mat rarely went through the trouble of making food himself when he could get it cooked by someone else who would know how to prepare it right.
He had texted you to come over early during the week, so you knew he had this planned and it wasnât just another spontaneous night youâd spend together.
âYou cooked?â You took a look at what was in the oven while he stood by the stove.
âUm, yeah,â He scratched the back of his head nervously, moving a pan off the heat while you smiled.
âIt smells good,â You reassured him and earned a relieved sigh. You had teased him about his cooking skills hundreds of times, but he really had tried tonight.
You sat with him like everything was normal although the dinner and bottle of red on the table told you it wasnât. Mat was a nervous wreck, glancing at the candles he had left unlit on a shelf because he knew itâd be too much to add them to the table.
You carried the conversation easily through the beginning of the meal, giving him some more time to say what he needed to. You could see he had something to get off his chest, but you didnât try to push it until dessert. You could barely believe he was serving you a homemade brownie with freshly cut strawberries and your favorite brand of vanilla ice cream.
He was slowly turning quiet, obviously thinking too hard.
âWhat is it?â You bumped your foot into his to get his attention.
Mat finally looked up from his dessert, taking a deep breath in before letting the words flow out.
âIâve fallen for you so damn hard,â He put his spoon down, looking at you with a slightly awkward smile. Mat was rarely shy around you, but there he was, knee bouncing under the table and running his hand through his hair too many times.
âThe feelingâs mutual,â You abandoned the rest of your dessert to focus on him with a soft smile. You thought youâd feel butterflies or excitement when it finally happened, but Matâs confession only brought warmth to you. It made you feel like everything was finally falling into place.
âI know,â He breathed out, reaching for your hand across the table. It wasnât the first time he held it, but it was the first time he let himself get amazed by how small it was in his. âI just⊠I thought it was impossible, I didnât want that again. But youâve got more patience than anyone else I know and⊠and you made it all possible,â
âI knew youâd need time to come around,â You ran your thumb over the back of his hand, looking straight into his eyes. Mat felt his heart melt at the sight, it was like you had known this would happen all along while he wondered if he was meant to be single for the rest of his life.
âI didnât think I would,â He honestly answered, knowing he could voice his insecurities around you without fear of being judged. You had been his rock this whole time, his steady while he was a mess. âAnd I probably wouldnât have if it wasnât for you. Youâve pulled me out of my head so many times, so thank you,â
âCome here,â You pushed your chair back and got up while Mat mirrored your movements.
He pulled you into a tight hug almost instantly, placing a soft kiss on top of your head while you rubbed soothing circles on his back. There wasnât a lot you needed to say once you were there, holding each other.
âI love you,â He gave you a gentle squeeze, the words floating in the air for less than a second before you replied.
âI love you too,â You pulled away to look at him, cupping his cheek and feeling him lean into your touch. âAnd I know how much it takes for you to say that, so thank you, for trusting me,â
âIâve always trusted you,â
The tip of his nose touched yours and you both smiled, letting your eyes fall shut before your lips finally met.
In all of the years you had known Mat you had never exchanged a kiss, not even during a dumb drinking game. You had only imagined this moment a million times, and now that it was finally happening you could barely think.
His lips were soft, the stubble growing on his face tickled your skin, and it all felt like perfection. Nothing could have ever prepared you for what itâd be like to kiss the person you were in love with.
âWow,â Mat whispered as he pulled away, his hands trembling slightly.
âYeah,â You chuckled before a frown appeared in your face. âHey,â You got him to look at you rather than his feet. âWhat are you so nervous for? Itâs just me,â
âSorry, Iâm, uh, all out of practice when it comes to that stuff,â He admitted, his hands coming to your waist to hold you.
âHow about we clean up and get on the couch so you can get practice again, mmh?â You kissed his cheek and instantly got a smile back on his face.
âThat sounds perfect.â
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! urgent! Hello Rachel Can I request just an comfort cuddling in bed scenario with Dazai? I'm so done with everything at the moment Everything is too much, the work , the school I'm so stressed out. My best friend (TW self-harm & suicidal thoughts/attempt?) told me she cut her self again and swallowed like 15 tablets..... I wouldn't say that it triggers me anymore but I'm feeling so bad because I don't know how to help her. đ
THE PERFECT ESCAPE.    genre. fluff, just pure fluff    synopsis. he strives to be everything you give to him.    word count. 1.4k    author notes. hi! iâm so sorry to hear that, i really hope that on your side that you can find comfort in this. my fluff isnât too good but i do hope it makes you feel at least a little better. and i know the overwhelming feeling all too well, if you ever need to vent/talk my dms are open okay, anony? <3
favourite book in one hand with the other twirling in his own brown locks, he hums a tune heâs made up in his head while his eyes gloss over the page heâs flipped to. itâs a book heâs read countless times and he already has the whole thing memorised by now.
still, heâs addicted.
one other thing heâs addicted to?
your love.
itâs been on the back of his head for a while now â what makes him so attracted to you? itâs different with you. how is it that someone like you, whoâs so simple to understand, so, in lack of better vocabulary, âlaymanâ, manages to pique his interest? he thinks of it all the time. everyone is normal in his mind, with the exception of ability users, of course, but then, why is it that only you manage to retain his interest?
more often than not, youâre the only thing that remains a constant in his mind, occupying a permanent spot in every thought that crosses it.
it had taken a while, but how is it that youâve managed to stop making him question how much he deserves every ounce of happiness youâve bestowed upon him? sure, people might find dazai osamu a remarkable man, one theyâd both fear yet crave as an ally. but the man in question finds you absolutely exceptional.
when he thinks of you he thinks of jovial footsteps skipping across the hardwood floors of your shared apartment. he thinks of cotton candy smiles accompanied with contagious laughter. he thinks of bright, alluring eyes brimming with determination. he associates you with the sun in winter, and how good the warmth feels against his skin. he associates you with the calm after the storm, the reward for every hardship heâs been put through.
which is why the moment he hears the keys jingling outside the door, his eyes shoot up, staring up ahead at nothing in particular; at the random dust motes floating through the air. something is off about the way you unlock the door. itâs you; thereâs no question about it, he can hear the familiar click-clack of your heels as they uncharacteristically trudge in, any of their usual mirth missing.
and when he watches you pass through the bedroom doors, flinging your purse harshly against the dresser, he knows heâs right. somethingâs happened with you â he can usually tell at one glance what it is, but today the possibilities find themselves all jumbled up in his mind, like information overload.
oh, that must be it, isnât it?
your habits are usually followed through each day, but not today. today you donât even make an effort to get a change of clothes first before heading for the bed (where dazaiâs usually already waiting before you get home). so now, dazai doesnât let you slump down onto the bed. he catches you before you hit the mattress, allowing your head to find purchase on the comfort of his chest.
just like a switch, instead of overflowing determination, tears start spilling from your eyes, dissolving into the cotton of dazaiâs plain white shirt; the one you got him as a moving-in-together present. he had felt bad about not getting you anything (he didnât even think it was a custom to, which you agreed, but you had just felt like you wanted to give him something). itâs very soft and comfortable, which is why he wears it almost everyday.
soft and comfortable â just like you.
now he wants to be that for you. to be the warmth that you envelop and let yourself go in. the safety amongst unknowns and the shelter from the storms. itâs hard considering heâs typically known for being the exact opposite â the one who stirs trouble instead of soothing anyone from it. but for you he tries, because youâre the only one alive capable of making him want to bring out the good in himself.
but he knows better than to ask you about it, he knows itâll just make you even more frustrated. besides, heâs smart enough to realise the âinformation overloadâ he felt earlier is the catalyst for your mood. dazai always knows, and in this moment it is no exception. he can hear from your suppressed sniffles and the subtle clenching of your jaw that youâre trying to hold it in, trying not to cry so much. now this, he doesnât understand why. do you not feel comfortable around him to let yourself go?
âcry as much as you need to, belladonna, iâll be here for you, all the way.â
youâre receptive to it, as he can tell by the way you clutch on to his shirt tightly, your nails bound to leave crescent-shaped indentations on your palms. you continue to pour your emotions out through your eyes, with dazai patiently waiting, one arm round your back and the other pulling locks of your hair away from your face.
he never once thought that he would ever associate tear-stained cheeks and humid heat with perfect, but thatâs what he thinks now. but no, thatâs inaccurate. he thinks the crab dishes you make and the way the sun hits your face is also second to none.
âhey,â dazai calls out your name, planting a kiss upon your eyelids before flashing you a confident grin, âwhatever it is, i know youâve got this, okay?â
in comes your self-deprecating laugh, a sign of your inherent doubt in your own abilities, or rather, the lack thereof. âi just feel like iâm screwing everything up and that everythingâs just piling one on top of the other andâŠâ
dazai lets you ramble on, lets you get that weight off your chest. doesnât interrupt you with pointless, empty sugar-coated consolations. instead he makes sure you tell him of every single thing thatâs bothering you now (of your own volition, because he never forces you to do anything youâre uncomfortable with). and when you finally fall silent save for the sound of your heavy breathing, he knows that there is something thatâs still stuck in the back of your head. something that surpasses the average problems that school and work proposes.
but he doesnât press. instead, you find him baring his soul. a different kind of comfort, the most effective one in your book, and itâs still comfort all the same.
âi think, despite everything iâve been through,â he lets his digits caress down from your temple to your chin, curving his index finger and tilting you upwards so he can look into your eyes as he tries to tell you of something important, âyouâre one of the strongest people iâve ever met.â
your mouth is slightly agape, as though you wanted to say something but you decide against it midway. dazai chuckles knowingly, âyou know iâll never say things i donât mean, belladonna ââ a peck on the lips, and he licks the saltiness away â ânever to you.â
everyone can remind you of how strong you are, but none of them will ever carry the weight that dazaiâs brings. with him you know he means it, you know heâs serious. because he never takes these things â or you, for that fact â lightly. and you canât seem to think of how good you must have been in your life to deserve someone like him; someone who knows to be patient and makes you an exception although heâs not one to be known for doing so.
you feel special, wanted, significant.
and he doesnât let up on it for the rest of the night. he leaves you for just a moment, so you take the chance to slip out into something more cosy. this means oversized sweaters and shorts. and you are pleasantly surprised when your boyfriend comes into the room armed with snacks and hot chocolate, which, in his head, represents a delectable heat to shelter through the storm.
he even has all your favourite movies and series lined up in a folder on your smart television, choosing one at random to start with while he lets you settle into his arms. all through the shows, he does subtle things like feed you a piece before feeding himself, and lightly squeezing your arm in a constant pattern (which you later learn on your own is morse for âi love youâ). itâs in these little things that surprisingly touch you the most.
itâs in how he doesnât â despite knowing many things â actually know how to be the least bit comforting yet he tries anyway, even to go so far as to act like he knows what heâs doing. it doesnât escape your notice. you know that dazai osamu is many things; a suicidal maniac, a feared enemy, a questionable lover (to others but never to you). but one sure thing is, to you, heâs a perfect escape.
heâs perfect.
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Itâs Okay || pjm
Pairing: Maine Coon!Hybrid!Jimin x Male!Reader
Request:Â hiii can i request a jimin x male reader fic? maybe an angst/comfort hybrid au where jimin is a homeless hybrid who escaped from his abuser owner and is now trying to survive in the streets. the reader would find him and try to help him, but since jimin is scared and doesnât trust humans, itâs a bit harder than he expected.. (iâd prefer a series but you can make it a one-shot or drabble or whatev boils your noodles lol) thank you in advance and have a nice day!
Summary: When walking down your normal road, you spy a long, fluffy tail. And when it connects to a bruised and bloodied up hybrid who immediately hisses at you, you find yourself trying everything in your power to bring him homeâŠ.even if you have to suffer a couple of scratches along the way.
Warnings: Angst, lots of angst, burning of the skin with cigarettes, mentions of starving from neglect/punishment, punching, slight mentions blood and cleaning the wound, night terrors
A/N: Wow, you were my first request! I am so sorry it took long. However, IÂ enjoyed writing this piece a lot so IÂ hope you enjoy it, too! If people like this so much, perhaps IÂ could make a second part (I already have one hybrid series Iâm planning on making so it might be too much to make this into a series :)) Also, forgive me if there are any mistakes!
Jimin hates being a hybrid. No, scratch that. He despises it. He despises himself. Because of his nature, heâs immediately treated with little to no respect by most humans in society. Heâs treated like heâs some type of scum on the bottom of their shoes.
Which isnât true at all but who will ever listen to him, right? He is just a mangy good for nothing hybrid, after all.
He despises humans. After all of this time observing them, after experiencing them first hand, he has deemed them greedy, selfish and just evil.
They are all evil.
Without his permission, tears well up in his eyes, and he hastily wipes them away out of habit in fear of being caught. He blinks and then dryly chuckles, looking down at his burnt scars that dotted his arms. Who is going to burn their cigarettes into his now dry and cracked skin? Who is going to punch their frustrations out on him again?
No one, right?
He escaped them.
He escaped them.
.
Sighing in relief and with a smile, you wave bye to the last customer that walks out of the coffee shop. Immediately, your smile drops.
âHoly hell, today was busier than a fucking highway,â you groan, shoulders drooping dramatically. You let the broom slide in your hand until only the tips of your fingers are barely holding it up.
âYeah, why do these people need all of this coffee on a Friday afternoon anyway?â Yoongi complains, dropping his head on the counter, his recently dyed mint hair covering his eyes. âItâs like theyâre addicted or something. Damn.â
âTakes one to know one, Yoongles,â you tease, holding the broom properly again and resuming sweeping.
Huffing at your joke, he stretches, popping several bones in the process (that you may or may not be worried about).âYeah but unlike them, I know my limits.â
âHah, funniest joke of the year. Yeah, right, dude.â
He reels back like he has touched fire and gasps. âWha-excuse me, mister but I know my limits.â
âNo, you really donât.âÂ
âYe-â
âYoongi-â you stop sweeping, putting your hand on your hip. â-you drank 5 cups of coffee in one sitting during exam week. And then, the next week, you kept chugging energy drinks like they were nothing so you could finish your âprecious songâ.â One by one, you start listing off all the times he has drank too much coffee and energy drinks. His body deflates with each jab at his pride until heâs crumbling in on himself.
Itâs a hot minute before any of you say anything, quietly cleaning up the shop so that you could finally go home.
âFuck off, pretty boy,â he finally says, middle finger in the air and face heating up.Â
You bark out a laugh. âSo you finally admit that Iâm pretty, huh? Jin owes me $5.â
âYou fucking-â
.
âDonât forget, 8 oâclock tonight, my apartment. Donât be late like last time, brat,â Yoongi scolds, adjusting his glasses. You throw your hands up, a cheeky smirk on your face.
âOf course. Wouldnât miss it for the world.â
You wave bye to your coworker as you exit the coffee shop. Humming to yourself, you begin your journey on your normal path to home. Mentally checking off your to-do list before you have to get ready for the annual hangout you and your friends have every week, you spot in the corner of your eye a fluffy, blonde blob. You turn your head, fully stopping and squinting.
âWhat the fuck?â you mutter to yourself, creeping up on the blob. It grows until it stops at aâŠ
âHoly shit!â You yell, quickly slapping your hand over your mouth in disbelief.
A hybrid. A cat hybrid, to be specific, is laying on the dirty and wet ground of the alley way. His eyes are closed, and you timidly squat down near him to examine him. Matted blonde hair sticks to his face with what you can only assume is sweat and dirt which is also smudging across his face. His lips are forming a pout and he moves a bit, making you jump back in surprise. When he stays still after, you continue your examination. His skin looks dry and his cheeks are sunken in. Trailing your eyes down his form, you notice how worn and ragged his clothes truly are. And how big they look on him. Your eyebrows furrow at his state. Someone did a beating on this poor guy.
He whimpers in his sleep and without thinking, you do something stupid. Something incredibly stupid.
You reach your hand out towards him, to pet him or give him comfort, not really controlling your urges to get close. And thatâs when you instantly regret it. His eyes snap open, and you yelp in pain as his claws swipe into your skin. Recoiling back, you immediately grasp your now bleeding arm, eyes glued to it. Three deep scratches litter your arm and blood starts to come to the surface.
Even if youâre the one that got scratched, you apologize.
âI-Iâm sorry,â you stammer, letting out a shuddering breath. âI shouldâve given you your space. Iâm sorry.â
âLeave me alone!â He hisses, shuffling far away from you. Growling, his entire body shakes as flashes upon flashes come back to him. Pupils reducing to slits and ears flattening against his head, he swipes at you again,Â
You mentally slap yourself in the face. Of course he would scratch you. You invaded his personal space and reminded him of his abusers. You scared him. You back up, giving the hybrid one last glance, guilt racking every bone in your body for scaring the hybrid before you walk away.Â
He doesnât meet your eyes.
-
You rush home, your makeshift bandage from the napkins in your pocket soaked in blood. He got you deep. But it wasnât his fault. It was yours.
âStupid, stupid, stupid,â you repeat to yourself. âHow could you be so fucking stupid?â
Someone holds the door open for you as you slide past them, muttering a quick thanks.
âHi, Mrs. Hags. Bye, Mrs. Hags,â you yell out to the landlady, rushing past people into the elevator of your complex.
âBye, dearie,â she calls out. âOdd fellow, he is. Isnât that right, Mr. Whiskers?â
Her cat only yawns in response and she immediately coos, getting right back to her knitting.
Stomping your foot impatiently, you give an awkward smile to the other tenants present in the elevator. They smile back, weird looks on their faces as they realize youâre holding your bleeding arm and you silently wish that the elevator would hurry the hell up. Sighing in relief as the elevators dings, you squeeze through the opening doors.
âOdd fellow,â One whispers out.
âYeah, very odd,â Another whispers back.
Fumbling with your keys to your door, you curse in frustration as you drop them. Picking them up, you unlock your door after what seemed like forever. Finally, practically throwing open your door, you race to your bathroom, not caring as your door slams behind you. Dropping everything, you quickly get the first aid kit out.
âFuck,â you hiss in pain as the alcohol seeps into your wound. Tears fall from your eyes from the burning sensation. âAh, Iâm melting, Iâm meltingâŠfuck, Iâm dumb.â
After 10 minutes of grueling pain, you look at your newly bandaged arm. That was so stupid of you. How could you just invade his space like that? As you focus on your arm, dumb thoughts running through your head, your phone rings, snapping you out of your thoughts. Fishing it out of your pocket, you groan again when you realize itâs Yoongi. You still had time to get there, two hours really, so why was he calling you?
âHello?âÂ
âY/N, wanted to let you know that Joon got the stomach bug so the hangout is cancelled. Hobi and I are taking care of him.â
You can hear groans of pain in the background and Hoseok teasing. âQuit being a baby, Joonie. Itâs a mere stomach bug.â
âFeels like Iâm dying, Hobi,â he groans dramatically.
âSounds like you have a handful, Yoongles,â you chuckle, putting up the alcohol and first aid kit.
âYeah, unfortunately.â
âOkay, thanks for telling me. I hope Joon gets better. I have some stuff to do so I have to go.â
âYeah, right. Bye, Y/N-Namjoon, did you just hit me with a pillow?â
You can hear Namjoon yelling âCuddles, now!â before Yoongi hangs up, eliciting a belly laugh out of you. How Yoongi and Hoseok put up with their boyfriend, you have no clue but more power to them. Staring back at your arm, you nod as you come up with a plan to win the hybrid over. Or at least apologize to him. You roll up your other sleeve, making your way over to your kitchen. Youâve got work to do.
-
Itâs a couple of hours later when Jimin finally retreats from his hidey hole to see a brown paper bag with a note attached to it. An amazing smell wafts through the air that makes his stomach growl in hunger. He slowly crawls forward, tail swishing in curiosity, and snatches the note from the bag.
Iâm sorry about today. Please enjoy your dinner.
P.S, I hear Maine Coons like this fish, assuming you are one. Enjoy :)
-Y/N (The guy who is really sorry about invading your personal space)
He hisses in disgust, shifting backward from the paper bag. The note flies from his grasp and lands in a puddle, immediately getting soaked from the dirty water. What if you poisoned it? Or laced it with something? Are you working forâŠher? Are you going to take him back? Itâs not like heâs never had the wonderful pleasure of starving before. She would make sure of that. He can deal with it. He has done it plenty of times, one more canât hurtâŠright?
He sits there, just glaring holes at the bag as rain drops hit him, trying so hard to ignore everything. The smell, the wonderful smell. He clenches his teeth so hard heâs afraid heâll break them as another sharp pain shoots through his stomach, accompanied by a familiar grumbling. He tries to ignore it. He tries to focus on something else. Perhaps the way his bones are shivering from the rain will do? No, that makes it worse. Makes him want whatever is in the bag even more. It seems warm. Warm enough to make him warm. He wants it. He needs it. So much.
Ignore it.
Ignore it.
Ignore. It.
But, a guy can only take so much.
The smell surrounding him in mockery and the nagging pain finally makes Jimin grab the bag, fishing out the food and digging in, without sparing it a second glance. Heâll worry about the consequences later.
He almost moans from the taste he thought he had forgotten long ago. The fish is still warm, kept in a container that keeps the temperature insulated and whatever soup you got (or made, he can care less) goes perfectly with it.
In a matter of minutes, the fish is finished, and Jimin is gulping down the remaining soup. He pulls back, licking his lips and sighs in satisfaction. His stomach is warm from the soup. Heâs not shivering that much from the rain anymore. He actually feelsâŠcozy and itâs incredibly weird to him. Something foreign almost. He places the bowl back into the bag and crawls back into his hiding place. Curling up, yawning, he thinks of you and quietly mumbles a thank you before falling fast asleep.
-
It is a couple of days later when you return, bandage wrapped around your arm. Jimin growls in annoyance and begrudgingly relief. You seem..okay from his scratch.
Stupid human canât follow a stupid task.
âI come bearing a peace offering,â you smile, holding out two bags.
Jiminâs eyes study the bags and then trail up your hand and to your arm. Annoyingly, in his opinion, guilt racks up. You notice his eyes glued to your arm and you wave your hand.
âDonât worry about. My friend Jin said it would be fine.â
You lock eyes for a mere second before heâs immediately spitting back, âLike I care.â
He averts his eyes, letting out a loud huff. You sit down, slowly sliding one bag towards him. He views the action from the corner of his eyes. What are you doing? He turns his head just a bit to get a better view and his eyes widen.
âWhat are you doing?â he practically screeches as you pull out your lunch for the day.
âTaking my lunch break. What else?â you tease, waving the take out container in your hand. âWould you care to join me?â
âNo.â
You shrug your shoulders and open your container. âSuit yourself, buddy.â
You begin eating and Jimin rolls his eyes, crossing his arms and looking away. Again, he repeats the same mantra from last time.
Ignore it.
His stomach rumbles and if you heard it, you make no move to comment and instead, continue to happily eat.Â
âWow, this chicken is to die for. Compliments to the chef,â you groan, giving a chefâs kiss. âSure you donât want any?â
He knows what your game is. Youâre just trying to rile him up to eat the food so that you can do whatever you want with him. No, not this time. It wonât work. After you leave, heâll throw the food away. He is sure of it.
âI am positive I donât want your shitty food,â he snaps.
You wince, putting a hand to your chest. âOuch buddy, that hurt.â
âNot your fucking buddy either,â he growls in annoyance.
âJust slash at my feelings, why donât yah?â
âGladly.â
That is his last and final word. You finish your lunch, taking one glance at the hybrid and leave. Jimin sits there and makes a move to throw out the food. He hesitantly reaches out but backs away. His eyebrows furrow at his dilemma. On one hand, should he waste food like that? That would be wrong of him. On another, did you poison the food this time? Can he really trust that you didnât?
He lasts a total of five minutes before heâs digging into the food. Maybe, just maybe, youâre a decent human. Just maybe.
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It takes you weeks to earn the still nameless hybridâs trust. Even then, it was only a small amount. At least you could sit closer together and talk about random things. Thatâs why it surprises you when he meekly asks if he can go with you this time.
You widen your eyes at his request. âWhat?âÂ
âWhen you leave, can I go with you? Y/N, please?â His ears are flattened against his head and his tail is curled around his waist.
âI donât even know your name-â
âJimin. Itâs um, Jimin.â He blurts out. He clears his throat, face flushed, eyes looking at every thing but you.
âJiminâŠâ you whisper, the name so foreign on your tongue. âPretty name. What made you want to come with me?â
âIâŠâ he didnât expect that question. âI donât know. You just seemâŠcomforting, I guess? I donât know, it was stupid. Iâm sorry-â
You cut him off. âShh, itâs not stupid. Iâm glad that I seem comforting to you. My answer is yes, you can come home with me.â
His eyes widen and itâs the first time you have ever seen him smile that wide before. You hope youâll see that smile even more in the future.
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âAnd this is your room!â You gesture with your arm. âI had to quickly clean it since I honestly didnât think you would come with me so forgive me if itâs still a bit dusty.â You walk in but he doesnât follow. You turn around towards him, cocking your head. âJimin?â
Jimin canât say anything. This is all for him? But, he didnât do anything to deserve it. He didnât please you. He didnât let you use him as a personal punching bag for your frustrations. This is a trick. It has to be. No one is this kind to a stranger, especially a hybrid. A hybrid who hurt you. For fuckâs sake, he scratched you. Yeah, he wanted to come home with you and yeah, he did say you were comforting but he expected that you would make him share the same room or something. He didnât know what to expect. Just not this.
âJimin?â Your soothing voice lures him out of his mess he calls his thoughts.
âI-I canât accept this room, Y/N.â
You mustâve pulled a face or something because Jimin is immediately tense, ready to dash right back out on to the streets.
âWhy?â is the only thing you ask.
âWhat?â
âWhy canât you accept the room?â
He wraps his arms around himself, his tail joining them. âNever had this before. This much kindness thrown at me. Expected to..pay you in return.â
âItâs yours now, Jimin. No payment needed.â
âWhy are you so kind to me?â
His question throws you off-guard and it takes you a minute to answer. You brush the lint off of his comforter. âBecause you deserve it. I can only assume youâve been through hell and back. Why not live the rest of your life peacefully?â
âThank you.â
With that, you smile and leave him be in his new room. A couple of hours later, he joins you for dinner. Whatever you made smells heavenly. Quietly sitting down, he watches as you put the pot on the table in between you two. The bowls are already set and you serve him first before serving yourself. He mutters a âthank youâ.
âDig in, Jimin. I hope youâll like it. New recipe Iâm trying out,â you hum, taking a spoon full of the stew and blowing on it. He waits until you take a bite first. You smile in satisfaction as the spicy fish stew came out perfectly. Just the right amount of spice. He shouldâve known better, really. You never wanted to hurt him in the first place but old habits die hard and he finds himself gauging your reaction to the food. You didnât trick him before, you didnât poison him at all, so why should this meal be different? Maybe itâs because heâs on your turf now. He waits and when he deems the food is safe enough to eat since you arenât spasming out of control from poison or getting sleepy from a sedative, he digs in.
Wow.
Youâre an amazing cook.
It doesnât take Jimin even 5 minutes to finish his bowl and your heart aches just a little at the mere thought of him being hungry ever again.Â
âMustâve been good?â You tease light-heartedly. Jimin nods, licking his lips clean. âWant a second bowl?â
His eyes widen at the aspect and you only take his bowl to fill it up again. Jimin wastes no time finishing the second one. He feels all warm, fuzzy even and he looks down at his stomach in confusion. This is a familiar feeling. A feeling he had on the day you two met. It takes him a good solid minute, weighing the pros and cons of asking you if you had made that soup. Would you think it was weird if he told you he had remembered the fuzzy feeling? Would you think it was weird if he told you that that was the only time he had ever felt close to home? Finally, he concludes that either way, he needs to know because he cannot stand the stupid curiosity thatâs nagging him.
âI..I have a question,â Jimin mumbles.
You nod, gulping down the remaining water from your cup. âShoot.â
He looks around the room as he hesitantly asks, âDid, did you..you know, that soup..â
âSoup? What soup?â
âYou know, that soup.â
âIâm not following, Jiminie?â
His face heats up at your nickname for him but you donât seem to realize that you even said it in the first place. He finally blurts out, âThe one that you gave me the first time we met! Did you cook it?â
âOh.âÂ
âI just,â he continues. âIt was the only time I ever felt..I donât know. Nevermind- itâs stupid.â
âYes.â
âWhat?â Did you actually think it was-
âYes, I made it. I wanted you to have a homemade meal. And I was apologizing to you so I thought it would be a bit more..special I guess.â
âThank you..â
You both clean the dishes, wash up and head to bed. Jimin is finally alone to just process everything. This could be a home for him. He lays down, relishing in the softness of the bed. He wraps himself with the comforter. It smells so nice and it feels so warm and so..homey. Yawning, he doesnât notice the smile creeping up on his face as he closes his eyes, sleep taking over.
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A couple of weeks have passed and having Jimin around is such a delight. Not having to come home to an empty apartment feels so much better. He helps you clean, he accompanies you when youâre watching something on the tv. He lets you ramble about your day at the coffee shop. It takes Jimin a while to grow used to being here. And not everything is so pleasant. Countless of times, Jimin has woken up from night terrors, from flashbacks of that place. And this time isnât any different.
Itâs around 4 in the morning when Jimin wakes up, his eyes flying open from the nightmare. Gasping for air, he looks around. Everything seems so hazy, so dark. All he can remember is him screaming for you.
Oh no, oh no, oh no. Youâre not going to give him away, right? Right?
You werenât anywhere in sight and he could feel himself panicking. He rapidly jumps up, trying to find the light switch or the curtains or something to give light. To give him hope that you hadnât sneakily sold him back to her. He trips over something and reaches out his hand, grasping a cloth and pulling it down with him. Moon light floods the room and he curls up, sobbing and shaking. His heart is racing and he silently begs for you to appear.
You jolt awake at the loud âthunkâ coming from somewhere in your apartment. You jump up, grabbing your baseball bat and tip toe out of your room. Hearing whimpers from Jiminâs room, you drop the bat and rush in.
âJimin, oh my god, are you okay?â you ask alarmed, freeing him. Heâs shaking all over, eyes closed and arms wrapped around himself.
âPlease tell me Iâm not there again. I donât wanna go back. Please, please please..â He repeatedly mumbles. âIâm a good boy. Iâll be a better boy, I promise. Please, just donât take me there.â
Without thinking, you wrap your arms around him, rocking him back and forth. âI promise on everything holy that I will never leave you. I will never let you go back there, Jimin.â
He sobs into your shoulder, gripping tightly at your t-shirt. His tail wraps around you, and you stroke his head.
âShh, Iâve got you. Youâre here, youâre home. Itâs okay, youâre safe. I promise,â you whisper. After a long time, Jimin grounds himself and he pulls back to see you, worry filling your eyes and tears at the brim of them.
âY/N,â he mumbles, diving right back into your arms. You only rub his back in soothing motions.
That was the first night ever that he had asked you to stay in his room.
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The next morning while youâre making a delicious breakfast for the both of you, he stalks into the kitchen. You hum a little at his presence, asking him if he is okay. He hums in agreement and stares at you. You, already used to him just staring at you, studying your movements, continue cooking. He walks up behind you, ears pinned back, arms opening up.
He back hugs you.
Youâre startled for a moment and it makes him hesitate to tighten his grip but when you donât move away, just slightly humming as you continue to cook, he smiles, ever so slightly, tautening his hold.
âYouâre the best thing that has ever happened to me,â he murmurs into your back, so quietly that you have a hard time hearing him. But you hear him. He buries his head into your back, inhaling your comforting scent. âThank you.â
Thatâs when you realize that the future for the both of you would be much brighter from here on.
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secret santa
pairing: ransom drysdale x f!reader
a/n: this is so self indulgent. SO SELF INDULGENT. more self indulgent than anyone will ever be able to comprehend. before u all read this, i want u to know it was originally supposed to be about training ransom at a job, but then i realized that i nothing about 1. working at a coffee shop and 2. training an employee. also, i am the worst at writing dialogue. so i didnât write a lot of dialogue LMAO enjoy :)
also, half of this was written at 1 am. just a warning
warnings: coffee shop au, enemies (kinda) to lovers, a lil fluff, not really angst but bitter feelings, kinda slow burn and then all the sudden a fast burn iâm sorry đ
word count: 2.6k
You woke up to the sound of your alarm rumbling your bedside table sometime around the asscrack of dawn, and rubbed your eyes with a groan. Sometimes, you really couldnât stand your job, but bills didnât really pay themselves, did they? You rolled out of bed, and began your dreaded morning routine before heading out to start your opening shift at your local cafĂ©.
Somewhere between warming up the espresso machine and taking out last nightâs trash (which you shouldnât have had to do in the first place), an older, yet expensive looking car pulled up to the front of the parking lot. You were a bit confused, as youâd never seen this vehicle, and it was quite clear that you werenât exactly open yet. You watched as a tall man hopped out of the car, wearing a large peacoat and very unnecessary sunglasses. He approached the door, gave it a knock, then waited for you to come open it for him. Reluctantly, you made your way over, and in order to keep yourself safe, began to speak through the glass.
âCan I help you?â You asked in an annoyed tone, then gestured towards the piece of paper that labeled your hours on the door. There was no reason for any customer to be here this early. You looked up at the mystery man and made a rather intense eye contact with him. If this was any indicator of your crowd today, work was going to be far from pleasant.
âYeah, I was told that Iâm starting today?â He had a wicked smirk on his face, like he knew he was getting under your skin already. You hated people like him, and couldnât believe that he could possibly be your coworker. On the bright side, he probably wouldnât last long in the first place.
âWell, are you sure youâre here on time? I canât see any situation where Melissa would schedule to open for your very first shift.â You commented with a furrowed brow.
âEh, I kinda just figured Iâd come in whenever. The girl in my bed was an early riser, so I thought to myself âWhy not just come in now?ââ He said casually.
âYour name?â You inquired, trying to keep your annoyance to yourself, and put on a customer service smile.
âHugh, or Ransom,â he responded. You turned around, allowed yourself a huff and eye roll, then walked through the kitchen, and into the break room to check if he truly was a new employee, or just some random creep. Sure enough, a bright pink post-it note in very neat handwriting confirmed this manâs existence. You made your way back to the door, unlocked it, and let him in.
âSince youâre here, you should⊠set down the chairs,â you told him, less than entertained by his presence. You could just tell he was bad news. This Ransom guy was like the textbook definition of a red flag. He talked your ear off while you tried to get through your opening routine, some casual remarks about his last hookup, complaints about how he only got this job because his mother was a regular and good friends with your manager, and how he was threatened to get cut out of his grandfatherâs will if he didnât get employed soon, and what better way to spite your family than to mess up their daily coffees.
Eventually, a few more of your coworkers, along with your manager, Melissa, made it to the café before the morning rush began. You were sitting down at your typical barstool spot, and sipping an iced Americano when Melissa broke the news to you that you would be training the new employee. Upon hearing the news, you audibly groaned, and rubbed your forehead. There was no way that you could handle this man.
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During his first week, Ransom not only managed to offer (and successfully give) six customers his phone number, break two mugs, mess up more orders than even Euclid could comprehend, and spill straws a multitude of times all over the floor, but he began to flirt with you relentlessly. You had no idea why youâd become his new target of choice, when it was clear that he could have literally anyone he wanted. Maybe he liked that you were playing hard to get.
If you were being honest, you had to accept that he was handsome. And rich. And the definition of a fuckboy. And since you were being frank with yourself, you had to acknowledge that you were attracted to that âtoxic and will treat you like shitâ kind of guy. You had a roster of ex boyfriends to prove that for you.
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It was a pretty slow Tuesday afternoon, which meant you were sitting on your phone until a customer placed an order. Eventually, the little bell above the door chimed, and an older man came through, ordering a dark and bitter drink, then standing by the counter to wait. You began to restock lids while Ransom took care of making the drink, and once it was ready, you passed it over to the man. The man in question took a rather large sip, then promptly spat it out.
âWhat the fuck is this!â He roared, barely giving you time to react before he proceeded to toss the drink at you, spilling most of the hot content on your apron.
You gasped, gawking down at your scorched and ruined clothing, then up at the customer, whoâd turned around with a huff and left, leaving a stream of strong language on his way out. You bit back tears at the whole fiasco, and cringed as both the steamy drink, and your salty tears stung different parts of your body. You turned to look at the barista, who had passed you along the drink, and were met with no other than the white devil himself. It seemed that all the blood had drained from his already otherwise pale face.
âOh my god, this is all my fault,â he began remorsefully. âLet me make it up to you somehow.â
âWhatever,â you huffed, running a hand through your hair, and shoving Ransom angrily while you more or less stomped into the staff bathroom.
You looked at yourself in the mirror and frowned before bringing up your bundled apron to your face and screaming into it. Stupid fucking customers. Stupid fucking job. Stupid fucking Ransom. Itâs like he came to your job just to make it hell. You were tired of cleaning up all these messes for him, and honestly, you wish heâd just quit already. The longer you worked with him, the more tempted you were to pour sugar in his gas tank, then take a club and break all the windows in the Beemer.
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For the next month, your brain was completely elsewhere at work. Your brain was constantly going back and forth with you between finding Ransom hot and horrendous. While the pair of you finished up closing one night, you heard your coworker begin to speak to you as you placed your hand on the keys in your pocket.
âI know you hate me, Y/N. I get it. What that guy did to you was awful, and yes it was my fault, but what else have I done to hurt you?â He asked, seemingly out of the blue. You werenât even sure how to respond. Ignoring the man and demonizing him in your head had become almost a second nature. âI mean, I think we couldâve been good friends. Even though you seem to think Iâm devil incarnate, I think youâre a pretty cool chick-â he continued before being cut off by you.
âWhy do you even care?â you burst out, âRansom, you just donât get it do you? Youâre just.. a douchebag. I get it, you have your moments where youâre candid and open with people, but half of the time youâre talking, youâre objectifying someone. Or bragging about something you own. Donât get me wrong, I could get past what you did to me on accident, but you seriously have to work on yourself,â the words just seemed to pour out without your control. âGoodnight, Ransom,â you said simply before leaving the cafĂ© for the night.
ââ
Since that day, the tension between you and Ransom had evidently become more thick. Since he was finally finished training with you, you made sure to only speak to him if you absolutely needed to, and even then, you only communicated with him in brief and straightforward answers. Sure, it seemed like a small thing to be upset about, and sure, heâd apologized, but something told you that any excuse to stay away from Ransom was a good excuse.
Though he appeared to be an immoral and selfish man, he seemed genuinely sorry for all that heâd put you through. Occasionally, youâd be sitting in the break room and look up from your phone to see him watching you. When youâd make eye contact, he would look like he wanted to say something to you, but your petty ass would leave, or look back at your phone. He was bad news anyway.
Your boss quickly caught onto what was going on between the two of you, and usually, Melissa didnât like to participate in petty drama, but your new sour mood was such a stark contrast from before, and it seemed to shift the whole mood of the cafĂ©.
That afternoon, Melissa called for a team meeting a bit before closing, and suggested a family dinner along with a Secret Santa. Sheâd said something along the lines of âItâs been way too long since weâve done a team bonding activity, and a gift exchange is perfectly fitting for the Holiday season.â This did make you perk up, as Melissa had a great taste in restaurants, and you were always down for a good gift exchange.
Melissa then told everyone to write their names down, then put them in a decorative Santa hat. You and your coworkers obliged, then began to pass around the hat once again in order to draw a name. You really hoped to get Xavier. You had the perfect idea of something heâd love. As you drew a piece of paper from the hat, you imagined the matching pair of fluffy socks for a human and dog that youâd passed by during your last trip to Target. You began to unfold it, thinking of what color he might like the most, when you looked down and saw âRansomâ drawn out in chicken scratch.
You tried your best to mask your annoyance at who you received, but on the inside, you were seething. You mentally cursed the universe out while you pulled on your coat, and grimaced to yourself once you got out to your car. How were you supposed to get this asshole a gift?
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The week leading up to the exchange went fairly well for you, although it was getting a bit exhausting to be so mad at Ransom all the time. You tried to be less harsh with him, considering you needed to learn more about him in order to get him a somewhat decent gift for your exchange.
Heâd seem to have taken your conversation with him to heart, and began to talk less and less about other girls when he was working with you. He didnât comment on how well your jeans fit you, and you noticed that heâd often overextend himself in order to help you with (pretty basic) daily aspects of the job. Ransom would ask you questions about yourself, and your family, and speak less about himself. If you were honest with yourself, he was becoming a better man. And the best part was, he seemed to be doing it just for you. The thought of which brought heat to your face.
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On the night of the exchange, you threw on a hideous and scratchy Christmas sweater before picking up your neatly wrapped gift for Ransom. You truly hoped that heâd like it, even though it certainly wasnât the most expensive item. You bid farewell to your cat, then went on your way to the restaurant. You had to admit, you were a bit late. So it shouldâve been no surprise when you arrived, and found that the only seat left at the table was next to Ransom. You gave him a cordial smile before sitting down and ordering yourself a glass of Merlot.
Something about being so close to him was kind of riling you up. The strong timbre sent coming off of him was making your whole body feel slightly warmer than normal, and you tried to ignore this strange sensation while you talked and joked with your coworkers. At one point, Ransom leaned in nice and close to you, and began to speak to you.
âJesus Christ, I donât think Iâve ever seen anything as hideous as Karmenâs sweatshirt,â he whispered right into the shell of your ear. Maybe it was the wine talking, but that simple action sent a whole chill through your body, and made you flush even harder than youâd flushed before. You let out a little giggle and nodded in agreement, looking across the table at her very ugly sweater.
âTo be fair, the whole point of this was to wear something really ugly,â you turned your head back to where it was before, only to find that Ransom had somehow moved even closer to you.
âI just donât know where you find something like that,â he commented, gazing much too deep into your eyes. You swore you felt the room shift after he began looking at you like that. There was about a 20% chance that youâd be able to keep your panties on after this kind of exchange. Luckily for you, a waitress broke the tension for you, setting down a few plates for everyone, then bidding them farewell. Damn.
The food was amazing, and didnât last very long, meaning that it was time to pass gifts around sooner than later. You watched as Amy received a gift card from Sophie, Emily opened a plethora of chocolates gifted to her by Melissa, and Xander whiffed a candle given to him by Kennedy, then, it was your turn. You glanced around the table before you felt the arm next to you reach down, then hand you an oversized gift bag.
âI hope you like it,â Ransom said with a shy smile. You casually felt your cheeks on your way to pull out the very large item. You found it was a very large, and soft, hand knit blanket. It looked like it couldâve cost a small fortune, and you immediately found yourself embarrassed.
âOh wow. This is perfect! Thank you so much,â you grinned over at your coworker, who seemed to be blushing himself. âWell, I guess I should probably give you this then,â you chuckled awkwardly before passing him your wrapped package. He tore it open barbarically, then began to laugh. Of all the gifts in the world, you two had gotten each other somewhat similar items. Sure, it wasnât hand knit with the love of some grandma who ran a small business on Etsy, but it was the thought that counts.
âI love it, Y/N,â he exclaimed, looking deep into your eyes once again. He ran his fingers through the soft fabric, then set a hand on your arm. In that moment, it felt like time stopped. It was just you two, sitting in a quiet room, enjoying the presence of each other. You donât even know what had gotten into you, but before you knew it, you felt a nose pressed up against yours, and a billion butterflies erupt out of your stomach. You heard a few grimaces from your coworkers at the sappy, Hallmark-like moment but what could you say.
Maybe Ransom was not that bad after all.
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Woof Woof | Stray Kids Au




Chapter One / Misunderstandings in Kinkshaming
Werewolf!Chan au
Warnings / swearing, kink and sex mention, this isnât smut I promise, mature themes
Words / 4k+
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Working at the convenience corner store wasnât the most ideal place to be, but what else is a broke college student to do? So the only thing you can do is suck it up and deal with another unpleasant night of boredom.Â
Nothing exciting happened, only what you would expect to happen in an almost unknown store. The customers would avoid any kind of small talk, so they could get out of there and on with their lives.Â
There were a few exceptions, however. Every once in a while, some drunk or other douche waltzed into the store for more booze and a phone number from the very unlucky cashier, which happened to be you. Of course, youâve had to tell them off and from time to time, threatened to call management if they continued to harass you. Adventures in working the evening to night shift were always a joy.Â
The only highlight of your night was when two of your favorite idiots walked in. Suddenly the room lit up and it became a party. A very sad pity party of three.Â
Once theyâve come through the sliding doors, the sensors ring throughout the building. You greet them with a small smile and wave of your hand. Jisung was the first to wave back happily (and a little too enthusiastically). Minho stuck with something more simple and opted for a quick glance and smile of his own.Â
Usually they only come in for snacks and other âboyâs night inâ necessities. But every once in a while, they come for some things that are very⊠odd. At least for college boys that never go out and do anything. It seemed normal at first, but the more it happened, the more you began to question it.
Each month, the two of them would stride in and grab one of the carrying baskets. Completely normal. Watching them head straight for the freezer section and then proceed to struggle to pack their basket full of meat was a little weird, though. Afterwards, Minho strayed away from Jisung to come back with some cheap doggy bowls, which you didnât even know you had in stock. And to bring their shopping trip to a conclusion, they both came to the cash register by slamming two cases of water bottles onto the counter, along with their basket thatâs nearly overfilled.
âDoing weird shit again tonight, boys?â you ask as you begin the long process of scanning their seemingly endless items.Â
Jisung chuckles and scratches the nape of his neck, âWell, you know how grandma is⊠She just always craves a good steak and gallons of water to wash it down,â he answers with his smart ass attitude.Â
âAlright, little red riding hood. Make sure you tell âgrandmaâ hello for me, or should I say the big bad wolf?,â thereâs a sarcastic tone in your voice, but you end with a small laugh anyways.Â
Every time you dared to ask what they were doing with these things, they managed to come up with some ridiculous answer (or excuse) that somehow amused you. Of course it would only increase your curiosity about what they were actually up to every one day in the month, though. You can only wait for the day that they finally tell you what they're doing.Â
Jisung momentarily chokes, âI-Iâm sorry wolf--?â
Minho elbows the side of his friend and clears his own throat, âThatâs just some silly fairy tale,â he rolls his eyes, âJisung just has some really weird relatives,â he jokes. His voice is a little darker than before, âTrust me, you donât want to meet them.â A shudder is sent down your spine. Sure his words seem lighthearted, but something in his tone makes you believe that he really means it.Â
Jisung nods and agrees, âYeah, my familyâs just-- Hey, wait!â, he cuts himself off as he realizes heâs being insulted. Laughing at the both of them, you finish scanning the rest of their things and ring up their total.
Minho glares at Jisung, then looks back to you. Minho pulls out his wallet and hands over the amount that was due while his murderous intent was still focused on his poor Jisung. You wondered what he couldâve done wrong to earn the wrath of the older boy, but itâs best you donât interfere. After that, he quickly gathers the heavy plastic bags and makes Jisung carry the water cases.Â
âWe have to get going now,â he announces just when heâs about to start walking away. But Minho pauses for a moment in thought. He takes a few steps back and glances at you with a coy smile, âHey, do you maybe want to hang out sometime soon?â he asks.
The request catches you off guard at first. Mr. brooding and quiet, actually asking you to hang out? Unheard of. âUhm⊠sure,â you respond a little awkwardly and unsure. Itâs not like you didnât want to, youâre just surprised is all. Not only that, it was also strange since youâre literally going to see him and everyone else later tonight.Â
Jisung snorts loudly as Minho shyly averts his gaze (most likely internalizing the cringe). âOkay, nice⊠â Minho blurted out before rushing out with a laughing Jisung in tow, who was sure to face the death penalty as soon as they were out of eyesight. Poor poor Jisung.Â
âSee you later!â you call out to them, but the sliding glass door already slid closed by the time you were able to fully get your words out. Sighing deeply, you shrug your shoulders in indifference. Theyâll see you later at the house. Then maybe you can ask about their activities and what was up with the weird farewell.Â
For now, all you can do is wait for the time to pass by and pray you donât lose your mind.Â
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By the time your shift ended, the sun was already going down. Letting out a long tired breath of air, you look at the time and wonder if you should really stop by Felixâs, or if you should go back to the dorms and give him the notes he missed in the morning.Â
You silently debated in your head as you grabbed your backpack from the break room and proceeded to head out to the back of the building, where your bike was locked up. One thought, two thoughts, three thoughts...
Itâs decided a moment later that you would ride over to Felixâs place. Itâs not like you had anything better to do on a Friday night, anyways. It wasnât ideal to pedal all the way to the house considering that he and his friendâs live quite a distance away. But if youâre lucky (and if he values your friendship) heâll let you stay the night. And in the morning, perhaps he can convince his oldest roommate to drive you home.Â
After unlocking your bike, you begin riding off towards Felixâs house. Before you took off, you texted him, telling him that you were on your way, but he never responded. Maybe he was doing something at the time, which isn't a big deal. He knows that youâre coming over anyways.Â
Even if he doesnât answer, one of his roommates is bound to be home. He lives with three other guys that hardly ever go out. Jisung and Minho moved into the almost mansion sized house at the beginning of the year. One day, out of the blue, they decided not to live in the student housing anymore. Instead, they wanted to live with Felix and their sugar daddy, Chan, who lets them stay by barely paying for anything.Â
Chan is the oldest roommate, who youâre the least close with and hardly know whatsoever. Heâs also the owner of the house they all live in. Heâs nice enough, but youâve only spoken with him a handful of times. Sometimes it feels like he avoids you, but you try not to let it bother you too much. You have the other three boys to keep you company when youâre over.
You didnât even realize that you were lost in your thoughts at first. Itâs just that the bike ride was taking so long, that you had nothing better to do. Pedaling for over an hour was exhausting, but since youâve done it nearly everyday, you were used to it by now.
Before long, you could see the gates that lead to the property the house is on. Each time you saw the fenced off private property, you couldnât help but be in awe of it. In short, the area is huge. So huge that you canât even see the house yet because you still have to go through their forested front yard that was a mile long, before you actually reached the house. How anyone could afford such a massive place that was also gorgeous, was beyond you.Â
It took a couple of minutes until you finally made it to the houseâs driveway. The first thing you can recognize is Chanâs beat up car sadly parked in front of the garage. Then your gaze drifts to the unidentified motorcycle sitting next to the van. As you can recall, no one here owned a two wheel vehicle, except for Felixâs red bicycle thatâs been thrown haphazardly thrown into the bushes.Â
After walking up to the door, you knock, then wait⊠then wait⊠and wait some more. You knock again, this time louder.... Thereâs still no response. Itâs a little strange. Clearly someoneâs in the house. Everyone looks like their home and thereâs lights on.
Sighing, you tap your foot impatiently. Finally you decide to look in the flower pot that sat alone next to the door. There the spare house key was found, that was supposed to be used in emergencies. This isnât necessarily an emergency, but if no oneâs home and Felix made you ride your bike all the way to Nowhereville, then youâre going to be seriously pissed off. In that case, youâre leaving a very harshly worded note.Â
As you unlock the door and enter the house, you notice that itâs eerily dark in the front room, which is unusual since the boys are almost always still awake lazing around on the couches. You quietly click the door shut and slowly move through the unlit room and towards the stairs where the lit up bedrooms were.
About to walk up the stairs, youâre stopped in your tracks as you begin to hear a strange noise. At first, you think you hear someone, who sounds almost exactly like Minho, telling someone, who also sounds almost exactly like Jisung, to shut up very loudly.
Following shortly after, thereâs something that sounds somewhat like a rumbling, or perhaps itâs a growl. Youâre pretty sure the boys donât own any pets. It must be the darkness and the quiet messing with your mind. Maybe itâs the boys and theyâre playing video games or something.Â
It sounds like the voices are coming from the basement, so you step down from the stairs you were previously about to walk up, and head to the basement door by the kitchen. Once the door opens, you take one step down and call out, âHello? Anyone home?â Then you take another step down and the staircase creaks along with it.Â
It must have caught someoneâs attention because in an instant thereâs shoes thudding hastily towards you. Soon the familiar head of lightly dyed orange hair belonging to none other than Han Jisung, rounds the corner of the staircase. As soon as his eyes lock on you from below, heâs jumping in surprise. His face is pale and his forehead is covered in sweat, so his hair looks messily matted. Your heart beats a little faster at the sight. Him looking scared for some unknown reason, was making your own anxiety peek around the corner.
Jisungâs sudden appearance makes you pause and stare at him. Before you could even say a word or take another step forward, Jisung rushes up to you, making you flinch back at the unexpected movement. His arms spread out to either side of the walls to completely block you off.Â
Out of breath, he chuckles nervously, âH-hey there, Y/n! When did you get here??â his voice is jittery. Itâs suspicious.Â
You furrow your brows at his behavior. âHey..? Just got here⊠Is everything okay down there?â you ask, trying to find a way past him. Thereâs worry lacing itself into your words. Something doesnât seem right.Â
Jisungâs voice cracks, âYeah, everythingâs fine here! Why wouldnât it be?â Heâs too quick to answer. His gaze keeps wandering from you and hastily down the stairs, even though you canât see anything from here.
âJisung...â you warn in a stern voice. Itâs clear that heâs hiding something from you. Heâs not exactly the best at lying, unfortunately for him.Â
âY/nâŠâ he says back in a mocking tone that makes you frown at him.
Then another odd sound resounds in the room and up the stairs. Even when listening closely, itâs difficult to precisely make out what it is. It almost sounds like a person, but it almost doesnât at the same time. The noise is deep and rumbling, like before when you first heard it in the front room.Â
The gutturaling shoots a strange sense throughout your body. Suddenly your chest pounds more than when you first entered. Thereâs unease going through your mind. You wonder if itâs actually a good idea to go downstairs. But then thereâs a throaty whimper that follows shortly after, which affirms your determination to see what it is making the noise.Â
âAlright let me through,â you demand, trying to push past Jisung, however each time you try to advance, he moves to block you from going any further. You scoff at his childish behavior, âIt sounds like someone is hurt. Get out of my way.âÂ
âI canât let you do that,â he struggles to say as he tries to fight against you.Â
âGet out of the way,â you repeat, attempting to pull his arms down and out of the way.Â
âNo!â
Finally, you overpower him and push his arms out of your way. Roughly, you shove past him. You descend down the steps quickly before Jisung can make another effort to stop you.Â
Jisung hurriedly follows after you. Alas, his attempts proved fruitless when he realized that you already reached the bottom of the stairs before he could get to you. Though he couldnât stop you from getting past him, he could try to save your innocent eyes before it was too late as a last effort.Â
Seconds before you can even glimpse at the scene, Jisung hurries to cover your vision with his hands. Like when he tried to stop you from going downstairs, he failed to keep your eyes covered for long. Immediately you shrug his hold off of you and give him a disappointing frown.
Once youâre able to see whatâs in front of you, it takes you a couple of moments to fully process it. After blinking once, then twice, you almost wished that Jisung still was protecting your vision. This was just flat out disturbing.Â
First thereâs Felix to the left, then Chan to the right. A little further away, sat a long dark haired boy that you couldnât identify yet. Metal chains wrapped around their wrists and connected to the concrete wall behind them. With each pull from one of the boys, the chains rattled and clicked against each other. They pulled against the chains as if they were trying to escape, but it was impossible.Â
Each one of them looked utterly exhausted as sweat dripped off of them and onto the cold grey floor. Dark bags were formed under their eyes as far as you could tell. You were mostly basing this off of seeing Chanâs face and part of Felixâs downturned gaze. The third member was unreadable since his head hung low and his hair covered most of his expression. But overall, they look like shit.Â
Their eyes⊠looking closely you slowly begin to realize that they donât look normal. Chanâs usual dark brown eyes were no longer there, and were instead replaced with a shade that surely wasnât normal. They were the brightest yellow youâve ever seen before. Itâs almost like they were glowing in the barely lit room. The little golden glow reminded you of the stars, and nearly captivated you.Â
What snaps you out of your trance is steel smacking down onto the ground. When you search for the source, you see Minho standing in the corner of the room. Had he always been standing there, or were you too busy trying to process what was in front of you to realize that he was there?Â
Looking down, you notice one of the doggy bowls he purchased earlier. The contents spill out of the bowl while the bowl continues to settle down. The meat flops onto the floor and stains the concrete beneath it. It smells raw and appears raw.Â
Looking back to Minho now, you see his expression. He looks like heâs just seen a ghost, and that ghost happens to be you. His jaw drops as he stammers to say something, anything. It mustâve been an illusion right? Minho was sure that he was just imagining you and that youâre not actually here right now. Thereâs no way that youâre currently witnessing the secret that theyâve all been trying to keep from you and the rest of the world, right? Nope, no way. Impossible.
He blinks once more. Youâre still standing there. Heâs freaking out, Jisungâs freaking out, and youâre about to start freaking out yourself. Everyoneâs freaking out. So before you can fully freak out, Minho hurryingly marches up to you, âY/n, it⊠itâs not what it looks like. I can explain. I-â
âYou guys are into some freaky shitâŠâ you breathe out in a barely audible whisper. You continue to stare on at the scene. It hardly registers in your mind the chained up boys are snarling and staring right back at you now.Â
Minho keeps rambling excuses, but he pauses once he hears you. He backtracks, âIâm sorry, what?â He glances at Jisung momentarily. In return, the younger boy just shrugs tensely.Â
This time you stare at Minho with a blank expression, âI said you guys are into some freaky shit⊠If this is some sex dungeon, itâs really fucked upâŠâ you inform him. You swallow anxiously.Â
Both Minho and Jisung look at each other, then back to you. Standing directly in front of you now, Minho blocks your view from the three chained up boys. He places his hands on your shoulders tightly. Heâs ready to explain a few things then make you go back upstairs until they can get everything sorted out.Â
You had different plans, however. Instead of listening to what he had to say, you pushed Minhoâs arms off of you. It was your god given right to blow up over whatâs in front of you. Sweat drips down your forehead and each breath comes out uneven. Your heart accelerates in, not only fear, but pure, untampered rage as well.Â
âWhat the hell is all of this?!â you screech in his face unintentionally, which immediately panics both parties standing around you. You were so calm before, so your sudden explosion took them by surprise.Â
Jisung is quick to hush, âY/n, be quiet, pleaseâŠ!â he raspingly mumbles. He continues to eye both you and the three boys warily. The rattling metal from the wall becomes slightly more frequent and louder.Â
You being in such a frenzied state, did not listen of course.
Instead your voice is louder than before, âWhat is this?!â you repeat, âIs this really some weird freaky sex dungeon?!â you question angrily, confused, and among other things.Â
You glance to wearily three behind Minho. It was hard to believe what you were seeing. You kept praying that you somehow got hit by a car on your way over, and now youâre having some weird coma dream that you would wake up from soon. The nerves and adrenaline felt too real to be a dream, though.Â
âLike whoâs into chaining people to the wall and making them eat raw meat from a doggy bowl?!â you throw your hands up as you gesture to the knocked over bowl on the ground, â A goddamn doggy bowl!â you throw your hands up as you gesture towards the spilled over bowl on the ground.Â
A low growl interrupts your interrogation. It come from Chan, who, might you add, didnât look right in the mind at all. Before, you never noticed it, but now that you were eyes were jumping around the room, you finally see it. Thereâs a pill bottle sitting on a table over on the other side of the room.Â
Your eyes widen as you suddenly come to a conclusion, âOh my godâŠâ you gasp in shock, then look between Minho and Jisung, âDid you drug them?â it comes out as more of a shocked whisper than your previous shouts.Â
Did you just walk right into the middle of a crime? Two of your closest friends, drugging people are dragging them to the basement for whatever weird sick purposes⊠was unbelievable. But you couldnât deny the sight in front of you.
Thereâs a much longer rant lingering at the back of your throat, but Minho places a hand over your mouth before a peep gets out. A harsh glare is etched on his face as he tells you to shut up. Your immediate reaction is to shove his hand off of you, but the look he is giving you tells you that itâs best not to.Â
He lifts a finger up to his lips and wordlessly quiets you. After a moment, Minho cautiously removes his hand off your lips and sighs. âListen, I know this looks really bad, but I can explain everything. I just need you to calm down,â he tells you âAnd, as for you,â he pointedly says as he gives Jisung a harsh glare, âI canât believe you just let her come down here!â
âHey, itâs not my fault that Y/n showed up out of the blue! Sheâs the one who almost pushed me down the stairs to get here!â Jisung defends himself.Â
âYou couldâve at least tried a little harder! I mean how hard is it to--â
A loud metal snap from behind Minho is what interrupts him next. Suddenly, the room becomes completely silent with the exception of the low growling that is heard throughout the room. Immediately, your gaze fixes itself on the source of the noise and what, or rather who, it was coming from.Â
You nervously look and see exactly who itâs coming from, and it didnât even really look like him anymore. There, Felix stands, with the chains that were previously secured on his wrists, now broken off in half. How is that possible? Thatâs what you want to know.
Many times, youâve seen Felix when he was in a bad mood. He didnât look nice then, and he certainly doesnât look any nicer now. The only difference between then and now is the fact that your best friend looks absolutely terrifying. The cold sweat runs down your back as he breathes in and out heavily. The atmosphere becomes thick and heavy. Itâs getting harder to breathe properly.Â
Thereâs a hunger in his unnaturally golden glowing eyes, one that youâve never seen before in another person. Itâs nearly animalistic how ready he looks to pounce on one of you. This isnât the Felix you know. This isnât your Felix, your goofy friend, who makes you laugh at the dumbest things. This is some kind of beast standing before you.
Besides you, Jisung is tense and shaking so much that you can almost hear his teeth clattering. In front of you, Minho is frozen solid. It takes him a moment to build up the courage to look behind him. He slowly cranes his neck in Felix's direction, who stands not too far behind him. He gulps anxiously. Then he turns back to you with his grip much tighter than before.Â
âDonât. MoveâŠâ he mouths to both of you shakily. Everything is silent. The only sound is the rugged breathing that hangs in the air.
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a little luck and some frogs
(a/n) the iconic @pricklydapperâ drew this amazing piece for me of Mikey and Raph and I just had to write a angst/fluff one-shot for it!!!
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Thereâs a still and a quiet that comes with rain, gentle and slow and lulling. They havenât had quiet in so long, it seems; it feels like days blend into one another, new paths unlocked in their destinies or whatever.
Sometimes Raph would just like to stop. Go back to being that 15 year old kid living below Queens, having nothing but his tight knit family and a lair game tournament to worry about.
Theyâve been firing on all cylinders for days, and god heâs just tired, overstimulated and definitely in need of, like, a detox or something- Leo and April go on about those kinds of things. Maybe heâll give that a try.
But even as the days pass, long long after theyâve settled back into home and dealing with low-level crime, Raph still canât really relax. Not in the way that lasts. Heâs always looking, anticipating the moment their relative peace will elude them, and the next thing heâll know is theyâll be miles high, falling from a building, pushing and pushing to catch one another- or at the docks watching his brother get torn apart.
Raph feels like heâs gonna hurl and he does, nothing but last nightâs dinner and severe anxiety spilling out from him.
Itâs gross and embarrassing and Raph knows itâs nothing he can control; the little helpful part of his brain is reassuring that way. But it was easier to feel so panicky when everyone else was still reeling from the fight.
Leoâs got his detoxing with April, Mikeyâs gone off and found Draxum to rehabilitate for god knows what reason, and Donnieâs regulated his sleeping cycle again and heâs gone back to shittalking and watching gophers on Youtube so- heâs okay.
Everyoneâs okayâŠ. except for Raph.
But maybe what Raph doesnât know is that the somewhat okay thing about it, the silver-ish lining in all of it is- even if heâs feeling alone⊠heâs not. He never is. And Raph has always hated his panic-stink but maybe itâs doing him some good, because he brothers are attentive, and Mikeyâs especially perceptive.
Itâs why, on this languid, rainy ass day, Mikey barges into Raphâs room with a shopping bag from Old Navy. How he got to, and inside, and outside of Old Navy, Raph doesnât really have to wonder (humans were so funny in ignoring obvious things, it made raph wonder why mutants stayed hidden anyway).
But Mikeyâs got a grin that stretches a mile wide and is pretty contagious, as he struts into the room after having stood in the entrance in that weird âyounger sibling is now here to bother youâ stance.
âWhaaat are we doingâŠ?â Raph asks cautiously, but canât hide his own growing smile the longer Mikey beams.
He says âweâ because thereâs always a âweâ in these types of situations, and heâd rather just include himself now off the bat.
âGladâja asked,â Mikey says, and dumps the Old Navy bag out of Raphâs bed, âBeholdâŠ.the best freakinâ things ever.â
And woah- they kinda are the best freaking things ever. Practically see-through jackets with-
âNo way! Mikey!â Raph clutches his- he already knows itâs his by the size, extra huge and all, âBro this-? Is pretty sick. Howâd you even get it this big?!â
The thing about them and clothes is: Leo, Donnie and Mikey are all, at least, human people sizes. Itâs easy for them to snag just about anything, even some of Aprilâs old stuff fits them. Hell, Leo could fit into Dadâs old suit. And that luxury was kinda foreign to Raph.
Humans barely even made enough fashionable clothes for all of their people- and Raph was kind of outside of that caliber.
Heâs kinda getting teary eyed, but, like, who wouldnât, and Mikeyâs already slipping into his own coat, see-through and speckled with little oranges.
âEh, itâs no biggie,â he sniffs, shrugging the jacket on the rest of the way (itâs totally a biggie), âI kinda...customized âem. They were havinâ this special, and I thought âscrew it baby, we need raincoatsâ!â
And, careful of his strength, Raph goes for a hug that he knows Mikey was anticipating anyway, with the force that he hugs back and all. Raph doesnât really need to say anything, but his warbly thank you to Mikey is just a fraction of the depth of emotion he feels now.
Itâs funny, silly maybe, because this doesnât erase the threat of a bigger fight, a worse enemy lurking in the shadows to trip them up- itâs just a custom made see-through raincoat with Raphâs favorite fruit, adorable little strawberries, on it.
And yet he feels indescribably lighter than heâs felt in weeks.
âI figured we could do some adventuring, and I gotta cooks tonight soâŠâ
Mikey wriggles his brow ridge, and Raph canât help but, like, wanna combust from this surge of excitement and normalcy that he hasnât felt in too long.
âTrip to Katagiri, hell yes!â
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The nice thing about rain in the city is, even though traffic is all the same, and people are still moving around, the sky gets dark enough from the clouds that the lights kinda shine prematurely. The streetlamps come on with a dim, orangey light, and with the autumn leaves mixed with green ones still clinging on, it was just so peaceful.
No one, again, seems to care that two turtles are walking down Lexington, and one couple briskly compliments their jackets and so thatâs a plus.
Mikey compliments the one girlâs hair, shaved with hearts dyed into her scalp, and Raph can only appreciate that his brother is so well-spoken- that he just is so natural and confident out here.
That he doesnât worry.
Raph remembers his first time topside, and how his fear led him into the state of consciousness that he hates to be in- where heâs on all instinct and fear and nothing else.
Itâs gotten better since then, but the unease still lingers all these years. Raph wonders if heâll get rid of it all the way.
Donnie realistically told him he might not, but that all he has to do is count to ten and back again, look around, find something to focus on- something ordinary or something great, and cling to it till he can convince his body and mind that heâs safe- that things will return to normal in a sec.
And right now, Raph keeps his eyes locked on his brotherâs feet, as they pound the sidewalk, making little splashes in rain water.
As heâs watching, a frog of all things, just hops along the sidewalk, right at Raphâs feet. It makes him halt, because....maybe itâs coincidental or maybe Raphâs reading too into it, but Mikey turns around too, sees the frog that Raph stoops beside, and smiles in soft understanding.
Itâs an omen of some sorts, Dad always said so. Of good luck, and of things returning.
Raph breathes out a laugh, shaking his head.
Just as quickly as the frog comes, it hops away, and Raph stands, still a bit speechless, still kinda processing the meaning behind what just happened, desperately wanting to cling to it meaning good fortune.
He doesnât wanna worry his brother though, and so he thinks of something to joke or talk about as they start to walk again, only for Mikey to beat him to it.
âI never told you thanks,â he says, gently, like heâs been reading Raphâs aura. Maybe he has.
And somehow Raph already knows what heâs thanking him for, but decides within himself that Mikey really, really shouldnât. He was just doing his job. He tells Mikey this breezily, with a soft smile.
âBullshit,â Mikey snaps back, but only because he knows Raphael so well, âWeâre kids- we donât got jobs- except for Donnie occasionallyâŠ.suspiciously-â he shakes off the trailing thought, âAnyway- itâs not âyour jobâ. It was just a shitty...long fight and ya really held us down, Raph.â
They cross the street, momentarily separating with the influx of people but find their way back in a second, the neon âGonbeiâ sign now visible to them.
And itâs not that Raph is all that surprised by Mikey. He knows his brotherâs always had a knack for speaking in a way that just...made so much sense and was so profound without any complexity. But maybe itâs his brother being 14 now, that makes him even wiser.
âI know we donât got jobs,â Raph concedes, as they pass the Lexington Flowers shop, âBut, you know, Iâm big...bigger than you guys, anâ I might not be as smart but when it comes to protecting, anâ planningâŠ.itâs what a leaderâs sâposed ta do, yâknow?â
They donât often talk about the leadership thing- not that itâs touchy, itâs just not really relevant with how they function. But Mikey knows Raphâs internalized the role a bit more recently. And that Leo getting dropped from a building may have been the catalyst.
He knows his brotherâs technically got a job to do. Mikey resents that, and their Dad a little bit, for not making Raph ready for all of what happened weeks ago.
Though he knows thatâs not all fair. His father was only protecting them.
StillâŠ.it sucks.
âWell, if it means anything, I think youâre smart. And âm not sure if I can promise this, but Iâm gonna do it anyway...â Mikey says, stopping in his tracks and turning to Raph, who also stops walking and gets called a âfuckin asshatâ for blocking a chunk of the sidewalk but- hey.
Mikey politely tells the guy to go fuck himself and when the guy turns to get a good enough look- not at Raphâs size, but at his little gremlin brother with a chain thatâs starting to flame up- he decides this whole situation is not something he wants any parts of.
Mikey rolls his eyes and turns back to Raph, face all sincere and kind for someone who just...did that, âI promise weâre okay, and weâre always gonna be stuck together, Raph. I know that wonât magically make you feel better but...just thought Iâd say it.â
And Raph tries to say something, but has to clear his throat, and itâs definitely the rain on his cheeks and beak.
âNo,â he croaks, and laughs at his voice, happy that Mikey laughs too, âNah, it- it really helps a lot MikeyâŠ.thank you- thanks, man.â
Satisfied, Mikey turns to keep on walking, patting Raphâs shell, âAnytime bud.â
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Katagiriâs never disappoints. Mikey leaves with milk tea, shrimp tempura and shiso, more milk tea and a couple boxes of mochi ice. Itâs one of those days.
He swings his groceries as they walk.
Raph doesnât wonder about the frog and its meaning, and doesnât doubt its luck and why it appeared to him.
Heâs kinda figured it out. Because he still has moments like this, watching his brother merrily skip a few steps ahead of him, chatting breezily about pineapple upside down pancakes- and Mikey made a promise, after all, that theyâre gonna be together, no matter what.
If thatâs not lucky, being with his family, leaning on them when it counts, then Raphâs got no clue what is.

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So... Dergun Town's gone, at last - Temp. Tester Rant.
To be frankly honest, I was waiting for it to end. I stopped playing after the weird ass Pet update and sudden, unnannounced Hair Change due to âlegal reasonsâ because the game was just getting utterly confusing, a mess of minigames with clunky customization options and systems, and whatnot. Plus, my time as a tester was when I hit the breaks on the game and realized "man... they really are dicks".
I never ranted about it because I knew if I did, they'd definitely come for me and ban me from the game or from the server because "I shittalked about the game" or âIâm unveiling the tester serverâ, but now that it's over - it's time for a rant.
So, think it was around May 2020 that I decided to go for Tester to better prepare myself for the future updates, the chat itself was basically... like the lobby, just mainly memes and the Dev fanatics, who will defend them 24/7, chatting with the Devs.
One of the first few things that was asked for is the Timezones so that we could test the server together - the Timezones thing is literally thrown out the window after the very first test. From there on, what they would do is ping the Testers to announce an update - at the time, we had no changelog, no proper bug report channel, it was all crowded in one place, and because they disregarded the Timezones, imagine if you will the chat being both filled with players spamming the chat with all the new shit like some happy toddlers, and another half are people who are reporting to be in class, asleep, dinnering, ect.
A chaotic mess that makes it near impossible to actually report something. Eventually, they added a bug report but once again, no proper check list - if any, the changelog and the checklist only appeared around the Argoras or Minigame Update (June-July). And, as always, the checklist was never updated, so you'd be testing something that's already been checked and other listed things wouldn't be checked at all. Organization, which is something a Tester needs, was never a fucking thing in that horrid mess. They would occasionally do polls, one of which was if the Update should release now, nearly everyone said No - they released it anyway. :^)
Then, there would be some bugs where theyâd blame us for it - the /hitme was a command that was restrictedly used in the test server because the Devs somehow donât know how to add a small quantity of resources to all of us, so he instead made a command that gives, what? Over a million of each of the resources? We ALL made sure that wasnât toggled on the âbetaâ server, and yet, somehow, it got released with the commad functioning, and instead of admitting their fault, they blamed the Testers for practically saying folks not to use it - one of the testers was literally STRIPPED OFF of their Gil and other resources, and mind you, they didnât even used the command at all, all they did was accidentally say the command.
The Moderators would also be rather cruel, everyone likes memes, that's granted, but it shouldn't mean you can willingly change our nicknames like that. Imagine switching over to the chat only to find out your name, along with all the other testers, has been changed to "Todd Howard"; you rename it, and a couple of days later, they change it yet again without your permission or consent. This isn't fun, this is just annoying. I had to walk around with "Stop changin my name" on my nickname because of them.
And like how it has been told, these Devs cannot take criticism at all. The Argoras Update will haunt me down as the Update where I was literally fighting against other testers and the Devs over something that needed to be changed. In the Test Server, the Skill Points had a Clover table, meaning you used clovers for Skill Points, the thing is in Pony Town, the rewards are remain unlocked even if you go down the unlocking mark - Dergun Town does not. So players who are unaware of this would've wasted 1k Clovers and then realize that their prizes have been taken away because they're no longer above the unlocking mark. So as a Tester, it should be my duty to warn the Devs about it and come with suggestions.
I told them without mentioning Pony Town at all (because they have a stupid policy of âif itâs close to PT, we canât do itâ) about how the Clover option will result in players losing their reward if they go below 1k and 500 Clovers respectively, which is the equivalent to hundreds of players putting all those days collecting Clovers to waste. They would ABSOLUTELY rant about it in Bugs or Help Desk. I suggested them to either:
Make the rewards unlocked still even if you left the mark.
Remove the Clover option
Add a warning when about to select Clover
Those are the ones on top of my head, what did they do?
Tom just kept ignoring what I said on the first suggestion and exclusively focusing on the second one, as if it was the only option available. Meanwhile, Q was guilt tripping me into bidding to their commands, "37,500 gil per skill if you the 50 points pure,," it's horrible, sure, but do you really want to deal with a hoard of players coming to the server to scream about how the Skill Point system stole their Clover rewards? And having to deal with a patch or two to make them happy, or worse, having to ban more players because theyâre angry WITH REASON that their prizes were taken away because you idiots refuse to add something that allows the players to keep their rewards while below the mark?
You know they would do that, everyone knows they would do that. And worse is with exception of one or two Testers, the other users, specifically folks like J*y and D**r, just kept defending the Devs even though I was literally helping them prevent a future problem that everyone knew it would fucking happen. What's the point of testing a game if the Developers will fucking refuse to take your advices?
They did removed the Clovers from the options, but kept the Dandelions and the Bones, which, you guested it, STILL DIDN'T HAD THE PRIZE LOCKING! And the best part - NO WARNING REGARDING THE LOST OF THE PRIZES WAS ADDED EITHER! So players who had the Dandelion Rune and the ability to get the special items from the Bone would end up in losing them without them knowing - though itâs not as bad as the Clovers, a resource that restrictedly spawns in areas with Clovers as opposed to be map-wide and the last prize needs 1k of those, and the recent-ish Spring Update changed the green to a shade that blends with them.
I singlehandedly helped them avoid a hoard of angry players, and not a singular thank you was given.
The Quest Cap is also a thing, if the mobile users are in such a disadvantage with the Clovers being gone, then why are you adding the Cap anyway? Everyone knows that if a game is relying on the player to grind, it should not cap the Quests to a fucking T - only 20 Quests per hour?! And the NPC's Gil is both dependant on Bootleg Flight Rising Dominance... and dependant on a Clan that YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY CHANGE even if you request for such?! It's like if in Flight Rising, because Fiona has Light eyes, Light Flight would gain extra bonus treasure from here as if Dominance wasn't enough. "It's to balance the Economy", how is that going to balance, it just restricting the mobile users even further, as if the shitty battle controls on mobile that makes it impossible to battle wasn't enough.
The game was also just turning into a weird, funky, Flight Rising bootleg - fitting how the game that Q also worked on was a bootleg hybrid between Dragon Cave and Flight Rising - the release of pets with these genes and barely any use but to literally do the exact shit you do in FR. In FR, you exalt Dragons to gain a upper hand at Dominance, in DT, a rather recent-ish? Update allowed you to sell the Magikins (the gened pets, the other pets are literally useless) for Clan Tokens, giving you a boost to gain Dominance. Itâs exactly like FR, Iâm surprised no one ever bothered to contact the FR folks about this ripoff. The pets did had a use and it was to gain more gil but a nerf was done because, once again, they released an update were we made SURE that wasnât happening, but somehow, it happened - the Pet-Gill Machine Glitch that allowed you to gain infinite Gil.
My pets got bugged because of it - the level got reset (itâd only reward 1-2 gil) but the price of the upgrade did not (750 gil) - I asked if that was a nerf or a bug, and as expected, they said it was nerf when it was clear as days it was a bug given how people had pets that requried 700+ gil and rewarded 30+ gil.
The gameâs just a mess of minigames and FR Ripoff, I could go on and on with just how bad the game is, but the Devs are even worse.
It's really bad when they're once straight up muted someone for speaking their fucking opinion.
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(From PMs)
This user would constantly bring the flaws in their shit without insulting, they'd argue with reason, give suggestions, everything, in hopes of improving the game. and they instead just argued back, if not, criticized them for even bringing an opinion and tried to justify themselves as to why they didn't need to change - and the users would absolutely defend the Devs like literal ass kissers, to the point of being happy they got muted.
As the user rightfully said in PMs:
I wanted to make contributions that could help improve it, but it seems like the staff just want people to do as they say without question instead of looking for ways to improve. And they desperately need to understand that the game is not just about what they want, what kinds of designs they think players should make. It should be encouraging players to try new designs and be creative, but all the devs want to do is shut that down.
I just wish they didn't have absolute power over the server. If they were accountable to their community in some way, it'd be possible to convince them to make changes when it's really necessary. Not all the time, just when their stubbornness is getting in the way of something that absolutely everybody except them wants.
The fun in these games has always been in the community. If you stifle that, you stifle the game. And unfortunately, I now can't say any of this. Making demon combat even harder for those without skill points was wholly unnecessary, too. I don't know what their obsession is with making the game so heavy on grinding.
Back when I first arrived, Dergun Town was mostly just Pony Town with more customization options, plus a few special prizes you could earn by gathering items. Nowadays it seems like the devs are more interested in forcing players to grind for literally everything than they are in adding new stuff everyone can enjoy and use.
But worse than that is how they always respond to criticism. The mini-events were the biggest example of that. Players didn't like being forced to spend all day on Dergun Town just for any chance to win an award in mini-events. It was damaging people's ability to have a life outside the game, and a lot of users complained. How did they respond? They basically threatened to remove the mini-events altogether and make all the items from them unobtainable, rather than improving on anything. This is how the staff responds to all complaints and suggestions. It's either the exact thing they want or nothing, and if they make a mistake big enough that everyone complains, rather than admitting fault, they basically punish the community for being unhappy. Their entire mentality is "play by my rules or I'm taking my toys and going home".
Reminder that when the garden update broke and erased a ton of players' houses and items, they blamed the players and said they had to do all the work to get everything that was lost back themselves.
I swear, all of this "you complained now you get nothing" and "we work hard, so be thankful to us even for terrible content" we hear in the user suggestions channel is just conditioning their player base to accept being taken for granted and mistreated. They're basically trying to induce Stockholm Syndrome.
Someone whoâs also on Tumblr got banned for saying that the new design of the hairs made their characters look ugly - it was a change that was NEVER ANNOUNCED, specially considering itâs a change regarding âlegal issuesâ, the playerbase shouldâve been warned about this before they updated it. But instead, they got pissy that some people have complained about the drastically changed hairs and once again, shit down on them for complaining.
Dergun Town is an excellent example of how some people are not and never were meant to run a game - the guilt tripping, the âaccept this or get lostâ attitude, the behavior they had and occasionally have regarding Pony Town (search âLetâs Talk About Dergun Townâ and youâll get the document), to the point of banning the actual word âto avoid dramaâ aka keep folks from talking about their real fucking nature.
I am honestly happy that Dergun Town got shut down while Pony Town keeps improving and growing, karma was indeed well served.
#dergun town#pony town#pony.town#ive been keeping this for so long and i needed to let it out#dergun was bad but yall havent seen the how bad it is#or how bad it can get
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Unfortunately, You Are Exhibiting Symptoms of Falling in Love: Part 1
Having your long-term boyfriend cheat on you is pretty bad, but you're lucky enough to have a rich, pro-hero best friend who lets you move in with him until you get a new apartment. Except lockdown happens. And you can't look for a new apartment anymore, and you can't go anywhere anymore, and neither can your best friend, and you think you might be falling a little bit in love with him. Or maybe you've been in love with him all along.
The story of how it takes a nationwide lockdown for you and Bakugou Katsuki to finally get together.
warnings: Coronavirus mention, abusive relationship mention
wordcount: 2,978
Iâm so excited to share the first part of my story, and I hope that you enjoy!
It was at times like these you were thankful that Bakugou Katsuki was your best friend. At times like these, he was the only one you could call. No matter what, as long as he was physically able to, he would always pick up the phone. Many people thought of him as brash, overconfident, a bit (or more) rude, and maybe that was a little bit true. Still, he wasnât half as bad as he had been when you first met him in high school, and you liked to think that the years youâd spent at his side were part of the reason he had softened a bit.
Of course, now that you were both settled into your careers, him as the now number-two pro hero, and you as his loyal support tech, he wasnât quite so angry all the time. Time had somewhat settled his fiery attitude, though you knew the fire would never burn out completely. Sometimes, you think to yourself that no matter what happens, heâll always have something to prove. But if he didnât he wouldnât be your best friend. And you like him the way that he is: loyal, honest to a fault, firm in his conviction to protect the world, and the only man you would think of calling after you walk in on your boyfriend of two years plowing into a random girl on your shared apartment bed.
It wasnât supposed to be like this. You had been working late nights for the past week to fix up a piece of gear for Bakugou. It had been giving you a bit of trouble, but finally you had finished it, early in the afternoon to boot, so you had decided to head home and surprise your boyfriend. You knew you had been neglecting him lately, so you decided to make it up to him by cooking him his favorite dinner. Things were going to be different now. You had been getting too caught up in making gear lately, and you hadnât been spending as much time with your loved ones as you wanted. But now spring was beginning. You could feel it in the warm breeze that chased you home. It was time for you to rededicate yourself to the people in your life. Gear could always be fixed, and it was more important to show the people you loved how much you loved them, starting with Takumi.
You hummed a simple melody as you neared your and Takumiâs apartment, growing more excited the closer you got. It was a Friday, which meant he had to stay late at work, so you would have plenty of time to cook before he got home. He was going to be so surprised, you thought to yourself, carefully unlocking the apartment door while balancing your recently-purchased groceries. You set them gently on the counter. As you glanced around your apartment, you noticed a few odd things. A pair of keys lying on the kitchen counter, both yours and Takumiâs house slipper missing from their place next to the doormat, and the faint sound of music coming from your bedroom. Was he already home? Perhaps he, too, had gotten out of work early and was also planning to surprise you. After all, you had the whole weekend ahead of yourselves. Even if he had planned something else for dinner, you could still surprise him by being home so early. You crept towards your bedroom, closer to the music, a song you recognized. Yes, that was definitely off of your sex playlist. And there was something else you could hear, quieter, but definitely audible. Your boyfriend was moaning. Was he so wound up thinking about you coming home he just couldnât stand to wait? He would be so surprised to see you live and in person. You pushed open the door to see what you were nowhere close to expecting.
The man you lived with, the man you had loved for two years, had a girl pushed into your bed, her own moans smothered by your pillows as your boyfriend took her from behind. For a moment, you were speechless. Neither of them realized you were there, eyes away from the door and too caught up in the ecstasy of each otherâs bodies to realize your entrance. You could hear the song on the playlist coming to an end. In the silence between one song and the next, you finally found the courage to speak.
âCare to explain, Takumi?â you said to the man who would soon be your ex-boyfriend. He paused in shock, almost unable to believe you were actually standing before him. Quickly, he grabbed a pillow from out under the girl he was fucking and held it over his body. You laughed derisively.
âWhy bother hiding? Itâs not like I havenât seen you naked before.â You could see the gears in his brain turning rapidly, trying to churn out an excuse, any excuse.
âBaby, I promise this isnât what it looks like,â he said nervously. The girl on the bed, who had been sitting confusedly, finally spoke.
âBaby? Is this your girlfriend?â she asked angrily. Takumiâs eyes darted nervously back and forth between you and the naked woman, before he slowly nodded.
âYou have got to be kidding me.â She sat up proudly and looked you in the eyes. âI swear to god I had no idea he was in a relationship. I would never do that to another woman. God, I canât believe I actually slept with a piece of shit like you!â she yelled at Takumi.
Your eyes grew wider at her words. You would have almost preferred if they had been in love, maybe then you could have justified it to yourself, but the implications of her words were clear. How many other random girls had there been?
âListen, I know I messed up, but you have to hear me out,â pleaded Takumi to you. The girl in the bed snorted.
âWhat does she have to hear? How you told me you just got out of a relationship with your ex who was both clingy and never around enough? How much you were glad that you finally left her? How you were finally looking to meet a girl who could actually commit to a relationship? Youâre human garbage.â The girl hurriedly put her clothes back on and headed out the door, but not before turning to you once more. âIâm so sorry that this happened to you. You better ruin him.â You nodded at her in respect. You wished you had her strength, but right now you wanted to do nothing more than to sit down and cry. Your whole apartment felt like it had been tainted. You turned to Takumi.
âGet out. I canât even look at you right now,â you said, trying not to betray the tears in your eyes. He at least had his pants back on as he walked over towards you, arms outstretched.
âI promise she meant nothing. Youâre the only woman for me. Please baby, donât let this come between us. I love you,â he pleaded. You couldnât believe him. He had the audacity to tell you that you were the only one for him when you had just caught him in bed with another woman?
âIâm asking you to leave, Takumi. Thereâs nothing you could have to say that I would want to hear.â You paced back and forth nervously, hoping to god that he would leave of his own volition. You had no idea how to make him leave if he didnât want to, and you certainly didnât want to be the one kicked out when you had done nothing wrong but love the wrong man. Of course, it was already sinking in that you would have to move out. Takumi may have been a cheating bastard, but he was also a rich bastard, and there was no way you could afford the nice apartment you two had shared for the last six months by yourself. Besides, you didnât think you could look at the apartment the same ever again. Was she the first woman he used to defile your bed? Had the same countertops you had made him dinner on been violated? Could you ever feel truly clean in that shower again? Moving out wasnât a question, it was a necessity. But Takumi wasnât moving now.
âThis is my apartment too, goddamn it. Iâll stay if I want to stay. You wonât even listen to me!â he yelled, waving his arms in the air angrily.
âI literally just caught you cheating on me! Why should I have to listen to anything you have to say?â you asked, your voice now filled with anger as well.
âGod, this is so typical. You never want to pay any attention to anything I do. I wouldnât have had to sleep with her if you actually fucking talked to me. But no, youâre always too busy for me, working at your stupid job on some dumb gadget that nobody cares about. Maybe if you had actually acted like a girlfriend this wouldnât have happened. Itâs not like you needed to fucking work with me around anyway. I never understood why you didnât quit when you moved in.â You looked at Takumi again, but it felt like you were looking at a completely different person than the man you had once loved.
Did he really feel that your job was worthless? He had always been patient and kind about how your work schedule shifted based on customer need. Itâs not like you were working all the time either, you had just been working later for the past weeks because Bakugou had literally shattered his gauntlets in a fight and was forced to use his spares. He was the number two hero. He saved peoplesâ lives, and in fixing his gear, you felt that you saved them as well, at least indirectly. Takumi had never shown an inkling of these feelings before. Didnât he support your work? You didnât even know where to begin, completely bewildered and barely able to respond. All of this was so much, in so little time, coming completely out of nowhere.
âI save lives with my work, Takumi. Donât you remember how Bakugou had to use the grappling hook I made him when he ran out of energy to sustain his power 100 feet up? He would have died. I love my job. I love helping the people who protect our lives. I just like having a job! Thereâs nothing wrong with that!â you said desperately.
âYour job is to be my girlfriend! How do you think it makes me feel when I come home late at night and I have to order takeout because youâre holed up in your workshop making another useless metal hunk for your precious Bakugou! You know, I bet you were hooking up with him this whole time. Thereâs no way you were really at work all those nights. Youâre just at fault as me. I would never have slept with her if you acted like a woman is supposed to!â You snapped, no longer able to tolerate Takumiâs words, and refusing to take the blame for his actions.
âI am allowed to have a job. I am allowed to have a life outside of being with you. I have no obligation to cook, clean, or act a certain way for you. And I am asking you, for the last time, to get out of the apartment,â you spoke coldly. Perhaps your tone of voice finally got through to him, because he finally snapped his mouth shut, pulled on a hoodie, grabbed his keys, and left.
âFine,â he spat. âClearly you need some time to calm down and think. I can give that to you. Iâm going to the lakehouse for a few days. When I come back you better have fixed this fucking attitude problem. I know what I did wasnât right, and Iâm going to make it up to you but you canât even listen to reason right now so Iâll let you have some time to yourself. This isnât over.â He finally stepped outside and closed the door. You sank to the floor, laughing hysterically, before starting to sob. What had he expected to happen, that you would apologize to him for forcing him to cheat on you? You couldnât believe him. Although, as you sat and calmed yourself down, the more you thought about your relationship with Takumi, the worse he seemed.
You touched the necklace around your neck, remembering how he had refused to ever let you take it off, blowing up the one time you had tried to get it professionally cleaned after an incident in the workshop. The makeup class he had signed you up for as a âpresentâ, because he wanted you to âunlock your inner beautyâ. The way he hated your male coworkers, and got upset whenever you mentioned them. Most of all, the way he hated Bakugou. It had always upset you how the two most important people in your life had never gotten along, but you thought you had loved them both enough to survive their distaste for each other. Had Takumi always been so controlling? You couldnât believe it had taken you this long to see it. What would have happened if you had married him? There was only one thing you could do right now. You pulled out your phone and called Bakugou. He picked up after the third ring, just like you knew he would.
âWhat the hell do you want, shitty woman? If itâs about the fixed gauntlets theyâre fucking fine. You know I wouldnât have you fix them if I didnât know you would do a good job. Why the hell are you bothering me while Iâm on patrol? Donât you have that loser boyfriend to bother?â he asked. You cracked a small smile. Classic Bakugou. You could easily hear that under all that bluster he was happy to hear from you. You hadnât been seeing him as much, probably because of Takumi, and you knew that though he would never say it, he had missed you.
âHey Bakugou,â you spoke slowly and nervously. âSorry to bother you, butâŠâ Bakugou quickly cut you off.
âAre you sick or something, dumbass? You sound gross.â Translation: Are you ok? You sound upset.
âI, um, well, I, hereâs the thing,â you stammered, trying to find the words to tell Bakugou what had happened without him blowing up.
âSpit it out, shitty woman. You know how to fucking talk.â You took a deep breath.
âTakumi was cheating on me. I just found out. He left and he said heâs going to be gone for a few days but he wants to talk when he gets back. Iâm leaving him, and I think I need to move out.â After you managed to spill out the events of the past few minutes, you heard only heavy breathing on the other end of the line. âBakugou?â
âOk. Start packing whatever you want to take with you. Iâll be there soon,â he said. You knew he was trying to stay calm for you, but you could hear the crackle and pop of his quirk through the phone. He must have been really angry. He had progressed a lot since his angry high school days where you had to design special muffling gloves for him, because he couldnât control his quirk when he got angry. Now, you only heard that sound when he was about to absolutely destroy someone.
âWait, Bakugou. I canât just move out of here immediately.â
âYes you can,â he responded.
âI donât have any way to pack up all my stuff, or move it, and I definitely donât have anywhere to move to. Thereâs no way I can just leave.â What was he thinking?
âI donât care. Iâll call Shitty hair, or a moving company, or buy a fucking truck to put all your shit on. You donât have to stay there.â You knew he would do it, too. You had always been proud to make your own money, something you were realizing Takumi had never seemed to like, so you didnât want to rely on someone else to buy you something, but this was different. This was Bakugou. You knew he was only doing this because he wanted to, and he wouldnât expect anything in return.
âOk, but all of that means nothing if I donât have anywhere to move the stuff to. What am I supposed to do, live out of my car?â You could hear Bakugou snort derisively through the phone.
âAre you fucking stupid? Youâll move in with me, of course. For the first time in a long time, you heard hesitation in your best friendâs voice. âUnless, you donât want to? I can get you a hotel or something while we figure out an apartment, but you know I have a spare room. And, fuck, I donât know, you wouldnât be the shittiest roommate in the world, and I knowâŠâ You decided to cut him off to spare him any further misery.
âIâd be more than happy to move in with you, Bakugou,â you said softly, hearing him breathe a sigh of relief through the phone. âThank you.â
âDonât fucking mention it. Seriously, donât mention it. Just start packing your shit. I gotta go call out of patrol.â With that, he hung up.
You had always said that you didnât know what youâd do without him as your friend, and you felt that way now more than ever. Who else but Bakugou Katsuki would do all this for you? One phone call, and he was already dropping everything to come help you. That man was nothing if not devoted to his friends.
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[timkon one shot] home
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[rating: T | 2,381 words]
Tim returns from a mission exhausted and with a new stab wound. Luckily, Kon is there to take care of him.
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Tim grits his teeth as he walks through the front door of the apartment that he shares with Kon. He drops his duffel bag down on the rug next to the sofa before allowing himself to finally collapse into the beautiful invention known as cushions.
Letting his head hit the back of the sofa, Tim sighs and contemplates the sharp, unwelcome pain in his ribs. In his experience, getting stabbed will cause things such as pain. Despite being well-acquainted with the sensation, it isnât exactly pleasant.
Jason stitched the stab wound up for him in addition to giving him a handful of advil that Tim only took two of before stashing the rest in a random drawer in Jasonâs apartment while his back was turned. He doesnât like the way that painkillers make his head feel slow and warm, like itâs wrapped in a blanket of fog. After all, somebody needs to type up a report to inform the Green Lanterns that somebody in Gotham has access to illegal alien tech. Considering how Jason had been up for the past thirty-six hours for their stakeout while Tim has only been awake for the past twenty-four, the choice is obvious.
Bending over to retrieve his laptop from his duffel bag causes the wound in his side to flare with bright, searing pain like his insides are being barbecued on the surface of the sun. Tim gasps and just barely manages to yank his laptop out of the bag as his vision goes spotty.
He takes a moment to let the pain subside into angry throbbing before he opens his laptop, squinting at the sudden onslaught of bright light. Tim unlocks his laptop before pulling up an empty document so he can begin typing his report.
After entering the date and location of the stakeout, he frowns. Didnât the arms smugglers refer to the alien tech by a particular name? Tim leans back into the couch and stares pensively up at the ceiling. What was that name? He closes his eyes as he plays back each step of busting the arms smuggling ring. There was the initial infiltration, the first time he and Jason were allowed into the warehouse, the excruciating stakeout, and they were finally able to raid the warehouseâŠ.
Sometime in the space between one thought and the next, Tim falls asleep.
âBabe,â a familiar voice whispers.
Without opening his eyes, Tim grumbles a response that means something along the lines of please let me continue to fucking sleep. Still, the voice doesnât relent. âBabe,â it repeats. âTim. Câmon, youâre going to be sore if you sleep on the couch.â
Tim opens his eyes and finds his boyfriend staring back at him. Thereâs a slight crease in his brow that means heâs concerned but not overly worried.
âHi, sleeping beauty,â Kon says with a goofy grin. âIâm just gonna move you to the bed so you can actually sleep.â
Tim grunts in assent and Kon slips his arms around him, preparing to pick him up. However, as soon as Konâs arm presses against the newly-stitched wound on Timâs side, Tim gasps in pain and instinctively flinches away.
Kon immediately steps back, snatching his hands back. âShit, Iâm so sorry. Are you hurt?â
Pressing a hand to his side, Tim waves Kon off. âA little. Itâs fine.â
That little line in Konâs brow deepens. âThat doesnât sound like a little.â He kneels in front of Tim, looking up at him worriedly. âAre you okay?â
âItâs not that bad, in the grand scheme of things,â Tim rasps. âI was only lightly stabbed.â
âLightly stabbed.â
âYeah, just a little. Didnât even hit any organs or anything.â
Kon glances at Timâs computer, which is sitting on the coffee table and still open. âAnd you were planing on working more?â
Tim shrugs. âI have to type up a report.â
âIâm going to suggest an a different idea. Are you ready?â
Raising one eyebrow, Tim gestures for Kon to proceed.
âSee, I was talking to Clark the other day and he said the darndest thing,â Kon begins.
Tim canât keep himself from snorting. âThe âdarndest thingâ?â
âYes,the darndest thing, hush. He said that humans do this absolutely wild thing, youâre never gonna believe it. Itâs called sleeping in a bed,â Kon explains, raising both of his eyebrows. âIâm thinking, hey, why donât you try it?â
âItâs funny that Clark was the one to say. Iâm pretty sure that at least twenty percent of his sleep comes from napping in patches of sunlight on the floor,â Tim remarks. âAlso, I do sleep in a bed.â
âWhen did you last sleep in a bed?â Kon counters.
Closing his eyes, Tim hums loudly. âSorry, Tim is unavailable right now. Please leave a message after the beep. Beep.â
Laughing quietly, Kon places one warm hand on Timâs knee and rubs circles into it with his thumb. âIf I carry you over with my TTK, will you sleep in a bed?â
Tim cracks open one eye. âDepends.â
âOn what?â
â...Will there be food in bed?â
âI can heat up some leftovers and bring them to you.â
At last, Tim nods and shuts both of his eyes. âVery well. Bring me to this âbedâ you speak of.â
Laughing, Kon stands up and easily scoops Tim up with his TTK. Heâs wrapped up in a gentle pressure, but, noticeably, thereâs nothing touching his injured side. Tim lets Kon lace their fingers together and lightly lead Tim by the hand as he floats him into their bedroom. The TTK gently deposits Tim on their bed and he opens his eyes as the mattress dips next to him.
âHey,â Kon says, smiling down at him.
Tim feels himself smile. âHi,â he replies, and then Kon leans down and kisses him.
âI missed you,â Kon murmurs against Timâs mouth before planting another kiss on his lips. Leaning into the kiss, Tim tangles his fingers in Konâs curls. Itâs soft and warm and feels like coming home. When they finally pull away, Kon is breathless and smiling crookedly.
âI missed you too,â Tim tells him, and Konâs smile widens.
âIâll go reheat something for you, but I wanna check your side after you eat.â
Raising one eyebrow at Kon, Tim pokes him with his foot. âYou just want to see me shirtless.â
âThat too,â Kon replies, grinning.
Rolling his eyes, Tim nudges Kon with his foot again, earning a laugh as Kon stands up and heads into the kitchen. Tim closes his eyes again and drifts drowsily until Kon returns with food. Only then does Tim finally heave himself upright, wincing at the way that the motion pulls uncomfortably at his stitches.
Kon flops down in bed next to him, tossing his jacket onto the chair in the corner and scrolling through his phone as Tim eats. It looks like some kind of casserole-- one of Ma Kentâs recipes, no doubt. Tim is hungrier than he thought, so he eats quickly and lets Kon float the now-empty dish onto the nightstand.
Sitting up, Kon sets down his phone and turns to face Tim. âAll right, let me take a look at your side?â
Tim nods and starts to pull off his sweater, but the motion tugs painfully at his side. He ends up with his head stuck in his sweater and his arms lost somewhere inside the sleeves. Turning to where he assumes Kon must be, Tim shoots him a despairing look through the fabric. âHelp.â
âSure thing, babe.â Giggling, Kon reaches over and carefully frees Timâs head, then his arms, from his sweater. He tosses it onto the laundry pile in the corner before turning back to Tim. âThere, I saved you from the deadly sweater.â
âYou saved my life,â Tim deadpans. âHowever shall I repay you?â
Kon leans in and wiggles his eyebrows. âYou can kiss me, you know.â
Smiling, Tim leans in and kisses Kon. âThere you go. Happy?â
Kon kisses him once more before drawing away. âVery. All right, let me take a look at you.â He leans back and his eyes flash white as he activates his x-ray vision. âWell, it didnât break any bones, so thatâs goodâŠ.â
Tim leans back on his hands and holds still as Kon peers at his side.
âWho did your stitches?â
âJason. Considering the amount of sleep heâs gotten, theyâre pretty good.â
âMust be the bat training. Lesson one, how to lurk ominously. Lesson two, how to stitch yourself up. Lesson three, how to punch things.â
âActually, we didnât learn how to do stitches on people until later. Alfred had us practice on oranges first.â
âAnd how did that go?â
Tim grins. âPoorly.â
Kon laughs quietly and pats Timâs thigh. âIt doesnât look like any stitches tore. Youâre right, it didnât hit any major organs either. Congratulations, youâre still in one piece.â
Yawning, Tim slowly lays back down. âGreat, thatâs a dream come true.â
âYouâre a dream come true, babe,â Kon replies, settling down on his side next to Tim.
Tim turns his head so he can smile at Kon. âThat was a cheesy one.â
Grinning, Kon pecks him on the forehead. âI know. Hey, how sore is your side? Think it can stand some light cuddling?â
âDefinitely, get over here.â
Kon wriggles closer and carefully throws his arm over Timâs waist before pillowing his head on Timâs shoulder. As always, itâs amazing to watch Kon curl his tall frame into a ball as he clings to Tim.
With a soft sigh, Kon nuzzles Timâs neck. âI love you.â
Tim kisses the top of Konâs head. âLove you too,â he murmurs.
They stay like that for a minute as Tim closes his eyes. Without opening them, he asks, âWhatâs the likelihood of you falling asleep on me within an hour?â
âPretty high. I found you on the couch right after I came home from work, so Iâm pretty tired and youâre a good pillow. I could conk out right here.â
Tim hums. âHow was work?â
Even without looking, he can tell that Kon is making a face. âSomebody brought in this bike-- this really nasty piece of work, let me tell you-- and wanted me to fix it up. The thing is, the cost to repair it was almost as much as the bike was worth. I told the customer, hey, itâs not worth it, and he got all up in my face about it.â
âAw, Iâm sorry,â Tim murmurs, carding his fingers through Konâs hair. âYou were only trying to help.â
âExactly! We ended up fixing it up anyways, but the customer was a jerk when he came to pick it up. It freakinâ sucked,â Kon grumbles into Timâs chest. âI was just trying to be nice!â
Humming, Tim continues running his hands through Konâs hair. Kon grows quiet and leans into his hand with a pleased sigh. For a few minutes, Tim pets his hair in silence until a familiar rumble fills the air. Smiling, Tim listens to the soothing sound of Konâs purring and lets the sensation reverberate around his chest.
âAh, so youâve started the engine,â Tim remarks casually.
Without lifting his head, Kon grumbles something in reply but continues purring nonetheless.
âFor the record, I still think that your purring should be measured in Konpower, not horsepower.â
Kon opens one eye and snuggles closer to Tim before closing it again. Laughing quietly, Tim kisses the top of his head before settling back onto the bed. He closes his eyes and absently pets Konâs hair as he purrs.
âHey, babe,â Kon murmurs when Tim is just beginning to drift. âYou know that Iâm proud of you, right?â
Tim opens his eyes. âYeah. Why do you ask?â
âI mean, youâre out there doing all of the superhero stuff alongside us, but you can get injured,â Kon says softly, gazing up at Tim. After a moment, he glances away. âI donât know. I guess itâs just on my mind because youâre hurt, and everything.â
Tim frowns. âAnd youâre proud of me for getting injured?â
Shaking his head, Konâs grip around his waist momentarily tightens. âWhat Iâm trying to say is that you put yourself in danger every time that youâre out there, and that takes guts. Thatâs all.â
âYou can get hurt too,â he says softly. Reaching up to cup Konâs face, Tim runs his thumb over his cheekbone and watches as Konâs eyes flutter shut. They donât often speak of those months when Kon was dead. It happened years ago, now, but Tim still remembers the pain of his loss like a phantom ache in his chest.
Kon inhales a shuddering breath and places his hand over Timâs. His skin is warm like a miniature sun. âI know,â he whispers. For a moment, the room fills with silence, save for the sound of their quiet breathing. Finally, Kon says, âStill, the way that you run around throwing yourself into every fight you see⊠I dunno, babe. Seems pretty heroic to me.â
A smile spreads across Timâs face. âWhen have you ever known me to back down from a challenge?â
Kon buries his laugh in Timâs shoulder. âI know, I know. Youâre a feral little creature with no fear of god.â
âExactly.â Tim kisses the top of Konâs head. âBut really, I just want to do the right thing, and sometimes that involves getting into a fight or two. Thatâs all.â
In response, Kon pushes himself onto his elbows and kisses Tim. When he pulls away, he gently rests their foreheads together. They stay like that, just breathing each otherâs air as Tim cups Konâs face with one hand.
âI really am proud of you,â Kon says at last. âI hate seeing you get hurt, but the shit you do⊠damn.â
âSomebody has to do it,â Tim replies.
Kon kisses him again before settling down against his side. âYou should get some sleep.â
Glancing down at his sweatpants, Tim shrugs. These will do as pajamas. Stifling a yawn, Tim wraps an arm around Kon and pulls him closer. It doesnât take long for them to fall asleep, all wrapped up in each other. Between the sound of Konâs soft breathing and his familiar warmth curled into Timâs side, Tim can finally relax. Heâs home.
#holy text post batman!#timkon#tim drake#conner kent#kon-el#fic talk#fic: home#one shot#fic: one shot#do i have a new chapter of birds fly for you? no.#but do i have fluff and tenderness? yes.
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