#anyways ! i love you round owl boi

[n3bb9]

my baby !!!!

[hamiltonaf]

Hi bestie, can i request how lewis would help you when you have insomnia? Mine is really a pain in the ass this week, could use a distraction

Night Owl | Lewis Hamilton

Pairing: Lewis Hamilton x Female Reader

Word Count: 1.3K

Warnings: None

A/N: Hello loves ! Apologies for the delay in writing requests…I fell really ill over the week and was so out of writing :( but I’m back. Thanks anon for requesting, I hope you enjoy. Requests are still open .xx

Another night that I found it hard to sleep. It was like this for over a week because of stress and anxiety. I don’t even have anything to stress about, it’s just how my mind works when my brains thinks I have so much to do and I won’t complete everything I want to do in time.

It wasn’t that big of a deal to sleep at early hours of the morning all alone because I didn’t have Lewis with me so I’d wake up late. However, now that Lewis is around, I feel the need to sleep and wake up at a normal time so that we could do more things together as a couple since I hardly see him anyway.

Once in a while I’ll experience an adrenaline rush in the middle of the night and I’m so full of energy, I could literally eat a whole meal, probably even host my own fake concert and I still wouldn’t be tired till around 4 or 5am.

I joined Lewis and his family for the start of the summer break before Lewis was off on his boys trip. I was over the moon to see Lewis after a whole 2 weeks. Doesn’t seem that long but felt like a lifetime for me.

We spent the day with the family catching up and playing with Kaiden and Willow. We played countless rounds of Uno and spent most of our time out in the sun. Watching Lewis with kids and spending time with him had me thinking about him leaving on his boys trip soon - anxiety trigger because the thought of us being apart again soon.

I swear I’m not selfish… we video call everyday and I physically see him every weekend or every second weekend, but with our schedules clashing I can’t even spend time with him when I’m free because I’m working. Race weekends also fly by so quickly, before you know it, it’s already Sunday and I’m on a flight back home whilst he takes a flight to another race.

I just would’ve wanted to spend some more time with him during this summer break and it could make up for the lost time.

I didn’t even realise I was daydreaming until Lewis snapped his fingers in front of me. “We’re at the hotel… you’ve been so quiet for the past 15 minutes. Is everything okay ?” He asked softly. “Oh yeah. Uhm everything is fine… don’t worry” I faked a smile and exited the car. He followed behind me back to our room, it was quite evident to Lewis that I wasn’t my usual self. When we reached our room, he grabbed me by my hand and pulled me flush against his chest. “Are you sure you’re okay ? You seem off. Is something bothering you ?” He raised a brow.

“I’m fine really” I gave him a soft smile then pecked his cheek. Just as I was about to leave his grasp, he held me tighter. “Babe I can literally tell when you’re lying. You pull that fake smile on me when something is bother you” he pointed out. I immediately felt embarrassed. “What ? No” I scoffed and giggled. “And you do that as well” he said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

“Okay well I’m not in the mood to discuss it right now, maybe later” I trailed as I pecked his lips and walked over to the bathroom. I had a shower and to my surprise, Lewis had fallen off to sleep. I on the other hand was full of energy, but might as well try to sleep.

I got into bed and cuddled up close to him. In hopes I would fall off to sleep, unfortunately I was too restless and ended up turning from side to side. I know he’s a light sleeper and I felt bad at the thought of him waking up because of me. A whole hour of trying to sleep and I gave up. I jumped out of bed and went to our lounge to watch something to pass some time. About half and hour into the movie, I got a shock when I felt a hand on my shoulder.

The movie I was watching had me in a depresso mode where I was bawling my eyes out. “Oh my- love are you okay ?” He asked concerned. “Oh my god. Babe you scared me” I screamed as I placed a hand on my heart. “Didn’t mean to scare you, if anything, you scared me… why did you leave me alone in bed ?” He pouted as he jumped over the couch to sit right next to me. “I can’t sleep” I sighed. “No worries, I can help” he smiled. “Lew it’s not one of those nights where I randomly can’t sleep, I have insomnia. It’s much harder to sleep when you’re an insomniac” I pouted and laid my head on his shoulder. “Well what’s keeping my girl up ? You didn’t tell me earlier, I wanna hear it from you now because I’m concerned” he said as he turned to look at me.

“Okay don’t take this the wrong way. My brain overthinks the smallest of things, when normally I couldn’t care. We’ll blame it on some chemical reaction on my brain, maybe lack of serotonin I think-“ he cut me off. “Babe. You’re rambling. Calm down. Deep breaths and tell me straight up how you’re feeling” he smiled as he cupped my face. “Look, you know how much I love you and it hurts me how little we see each other. My mind for some odd reason isn’t its normal self because all my mind thinks about is how little time we actually spend together …” I said embarrassed. “Look I’m all for you going on your boys trip, but I had to be honest with what’s on my mind” I gave him a soft smile.

“Aww baby you’re so cute. You want me all to yourself ?” He smirked and raised a brow. “Low-key yes, but no” I said as I then slapped my forehead in embarrassment. “I’m so sorry that sounds so dumb” I covered my whole face with my hands. “Darling, it’s nothing to be embarrassed about” he said as he pulled my hands away from my face and caressed my cheek with his thumb. “I’m just glad you’re honest with me. Sorry babe for hurting you, why didn’t you tell me sooner ?” He cooed. “I thought it was stupid and I was just being dumb” I shrugged.

“Never. Your feelings are valid, always. Consider me all yours for the rest of the summer” he smiled as he pulled me in for a short kiss. “Wait, what ? Lew no ! You can’t not go on your boys trip” I argued. “This is not a debate love” he grinned. “But Lew, you can’t not-“ “End of discussion. Let’s go” he cut me off as he stood up and carried me in his arms towards our bedroom.

“Now I definitely won’t sleep, you’re making me feel awful as if I’m holding you back which I’m really not. My mind is just racing at the thought of how quickly time is going and how we’re barely together, this has nothing to do with your mates by the way because I think they’re all amazing. My brain is just not braining these past few days” I pouted as he laid me in bed and jumped in to cuddle me closer to him.

“Babe just don’t worry about it, that’s the least of my concerns right now” he said as he nuzzled his face into my neck. “Lew !” I groaned. “You need to sleep and I’m doing my best to help put an end to your insomnia” he smiled into my neck as he snaked an arm around my waist. He placed soft kisses along my shoulders before turning me around in his grasp. “I really love you” he smiled. “I really love you too Lew Lew” I felt my cheeks flush as he pulled my face closer and connected our lips.

I felt so at ease in his embrace knowing he’s right with me after quite a while of being apart. I guess all I needed was a goodnight kiss.

[patrophthia]

idiots to lovers | regulus black

pairing: regulus black x reader

genre: angsty fluff, friends to lovers, confrontations, basically just the idiots to lovers trope oof, not proof read!

wc: 2k

originally posted on wattpad

"i think i can sort who's good for me for myself," i countered, turning to look at regulus with a bored expression.

"are you sure about that?" he asked. there was a distant sound of thunder but neither of us paid heed to it.

"are you implying that i can't take care of myself?" maybe that was a little bit out of pocket but i promise you he deserves it.

"does it seem like i am?"

"c'mon moony it's just a question," sirius groaned as james and lily entered the dorm.

"if it's just a question then why can't you ask her that yourself?" remus retorted, sitting up on his bed. it was clear that he was tired of sirius' nagging.

"because it's me," sirius answered as if it was the most obvious thing, getting onto his feet exaggeratedly. "let's not forget you're the one who shares prefect rounds with her."

"with who?" james asked, curiousity piqued.

"[name]," sirius, remus, and peter answered simultaneously. lily eyes widen in surprise, taking a seat on james' bed. what does a fifth year have anything to do with them?

"what does you being you have anything to do with you asking the question?" remus asked, staring pointedly at sirius.

"because. . ." the ebony haired boy trailed off, glancing at his friends for help. "because . . ." he repeated before sighing defeatedly. "i dunno! because i want to know if it's true and if it is what's she's doing him anyways!"

"who's him?" james asked cluelessly.

"regulus." all the other four presented in the room answered easily.

"what does [name] and regulus have to do with eachother?" the glasses clad boy followed up.

"that's what we're trying to find out," sirius replied, flailing his arms dramatically. "there's been rumors about the two 'dating' and i just- i've known that they've been friends since he was eleven and that he is head over heels for her but what does she want with him? you've all talked to her, she's too nice for a bloody death eater."

"have you thought that maybe she loves him and she wants him to love her back?" lily responded, putting her red hair up into a ponytail. "oh shoot, our rounds starts in ten," she cursed, staring at the clock on the opposite end of the boy's dorm room.

james and remus stood from their respective beds, checking for their wands before looking back at sirius who was pouting with wide puppy eyes; his last attempt at persuading them to ask the questions he needed the answers to.

"just ask her yourself pads," remus muttered, waltzing over to smack the back of the said boy's head.

after muttering a small ow, sirius focused his attention on lily who was disguising an amused smile. he stared at her wordlessly, intention clear in his gaze. lily kept up a neutral look only to then roll her eyes, giving in to his silent request. "fine, i'll do it."

•••

"hi [name]," lily greeted kindly. i smiled at her, masking my surprise as she waved me over. "remus asked to switch rounds, i hope you don't mind."

"oh it's alright," i waved it off before following up with a question, "is he well?"

"he's fine, just got roped into another one of james' plan," she replied, straightening her posture into a more serious one. one she specifically reserved for when she was viewed as the head girl. "you know how the marauders are."

in truth, i knew little about how the marauders are aside from regulus sharing details of how sirius talked about them and the occasional times i helped them hide from mcgonagall. i only nodded, following after lily as she took the first step for our round.

"so ... how's OWLs treating you?" the older girl asked light-heartedly, trying to make conversation as we went on.

"it's been alright, a bit stressful but it's to be expected. how's your NEWTs?" i asked in return, making our way down the stairs from the Great Hall.

"it's as hard as you can imagine it to be, i can barely catch a break," she let out. she then proceeded to complain about how there was way too many assignments and so little time. she went on and on and i nodded in agreement, listening to every word she was uttering. "and it really doesn't help having a boyfriend who's friends are as smart as he is."

"oh i feel you," i laughed. "they don't see the need to stay up all night and study because they already remember what they needed to right of the bat. it's the worst."

"right?!" lily exclaimed, turning to look at me with enthusiasm. "atleast remus and peter understand the stress of it. sirius and james just writes whatever comes into their mind onto their parchment and boom straight O's without even trying!"

"merlin, regulus is exactly like that. he barely takes his times with assignments and would never get anything less than an E while i spend hours on my work and get an A at best." i joined in, giving her my input on the things we could relate to.

"speaking of regulus. . ." lily dragged out, glad that it was a perfect segway to what she wanted to know. "are you two- you know? together?"

i looked at her timidly, mouth twisting into a sheepish smile, and with a nod of my head lily started grinning. "oh that's just adorable!" she squealed, all the while keeping an eye on the corridors as we talked. "i never thought you'd act on your feelings for him."

"what feelings?" i asked as we rounded hogwarts kitchen. "i didn't realize i liked him until he kissed me," i added, recalling the memory of that very kiss. i was lying and lily knew it. "i mean it!"

"oh you really mean it?" she repeated with a look of disbelief. not waiting for what i had to say, she quickly added, "so that time you learned about quidditch despite not having any interest in quidditch doesn't have anything to do with regulus?"

"no! . . . well yes . . . it's complicated," i mumbled. my cheeks growing warm as lily's eyes shined happily. "i just wanted to have something to talk to him about."

"and you did! it was so adorable!" at this point i was more than convinced that 'adorable' was lily's favorite word. "i remember it so clearly, he was so excited when you asked him if you could watch him at practise. i don't think i've ever seen puppy love until you two happened."

"oh and what you and james have isn't puppy love?" i asked, steering the conversation topic towards her love life instead. but lily was persistent, giving me a smile before answering.

"we're more like the enemies to lovers trope whilst you and regulus are idiots in love."

"and how exactly is me and reg idiots in love?" i asked. the pair of us passing the hufflepuff basement and down the toward the dungeons.

"from what i've heard of how you got together, it's as idiots in love as it comes."

"i just don't think he's good for you."

regulus, barty, rosier, and i had just regrouped from our own respective trips to hogsmeade. making our way up the hill towards the castle in a group of four as we recalled about the things we've done through out the day.

i had went out on a date; a date with whom i had no romantic interest in since the person who held my affections only thought of me as their best friend. it was stupid to try and get over someone i was madly in love with and yet, it didn't make me feel as helpless as realizing that nobody else could make me feel the way i feel for regulus.

"i think i can sort who's good for me for myself," i countered, turning to look at regulus with a bored expression.

"are you sure about that?" he asked. there was a distant sound of thunder but neither of us paid heed to it.

"are you implying that i can't take care of myself?" maybe that was a little bit out of pocket but i promise you he deserves it.

"does it seem like i am?" he replied easily. resulting in a groan from rosier —who was way too tired to be hearing us bicker about the same thing all over again.

"seriously reg?" i asked, staring at him. the thunder grew louder and this time we took a second to acknowledge it before going back to our . . . disagreement? argument? "do you expect me to be alone forever?"

"you wouldn't be alone if you're with me," he responded. we were both facing eachother now, standing in the middle of hogwarts lawn under the darkening sky.

it was supposed to be a sweet statement but i had long grew frustrated with his use of sweet talk. giving me false hope on things that would never happen.

"i would only be lonelier when i'm with you."

i took his expressions into account close enough to catch the brief flicker of surprise that crossed his features. regulus frowned, eyebrows furrowing when he stated, "you're mad at me aren't you."

"why are you mad at me?" i kept quiet, moving away to put distance between us. "are you listening to me?" he added, trailing after each of my steps.

"i am," i snapped. their was a pitter-patter on the surrounding windows followed by shrieks of surprised students running for shelter. i could barely register the rain bucketing down on us as i was too focused on the slytherin before me than anything else. "i'm just trying to see if you're listening to yourself."

there was an incredulous look on regulus face, offended by my words but he was quick to mask it. his dark curls were drenched when he swept them back, boring holes into me with unasked questions before he settled on, "what do you mean you'd be lonelier when you're with me?"

"i dunno reg," i muttered blearily, wiping a hand across my face. "maybe because you wouldn't love me the way i want to be loved?"

regulus stood stunned and i took that as a sign to turn on my heels again, heading towards the grand hall open doors. his hand caught my wrist before i'd gotten far, pulling me flush against him. i had barely a second to compartmentalize his actions up until he pinned his lips onto mine.

regulus wasted no time in pressing the inner of his palm against my cheek, holding me as gently as possible. my arms —as if it were muscle memory— reached up and wrapped themself around his neck. my heart raced as i took in the the smell of him, marveling at his closeness and how i could feel the warmth radiating from him despite the cool rain dripping on us. we pulled away.

the rain clouding our vision as we breathed heavily. wanting more, he leaned down and kisses me one more time, lingering as long as he could. his thumb circled around the apple of my cheek, caressing it as he took in deep breath.

"how could you?" he started, boring his grey eyes into mine. "how could you think i didn't love you that way?"

"you think that's idiots in love?" i asked. lily nodded in respond. "so you repeatedly turning down james even when you realized you had feelings for him just because you thought he was only doing it out of habit isn't idiots in love?"

"well that's not- i don't want to talk about this anymore."

—from bee: happy lunar new years to those who celebrate it!!! notes/ask/feedbacks are always greatly appreciated!!

[gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat]

Group C, Round 3, Poll 3:

Propaganda under the cut

Harumi

Oo boy where to I start. She emotionally manipulates the main character and then uses his emotions against him to revive his dad but evil. She ran a biker gang/cult and only let her three top generals know who she was. She went to extreme measures to get what she wanted, including burning down her palace and killing her adoptive parents.

some of her greatest hits include: Gaslighing Garmadon into hating Lloyd (his son), Gatekeeping being Garmadon's Son (even though she's not related to him and also a girl), Girlbossing her way to becoming the leader of a terrorist group while also being the Princess of Ninjago. siccing the terrorist group on the royal family, killing the king and queen because she hated them and didn't wanna be princess anyways, she'd rather be the evil puppet master behind a necromanced figurehead dictator.

Harumi is such a girlboss shes an orphan and was adopted by the emperor and empress and then BLEW UP THE PALACE AND KILLED THEM and she resurrected lord garmadon (evil!!!) and runs a criminal org/biker gang also she had this relationship with Lloyd where she pretty much just manipulated him but other than that I support her evilness

Okay so after an unfortunate tragic pass of her parents dying in a freak accident, she has dedicated her life in taking revenge on those who are even somewhat linked to their death. I'm talking, she manipulated her way into the royal family to get resources, starts a cult/gang worshiping one of the worst villains to ever hit the realms, and also completely plays with one of the ninja's feelings to get what she wants. Oh, yeah his feelings? She knew he had trauma, issues, just wanted to be loved, AND SHE USED THAT before leaving him to die on multiple occasions. She's also one of the few villains to actually win. Like she gets what she was aiming for, she wins. So yeah, Harumi is a girlboss.

Phillip Wittebane/Emperor Belos

(SPOILER) Has been gaslighting everyone he knows for hundreds of years (before he kills them or just discards them). Claims god won't love them if they don't do what he says (i.e., participate in his plot to genocide them). Girlbossed his way into becoming the emperor of a land of people he hates.

Gaslited the entire Boiling Isles into giving up their freedom to do any magic in favor of some cool tattoos that can murder you. Gatekept the door to the human realm. Girlbossed his brother fatally with a knife

This mother fucker gaslight, gatekeep, girlbosses his clone of his brother, the main character, A WHOLE FUCKING DIMENSION!!??? He even tries to gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss in his final moments!!!

[lucigoo]

Maybe one more, baby?

#261-Maybe one more, @flashfictionfridayofficial

Pairing -Sirius/Remus

Warnings - None, pure fluff

Words - 1,075

Summary - Sirius and Remus are watching their son, Teddy Lupin-Black, as he graduates Hogwarts, their family surrounding them as they do so. A03 link is here

Sirius sat with Remus and the rest of their kids as they watched Teddy graduate Hogwarts. The boy was Remus’ boy through and through. Having self studied and came out with 13 OWLS, the little swot, Sirius thought fondly.

“What are you smiling at, love?” Remus asked quietly from beside him, their youngest Amalie on his knee.

“Nothing much. Just how proud of him I am. How proud of all of them I am. Yes, even you sprog,” he said as he shoved Harry’s head back into the seat he was supposed to be sitting on.

Instead, he was pulling faces at Amalie, with Charise and Steven on either side of him.

“Leave Harry alone Papa,” Amalie said as she crossed her arms and pouted in a way only 5-year-old princesses could get away with.

“Well, excuse me,” Sirius said with a laugh as he stole their youngest from Remus and cuddled her close.

“Can we go home soon? Aunt Molly said there was going to be cake for Teddy and Victore. I want cake,” she said as she bounced in her excitement.

“Of course you do,” Remus said with a fake sigh.

“Of course she does Tad, all princesses get cake. After Teddy and Victore though,” he said as he looked at her sternly. All of them knowing she would probably end up between the two getting the first slice, anyway.

“Speaking of Teds," Remus said as he pointed to where Teddy and Victore were making the way to their very large group of Lupin-Blacks and Weasley’s as they spoke.

Both Amalie and Steven’s heads whipped round and they scrambled off their seats to run at their brother, the youngest Weasleys doing the same to their cousin alongside them.

Not much more was said until Sirius felt his spelled pager go off. “Crap, it’s Draco. He has something he wants to talk to me about. Apparently it’s urgent,” Sirius said as he read the message.

“Make sure you say bye to Teddy and try not to be too late home,” Remus said as he allowed Sirius to kiss him before he jogged off to grab Teddy and have a whispered conversation.

Remus watched the love of his life tell Teddy how proud he was. He felt a lump in his throat at the way Sirius tenderly cupped Teddy’s cheeks in his hands and kissed his forehead.

“You know, you look like a besotted fool,” Harry said, laughing as he wrapped his arms around Remus from behind. Charise, clinging to his back, laughing.

“Probably because I am,” he said, laughing in return.

“Something about those Blacks, right?” Harry asked happily

“Speaking of, do you know what Draco wants him for?” Remus asked Harry about his own partner.

“Not a clue. I know he is in the ward today, getting everything ready for tomorrow,” he said with a shrug as he bounced, making Charise giggle and both he and Remus smile up at the 8-year-old.

“I’m just grateful Minerva scheduled the graduation ceremony early enough for us all to be here,” Remus said as he smiled at all of his kids bar Charise as they said bye to Sirius and then clambered all over Teddy who looked like he was having the time of his life.

“Why aren’t you over there, Charise?” Remus asked his daughter softly.

Instead of answering, she ducked her head into Harry’s neck and grumbled.

“Charise?” Remus said again as he used his cane to help get himself up. “Baby, you ok?” he asked worriedly.

“Oh, she’s fine. She’s just mad at Teddy,” Harry said with a laugh. He stopped laughing when he saw Remus’ concerned expression. “Nothing to worry about, Moony. Teddy and I were joking around and he asked Charise which one of us was her favourite brother. She found it hard to choose and then got mad because Teddy found it adorable before laughing at her. Now she’s annoyed, right?” Harry asked his adopted sister, who just grumbled again.

“Christ Harry, you worried me there. I will talk to Teddy, ok darling? Make sure he doesn’t ask you stupid questions again?” he asked his daughter, who grumbled her agreement. Harry and Remus shared a smile before heading off to round up their family and head to Grimmauld for the graduation party they were putting on for Teddy and Victore.

It was hours later, when Remus had finished tucking Steven in and wishing him goodnight, that Remus heard the floo whoosh. He kissed Steven’s head before heading down the stairs to Sirius slowly.

He stopped when he saw that look on Sirius’s face. “What did you do?” Remus asked, resigned.

“Nothing yet,” Sirius said with a grin as he walked over to Remus and took him in his arms before kissing him sweetly.

“You're buttering me up, pads,” Remus accused.

“Possibly. You know I love all our kids, right? All five of them. Harry, Teddy, Charise, Steven and Amalie, yeah? And you know how we got the little three because nobody wanted werewolf toddlers, right?” Sirius said as he started to fidget.

“Yes, I’m aware of how and why we ended up with each of our children. Of how there’s been an increase of born werewolf children after so many young people were bitten during the war. What of it?” Remus asked with a raised eyebrow.

“Well .... Ok, right, well what about. Umm, maybe one more?” Sirius rushed out.

“One more?” Remus repeated.

That was how Sirius and Remus ended up looking at pictures of a darling 10-month-old boy who had been left at St Muggles as his muggle mother couldn’t and didn’t want to deal with a werewolf babe.

Sirius smiled when he looked at Remus and kissed him deeply after he agreed to taking the child, named Ronan, into their family.

“I love you. You know that, right?” Sirius whispered to Remus who whispered it back before kissing his husband back gently

“Of course I do. I love you too,” he said with a smile.

“Oh good, because Draco will be here with the baby in an hour. Off to kiss the others goodnight,” Sirius said as he ran out of the room.

It took a moment for Remus to understand what Sirius had said before he bellowed, “Sirius Lupin-Black, what the hell?”

Sirius just ran off laughing to tuck his babies in for the night, excited to have one more child to raise with his beloved wolf.

[coffeecoloredpages]

Bring the Boys Home - Meet Me Halfway

Chapter 1 Part 3

By Wordwyrm (more on AO3)

September 1st, 1971, Wednesday - King's Cross Station, London, England

James Potter

James skipped through the busy station, paying no heed to his mother's exasperated warnings not to stray too far. He'd been waiting for today his whole life. James was finally going to Hogwarts!

He watched the station signs carefully, dodging in and out of the crowd. Seven, eight, nine… there it was. Platform 9 ¾. Well, the muggle side of it anyway. He'd listened to his dad's stories of Hogwarts all his life, and knew he'd need to run through a pillar here to find the train station on the other side. Bouncing on the tips of his toes, he got ready to run, then stopped and glanced anxiously around for his parents. Hearing about running through a solid wall was one thing, actually doing it was entirely different.

He caught sight of his parents through the crowd, and relaxed, his excitement returning. As Fleamont and Euphemia Potter joined him, he could barely stay still again. Fleamont’s eyes wrinkled with a smile, and he ruffled his son's already unruly black hair. “Eager, aren't we, Sunny? You ready?” James nodded quickly, “Do we go through now, Dad? How do we go again?” James felt his nerves returning, but was determined to be brave. Gryffindors were always brave, and he was going to be a Gryffindor.

Fleamont, noticing his son's nervousness, chuckled. “I suppose it is a bit tricky. Tell you what, why don't I take the trolley through first? You can follow after with Mum, yeah?” Relief washed over James’ face, and he nodded seriously. “Yeah, that's brilliant, Dad. I'll watch closely.” Trying to contain his smile, Fleamont kissed his wife quickly, then stood before the barrier and threw his shoulders back.. “Here I go!” He announced, before walking confidently through the barrier.

James stared after him, awed. Euphemia gently nudged him, “Go on, love. Give it a bit of a run if you're nervous.”

��I'm not nervous!” James protested, but he backed up to give himself a head start regardless. He breathed in deep, screwed his eyes closed, and ran. He half expected to run smack into the stone pillar, so the much softer build of his father catching him gave James a bit of a start. He opened his eyes and gazed around eagerly, his mum coming to join them from behind. He stared up at the train, feeling he'd never seen anything so big. Through the windows he could see other children gathering, greeting old friends or shyly introducing themselves to new ones. Two small boys, one slightly plump and one scrawny, were climbing the steps into one of the cars, dragging their trunks behind. A couple windows down, a boy with black curls and a slightly wicked grin was staring out at him. James stuck his tongue out. In response, the boy made a grotesque face, and James laughed loudly. He allowed his parents to fuss over him for a few minutes with what he was sure was saintly patience, before pulling away. “I'll write lots, mum, I promise.” James responded, as Euphemia tried to pull him in for another round of hugs and kisses as the warning whistle blew. “My dear, he'll be fine,” Fleamont handed James his owl. “Hurry up, or you'll miss the train, Sunny. And try to stay out of trouble, yeah?”

James nodded, already hurrying away. He pulled his trunk behind him into the car and past compartments until reaching the one he’d seen the black haired boy in. Pushing the door open, he was met with the same mischief filled face he'd seen through the window. “My name is Sirius Orion Black, what's yours?”

James grinned, “James Potter. I've heard of you, I think.”

“I've definitely heard about you. My Mum says you're a blood traitor and your parents want anarchy, whatever that means. But I've decided it means you're going to be my new best friend.”

“Sounds brilliant,” James hopped onto the seat, crossed his legs, and beamed at Sirius. “So, do you like quidditch?”

[euphoricimagination]

Summary: As you continue your new journey in Nekoma High the chance to tour around Tokyo appeared; joining three cats (Kenma surprises everyone by willingly joining), and owl and Bokuto.

Kenma x reader; Haikyuu x reader [Platonic]

First Year: Inarizaki

Second Year: Part 5; Part 6; Part 7...

The first class passes like normal, leading into the first break, so you stand up to stretch your legs a bit. Kenma, like usual, was looking at his PSP, this time with a more concentrated look as he plays.

“Hi Kenma, want some cookies? I have a lot of them left. What are you playing today?

“Thanks. Mario kart” he shows you the screen “ehh… do you…” he stops as he looks around both of you, finding your classmates looking at the two of you with curious eyes

“Oh, you don’t like being stared at, huh? I’m going to go, sorry” you say knowing that the reason they were looking was most likely because the new foreigner girl was talking to the shy boy like nothing.

“No, no, it’s not your fault…want to play a round?” he asks you looking at his desk

“Sure, I like Mario kart. Let me sit by the wall so there’s less people looking at us” you pass behind him and sit, since there was some space between his desk and the wall. He passes you his PSP as soon as you sat, turning around a little to see you play “I’ve never use this, how do I do stuff?”

“Oh, yeah. With this one you move, this one you use the items, and with that one you use the turbo. The rest is pretty intuitive” he explains as you start the game, him staying quiet

“Yay! Look, I won!”

“Not bad. Do you like other games?” he asks with the biggest smile you have seen from him

“I used to like eh…” you try to answer while the next round starts, but end up staying quiet because you were concentrating too much. He doesn’t say anything about it, so you continue in a comfortable silence. You snap out of it once the game finished, finally looking at him “Sorry, what?”

“It’s okay, I asked what games you like”

“Oh, yeah, I really liked...Animal Crossing, I believe the name was”

“This one?” He asks taking the console and putting the game.

“Yeah! I loved that game”

“You don’t have where to play?”

“Nope, I was thinking on getting one of this tomorrow at Tokyo, but I don’t know anything about them”

“I can help you…If you want, of course” he looks at the floor once again

“Sure, how? You can come with us if you want”

“I don’t like going out that much”

“Oh, I get it, if this wasn’t my first time, I probably wouldn’t go out either. Why does everything has to be pretty here? It’s not fair”

“You sound like a foreigner” Kenma looks at you with a playful smile

“I wonder why, this is only my second year in Japan, and I was busy being a manager on my first one”

“You’re excited then”

“Very”

“Why don’t you come to my house after practice and I tell you everything I know, I can help you find a good price too. We live in front of each other anyway”

“Okay, I’m sure you know more about them than me. Can I see your island?”

“Sure” he passes you his PSP once again, the soft smile appearing.

“Eat something meanwhile, I barely see you eat”

“…Fine” he takes a cookie out, starting eating while you were walking around and he was explaining some things about it. You were having so much fun that you didn’t notice Yamamoto, Yaku and Kuroo outside of the classroom, looking at you with smiles on their faces.

The next classes pass quickly, now you are going to the table to eat lunch with Kenma looking at his game.

“Yn-chan! Hi” Lev calls you excited; Kenma scrunches his face at the scream, so he slightly pushes you so you sit next to the tall boy instead of him.

“Hi Lev, how are you?”

“Good! I’m excited, you’re going to see our team play!”

“I’m excited too. Don’t spoil anything though, let me enjoy the surprise for once”

“Why are you excited anyway? You’re not playing, you barely can receive the ball” adds Yaku

“Don’t say that in front of Yn-chan!! I’m working on it!”

“I’m going to know anyway, you know?”

“I bet even Yn-chan can play better than you, Lev” says Yamamoto sitting with his lunch.

“Do you know how to play chibi-chan?” asks Kuroo

“Yeah, the basics at least, Tsumu wanted to teach me; and if I didn’t say yes, he would have whine until I did it”

“Wait, Miya Atsumu taught you?” you nod while drinking some juice “Damn, then you’re miles better than Lev. Can you join the team instead of being our manager?”

“Nah, I like being on the side, I learned a lot and that helped me to break down the other teams plays”

“So this means we have two brains in the team now? Kenma-san plans strategies and Yn-san can figure out the way the other team play” asks Inuoka

“Sounds like it, but that’s only if chibi-chan joins, she still isn’t our official manager” says Kuroo looking at you

“I thought it was obvious that I wanted, I wouldn’t be here otherwise”

“And with who would you be eating lunch then? You only know Kenma and I, and that’s because we’re neighbors”

“I don’t need to hang out with someone. I’m not an extrovert, I like being alone”

“Wait, really? It’s so easy to talk to you, it was so hard to make Kenma talk to us” adds Yamamoto as you shrug

“How did you become friends with the Miyas and Suna then? You four sound inseparable” asks Yaku

“I think that the only reason they insisted so much was because they thought it would be cool to have a foreign friend. And then we kinda just…clicked”

“And now you can’t escape from them?”

“Pretty much. But I love them a lot, I wouldn’t escape anyway” You continue talking comfortably with the whole team for the rest of the lunch break.

The bell sounds indicating that classes have ended, so you pack your things up and go out with Kenma, arriving at the gym going to change into your gym clothes. When you go out, you started doing the typical manager things, filling bottles, taking things out, etc, when the coach calls you, now with Kuroo, Kenma and Kai by his side.

“Yn-kun, the other team should be arriving really soon. I know that you have done this, so I don’t need to explain anything, right?”

“Nah, I got this. I got some notes from the teams we, I mean, Inarizaki played against, maybe they can help”

“You keep notes of every team?” ask Kuroo

“Not in detail, but the important stuff. I only go in detail when it comes to my team”

“So you have Inarizaki’s info in there too. Interesting, interesting” says Kuroo

“I’m not giving you information on how they play until you actually play with them. Anyways, who are you playing against today?”

“It’s a really good school, one of the best in Tokyo actually…”

“CHIBI-CHAN!!” you hear a scream, making you turn around only to find Bokuto running to you with his arms open.

“BokutoAghh” you were lifted from the ground before you could finish, you grabbing Bokuto’s shoulders to stabilize yourself while laughing.

“Bokuto-san, we talked about this. Don’t squish her too much” Akaashi appears behind him

“I know, I just miss you, chibi-chan” he squishes you into his arms before putting you down

“I missed you too, but you don’t have to twirl around every time you see me”

“Sorry” he pulls you for another hug

“Bokuto-san, let me say hi to the rest”

“Okay, okay. Kuroo! How are you? I heard-” Bokuto moved away to talk with your captain while you go to Akaashi, the girls and the rest of the team before your coach calls you, all of Nekoma waiting alongside.

“Well, I was going to tell you who they were, but it seems that you know them already. Nekoma and Fukurodani have practice matches regularly, alongside other schools, so they all know each other too. I’m going to talk to their coach before starting. Excuse me”

“How do YOU know them?” asks Kuroo

“They went to Inarizaki for a practice match”

“You seem close to Bokuto”

“It’s Bokuto-san, it’s hard to not like him”

“Chibi-chan!” Bokuto passes his arms through your shoulders, back hugging you “We totally should go to Tokyo now. Akaashi, the girls and I can show you around! You guys should come too!”

“I’m actually going tomorrow with my family”

“We can join too!”

“Bokuto-san, we can’t just join a family outing like that”

“Akaashi! Don’t be so pessimistic. We can show them around! Right Chibi-chan?”

“You can join if you want to”

“SEE! Our Chibi-chan is the best” says Bokuto while lifting you one more time “are we all going?”

“We can’t, sorry Yn-chan, Kaori and I already had plans, we reserved and all” Yuki says apologetic

“I’ll go, I need to make sure Yn-chan and her family don’t die” Akaashi jokes

“AKAASHI! I wouldn’t let that happen” he pouts “Anyways, you guys?”

“Why does it feel like you’re the one visiting Tokyo and not Chibi? I’m going, if you want to be there by 8 we need to leave earlier than that. Plus, I need to make sure you actually arrive to the city” Kuroo smirks at you

“What makes you think I need your help?”

“You will get lost without any of us” you knew that he was right, and he clearly knew it too

“I want to go too!” Lev adds

“Can you even wake up that early on a weekend?”

“Kuroo-san! I will be there Yn-chan, I promise” Lev looks to you excited. The rest of the team excuse themselves, since they had stuff to do or just wanted to rest.

“So, Lev, Kuroo-san, Bokuto-san and Akaashi are going?” you ask confused

“I’ll go too” Kenma whispers quietly, he was looking at his phone the whole time, not saying anything

“KENMA?! You…you are offering yourself…to go out? That early?” exclaims Kuroo surprised, everyone on Nekoma, even some of Fukurodani, had shocked faces

“I promised to help her with something” he looks at the floor, in an attempt to hide from the eyes on him

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to, Ken. You already told me that you don’t like going out” you say to him in a soft, understanding voice, making him look at you with a little smile

“It’s okay, I want to…your face will be funny”

“Oh, so you’re just going to make fun of me. I see how it, sorry for wanting to get to know your country, you ungrateful bastard” you pretend to be offended and making him chuckle, action that makes everyone on Nekoma even more shocked.

“They grow up so fast” Yaku puts a hand on his chest, Kai agreeing silently

“Ok, so 5 of you are going then. Anyways, go stretch, you came here to do a practice match. Go, go, go!”

“You heard our manager, let’s go!” adds Kuroo

Both teams start going to stretch, Kenma asking you to take care of his phone before going. When the coaches are back from their talk, the girls and you had everything ready, just were just waiting for them to start.

“I should have expected that everything will be ready, Yn-chan, you’re already exceeding my expectations” says the coach arriving to the team “You guys already know that this is a strong team. Like always, remember to connect. Yn-chan, do you want to say something?”

“Me? Ehh…the last time I saw them play was at last year nationals. I’m sure Bokuto-san got better at line shots; he was quite inconsistent with them. I haven’t seen you play properly, so I can’t say anything about you”

“Got it Chibi-chan, we can cut his angle shots to see how good he has gotten”

“Sounds good”

“Let’s get together guys!” says Kuroo, the team making a circle putting their arms at the center, looking at Kenma “We are like the blood in our veins, we must flow without stopping. Keep the oxygen moving so that our ‘brain’ can operate at his best!”

“Ooh you have a speech! Cute!”

You knew that Nekoma was known for their defense, but it still surprised you how Yaku was able to dig a powerful serve like nothing, sending it right where Kenma was. Kenma stays there slouching while waiting for the ball, setting it to Kuroo for a quick pass and scoring a point. A few points later you noticed Nekoma’s way of playing, they always find a way to dig the ball, sending it perfectly to where Kenma was; their blocks, while they may look basic, where in really specific places to help Yaku receive.

“So…Kenma doesn’t move that much?” You ask the coach

“No, unless it’s fully necessary to keep the ball in the game. The team always try to send the ball to an ideal spot”

“Their defense it’s amazing, even the ones that they can’t properly dig they are in the right place”

“Have you notice something about Fukurodani, Yn-chan?”

“They seem like usual, Bokuto-san seems to be in a good shape today, he seems a bit anxious though, probably wants to start using line shots” And like he was hearing you, Akaashi sets to Bokuto, who does a really amazing line shot that ends up barely being out and making the coach call for a time out.

“That was so cool” you whisper while waiting for the boys come back. You give them their bottles and some towels before reaching Kenma, giving him his bottle “so you don’t like moving even in games, huh?”

“I don’t have the biggest stamina” he sat on the bench while sipping his water

“Yn-chan tell them what you think” calls you the coach

“Bokuto-san seems to be in a good form today, but he’s a bit anxious, probably wants to do line shots now, I know he’s been practicing them a lot lately and wanted to use them in a proper match. The last one would have been an amazing one if it wasn’t out. Also, he seems to be pointing over Kenma’s head on the blocks”

“I noticed that too, let’s wait for him to get used to point over my head, then Kuroo and I could change places to block him. Also, we can continue to block only his cross shots for now and then we change into blocking his line shots"

“We got plan then, let’s go!”

The match continues, Nekoma being a point ahead at 19 – 18. The guys execute the plan perfectly, blocking Bokuto a few times making the first set go to Nekoma. You went around with their bottles while Kenma sits down one more time in the bench.

“Have you ever thought of putting your hair up when you play? So, you know, more air comes?”

“I don’t like when my field of view is too wide… I mean... don’t like when… when”

“I know what field of view is. Let me throw some air to you” you say fanning him with the notebook

“Thanks”

The second set starts with Kenma serving, his serve is normal but it always goes to a tough spot to cover. Despite being really good at defending, their offense was quite average, not bad but not the best; but they seem very aware of it, because all the strategies are made to use the best of their strength. The second set goes to Fukurodani, ending it with an amazing cross shot by Bokuto.

The third set goes similar to the last one, both teams playing at the best of their abilities. Fukurodani has the set point now, Akaashi gives the ball to Bokuto, who does a cross shot but it’s stopped by Yaku, who digs it a little shorter than usual. Kenma has to move to set it up and gives it to Fukunaga, but Fukurodani's libero digs it again. Suddenly you notice that Bokuto's aura shifted, silently demanding the ball. Akaashi noticed it too, setting for him and making Bokuto do an extremely sharp line shot, marking the win for Fukurodani.

While you go your team, you hear Bokuto talking “OOHH! Akaashi did you see that? Wasn’t that cool?! Chibi-chan!! Did you see that?!” Bokuto looks at you like an excited puppy

“That was soo cool Bokuto-san!”

“I know, but it was pure luck this time!”

“Don’t take it away from you, you still did it” you continue to fan Kenma, who looks just exhausted

“Thanks, chibi-chan!!” he gives you a tight hug

“Aghh Bokuto-san! You’re sweating!”

“Stop trying to steal our manager, you owl! If anything she should be hugging us, we lost” adds Kuroo, pulling you slightly by his side

“Well, I met her first! I deserve the hug!” Bokuto holds into your other hand

“Bokuto-san, your team is waiting for you” you say before the tension rises

“Ah yeah! Talk to you guys later!”

“Well done boys, you did pretty good today; it’s hard to win against Fukurodani, but you did amazing giving them a good fight. I’m surprised by the strategies that came up and how good they worked, which means they will work in future matches too. Yn-chan what did you think of the team?”

“I knew that Nekoma was good at defense, but I honestly never expected to be this good. You guys receive spikes from Bokuto-san that are really hard to receive. Also, it’s amazing to watch you keeping the ball alive no matter what. Although I do think that the offense could be better... It wasn’t weak, please don’t get me wrong but…”

“No, no it’s good to be honest Yn-chan” the coach interrupts your small rant “it’s good that you tell us this, you were the manager of a really strong team. In a way I do agree, while our defense is really good, our offense stays short if we compare it to Fukurodani, for example. It’s not something that we can change from one day to another, however when new bloods come in, changes will too. For now, let’s continue perfecting the plays that we have and make the best out of them”

“Yes sir!”

“And Yn-chan, at first I was hesitant to have a manager because we don’t really need one, but you were able to prove me wrong. You and Kenma can be perfect duo to help us win. So, if you want to be our manager, you’re welcome”

“Of course I want to, it was my intention from the beginning”

“Then I officially welcome to our team chibi-chan, although I already consider you one” Kuroo ruffles your hair

While the teams were stretching, the girls come by your side, talking about everything that you missed since your last meeting. It's was already late when the match ended, so you quickly organized everything to wrap up.

“Bye chibi-chan! See you tomorrow!” Bokuto hugs you one more time

“Bye Bokuto-san, see you tomorrow Akaashi”

And with that Fukurodani enter their bus and leave.

After that Nekoma takes their things leaving the school, not before giving you a warm welcome. Kenma, Kuroo and you start walking together to the nearest station, Kenma on his game while you talk to Kuroo. You arrived at your house at around 7:15 pm, Kuroo leaving right away to help his grandma, leaving Kenma and you behind.

“Do I still go to your house?” you ask

“If you want to…we can still browse stores for the best price” he says when you go to his front door “I have everything on my room”

“Let’s go then…you’re alone?”

“Yes, my parents work until late” you enter his bedroom, which had a bunch of stuff on it.

“Damn, you have so many games, another console, and a computer? How do you have so much money?”

“My parents bought me some stuff, since you know, they aren’t at home that much. I also earn some money doing some videos and uploading them to YouTube…”

“Ahh, I see…wait, how do you put games into the psp?” the question pops up at seeing the whole collection he has. His soft smile appears again while explaining you the basics of the console. You sit near his computer when he browses around the stores looking for the best deal.

“This one is more expensive, but it has more memory which is useful in the long run. I don’t know if your parents will be okay with the money though”

“Let me ask. But even if they think it’s too expensive I can buy it myself, I also have some money. They’re much cheaper than in my country anyway”

“I can put some of the games I have too, so you would save a lot more with that”

“I was already counting on you for setting it up. Ken, you sure want to go? You told me you don’t like people; I don’t want you to be uncomfortable” you ask carefully

“I’ll be fine, I can deal with it once in a while. Thanks for worrying though”

“If you say so” you say. You stayed in silence for a few seconds, but you could feel his eyes on you. You caught him off guard when you turned around, making him look away to hide his face. For some reason neither of you feel uncomfortable, the only thing interrupting your trance was the ring of your phone “...my mom says that it’s fine”

“That’s cool…want to play something before going?”

“I thought you’ll never ask, any idea?”

“Mario kart? I want to beat you” he smiles playfully

“Excuse me? Rude. I don’t know how good you are, but don’t you dare to look down on me” you joke

“I’m not…I just know I’m better”

“Oh, fuck you” you make him chuckle. You stayed there playing for a long time, lots of laughs from both of you until you decided to put your controller down while looking at him, who had a relaxed smile “how much do you play this? It feels like you know every detail in the maps”

“Just admit that I’m better”

“No”

“You are good though. Second is not bad, you will definitely beat Kuroo”

“I’ll take that, I guess” you straighten your legs, staying in silence for a minutes

“This is nice” he says, making you look at him confused at the sudden words, he blushes a little and looks at the floor, almost as if he didn’t mean to say it out loud “Sorry…I didn’t…”

“It is nice” you whisper before looking at your phone to see the time, 9.20 pm “I need to go though”

“Yeah, yeah” he stands up, going to his front door “Tomorrow at 7.00 then?”

“Yeah, that’s what Kuroo said. See you tomorrow, Ken”

“See you tomorrow, Yn”

You cross the street to go to your house, your mom making some snacks when you arrive. “Did you go to…Kenma’s house?”

“Yeah, he helped me find the console that I sent you”

“Kenma is the one with yellow hair, right?” you nod eating some fruit “Ahh, he seemed quiet. You were similar to him before the twins and Suna made you more comfortable talking”

You go to your room and look at your phone while laying down, noticing that you were added into two group chats, one of the Nekoma team, and other with the guys that will go tomorrow.

The messages continue to appear, mostly from Bokuto and Lev about places you should visit.

+++

You woke up early the next morning, but despite being so early, the weather was already hot, so you decided to put some shorts and a t-shirt on. The whole reason to go there so early was to avoid as many people as possible and to come back relatively early.

“Man, it's 7:00 am, how the fuck is so hot already?” You mutter while waiting outside

“Hi chibi-chan, looking good”

“Hi Kuroo” you say noticing his eyes moving up and down “don’t look at me like that”

“Sorry, sorry. You look really pretty today chibi-chan”

“Today?” You joke when you noticed his red ears

“Extra pretty today; sorry, got distracted” adds with a cheeky smile

“I’m regretting letting you go”

“Don’t be like that Chibi-chan, it’s all with good intentions”

“How are the two of you not tired?” You hear from behind Kuroo, Kenma appearing with his eyes barely opened

“It’s called sleeping Kenma, maybe if you didn’t stay up until so late playing games you would know that” Kuroo says making Kenma roll his eyes.

“Did you sleep last night Ken?”

“Yes, I did”

“How much?”

“…2 hours”

“2 hours? When you knew you had to wake up early? No wonder you’re tired”

“I’m not…” he starts, but stops when he finally looks at you, his eyes widening and a hint of blush appearing on his face.

“You’re not what Kenma? Looks like someone got speechless” Kuroo smirks at Kenma’s reaction

“Should I go to put some pants on” you ask to yourself

“You look...Pretty Yn” Kenma says looking away

“Thanks Ken. This is how you compliment people Kuroo”

“I said the same thing!”

“Ok, we can go. Hello guys, thanks for coming with us” Your mom says coming out with your brother

“Hi miss, it’s our pleasure” greets Kuroo before you start walking, Kuroo talking with your mom while Kenma talked with your brother about a new game

“YNNN-CHAN!” you heard a scream that made everyone flinch. You saw a tall, grey hair boy coming towards you running, crushing you into a hug “Yn-chan you look so good! It’s this your family? Hi, Kenma-san, Kuroo-san!”

“Relax kid” says Kuroo, slightly annoyed. Kenma face just scrunches while moving behind you

“Thank you Lev, but you don’t have to scream; and yes, this is my family”

“Hi, I’m Lev, nice to meet you” he greets with his puppy like energy, making your mom laugh a little

“Is it too late to back out?” whispers Kenma next to you

“Yes, I asked you yesterday”

You enter into the fairly empty train, Lev and your brother talking about something while Kenma, Kuroo and you are standing by the door side by side. You arrived at the station and went out, seeing the two owls standing right outside besides the stairs.

“CHIBI-CHAN!” as soon as you step outside of the station Bokuto moves to give you a hug

“Bokuto-san, you saw me yesterday”

“I’m excited to show you around! Hi guys, Hi chibi-chan family! I’m Bokuto!” Bokuto goes to say hi to your family

“Sorry to drag you here Akaashi” you move next to Akaashi

“I offer myself, don’t worry”

“Chibi-chan! You brother is my fan!” Bokuto screams

After all the introductions were done, you’re ready to go out. Your eyes go wide the moment you step outside, amazed since it was your first time seeing it live. Bokuto, Kuroo and Lev drag all of you through the city, making you take photos and selfies with different things; while Akaashi and Kenma make sure that it doesn’t go out of control. At some point you and Kenma entered the store where the console was while the others went to find a place to eat before going back. You had never seen Kenma so comfortable, smiling while he showed you some games.

After lunch you head back to your houses, saying bye to everyone as you and the two cats walk towards your houses

“Thank you for coming with us guys”

“Of course, chibi-chan, it was a fun time. It’s fun to see how a foreigner reacts to something that we’re used to see”

“You have no idea how different it is. It was so pretty” you look at Kenma, who already was looking at you “thanks for going out Ken”

“It was annoying, but it’s okay, it was fun seeing your reactions. I’ll set the console up and give it to you tomorrow”

“Sure”

“By the way, we have practice tomorrow, Saturdays are our day off” adds Kuroo, his eyes lingering to the blonde ones

“The same schedule that I had before, nice. Now go, you guys are probably tired. Ken, try to sleep a little, okay?

“...I’ll try”

“See you tomorrow chibi-chan”

A few hours later, after a nice shower, you sit on the floor putting some things that you bought for your foxes on a package to send to Hyōgo. The last time you were here with them, they couldn’t really go outside and see things that much, so they were just as excited. While doing that a message appears on your phone.

While you don’t remember telling him that you do videos, it somehow doesn't surprise you; after all, the twins and Suna had appeared many times. You continue talking for a while before getting ready to sleep, closing your eyes with a smile on your face.

[friends-to-lovers-tournament]

Friends to Lovers Tournament: Round 3, Side B, Match 6

propaganda under the cut!

Renga:

Submission 1:

bc they gay

Submission 2:

i can go into heavy detail,,, AND I WILL!!!

1. their ship name is literally a form of poetry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renga) and it's a type of poem written by multiple poets SO REKI AND LANGA ARE THE POETS WHO WRITE THEIR OWN POETRY TOGETHER 

2. they got along almost immediately after they met, and they found their reason for living together with each other via skateboarding!!! and they're best friends because they "get" each other like nobody else does!!! LIKE THE BEST KIND OF LOVE IS THE ONE WHERE YOU'RE BEST FRIENDS WITH EACH OTHER!!!

3. langa literally says "there's no meaning to skating if i can't do it with you" to reki AND IF THAT ISN'T THE SWEETEST THING EVER!!! and reki literally studies langa's way of skating to design a skateboard that fits perfectly to his snowboarder style AND HE GETS SO EXCITED TO SHOW LANGA IT!!!

4. they have their own fist bump that forms an infinity symbol which means that their love lasts forever and it's the loviest of lovey doves ur honor <3

5. they literally have a blue (langa) x red (reki) aesthetic WHICH IS OPPOSITES ATTRACT!!! they're also the cool guy x ray of sunshine,,, cat energy x dog energy tropes. also the "rambles for hours" x "listens happily" trope.

6. THEY WAKE UP AT ASS O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING JUST TO SEE EACH OTHER BEFORE SCHOOL AND SKATE TOGETHER AND THEY SNEAK OUT OF THEIR HOUSES TO STAY OUT LATE INTO THE NIGHT AND SPEND MORE TIME WITH EACH OTHER!!!! WHAT KIND OF TEENAGERS SACRIFICE THEIR SLEEP TIME IF NOT FOR THE ONE THEY LOVE???

anyways yeah. renga. beautiful bois who deserve to be together and were made as canon as could get past the censors.

Huntlow:

They’re just. SO CUTE!! Hunter develops a crush on Willow first. When they first met, he was just looking to recruit more people into the emperor’s coven, and he thought she and some others would be a good fit. They played flyer derby together (a sport in the demon realm), and it was the first time he’d actually been able to have fun with people his age. His original plan was still in play so Willow and the others on the team got taken and put into custody so they could be put into the emperor’s coven. However, at this point Hunter felt incredibly bad. In the end, he broke the rules and got them out of there. He was prepared to be hated, but Willow and the others forgave him. I think at this point is when he started developing feelings for her. This guy, who talks so much people can see through his disguises because of his voice, will get SO quiet and blushy when she’s nearby. He knew there was an illusion when the illusion acted scared and shy because he saw her as the strong, courageous witch she is. She saw his cringe outfits and cosplay and took a picture for her scrapbook and called it a look. She winked at him and he blushed and smiled this goofy smile. When she finally broke down after trying to keep a brave face for the others, he comforted her. I think somewhere around here she started developing feelings too. They held hands!!! She said “you mean a lot to me too”!!! They mean so much to me.

[deedjre]

day 9 - relationships ! god. i have a lot to say about these three. the basics: trio of foils formerly in a love triangle (the triangle was solved). now they're two boyfriends and a third wheel that has dated both of them (they have all dated at some point. the reason polycule was not the answer is that john is aggressively monogamous in my mind). now where it gets really complicated is that they're all foils. these idiots are stuck repeating everyone's mistakes but they've escaped the loop now i think. still foils though.

(prompt list) incredibly detailed going through of how they're foils below. not really on dawsey's end.

okay. first off. names (left to right): John Rider (nicknamed Dick and Johnny boy by Colin), Colin James (nicknamed Jim by Dawsey), Dawsey Lennan Cessair (nicknames: Daws, D-Daws, that guy from the 500s (derogatory) (colin used to call him that)) We're getting into symbolism first. Because they're foils. John's main color is blue, Colin's is pink, and Dawsey's was red (through meeting John in highschool) and now it's purple. think the song Colors by Halsey. hopefully i dont have to explain that pink is an opposite to blue. john and colin are almost complete opposites. Quick detour: dawsey's name means soft/kind, his middle name means sweetheart/lover, and his last name is sorrow/affliction. now you know everything about him. the other two don't have names with meaning unless you count the nickname "dick" being bc john would comfort colin in a way that would be classed easily as "dickriding". back to it: they have animal symbolism too. john is a hare, colin is a great horned owl (his nickname in his writing group is owl), and dawsey is a bunny. a great horned owl is a predator of both of these, but the hare has a much better chance at defending itself from the owl than the bunny does. the bunny is naive.

physicality wise: john is bony (even when healthy) and appears very sickly. he has big, sunken eyes. all of his clothes are baggy on him, and he initially had much shorter hair when living with colin. i usually think of him as looking like a tim burton character. colin, on the other hand, has been fat his whole adult life. he is 6'4 (john and dawsey are 5'9). he always looks full of life despite having more relaxed eyes. his clothes, nowaday, have to be tailored specifically to fit him (thankfully he has money. unlike john. listen when i SAY they're foils-) and he ALWAYS has a mullet. i'm going to exacerbate this.

mullet haver since 8 years old. thats before john was even BORN (11 year age gap; they met when john was 23). which is incredibly funny to me. actually, just noticed this, he has a widow's peak where john has a part. back on track: john's features are more rounded while colin's are more squared. they. they kinda swap this lmao. anyway where does dawsey fit in? he's like john if he was healthy and nice. he and john are very similar. this is on purpose. design wise it was a coincidence actually. but them being similar is on purpose !!

now in terms of personality and other stuff: dawsey is the most normal. he's a sweet guy, usually tired. gets exasperated easily. mostly introverted. he has both parents. not the best of parents but i think he has both (his father is actually terrible though). john is very isolationist. he hates leaving his house, he hates talking, he hates everything social. this is mostly because he's insecure about his looks. have you seen those fear mongering anti smoking psas from the 2000s?? cause i have and honestly that's where i got the idea to give him a neck stoma. anyway they make neck stomas seem freaky which is kinda rude but the psas were effective, so. draw your own conclusion on ethics but either way it'd 100% make john self conscious. what was i talking about. anyway. john hates himself. but he also had a minor superiority complex. he too has both parents with his father being shittier. can you tell i have daddy issues. colin, on the other hand loves social interaction. he sucks ass at it but he loves talking to people and being praised. he's very confident in himself but he DOES have NPD so back when he was roommates with John, he was very low self esteem. in case you were wondering, john's response was "i can fix him" and then taught him how to mask better. colin got the groceries and he's not at all insecure about his body. almost always has a smile on. he, unlike the other two, lost his mother at a young age and hated his father, but his father was very caring towards him regardless.

now. dynamics. this is a dramatic tragedy romcom of a summarized backstory. dawsey and john dated in highschool. they dated in secret because it was the 2000s and even looking at a guy the wrong way could get you called gay in a derogatory manner. they had an okay relationship, very messy, but one day they got caught by Dawsey's father who then banned the two from seeing each other again. details not sorted out, but either john or dawsey wound up lashing out at the other after this. now. colin met john when they became roommates, and after a rough day at work he wound up crying within earshot of john which started their weird relationship. basically "and they were roommates" at its finest. they fell in love with each other but colin is used to transactional relationships, to say the least, so he didn't recognize this. dawsey shows up, colin and dawsey fall for each other, dawsey gets with a woman (love a bi king) who treats him poorly (colin notices this because he also treats dawsey poorly to a lesser extent and warns him heavily but dawsey ignores it). after daws realizes his mistake he goes back to colin (who basically spat in his face). now. go back a bit. colin left john at one point to room with dawsey. john was angry about this and was resentful towards dawsey (he did not know it was dawsey and dawsey did not know colin had a roommate or that the roommate was john). now. back to that rainy night (yes it was rainy when dawsey begged to stay at colin's place after running from his soon to be ex wife). the next day colin lashed the fuck out like "augh i loved you i just wante dyou to love me i thought we had something". and then he and dawsey were on tense terms. later john winds up. you're not gonna believe this but he lashes out at colin in the exact same way and then he moves upstate (they're in new york) and colin's like "oh i fucked up lashing out at daws and also i just realized i love this man where is he going". colin later repairs his relationship with dawsey but dawsey has a husband now so he opts to wait for john to reappear in his life (to his credit he was emailing john often). now. in the present (ten years later in 2027). he's close friends with dawsey, dawsey is close with him, john is a pathetic mess and is very much trying not to love colin so he doesn't repeat his mistake (he fails on both fronts), colin is like obsessed with john (these two bitches went from seeing only flaws in the other to idolizing the other), and john and dawsey are on semi tense terms but they're chill. so i hope you understand their dynamic from all of that.

Now FUCK Dawsey i wanna talk about how gay john and colin are. john had to cuddle colin EVERY night while he vented about how awful his life was. decently heavy stuff but also minor inconveniences too. john slept in the same bed as this man multiple times and was used as a teddy bear. they used to shower together but they had to stop. colin stopped smoking bc john didn't like it and actively noticed how upset john looked at bars, despite not being good with these kinds of things. john taught colin to donate to charity he was like "you'll look better if you donate. but don't brag about it or people will hate you". and colin is like a fucking puppy or some shit and managed to be coached into regularly donating to charities like that. john kept adding strawberries to the grocery list so colin started adding it himself and bought a strawberry perfume to wear. and he kept wearing it because john liked it. colin considered john to be the second best person behind himself (MASSIVE compliment). john used to wear a pair of colin's pajamas that were way too big on him and considered them his for the most part, but recognized them enough as colin's that he left them behind when leaving. colin proceeded to keep those pajamas and never wear them again because they're john's. he kept neck stoma care supplies around his house in case john ever came back to live with him. colin used john as his muse for his writing. all he did was write about his time with john and became a successful writer. colin was very distressed when john left and he became incredibly rash. john basically lost his ability to care for himself without colin. colin would put on space documentaries when leaving friends to their own devices out of habit because that's what john liked. when john finally went back to colin ten years later they still loved each other and fell back into routine near perfectly. they're so fucking gay.

[boysplanetrecaps]

Build Up Ep 1, Part 1

Hello and welcome to my latest project -- recapping Build Up: Vocal Boy Survival from MNET. The show features some familiar faves from Boys Planet -- Jay, Wumuti, and Hwanhee -- as well as members of CIX, Just B, Up10tion, KNK, Newkidd, Ab6ix, Vanner, A.C.E. Fave1, BDC, IMFACT, M.O.N.T., WEi, and Pentagon. Don’t worry, it’s not Hui this time! I already wrote some posts in which I introduce you to the 40 participating contestants, divided up by their chosen category: Allround, Soul, Power, and Unique. Now, I’ll start actually recapping Episode One. Come join me, won’t you?  

It's tough to find a video link for the full show, and the one that seems most stable doesn't have English subtitles, so I'm going to try my best to write the recaps in such a way that even if you can't see the show yourself, or if the feed you have doesn't have subtitles, you'll be able to understand what's going on.

We begin with a woman playing with little glowing metal bricks. You know, as you do.

Also, those ombre nails kind of slap. 

The woman is our MC, Lee Dahee, who you might recognize (or might not) as one of the hosts of Road to Kingdom. I know her because she played the female second lead in one of my top five K-dramas of all time, I Can Hear Your Voice. (It’s not about singing -- it’s a courtroom drama/noona romance about telepathy and revenge. You guys, if you need a kdrama to watch, just watch this one, ok? Ok thanks.) She’s stunningly beautiful in that show. 

She looks… different now, I guess I’ll say. 

I wish that there wasn’t so much plastic surgery pushed in this business, because I genuinely wouldn’t recognize her, and I’ve watched that drama all the way through at least three times. Anyway. 

She begins to speak, and we hear snippets of various singers as she does. The snippets that we’re hearing are the 40 brief performances that were uploaded to Youtube to tease the show. 

She says, “There are various voices in this world.  Unique voice: A voice that is a genre itself. Soul voice: Voice that moves people with its unique sentiment. Power voice: A voice that solidifies its presence.  All ‘round voice: A voice that can harmonize with anything. When they come together and gain chemistry, a new harmony is created.”

I can’t help but think of Exo. Baekyhun has a unique voice; D.O. has a soulful voice; Chen has a powerful voice, and Suho has a sweet all ‘round voice. Hey, what do you know - the lady is right! It does create a new harmony! 

She explains that they’ve gathered together 40 vocalists for this show, looking for the best combination. It’s a bit of a Queendom Puzzle vibe, but vocal based. And out of the 40, we’ll be picking four. 

We hear from some of these 40 vocalists, speaking over each other, their faces hidden in shadow. We’re going to have to go with these MNET subtitles, that say things like “Catharsis is created when voices are stacked, especially when there are four.” I think it is supposed to mean, “A four part harmony can really bring out the emotions of a song.” 

It’s an MNET show, so it begins with some of the contestants walking in and commenting on how big and cool the set is. They think it looks like the Colosseum, which, meh, not so much but I mean, ok. 

We can’t know who they are yet. It’s dark in the studio and they can’t even see each other. They still bow and greet each other politely, chatting about how nervous and excited they are as they take their spots on their… I don’t know, transporter pads. Beam them up, Dahee!

They’re walking in in small groups, made up of members of the same “category”, and their name tags are color coded to their category: unique is green, soul is blue, power is purple, and allround is orange.

Left to right: Bain, Jay, Jung Soomin 

I love this Korean thing of just shouting at each other, “You’re good looking!” Even in the dark. 

Eagle eyed (and owl-eared) Boys Planet fans probably recognize this guy:

It’s Jay Chang, from Boys Planet! As I said in my other recaps, I love Jay's vocal color, which is clean and lovely, and though I think he could work on his technique, he's definitely a great singer. He also seems like basically a nice guy, though he gives off slight fuckboi vibes to me. Is it just me?

Hong Seongjun (former BDC), in the white jacket that makes him look like a waiter, recognizes his neighbor in the brown jacket as Seunghun from CIX. Hong Seongjun says, “excuse me… aren’t you from CIX?” Seunghun bows to acknowledge it, and Hong Seongjun says, “But you’re way too famous,” ie, to be on this show, and Seunghun says, “no, I’m not, I’m really not.” 

Another group enters, led by a mop of light colored hair that I think belongs to Geonu, also known as Lee Geonwoo from JustB, who you may have seen on I-land. 

Some more people come in, and one of the trainees -- this red haired fellow, my darling Bain -- says “oh my God! Sunbaenim!”

That hangul there says “oh my God” phonetically. 

My darling Bain, also member of Just B , has recognized Jeon Woong from Ab6ix. I don't have any data on where they would have met, but they probably have a lot of friends in common at the very least. I think a lot of idols know a lot of other idols since they all train together at different agencies and go on these reality shows together all the time.

People are surprised that Woong and Seunghun are on the show, but not as surprised as they are to see Yeo One from Pentagon, who enters to the strains of Pentagon’s biggest hit, Shine. One of the other guys says, “It was so dark, but he was so handsome that I could see his silhouette.” I think the translation is a little wonky here, but I love the idea that if someone is really handsome, you can see them better in the dark.

My darling Bain says to Jay, “I’m shocked to see such big players.” Jay replies, in English, “Big time players make big time plays,” and do you see what I mean about the fuckboi-ness? Even if you like him, you have to admit that’s a bit cringey. Sigh. Jay, honey, why'ya gotta say things like that?

Jung Soomin replies, in English, “I’m a small time player. I just started!” Soomin is American, specifically from Chicago, and I guess his head was cold that day. 

They’re all present now, each one standing on his own transporter pod bay. Oh, MNET. 

They all applaud in excitement for the beginning of the show, and my darling Bain interviews, “Welcome to Survival!”

The lights come up in the studio and now the boys can see each other. So now it’s time for them to react to how handsome and famous they all are.

Yoon Inhwan in his gray suit interviews, “When I looked around, I thought I was in trouble. Everyone was too handsome.” Look at all the handsome fellas, including Kim Minseo, in blue, and a bunch of idols, including Seokhwa from WEi, and two members of Just B: my red-haired darling Bain, and pink-mop-headed Geonu.

Just FYI: I’m going to keep calling Bain my darling, because I listened to his stunning cover of Driver’s License by Olivia Rodrigo and now you know I still love him, baby. I talk more about it in my episode zero recap.

Hilariously, our old friend Lee Hwanhee (from Boys Planet) says he’s intimidated by the other guys. Hwanhee is always a little insecure, isn’t he? I think he’s had a lot of setbacks as an idol, and it’s wearing on him. 

Neon, in green, tells his neighbor Hong Sungwon in the half gray, half white sweater that he feels defeated in terms of looks. Aww, you’re fine, Neon! I think you have a cute smile. 

Seokhwa from WEi voice-overs that he’ll dominate with music, not looks, and this fellow on the left…

… says, “this is about voices, right?” He is Park Jeup, from IMFACT, who is also a solo artist. I just have to say, omg, his bow. That is a full on pussy bow, you guys. That square, lantern jaw juxtaposed against that bow is a sight to see and I am here for it. (The guy on the right, wearing the red suit, is Hyukjin, from a nugu group called Fave1.)

Everyone’s excited to hear each other’s voices. 

Sunyoul (in the pink sweater) from Up10tion, same group as Hwanhee, is looking around the room and sizing up the other people, wondering if he can tell who is or isn’t a good singer based on their looks.

Then there’s a bit where a few people notice Jay. Kim Minseo, in blue, who sang Rolling in the Deep, kicks things off. He interviews that he was wondering if Jay would be there. Guess he watched Boys Planet too! Or Under 19, perhaps.

There’s this cute moment, where Hwanhee points Jay out to his neighbor, Seunghun from CIX. 

Hwanhee is like, “That guy over there with his hands in his pockets? He’s really good.” I bet that Hwanhee and Seunghun have met before, since they both have been in the game for several years.  Hwanhee is a year older than Seunghun and debuted around four years before him, so he's both hyung and sunbae to his nervous neighbor.

Then there’s a mini montage of them all recognizing each other -- Hyukjin noticing Jay, Hwanhee noticing Hyukjin, Bain noticing Hyukjin and pussy-bow Park Jeup. Hwanhee says that they’re “vocal monsters.” Hey, man, so are you! Where is your confidence, my friend?

But a lot of the contestants are intimidated by each other. 

Suddenly…the lights go down again! And to make it even scarier, the subtitles punk out for a few minutes! This happens at about 6 minutes into the episode. So, let me give my google translate a real workout until the subtitles come back. Here we go. 

A fanfare of glittering light heralds the entrance of MC Lee Dahee. The boys freak out. On screen, it says, “IS THIS TRUE?” as the trainees all stare open mouthed.

The camera does a full pan up her legs to her body, and on the Bilibili site -- now sadly denied to us all -- something in Chinese scrolls across the top, which my phone translated as “The English subtitle is so tiring.” I know that’s not quite what it meant, but I love it.

As Wumuti stares, open mouthed, it says “LIke a goddess!” 

Someone says, “Is this true? Isn’t this AI?”

“She’s a celebrity!" “Wow, she’s so pretty.”

As Hyukjin -- wearing that red leather suit jacket -- looks on, it says “Angel’s Descent.”

Hwang Inhyuk in his ombre pink sweater says “It’s a good thing you came out.”

Dahwee says, “Hello!” and they all say hello back. “I will go on this journey with all of you. I am the MC, Lee Dahwee.”  

On screen, as they all frantically bow, it says “Thank you very much <3 “

As our old friend Hwanhee gives the thumbs up, it says “Best MC-nim.”

I’ll give a sort of interpretation of the on-screen words’ translation since they don’t make a ton of sense. Basically, she’s telling them what’s going to happen next. There’s 40 of them and, through various musical missions, they’ll build a 4-member team. At the end, only one team will be selected to debut. This group will be an opportunity for the whole world to enjoy a kpop group with proven vocals.

Choi Suhwan in the black jacket over a white shirt and with parted bangs, says, “Ah… only 4…” 

This is Bitseon (from M.O.N.T.), on the left, and Taehwan (from Vanner) on the right. One of them is voice-overing, “I’m sure there will be a big fight over the song.” 

Lim Junhyeok, wearing a white hoodie that I guess he picked off the top of his laundry pile, voice overs, “there are many people who are good at singing.” Junhyeok was kicked out of Day6 after only being in it for six months -- I talk about it in my episode zero recap.

Donghun from A.C.E. is wondering what songs they’ll sing, I think. As I was writing these recaps, it was always so funny to me that Donghun is from ACE, because based on the way he’s dressed and his demeanor, he looks like he’s a detective in a noir movie who just got off shift and is about to order a whiskey at the bar. I hope you don't mind if I call him Detective Donghun in honor of that.

Dahee goes on that there are 40 participants, who chose what voice color represents them. 

And right around here the subtitles come back, bless ‘em!

Yoonseo in the red and black leather jacket says, “Allround voices go well with many genres,” and we see a few of the various Allrounders.

Next, we take a look at the Soul singers:

Then the Power singers:

And finally, Unique.

The weird LED stage they're standing on turns into a pie chart showing the breakdown of the categories, and that is delightful.

Then, Dahee announces that they’re going to dive into their first major mission: Voice Check. “You’ll listen to voice files,” Dahee says, referring to the teaser songs we already heard. “If you want to build up with that voice, press the button.” 

So this is a bit like the beginning of Queendom Puzzle, when the girls each performed for the others one at a time, and they all voted on whether each girl was good or not, essentially. Here, though, the boys are deciding who they want to work with in their teams of four. They’re choosing solely by the voice -- no looks, no sympathy.  

It’s worth noting that them wanting to work with someone isn’t necessarily equivalent to thinking someone is good singer. They’ll be looking for people who they think their voices would harmonize well with. Regardless, Dahee explains that “the outcome of the evaluation will impact your first mission greatly, so make careful choices.”

The boys are nervous -- what if someone gets zero votes?!? 

We see some staff members scurrying around giving them all some really uncomfortable looking plastic stools to perch on.

And as they’re settling in, Lim Junhyeok (former Day6) turns to his neighbor, Woong (AB6IX), and says, “Your name is Woong, right?” 

“That’s right,” says Woong.

“I knew you when you were at JYP,” Junhyeok says, putting his hand on Woong’s shoulder. 

Woong immediately gets really excited, jumping out of his chair. “Wait, you were at JYP?! When were you a trainee?” 

“Day6,” Junhyeok says, simply. 

“HYUNG!!!” Woong says, recognizing his old friend and giving him a hug. 

Filmed on MNET's very finest Idaho russet.

Aww! This is exactly the stuff I watch shows like this for. FRIENDSHIP IS THE BEST SHIP, you guys. 

They’re all asking each other what songs they sang, and from what we see, no one is telling anyone. Soomin, our friend from Chicago, asks Jay “Whad’ja’sing, whad’ja’sing?” They’ve got that English speaking connection. Jay, who is definitely feeling his oats, says “It’s part of the surprise.” 

Meanwhile, Hwanhee cannot take his eyes off the MC, Dahee. He’s like, this show is scary and I never do well on the 8 million survival shows I keep forcing myself to go on, but this gorgeous emcee is making it all worth it. I am going to use this as an opportunity to stare at her as much as possible before an actual bodyguard appears to drag me away. She’s 38 to his 25, but I believe in the power of love, don’t you?

They’re all nervous, especially CIX's Seunghun, who busies himself staring at the floor. Yeo One voiceovers, “How many of these people will like me just from hearing my voice?” Aww. As we'll see, that is Yeo One's major storyline -- he is used to being a good looking backup dancer in Pentagon, and wants people to actually like his singing voice.

Ma Jaekyung, in his too-big-for-him gray blazer, asks KNK's Inseong if he’s nervous. CIX’s Seunghun says his heart is beating like crazy. Taewoo wonders who the first one up will be.

The first song that plays -- at least, the first song we hear play -- is V02. Jaekyung and Inseong both recognize the song immediately and look at each other and say “Baby Baby!” in unison, almost like it was an improv exercise. 

Everyone recognizes the song -- we even see Dahee mouthing along -- and those of us who watched Boys Planet probably recognize the voice: Jay. 

The editors do this cute thing where they superimpose the image on the floor, but I really don’t think it was shown live.

I have to wonder if Wumuti at least recognized the voice? This is his third reality show in a row with Jay! But all we see is him saying, “well done.” 

Everyone seems to really like the performance. It is really good, naturally, though it wasn't completely perfect. (See my episode zero recaps for more info on what I thought of each performance. And please don’t get mad at me!) A lot of people are pressing the button to indicate that they’d like to perform with Jay. Can't blame them at all.

Hong Seongjun from BDC interviews, “He has a trendy singing style. He’d make up for what I lack.”

Everyone wants to know who the voice belongs to, but first, they’re going to reveal the votes, reveal the votes, reveal the votes, reveal the votes! The guys immediately realize that this will be their fate -- to have their vote talley revealed in front of everyone! Someone says, “oh no, this is like a public execution.”

The vote is revealed: 23 people voted that they’d like to work with V02 (Jay). Those who voted for him are surprised that only 23 voted for him out of 39, when to them, the voice seemed so good. Are people just way too strict? No. 

Kang Hayoon explains that he thought about voting for the voice, because it was amazing, but he didn’t think that it would harmonize with his. (Spoiler alert: I think he's right.) I think a few others had a similar thought. I’m pretty sure if the vote was “did you like this?” everyone would get 39 out of 39. Well... most people.

Of course, this voting criteria is a bit of a problem, because the show is using this voting system as a way to rank the contestants by quality, and yet the metric they're using isn't necessarily identical to the issue of quality. I guess it's better than voting whether the person is "better" or "worse" than you, like the girls had to do on Queendom Puzzle.

Dahee reveals that the voice belonged to Jay , and Hwanhee’s neighbor, Seunghun  from CIX, gestures as if to say, yep, you got that. Looks like Hwanhee at least recognized Jay’s voice!

Jay voiceovers that he was on an idol survival show (we see clips from Boys Planet) but didn’t get many chances to show his vocal skills. I mean, he did, but people just hated him for being foreign, mainly. Or for whatever random reason, IDK. Here at least people appreciate him -- his neighbors tell him he did a great job. 

Next up: V16, End of the Sea by Choi Baekho, as performed by musical actor Kim Seongjeong, the one in the tan jacket and striped tie. It’s a lovely performance, if not exactly to my personal taste, and everyone immediately reacts to his deep, rich tone. It’s a “real voice” that “fills the studio.” 

Seongjeong gets 25 votes, again, not an indictment one way or another on his quality. 

After that deep voice and sentimental performance, everyone is really surprised when he gets up and says he’s going to dance. He dances a bit while people clap, then unexpectedly just launches himself into the air with an amazing spinning leap. 

When he's done, he bows and says: “Dance, physique, and song. I’m the new actor, Kim Seongjeong.”

Dahee asks him if anyone has ever told him that he looks like well known actor Kim Woobin, and I guess I kind of see it. Seongjeong interviews, “Where do I look like him, exactly? What part of my face? My eyes? Is it because I look like a dinosaur?” and he offers us a huge grin that completely transforms his face. Aww!

What a cutey. 

Ok, in honor of his jump spin, and the fact that he said he looks like a dinosaur, I’m going to call him the “leaping lizard.” But I don’t mean that in a mean way. Like I said, I think he’s got a great smile! I like him. 😀 This is just to remember who I’m talking about. Cool? Cool.

Alright, I've used up my allotment of 30 pictures, so it's time to wrap up this segment of the recap.

And just as a note, the first 30-45 minutes of one of these shows are always really, really slow going for me as I get to know who is who. I have to do research, read Korean name tags, etc, etc, and it takes forever. I'm not going to promise to catch up to the show, but I hope to at least gain on it a little.

Thanks for following me on this ride! I'll see you in the next one!

[belmeran]

hi, I just wanted to say thank you for sharing your work. i adore so many artists out there and just eat their work up and I think the owl house fandom has an exceptional group of passionate and talented creators. you really stand out to me though because your art genuinely moves me in a way not a lot of fanart does. I feel like you have such a gift for bringing this beautiful sense of vulnerability to it that makes it feel so genuine and important. I’ve gone back to your comic about Willow wearing Camila’s dress many times. And the one where she fights grom. And your “never love an anchor” animatic. You put so much emotion and subtlety of expression in those. They just feel so stunningly human to me. I mean those are the obvious examples but I feel that in all your art. Your recent one of married huntlow asleep together?? Again it’s the vulnerability of it. And the sense of comfort and safety. i wish I had better words to describe it!! It’s just so evident that you pour an incredible amount of love and care into your work. I can feel it just radiating off the screen. In particular the way you draw Willow is so special to me bc I feel like you draw her the way Hunter sees her. Like she’s just made to be cherished and adored and respected and protected and understood. Thinking of the one where she’s smiling and he’s taking a photo of her. And the stardew valley one. And just all of them honestly. You represent so many features so beautifully—her curves and rolls, her stretch marks, her soft round face, her radiant smile, her gentle hands. And when you put it all together you make her feel so full of life somehow. same goes for Hunter! you draw him the way Willow would see him. Scarred and scared but so so soft. The gentle boy beneath the mask. I read your fic the other day about Hunter trying on the dress and the store and it had the same energy as your art bc it was just so beautiful and vulnerable.

Anyway. Just wanted you to know how meaningful and enjoyable I find your work. It makes me feel things!!! You are a truly special creator. Thank you again for putting so much love into your work and for sharing it with all of us 💜

genuinely about to start crying. oh my god. thank you so, so so so much. i’ll be thinkin about this for the rest of my life fr

[tazzykiki]

📺🌅🙀✨ For the ask game!

📺 = Favorite Childhood TV Show(s)?

Had to come back to this one because hoooooooooooooooo boy do I have so many that I can't even remember. I practically grew up with tv and spent a good chunk watching it, so uh mannnn. Here's some in no particular order:

-Let's just start right off with Wild Kratts. PBS show about two dudes helping animals live free and in the wild. So popular it always won the vote every Friday to air a double-special. It's also where I got my username, based off my fave ep "Tazzy Chris". ive no idea where kiki comes from.

-Jane and the Dragon <3

-Dreamworks Dragons series, especially Race to the Edge. I practically breathe HTTYD. Sucks they won't let it fuckin rest peacefully!!!!

-Obviously, Transformers Prime. I had a Bumblebee backpack and everything! And that whole almost getting hit by a train ordeal.

-Saddle Club, i watched a bunch of rerun episodes on Pluto TV! I still adore the theme song!

-Winx Club! Sucks they won't let it fuckin rest peacefully!!!!

-Monster High!! They had some lows but hey the new show seems to be wayyyyyy better than the live action movie, tho idk if any new incarnation can live up to the vibes of the first one for me.

-Code Lyoko! I still need to rewatch it(again), and honestly I'm not even sure I finished it. The latest I remember is the William Arc.

-TMNT 2k12! The show has some serious character writing issues and keeps tricking itself into thinking half-assed romance arcs are the peak of story telling but I still very much love it and it has a special place in my heart.

-Ninjago!!!! It recently just ended and I might cry aaaaaaaaaaaaa

-Ben 10 all the way to Ultimate Alien!

OKAY SPEED ROUND:

-Danny Phantom -Incredible Crew -TMNT Fast Forward -Spectacular Spider-man -Ultimate Spider-Man -Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes -Super Hero Squad Show -Teen Titans -Pearlie -Strawberry Shortcake(2003) -My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic -Sleepy Hollow -Max Steel -Slugterra -Kim Possible -Lilo & Stitch the series -The Little Mermaid series -Powerpuff Girls -Okay i know this is the speed round but istg I watched cartoon shows The Swiss Family Robinson and Little Women but when I looked them up there was only 80's anime???? Were those my first anime that I remembered completely wrong???????

ANYWAYS THERE'S SO MANY MORE AND THESE ARE LIKE THE ONES I REMEMBER SERIOUSLY LIKING AMONG MANY OTHERS I'M TELLING YOU I'M LIKE PART TELEVISION, MAN.

I also tried to do ones before 2018 as this is childhood, oughhhh my brain is full of many things

🌅 = Early Bird or Night Owl?

While I love the sun, absolutely a night owl. I only get up early when my body forces me to for some reason and then I just end up passing back out.

I am also mostly active near the evening and such, as evident by me answering this near 2am lmaoo

🙀 = Favorite Scary Movie?

I have to be super careful with horror as I get pretty freaked out easily but a few horror movies I love in no particular order:

-The Endless

-The Ritual

-A Quiet Place 1 & 2

-Nope

-Annihilation

-The Cube

-Vampire in Brooklyn(idk if it counts but it's marked as horror so HA)

-Event Horizon

and probably a few others. I know there's some like The Thing, The Ring, and Jeepers Creepers 1 & 2 that I like but aren't exactly my faves.

✨ = If You Could Be Any Supernatural Creature, What Would You Be?

While mermaids are an entire vibe, the ocean is fucking scary!!!!

Maybe a fae? I could shapeshift and do some funny supernatural shit to mess with people. I already love speaking nonsense.

[fisherpiers]

why is Marcy your fave? :3

hooo boy is it marcy gushin’ time? *checks watch* well would you look at that

so! within the first few seconds of marcy being on screen i knew she was gonna be my favorite lol like love at first sight ig

like look at this idiot. adorable af. with her cape on fire lmaooo

she’s silly and regal and clever and stupid all at the same time. pretty sure the show bible lists her as ‘amoral a-student’ and we like ‘em a little grey round here. if that wasn’t clear by my fixation on the owl house fam lol

she doesn’t have a good handle on reality in the show, constantly clinging to her escapism (which is why everyone winds up in amphibia in the first place ya know) and i relate to that a lot, actually. if i had a way to escape to a frog world and become a fantasy protag i would in a heartbeat. fuck reality

luz 🤝 marcy : being escape artists

her ‘bffs’ are kinda dicks to her sometimes but she clings to them anyway… which i also relate to a lot… sigh

i love that episode where she’s running around fixing shit that wasn’t broken and consequently destroying it lmao it’s so cute when she sticks her little “marcy was here” signature on everything

and in the epilogue she’s a comic artist, which is my dream job so yeah

while i love that she got stabbed on-screen (normal things to think and say), i do wish they hadn’t sidelined her like that and replaced her with that monster hivemind thing up until like the last second. cmon man i only get so much marcy screentime don’t waste it :(

…that being said her possessed design is fucking sick

and yeah, people often are like “but she trapped her friends in a frog world with no way of knowing if they could ever get back home…” listen. listen. she’s terrified of being stripped away of her only social connections okay. she’s scared and she doesn’t want to be all alone. she’s being faced with isolation in massachusetts like man you try making all new friends after you lost the ones you’ve spent your whole life up until that point with. its fucking hard okay. and she’s young so ofc she’s gonna do something stupid and drastic.

AND HOW WOULD SHE EVEN KNOW IF THE FUCKING MAGIC BOX THEY KNICKED FROM A THRIFT STORE WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE THEM TO AMPHIBIA that’s not something that fucking happens okay.

anyways

i have recently acquired her journal but i haven’t read it yet. it’s first thing on my summer reading list tho XD

i kinda wanna fluff up her hair. boop her nose. she is like a skrunkly to me. my blorbo bleebus

microwaving her brb

ID WATCH THE LORD OF THE RINGS RIPOFF WITH YOU MARCY ILL PAY ATTENTION TO ALL YOUR FAVORITE PARTS AND LISTEN INTENTLY AS YOU INFODUMP ABOUT IT I PROMMY

[beautifulhigh]

15 and 42 xoxo MJ/kiwiana-writes

15. What’s your favorite time to write?

When I have free time! I did two hours at work yesterday (in the office no less) because my work computer was doing a compulsory upgrade and so I had to sit there for two hours to prompt stuff and accept stuff intermittently. So I took my tablet into work and I wrote. On company time.

Mostly however, I tend to write of an evening or later on because I am much more of a night owl than anything else.

42. What’s your favorite title that you’ve come up with?

I like themes when it comes to my titles. For FirstPrince I'm using quotes (like the boys signed off their emails with); for Tarlos it's lines from poetry. When I wrote in the Emmerdale fandom for Robron they were all one word titles and I had a grand plan to write a fic for each letter of the alphabet.

But I love "In the burned house I am eating breakfast" because when I read the poem I knew it fitted the story I was writing, but then it also inspired a scene where the family were eating breakfast...

In the burned house I am eating breakfast. You understand: there is no house, there is no breakfast, yet here I am.

And so the scene where the family were eating breakfast together was born, but the house was not there and the breakfast was not there, but there he was... (I'm just all round super proud of that fic.)

Anyway. I have the day off and I only have a few chores to do and then I want to be creative so please, send me more asks because I love talking about writing as it makes me want to do more!

Fanfiction writing asks

[amateurd18]

Hii Ami!! Secret Santa here!! Hope your Thursday is going well!! It’s okay, I understand!! Life gets in the way a lot of the time!! At least we’re one day away from Friday!! My week has gone pretty well so far!! I head off to PR in a week for Christmas so the week is dragging a little until then!!

I wanna say yes?! I know their tv show kicked off in ~2010-ish. All I really know is that 1d did open for them I believe at NYC in 2012!! Don’t fact-check me on that lol. And I remember it being a meme where half the crowd left after the boys performed cause they were only there for 1d lol. Either way, I love and appreciate both groups!!

Oooooo, that sounds like an exciting time of the year!! I love hearing about different traditions and celebrations from different cultures!! Shows that we’re not all very different after all in terms of how we choose to celebrate the seasons!!

Favorite place I have visited? The only time I’ve ever left North America was to study abroad in Italy, so I would probably say the time I spent in Florence and learning to adapt the their cultural/way of living!! It was very much a culture shock and it was stressful at times, but I’d did thoroughly enjoy myself and would love to go back!! That kinda goes hand in hand with being a tourist as well!! I can’t really pick one place in particular, but I remember visiting many museums and being able to see pieces of artwork that you either talk about in class or the really famous ones that you have to google just to even know what it looks like and seeing it up close!! It’s a surreal experience I have to say lol.

Vanilla is always a safe bet!! Hopefully next year someone will tour in your area so you may enjoy a good concert!! Everyone deserves to experience at least one concert a year!! It’s such a therapeutic experience!! Manifesting that for you, hun!! ✨

I understand you wholeheartedly about just turning on the tv and letting play what’s already there!! Sometimes it’s hard to sit down and have to pick what you’re gonna watch, especially when you don’t know what you’re in the mood for!! Mindlessly watching whatever is on in the moment is how you find what you like to watch!!

Speed Round Questions!! If you can live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Do you have a favorite flower? What’s your favorite type of dessert? If not, what’s your favorite type of savory snack!? Do you have a collection of any kind? For a while, I collected owl figurines cause they’re my favorite animal, and so they would be on display in my living room every now and again!! 🎄✨

Helloo! My Thursday was fab, it was a friend's birthday and we all went out to eat some amazing Mexican food. And margaritas. Because you can't do Mexican food without margaritas.

Italy is on my - long long long list- of places i want to visit, it sounds super amazing.

Speed round questions: I've only ever lived in two cities - Mumbai where I grew up and Madrid where I'm currently studying - so I'm not sure which other ones. It'd definitely have to be a big city, i don't think I'd survive the small town life. The tiny kid in me that grew up reading too many books from the UK does want to live in London, though i need to figure how to make that happen. ✨ manifesting✨

I love flowers, though i can't keep a plant alive for shit so it's just special occasions where i go and get some. Anything that's bright is a win.

My sweet tooth is massive, so sweets of all kinds are 💜. Comfort sweets would be brownies and muffins, but you could put any sweet dish in front of me and i would try it at the very least.

I love that you have an owl collection! That's such an interesting one. (do you mind sharing a pic? I won't post. Or if you wanna dm after we've introduced ourselves properly. No pressure). I don't have a collection, but another of my - now that I'm thinking about it ridiculously expensive- kid dreams is to own and be able to display lots of Lego. Does that count as wanting a collection? I dunno. Anyway.

Speed round questions for you: movies/tv shows? Movies/books? Spring/summer/autumn/winter? Beaches /mountains? City/countryside?

[doodle-birdo]

YEAH BOI I LOVE MME SOME BIRD AUS!!! I have some ideas if you don’t mind :)

Ants as songbirds: Yeah, I can see it. What about sparrows cuz they’re somewhat plain and plentiful?

Bees as cockatiels: YES!!! I can especially see it with Vi. Very charismatic lil guys. However idk how Bianca could be done without making her too goofy? Maybe a different kinda cockatoo? Or she can be goofy as a treat.

Wasps as hawks: Another fairly self explanatory one. I’m also thinking falcons cuz they’re smaller to keep to similar sizes to the ants.

Termites as penguins: I’m assuming because some species are known to collect stones? How about small gamefowl, like quails and ptarmigans? They’re somewhat associated with dirt and living on the ground… Another idea I had was martins and swallows. They build mud nests and martins specifically live quite close together.

Beetles as ratities: Yeah. Roundness checks out. However, I think hornbills are a good one. You could play around with the shape of the “horns”. Kabbu would fit quite well I believe.

Fruity bugs as kiwis: YES.

Moths as owls: A cool one! However, I think it is somewhat a missed opportunity to make Hawk a hawk. I also think moths and butterflies would fit well with general songbirds better than ants. Like the range of color I think fits better with moths and butterflies than ants imo.

Ladybugs as pigeons: I’m assuming to keep with the outcast kinda thing? Going by type of bugs tho, since ladybugs are types of beetles, the logical way to go would be hornbills, but that doesn’t really fit. I’m thinking something round but colourful… I immediately think of antpittas. Actually, looking at hornbill phylogeny, hoopoes would be fitting imo. Some have these very distinct colours, like ladybugs…

Mantises as chickens: They can be DEADLY buggers, (the chickens) with that talon on their legs. However, I was thinking about the masked lapwing, who have spurs on their wings to shank with. I was also thinking of herons and relatives. They’re long and elegant, but have the insanely quick stabbing attack with their necks and beaks, which reminds me of how mantises have their arms.

Mosquitoes as vultures: Quite understandable. I was also thinking of the vampire finch, which does pierce and drink the blood of other birds. But what about hummingbirds? They do the similar hum, have long mouths and can be extremely feisty.

Butterflies as woodpeckers: Yeah makes sense. Both have the long tongues and can be quite colourful. I kinda already talked about them with the moths tho.

Crickets as roadrunners: I think that the best you can go. I can’t really think of birds that exclusively jump like how it’s associated with crickets.

Leafbugs as waterfowl: Yeah. OK! I can get behind this! They would also fit quite well with herons too, but irl, leafbugs are mainly known for their camoflage. Potoo fits?? They’re very camouflagey. But my mind keeps going back to some sort of wader. They can be quite camouflage-y sometimes, like ringed plovers blending in with pebbly beaches. On second thought! Coots! Maybe jacanas! Coots especially are quite feisty and fight to the death and are associated with water. Not too camoflagey tho…

Roaches as corvids: Yep! Both clever and very adaptable!

Hoaxe as a shrike very much fits. But Ultimax as a kestrel? I would have though some cowardly eagle would be funnier, while still fitting with his thing?

Anyway, some real big brained stuff here. Kinda wanna draw some of these designs out…

Hey, all, I’ve given the thought of Bug Fables Bugs as Birds for a while now, so here’s a decent list of my idea for what each species translates to! 

Under the Keep Reading, because it’s kind of a lot.

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