#anyways CELEBRATION TIME WOOOO(?)

[willwoodhiatuscounterr]

1 day since Will Wood returned from hiatus!

[dearratroi]

Hate having a uterus because sometimes I’ll feel off and think “god what if I’m pregnant” cause my birth control is 99.5% effective or some such number but the anxiety regarding that does rear its ugly head regardless

[flowerbloom-arts]

WOOOO IT'S MY FOURTH BIRTHDAY IN THE FANDOM!

Goodness gracious...

Anyway, I'm technically posting this the day before my actual birthday, which is on the 17th, but like other years I wanted to give a headstart. I'm actually doing well this year, and I'll actually celebrate my birthday with my family this time! Here's last year's birthday post, I don't have much else to say both because I've been chronically exhausted lately and I just have no other news to share. Yay for me!!

[duckymcdoorknob]

𝓣𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓵𝓮𝓽𝓸𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓪𝔂 7: 𝓕𝓵𝓾𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓭

woooo I’m almost caught up

I’m so seepy, but both classes got cancelled sonow I can write all morning

Hehe good morning Baltimore

Omg now I wanna watch Hairspray again. Anyways-

GOD THIS IS SO LONG SEND HELP

Tags: @chrimsss @ticklish-n-stuff @secret-weeb-account

—this do have tickles below the cut ngl. Also angsty again, oops—

Saiki has always been someone who swore that his friends piss him off, but in reality, he has a big soft spot for them. So when Kaidou’s birthday came around, what kind of monster would he be if he didn’t attend the party and get the best gift ever?

He curses his brilliant mind most times, but when he needs the calculator from it, it’s always there for him.

Just like Kaidou…

Oh dear, now he really needs to go above and beyond.

He spent ages perusing the shelves of multiple stores, comparing prices and name brands (while also considering the off brands.)

After three hours, the treasured gift lay pristinely wrapped in a blue wrapping paper, adorned with a large, red bow.

He looks down at his watch and- oh dear, he would be late.

That’s alright, better to show up with an excuse than to show up and have the risk of someone seeing him telep-

In a flash, Kusuo appeared down the block of Kaidou’s home. He checked his surroundings to ensure that no one had seen the action.

What had happened?

There was a roach, naturally.

Regardless, he checked his watch once more and he was perfectly on time.

Kusuo raised his hand to knock on the door and did so. He was met by a rather enthusiastic “C’MON IN!!!!!!”

When he entered the house, he was truly taken aback…

He was the only one who was in there other than Kaidou.

Okay, now he was pissed off, like really pissed.

“Kaidou, am I the only one that you invited?” He had to check, there’s no way that his friends wouldn’t-

Looking rather melancholic, the silver-haired boy replied. “No, just waiting on the others! You know them, late for everything! Haha!”

The psychic felt a tinge of remorse in his chest. It didn’t require him reading his friend’s mind to understand that Kaidou was devastated.

“And your family?”

“They uh, they went out to celebrate Toki’s birthday… it’s not even his actual birthday today either.” he murmured.

“What the hell is their problem?” Kusuo hissed. “It’s your birthday; this is your day.”

“Look, Saiki it’s-“

“Don’t say it’s okay, because it’s definitely not.”

“They have to celebrate my little brother, it’s-“

“Without you?”

The question left the birthday boy in silence. He turned toward the wall and averted his gaze. It didn’t take a psychic to notice his heaving chest and understand that he was crying.

“Kaidou…”

“N-no it’s… it’s o-okay.”

“Look at me.”

The silver-haired boy turned toward his friend with puffy eyes, tears leaking out of them.

Kusuo wasn’t sure what possessed him to do so, but his hand moved upward and gently swiped away the tears that were falling. “No one cries on their birthday, not on my watch.”

The Jet Black Wings smiled, cheeks tinting pink as he scrubbed at his leaking eyes. “You always know how to make me feel better, Saiki.”

“Hey, hey, no. You’ll rub your eyes raw. Let me do it.” Saiki gently wiped his friend’s eyes once more, eyebrows knit in remorse. This of course only made Kaidou cry harder.

The pink-haired boy short-circuited when he felt the latter lean down against his torso for a hug. But, somehow, something in him told him to hug back…

“S-Sorry for making t-things so awkward.”

“Not awkward at all; it’s not like I’ve never seen you cry before.” Kusuo hummed as he gave a few pats to the boy’s shoulder.

“Uggghhh that’s right.” He shoved his face into Saiki’s shirt, indubitably staining it with tears.

Poor Kaidou… what can he do to make him-

That’s it.

He’s seen Nendou do it before, and scientifically it’s impossible to mess up.

But what if he hurts him? That’s the last thing Kaidou needs right now.

Well, no time like the present.

In a moment of comfortable silence, Kusuo carefully pressed his fingers into his friend’s sides, pinching a bit. He felt the latter shift in response, whining a bit.

“Nooo, don’t tickle me.”

“I told you that I’m not letting you cry on your birthday.”

Kaidou’s hands came up to cover his ears, weird.

“What’s wrong with your ears? Why cover them?”

“N-Nothing.” Kaidou’s voice was up by at least an octave as his hands shook.

“Well, you left yourself wide open.”

“…You wouldn’t.”

Oh he would, and he did. The pink-haired boy brought his hands up to the birthday boy’s underarms and gently wiggled them.

“Hyehehehahaha! Saha-sahahahaihihihikihi! Nohohoho!”

Kusuo hummed fondly when his friend brought his arms down, revealing why he had covered his ears. The tips of them were flushed a beautiful shade of scarlet red, and it was creeping down his neck. “Ohhhh, you’re embarassed, aren’t you?”

A giggly whine was what he received in reply, the blush deepening. “Sahahahihihikihihi- dohohohont—hehehe—behehehe mehehehean.”

“Mean? I could never be mean. Didn’t you know that? I’m completely devoid of human emotion, I thought we’ve covered this in the Dark Reunion episode.” Hands traveled to Kaidou’s ribs and began their attack.

“AGH! DOHOHOHONT BREHEHEHEAK THEHEHE FOHOHOHOURTH WAHAHAHALL!”

“Should I listen to him, everyone?”

“STAHAH-STAHAHAP THAHAHAT! YOHOHOHOU KNOHOHOHOW IHIHIHIHI HAHAHATEHEHE- HYEHEHAHAHAHA! SAHAHAHIHIHIKIHIHI!”

“What’s wrong? Embarassed?” Kusuo could feel the warmth in Kaidou’s face as he continued his ticklish assault.

“YEHEHEHES!” A whined reply.

“Mmm, sounds like you’re still crying though. You know I can’t have you crying on your birthday.”

When hands traveled down to his tummy, it was over. The silver-haired boy fell backwards on the couch, covering his horrendously red face with his hands. He screamed into his hands as he whined incoherently through his laughter. “OKAHAHAHAY! IHIHIHI- IHIHIHI CAHAHANT!”

“Oh? Is this spot ticklish?”

“YEHEHEHES! TOHOHOHOO TIHIHICK- OHOHO MYGOHOHOD! STOPSTOPSTOP KUHUHUSUHUOHOHO!”

When he had heard the rare usage of his first name, Saiki let off his attack. A smile was on both of their faces as Kaidou panted into his hands.

“Oh you’re such a dick, dude.”

“Maybe, but at least you’re smiling.”

As if on cue, the doorbell rang. The two turned toward it, and of course, Kusuo already knew who it was.

“C-Come on in!”

The door opened to reveal all of their friends, drenched from head to toe, and holding boxes under their clothes.

The birthday boy gasped as he jumped up from the couch with a huge smile. “You came! You came!”

“Yeah, sorry we’re late,” Aren hummed. “Nendou forgot your present at home and then it started pouring. SOMEONE-“ he gestured to Hairo, “decided that it would be a “fun challenge” to run through the rain without an umbrella.”

A giggle escaped him, “Don’t worry. I’m glad you’re all here.”

“As for you, why are you so red?” Nendou accused. “Got something you’re hiding from us, buddy?”

“Wh- no! Nononono! I don’t have anything to hide, Saiki just tickled me and- uh oh.”

“Tickled you, huh?”

Kusuo could hear the menace in Aren’s voice, opting to stand up as the group abandoned their gifts and tackled Kaidou to the couch.

“Go easy on him, he’s still catching his breath.”

The four nodded at him and soon the joyful giggles of the birthday boy filled the room once more. The psychic smiled as he used his powers to check under the wrapping paper and-

Oh no…

Nendou had bought the same present he did.

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[cherryxcadbury]

Idk if you write for TAA but I thought in which you’re famous maybe like a writer or idk. Not model or singer, something different because people are delighted that he didn’t choose a “fake” girl, because you’re smart and show in his games every time you can.

this is my oldest request, from almost a year ago. apologies anon.

y/n-your name

2nd person pov

Post match meant time to celebrate and relax. Usually anyways.

It was Sunday, the day after the champions league final, where Liverpool had lost to Real Madrid.

Since then, all the WAGs, players, and coaching staff had made it home from Paris.

And currently, a smaller group of you were gathered around the sitting room of the Van Dijk’s home. Virgil and his wife Rike, stood ready to get whatever anyone needed as hosts.

Captain Jordan Henderson & his wife Rebecca were seated, squished on a small seat.

Andy Robertson, your boyfriend’s best friend was on the floor with a beer in hand, with his wife Rachel seated right behind him on a chair.

As for you and Trent, you two were seated on a slightly smaller sofa, squished, but content.

Usually Mo and his wife, who you’d spent lots of time talking to, managed to find time to come to these gatherings but their daughter had fallen ill.

“I just dunno how the fans will receive us.” Jordan confessed, with his head in his hands.

“If I were a fan I’d want to physically assault myself after yesterday.” Andy groaned.

“I fucked up bad.” Trent mumbled into your ear.

You lightly slapped his knee, telling him not to think such thoughts.

“Heads up guys. We win as a team, we lose as a team.” Virgil comforted everyone.

“You lot have got the FA cup parade tomorrow. That’s something to look forward to.” Rachel brought up, trying to add cheer to the conversation.

“Not the same as a champions league trophy.” Trent groaned.

Rebecca stood up, beckoning Rike & Virgil to sit down.

“We need to change the topic guys. If we keep talking about the defeat you guys are going to moping all the way until next season and into the World Cup.” She suggested.

“So change of topic anyone?” Andy asked, taking another swig of his beer.

“How about that Y/N’s latest book has just won a Pulitzer Prize.” Trent offered the newest bit of information.

You whipped your head in his direction. You hadn’t thought that he’d remember or had even noticed with all of the matches and finals going on.

When your eyes met Trent’s, all you could see in his face was pure love and joy.

“I’m so so proud of you.” He said into your ear.

Your heart swelled with happiness. You felt on top of cloud nine despite yesterday’s events in Paris.

“Y/N that’s amazing!” Virgil exclaimed.

“Was it Life as We Know it?” Rachel asked, referring to the novel of yours which had been an international success in the last year.

You nodded, “Yeah that was it.”

“I need to tell the team.” Jordan got out his phone and started texting rapidly.

You blushed, these very public gestures always made you feel shy. Shy but appreciated.

“This calls for a toast. Let me help with the drinks.” Rebecca, Rike, and Virgil made their ways to the kitchen to get some more wine and beer.

“WOOOO Y/N IS THE BEST WRITER EVER!” Andy’s hands shot up in the air and he started dancing around.

You and Trent looked over at each other. You tried to hide your laughter by snuggling into his chest, but it was impossible.

Andy was Andy. The loud, hilarious Scotsman.

*** “A toast. To Y/N. For making our dark days, brighten with some light.” Trent raised his glass, as the others followed.

You did the same, giving everyone a grateful smile, especially Trent.

You looked at everyone around you, they were happy yes. But as you squinted further you could still see the sad looks in their eyes. The stinging pain of the loss didn’t just go away like that.

“Thank you guys. I appreciate it, I really do. But it’s okay to feel bad for yourselves you know. A champions league final is a big thing. You can’t just get over it in less than twenty four hours. Don’t let me be the reason you have to suppress your emotions.” You told them honestly.

“The channels did say that you guys had quite a few things you needed to work on.” Rike responded.

“The different in caliber between us and Madrid was incredibly large.” Jordan agreed.

“Let’s hear them then.” Trent started.

“Y/N. You go first. You always have the best insight and you never share it with anyone except us.” Rachel began, gesturing to her, Rike, and Rebecca.

Trent shared a knowing smile with you. He knew how analytical you were. How easy it was for you to immediately spot the flaw in the lineup and what’s substitutions needed to be made.

“Well,” You sighed.

This wasn’t going to be easy. There was a lot.

“Your defense was lacking for the majority of the match. When they finally stepped up, it was too late. You guys didn’t press enough until the match was basically over. And essentially, you let yourself be outplayed. It didn’t help that Courtois was a wall of steal either.” You explained.

“You have a good back line for the most part. Just need to strengthen the weak areas, like tracking back. And as for up front, you need to work on converting those shots.” You finished.

“This is better insight than what Klopp gave us yesterday.” Jordan murmured.

“I’m texting everything you said to him right now. Thank you so much YN.” Virgil smiled, his thumbs rapidly moving on his smartphone screen.

Trent drew close to you and pressed a kiss against your cheek.

“My beautiful, intelligent girl. I’m so so lucky to have you.” He whispered into your ear.

“Thank you for mentioning the Pulitzer Prize. I thought you’d forgotten to be honest.” You confessed.

He rested his forehead against yours.

“You’re too incredible for me to forget anything about you. You’re on my mind every second of everyday.” Trent smiled at you.

“You guys are gross.” Andy furrowed his eyebrows at you and Trent, a small smile playing on his lips.

this is a bit of a mess. thank you for bearing w me

[literaticat]

Dear Jenn, I'm so embarrassed to ask this, but I am struggling with a lot of low self-esteem issues at the moment. My agent sold my book to an AMAZING editor, which is so great, but I recently got the edit letter and am feeling overwhelmed by the dev edit that she proposed. I keep questioning whether the book was actually terrible in the first place to need that many revisions and if the editor regrets acquiring it. Is it normal to feel this way?? Thank you...

It IS normal, actually. You might be surprised by how often I have heard this -- "why did they even buy it if they hate it so much?!" is a common refrain.

To which I have to say, gently, hon -- they don't hate it. They love it, which is why they bought it, and why they have presumably spent a lot of time writing an editorial letter. (If they didn't like it, they would have turned it down -- I PROMISE, that would have been quite a bit easier!)

They just want the book to be the best possible version of itself, and you want that, too. And that's a lot of work. It's a multi-person job, in fact.

I am spitballing here, but I THINK the reason why this sometimes hits authors hard is, imagine this is a race. You've spent so much time and effort and work -- years, probably! -- preparing. Perhaps getting multiple books underway, revising, polishing, querying, getting rejected, trying again, etc etc. Finally, you got the agent. YES! YOU MADE IT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE!

So then you are celebrating, you are thrilled... and then the judges come over and move a curtain out of the way and you realize, oh shit -- that was just the warm-up. The race hasn't even started. UGH.

But OK, OK. You're in it to win it. You and your agent perhaps do MORE revision, more polishing -- then it goes on submission -- rejections, revision, maybe you even try this whole routine a couple of times, it's nervewracking but omg you are sooo close so close... ahhhhhh THEY BOUGHT IT! YAY! YOU CROSSED THE FINISH LINE!!! WOOOO!!!!

So you are celebrating, you are thrilled, and then the judges come over and move a curtain out of the way... and it's then you realize, that was only the first stage of the race, actually. There's a whole-ass other course in front of you, and it's up a mountain. AHHHHHHHHHHHH

So anyway. Yes, normal. My suggestions: Take some time away from the edit letter. Maybe read the "encouragement" posts in the pinned FAQs of this very tumblr. Maybe read BIRD BY BIRD by Anne Lamott. And then... just take it bird by bird, buddy.

You got this!

[lmaonade]

hell yeah i fuckin love chores every time it's a sick reminder that i can do 'em cause i'm not suuuuuper fucked up on stims and liquor and god knows what else so its like a mini sobriety celebration like heyy pretty cool that you just did that laundry instead of abusing more substances

anyway just chiming to represent the loser side of the coin to the cool anon who has legit passion for chores woooo

ur doin great too boss. not a loser. the little victories matter just as much if u let em

[sharkpupsblog]

‼️ Gift Wrapping 😁

A Jay x GN! Soul Rider Reader Fanfic!

Woooo!!!! Another silly Jay fic!!!’ This one isn’t angst though it’s sweet ❤️ so sorry for being evil last time 😭💔 also i wrote so much for this fic omg i swear i wrote too little but i wrote more than i thought which is good!!! 😭❤️ ty @ Mistfalldruid for the req!!! One more to go and then I’ll be taking a short break from writing fics bcs my brain is slowly turning into silly putty 💔 anyways i hope u guys enjoy this silly fic!!! :D also for those who celebrate! Merry Christmas eve! For those who don’t i wish u a happy Saturday! :D ❤️

Summary: you struggle to wrap a gift and Jay helps you

Warnings: none

You let out a frustrated groan and you pushed a very badly wrapped giftbox away from you. You were sitting on the floor of your stable trying your hardest to wrap some gifts, but you couldn’t do it. Wrapping gifts was hard no matter what method you used it was still difficult to wrap a gift. the tutorials on JorTube made it look so easy but in practice it wasn’t. Your horse who’s stall you sat in front of neighed and looked at the gift. They sniffed it before sliding it back to you if your soul steed could talk like the others they would probably be saying ‘try again’ to you as they slid the box back to you. You sighed and pat your horse you felt like crying you were really frustrated. Your horse nuzzled your cheek trying to make you feel better you smiled sadly, and you continued to pet them. You realized you could take a small break from wrapping you didn’t have to finish now. You would have stood up and go take a small break from wrapping but you were stopped by the front door of your stable opening. You and your horse looked to the door in perfect accidental synchronization. You watched as a white Marwari walked into your stable stopping in front of the door to shake off a bunch of snow. The Marwari looked around seeing you and then your horse it walked over to you stepping over the snow it shook off. You held your hand out and the steed sniffed it before pressing its nose onto the palm of your hand letting out a huff. You pat the horse, and you looked behind them “did you come alone Arcebus?” the Marwari neighed looking behind themselves and you saw their owner walk in. their owner took off their jacket they shook it to get snow off of it adding onto the little pile Arcebus had started. You laughed and looked at the pile “I’m in here trying to hide from the cold weather and the snow” you stood up going to welcome Arcebus’ owner. “But you brought it right into my stable” you looked down at the snow “thanks Jay.” You looked up at the woman and she smiled at you “you’re welcome” she opened her arms, and you walked forward hugging her. You sighed happy to see your girlfriend she made all your stress melt away. Jay rubbed your back kissing your cheek and she looked to Arcebus seeing him and your horse sniff the badly wrapped gift on the ground. She pat your side and you looked to her then to where she was looking “don’t say anything.” You knew your girlfriend you knew she probably had a few words in mind for the awful job you did. Jay let out a small laugh “I won’t” she broke the hug, and you took her jacket from her putting it on. Her jackets were fashionable and comfy…you were definitely stealing this one for a bit. Jay walked over to the gift and just like her horse she too stepped over the snow not wanting to make a mess in the stable. The woman picked the gift up and she looked to you “do you want help?” she wanted to wrap it correctly so badly, but she didn’t want to be rude, and do it unless you wanted her to. You frowned and nodded “I’ve struggled with it the whole day” you walked over to her your smile returning when Arcebus neighed at you and sniffed your pockets looking for treats. Jay sat down on the floor “here sit with me I’ll show you how to do it” before you sat down with her you asked your girlfriend if it was alright to give Arcebus a treat. When she said yes you grabbed a peppermint treat from your pocket and you opened it giving it to Arcebus. You sat down next to Jay, and she began to show and tell you how to wrap the gift. you couldn’t really hear what she was saying because of the crunch from Arcebus eating his treat but you could see what she was doing, and she slowly guided you through it, so you were able to pick something up. You spent the rest of the afternoon wrapping gifts with her and putting nametags on them while talking about random things. Arcebus laid down in an open stall watching the both of you and your horse ate hay as you talked and wrapped gifts. You finished the last gift, and you stretched groaning as your bones popped.

Jay gathered the leftover wrapping paper, and she stood up going to your storage room to put it away. You stood up as well continuing to stretch your horse neighed and bobbed their head up and down at you. You smiled and pat their neck earning a soft blow of air from them. Pats were nice but what they were asking you for was a treat like the one you gave Arcebus. Your horse sniffed your pockets, and you grabbed a treat from your right pocket. You opened it and you held it in your palm and then you held your palm out to your horse “here buddy” you said to them, and they neighed taking the treat from your hand. To thank you they lifted their lip up giving you a nice smile you laughed and thanked them for the smile. you let out a huff and you almost fell as something pushed you forward. You caught yourself thanks to the door of your horse’s stall and you looked behind you seeing Arcebus who was asking for another treat. You pat the horse “wait” you told him and then you called out Jay’s name when she asked what you wanted you asked her if it was alright to “give Arcebus one more treat.” When she said yes you looked in your pocket finding one last treat. Your horse looked at you neighing and then Arcebus neighed back. It was like they were talking about who got the last treat. You laughed and you split it “you guys can share the last one” you gave one piece to Arcebus and another to your horse “I’ll go and buy more from Mrs. Holdsworth tomorrow.” You watched as both horses happily ate their treat as you waited for Jay. When the woman came back from the storage room you walked over to a gift, and you picked it up. it was the biggest gift in the pile she raised an eyebrow at you in confusion when you walked back over to her holding it out to her. “Christmas is tomorrow” Jay told you still confused, and you laughed nodding “yes I know” you gently shook the box “wouldn’t you like to know what’s in it now though?” Jay laughed and she shook her head “so you made me wrap it just to open it now?” You shook your head as well “I was going to give it to you tomorrow but we both might be busy so…no better time than the present.” Jay sighed and took the gift from you she felt like crying this was such a sweet gesture you saw her eyes get glossy and you frowned “is something wrong?” she shook her head “no it’s just-“ she paused clearing her throat “this is really sweet that’s all” she smiled at you, and you smiled back at her. The woman began to open the gift and Arcebus watched her he let out a snort excited to see what was inside. When Jay opened it, she laughed softly “a tie?” she took it out of the box “such a small thing needs this big of a box?” she loved the tie she couldn’t wait to wear it but why was it in such a big box? You leaned against your horse’s stall door, and you spoke “keep looking!” Jay looked back inside the box, but she didn’t see anything in it “there’s nothing else in here?” you panicked for a second thinking ‘did I forget the other thing?’ but your panic was short lived as you saw Arcebus dig into the giftbox tearing off a black piece of carboard revealing the secret under it. it looked like a book Jay thanked Arcebus for helping her and she grabbed the book it was heavy she needed two hands for it. the woman looked to Arcebus, and she put the tie inside the box and then she put the box on his back. The Marwari huffed at her, and she pat his shoulder “it’s just for a minute” she turned her attention back to the book and you were excited for her to see what was inside. Jay opened the book, and she went wide eyed as she saw a bunch of pictures of your first date on the first page, she flipped through the pages seeing many more pictures of all the dates you went on and of your horses. She looked back at you her eyes glossy again “a memory book?”

you nodded “I worked on it all year! Took me a while to find all the pictures and add the recent ones but it was fun!” you looked down at the page she left off on seeing a picture of your horse and Arcebus sharing a fruit cup on Fort Pinta’s beach. You sighed you missed summer it was fun, and it was warm, and you and Jay had more free time. Things were still fun, but they were now cold and busy. When you looked back at Jay, she was crying you frowned “what’s wrong? Do you not lik-“ you were cut short by her hugging you. She kissed your cheek and then she kissed you which surprised you, but the kiss was welcome “I’m guessing it’s good?” You laughed and she nodded trying to wipe her tears away. “it’s wonderful” she held you tight still crying from the sweet gift and you wiped away her tears kissing the corner of her lips. You told her you loved her, and she told you she loved you more to which you replied with “enough to let me keep this jacket?” you were still wearing her jacket you loved it. She laughed and shook her head wiping away any leftover tears “no not enough to let you keep my jacket.” You huffed and kissed her cheek “well it was worth a try.” You rest your chin on her shoulder and she kissed your temple you let out a happy sigh “hey Jay.” She rubbed your back one hand still holding the book “what?” you kissed her shoulder “Merry Christmas” you hummed and then you said, “well actually it’s still the 24th so Merry Christmas eve.” Arcebus neighed from behind Jay, and he broke the hug by getting in between you two he wanted to be loved on too. You laughed as you heard Jay tell Arcebus to go away and you hugged the silly horse wishing him a merry Christmas eve as well.

TY FOR READING!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ merry christmas eve!!! And if you don’t celebrate then happy Saturday!!! :D ❤️❤️❤️

[onnoffwrites]

Like a normal person, I'm writing 4 fics all at the same time now that I don't have deadlines to meet (I will inact my plan to celebrate hakukai every time someone in the goshoverse is born later, maybe starting next year, I should plan the hakukai anniversary next year first. I wonder if I should organize some ship week... But a chill one...)

Anyways, woooo look forward to new fics... Sometime in the future!

[chamoycin]

WOW, I CANT BELIEVE ITS THE FIRST BLOG POST!

Or lets call it what it is, BASICALLY this blogs pilot episode.... i gotta a LOT to blog about, but posting without a proper introduction first? now thats just plain tacky!!!

ANYWAYS, HIYA! my names churro :D youve somehow found my little not-so-daily life blog! most likely through my personal fun website, which if you did i commend you for it ... ANYWAYSS this blog isnt really like, all that personal, just somewhere where i can post my random thoughts without outting it right next to my art :p i mostly plan to just talk about my day to day life whenever i feel like it, i used to it a lot on instagram when i was a young teen but i miss it! and well. i miss posting about something other than my art AHHEJEHJ

WELL, all you need to know is: im a big fan of The Nanny (Fran Fine my fashion icon), i live in Mexico, im a student (and its killin my brain but.. LETS GET THAT DEGREE LADIES), i really love One Piece, Halloween and Christmas are my favorite times of the year, Legally Blonde is my favorite movie and UHMMMMMMM I have three cats! ye :p thats it basically LOL

Anyways, shortly after this Ill be writing todays post so... FIRST POST CELEBRATION WOOOO

[yeniihuenii]

"My world is pale, there ain't no sadder tale."

Witherblade for my DTIYS to celebrate me hitting 13k on Twitter woooo

(some hcs and shit under the cut)

ykno how hes currently human origin rn

wat if techno was human a long time ago then almost died and someone has to give him a witherheart in order to survive n he did and he p much got withered powers but at the same time hes decaying,, 50% of his face has alrd withered + his eyes got affected so he covered them to avoid scaring ppl

if ur curious on what his eyes look like? idk you tell me B)

(this part is p edgy but whatever) he shunned himself away for most of his life, bc he doesnt know what would ppl think of him but now that he's outlived his generation,, he has accepted the fact that hes slowly withering away, so rn he makes da most of his time trying to meet new ppl n hang out w/ them (aka the origins people)

btw if u wanna do this dtiys, u can do whatever w/ it. change the pose, mood, composition and all as long as witherblade w/ a wither rose is still there. maybe send me an ask if you did it??? idk if dtiys challenges r common in tumblr but im laying this here anyways

[wxniesrxse]

When Your Drunk

@aalonerssimaginez on instagram

Pairing| Trainee A members x Fem reader

Synopsis| You’re in party where loud music is blasting on giants speakers. Whatever you’re celebrating with your friends, it made you so happy and got you into a good mood. Some goofball decided to bring alcohol to the party when it wasn’t permitted. Although you aren’t interested in alcohol and because of your happy good mood you took shots and shots with your friends, leaving you so drunk and making your best guy friend taking care of you.

Genre: fluff? Cute best friends! 💕

A/N: sorry for bad grammar! 🥲

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𝐘𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇🦋

•”Y/n? Are you for reals? You said you were going to drink 2 shots only…..liar….” He would mumbled.

• Tries picking you up by putting your arm around his shoulder and his arm holding your waist.

• He thinks it’s time for you to go home so he would give your drunk self a ride home.

• “ yeah haha….Y/n was having such a great time! It’s the first time I’ve seen her smile brightly“. He would try to be positive in front of your angry parents so you won’t get in trouble.

• “ yeah no worries! I protected her all night!” He grins nervously while fidgeting with his sleeves.

𝐋𝐄𝐎 🦁

•” ah this girl? She really is drunk?…hey….hey!….oh come on….now I gotta take her home…..but I don’t want to….” Leo complained as he watch you laid on the floor. “Leooooooo~ why do you look like a monkey “

• Leo got triggered by this comment “what?!….pfff….whatever let’s go home”.

• Drops you home with Sangwon helping him out to carry your heavy body to your house. Your father was waiting in front of the door.

•”Sir your daughter is a fugly-“ Leo got interrupted by the sweet and kind Sangwon.

•“ Sir here’s your beautiful daughter safe and sound….and a little drunk” he smiled at him.

•”a little?” Leo asked Sangwon.

•” dude are you still angry because she call you a monkey?” He ask Leo.

•“ N-no!” Leo starts walking fast towards the car.

𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐖𝐎𝐍 🥀

•” Y/n?! Can you get down from the table?…… you’re looking ridiculously haha…..” Sangwon laughs nervously while watching you dance

on the table all crazy.

•”Woniiiieee~!DanCE with mE!” You yelled.

•“No, please get down….” He got close to you to grab your hand but your stupid drunk self decided to jump on the poor boy.

•You probably broke his back.

•” Y/n…..I’ll call Yorch to take us home alright?”. Although you jumped on him like a Tarzan he forgave you and just had your head leaning against his shoulder while he on the phone.

•“Don’t worry! Your daughter did not do anything that would humiliate herself nor did she jump on me and almost broke my back! Good night Mr.L/N!” Sangwon bowed.

𝐖𝐎𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍 🐶

• “Neukkyeojyeo, nae meorin daze, daze, daze Jungdoge ppajyeo replay, play, play~” yes you were singing to drunk daze from your most favorite group called Enhypen.

•The song was playing on the party while you dance to it all drunk looking like a zombie on glittering dress.

•“Y/n?! Are you drunk?……you’re not allowed to drink alcohol!” He said worry while holding your shoulders.

•“ WOooOochAAAAn! I’m sOuur happy! I won the best artist award! Woooo!” You yelled.

•“That’s good but you didn’t have to drink alcohol to celebrate it….you’re lucky to have a friend like me to take care of you……then later make fun of you….anyway let me call Leo to drive us home!” He said proudly.

•“ Mrs. L/n, don’t ever….just don’t ever let your daughter go to a party! Good night!” He bowed and fixed his glasses.

𝐉𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐒 😜

•” let’s go….Y/n?….Y/n come on let’s go!” You were playing a betting game with your friends, and while doing so you were taking shots.

•Meanwhile James and JJ were trying to get you out of the group so y’all can leave home.

•“Not even us are drunk….” JJ said while scrunching his nose at you.

•“Hey!Justin Jay! Don’t give her that face! Can’t you see she was winning on the games and gaining money? Of course she was happy! I would’ve gone drunk too!” James said proudly while defending you.

•“Yorch hyung! Take her home and I’ll take the money-“ he called Yorch on the phone.

•” hey you’re not going to steal it are you?” JJ asked.

•“Whuuuuuuat??” James exaggerated. “Pfff no! Haha you think im-yes imma steal it but it’s for my next prank on her! So don’t snitch!” James said while running away with the money and leaving JJ dumbfounded.

𝑱𝑱 🐻

• You two were enjoying dancing together, hitting every beat with y’all’s unique moves.

• “ Y/n! You’re so good at dancing! How come you didn’t told me before?” He yelled since the music was loud.

• “ that’s because I’m drunk!!” You yelled and immediately started twerking in the most horrible disgusting and ugly way ever done!

• JayJay widen his big eyes and gave you a nasty look. “Uhhh Yorch! Leo! Help!!” He yelled feeling scared of you.

• “Pffff I’m glad she left, she could’ve killed me if I kept watching her dance!” He said through a face time with Jihoon after Leo and Yorch took you home.

• “ I know my sister can be crazy” Jihoon laughed.

• “ IVE HEARD YOU TWO PIGS!” you yelled in the background.

𝐉𝐈𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐍 🐣

• “ So I told my dad, “look a male who dances to female choreography is not gay!! But he doesn’t understand me! He can be quiet…toxic?….Y/n!….Y/N?!” he shook your shoulder to wake you up from your sudden nap.

• “Ah! Yes! yes I agree with you! It’s the governments fault! It’s the governme-….what are we talking about again?” You said with your slow drunk voice.

• “ you drank didn’t you?” He sighed but chuckles after.

• “ hyung, pick up Y/n please….she’s….drunk” he laughed at you.

[avionvadion]

Okay okay. I swear this is the last time I post about this specific subject. But like.

You know how during the Unbirthday Parties students blow trumpets and cheer, “Arriving, our crimson ruler and dorm leader, Riddle Rosehearts!!!”

Imagine that, all the fanfare and celebrating and the triumphant music. But, instead, it’s…

“Our crimson ruler and housewarden, Riddle Rosehearts!!!”

It just. 🤣 It hits differently, ya know? Maybe it’s because warden is just such a strange term to use- maybe it’s because I don’t exactly know how prestigious or private schools do things since I grew up going to shitty public schools- but like. Warden???

House warden sounds like something you should be terrified of. Dorm leader at least sounds like an achievement. 🤣

I hear warden and I think prisons, or even of Black and White Joker from Heart/Clover/Joker/Diamond no Kuni no Alice, who is both a jester and a freaking warden for all the criminals within Wonderland. It’s a whole thing. Great series though. Can’t believe Spade actually exists now. But anyway- warden???

I mean, it works for early Riddle when he’s all tyrannical and stuff, and even for Kalim during his episode when Jamil is controlling him and the students are too scared to go against Kalim, but… 🤣

“Arriving, our crimson ruler and housewarden, Riddle Rosehearts!!! Woooo!!!!” *tosses confetti* *munches on cake* “We take our studies seriously! Better not pick any fights with the magicless student, guys- or Housewarden Rosehearts will lock you up and have you executed- off with your head!”

[rayverl]

The plot of Boruto so far, I guess

Just warning you, this is probably gonna be cringe.

 There’s gonna be a bit of spoilers at the end.

Also, if I say something biased, you can blame the Boruto subreddit. 

*Deep breath*

Okay, so there’s this guy called Bolt. He’s sort of a genius. He seems pretty bratty, right? Well, being neglected by your dad, who’s the literal leader of your village does that to you.

Bolt is a student at this ninja academy. There’s a new transfer student. His name is Meets Sue Key. He likes snakes and has pale skin and golden eyes. Totally not suspicious at all. He has a friend called Salad. She’s an Uch-Yee- Haw.

Things Happen. The class rep, Sumire has a monster. Something about Danzo, I think.

Salad get’s her own arc. She meets her dad, Sauce ok, who almost stabs her, thinking she’s this guy called Shin, who calls himself an Uchiha. Turns out he’s just someone experimented on by A Roach In My Room. 

Imagine not recognizing your own daughter. In Saucegay’s defense, he probably never even saw her as a baby. Actually, that would be even worse.

Mitts key gets backstory. Oro is a PILF. (Mitsuki’s mom has got it goin’ on!)

Bolt, Mitski and Salad participate in the Chew-nin exams. Bored tho cheats. Bolt’s dad, Ramen toppings, is extremely disappointed and embarrassed. 

Then, some aliens arrive. There’s this dude called Momoshitkey. Nerd tho, Bolt, Sauce gay and the Kage fight Momoshitkey. Momoshitkey implants something called Karma onto Bore root toe.

Choo choo arc is a mix of celebrity crushes, anti fatphobia and Butterflies

Mitsuki “betrays” Konoha, Oh no key dies, Mitsuki says sike lol I’m still a Konoha Shinobi.

Some filler and anime canon later, it’s the Kara Actuation Arc, which is still anime canon. 

There’s some new character called Mugino. Boruto uses sexy jutsu to get Hashirama cells. 

Oral chi fishballs Thanos snaps some chick for ripping off his kunai-licking thing and completely annihilates Oh no key knock-off Viktor Krum, a Kara inner.

Bolt and co defeat Deepa with a Super High Compression Rasengan.

Mitsuki needs new organs and I headcanon that Great Snek Circle completely lost his shit internally. They’re a total tsundere mum.

It’s the Ao arc! Boruto fights with Ao and people begin to say he truly is Mean A Toe’s grandson and Nawrrrr a toe’s son.

Woooo! Kawaki time! 

I was too busy so I couldn’t catch up on the show and relied on Reddit to find out what happened, so from here onwards the stuff I write might lack a few things.

They find Car Key and Naruto adopts him as a son or something.

Worship the mighty Vase-kun.

Naruto defeats Delta.

Monk dude destroys Nerd Toe and Sauce ok. Bolt, Salad, Mitsuki and Car Key fight Borrow. They get a great team strategy.

Boruto turns into BoruShitKey. Naruto turns into a chakra station. BoruShitKey defeats Borrow. 

(Borushiki’s “What was that Jutsu he used again? Oh, right... The Rasengan” gave me CHILLS. I simp for that voice.)

Kashin Koji and Amado are actually traitors of Kara. Koji tries to kill Jigen and miserably fails. Koji is revealed to be a clone of Jiraiya (Totally didn’t see that coming /s). Koji runs away from Jigen. 

Somewhere around this time, Car Key loses his Karma.

Jigen becomes EatShitKey, and defeats Nerd Toe and Sauce gay. Ramen toppings gets Baryon Mode and Kurama is like “Sike lol you won’t die but I will”.

Feels and Nostalgia. RIP our Fox boi. Press F for respect.

Borushiki: “Yes, very sad. Anyway”

RINNEGONE

Code wakes up and checks on the Ten Tails. Code is sad because his daddy and god, EatShitKey is dead (boo-hoo lol). Code swears revenge against the people who had a part in EatShitKey’s death.

There’s going to be an anime canon Chunin exam soon, I’m pretty excited for it.

Manga spoilers time

Code meets Ada, or Eida. (The name Ada is funny to me because in my language, Ada means “have” or “got”)

He also meets Doraemon. 

Amado offers to give Kawaki a Karma again and Kawaki is like “No why tf would I want that”

Kawaki runs from the Uzumaki house, for some reason. Code Catches him and Bolt interferes in their battle.

Btw worship Fatachi

[realcube]

haikyuu boys with a professional volleyball player! s/o 🏆

characters: kuroo, bokuto, kita, oikawa & sakusa 

tw// swearing

thank you anon for this awesome request!

Tetsurō Kuroo

he’d tell all his teammates about you and none of them would care

well, lev would care - he’d be so excited and asking for kuroo to get him your autograph but yaku would just be like ‘you don’t actually believe him, do you? 🙄’

so yeah, yaku would convince lev and yamamoto that you were just a figment of kuroo’s imagination

even thoUGH YAKU KNEW YOU WERE A REAL PERSON BC HE HAD MET YOU BEFORE AND  HE KNEW THAT YOU WERE DATING KUROO AIREBVKZGA he just loved annoying kuroo <3

and he did the job well bc kuroo was definitely annoyed

he’d be waving his phone around, desperately trying to show lev and yamamoto the selfies he took with you but they’d just be like 😑

then he finally convinced you to come visit him at practise to put an end to his humiliation

so you appeared one day and kuroo was so hyped

but not as hyped as yamamoto

he has hot-ppl senses which tingled when you entered the room so he was the first to greet you while kuroo was sitting setting up the nets

he was literally all over you

‘woah 😍 your thigh are so toned’

‘uh thank you ???’

and kuroo was not here for it

‘AYE GET YOUR DIRTY PAWS AWAY FROM THEM!!’

yamamoto fkn shits himself and runs ✌🏃‍♂️💨

then kuroo picks you up bridal style and parades you around the gym, rubbing it in everyone’s face - especially yaku and lev

‘guys, do you see this? my totally REAL s/o! who’s been to NATIONALS!! uhuh. all mine, y’all.’

yaku is so ticked off and definitely goes to snitch him out to Nekomata

and lev is just so awed, ‘(y/n) is real???’

for a moment he thought he was dreaming too until kenma purposefully hit him with a ball

‘put me down, tetsurō.’ you groaned, folding your arms over your chest

he obeyed, gently setting you down on your feet before pecking your lips, ‘ok, well, i should probably get back to practise now - train hard so hopefully one day i can be as good as you.’ he joked, teasingly emphasising the ‘you’.

you playfully punched his arm before turning on your heels to head out, ‘you wish!’

although he’ll always joke about how amazing you are in comparison to him but he genuinely admires you 🤩

Kōtarō Bokuto

he hypes you up to his team constantly

they’ve literally never even met you and they are being asked all these questions from bokuto lol

‘hey onaga, did you see (y/n) at their nationals game the other day?’

onage flinched upon being jump-scared by his captain, then choked out a little white lie, ‘uh yeahhh.’

bokuto’s face lit up, ‘great! they were so amazing during the third set, weren’t they? what was your favourite part?’

onaga froze, ‘uhh- oh, i think i hear anahori calling me to help him practise his sets! gotta go.’ then he proceeded to bolt off

bokuto shrugged it  off at first as he shouldn’t complain bc a teammate dropped a conversation to continue training with anahori - i mean, onaga came to volleyball club to practise so he wasn’t obligated to make conversation with bokuto

but while he was saying his goodbyes to everyone as they left the gym to go home, it hit him-

‘bye, komi! buh-bye, washio! and goooodbyeeee, konoha.’ bokuto let out a relived sigh as he had now finished saying his partings which meant he could lock the gym then go home, ‘wait-- ANAHORI DIDN’T EVEN COME TO PRACTISE TODAY! ONAGA!’

bokuto was deeply disheartened that his own teammate would lie to him - to get out of a conversation about you, no less

he just wanted them all to love you as much as he does

like..he’s your biggest fan!!!

~ even post-timeskip ~

he’d show up to all of your games wearing your jersey and some of the eagle-eyed press would try talk to him

they’d interview him about his own affair or about the MSBY Black Jackals but he genuinely has no interest in talking about that bc today is your day and he is here to support you

‘are you and your team hopeful to attend Olympics despite player Miya’s rumoured injury? and disclose whether these rumours are factual?’

sakusa decked atsumu after he joked about having covid-

the interview shoved and waved a microphone in bokuto’s face while he just stared at them blankly like ◉_◉

after a while bokuto stuffed a handful of popcorn in his mouth and chuckled, ‘don’t know! but the game is about to begin, shhh!-’ he hushed the interviewer, instinctively swatting the microphone away as he stood up in the stands to cheer for you, ‘WOOOO! GO, (Y/N)!’  

then he turned to the interviewer who stood frozen with a dumbfounded look on his face, ‘THAT’S MY LOVERRRR!’ he screamed into the microphone so loudly that all the press naturally backed off

and please do the same for him when the press approach you at his games 🙏

Shinsuke Kita

ofc he dates a volleyball player player-

he is such an ushijima

he is ushijima if he wasn’t left-handed

he doesn’t really brag about you too often at practise but he feels so proud when you win a game then he comes to practise the next day and his teammates tell him to pass on a congratulations

also he always comes to your games

no matter how minor or how large

you’d think you could both bond a lot over volleyball and you did that in the beginning

but over time - especially when you started playing volleyball professionally - you found other things to bond over and saved volleyball for work

he probably runs a (y/n) stan page AEIVBARTBV

AND YOU’D NEVER GUESS

like he is literally a rice farmer- you are under the impression that he doesn’t even know what facebook is

and he’s good at selling the act too

‘did you see the picture of us i posted on my instagram?--’ you asked, taking another spoonful of your cereal

‘insta what?’ kita inquired without hesitation

then as soon as you exit the room, he’ll log onto his (y/n) twitter stan account

ok ok sorry i’ll stop now

anyway he ALWAYS tries to ensure that the first thing you eat after a big game is something that he cooks

and if you go out with your team to eat after a game to celebrate a victory, he’ll try at act sweet but he’s lowkey shady tbh

‘congratulations on your victory, (y/n). and to many more’ he lifted his glass and so did you

but just as you were about to take a sip, kita interjected, ‘but that is going to be difficult if you keep filling your body with junk rather than healthy, organi--’

‘kita-’

‘ok.’ he took a sip of his drink in your honour

HE JUST CARES ABOUT YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING HE’S NOT TRYING TO BE RUDE 😭

Tōru Oikawa

again, when you and oikawa first started dating, volleyball was one of the only things y’all talked about

but now that you were both doing it professionally, it was basically banned in your home

well, the the game itself wasn’t banned but i mean, why would you do something all day then come back to talk about it more?

you both might adore volleyball but everything has it’s limits lol

anyway, oikawa is another one that is extra af when they come to your games

he probably makes a sign and paints his face in your team colours

and when you come out onto the court, he’ll blow you a kiss and if you don’t blow one back he’ll be so offended lmao

bc he always makes a big deal out blowing you a kiss or winking at you as soon as he steps out onto the court

it’s basically a thing he does for good luck at this point

also, if there are ever ppl trying to take pictures of y’all in public- oikawa is the first to make a big show for them

like he’s all up on you 

he’ll dip you then push his lips against you for a passionate kiss, in front of the ppl and they always go fkn crazy

he thinks he is like..Beyoncé famous...which he is not

please humble him 

but nicely 

but y’all only get attention around summertime when you are frequently playing big games 

like if oikawa leaves the house a week you competed in a big game- he’ll literally get swamped with ppl asking about you 

but contrarily, if you both leave the house in winter literally no one would even spare you a glance

on a RARE occasion, someone might sneakily snap a photo but that’s it

so you get the best of both worlds :))

also, if you’re an ace and he’s ever feeling down, if you ask him to set for you for a bit and you compliment one/all of his sets, he’ll literally feel so much better 

Kiyoomi Sakusa 

sometimes you both come back from a rough day at work, slump on the couch and watch TV together

after showering, changing, dinner etc

he’s not nna come anywhere near you if he thinks there is a chance he might be stinky from practise 

he turned on the TV and it just so happened to be on an Live volleyball game in some language that neither of you understood

he’d snake his arms around your shoulders and pull you close to his chest, satisfied by your synced breathing 

he’d press a single kiss against your jaw before shifting his attention onto the channel

you’d lay there in his arms, both of you seeming content in each other’s presence while watching the game

in reality though, neither of you were actually absorbing anything that was happening on the court - you were just staring blankly at the TV

the TV simply served as background noise to your cuddling

tbh he was way more interested in hearing the sound of your heart beat peacefully against his chest 

after a while, if he gets bored, he might finally break the silence by inquiring about your day

but if he doesn’t, you’d probably end up falling asleep in his arms, forcing him to sleep on the couch bc he’s doesn’t want to risk moving and waking you up 🥺

anyway, he’s another one that likes to save volleyball for work then leave it by the door as soon as you step inside the house 

but he’s not as uptight about it as oikawa or kita

like he’ll happily put on a volleyball match for you guys to watch if he thinks the player’s techniques are impressive

also, if the weather is nice, if you ask him to come out and practise with you for a bit and he’ll say yes 🤠

but actually 🤔 now that is think about it, if you guys had a pool in your back garden sakusa would definitely make the most of it

you’ll humbly ask him spike for you on a nice sunny day and he’ll be like

‘volleyball? really? we bought this expensive ass house with a pool which we can only use 4 out the 365.25 days of the year and you want to play volleyball? don’t you do that like..every work day.’

what can i say? man likes getting his moneys worth 🤷‍♂️

‘so is that a no to volleyball?’ you’d ask

*cue sakusa picking you up bridal style and dropping you into the pool*

then you play pool volleyball 👍

as for your games, he turns up in casual wear 😔

disappointed but not surprised

you’ll jokingly be like ‘hey! why aren’t you wearing my team colours? how are people gonna know who you’re cheering for?’ which is fair bc you turn up to all his games with his MSBY black jackals jersey with one of those foam pointy fingers with his number on it

MANS WOULD POINT TO HIS FKN WEDDING RING LIKE ‘our team colours right here.’

[krisdreaming]

i. The First One

｢ Masterlist ｣

Pairing: Kuroo Tetsurou x gn!Reader

WC: 1.1k

Summary: The first birthday you spend with Kuroo as a couple

A/N: Woooo it’s the start of Kuroo’s birthday celebration! Tbh this is ehh probably my least favorite of the four fics but anyway HAPPY (almost) BIRTHDAY TETSU!!

You’ve only been dating Kuroo for a few months, but you really wanted to make your boyfriend’s birthday special. It's simple enough, but you’re happy with the dinner you’d planned. Your family had even agreed to spend the evening out, so the two of you will have the house to yourselves.

It’s not until he texts you that he’s leaving practice that the nerves set in. What if he doesn’t like the meal? What if he’d been expecting something more fancy, like going out to an actual restaurant? What if he thinks your present is lame? You try your best to shake off the thoughts. It’s too late to change anything now.

By the time you see him coming up the walk, the food is nearly ready. You’re pleased with how it came out, and you flick the burner off just as you hear his knock.

“Happy birthday!” You chirp when you open the door, waving him inside. He drops his bag by the door and looks around.

“Are you home alone? Where’s the rest of your family?” He follows you back to the kitchen where you move the pan to the table, set just for the two of you.

“They went out tonight so we could spend the evening alone since it’s your birthday,” You explain, watching him to gauge his reaction. He looks at you in silence for a few moments, then breaks into a grin.

“Really? Well that was cool of them. Wow, this smells incredible,” He’s focused on the food now, and you take a seat across from him. “You made all this for me?”

“Mm-hmm. I hope you like it,” You add nervously. After Kuroo chatters for a bit about practice, the meal is mostly silent. You’re watching him for any sign of whether or not he likes the food, but he seems to be poking at it more than anything. Every once in a while he’ll look at you and flash a smile, but you still can’t shake the nervous feeling from earlier.

Finally, you can’t hold it in any longer. “Is everything alright? Don’t you like it?”

At your question, he stops with his chopsticks halfway to his mouth, then sets them down. “No, I love it!” He says quickly, then looks back down at his plate. “Sorry,” He says then, “I was just surprised. In a good way,” He tacks on quickly, finally looking back up at you. “No one usually makes a big deal about my birthday, so I guess it kinda caught me off guard.”

“Tetsu,” You say softly. You know his dad is away a lot, but you hadn’t really thought about everything that meant. You wonder how many birthdays he’s spent alone. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”

“Ah,” He waves his hand, brushing it off, “Doesn’t matter. Seriously, don’t get all mushy about it. All I’m trying to say is thank you, okay?”

“Well, you’re welcome,” You say, reaching across the table and brushing your fingertips across the back of his hand. It earns you a smile before he picks up his chopsticks and goes back to eating.

��Honestly, I kinda thought you just invited me over to study,” He says after a few minutes of comfortable silence.

You can’t help but laugh. “You really thought I’d invite you over to study on your birthday? No way. Actually, my plan was to have dessert in front of the TV, but if you really wanted to study, I suppose, since it is your birthday...”

“Woah woah, I didn’t say that,” He waves his hands in front of himself, “What’s this you said about dessert? Don’t tell me this also means I get to pick what we watch?”

You grin. “Unfortunately for me, it does,” You heave a heavy fake sigh.

“No way!” He pushes his empty plate back, “I think I’m starting to like this birthday thing.”

“Okay, but first you have to open your present.” You can’t stand to wait any longer. You hand him the gift bag and watch as he pulls out the scarf you’d worked so hard on. Looking at it in his hands, you want to cringe. You can see all of the lumps and uneven spots, and you almost regret even giving it to him at all until he winds it around his neck, a grin on his face. “Y/N, seriously? You made this?” He fingers the end examining the Nekoma-themed stripes. “Thank you,” he says softly.

“There’s an envelope,” You prompt when he moves to set the bag aside. Reaching in, he pulls it out and slides his finger under the flap. He pulls out the note you’d written, a soft smile on his face as he skims it. Then, he looks at the tickets tucked inside.

“Museum tickets?” He flips them over, reading the fine print on the back. You shift nervously in your spot.

“Y-yeah, maybe it’s stupid. I thought it would be fun to go and check it out together, I thought you said one time-” He’s wrapping you up in a hug before you can even finish your sentence.

“You’re the best,” He says into your hair. “I’ve been wanting to check it out! I was gonna take you, but I guess you’re taking me.”

“We can go whenever you want,” You promise, a relieved smile finding its way onto your face. “You ready for dessert?” You pull out the beautifully decorated cake and cut generous slices, then the two of you settle into the couch. His arm is pressed against yours, and it’s nice. When he slides his arm around you, you can’t help but snuggle in just a little closer. Between your busy schedules, you don’t have a lot of time to just exist like this, so you want to soak in every moment.

Even though part of you wishes this evening could never end, he eventually decides it’s time to go. In the doorway, his hands come to rest on your hips, and he’s smiling down at you. “This was a great birthday,” He murmurs. “Thank you.” He leans in to kiss you, lingering just a bit longer than usual. When he pulls away, something in his expression tugs at your middle.

“You deserve it,” You say softly, leaning in for one more kiss, hoping that somehow the press of your lips can convey everything else that you’re not quite sure how to say. When he brushes his fingertips across your cheek, you think maybe some of it must have gotten through. “Happy birthday, Tetsu.”