#are you super uber duper sure about that

[rjalker]

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[echoingbirdsofprey]

Take Me Back To Eden

Seven - I Want To Help You But I Don't Know How

Pairing: ii x OFC Violetta Kastor, IV x Violetta x ii

Rating: EXPLICIT (MDNI!)

Warnings: SMUT, threesome, piv, anal, praise, sexual healing

A/N: this one was a lot to write, and super duper uber spicy

Violetta was the one who awoke to no warmth beside her this time. She rubbed her eyes and glanced around sleepily. He was sat at the edge of the bed, head in his hands. She rose quietly, and scooted over to him,

"Cal?" She asked and he turned to face her, his eyes red and puffy. He reached up to cup her cheek.

"Morning. Sorry, sweetheart, lay back down." He said softly, pulling her down with him and hugging her tightly. 

"Are you okay?" She asked, wrapping her arms around him. He was shaking. It wasn't cold.

"Panic attack." He said, staring absent-mindedly at the ceiling.

"Why?" She asked, stretching up to look in his eyes. She caught them, and he blinked, trying to look away from her. He looked as if his whole existence had been shattered to bits. 

"Because I let my thoughts spiral. We were talking about my ex in the group chat and then I got to thinking about shit and it just blew up from there." His words hung in the air, sounding as though he'd failed at his entire life, but really he'd just taken a small step back from where he was in his healing process. Violetta pressed a kiss to his cheek and his eyes lit up with happiness, pulling him out of the stupor he'd fallen into.

"Why didn't you wake me up?" She asked, laying her head back beside his.

"I haven't had one in so long, I wasn't sure it was one but then it started and I can't do anything once it's started. I freeze completely." He explained and Violetta curled in closer to him. He kissed her on the top of her head.

"I don't want to pry but I feel like I need to." Violetta said, looking into the puffy blue eyes. He sighed heavily.

"I know. You should know...I can only tell you in increments...it made me want to kill myself with how horrible she made me feel. She knows just how to cut the deepest. But I want you to know because I need you to be ready if she ever shows up...and I guarantee she will. She always does." He explained, gently petting Violetta's back, then rubbing circles in a comforting manner, but she realized it was self soothing for him.

"My heart races when I'm with you, partially because you excite me but partially because of her. She liked to physically abuse me. Sexually abuse me. Mentally abuse me. Any kind of abuse was her game." He said softly, and Violetta stretched up, one hand over his chest, feeling his heart begin to pick up the pace just talking about her. 

"I know you're not going to hurt me but I go into flight mode with a partner because of her. She was merciless. And I know now there is probably something very mentally wrong with her but at the time, I was sympathetic to her and just accepted the abuse because it made her feel better." 

"And now you have this trauma response because of her. Have you gotten help for it?" Violetta asked softly and Cal nodded.

"When we first broke up and got back together, I saw a therapist about it, because she was worse the second time around. They told me the best thing to do was to not be with her so I broke up with her again and then she kept coming back, trying to be in my life. She still does every once in a while. I haven't heard from her in about a year now, and last I heard she was dating some big shot finance manager so I'm sure she's getting all the money she needs, even though she was never getting much from me, but I don't think he's taking any of her shit so that's why she still comes around here every so often. She can't help herself." He decided to sit up and Violetta followed. She could see his resolve was thinning. His eyes grew dull and lifeless the more he spoke about her and Violetta put a finger on his lips.

"I know enough for now. Just settle." She said, and she kissed him deeply, her hands going for his cheeks and he wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her flush against his body. She felt like she was calming a caged animal. She could feel the tension and anger hidden just beneath the surface.

He'd forgotten that they were mostly naked so when he felt the warmth of her skin on his, it sent electricity through him, igniting a spark of lust deep inside him. Even though he had reservations about everything in a relationship, he felt like he could do just about anything with Violetta. She never seemed bothered by any of his shit. Everything that he'd told her, so far, she took in stride and was understanding. She wasn't going to shame him for feeling a certain way or having qualms about something. She got him. He appreciated that more than anything and he wanted to show her that.

He took a deeper breath and ran his hands up and down her back a few times before tilting her chin up so that he could press a gentle but needy kiss to her lips.

"Vi..." He said softly, touching the tip of his nose to hers. She was lost in the depths of his oceanic blue eyes, almost like she was searching for a way to help him heal faster. He spoke, voice barely above a whisper, "I want you to know how much I appreciate you."

He readjusted their position, pulling Violetta over the top of him, making sure she was straddling him. His fingers gently gripped her hips and he stretched up to kiss her and a small moan escaped her lips at the contact. 

"You don't realize how much you're helping me." He whispered, his lips ghosting down her neck, his fingers crawling up under the t-shirt she had on. She pulled away for a moment so that she could remove it and he ran his knuckles across her stomach, making her flinch slightly from surprise at his actions, then he turned his hand to let the calloused pads of his fingers travel up in the valley between her breasts. He was so careful. The corners of her lips turned up and his did too as he let his eyes close to just feel her out. He felt the gentle curves of her hips, her ass, and the dip of her spine as his hands explored her. He felt the warmth and smoothness of her skin. He swore he could feel a difference between where she had tattoos and where she didn't but he wasn't so sure on that. Maybe he was just imagining that. Or maybe they'd been touching each other so much that he remembered exactly where all of her tattoos were.

What he wasn't imagining was how good it felt to have her above him. Violetta allowing him to control what was going on had him so unbelievably horny all the time for her. Ever since she'd begun touring with them, all he could think about was her. It had given his pause and distraction from all of the bad shit that had happened. 

"I don't feel like I'm doing anything special...just being considerate of you..." She said as she leaned down to kiss him again. She smirked slightly and Cal knew she was just being humble. She did know she was helping him. All the talking, spending countless hours just being with him, letting him gush about all aspects of drums and drumming to her, it all helped. He would certainly play along though. This was the only game he was willing to play. Who's resolve would crack first.

"But you are. Don't act all modest. " He said softly in her ear, pressing his lips just below her earlobe. She closed her eyes and let him explore with his mouth, dragging kisses over her throat, down to her collarbone, across to each shoulder. His hands stayed situated at her hips, holding her firmly and still. He reached around the curves of her ass, cupping her cheeks and gently digging his nails into the flesh there. She let out a heavy sigh, his name on the end of it and then she glanced down between them, where he was getting harder by the minute.

"You can have all of me." She said softly, pulling him closer and he whispered a response back.

"I can't give you all of me though. Not yet." He said, his eyes reflecting sadness at his own admission. 

"I know. I know...I can wait...I just want you to know...You have me. I'm yours." She said, her lips just above his and his brows knitted in the middle at her promise. He just hoped that she would keep it once he revealed his whole self to her.

¤ ¤ ¤ 

They'd fallen back asleep at some point after participating in an agonizingly slow love-making session. Cal awoke to Violetta half across his chest and he placed his hand on her head, running his fingers through her hair. He checked his phone.

Jesse: 👋 

He tilted his head questioningly then typed back.

Cal: yes?

Jesse: so...I need you to come get me

Cal: where are you?

Jesse: my room

Cal: just walk the fuck out of it

Jesse: um...I can't

Cal: fucking why

Jesse: caaaalllllllaaaaannnn plz 🙏 

Cal: omf if you're not dying I SWEAR TO SLEEP

Jesse: no but this bitch is fuckin brazy 

Cal: hold on I have an idea

He gently shook Violetta awake. She yawned and stretched and gazed into his blue eyes with admiration. He smiled at her and then spoke.

"Can you go help Jesse?" He asked softly. She nodded and her brows furrowed.

"Is he okay?" She asked as she sat up. Cal also sat up, and pulled his dirty Istanbul sweatshirt on. Violetta scowled at him.

"I was gonna wear that." She said, pursing her lips.

"You can have it later when we perform." He said and she smirked, which made him smile. 

"Just go bring him back here." Cal said and Violetta pulled jeans on without underwear. She wasn't wearing a bra either, which made Cal feel some sort of way. Violetta snuck out of the room and down the hall a little bit to where Jesse was. She knocked on the door. She was surprised when a short blond girl answered.

"Can I help you?"

"Yeah. Need Jesse. Emergency." Violetta said quickly and burst through the door to find him tied to the headboard. She mouthed 'what in the fuck' at him and started to untie him. Thankfully he still had his shirt and pants on. He mouthed a 'thank you so fucking much' as he rubbed his wrists and was set free.

"We're not done!" The girl yelled and Violetta, while in the process of untying him, whipped around and shushed her.

"I don't care. I need him!" She said and the girl reached for his wrist and Violetta slapped it away. She had some sort of accent that Violetta couldn't put her finger on but she wouldn't worry about it until later when she planned to tease Jesse about this.

"Hey!" She said and Violetta grabbed his bag and phone and pulled him by his shirt toward the door. She also grabbed his card key.

"Make sure you take all your fifty-shades-of-dungeon-master shit when you leave. Thanks!" Violetta said over her shoulder. She pushed Jesse down the hall quickly to their room, where Cal was waiting with his arms crossed over his chest. He glanced back as they rounded the corner, looking both ways just in time to see the crazy chick start to come down the hall. Cal slammed the door just as Violetta was pushing Jesse onto the bed. He laughed as he pulled her down with him, and she squealed and giggled. He wrapped his arms around her and Cal felt a pang of jealousy.

"What the fuck, Jesse." Violetta said, smirking down at him. She'd just realized where she was and glanced at Cal, who was leaning against the bathroom door frame, arms crossed. She sat up, her hands on Jesse' chest. 

"I can see why you like this position, Cal." He said as his hands landed on Violetta's thighs. He bit his lip as he glanced up at her. She smacked him across the chest, earning a loud laugh from Jesse.

"You like being fucking tied up, you kinky bastard." She said and that made Cal chuckle and tilt his head.

"God no. That was all her idea. Now...I'd like to fuck you in front of your man though. Have him tell me just how to do it right. That'd be fuckin' kinky." He said, glancing over at Cal, who raised a brow. Was he considering that?

"That's some sort of emotional torture if you're into that." Violetta scrunched her nose at him and he squeezed her thighs.

"Fuckin' hell, I'd be into it with the two of you." Jesse breathed, his tone needy. He licked his lips and the smirk on them could make the Devil blush.

"Jesse! What is wrong with you?" She tried to pull away from him but his grip tightened and she gave up with a frustrated sigh.

"I've got a pretty lady on top of me and her man grillin' me. I'm horny as fuck, and that chick was not doing it for me." His eyes locked with Cal's. Violetta moved to leave Jesse's lap again but then they both heard Cal's voice, low and raspy.

"Stay there." He said, bouncing off the wall. They both locked eyes with him, surprised. He stepped toward the bed, reaching out to cup Violetta's cheek and gaze into her emerald eyes. His were full of sadness. Jesse's shifted slightly, his hands still on her thighs. She searched Cal's expression for an answer to the question that was on the tip of her tongue, hoping she wouldn't have to ask it. She was sure she would need to though and just get it over with.

"What are you trying to show me?" She asked and Cal pressed a careful kiss to her lips, then slid his thumb across her bottom lip. Jesse stayed as still as possible, but he was becoming bored so he began to rub small circles on Violetta's thighs, which made her glance down, eyes half lidded. He smirked and bit his lip, then glanced at Cal and back to Violetta. Cal spoke again, struggling for the words.

"She...would do this to me. Bring guys home...fuck them in front of me...then beat me for not being good enough to make her feel the way they did." He explained, voice shaky as he did. Jesse closed his eyes, and sighed in frustration,  remembering the one time that Cal's ex had done this with him. He remembered how Cal wouldn't talk to him for weeks, wouldn't even look his way, and then ended up bawling his eyes out in Jesse' arms and apologizing because he'd realized whose fault it really was that their friendship had gotten so fucked up.

"Oh, Cal..." She said, tears welling in her eyes as she touched his cheek where there was still a pink scarred spot. Now Violetta knew what that was from and rage filled her for only a moment before she was reminded of where she was. She was still straddling Jesse. She posed a question. "What do you need us to do?" 

"I don't know...I...I don't know how...to...to fix...mys-" Cal stuttered and stumbled over his words, but felt a comforting hand on his bicep.

"You don't need to fix anything." Violetta said, touching her nose to his, then kissing him deeply. She felt Jesse' cock jump underneath her and it didn't surprise her. "Jesse and I have you." 

Jesse' brows rose, slightly confused, but ready to play along with whatever, especially considering Vi and Cal just saved him. Her hair fell over her eyes and Cal reached out to push it behind her ear, when he felt a hand near his hip. 

Jesse .

He glanced down to see his friend's hand comfortingly placed. Jesse had a sort of dopey, horny smile on his face and it made Cal chuckle a little.

"We're here for anything , Cal." He said and Violetta nodded. Cal's gaze switched between the two, then landed on Violetta's emeralds.

"You sure?" He asked and they both nodded. Of course Jesse was interested...he was down to fuck anyone, any way, but Cal was surprised at Violetta for the simple fact she was so wholly loyal to him. But he supposed if she was going to do anything and everything for him, that included whatever would help him process some of his trauma and Cal was fully convinced now that Jesse had said it, this had to happen, and Cal had to be in control of the whole affaire. 

"Whatever you need. However you need to do this. Whatever you need to do ." Violetta said softly, pulling Cal closer. Jesse rolled his head to the side, then back as he adjusted his lower half again. He caught Violetta off guard and it made her moan softly as she was pressing a kiss to Cal's lips.

"Okay, that was hot." Jesse said, rolling his hips up at Violetta again. She took a deep breath and tried to resist the urges Jesse was acting upon but Cal nodded and asked them to continue. Jesse reached up under her shirt and ran his rough fingers over her belly button. She let her head fall back and he began to push her shirt up. Cal helped by pulling it all the way off and her breasts bounced, the sight making Jesse rethink his entire existence.

" Fuuuuck ." He half moaned, half sighed, and he watched as Cal pulled Violetta's hair from the claw clip it had been in, letting the purple waves fall where they wanted. 

" Easy , Jesse." Cal said as his guitarist let out a frustrated groan.

"Can't. You guys are too fucking hot together. It's like porn in four-kay ." Jesse said and Violetta couldn't help but laugh.

"You're such a slut." She said, as she began to lift Cal's sweatshirt off. He pulled it all the way off, forgetting that he was naked underneath. The air in the room was cool but his skin felt like it was on fire, especially with two sets of eyes staring at him instead of the normal one. Jesse whined and Violetta's brows furrowed. " What ?" She asked, as if he was being childish, which...he was.

"Me too! Please?" He begged and Violetta ran a finger down his chest, around his belly button, pulling a smile from his lips, then her finger found his jeans. She unbuttoned them, then put her hands under his shirt. It was tight to his body so she could see the hard planes and musculature that she'd gotten to see once before. Violetta decided to pull his pants off as well and she hadn't realized that he had gone commando too.

"Do you not fucking wear boxers?" She asked, brows furrowing and nostrils flared out of confusion. He nodded.

"Occasionally. I mean...I just had sex with another girl last night. Sometimes it gets uncomfortable in too many layers." He explained and Violetta couldn't help the laugh that came out.

"Mmm, you're slinging quite the length, Flirty ." She said, using his funny pet name that she'd given him on day one.

"What can I say? It's a heavy burden to bare. " He said. The end of his sentence was just a breath out as she pulled his shirt over his head, exposing his skin and tattoos to the cool air. She placed a hand on Cal's chest, and her other on Jesse's. Her eyes locked with Cal's, who pushed into her space for another kiss. 

" You done flirting , sweetheart ?" He asked. The only way she could describe his tone was slightly possessive and Jesse widened his eyes, hearing his drummer gain confidence in the moment. She nodded and closed her eyes, feeling hands on her hips that had to be Jesse's. She opened them wide as she felt the bed dip with Cal's solid weight. They were his hands. Jesse' hands were on her stomach, his thumbs tracing the curves of the gorgeously drawn ivy vines. Jesse let a small moan escape his lips as Cal settled just behind Violetta. She felt warmth and a hard cock behind and underneath her. Cal pulled her hair aside and kissed her shoulder then spoke. "You sure you're okay with all this?"

Violetta shook her head, feeling her cheeks heat even more than they already were. She'd never had a threesome and who the fuck would ever think it would be with Jesse and Cal...or II and IV of Sleep Token. Jesse saw the nervousness flash in her eyes and he pressed gentle fingers into her skin. Cal could feel it. He could feel that she was apprehensive but that she wanted to keep going. Everyone had to be consenting in this.

"Princess...we'll be so fucking good to you. You've been so good to us already. You're such a good fucking girl." Jesse said, filling in for Cal in the dirty talk department. And he let him. Cal knew Jesse liked to talk. Jesse knew Cal liked to go off feel. Violetta was speechless at Jesse's words and she stilled, not sure what to do next. 

So Cal did what she'd done for him. He filled in the gaps. Like the skilled drummer he was, he filled the spaces with flawless improvisation. He'd removed his boxers quickly, throwing them in the pile of clothing at the bedside. He pressed his cock up against her ass, pushing toward her but not into her just yet Jesse did the same, but from the bottom. The feeling of both men moving had her throwing her head back and moaning and her breathing coming out heavy. When she rolled her head back to look at Jesse, his eyes were half lidded with lust and he was pleading with her from below. But he knew this was not her show. It was Cal's.

"Cal." He said and the drummer perked up, glancing around the gorgeous women between the two of them. 

"Yes, Jesse?" He said and Jesse politely phrased his question.

"May I, pretty please, put my dick inside your pretty , pretty Princess?" He enunciated each use of that one word with a gentle thrust, and Cal squeezed Jesse' thigh to signal him to go ahead. Cal kissed Violetta's neck as he whispered to her. 

"Vi, say his name. Give the good boy some credit." He said and Jesse carefully pushed himself inside her tight and very wet hole. She did just that. She moaned the guitarist's name as he sank her down, hitting the deepest part of her and making her wince. She gritted her teeth as she glanced down at him, feeling very full. Jesse rubbed small circles with his thumbs at her hip bones, coaxing her to relax. Cal felt that she was tense and ran his hands up and down her arms.

"You can take him, sweetheart. I know you can." Cal said, pressing his own cock nearer to her ass. "Think you can take both of us?"

"I...I can try..." She said tentatively, as she was starting to relax on top of Jesse. His absent-minded massaging was helping. Violetta was more nervous that something was going to off put Cal from everything than whether or not she could take a fucking from both of them at the same time. She knew that they would be careful. She just wanted Cal to be okay. 

"Jesse, reach in the bag on the floor." Cal commanded softly and the guitarist did so, knowing exactly what the drummer wanted, which was a small bottle of clear gel. Cal kissed Violetta on the back of her neck as he took the bottle from Jesse. He ran a hand up her spine, pushing his thumb in to feel all the bones. It made her shiver and she glanced back at him. He spoke softly, posing a question, making Jesse lean up so he could hear as well. "Are you absolutely sure, Vi?"

She smiled back at him and shifted slightly, nearly forgetting she was sat on Jesse' length. He let out a small groan as she pushed her butt back toward Cal, letting him know it was good to go on. He squirted some of the gel lube on his hand, spread it along his cock, and then used his middle finger to fill her empty hole with it very, very slowly. She jumped a little at first, but Cal continued running his thumb up and down her spine, helping her stay relaxed. He inserted another finger slowly, and Jesse joined in, placing his thumb on her clit and rubbing circles. He also continued massaging one of her hip bones. Violetta threw her head back, moaning loudly with all the different sensations in her lower half. She dug her nails into Jesse' abdomen, pulling a hiss from him. He smirked at her, wanting to sit up but knowing he should wait.

Cal removed his fingers from her and placed his tip at her entrance. He squirted more lube into his hand, spreading it over himself, then he began to press into her. He went even slower than he'd gone with his fingers and reached around her waist to keep her still. His other hand met Jesse's over her clit. 

" Fuck...the two...of you...you're...so hot." Jesse moaned, thrusting up into Violetta, which in turn pulled a sound out of her that neither man had ever heard. The drummer and guitarist both began a slow rhythm, alternating their thrusts, and they immediately knew they'd all be spent rapidly.

" Bend over and shut him up for me, sweetheart." Cal whispered and Violetta complied eagerly, leaning down and covering Jesse' mouth with hers, allowing Cal space to work. His hands traveled along the muscles of her back and one settled on the same hip as Jesse' hand. He intertwined his fingers with Cal's and Violetta felt that, appreciating that Jesse was trying to support his friend. With this new angle, Jesse had to still somewhat but it gave Cal full access to thrust into Violetta without abandon. Jesse, being ever diligent, was still working on her clit with his thumb and now his lips were exploring her neck as well. His rhythm was stuttering at best, while Cal kept up a nice, steady beat, something akin to a very slow time signature. He threw his head back, his mouth falling open with how good she felt. Cal had full control of both her and the guitarist as his legs were hooked just behind Violetta's, which were straddled across Jesse' thighs, preventing him from moving his legs much.

Violetta felt herself cresting the edge of her orgasm and there wasn't a damn thing she could do to stop it. It was explosive, it was messy, and not long after, both the guitarist and the drummer came inside her, then ceasing their movements to revel in the high they'd all just experienced. 

Cal was the first one to dismount the pile, plopping down to the side of Jesse, then Violetta slid off Jesse with a guiding hand from the guitarist and fit herself in between the two. Cal turned to press gentle pecks on Violetta's shoulder that was closest to him. Jesse rolled to face the two of them, propping himself up on his elbow and glancing down into Violetta's pretty emerald eyes that were barely open. Jesse' icy blues met Cal's ocean deep eyes, his other hand hovering over Violetta's stomach. Cal reached for her breasts, cupping one carefully. She smiled as she closed her eyes, enjoying the bliss from her lingering pleasure. Her body felt like jelly, her lower half tingling, still licked with the fires of lust for the men on either side of her. She reached up, scratching the top of her head and fiddling with her hair before opening her eyes again to see both men staring at her.

" Such a good fucking girl." Jesse said and Cal raised a brow and one corner of his lips as he glanced at the guitarist then at Violetta.

"This meant... everything ...to me." Cal said softly, pressing his lips to hers, then placing his head down on the pillow next to her head. 

[thebibliomancer]

Essential Avengers: Avengers #297: FUTURES IMPERFECT!

November, 1988

The CLASH That WRECKED The Avengers!

Seems to be wrecking Nebula instead.

Which. I’m pretty okay with.

Not sure when she changed back into the Kang outfit. Or why she changed back into the Kang outfit.

Eh.

So last times in East Coast Avengers: Dr Druid manipulated and connived and undermined and election frauded his way to chairmanship of the Avengers. Due to ominous sex dreams, he was convinced that a great calamity was coming and only the Avengers could stop it and only he could get the team in shape to stop it. Because Captain Marvel was too soft with her -checks notes- not wanting to kill people if it could be avoided.

Then it turns out that the ominous sex dream lady was actually Nebula Kang, manipulating Dr Druid’s sense of self-importance so she could get control over the Avengers. With Dr Druid under her thumb and the Avengers under Dr Druid’s thumb, she plans to go to the Bubble at the Heart of Time to get some super-duper-uber weapon to overshadow all other weapons and. Just be the boss of everything, I guess.

The Kangs of the Kang Klubhouse belatedly realize that Nebula infiltrated them and stole all their technology. A team of three Kangs, one of which is named Fred, try to stop her but arrive too late.

Nebula and the Avengers took off in an FTL-enabled Quinjet and after a lot of timebulance, arrive at the Bubble at the Heart of Time.

Which sure is a big, red bubble-shaped thing.

Nebula announces that the Best Weapon will be hers!

Thor asks what the best weapon even is but Nebula says he’s on a need-to-know basis.

She-Hulk: “You don’t know, do you? You actually don’t know what the weapon is!”

Nebula Kang: “Shut up, She-Hulk! I’ll thank you to speak only when you’re spoken to!”

Hah.

I love that She-Hulk’s sass is so strong that even under mind-control, she’s tossing barbs at her boss.

Nebula implicitly admits that she doesn’t actually know by saying that the Council of Cross-Time Kangs want it and that’s a good enough reason for her.

Also, then thousands of Quinjets show up.

The Quinjets are indistinct “phantoms of light!”

Team Nebula can’t even tell who is in the cockpits of the other Quinjets. But they’re all racing in the same direction and some of them are getting ahead of Team Nebula.

Nebula Kang speculates that their presence is generating probability shadows. Or something.

She then also gets paranoid that they’re not shadows, they’re other Avengers teams from other timelines who might get to the prize first!

So she tells Black Knight to get out on the bow of the craft and swing the Ebony Blade at any Quinjet that gets in their way. And for Thor to get out there too and make the Quinjet go faster with his hammer, somehow.

It’s cool though. Black Knight says that his helmet, the one with a big opening for his lower face, protects him from the icy vacuum of space. Well, also his state of being super cursed.

Team Nebula’s Quinjet passes “a great metropolis of the future!” for exactly one panel before the city disappears.

Marvel wiki says this city never shows up again. It is entirely pointless. Or a point that Simonson never got around to.

Anyway, Black Knight claims they’ve broken through the outer shell of the bubble. Now they’re passing over weird landscapes and other cities. Since they’ve broken through, Nebula Kang orders Black Knight and Thor back inside the Quinjet.

Meanwhile?, back at Hydrobase, the three Kangs complain about arriving too late to stop Nebula Kang.

Then they realize that they’re all time travelers, duh.

Like. Duh.

They just hop back ten minutes before the Quinjet left.

Before the Quinjet leaves, the three Kangs sneak up to the Quinjet and attach themselves to the underside of the wing.

This is some goofy shit for Kangs to do.

I kind of love it.

Anyway.

Back at the Avengers’ present time.

Nebula Kang notices that they’re consuming fuel faster than they should be. Also, the weird, wacky settings they keep flying through? Just more phantoms. Or maybe their Quinjet is a phantom to the settings inside the bubble?

They just fly through the weird cityscape. Literally through. And then the city dissolves and the Quinjet hits more time turbulence.

Mesozoic Kang loses his grip on the Quinjet, flies off into the time turbulence, and ceases to exist.

Aw, Mesozoic Kang you waste of a character, we barely knew you. We only knew your name and that you were a fighty boy, basically.

Inside the Quinjet, Nebula realizes that they haven’t actually penetrated the bubble. They just keep skating around its surface. Except with more time words like flux and local time track.

What she thinks the problem is, is that only the Avengers can get into the bubble and she’s not an Avenger!

She orders Dr Druid to nominate her to the team and for everyone else to vote her in.

Aw, dammit, does that mean Nebula Kang needs to be included in lists now?

Hm. Marvel wiki does list her as joining the team in this issue.

Dammit.

Just to be sure that this Avengers roster of Dr Druid, Nebula Kang, Thor, She-Hulk, and Black Knight is the right Avengers roster to penetrate the bubble, she has Dr Druid precognitively scan each one to see if he sees a future of them getting into the bubble.

Sure, that makes sense!

Hrrg. This idea that the right combination of Avengers is like a combination lock is annoying me. The idea that the Kangs presented is that it was more that an Avengers team would eventually get in but I guess Nebula Kang is just a big dumbass who heard it the wrong way.

Anyway, after a scan, Dr Druid declares that Thor is very definitely one of the correct people. Which corresponds with what the Kangs have said.

She-Hulk gets a maybe. Dr Druid’s precognition senses a woman will be in the group but he can’t say for sure its She-Hulk.

Annnd Black Knight’s future scan just shows a void.

Ah ha, clearly, he’s not supposed to be here!

Nebula Kang orders Black Knight to jump out of the Quinjet.

He’s mind-controlled so he’s perfectly happy to do it. But he can’t actually do it because of the muscle stiffness caused by the super curse afflicting him.

Nebula Kang loses patience and tells She-Hulk to throw Black Knight overboard.

Black Knight: “Thank you, Jennifer. Sorry I was unequal to the effort.”

She-Hulk: “No problem, Dane. Good-bye.”

Snrrk.

Its probably horrifying that this level of mind-control also forces you to thank someone for killing you. But its so casual that I have to laugh.

The two Kangs stowing away on the underside of the ship panic when Black Knight gets ejected. Because he might be one of the Avengers that’s going to get into the time bubble. Dr Druid’s precognitive scanning is very likely to be unreliable!

So Beard Kang catches Black Knight with a tractor beam. The Avenger has passed out from the stress but is safe from flying off into nothing.

Beard Kang also deduces that Nebula Kang is doomed to fail in this attempt. If for no other reason than the two Kangs hanging out will passively negate her efforts to force her way into the bubble with some random Avengers.

But even so, Beard Kang decides the Kangs need to act before Nebula Kang and her stubbornness destroys the Quinjet and everyone aboard, attached to the outside, and floating like twenty feet behind the ship.

Fred Kang has been spending this time decrypting the mindbenders attached to the Avengers. He’s not finished but he can at least overload the mindbenders attached to Thor and hope he survives the attempt.

(Given that Thor is the One Dude they know for sure is predestined to penetrate the bubble, its a big gamble to use him as the guinea pig, holy shit.)

Thor doesn’t seem to regain his right mind. He’s not talking at all. But overloading the mindbenders drives him in a rage and he’s not taking orders anymore.

He tries to SMASH Nebula Kang. She dodges out of the way and orders She-Hulk to grab him.

She-Hulk can’t hold him for long because he’s truly gone berserk. So Nebula Kang decides, fuck it, she’ll just kill Thor rather than risk dealing with a Thor she can’t control.

And the Kang-armor she’s wearing has enough power to do it.

Which is probably why she put it on between issues. Good to know. Or speculate.

Fred Kang decides he’s gotta stop her (because of Thor being The One Guy they know for sure penetrates the bubble). So while Beard Kang keeps working on deactivating the mindbender on Black Knight.

So Fred climbs up on the wing so Nebula Kang can see him, drawing her attention from Thor.

And the analysis on She-Hulk’s mindbender completes so he also deactivates it.

She-Hulk is very put out.

She-Hulk: “My thoughts! I’m free again! Oh, my god, woman! What have you done to me? And with this little thing! You’ve made me kill Dane! You’ve used me like garbage! I swear I’ll kill you if its the last thing I do!”

Panicked, Nebula Kang steers into the time turbulence, to disorient She-Hulk.

Nebula Kang probably wasn’t thinking about this with a She-Hulk staring her in the face but the turbulence also knocks the two remaining Kangs off the Quinjet.

Before they disappear, one of the Kangs zkeeek!s Black Knight’s mindbender at the last moment.

Black Knight has his own mind again and regains consciousness just in time to realize ‘oh shit!’

Without Kangs here, the tractor beam starts weakening. So he increases the power of his exoskeleton and climbs back toward the Quinjet.

Can’t say I know what he’s climbing though. The beam?

The turbulence hasn’t cooled She-Hulk’s temper and she tries to go after Nebula Kang.

Apparently, the mindbender overload that put Thor in an indiscriminate fury has worn off and he’s back to being Nebula Kang’s muscle. She orders Thor to protect her and he intercepts She-Hulk.

Thor: “Desist, Jennifer, and I will slay thee as gently as possible!”

She-Hulk: “I can’t say the same, Goldilocks! In fact, now that you mention it, I can see I had the wrong idea! I’m putting you out of your misery here and now, Thor! And this last punch ought to do it!”

And She-Hulk whallops Thor and knocks his head through the cockpit window.

Wow, good thing there’s no vacuum out there, I guess?

Thor: “Uhhh! Jennifer, enough! I am myself again! Thou hast shattered the electronic demons which held me fettered! And though I have a headache that even mortal wonder drugs could not cure... I have never felt so alive, so ready to fight in all my days!”

Nebula Kang scrapes the bottom of the barrel and commands Dr Druid to protect her.

Dr Druid versus She-Hulk and Thor goes as you’d think.

Enjoy the concussion, dick.

(There is something very funny about Dr Druid declaring his superior mind and then just using a tackle.)

Black Knight finishes climbing up an energy beam?? and climbs back inside the Quinjet. Easy since there’s now a giant hole in the window.

Since nobody is actually piloting the thing, he grabs the controls and steers away from the time bubble.

She-Hulk is thrilled to see she didn’t toss him out to his death after all and Black Knight asks that maybe they stop breaking the ship, please?

She-Hulk, to Nebula: “There’s only one thing here I’m going to destroy! When we’re done, honey, they aren’t going to be able to pick you up with a sieve!”

She-Hulk starts tearing apart Nebula Kang’s Kang outfit. To Nebula Kang’s shock, since the Kang armor is “designed to withstand the fury of cosmic storms!”

She-Hulk: “Maybe you better sue the manufacturer!”

Hah!

Nebula Kang doesn’t really have a lot of ground to complain since she did steal this equipment.

She-Hulk gets ready to punch Nebula Kang, despite Thor protesting that’d kill her, but Nebula Kang wiggles loose.

Nebula Kang: “All right, Avengers! You’ve had your chance! Maybe I should have killed you all in the first place... But it’s still not too late for that end! When you’re dead, the Kangs will never be able to retrieve the great weapon either! I’ve got enough reserve power to teleport out of here! The energy unleashed will fry this entire cockpit... and all of you with it!”

Except when she activates the teleport, all it does is electrocute her, because of the damage to the armor.

Hah and I say hah.

Thor uses his hammer to absorb the energy coming off Nebula Kang, to prevent damage to the Quinjet controls.

Black Knight finally manages to steer away from the time bubble. On their way out, they spot another illusory Quinjet headed towards the bubble with Thor and She-Hulk in the cockpit.

There’s in fact, a lot of illusory Quinjets still heading toward the bubble. One of the Quinjets flies toward the bubble which opens before it.

Guess those’re the guys that get to learn what all this nonsense is about.

BUT APPARENTLY the bubble opening up creates suction and the suction sucks Nebula Kang right out of the hole in the cockpit window. And Dr Druid? Why, he tries to grab her and gets sucked out too.

The love the dull expressions on the Avengers as teammate and chairman Dr Druid gets sucked into a time hole.

They’re like “Eh.”

They’re maybe too charitable to think “and nothing of value was lost” but I’ll do it for them.

And I can finally say Dr Druid isn’t here and for good reason.

Thor tells Black Knight to take them home.

Black Knight: “With pleasure, Thor. There is nothing more to be done here.”

But secretly She-Hulk is thinking that she wished she had killed Nebula Kang, because this whole terrible day cost Jen everything, even her self-respect. “After this, nothing will ever be the same again.”

And so they go home. BWRAM!ing on their FTL Quinjet. Back to Hydrobase.

And there’s only two pages left so everything happens really quickly.

When they arrive, Jarvis (hi Jarvis!) asks what happened to Dr Druid. Thor simply replies that Dr Druid won’t be coming back. And when Jarvis asks about the mysterious lady he sorta but doesn’t really remember, Thor tells him less said the better.

Thor pulls off Jarvis’ mindbender, since its apparently deactivated now that Nebula Kang is gone. Or now that she fell into a time hole and doesn’t exist? Or whatever?

Whatever.

Anyway, She-Hulk suddenly announces that she’s quitting the team.

She-Hulk: “She made me do horrible things! Things that were partly from inside my own soul. I’m not sure how I can live with that. I need time to think, time to heal, time to be alone. I... I just can’t bear to see either of you looking at me now.”

Instead of trying to talk her out of it, Thor is just like ‘alright, bye.’

IN FAIRNESS, he does tell her that nothing he’s not holding anything against her from when Nebula Kang was controlling their brains but Jen’s not hearing it.

This is all very sudden! Like, yeah, She-Hulk has that thought bubble where she’s thinking how she lost her self-respect or whatever but still!

And with Dr Druid gone (finally) and She-Hulk quitting, the Avengers is down to just Thor and Black Knight.

Except not.

Thor decides that he’s going to do some Asgard stuff and Black Knight is going with him because of a conversation they apparently had in Thor #396.

Jarvis: “But... what of the Avengers, Master Thor?”

Thor: “They were a team... and now the team is gone, loyal friend.”

Hey, fuck you.

Okay, so. This is also sudden. Apparently, Thor tried contacting the reserve members off-panel and nobody is available. And he doesn’t have time to bother training newbies.

Thor: “I have notified the West Coast Avengers of our dissolution. If any can be spared, perhaps... who can say? And there are other heroes still. But to me, the Avengers stood foremost in honor and in courage. Their glory and tradition shall not tarnish with age. Farewell.”

I think someone should just tell the West Coast Avengers that they’re the Avengers now. And if the New York... uh, Hydrobase team reforms, they have to go by the East Coast Avengers.

This is so stupid.

They JUST set up an expensive new base and Thor is like ‘eh.’

“Eh” is for Dr Druid dying, not for disbanding the Avengers!

I should also add that this makes Jarvis unemployed and he just got out of the hospital to start doing his job again.

What a bummer.

Jarvis locks up and leaves, missing the incoming big crossover alarm.

Obviously, the Avengers book isn’t ending here.

The Worst Roster is upcoming in only a few issues. There’s an Inferno tie-in. There’s so much going on.

But I don’t have to like how we got here.

This story didn’t have to be bad. Well-meaning but self-aggrandizing jackass weasels his way to the leadership of the Avengers and is actually under the thumb of a supervillain is not a bad concept.

Its actually a good one!

Simonson blows it in, like, one issue.

The Avengers don’t even get a regular story with Dr Druid as their leader before he’s trying to kill people for being too ornery to control.

And then it turns out that Nebula Kang just has better mind control tech. So she didn’t even need to try to use a robot dinosaur to kill Thor.

I think this would have been better if there had been a couple stories with Dr Druid being a terrible leader but where She-Hulk and Black Knight (under his influence) insist he’s doing a great job to Thor’s increasing frustration.

But this story can’t actually be told well because Simonson wants to clear the deck for a new roster all his own. He inherited the Captain Marvel, Namor, Marrina, Black Knight, Dr Druid, Thor, She-Hulk team from Stern. And getting rid of Monica was clearly editorial influence. But Simonson also doesn’t seem to want to build on what Stern had been doing, he wants to write the Worst Roster.

I’m maybe being unfair.

But this story arc has been a drag.

This whole stupid time bubble story that isn’t even a story, its to foreshadow another future time bubble story Simonson wants to write, making its early appearance pointless except to get rid of characters he doesn’t want to write.

Nebula Kang forces the Avengers to go to some time bubble. Some Kangs hang onto the outside of a Quinjet and fall off (admittedly funny). The Avengers wrassle with Nebula Kang inside a Quinjet. Dr Druid dies. Then the Avengers go home and dissolve the team.

There are graceful ways to nudge a book towards what you want to be writing but this wasn’t it.

And I know there’s a lot more editorial pressure hitting the writers in this era and I don’t know how much of that was at play.

But so far? Simonson is not a good Avengers writer.

His run isn’t over. I’ll give the Worst Roster a fair shake.

Things that seem dumb conceptually can often be awesome. See, for example, Frog Thor, from good Thor writer Simonson.

There’s another East Coast Avengers issue next week because I have to sync the books up for Evolutionary War. A post that will probably kill me because the event crosses eleven annuals. I’ll only be giving a lot of focus to Avengers and West Coast Avengers but I’ll have to at least skim the other annuals since they all (supposedly) tell one story.

Ugh.

At least Dr Druid is dead forever.

That cheers me up.

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[aii-staff-tani]

Alone, Ghost

Alone: How does your OC deal with loneliness? Have they ever been completely alone before? How do they act when there's no one around to see them?

"I'm never alone! Not anymore, at least. Deffo been lonely before, you know? It's been soooo long though. And I'm pretty sure I've been with my bestie for like, ever!"

He taps his chin thoughtfully. "Lessee... I guess the last time I was totally completely fully super duper uber nobody-around alone was..... never! But if we don't count my Bee Eff Eff Forever, then, hmm~.... when I was a kid?"

He seems to fully ignore the second half of the question. How does he act when he's alone? Well... he has to be alone for that.

Ghost: Who or what haunts your OC? What happened? How do they live with their ghosts?

"Hmm... nope! Can't think of any ghosts, aha~ I have a demon though? Oh, oh, and whatever he is! Does that count?"

He proudly points to his arm, which jerks against its restraints. It's unhappy with the attention.

"What happened? Hmm.... well, I can't remember, oops!"

He doesn't seem that concerned about it regardless. They get along just fine in his opinion. His arm disagrees, silently.

< In order to fully answer on a meta-level, here's the mun answers below the cut. >

Alone:

Luckily, he's haunted as shit. He's either had a demon by his side or some other Spirit or Thing that has a way of communicating with him basically his whole life, but in terms of human-only interactions, his loneliest point was when he was kept in various Institute-run prisons for a while. Since he was deemed dangerous like Lyca, he didn't have any company and workers weren't allowed all that close to him. He spent a Long Time there. Maybe he wasn't fully 1000% alone, but it was the closest he'd get.

As for how he acts when he's alone, he drops all his acts. He's old and tired and honestly pretty bored. If you could see him when he's alone you'd find he's a total 180— solemn and quiet and laser focused on what he sets out to do. And kinda blunt about it too.

Ghost:

Beyond obvious 'sentient arm' and literal spirits haunting him for Real, his metaphorical ghost is that of his ex-lover who he killed. It's been so long and his memory is so, so fucked up, so he doesn't remember it anymore, but his body does, and his memory is a direct result of it. He wanted to forget what he did so bad that he'd do anything. And he succeeded! Just... now he can't remember anything. His memories aren't his anymore.

His other ghosts, other minor issues he's had throughout his life, faded over time. If you've been alive as long as he has you learn to get over bad shit pretty quickly. And if you don't? Well, you've been alive for so long the pain eventually stops.

[deathdestructiondoom]

(I HAD THIS IN THE DRAFTS TOO LONG-)

Here some general things about my g/t Au Sekai of Various Au that i definitely did not gatekept in my drafts for 4-5 weeks in the darkness.

And because i tagged all of them, i know some people doesn't like this this type of content so you can view under the cut.

• Leo/Need chants Steven Universe's Giant Woman song around Honami in her giant form.

• Shizuku also embroiders Shiho's clothes, by Shiho's clothes i meant the tiny ones.

• An literally invited VBS to her room. Despite it being literally 10 inches tall...

• That's how they found that she’s a Tiny.

• Emu likes to be picked up. The higher the better.

• Toya is the opposite. Despite being tiny, he liked the floor thank you very much.

• Ichika loves to give her girlfriends finger pats.

• I said it and I'll say it again. Akito is Ena's personal uber.

• One time someone told MMJ to kick off Minori since she was a "pest" and Airi told them to More More Jump off a cliff.

• Mizuki thought that Akito was a Tiny. Oh were they super duper wrong.

• Not g/t but Kohane drinks vinegar. Like straight vinegar. Idk why i thought of this but i have been. For quite a long time.

• Rui is very curious on how humans taste and Nene is mortified.

• When Akito first spoke to VBS in his giant form, they were flabbergasted with his voice. It was already that deep normally, it couldn't get any deeper.

• An doesn't enjoy being picked up as much as Emu but she sure as hell loves to be on someone's hair as long it's not Toya's.

• Minori doesn't appear in her Tiny form a lot in the livestreams at first due being scared of backlash thanks to...*ahem* the obvious discriminations towards Tinies. But now after Airi literally went off with that one person she now appears in her Tiny size more.

• Everyone in the stream gushes about how adorable she is on stream.

• Shizuku fusses over Shiho alot more than canon since Shiho is a Tiny. Said Tiny is not pleased.

• (HC ADOPTED FROM JUNI @/honey-and-lemon-gt) Tenmama bought Saki a dollhouse when she was little and she absolutely loves it.

• It comes with a weird cat toy and a cheap plastic figure that is totally not Snow White (/j).

• Shiho and Honami were invited alot while Ichika just sits outside. Poor Ichi ;-;

• Whenever she is at Kanade's, Honami oftens shifts into a Tiny to clean the little crevices and shifts taller to clean the ceilings.

• While An, Emu, Shiho and Saki usually uses their enhanced Jump Boost and Increased Stamina to move around their normal human houses. Ena doesn't get that luxury as a human so there are lots of little staircases in the Giant Shinonome household or use Akito as uber.

• Samo is ½ inches tall.

• Akito loves to pickup his tiny friends (Not Toya for obvious reasons) for no reason.

• Nene is insecure about her size and has believed that she would never make friends due to it.

• She was quickly proven wrong the moment Emu entered her life.

• Haruka gets protective of Minori whenever Minori's tiny. It's just that she's so smol.

• I SAID IT AND I WILL SAY IT AGAIN. AKITO AND LEN ARE BROTHERRSSSSSSSSSSS. GIANT BIG BRO AND TINY LITTLE BROOOOOOO-

• Kid Rui once held Kid Nene as if she was a newborn.

• Emu got lost o n c e in Tsukasa's hair.

• He had a panic attack, almost tried to shave his hair bald if it meant finding Emu.

• Tsukasa often buys Saki alot of tiny embellishments and miniature items so she could decorate her dollhouse.

• When they're in the rollercoaster in Kohane's Buddy・Funny・Spend Time ♪ event story, An and Minori were in their Tiny form as Kohane and Haruka desperately clutched onto them the entire ride so they wouldn't yeet off the coaster.

• An pulled a Ratatouille on her friends once.

• When Mafuyu went to Ena's in her 3rd Focus Event (I forgot it's name but it's the I-Nandesu event), she lied to her mom that Ena's house is very far away so her mom wouldn't restrict from going to Ena's house, which is. On the Giant Section

• On the same event, Ena also lied to Mafumom that instead of being Shinei's daugther, she is Shinei's student. Since the ugly ass witch would suspect her being Shinei's student less rather than being directly related to him.

• Airi is super protective as a Giant. Anybody who badmouths MMJ will get a fist from this gal.

• Tsukasa is very experienced in dealing with Tinies considering that his sister is a Tiny and his totally-not-illegally-adopted little brother is a Sizeshifter.

• Akito treats Ena more roughly than other people smaller than him due to Cain Instincts™

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• Whenever Saki faints in her Tiny form, everyone in the vicinity goes nuts.

• Kohane is also really good at dealing with Tinies. Proof being Minori, Shiho, An and Toya

• Mizuki bluescreened the first time they went over to Ena's.

• They still tease Akito regardless of him being a Giant.

• They also pull off a Ratatouille on him.

• They also pull a Ratatouille on Rui too.

[twilightmalachite]

Hinata Aoi - Cooking is Love 1

Author: Yuuki Yoshino

Characters: Hinata, Yuuta, Anzu

Translator: Mika Enstars

Proofers: meteorgreen

"You need to believe in your Onii-chan! They say that those who believe shall be saved, right? Alrighty now, let’s go~☆

Season: Spring

Location: 1st Floor Passage

⚠️ This chapter is not yet JP Proofread!

Hinata: Yuuta-ku~n! ♪

How’d your fitness test go? I scored above average all around, so I’m super duper pleased~! ♪

It sure is fun to move your body~.

Especially those side-to-side jumps! I went so fast it looked like both of us were there at the same time!

Students and teachers alike had an astonished look on their faces. Ahh, it was a work of art~!

Me and Yuuta-kun side by side, jumping in sync at top speed—the tale of those four identical faces will definitely go down in history, yup yup! ♪

Yuuta: Quiet down, Aniki.

I get that you’re still riding the high of finishing the fitness test, but you know the second and third years are just getting started, right?

Hinata: I know~. But because most of the teachers are busy with the tests, us first years have self-study for the afternoon.

Looks like everyone else is practicing… We also agreed on that, remember?

Yuuta: Yup. That’s why you went back to the classroom to change into the communal uniform, right?

Practicing in our gym clothes should’ve been fine, so why did we change into this?

Hinata: Nuh-uh! It’s important to get in character, right? Well, I actually reeeally wanted to wear our 2wink outfits instead, but it’s laundry day, so…

Anyway, Yuuta-kun. Practice is important, but right now there’s an even more pressing matter!

Yuuta: Something more important? Hmm~. Let me guess, you couldn’t find us a place to practice, so we have to hurry and claim an unused classroom before it’s too late?

Hinata: Bzzzt. Sorry to say, but you got it all wrong, Yuuta-kun—but here’s your consolation prize~! ♪

Well, you know how they say you can’t fight on an empty stomach, right?

Practice is important, but if you practice hungry, you won’t get anything good done!

Yuuta: In other words, we’re going to get lunch. Might as well get it over with—I’m pretty hungry as well.

I’ll go ahead and buy us something. What do you want, Aniki?

Hinata: Something sweet!

Yuuta: Eh~… Maybe something like sweet bread? Is sweet bread even enough to fill a stomach…?

Hinata: Heheheh, don’t you worry! They make the bread at the store uber dense ’cause we’re high schoolers who do a ton of physical activity, y’see~.

To put things bluntly, if you underestimate the power of the sweet bread there, you’ll pay the price. ☆

Yuuta: Alright, I get it. I’ll go and buy you some sweet bread, then.

Were you gonna wait in the classroom? The weather’s nice, so I was thinking we could eat on the roof.

Hinata: The fountain’s not that far from here. Wouldn’t it be perfect to lay on the grass while we eat our food?

Yuuta: Oh, you’re right. I’ll go run out to the store, but behave yourself. Don’t bother the people around you, alright?

Hinata: You worry too much…

You need to believe in your Onii-chan! They say that those who believe shall be saved, right? Alrighty now, let’s go~☆

Location: Fountain

Hinata: ♪~♪~

(To work your body to the fullest and then bask underneath the sun—could there be a more fulfilling day?)

(I want to share this happiness with Yuuta-kun.)

Hinata: (Yup, yup. Before Yuuta-kun returns, I’ll find the absolute best spot here. The sun is nice here, but not radiant enough… Hm?)

Transfer student? Ahaha, it’s you! Were you also thinking about having lunch outside?

Ooh, you rented out the garden terrace’s kitchen so you could make your own food?

And so you came here to eat the sandwich you made for lunch?

Handmade by the transfer student herself… Can I try it, or…?

Whoa, you don’t gotta hide it like as if I’m cornering you! Aren’t we friends?

Huh? You just don’t want anyone to try it ‘cuz you’re worried you might’ve messed it up ’cuz you’re bad at cooking?

It’s not that you’re bad at it, if you wanted to be a chef you wouldn’t be in this school in the first place. So it’s no biggie if it’s not your strong point, okay?

Me? I cook back at home, so I’m pretty good at it. ♪

Though, I’m probably better at baking~. Every Christmas, I give it my all making cakes, you know!

Yuuta-kun’s not good with sweet things though, so I have trouble disposing of it all… But I like them, so at least I can eat them on my own.

Well, if you’re not confident with your cooking, I also think it’d help if you got someone to try what you made and give you their thoughts.

Since I know a thing or two about cooking, I can offer some advice. ♪

C’mon, c’mon~, do you want me to do a taste test? Just for today, I’ll give you my advice free of charge! It’s a once-in-a-lifetime deal~! ♪

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[feralgoblinchild]

like. As far as I'm aware, most places have taxes that are used for the sake of infrastructure, yeah? So like. Hear me out, here. Here's an idea, maybe a little radical, but bare with me. We take that tax money, which is already being taken, MAYBE increase taxes a TINY bit. We take that, and we upkeep, maintain, and fund public transportation. We make it super duper easy to get a transit card, and you scan or swipe or whatever foe the bus, subway, train, whatever it is you have. It's just so the city knows which modes of transit and which locations need more funding and have higher usage. We don't make anyone pay for it. It's free. 100% free. If you register for your card, you don't pay individually for transit. Me, personally, my vote is that non citizens can also use these cards, free of charge. They still have to get one, but you can register at most of, if not every, stop, so it's easy to do. We could even have kiosks, where you just scan an ID or something (yeah, this would require a lot of places to be way better about access to having an ID), and then since you just say hi, I'm here and I'm gonna use this subway for a commute real quick" by just swiping/tapping/whatevering the card.

That's it. That's the whole thing. It's 100% something we could make work, like in A LOT of countries. You'd still have the availability of personal transportation, cars, taxis, uber/lyft, and anything else we currently have for transit. It just is more accessible to more people since they won't pay for public transit.

Somewhere with super fucking accessible public transit, please give your input. I know it's not a perfect plan, but it sure as fuck seems reasonable to me

the subway is an angel and they've plastered ads all over her

[thenotsosecretdiaryofbiyu]

2024年7月20日-- Beitou Hot Spring Museum, Beitou Library Xinbeitou, Historic Station, Din Tai Feng, and Hot Spring Visit

We went to the Taipei Public Library Beitou Branch today, and what a beautiful museum! I love when the entire aesthetic of a place is wooden and brown, it reminds me of something I can’t quite put my finger on. Nearby was also a train museum that we stopped by where we learned about some Japanese culture, including the Japanese rail system and about the geisha. Seeing the geisha description reminded me of how Kyoto recently banned visitors from entering certain parts of the geisha district due to tourists taking illegal pictures of geisha and harassing them, and I got mad just thinking about it (bc I hate when peeps are disrespectful of local culture smh).

Later we walked through a bathhouse museum (that used to be an actual bathhouse) which had explanations of the way bathing and bathing etiquette worked when it was operating in the past. Funny/Scary thing is, Iris and I noticed that there was a museum label in front of some rocks that 100% spoke about radioactive materials being in the rocks in the area, and that’s mildly concerning (but at least I didn’t soak there I guess lol).

Then we went to this hot spring park, and THE WATER WAS GREEEEEEEN! (Blue?) And super duper pretty!!! But it was really freaking hot. Like I’m pretty sure it was kill-a-person-if-they-fell-in hot. I asked Chief and he told me that Peter said that people used to boil eggs in the water back in the day, which blows my mind. Even walking around it was honestly a little exhausting, and the summer sun was brutal today, so I think I got massively dehydrated at one point because I felt a bit woozy. I’m definitely going to have to start bringing like two or three bottles of liquid with me, because I always chug the one I bring with me almost immediately and then I’m a bit screwed for the rest of the day.

After we got released, me and some of the others (Jasmine, Amy, Jacob, and Andy) all went to the hot springs together! No pics because that would be freaking weird (except for one the Uber driver took of us altogether out front). It was my first time going to a hot spring EVER, although I know that there should be one near Gainesville I think? The hot spring we went to was public and co-ed, so everyone was wearing swimsuits. The hot spring part had three separate levels and none of us could get into the hottest (it was so hot that my feet actually couldn’t PROCESS the heat at first and it took a second for it to set in), so we all just chilled in the second hottest one, and went into the room temperature one from time to time.

Because we’re all cheap-os, none of us bought towels from the lady at the front and we all just drip and air dried or used the hair dryers to dry ourselves off LOL. Turns out Jasmine left her sneakers there and Andy left his whole wallet and PASSPORT???? But he went back to go get them once he noticed, so all’s good.

Also, tonight before Jasmine went out with some of the others, I went with her to the 便利商店 and bought a pack of century eggs. The Seven Eleven cashier was super sweet and he gave me tips on how to eat it! He told me he was worried I might not like it, and told me that I shouldn’t eat it by itself but with some tofu and soy sauce (he gave me some packets!). I’m not hungry enough to eat it right now, but I was super excited to see them because I’ve always wanted to try them and so I’ll probs give ‘em a taste tomorrow.

Academic Reflection

There are so many buildings in Taiwan, like the Beitou Hot Spring Museum, that were built during the Japanese rule. It’s interesting to read about how many purposes it’s held during its lifetime and that it ended up becoming a museum. Reading about this helped me learn a lot, because I don’t usually think about the past of many things, especially buildings. One of my favorite lines to tell myself is that, “All anyone ever sees is who you are now, they don’t see what it took to get here or what the past was.” And that building perfectly embodies that, because it was even a police station at one point, but there’s no way I would have ever been able to guess that!

While reading the news article for Taipei Times about Taipei’s springs, I was legit shocked to discover one of the sources of the springs, Beitou Thermal Valley, is nick-named HELL VALLEY?! It makes sense though, because holy hell, the water is literally steaming and it’s clearly visible from even a distance!!! As I continued reading, I also read about Liuhuangku and that it used to be a sulfur mining area (to produce gunpowder shipped to China!). I also didn’t realize at first that this means there’s an active volcano in Taiwan! This one is the Tatun volcano group to be exact, and after doing a little research, there’s another volcano group on Guishan island! That’s kind of scary, but exciting at the same time.

#doeggsboiledinsulfurwaterjusttastemoreeggy?

[thebananwithaplan]

@artfulprankster (cont.)

🎨

“Really..? You like me and George’s pranks…?” He asked, voice confused. He never really met others who liked his pranks. Especially not adults. Most of the time, when pranks did go off, a lot of kids and teachers got Uber mad!! Like, really super duper Uber mad.

But, it was nice to be appreciated.

Especially when it came to his art. Truth be told, sometimes he didn’t feel confident about his art skills. Usually making comics with George helped heal those worries but. Every artist has those days. So hearing someone say they liked his work…

It made him happy.

The boy giggled, moving to kneel down once again and grinned. “Well alright!! You need a pen?” He asked, pulling out a handful of colorful and sparkly pens from his blonde mess of curls. “If you don’t like these colors, I have more where that came from!! Oh!! Plus! Some smell like fruit!! You can use the banana marker if you want!!” He offered, holding out indeed a yellow marker, decorated with black banana stencils.

Wait, was that awkward? Did it… was it like a person smelling marker to him?

Eh, we’re sure it’s fine.

Maybe.

Probably-

The boy then pulled out a couple pieces of paper from his mess of curls. “I always carry supplies on me! Pranking supplies, art supplies, rations… which is actually just my lunchbox, but saying rations sounds much cooler!!” He handed one to Banana.

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Oh, ok. So that's where he keeps those supplies. Kid's already got his own hyperspace inventory. Harold's going places, that's for sure-

The banan' was about to pull a poster of his gameshow host self that he could quickly sign, but stopped once Harold offered him his art supplies. Paper, markers, and all. DB... admittedly isn't one with decent artistic integrity, but heck, he'll give it a shot for a fan. Just this once.

. "Don't mind if I do! Thanks!" Taking the paper and a few of the other markers, Banana kneeled down with him to draw his own impromptu signed poster on the ground. He didn't mind, really. He's used to occasionally drawing a few doodles or so alongside his own nephews back at his place.

So he's gonna use some purple, some orange, and even a little of that banana-scented yellow marker (which somehow smells a lot better than he himself did).

And of course, some black to finish off the writing and signature.

Annnnnd done!

. "Here ya go! It's not quite the best art I've got, but hey, it's guaranteed one of a kind!"

[themovieblogonline]

Eddie Murphy is Funny AF in You People

You People is the new Netflix romantic comedy starring Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, Laren London, and Nia Long. The movie is co-written by both Joah Hill and director Kenya Barris the creator of Black-ish. You People tells the story of a Jewish white man and a black Muslim woman who fall in love. the biggest draw in this movie is the social and cultural clashes with the in-laws that lead to some funny AF moments in the movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCMHc-IFAB0 You People Netflix Review I really enjoy you people and I'm going I definitely recommend catching this when you have the time. Here's what I liked: THE GOOD I came into this movie for Eddie and Eddie Delivers. Sure, Jonah Hill's Ezra makes me laugh but I came here for Eddie. Eddie plays Akbar Mohammed the father of Lauren London's Amira Mohammed. I get a different style of comedy from Eddie than I expect but I still really like it. Akbar goes out of his way to make the engagement to his daughter difficult for Jonah Hill's Ezra.  Eddie is matched by his counterpart in Julia Louis Dreyfus who plays Ezra's mother Shelley Cohen. Shelley nails the typical tone-deaf mom perfectly and is hilarious in her performance. Thank you Netflix for providing this SNL reunion I didn't know I needed. Ezra Miller and Lauren London are the focus of the love story in You People and are surprisingly cute together. They're meeting is adorable with Ezra mistaking Amira's car for his Uber and giving her a scare. The montage of their dating life is adorable and I actually believe them as a couple while watching. The crap hits the fan when Ezra wants to marry Amira and decides to ask her parents' permission. Nia Long flexes her comedic range and is able to shine alongside Eddie and Jonah in Rosco's Chicken and Waffles. I really like the absurdity of the moment as it's a creative way to highlight Akbar's polar opposite personality. My favorite parts of You People are when Amira and Ezra's families interact. The humor in these moments can get dark, and sometimes cringe, but they often deliver some funny moments. David Duchovny delivers a super duper dry humor love-it-or-hate-it performance. I won't ruin it but he has a moment in the movie with Lauren London's Amira that had me chuckling. The littering of guest stars for family members makes for some fun moments and adds spontaneity to an already surprising movie. THE BAD Some of the situational humor feels forced or just feel unrealistic. Jonah Hill and Eddie Murphy are paired together in some of the funniest scenes in the movie but also some of the worst. There's a scene in which Akbar brings Ezra to play basketball in a black neighborhood.  It's a love-it-or-hate-it scene and I just don't like it. I also don't like the barbershop scene even though I understand the intent. There's also a random joke later about storming the capital that's also a miss. This movie suffers from a lot of missed opportunities. There are times when You People will build momentum and tease leaning into some potentially funny moments but shies away at the last second. These moments happen throughout the movie when You People feels like it's on the verge of greatness but holds back. Even the ending of the movie shies away from leaning into some of the subjects and wraps things up neatly seemingly from out of nowhere. OVERALL You People is a very enjoyable movie and is entertaining from beginning to end. I feel like I came into this movie for Eddie and but I left with a family. This movie does a great job of walking the line and bringing humor to sensitive topics. I can see this movie played for a lot of families of couples in similar circumstances and I will absolutely recommend this to any that I know. Read the full article

[anonymityisfunwriter]

Two Sides of The Same Coin - Welcome To New York (Outtake)

Pairing: Sunshine!Reader x Grumpy!Bucky Barnes

Where this was supposed to go: This would be right in Chapter 1, after Sam decides to be your handler as the two of you leave the SHIELD building.

Why I cut it out: Honestly, I thought about it too late. I liked the chapter where it cut off, and when I thought this scene through, I didn't have a good way to cut if off and end the chapter in a cohesive way. And then the scene with Sam on the phone popped in my head even later on, so they just didn't make it in.

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"So..." Sam awkwardly starts as you two exit the building. "This'll be fun."

"Fun?"

He sighs in defeat. "Never mind."

You nod, following him to the busy street, marveling at each of the pedestrians though none of them pay any attention to you. He's already made it to the car when he notices you're not following him and still standing at the entrance of the building. He sighs again, walking back, placing an arm around your shoulder and guiding you into his car. This time, trying to be more aware, he opens the door for you, gesturing for you to sit down. 

"I know how to open doors," you quietly chuckle.

He chuckles at the ridiculousness of the whole situation, he'd gained an entire person in the span of an hour. He wasn't going back to the Compound, to his room, or his own bed tonight, but some unfamiliar SHIELD housing in the middle of the city. "Of course you do."

Once you both are seated in the car, he turns the key and the engine roars to life. But that's not what startles you, out of the corner of his eye he sees you staring wide-eyed at the radio. 

"What is that?" you ask.

"The radio?"

You shake your head. "Noise."

"The noise? You mean the music?" He flicks the radio on and off, "That sound?"

You nod wordlessly.

"It's music," he states plainly, he's not even sure how to explain something as mundane as music. And for the first time, he realizes how deep this runs. And how much work this is truly going to be.

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A few days later:

Sam's phone rings again. He sees his friend's name flash on the screen and sighs, he doesn't really know what to say to the team, much less his friends. He knew Fury explained to them that he took a secret assignment, and wouldn't be back for quite some time.

Evidently that did nothing to assuage their concerns, not that he blamed them, the situation sounded suspect as hell. But he'd been gone for days now and something had to be said before they came looking for him. 

He sighs one more time before answering. 

"You'd better be dead, lying in a ditch somewhere, or lying dead in a ditch somewhere."

"Aww... do you guys miss me?"

"I've never missed anyone less than I do right now."

"Then why are you calling, Bucky?"

"Because no one will shut up about you going missing."

"I know Fury told you about the super-duper, top-secret, uber-confidential assignment," Sam chuckles, looking at you watching the TV screen, without it even being on, in awe, knowing that you were the super-duper, top-secret, uber-confidential assignment. 

"Yeah, because that didn't sound shady as hell, right? Yeah, Sam didn't pack a bag, say goodbye, or give anyone any notice that he was going to disappear of the face of the Earth, but he's on assignment."

"There wasn't time. Kind of a spur of the moment, smack-you-in-the-face opportunity."

"How long are you gone for?"

"A while."

"Okay, if you're in trouble, just say...er...sunshine."

"I'm not in trouble, Bucky. But thank you for your concern."

"Steve's going to kill you for taking off like that."

"You and Steve will be fine. This is important, I wouldn't have taken off like that if I didn't really believe in this assignment."

"Alright," Bucky sighs, knowing that, much to his disdain, he's going to miss his friend.

"I have my phone on me. I can't keep you posted, but if you need me, I'm a phone call away- only because I know you can't text."

Bucky scoffs in amusement. "Alright. Have fun on your weird assignment."

Sam looks at you again. This time, as if you feel his eyes on you, you turn to him and smile largely. He returns the smile and says, "I will."

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[rjalker]

Martha Wells continues to undermine her worldbuilding by making her characters The Most Special People Ever

this time specifically with ART. The fact that it's "Not Like Other Robots" from the start has annoyed me but reading The Imperial Radch series where literally all the spaceships are granted the same "level of personhood" that ART is apparenlty Super Duper Special for is really infuriating.

It's also funny that despite Martha Wells making Murderbot hate the idea of being human, the only robot characters we're meant to really care about are the ones who are most like humans. Murderbot looks, talks, and thinks indistinguishably from a human. Miki looks like a human and also talks like one. ART we're told is Super Uber Duper Special because it uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh also talks like a human? with a speaker? and even the characters from Preservation who Martha Wells wants us to think treat robots like people are surprised and Shocked™ by how Super Special ART is?????

Like how do you read a series like The Imperial Radch where all space ships and space stations are people and then decide to write a series inspired by it but only one Super Duper Specialest Ever spaceship gets to be considered "really a person".

why is Martha Wells telling us that Murderbot doesn't want to be a human when she then goes out of her way to make it so that the only robot characters who get to actually matter to the story are the ones who are more human-like than the rest of them. Why does she have lines like "less sentient than a hauler bot" if we're supposed to think of all robots as fucking people.

She did this with the books of the Raksura too, but rather than her making the Raksura OP messing with the supposed theme of "people deserve rights even if they aren't human", it fucked with the whole theme of "oppressing people is bad" because liek. bitch they literally evolved to eat people. they are not oppressed for people being rightfully nervous around them. that is not how oppression works.

Martha Wells read The Imperial Radch series where spaceships and space stations all get personalities and are people and then decided to make Just One Uber Duper Special spaceship Actually A Real Person Who's SOOOOO Special For Talking Like a Human Which Makes It Better Than All The Other Spaceships Ever.

it's like if someone watched Farscape and then said the story they were writing was inspired by Farscape but there are just no sentient ships at all.

Like literally what the fuck.

People if you prioritize making your favorite characters The Most Specialist People Ever To Exist your story is going to suffer. Your worldbuilding is going to suffer. Your message is going to suffer.

You can have fun with characters that are OP and stereotypical Mary Sues, but you have to at least be aware of what you're doing and make sure that making that chracter The Most Super Special Person Ever doesn't completely fuck with the foundation of the message you're trying to send.

If the theme of your story is "people deserve respect even when they're different from you" maybe don't make all your important nonhuman characters the ones who are most like humans, which literally inherently says that those who are less like humans are less valuable. You are weakening your own story and exposing the biases you have even though they run counter to your theme.

[pretty-weird-ideas]

Are TWSITD good Villains?

In theory: Absolutely

In Practice: Nice Try...

My issue with them has less to do with them being "unnuanced" and more to do with them being obviously evil yet aren't being addressed as seriously as the rest of the events in the story.

TWSITD plotline was messy simply because the actually upsetting and terrifying implications of their actions were ignored when it was important to be noted. It felt like they wanted to "make it dark and up to your imagination" but at some point, it began to feel like characters were just dead stupid trying to justify actions that with proper analysis seem completely unjustifiable.

When keeping all of the breadcrumbs in each route separate, they are uber villains, put them all together and it's horrifying to an entirely different level.

Looking at TWSITD from a CF and even a VW viewpoint they look like evil guys who must be stopped, but a lot is up to the imagination on how evil and ridiculous their plans have been. When you add AM to the mix of either VW or CF it changes the "flavor" of evil that TWSITD operates under.

Edelgard missing them in her major plotline and the explicit dodging of exactly pointing out their several hands in SEVERAL DIFFERENT genocides outside of throwaway lines in nearly all of the routes really made it feel like a huge lack of self-awareness. Creating a group of "super duper evil with no nuance" people and then not actually having the heart to fully detail and unpack their evil actions makes it feel like it was a "Rhea/Edelgard trap card" for defending them and not a genuine analysis of fascism, war crimes, and genocide. It's also the issue that I had with the lack of focus put on Dedue regarding the Duscur genocide. It feels like it's a trap card for when they want it, but it's never actually used.

The Tragedy of Duscur and the genocide of the Nabateans is essentially the entire inciting action in EVERY route yet these events are used as set dressing but never when, IMO, it's necessary to add nuance. Nobody in CF even mentioned Duscur regarding the actual Duscur people iirc, despite it being legit the establishment centerpiece of their major characters. It's also one of the actions that the Empire, Western Lords, and TWSITD committed that ended in genocide and opportunistic pillaging. And it's also likely that these events took place under the rule of replacements from their ranks, meaning that the racism, genocide, and pillaging of their country was likely ALWAYS THE PLAN.

The lords who abused and took over Duscur likely were in on the false flag or were replaced by Agartheans. The false flag wasn't just to escape the accusation but so that the mole racists who were hiding in the Kingdom's ranks could benefit. None of these possibilities are brought up in base game, despite them not being insane stretches by any means, and that's a problem. That's a fumble on their end. It's not a crazy presumption with this information, yet instead of actively pointing out the fact that the MOLE RACISTS who spend their days pontificating about replacement theory are actually targeting A CRESTLESS SOCIETY OF POC TO PILLAGE. (Reminder that they call Ignatz a beast bc he's crestless). The cast ignores the actual implications made. And sure, not EVERYTHING has to be spelled out, but like, they get really hamfisted in some of these endings, yet a lot of them absolutely miss the mark on discussing racism faced by Duscur and Nabateans. It does get ridiculous at some point that the comically evil genocide committers are basically called "meanie heads who orchestrate evil" and yet certain very specific words and terms that obviously apply to them aren't used in the slightest.

Yet when Edelgard and even Claude go after TWSITD they just spout vague platitudes about how they're "old guys" "destroying peace" and not the genuine pretty capitalizable fear of mole racists who orchestrated a handful of false flags and MULTIPLE genocides. Because they like to dance around the actual descriptor of "mole racists who commit genocide". A lot of TWSITD's actions essentially boiled down to optional crimes that aren't even attributed to them unless you dig deep into the story and aren't blinded by unreliable narration from several cast members.

It's also why I had a hard time with CF despite loving Edelgard. It felt like she was ignoring the acts of targeted attacks for no morally justifiable reason, even though I know that it's mostly because IntSys forgot about the subplot when writing CF and not them specifically writing her as a person who ignores those events. But like... the way it's written and the lack of DIRECT prodding of the subject of racism in CF causes that feeling tbh. IntSys dropped a good plot point on fascism and racism and kinda forgot about WHY they work within the themes by having Edelgard finally turn on them, but seemingly not entirely express or admit certain key factors.

It's the only reason why I'm so convinced that CF was either first made, last made, or was a clearly less planned out route than VW and AM. Entire plotlines from VW and AM are missing and the story is put in a rather horrible light with those pieces of information added for extra context. And I don't think it's entirely purposeful nuance, I wouldn't be surprised if certain aspects and actions of TWSITD were stacked on individually in each route without much care about how it would contextualize CF. And then at the end they just HOPED that it would work itself into a good story.

[siberat]

top ten characters for fat stuff!

ohhhhh this is a good one! Most are prolly going to be transformers tho

top ten- 1 being the best:

Ratchet. OMG he is just soooo fun to beef up. Like, deep down, he don't care that he's a chonk, but he does worry if other mechs will think of him less. AND worries about getting too big to do his job: that could never happen. He needs to work- but loves to pamper himself with over indulging in tasty food.

Drift. Fat stuff with him consists of those thighs getting chonky, and his butt and belly.... its nice imagining him chonking out to just freakin' relax- stop worrying about impression others and just be happy with yourself. I picture him secretly enjoying stuffing himself, but very VERY self conscious about it.

Rodimus. For him- its just kinda funny imagining someone who is probably super-duper in the mindset of 'I gotta be the hotest mech alive' and 'slim is in' crap. He'd be the one to deny he put on weight when he is sporting a starter belly, and even sucks it in when needs to. Big time closet eater, and probably cries over seeing his belly.

Megas XRL- not a transformer, but a robot. online buddy got me into this. And I/we like to imagine him being sentient. HEs not a super common char- but he just seems to always get himself a very VERY swollen gut from cracking open gas trucks and chugging. Big time. To the point he falls over and has trouble getting back up. And when I say big belly, it pretty much turns into the stereotypical 'circle' bely because of the sudden and massive weight gain. BUt its just his belly that chubs up...

Red Alert. I never done any fat art of him or chubfics: but it is one I see not being super heavy, but thic. Like, he got some thic thighs, round belly and a meaty bedonkidonk to go with it- from sitting down monitoring security systems all day... and snacking. Plus, I imagine he idly rubs at his chub throughout the day... ( and inferno enjoys catching him in this act...o.0)

Ghost Rider. yay a 'human' made it on the list! And with all those souls he eats- it goes right to his gut! The next morning, its not just his head that feels as if its on fire- but his massive belly too! JUst imagine a skeleton with a flaming head riding a motorcycle towards you... with a fat ol belly- and he is hungry!

Breakdown: this is another one a buddy got me into, but it makes sense. He just really seems to have the frame to be a biggin and the personally to suit it as well. Poster child for big is beautiful. Never does a half ass job at eating: its all or nothing. And he loves to throw his weight around

Senator Proteus: this was a recent addition. I just learned of this char- and of course, I thought of ideas on him getting chubbed up. He is an a$$hole senator and greedy, cares only for himself... you know, classic politician. Rumor of an energon shortage? Deny it of course ( while stuffing yourself silly to ensure he gets more than his fill) I have a story planned for this guy- just have to wait for other stories to be finished. But this glutton is fun to play with. HE claimes his fat gut is proof enough that he is right ( no energon shortage) and senator shockwave/anyone else claiming there is a shortage is wrong. In your face! ( unless its food, then it will be in Proteus' face, because he eating it)

Wing. His is kinda a double edge sword tho ( OMG LAME PUN) He is just uber-adorable, and it would be so cute to see him sporting some extra baggage. I woudn't imagine him getting really chubby tho, because it would get in the way of his swordy-stuff. And I am sure with his 'rightous' believes, overindulgence would be a sin. But I could see him going on short lived stuffing sprees. Getting himself a firm starter belly, then having to go through a period of fasting to loose the weight.... if he really overdid it for a few days, he'd get some cute love handles and a nice spare tire. But following that would be a period of exercising and fasting. For religious reasons of course ... 0.o

last but not least...i'm kinda digging here...in my mind I have oc's that get chubbed up, but i never drew them or written them. SO i dunno if they'd count. I read a tarn fic where tarn chonked up a bit, and I really liked that concept. I kinda like Tarn getting fat for a few reasons: BE it he is being cocky thinking he is all high and mighty and eats fine delicacies to the extreme, or he stuffs himself in attempts to console his poor, tormneted soul, But also, how much more menacing would being hunted down by a fat tarn be? On one hand- i'm sure you could easily out run him. On the other hand- dear lord, if he caught you.... i'd bank on squashing would be in the cards. Can you imagine being choked out by Tarn's thighs? ( OMFG sign me up)

this was a fun one! thanx anon!

[mysticalnightenthusiast]

S.N.A.F.U- A Daniel Ricciardo FanFic CH5 'Just Talking'

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A couple of days later after the jogging incident Daniel had just returned from an appointment with a tradie he was employing to fix up his latest real estate purchase when his phone beeped with an incoming text message.

“I hear you feel super guilty, you can bring me the biggest bunch of flowers you can find and apologise in person from 2pm, level 6 room 24’ it read ‘extra brownie points if you bring chocolate too :P’

Daniel chuckled at the poky tongue, bouquet and chocolate emojis.  He sent back a thumbs up emoji, dumped the bag he was carrying on the hallstand swiftly ordered an Uber and went back outside.  Within ten minutes his ride had arrived and he was on the way to St Matthews with short pauses at a florist where he bought an enormous bouquet of daffodils and sunflowers and a confectionary shop where he bought the biggest box of poshest chocolates in the shop.  Struggling slightly with the load he was required to carry Daniel struggled to get out of the Uber and make his way into the lobby of the hospital.  Attracting a few amused giggles, the Australian made his way to the elevator bay and got in, making his way up to the sixth floor.

“What did you do wrong mate?” a middle aged man covered in old navy tattoos asked Danny in amusement as the doors slid open on the sixth floor “you’re in trouble haha!”

“Just doing some sucking up,” Daniel replied with a grin.

“Hope she forgives you!”

Tucking the box of chocolates under his arm Daniel made his way through the six floor til he came to room 24.  He knocked at the door and waited to be allowed in.

“Come in!”

Daniel made his way into the room and was greeted by an amused snort of laughter.

“You know when I said bring the biggest bunch of flowers you could find I didn’t mean it literally ya big dag” Eadaoin said in amusement as Daniel set the chocolates and flowers down on the end of her bed “where am I going to put those?”

Daniel grinned sheepishly

“I’m really really really super duper sorry,” he said hesitatingly standing awkwardly by her bed “I feel really bad for what happened and I just wanted to apologise properly.”

“Well apology accepted,” Eadaoin informed him in amusement “you can sit down you know, I don’t bite-well unless you ask and even then after a dinner and movie.”

The tension broke and Daniel grinned.

“S-so how are you?” he asked.

Eadaoin sighed.

“Well my ankle was broken and dislocated,” she replied pulling back the blanket on her bed and showing him the foot to knee cast on her right ankle “It took four hours for the orthopedic surgeon to fix up the damage and set everything in their correct position and I was so hopped up on ketamine, fentanyl and anesthetic I didn’t wake up for twelve hours after coming out of theatre.  It was only last night I started to feel like I had my wits about me.”

“So how long will you take to heal?” Daniel asked.

“Three to six months,” Eadaoin replied “that’s an over-estimation though; the surgeon said that with physio and rehab I should be off crutches by Easter.”

“And how long will you be in here?”

“Til the end of the week,” Eadaoin replied, screwing up her nose “which sucks because every Friday my band has a gig at the pub and I love every opportunity I get to perform.”

“The violin’s yours then?” Daniel inquired nodding toward the violin propped up in the corner of the room.

“Yeah, I’ve played since I was a kid,” Eadaoin replied brightly “when I came to London two years ago I answered an ad online looking for a violinist in an Irish folk band, and pretty much every Friday night since then I’ve had a gig at Whelan’s the pub you knocked me over in front of.”

“Had you just finished a gig or were you about to start one when we crashed together?” Daniel asked.

“Just about to start one,” Eadaoin replied “look don’t feel guilty, it was an accident, sure you weren’t paying attention to where you were going but I’m sure you didn’t flatten me on purpose.”

“I can’t help but feel guilty,” Daniel mumbled going bright red as he looked at his hands that were gathered in his lap “that’s kinda why I went overboard in the flowers and chocolates department.”

“You’re cute when you’re embarrassed you know that?” Eadaoin said teasing him “but seriously we’re all good, I’m not going to get the Irish Mafia onto you and I’m not going to get my colleagues from my last job to sue you into destitution.”

“You’re a lawyer?” Daniel asked in interest.

“Yeah but I’m between jobs at the moment,” Eadaoin replied cheerfully reaching forward for the box of chocolates he had brought “I really haven’t had a break of any consequence since I left uni, I went straight form uni into a big firm job back home then some personal stuff happened and I came over here and landed a big firm job over here, I was tired so I decided to take some time off and do the ‘discover who I am as a person’ thing.”

“Has it worked?” Daniel asked chuckling in amusement as she ripped the cellophane off the box with unbridled enthusiasm.

“I think so,” Eadaoin replied “well until you knocked me on my arse.  Up until that point my life was pretty peaceful.”

“Well it’ll resume its level of peacefulness will return, “Daniel declared “I promise I won’t knock you on your arse like that again.”

“That’s comforting,” Eadaoin told him in amusement as she wrested open the box of chocolates “because if you knocked me on my arse like that again you’d have to take me on a date.  And a proper one, dinner, and movie or West End show then an arm in arm moonlit walk home.”

“Hey we could still do that,” Dan said with a grin and a wink “I’m very single and ready to mingle.”

“Down boy,” Eadaoin said dryly “Let’s share a choccy first huh?  Hands off the peppermint ones.”

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Daniel found Eadaoin so easy to talk to he lost complete track of time and was only made aware of what time it was when the nurses changed shift and one came around to take Eadaoin’s vitals.

“Your visitor’s still here!” she said in surprise “you certainly have a lot to talk about.”

Daniel couldn’t help it and blushed a magnificent shade of scarlet.

“This one likes to talk a lot apparently,” Eadaoin teased, sticking her arm out so the nurse could affix a blood pressure cuff to it “but it’s all good, I’ve had fun, add him to the list of allowed visitors.”

“So you’ll be back to visit then?” the nurse asked in amusement.

“Of course, I’ve had good fun today, and hospitals aren’t my preferred venue of entertainment,” Daniel replied with a grin as he got to his feet “I’ve spent too much time in them over the last few months.”

“Stay for a bit I’ll come see you to the lifts,” Eadaoin said sitting up.

“No you rest, maybe tomorrow we’ll go for a wander,” Daniel responded flashing her a brilliant smile “is the cafeteria food any good here or should I bring some obnoxiously expensive kebab from that place across the road?”

“Surprise me,” Eadaoin replied laying back in her bed “thanks for coming.”

“Any time”

And for every day for the next week Daniel returned to St Matthews inexplicably drawn to Eadaoin’s company.  He spent all day and the early evening of each day just talking to her and often just sitting in silence.

“You know in the whole week you’ve been visiting me I don’t think I’ve ever asked you anything about yourself!” Eadaoin said as they shared a coffee.

“I’ve never asked you anything about you either,” Daniel countered with a snort of laughter “we’ve talked about everything and everything but the really interesting stuff.”

“Yeah that sort of info should be shared on a date,” Eadaoin said with a wink.

“Look I’ll be honest, I’m not super duper looking to date anyone right now,” Daniel admitted “things went badly rather publicly with my ex and I’m kinda still getting over it.”

“Kinda same here,” Eadaoin said “but nothing wrong with a bit of flirting. What happened with you?  Lets share war stories.”

“So my last girlfriend and I were together for thirteen years,” Daniel revealed swirling the dregs of his coffee around its cup “we met in year ten in high school and were each other’s date to out year twelve formal “despite me moving overseas to pursue professional opportunities we remained together until last year when at a end of year party I caught her in the company garage being raw dogged by my boss.”

Eadaoin’s eyes widened.

“Hooley dooley!”she exclaimed “what happened next?”

“I punched my boss so hard I fractured my scaphoid bone,” Daniel replied flexing his now healed hand “I only got the cast off last month and I still have twice weekly physio sessions.  I also apparently started belting him up with a tyre iron and it took five of my colleagues to pull me off him.  I’ve never felt that level of rage about anything in my life.”

“Believe me I know exactly how you feel,” Eadaoin said sympathetically “what happened then?”

“One of my colleagues who’s a good mate of mine took me back to our hotel and made sure I got seen to medically.  The next day my now ex and I had a ‘discussion’ and I dumped her.  That was back at the end of November and I’ve been healing or trying to heal every since.”

“And how do you think you’re going in that regard?”

Daniel sighed heavily.

“I dunno really,” he admitted “I’ve just concentrated on work since, and that’s kept me really busy.”

“What do you do for a living?” Eadaoin asked in interest “I know with all the things we’ve talked about this week what we do for a living really hasn’t been discussed.”

“I work for McLaren for their race day formula one team “Daniel replied deciding at the last minute to not let on exactly what he did for a living.

A sudden look of dawning comprehension spread across Eadaoin’s face and her mouth fell open.

“Oh-my god!” she said incredulously her hands covering her mouth “you’re Daniel Ricciardo!”

Daniel grinned and held out his hand.

“Hi, nice to meet you,” he said with a snort of laughter.

Eadaoin slapped her forehead and covered her scarlet hued face.

“Oh my god I’ve been flirting with you all week!” she groaned “oh my god I am so embarrassed”

Daniel grinned

“That’s totally okay,” he replied “it’s actually kinda flattering, didn’t really get a lot of that toward the end with my ex.”

Eadaoin peeked out between her fingers.

“My entire family have been F1 devotees since before I was born!” she mumbled “holy shit my Dad thinks you and Max Verstappen are the greatest things since sliced bread. He has a bar at home that’s full of legit merchandise from when you drove with Toro Rosso right through to Red Bull and Renault and probably now its full of McLaren merch.  He would call me and absolute dill for taking a whole week to realise who you are....Jesus Christ!”

Daniel laughed heartily.

“Don’t be embarrassed,” he said “really, it’s been kinda refreshing meeting someone who doesn’t fawn over me like a fan girl or fan boy and treats me like an actual person. Its nice having a high profile but it can have its drawbacks.”

“Well I promise if we keep in touch I’ll refrain from being a fangirl,” Eadaoin promised her face still a magnificent shade of scarlet “I’m too embarrassed to be an arse kisser now.”

“I’d like to keep in touch,” Daniel confessed “and not because I feel guilty for putting you in your predicament, you’re good fun to talk to.”

Eadaoin smiled.

“Thanks,” she said “and I promise I’ll keep the fact I’ve met you on the down low unless you say I can say something.  Its kinda nice having a secret.”

“Okay I’ve spilled my guts about how shit my love life is, time for you to spill your guts on how and why your love life sucks so much,” Daniel said.

Eadaoin inhaled.

“Buckle up buttercup it’s a story and a half,” she said.

“I literally have all the time in the world,” Daniel replied.

“Okay so in law school I met this guy Eamon,” Eadaoin began “we shared several group projects and bonded over how much of a head fuck law school was.  He asked me out and for the rest of law school and our post graduation time we dated, we lived together, bought a house together did all the usual coupley things, then three years ago at Christmas in front of my entire family-now I’m in a huge Irish catholic family so there here dozens of people there-he proposed with a huge ass diamond ring.  Of course I accepted and in the New Year we began planning the wedding, aiming for a Spring September wedding.  I had the perfect dress, perfect venue, all the girls I was best friends with were my bridesmaids I was in fairy tale land.”

“Then shit hit the fan?” Daniel asked.

Oh big time” Eadaoin said rolling her eyes “everything was ready, everything was planned down to the last minute, all my relatives had flown in from Ireland and the U.K it was going to be the biggest Irish Catholic wedding ever.  Then on the morning of the ceremony literally six hours before I was to walk down the aisle and become Mrs Eamon Cleary I walked into the bedroom my best friend from high school was sleeping in and found her riding my fiancé and screaming ‘Fuck me you bad boy fuck me til....well you get the idea”

Daniel cringed in sympathy

“Oh Jesus-” he said.

“Yeah, now I remember everything like it happened yesterday, I screamed like a banshee and pulled my friend-Louise off my fiancé’s dick and began belting her up. My mum said I had flipped the psycho switch and I managed to slam her head into the wardrobe door twice before Mum and Dad managed to pull me off her.  Cahir my brother came to see what the ruckus was and he was the one that started belting Eamon up.  The rest of my bridal team pulled me out of the room and took me to the dressing room where I proceeded to destroy my gown.  Obviously the wedding was cancelled and I spent the next month in my room before selling all of my possessions, packing a bag and coming to England.  I haven’t been home since, not even for Christmas.”

There were several long moments of silence.

“I don’t know what to say to that,” Daniel said when he eventually spoke “its bad enough to be cheated on anyway, but for it to be done on your wedding day....Jesus.”

“Yeah so I’ve been single since that day,” Eadaoin went on “I was just hurt too much to let myself get hurt again.  If I venture into another relationship again I want it to be the real deal, for it to be the right person and to get married for the right reasons.  I’m even open to not getting married at all and just having everything else.”

“I can totally see why.”

“So yeah that’s how an Irish born Aussie came to be in London with a busted ankle caused by one of the most well known sportspeople in the world.”

Daniel chuckled.

“I wouldn’t quite say the latter is true,” he said “but thankyou for that assessment.”

“Ah you’re pretty well known in certain circles,” Eadaoin teased “Especially in the O'Siodhachain family, jeez Dad in particular loves you.”

“Give me his number I’ll send him a selfie,” Daniel joked “or a video saying hi.”

“Daniel Ricciardo you-will-NOT!” Eadaoin exclaimed going bright red as Daniel playfully reached for her phone “I would get a MI6 level interrogation if he knew we were mates. And I’d only cop that if we were dating.”

Daniel chuckled heartily

“You could take a selfie and I could stand in the background ‘pretending’ to be on my phone,” he suggested brightly “or I could borrow a set of scrubs and dress up as a doctor or-”

“You have a thing for dressing up do you?” Eadaoin countered with a raised eyebrow.

“I’m not telling you that yet,” Daniel countered “gotta leave something for the second or third dates don’t I?”

“You won’t get a FIRST date if you keep up with that shite,” Eadaoin grumbled “you presume a lot Ricciardo.”

“Hmm I do don’t I?” he replied wiggling his eyebrows cheekily.

“Let me get home and used to these damn things for a couple of weeks and then maybe we can talk about going for a pint,” Eadaoin said jerking her head toward the crutches that facilitated her mobility.

“I head off to Bahrain in ten days for pre-season testing,” Daniel revealed “and the team wants me to stay on for the first race of the season.  I will have a few days after Bahrain before I have to head off to Italy though.”

“You have my number, shoot me a text when you have free time,” Eadaoin instructed “”the doctors have instructed me to stay as quiet as possible so I can guarantee you I don’t be doing anything stupid.”

“So is this a real date?” Daniel asked with a raised eyebrow.

“No definitely not, neither of us is looking for dates remember?” Eadaoin replied “but I do need a friend, and I reckon you’ll fit the bill just nicely.”

Daniel winked.

“That’s good enough for me at the moment,” he said cheerfully “so....want another coffee?”

Chapter 6 can be found here:

[jungshookz]

consider this... so ballet class is done for the day and jimin is rubbing down the bars/wiping the foggy mirrors and y/n sees him and shes like you guys go ahead. then she stays to help him bc he works so hard to be a good teacher BUT THEN WHEN THEY FINISH ITS LIKE AFTER HOURS and they attempt to leave the building but realize that the janitor locked up so they're trapped inside and they're forced to be alone together until the person jimin called for help finally comes. imagine the TENSION 🥺

➺ pairing; park jimin x reader

➺ genre; balletteacher!jiminiverse!!! mostly cute things happen but also some words r exchanged that make it a little hot n heavy heh 

➺ wordcount: 8k 

➺ what to expect; “what-“ your voice cracks, “-makes you think that, mr. park?”

➺ optional readings: one; two; three

➺ note; i hope u don’t mind but i changed the request a little bit!! there’s still plenty of y/n and jimin cleaning up the classroom but the janitor didn’t make it in as a character :’(( but i douBT you guys care about the janitor anyway because hello it’s jimin and y/n!!! as per usual this drabble spun out of control which is why it’s 8k words long :D also i’m realising that all the parts combined basically add up to one of my regular fics so i guess ballet!jimin could’ve been a fic but enough about thAT i hope this very large drabble pleases the crowd!!! (also i’m sorry i couldn’t find the original source of the gif but i found it off this pinterest page) happy reading!!

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you typically do not condone lying because you believe in the idea that if you tell a lie, that lie will come back sooner or later to bite you in the ass… so it’s always better to tell the truth!

honesty is the best policy, after all  

with that being said you aRe human at the end of the day and you can make exceptions at times when it comes to telling the truth

and this would definitely be one of those times

“how come you haven’t packed your stuff up yet, slow-poke?” lisa nudges your back with her duffle bag and you turn around from your locker to see her and a couple of the other girls all packed up and ready to go “and how come you’re still in uniform??”

you pause for a second before offering her a sheepish smile “i… uh…”

here’s what’s happening

you really appreciated that jimin went out of his way to get all of you guys valentine’s day presents because it was just such a sweet surprise and honestly you haven’t been able to stop thinking about how bashful he was when he was handing everyone’s flowers out

and of course you haven’t forgotten the fact that you were the only one who received a lavender rose when everyone else got light pink ones

anyways

you bought him a little gift as a way to return the favour just because you felt kinda bad that he didn’t get anything on valentine’s day

and at first you were going to ask the others if maybe all of you should chip in and get him something nice and expensive but the selfish little monster inside of you convinced you that no, you should keep this a secret and make yourself look like the beST student!!!

and you will admit that you felt a little bad at first about not telling everyone about your idea because it… does kind of make you look like a suck-up (and you hate suck-ups!!!) buT in your defence, if you suggested the idea then everyone would just round back to the whole ‘y/n and mr park sitting on a tree k-i-s-s-i-n-g’ teasing nightmare and why the heck would you want to subject yourself to even moRE teasing???

usually after class everyone kind of just goes off on their own after saying goodbye but for some reason, it seems that the girls decided to take their sweet-ass time in leaving this afternoon

you’re not even sure if jimin is in the dang building anymore at this point

“i know we usually walk to the subway together, but-” lisa speaks up again after five whole seconds of you staring at her going uhhhhhh before she gestures behind her “the girls suggested an uber carpool situation and my legs are suPer duper sore so i’m going for that - do you want in?”

“oh, well, thanks for asking- i think i’m… probably just going to take the subway home!” you smile politely as you discreetly shut your locker so that they don’t see the neatly wrapped gift peeking out of your bag

“aw, really?” lisa purses her lips in thought, “since it’s a little late, we can all walk you there and then i guess we’ll call an uber after we say good-“

“no, no!” you snort before flicking your wrist “you guys head off, no need to worry about me. it’s going to take me a while to change out of the unitard and the skirt and the-“

“since when do you change out of your uniform after class? everyone just wears their clothes ovEr their unitards.” jisoo pipes up from behind lisa and you swallow thickly before letting out a chuckle and scratching the back of your neck

that is true

everyone usually just puts on sweatpants and a hoodie after class

no one ever changes into another outfit!!!!

you can feel heat beginning to travel up the back of your neck

you’ve never been good at lying!!!!! and now you’re getting nervouS!! and when you get nervous you become even worse at lying!!!!!!

“are you feeling okay?? you look a little flushed-” ailee’s brows furrow together in confusion and you rub your clammy palms on the back of your cardigan

o god

what do you say now???

oOH tell them you had a bad tuna sandwich for lunch and that you need some alone time with the toilet

…ok no that’s a little nasty aNd very too-much-information

what about if you tell them you applied for a job here as an after-hours janitor and that you need to start getting ready for that and then when they ask you why you got a job here you can tell them that you’ve been having financial struggles and as a young woman living alone in a big city you’re just trying to make ends meet but it’s been really hard and you can barely pay for these classes and every night you have to beg on the streets for dinner-

yeah thAt one’s a little melodramatic and straight up not true so that probably isn’t going to work either

“helloooo?? what’s the holdup, people??” seulgi yells out from the entrance of the changing room

“-my period just came and it’s going to take me a while to strip off and do my business!” you blurt out and a couple of the girls back up a little because of how louDLy you announced that

“oh! alright, that makes sense?” lisa snorts before shaking her head “i totally get the struggle. do you… need a tampon or anything?”

“nope! i, uh, i’m all good. thank you, though.” you clear your throat and offer her a smile “but seriously, you guys go ahead and i’ll see you next week!”

you smile and wave as the last of the girls file out of the changing room before letting out a breath of relief

you appreciated them offering to walk you to the subway and all that but damN they were starting to get a little annoying!!

“okay… it’s not a big deal…” the present in your bag feels like it’s weighing you down as you make your way down the hallway back to the classroom  

for some reason it feels like you’re walking to your execution

it’s not a big deal!

it’s just a present for your teacher and that is noT a big deal

it’s a nice gesture and you’re doing this because you’re a nice person

…okay but if u think about it it is kind of a big deal because the person you’re giving this present to is park jimin and you don’t want him to think that you’re harbouring a little crush on him because a student crushing on her teacher is not only cliché but also kind of!!! pathetic!!!!!!

and if he knew that you had a crush on him he’d probably end up giving you a whole speech on being professional and respecting student-teacher relationship boundaries which is honestly very pitiful aND embarrassing and you’d much rather avoid that whole fiasco

hm

ok then maybe you should rethink this whole gift-giving thing

you can express your gratitude in other ways!

do you still have the receipt?

it’s probably crumpled up at the bottom of your bag  

you wonder to yourself if the store is still open right now and if you have time to return the-

“y/n?” you stumble backwards a little in surprise when the door suddenly swings open and jimin’s brows knit together curiously “what are you still doing here? was there something you wanted to talk about?”

oh there are pLenty of things you’d like to talk about with jimin

like the meaning behind the lavender rose he gave you and if he knows that it means what it means

“well, uh, i didn’t have something to talk about, necessarily…” you clear your throat as you follow him into the classroom “but i-“

“you know what, i’m actually glad you stayed behind.” jimin whips around and your eyes widen a bit

what’s that supposed to mean??

“you are?” you whisper faintly and jimin nods before offering you a smile

oh god

this is happening all too fast

a minute ago you were freaking out that jimin probably didn’t feel the same way but here he is now-

“the janitor said that he had to leave early tonight so i told him i’d stay behind after class to clean the classroom myself, but now that you’re here - why don’t you start wiping down the mirrors?” jimin gestures towards the grubby mirrors at the front of the classroom before pointing towards the door “and i’m going to go find the mop and bucket.”  

“oh!” you drop your duffle bag to the ground with a flop when jimin tosses a rag at you “well, mr. park, you see, i actually wanted to-“

“less talking, more cleaning, miss y/l/n…” jimin raises a brow at you before clapping his hands together “chop chop!”

“but i-“ you groan quietly when jimin slips out of the room before turning to look at the foggy mirrors

…okay why are the mirrors so dirty?????

you’re going to have to talk to everyone about maybe not smearing their hands all over the mirrors like animals

also you’re not sure how you’re supposed to give jimin his gifts when he’s given you the responsibility to help clean up the classroom

you didn’t sign up for thiS >:-(

right

so

it’s been about 20 minutes or so since you started cleaning

jimin put some music on so that the two of you wouldn’t be cleaning in awkward silence

he surprised you a little when he asked yoU what you wanted to listen to

(you ended up choosing one of those lofi mix videos on youtube because you felt like that would be a safe option)

(it’s an animal crossing gentle piano mix and it’s very soothing and is actually helping you calm down a little bit)

(“really? animal crossing?” “what?? you said i could choose!”)

you decided to take a break from the mirrors (wiping mirrors was noT as easy as you thought it’d be) so you’ve moved on to wiping down the bars instead

jimin’s on his hands and knees diligently scrubbing away at some shoe marks on the floor

he wore a white button up and slacks to class today which isn’t anything out of the usual except for the fact that now he’s unbuttoned the top couple of buttons and he’s rolled + pushed up the sleeves and you’d be lying if you said you weren’t bothered by it

the chain around his neck seems to wink at you under the lights and almost immediately you wonder what his chain would look like hanging above you

…oh boy

you swallow thickly before scrubbing harder at a smudge on the bar

okay you know what

this is ridiculous

you came here to give him something but here you are doing chores

and it seems that you’ve decided against giving him his gift simply because you are SHY

you’re weak

WEAK!!!!

a weak little wimp, that’s what you are

no offence (but it’s kind of tru)

“hey, mr. park?” you blurt out before you realise and your eyes widen slightly in panic

“yes?” jimin turns to glance at you over his shoulders for a second before returning to his vigorous scrubbing aaaaAAND you are now realising that his shirt is a little see-through under the lights and his back muscles are.,., well.,., they are definitely flexing.,.,

you cut your nails recently so it probably wouldn’t hurt him if you dug them into his shoulder blad-

oh my god

get a grip

PLEASE for the love of god get a grip

you know what

it’s because your period is late this month!! that’s why your hormones are completely out of whack

you wouldn’t be surprised if you reeked of pheromones right now

“also, you can call me jimin, you know. mr. park is kind of an in-class thing.” jimin teases

“right! …jimin.” you cough a little when your voice wavers slightly

it’s not that you’re uncomfortable with calling him jimin

it’s just that you’re used to calling him mr. park and jimin feels so informal and you knoW he’s only like two? three? years older than you so it’s not weird for you to be calling him by his name but!!!!! aHH

but then again you like saying his name :-) because it makes you feel closer to him :-) oh god u rly do like him :-)

(also he likes hearing u say his name)

“i, um-“ you hang the rag over the bar before quickly wiping your hands on the back of your skirt “the reason why i stayed behin-“

“hold that thought-“ jimin gets up off the ground and dusts his hands off before patting his stomach “i don’t know about you but i am starving, so i’m going to quickly get some food from that deli down the block - do you want anything? i feel a little bad that i made you stay after class to help me clean.” he grabs his jacket before checking the pockets to make sure he has his wallet with him

right

well  

maybe this is another sign from god to noT giving jimin this present

every time you’re about to do it something happens!!!

“oh gosh, don’t worry about it! i… didn’t have any plans, anyway, so…” you snort before turning away from him because woW you are very good at making yourself sound like a loser “but, uh- you don’t have to get me anything! thank you for offering…”

“alright, i’ll be back in twenty. feel free to take a break!”

as soon as jimin leaves you immediately smack your forehead against the glass

okay first of all ouch

but second of all

“c’mon, y/n. keep it cool!”

what is it about park jimin that reduces you into a fumbling, awkward little loser???!!!

jimin lets out a breath as soon as he steps out of the room

he has no idea what’s wrong with him today but for some reason he’s like extra jittery and he has no idea why

it probably has something to do with the three iced lattes he drank but aLso it doesn’t really help that for the last 20 minutes he’s been alone with you and it’s driving him crazy

you drive him crazy!!!

he hasn’t been able to stop thinking about you

you’ve been grand jetéing all over his damn mind for the last two weeks!!

lately he’s just been finding it more than difficult to suppress and deny his feelings for you

like during the ten minute break in the middle of class he thinks it’s so sweet how excited you get when you pull your snacks out of your bag

the other day you brought in some cherries and you were making some of the girls crack up because you were trying to use the cherry juice to stain your lips for a make-shift lipstick but you were failing miserably

and then when you noticed he was watching you you immEdiately wiped your mouth with the back of your hand and ended up smearing cherry juice across your cheek and he had to try sO hard not to crack a smile at that

or when one of the girls asks you to help them out with a move you’re always so willing to help out

it’s pretty normal for jimin to give you guys about half an hour of class time to just get used to the routine and practice it on your own (and also this time gives him the chance to sit back and relax a little bit)

but he’s noticed that y/n the student is very different from y/n the teacher

“okay, 5-6-7-8- nope. no. try again. here we go, 5-6-7-up- okay, you need to get this timing right otherwise you’re going to be a beat behind for the entire routine.” you shake your head as you look at lisa in the mirror “are you paying attention? you go on the 8, you don’t go after the 8. i don’t know how many times i need to tell you that.”

“right, sorry…” lisa mutters as she gets back into first position and blows some hair out of her face

“don’t be sorry, just be ready.”

jimin’s eyes nearly pop out of his skull when he hears you say that because that’s what hE says to you guys all the time!!!

it’s adorable how you’ve been picking up on some of his techniques :’) the technique of being scary :’)

but also… he’s kind of very into y/n the teacher

miss y/n is hot

jimin immediately pinches his arm as soon as he thinks that before reminding himself to control himself

“alright, 5-6- ooh, wait, before we start- do you like my new leg warmers??” you ask excitedly before sticking one of your legs out and turning back towards lisa “strawberry patterned!!! strawberry!!!”

aaaand y/n the student is back

or the other day when you asked him for tips on a triple-pirouette because even though he taught that lesson a couple weeks back (ahem the day you sprained your ankle) you still haven’t been able to get the hang of it

it shouldn’t be that complicated!!! it’s literally just spinning on one foot so you don’t understand how you manage to fall off balance each time

anyways while he was walking you through the correct posture and all that he couldn’t help but notice the way that you were staring at yourself in the mirror

“neck straight and lengthened… eye-line is up.” jimin stands behind you but reaches around to tilt your chin up “and shoulders…”

there’s a little divot in between your brows and your tongue is poking out a little in between your lips and jimin doesn’t know how this is the first time he’s seen you make this face because you look like a little puppy and it’s adORABLE

damnit

every time he thinks he’s finally gotten control of his feelings for you you manage to reel him riGht back in

“mr. park?” jimin snaps out of it when you speak up and he blinks twice before looking at you in the mirror

“ah- sorry, what?”

“you… were saying something about shoulders?”

“shoulders! shoulders, yes.” jimin nods quickly and looks over your position “uh, shoulders down.”

jimin stares blankly into space as he waits for his order to be ready

he just doesn’t know what to do

he always knows what to do!

in fact, he prides himself on being able to handle anything that comes his way while remaining both level-headed and classy

but this

this is unknown territory

he’s a teacher, an authority figure, crushing on one of his students like a smitten little schoolboy and if he acts on his feelings, that could not only jeopardise his position at the school (and future positions at other schools) but also your enrolment at the school anD your relationship with your fellow peers (seulgi seems like the type to judge on the spot!!) aND!! your relationship with him!!  

because what if he tells you he likes you and you feel forced to tell him that you like him too because he’s your teacher??

would that classify as him abusing his power???

maybe in another universe if he wasn’t your teacher, you guys could be together

age definitely isn’t a problem because he’s only 3 years older than you which really isn’t that large of a gap

he could freely take you out all over the city

he could hold your hand whenever he wanted and he could kiss you whenever he wanted

you guys could go on dinner dates and movie dates and ice cream dates and museum dates and aLL the dates

maybe one night he could drive you to the outskirts of the city and you guys could have a picnic by the river and he could rest his head on your lap while you threaded your fingers through his hair

he wouldn’t have a care in the world because all that matters to him is you

and he doesn’t know if your whole “i, y/n y/l/n, am 110% attracted to park jimin-“ speech was just for entertainment purposes or if there’s truth behind your words but god he hopes it’s the latter

but at the same time, he has to be realistic about this

even if you do like him back… he can’t do anything about it

because at the end of the day he’s still mr. park and you’re still miss y/l/n

yeah

maybe in another life… just not this one.

“order number 48!”

jimin squeezes his way to the front of the crowd to grab his take-out bag

suddenly he’s lost his appetite

chakkachakkachakkachakka

“hey, mr. park, i actually have something for y- nope, no, he said to call him jimin-“ you mutter to yourself as you scrub vigorously at the grime in between the floorboards

god it’s like the janitor doesn’t even trY to clean this place up

everything’s so dusty and icky!!

“well, jimin, the funny thing is i actually stayed behind to- why is it funny? it’s not funny. you’re not funny.” you grumble and reach up to tuck a strand of hair behind your ear as you continue to scrub with the worn-out toothbrush

these people really need to invest in some proper cleaning equipment

also you’re scrubbing so hard that your arm is going to pop out of its socket soon

and you’ve been on your hands and knees for the last ten minutes so every joint in general is starting to get a little sore

maybe you should take a brea-

“okay, i know you said you didn’t want anything, but i noticed that you didn’t bring a snack in with you today so you must be at least a little peckish.” you jump three feet into the air when the door suddenly swings open and you quickly get up off the ground

you can’t help but hiss a little in pain when your knee cracks

ouCh

if anything this is a sign that your body wasn’t made for cleaning the floor and you should stick to mirror polishing

“but i’m almost done scrubbing the-”

“i got you a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup of tomato soup.” jimin looks back at you as he peels his leather jacket off and tosses it on top of his bag

“ooH i love grilled cheese sandwiches-!“ your eyes widen in excitement but you quickly dial it back when the corner of jimin’s mouth twitches in a smile “i mean… thank you, jimin.”

he nods in acknowledgement as he pulls the boxes out of the paper bag “come and sit. i have a wet-wipe for you if you wanted to clean off a little.”

okay

this is not a big deal

you and jimin are just… sharing a meal which is NOT a big deal

you’re having dinner together!

…oh god you’re having dinner with jimin

is this a date?????

are you on a date with jimin????

okay now you’re just spiralling

how many times do you need to remind yourself to keep it cool???

no

you know what

this isn’t a date, because if it were a date, then there’d be like candles and everything for mood lighting and you wouldn’T be wearing leg warmers and your hands wouldn’t reek of chemical cleaner

and these bright fluorescent lights in the studio completely kills the whole romantic thing so you’re fine!

“what did you-“ just as you get settled on the ground, the fluorescent lights hanging from the ceiling crackles and burns out “…huh.”

on the topic of lights

the weirdest thing about this studio is the vast array of lights hanging on the ceiling

because there are little spotlight bulbs lined up where the mirror is at the front of the room along with the back of the room which are warmer toned

on the ceilings are the classic tube fluorescent lights which obviously have a whiter tint to them

nighttime classes aren’t a huge thing so most of the time you guys don’t even use the lights because the suN is your source of light so you never really understood why the studio was designed this way

anyway, the point is - bright fluorescent lights certainly don’t scream romance but now that they’re dead and you’re left with the warm, golden glow of the spotlight bulbs,..,,. this feels more like a date than a simple shared meal

you swallow thickly

“christ… i bet the janitor didn’t change the lights like i asked him to.” jimin scoffs as he looks up at the ceiling

that guy never listens to him!!!

“actually, this happens a lot more than you think.” he sighs as he sets the boxes down on the ground

“oh?” you clear your throat as you pull your box towards you

“i usually stay for a couple more hours after you girls leave and this isn’t the first time the lights have died on me. at least the spotlight bulbs are working…”

“a little dim, but as long as we’re not fumbling around in the dark, right?” you snort as you pop the lid of the soup container off

almost immediately the smell of tangy tomato soup tickles your nostrils

yuMMy

“you’re right, it is a little dim… lucky for us, i actually keep candles in the cabinet.” jimin claps his hands together before swooping down to open up the cabinets

…yeah so what were you saying about this not being a date setting??

as jimin works on lighting the candles, yoU work on figuring out things to talk about to kill the mood

“you know, um, when i make grilled cheese sandwiches for myself at home, i actually use mayo instead of butter!” you clear your throat as jimin takes a seat after lighting the candles

“i’ve heard about that hack… but i do have to say it sounds a little nasty.” jimin raises a brow as he unwraps his own sandwich

“hey now… don’t knock it til ya try it!” you gasp in mock offence before tearing the sandwich in half and watching the cheese stretch out

god

what a beautiful sight

gooey cheese should be considered as one of the seven wonders of the world

“are you playing with your food?” jimin watches as you wind the stretched out cheese from one chunk of the sandwich around the other sandwich

“playing with your food makes it more fun to eat. that’s a scientific fact.” you break it off before bringing it up to your mouth for a bite

“oh yeah? says who?” jimin teases as feeds himself a spoonful of soup

you swallow your bite and shrug “says me!”

a couple seconds of silence ticks by in which the two of you continue to munch quietly and keep to yourselves

you hate silence

it makes you itChy for some reason

“how about we play a game?” after one whole minute of nothing but the sound of quiet chewing, you decide that soMething has to be said

“what kind of a game?” jimin sits up straighter as he polishes off the first half of his sandwich

“how about…”

hm

you should have thought this through

okay

some kind of an icebreaker game

something safe

truth or dare sounds like it could wander into risky territory so maybe not that

“ooh! two truths and a lie - ballet edition.”

“ballet edition? how would that work?” jimin hums as he picks up the other half of his sandwich

you feel your heart hiccup as he tears it in half and stretches the cheese out

he’s copying u :’)

“lemme think…” you wipe some of the grease on your fingers off on a napkin before leaning back on your palms “okay. my favourite move is the grand jeté, my favourite performance was the nutcracker, and my favourite warm-up exercise is the butterfly stretch.”

jimin thinks to himself as he chews slowly

you smile a little as you pick up your sandwich and take a bite

“your favourite move is not the grand jeté. the other day when i said that i’d be incorporating it into our next routine, i swear i could see the light die in your eyes.” jimin snorts before dusting the crumbs off his hand “that was too easy.”

“can you blame me?? i’m not trying to sprain my ankle again!” you pout as you reach down to brush your fingers over your ankle (that has fully recovered, thank goD) “fine, you give it a try then!”

“so it can be about anything related to ballet?”

“anything at all.”

anything related to ballet

ooh he can talk about his education!!

“alright, let’s see.” jimin wipes his mouth with a napkin, “i graduated at the top of my class… i was the youngest student in my class… and… i am not drowning in student debt.”

“…jimin, the game is called two truths and a lie, not three brags and a nothing.”

“well- there are two truths and a lie!! i’m still playing by the rules!!”

“okay, fine - obviously you’re still drowning in student debt. everyone is!!” you scoff as you pop a piece of crust into your mouth

“ah-“ jimin holds a finger up before wagging it at you “that one’s actually true. i’m not drowning in debt because my education was paid for by the scholarship i was awarded- say, this game is fun! your turn!!”

you can’t help but roll your eyes “again, this isn’t three brags and a noth- hEY-“

you squawK in surprise when jimin suddenly throws a crumpled up napkin ball at you

“don’t roll your eyes at me, miss y/l/n…” he teases before threatening to throw another one “go!! your turn!!”

“alright, alright… let me try to think of something to brag about too!”

the two of you spend the next half an hour or so playing the game while finishing up dinner

at one point you nearly wipe your greasy fingers on your skirt and jimin swats your hand away before telling you that if you walked into his class with a dirty uniform on he would definitely kill you

“okay, give me one last one before we clean up and get back to… well, cleaning up.” jimin pops the lid back onto the empty cup and sets it aside

also you’re going to need to ask him where he bought dinner from because the grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup was actually incredible

“fine, but you have to promise not to get mad or anything- that one time i forgot to bring my pointe shoes was definitely on purpose… we have a nickname for you that i can’t say because the others would kill me for it… ooh, and here’s a good one-“ you snort as you perk up in excitement “all of the girls in class have fallen deeply in love with you after you gave everyone roses on valentine’s day.”

the smile falters on jimin’s face

…

uh oh

maybe that one was a little over the line

you forgetting your pointe shoes was an accident!!! you were in a rush and you forgot to pack them

“…”

your lips part to say something but then it hits you

‘all of the girls’ also includes yourseLF you idiot

‘all of the girls have fallen deeply in love with you’

wow

you are incredible

well you might as well go ahead and throw yourself at him too while you’re at it!!

“all of them, you say?”

if that one’s a truth then he hopes you really do mean all of the girls in class

“y’know, uh, speaking of those roses-“ your voice cracks and you feel your face heat up a little before you scramble up off the ground “i actually wanted to say thank you for the valentine’s day gifts you gave us which was why i hung back after class in the first place-”

“oh?” jimin perks up in interest as he crumples up his napkin and tosses it into the paper bag

he can’t help but smile fondly as he watches you fumble through your bag with your tongue poking out

there it is again!!!!

little puppy :-(

god

you make everything so cute

“yeah! i felt a little bad that you didn’t get anything and that… you know, you had to spend valentine’s day with us…” you pull the presents out and a small frown tugs at your lips when you realise the wrapping paper is a little smooshed

oh well

it’s the thought that counts  

and hopefully these presents will get his mind off of what u just said lol

“ah, that’s very nice of you, but you really didn’t have to get me anything…” jimin feels his own cheeks flush a little when you sit down across from him and your knee nudges against his own

“don’t be silly… you didn’t have to get us anything, but you did! and i thought that was very sweet of you.” you smile at him as you hand the presents over

okay WOW you might as well have tiny cartoon hearts floating around your head

reel it iN

“well, i’m glad you liked your rose.” jimin hums as he carefully tears the wrapping paper

you did a very neat job at wrapping his gift so he’s not just going to tear into it like an animaL

jimin’s eyes light up in excitement when he sees what the first present is

ooh!!!!!!!

metal straws!!!!!!

“they’re for those iced lattes you drink all the time!” you grin giddily as you look at his face to gauge his reaction

from the looks of it he seems like he’s a fan and hopefully he’s no longer thinking about your weird confessioN

“ah! i love these! you know, i was thinking about buying them but i keep forgetting, so this is great!”

he’s going to use these metal straws all the time!!!!

he loves them!!!!

save the turtles!!!!!

he’s feeling very trendy now

“also, i chose blue because it matches your hair.” your eyes flicker towards his pale blue strands and jimin unconsciously reaches up to run his fingers through his hair

“you noticed my blue hair? damn, i was trying to be subtle about it…” jimin jokes before moving on to the next gift

“did mr. park just crack a joke?” you gasp mockingly and jimin can’t help but roll his eyes playfully

“mean mr. park does have a sense of humour, you know-“

“for a while there i was seriously considering the theory of you being an android-“

“now look who’s being mean!!”

it’s weird that this is really the only time you’ve had a conversation with jimin outside of class

and it’s even weirder than he’s basically an entirely different person outside of class

with that being said

on monday when he reverts back to mr. park he’s most definitely going to still have the ability to make you pee yourself

as he begins to tear the second gift open you speak up again

“i noticed that the journal you used to take notes and stuff looked a little tattered, so i thought maybe it’d be nice for you to have a new one! obviously you don’t have to use it if you don’t like it, but i just thought that… yeah.”

it’s a handmade brown leather bound journal with his initials pressed (and painted gold!!) on the front cover

truth be told you were a little wary about this gift because it felt oddly… intimate? personal?

it just feels more like a gift you’d give to your significant other rather than your teacher

like if you gave your professor an apple that’s normal but if you gave your professor a box of chocolate covered strawberries that’s a lil.,,.,. a lil out of line and more ‘i love you!’ than ‘i respect you!’

but before you could change your mind about it the person at the store had already finished pressing the letters in and she said no refunds so

oops

“oh, wow… this is beautiful, y/n…” jimin breathes out as he smooths his hand over the leather

although it’s fairly obvious he likes the gift you’re still vERY nervous for some reason

you catch yourself twisting your skirt in between your hands and you quickly let go and clasp your hands together on your lap

“so you… you like it?” you press your lips together and jimin snorts

“like it? i love it!” jimin gushes as he flips through the book “thank you very much, y/n. these were very thoughtful presents, i really appreciate it.” he hums contently before looking up at you with a warm smile

you feel your heart skip a beat at the little twinkle in his eyes

he,.,., is literally..,,. the most beautiful man you’ve ever laid your eyes upon.,,.

also the two of you have unconsciously been scooching closer to each other this entire time and your knees are basically pressed up against each others  

you’re so focused on the fact that your heart is pounding in your chest that you don’t notice jimin’s gaze flicker to your lips for a brief second

god he wants to kiss you

after dinner you pulled out the strawberry-mint flavoured gum you’re always chewing on before class (you offered him a piece but he’d already pulled out his own plain ol’ spearmint gum for himself)

so he’d definitely taste strawberry if he kissed you

and he really likes strawberries

“also, i-“ you lean back quickly before letting out a nervous chuckle and getting up from the ground “i also wanted to take this chance to apologise for the… inappropriate comments i made a couple weeks back.”

“inappropriate comments?” jimin clears his throat and leans back a little as well

he reaches up to scratch the back of his neck

hOo

maybe he should turn the air conditioner on

it’s getting a little hot in here

he gets up off the ground before heading over to the front of the room where the switches are

“oh, right!” jimin flips the air con switch on and tugs at his collar a bit “you mean you telling the entire class that you’d like to sit on my-“

“tHAT waS-“ you interrupt jimin before he gets a chance to finish his sentence before clearing your throat loudly “see, the thing is, that was just seulgi getting under my skin- i’m sure you’ve noticed we have a best frenemies kind of situation going on-“

you roll your eyes as you start to polish the mirror again (because you’re getting nervous again and when u get nervous you nEED to do something with your hands) “basically some of the girls were talking about you and i stepped in to- y’know, make sure that they were keeping things respectful because you aRe our teacher-“

ok all this rant is doing is making you sound like a major teacher’s pet but pop off sis

“a-anyways, seulgi seemed to think that me defending you was because i had a crush on you, so then i kinda just said all that stuff to get her off my back, you know? does that make sense? i’m not sure if i’m making sense.” you babble on as you start wiping at one spot on the mirror a littLe too aggressively “and, you know, i would, um, under normal circumstances, i would nevEr ever ever disrespect my teachers like that and i just hope that you-“

jimin stops listening to your nervous babbling to flashback to that afternoon

‘i would 100% love to sit on park jimin’s face because i, y/n y/l/n, am 110% attracted to him.’

even the reminder of you saying that sends a shiver down his spine and sends blood rushing to multiple parts of his body

you know what

fuck it

he’s just going to go for it

he’s sat on this for far too long and if it doesn’t work out, he’s veRy good at acting like he doesn’t care about anything

so, either way, he’ll be totally fine!!!

…right??

“do you?” jimin cuts you off and you look at him in the mirror as he packs the gifts away in his bag

“do i- sorry, do i what?”

jimin zips his bag up loudly and you jump a little in surprise

“do you have a crush on me, y/n?”

your hand immediately freezes on the mirror and your grip tightens on the rag

all you can hear is the sound of the air con whirring above you and your heart beating in your ears

you-

did he just-

what are you supposed to-

is this really happening right now or are u having a fever dream

you force your hand to move but your movements make you seem more like a tin-man rather than a normal human being

“i-i don’t… i’m not sure i understand the, uh…” your heart seems to beat faster with every slow step jimin takes towards you “what exactly, um, what exactly do you mean by ‘crush’? b-because, y’know, crush… crush can be interpreted in… in a miLLion different ways, so…”  

…

reaLLY??

thAt’s your response??

gee mr. park can you define crush for me???

can you use it in a sentence sir???

“okay, fine.” jimin purses his lips before tilting his head “are you attracted to me, miss y/l/n?” your hand freezes mid-wipe on the mirror with an obnoxious squeak the moment you realise jimin is standing directly behind you

if u thought that being referred to as miss y/l/n in class was intimidating

hOo boy

“a-attracted?”

this is making you want to catapult yourself into the middle of a busy intersection

“attracted. romantically…” jimin looks at you through the mirror and for some reason you’re unable to unlock gazes with him “sexually.”

“what-“ your voice cracks, “-makes you think that, mr. park?”

the corner of jimin’s mouth tugs up in a sly smirk

well now he definitely knows how you feel about him

this is where it gets fun

“well, i notice that you become very flushed whenever i’m close to you. the apples of your cheeks and the tips of your ears turn bright pink… kind of like how they are right now.” you can feel the heat radiating off of jimin’s body from how close he’s standing to you

you swallow thickly when he reaches up to pluck the rag out of your hand before tossing it aside

you’re completely frozen from head to toe but you manage to slowly drag your hand down from the mirror

“and don’t think i don’t notice the way you look at me when you think i’m not paying attention.” jimin hums and reaches around to tilt your chin upwards as his other hand rests on your waist “look at yourself, y/n.”

miraculously enough you manage to drag your gaze away from jimin to look at yourself in the mirror

oh boy

you are flushed

and your pupils are so blown out to the point where they’ve almost completely consumed your iris’

your chest rises and falls as you continue to take in shallow breaths

“i see the moony look in your eyes… and they get extra moony when i come to class wearing white button-ups.” jimin whispers in your ear and you feel every single hair on your body prickle to life “i see the way you bite your lip when i roll them up like this-“ jimin presses both palms up against the mirror next to your head and you swallow thickly at the sight of his almost obscenely attractive forearms caging you in

“and when you bend down to fix your shoes or adjust your leg warmers… you know exactly what you’re doing, don’t you?” jimin purrs and reaches down to tilt your chin up again

your back is pressed right up against his chest

“you’re not nearly as sneaky as you think you are…”

o god

you feel like you can’t speak

your mouth is just dRY

also you don’t know whether you should be feeling humiliated or.,,.,. slightly turned on

is it possible to feel both at the same time??

“tell me you want this as much as i do.” jimin feels like his heart is about to beat out of his chest but it’s waY too late to take everything back

your head is reeling and you’re honestly not sure how to respond

because on one hand this is finALLY happening and your dreams are literally coming true right before your eyes but on the other hand this is finally happening and usually when you fantasise about jimin you never let it get this far so you haven’t had the chance to plan out your next move

meanwhile, jimin has no idea what to think and has no idea how to interpret your silence

he waits for another ten seconds to go by before deciding to call it

time of death is 7:48pm

well

this was mortifying

and he’s probably going to lose his job now!

so that’s great!  

“shit, i…” he lets his hands fall from the mirror before taking a couple steps back from you “god, i… i’m sorry, that was wildly inappropriate of me, i just thought- mmph!”

jimin stumbles back with wide eyes when you’re suddenly launcHing yourself at him and it doesn’t take long for him to start kissing you back

his arm snakes around your waist as he reaches up to cup your jaw

he was right

you do taste like strawberries

jimin feels a new kind of flame ignite within him when he hears a little whimper slip past your lips when he presses you up against the mirror

and yoU are just floating on cloud nine

jimin’s lips are so impossibly soft and pillowy and you feel like you could kiss him forever

jimin pulls away first to catch his breath and he can’t help but chuckle when you lean up to chase after his lips

“i’m not going anywhere, you know-“

“i know, but you’re a really good kisser-“ you breathe out as you nudge your nose against his

hOo

you could use a breather too

“i like you, y/n. i like you a lot.” jimin whispers and leans down to press his forehead against yours

you feel your heart soaring in your chest at his confession and if it’s even possible your cheeks get even pinker

“i like you too.”

and even though the two of you are currently encased in a warm bubble of love, one single question pops up in your minds at the same time:

what the hell am i going to do now?

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