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[shuaboo]

🍓 you know how to ball, i know aristotle.

🧺 a kim jiwoong x reader one-shot fic // lowercase intended // cw: fluff, high school au, popular boy!jiwoong, nerd!reader, jiwoong is blonde, reader is awkward n gets flustered a lot, bestie!hao appearances, haobin is canon here #notsorry, jw’s ex is mentioned but they doesn’t make an appearance // wc: 4.2k // not proofread, sry for any mistakes

💋 a/n: (1) wrote a high school au because why not… duh. lots of weird POV changes here sorry! hope that isn’t too bothersome. (2) WELCOME TO THE POPULAR BF!JIWOONG SERIES!! (3) this will be a little series of oneshots/thoughts abt popular bf!jw, so it’s not js one big story. I’ll make an mlist soon

in school, you aren’t popular. infact, you’re far from it. other than your friends and fellow council members, no one pays attention to you unless its for school reasons. but you are an exceptional student. you are always participating in quiz bees, math competitions, and even a part of the student council. all this means that you constantly have to work your ass off to maintain your good grades.

at home, your parents have set high standards for you. be smart, be presentable. be kind, be obedient. you have competitive relatives, and you know how they can get.

what you didn’t expect though, was to ever get in a relationship. you were far too deep into your school activities so you can get into a good college, so you felt like you had no time to be interested in boys. besides, you didn’t even expect anyone to be into you.

here’s kim jiwoong: popular senior, star player of your school’s football team, decent student, and campus crush.

what could possibly bring you, a student seen as nerdy and unpopular, and kim jiwoong, the popular quarterback of the school’s football team together?

i. first meetings, tutoring sessions, blooming friendships.

you first officially met jiwoong because of a tutoring gig your teacher assigned you to do. you had to help jiwoong with physics, a subject you excel in. jiwoong isn’t a bad student. despite his busy schedule as an athlete, he had no grades lower than a B. except for physics.

your physics teacher recognized his struggle with the subject, and appointed you to help him.

you can’t lie, you were nervous. like— palms sweating, cold sweating nervous. jiwoong isn’t a mean guy, infact, he’s quite nice if you get to know him (that is, according to your best friend hao’s boyfriend hanbin, who is his fellow football teammate). his popularity in the school, and his reputation intimidated you.

when he arrived, you were taken aback. you really had nothing to be nervous for. jiwoong turned out to be a pretty chill guy. he’s nice, understanding, and fast-adjusting.

“hi, you must be y/n? i’m jiwoong. i’m the student mr. song appointed for you to tutor. sorry for being late, i was held back at practice. i hope you didn’t wait long.” jiwoong says as he places his bag on the library desk. “oh— yes, that’s me. hi, jiwoong. and don’t worry about it, coach yoon told me.” you say as you pull back a chair for him to sit on. he sits on the seat beside you, and waits as you pull out your notes, a pen, and pad paper.

“let’s start. what topics are you currently steuggling with?” you ask, looking at him after asking but quickly looking down at your notes again when you see that he’s looking at you. you don’t see it, but jiwoong smiles. ‘cute.’ he thinks. jiwoong tells you about the topic he is having trouble understanding, and you nod. you browse through your notebook and find the topic. when you find it, you lean closer to him and explain to him the concept.

a few sessions later

tutoring jiwoong has been going well. his understanding of physics has improved, and the sessions have also become an opening for a friendship between you two. because of these sessions, you found that jiwoongs intimidating aura isn’t real. he’s actually.. pretty cute. he’d slightly whine when he doesn’t get what you’re explaining, pouts when he gets an answer wrong, and quietly cheers when he gets something right. jeez. talk about a facade.

it is also because of these sessions that you have started encouraging each other even outside of the library. small waves when you see each other, smiles when you’re too far to interact, and sometimes even walking together before going your separate ways.

ii. results and gratitude

it has been awhile since your midterm exams, and your last physics tutor session with jiwoong. when results came out, jiwoong got an 87%. a significant increase from his original 69% (his team thought it was hilarious, but coach yoon thought otherwise). when he received his result, he was acknowledged by mr. yoon for his improvement. he ran to you and showed you his score, repeatedly expressing his gratitude to you for helping him. you could only blush and wave your hands.

“ah it’s really no problem. i’m so glad that my tutoring was effective! that’s an outstanding increase in results. i’m happy for you, jiwoong.” you softly smiled at him, and he smiled back.

“i couldn’t have done it without you. you’re a great teacher, you were so patient with me and very concise. i don’t think anyone else is more fit for the job than you. thank you, seriously.” he pauses, and puts his hand on your shoulder. “would you mind getting coffee with me at the new cafe close to the school this weekend? uh, just as a thanks for tutoring me and all.”

you’re stunned. your brain short circuits for a second and you don’t respond. “uh.. y/n? are you there? it’s okay if you don’t want to, i understand if you’re busy—“ “no! no, it’s fine. i’ll come. ill see ya there.” you quickly answer him, blushing from his sudden offer and embarrassment.

jiwoong grins and nods. “great. let’s meet there at around 4pm. see ya!” he winks before turning around to go back to his friends, who are all looking at him suspiciously.

jiwoong has grown to take a liking for you. as a friend, of course. he didn’t know you that well before you were appointed to tutor him, but he’d seen you around. he never talked to you though.

some of his friends thought you were weird. always so absorbed in your studies, and busy with your school orgs. he felt indifferent about you, after all, he didn’t know you personally.

jiwoong walked back to his friends, who were giving him a suspicious look.

“what was that? you know her?” asks gyuvin. “y/n’s the one who tutored jiwoong. i know her too because she’s a close friend of hao.” answers hanbin, who receives a nod of agreement from jiwoong.

“yeah, she helped me a lot. i got an 87% on the physics test thanks to her.” he pauses before continuing. “i’m taking her out for some coffee this saturday, as a thanks for her help.”

“ooh, look at star player kim jiwoong scoring a date with little nerd girl~ here i thought he’d go for a cheerleader.” one of the players tease. jiwoong rolls his eyes “shut up. she’s just a friend.”

matthew wiggles his brows “sure, just a friend. we’ll see.” jiwoong groans at their teasing and to his relief, the next teacher comes and tells them to settle down.

iii. unexpected offers

after their meetup over coffee, y/n and jiwoong have gotten closer. this doesn’t go unnoticed by jiwoongs friends, y/n’s best friends hao and taerae, and of course, the girls who have a crush on jiwoong.

zhang hao and y/n are walking around the hallway together, on their way to the cafeteria. when suddenly, jiwoong pops up in front of them.

“hi! hao, you’re watching the game this friday, right?” jiwoong asks him, leaving hao a bit confused. “yeah.. i am. of course, hanbin’s playing. why?” jiwoong lights up at his answer and turns to you. “great! does that mean you’re coming to watch too, y/n?” he looks at the girl, eagerly anticipating her answer.

the way jiwoongs eyes sparkle with eagerness, and the way his hands clasp together as if he’s a girl confessing to her crush doesn’t go unnoticed by hao.

“ah.. i’m really sorry jiwoong, but i’m not.” the girl sheepishly tells jiwoong, who now looks disappointed. “aw, come on. you should watch! don’t you want to support me? we’re friends right? i’ll even give you my jersey to wear at the game!” he tries to convince her with a grin.

hao raises his brows in suspicion, but doesn’t say anything and looks at y/n. safe to say, she’s flustered. so flustered. her cheeks and ears are red, and she’s fidgeting with her hands. she pauses for a bit, but she manages to calm down and answer jiwoong.

“i-i’ll try. uh, i’ll just— let you know, okay? i’ll text you. also, if i do end up going, you really don’t need to give me your jersey.” she manages to quickly stutter out, and gave him a quick smile.

“okay. tell me, alright? i’ll be sad if you don’t. anyway, i have to go. see you guys around. hopefully at the game too.” jiwoong smiles at both of them and turns to y/n when he said the last sentence, winking at her.

both hao and y/n just nod at him and watch him leave, then they finally reach the cafeteria.

y/n and hao are now eating, when hanbin decides to join them and sits beside hao. hao decides to brings up the conversation they had with jiwoong earlier, and asks y/n a question. “so, jiwoong huh? when were you guys so close?” she takes a sip of water before answering him. “not close. we just happen to see each other more often than not. we got along pretty well when we had tutor sessions. i guess we just don’t want that to go away.” hao hums in response and asks her again “really? not close? he’s literally begging for you to watch the game, and offering for you to wear his jersey.”

y/n sighs and shakes her head. “that’s probably nothing. i bet he’s offered his jersey to other girls and asked them to go to his games.” hao looks at hanbin for confirmation and to their surprise, he shakes his head too.

“nope. jiwoong has asked people to watch his game, yes. but jiwoong has never offered anyone— boy or girl, to wear his jersey.” hanbin’s response brings a smirk to hao’s face, and a look of confusion on y/n’s. hao proceeds to tease the girl. “oh, that must mean you’re special.” hanbin joins hao in the teasing. “mhm, must be. i never gave out my jersey to anyone except hao, you know? and he’s my boyfriend.”

the girl blushes and glares at them, telling them to stop.

back at home

y/n lays on her bed, confused. why did jiwoong ask her to watch the game? if what hanbin said was true, then why her? why her and not a different girl? does he want her to go as a friend? or something more?

questions fill up the girls head, while she tries to make a decision. all the questions just confuse her even more, so she decides to message the person she trusts most with decisions: hao.

[hao & y/n’s chat]

y/n: hey, wyd?

hao: HEY

hao: not doing much, i was gonna call bin tho.

hao: need anything?

y/n yeah, actually.

y/n: do you think jiwoong wants me to go to his game like… as a friend only or..? (message undone)

y/n: should i go to the game on friday?

hao: idk do u wanna go

y/n: i mean.. i have no plans

hao: OH… then yeah fs u shuld go girl 😭 uve not seen a game in awhile.

y/n: yeah, ive just been so busy 😭. i think i’ll go.

hao: YAY omg i cant w8 to see u girl lets get ready tgt 😍!!!!

hao: btw, why’d you ask?

y/n: LMFAO YEAH okay come over. also i asked bc i told jiwoong i’d text if i was going or not.

hao: when she keeps you updated 😛🙈💕 #greenflag #myqueen

y/n: get help

hao: 😘

seen

y/n laughs at his teasing and closes their chat, choosing to tell jiwoong that he’d be seeing her at the game. before she could, jiwoong already chatted her.

[jiwoong & y/n’s chat]

jiwoong: hey y/n! :)

y/n: hi jiwoong, i was actually abt to msg u haha

jiwoong: oh, why? did yu need anything?

y/n: no, i actually wanted to tell u that i’m going to watch your game:).

jiwoong reacted !! to your message

jiwoong: omg that’s great. i was gonna ask if u made a decision, that’s why i texted. i’m glad ur coming. thank you.

y/n: of course!!

jiwoong: i’ll give u my jersey tomorrow. wear it, okay? 😊

y/n: OH uh u don’t need to do that, i have school colors!

jiwoong: nah, i insist. how will i win the game if my lucky charm isn’t in full luck gear? 😉🙃

y/n: … what the heck

jiwoong: hahaha see uuu~~~ 👍🏻😼

seen

y/n closed her phone, and stared up at the ceiling. jiwoong is bringing his jersey tomorrow to give it to her. even crazier, he called her his lucky charm. and he wants her to wear his jersey. at the game. gosh, her heart is beating so fast. she feels like she’s dreaming.

the next day

y/n enters the classroom, and heads to her seat buf stops when she sees a commotion. at first, shes confused. but she quickly realizes that the commotion is happening around her desk.

‘huh? why is everyone around my desk? did the teacher release another exam paper? did i fail? what’s going on?’ these thoughts fill her head as she approaches her table.

she pushes past the people and sees jiwoong. he’s waiting for her and is holding his jersey. “hey y/n! i have the jersey. make sure you wear it okay?” jiwoong grins as he hands the jersey over to her, and pats her shoulder.

“u-uh yeah, okay. sure! t-thanks, jiwoong.” she smiled back at him and sits on her desk.

finally, people spread out and leave her desk, but now they’re all talking.

who is she? is she jiwoongs girlfriend?

i tried for years to get jiwoongs attention, ahh she’s so lucky, i wish he gave me his jersey too.

what will jinsu think? she’s his ex.. right? isn’t she like still not over him?

that’s right!! oh my gosh, she really needs to wake up and move on.

and so much more…

iv. game day: phone calls

today is friday, which is the date of the game. y/n and hao are getting ready at the girls house, so they can go to the game together. as they are chatting about whatever, y/n hears her phone ring.

she picks up the phone and to her surprise, she sees jiwoong’s contact. hao sees her surprised expression, and looks over to her phone as well. he grins when he sees the contact and urges her to pick up. and with a sigh, she accepts.

what she didn’t expect, is to see jiwoong all sweaty from practice, his blonde hair wet and sweaty above his face, the shirt he’s wearing sticking to his skin. her face heats up from the sight, not expecting him to call her when he’s in such a condition.

“hey y/n! i just finished practice, but i wanted to check in. sorry if i bothered you, are you getting ready?” the girl doesn’t respond, so jiwoong calls out for her again. this time, hao smacks the girls back to get her attention. “oh, uh- hi yes, sorry. what was that?” jiwoong chuckles at her flustered state, “i asked if you were getting ready, silly girl. what’s got you distracted?” jiwoong decides to tease her by fixing the angle of his phone to show more of his body.

her face gets redder than before, going up to her ears. “uhm, yeah. i’m with hao right now and- and uh, we’re getting ready so we can go to the game together.” she puts hao in the frame, the boy waves to jiwoong and asks him where hanbin is. “oh, hanbin’s talking to someone but i think i can call him over. hanbin come here! i’m calling y/n and she’s with hao!” “i’m coming!” y/n giggles at hanbins quick response. unbeknownst to her, jiwoong is looking at her with the most intense love filled gaze that screams “dear god if i can’t have this girl then don’t give me anyone else at all.”

“hi babe, hi y/n! when are you two coming?” hanbin asks the two and hao answers “we’re about to leave, we were almost done when jiwoong called.” the girl nods in agreement and smiles when she sees jiwoong looking at her. “okay! we’ll have gyuvin wait for you guys so you can sit close to the bench.” gyuvin, from a distance yells out “why me!?” which makes the four of them laugh. jiwoong speaks up and says “it’s fine, it’ll be quick. i’ll take them, is that okay?” “yeah.” says y/n. “okay! i have to go now. i can’t wait to see you!” “likewise. good luck, jiwoong.” she says and hangs up the phone.

“oh girl he wants you.” “shut up hao let’s get moving.” the girl says and pulls hao, which makes him laugh.

v. game day: finally, we’re here!

hao and y/n arrived to the field, and she already messaged jiwoong when they were close to let him know he should come out. he calls out for them and they turn their head to see jiwoong and hanbin.

hao gives hanbin a side hug and asks “i thought it’d just be jiwoong? what changed your mind?” hanbin whispers something into hao’s ear, making him laugh. they both look at y/n and jiwoong and told them they’d get going first. the pair gives them a nod as they follow shortly after the couple.

“so, you decided to wear my jersey after all, huh?” jiwoong asks y/n as he looks down at the girl, smirking. the sudden question surprises her, and she blushes. “of course i did, you gave it to me. i wouldn’t want you to play without having all the luck on your side now would i?” now it’s jiwoong’s turn to get flustered. “y-yeah. wouldn’t want to lose this game..” she laughs at his answer as they arrive at the bleachers.

jiwoong grabs y/n’s hand and leads her to the spots that are closest to the team’s bench. when they reach the spot where hao is, jiwoong lets the girl sit beside him. “sit here. you’ll be able to see me better.” y/n nods at his words, and he smiles before leaving to be with the team.

“if you’re just friends… then what was that?” hao asks the girl, who is still looking at her hand. “uh.. i don’t know. im sure he just grabbed my hand so i could get to you safely.” the girl tries deny what hao is trying to imply, but he’s not having it. “girl you know damn well that was more than just that—“ “shh, game is about to start.”

the stadium is now filled with students, both from the home school and the rival school’s. both teams are on the field and the match is about to start. y/b sees hanbin waving at hao, and beside him is jiwoong. jiwoong is looking at her, his lucky charm. he waves at y/n when she finally sees him. the girl wave back and puts her fist up, mouthing a ‘good luck’ to him. he puts his hand on his chest, a sign that tells her he appreciates her words before focusing again.

the referee blows the whistle and both teams get moving. the ball is being kicked high up in the air, rushing down the field to the receiving team. players rush forward with as much energy as they can use.

y/n sees so many players on the field. all of them running around the field, but her eyes and her mind are focused on one player: kim jiwoong. she looks at the quarterback who shouts out signals to his teammates, as if he’s the only player on the field. she unconsciously finds herself doing this, but of course it doesn’t go unnoticed by her best friend who is right beside her.

time is ticking, stakes are high, and the intensity of the match only gets better as the schools team is about to win. every student from your side is cheering and roaring for victory. while the rivals are holing onto a miracle for a win. sounds of whistles and yells of excitement are filling the air, as the final kick goes in.

the game ends, and every student from ZB-ONE high stands up and erupts into cheers. the players of the team roar in victory and run around the field, and y/n can’t help but smile at seeing jiwoong be so happy. despite knowing the boy for only a few months, she is ecstatic to see him erupt in happiness doing what he loves.

y/n and jiwoong make eye contact, and she shouts a “congratulations!” to the boy. he smiles, and starts running towards her. “y/n! thank you so much. i really appreciate you being here. i guess having you as my good luck charm really is true, huh?” he says as he grins and holds her hand yet again. she grins back and intertwines her fingers with his, gaining some confidence. “oh stop, it was not just my luck. you did so good out there, you know? i seriously couldn’t keep my eyes off you.”

realizing what she said, the girl starts blushing when she sees jiwoong raise an eyebrow and smirk. “i- i mean- uh, you did good so it was natural i’d have my eyes on you-“ she tries to explain herself, but jiwoong only grins harder and does something that she didn’t expect him to do.

he pulls her by the waist and pulls her close to him. he gently grabs her chin so she’s looking up at him, and tucks her hair behind her ear.

neither of them could see the stares from other students, the looks of jealousy from the girls who wish that was them instead, the shocked look from hao and hanbin, none of them.

they couldn’t hear the gasps from people around them reacting to their sudden share of affection. they couldn’t hear gyuvin cheering for jiwoong. they couldn’t hear the cheers from students who are still ecstatic about the game.

to them, it felt like it was just the two of them in that stadium. just jiwoong and y/n, in their own world.

“y/n..” jiwoong starts, “how would you feel about going out to dinner with me tonight, and then going on a date with me this sunday? then maybe after that, you can be my lucky charm forever..” he tells the girl with a smile, and she smiles back at him. “of course, jiwoong. i would love to.”

jiwoong can’t contain his happiness, so he pulls her in for a tight hug, picks her up, and spins her around. the girl could only laugh at his excitement and hugs him back. the adrenaline rush coming from jiwoong winning an important game, to him scoring a date with the girl of his dreams. who could blame him?

finally, he puts her down and he squeezes her hand before he has to walk away and clean up. she walks back to hao and sees him already looking at her.

“so.. what was that all about? what happened?” hao asks the girl, who still hasn’t stopped smiling. “he asked me out. tell hanbin the team won’t be seeing him for dinner tonight, because he’s celebrating the win with me.” she pauses, thinking of where he’s taking her and having dinner with him. “he’s taking me out on a date again this sunday as well. i don’t know where he’s going to take me yet, though.”

hao claps his hands when she tells him the details. “girl i told you he wasn’t just being nice! you were just way too blind to see that he’s into you. i swear, i’m a genius.” she laughs at him, and they continue to talk about the game.

as they were deep into the conversation, y/n feels someones head places on her shoulder. she turns to see jiwoong, who is now wearing a basic white shirt, jeans, and his football varsity jacket. “hi, jiwoong. should we get going?” jiwoong nods and puts his arm around her shoulder. they both bid hao a goodbye, and they walk to jiwoong’s car.

“you know, i still can’t believe it.” jiwoong starts. she looks at him confused “believe what?” “that if i wasn’t so stupid at physics, i probably wouldn’t have had the chance to meet someone as amazing as you. then, we probably would never have talked to each other.” she looks at him with sparkles in her eyes, happily nodding in agreement. jiwoong pulls her closer, and kisses the top of her head.”

“i can’t wait for our date, and for all the dates that will come after it. i’m happy i’m celebrating this win with my pretty nerdy tutor.”

“likewise, mr. star player quarterback.”

[sincerely-sofie]

Twig is my response to replaying PMD2 for the nth time and getting upset with how dry the Hero feels in comparison to the other characters! I’m really enjoying how she’s turning out, so I thought I’d share a little bit about my blorbo OC in case anyone reading my silly little comics is interested.

She’s a charmander— the reason for this is less because that’s what an internet quiz told me the personality I wanted for her would be, and more because the thought of “haha what if the leaf lizard’s bestie turned into fire lizard” grabbed me by the throat and would not release me until I declared it to be official.

The flame at the end of her tail is supposed to resemble a maple leaf in autumn as an additional nod to her grass-type buddies.

She nicknamed her partner, a mudkip, Kip. Kip the mudkip. She panicked and now she’s stuck calling him this because he absolutely loves it.

(Kip had a huge crush on her throughout their entire apprenticeship at the guild. She has no inkling that this was ever a thing. Grovyle's unable to believe someone would ever like him in a romantic way and Twig is no different.)

The gal's just a horrible little shambling mess of neuroses exclusively kept intact by the fear of submitting to the mortifying ordeal of being known.

She’s 12-ish by the first chapter of the game and is just barely entering her 20s by the end of the post-game.

While she doesn't realize this thanks to her amnesia, Grovyle grew up way too fast in order to keep her alive, and she felt awful about this in the Dark Future. She tried to be as helpful as possible to take the burden off of his shoulders— or at least as helpful as an eight-year-old could be to a teenage magical gecko. Seven years later, by the start of the game, neither of them had an actual childhood despite both of their efforts to provide that for the other.

As a result of the previous bullet point, despite not being cognizant of the reasoning behind it, Twig has a thing about being a burden. She is convinced she is an awful burden on everyone at all times, and she is constantly scrambling to be sufficiently valuable in order to cancel out this burdensomeness— and she does this without ever even considering the idea that she could be a positive presence. She can only be neutral at best and negative at worst— in her eyes, at least.

(Are there therapists in Treasure Town? Asking for a friend)

Grovyle named her Twig! She had a human name at one point, but she never told it to Grovyle after running away from the hidden bunker of humans she once called home. With all her memories of her past erased, including those of her original name, it’s lost to time.

She's almost completely unable to read at the start of the game, and is only able to recognize a handful of footprint runes: Time, Avoid, Future, Past, Travel, Passage, Gear, Twig, Grovyle, and Celebi. She's weirded out by being able to read the name on Grovyle's wanted poster and ferret out that he’s wanted for stealing time gears without help.

(She learned these by trying to read the plans that Grovyle and Celebi would write in the dirt as they navigated the Dark Future and plotted out their rebellion.)

She jokingly stanned Grovyle before Dusknoir's true colors were revealed as a way to teasingly bug Kip, who didn't think it was funny to stan a criminal, even ironically. After chapter 16 and beyond it is no longer remotely ironic.

After the events of the post-game, Kip gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to pursue his childhood dream of being a cartographer. Twig encouraged him to jump on the opportunity, even if it meant them being apart for a time, and he reluctantly set off on a years-long expedition without her. They miss each other dearly, but they have become the ultimate pen pals and they’re keeping their local post offices in business with their individual correspondence alone.

Twig gets a bee in her bonnet one day about evolving and storms off to Luminous Spring to get it done. For some reason— perhaps a lingering distortion of time or space clinging to her— her evolution into a charmeleon is incomplete. She grew a little taller, lost some baby fat, and has a bit of a nubby lil horn, but she hasn’t got the height or coloring of a typical charmeleon. In addition to this, all your scars are meant to vanish along with your old form when you evolve, but one in particular on her right arm remained unchanged. The scar doesn’t bother her, but it does weird her out that it didn’t go away. She doesn’t even remember where she got it, so it’s not like it's special or anything… right? It kind of looks like a handprint. Weird.

She ends up getting a house in a place called Verdant Village just north of Treasure Town and doing odd jobs to keep the money coming in— she doesn’t take many exploration gigs because it’s not the same without Kip— and makes herself a nice life there.

(She has a family consisting of a gallade, gardevoir, and little ralts kid as next-door neighbors. The gardevoir could smell Twig’s rancid shambling-mess-of-neuroses vibes from a mile away and has made it a point to regularly try to get her to open up. Twig will absolutely not open up because she doesn’t know how to go about explaining her problems when they're centered around how she’s a former human originating from an alternate future that no longer exists, and that she spent a while being antagonized by the god of nightmares before he was blasted into the ether by the ruler of space and promptly disappeared, never to be seen again. There’s a lot to unpack there and she honestly would rather throw out the whole suitcase than deal with it.)

She was feeling nostalgic one day and decided to go crawl the mystery dungeon at Mount Travail, where she encounters an amnesiac Darkrai hiding in the bushes to avoid the fighting types prevalent in the area. After very awkwardly attempting to threaten him despite the increasing urge to just turn tail and run, it became clear to Twig that he remembered nothing but his name, and he didn't seem all that intent on world domination anymore. She couldn’t help but be suspicious of him regardless, but disguises her wariness as concern and gives him a place to stay at her house so that she can ensure he doesn't remember who he was and what his goals were before his memory was erased.

Thus begins the "And They Were Roommates" arc of Twig's life, where the plot swings rapidly back and forth between her comically desperate efforts to keep the origin of 82.9% of her mental illnesses from learning anything about his past, feign normalcy to bystanders when she goes to the market with a being of myths and legends trailing after her, and keep The Bad Thoughts from taking over while also trying to figure out how to explain to her friends what she's been up to for the past few months.

Shenanigans ensue. Friendships are tested and strengthened. Long-avoided conversations are had. Twig is, mortifyingly, understood. Healing is found and time keeps marching on.

(Also Darkrai ends up nicknamed Ark for similar reasons to Kip being nicknamed Kip. Thought I'd just sneak that in here.)

[silence-between-seconds]

hey bestie boo sorry im a lil bored dont mind me just hiding in ur askbox

understandable.

now pay the price and look at the result of the uquiz i just took about which member of a bee colony would i be(e)

link to the quiz btw

[pinkacademic]

Girlies, I have your Summer Planned

No joke, I'm really excited about this. It's pretty close to the end of the academic year, so I'm pushing this fine, I know... BUT we can make it work! You also do this at any stage in the year, and you can break it up over time because it is a big one!

Acadeca: Academic Decathalon

Girlies, I know you're all as pro-learning as me, and I KNOW you're as competative, do not lie to me. Like, this is for fun... but I also suggest a points system. But just imagine competative learning with your besties! Here're all my thoughts- and here's the long post warning because I remembered the keep reading!

I’m not gonna lie, queens, I learned that the United States Academic Decathalon was even a thing because of My Little Pony. I watched The Friendship Games and I was like “on one hand, fun, on the other hand, what high school is letting kids do motocross?” Anyway, for my fellow non-Americans, the AcaDeca has ten events: art, economics, essay, interview, language and literature, math, music, science, social science, and speech.

Get a group together, and each of you can set a couple of challenges to earn points over a set period.

As adults, we probably all have jobs, but you could make it a monthly thing or something like that, and have a Christmas night out where you announce the winner.

If you’re setting the challenges yourself, they do not have to be the ones listed above.

The My Little Pony list was as follows

Science (experimnt unclear, but Explosion=Bad)

Baking

Birdhouse building

Spelling Bee

Maths (solve this ungodly equation)

Relay Leg One a): Obstacle Course

Relay Leg One b): Archery

Relay Leg Two: Roller Derby

Relay Leg Three: Motocross

Scavenger Hunt/Capture the Flag

Can I reiterate: what high school is letting kids do motocross? I think taking the lists here as Inspiration Only might be wise.

Suggestions I have, some from the offical list and the My Little Pony list, some my own

Karaoke/Lip Sync

Art

Normal Relay Race and/or obstacle course

Spelling Bee

Bake-Off

Languages

Dance

Quiz

Capture the Flag

Essay

Anyways, have fun, contribute your own ideas too!

[honeybeewhereartthee]

Madness Mansion of Helter Spider

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" look at this MC... What a pretty spider." Your friend point out a black widow that is very close to bite it's venomous fangs into her poking finger.

" If it bite you, I will handle the coffee and bread for your funeral." You smile and smack her away from spider. The spider skelter away back to its nest.

"Awwy... ಥ_ಥ" (friend)

"Unless this is spider verse and you wish to be spiderman wanna be, then go ahead and touch poisonous spider... "

" GASP! BUT IT'S TOO PRETTY! " (Friend)

"... In the law of wild. Having catchy appearance means it's either poisonous, pretending to be the poisonous or to catch preys... There's more reason. But I'm not casual geographic nor a paid professor to tell you stuff. "

" MC you watch too many YouTube videos... " Your friend point out. " Don't your guardian told you off about that. "

" I'm just being updated about stuff. But of course it don't include gossip of showbiz and entertainment industry. "You mumble, maybe you did also updated on those stuff too since it went to your recommendation.

" Well based on self knowledge learn in YouTube and internet, I can say if we ever kicked out to the wild when we fail our academics, you and I won't die from poisonous spiders and pretty tiny octopus. Because certain someone would be "omg look so pretty" and poke the damn thing. " You proudly says while petting your friend head, such an idiot.

" ARE YOU INTERNALLY CALLING ME AN IDIOT?!" She dramatically gasp and smack your hand away. Crying crocodile tears of how cruel the world is to have a friend like you.

" you know me too well." You smile.

"You aren't even denying it!? " Even more dramatic gasp. "WE ARENT BEST FRIENDS ANYMORE ;((" she point at me.

"We're not bestie anymore...?!" You too dramatically fall in the ground before you pulled your bag and take out the limited edition cakes from the new shop down town.

"I guess I will only eat this alone... me bestieless rude and cruel person..." You weep while opening the container, noticing how she eyeing the cakes when she saw her favorite flavor. "Nom nom... " You happily eat it in front of her eyes.

"... BESTIE, CAN I HAVE SOME?!" not able to handle the temptations of the cakes she give up on her tantrum and hugs you from behind and reach out to get the whole container from your hand.

"... I don't even say yes yet..." You mumble as you watch her, Kirby the fucking thing. "I realize if we ever stuck in the wild, your gonna get ya self killed if someone dude offer ya food and stuff." You point out.

"If the person is good looking and offering me an apple, I will gladly eat it and stare at the person while I do." She added and nodded to your words.

"... Gott. Why are you the honor student from the two of us again??* You rub your head from thinking your friend would surely be kidnap.

"Being academic smart is different being wise in wild life. ( ⚈̥̥̥̥̥́⌢⚈̥̥̥̥̥̀)" she point out. " Beside your there to handle the wild life knowledge

.♡(ӦｖӦ｡)" She smiled.

"... Gott. So your going to openly says I'm your nanny then. " You face palm but Chuckle, not a bit offended by it.

" It's okii. Beside, letting you copy my homework when you forget about it from watching too much non related academic stuff. "

It was your turn to gasp at her audacity to call you out.

":V WELL STATISTICS WONT SAVE YOU FROM BEING EATEN BY LIONS! "

" Is that why you forget about the assignment from one week ago and have to ask and cram it in the last 5 minutes before class??... What about the quiz in (hated subject #1) ? Did you watch some bees way of life or something... " The look of disappointment she's giving you gives you slap each words she says.

" F-for your information I don't watch bees ( I already finish all clips about that one year ago!) and watch missing people documentary! " You take out your phone and show over forty missing people over the spawn of few years.

They call it [ Lost in Wonderland ] as there reported cases that those people before they disappear, they were seeing a wild rabbit running around, or Thay they are reading that curse Alice in wonderland in 3am or something like that.

"That's sound like a stupid name for a missing people case." She point out. "People adding the coincidence and says it related to a children book. What a full of crap."

"HEY! THOSE PEOPLE ARE MISSING AND YOUR SASSING OUT THE CASE FILE NAME?"

"ITS INSULTING TO MY FAVORITE STORYBOOK, OK?!" she then proceed to take out a book, similar to the one said in the news. " THATS WHY ILL DEBUNK IT!"

"... Can I have your cat if you suddenly went MIA."

" DONT YOU DARE TOUCH MR MARSHMALLOW! I WILL MAKE YOU FAIL TOMMOROW QUIZ AND WONT LET YOU COPY MINE!" The cat lady have become mad.

" Ó╭╮Ò YOU NEVER LET ME TOUCH MR. MARSHMALLOW, YOU CRANKY CAT LADY!"

" YOU SAID HIS SO FAT, HE COULD MAKE THREE BATCHES OF SIOPAO AND DUMPLINGS!"

The two of you bicker, jokes and laugh around even how other in the public park is looking at you two like two weirdos yet you two don't care since you two are just having fun and don't give shit what they think.

...

"... I don't know if I should cry, laugh or mock you." You mumble as you look at the missing poster of your friend. Who did what she said about debunking the so called lost in wonderland case being related to her favorite book. She was the one debunked to Netherworld.

Meow. Meow meow

"Mr. Marshmallow turn out to be a girl and was fat cause of her babies... Smh. (• ▽ •;)" You don't know what to say as you held the poster and seating on the sidewalk thinking what to do with the litter of kittens and the huge cat since her mother throw the cat out of their house blaming it for bad luck. Mr. Marshmallow is a black cat after all. Big fluffy cat.

"...huhu....*hic." As the moment have passed by, tears fall from your eyes. As reality drown to you, that your friend is gone (probably cause of stupidity) and the police have shitty policy about not looking for the missing person if it's not 48h. Like they are so dumb what if the person is tortured and in need of help?

"I... Probably should leave it to authorize." You mumble as you tearfully went home with Mr. Marshmallow and her kittens.

"I will leave it to the authority." You pulled out a bag and put bunch of things in it. Takes out toy gun and bunch of bullets and put it to the bag, container of food and a lighter.

"Like hell I will. ಠ_ಠ. Those people won't do shit till 48h." You feed the kittens when you went passe them.

You went to change cloths and slept after putting an alarm. When the clock strict 3am. You pick up the curse book and look at Mr. Marshmallow who meow looking at you as you put the book over the fire. "I'm gonna burn this thing." You thought that if you burn it, no one would be a victim anymore. IF that relation of the case is indeed correct.

"Alice in fucking Wonderland by (redacted)." You read the book title while having a backpack on your back, In case something abnormal happened.

You did vandalized it and wrote some stuff on the cover and edited some part from a random page. Now it's { Alice In the twisted wonderland }

As you burn the book, you notice the ink pouring out but alas, you pour holy water in it but it release an odd odor that cause you to cover your nose how bad it is.

"I don't know, some satan probably gonna say I'm dumb or something." You mumble. Mr. Marshmallow meow and walk toward you, purring while she rubs her head on your leg.

"If things goes bad. I left a note. And it also mean I will miss the exam tomorrow..." You probably really dumb and over think this. But if it's the truth, your burning the thing that dragged people to wonderland.

{ Don't you know, that destroying other property is a bad thing ~? }

You heard a voice spoke behind you, Mr. Marshmallow on your hands went defense mood when a person appear before you, you pulled you toy gun. "DEMON! >:( YOU KIDNAP MY FRIEND."

{ Oh~? But how could you blame me~? What if your imagining everything~?}

"...well I don't have reputation with how crazy I act in public. So I don't think I have anything worth to save for." You point out. " Give me back my friend!"

{ My, how mad you are... Blaming someone " innocent" }

" You sound untrustworthy when you said " innocent" part." You rolled your eyes.

{ I don't usually deal with madman, as I made mad man out of all Alice. }

You look at the stranger

"... My friend is already mad. I guess, I did blame you😃" you now felt bad as you realize your the one at wrong.

{ Too late! I decided you have to deal with the consequences of burning one of my books! Off you go to where you belong~ }

The demon snap his hand, suddenly there's a bunch of crawling poisonous eight legged creatures appear in each corner of the room.

{ Your not the only madman who tried demand such thing from me, of course I give what they demanded now they all become mad~ but one should know. I am but a guide not a fairy that grant wishes~ I am Grim~ now don't get eaten~ }

"I DONT WISH FOR THIS?? HOLY IS THAT BANANA SPIDER? OH GOTT THATS ANOTHER POISONOUS ONE!"

your screams wasn't able to be heard anymore as you where surrounded by spiders and soon the mass of spider become a pool of ink, disappear to the book that written to it's original form.

{ Naughty kitty ~ face your punishment~ welcome to the madness mansion! Hopefully your able to survive~}

The demon called grim voices echoes to the darkness before you felt falling and hitting someone.

.

┌──❀*̥˚───❀*̥˚─┐

Because of Request.

Free to choice who's the unfortunate

Crazy:b who you LITERALLY fallen into.

└───❀*̥˚───❀*̥˚┘

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Hey! This is a interactive story! (●´u`●) the story would enter a scene where you choice an action or character in certain occasion! Btw the story would only move to the next scenario when one responded~ first answers priority but action and simping on the response will be added to the flow of the next scenario! Through if you commented and the next scenario already happened. It won't do change to the story!

Based on the settings and lore of the world and the situation, the ending is up to you~ through it be mc gaining a role, surviving, have a love interest, able to leave the place or even becoming a past tense (ded) is based on response ~

BTW, YOU SHOULD KNOW, YOU ENTER THE WORLD ILLEGALLY. (• ▽ •;) 3 OUT 4 WOULD MOST LIKELY KILL YOU IN THE SPOT. (・_・;) but of course guess correctly who will be your lucky charm for victory (◕દ◕)but then if you beg, you can survive each one of the dangerous spiders.

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[sunmontuewrites]

Oh no... When you look at your diary and it's:

Thursday: Late night working

Friday: free night

Saturday: out of town for birthday party

Sunday: mother in-law arrives for a week

Monday: mother-in-law staying

Tuesday: catch-up with bestie

Wednesday: Quiz night and dinner with work Hubs

Thursday: Sewing bee for other job

Friday: Free night? 😬???

Saturday: Homestay student arrives from China for 6 weeks...

And on top of this there's general life admin and chores...

[calswildflcwer]

I made another one of these (blame sage) lmao

Tagging the real ones: @pochi-moochika @foreverwriting @camilos-mivida @hunterxassasin @cahmilo @eahravinqueen @fairchildflag @dulldeads & anyone else who wants to 🤪

[poetofthedyingstars]

OBEY ME CHARACTERS as your filo! manliligaw/crush/bf.

warning: none! just some fluffy filo headcanons bout the demon bros and dateables. i don't know if there's also a big filipino om players out there, but if there is, hello. here's ur filo content <3 pakiampon ako please

om!demon brothers x gn!reader

language used: taglish (filipino)

ooc-ish.... i'll do the side characters next!

lucifer (nickname: lucitot)

lucifer, ‘yung serious type mong crush, cold, tas mysterious daw. medyo campus crush lalo na ng mga ka-batch niya.

school council president!!!!! kaya lagi mo siya nakikita sa school programs <3<3

representative sa UN tas nanalo kasi madaming fans (char), pogi saka talented din naman siya kaya nanalo. tinulak tulak ka pa ng friends mo na magpapicture sa kaniya

kunwari ayaw niyong dalawa pero yieee landi yarn

di masyado active sa social media kasi nga he's different!! saka busy siya sa work niya.

crush mong si lucifer na sinusulyapan mo sa ibang building, naactive ka pa sa mga kung ano anong clubs para lang makita siya

crush mong si lucifer na sinasabihan ng friends mo or friends niya na may crush ka sa kaniya pero wala siyang pake (lowkey) kasi dapat cool langz

intimidating magchat, like correct grammars ganern tas minsan seener lang or kaya naman like zone, depende sa chat mo sa kaniya

kapag valentine's day or kapag may pinapabigay ka sa kaniya, minsan di mo alam if tinatanggap niya ba or nakukuha

one time niregaluhan mo siya nung ano, matchy matchy bracelet loombands ba or yung ano shet sinulid na plastic di ko alam tawag don basta nabibili lang na piso tas ginawan mo nga bracelet tas nakita mo suot ni luci yieeee edi wow

pag manliligaw naman, nako mga luci simps eh maeffort yan na manliligaw

syempre dahil president ng ssg, minsan naiiwan sa school tas magugulat ka na lang may pa-surprise lunch date na pala yan

with help galing sa mga ibang officers (sila barbatos, dia, mammon)

ihahatid ka sa bahay mo, make sure na safe ka palagi, "have you eaten your meal yet?"

idk pero malamang nagsesend yan minsan ng LSM HAHAHAHAHAHA every morning kapag sabado kasi kapag weekends di kayo masyado nagkikita

mammon (nickname: bogart <3)

mammon my beloved huhu, crush mong sobrang dense taena kahit na i-joke flirt mo siya akala niya friends lang kayo

close besties kaya lagi kayo nag-aasaran

class clown definitely pero matalino yan sa math saka huy narepresentative yan sa mtap saka mga quiz bee wag kang ano

ikaw pa kasama niya magreview tas nagchecheer sa kaniya kapag may ganyan

buraot o lagi ka nililibre no in between

lagi nagaaya ng gala, trusted ng parents mo kaya napapayagan ka (wow sana all, mammon kidnapin mo naman ako ples)

crush mammon na ginagawa yung dribble walk sa harap mo tas aasarin ka

si mammon na lagi mo kasama kaya alam na alam mo yung amoy ng pabango niya kahit malayo pa yan sayo basta naamoy mo, alam mong nandyan na siya

masarap sabunutan kapag nambibwiset, madalas mabugbog to kapag ikaw kasama dre

manliligaw!mammon, minsan epal, matopak to mga beh pero grabe magmahal bhie

medyo seloso pero hindi toxic!!!!!!!

binibigyan ka flowers, tas lagi ka bibilhan nung favourite food mo, alam niya lahat ng favourites mo, kapag may nabanggit ka na gusto mo asahan mo sa susunod niyan ibibigay niya sayo

nanaghihingi ng pulbos tapos magpapacheck kung okay yung mukha niya, ilalapit mukha sayo tas tatanong "pogi na ba?"

oo mammon pogi mo ikaw na talaga pinakapogi sa lahat

type din na magsabe ng "para sayo to" kapag naglalaro basketball tas di nashoshoot

okay lang mammon ako naman nahulog sayo e

sabi ko nga kanina lagi ka dadalhin sa gala nito, kayong dalawa lang tas happy

road trip, food trip basta gusto niya napapasaya ka niya

oh diba saan ka pa? kay bogart ka na :D

HAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHHAHSHFWHHAHA labyu mammon pakasalan mo na kasi ako

leviathan (nickname: lebleb)

pers of all, torpe HAHAHAHAHAHAJAHAHAHAHAHHSHDW

alam naman natin mahiyain tong bebe na to, tas di pa masyado nakikipagsocialize

crush mo kasi cool energy tas kung di ka mahilig sa anime at manga, mahihilig ka din since fave niya yon para lang may matopic ka kapag kakausapin mo siya

kaya kapag may bagong anime na nalabas or may nahihiligan siyang something, nagchachat siya sayo or aapproach ka niya

(winner!)

nagmamy day to ng ml win or cod 😔 pero huy lebleb not like other guys to 💔

"send pics para ma-win streak" magaling maglaro ng games pero di ng puso ayieeee

HAHAHAHAHDHWHDHA crush mong ipi-friendzone ka nang ilang beses or akala niya dare lang yung pagkakacrush mo sa kaniya kaya marereject ka

pero kapag natagalan din sasagutin ka din nyan HAHAHAHAHAHA baka siya pa umamin sayo

manliligaw!lebleb— anime marathon sige i-marathon niyo daw one piece nang magkasama bhie good luck <333

manliligaw!lebleb na torpe kaya outside school lang makikita affections nyan

bibilhan kayo nung corny na couple shirts

COSPLAY COUPLE COSPLAY COUPLE COSPLAY DUO ANO KA BA COSPLAY DUO KAYO HAHAHAHAHDHWHD

date sa parke or don sa mga alam mo yung may mga themed cafe? dadalhin ka niya don hihi

mahiyain magsabe ng i love u HAHAHAHAHDHWHD sesendan ka ng "ay tignan mo sabi ni [character] kay ano" "parang tayo lang" di magrereply ng 2 oras kasi binato phone niya sa sobrang hiya

late nights talk din madalas sa inyo

satan (nickname: tantan <3 ikaw na ba ang dolce amore ng buhay ko?)

STANDARD BOOK BOYFRIEND.

i repeat, STANDARD BOOK BOYFRIEND. ano pangarap mo yung nababasa mo lang dati? oh eto na sayo na *binato si catan*

english-speaking, charming, flirty pero yung ano sosyal HAHAHAHAHDHWHD book boyfriend-like nga siya e

susulatan ka poems, sesendan ka handwritten letters, care package? bet. papakilala sayo mga pet niyang cats tas sasabihin para kayong parents na kasal (korni ni bebe satan)

maginoo to uy

wala lang laging maeffort bigla bigla nagreregalo sayo ng mga gawa niya

annotated books <3<3<3<3<3<3

“i was reading this [book] today and it reminded me of you”

nagbibigay din flowers, mature bf nakakakilig lang

lagi nagchachat sayo kapag di kayo magkasama

kapag crush mo lang si satan? sige umasa ka na lang sa wala HAHAHAHAHDHWHD

nanghaharana din jusmeu ke-smooth ng boses nakakaiyak

sasagutin mo ba o sasagutin mo???

asmodeus (nickname: momo as in momol- char)

PAASA. OO PAASA KA ASMO GRABE KA NA

paasa nga.

ano ba.

manliligaw??? si asmo??? syempre mahal ka niya pero mukhang ikaw ata maghahabol diyan /j

kakantahan ka bhie tas may patarpaulin na "will you be my s/o?” ganern

flirty 24/7

"ikaw ba si joanna? jowana kita-" "joke"

anong joke joke walang bawian dito asmo

magala din to saka clingy

minsan siya kumukuha ng pics mo tas magsusuggest ng "eto maganda, ganda mo diyan"

naglalagay din liptint tas tatanong ka “lambot ba? kiss nga” yie landi

thrift shop dating, magkasama kayo magdate sa ukay kahit 3 oras kayo naglakad lakad wala ka maririnig reklamo (actually meron pero mawawala yon kasi love ni asmo ang shopping)

night life party-ing alam lahat ng party spots na pwede ka dalhin

sweet naman siya <3<3

beelzebub (nickname: beel pa rin)

beh. crush mong sobrang bait. nasobrahan nga ata kasi bakit ka nafall sa kaniya?

pafall pero di sadya

nanlilibre sa canteen palagi, food trip lalo na pag after school tas kakain kayo egg waffles na neon balls (kwek kwek), fishball, scramble, kalamares, kikiam, kung ano ang bet mo <3

hahatid ka sa bahay niyo teh

wala masyadong social media kaya di kayo masyado nagchachat

pero kapag kasama mo, sulit naman

manliligaw ba??? bat ba naasa ka liligawan ka niyan mga yan ikaw nga maghabol mc IKAW- /j

is nicest bf ever, lam mo yung mga korning magjowa na nagbibigay ng stick-o saka yakult kapag valentine's? oo ganon siya

kashare mo payong kapag umuulan

supportive! lam mo yon kunwari may extracurricular activities ka, part ng club, poster making, quiz bee, performance arts, sports ewan ko basta support ka niya #1 fan mo pa yan

belphie (nickname: kalabaw.)

hello belphie. si sleeping beauty niyo. chos.

gaiz si belphie nakakaloka. parang ayoko gawan- /j

belphie belphie kalabaw ka ba? kasi icow ang crush ko

tas sineen ka lang. swerte na kapag naseen, baka i-inbox ka pa niyan

typical crush, masungit tas iignore ka lang

di ka crush teh mamuti mata mong umasa ha

sulyap sulyapan mo na lang sa classroom niya minsan absent pa yan or cutting.... JOKE bawal magcutting yan si belphie hahambalusin ng tsinelas ni lucifer pag-uwi

pero kapag manliligaw, nice din naman yan

medyo maeffort, like 6/10 effort ganern

nagbibigay ng flowers na nabibili sa labas ng school

excited lagi pag nakikita ka

sabay kayo pumasok sa school, kahit sa pag-uwi, kahit sa lunch

basta gusto lagi kasama ka niya

study dates tas kasama niyo si beel minsan

close sa parents mo kasi daw mukhang mabait (di ho, demonyo ho yan-)

allowed maki-sleep over sa inyo (basta daw bukas pintuan HAHAHAHAHDHWHD)

tamad magchat at magreply minsan magugulat ka nasa labas ng bahay niyo tas magkape daw kayo don sa park

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huy hello sorry if di medyo accurate, ini-squeeze ko na brains ko for this HAHAHAHAHDHWHD hope u enjoyed reading! more filo om content to come na lang po. open for requests!! thank u gaiz labyu xoxo.

[zerisfelin]

I posted 1,278 times in 2022

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

You're my honeybunch, sugar plum, pumpy-umpy-umpkin. You're my sweetie pie. ♡

You're my cuppycake, gumdrop,

Snoogums snoogums, You're the apple of my eye 💛

4 notes - Posted January 5, 2022

#4

There has been so much that has gone into today. Laxus has asked so many people for help. Mirajane, Erza, Cana, even Lucy, Levy and Wendy. He needed it to be perfect. He knows you’ve been down and stressed, and he couldn’t bare to see you that way anymore.

So when you come into the guild hall after everyone’s gone home just like he asked and he sees the shining smile on your face, everything feels like it will be okay. Warmth filled his chest and his lungs squeeze so unbelievably tight at your expression, the child like wonder and adoration.

There’s flowers, candles and floating lights all around and soft music playing from somewhere. He’s got a lovely dinner set for the two of you and the gesture has tears teasing the corners of your eyes. The real tears wouldn’t come until after the meal. He gets up and holds his hand out to you and the heat that fills your face is unrivaled. As he holds you in his arms he pressed a soft kiss to your temple.

“Mira taught me the recipe. Lucy taught me the dance. Y’know, ‘cause she grew up fancy.” He sounded so nervous. “Some of the other girls helped me make the place all nic—”

“Thank you. Laxus, this is so incredible. You didn’t have to do all this for me.” His features get so soft then, softer than you’ve ever seen them, and his eyes hold all the love ever made in the universe.

“For you, I would do anything.”

(I didn’t read or edit this I’m sorry oof)

I AM HIDING UNDER A BLANKET RN

SQEALING INTO A PILLOW

BLUSHING

NEVER WANTED A HUG SO BAD IN MY LIFE

This is so cute and sweet and perfect, if someone did this for me I would break down and sob

4 notes - Posted January 20, 2022

#3

MY NAME CHANGE WAS APPROVED

5 notes - Posted July 20, 2022

#2

SO in love with this selfship art I commissioned from @iwaasfairy I don't even have the words for how much I love it. Never commissioned anything like this before but I will definitely be doing it again 💋 looking at it makes me feel all shy please it's so cute

28 notes - Posted October 22, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

HEY BESTIES NEW TAG GAME DROPPED

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Here's my precious angel (derogatory)

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63 notes - Posted February 12, 2022

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[suhnnyskiess]

DBSISBBSUSB I saw your reblog of the Uquiz thing, I am doing quite well thank you 😌 No but really how did that nail me on the head so hard lol, that quiz was better than dispatch itself. And YOUR RESULT IS GREAT TOO I LOVE IT SHSBSHSHDH

- bangchan-fairy (Idk if I've asked this to you already but can I just use this 🧚‍♀️ emoji to send you asks? My main isnt my kpop blog so I have to go on anon to send asks lol)

i hope ur coffee consumption gets better bestie 🧐🧐 it's not that good for you, but its still funny how accurate it was LMAOOO

And thanksss!! I liked my result too hehe i think it does suit me too i aspire to bee a good fan 😌✌🏽

(also yes bee its okayy!!! kinda meh:/ that tumblr doesn't let us change blogs when sending asks 😩😩)

[kalawakan-fam]

Presenting: Class 2020 of Kalawakan!!

@nangunguhang-alien . Si Tito ‘yung class president niyo. Lagi siyang kasama ni titser, tapos lagi special mention. Kapag wala si Ren, malungkot magturo si titser. Kapag wala si titser, sya din ang "pacifier" ng classroom.

Lagi nyang linya.

"Guys! Please keep quiet!"

@dumdum-things Si Top 2. Dumdum - Vice president ng klase. Siya yung laging nakasunod kay president. Kaya kapag nag wawalk out si president siya yung tiga sigaw ng "Guys respeto naman!"

Sya rin po yung laging nakangiti kapag nakakakita ng titser! "Gooooooooood mooooorning titser!!"

@atomicdump Si Ruru, Siya yung kaklse mong mahilig magsayaw, kada first day ng school, hindi mawawala sa intro nya ang dance number. Bibo kid #1. Punishment nya yung sumayaw sa harao ng klase sabi ni titser, pero nag uubos lang talaga ng oras si titser dahil wala na syang maituro.

@eccentrieth Si Riri, Siya po yung tiga lista ng noisy and standing. Hindi pwedeng di mo sya bestfriend kase laging may minus payb kapag naililista sa board.

Lagi din syang hirap mag lista kasi nga nililibre sya ng mga kaklase nya para hindi sya mailista.

Malaki tumanaw ng utang na loob. Puro utang na loob nalang.

Lagi din napapagalitan kapag maingay klase.

Lagi nyang linya:

"Maam kapag maingay, ako agad?"

@starsandrocketsss Ang Dynamic duo. Source ng food pag fieldtrip. Parang bag ni dora yung bag nila, hindi nauubusan ng laman. Laging may binabatong chichirya at imported na food galing kay mommy nya. Laging may baong pagkain san man pumunta.

@medyo-gaga Si Kyu, Sya po ang maldita ng klase. Tinitignan sya ng lahat. Mahirap kalaban sa classroom. One day, friends kayo. The next day, kaaway kana ng group mates nya. Takot lahat ng faculty dito. Ganon sya kamaldita,  kahit guidance sinukuan sya. Best friend sila ng principal dahil minsan maghapon sila magkakwentuhan dahil nireport ng kaklse.

Sya yung nagtitisod kapag dumaan ka sa pwesto nya Tapos sasabihin "di kasi tumitingin" 

@nijuugo Si Cath, Ito po sobrang bait nito. Hindi ito napipikon. Laging naka smile. Kaklse mong tatawa tawa lang pero tahimik sa bahay. Masarap po sya kasama at hindi nauubos yung tawa nya.

Favorite line: Titser! May joke ako!

@garlicbraed Si Aira, Siya po yung kaklse nyong sobrang tahimik. Hindi tumatayo sa upuan. Uupo pag pasok, tatayo para mag recess, tapos tatayo nalang ulit kapag uwian na.

Hindi sya maingay sa upuan. Mas trip nya yung mag day dream. Favorite hobby nya yung mag day dream at matulog. Mahilig din sya mag color ng coloring book at mag damit ng dressup paper doll.

@adobongmayfeelings Si Jed, Sya po yung isa pang bida ng classroom. Jollibee. Makarinig ng music, automatic naka smile na sya. The rest is history. Bestfriend nya si bibo kid #2. Tiga sample sya. Pero sya din talaga gusto din mag sample.

Favorite line "Sasayaw na yan! (Mamaya ako tatalunin kita!)"

@lovingshannen Si Shannen, Anak ng president ng PTA, hindi umuuwi kapag hindi si mommy ang susundo. Laging may hawak na barbie doll sa classroom. Hindi pinapagalitan ng titser. May backpack syang sailormoon/barbie/unicorn. Hindi nawawala ang bright colors sa gamit nya.  Note. Siya yung may 64 crayola sa bag / may 128 crayola sa bag.

@chieesecake Si Chie, Siya yung kaklse mong hindi nauubusan ng joke at kwento. Laging nasa likod at may ka chika chika. Laging number 1 sa noisy. Pero binubura din nya at wlang palag si tiga lista.

Lagi syang may baong funchum at cream-o/rebisco at kinakain nya habang nakikipag tawanan kaklse nya. Perfect yun sa thermos na baunan nyang may lamang tubig na malamig na naka balot sa towel.

Favorite line:

"Uy alam ba, dating sementeryo tong school"

@rae-ngoaway Si Rae, Anak ng atty/doctor. Laging nakasasakyan papasok at pauwi ng school. Laging naka tali ang buhok. May baon syang pagkain na complete meal may side dish pang mixed vegetables. Hindi nawawala si yaya kapag lunch at recess. Laging may bimpo sa likod pero inaalis din naman.

Favorite line: "Wala kayo sa daddy/mommy ko!"

@thefatherofkhalebandanwyll​, Si Darryl Sya yung parang anak ng diyos. Magugulat ka nalang nasa misa sya sya every first monday ng buwan. Pero the rest ng buwan, puro kalokohan ang ginagawa sa class room. Sya yung kaklse mong nag fafade away 3 points shot sa basurahan ng papel na binilog bilog nya habang nag tuturo si titser tapos kapag hindi nya na shoot, pupulutin nya tapos fade away shoot ulit. Favorite line " 3..2..1.. Kobe Bryant for threeeee!!!"

@babaengartsy​ Si Rio, Ang lakambini ng klase. Sobrang hinhin, nakakahiya lapitan kasi mapapasorry ka kahit wala kang ginagawa. Tumatawa pero nakatakip ang bibig. "Hihihi"  Laking panlaban sa muse at mr and ms ng school. Bata palang natuturuan na mag ayos kaya ang ganda talaga. Lagi syang iniirapan ni maldhital ghurl dahil ayaw nya ito kalaro. Favorite line:"My name is.... I, thank you!" *sigaw ng buong klase*

@nagiisangtiyak​ Si Alexa. Kaklase nyong MIA, tapos magugulat ka nalang sasabibhin ni titser na,makikita daw natin sya sa TV. Working ghurl at early age. Artista. Laging nasa workshop at taping. Bigla biglang pinu pull out sa klase. Minsan nalang makita, nag mamaldita pa. Besties sila nila ng maldita ghurls.

@n-dv​ Si Nico, Ito po yung literal na kaklase nyong barsiti. Tinitilian ng ibang school kapag inter-school. Malakas ang dating sa chicks. Malakas ang awra. Dadaan lang,pero nagtitilian babae. Laging mabango. Laging amoy presko at bagong ligo.

Siya yung kaklse nyong laging may panyo. At laging naghihilamos.

Kahit titser, gustong-gusto sya. Paborito at heartrob ng school.

Favorite line: "Guys wait lang, papicture daw"

@ynalwls​ Si ley, Kaklase nyong anak ng bgry captain kaya hindi nyo masumbong sa teacher. Kasundo ni bhosz maldita. Tandem sila mambully kapag walang teacher. Pero kapag nanja si teacher mababait. Matataas din ang grade at laging bida sa show n tell. Gawa naman ng iba yung assignments and projects nila.

Favorite line :

"Ayan  pampan ka kaseeee." "Ay eeeepaaaal"

@tired-eyesv​ Kaklse mong active sa extra curricular. Kapag kailangan ng athlete number 1 sa exempted to sa finals dahil mag cocompete outside the school. Laging laman ng tarpoline. Kesyo mapa sports, mapa journalism, at kahit dance sport. Kinakareer nya ang extra curricular. Tumataas ang grade dahil sa exemptions.

Matalino at talented. Waging wagi. Kaya laging unang tinatawag nila titser dahil magaling.

Favorite line: "Watch me. Learn from the expert guys!"

@babaengmadaldal​ Si Jai, Kaklse mong titser's pet. Anak din ng titser kaya peborit nila kumare na titser din. Mahilig tumambay sa faculty. At tignan mga grades ng mga kaklse. Lagi din syang kaaway ng smart ones dahil sinasabihan syang sipsip sa titser.Favorite line: "Maam, nakalimutan nyo po kunin yung assignment last week"

@katedoesntmatter​ Si Kate, Kaklse mong hindi mo patatalo sa chinese garter at lusong tinik at luksong baka. Sila yung kapag umayaw sya, wala nang maglalaro. Mader sa 10-20. Dakilang taga saway sa magugulong kaklse. Peace keeper sa classroom. Lahat nakikinig kapag silaang nag sasalita. Sgt. @ arms at hindi mo maloloko. Sila ang katuwang ni president kapag wala si maam. Pero number 1 na maingay kapag breaktime.Favorite line: "10-20 tayo, sali kayo dali!habang wala si titser"

@hotdogogh​ Si Edmund, Siya yung kaklse nyong Juan Luna ng klase, bata palang potensyal nang pintor. Sobrang artsy nya. Kumpleto lagi ang art materials nya sa mapeh. May 64 crayola sya. May pentel na iba iba kulay, may water color,may drawing book na makapal, may poster paint, may coloring pencils. Bilang nya bawat isa. Kaya kapag may nanghihiram, alam nya kung ano ang nawawala at kung sinong nakawala. Very good sya sa arts at nkikipag sabayan din sa music, sya din yung mahilig tumugtog ng instrument sa classroom para mag jam at magkantahan lahat. Arts and performing arts genius daw sya. Thanks sa genes nya.

Favorite line nya: "Okay lang manghiram, basta ibabalik nyo ha"

@hishiddenletters​ Si Sean, Sya po yung kaklse nyong lapitan ng mga umiiyak. Magaling magpatahan at mag payo. Kaklse nyong matured agad sa murang edad. Daddy sa classroom. Very mabait at maunawain. Tiga awat ng nag aaway dahil pambata lang daw yung away.

Sya rin ang kuya Kim, ang pinanlalaban sa quiz bee dahil ang daming general knowledge na alam. Laging may trivia at life hacks.

Sya rin yung minsan na ground sa saksakan dahil pinatunayan nyang nakakakuryente kapag sinundot ng tinidor.

Favorite line: "Alam nyo ba, na ang...."

@tanginate

​ Si Nate, Sya po yung naka PE uniform  sa grad pic pero pinahiram lang ng isusuot. Ayaw nya tumingin kasi masama loob nya sa nag pipicture, di sya pinayagan mag wacky.

@the-lost-boy-from--neverland​ Si Jay, Eto yung hindi palaging kasali sa laro. Sya yung burot sa taguan, laging taya. Lagi ding di mahanap kalaro nya sa uwian, kasi sinusundo na pala ng serbis. Lagi din binubully

@hugoterongmakata​ , Si ZeddSya yung kaklse mong late, kesyo traffic daw or may banggaan sa kanto, pero ang totoo, late lang nagising. Late na nga pumasok, natutulog pa sa klase.

Sya din yung kaklse mong chill lang sa classroom. Hindi namomoblema sa grades. Hindi daw nag aral, pero ang taas naman ng score sa exams.

Kaklse nyong hindi nyo makikitang may hawak na handouts/notes at natutulog lang pero nakakasagot sa recitation.

Very active kapag wala si titser. Sya yung pinaka maingay kapag walang ginagawa. Instant noisy. Instant maligalig. Kapag nag sama sama sila ng top 1 maingay at jollibee, disaster.

Favorite line: "ZzzzzzzzZzZ.."

@istambai​ si Jovic, Siya yung kaklse nyong pasimple sumuntok ng jokes. Mahilig mag biro. In short, sya yung clown ng classroom. Lahat ng bagay joke para sa kanya. Tinatawanan kahit.pag piyok ni titser. Kapag tinanong mo kung anong nakakatawa, tawa lang ulit isasagot sayo.Tahimik din sya. Kapag tulog. Favorite line: "HahahahHahahaahHahaha. May joke ako HahahahaHahaha. *hanggang tumawa na lahat wala pa yung joke*"

@bbarican​, Si Bianca . Sya po ang kaklse nyong "mother", may maternal instincts tinawag na anak ang mga kaklse. Nagprapractice na agad sa murang edad. Sya din yung kaklse mong marunong at magaling magluto. Laging bida sa cooking class at baking class. Marunong sa kusina kaya kapag may food to bring sya lagi engrande magdala. Madalas sya din ang tiga payo at tagapagpatahan. Nilalapitan ng mga sawi at early age. Mahal nya ang lahat kahit ang malditah gHurLsz. Peborit dn ni titser kasi mabait. Lagi din siyang may dalang tarot.

Favorite line: "Oh mga anak....."

@seaimyourmanx​, si Bej. Sya yung kaklse nyong parang tiga higher batch. Isa sa dumbohala sa klase. Laking nasa likod ng pila. Kapag pinapa pila sa klase, alam nya na agad na nasa likod sya. Mukha syang alpha pero mabait sya. Mahilig magpatawa at makinig sa kwento.  Nabubuhay ang klase kapag humihirit sya ng mga banat nya," haaaww " at "gileeeew"

Favorite line: "Tangina snacks!"

@98fourth​, si Por. Sya yung kaklse mong jammers. Maganda boses. Malamig. Kapag break time, humihirit yan ng "ala-ala'y bumabalik..." Sarap makinig sa klase kapag wala si titser kasi instant soundtrip agad. Buhay ang patay na oras sa classroom kapag nagsasama sila ng jammerz. Madaming kinikilig sa boses nya. At early age, tinitilian na din sya ng ghurls. Sya yung tipo ng mHaditUh ghurLs. 

Favorite line: "1..2..3.. *kanta* "

@pikelerick​ , Si Erick. Your resident tito in da haus, sya yung kapartner na jammerz ni songer. Hindi nawawala sa bitbit nya ang gitara. Magugulat ka nalang bigla nalang tutugtog tong mga to sa may hagdanan/klase tapos lahat nag kakantahan na. Paborito nyang kaskasin sa gitara ang eheads at parokya. Born-rockstar. At early age, music prodigy daw sya.  Takot kaklase nya sa kanya kasi ang tapang ng dating nya. Pero soft boi pa din ang ating resident tito. Mabait at mapagbigay. 

Favorite line:

"Wish 107.5..."

[strikingskeletonsiege]

MOST ATTRACTIVE VIBE?

Your Result: your strength.

there's something to be said for sheer resilience. your strength, your ability to take pain and hardship and make it make you stronger, attracts people like bees to honey. people hope to be as strong as you, and look up to you for your innate power. 

THE METAPHOR IS FUNNY BECAUSE MY BESTIE IS A BEE! BASICALLY

ALSO I THINK PEOPLE’S FAVORITE OF MY VIBES IS I’M FUN BUT YOU’RE THE QUIZ THAT CALLED YOURSELF FOOLPROOF!

[rosemaidenvixen]

A Secret’s Worth

Chapter 4: Mary

Ao3

Mary wanted to let out an indignant scoff, but seeing how her mouth was full of nachos she settled for a scowl. Seriously, it had been two days and Dean still hadn’t texted her back. At first she had just been annoyed, now she was straight up mad. 

No more playing nice, if Dean wanted her back it was going to cost him a date with pizza and ice cream.

A wry smile broke through her frown. 

Of course it wasn’t like she needed Dean, plenty of other boys would give anything to go out with her. Henry, otherwise known as Tight-Jeans Hank, had just asked her to go to the basketball game this week, maybe she should take him up on it, show Dean what he was missing out on.

“I didn’t make the team,”

Mary practically jumped out of her seat. She was so engrossed in her texts that she hadn’t even noticed Darci sitting down across from her.

“What?”

Darci was staring down at the logo stamped into the middle of the table, eyes scrunched and mouth crumpled. It took Mary a few seconds to realize she was holding back tears.

“The cheerleading team, I didn’t make the cut,”

Mary gently slid her phone into her pocket “Sorry...that sucks,”

Heat started to bloom on her face as silence stretched out between the two of them, thick and tacky. Mary never knew what to say in these kinds of situations. She couldn't just tell Darci it wasn’t as bad as it seemed, in her track record saying that never went over well. Bottom line, Mary sucked at making people feel better when they were down. Whatever she tried always seemed to make things worse. 

Fortunately both of them were saved when Claire came swooping in and planted herself in the seat beside Darci.

“I’m so sorry,” Claire reached over grasped Darci’s hand with hers “That must be such a let down after all your hard work,”

Darci’s lower lip trembled “I knew they weren’t going to let more than one or two freshman onto the team, but I thought that maybe I was good enough…”

She trailed off as Claire patted the back of her hand “You’re plenty good enough Darci, they probably just didn’t have enough spots available. I’m sure that next year they’ll be glad to have you,” 

“Thanks Claire,”

Mary watched as Claire successfully pulled Darci back from the brink of tears, wriggling uncomfortably, wishing she could be half as comforting and sweet as Claire. She didn’t envy her friends for a lot of things, but this was one of them.

She sat up straighter as an idea came to her. Mary might suck at sympathy, but maybe she could help by providing a welcome distraction. 

“Yeah, you’ll be on the team for sure next year,” Mary’s eyes twinkled “Maybe by then Claire will have finally asked Jimmy-Jam out,”

The sharp look on Claire’s face made Mary wonder if this had been the right move after all. Then Darci let out a small laugh and she stopped wondering. 

She let herself relax a little bit, Claire still looked pissed about her love life being brought up, but Darci was smiling so Mary decided to roll with it.

“Yesterday you went on and on about how today was the day you were finally going to do it, but in the end you chickened out,” she smirked “Again,”

Claire didn’t reply to that but her rapidly pinkening cheeks did all the talking.

Darci giggled, successfully distracted now “Come on Claire, we’ve been hanging out with the boys for weeks, when are you planning on actually telling Jim that you like-like him?”

She let out a deep sigh “Soon, ok, soon,” 

“You know Claire, the longer you wait, the more likely it is some other girl snaches him up,”

“What!”

“What Mare means...” Darci said while throwing a knowing look in Mary’s direction “Is if you really like Jim you should just tell him that, get the words out there” she placed a reassuring hand on Claire’s shoulder “And if it makes you feel better, I think that Jim likes you to,” 

“You...think so?”

“Better hurry, I saw Valerie eyeing him during social studies,”

If looks could kill Claire would have her dead on the ground “Are you actually invested in my love life or do you just want to watch me suffer?”

“Yes,”

Claire looked back and forth between Mary and Darci’s eager expressions, then buried her face into her hands with a groan “Look, I know you guys are just trying to help. But I really need to figure this out on my own. So can you just...give me some space on this,”

Translation; time to back off now.

“Ok, ok,” Mary said, knowing not to push further “But when you do ask him out, promise we’ll be the first to know?”

Claire nodded “Promise,”

Satisfied, Mary went back to her nachos, Claire and Darci following suit with their own lunches. Based on the clock it wouldn’t be long before Jim and Toby joined them. 

Strange how normal a thought that was. 

This time last year the idea of having lunch with anyone else besides her besties was unthinkable. Sometimes Mary still couldn’t believe the boys were part of their unofficial ‘group’ now.

She hadn’t had a problem going along with Claire’s county fair idea. Claire had wanted to make Jim happy and Mary wanted to make Claire happy. Just one day out, no harm no foul.

But when Darci had wanted to keep hanging around with the boys after that, Mary hadn’t exactly been thrilled.

Maintaining their hard won social status took a lot of work, and she wasn’t going to jeopardize that, not even for the boy Claire was crushing on. Besides, the three of them had been BFFs since kindergarten, and Mary wasn’t going to let just anyone butt in on that, let alone boys.

Mary didn’t have anything against boys. Actually she liked them quite a bit. Boys could be cool and pretty darn fun to hang around with, but only if a girl kept her distance. Letting a boy get too close was a rookie mistake. Mary had learned that lesson the hard way and there was no way in hell she was letting Claire or Darci get hurt like that.

So yeah, she hadn’t been down with turning this into a thing.

But Darci wanted to hang out with Toby and Jim more and of course Claire had all but jumped to agree. Even if she had put her foot down Mary was outvoted two to one, so she just gritted her teeth and put up with the boys tagging along.

Sitting together at lunch, hanging out after school. Claire even invited them along to videogame Saturday at her house; an event that had been exclusive to the three of them for years!

Mary hadn’t dropped her guard the entire time, always keeping watch for any sign that either Toby or Jim would push their newfound privilege too far.

One toe out of line and she’d kick them to the curb so fast it would leave skid marks.

She’d kept up her hypervigilance for weeks, but nothing had ever come of it. Mary had known boys that would act all nice and then do a 180 the second they had you where they wanted you, but Toby and Jim actually seemed genuinely….nice.

Jim shared his lunch when Darci was down on cash, and offered to bring an extra any time one of them needed it. Toby lent out his geology notes and kept them all from completely flunking a pop quiz. The enitre time she’d known them Jim and Toby had never been anything less than friendly and helpfull. More than that, neither of them ever acted like their good behavior entitled them to...more.

Toby and Jim weren’t just acting nice, they were nice; a little dorky maybe, but nice.

So after weeks of being on edge Mary finally eased up. The boys might not have earned her full trust just yet, but they had gained quite a bit of it, enough for her to call them friends.

And speak of the devil, Toby and Jim chose that moment to show up at their table. She waved in greeting, mouth still full. Toby smiled and waved back “How’s it going guys, oh hey Darci, did you hear about the cheer team yet?”

Darci’s face fell “I didn’t make the cut,”

Jim winced as he slid into his seat “Bummer,”

Toby looked affronted on her behalf “If they were crazy enough to turn you down that’s their loss,”

She managed a weak grin “Thanks guys,”

The conversations died down again as they all started eating in earnest. Not because they didn’t have anything to talk about, but because they didn’t have the time. Lunch period was barely long enough to get a full meal in, especially when you got your lunch from the food truck in the park like they did today. They didn’t have to rush, but they couldn’t exactly take their time either. 

Mary was able to multitask by chowing down on her nachos with her left hand and tapping at her phone with her right. 

She was finished checking her texts so she moved on to organize her calendar. Planning and coordinating all of their group’s outings took a lot of time and effort, but all four of her friends thanked her on a regular basis and let her know how much they appreciated it.

It might be a lot of hard work, but it really was good to be Queen Bee.

And when she spotted an event planned for that weekend, Mary realized it was a very good thing she decided to check her calendar when all five of them were at lunch together. 

“Darc, Claire; how much prep time will you need for your makeup on Saturday?”

Darci perked up instantly “I’ll need half an hour at the very least,”

Claire puzzled over it for a bit longer before answering “Mine should take ten, fifteen minutes tops,” 

Mary added a note to the event before turning to Jim and Toby “What about you guys?”

The two just blinked at her, Jim hesitantly raising a hand into the air “Uh, question, why are we talking about makeup?”

“To go with our costumes, duh,”

Toby nervously tapped his fingers against the table “....costumes? 

Mary gave both of them a flat, unimpressed stare “For the Halloween Hop on Saturday that we’ve been talking about for weeks. Seriously, do you guys never check Messenger?”

Jim still didn’t look like he was getting it “The Halloween Hop?”

“Yep,” Claire said with a grin “I’m going as a vampire,”

“I’m going as a corpse bride,” Darci added.

Realization dawned on Toby’s face as things clicked into place “Those sound awesomely spooky, what about you Mary?”

“Mermaid,”

“Nice,”

“So wait,” Jim spoke up, still sounding confused “That’s this weekend?”

Her eye roll practically scraped the ceiling “Yeah they’ve had flyers posted for weeks. Now spill, what are you going as and how much time are you going to need to suit up? We need to get there by six,”

Finally she could see the lightbulb going off in Jim’s head as he came up to speed. 

Toby let out a sharp gasp “We should go as Freddy Kruger and Jason! I already have a hockey mask, all we need is a hat, glove, and fake machete,”

Mary nodded in approval and looked back down at her phone “Can you guys be ready at Darci’s house at six? Her dad can drive us there and my moms agreed to pick us up. Afterwards they can drop you off at home or…” 

She deliberately paused, letting the anticipation build for a few seconds. Seeing as how the boys were a little slow on the uptake Mary might as well relish the big reveal “We can all spend the night at my house, my moms will be home all night and they say it’s fine,” 

If Toby grinned any wider he was going to crack his face in half “A sleepover?! Awesomesauce!”

So Jim and Toby were in, good. Tonight Mary would let her moms know so they could exchange numbers with Jim’s mom and Toby’s Nana, then she had to make sure they had enough snacks for all five of--

“Actually…” Jim’s voice derailed her train of thought “I won’t be able to make it,” 

Mary frowned “If your mom isn’t cool with the boy-girl thing, just let my moms talk to her, they’ll make her come around,” 

Jim chewed on his lower lip, not looking reassured at all “It’s...not that...I can’t do any of it,”

Wait. What? 

“You mean you can’t come to the sleepover or the Halloween hop?”

“Nope, sorry,”

She narrowed her eyes “Is it because of your curfew?”

Jim looked down and away “No,”

Translation, it most certainly was. The real question was why she was even surprised at this point.

Mary scowled and set her phone down on the table “Seriously? Come on Jim you always bail early, can’t you ignore your crazy early curfew just this once?”

“If your mom’s worried it’s totally safe,” Darci added helpfully “We’ll be at school with the teachers or at Mary’s house with her moms the whole time,”

Claire leaned closer to him, expression hopeful and pleading “My parents can talk to her, they’re super big on safety, so if they think it’s ok for me to go you know it’s danger free,” 

Jim opened his mouth, no doubt to object, but stopped when Toby laid a hand on his shoulder.

“Dr. Lake has nothing to worry about,” Toby smiled up expectantly at him “You’re not a little kid anymore, you need a night out, your mom will understand,”

Jim shut his jaw with a click, biting back whatever rebuttal he’d had. They’d all given him a hard time about the ridiculous hours his mom wanted him home by at some point, but this was the first time all four of them had ganged up about it, leaving absolutely no room for counterarguments. 

Mary arched a single eyebrow “So do you think you can convince your mom to let you off the hook for one night?”

He snapped out of his speechlessness “It’s not that!” 

“They why?” 

 “The reason I can’t come is...is…” Jim stammered “...is because my mom and I...are going camping,”

Mary’s jaw dropped “You and your mom are going camping?” 

He grinned sheepishly “Yeah, it’s kind of our family thing,”

“In October?!”

Jim’s already brittle smile wavered “Yeah...she’s an ER doctor so her work schedule is weird, she can’t always pick what days off she gets so we have to go camping whenever we can, right Toby?”

Looking majorly disappointed, Toby still nodded in agreement “Yeah, I remember one year her schedule was so packed you guys didn’t go on vacation for six months and then you went to Yosemite for two solid weeks,”

Claire’s face fell “So you guys can’t go on another weekend?”

“Nope, sorry,”

Mary’s eyes narrowed as she fought to keep her mouth from twisting into an ugly snarl. While she didn’t consider herself a troublemaker, Mary had gotten pretty darn good at telling people what they wanted to hear in order to weasel her way out of tight spots, like detention or extra homework. And she could tell that Jim was doing the exact same thing right now. 

Jim was lying, there was no camping trip. 

But then why couldn’t he go to the Halloween Hop, or the sleepover for that matter, or literally anything? 

Was his curfew no exceptions, or was there some other reason he couldn’t go out on Saturday. Maybe he couldn’t bear to sleep away from home? Mary had known some kids like that, but that was when they were all little, there was no way that could be going on with Jim now, could it?

Mary wanted to trust him, she already trusted Jim and Toby more than any other boys their age. 

But Jim was lying to her, to all of them.

Her fingers dug into the fabric of her jeans and Jim babbled on about the imaginary camping trip that prevented him from joining them that weekend. She was one bad decision away from reaching across the table and shaking him by the shoulders, demanding actual answers.

Quick as the thought crossed her mind, a hot wave of shame followed. 

Stealing the truth wasn’t the right way to go. Mary wanted to know what was going on with Jim, but that didn’t entitle her to his dirty laundry.

She had learned that lesson the same week she met him.

Mary took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down. Jim was a friend, her friend, and she would let him keep his secrets. He could share them in his own time.

“Fine, if you can’t go you can’t go,” Mary said with she hoped was a friendly, not insincere looking, smile “Just let me know when you and your mom are going camping, that way I can plan around it, ok?”

Jim beamed back at her “You betcha,”

[sips-tea-cutely]

w

was the joke that bad

also the idea of representing my section in the annual quiz bee is fun and all

but i just realized i'm going up against the smartest kids in school,,,

👁👁.

also go go bestie you can do it !!

[nocaptainreuben]

My YALC 2018 Plan

I had planned to do a few more posts in this series – along with reviewing way more books than I managed, I wanted to do a ‘Top Tips for Surviving the Weekend’ and such – but as we’ve established, I’m terrible at this blogging malarkey, and I’ve simply run out of time! :p However, as I head down to London today, there’s still time for one last roundup before the action begins. So, here’s what I’ve got planned as a loose schedule for the weekend.

I’m really excited that this year, for the first time, I get to share the experience of YALC with my bookish besties, so we’ve booked a hotel room for the three of us and we’re making a lovely weekend trip of it! Zaide and Bee are heading up to me this morning, and my lovely Dad is being kind enough to drive us all down to London so we don’t have to spend a fortune on parking. I’ve heard that this year, we’re allowed to pick up our wristbands the day before it all kicks off, saving us time on Friday morning, so once we’ve checked into our hotel, we’ll head over to exchange our tickets and then grab some dinner before starting the action. Tonight, as a kind of YALC warm-up, we’re heading to Forbidden Planet for a signing event with Josh Martin, Taran Matharu, Matt Killeen and more wonderful sci-fi/fantasy authors. Then we’ll be heading back and trying to get a decent night’s sleep so we’re all fresh and energised for the morning, although let’s face it, it’s basically like Christmas Eve, so who can calm down enough to fall straight asleep?!

I’ve been pretty ruthless with picking my books to take with me, so I never have more than five a day, and my picks for Friday are:

I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman

Things A Bright Girl Can Do by Sally Nicholls

Asking For It by Louise O’Neill

As well as meeting these authors and getting my books signed, I’m planning on hitting up a few of the panels, like ‘Can We Be Friends?’, ‘Centenary of the Women’s Vote’, and ‘Where Will You Be in Five Years?’. There’s always plenty going on in the communal areas as well, with books to buy, competitions to enter and activities to take part in, so I think Friday will be a sort of settling in day for me, seeing what’s available and getting into the groove of things.

Once the day has wrapped up, I’ll be heading across the street to the Hand and Flower pub, for the Floored Pub Quiz. I went to Non Pratt’s fundraising effort, QuizYA, last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, so I can’t wait to get my teeth stuck into another quiz, teamed up with some of my all-time favourite authors!

Saturday is when the most is happening for me. Typically, some of the things I’m most interested in clash with each other, so I’ll have to see how I’m feeling on the day and prioritise when I get there. One thing I’d like to maybe take part in is the ‘Stop! Collaborate and Listen!’ workshop with the Floored Seven, and of course, I’m taking my book with me and hoping to get it signed by all of them afterwards. If you follow me anywhere online you’ll know I’m passionate about lots of social issues (basically I’m a big old leftie snowflake :p), so of course I’d love to sit in on the ‘Politics on the Page’, ‘My Body, My Way’, and ‘Loud and Proud’ discussions, but we’ll see what kind of time I get. Perhaps the one thing that’s most important to me in the whole weekend, is the chance to meet Tom and Giovanna Fletcher, so I’ll definitely be watching their talk and heading over to the signing area afterwards. And if I get the chance, there’s a few other authors I’d like to meet and gush to, so the books I’ll be taking with me are:

Noah Can’t Even by Simon James Green

Skylarks by Karen Gregory

White Rabbit Red Wolf by Tom Pollock

Eve of Man by Giovanna and Tom Fletcher

Floored by Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood

On Sunday, the lovely Holly Bourne is running an origami workshop based on her new book, Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes which I’d definitely like to attend. I’m also interested in the ‘Real World, Real Me’ and ‘Who Am I?’ panels, and I’ll be bringing along I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan and Clean by Juno Dawson to get signed. Often towards the end of the day on Sunday, the exhibitors start to reduce the price of some of their books to get rid of them, so I might be able to get a couple of cheeky bargains on the last day as well. Once things wrap up, we’ll probably all be super tired, so chances are we’ll be grabbing something suitably unhealthy for dinner and heading back to the hotel to flop on our beds. After hopefully a nice, big, refreshing sleep, we’ll be checking out of the hotel and heading back up to the Midlands on Monday morning to get back to normal.

…And start immediately counting down to next year. ;p

Hopefully I’ll post some more YALC-y content after the weekend is over, with some photos from the event, a roundup of what I actually ended up doing (‘cause y’know, plans never go to plan) and maybe some more reviews of books I didn’t get round to talking about before. But if you’re not going to be there this weekend and you can’t wait that long for more bookish content, head to my twitter and Instagram where I’ll certainly be updating you over the next few days. You can also follow the YALC accounts and YALC hashtags, and I know a lot of bloggers, authors, and publishers will most likely be running giveaways and things for people who can’t attend, so keep an eye on those. If you are going to be at YALC this weekend, come and say hello! I’ll be posting a selfie every day showing what I’m wearing and whatnot, and I love chatting to online friends and meeting new people, so please don’t be shy about introducing yourself. :)

[thenextrush]

What makes Netflix reality shows different?

Netflix has taken a responsible approach when it comes to reality television that you know other major networks would have botched.   In an age where several suicides have been linked to inadequate social / mental health support post-show on Love Island, psychological injuring of contestants exploited through editing  on House Rules and mass scrutiny from its audiences, the irony of reality television which so many enjoy can be arguably based on a distorted (or condensed) truths.

Netflix’s stable of reality shows take familiar concepts of dating show formats infusing a mature approach in the vain of The Circle and Love is Blind.  Like its predecessors, Too Hot to Handle centres around  building an emotional connection with potential partners. The contestants that have been assembled range from models, elite influencers, alphas and Queen bees from the UK & Ireland, USA and Australia who have no shortage of attention when it comes to prospecting dates and hookups.

The ones to watch:  Chloe, Harry & Rhonda

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you someone else. Is the greatest accomplishment. 🦋#fieldofdreams #beyou #livelife #loveyourself

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As contestant Chloe explains on the show, “I feel like I’m in rehabilitation,, except of the mind”.   It’s this simple realisation that suddenly makes the entire cast of untouchables – relateable.   Personalities clash of course, however the ‘Big Brother’ conduit in this competition,  “Lana” the robot / artificial intelligence takes on . more of a mediator role setting and enforcing the rules of the house, allocating penalties and coordinating workshops to help diffuse rivalries.

Chloe provides a 50 Shades of Grey Disney Princess element of comedy in the very serious self discovery journey as she attains a new level of growth in her emotional and social intelligence, she needs a spin-off series!

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How good is winter in Australia 🇦🇺☀️⁣ ⁣ Don’t mind my puppy voice 🤦🏽‍♂️🐶

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When it comes to Harry, you get the sense, he’s use to life just dealing out a good hand everytime he walks into a room, because his relationship with Francesca ‘Kardashian’ potentially could have costed the group $32,000 in prize money had it not been for Lana’s redemption test at the eleventh hour.  Have I lost you?  Without giving too much away, if a contestant puts any part of another part of contestant in their mouth without Lana’s permission, the group has money deducted from the prize pot!   Any other network would have let that go and waited for the fireworks but the maiden voyage of the sizzling debut gave everyone ‘a happy ending’ (see what I did there :)).

By the way – does anyone know anyone under 25 who uses “possum” as a pet name?  Only someone like Harry could pull that off, otherwise you’d throw someone like that in to the “weird uncle” pile, you know – the one that touches you inappropriately at family gatherings?  Moving on….

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Rhonda’s relationship journey is the the third main one the show revolves around acting as an anchor against Chloe’s flirtations and yo-yo-ing between Bryce and Kori.  One’s the man she should want and the other is the classic choice of the ‘old Chloe’.   Harry and Francesca act as a catalyst with their actions affecting the whole group while Rhonda and Sharron’s seems to be the stable and consistent one.

Without these three participants and there love interests, there wouldn’t really be much of a show or anything to talk about as they bring out raw instinct, struggle with old ways as they search for a new sense of self while bringing heaps of laughs and relationship lessons we can all pick apart and learn from!

Moments that are Too Hot to Handle in pictures:

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How long’s the binge:

just 8 episodes each lasting just over 40-45 minutes, making the total watch time just over 5 hours.

Other Reality Series Netflix Originals to watch:

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With my main gal @chloeveitchofficial 🥰 You’ll learn a little bit about myself and Chloe in this quiz 😜. Do you think you’d pass this quiz with your bestie?❤️

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