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fighttoshine · 4 years ago

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Willex Week Day 7 - Gift Exchange

Hey! I took part in the Willex Week Gift Exchange and got to make a gift for @thatsvery-nice, who asked for the the fluffiest thing possible with these boys. Sadly this isn’t maximum fluff levels - Willie’s a tiny bit sad and nervous - but it’s hopefully soft and fluffy enough for you to enjoy.

(Later today or tomorrow morning I’ll also post this to AO3 and link that in a reblog, if anyone wants to read it there!)

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When the credits roll on Attack of The Clones, Reggie’s head pops up from where he was resting it in Julie’s lap. “Alex,” He says, drawing out the last syllable, and Alex groans.

Willie gives Alex a curious look as he tips his head back, resting it on the back of the couch with his eyes closed. The band have been part of Molina Movie Nights for a few months now, but this is the first time Alex has invited Willie. It’s almost an honour to join in the family tradition, although a little confusing when something happens and Willie’s the only one who doesn’t know what’s going on.

Like right now, as Reggie gives Alex his very best puppy eyes.

“Please Alex, you’re the best at making cocoa,” Julie says, also pouting at Alex. “Luke burns the milk and Reggie uses too much sugar and I know you tried teaching me, but I’m just not as good as you.”

Julie stops there, but from his place at her side, curled up under her arm, Luke takes over. “Also, this time you have a kitchen assistant!”

Alex lifts his head to frown at Luke. “Do I?”

“Yeah!” The biggest grin appears on Reggie’s face, and he gestures to Willie. “I bet Willie can help with the cocoa!”

“Exactly - Willie can help out!” Luke says. He’s now smirking at Alex, and although Willie would have offered to help before, he’s not sure he wants to any more. “Because there’s also that other thing in the kitchen, that Willie should know about.”

Yeah, Willie definitely doesn’t want to leave the couch now.

“It’s nothing bad, Willie,” Julie tells him, her voice gentle and kind. “These two are just being idiots. I promise you, you’re gonna want Alex to show you this.”

Willie turns to Alex, who’s smiling warmly at him, and all his fears melt away. The others may not realise how fragile he’s been feeling lately, how lost and alone he’s been since they freed him from the club and he moved into a spare room in the Wilsons mansion, but Alex knows. And if Alex thinks this is okay, that it’s a good surprise, then Willie will trust him.

They walk to the kitchen, just in case Ray or Carlos are in there, and Alex takes Willie over to one of the top cupboards. “So, this is where we keep the movie nights stuff,” Alex explains, opening the door. “We have popcorn and chips on the top shelf, and the cocoa powder on this one, along with a mug for each person.”

Willie nods along, and grins at the mugs. Each one is a different colour, and Willie can already guess who they all belong to, even before Alex tells him.

“So the dark red is for Carlos - it was his mom’s, but he broke his and Ray and Julie said he could have that one instead - and brown is for Ray.” Alex leaves those, and starts taking down the others. “Red is Reggie’s, and Luke’s is blue. Julie has purple and I have pink, and-”

Willie ducks his head, letting his hair fall around his face to hide his disappointment. “And I guess I’m borrowing a mug for tonight.”

With a huff, Alex shoves a mug into Willie’s hands. “And we had a lot of debate about what colour you’d want, but I pulled the boyfriend card and got you this one. I hope it’s okay.”

The ceramic mug is cool in Willie’s hands, with a tag dangling from the handle, and Willie slips it under his curtain of hair to examine it. The gift tag reads for Willie, welcome to Molina Movie Nights! in Julie’s beautiful loopy writing, and the mug matches the others, with a white handle and strip around the base. Willie’s, however, is a bright spring green, the kind that reminds him of flower buds, just before they blossom into roses or tulips or daffodils. The colour makes Willie think of hope, of the promise of something new and beautiful and precious, and between the thoughts of hope and the warmth and love his friends have shown through this mug, Willie feels tears start to gather at his eyes.

“We - we can change it if you want, if you don’t like it,” Alex says slowly, his fingers tapping on the counter. “I was the only one who said green - Reggie suggested orange, because it’s fun and creative, and Julie wanted to get yellow, because it’s so bright and happy and - and Luke mentioned the light blue, because you’re so cool, although none of us listened - I think he only wanted a blue buddy anyway-”

“Alex.”

Willie chokes on his boyfriend’s name, and the sharp intake of breath from Alex tells Willie they’re only moments away from a panic attack.

“No Alex, I’m not-” Willie puts his mug down with the others and pushes his hair back out the way, so he can show Alex the huge smile he’s wearing, along with the tears. “It’s kind of the best present I’ve ever got,” Willie tells him, reaching out to touch Alex’s arm. “And I love the colour, I really do.”

Alex exhales slowly, a tentative smile on his face. “Okay - yeah, okay.”

“And, uh.” Willie gives his arm a squeeze, and a tiny little tug. “And I’d really like to hug you now, if that’s alright?”

Instead of answering, Alex wraps his arms around Willie, one hand on the back of Willie’s head to rest it against his shoulder. In return Willie puts his arms around Alex’s waist, pulling him closer as he clings to Alex’s thick hoody. It feels right, standing in the Molinas' kitchen with Alex holding him, in a way that Willie hasn’t felt right for so many years now.

Eventually they make the cocoa. Alex shows Willie how to do it, and Willie listens carefully to every step. The five mugs are lined up along the counter - along with Ray’s, when he gets home from a late shoot, still buzzing from the awesome shots he got - and the warm chocolate-y milk is split between them, then topped with marshmallows and cream. Somehow they carry all the mugs in, Alex carrying two with one of his big hands, and they settle down for the next movie, Labyrinth. Willie curls up with Alex to drink his cocoa, and once he’s finished, shuffles down to rest his head in Alex’s lap, and drifts in and out of sleep for the rest of the movie.

However for a long time Willie just stands there in the kitchen, holding on tight to Alex, and lets himself be happy.

#willex week #willex week gift exchange #jatp fanfic #(i hope i've got those tags right)#(i'm not very good at tagging to get people to see things)#sooo hope you all enjoy this #i don't write a lot of really fluffy things so this may not be what was asked for #but i tried my best

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kaiowut99 · 3 years ago

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Phew, finally finished re-finalizing my finalized GX stuff so far!

Over the last few weeks well I guess months--initially while I waited for some potential editing help for 65, then [once I canned the last fix I’d planned; sorry to those I may have slightly annoyed with my casual reblogs about it] just to get it all done while in Rome before double-releasing 65 and 66--I’ve been giving my scripts one final look-through to fix any consistency or formatting issues with my newer stuff (things like my starting to use “Fusion Undone” as De-Fusion’s translated name before accidentally going back to “Fusion Cancel” or turning “Miss Asuka” back to “Asuka-san” since I’d meant to use that whenever “Asuka-sama” was used, or the way I’d italicize contractions or capitalize things), and also to sort of go and do things I should’ve done initially (like translating Daitokuji’s nyas into meows, the logic being that it’s what we’d hear in English anyway; hopefully this is one that goes over well?). Basically just to cross them off my list so I don’t go back to them at all. The plan is also to work on new finalized MKV softsubs that I’ll release on NAC for those who’d like ‘em, since Zeratul (who’d provided them before) hasn’t in a long while, and once I do them for 1-66, they’ll be a thing going forward.

While I was at it, I applied some other animation/footage fixes to things I hadn’t picked up on in my initial finalizing run-through as I started doing them, or polished a couple that I did. Some might wonder “why put in the effort for quick shots or at all no one cares,” but as I’ve mentioned before, as someone who loves GX with some [I think good?] skills using Photoshop/video editing and an eye for detail, I figured if I have time to improve it for people (especially those who might notice the same errors I did) where the staff didn’t take the chance to do so on the DVDs (where they usually would), then why not? (I was actually inspired to do it by KaiserNeko doing the same for DBZ during DBZ Abridged.) The fixes I work on are done for both my hardsubs and the DVDRips I release with the scripts over on NAC, and there’s a thread there with the original DVDRips I work off of as well, in case anyone doesn’t like them (most/all of my finalized Season 1 scripts were re-timed for them by someone there, but I’ll take some time out to do it myself too now that I’ve re-finalized them), along with the CR subs which I’ve said should be shown love too. I’ll list these new fixes out below by each episode, for anyone super curious about the details; some are kind of interesting, lol. (Did my best to format it so it’s readable, too, lol.)

So, yeah--keep an eye out for the links to actually-final 1-64 on my stream masterpost to be updated along with 65 and 66 once I post them (probably tomorrow), I’ll be updating the links in my NAC thread to the hardsubs and scripts I’ve re-finalized along with any DVDRips updated with the fixes below, and as I get work going on 67+ (which I’ve started a bit of) I’ll work on batches of the softsub MKVs for folks. For people looking forward to my 65 and 66, really appreciate the patience the past couple of months; hoping to work on some double-releases to make up some time.

Extra-Final Fixes!

Episode 4 (Since I didn’t include a list of the previous fixes I’d worked on in the original release post, I’ll include those here in italics; the new ones here were mainly noticed as I worked on 66 given the flashback to Judai and Manjoume’s duel here--the edits were applied there first, then I went back and applied them here. The fixes I’d already done were applied to the flashback in 66 as needed.)

As Judai takes damage from Clayman’s destruction by VW-Tiger Catapult, Judai’s LP start counting down from 3808 and not 4000; I fixed it in Sony Vegas by masking in a LP counter starting from 4000 for a few frames.

As Judai prods Manjoume into choosing a card from his hand for A Hero Appears’s effect, Manjoume’s part of a split-screen has part of his blazer semi-faded for a frame; I corrected it by just duplicating a later frame.

As Judai’s LP take a hit from V-to-Z destroying Burstlady, there are four frames where the upper part of his Disk is missing the bottom part that extends out--but it shows up in the next frame, which also causes Judai’s Disk wrist grip to vanish for the rest of the shot before Shou’s split-screen comes on, as the parts of his arm for it are colored like his jacket sleeve. To fix the first issue, I used Photoshop to draw on that bottom part in that first frame, then masked it into the shot in Sony Vegas for the other three frames. The second issue I fixed by recoloring his sleeve to account for the wrist grip, then masking the edit into the shot while masking the little destroyed Solid Vision bits above the edit.

Had a few things going on here. First, after Manjoume mocks Judai being wide open just after the above, we have one of many recycled shots through the episode where Judai insists that he’s still got fight in him--the initial frame has Judai in the same position as edit #3 ends with his wrist grip missing, but it reappears as he moves to stand firm while the shading on the lefthand side of his Disk’s Cemetery slot is wonky for a couple of frames. Second, as Judai moves back into his initial position, that shading is normal but the wrist grip again disappears into his sleeve, and this time that bottom bit of his Disk’s upper part is colored as part of Judai’s sleeve, making his arm shorter. Third, as Judai moves to draw, the wrist grip reappears and that bottom part is now colored properly, but Judai’s arm isn’t extended like it was at the start of the shot. Finally, as Judai draws, the wrist grip is there but that whole part of his wrist is colored like it (no red noting the end of his jacket sleeve). I fixed the first issue by copying the wrist grip edit from #3 and copying the moving Cemetery slot shading from the second part here. The second issue was fixed once I again copied the wrist grip edit from #3, along with using the initial frame to mask in the correct Disk/forearm coloring. Then, I fixed the third issue by copying the rest of the area below the Disk’s bottom bit from the later shot in edit #7 below where it was colored correctly. I fixed the last issue by recoloring the first wrist grip curve into red for the end of Judai’s jacket sleeve for five frames.

As Manjoume’s V-to-Z aims directly at Judai, as he discards two to activate Evolutionary/Transcendant Wings, the Winged Kuriboh on his Disk is in Attack Mode when it’s in Defense on the field; I blanked its Monster Zone in Photoshop and then added a Winged Kuriboh proxy in AfterEffects correctly in Defense Mode.

As Judai swings his arm around telling Winged Kuriboh LV10 to “send all that energy right back” at Manjoume, the spot on his Disk where Winged Kuriboh LV10 appears for a few frames is colored like the Monster Zone it’s on; I just applied a Winged Kuriboh LV10 proxy above it for those frames.

Again, a few things here as we recycle the Judai shot in edit #4 (but he’s smiling so it’s different~). First, after Manjoume mocks Judai’s idea of him drawing a 1000-ATK-or-higher Monster to finish him, the initial frame of this shot is pulled from just before Judai moves to draw in edit #4 because the wrist grip is missing along with the bottom bit of his Disk being colored like his jacket. Then, as Judai moves to draw and grabs a card from his deck, as his Disk arm swings upward for a few frames, the wrist grip area is first 90% colored like his sleeve, with half of the first curve of it on his sleeve colored like the grip, before it’s fully colored like his sleeve for the other frames. Finally, as Judai fully draws and his Disk swings back to the bottom of the shot (recycling Judai’s position post-draw in edit #4), the wrist grip is gone, but also Judai’s undershirt is miscolored, part of the folds on Judai’s jacket sleeve near his elbow are colored like his Disk, and his Disk is miscolored or missing a few details compared to the earlier shot (like the bottom side of the blue LP orb being colored blue as well and not the Disk’s gray as before). I fixed the first issue by copying the fixed initial frame from edit #4, masking it in Vegas to just use the Disk/wrist grip area. The second issue was fixed as I recolored the wrist grip area such that the first curve was fully red and the rest was wrist-grip-colored for the three frames of Judai’s Disk arm going upward. I fixed the third issue by just masking in Judai’s Disk and arm (up to the edge of his wrist) from the earlier correctly-colored shot, while also masking in his correctly-colored undershirt.

As Judai summons Featherman--to Shou and Chronos’s surprise--and has him lunge at Manjoume for the finisher, the black faraway box that is Featherman on his Disk disappears as Shou and Chronos slide in on a split-screen, and it’s still gone as they slide back out. I fixed this in Vegas by just masking that black box on to stay longer, masking in Shou’s split-screen over it before and after it slides in.

Episode 8 (Original release post; as with episode 4′s, these new errors were mainly noticed as I worked on 66 given the flashback to Judai and Ryou’s duel here--the edits were applied there first, then I went back and applied them here. The fixes I made before were applied to the flashback in 66, as well.)

After Judai thinks about how well Ryou played his first move, he draws Fusion for his turn, but as he draws it, it’s a dark-orange rectangle in his hand; I added a Fusion proxy over it in AfterEffects for the quick 2-3 frames it’s in.

After Judai’s first hit on him, Ryou draws and Special-Summons another Cyber Dragon, but visually he’s playing a Monster in face-down Defense Mode on his second Monster Zone--we see this Cyber Dragon in Zone 3 a few shots later as he uses Revival of the Dead to bring back his first Cyber Dragon. The dub fixed this by making his Disk arm move such that Ryou’s hand lands on Zone 3, with the card in his hand a dubified Cyber Dragon, and I opted to work that into the footage here by masking their moving Disk over the original shot in Vegas, redoing the sky background behind it and masking in parts of Ryou and his hand to make it blend well while also adding some detail to the Disk in Photoshop to compensate for the slightly lower quality. Then, I replaced the dubified card with a Japanese Cyber Dragon proxy in AE. I worked on this in 66 first (as highlighted here), but I unfortunately couldn’t just copy that edit completely here, since the footage in 66 has a bit more brightness/contrast to it that I couldn’t dial down accurately to make it blend in to the darker footage here; this is definitely the kind of error that would normally be fixed on the Japanese DVDs, so why it wasn’t is a mystery.

As the screen zooms in on Judai after Ryou declares Cyber Twin’s attack, he’s missing Thunder Giant on his Disk’s third Monster Zone; I added a proxy onto it in AE and masked the red bulb on his Disk over it in Vegas. It’s tiny and a quick shot, but for consistency’s sake and all. (I’d previously only added that missing Thunder Giant as it zooms out while he activates A Hero Appears).

As Judai thinks about how Evolutionary Wings would evolve his Winged Kuriboh and the screen fades and zooms out to Bubbleman on his field, he’s missing Bubbleman on his Disk in his third Monster Zone. I added it in AE, then keyframed this zoom-out for it accordingly in Vegas.

Right after #4 above, as Judai notes that he can’t Normal-Summon again this turn, we see Mudballman--which he hasn’t summoned yet--in Defense Mode on his Disk. When I first fixed this, I put Bubbleman in its place, but accidentally in Defense Mode (given that he’s in Attack Mode right now), so I fixed my own correction by blanking the third Monster Zone Mudballman was on and slapping Bubbleman on in Attack Mode in AE, moving it along with Judai’s Disk. (Still not sure why the dub decided Mudballman = VW Catapult or something apparently lol)

Episode 10 (Original release post listing the original two fixes that were done)

After Mei draws out his Sanga thanks to Kyuu’s Dark Designator card, during the panning shot as Mei adds it to his hand (before they tell Judai and Shou they’ll enlighten them about Tag Dueling), the Defense-Mode Burstlady on Judai’s Disk is shown reversed; I just applied a proxy in AfterEffects on top of it so it was correctly shown with the name box facing left.

After summoning Steam Gyroid, as Shou notes that summoning Hyuga left Kyuu without a defending Monster, the above shot is recycled--this time, reversed so it pans from Shou to Judai, but also has Judai react to what Shou’s saying--and so is the error with Burstlady on his Disk. Again, just applied a proxy in AE to fix it, moving it as Judai moves his Disk.

As Shou looks down in disappointment after his Steam Gyroid’s attack ran into Hyuga’s effect, Judai turns to give him some words of encouragement, but as his Disk moves with him, we see the Defense-Mode Burstlady on his Disk again facing the wrong way. Just slapped a proxy on in AE and moved it as Burstlady’s Zone came into view.

After Gate Guardian destroys Shou’s Steam Gyroid, as Chronos watches on and notes Shou’s timidity vs Judai’s stubbornness while the two look on at the Meikyuu Brothers, we see the Defense-Mode Burstlady on Judai’s Disk facing the wrong way again. Fixed it by placing the proxy again in AE, then zooming it out accordingly as the shot zooms out.

After Mei sets a card and Judai prepares to draw for his turn, there’s a yellow rectangle where his Defense-Mode Burstlady should be. Applied a proxy in AE over it to fix the issue.

Episode 11 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As Kyuu draws once Judai sets a card to end his turn using Spark Gun on Gate Guardian, the spot on his Disk where Defense Wall in Defense Mode would be has an Attack-Mode-shaped hole where you can see the blue of the stands behind him! I fixed it by making a Defense Wall proxy that I slapped on in Defense Mode in AfterEffects, moving it with his Disk. For the tail end of the shot where the Zone is fully visible, I also filled in the hole with the Zone color in Photoshop and then applied the proxy.

As Shou declares Gate Guardian the target of his Shield Crush, the card back for the one card in his hand is miscolored. I fixed it by redrawing the usual card back in Photoshop for the frames it’s in, Gaussian Blurring it so it blends in, before he turns and they’re out of the shot.

After Mei ends his turn having attacked Drillroid with Dark Guardian amused at Shou’s standing back up thanks to Judai, as Judai draws for his turn, his face-down card is miscolored. I recolored it in Photoshop for the few frames it’s in, working it into the footage in Vegas.

After Judai draws from Pot of Greed after the above, he goes on to activate Fusion Gate, but Sparkman on his Disk is reversed; I applied a proxy in AE facing upright, then keyframed it to the zoom-out here in Vegas.

As Judai realizes he’ll need to give up Skyscraper so Tempester can survive Dark Guardian’s attack, the Tempester card on his Disk is reversed; I applied a proxy in AE facing upright, then keyframed it to the zoom-out here in Vegas.

As Judai and Shou reel from the above attack once Kyuu ends his turn, Shou has a Normal Monster card where Drillroid would be on his Disk. I fixed it by slapping on a proxy in AE for the couple of frames it’s visible in before Shou moves his Disk so it’s not onscreen.

I polished my edit to Misawa to keep his sideburns still in episode 12 and added it to the equivalent shot in the preview here.

Episode 12 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As noted in 11′s #7, I polished my original fix to Misawa’s moving sideburns as a buffed-up Hell Soldier took out his Hydroggedon so it blended in more with the smoke and everything going on in the shot; looks better now.

As Manjoume declares Hell Burner’s attack on Misawa, there are two quick frames where it’s a yellow rectangle on his Disk; I applied a Hell Burner proxy in AE accordingly.

Episode 18 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

After Kagurazaka brings back Berfomet to take the hit from Thunder Giant and he starts his turn, as he activates Reincarnation of the Dead, there’s a quick frame where it shrinks in his hand as the shot zooms out--I fixed this by just duplicating the frame just before where it’s normal.

After Kagurazaka summons the Gazelle he added to his hand above, he then activates Swords of Sealing Light, but there’s a quick frame where it’s just a yellow shape in his hand. Easy fix by slapping a proxy in AE.

Episode 30 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As Shou and Hayato realize they’re no longer being boiled alive, Hayato audibly asks, “Huh? Where are we?”, but his lips only move for the “Huh?” part of that as he lifts his head. To fix this, I used the couple of flaps as he lifts his head and tweaked/resized them so they would work after his head’s lifted, adjusted to fit his line.

Episode 31 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As Chronos sets a card down after Camula brings out another Immortal Werewolf, Antique Gear Soldier on his Disk is shown as a Normal Monster Card; I originally fixed this by slapping on a proxy in AfterEffects while the shot was still, then keyframe-zooming it out in Vegas, but at the time, I didn’t account for Chronos’s swinging arm, so the card was superimposed over his hand for a frame or two as it swung over that Zone. I’ve masked his hand over my edit now, so that’s fixed.

Episode 38 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

After Judai summons Wildman in Defense Mode to start the duel and the lights suddenly go out (prompting the “duel of darkness/duel in the seas” mixup...), we see Wildman’s in Attack Mode on the field despite its Defense posture. I fixed it by applying a proxy there, then masking Wildman’s lower body and the shadow coming from his sheathed sword on top of it.

Episode 46 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As Judai reminisces about the past year, he flashes back to his duel with Ryou in episode 8 and his Featherman being vaporized by Cyber Dragon; I added back the fix I did to Judai’s Disk in removing his destroyed Featherman for the few frames it’s onscreen. Because the flashback fades to white right then too, I also added a quick mostly-transparent layer of white over the blanked zone to replicate the start of the fade to white so it blended in.

As Judai then looks over at Shou and Hayato and he remembers his first encounters with them (a bit reanimated, too), there’s a quick frame where Hayato’s gritted-teeth mouth disappears before it closes into a line for his mouth. Fixed by just reusing a frame of his mouth in the same position and moved it into place in the panning shot.

Episode 51 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

As Ryou notes that Judai’s studied up on him by choosing to go second, Judai slides in on a split-screen, but the top of his hair’s miscolored. Fixed by recoloring it in Photoshop, then working it into the footage in Vegas by moving it into place as he slides in.

As Ryou uses Time Capsule to hide away his Fusion Undone/De-Fusion for later and Judai thinks back to his move in episode 8 leading to his activating Power Bond, I added back my fix to Ryou’s Disk to add on his missing two Cyber Dragons and the one Cyber Dragon in his hand, grayscaling it and adding visual noise to it to blend with the flashback.

Episode 54 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

After Chronos pins his hopes on Manjoume, as Gokaido draws for his turn, we see an error where his Disk apparently partially vanishes for two movement frames--it seems the animation staff forgot to put the background layer behind his Disk there or something, lol. I fixed this by actually filling in the rest of his Disk in Photoshop for those two frames, first by filling in the Disk itself and then painting on the rest of the Monster Zone at the edge of the frame, and then just added them to the video in Vegas.

Episode 59 (Original release post listing the original fixes that were done)

After Shining Flare Wingman returns while Ed explains Misfortune’s effect, of the D-Heroes on his Duel Disk, we see Diamondguy and Diehardguy reversed. I originally slapped on proxies for them positioned correctly in AfterEffects on the frame after the slow zoom-out stops, then in Vegas I used that frame to re-do the initial zoom-out, but while I usually add a slight blur to the proxies, I noticed that they were a bit too blurry as the zoom-out started. So I redid it and lightened the blur, while also touching up the bit as Misfortune’s light envelops Ed and his Disk so the light over them blends in more.

Episode 62 (Original release post, though I didn’t do any fixes before)

As Judai uses Dandylion’s effect to summon his two Fluff Tokens, Cocoon Dolphina--visually in Defense Mode on the field--is in Attack Mode on Judai’s Disk in the panning shot to them. I fixed it by first blanking the Zone in Photoshop, then placing a proxy in the Zone for one frame in AfterEffects before I re-panned that frame for the shot.

#subbing rambling #good to have gotten all that done #thought it'd be good to get that re-finalizing out of the way now #but yeah #main reason why i'd been away for most of the past few weeks #[along with work being a bit stressful as i caught up on stuff]#[you go on vacation for *one* week...]#anyway thanks for bearing with me lol

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ouransisters · 4 years ago

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I'm speed running this bitch

On my new blog I just got 4 followers in the first week I can't believe this is working

Knowing the right tags and what to reblog helps, but im still surprised its working this well

Can't wait until I can start reblogging popular content (the fanart is really good!) But if I want followers then I cant have stuff that probably already came across their dash

It'll all be worth if even one person from there watches my streams when I starts streaming, but until then I got a character study to write. I've got several people who like and reblog a good portion of my posts, so hopefully the character study will push them over into following me.

I also need to look into smaller blogs with really good theories and ideas that I can add onto. It'll let me make more personal relationships and allow others to see a discussion, which do surprisingly well on this blog. The mcyt fandom is big enough that it'll really carry off if the right people see it

I'm also showing up regularly in the tags, so hopefully that'll make more people read my longer posts

My biggest barrier is honestly a lack of a pfp. I would pay someone to draw me one, but I dont think 20 bucks would be anything near enough, and I can't justify purchases larger than that. Maybe I can take a good screenshot of a game I play? If it's unique enough then it should do until I can afford to pay someone for art

There are so many things to consider, but at least I know tumblr enough to deal with them well enough

Twitter is a whole nother ball game. I dont know Twitter that well, but I know that people tend to like stuff thats similar to 2015 tumblr, so once I can figure out how to have more people see my posts I'll do better

I know I need to start tweeting about what's trending, but I really don't want to talk about politics and I dont know much about mainstream TV or sports

I finally got a follower on twitter though. I followed them a few days ago and occasionally retreat and reply to their tweets, so that works at least. I imagine that's crucial for your first few followers there

They turn out to have over 300 followers, so if they reblog my stuff then there's a chance it'll reach a broader audience. Of course probably not for a while, but once people see me a few times they'll be more likely to interact. I think shit posts would be a good way to get around that though. I'd be more memorable, so the next tweets of mine they see they'll be more likely to interact

I dont know Instagram that well, but once I start posting there it honestly isn't that difficult. People follow you to sell stuff, so that combined with some well edited pictures (im good enough with the brightness and contrast stuff) I won't need to put too much effort in to get started

I have talked about pintrest before and it was mostly a joke, but it is the platform I understand the most. I've gotten from 0 to 100 followers in a month on several occasions, so I know what to do. The problem is convincing people to watch my twitch, but is much easier is convincing people to follow my tumblr. The fandom content is largely based in tumblr posts, so if upload mine then its practically free advertisement. From my tumblr they can then go to my twitch, which would probably be a lot easier of a transition (I'm honestly mainly curious to see how well this'll work. I cant quite ignore where my strengths lie, and it is minimal effort)

Past all of that I might finally finish my discord tomorrow (image descriptions and other blog issues put me behind) so after that I can finally clean up my room. There's stuff still packed up from my dads from the summer

Once im done with that I can finally start streaming and I'll see what my efforts have done for me

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arc-gx · 5 years ago

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Heya peeps! (04.07.20)

So I just took forever getting to making this, but here it is

Arc-gx’s 100 Follower Flambé!

I thought it was amusing :/

Basically, this is a choose-your-own-adventure story. There’ll be a short story section which will culminate in some sort of decision for the characters to make, which is where the “choose-your-own” part comes in! All y’all need to do is put your choice in the reblogs or the comments and then whichever choice gets the most votes is the choice that determines the next part of the story or something like that (assuming I even get that many votes for things). Additionally I’ll make some drawings too I guess. Hopefully these things don’t take too long but no promises.

We’ll see how well this turns out.

Oh yeah and it’s a Sanders Sides story because I was gonna make my own thing but I had crap for ideas for that. So it’s a Sanders Sides story with all the characters (yes, I’m gonna put character!Thomas in somewhere)

Anyway, the first one is gonna be posted tomorrow. Supposedly.

You know what, no, I’m posting this now so I have to finish it for tomorrow.

Note: all the posts in this will be tagged #arc-gx’s 100 follower flambé and I’ll also try to edit this post as I go and link them all if I can figure out how to

#arc gx's 100 follower flambé

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rhys-ravenfeather · 5 years ago

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Off now.

So, today wasn’t too bad--though I kind of want to mentally kick myself, NGL. I’ve been living at this apartment for almost a week now, and I’m only now realizing that we’re next door to a Planet Fitness, PetCo, Dollar Tree, and other things.

On the plus side, it was nice to get out and do some walking around, look around those places...and hey, some of them are hiring! Might have to look into those if/when I want to change my job...

I was also able to finish and post a drawing, so if you haven’t already, give it a like and reblog? Just to humor me?

Well, going to help out at the True False film festival at the university tomorrow and Sunday, like I said, but when I get back, I’mma work on the next Myth City (and hopefully be able to catch up with some videos and stuff? I wanna watch SuperHorrorBro’s Let’s Play of BATDS so bad...TAT...)

Well, I’ll see you guys when I see you!

#rhys-ravenfeather signing out

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floofdjh · 6 years ago

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Better Than Me - Chapter 3

{Summary: Dan Howell is a camboy. At only eighteen, he’s already become popular on many porn websites and has been involved with a magazine. Desiring for someone to trust to create his darkest fantasies with, he downloads Tinder, where he meets the sweetest man alive. But surely this man could find someone better than Dan, couldn’t he? AO3 | Wattpad

Genre: fluff, angst, (eventual) smut, (eventual) romance, (a little bit of) slow burn

Word count: 2,772

Notes: thank you for all the support of this fic :)))

Dan ended up napping until late in the evening, still on Phil’s lap. He woke up a few hours later, sleepily blinking his eyes open and looking at the TV. The movie was way past over and was now playing some crappy late night show.

“You up?” Phil asked, watching him stir.

“Mm?” Dan turned his head to look at him. His fringe was a bit messy and he seemed to have napped too. Phil fetched his phone from the coffee table and checked the time.

“It’s getting dark, love, you want to spend the night?”

As much as Dan wanted to say yes, he shook his head no. “Don’t wanna sit around to bother you.”

He didn’t wanna be a bum, and he also knew he had to film a video early tomorrow before work, so if he stayed, the morning would be a little rushed. Plus, Dan didn’t know how much longer he could be around Phil without speeding up their relationship because he really, really just wanted to make out with those beautiful lips Phil had, with the perfect shade of pink and the perfect angles of his cupid’s bow. But he restricted himself and decided it was far too early.

“I have to work too.”

He hesitantly rose up from Phil’s lap, yawning and stretching. Phil stood up beside him and fixed his hair with his fingers, awkwardly watching Dan collect his things.

“I had a lot of fun, Phil,” Dan assures him.

“So did I,” Phil brightly smiles, and Dan chuckles a little bit at his tongue sticking out from his teeth.

They walk to Phil’s door and Dan doesn’t know what to do. Does he hug Phil, or kiss him, or shake his hand again?

“Goodnight Phil,” he mentions, aiming for a side hug. He supplies him a quick peck on the cheek, making his own cheeks burn and his dimple deepen.

“Goodnight Dan. Make sure you text me when you get home safe,” Phil says, grinning and blushing as well.

Dan found that sweet. He smiled at the ground as he left his flat, making his way to the stairs. He took a quick tube ride home, discovering they didn’t live too far from each other. Once he got home, he set his things on the island of his kitchen and made sure to send the text.

Dan: i’m safe at home you nerd

Phil: <3 Dan felt warm and bubbly. Phil made the date a thousand times better than the anxiety in his head told him it was going to be. They had a lot of fun chatting, walking, and eventually napping on Phil’s couch.

While Dan got ready for bed, he inspected his deemed ‘rosy patch’ in the mirror, and decided it was his new favorite part of his body. He curled up in bed in only boxers, opening his blog and reblogging from his dashboard here and there, supporting some other camboys and promoting the newest magazine issue for the company he’d been working for. His feature in the magazine wasn’t posted, but he hoped his boost would draw attention to his fans and make them want to purchase the magazine.

Once he settled in his covers, he answered some quick messages on his Tumblr blog.

Anonymous asked: where were you all day? :’( camboydan answered: kissing boys Anonymous asked: Your captions are funny. What’s your favorite one you’ve written? camboydan answered: probably the gif of me borderline fisting myself with the caption “me thinking about your dad” Anonymous asked: I will anal you camboydan answered: romance at its finest Anonymous asked: favorite toy? camboydan answered: it’s in the post, some angel just ordered it for me <3 i will make a video once it arrives ^_^ He logged off of Tumblr after a few minutes, then sent Phil a quick text message. Dan: goodnight <3 He placed his phone on his stomach, looking up at the darkness of his ceiling. Phil was so unbelievably sweet. He felt a genuine connection, and honestly could get used to this much affection and care. But he wasn’t so sure about in the bedroom. Dan might feel bad when he admits to all his kinks and fantasies and Phil doesn’t want that. He wouldn’t do anything Phil was uncomfortable with, but knowing himself he’d probably feel like he was missing out if all he could get was vanilla, if that. Dan wanted to hurt, wanted to have someone control him, he wanted to experience so much with someone. But if Phil could help with that, he didn’t know.

He felt his phone buzz against his skin. Phil: I thought you were a night owl, guess I’ll stay up online by myself then Phil: Goodnight though, I loved hanging out with you today xx Dan smiled at his phone, feeling warm and giddy. Dan: i am, i can stay up if you’d like. i’m a little restless at the moment Phil: Okay :) Dan: i have never really paid attention to my “rosy patch” before :P

Phil: No? Phil: I think it’s adorable and you should definitely pay more attention to it Dan: awwr thank uuu :] Dan: what did you think of our date? was i super awkward i’m sry Phil: I’m awkward too so it’s okay Phil: I had fun and I felt happy all day, I enjoy talking/going on walks/watching movies/napping with you Dan: me toooo it made me all gushy :3 Phil: Me too :]

Phil: You’re cute when you snore as well Dan: omg ;__; you’re too sweet to me The two continued to flirt, disgusting and gushy as always. Dan was grinning adorably at his phone late into the night until his eyes stung. He had a feeling this would soon become routine with Phil to text.

Dan: i’m half asleep i’m actually gonna go to sleep now, thanks for telling me about your weird childhood and your cheesy pickup lines ^_^ <3

Phil: You’re welcome, sleep well love x

Dan reached across his bed for his imaginary Phil pillow, nuzzling his face into the side of it like the little spoon he was and falling asleep. It was easy to rest while he was thinking happy thoughts.

When Dan woke up, he discovered he drooled on the pillow a bit. Hopefully he didn’t drool on the real Phil yesterday while they were cuddling. He sighed happily and snuggled into the pillow again, until hearing a loud knock on the door.

He grunts and gets up groggily, pulling on a shirt real quick and answering the door. A delivery man that looked just as tired as him stood in his doorway, dressed in uniform with messy, blonde hair.

“Delivery for...Daniel Howell?”

“Yep,” Dan says sleepily. He accepts the package and tells the delivery person goodbye. Thanks to its discreet packaging, the person had no idea what it was.

*NSFW AHEAD. do not read if under 14. if you regret exposing yourself to explicit content when you’re older, it’s not my fault. i will put asterisks again when it is over*

It was his new vibrating wand, the expensive one. He frantically took the package to his kitchen and opened it with some scissors, then stared and the box inside. Dan took his time removing the cover and finally looked at his new toy.

It was very long, colored white and blue. The wand came with a charging cord, and according to the box, it had multiple vibration settings. He excitedly plugged it in to charge right on his kitchen counter and ran to read the reviews on his laptop.

He pulled up the link as he brought his laptop into the lounge. The reviews were fantastic. The only cons that were mentioned was that it was loud, but Dan knew he’d probably drown it out with his noise. He was loud and whiny; perfect for the type of porn his blog followers craved. He’d discovered it was quite difficult to use certain toys when he was at home with his family home.

Once the vibrator was finished charging, he set up his laptop to film himself on his bed. He stripped of the shirt he’d put on and laid on his back in front of the camera, cutting out his face. The camera only caught his belly, torso and thighs and had the perfect view of him testing the new toy. He clicked record, and turned on the vibrator.

He started at a low setting, gently rubbing it through the outline in his boxers. The vibrations felt wonderful to him. He turned a bit more towards the camera and rubbed the toy up and down his dick through the fabric. It caused him to twitch and mewl as the vibrations teased through the cotton. He was growing very hard, very fast.

With one hand, Dan palmed himself, and the other, he teased himself with the vibrator. He continued this for a few minutes until he couldn’t take any more teasing and had to kick his boxers off his legs. They plummeted to the floor beside his bed as he rose the massager up and down, base to head. He held up his dick against the toy and moaned softly, watching himself in the reflection of the laptop camera.

The reviews were so true. Once he got moaning, it was difficult for him to stop, strings of whimpers and whines escaping his throat for every movement. He slowly stroked himself with every heavy exhale alongside the vibrator. Sweat bunched his hairs up on his forehead and heat pooled in his stomach.

Dan played up his moans a little bit, normally he was loud but on camera he made his gasps even more dramatic. He bucked his hips up against the toy and whined, rotating the toy around the head of his dick. His hips stuttered and shook around, sounds of the rustling sheets filling his ears as well as the loud noise from the vibrations. The video made its way to fifteen minutes slowly as he kept pleasuring himself with the vibrator.

His dramatized moans made it sound like he was crying, his little whimpers and mewls picking up well on the microphone of his laptop. The vibrations felt incredible against his sensitive skin, heat pulsing through his body as his sounds increased. With a guttural string of moans, he finally climaxed, right on his stomach and where his camera could see.

“Oh god,” he moaned, cum spurting onto his tummy. He exhaled heavily a few times and finally clicked off the recording, then got up quickly to his bathroom.

***

He cleaned up with a towel and made his way back into bed, opening up his video editing program and starting to edit his new video. He would schedule it to post sometime when he was at work later today, opening boxes or helping customers or whatever else they had him do.

He heard his phone buzz softly and set his laptop aside, pulling his covers around until he found his phone. Dan saw a new text from Phil, ones from this morning that he received while filming.

Phil: Good morning Dan x

Phil: I have one of my online classes today and I don’t want to do it :(

Dan: get it over with so you can hurry up and talk to me instead xx

Dan set his laptop back in front of him and began trimming the video, cutting it down to only the decent clips, like the ones where he was moaning loud or twitching or whatever else he thought his audience would enjoy.

His audience. Dan hadn’t really thought about all of the accounts that followed him for a while. Was posting this video to probably thousands of people cheating?

No, probably not, since it wasn’t directly sent to them. He would just message the sender of the massager a quick thank you and not send a personalized video this time. They might be upset, but Dan couldn’t film a video for someone with Phil‍’s face in his mind. He would feel so guilty.

Once he had finished editing his video, which took about an hour, he queued it on his blog and YouPorn for while he was at work later, and posted a cheeky text post as a teaser.

camboydan: new video VERY soon (; <3

Dan often did this to draw more attention to his content. His blog was full of teasers in between videos, photos, and gifs of him exposing himself. Thinking about how much content he had posted since June eleventh, on his birthday, was crazy. Recently he posted at least twice a week, juggling his job as well, and it was October.

He could remember his very first photoset, two pictures of him naked in a pile of teddybears. The post hadn’t become popular until he really gained his “fame”. His first video is the one that caught on, one where he was using the first toy he’d ever bought.

Until then, he had admired other camboys and pornstars online, wanting so badly to be like them. It took a while for him to be noticed by Gay UK 18+ as well, but once they reached out to him, he blew up more, hitting the top spot for the tags ‘twink’ or ‘emo’ or ‘teen’ on many porn websites. When that occurred, he knew he had gained a following he had to keep up with, that he wasn’t just posting into the void anymore. Dan had to keep a posting schedule and follow it, which was hard getting used to at first.

Posting content often was difficult with his parents and brother around, thank god he’d moved to London. It was hard to keep himself quiet sometimes, and the stress of how discreet the packaging was, and where he hid his toys and clearing his laptop history and all that. That was the real reason he’d moved here.

Not for law university or a law firm internship or whatever other reasons he managed to convince his parents of. They didn’t even send Dan rent money, since this was Dan’s “careless” decision, he paid for it all himself, with the help of paychecks from Tesco and PayPal transfers from his pornography.

When it was time to get ready for work, he hustled around his apartment to find a clean set of clothes to wear. The dress code was simple; a solid colored polo and nice pants, that could be black, navy blue or khaki. Dan would rather die than be caught wearing ugly beige, so he bought a week’s worth of black skinny jeans.

He adjusted his collar in the mirror and grasped his things for work, then headed off to the tube. When he was seated in an uncomfortable plastic chair, he received a text from Phil.

Phil: Okay I finished my class ^_^

Dan: perfect timing, i’m on my way to work :(

Phil: Aw. Talk to me when you’re done?

Dan: ofc <3

Despite it only being a day, Dan already missed Phil, the way his mouth was in a permanent cheeky smirk, the gorgeous blue of his eyes, the way he had held Dan close on the couch.

He was sure it was definitely a crush, not just someone he was falling in love with simply because they were paying attention to him. He liked Phil for Phil, and could see their future together already.

So what if it was too early for Dan to be thinking about what the theme of their wedding would be? Dan thought he couldn’t be blamed; that Phil was just that lovable and inspirational.

Another thing Dan wondered about was Phil mentioning YouTube. Dan was curious about how different it was compared to his work. They had themselves being filmed in common, but their work was assuredly very, very different - opposite like yellow and violet on a color wheel, contrasting sides of a spectrum, opposite poles of the world. Their videos and lifestyles must be so, so diverse.

Or maybe they were closer to being alike, analogous colors instead of complementary colors. Maybe, with all the nerdy video game talk, geeky movie talk, and other things they had in common, they weren’t so much opposites.

Either way, Dan was in love with it. In love with the concept of them being together. He barely knew Phil, but he his gut told him that he was his missing puzzle piece, the one that was going to be there for him. Maybe even the one who could help him with his parents.

#phan #phanfiction #phan au #phanfic #camboy!dan #fics #my fics #writing

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panther-stars-blog · 7 years ago

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Problems....

So, while I don’t think I mentioned it before on this particular blog, I enlisted into the US Navy in august. I was supposed to ship to Basic Training in 3 weeks or so, after the introductions of my bittys. My recruiter called me today, and asked if I could instead ship tomorrow because someone chickened out of their slot at the last minute. I wasn’t expecting this at all, so its going to mess with my plans a bit.

This is how this will go: I still have 3 more bittys to introduce, and the dolls aren’t finished, so I can’t simply queue them up. Instead, I am going to spend tomorrow morning creating and queuing posts about Saffron, Paprika, and Sathe, as well as various fanart reblogs I may find on my dash, so the blog is active. I’m going to give my sister, Toast, access to the blog to do basic intros of Mint, Cinnamon, and Sage (I wanted to do the name reveals myself. Yes they are all named after spices. Wasn’t intentional, but I kinda just rolled with it after realizing the first 3 were all spices when brainstorming names so this happened.) When I get graduate in September probably, I will take the blog back into my own control, allowing for interactions and requests. You can still interact with Toast, but keep in mind she is underage and she will largely focus on her own bitty Sathe is you want to ask in depth questions.

I will be available tomorrow afternoon for questions if anyone has any probably, but honestly i’m an anxious, panicking mess right now. I am not mentally prepared for this, my recruiter just blindsided me today out of nowhere, and I’m now 3 weeks short of the time I was going to mentally prepare. I now miss my families visits, I don’t get to finish packing up my stuff for storage, I don’t get to meet my last few bittys yet, I don;t get to eat a last dinner with my family- my dad works nights and was already gone when I got the call. So I can’t guarantee an answer with all the last minute prep i’m scrambling to do- but tomorrow in the hotel outside of MEPS I might not have anything else to do in the evening, so I should be able to do that.

Tomorrow’s schedule: wake up early. Make queue of bitty shenanigans. Go for a 1 mile swim. Shower. Get a last weigh from a recruiter. Pack. Eat lunch. last minute shopping- I need an address book. Spend hour or so with family. Have recruiter drive me to hotel. spend afternoon bored as hell probably that when I’ll set up the art queue. I have other blogs as well, so set up queue for those at the same time.

Wish me luck- and I will make it minimally noticeable i’m absent. Sent questions you have even while I’m gone, either Toast will do them (especially if they regard bitty construction, art, drawing, how she did the clothes, or Sathe), or I will do them when I come back (about my bittys in detail, about the house construction, about fanfic/writing, etc).

Update: So I just got a call. They don’t want to ship me today because paperwork, but i’m on call to ship whenever they feel like it basically. SO hopefully that will give me time to properly mentally prepare, and to prepare this blog for my absence. I will do mint’s introduction in the next few days. My sister Toast will be in control while i’m gone. Anything she makes will be tagged ToastPost, anything I queued will be tagged as normal. My plan is to set up an extensive queue so my absence isn’t very noticeable. Questions will be handled by Toast or when I graduate. I will make another post announcing my ship when they do that. I’m honestly almost worst now, I was coming to terms with shipping today, doing final prep and then they are just like na not today and I have no clear ground. I was sick to my stomach all morning and now i’m just confused and blindsided.

#personal #bittybones #military #adulting is hard #i'm stressed and wanna cry honestly

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authoressskr · 7 years ago

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Art and the Angels

@sdavid09’s Daily Writing Challenge - Prompt #2: “Have you tried getting good?”

Characters: Reader (Gender Neutral), Gabriel, Balthazar, mentions of Sam and Dean === Word Count: 1053 === Warnings: Language, No Beta

Note: Do NOT repost, copy and paste, post or share my works on any other platform without my EXPRESS PERMISSION. -+- REBLOGGING is fine! -+-

You stand between Gabriel and Balthazar, all your heads cocked a tad to the right, regarding ‘The Raft of the Medusa’ in the Louvre.

“Why’re they mostly naked?” You whisper, mostly to yourself.

“There was a shipwreck,” Gabriel mutters in reply.

“But even if you’re shipwrecked, guess what? You’re more than likely wearing clothes. Especially if they’re soldiers.” Gabriel gives a little snort at your answer before regarding the painting once more. “Oh my god, they ate each other?!” You hiss, Balthazar chuckling as his hand falls to the small of your back, ushering you towards the next painting.

“Being shipwrecked, abandoned and then losing hope does a lot to a man.” The blonde angel whispers, letting you focus on ‘Liberty Leading the People’.

“This is a wall of death and depression. Annnnnd now, I just want to watch Les Mis.”

“We could paint your portrait and hang it in here. I bet no one would be the wiser.” Gabriel offers, a mischievous twinkle in his eye matched only by the same twinkle in Balthazar’s.

“No. Uh-uh.” You let yourself get absorbed in the picture before you, Liberty standing tall and larger than life with the French flag in one of her hands. The dark seemed to part for her in the painting and you felt a pang of envy. These artists found throughout the Louvre - they were painting and creating things that resounded with them. You could barely draw a cartoon-like cat. You know what resounded with you right now; relaxing (and maybe poking the proverbial bear) with the two angelic men while Dean and Sam spent the week in Vegas. “Besides, you two can’t paint.”

“Of course we can, darling.” Balthazar moves behind you into the next part of the room, Gabriel walking beside you through the archway after shooting you a look with an arched eyebrow.

“We’re very powerful beings,” Gabriel affirms.

“Who couldn’t paint if they didn’t use their fancy shmancy grace to teach themselves.” You prod, giving a little sigh and walking down a few more paintings, leaving the brothers to exchange a look before quickly joining you once more.

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The next morning you wander down the Bunker’s hall towards the kitchen, passing by Dean’s very open door. Curiosity got the best of you, pausing in your trek for sustenance to wonder exactly why Dean’s door was open and which angel was responsible.

Dean’s room was completely barren of all his things, not to mention everything that had already been here before they moved in. Both angels were in the now white drop-cloth covered room, easels and canvases propped up before them as a smile broke out on your face.

“Lookit who went and watched some Bob Ross!” You exclaim happily, both men shooting you a dour look. “Ooh, I wanna see them now! Can I?” You ease closer to Gabriel, since he’s closer, who clenches his jaw but steps to the side to let you see. Well, the boys said you could convince Gabriel and Balthazar to do pretty much anything you wanted… And they were both trying without aid from their Grace, so you had to give them massive kudos.

Two things you could confirm: one, it had a tree and two, there was a river. You weren’t sure about the things around the tree, but it was far from a Renaissance masterpiece.

Bobbing your head several times in a nod before moving over to view Balthazar’s.

It looked like Balthazar had attempted to sketch his first, and it looked ... human-shaped. The canvas held a pretty good sunrise, the sky streaked with pink at the base to highlight the blues. You tried hard to avoid looking at the blank, sketched areas… the human/blob, uh, things.

You bob your head as you did with Gabriel, only to turn to leave - quickly - only to be met with both men staring with raised eyebrows, arms crossed over their paint-splattered chests.

“You’re a terrible liar. Every thought and emotion flickers through your pretty eyes.” Balthazar points out, before looking over at Gabriel’s painting. “What the fuck is that supposed to be?” Gabriel had moved to inspect his brother’s, only to shoot him a rueful smirk.

“Have you tried getting good?”

“Like yours is any better, Gabriel. What is that by this tree-ish mass?”

“What are these blob-ish things with these green amber bits?” You carefully ease out of the room, thankful you aren’t in their direct net of focus and are almost to the kitchen for much-needed food. Hopefully, their combative speaking would buy you time to down some juice before they claimed your attention again. And sure enough, just after you finish pouring your cranberry juice, Gabriel’s voice is coming down the hall. “You would think that stealing all that art would make you a better artist, Balthy.”

“At least people won’t remember me for letting a horse impregnate me, Gabe.”

“Maybe we could do the sip and paint, wine and paint thingy in Kansas City tomorrow.” They know you’re placating them, these terrifying forces of Heaven, but they take the bait. “To sweeten the deal, I’ll hang your pictures in my room.”

“Not much of a deal.” Balthazar pouts a little, leaning against the doorframe.

“After you sneak them onto the wall of the Louvre for a day.”

“This is why we like you, sweet cheeks.” They each move closer, each one placing a kiss on your cheek.

“I’m glad you like me.” You move back towards the fridge, knowing Dean bought a handful of bacon packages before he left. “Most days.” Then you start giggling, your mind replaying what was said in Dean’s room. “Have you tried getting good!” You repeat as Gabriel chuckles. “Sleipnir!” Gabriel is silent as Balthazar laughs.

“I wonder what sort of reviews we’d get at the Louvre?” Balthazar ventures, snapping to cook the bacon and providing you with some buttered toast as well. Gabriel takes a seat opposite where you usually sit, snapping up a small bowl of strawberries with whipped cream on them for you as well.

“Good, if they’re smart and don’t want to get tricked or smote.” You mutter around the thick bacon piece you shoved in your mouth as they both give a serious nod, each wearing a satisfied smirk.

“See? This is why we like you!”

“And I could totally handle another trip to France with you two.”

Little did you know...

Tagging: @sdavid09 @thewhiterabbit42 @nobodys-baby-now @lucis-unicorn @chelsea072498 @clockworkmorningglory @sakurablossom4 @galaxiesinmymind @unleashthemidnight @sumara62 @ourloveisforthelovely @keepingcalmisoverratedgoddamnit

*Image of Louvre found on Google* *Image of the two goofballs found on Google as well, but with a stamp of @yellina *yellina.tumblr* so I’m crediting them*

#archangel gabriel #gabriel supernatural #balthazar #supernatural reader insert #authoressskr writes #tale teller's daily writing challenge #prompt two #thank chuck we didn't go to Vegas #*insert eye roll*

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dancingskys · 7 years ago

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Plans for the next month~

Tomorrow I have my last exam and then I’ll be a free human being for like... four to five weeks which I want to use to do a lot. Hopefully I’m not shoveling too much onto my plate but I wanted to tell you guys a little bit about what I’m planning for that time and probably/hopefully also the time afterwards

Making more fic recs

Atm I have made an Omega!Yoongi rec and I have a Sugar Baby!Yoongi rec coming up. I also have a few others planned but if you want me to rec any sort of Yoongi fics please don’t be shy to message me, I’d love to recommend some good stories and I’m working on my bookmarking system so I can have a better overview of what I bookmark :) You can also rant to me about stories, I love hearing from you guys~

Bottom!Yoongi Smut Shot Collection

Yes, you heard right. Smut is still not something I can write just like that but I have tried my best to write some oneshots with different pairings that I’ll be uploading soon, hopefully. I will most certainly put them into one story and make sure the readers know what each chapter is about. I’ve missed writing for Be Mine Baby >o<

Finishing other projects

I’m glad I finally started uploading DemiGods but I have a few other projects I want to finish and upload as well

Hopefully posting a bit more stuff on Tumblr

I often forget to reblog things and since I don’t have much original content apart from my fics my blog might seem a bit boring so I’ll try to change that :)

Getting back to drawing

Because I really miss it and I’m sick of always being unsatisfied with my own work so I want to take some time and figure out what I can do to improve my drawing skills

That’s kind of what I plan on doing and I really hope I won’t be a lazy couch potato but actually do stuff. That’s party the reason why I wanted to post this, kind of to remind myself of my goals and also to inform you about my plans

Now I’ll go back to studying for tomorrow >.<

#sky's diary #updates

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visions-skam · 7 years ago

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CHAPTER 6

monday, october 30 sweet-brockhampton

The Green Leaf Teahouse was a small, homey cafe in downtown Beacon Hills. It was a hotspot for people of all ages. Sana, Yousef, and Elias had been going there for years because of the delicious food and drinks and friendly service. Most importantly, Yousef’s mother owned the cafe, so everything was free for them. A bell jingled cheerily overhead as Sana entered the establishment. Elias and Yousef were already seated at a booth. Yousef spotted her and waved her over enthusiastically. She shot him a brilliant smile, but it was dimmed by a mirage. Sana stood in the doorway of the teahouse as she had a hundred times before. It looked the same as it always did, with one exception. Everything was covered in blood. The walls, tables, and counters were bathed in crimson. People all around her were crying out and clutching rosy wounds. Necks and stomachs gushed repulsively. Claret burbled in their mouths. Out of the anguished mass, Sana recognized only two faces: her brother, Elias, and the wolf-man from Friday night . . . “Sana, are you alright?”, a voice asked in a worried tone. Yousef’s eldest sister, Farha, was standing directly in front of Sana. She lightly placed one hand on Sana’s shoulder and clutched a steaming coffee pot with the other. Sana cleared her throat and then her head. “Oh, um . . . yeah, Farha, I’m fine.” She shot the young woman a half-hearted smile. Farha didn’t look convinced, but she smiled anyway and went to work behind the front counter. When Sana made her way to the table where her brother and friend were sitting, they were engaged in a spirited conversation about something stupid that a new kid in their economics class had done. Sana rolled her eyes and slid into a booth alongside Yousef. “So, Elias,” Sana asked, getting straight to the point, “what was so important that we had to leave home and meet up here?” Elias raised his eyebrows. “Damn, no ‘hi, how are you?’” “I didn’t come here to chit-chat, Elias. I have an essay due tomorrow. Can you make this quick?” Elias swept his gaze across the room. “You know how that . . . thing happened Friday night?” he asked in a low voice. “And that wolf-thing bit me?” Sana and Yousef nodded. “Well, I saw him,” Elias said. He paused expectantly. Sana and Yousef exchanged looks. “You don’t mean . . .” Yousef trailed off. “I saw him. I saw the wolf," Elias said. "Or, the man that the wolf turned into," he amended. Sana gasped involuntarily. Her surprise attracted glances from nearby customers, but they quickly lost interest. “So,” Yousef asked. “What are you going to do?” Sana scoffed and turned to her brother. “You’re not going to do anything! He’s . . . he almost killed you, for crying out loud!” “What do you mean I’m not going to do anything?” Elias shot back. “I have to confront him! I have to ask him how he . . . changed like that and how the wound from the bite just disappeared like that! Most importantly, I need to figure out where I know him from!” .“Elias, keep your voice down,” Sana whispered. “People are going to hear us!” _

A few tables over, a young woman sat alone, stirring a steaming mug of tea. She had never liked tea; she had another purpose for frequenting the Green Leaf Teahouse. She had been engrossed in a social media post on her cell phone when dialogue from another booth caught her attention. “He bit me and the bruise just went away, Sana! How do you explain that?” The woman turned her phone off and began to listen intently. “And then he just turned into a human!” someone insisted. “A human that I know I saw at practice today!” “Describe him again,” another male voice inquired. “You all saw him. He was tall, blonde, blue eyes, wavy hair. Really pale,” said the original boy. “I know that I know him from somewhere.” Two other voices murmured in confirmation. That son of a bitch, the woman thought. He really did it. He really bit some poor kid. She stifled a giggle. Mr. Nice Guy finally gave in. He finally turned someone. The woman downed her tea in a single gulp and rose from the table. God, he's got no idea what he's gotten himself-and that kid-into. I almost feel sorry for him. She approached the counter, waited in line, and then came face-to-face with the reason she had come to the tea house. “What would you like?” the man asked. He was organizing money in the register. The woman was silent until he looked up. When he recognized her, his jaw tensed. “Adhama,” he addressed her tersely, “what are you still doing here?” The woman pursed her lips. “What do you mean?” she asked in a cloying tone. “I love tea. I’d like a refill, please. Earl Grey. Large.” He glowered. “You hate tea. Why can’t you just leave me alone?” Adhama dropped the act. “You know I can’t do that, baby. I can’t let you forget what you owe me.” Her seductive, lilting accent grated on his eardrums. He scanned the room and landed on a table, a booth in the back. There sat three teenagers. They were immersed in heated conversation. He couldn’t hear them, yet he knew exactly what they were talking about. He leaned in toward Adhama. “I took care of it,” he said through gritted teeth. “Now leave me alone.” Adhama grinned. She liked the feeling of knowing what he had done. She loved knowing how much shame he felt because of it. She took his face in her hand and turned his head so her mouth was millimeters away from his ear. “I just feel sorry for the poor son of a bitch you turned,” she whispered ominously. “He’s got no idea what’s coming his way. And don’t relax yet. You’re not off the hook.” The man perceived the threat behind her words. When she was sure her message was clear, she straightened her back and cleared her throat. “Now,” she spoke at a normal volume, “get my order, will you?”

Yousef and Elias were debating how best to handle the wolf situation. They didn’t seem to notice that Sana wasn’t saying anything. She allowed her mind to wander while stirring her drink. Another vision. This can’t be good. At this rate, I’ll never get any sleep again. “Sana,” Yousef asked, interrupting her thoughts, “what do you like we should do?” She took a slow sip of coffee. “Maybe. . .” she paused. “Maybe nothing even happened at all.” The two boys stared at her in disbelief. “Maybe it was some kind of. . . I don’t know. A shared hallucination or something,” she murmured. Elias’ eyebrows shot up. “Do you really believe that?” Sana lowered her eyes. “No,” she replied quietly. All three of them were silent. “Look,” Sana said. “I think we should just pretend it didn’t happen. I mean, there’s no logical way to explain it, so . . .” she couldn’t find the words to finish her statement. “Bullshit,” Elias shot back. Yousef and Sana were surprised at his little outburst. He often teased his sister jokingly but was almost never harsh toward her. “Listen, this happened to me,” Elias said. “I’m not just going to sit around and do nothing and wait for something else to happen, okay?” He didn’t wait for a response. “We have to do something.” After another stretch of silence, Yousef was the first to speak. “Listen, like Sana said, that . . . that wolf guy tried to kill you, right? So why don’t we go to the police?” Sana scoffed. “And tell them what, that a wolf bit Elias, didn’t leave a scar, and turned into a man? I don’t think so.” Elias nodded. “Besides, I don’t think we should be trying to lock up the only person who can give us any information about what-and how-that happened.” “Back to the drawing board then, I guess.” “I still think we should just forget it,” Sana asserted. “Whether we like it or not, there’s nothing we can do about it now except wait.” Yousef nodded reluctantly, but Elias’ concentration was elsewhere. His sight was trained on a point beyond them. He looked as if he was in a daze. “What?” Yousef asked. “What is it?” “That’s-that’s him,” Elias stuttered. “That’s the guy who bit me. That’s the guy I saw today. This is where I recognize him from.” Yousef and Sana followed Elias’ line of sight, craning their necks to see what had captured his attention. Yousef’s mother was talking to a young man behind the counter. He was tall and slender and had an apron tied around his waist. A yellowed name tag was pinned to his shirt. In the center was a four-letter name. If they squinted, they could read it. EVEN.

notes: First, sorry for not updating this story in a while! I don't know if many people keep up with it, but I've been really busy with exams and projects in school for the last two weeks. However, I'm on a three-week break now so updates will hopefully be more frequent and consistent. Second of all, THAT ENDING!!!! AAAHH!! Please comment, reblog, and like if you enjoyed this chapter! Thank you for reading!

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wellthatneverhappens · 7 years ago

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I wanted to post something this week even though I've been very unmotivated, honestly. Kev and I are getting married tomorrow so I haven't been as diligent with work as I have been these past few weeks, hopefully you can forgive me. lol Took us five years. haha! I do have some commissions to work on next week and I'll be making more of these, since I want to do all the dog breeds, so I'll be getting back into the groove with everything again next week. Trying to make sure I finish at least two drawings a week, ya know? I feel like that's a good amount. Anyways, this one is a little strange for me even if I do think it's cute because the other ones have had large chunks of color. I wanted to keep that, but, like . . . golden retrievers' main thing is that goldenness, man. Had to being some of that into it. haha Anyways, thank you guys for your support! I don't say it enough recently but I appreciate all likes, watches, reblogs, and comments, even if I can't always get to responding to them (at all or in a timely matter, sorry!)

#art #artists on tumblr #golden retriever #doggo #dog #cute animals #pupper #artwork #female artists #pup #animals

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hirstories · 7 years ago

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What a year! FMABB17, and beyond...

Hello my lovelies! I dug through all the muck that I’m wading through at this moment to give you a preview of the crack I’ve been working on.

Yes, it’s just as you see. I finally lost it. 🤣

After finishing the Coveted rewrite, my brain kind of imploded. And one freaky night I had this wonderful epiphany. I knew I wanted to participate in this year’s FMA Big Bang (#fmabb17) but the story I had originally intended to write was going to be too long (would be hard to finish on time since I was moving/being homeless for a few months). So then I was watching Sailor Moon Crystal and when I saw Luna...I dug out the one story that would perfectly match with having a talking cat. Ironically, I took some inspiration from real life (yes, I know lost of interesting people) and created this mess from it.

Some umbrella tags I have for this story are: Gen (since it really isn't romance), Humor (because I tried to be funny), Supernatural (because I don't want to label this as “crack”--though it kind of is). My wonderful artist @dzioo mentioned to me that the story is quite suspenseful, so I slap the Suspense tag on this too.

Are there pairings? of course! You have Ed x Win (because they don’t get enough love in the fandom), Al x Mei (which I think the small bit of romance comes from these two).

Characters? Ed, Winry, Al, Mei, Pinako, Paninya, Mr. Garfiel, Dominic (and his son, which I don’t remember the name) and two main OCs. And Edward’s body (you’ll know soon enough 😉).

The cover. I intended for the cover to look cartoony. Yes, this was my attempt of drawing a FMA cat. Guess who this is!

I plan to post what I have, which is 7 chapters (4 chapters that have been beta by the wonderful @bayalexison). I have 12 chapters total for this story.

<rant>Why I haven’t finished editing the entire story? Well, for starters I was mooching off friends and relatives for a few months. Second, after purchasing a brand new house, Irma passes over us as a Cat 2 hurricane (yes the freaking eye went over my freaking house!!!). Nothing happened to us (God only knows why) but things did happen to my BFF so she and her family stayed over for a week. Then hurricane Maria decided to thrash the island of Puerto Rico. For those who don’t know, I’m from Puerto Rico. All my family is in Puerto Rico so imaging the stress of having been unable to know of their whereabouts to not being able to help them as you want to. Imagine all the freaking stress of my frigging year!!! </rant>

So I plan to post the entire story. I asked for an extension, and I have it. Hopefully I’ll finish what I started (it’s all I can do for now).

What do I ask of you? R&R, reblog!!! Freaking comment!!! I’ve been through some much BS that love is greatly appreciated. Lather me with comments, my lovelies! My privileged self needs them--will make the impotence and self-loathing (I really do feel like a piece of sh!t because I can’t help those who I love) more bearable. Besides, this story is one of a kind and I don’t think I’ve seen something like this in fandom (especially in the FMA fandom), so you might be in for a treat?!?!

Tomorrow or Wednesday I’ll post chapter 1. I might post weekly or maybe every two weeks until I have everything finished.

I do hope you guys like this story. It will be posted on AO3 and FF.net.

#fmabb17 #fma #fmab #new story #reblog please #fmachallenges

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hanasaku-shijin · 8 years ago

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Ordinary Day

Series: Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon

Words: 2,868

Genres: Friendship-Romance, Hurt/Comfort

A/N: I just love these two so much. I had to write more for them. So I whipped up another fluff fic. I also have Valentine and Nightmare for these two idiots so far.

Please reblog to help share the story, since there’s nowhere else to post it officially at this time!

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Ordinary Day

For the most part, it's been another ordinary day in the Kobayashi household.

Well, as ordinary as a day can get with a human who's living with two dragons in disguise, that is.

But Kanna's had a good, easy day at school, and Tohru's done all of her chores and enjoyed an uneventful day at home without any unwanted visitors to interrupt everyone's personal space.

All in all, Kobayashi would've deemed today as a good day.

She herself had gotten all of her work done, and she'd helped out several of her colleagues as well. She'd even gotten some of tomorrow's work done by some miracle, and the idea of having a little less pressure on her aching shoulders makes her smile now as she sits down at the kitchen table.

“So, what's for dinner?” she asks, as per usual.

Kanna scampers over and climbs up into her chair just as Tohru turns around with several plates full of food balanced on her arms, and a triumphant grin on her face.

“Tonight is a mini buffet! We have rice, pickled plums, and meat dumplings!”

As she begins making her way to the table, the word 'meat' sets Kobayashi off immediately.

“What kind of meat is it?” She watches as Tohru's tail is revealed as she comes around the counter. Tohru instantly blushes and looks away.

“It isn't my tail this time,” she mumbles.

Kobayashi narrows her eyes as she scans Tohru's green scales.

“Are you sure all of it's there? Even the tip?”

“It isn't my tail!” Tohru wails. “It's pork! Pork!”

As she puffs out her cheeks in a pout, Kobayashi can't help but laugh.

“Sorry, sorry. I believe you.”

Tohru pouts for a moment longer before she starts setting the food-filled plates onto the table.

“Here you go, Kanna.”

“Yaaay.” Though the little dragon's voice is monotone, she's genuinely excited for the food and starts digging in right away, though she still finds some difficulty in using chopsticks.

Tohru makes her way around the table and places one dish in front of her mistress.

“And for you, Kobayashi-san~”

“Thanks. It looks good.”

But as Tohru is putting down the plate, a sudden jolt runs through her. The plate clatters noisily onto the table, and she nearly drops the third one she's holding as she stumbles slightly.

“Ah-”

Her stomach knocks against the table, and if it isn't for Kobayashi's quick reaction to grab the table and steady it, the whole thing might've tipped over.

“W-Whoa!” Kobayashi drops her own chopsticks and reaches out with her free hand to grab Tohru's arm. “Tohru! What happened?” She can feeling her trembling now, just a little, but it’s enough to warrant concern.

Tohru swallows, flashing a brief look to her, then away again.

“I-It's nothing. I’m sorry.”

“Ah, no. It's fine.”

Kobayashi still isn't too good with these sort of things. She's not sure what to do. If the other person says not to worry, she doesn't know if she should trust that they're being honest, or presume they're trying to hide something.

She assumes Tohru falls into the former category, however, considering she's typically honest to the point of it being flinch-worthy.

Then again, she's usually honest about what makes her happy. Troubling things, she tends to conceal...

But for the moment, Kobayashi instinctively lets her go. Tohru does her best to regain her composure and straighten herself out again.

“S-Silly me. I almost got food stains all over Kobayashi-san's work clothes. Then I might not have been able to stop myself from cleaning them with my mouth.”

“We have a washing machine,” Kobayashi reminds her. “But in any case, sit down and eat your food. If you're feeling dizzy, that should help.”

“Right.” Tohru puts her own plate down and takes her seat.

Kobayashi keeps an eye on her as they begin eating, and for the most part, things seem to have gone back to normal. Kanna talks about the day she's had at school, and Kobayashi offers a few tidbits about her own day.

But Tohru stays quiet and almost unresponsive throughout the conversations this evening. The usual bubbly brightness that had been radiating from her earlier when Kobayashi had come home has now faded. She picks at her food without gusto, as though she's forcing herself.

Kobayashi can tell something's still bothering her. She's trying to think of a way to ask about it when Kanna pushes her chair back.

“Finished. Thanks for the meal. Kobayashi, can I watch TV?”

“Hm? Ah, sure. Just keep the volume down.”

“Yaaaay.”

Kanna hops off her chair and heads into the living room. Figuratively, Tohru jumps at the chance to abandon her meal.

“I'll begin washing Kanna's dishes.”

But before she can make a move to get up, Kobayashi makes a move to stop her.

“Tohru. You've barely touched your food. Are you all right?”

The dragon girl doesn't look at her directly.

“Yes. I-I'm just not very hungry all of a sudden...”

“Toh-ru.”

The maid freezes in her place as she stands, still refusing to look at her mistress directly. Kobayashi notices she's holding onto her stomach. Evidently, Tohru isn't the type to be completely honest when something's bothering her.

Slowly, Tohru begins turning her face and looks in her direction, though her eyes are trained on the plates. Kobayashi stands as well.

“If you're not feeling well, you have to tell me,” she instructs. “You're my maid, so that means I have to take care of you if something's wrong.”

She waits for Tohru's reaction, watching her swallow nervously.

“It's nothing. I'll wrap up the food I didn't finish and you can take it to work tomorrow for lunch. I should do the dishes-”

“Enough of that.” Kobayashi cuts her off. Stepping closer, she puts a hand on her maid's shoulder. Tohru gasps softly, and her grip on her stomach tightens.

“Are... Are you mad at me...?”

Kobayashi hums.

“Mm, not particularly. But it would be best if you'd just be honest about stuff like this. Especially when I ask you directly.”

“I'm sorry...”

“It's fine.”

Kobayashi keeps her hand on Tohru's shoulder, partially to convey the implied support behind the gesture, and to actually support Tohru. She still seems unbalanced, and her breathing is a little hard.

Kobayashi can feel small, prickling pains creeping beneath her own skin, something she realizes she's only ever felt when she's worried about Tohru.

“So?” she prompts her. “Wanna tell me what's wrong?”

Tohru bites her lip, nails curling into her uniform over her stomach.

“It's just... this old wound again...”

Kobayashi had a feeling it might've been something like that.

“Does it hurt?”

“Yes...”

“Enough to make you lose your appetite?”

“...Yes...”

“That's no good. You've gotta eat. Especially since you're a dragon.”

“I-I tried,” Tohru whimpers. “I don't want... any of the food we've spent your money on going to waste. But I just...”

“It hurts that much, huh?”

Tohru nods.

Kobayashi sighs.

“Then you don't have to worry about the food, Tohru. Worry about yourself.”

Tohru finally lifts her gaze to meet Kobayashi's. And Kobayashi can tell this is still new to her, having her wellbeing come first.

“Let me guess,” she begins. “In the dragon world, it's survival of the fittest. And since you're one of the strongest dragons there is, there's never been a reason for anyone else to be concerned about you. If you showed weakness, they'd probably try to kill you, right?”

Tohru's eyes widen, and her jaw drops just a little bit.

“Y-Yes. That's exactly how it is.”

“I see. But, Tohru-” Kobayashi pats her shoulder again, and offers a smile. “You're in this world now, remember? Here, not everyone can be strong all the time. It's okay to show weakness from time to time. We take care of each other.”

With that much said, she watches Tohru's reaction. Her sunset-colored eyes begin to water, and when she tries to speak, her voice cracks.

“K... Kobayashi...san...”

Kobayashi puts her arm around the small of Tohru's back and helps ease her away from the table.

“Come on. If you can't eat, let's go sit somewhere comfortable.”

Slowly, she guides Tohru into the living room, where Kanna is all but glued to the TV.

Kobayashi leads Tohru to the couch on the other side of the room. She can still feel Tohru trembling a little, and the girl hasn't let go of her stomach and side.

Kobayashi knows Tohru isn't just playing it up, either. There were times when she might've acted this way for attention, but when she's really in pain, Tohru does her best not to let it be known.

Must be a pride complex among dragons...

They reach the couch, and Kobayashi helps Tohru down before taking a seat beside her. Tohru leans back heavily against the cushions, still holding onto her sore side. She closes her eyes and tries to slow her breathing. Kobayashi can't help but feel a surge of guilt run through her.

“I wish I could take you to a doctor or something,” she comments. “But I think there are a few things they'd notice, and that could cause problems.”

“It's okay,” Tohru mumbles. “It should be fine...”

“I thought the last time I asked you about it, you’d said it didn't hurt anymore? So what happened? Did you run into something and make it sore again?”

Tohru shakes her head, opening her eyes wearily.

“No. Usually... it will start to hurt again if the god who impaled me is angered... or if he is drawing nearer to my location...”

Kobayashi stiffens.

“That doesn't sound good. Is he coming after you?”

Tohru shakes her head.

“No. He thinks he killed me. But it seems... my body still reacts to his presence somehow...”

“Mmm... I guess that makes sense. Sorry it hurts so much.”

“It's okay. Hopefully it won't last long.”

“But if it does, you have to tell me,” Kobayashi demands. “If you're still in pain tomorrow morning, let me know. That's an order.”

“Y-Yes, ma'am.”

“Good.”

Satisfied, Kobayashi reaches up to pat Tohru's head gently.

The dragon makes a sound somewhere between a sigh and a whimper, and leans into her touch.

Kobayashi feels this is the least she can do for her.

This, and perhaps one more thing.

“I was worried, you know.”

“...Eh?”

Blinking, Tohru looks to her, puzzled. Kobayashi reiterates.

“It scared me a little, seeing you like that. When you stumbled earlier, I didn't know what to think.”

Obviously, she'd made it evident with her actions that she'd been worried about Tohru, and still is. But there's something oddly pleasant about being able to tell that person you’re worried about them.

Clearly, Tohru is flustered by the confession.

“Y-You... were worried...?”

“Of course. You told me dragons can't get sick. So I thought something must be really wrong.”

“Oh... It's true that dragons can't contract bacterial illnesses and disease. But we aren't immune to food poisoning or the effects of an empty stomach. And there is... one sickness we are able to contract...”

“Oh? What's that?”

Tohru dips her head, hiding her face in Kobayashi's shoulder.

“Lovesickness...”

Kobayashi sighs heavily.

“Well, I guess that makes sense, though. Those aren't bacterial diseases, after all. It also makes sense that your body can still be negatively affected by something like an old wound being aggravated. That's only natural.”

“Yes...”

Tohru doesn't move from her current position. She burrows her face into Kobayashi's shoulder more, her hand still gripping her side. Kobayashi smiles.

“In that case, lie down.”

“...Eh?”

“You heard me. Right here.”

Tohru pulls herself away a little, so she can look up at her.

“B-But-”

“Your master gave you an order.”

“Y-Yes, ma'am!”

With a bit of effort, Tohru draws her legs and tail up onto the couch, wincing whenever her injury bothers her. Kobayashi keeps a hand on her shoulder and helps her lie down, preventing her from rolling off the couch.

Tohru is about to lie her head down on the couch's seat cushions. But Kobayashi gently stops her, and instead coaxes Tohru to rest her head in her lap instead.

Naturally, Tohru turns red.

“K-Kobayashi-san! C-Can I-?”

“Just be quiet for a minute, would you? I told you to let me take care of you. Lie down.”

A little nervously, Tohru does as she's told. She faces away from Kobayashi, being mindful of her horns, not wanting them to dig into her mistress' thighs.

Kobayashi waits patiently for Tohru to adjust herself however is most comfortable for her, then rests a hand on the dragon girl's head.

“My mom always told me that lying down on your left side helps with stomach pains. Since your injury is on your right side, this works perfectly.”

Tohru lets out a small breath.

“Your... mother told you that? How is it supposed to work...?”

“I dunno. It's probably just a placebo or something. But even when I got old enough to realize that, it still always seemed to work.”

“So... even mothers will lie to their own children to help them feel better?”

“Humans are strange, aren't we? But we do whatever we have to in order to take care of the ones we love.”

After that, Tohru is silent for a long while. Kobayashi can't see her expression, but judging by the way her body has lost a bit of tension, she can assume Tohru is calming down.

“You should relax,” she advises her. “It won't help if you're stiff.”

“B-But... being in your lap like this-”

“Should make you feel calm, not anxious. I'm not gonna hurt you, Tohru.”

She can hear Tohru whimper a little at that.

“I know...”

“Then relax.”

To help, Kobayashi uses her left hand to continue patting Tohru's head, ruffling her bangs just a little bit. With her right hand, she reaches out to Tohru's injured side, and rests her palm lightly there. Tohru jolts a little, and a small gasp flies from her lips.

Kobayashi berates herself. Shit!

“S-Sorry!” she says quickly. “I should've warned you first.”

“No... it's okay...”

“I thought massaging it could help,” Kobayashi reasoned. “But if it hurts, just tell me to stop.”

“Okay.”

Once Tohru has gotten her bearings again, Kobayashi begins to rub her hand over her maid’s side. She kneads very lightly, running her fingers all around the sore area. She presses her palm in here and there, applying a very slight pressure, then eases off. She runs her hand down to Tohru's hip, then travels up as far as her ribs.

All the while, she can feel Tohru gradually relaxing. Her breathing becomes slow and deep, and she doesn't flinch anymore. But just to be certain, Kobayashi wants to check.

“Tohru? Are you okay?”

“Y-Yes! It feels much better. Thank you, Kobayashi-san.”

“I'm glad.”

Tohru does so much for her every day. The least Kobayashi can do is spoil her a little like this when she's hurt.

So she doesn't stop her ministrations on Tohru, massaging her bad side with one hand and petting though her hair with the other.

Kobayashi keeps her eyes on Kanna and on the TV ahead of her, and doesn't even notice until a while later that Tohru's fallen fast asleep in her lap. When she finally does notice, Kobayashi smiles.

“Guess she feels better. That's good.”

She finally stops massaging Tohru, though she lets her hand rest on the dragon girl's side. There are times when Tohru grinds her teeth or tosses about in her sleep. But times like these, when her breathing is soft and her body is still, almost make her seem fragile. More like a human than a dragon.

Kobayashi is content to sit here for a while longer, allowing Tohru the nap she deserves.

She said dragons don't need to sleep. But I think living with me has made her want to.

Evidently, Tohru isn't the only one.

A moment later, Kanna abandons the TV, crawls across the floor, and climbs up onto the couch on Kobayashi's other side, nestling under her arm.

“Sleepy, sleepy...”

“Ah, well...” Kobayashi glances at the digital clock beneath the TV. “It's still a bit early. So a nap should be fine now, as long as we can all wake up later, brush our teeth and change, and then go to our bedrooms.”

“I can do it,” Kanna declares. “Nap now.”

Kobayashi pats her head as well.

“Sure.”

“Kobayashi, nap too.”

“Well, I can't reach the remote, so I guess I might as well.”

So Kanna cuddles up into her side, while Tohru continues to sleep peacefully, using her lap as a pillow. Kobayashi pulls them both in a little closer, ensuring neither of them will slip off.

Damn... my legs are numb...

But Tohru's sleeping far too deeply and peacefully for Kobayashi to even consider moving her.

Ah, whatever.

On her other side, Kanna's asleep in seconds. Kobayashi keeps an arm around her, then leans her head back against the cushions. She closes her eyes, and invites sleep to take her for a little while.

I guess it was a pretty ordinary day...

[Fin]

#Kobayashi san Chi no Maid Dragon #Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid #Kobayashi-san #Tohru #Kanna Kamui #my writing #weeeee more gay dragon fluff #please REBLOG if you read!!#there's no category on ffnet for this so this is the only version of this story that exists #pls help spread it

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